This week Jay Minton stops by to tell us about working at some of the largest boy scout camps around and all of the planning that goes into nature trails. Shannon brings us another fun paper from BMJ and John laments about painting.

Jay Minton

Philmont Scout Ranch (official site)
Philmont Scout Ranch (Wikipedia)
Waite Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company
Boy Scouts of America
Northern Tier (official site)
Northern Tier (Wikipedia)
Java Press Coffee Maker
Scouting YouTube Video Look for Jay around 0:59

Fun Paper Friday

We all know children swallow coins, but can they predict the stock market prices? Researchers follow their patients guts to the answer.
Firth, P. G., Hongming Zheng, and J. A. Biller. “Ingested foreign bodies and societal wealth: three year observational study of swallowed coins.” BMJ 339 (2009): b5066.

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Episode 105 - "Nuggets of Nature" with Jay Minton