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As the social media is becoming a major part of our lives bairam celebrations are becoming virtual. Traditions such as visiting the elders and making the children happy with pocket money are out and posting celebration messages on social media is in.  Asst. Prof. Dr. Yeşim Kaptan, Lecturer at Department of Public Relations, Faculty of Communication, Izmir University of Economics, reported that social media and media technologies played a major part in our daily lives, celebrating special days and holidays changed and became too virtual. She pointed that bairam celebrations once meant family reunions, however, today all celebrations took place on social media and face-to-face communication became a thing in the past.  
 

Poisoning cases are increasing due to misinformation or lack of information about meat preserving during the Feast of the Sacrifice, or Kurban Bairam. The experts are warning about possible food poisonings because the resting, chopping, dispersing, and freezing the meat is not done properly after the animal is butchered.  
 

Turkey’s population is getting older rapidly. In Turkey, where there is increase in illnesses due to old age, it is expected that the proportion of elderly population (65 and over) will rise to more than 10% in 2023 according to the population projection by Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The experts stated that dementia would increase rapidly and they indicated that according to the causes of death statistics, while the proportion of elderly population who died from Alzheimer’s disease was 3.4% in 2012, this proportion increased to 3.6% in 2013.
 

Tables will get enriched by French dishes. Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Culinary Arts and Management are performing their internship in France for 3 months as part of the agreement with Les Toques Blanches Lyonnaises established by world famous chefs of France. 20 IUE prospective chefs are learning the art of cuisine at Michelin Starred restaurants from the world famous chefs in Lyon, France.  
 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Esra Katıman, Lecturer, IUE Faculty of Law, reported that 28 EU countries, which convened upon European Commission’s urgent call on September 14 in order to discuss the refugee crisis, could not reach an agreement on how to relocate 120 thousand Syrian refugees. Asst. Prof. Dr. Esra Katıman commentated on the ‘drama of humanity’ the Syrian refugees are facing after fleeing from their war- torn countries and trying to set up new lives. Katıman stated that European Union needed to increase measures initially, and make ‘right to live’-a universal principle, priority by leaving the national immigration law aside, and find solutions.
 

With the end of the seasonal fishing ban, the counters are overloaded with fish; however, Turks do not consume enough fish-significant sources of omega-3 fats. As fish consumption per person is 25 kg in USA, Canada, and many European countries, it is only 6kg per person in Turkey. We eat 1 fish in our country surrounded by water on three sides, and developed countries eat 4 times as much.
 

Turkish and Japanese industrial design students are designing very unique, interesting and environmentalist marine transportation vehicles where you can watch movies and have rich underwater scenery. Students are designing future marine transportation vehicles by taking the city’s historical and natural texture into consideration as part of the “Transportation for Izmir- Design Workshops- Merutemu” titled workshop co-organized by Izmir University of Economics (IUE) and Shizouka University of Art and Culture. Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, and Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen, IUE Rector, attended the workshops in which students aim to increase the tourism potential of the city.
 

In Turkey most traffic accidents occur when people go on holidays. Based on Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) data, accidents most frequently occurred in August with 10.8% share whereas accidents least frequently occurred in February with 6% share. Regarding the distribution among the days of the week, accidents involving death or injury most frequently occurred on Fridays with 14.8% share, and least frequently on Tuesdays with 13.7% share. In Turkey 168 thousand 512 traffic accidents involving death or injury occurred. 3 thousand 524 persons were killed and 285 thousand 59 persons were injured. The experts pointed out the increase in accidents during holiday periods, and indicated that inappropriate first aid resulted in death or injury.
 

Software developed by Burak Yanığlı, a sophomore at IUE Department of Software Engineering, will identify the diseases in animals. Diseases, causing animals breeders to lose a herd, will be prevented before they begin. Thanks to a leash put on cattle, its fever, pulse, data obtained through its movements will be collected by sensors, and transmitted to the center. Animals with a potential disease will be identified and a vet will intervene immediately.
 

Sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical exercise are an open invitation for cardiovascular diseases, obesity, colon and breast cancers, high blood pressure, stroke, and etc. The experts point out the importance of exercising regularly about 60 minutes a day for kids, and 150 minutes a week for adults.