Sunday, December 22, 2019

D.C The Incestuous City. Ordman. Strassel Is Special, Her New Book Excellent


Democrats held Republicans hostage once again so a budget was passed suggesting we can remain a military power while eventually failing as a financial power.

There will come a time when America will run out of financial good will.

If Trump wins re-election he should address the future bankruptcy of Social Security and Medicare and our blossoming budget deficit , change the immigration laws so they make sense and benefit America. He would go down as one of our greatest "impeached" presidents.

Democrats no longer seem to care about our military posture. All they want is to dole money to various voting blocs so they can secure re-election. Republicans no longer challenge Democrat spending because they do not want to be blamed for shutting down government and so it goes.  Sad indeed.

If the mass media wanted to truly serve the nation they would begin a focused barrage on all spenders but that would have them attacking Democrats and they cannot bring themselves to do that because they remain in bed with them.

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Ordman and Israel. (See edited 1 below.)
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The best gift you can give is a book.  Particularly if it is well written, factual and enlightening.  Kim Strassel was kind enough to send her new book: "Resistance (At All Costs)" to a slew of my friends at my request as gifts. For conservatives who support Trump it validates/justifies their thinking and for liberals who hate Trump it is a mirror.

I have just begun reading it and commend it to all who seek truth.

Kim was kind enough to inscribe , address and mail.  She is a very special friend.
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1)Many of the latest Israeli innovations and activities are potential "Game changers" that can improve the lives of millions of people. They include treatments for cancer, influenza and breathing problems. They combat terrorism and measles epidemics. They put research satellites into space and power the fastest computers in the world. They re-invent the motor engine, save the bees, water resources and the agriculture of developing countries. They convert enemies into allies and turn darkness into light.


Wishing Happy holidays to everyone.

Best regards
Michael
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ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Extending lives of pancreatic cancer patients. In the latest Phase 2a trial of the pancreatic cancer treatment from Israel’s BioLineRx (see here) three-quarters of the patients at disease stage 4 were able to get their disease under control. The trial combined BL-8040, KEYTRUDA (Pembrolizumab) and chemotherapy.
https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/New-Israeli-pancreatic-cancer-treatment-could-extend-most-patients-lives-611085 https://ir.biolinerx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/biolinerx-announces-preliminary-phase-2a-data-triple-combination

Molecular checkups to avoid chemotherapy. A 10-year study of 1,365 Israelis indicates that chemotherapy can be avoided for most women who have early diagnosis and biopsy of the most common types of breast cancer. In 97.4% of those passing a Oncotype DX molecular checkup post-surgery, the cancer never returned.
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5625101,00.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41523-019-0137-3

Early diagnosis of thyroid cancer. Another molecular diagnostic test has been developed by doctors at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem. It can early-diagnose thyroid cancer accurately from biopsies of small nodules that often develop on the thyroid. Previous alternatives were inaccurate or expensive.
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-develops-breakthrough-method-to-identify-thyroid-cancer-611102

Phase 3 progress for Universal Flu vaccine. Israel’s BiondVax has 12,400 participants from 83 hospitals in the Phase 3 double-blind placebo-controlled trials of its Universal Flu vaccine. If successful, the new vaccine could reach pharmacies in 2023. BiondVax’s new Jerusalem facility can produce 20-40 million doses per year.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3775594,00.html

European award for stem cell investigator. Assistant Professor Yaron Fuchs of Israel’s Technion Institute is one of 27 global scientists to receive a “Young Investigators” award from the European Molecular Biology Organization. Yaron harnesses stem cell apoptosis (cell death due to injury) for driving tissue regeneration.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/young-israeli-professor-harnesses-power-of-stem-cells-to-heal-injuries/

New technology to help children breathe. (TY Hazel) Researchers from Israel and the US have developed technology to allow children suffering from bronchiolitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), to breathe freely. Air pressure and acoustic pulses remove mucus from airways.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/08/c_138615543.htm

Exchanging kidneys to save loved ones. There have been some amazing stories (see here) of Israelis donating a kidney to a total stranger while a relative of that stranger donates a kidney to the Israeli’s relative. Thanks to an agreement with the Czech Republic, this recently led to a six-kidney transplant exchange.
https://www.news1.news/il/2019/12/6-transplants-thanks-to-the-exchange-of-kidney-donations-between-israel-and-the-czech-republic.html#google_vignette

Laser brain surgery saves Bethlehem Arab boy. 11-year-old Gamal Allaham of Bethlehem suffered from a benign tumor in the hypothalamus that caused him severe seizures. Surgeons at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov hospital used advanced laser brain surgery and an optic fiber to cure him and Gamal is now back at school.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-doctors-save-life-of-11-year-old-from-bethlehem-with-laser-brain-surgery/

School students save teacher with CPR.  A pregnant teacher was “clinically dead” when she suffered cardiac arrest at her school in Beit Shemesh. Two students performed CPR and a medic arrived seconds later. Her brother had a similar event 4 years ago. See link to article about Hadassah hospital’s Cardio-Genetic clinic.
https://worldisraelnews.com/israeli-teens-save-pregnant-teachers-life-after-she-collapses-stops-breathing/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/273293
https://www.hadassah.org/news-stories/cardio-genetic-clinic.html


ISRAEL IS INCLUSIVE AND GLOBAL

Israeli Muslim Arab police chief speaks at UN.  Newsletter readers can follow (see here) the career of Maj-Gen Jamal Hakoush.  The Israeli Muslim Arab police commander recently highlighted the equality of Israel’s Arab citizens, at the World Conference against Discrimination and Racism at the United Nations in Geneva.
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/First-Muslim-Maj-Gen-in-Israel-Police-at-UN-State-offers-equality-610636

Producing dates together. An enlightening video of the Jordan Valley company producing the best Majhoul dates in the world.  It features Palestinian Arabs working alongside Israeli Jews, cooperation with Jordanian farmers, innovative tech and water recycling. Note - please turn on English subtitles / captions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdoKsXJOSp8


Protecting endangered species. (TY Stuart) This newsletter has preciously featured articles (see here) about Israeli efforts to conserve the rare griffin vulture. This year a record 24 vulture eggs were hatched and incubated as part of a special project called “Spreading Wings.”
https://haifadiarist.blogspot.com/2019/12/israeli-vultures-defy-extinction.html

Mossad helps Denmark prevent terror attacks. Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has been cited as being behind successful efforts with Denmark to bust a cell of 20 terrorists planning a series of attacks.
https://worldisraelnews.com/israels-mossad-intelligence-agency-helps-bust-islamic-state-terrorist-cell-in-denmark/  https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/1576349659-report-mossad-helps-denmark-thwart-a-series-of-planned-terror-attacks

Promoting medical clowns in India. (TY Hazel) This article highlights the visit by Israel’s Nir Raz to promote the introduction of medical clown therapy to children’s wards at hospitals in India. Raz emphasized that in Israel, almost every hospital has a medical clown. The therapy strengthens children’s ability to fight diseases.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/medical-clowns-can-be-therapeutic-for-patients-israeli-artist-visits-jj-hospital-6143893/

Battling measles in Samoa. (TY Hazel) A team of nurses, pediatricians and physiotherapists from Israel’s Sheba hospital, led by Dr. Itai Pessach - all with expertise in pediatrics and intensive care - have arrived in Samoa to help fight a measles outbreak that has killed 65 (mostly children) and infected over 4,400.
https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-medical-experts-fly-to-help-samoan-measles-victims/


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

EU opens Tel Aviv tech innovation hub. Hundreds attended the inauguration of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) new Tel Aviv office. It will serve as the European Union organization’s bridge between the two tech ecosystems and is only its 3rd hub, after Silicon Valley and Beijing.
http://nocamels.com/2019/12/eu-innovation-technology-institute-tel-aviv-hub/

Student-built satellite launched.  (TY UWI) Israeli micro-satellite Duchifat-3 was successfully launched from India’s Space Research Organization’s Sriharikota launch site. It was developed for ecological research imaging by high-school students at the Space Lab of the Herzliya Science Center and the Sha’ar HaNegev school.
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-student-built-satellite-launched-into-space/2019/12/11/

NIS 22 million for alternate fuel projects. Israel’s Energy and Water Resources Ministry and the PM's Office’s program for fuel alternatives and smart mobility, are investing NIS 22 million in new projects. They include City Transformer’s folding vehicle, a hydrogen gas station and a portable vehicle battery.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3775865,00.html

Israeli super-chips power new Cisco router. Cisco Systems has unveiled its new Cisco 8000 Series of carrier-class routers, built using Cisco Silicon One chips, developed at its Israel research and development center. Cisco forecast that the new routers will reduce internet bottlenecks and power future broadband online services.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3775786,00.html

New AI chips emulate the brain. As reported previously, (see here) (and here) Israel is the global leader for developing super-fast and Artificially Intelligent microprocessors. Now, researchers at Israel’s Technion Institute and Israeli chipmaker Towerjazz have integrated memory plus computing ability, to emulate the brain.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/all-in-one-chips-seen-boosting-computer-power-for-artificial-intelligence-needs/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-019-0331-1

An engine with only one moving part. (TY WIN) Israel’s Aquarius Engines has signed a deal with Honda Motor Corporation affiliate Musashi Seimitsu to co-develop its revolutionary linear engine (see here). The 10kg engine has just 20 components and one moving part It is efficient and inexpensive with low maintenance.
https://www.israel21c.org/honda-affiliate-to-develop-advanced-israeli-engine/

Save the bees and crops. (TY Hazel) Israel has developed many solutions to stop the decline in the global bee population, (see here) but are too late for some countries. So, Israel’s Edete Precision Technologies’ unique pollen-harvesting and mechanical pollination system could be just what the Californian almond industry needs.
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-artificial-pollination-start-up-targets-California-almond-market-609829   https://www.edetepta.com/  Also see new Israeli startups BeewiseToBe2Bumblebee and BeeHero.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3775349,00.html

Saving water to save the planet. This article on Israeli water-tech startups includes the WFI group comprising four separate startups not featured previously in this newsletter. Toxsorb removes toxic chemicals; Triplet purifies using bacteria and oxygen; Rotec performs desalination and AST project manages solutions.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3775605,00.html   https://wfi-group.net/#icons
https://toxsorb.net/ https://triple-treatment.com/ https://rotec-water.com/ https://ast-water.com/

Israeli ethical food-tech.  (TY David F) This CNN article reports that there are 350 food and agriculture technology companies in the Startup Nation. It features Aleph FarmseggXYt and DouxMatok (all previously reported in this newsletter) and highlights that Israeli concerns for animal welfare derive from Jewish values.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/04/business/israel-food-technology/index.html

A revolution in the whiskey industry. It had to happen.  The Israeli startup Verstill has developed a unique molecular distillation process that hyper-ages whiskey in a fraction of the usual time for maturing.  Verstill won the Fresh Start Foodtech Incubator Challenge in September.
https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-startup-promises-quality-whiskey-in-weeks/  https://www.verstill.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HsmiudbGDc

A Swiss intern in hi-tech Israel. (TY Jacques) A personal account about one of the thousands of international students who have come to Israel to experience Israel’s hi-tech ecosystem. Benjamin applied through MASA’s Destination Israel program and joined Israeli startup City Transformer, producer of foldable electric cars.
http://israelbetweenthelines.com/2019/12/12/interning-with-hi-tech-israeli-mentality/


ECONOMY & BUSINESS

East Med Gas Forum is a game-changer. (TY Hazel) July saw the first meeting, in Cairo, of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum, comprising Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, the Palestinian Authority and – yes – Israel. These two articles suggest that the EMGF is already transforming the geopolitics of the region.
https://thearabweekly.com/eastern-med-countries-agree-move-ahead-gas-forum
http://fathomjournal.org/gas-and-foreign-policy-how-israel-is-leveraging-energy-to-stabilise-the-region-and-advance-geostrategic-objectives/

Israeli VC speaks at Abu Dhabi conference. Israeli Venture Capitalist Jon Medved spoke at the SALT (SkyBridge ALTernatives) conference in Abu Dhabi. He is probably one of the first Israeli VCs to speak openly in an investor conference in the Gulf. See also the positive message from the Foreign Minister of the UAE.
https://www.salt.org/bio-medved-jon
https://worldisraelnews.com/netanyahu-hails-closer-arab-israel-relations-following-positive-emirati-tweet/

Israel is financially stable. The latest Bank of Israel's Financial Stability Report has just been published. Its summary: “The analysis of the environment in which the domestic financial system operates, and the periodic assessments of its resilience during the first half of the year, show that the system remained stable.”
https://www.boi.org.il/en/NewsAndPublications/PressReleases/Pages/18-12-19.aspx

On the right track. The long-awaited 57-kilometer electric train route connecting Jerusalem’s Yitzhak Navon station and Tel Aviv’s HaHaganah station has opened to the public. Travel time is around 33 minutes, including a stop at Ben Gurion airport.  https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/First-direct-trains-between-Jerusalem-and-Tel-Aviv-commence-operations-611698 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/273335

Non-stop to Australia.  Israeli airline El Al is to trial commercial flights from Tel Aviv to Melbourne Australia from April 2020. It will initially offer three flights each way, aimed to gauge interest in the potential of launching such a route permanently. Flight times are around 17 hours.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3775465,00.html

Jerusalem - the world’s fastest growing tourist destination. (TY Janglo) UK business intelligence company Euromonitor International shows Jerusalem as the world's fastest growing destination. Its 3.93 million overseas tourists in 2018 was up 12% from 2017 and the projected 4.8 million visitors in 2019 is another huge increase.
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-jerusalem-ranked-worlds-fastest-growing-tourist-destination-1001310945

More Israeli internships. This newsletter has included several articles recently (see here) about opportunities for young people from overseas to have an internship with an Israeli organization. You can download information on many more from the 1st linked site below.  The 2nd link is just one example from the download.
https://jobmob.co.il/blog/internships-in-israel/  https://www.israelbydesign.org/types/computer-science/

Expanding crop analytics to Central America. Israel’s CropX (reported here previously) is partnering with FarmAgro of Costa Rica to bring CropX’s agri-tech solutions and tools to farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean. CropX’s FarmAgro helps analyze the impact of climatic variations and improve agriculture yields.
http://nocamels.com/2019/12/cropx-analytics-agtech-farmagro/


Israeli fund raises $115 million for medical startups. Israeli venture capital firm Peregrine Ventures Management Ltd. has raised a $115 million fourth fund. Peregrine has 45 med-tech, biotech, and life sciences companies in its portfolio and over $200 million under management.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3775385,00.html  https://www.peregrinevc.com/portfolio

Intel buys Habana Labs for $2 billion. Intel has acquired Tel Aviv-based artificial intelligence chip developer Habana Labs Ltd. for $2 billion. It is Intel’s second-largest acquisition of an Israeli company. Habana Labs develops processors optimized for artificial intelligence applications.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3775896,00.html
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