You are mainly seeking 35mm film containers placed at the base
of a metal post or in a guard rail. However there are a few
magnetic key holders. They are only hidden in areas with wide
shoulders and/or ample parking and they tend to shy away from homes
and businesses. As always, be careful as you hunt them, the world
can be a dangerous place.
Twelfth Edition /
2009
The cover art is the large word "Scout" with a photo of Scouts
white-water rafting above, and a photo of a juvenile bald eagle's
head and US flag below. The back cover has a reproduction of Joseph
Csatari's 1976 "All Out for Scouting" painting and a photo of a
Scout on a zip line.
This is the third Boy Scout Handbook written by Robert Birkby
(former director of conservation at Philmont Scout Ranch). It
updates and continues the trends in his previous two Handbooks. It
includes the usual "Parent's Guide" insert on how to protect
children from child abuse. The first printing comes
cellophane-wrapped, and includes a very colorful 24-page history of
the Boy Scout Handbook. In addition, pages 4 and 5 of the Handbook
have a briefer history of the Handbook.
BSA makes a big deal that this is the "First Green Handbook",
not just 100% recycled paper, but chlorine-free manufacture,
chain-of-custody tracking from "well-managed and controlled
sources", down to the use of biogas in the paper manufacturing
process.
BSA also states that the Twelfth Edition "is a tribute to 100
years of the Boy Scout Handbook", filling it with quotes and
artwork from previous Handbook editions.
The book is colorful, and filled with action pictures. It
projects to readers that Scouting is an adventure, making the book
a resource for adventure rather than just an advancement manual. It
puts the ideals right up front, starting with a full chapter on
Leadership. This is the first Handbook to have its own website
(www.bsahandbook.org), which is referenced repeatedly at the bottom
of dozens of pages. You can also download the Handbook as an iPhone
app.
This is the first Handbook to discuss geocaching and the food
pyramid, and it adds an unusual new knot - how to tie a necktie. It
also introduces the 'EDGE' method of teaching skills (Explain,
Demonstrate, Guide, Enable), and adds EDGE to the advancement
requirements for Tenderfoot and Life.
The title page is a reproduction of the first page of the color
insert found in the Fourth Edition, 1st printing (1940) with a
'BSA2010' logo added.
The Handbook reduces the number of main sections (with
color-coded pages) to three: Scoutcraft (5 chapters), Woodcraft (2
chapters), and Campcraft (5 chapters). This harks back to the first
three chapters of the First Edition. Leave No Trace fills an entire
chapter, and is more strongly emphasized in advancement and
leadership (including a new Scout leadership office called Leave No
Trace Trainer). The Handbook also adds a second new leadership
office, troop webmaster.
The book explains how to retire a worn-out flag, and why US Army
uniforms display the flag on the sleeve reversed from the way it's
on the Scout uniform sleeve. The book states that "one nation under
God" in the pledge of allegiance should be said without a
pause.
The Twelfth Edition continues the trend of de-emphasizing the
full uniform, encouraging the wear of what many troops call the
'Class B' uniform. Indeed, this Handbook states that the full
uniform is primarily for indoor wear! - "Proudly wear your uniform
to troop meetings, ceremonies such as courts of honor, and most
other indoor troop functions. When you're headed outdoors, you can
pull on a T-shirt with Scout pants or shorts, or wear other
clothing that is right for the events of the day."
The BSA also has released a Spanish translation of the complete
handbook.
