Scouting

from a young age, skills like learning how to tie knots and administer first aid. The ability to cultivate survival prowess is the reason that many boys join the Scouts. While there are many aspects of the organization Robeau’s favorite part of scouting “was going to summer camp because there are a lot of activities like row boating, shotgun shooting, working on more merit badges,…

Lifestyle Project The aim of the research project is to investigate and evaluate the roles of three different organisations and their contributions to the community. To investigate the organisations, three key questions were prepared. The three chosen organisations are the Stradbroke Scout Group, Vertical Reality Climbing and National Pharmacies. Through their main websites, the address, phone number and emails of each organisations were gathered to be contacted and if possible, interviewed. The…

Between the years 1584 and 1590, Sir Walter Raleigh launched three voyages to the new world under Queen Elizabeth I. The first of these three voyages was merely a scouting expedition. Sir Walter sent Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe in 1584 to explore the new world and find a place to establish a colony. Moreover, Captain Amadas and Captain Barlowe had landed on the barrier islands of what is known as the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Thanks to the guidance of Portuguese navigator, Simon…

Mars has a very harsh environment not yet suitable for humans. However, compared to other planets in space, Mars is humanity's best chance at attempting to colonize. The colonization of the Red Planet is drawing near due to many different space venturing companies coming together. Furthermore to this topic, large debate is only rising since the opinions of many are strikingly divided. "Mars today, despite its subzero temperatures (on average -63°C), thin non-radiation and savage global dust…

Published in GQ in 1997, Elwood Reid’s “My Body, My Weapon, My Shame,” is a personal article that offers a behind-the-scenes account of college football. He describes his journey as a University of Michigan Wolverine, starting from his high school scouting days and ending with his retirement in Alaska. Reid recounts the strain he and his fellow players put on their bodies, both on and off the field, and explains the constant pressure to fulfill the image of a popular, powerful football player at…

Exposition - Marvin is 10 years old, and his father is taking him through the different levels of the colony to a place he's never been before: They hop in a little scouting vechile with a pressurized cabin and take off away from the colony. Rising Action - As Marvin and his father leave the plateau wth the colony on it behind, they entered a darkened world surrounded by high mountains. Marvin is nervous as they pass a crashed rocket…

In 1584, Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe were the first Europeans to know about the island. They was sent to that area by Sir Walter Raleigh. They was on a mission scouting the broad sounds and estuaries the look for an ideal location to settle in. There was glowing reports of Roanoke Island, and then the explorers returned home a year later with two Natives, their names were Manteo and Wanchese, all of London was abuzz with talk of the New World’s wonders. Queen Elizabeth was impressed with…

The Seven Years War produced a numerous amount of historically significant events in Europe, and also took place in the American Colonies as what we know today as the French and Indian War. The French and Indian War was a conflict between Britain and France due to contested land claims over the Ohio River Valley, which eventually lead to Britain's declaration of war in 1756. At the beginning of the war, the British suffered major losses. Though in 1758, the tables turned with the arrival of…

The Backfield Package by Thomas J. Dygard is a fiction sports story about a football team that has a chance to win the Rend Lake Conference championship in back to back seasons. The story mainly focuses on four players Joe Mitchell the quarterback, Tracy Jackson a wide receiver, Coley Brewster a running back, and Lew Preston the fullback and where these players will decide to go to college to play football at. The time that this story goes on is unknown, but I would assume that the time is…

Steroids and Sports Since the implementation of steroids in sports five decades ago, they have been a controversial issue. (WebMD Medical News) Steroids first became available to athletes in the olympic games and other major sporting events around the 1950’s. Walking into a gym nowadays it is easily seen that someone is using steroids or some kind of performance enhancing drug. Anabolic steroids are popularly used in high school sports to professional levels. For the past 50 years, people…