Words of Wisdom by MrWes

Tag: Skills

  • ACM membership is a great value

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    I am a member of the Association for Computing Machinery.  One of the membership benefits is access to SafariBooksOnline.com, books24x7.com and elementK.com These online book services provide a large selection of current books with relevant topics that fall under Business, Personal Improvement, Engineering, IT and Technical areas.  These books, in my opinion, would be useful to just about any…

  • I love teaching knots part 2

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    Yesterday, in my log I love teaching knots I forgot to mention the Sheet bend and the Sheep shank. Although these knots are used less frequently, they are very important knots too. The Sheet bend is used for joining two different sizes of rope together. The Sheep shank is used for shortening a rope without…

  • I love teaching knots

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    Over the years, I have taught many different scouting skills to Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts between 9 to 18 years old.  One of my favorite subjects to teach is knot tying. One of the main reasons knot tying is my favorite, is because once someone learns the basics, they will be able to tie more difficult…