Work

Zika is the big news in Singapore. Trying to blame the Ministry for being late in identifying the illness is ridiculous. If sick people don't go to the doctors, then how can it be identified? This type of blame game is so typical of Hong Kong ... I see it's contagious and have affected Singaporeans as well: blame blame blame ... spending so much time and energy blaming instead of solving the problem. Negativity seems to be the main motivation.

Here in Israel a local firm has managed to hack into iPhones. It's causing some panic here but instead of blaming iPhone for security lapses, the attention is on how to stop these intrusions because any false message can be used to incriminate people in this high security country. People can be framed by false photos and messages. This is what people fear.  http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-1.739241

The earthquakes in Italy and Burma have also woken up the Israeli public to the big earthquake we have been expecting for the past 7 years. it's long delayed ... and each year's delay increases the magnitude of the quake. Studies have shown that 99% of old buildings are not earthquake-proof.  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4847567,00.html

Now I bet you did not hear the news about 2 catholics nuns murdered in Mississippi. Persecution of the Church is so common now it seldom gets reported. But yes, 2 catholic nuns killed in the USA.  http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/two-nuns-found-murdered-at-their-home-in-mississippi-84964/

Some ethiopic manuscripts

Some professors have returned from their vacations. On Sept. 1st our libraries will be opened to the public and slowly students will be coming to do their research before the school actually begins. I started on a new project in the library: cataloging the ethiopic and coptic manuscripts in our university library. I brought our ancient books expert from the General Library down to the university to help out in this project.  You can see our manuscripts on our library website http://www.bibliothecaterraesanctae.org