August 2010
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The Time Has Come: Nevin Yanit wins 100 m....
Turkish sprinter Nevin Yanit wins 100-meter hurdles tonight at the European Championship! Her score is 12.63.
This is a significant win in more ways than one. Turkey craves championships in this category for years, and Nevin broke the Turkish record with her 12.63’ —what’s more interesting is that according to Associated Press Yanit’s hotel room number was 1263, and...
July 2010
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Demokrasilerde Çare Tükenmez ~ Süleyman Demirel
Not that I’m a big fan or anything… Growing up, my family has been on the other side of his views; and as I got older I didn’t stay as far to the left, and Demirel wasn’t as far to the right in his late years anyways; so I can appreciate him more now.
This phrase is a “classic” by Süleyman Demirel — a lifelong Anatolian, a peasant (maybe a pretended one,...
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Ağzı olan konuşuyor!
“Ağzı olan konuşuyor” is a Turkish proverb, which means “whoever has a mouth, talks.” I always had a hard time making sense to this saying until the arrival of Twitter and Facebook!
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Maybe the pufferfish ate it?
Have you seen bit.ly’s “page not found” page?
This is cute:
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Beautiful Summer Day in Ormond Beach & Palm Coast
This must be the second most beautiful day of the Summer of 2010, here Central-Northern Florida… I was out in Ormond Beach shopping with Lisa, and now back home in Palm Coast.
Beautiful Blue Skies, nice breeze, and wonderful mountain-like white-clouds! I’m posting this and jumping in the pool!..
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Checking out the Infiniti G37 Convertible in Jax
Pete, Marcia, Lisa and I took a day trip to Jacksonville to check out the Infiniti G37 Convertible:
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Destination Turkey in Times Square...
Planning to travel to Turkey? Stop by and get a taste in Times Square:
Turkey icks off a new campaign with video advertising in Times Square. The Director of Turkish Tourism and Culture Office, Nihan Bekar said that the Times Square advertising has a special place in her heart as the Turkish Tourism Office won an Adrian Awards for a similar campaign in 2009, presented by the Hospitality Sales...
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Proof that Steve Jobs knew about iPhone 4 Antenna...
Are you looking for proof that Steve Jobs knew about the iPhone 4’s Antenna problems? Here’s proof:
He’s holding the iPhone in his left hand… Get it?
:)
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Femme Fatale on twitter: Anna Chapman, alleged...
It looks like I’m the first one to notice the alleged Russian spy, Anna Chapman’s first tweet since her deportation!
Earlier today, I heard a news segment on NPR about the freshly deported Russian spies, and decided to look up the pretty one, Anna Chapman, on LinkedIn. Here’s my blog post on that.
Once I posted my blog entry, I also noticed her twitter username on her...
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Femme Fatale: Russian Spy Anna Chapman's Profile...
What’s the name of the good-looking young Russian spy you’ve seen in the news stories or online videos?
” Anna Chapman “
Yes, I know… It doesn’t really sound like a typical Russian name, but I don’t know what the deal is.
But guess what?
I found this pretty-face Russian spy, Anna Chapman’s LinkedIn profile.
Yes, the linkedin profile for...
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Fernet Branca - Try it at your own risk!
Yes, try it at your own risk…
This requires an acquired taste, and a great pallette —it’s for the most discriminating only.
If you have never had Sushi, don’t bother tasting it.
If the whole idea of “İşkembe Çorba” (tripe soup), or “Kokoreç” (sheeps intestines) —both Turkish dishes by the way, making you go: “ewh” then this...
Worlds Presidents' Salaries vis a vis GDP
The Economist has a terrific article looking at world’s politicians salaries…
Turkey wasn’t in the list, and that naturally arises my curiosity.
Turkey’s GDP-PPP (not adjusted with purchasing power parity, though the others in the above chart are) is about $12,000. President Abdullah Gül receives 18,434 Turkish Lira (TL) a month. That’s about $142,000 (USD). So...
