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HAIFA, Israel, December 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE:ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Israel Ministry of Defense ("IMOD") to upgrade the Israeli Air Force's ("IAF") C-130H (Hercules) transport aircraft. The contract value is in an amount that is not material to Elbit Systems. The modernization project will extend the operational life of the aircraft and significantly improve its...
TEL AVIV, Israel, December 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel's Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MEW) have selected four projects to receive $3.5 million under the 2012 Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. Each of the cooperative projects includes a U.S. and Israeli partner and addresses energy challenges and opportunities of interest to both countries, while focusing on commercializing clean energy...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Nanophotonics strikes again, making it possible to add the power of night vision to any regular pair of glasses. This new technology is being developed by a team at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheba, Israel and is said to be only one-micron thick. The Israel National Nanotechnology Institute is even interested in this new technology and has offered a $6.5 million grant to BGU and other teams to create this...
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, December 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tadiran Telecom, a leader in communications solutions, announces an OEM partnership with Surf Communications (SURF), a global leader in multimedia processing and applications. The partnership will allow Tadiran Telecom to integrate SURF's video conferencing technology into its recently launched Aeonix, Unified Communications and Collaboration Solution. Tadiran Telecom's Aeonix UC&C solution consolidates...
TEL AVIV, Israel, December 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroQuest [http://www.neuro-quest.com ], a company of the Trendlines Group's Misgav Venture Accelerator is moving quickly towards an important validation trial for novel blood-based immune biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. The company's biomarker platform for neurodegenerative diseases is based on the research of Prof. Michal Schwartz, Chair of Neuroimmunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science who...
TEL AVIV, Israel, December 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ISPRA (Israel Public Relations Association) announces that Michael Pranikoff, Global Director of Emerging Media at PR Newswire, will be the guest of honour and key note speaker at its forthcoming conference "Will Content Marketing be the next growth area for Public Relations agencies." Pranikoff is a vastly experienced, respected and much followed media commentator and educator, and has been spotting trends, shaping...
TEL AVIV, Israel, December 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SDE [http://www.sde-energy.com ] builds and constructs sea [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aKRLEjQKctY ] wave power plants [http://mendocoastcurrent.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/more-on-israeli-company-building-wave-energy-plants-in-china ] , lately shipped a second sea wave power plant to China, according to an agreement of $0.8Mil. Recently a new agreement of $1.2Mil was signed under which SDE will...
GLASGOW, Scotland, December 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A hospital in Nazareth, owned and operated by UK Christian charity, The Nazareth Trust, has become the first non-Jewish organisation since the creation of the State of Israel to receive the annual Chairman of the Knesset Award (Knesset is the Parliament of Israel). The hospital, known locally as 'The English Hospital', received the award for demonstrating a positive, national impact on the country, its cross-community...
HAIFA, Israel, December 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT ("Elbit Systems"), announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. ("Elop"), was awarded a contract from Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. ("IAI") to provide a space camera for the Italian OPTSAT 3000 observation satellite. The total project, comprising the Jupiter advanced camera and additional services, is valued at approximately $40 million and...
HAIFA, Israel, December 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Oil Refineries Ltd. (TASE: ORL.TA)(hereinafter "the Company,""ORL"), Israel's largest integrated refining and petrochemical group, announced that it has reapproved the providing of a letter of indemnity for Mr. David Federman, vice chairperson of the Company's board of directors and one of its controlling shareholders during the Company's Extraordinary General Meeting of its shareholders on December 2, 2012. 97.7% of the...
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Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana) is native to areas of the Middle East. Its range includes Egypt, Afghanistan, Turkestan, the West Bank, Israel, northeast Iran, and southwest Pakistan. It has many other common names including the royal fox, dog fox, steppe fox, black fox, and king fox. Blanford's fox can reach and average body length of seventeen inches, and weigh as much as 6.5 pounds. The fluffy tail is approximately twelve inches in length and bears a black tip. The fur is tan in color,...
Symbol: TRIS4 Group: Dicot Family: Fabaceae Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Rosidae Order Fabales Family Fabaceae – Pea family Genus Trifolium L. – clover...
The Canaan Dog is Israel's national breed, which has existed in the Middle East for thousands of years. It has the appearance of a wild dog combined with a medium collie-type breed, and belongs to the Spitz family. The Canaan Dog has ears which stand straight up. It has a double coat which is short to medium in length. The undercoat is soft, and the outer coat is flat and harsh. It can be all shades of brown, red, black, or cream, usually with some white patches and sometimes masks. It...
The Spotted Sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus), is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family of birds. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Western Sahara.
The Southern-East Asian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes), also known as the Turkish or Iranian Wolf, is a subspecies of Gray Wolf which ranges from Northern Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iran. Israel seems to be the last hope for the Southern-East Asian Wolf's survival in the Middle East because it is the only country in the region where they have legal protection. There are between 150-250 wolves all over northern and central Israel. The biggest dangers to the wolves in...
