John takes a trip to Istanbul, Turkey. He arrives at the airport and takes a taxi to Taksim Square. At a restaurant, he enjoys a traditional Turkish breakfast. Later, he goes shopping bargaining for a purchase. In the evening, he visits the home of Ayşe Hanım and Ali Bey, where they discuss soccer. John learns about important Turkish figures and customs during his trip.
Marketers from all over the world worry that teens are leaving Facebook but is it really that important in Facebook advertising at the moment?
Not really.
The most important addressees of Facebook advertising campaigns are people over 25 – with purchasing power and according to the current stats, people over 25, of working age, are now the majority of Facebook population.
Let’s prove it and see Facebook age breakdown for some selected countries.
Marketers from all over the world worry that teens are leaving Facebook but is it really that important in Facebook advertising at the moment?
Not really.
The most important addressees of Facebook advertising campaigns are people over 25 – with purchasing power and according to the current stats, people over 25, of working age, are now the majority of Facebook population.
Let’s prove it and see Facebook age breakdown for some selected countries.
Hyvinvointivaltion tuntevat kaikki, mutta tuskin kukaan osaa määritellä sitä tyhjentävästi. Tämä kirjanen hahmottaa hyvinvointivaltiota sen keskeisten tunnuslukujen kautta.
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How to accelerate your financial services compliance initiativesIBM Rational software
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A presentation about combining the powers of the Go language and Asterisk in order to provide fast, reliable and hugely scalable voice applications. A brief introduction about why Go presents a big opportunity for the asterisk community, a primer into developing FastAGI applications, demonstration of the AGI package [1] and a walk through the idioms and challenges of developing in Go. The talk is focused mainly on our experience of porting existing code into Go with the aim to scale our services to larger numbers accompanied with benchmarks and an introduction to some tools [2] we developed to help us test, debug and benchmark AGI applications.
Hyvinvointivaltion tuntevat kaikki, mutta tuskin kukaan osaa määritellä sitä tyhjentävästi. Tämä kirjanen hahmottaa hyvinvointivaltiota sen keskeisten tunnuslukujen kautta.
A presentation on how identity federations with different scope can benefit from each others work. Crosssector benfits - and new approaches to a traditional usecase.
How to accelerate your financial services compliance initiativesIBM Rational software
This paper talks about ways to accelerate your financial services compliance initiatives. It will help you understand the impact and streamline planning and execution of compliance to financial services regulations.
A presentation about combining the powers of the Go language and Asterisk in order to provide fast, reliable and hugely scalable voice applications. A brief introduction about why Go presents a big opportunity for the asterisk community, a primer into developing FastAGI applications, demonstration of the AGI package [1] and a walk through the idioms and challenges of developing in Go. The talk is focused mainly on our experience of porting existing code into Go with the aim to scale our services to larger numbers accompanied with benchmarks and an introduction to some tools [2] we developed to help us test, debug and benchmark AGI applications.
6. Kahvaltı (Breakfast) in Turkey The standard Turkish breakfast includes: Bread (ekmek) Cheese (peynir) Olives (zeytin) Tomato (domates) Cucumber (salatalık) Butter (yağ) Jam (reçel) Meat (salam, sucuk) Eggs (yumurta) Pastries Tea (çay)
7. John: Çoklezzetli. Teşekkürederim. Garson: Rica ederim. Afiyetolsun! John: Hesap, lütfen. Garson: On (10) Lira. John: İyigünler! Garson: Hoşçakalın! At Turkish restaurants, the tip is left in cash after the payment is made, and is usually 10% of the total amount.
8. Alışveriş John: Merhaba. Bu ne kadar? Satıcı: Yirmi (20) lira. John: Vay be! Çokpahalı. On beş (15) lira olsun. Satıcı: Olmaz! Yirmi (20) olsun. John: On sekiz (18) Lira olsun. Satıcı: 19 olsun. John: Anlaştık.
9. Ev AyşeHanım: Kim o? John: Ben John. AyşeHanım: Hoşgeldin, John! Nasılsın? John: İyiyimAyşeHanım. Siznasılsınız? AyşeHanım: İyiyim. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQGJchSN0mk (02:09)
10. Ali Bey: Ooo, hoşgeldin John Bey. Nasılsın? John: Çokyorgunum. Siznasılsınız? Ali Bey: İyiyim. Futbolizlermisin? John: Evet.
11. Futbol (soccer) in Turkey Soccer is the most followed sport in Turkey. Newspapers’ sports pages are mostly about soccer. When there are important matches in the stadiums in the city, there are always massive traffic jams that last for hours. When the Turkish national team wins a championship, everyone gets out on the streets to celebrate.
12. A typical meal starts with soup, and then a hot dish with vegetables and meat (with pilav - rice). After this, dishes made with olive oil are served. Then comes dessert or fruit. Salad is usually always present on the table. After the family leaves the table, Turkish tea or coffee is served at the living room. http://www.youtube.com/user/oz83#p/u/42/a2sA7yxz5N4 (1:52)
13. Turkish Cuisine Yoghurt Meats Kebabs (They’re Turkish!) Bread (pita) Vegetables Pastries So much DESSERT.
17. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk(1881 - 1938) Founder of the Turkish Republic. First Turkish president. Led the Turkish National Movement after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War 1, which lead to the Turkish War of Independence. Transformed the Ottoman Empire into a modern, democratic and secular state.
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19. Some of Atatürk’s Reforms Gave women the right to vote and to be elected. Women became free to cover their heads or not. Law of family names. Adopted the new Turkish alphabet. ** Yes, he was awesome.
20. Important words and phrases we learned from John and his friends Hoşgeldin(iz). Hoşbulduk. (Welcome / Response to welcome) İyitatiller. (Have a nice vacation) Teşekkürler/Teşekkürederim. (Thanks/ thank you) Nerelisin? Amerikalıyım. (Where are you from? I’m from America) Ne kadar? Bu ne kadar? Hesap, lütfen.(How much? How much is this? Check, please) Vay be! (Wow) Pahalı X Ucuz(Expensive/cheap) Lütfen(please) Kahvaltı, öğleyemeği, akşamyemeği(breakfast, lunch, dinner) Ellerin(iz)e sağlık. Afiyetolsun. (Thank you for the meal/Bon appetit) Kim o? (Who is it?) Hanım, Bey(Ma’am, sir) Tamam, olur, evet(okay, alright, yes) Futbol(soccer)