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31st Dublin (Rathfarnham) Scout Group is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement through its membership of Scouting Ireland. It was formed in 1917 and has an illustrious history in its ninety years of existence. It is an open sponsored group under the patronage of Rathfarnham Parish Church which is a member of the Anglican group of churches. Its sections meet regularly in the War Memorial Hall, Terenure, Dublin. It has sections for Beavers (6-8 years), Cubs (8-11 years) and Scouts (11-16 years). All members of the troop wear a sky Blue and Black kneckerchief, the scout section securing theirs with a "Square Knot".

Current Leader team
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Troop Leaders

The following is a list of those who have held the post of Scout Leader (SL) or formerly Scout Master (SM):
*Daniel O'Byrne
*Justin McCormack
*Robert Hilliard
*Ronan Maher
*David Long
*Robert Jones
*Cederic Heather
*Conor O'Brien
*Stephen Bailey (1987-?)
*Andrew Campbell (1984-1987)
*Richard Doherty (1982-1984)
*Charles W E Richards (19??-1982)
*Keith Trower
*Alan G Graham
*Desmond R Johnson
*Pat Ewen
*Brian Cooper
*Ronnie Pope
*Charlie Bowen

Summer Camps

The group have a great tradition of international travel for annual Summer Camps:
Fuller details are available from the following website
*2000 Rathbergavic (final city: Prague)
*1999 Bielin
*1998 Argie Bargie
*1997 Gallozill
*1996 Rennestrix
*1995 Inverscotia
*1994 Bargives
*1993 Wundercampf
*1991 Rydale
*1992 Camp 75
*1990 Redon, France (Redown)
*1989 Kincraig, Scotland (Coil Albain) (final city: Edinburgh)
*1988 Guernsey (Guernellium)
*1987 Munich (Camp Artek Crimea, USSR)
*1986 North Wales and Barges
*1985 Broadstone Warren, (final city: London)
*1984 Innsbruck in Austria, Czechoslovakia
*1983 Glen Nevis (final city: Edinburgh)
*1982 Oxford
*1981 Italy
*1980 Cricieth, North Wales and Barges (Rugby; Leamington Spa, Warwick, all in Warwickshire)
*1979 Appletrewick, North Yorkshire
*1978 Woodstock Jamboree Kilkenny Ireland
*1977 Saint Malo, Brittany, France (final city: London)
*1976 Derbyshire (final city: Chester)
*1975 Guernsey

===Rathdown & Whitechurch===

In September 1974 the scout troop had 58 members which was too large a group for the Memorial Hall. A decision was taken to split the Rathfarnham Scout troop in two. The members and Leaders were divided geographically into Rathdown which continued to meet in the Memorial Hall and Whitechurch which met initially in the old school hall in Whitechurch. In the early 80's Whitechurch accepted female members on an experimental basis with the blessing of the Scout Association. In the late 80's Whitechurch closed due to a leader shortage with its troop gear being passed on to 68th Whitechurch.

Duff House

Duff House was a house adjacent to Lough Dan in the Wicklow Mountains which was made available to the Troop in the 70's. It was an ideal location for weekend Patrol camps. The snooker table in the sitting room provided entertainment late into the night. The Lough although reportedly 600ft deep in spots was also used for swimming and canoeing. In 1974 three weeks before his death Erskine Childers, the then President of Ireland visited the group at Duff House. The Cub packs formed a guard of honour from the gate to the front door as his Black Mercedes drove up the drive. He was taken across the Lough by Boat in some bitterly cold weather to a beach on the north side of the Lough where he observed a canoeing activity by the troop. An urban myth that his subsequent death at a function in the Royal College of Surgeons from a coughing fit following the chill he contracted on the lake is totally untrue. During the recent release of government files under the 25 year rule a letter from Alan Graham on behalf of the Scout Association offering the troop to provide a Guard of Honour for the funeral was declined by the Department Secretary.

U2 pull out of Troop Dance

In the Late 70's the troop regularly held dances in the Memorial Hall as a service to the community and a fund raiser. It was attended by the friends and class mates of the PL's and APL's of the troop. Although Discos were becoming very popular at that time The scouts often arranged concerts of live popular music. One of the ASL's Glen O'Brien was friendly with some of the members of an up and coming Band called U2 and they had secretly agreed to play one Friday night at such an event. However on the Thursday night they pulled out at the request of their Manager Paul McGuinness who was concerned that this would be a step down now that they were playing slightly larger venues. They kindly arranged for the Virgin Prunes to replace them and the night was a great success nonetheless.

An Cumman Cultortha

In 1979 a musical group was set up in the troop. Under the guidance of David Meredith (father of current ASL Tom) and Trevor Sargent (now the Minister for Food in the Irish Government)They played numerous popular songs including many Beatles hits. The instruments were mainly Guitars and tin whistles, Peter Sainsbury also played the piano during rehersals in the Oak room in the memorial hall on sunday afternoons.
The group performed at parents night, on trains and buses whilst on our way everywhere and at Numerous campfires also. However two public performances were of note(no pun intended).
Firstly on the train in Dublin zoo at the opening of the beaver enclosure. We did numerous laps of the zoo and entertained the many Beaver scouts who attended the event. When we eventually got off the train the driver charged us full price!!!!
Secondly having succeeded at audition we were selected to perorm on National television. An irish Language programme "Trom agus Eatrom" hosted by Liam O'Muirchu was focusing on scouts. At the very start of the programme we played "Tuair dom do Liamh" as an accompanyment to a short video about a recent Jamboree followed by "The Rocky Road to Dublin" campfire version!!!

Christmas trees

In the late 80's unemployment and economic emigration was a reality facing most young school leavers. In an attempt to provide the scouts with some "Vocational Training" numerous work experience projects were undertaken by the Troop. In the Autumn of 1986 a mini company was set up and run by the patrol leaders to sell christmas trees in the run up to christmas. We were fortunate to be given permission by the Parish to use the grounds of the Memorial Hall in Terenure as a sales pitch. Each PL had responsibility for different areas of the business and all the scouts were trained in the art of salesmanship. Patrols also took it in shifts to man the premesis. It was an ideal project for a workforce who would use their axemanship to fit the tree into your stand , carry the tree to your car and use their knotting skills to tie your boot lid down. In the first year the project was a financial success. To this date each Christmas the project continues and the concept of Christmas trees by scouts is now a household phrase in south Dublin.

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The reputation system in World of Warcraft plays an important part in character development. Reputation is gained or lost through any number of means, one of the more common methods is via killing specific mobs. Players who wish to gain reputation with a faction will also seek out specific quests which increase that faction's reputation. These quests may be to turn in a variety of items, kill a special mob and so forth. There are times when players may also wish to lose reputation with a faction.

Factions
One of the defining aspects of reputation is the faction system. All reputation is tied to a specific faction, of which there are many. The main factions in the game are the Horde and the Alliance, which are at perpetual war with one another. Players of the Horde faction will never be able to earn reputation with Alliance, and the same in reverse. This is at a basic level of game mechanics, where players simply do not have reputation tracks with the opposing factions. Horde players will never have an associated Alliance reputation track. These factions are considered "kill on sight".

There are other factions present within the game, each are usually under a major grouping. Horde players, for instance, have all the Horde cities (Orgrimmar, Silvermoon, Thunderbluff and the Undercity) maintained under a grouping simply called "The Horde". Other factions are similar grouped: some of the major groups are the Steamwheedle Cartel, who control the goblin cities of Azeroth; and Shattrath City, which maintains Lower City, Shat'ari and Scryer vs. Aldor. The last two factions, Scyer versus Aldor, are diametrically opposed , as are several others. Reputation gains with one faction results in immediate reputation loss with another faction.

Each individual player maintains a reputation track, but not all players may have access to specific factions. This is generally due to lack of character development, in the case of a player not seeking to discover a particular faction. Since the release of The Burning Crusade, some of the older level 60 raid-level factions have been neglected; it is entirely possible that new players may never discover those factions. When a player discovers a new faction, the player will be shown a status message informing the new reputation level. While some newly discovered factions begin at Neutral, that is not the rule. Some factions are discovered at Friendly, or even at Hated.

Reputation gains are often subject to "spillover" to other factions within the grouping. For example, when a player of the Tauren race completes a quest for the capital city of Thunder Bluff, reputation is gained not just for that city, but may also be earned for the Horde faction. This spillover is often invisible to the player, as a status message may detail the reputation gain for the major faction, but the spillover may not be detailed. Most times players can advance reputations and experience by completing starting area quests for all factions, therefore gaining a good reputation with all factions.

Reputation based vendors
Vendors that are associated with a faction are known as Quartermasters, and are located in different parts of the world, more often at the hub for that particular faction. When a player interacts with a Quartermaster, the entire inventory is displayed, regardless of reputation requirements. If an item is displayed in a red font, the player is not eligible to purchase that item until the reputation requirement is met. When interacting with these vendors, hovering the mouse over individual items will show the reputation requirement, which allows players to gauge their needed reputation improvements, and to plan for future upgrades. The equipment which a Quartermaster sells may be gear such as weapons and armor, or it may be tradeskill improvements such as a new "recipe".

Riding mounts based on reputation
Related to reputation is the ability for players to purchase riding mounts. All racial factions are represented with a unique riding mount. Native players are eligible to purchase these mounts within level requirements, whereas players who are not native to a race may purchase a "cross-faction" mount upon reaching the Exalted reputation with that race. Horde and Alliance may not purchase the opposing faction mounts.

Recent patches introduced a faction who's specific reward is a special flying mount. Players begin at Hated with the Netherwing faction, and via a series of quests, seek to become Exalted with this faction. The sole purpose of the Netherwing faction is to reward Exalted players with a flying Netherwing Drake mount. Another faction introduced in the same patch is the Skyguard, who also offers a special flying mount to players of Exalted status. Unlike the Netherwing, who's mount is a reward, Skyguard mounts are purchased. This faction also offers many other rewards, and is a full-fledged faction, tracked under Shattrath City.

Dungeon access
Reputation may also affect a characters ability to participate in dungeon raids. Where the concept of "attunments" (the act of earning access to dungeons) has long been a part of the game, some attunments are tied to reputation. The Burning Crusade introduced "heroic difficulty" mode for some 5-man dungeons, with an attunment requirement of Revered. Upon reaching Revered, players may purchase a key to "unlock" heroic dungeons. Naxxramas was introduced with a varying attunment requirement; the higher the players reputation, the less it cost for attunement.

The reputation divisions
The actual divisions for reputation levels are common across all players and factions. When a player crosses the threshold to another reputation level (higher or lower), a status message is displayed, and the reputation tracker is reflected by showing the new reputation. If the earned reputation is greater than the maximum level, the additional earned reputation is carried over (e.g., if a player is at 5,900 of Friendly reputation and earns 500 reputation points, they will be at 400 points of Honored reputation, the next level above Friendly).

*Hated: From 36,000 to zero. This is actually a negative number. Players who begin at Hated begin at 36,000 points, and each increase is subtracted, until reaching zero.
*Hostile: From 3,000 to zero. This is a negative number, same as above.
(Hated and Hostile reputation is considered "kill sight", there can only be aggressive interaction with NPCs who are of these reputation levels)
*Unfriendly: From 3,000 to zero. At this point, players will no longer be attacked on sight, but player still cannot interact. Any hostile actions towards an NPC of Unfriendly reputation will cause that particular NPC to become hostile. Aggressive actions may result in reputation loss.
*Neutral: From 0 to 3,000. At this point, the reputation track is a positive number, increasing to the maximum level. Players may be now able to interact with the NPCs on a limited basis.
*Friendly: From 0 to 6,000.
*Honored: From 0 to 12,000. At this point, players also earn 10% discount from that particular faction.
*Revered: From 0 to 21,000.
*Exalted: From 0 to 1,000. The highest level possible, which actually ceases at 999. Reputation gains beyond 999 are simply lost.

In all, if a player begins at the lowest Hated reputation, a total of 85,000 reputation points are required to reach Exalted.



An illustration is provided below, given to show the comparative levels of reputation from the lowest to the highest. The names of the reputation are the names used in the game, and the colors are similar.
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A sample screenshot of a players reputation is provided on the left:
*This player is of the Horde faction, as indicated by the Horde factions.
*The reputation track normally shows a bar of increasing or decreasing reputation; hovering the mouse over a particular reputation shows the numbers involved. Here, the player is 253 points short of Revered with Thunder Bluff.
*The checkmark next to Sporeggar indicates that the player is actively tracking this reputation; active tracks appear on-screen as a modified experience bar.