to the U.S.–which ended last weekend–Rivlin said that he met with the JNF leadership across the country, with the regional presidents of the JNF and its executive directors. “I presented all of them with the development plans of the JNF for the next five years.” According to Rivlin, these plans include “important development projects” in the Galilee, the Arava and the north of Sinai. The plans include the establishment of infrastructure designed for future agricultural settlements in the Arava region, the creation of industrial parks in the Galilee and the reclamation of dune lands in the south of Israel and the north of Sinai, Rivlin said.

CANADIAN PROJECTS

“In Canada, we initiated a new project,” Rivlin said. “The plan is to raise money from at least 100 Jews, with eachpoints in the brain stem produced marked slowing or even cessation of the heart beat, and thus resulted in an immediate fall of the blood pressure even to zero. This cardio-inhibitory response depended on the integrity of the vagus nerves and was particularly marked upon stimulation in the caudal medulla, the areas of the ambiguus, solitary and dorsomotor nuclei of the vagus and the midline structures. When such an area was stimulated continuously the heart stopped beating throughout the stimulation. The longest period of cardiac arrest before the appearance of escape was 35 min. With continuous stimulation of the peripheral end of the cut vagus, the earliest escape beat occurred even later (65 min). Epinephrine given intravenously produced an increase of MSAP and force of cardiac contraction, although