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.
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.
