77 American teachers visited Turkey in June and July on the TCF Teacher Study Tours. The tour itinirary took the teachers to Istanbul, Gelibolu (Gallipoli) and Troy, Canakkale, Bursa, Kusadasi, Pamukkale, Konya and Catalhoyuk, Cappadocia and Ankara. As part of their program, the teachers met with Turkish non-governmental organizations working on education, environment and women's rights. For the first time, Turkish teachers accompanied the study tours to further enhance educational exchanges between the two countries.
Aydin Senkut was born in Istanbul to parents who were entrepreneurs (mom in executive recruiting and dad in textiles). His journey from there to Google (GOOG) and beyond provides a novel perspective on the Silicon Valley Start-up Common (SVSC). The idea of the Common in economics originated in a field in an English village where everyone brought their animals to graze. If the community did not over-consume the grass and kept it fertilized and fresh, then it was a useful resource for generations. If a few farmers let their animals eat too much, the whole thing died and the community fell apart. That unpleasant outcome was dubbed the Tragedy of the Commons.
Nearly 6,000 miles away from their home, some of Turkey’s brightest teachers sat inside a UND classroom Tuesday to talk about the best ways to teach struggling students. The group of 19 young teachers is here under a federal grant allowing them to hone their English as a Foreign Language teaching skills by learning from local educators. 
Jersey City, NJ — Comodo is pleased to announce the release of DNDstation, a brand new utility for the gaming community that optimizes PC resources when a game is in progress and prevents games from being interrupted by pop-up messages. Available for download at www.dndstation.com, DNDstation is a unique utility that maximizes the PC gaming experience by:
JumpStart Inc. of Cleveland has invested $250,000 in a health coaching company founded in part by the “You Docs” — Drs. Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz. Enforcer eCoaching Inc. of Lyndhurst is in the process of commercializing software designed to send personalized emails to people who are looking to quit smoking, lose weight or otherwise lead a healthier life. The emails include automated responses as well as tips from health coaches.
Coca-Cola has started to lay the "very early groundwork" in its succession planning for current chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent, reports Paul Ziobro at the Wall Street Journal. The beverage titan is restructuring its operations, starting January 1st. Right now, it has an operations unit for each of its six geographical regions around the world. Coca-Cola is cutting that number down to two — Coca-Cola Americas, and the rest of the world.
Turkey exhibits an unprecedented activity in the area of the restitution of cultural property removed from the country. The country has an excuse - the creation of the world's largest museum of civilizations. The Turks not only want to return the heritage of their ancestors, Seljuks, but also ancient artifacts of Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Hittites - the cultures and peoples who once lived here. 
Comodo the company famous for it's free antivirus and firewall and released a new web browser. Comodo IceDragon is Firefox based browser made for secure web browsing. Two main security features are Comodo Secure DNS that helps to ensure that the sites you visit are not malicious, and a built-in Site Inspector tool to check the safety and validity of any web site you may be concerned about. 
After making a flurry of moves this summer, the Houston Rockets are hoping a revitalized roster would make them a genuine playoff contender. In what was the most exciting piece of business during the off-season, the Rockets acquired restricted Jeremy Lin over from New York Knicks with a $25 million offer sheet. They followed that up by acquiring the services of Omer Asik on another offer sheet worth $25 million for three years. 
Yogurt lovers can take their obsession to the next level with the grand opening of the Chobani flagship store this week in New York City. The first of it’s kind, you can get handcrafted yogurt creations made before your eyes, in the new SoHo shop. Today I stopped by to try out a few of the custom flavors that are carefully crafted so you don’t wind up creating a calorie-loaded mess (you know you add one too many toppings when left to your own devices). 
With a growing population and booming economy to cater for, Turkey’s food industry is in excellent health. But it is also highly competitive and fragmented. Just 22 food and drink manufacturers are listed on the Istanbul stock exchange and there are relatively few well-established brands. The market is dominated by a large number of small and medium sized family run companies, buffeted by widely fluctuating margins. 
Empire State Development approved a grant of up to $1.5 million for Chobani Inc., a manufacturer and top seller of Greek-style yogurt in the United States, for the installation of new machinery in an 80,000-square-foot addition to the company’s existing plant in New Berlin in Chenango County.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (8316), Japan’s second-largest bank by market value, is in talks to expand in Turkey as an accelerating economy stokes demand for bank services, two people familiar with the situation said. Sumitomo Mitsui and the Ankara-based Investment Support & Promotion Agency are working on an accord for the Tokyo-based lender to expand from a representative office of its unit Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. in Istanbul, said the people, declining to be identified because the process is confidential. 
