is part of what makes us human 一 indeed, this has played an important part in our success as a species. Long before the first caveman slumped down beside the fire and grunted news that there were plenty of wildebeest over yonder, our ancestors had learnt the value of sending out scouts...
My work in th e Boy Scouts(童子军) organization began at an early age. What _41 B m e was the importanc e of community service. Sinc e som e peopl e wer e _42 B th e beauty of th e wild, our scout troop took hikes in th e Oak Mountain Stat e Park to protect natur e ...
We think back to a golden age, as if exploration peaked somehow in the 19th century - as if the process of discovery is now on the decline, though the truth is that we have named only one and a half million of this planet's species, and there may be more than 10 million - and ...
For the writer, reading is life and fundamental.2. At the age of ten. the writer's approach to reading was scientific since he was old enough to know what to read.3. Gramm a only read Westerns. because she was just crazy about them.4. The writer loved visiting the library in his ...
camping community, as it precisely and directly pinpoints what camping should be. The goals of this organization are not only to help save the planet but also to make camping more fun and to leave the wilderness as intact as possible for future generations of young and crafty scouts and ...
So using our previous example, we could say with 95% confidence that the true mean age of all dog owners in the United States falls between x and y years old.The reason that populations can be used to make inferences is that they represent the entire group of individuals or items that ...
If you ask any Louisvillian of a certain age–“Where were you during The Tornado?”–they will tell you without asking which tornado you mean. In a city where tornadoes are a way of life, this is pretty significant when you consider the one in question happened some 42 years ago, dest...
“Be prepared” has been tied to the scouting movement since it began in 1907 under the leadership of Robert Baden-Powell. The term defined scouts’ original purpose and continues to be featured on many scouting medals. When asked about what they were to be prepared for, Baden-Powel is repo...
The following observations come from six scouts, all of whom were granted anonymity so they could speak as candidly as possible: Eastern Conference scout on the Knicks' ceiling now that they've added Carmelo Anthony: "I see them as a fifth seed in the best case. They have some of the sa...
Rarely a week goes by when I don’t receive a frantic text or call from a desperate parent whose college-age kid is in an emergency room being treated for a drug-related problem. Young adults ages 18 to 25 make up 11.1% of the more than 7.7 million drug-related annual emergency room...