{"id":23640,"date":"2011-11-11T16:40:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T23:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/11\/badges-yeah-we-need-some-steenkin-new-badges.html"},"modified":"2011-11-11T17:43:23","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T00:43:23","slug":"badges-yeah-we-need-some-steenkin-new-badges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/11\/badges-yeah-we-need-some-steenkin-new-badges.html","title":{"rendered":"Badges? Yeah, we need some steenkin&#39; new badges!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Girl Scouts are revamping (again) their badges &#8212; getting rid of some, updating others, and adding a few new ones.  A lot are focused on personal finance, which I think is a Good Thing.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the article below, a description of some of the new badges can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/lifestyle\/2011\/11\/08\/cool-new-girl-scout-badges\/fr9iIz7rLihYeLWoVR4xoK\/story.html\" >http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/lifestyle\/2011\/11\/08\/cool-new-girl-scout-badges\/fr9iIz7rLihYeLWoVR4xoK\/story.html<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>The Girl Scouts always seem to have striven to stay relevant in the lives of the girls belonging to them.  That&#39;s a good course to take. #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/articles.boston.com\/2011-11-08\/lifestyle\/30374104_1_cookie-badge-girl-scouts-rain-forests'>Girl Scouts redesign badges for new century<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRuth Bramson, the chief executive of Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, wants to make one thing clear. \u201cWe\u2019ll never give up the cookie badge.\u2019\u2019But as Girl Scouts of the USA prepares to\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Girl Scouts are revamping (again) their badges &#8212; getting rid of some, updating others, and adding a few new ones. A lot are focused on personal finance, which I think is a Good Thing. In addition to the article below, a description of some of the new badges can be found at http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/lifestyle\/2011\/11\/08\/cool-new-girl-scout-badges\/fr9iIz7rLihYeLWoVR4xoK\/story.html . &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/11\/badges-yeah-we-need-some-steenkin-new-badges.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Badges? 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Guides are demanding sessions on...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Parenting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Parenting","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/personal\/parenting"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26552,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/21\/cookies-of-eeeviiiilllll.html","url_meta":{"origin":23640,"position":1},"title":"Cookies of EEEVIIIILLLLL!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 21-Feb-12 9:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"Because, of course, you should always listen to the \"allegations\" you find on the Ineternet. Even when they've been debunked over and over (e.g., http:\/\/www.truthorfiction.com\/rumors\/g\/Girl-Scouts-UN.htm ). #ddtbReshared post from +Les JenkinsMust have gotten his information from Fox News. 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View out the door to the back yard can't be beat. # RT @lemmo: Throttling the internet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4157,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/01\/28\/because_everyon.html","url_meta":{"origin":23640,"position":4},"title":"Because everyone wants to be like Max","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 28-Jan-03 6:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"Now you, too, can get your own Max Max-like badge. Cool. 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