Clippers Might Bring Hedo Turkoglu Back
The Los Angeles Clippers might re-sign forward Hedo Turkoglu if they waive the newly acquired Carlos Delfino and Miroslav Raduljica, according to the Orange County Register's Dan Woike. All signs point to both of them being waived in order to give Los Angeles roster flexibility. To use that flexibility on Turkoglu, though, would be curious. The 14-year veteran did not exactly prove himself to be still capable of contributing last year.
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Present Music will open its 33rd season Aug. 30 with Ince by Ince, a program of five recent works by Turkish American composer Kamran Ince, including three American premieres. These pieces cover great ground stylistically, says Ince, who will conduct the concert, but they are united by a fascination with Ottoman court music, a style of Turkish classical music he describes as “very serious” and spiritual. 
ISTANBULACCESS is consistently and effectively offering travel and private concierge to its customers’ satisfaction since founded at 2009. ISTANBULACCESS, a member of ASTA, IATA and ICLMA (International Concierge Association) and a member of TURSAB (Association of Turkish Travel Agents), proudly offers expertise assistance to its customers who would like to enjoy the mixtures of history, culture and entertainment. ISTANBULACCESS is specialised in not only room bookings to hotels like Hilton, Ritz Carlton, Marriott, Cıragan Palace Kempinski and many other first class hotels in the heart of Istanbul, it also promises top tables at the trendiest and the most elite restaurants in the City. Enterance to the most prestigious entertainment venues such as Reina, 360, Anjelique, is never a problem. 
"Your phone’s operating system is compromised," Victor Cocchia, chief executive of Vysk Communications, tells me point blank. "There are millions of new pieces of malware created each month, and the bad guys’ software will almost always circumvent the good guys’ software. That’s why we do everything outside of the phone." Outside? For most people, a smartphone case is an accessory to (hopefully) keep their screen from cracking when they drop their phone. To Cocchia, it's a piece of high-end security hardware that can solve the problem of vulnerable smartphone software. 
Earlier this week, the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced that it had achieved another technical milestone under its $212.5 million Commercial Crew Integrated Capability contract with NASA. The contract is aimed at aiding SNC in the development of its Dream Chaser spacecraft, a reusable spacecraft which is designed to carry astronauts into low Earth orbit and, the company hopes, carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. 
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After two months of delays, SpaceX achieved success today in its launch of six Orbcomm telecommunications satellites into orbit on Monday, July 14. All six satellites have been successfully deployed in orbit. The six satellites, which were built by the Sierra Nevada Corporation, are part of Orbcomm’s next generation of satellites, which aim to provide faster and more robust data systems to its customers, as well as increasing the company’s overall network capacity. The six satellites are the first part of what’s envisioned to be a 17-satellite constellation, which the company aims to have in orbit by the end of the year. 
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Pelicans announced Tuesday an expected trade with the Houston Rockets for center Omer Asik, which now includes a third team, the Washington Wizards. The trade came after a near month-long agreement with the Rockets to acquire Asik, the 7-foot center who became expendable following the Rockets signing of Dwight Howard. 
Melih Abdulhayoğlu, CEO and founder of Comodo, talks to MicroScope about his calling to make the internet a safer place and admits to having a very sweet tooth. 
NEW YORK (July 14, 2014) – The Summer Fancy Food Show, the largest since it was first presented in 1955, is drawing strong reviews from exhibitors and attendees alike. The sold-out exhibit halls, filling 361,000 sq. ft., featured more than 1,400 U.S. exhibitors and 1,291 from around the world. The trade-only event took place June 29–July 1, 2014, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. Amid record demand for specialty food, the show drew more than 22,000 attendees from top names in U.S. retailing and restaurants, including Whole Foods, Dean & DeLuca, Kroger and Le Pain Quotidien and buying delegations from Europe and countries as diverse as Uruguay, Paraguay, Albania, and China. 
The first group of a total of 48 American middle and high school teachers arrived in Istanbul and began their 14-day journey through Turkey on the Turkish Cultural Foundation's Teacher Study Tours. The teachers were selected from among participants in the Teacher Workshops on Turkey organized under the Spotlight on Turkey 2014 program, by 10 local chapters of the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA) and TCF. The second group will be visiting Turkey on July 14-27. This year’s teachers hail from the states of Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, and Virginia. Three Turkish teachers and one Turkish American educator will accompany the tours as volunteers with a view to further facilitate exchanges between Turkish and American educators.
The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) is proud to announce the 1st Annual Turkish American Youth Leadership Congress to be held in Washington, DC, October 9-12, 2014. The Youth Leadership Congress is open to undergraduate/graduate students and recent graduates of Turkish American heritage who wish to become active in American civic and political life, contribute to U.S.-Turkey relations and the Turkish American community and are committed to advancing the TCA mission.
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's Infrastructure Ministry says a $820 million deal has been signed with American-Turkish consortium Bechtel-Enka to build a 60 kilometer (37 miles) highway that will link Kosovo with Macedonia. The ministry said Tuesday work on the new highway will start on July 2. 
DR Mehmet Oz's enthusiasm for "miracle" weight-loss cures landed the celebrity surgeon in the hot seat on Capitol Hill in Washington. US politicians grilled him about dubious diet products popularised on his hit TV talk show.
