X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from jaowa.jafi.org.il ([194.90.175.36]) by JAFIMAIL.jamain.jafi.org.il with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:14:55 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_005_01C909B7.B3D16432" Received: from p03c11m035.symantecmail.net ([208.65.144.243]) by jaowa.jafi.org.il with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:14:54 +0300 Received: from unknown [194.90.9.21] (EHLO mxout2.netvision.net.il) by p03c11m035.symantecmail.net (mxl_mta-5.7.0-1) with ESMTP id b0eb7b84.3767532464.205878.00-008.p03c11m035.symantecmail.net (envelope-from ); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:14:51 -0600 (MDT) Received: from BerniceS-WS-XP ([212.143.234.21]) by mxout2.netvision.net.il (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0K6C00MB1V0BI600@mxout2.netvision.net.il> for SaralynG@wzo.org.il; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:14:50 +0300 (IDT) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: GoodNews Israel Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:15:01 +0300 Message-ID: <3825-2200885299151215@BerniceS-WS-XP> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: GoodNews Israel Thread-Index: AckJt7PRoEJgfQEsQLySioTwmaPulw== From: "Mark Cohen" To: "Greenblatt, Saralyn" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_005_01C909B7.B3D16432 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable GN ISRAEL 29 08 08 http://www.angloraanana.com =20 =09 Quote for the Week "I think the population is losing half of its brain power by not = encouraging women to go into science"=20 (Prof Ada Yonath [See item below] It seems as if Israel is beginning to = get this right) =09 Our scientists and researchers have been having a field day this week, = sounds a bit odd but what they=92ve been achieving is anything but. Here = are but a few examples: * Eight people in the world were recognized by Oxford University for = outstanding contributions to their field, this included Prof. Ada Yonath = who was awarded her honorary doctorate at this year's Encaenia ceremony. = Now we would have to devote a complete GN simply to list the awards that = have been bestowed on Prof Yonath and while we would never think of = divulging a lady=92s age we would have to add that she is a grandmother = and a glamorous one at that. Suffice it to say that we have reported on = her winning UNESCO=92s illustrious =91Life=92s Work Prize for Women in = Science=92 for her work in developing new antibiotics against strains of = resistant superbugs. [This item supplied by Peter Mishcon, a reader from = London] * The Wolfson Medical Center, one of Israel=92s largest hospitals has = just appointed Dr Yael Haviv-Yedid as head of its emergency medicine = unit. Dr Haviv-Yedid, a specialist in internal medicine brings a wealth = of experience to her new post. And yet another lady breaks the science = glass ceiling. We=92re getting there [see Quote for the Week above].=20 * Ben Gurion University of the Negev and the National Institute for = Biotechnology in the Negev announced today that they will cooperate with = BioAbroad, an Israeli non-profit organization dedicated to helping = biotechnology scientists return to Israel. As part of the cooperation = with BioAbroad, the university will advertise senior positions on the = organization's website. In addition, university researchers currently = based overseas or on sabbatical will accompany BioAbroad's regional = managers in meetings with scientists working overseas=20 * Being acclaimed as one of the world=92s top 35 young scientists, = chosen out of a list of 300 finalists is no mean feat, but this is = exactly what happened to Hossam Halck of The Technion. GN reported on Dr = Halck=92s =93mechanical nose=92 consisting of nanosensors that can = detect the presence of cancer by =91smelling=92 a patient=92s breath. A = panel of top scientists and the editorial team from MIT=92S Technology = Review Magazine did the choosing.=20 * Famous for being the world=92s largest manufacturer of generic drugs = as well as for its proprietary drug, Copaxone for the treatment of = Multiple Sclerosis, Teva Pharmaceuticals has announced that they have = added another ethical medication to their stable. The Azilect tablet = produced by the Company is the first to slow the progression of = Parkinson=92s disease. In advanced trials, patients who took Azilect at = an early stage showed =91significant improvement=92. One more weapon = added to the armory in man=92s fight against these frightful, = incapacitating diseases and Israeli scientists are right in the = forefront of the battle=20 * The trend is ever downwards and that means things are continuing to = look up! Unemployment fell to a 24-year low in the second quarter of = 2008, says that perennial bearer of glad tidings, The Central Bureau of = Statistics. The last time only 5.9% of the civilian workforce was out of = a job was in 1984. In the first quarter, unemployment had been running = at 6.1% (and at 7.6% in Q2 of =9208) the Bureau says, but about 9,000 = people found work, reducing the number of jobless to 174,300. Now = how=92s that for really GN?!=20 * Israel's first solar power station is up and running. Moshe Tenne (No, = we hadn=92t heard of him either) built the plant on his Negev farm for = NIS 1.3 million, and he estimates he will sell NIS 220,000 worth of = electricity a year to the national power grid. The state allows home and = industrial customers to install solar power panels and Tenne inaugurated = his 50-kilowatt solar array this week It will provide two-thirds of the = needs of his central Negev farm, located on the region's Wine Route. The = Tenne family established its farm three years ago, and makes its living = from a sophisticated dairy barn with 70 cows producing about 800,000 = liters of milk a year and not from selling current. Sounds like an = outstanding idea to us!=20 * And so to Basketball, with ladies first. The women's national team = used a 20-point rally that bridged the second and third quarters to run = away with a 100-80 win over hosts Britain after being down in the first = half. Israel is now tied in first place with Lithuania and Ukraine at = the end of the first round of group play The Men's national team = exploded yesterday against Denmark, downing the Danes 85-53 on the = second day of a preseason tournament in Tallinn, Estonia. Israel broke = the game wide open in the first 20 minutes, taking a 50-25 lead into the = locker room. .=20 * And it=92s the ladies again, bless them, with Laetitia Beck winning a = bronze medal this week in the prestigious British Girls' Open Golf = Championships, which were held in Scotland. Six days of effort and = concentration in some pretty hostile weather, brought Laetitia , who is = Israel's leading junior female golfer and local Caesarea Lady Champion, = to the fore in Junior Girls Golf in the United Kingdom. She was one of = 140 female golfers under the age of 18 from 17 countries competing=20 * GN for Israel=92s two leading banks. Bank Hapoalim posted a net profit = of NIS 594 million, 40.7% less than in the corresponding quarter in 2007 = and Bank Leumi=92s. net profit dropped by 3%. =91Less profit=85profits = dropped=92. How does that become GN? We=92re sure that many of our = readers will have their own answer to this question but our response is = that we compared our banks=92 figures to the performance of the = financial sector in the US and suddenly our lending houses look like = absolute stars. In Q2 of this year the banks=92 profits in the US of A = fell by 82% yes eighty-two percent. See what we mean?=20 * We=92ve kept you updated on the Tourism Industry as it breaks record = after record and now comes the news that the local inn-keepers are = looking for 4500 more members of staff and they=92re going all out to = find them. When they do that=92ll be another dent in the unemployment = rate [see item above]=20 * How would we manage without caviar? Speaking personally, rather well, = we=92d have to say. But there are those who would differ and for whom = the ever shrinking supply due to pollution and what have you is as close = to a crisis as they=92re likely to get. Hebrew U researchers to the = rescue. These sterling folk have just brought locally reared sturgeon to = caviar producing maturity in ponds on Kibbutz Dan. The question is: Is = it kosher? Well the jury is still out on that one, with the researchers = adamant that the fish fulfils the requirements of fins and scales even = if you do need a magnifying glass to find them (the scales that is), so = don=92t break out the champagne- or vodka- quite yet. And on that heady = note we conclude this weeks GN=20 Beautiful cottage in = the West=20 Well groomed garden=20 For further information contact Joe +972-9-77-44-133 or = info@angloraanana.com =09 =09 Have we missed any Good News? Do you have any comments? Please let us = know. www.angloraanana.com PLEASE = VISIT OUR WEBSITE=20 WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF ANGLO SAXON RA'ANANA =09 Disclaimer of Liability While Good News strives to report the news accurately and faithfully,we = cannot accept responsibility for errors in, misinterpretations of, or = omissions from the material printed in The Good News Digest above, nor = are we responsible for the application of the information contained = herein to your personal or business situation. =09 ------_=_NextPart_005_01C909B7.B3D16432 Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Israel Good News Digest
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GN ISRAEL 29 08 08
http://www.angloraanana.= com
=09 Quote for the = Week
"I think the population is losing half of its brain power by not = encouraging women to go into science"
(Prof Ada Yonath [See item below] It seems as if Israel is beginning = to get this right) =09
=09
    =09 Our scientists and researchers have been having a field day this week, = sounds a bit odd but what they=92ve been achieving is anything but. Here = are but a few examples:

  • Eight people in the world were recognized by Oxford University = for outstanding contributions to their field, this included Prof. Ada = Yonath who was awarded her honorary doctorate at this year's Encaenia = ceremony. Now we would have to devote a complete GN simply to list the = awards that have been bestowed on Prof Yonath and while we would never = think of divulging a lady=92s age we would have to add that she is a = grandmother and a glamorous one at that. Suffice it to say that we have = reported on her winning UNESCO=92s illustrious =91Life=92s Work Prize = for Women in Science=92 for her work in developing new antibiotics = against strains of resistant superbugs. [This item supplied by Peter = Mishcon, a reader from London]

  • The Wolfson Medical Center, one of Israel=92s largest hospitals = has just appointed Dr Yael Haviv-Yedid as head of its emergency = medicine unit. Dr Haviv-Yedid, a specialist in internal medicine brings = a wealth of experience to her new post. And yet another lady breaks the = science glass ceiling. We=92re getting there [see Quote for the Week = above].

  • Ben Gurion University of the Negev and the National Institute = for Biotechnology in the Negev announced today that they will cooperate = with BioAbroad, an Israeli non-profit organization dedicated to helping = biotechnology scientists return to Israel. As part of the cooperation = with BioAbroad, the university will advertise senior positions on the = organization's website. In addition, university researchers currently = based overseas or on sabbatical will accompany BioAbroad's regional = managers in meetings with scientists working overseas

  • Being acclaimed as one of the world=92s top 35 young scientists, = chosen out of a list of 300 finalists is no mean feat, but this is = exactly what happened to Hossam Halck of The Technion. GN reported on Dr = Halck=92s =93mechanical nose=92 consisting of nanosensors that can = detect the presence of cancer by =91smelling=92 a patient=92s breath. A = panel of top scientists and the editorial team from MIT=92S = Technology Review Magazine did the choosing.

  • Famous for being the world=92s largest manufacturer of generic = drugs as well as for its proprietary drug, Copaxone for the treatment of = Multiple Sclerosis, Teva Pharmaceuticals has announced that they have = added another ethical medication to their stable. The Azilect tablet = produced by the Company is the first to slow the progression of = Parkinson=92s disease. In advanced trials, patients who took Azilect at = an early stage showed =91significant improvement=92. One more weapon = added to the armory in man=92s fight against these frightful, = incapacitating diseases and Israeli scientists are right in the = forefront of the battle

  • The trend is ever downwards and that means things are continuing = to look up! Unemployment fell to a 24-year low in the second quarter of = 2008, says that perennial bearer of glad tidings, The Central Bureau of = Statistics. The last time only 5.9% of the civilian workforce was out of = a job was in 1984. In the first quarter, unemployment had been running = at 6.1% (and at 7.6% in Q2 of =9208) the Bureau says, but about 9,000 = people found work, reducing the number of jobless to 174,300. Now = how=92s that for really GN?!

  • Israel's first solar power station is up and running. Moshe = Tenne (No, we hadn=92t heard of him either) built the plant on his Negev = farm for NIS 1.3 million, and he estimates he will sell NIS 220,000 = worth of electricity a year to the national power grid. The state allows = home and industrial customers to install solar power panels and Tenne = inaugurated his 50-kilowatt solar array this week It will provide = two-thirds of the needs of his central Negev farm, located on the = region's Wine Route. The Tenne family established its farm three years = ago, and makes its living from a sophisticated dairy barn with 70 cows = producing about 800,000 liters of milk a year and not from selling = current. Sounds like an outstanding idea to us!

  • And so to Basketball, with ladies first. The women's national = team used a 20-point rally that bridged the second and third quarters to = run away with a 100-80 win over hosts Britain after being down in the = first half. Israel is now tied in first place with Lithuania and Ukraine = at the end of the first round of group play The Men's national team = exploded yesterday against Denmark, downing the Danes 85-53 on the = second day of a preseason tournament in Tallinn, Estonia. Israel broke = the game wide open in the first 20 minutes, taking a 50-25 lead into the = locker room. .

  • And it=92s the ladies again, bless them, with Laetitia Beck = winning a bronze medal this week in the prestigious British Girls' Open = Golf Championships, which were held in Scotland. Six days of effort and = concentration in some pretty hostile weather, brought Laetitia , who is = Israel's leading junior female golfer and local Caesarea Lady Champion, = to the fore in Junior Girls Golf in the United Kingdom. She was one of = 140 female golfers under the age of 18 from 17 countries competing =

  • GN for Israel=92s two leading banks. Bank Hapoalim posted a net = profit of NIS 594 million, 40.7% less than in the corresponding quarter = in 2007 and Bank Leumi=92s. net profit dropped by 3%. =91Less = profit=85profits dropped=92. How does that become GN? We=92re sure that = many of our readers will have their own answer to this question but our = response is that we compared our banks=92 figures to the performance of = the financial sector in the US and suddenly our lending houses look like = absolute stars. In Q2 of this year the banks=92 profits in the US of A = fell by 82% yes eighty-two percent. See what we mean?

  • We=92ve kept you updated on the Tourism Industry as it breaks = record after record and now comes the news that the local inn-keepers = are looking for 4500 more members of staff and they=92re going all out = to find them. When they do that=92ll be another dent in the unemployment = rate [see item above]

  • How would we manage without caviar? Speaking personally, rather = well, we=92d have to say. But there are those who would differ and for = whom the ever shrinking supply due to pollution and what have you is as = close to a crisis as they=92re likely to get. Hebrew U researchers to = the rescue. These sterling folk have just brought locally reared = sturgeon to caviar producing maturity in ponds on Kibbutz Dan. The = question is: Is it kosher? Well the jury is still out on that one, with = the researchers adamant that the fish fulfils the requirements of fins = and scales even if you do need a magnifying glass to find them (the = scales that is), so don=92t break out the champagne- or vodka- quite = yet. And on that heady note we conclude this weeks GN

=09
Beautiful cottage in = the West

=09 Well groomed garden

=09 For further information contact Joe +972-9-77-44-133 = or info@angloraanana.com
Have we missed any Good News? Do you have any = comments? Please let us know.
www.angloraanana.com=20 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE
WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF ANGLO SAXON RA'ANANA
Disclaimer of Liability
While Good News strives to report the news accurately and = faithfully,we cannot accept responsibility for errors in, = misinterpretations of, or omissions from the material printed in The = Good News Digest above, nor are we responsible for the application of = the information contained herein to your personal or business situation. =
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