During a procedure, surgeons can use a touch-screen panel or voice commands to display and control images, adjust room lighting, or phone a colleague. They can access patient histories, X-rays and lab results, and use their fingers on the console to draw — just like a football commentator — on images displayed on a screen.
A new report lends muscle to certain aspects of the phenomenon, hinted at by Katznelson: Young Jews\’ desire to be with other young Jews and their interest in creating their own Jewish experiences rather than signing up for long-standing programs.
Myers and the messianic movement are trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the Israeli public
\”. . . Watching the first legal gay marriage in Los Angeles . . . between two Jewish women, with their rabbi and their Jewish lawyer, fills me with extraordinary pride as a Jew . . .\”
ABC News leaked details last week of an ongoing international intelligence investigation with allegations that up to 20 \”sleeper cell\” suspects from Hezbollah were activated, including a \”weapons expert\” spotted at a firing range south of Toronto.
Last week\’s emotion-packed visit to Sderot by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, along with a delegation of senior city officials, leaders of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, the Israel Leadership Club and several Los Angeles clergy might have received much of the trip\’s media coverage during the group\’s weeklong stay in Israel. However, it\’s the meetings between city and Israeli experts in homeland security, counterterrorism and green technology that could have a significant effect on the way Los Angeles and Israel protect their citizens, institutions and natural resources.
One criticism of Villaraigosa\’s predecessor, Jim Hahn, was that he didn\’t understand the importance of symbolism, that he was too desk bound, too reluctant to make the grand gestures important in a sprawling city of many diverse communities.
The recent discovery of a long-overlooked legal document could substantially alter the situation, potentially allowing for a public street to be constructed that would lead directly to the entrance of the proposed site.
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