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, 21 Nov 2008 13:40:24 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_005_01C94BCD.F1562E6C" Received: from p03c12m036.symantecmail.net ([208.65.145.243]) by jaowa.jafi.org.il with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:40:23 +0200 Received: from unknown [194.90.9.21] (EHLO mxout2.netvision.net.il) by p03c12m036.symantecmail.net (mxl_mta-5.7.0-3) with ESMTP id 32e96294.3572452272.700.00-015.p03c12m036.symantecmail.net (envelope-from ); Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:40:19 -0700 (MST) 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 <0KAO0052ZLQFRV00@mxout2.netvision.net.il> for SaralynG@wzo.org.il; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:40:19 +0200 (IST) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: GN Israel Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:40:43 +0200 Message-ID: <3868-2200811521114043187@BerniceS-WS-XP> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: GN Israel Thread-Index: AclLzfFWycsiD97aTnC0qGihvcmubw== From: "Mark Cohen" To: "Greenblatt, Saralyn" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_005_01C94BCD.F1562E6C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable GN ISRAEL 21 11 08 http://www.angloraanana.com Quote for the Week =94The level of organization on this course is remarkable .Our Israeli = counterparts are very experienced in this area =85 seeing how well = [they] do their jobs is a true inspiration to us.=94 (Dr Geoffrey Greene, an allergist from Columbia, Maryland. [see item = below])=20 =B7 More than a dozen doctors from across the United States = arrived in Israel this week for a five-day Emergency and Disaster = Preparedness Course led by the American Physicians Fellowship. One of = the many highlights of the program was the group=92s participation in a = mass toxicological event drill at the Belinson Medical Center in Petah = Tikva. They learnt [see quote above] and expressed their willingness to = assist if ever the need should arise. =20 =B7 Against some pretty stiff competition, The Weizmann Institute = of Science in Rehovot and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem topped the = list compiled by The Scientist magazine as the best places to work for = academics outside the United States. Surveying 2,300 academics at 73 = institutions around the world, the bimonthly publication awarded points = based on over 40 criteria, including pay - yes pay, believe it or not -, = the state of the campus facilities and resources at the disposal of = researchers =20 =B7 Andy Ram is Israel's top-earning male tennis player this = year, with $502,000, followed by Yoni Ehrlich with $439,000 and David = Sela with $309,000. Israel's top three tennis players have earned $1.2 = million altogether this year, 72% more than in 2007 =96 obviously = nobody=92s told them about the melt down -. Shahar Peer is still the = top-earning tennis player here, with $560,000. Quite an industry. And = while we=92re at it Dudi Sela beat Polish opponent Dawid Olenjniczak = 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday and qualified for the next round of the Helsinki = tennis tournament. =20 =B7 Staying with sport, Bat-El Getterer won the Taekwando gold = medal this week in the Croatia Open championship in Zagreb. Competing in = the 55kg category, Getterer defeated five opponents, beating a = competitor from Mexico in the final.=20 =20 =B7 Generic pharmaceutical firm (still the biggest in the world, = as we never tire of telling you) Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd = reported record quarterly revenue of $2.84 billion in the third quarter = of 2008, an increase of 20% compared with the corresponding quarter of = 2007. Net profit was $637 million. Sales of Teva's multiple-sclerosis = drug Copaxone (non-generic) continued to grow, reaching $532 million, = while global sales of Azilect (likewise), for the treatment of = Parkinson=92s disease, reached $46 million in the quarter, a 38% = increase over the third quarter of 2007. "We have many reasons to be = excited about the future," the CEO was quoted as saying and we would = have to agree.=20 =20 =B7 The Manpower companies reported that there was a 1.1% rise in = overall demand for workers in the month of October (the latest figures = available). An increased call for teaching staff, as well as a greater = request for construction workers and community service staff was GN = indeed. Long may it last. =20 =B7 Israeli start-up N =96 Trig Ltd has signed a huge contract = worth $40-50 million with Hewlett Packard Co to install the company's = touch screen technology in HP TouchSmart tx2 laptops. The company=92s = software makes the screen finger and pen sensitive virtually dispensing = with the need for a keyboard. Earlier this year, N-Trig announced a = similar contract with Dell Inc. which should generate $30 million in = revenue. The addition of HP to N-Trig's client list consolidates its = position on the international scene. All this just when we at GN had = mastered the use of the keyboard. Ah well, that=92s progress. =20 =20 =B7 Beautifully designed parks, a strong financial situation, = extensive investment in its residents and their well being, high success = rates in final school exams together with extremely low drop-out rates = and municipal taxes as low as they go. Sounds like paradise. Not quite = but close. This is a pretty good description of Israel=92s number one = city. Does humility prevent us from naming the winner? No, it certainly = doesn=92t. And the winner is=85 Ra=92anana. Why are we not surprised? =20 =B7 Israeli tourism increased by leaps and bounds, more than one = third in fact between January and October of 2008 as compared to the = same period the year before, Tourism Ministry officials announced = Monday. The Tourism Ministry spokesman expressed confidence that tourism = would increase next year as well, even in light of recent financial woes = in the United States. 5,400 tourists arrived in Israel via direct = flights to Eilat - an increase of 32 percent over 2007. In October, = Israel hit a new record as 302,000 visitors arrived creating yet another = high beating the previous figure set in October of 1999, yes as long ago = as that when we welcomed 292,000 tourists to our shores. No wonder. This = country has so much to offer =20 =B7 Scientists, from Tel Aviv University (TAU), have developed a = new technique, using lasers to eliminate suturing in surgical = procedures. The development maintains the heat of the laser at exactly = the right temperature for optimal wound healing, allowing surgeons to = seal cuts both on our skin and inside our bodies with less scarring, and = less exposure to infection. It=92s called laser-welding and when the = laser begins to overheat and risks burning the tissue, the device = reduces laser power, and if the temperature is too low to complete a = closure, laser power in increased appropriately creating a trouble free = healing process. =20 =B7 Shanghai Stock Exchange President Mr. Zhang Yujun and Tel = Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) CEO Ester Levanon have signed a memorandum of = understanding on a cooperation agreement between the two exchanges. A = key aspect of the memorandum of understanding will be an exchange of = delegations, to deepen Israeli businessmen's knowledge of the Chinese = market and Stock Exchange and vice versa. All part of our ongoing = rapprochement with the Far East=20 =20 =B7 And now a story of the good guys and the bad guys from that = mini world whose existence we=92re not even aware of until we get hit by = the goings on down there. Eucalyptus researchers and commercial growers = from around the world arrived in Israel this week to attend a course on = an Israeli-discovered bug that saves eucalyptus groves from the = devastation caused by a violent wasp. This tiny wasp =96 the bad guy - = has ravaged eucalyptus trees around the world =96talk about David and = Goliath-.Israeli researchers have found a one millimeter long predator, = known as Closterocerus =96 may sound like a dinosaur to us but this is = definitely the good guy - that is capable of thwarting the wasps=92 = advance and saving these arboreal giants, that lend so much to the = biosphere.=20 =20 =B7 Tel Aviv-based fashion company Barbaros has recently supplied = Ramallah and Gaza clothing stores with hundreds of business suits valued = at hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to the owner of Sudani = Center, a Ramallah clothing store, the suits, carrying the label "Made = in Israel" were purchased in advance by the Palestinian Authority. One = hundred suits were ordered for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas=92 = office, and more were ordered for four other PA ministers. Must be the = best dressed whatevers in the world! =20 =B7 Legacy software modernization solutions developer, Blue = Phoenix Solutions will update older software systems for the City = Colleges of Chicago. The company did not disclose the size of the = contract, but it=92s believed to be in the millions of dollars. =20 =B7 And to end with an item from the Holy See. Herzliya-based = intelligent video appliances company ioimage has been selected to secure = sensitive areas of the Pope's state. The contract includes the placement = of smart cameras along a 60-kilometer (37.3 mile) perimeter, including = entry and exit gates and the wall surrounding the Vatican. Sources in = the security market estimate the deal to be valued at some $4-$5 = million. But doesn=92t God do this for them for free? Just asking. =20 Beautiful Rooftop near = Hanesi'im Central, convenient and close to park! For further information contact Rachel +972 9 7744133 or = info@angloraanana.com=20 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 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.=20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_005_01C94BCD.F1562E6C Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Israel Good News Digest

GN ISRAEL = 21 11 08
http://www.angloraanana.com

=A0Quote for the Week
=94The level of organization on this course is remarkable .Our Israeli counterparts = are very experienced in this area =85 seeing how well [they] do their jobs is a true = inspiration to us.=94

(Dr Geoffrey Greene, an allergist from Columbia, Maryland. [see item = below])

=B7        More than a dozen doctors from across the United States arrived in Israel this week for a = five-day Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Course led by the American = Physicians Fellowship. One of the many highlights of the program was the = group=92s participation in a mass toxicological event drill at the Belinson Medical Center in Petah Tikva. They learnt [see quote above] and expressed their willingness to assist if = ever the need should arise.

 

=B7        Against some pretty = stiff competition, The Weizmann Institute of = Science in Rehovot and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem topped the list compiled by The Scientist magazine as the best places = to work for academics outside the United States. Surveying 2,300 academics = at 73 institutions around the world, the bimonthly publication awarded = points based on over 40 criteria, including pay - yes pay, believe it or not -, the = state of the campus facilities and resources at the disposal of = researchers

 

=B7        Andy Ram is = Israel's top-earning male tennis player this year, with $502,000, followed by = Yoni Ehrlich with $439,000 and David Sela = with $309,000. Israel's top three tennis players have earned $1.2 million altogether this = year, 72% more than in 2007 =96=A0 = obviously nobody=92s told them about the melt down -. Shahar = Peer is still the top-earning tennis player here, with $560,000. Quite an industry. = And while we=92re at it Dudi Sela beat Polish opponent Dawid Olenjniczak = 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday and qualified for the next round of the Helsinki = tennis tournament.

 

=B7        Staying with sport, Bat-El Getterer won the = Taekwando gold medal this week in the = Croatia Open championship in Zagreb. Competing in the 55kg category, Getterer = defeated five opponents, beating a competitor from Mexico in the final. =

 

=B7        Generic = pharmaceutical firm (still the biggest in the world, as we never tire of telling you) = Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd = reported record quarterly revenue of $2.84 billion in the third quarter of 2008, an = increase of 20% compared with the corresponding quarter of 2007. Net profit was = $637 million. Sales of Teva's = multiple-sclerosis drug Copaxone = (non-generic) continued to grow, reaching $532 million, while global sales of Azilect = (likewise), for the treatment of Parkinson=92s disease, reached $46 million in the = quarter, a 38% increase over the third quarter of 2007. "We have many = reasons to be excited about the future," the CEO was quoted as saying and we = would have to agree.

 

=B7        The Manpower = companies reported that there was a 1.1% rise in overall demand for workers in the month = of October (the latest figures available). An increased call for teaching = staff, as well as a greater request for construction workers and community = service staff was GN indeed. Long may it last.

 

=B7        Israeli start-up N = =96 Trig Ltd has signed a huge contract worth $40-50 million with Hewlett Packard = Co to install the company's touch screen technology in HP TouchSmart tx2 laptops. The company=92s software makes the screen finger and pen = sensitive virtually dispensing with the need for a keyboard. Earlier this year, = N-Trig announced a similar contract with Dell Inc. which should generate $30 = million in revenue. The addition of HP to N-Trig's client list consolidates its position on the international scene.=A0 All this just when we at GN had = mastered the use of the keyboard. Ah well, that=92s progress.=A0

 

=B7        Beautifully designed = parks, a strong financial situation, extensive investment in its residents and = their well being, high success rates in final school exams together with = extremely low drop-out rates and municipal taxes as low as they go. Sounds like paradise. Not quite but close. This is a pretty good description of = Israel=92s number one city. Does humility prevent us from naming the winner? No, = it certainly doesn=92t. And the winner is=85 Ra=92anana. Why are we not = surprised?

 

=B7        Israeli tourism = increased by leaps and bounds, more than one third in fact between January and = October of 2008 as compared to the same period the year before, Tourism Ministry officials announced Monday. The Tourism Ministry spokesman expressed confidence that tourism would increase next year as well, even in = light of recent financial woes in the United States. 5,400 tourists arrived in = Israel via direct flights to Eilat - an increase of = 32 percent over 2007. = In October, Israel hit a new record as 302,000 visitors arrived creating yet another high beating the previous figure set in October of 1999, yes as long ago as = that when we welcomed 292,000 tourists to our shores. No wonder. This = country has so much to offer

 

=B7        Scientists, from Tel = Aviv University (TAU), have developed a new technique, using lasers to = eliminate suturing in surgical procedures. The development maintains the heat of the = laser at exactly the right temperature for optimal wound healing, allowing = surgeons to seal cuts both on our skin and inside our bodies with less scarring, = and less exposure to infection. It=92s called laser-welding and when the laser = begins to overheat and risks burning the tissue, the device reduces laser power, = and if the temperature is too low to complete a closure, laser power in = increased appropriately creating a trouble free healing process.

 

=B7        Shanghai Stock = Exchange President Mr. Zhang Yujun and Tel Aviv = Stock Exchange (TASE) CEO Ester Levanon have = signed a memorandum of understanding on a cooperation agreement between the two exchanges. A key aspect of the memorandum of understanding will be an exchange of delegations, to deepen Israeli businessmen's knowledge of = the Chinese market and Stock Exchange and vice versa. All part of our = ongoing rapprochement with the Far East =

 

=B7        And now a story of the good guys and the bad guys from that mini world = whose existence we=92re not even aware of until we get hit by the goings on = down there. Eucalyptus researchers and commercial growers from around the = world arrived in Israel this week to attend a course on an Israeli-discovered bug that saves = eucalyptus groves from the devastation caused by a violent wasp. This tiny wasp = =96 the bad guy - has ravaged eucalyptus trees around the world =96talk about = David and Goliath-.Israeli researchers have found a one millimeter long = predator, known as Closterocerus =96 may sound like a = dinosaur to us but this is definitely the good guy - that is capable of thwarting the = wasps=92 advance and saving these arboreal giants, that lend so much to the = biosphere.

 

=B7        Tel Aviv-based = fashion company Barbaros has recently = supplied Ramallah and Gaza clothing stores with hundreds of business suits valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to the owner of Sudani Center, a = Ramallah clothing store, the suits, carrying the label "Made in = Israel" were purchased in advance by the Palestinian Authority. One = hundred suits were ordered for = Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas=92 office, and more were ordered for four other PA ministers. Must be the best dressed = whatevers in the = world!

 

=B7        Legacy software modernization solutions developer, Blue Phoenix Solutions = will update older software systems for the City Colleges of Chicago. The = company did not disclose the size of the contract, but it=92s believed to be in the millions of = dollars.

 

=B7        And to end with an = item from the Holy See. Herzliya-based intelligent video appliances company ioimage has been selected to secure sensitive = areas of the Pope's state. The contract includes the placement of smart cameras = along a 60-kilometer (37.3 mile) perimeter, including entry and exit gates = and the wall surrounding the Vatican.=A0 Sources in the security market = estimate the deal to be valued at some $4-$5 million. But doesn=92t God do this for = them for free? Just asking.

Beautiful Rooftop = near Hanesi'im

Central, convenient and close to park!

For further information contact Rachel +972 9 7744133 or info@angloraanana.com =

Have = we missed any Good News? Do you have any comments? Please let us = know.
www.angloraanana.com PLEASE VISIT = OUR WEBSITE
WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF ANGLO SAXON RA'ANANA

Discl= aimer 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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