Medicine Badge, Req. 1

Hippocrates of Cos was a ancient Greek physician. he is known as one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is also referred to as the father of western medicine. in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field as the founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine.

William Harvey was an british physician. He was the very physician first to describe completely in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and body by the heart.

Edward Anthony Jenner was an british physician and scientist from Berkeley, Gloucestershire. who was the inventor of smallpox vaccine.

Joseph Lister was known as Sir Joseph Lister.between 1883 and 1897 was a British surgeon and a inventor of antiseptic surgery. By applying Louis Pasteur's advances in microbiology. he promoted the idea of clean surgerys.

Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist. he is known for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination  microbial fermentation and pasteurization. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of viruses.

Robert Heinrich Herman Koch. He was the founder of modern bacteriology. And is known for his role in identifying the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax and for giving experimental support for the concept of infectious disease.

Major Walter Reed  was a U.S. Army physician. He led the team that confirmed the theory of yellow fever.

Gregor Johann Mendel was a German-speaking Silesian scientist. He was also a  Augustinian friar who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the new science of genetics.

Ner Tamid, D2 a and b

Jewish Organization	What They Do
BBYO	Activities for Jewish teenagers
Jewish Federation	Education, fundraising, charity
Hadassah	Zionist stuff, supporting Israel
Anti-defamation League	Fighting against anti-Jewish things
Chabad	Education, Orthodox outreach

City	Population	Jewish Population
New York, NY	8,245,000	1,970,000
Los Angeles, CA	3,820,000	621,000
Chicago, IL	2,707,000	261,000
Houston, TX	2,145,000	48,400
Philadelphia, PA	1,536,000	276,000
Phoenix, AZ	1,469,000	83,000
San Antonio, TX	1,360,000	12,000
San Diego, CA	1,326,000	89,000
Dallas, TX	1,223,000	45,000
San Jose, CA	967,487	40,000
Detroit	706,585	94,000

Animal Science, Activity 5

Mom says: I told Rory that he needed to keep this video short, because I'm running out of memory on my phone and it tends to cut us off at the 2 minute mark. But here is Rory giving a general explanation of the care required by horses.

Citizenship in the Nation, Activity 2

Rory chose to talk about 2a and 2c for this activity. Here's his vlog:

Ner Tamid Section A, Requirement 1a

Ner Tamid Section C, Requirement 3

Tell What Made Each of These People Famous

From the Bible:

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            - Moses saving jews from egypt

-         -  Esther stopping haman

-         -  King David fought Goliath.  

-         -  Deborah  is a prophetess

-          - Abraham founded judeism

From Ancient Jewish History:

-         -  Hillel founder of a dynesty of sages

-          - Rashi father of all commentaries

-          - Akiba father of rabbinic Judaism

-          - Maimonides a doctor and the greatest jewish thinker

-          - Judah HaLevi greatest Hebrew  poet

From Modern Jewish History:

-         -  Ba’al Shem Tov newly developed philosiphys

-          - Albert Einstein famous scientist

-          - Sigmund Freud was a docter who founded psychiatry. 

-         -  Alfred Dreyfus freanch artillery officer who was accused of  treason partly because he was a Jew.

-          - Gaon of Vilna was a Talmudist.

Ner Tamid Section E, Requirement 3B

List the Jewish and General Population in 10 Important Cities

Count ry	Jewish Population	Total Population
United States	5,664,000	314,743,000
England	266,740	62,262,000
France	483,500	65,350,000
Israel	5,703,700	7,928,500
italy	28,400	60,849,247
Russia	205,000	143,228,300
Canada	375,000	34,973,700
Germany	119,000	75,149,669
Iran	10,400	75,149,669
China	0	1,347,350,000

Citizenship in the Community, Requirement 8: All About Eastpointe

-         Who founded Eastpointe? Irish and German immigrants.

-          3 interesting facts about Eastpointe:

      It was discovered in 1897.

      The first post office was called Halfway. 

      It has population of 32,442.

   

Our Mayor

The Children's Garden

Eastpointe City Hall

The Eastpointe Memorial Library

The Gratiot Dream Cruise

The Eastpointe Farmers Market

Citizenship in the Nation: An Important American Speech

I chose to watch Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream speech." I watched the whole thing.
Martin Luther King Jr. was protesting for blacks to be treated equally. He was a minister and a civil rights leader. This speech was important because blacks were not treated equally as whites, he was hoping to get people to finally give blacks the same rights as white people. Blacks now have equal rights, but it's important to remember this speech because it was one of the biggest protests for freedom ever in our nations history. Now there are protests for gays and lesbians to be able to get married. I think that Martin Luther King Jr's speech applies to that as well. My favorite part of the speech was when he was telling them that he would not give up until each state would give black people the same rights as white people.

A Walk With God

Two weeks ago, I went to a Scouting event called the Walk With God. This is the patch they gave us. This event was so that we could learn about different religions. I learned about Muslims, Christians, both Catholic and Protestant and Jews. Although I’m already Jewish, so I don’t think I learned that much that I didn’t already know.

This is a picture of me with the Imam, who is like a Muslim priest. His name is Mohammed Elahi. Imam Elahi told us about the Muslim religion. For example, I learned that Arabic is a lot like Hebrew and that Muslim men don’t shake with women. They put their hand over the heart as a sign of respect instead. Standing next to the Imam in this picture is the President of Congregation Beth Israel, a Jewish synagogue. He talked to us about Judaism and about religious hardships.

This is a picture of a Star of David that used to hang in Congregation Beth Israel’s sanctuary. It was burned because some people graffitied anti-Jewish things and then burnt down the building. Their synagogue was completely destroyed. The only thing left was the Star of David. They kept it and hung it in the new synagogue after they rebuilt to remind themselves of what happened. We learned that many people are hateful towards Jews and Muslims and that’s one thing we have in common.

The last picture is a picture of a Catholic Priest who is the official Chaplain of the Boy Scout’s Great Lakes Council. He talked about Christianity and how many Christians want to be friends with Jews and Muslims.

I’m glad that I went to the Walk with God. I learned a lot about different religions and that I am proud to be Jewish. I am also happy to say that I now have more friends from other packs and religions. 

(A Note from Mom: This activity fulfilled several of the requirements for Rory's American Cultures badge.)

Citizenship In the Nation

Rory discussing Questions 1, 3 and 4a of the Citizenship in the Nation merit badge.

Family Life Badge: The Essential Interview

BSA Art Badge: Requirement 4

Yesterday, my mom and dad took me to the Detroit Art Museum (the DIA). We walked around for a very long time and saw LOTS of different art. I liked seeing the Japanese art and the Egyptian mummies. It was cool, because I could see statues of lots of the Egyptian gods that I'm reading about in the Kane Chronicles right now- they had Bes and Bast and Sekmet and Horus statues. I also liked seeing the armor that the Knights wore and the tomahawks that the Native Americans used to use. We got to use an iPad to learn more about the big, BIG mural that is my Dad's favorite part of the DIA. I liked the guys in gas masks. My mom liked the seed baby part. We walked around for a very long time and after we left, I threw up. But before we left, we went to the gift shop and I got things from my favorite parts of the museum: a little red Bast statue, two wooden camels, a wooden alligator and a lucky cat from Japan.

I really liked the art museum, but I did not like throwing up.

BSA Art Badge: Requirement 3

The first badge I wanted to do is the Art badge, because I really like doing art projects. For this one, I had to make pictures of the same thing, but use different types of art stuff to make it. I decided to make art about Pikachu, because he is my favorite Pokemon. The art I used to make Pikachu were:

Colored Pencils

Watercolors

Computer Painting

Acrylic Paint

Here is my art:

This picture is of my painting my Pikachu. But you can also see the drawing I made with colored pencils in it too.

The next thing I did was use acrylic paint, which is darker colored than watercolors are. My mom showed me how to carve a picture of Pikachu a block of soft stuff that was like styrofoam. Then, I painted black paint all over it and used that to make a Pikachu printing.

The last Pikachu art I made was with Microsoft Paint. I thought that this was the easiest type of art to do, but I liked doing the regular painting best.

Bridging to the Big Boys

It's summertime, which means I get to start writing in my blog again and guess what! I'm not a Cub Scout anymore! Three weeks ago, I bridged up to the Boy Scouts...and I got my Arrow of Light and my Aleph Medal along the way. It's quite exciting, but a little scary- mostly because I'm at a whole new level and they expect even more from me. I'm excited about finally being able to do some of the more fun and complicated things like rock climbing and more camping trips. I'll get to see even more wildlife on those trips and earn new badges! The first badges I'm working on are Art, Citizen in the Community, and Communication. So come back every week to check in on what I'm doing!

It's pretty cool to think that I'm one step closer to Eagle Scout.

Me someday:

Pet Care Pin #1: Visit an animal shelter. Explain the reasons why pets are in the animal shelter to your den or family.

My mom and dad and I went to the Macomb County Humane Society. The lady working there told me that they have animals that come there for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes, people's dogs or cats have too many babies. Or pets sometimes get sick and their owners can't take care of them; or they got in a fire or some other disaster and they need to be taken care of. Sometimes they are stray animals or homeless pets and they need someone to help them find them a new home. When I was there, I saw dogs and cats and bunnies and even a guinea pig! They were all hoping for a new home. I can't wait until I have my kidney transplant so that I can get a puppy. I'm going to rescue a puppy and give it a good home.

Pet Care Belt Loop #1: 1. Care for your pet for two weeks. Make a list of the tasks that you did to take care of your pet.

I have three cats and a goldfish. I fed them and gave them water and gave them lots of love and play with them. My cat Harriet had to have emergency surgery because she swallowed a bell. My mom and I made a video showing how I take care of Harriet and how I take care of my fish. But it looks funny because I'm moving WAY too fast in the videos. Here they are:

Pet Care Pin #3: Tell three ways that animals can help people.

Dogs and horses can be used to help blind people get around. They are called seeing eye dogs and seeing eye horses. If you don't believe me about seeing eye horses, here's a picture:




Fish help restaurants look cool by floating around in fish tanks (especially salt water kinds) and bringing in business because kids want their parents to bring them there to eat so they can see the fish.


Spiders help keep flies and other insects from taking over the world. If we didn't have spiders, there would be so many flies that we would NOT want to live on this planet anymore. Same thing with birds. Birds help keep the flies and other insects from taking over the world too.

Pet Care Belt Loop #2: Visit a pet store. Make a list of the different animals in the store and the kinds of foods they eat

Ferrets eat ferret pellets.

Cats eat cat food.

Dogs eat dog food.

Fish eat fish food.

Parrots eat bird food.

Snakes eat mice.

Mice eat anything!

Tarantula's which eat flies, crickets and other insects. Same for female tarantulas. But if it's a bird eating spider, it eats mice.

Lizards eat bugs.

Turtles eat small fish.

Frogs eat crickets.

Disabilities Awareness Belt Loop #2: Attend a disabilities event such as an Easter Seals event, Special Olympics or similar event

My daddy and I went to the Roseville Handicapped Olympics. They had golf, bowling, kicking a soccer ball, t-ball, pitching a ball, hockey, standing long jump. Some of the contestants could throw a ball really far. The people who were participating were mostly not in wheelchairs, except for one, who they helped to stand up for the t-ball and hockey events; because she wanted to show that she could. There were people of all ages participating- adults and kids- and a guy named Elvis threw a ball over 100 feet! Then, my dad and I went golfing.