Tami Kanazawa and Yuval Admoni will perform this month in Einav Center Tel Aviv. They will perform Liszt pieces on two pianos.
Concert is on the 25th of November, at 20:30.
Poster below:
Was made redundant
Or “let go”, any other term you would like.
The sentences “reducing OPEX” and “I am afraid we have to let you go” are very different, though mean the same.
Looking forward as I have to decide if I want to move to Japan or not… a major decision!
Elon More Tours
Elon More is a settlement in the west bank, for more info you may refer to Peace Now website.
While driving yesterday to work, I have noticed a car which has the sign “Elon More Tours” on it, but it looks more like a Brinks secured car.
Do you want to take a trip in this secured car, and look out from these tiny windows?
Google suggest
I found out that Google Suggest was written in Israel.
A very good tool! Kudos.
Whitesmoke in Korean
While surfing “The Korea Times”, I have noticed a whitesmoke ad in Korea. WhiteSmoke is a Israeli startup aiming to help individuals writing English essays/e-mails and more.
Korean screen captur:
Dafna Boots
Dafna rubber boots are manufactured in Israel (in Kibbutz Dafna). Their website is not that good. But part of their Catalog is online.
Dafna boots are sold in Japan, both online (Rakuten) and in selected shops. Last year, I saw them being sold at Sony Plaza (I think it is now called just Plaza).
It is interesting to see a product with almost no sales/presence in Israel, but global reach (Finland, UK, Japan and many more). Can’t really say they compete with Hunter, but rather a cheaper alternative.
Rakuten Dafna boots page – link.
Screen Capture:
Children Violence by Country
The Economist is quoting a research done by WHO – HBSC – Health behavior in School-aged children.
The research covers only the following countries (Japan is not included):
HBSC 2001/02, 36 countries: Finland, Norway, Austria, Belgium (French), Hungary, Israel, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales, Denmark, Canada, Latvia, Poland, Belgium (Flemish), Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greenland, Lithuania, Russia, Slovak Republic, England, Greece, Portugal, Rep. of Ireland, USA, Macedonia, Netherlands, Italy, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia, Ukraine.
HBSC 2005/06, 41 countries: The same countries adding Bulgaria, Iceland, Luxembourg, Romania and Turkey.
Belgium (French) is most violent while Israel is 24th, with 26% of 11 year old boys claim they were involved in at least 3 physical fights in the previous year.
Technion – University Ranking
The Times just published their World’s top 200 universities list. link
The Technion, “My” university is ranked 109. At first I was disappointed, but then, I browsed through the list and found out that it is not that bad.
Waseda University is at 180.
Indian institute of Technology is at 154.
BUT, not even close to Tokyo university at 19, Kyoto University at 25.
Enoki mushrooms
Finally, I could find Enoki mushrooms in Israel. The downside is it is imported from China.
Tekoa farms import it; not sure if regularly, and the taste… not bad, but less tasty than Japan.
Samsung
Engadget Japan wrote a nice piece and produced a magnificent logo following the offer made by Samsung to acquire Sandisk.
Sandisk is partially a Israeli company, following the acquisition of M-systems. (Plus, Sandisk founder is a former Israeli).
The original Japanese article – link
And the Logo:
