Rogel @ August 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
I grew up in Dimona, a little town in the middle of Israel’s desert. One of the most common definitions of desert is the lack of rain, and the line is being drawn at the 200 MM of rain per year. You can imagine the effect that a storm, like today’s storm, that drops about 3.5” of rain […]
Rogel @ August 8, 2007 # 2 Comments
Do you remember the ad campaign the city of NY launched recently to convinced everybody the tap water are safe and worth using? Apparently this does not include the only place where such recommendation is appropriate - the city administration! And while the $700,000 from taxpayer money are being spent on questionable campaign, an additional $3 million are being […]
Rogel @ August 2, 2007 # No Comment Yet
If you are in New York this summer, make sure that you are going to see Frost/Nixon - it is theater at its best. I have no intention to write a review here, more qualified people already did. I’ll just add that the play, and the excellent acting, not only portraying an historical event, one that […]
Rogel @ June 18, 2007 # One Comment
On the way home today, listening to the radio, I learned that Columbia University official proposing the use of eminent domain by the city to support the university’s expansion plan. The university official had the audacity to argue that the eminent domain is justified because the university expansion will benefit the public.
It is […]
Rogel @ June 3, 2007 # No Comment Yet
I was in a safari in Kenya several times, and loved every moment. This amazing video, although wasn’t taken in Kenya, makes me want to pack and go again as soon as possible. It is relatively long clip but it is worth watching it to the end, it has several twists.
(via room 404)
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Rogel @ April 18, 2007 # 2 Comments
This article in the Wall Street Journal left me somewhat confused:
BERLIN — Europe’s major economies are competing with one another to cut corporate taxes as they fight to attract and keep investment, fueling a trend that has taken Europe’s corporate-tax rates below those of other regions.
Nominal tax rates on corporate income in the European Union […]
Rogel @ February 24, 2007 # One Comment
More picture can be found here
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Rogel @ February 19, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Working on Presidents day is a very lonely activity.
Walking in the empty streets around wall street, trying to get a decent coffee - and no, starbucks doesn’t sell decent coffee - feels aerie. And no, I couldn’t find any decent coffee shop open.
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Rogel @ December 30, 2006 # 2 Comments
NY City council was very busy baning, or at least trying to ban, many things last year:
* Trans-fats.
* Aluminum baseball bats.
* The purchase of tobacco by 18- to 20-year-olds.
* Foie gras.
* Pedicabs in parks.
* New fast-food restaurants (but only in poor neighborhoods).
* Lobbyists from the […]
Rogel @ December 11, 2006 # No Comment Yet
We moved down to North Carolina on February 28th. Early in the morning we packed everyone and everything into our Honda Odyssey with the U-haul on the back and started down the road. 2 Adults, 3 kids, 1 4 week old infant, 2 dogs and 500 miles to go.
John’s Journey away from away from NY
In […]