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Johnny Cash in Israel. Israeli medical marijuana creates buzz but no high— will it go global? SAFED, Israel — In a greenhouse in the mountains of the Galilee, a technician in a lab coat is coddling a marijuana seedling that is coveted for life-saving medical benefits for epileptic children, doctors say — without the high.

Israeli medical marijuana creates buzz but no high— will it go global?

Named “Rafael,” for a healing angel called upon by Moses, this varietal of cannabis is for people who don’t want to be under the influence, and it is available in oral doses in Israel. Israel has become a world leader in science on the medical uses of marijuana, and its producers could become major exporters of medical cannabis, experts say. But so far, the government has allowed them to export only their knowledge — not the actual product. Michael Dor, the senior medical adviser in the Israeli Health Ministry’s cannabis unit, said that in ongoing government talks, agricultural officials support the export of Israeli medical cannabis, but top officials in the police force, army and executive branch oppose it. ‘It’s so exciting’ ‘Promising’ results.

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Baghera israel. VFX & Animation Studio סטודיו אייקו. Facebook kauft israelische Mobile-Analytics-Firma Onavo für mehr als 100 Millionen US-Dollar. October 14, 2013, category: Medienberichte,Mobile Technologies und IKT,Software und IT Nachdem Facebook in den letzten Jahren bereits Snaptu und Face.com aus Israel erworben hat, gibt das israelische Unternehmen Onavo drei Jahre nach seiner Gründung nun auf seinem hauseigenen Blog bekannt, vom Social-Network-Marktführer zugekauft worden zu sein.

Facebook kauft israelische Mobile-Analytics-Firma Onavo für mehr als 100 Millionen US-Dollar

Der Kaufpreis soll bei 120 Millionen USD liegen. Im Gegensatz zu Snaptu und Face.com wird Onavo in Israel bleiben und nicht vom Silicon Wadi in das Silicon Valley ziehen. Onavo wird damit Facebooks offizielle Niederlassung in Israel und gleichzeitig das erste Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum des Internet-Konzerns in Israel. Die von Onavo entwickelte App “Onavo-Count” ermöglicht dem Nutzer den Datenverbrauch der bereits installierten Apps auf seinem Smartphone zu analysieren. Für Facebook ist Onavo besonders im Zuge der Etablierung des Projektes Internet.org interessant. Weitere Informationen auch hier auf Haaretz.com. Suspicion grows that Boston bombers were behind 2011 murders.

NEW YORK – The families of three Boston-area men gruesomely murdered in 2011 have steadfastly declined to speak to the press even as suspicion has taken root that the men, two of them Jewish, were murdered by alleged Boston bomber and Islamist radical Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Suspicion grows that Boston bombers were behind 2011 murders

Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign up! The three men were Erik Weissman, 31, Raphael Teken, 37, and Brendan Mess, 25. FBI investigators have been speaking to the families in recent days in an attempt to determine if there was a connection between the 2011 murders of their relatives and the Tsarnaev brothers, who stand accused of the bombing of the Boston Marathon on April 15 that killed three and wounded over 260. One of the 2011 victims, Mess, was a close friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, according to the accounts of friends, and was seen with him often in the weeks prior to the murder. The two were roommates at one time, relatives told officials. GreenTops Home.  Search - SolarServer. Courses and Workshops - Lotan Center for Creative Ecology. Click here for a pdf course summary!

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