Archive for June 10, 2012

Israeli company develops diagnostic device to map brain disorders

Every third person suffers from a brain-related disorder – be it Alzheimer’s, Parkinson, attention deficiency hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), chronic pain or depression. But there is no definite diagnosis to document the effects of treatment, which is still based lot on guesswork, resulting in low success rates at high costs.

 

By Indian Science Journal

 

 

Brain

An Israeli company – EIMindA, has developed a technology, which promises in clinical studies of brain-related disorders. The company claims the non-invasive brain network activation (BNA) technology helps in diagnostics in a way no other existing technology can do.

The procedure is simple and painless. Continue Reading »

Knesset to mark Armenian genocide on eve of publication of Gaza flotilla report

Recognition of Armenian genocide perpetrated by Turkey comes alongside Turkish lawsuit against senior Israeli officials involved in IDF raid on the Gaza-bound ship, the Mavi Marmara.

On the eve of the publication of the State Comptroller’s report regarding the 2009 Gaza flotilla, the Knesset is expected to hold a public discussion about the genocide of the Armenian people, as requested by MK Zahava Gal-On (Meretz).

Knesset chairperson Reuven Rivlin decided to permit the debate for Tuesday, following the Turkish decision to try senior Israeli officials in court for their involvement in the IDF raid on the Gaza-bound ship the Mavi Marmara, and the publication of the State Comptroller’s report on the affair on Wednesday. Continue Reading »

Israeli Scientists Try to Create ‘Green’ Car Fuel

Israeli scientists are working on creating “green” fuel for cars from greenhouse gas emissions.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

 

The project makes use of technology developed by Professor Jacob Karni, head of the Weizmann Institute of Science Energy Center in the department of environmental sciences of energy research. Karni is also a supervisor for the institute’s solar program.

Together with Dr. Avner Rothschild from the Technion in Haifa, Karni received a $200,000 grant in 2010 to carry out the research from the Israel Strategic Alternative Energy Foundation, based in Silicon Valley.

The technology uses concentrated solar energy to divide the two oxygen molecules in carbon dioxide, thereby creating oxygen and carbon monoxide. Continue Reading »

This virus will self-destruct in 5,4,3,2,1 …

The operators of the highly advanced Flame virus activated a self-destruct mechanism over the weekend, removing any traces of the virus from infected computers they managed to control.

By Ilan Gattegno and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The operators of the highly advanced Flame virus activated a self-destruct mechanism over the weekend, removing any traces of the virus from infected computers they managed to control.

Iranian technicians at work in the Bushehr nuclear power plant in 2010. | Photo credit: AP

Iranian technicians at work in the Bushehr nuclear power plant - Photo: AP

Analysts from security software giant Symantec released a statement saying the virus included a module called Suicide, which could have enabled the virus to delete itself.

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New lab test to ID early lung cancer

 

Israel’s BioView is pairing its imaging technology with fluorescent DNA markers to help doctors find this deadly cancer before it’s too late.

 

A new non-invasive test to aid in early detection of lung cancer may soon be available, thanks to an agreement between Israel’s BioView and a leading California laboratory.

 

If a certain percentage of the cells show abnormal fluorescent patterns, that indicates lung cancer.

bioview-device: If a certain percentage of the cells show abnormal fluorescent patterns, that indicates lung cancer.

 

The test involves analyzing a patient’s sputum (phlegm) using BioView’s scanning-microscope imaging equipment and fluorescent DNA markers called FISH probes. BioView licensed these markers from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Continue Reading »

‘Fatah has secret bank account in Jordan’

Former Arafat advisor reveals that he has all necessary documents to prove existence of account with $39 million.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Yasser Arafat’s former financial advisor, Mohammed Rashid, revealed over the weekend that Fatah has a secret bank account in Jordan with $39 million.

Rashid said that the original sum was $44 million, but dropped after the Fatah leadership spent $5 million on the faction’s sixth annual conference.

 

Rashid, who was Arafat’s “moneyman” for many years, said he had all the necessary documents to prove the existence of the bank account.

He said that only PA President Mahmoud Abbas and two of his associates were authorized to deal with the secret account.

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Technion suing Microsoft for NIS 25 million

Institute of Technology subsidiary claims software giant uses marketing programs developed by one of its professors without permission

Lital Dobrovitzky

 

 

The Technion Research and Development Foundation (TRDF) filed a NIS 25 million (roughly $6.5 million) damages claim against Microsoft and Microsoft Israel, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

Technion Institute of Technology

Technion Institute of Technology

The organization claims that Microsoft is using online marketing software developed by a Technion professor and that it is doing so despite the TRDF’s refusal to release the rights for it and without paying anything in exchange.

According to the lawsuit, TRDF is a for-profit subsidiary owned by the Technion Institute of Technology and serves as its business branch. Continue Reading »

Report: Al-Qaida affiliate offers reward of ten camels for Obama’s whereabouts

Somali group al-Shabaab reportedly offers reward of chickens and roosters for information on Hillary Clinton’s ‘hideout,’ mocking U.S. for putting out a bounty on its leaders.

By Reuters

A Somali Islamist militant group is offering rewards of chickens and camels for information on the whereabouts of U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, mocking the millions of dollars the United States has offered for leaders of the al-Qaida affiliate.

 

U.S. President Barack Obama, June 8, 2012.

U.S. President Barack Obama, - Photo by Reuters

 

Fuad Muhammad Khalaf of the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement in Somalia made the offer after Friday prayers, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant organizations. Continue Reading »

Abbas: Free Terrorists, Allow Weapons Imports – Then We’ll Talk

Abbas unveils new pre-talks demands: weapons, terrorist release, and a full freeze on new Israeli housing in Judea and Samaria.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has added to his pre-negotiations demands. After telling Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to choose “between peace and settlements,” he has reiterated his demand for a full construction freeze, but has added demands that Israel release terrorists and add arms to the PA police force.

“We recently told them that if Israel accepted to free prisoners and allow us to re-arm the police then we would again sit at the same table as Netanyahu,” Abbas said at a press conference in France. Continue Reading »

Canada: Iranian textbook depicts Jews as apes

Intelligence expert says Iranian Education Ministry textbooks preaching violence used in Farsi classes funded by Canadian public school system

By Ynet

 

While Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper believes Iran is the biggest threat to world peace and security, some Canadian school kids taking Persian weekend classes, study from Iranian text books depicting Jews as “sons of apes”, Canadian network Sun News reported.

Overseas indoctrination? Photo: Reuters

Overseas indoctrination? - Photo: Reuters

In an interview with The Source, Director of the International and Terrorist Intelligence Program at INSIGNIS Strategic Research Inc. David Harris noted that textbooks issued by the Iranian Education Ministry have made their way into public Canadian schools. Continue Reading »

Likud MK: Israeli doctors treating Syrians wounded in uprising

Deputy Minister Ayoob Kara says that Assad regime has used chemical weapons against men, women, and children during its violent suppression of uprising.

By Haaretz

Deputy Minister Ayoob Kara (Likud) said in an interview on Israel Radio on Saturday that Israeli doctors in the Turkey-Syria border area are treating Syrians wounded in the uprising against the Bashar Assad regime.

Likud MK Ayoob Kara Jan. 2, 2012 (Shiran Granot)

Likud MK Ayoob Kara - Photo by Shiran Granot

Kara, a member of Israel’s Druze community, said that Israel is prepared to absorb Syrians wounded in the unrest in that country and also to send doctors to Jordan to treat the wounded. Continue Reading »

NYPD Fires Orthodox Officer Over Beard

An orthodox police recruit has been fired from the NYPD academy for refusing to trim his beard to the regulation 1 millimeter length.

By Gabe Kahn

 

Rabbi Fishel Litzman, 38, was fired by the New York Police due to his refusal to shave his beard. Rabbi Litzman was soon to graduate the police academy.

According to the report, Litzman was an outstanding student at the police academy and at the time of his recruitment, but then announced he would not adhere to rules to trim his beard because of his faith.

“I always wanted to be a policeman,” Litzman told the Daily News of New York.
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Caroline Glick: Defeating the Jewish Alinskyites

Saul Alinsky, the godfather of subversive radical political action, had a very clear strategy for undermining and destroying his enemies: Infiltrate, divide and destroy.

Since his disciple Barack Obama was elected US president in 2008, Alinsky’s impact on Obama has received a fair amount of attention.
Caroline Glick, Blog Photo

Less noticed has been the adoption of Alinsky’s methods by radical leftist Jews in the US and Israel for the purpose of undermining the American Jewish community on the one hand, and Israel’s nationalist camp on the other. This week we saw the impact of both campaigns.

The striking weakness of the American Jewish community was exposed on Tuesday with the Democratic primary defeat of Rep. Continue Reading »

Prosor elected as UN General Assembly VP

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations to serve as one of 21 vice presidents at global body

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

WASHINGTON – Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor was elected to serve as one of the General Assembly’s vice presidents.

Prosor, 53, who has been serving as Israel’s envoy to the global body for the past year, will take office as one of the assembly’s 21 vice presidents in September. He is the third Israeli diplomat to be elected for the position.

Ron Prosor Photo: Shahar Azran

Ron Prosor - Photo: Shahar Azran

Prosor told Ynet on Friday that the development marks a great achievement for Israel at the UN. Continue Reading »

Ethiopian officials come to learn from MDA

Visitors especially interested in MDA’s strategies for coping with emergencies using current technologies.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

The head of the situation room at Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry and his deputy visited Magen David Adom on Tuesday to learn from Israel’s first aid, ambulance and blood supply organization.

 

ETHIOPIAN Ambassador Beylanesh Zevadia visits MDA - Photo: Ethiopian Foreign Ministry
ETHIOPIAN Ambassador Beylanesh Zevadia visits MDA – Photo: Ethiopian Foreign Ministry

The state visit by Getachew Teshoma and his assistant, Yeganaw Mengist Belay, was announced on Thursday by MDA. They were accompanied by new Ethiopian Ambassador Beylanesh Zevadia.

Senior MDA officials, including director-general Eli Bin, described organizational lifesaving activities and showed them the advanced computerized control and monitoring systems that had just been installed. Continue Reading »