Sunday, April 4, 2010

50 Days

It shouldn't shock anyone that the Jewish State is a leader in medical innovation - the country is populated by Jewish mothers, so of course the market is saturated with Jewish doctors! Israel has 50 certified dialysis centers, so every major city and tourist attraction in Israel has at least one nearby. Shemer Medical Center, an Israeli "medical tourism provider" (their description), actually coordinates these centers to accommodate the travel itineraries of patients who want to enjoy a tour of the country. Pretty cool.

For those of us with excellent kidneys, there's still more exciting science and technology to read about. Israel's largest airport, Ben Gurion International Airport, is planning a 50-kilowatt solar project that will help power the airport. It's part of Israel's ambitious goal to derive 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2020. Construction starts this year, and the project is expected to earn the airport $100,000 a year on extra energy sold back to Israel's electric company. Should it prove successful, the next logical location will beat Eilat's sweltering airport in the very south of the country.

In Jewish tradition, every 50 years is the Jubilee. In days of old, all debts were cancelled, all slaves went free, and farmers were given a vacation from farming. Israel had its first "Jubilee" in 1998. It generated a different sort of excitement... we can't say we saw any slaves go free, but the fireworks were excellent :)

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