The Ever Changing World of The Cell Phone.

Today we are more connected than we have ever been.  Not just with each other, but with technology.  30 years ago, computers were no more than large adding machines or expensive typewriters (at least that's what most people used them for).  Today you theoretically could keep your entire computer in your pocket (prime example is the Motorola Atrix which can be converted into a laptop); and this is only the beginning.  Soon, we will all have one computer that we carry around and plug into different docks at different locations.  This computer is our phone.

Smart Phones are all the rage; everyone has one.  They help us stay connected to the world around us.  Membership Management Services is the first Synagogue Software Company to utilize your smart phone with their Synagogue Phone App.  This app lets your members, clergy, and staff stay connected like never before.  From posting the Rabbi's Blog to your Member Directory, everything is there right when you want it.

The app itself is extremely easy to use, and is customized to each synagogue.  Some synagogues have chosen to use it  only  for their staff as a way to stay connected on the go; including a master calendar so that everyone is on the same page when it comes to meetings, events, and other important dates.  On the other hand, some have chosen to go the Member route, and utilized such features as Streaming Services, Picture Galleries, and important phone numbers.  

The best thing about this app, is how Membership Management Services has priced this app for everyone!  At only $275 for current customers it's a steal.  You pay the one time set-up fee and your members are able to download it for free from the Android Market and iPhone App Store.

Even if you aren't a MM2000 customer, you can still order the app for $295; Membership Management Services can even pull data out of your current software to get your Member Directory working on the app.

If you would like to take a look at a sample version of the app, head over to either the Android Market or iPhone App store and just search MM2000.

Destroying Cancer, For Good!

Cancer, it is one of the hardest diseases to go through; not just as the patient, but as the family.  Everyone knows someone who's been affected by it.  It comes in many shapes, in many forms.  Cancer doesn't care if you're black, white, Jewish, Christian, Russian, American; all it does is destroy.  But there is hope.  In fact, there is a little more than just help now from an Israeli company Vaxil BioTherapeutics. Vaxil BioTherapeutics has been working on a vaccine for about 90% of all cancers.  That's right!  The vaccine is now in clinical trials at the Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem.  Currently they are testing the vaccine on a certain type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma, but because of how cancer attacks the body, this vaccine will work for just about all types of cancer. Cancer is a disease that attacks your own cells.  Because of this, the body can't differentiate between sick cells and healthy cells.  The vaccine, Vaxil is creating, puts a little marker on these cells that mark the MUC1 gene. Overexpression of the MUC1 gene is on about 90% of all cancers; the vaccine, tells your T-Cells (cells that attack infections) to attack cells with MUC1.  Thus, not only does it stop the cancer in its tracks, but also stops it from returning, "The tumor [cancer] likes to mutate and develops an ability to hide from the treatment.  Our vaccines are also designed to overcome that problem," said Julian Levy, the company's CFO.   The vaccine is seen as a long-term strategy for treating cancer, meaning you would only have to take a shot every few months, thus eliminating the painful radiation treatment associated with treating cancer today.  By doing this, it forces the patient's immune system to do what is designed to do, and keep the cancerous cells out of the body.   Vaxil BioTheraputics was founded in 2006 by Dr. Lior Carmon, and is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.