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GOOD NEWS MADE IN THE JEWISH STATE THIS PAST WEEK
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ON A MOTORCYCLE. Israel’s emergency service Magen David Adom has now introduced unique ICU motorcycles. They are fully equipped with rescue and ICU capabilities so that MDA paramedics can get to patients faster, stabilizing them until ambulances arrive. BEFORE THE TYPHOON. Israel’s water management company Miya won the Drinking Water Supply award in this year’s IWA Project Innovation Awards for its work reducing water leakage in Manila, Philippines. Water lost through faulty systems was reduced from 67 percent to 38 percent - saving 700 million liters a day. BIBLICAL ALTAR DISCOVERED AT SHILOH. Archeologists have found the first physical evidence that the ancient city of Shiloh (in Judea and Samaria) was a religious center before the First Temple was built in Jerusalem. An Iron Age stone altar was accidentally exposed during a recent dig in the area. STRAIGHTENING BABY FEET. Another new Israeli medical innovation is the UNFO foot brace. The device is worn below the ankle and rectifies infant foot deformities (metatarsus adductus or metatarsus varus) within the first six weeks. It is far superior, safer, and less stressful than a cast or full leg braces. ISRAEL IN THE PHILLIPINES. Israeli doctors treated roughly 300 Philippine injuries per day, conducting over 50 surgeries, and delivered as many as three-dozen babies. The team also rebuilt a school enabling 350 children
to restart classes and their parents to return to work. Having treated over 2,600 patients, the team is now headed back home.
America’s leading chefs. The application, called “The Best of the Best,” will be available soon for iPad, iPhone and Android devices.
CURED OF ESSENTIAL TREMOR. At Haifa’s Rambam hospital, ExAblate Neuro, the non-invasive focused ultrasound treatment from Israel’s InSightec, successfully cured its first patient of essential tremor. A recent BBC program also featured the treatment, but left it unnamed.
IKEA HELPS TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES. Ikea in Israel has raised funds to help two Israeli charities (Akim and Chimes) renovate an educational and therapeutic center for toddlers with disabilities. The center will be located in Jaffa.
TREATING PALESTINE SEWAGE. Israeli water treatment company Mapal Green Energy is building a sewage water reclamation system for the Palestinian Arab village of Uja, located near Jericho. It will recycle domestic sewage and water for use in the area’s agriculture. DATABASE FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE. The Ministry of Economy presented a database of the Israeli companies that offer Adaptation technologies at the most recent Warsaw Climate Change Conference. The companies address climate, waste, green building materials, agriculture and crisis management. ISRAELI SPICE GIRLS. Tavlinim (Hebrew for “spices”) is a group of women in Netivot who cater at events on a commercial basis. The group is supported by Philadelphia’s Partnership2Gether; most of the women originated from Morocco, Tunisia and Ethiopia. RANKED SECOND WORLDWIDE. Israel has been ranked second in the Global Dynamism Index science and technology sector of worldwide accountancy firm Grant Thornton International, South Korea being the highest. Israel was eighth in the overall Global Dynamism Index rankings. COOKING APP GONE GLOBAL. Kinetic Art, an Israeli stratup, in association with the James Beard Foundation culinary organization, is producing a vegetarian cooking application of 20 of
$1 MILLION TO RESEARCH BRAIN DISORDERS. Researchers from Ben-Gurion University, plus the University of Heidelberg and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin are working together to investigate the impact of mitochondria on memory and brain disorders. The team has been awarded a $1 mil-
lion German-Israel Project-Cooperation Grant.
HERITAGE COIN WINS PRIZE. This special coin in the UNESCO “World Heritage Sites” series, issued by the Bank of Israel and dedicated to the water supply system at Tel Megiddo, has won a prize at the 10th annual Vicenza Numismatica International Competition. It was chosen as the “Most Beautiful Architectural Representation on a Coin Minted in 2012.”
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