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Dream Chaser Completes Ground Tow Tests
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announces the completion of the Dream Chaser® Space System tow testing at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. The ground tow tests were conducted in preparation for the upcoming approach and landing test scheduled for the third quarter 2013.
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Why Muslims Love Turkish Soap Operas
ISTANBUL— Caroline is sitting in the passenger seat of the gray Mercedes 200. She turns to Ibo, and says, “Take me home please.” Ibo’s eyes light up at the thought. “With pleasure,” he murmurs. “We can have coffee in your new house and speak a bit.” Caroline feigns outrage. “Ibo, you’re still married, you saw Mesude, she was like crazy,” she says in her deliberately broken Turkish. “I am afraid of her. They’re going to get the police. You and I … the same house—no.” “OK,” says Ibo, in full retreat. “I'll try to be patient until the divorce.”
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Dubai's Abraaj Invests in Serdar Bilgili's BLG Capital
Dubai-based Abraaj Group on Thursday announced the acquisition of a significant stake in Republika Academic Apartments, consisting of two student accommodation assets totalling 1,274 beds in Turkey. The transaction gives Abraaj substantial ownership of two exceptional quality assets, the investment firm said in a statement. The properties are situated in Ortakoy and Buyucekmece, both strong catchment areas for students, young professionals and apartment hotel guests in Istanbul, it added without giving a value for the company's investment.Soccer Legend Zico Opens Soccer Academy in Danbury, Connecticut
Zico is in New York at his soccer camp.
Dr Oz's Israel Visit
Dr. Mehmet Oz sat down to talk with JTA on the Tel Aviv coast last week, but what he really wanted to do was go to the beach. Oz, the surgeon and well-known TV personality, was in Israel for the first time and had a packed itinerary. He traversed the country from the Red Sea to the Golan, lectured Israeli physicians in a northern Israeli hospital and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His host on this whirlwind tour was Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, the author and sexpert who lives in New Jersey. The two met when they were both on an Oprah Winfrey radio program. Boteach recently gave Oz an award for being a “champion of Jewish values,” and the trip was paid for by casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, another recipient of the award. Turkey's Scrap Imports Down 18.25 Percent in H1
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first half of this year Turkey's steel scrap import volume saw a significant decline of 18.25 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, amounting to 9.3 million mt. In addition, the country's scrap imports in June fell 13.8 percent compared to June 2012, amounting to 1.7 million metric tons. Chobani Coming This Fall to School Cafeterias
There’s a new kid that will soon be showing in school cafeterias across four states as part of a USDA pilot program – Chobani Greek yogurt. Last week, the USDA announced it had selected Chobani to provide Greek yogurt to K-12 school meal programs in New York, Idaho, Arizona and Tennessee.
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Cano Ozgener: The Man from Oz
by Carol Caldwell- photography by Hollis Bennett - From the moment we first met, Cano Ozgener put a spell on me. The man is a magus. Everything he touches turns to gold. CanoIn his first life, Cano turned himself from apprentice at his father’s business designing jewelry in Istanbul to a brilliant career in the New World at engineering research, and now, in Nashville to stay, he has a collection of Turkish meerschaum pipes unrivaled anywhere on earth. From this obsession must have stemmed his next manifestation as maker and purveyor of fine, handmade cigars. Cano, pronounced Johno, turned the profits from the sale of his cigar empire, CAO, into a sprawling, modern compound seated next to the landing strips at John Tune airport. This alchemist with the golden touch then tapped his magic wand and brought forth OZ Arts, a non-profit organization meant to foster the visual and performing arts in Middle Tennessee.
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'Dr. Oz' and Rabbi Boteach Arrive in Israel
Both Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of the wildly popular The Dr. Oz Show and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach arrived in Israel from the US on Sunday together with their families, for a week-long visit. Boteach, dubbed “America’s rabbi” by the media, is hosting Oz – who is often called “America’s doctor” – and his family during their joint sojourn. The trip, Oz’s first to Israel, will include a panel discussion including Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky and moderated by The Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Steve Linde at the Jerusalem Press Club on Monday evening.
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Comodo Shows Biggest Improvement in Antivirus Tests
Malware writers keep working to make their nasty products evade detection by popular antivirus tools, and the antivirus vendors naturally try to keep up, or even get ahead. Every couple of months, German independent antivirus lab AV-Test releases a report that lets the vendors (and users) know how they're doing in three areas: Protection, Performance, and Usability. In the latest test a few products stand out not specifically because of their scores, but because of how those scores have changed. The same was true in a recently-released test by Austrian lab AV-Comparatives. Chobani Wins USDA School Lunch Yogurt Contract
Chobani Greek yogurt, with a new processing plant in Twin Falls, Idaho, has won a USDA contract to supply its product to the National School Lunch Program this fall. USDA announced a pilot program last month to include Greek yogurt in school lunches in four states and opened solicitations, which closed July 22. On Friday, the agency announced that Chobani won the $279,720 contract to supply nearly 200,000 pounds of blueberry, strawberry, vanilla, and plain Greek yogurt from September through November to schools in Idaho, New York, Tennessee, and Arizona. The Coca-Cola Company Sponsors 100 Students from across the MENA Region
Cairo, Egypt July 28, 2013 - The Coca-Cola Company sponsored 100 college students from eight countries across North Africa, the Middle East, and Near Asia to attend a residential Summer Entrepreneurship Program at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business in early June 2013. For the second year, The Coca-Cola Company continued its partnership with the US Department of State and Indiana University to support and to empower the next generation of youth by enhancing their business skills and promoting social entrepreneurship across the region.Turkcell's Cukurova Faces "Do-or-Die" $1.57 bln Payment
A British court ruled on Tuesday that Turkey’s Çukurova Group must pay $1.57 billion to Russian telecom firm Altimo in 60 days to recover Turkcell shares appropriated for a defaulted loan. The British Privy Council’s rule opens the way to end an eight-year dispute between major shareholders, yet it is unclear how the financially troubled Çukurova is going to find this amount of money in two months. In May, Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) seized more than 10 companies belonging to Çukurova’s owner Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, citing Çukurova’s bleak financial record and its inability to pay its heavy debt to the TMSF in the foreseeable future. 
