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Today we were invited to the president's residency in Jerusalem to demonstrate our robot. In the meeting were presenting Jean-Philippe Courtois(in the middle), Microsoft International President, Danny Yamin, the CEO of Microsoft Israel(to the right), and of course Shimon Peres, The Israeli President.
In the meeting it was officialy announced the Microsoft will be the main sponsor of the Israeli Regional.
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29-11-2007 16:07
Mr MOE
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What an awesome opportunity for you all. Congratulations on this meeting! How did it go? Did he drive the robot? How was the security?
29-11-2007 16:11
Guy_E
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The president did not get the chance of driving it. I don't know if you're aware of it, but he is almost 85 years old! (and still working 18 hours a day).
The security was not so bad, and it all went quite smoothly actually.
29-11-2007 16:17
Richard Wallace
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This is a great picture, and some well-earned recognition for your team.
I thought 1574 was one of the inspirational highlights of the 2007 Championship. Your enthusiasm on Newton is among my most vivid championship memories.
Has President Peres seen an FRC Event?
29-11-2007 16:42
Guy_E
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Originally Posted by Richard
This is a great picture, and some well-earned recognition for your team.
I thought 1574 was one of the inspirational highlights of the 2007 Championship. Your enthusiasm on Newton is among my most vivid championship memories. Has President Peres seen an FRC Event? |
29-11-2007 17:46
synth3tk
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This is an awesome picture, and I'm sure that it must've been an exciting time for you all. Inspiring photo, really. Kudos!
29-11-2007 18:41
Bomberofdoom
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Congratulations! A big advancment to FIRST Israel! Good job representing the Israeli teams, Guy!
29-11-2007 18:57
DonRotolo
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Wow! How cool is that? That is one awesome photo, and even more awesome is what it represents for FIRST and the people of Israel.
Don
29-11-2007 20:00
David55
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Good job Miscar!
I think FIRST Israel is finally starting to get the recognition in deserves.
The program that was initiated by president Peres and Microsoft looks very promising (even though I am skeptical at this point). Hopefully things will start moving now that there is funding from a huge corporation like Microsoft, rather than the government and ministry of education which are affected by foolish political decisions and greedy individuals who prevented programs like FIRST from getting funding in previous years.
I hope the Israeli teams aren't affected too badly by the ongoing strike in the Israeli high schools and universities. This is a huge issue and I hope it will be resolved soon, otherwise we may see programs like this and others disappear.
29-11-2007 20:50
Jon236
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Kol Ha'Kavod Guy, Yaron and all of Miscar!
Looking forward to working with all of you again this year!
30-11-2007 05:13
feliks_rosenber
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My congratulations Miscar!
You no doubt merit that recognition and respect.
Keep going !
30-11-2007 08:10
Al Skierkiewicz
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Congratulations!!!
What a wonderful moment for your team.
30-11-2007 09:17
Bomberofdoom
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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull
The Jerusalem Post -the israeli newspaper in English, writes:
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Software giant Microsoft Corp. has entered into a cooperative technological training project with the state of Israel expected to provide some 250,000 Israeli women, youth and disabled people with a springboard to a career in science and technology related industries. "You have a good company so we're happy to do business with you," said President Shimon Peres at the ceremony launch the project on Thursday at Beit Hanassi. Jean-Philippe Courtois, President of Microsoft International, said it was no coincidence, that the global software company Microsft had chosen to work with Israel, adding that the country had the technological vision to open up new horizons. "Microsoft sees Israel as being a specialist country in innovation and creativity, leading the world in technological initiative. Moreover, Israel is regarded as one of three major technologically progressive countries outside of the US,", said Courtois. "Technology is what literacy used to be," said Courtois. The start of the project will be a national competition in robotics as part of Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations. Participants of the project will be trained in robotics, engineering and computers. Microsoft seeks to encourage young people to be science and technology leaders by involving them in programs and projects that help to develop the skills that could lead to innovative ideas and products. Peres added that he was pleased with the attention that Microsft was giving to women. "In a country like Israel this was especially important, because there is a large religious community in which women are the breadwinners so that their husbands can continue their studies," said Peres. "If they can work with computers, they can do so in an environment that does not compromise their sensitivities." Peres noted the importance of making technological education available to Israel's Arab community. "The Arabs will never enjoy equality unless they enter the world of high tech," he said. |
Will be fishing for better articles of this in English, stay tuned.
30-11-2007 09:44
Tottanka
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oh man...That's awesome!
Do you have any mroe details on the "sponsering" that Microsoft is going to be providing.
Will it be for individual teams or the event as a whole?
30-11-2007 09:51
Guy_E
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Originally Posted by Tottanka
oh man...That's awesome!
Do you have any mroe details on the "sponsering" that Microsoft is going to be providing. Will it be for individual teams or the event as a whole? |
30-11-2007 10:13
feliks_rosenber
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Has anyone watched yesterday's Mabat news cast on channel 1?
They did tell about Microsoft getting involved and Shimon Peres launching a new program to attract people to engineering through participation in FIRST.
Moreover, they mentioned some scholarship opportunities to overachieving participants.
Anyone knows anything about that ?
Sounds pretty interesting...
30-11-2007 10:31
Cynette
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Guy – thanks for posting the photo and congratulations to your team for their representation of FIRST to the Israeli President!
To all of the FIRSTers in Israel who take the time to post on CD – Guy, Nir, Liron, Feliks, David and others: Thanks for reminding us how small the world really is!
(and thanks for finding the English versions of your news articles to read!! )
30-11-2007 13:39
Jon236
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To help round out this great thread, here is the link of President Peres speaking at the Tel Aviv Regional this year...... http://corpvideofs.adpcorp.com/video/jw/peres_400kb.wmv
30-11-2007 13:49
Guy_E
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Originally Posted by Jon236
To help round out this great thread, here is the link of President Peres speaking at the Tel Aviv Regional this year...... http://corpvideofs.adpcorp.com/video/jw/peres_400kb.wmv
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30-11-2007 14:17
Tottanka
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Originally Posted by Guy_E
And guess whose button he's wearing? ours....
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30-11-2007 14:30
feliks_rosenber
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Shimon Peres definately hit the nail on the head talking about the future,
explaining how he envisions the world of tomorrow.
His speech was inspiring to me teaching how to think outside of the box.
It is no wonder that a few months later he decided to launch a new project to bolster science and technology in Israel.
It proves to us that he was really earnest in his speech.
30-11-2007 18:48
David55
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Originally Posted by Jon236
To help round out this great thread, here is the link of President Peres speaking at the Tel Aviv Regional this year...... http://corpvideofs.adpcorp.com/video/jw/peres_400kb.wmv
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Thanks for posting the video. At the time I was way too concentrated on our first match to actually listen and remember what he said. It was nice to watch it again and actually listen to him this time.
On a side note, I just wanted to point out that at the time of the regional last year, Shimon Peres was not yet the president (although he was a prominent politician and has been prime minister twice). I think that this year the press coverage (especially from major newspapers and news channels) and the general interest in the competition will be much greater now that he is the president and will be attending the regional.
30-11-2007 20:05
Scott Carpman
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This is really promising for all of FIRST. If Peres achieves his goal, we'll need more than 1 regional for Israel 
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30-11-2007 21:19
Tottanka
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Originally Posted by David55
Jon,
Thanks for posting the video. At the time I was way too concentrated on our first match to actually listen and remember what he said. It was nice to watch it again and actually listen to him this time. On a side note, I just wanted to point out that at the time of the regional last year, Shimon Peres was not yet the president (although he was a prominent politician and has been prime minister twice). I think that this year the press coverage (especially from major newspapers and news channels) and the general interest in the competition will be much greater now that he is the president and will be attending the regional. |
01-12-2007 05:27
feliks_rosenber
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I thought it would be nice to add a picture of my team visiting our city mayor.
We met a few months ago with mr. Haim Tsuri who is the mayor of Kiryat Motzkin.
We talked for hours about our impressions from the championship event.
I personally said that it was a life changing experience for me.
Another student shared his dream with the mayor. He said he hopes one day we will have sophisticated equipment for the construction of the robot.
The mayor promised us to do his best and help us financially this season.
So we are looking forward to see his deeds.
I know it is of less importance than meeting with the president but the more publuc figures hear about FIRST the better it is for us.
Anyhow, I think it's great that more and more public figures get involved in FIRST in Israel.
01-12-2007 05:31
feliks_rosenber
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http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/3396/60220610ho3.jpg
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