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...biggest single foreign investment in the country. In nearby Isdemir, a giant steel mill built in the 1970s by Russian engineers using Soviet technology is undergoing massive renovation. Some 18,000 workers used to produce just over 2 million tons of steel here; now about 6,000 people produce almost three times as much - and the plant consumes less energy per ton of steel than many of its rivals around Europe. In August, a new hot strip mill started up, the first fruits of a $3 billion investment program aimed at upgrading Turkish steel production...
...biggest changes is to be found in Bursa, a 90-minute boat ride from Istanbul across the Marmara Sea. Just outside the old town is a sprawling Renault plant that dates back almost four decades. During the first years of its operation, the factory produced small cars for the Turkish domestic market - models that were already at the end of their life in Western Europe. But since 2000, Renault has used the Turkish plant as a significant export hub. It makes Renault's Mégane and Clio cars there for the rest of Europe, and has been upgrading...
...have seen every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I can summarize almost every plotline in detail. I’ve watched every episode of the more recent, and wildly underhyped, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia a handful of times, and every episode of Arrested Development at least a dozen. If, for some reason, you still think you’re more TV-obsessed than I am, I invite you to visit www.twitter.com/Chuck_Bass.
...love affair with television began at a very young age. My entire family gathered almost every night for our favorite prime time shows, usually without any disagreement over what to watch. My parents sleep with the TV on in their room, so when I couldn’t fall asleep I used to sit in the dark at the foot of their bed staring at Richard Simmons infomercials until I dozed...
...Strangely, it is this sort of thinking—that is, putting the pursuit of money ahead of almost everything—that is related to why we’re witnessing this current crisis. Though the blame certainly does not rest completely in their hands, it was the greed of many members of Wall Street that contributed to the destabilizing of the market. This veneration of dollars is not sustainable. And when a crash such as this one occurs, many are left feeling very empty. As one friend of mine observed, a strange sense of isolation...