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Passing Along Advice from an NFL Legend
November 8, 2014 / markinkrott	/ 4 Comments
Some of the best advice I ever received was from a legendary NFL quarterback, but more importantly, a man of conviction and someone who always leads by example. In 2004 after a long day of practice during training camp at the University of Albany, New York Giants quarterback Kurt Warner told me, if all I became at the end of my career was a professional football player that I will have missed the true meaning of playing in the NFL.
He told me to use football as a platform to do greater things with my life; not to use football to define my life. And looking back now after more than a decade has passed, not surprisingly, he was right.
On Tuesday of this week I shared this experience with the Van Buren Knights high school football team. The Knights made it to the OHSAA State Playoffs for the first time in school history. My message was simple for them: Football is the greatest game in the world. Be the greatest player you can be on the field, play with confidence, and be mentally prepared for the moment that you may be called upon to do something you've never done before.
On Wednesday of this week I shared this anecdote with student athletes at the University of Findlay and several other sports business students, some whom will be seeking careers this spring upon graduation. My hope for them is that they use the platform of a college education and an athletic scholarship to do great things while an Oiler, but even greater things as a professional.
On Friday of this week I was invited to share my experiences in the NFL with the Wheaton Rams and some of their parents. The Rams are a great group of kids preparing for the biggest game of their young lives. This Sunday they will play in their Super Bowl against the team that gave them their only loss of the season. My wish for them is first and foremost, that they have fun and no one gets injured. After that, my hope is they remember that teamwork is what got them to this point and they will be friends with their teammates for a very long time. And if you are going to play the game, play to win. Win with sportsmanship and respect the game. It truly is the best game in the world.
What's the best advice you ever received?
Oiler Tradition
April 17, 2013 November 27, 2013 / markinkrott	/ Leave a comment
I'm not sure if anyone in their right mind would choose Findlay, Ohio as a vacation destination this time of year; or any time of year for that matter. But here I am. Day two of six in Findlay enjoying my time on my Alma Matter campus speaking to college students, coaches, staff and administrators about their futures, career paths, the future of the University's sports programs, the benefit of internships, sports marketing and management, offensive and defensive line play, digital marketing and communications, NFL scouts, new buildings and sports facilities, campus writing publications and of course, the weather.
It's been almost twelve years since I graduated from the University of Findlay and I'm still proud of the fact that I graduated from here. When I was an eighteen year old kid I didn't know what I didn't know; and at 34, I still don't. But I do know there are certain events in one's life that whether one realizes it or not at the time, happen for a reason. I think coming to the University of Findlay after high school while at the time, I wasn't sure was right for me, turned out to be a great decision. I'm still great friends with my teammates from the days of the collegiate gridiron. It was here and with them that I learned to be perseverant and to work my ass off for the greater good. That greater good was Findlay Football and a better opportunity and life than otherwise would have been possible for a kid from Glandorf, Ohio. While it all started as a kid in back yard football games and with my coaches from the Ottawa-Glandorf communities, Findlay was the next step.
It was here that I met and quickly loved a football coach that knew how to motivate and inspire in a way that words cannot give justice. Coach Dick Strahm is one of the greatest human beings I've ever met and possibly to ever walk the Earth. If you haven't had the chance to play for Coach or know his story, it may be hard to believe that the greatest of the great resides in Findlay, Ohio, but that is the case. He leads by example and has taught so many of us over the years how to do the same. The tradition he began and instilled in me, is much in part why I am on campus this week sharing what I am able to share. Whether it be my time, my experiences or my humble expertise in areas of my profession, I am here to continue an Oiler tradition that many before me have been passionate about and contributed to.
Attitude Reflect Leadership, Captain
August 26, 2010 April 4, 2013 / markinkrott	/ 3 Comments
Attitude reflect leadership… So very true in sports as well as in business, family circles, and pretty much life in general. The first time I saw this movie I was a second-year player at the University of Findlay, and frankly the thought of never playing football again mixed with an emotion-enhancinig potion left me wiping tears from my face as I sat on my beer-stained college couch. If you haven't seen this movie yet I find it incredibly unbelievable that you are finding the time to read this blog, but just in case my mother hasn't seen the movie, I won't ruin it for her and give away the entire scene and ending. Ultimately though, one of the main characters, Bertier, doesn't play in the most important game of his career. It's heart-wrenching to follow the character through the entire movie and watch him as well as all the characters grow and become leaders in their community and school and then not to have the chance to paly the final game.
Bertier in many ways is the protagonist in this movie however he probably wouldn't want to be considered above anyone or more important than any of his teammates. As one watches "Remember the Titans", Gerry Bertier stands out as a true leader and captain and embraces it throughout this movie. He gives us multiple examples of his emotional intelligence as well as his passion: Two qualities I believe every leader must possess. Bertier's passion is reflective in nearly every scene he is present, most noticeably when he is on the football field. He loves playing the game, and he loves his teammates, and he loves his coaches. He respects them and he leads them with a passion that only a captain can lead with.
In my opinion the greatest word in any language in any dictionary is passion. Every great leader has it and no person has ever been their best version of themself without having a passion for something that drives them. A person who is a leader demonstrates their leadership by showing others that passion through acting selfless for the betterment of a particular cause. When a leader begins caring more about being recognized and getting credit for contributing to a cause, the pureness of leading is lost and while their still may be passion, leadership is deduced and the organic reward and fulfillment of leading a cause fizzles. People see through self-righteousness and that passion is weakened.
The scene above where Julius and Bertier are having a conversation and Julius challenges Bertier is an epic moment in the movement that changed not only their friendship, but the team and the school and the entire community. It was in this moment that Bertier showed his true self. His true emotional intelligence was apparent as he handled the situation as a true captain should. When Julius challenged him, he collected himself and he thought about what his teammate was really saying before disagreeing with him. He considered his options and became open to making a difficult decision, and he made his decision because it needed to be made for the greater good. The look on Bertier's face right at the end of the above scene is memorable because the look on his face as he hears Julius, is a look of surprise, but also a look of reality. In that particular moment I believe Bertier realized that he wasn't doing everything he could for the football team and that he needed to do more. He needed to find a way to make them better because inside Bertier's man-sized heart was a kid playing a game that he passionately wanted to win.
Bertier was a utilitarian throughout the movie and although the best interest of both the white and the black communities' greater good was a risky and difficult leap to make, he took that leap by putting himself out on a limb. He took the chance and made himself vulnerable for the greater good of the team… And it gave me goose bumps after he called out the white full-back for not blocking for the black tailback. Bertier went back to his defense and turned to the other great leader on that defense Julius, and engaged him to lead with him. Bertier didn't try to do it on his own. He knew, like all great leaders know, that it takes a team to accomplish great things. Bertier obviously knew that Julius was talented and knew that together they had endless potential as a defensive unit, but it was going to take everyone to accomplish what he truely was aiming for. Hence, he took a leap of faith and put himself out for the team. He showed a quality of many other great leaders; he demonstrated courage.
This scene is portrayed as a turning point in the film when the team finally came together and united as one team, instead of white and black. But it accomplished so much more from the aspect of understanding personalities and understanding leadership. Bertier taught the team to follow him. He lead by example and broke down the color barrier by doing what was right. As aspiring leaders in schools, businesses, families, and even politics… We can take a lesson from Gerry Bertier and earn the respect and trust of others by doing what is right. – I think they call it integrity.
Bertier's integrity is apparent throughout the entire film but one scene that stands out in particular that really emphasizes his true self is the scene where he ended his relationship with his girlfriend. He obviously loved her because we heard him say so in the film, but he loved his team and he loved the game more. He was willing to let go of something that was comfortable for something that was compelling and that is an action of a leader with integrity. When his girlfriend wouldn't shake Julius's hand, Bertier had a decision to make and because he was a man with integrity; when given the ultimatum of Julius or her, he chose his team.
Attitude does in fact reflect leadership beyond sports. Poor and positive leadership alike, this movie is a great example of leadership carrying and burying a team. Similar to the leadership of a football team, the same goes in the C-Suite of a firm. If our bosses are complaining and disengagued about a program or event, it shouldn't be a wonder why the program or event is only sub-par. However when an event is led with passion, it is followed with passion and greatness is accomplished.
As I reflect upon the movie yet another time and try to put myself in Bertier's shoes as he's watching his friends play in the state-championship game from a hospital bed, I can't help but recall a cliche that every football player has heard; "Play every play as if it were your last." When the weather is extreme hot or cold or the coach is yelling at you or you are having a crappy practice or you got a bad grade on a test or you got traded to a team in last place… no matter what the excuse might be… it is just that. It's an excuse. The opportunity to play the game of football comes and goes and after it is gone, every football player can probably think back and remember a play here or a play there that they would like to have back… All of us besides Gerry Bertier.
I think the attitude he maintained through the finale of the the video was believable because he did in fact play every play as though it was his last. So when the time came that Gerry did in fact play his last play, he was able to accept it. He accepted that it was his time to move on and he celebrated the team's victory with them from the hospital and wasn't bitter or depressed about it because he knew that he had given his heart to them and to the game. Gerry Bertier knew in his heart that he played the game of football the way it was meant to be played. He played the game of football similarly to how he lived his life; with passion, with courage and with integrity.
Individual Sports Hit Home
March 8, 2010 April 14, 2013 / markinkrott	/ Leave a comment
Over the course of the past two weekends I have spent time supporting high school sports in Ohio at the OHSAA state swimming and wrestling championship tournaments. Working in these sports have been a relatively new experience for me as I have always participated in team sports. My cousin Aaron was pretty much a stud swimmer in high school and went on to a successful career at Rutgers University, and many of my college football teammates at the University of Findlay were successful high school wrestlers, but was as close I really came to individual sports at the high school level besides my average showing each year as a member of the OGHS Track team.
What I've learned in the past few weeks is that there is something fundamentally different between team and individual sports at the high school level when it comes to competing at the state tournament. While I will always believe the greatest accomplishment one can achieve is a team championship title, at the end of the competitive day, it takes a group of individuals to contribute to that effort to accomplish that goal. There is certainly a crowned team award for first place in high school swimming and wrestling, but ultimately in sports such as swimming and wrestling, the attention is placed on the state champion. There is only one athlete atop the standings board in individual sports and I have been fortunate to experience some state champions in Ohio be crowned over the past two weeks.
Without a doubt the highlight of the past two weekends has been enjoying the all-access pass for the tournaments granted by the OHSAA. With the American Dairy Association's involvement in high school sports and partnership negotiated with the OHSAA, we have been afforded access to the personal sights and emotions the athletes competing in the tournaments experience. As the relationship manager with the OHSAA, I have been quite fortunate to be in the action first hand. It's wonderful to see up close and personal the emotion on a state champion's face as they beat their opponent and realize they are number one.
Maybe the best feeling I've experienced in recent weeks came after experiencing the first state championship wrestling match of my life. The 103 lb match yielded a champion from Lakewood St. Edwards, Dean Heil. The kid is only a freshman but stood like a man in the circle of the Jerome Schottenstein Center platform as a champion. The excitemet on his face and abundance of emotion as the referee raised his arm as state champion caught me off guard. As the reality set in for Dean Heil that he was number one in the state of Ohio, reality set in with me that I was incredibly happy for him… Not so much that he had just earned points for his team, but because he was the best in the state of Ohio at what he does. It was a new feeling for me to experience, and I greatly appreciated the opportunity.
Heil was a gracious champ; shaking hands with his opponent and his opponet's coaches. Then feeling the excitement take him over, he jumped into the arms of his awaiting coaches; embracing in a heart-felt bear hug. Soon after feeling the love from his coaches, Heil was grabbing his warm-up and off in a fast jog for the bleachers… At the end of his jog was his father; waiting for his son with a proud tear and open arms ready to embrace his state champ. It gave me goosebumps as I watched son and father share that moment. Overwhelming joy and pride radiating from a hug between father and son… It was a beautiful moment that only sport could have provided. As I approached hour 12 of that particular work day, I became overwhelmed with a sence of fulfillment and reward; and realized that sharing that particular moment with Dean Heil and his father was the reason that I do what I do… It wasn't about the long workday any longer, it was about the brief moment that only a long day could have offered.
Invizzible Ink was created to highlight the positive aspects and rewards that sport offers our communities. Experiencing first hand a freshman in high school take the Division I honor of best of the best was a beautiful and very rewarding opportunity. It reminded me that sports marketing and working in sport is more than a business, it's an opportunity to make a difference.
You Win with People
January 22, 2010 April 23, 2017 / markinkrott	/ Leave a comment
My fist real mentor was my college strength coach. Cal Dietz helped me become the athlete I became on a number of platforms. The first platform was the wooden one I did power-cleans on in the University of Findlay weight room. I had no idea what I was doing and quite frankly I was lucky I didn't hurt myself. But Cal saw something in me that I didn't see in myself. He coached me, encouraged me, and developed the self-confidence I was lacking that ultimately led me to the NFL.
I'll never forget the embarrassing first day of college football. For those that don't know what testing day is, it's the first day of the season that coaches can see the progress an athlete made in the off-season by having the athletes demonstrate various tests of strength and explosiveness. Players are tested on various strength tests such as the bench press and vertical jump. My first day as a skinny college athlete I did the 225lb bench press test zero reps. Yup, dropped the weight on my chest and couldn't lift it. Good thing I could catch a football because that was the only thing that was impressive about me as a freshman at the University of Findlay.
It wasn't until the following off-season when Cal came to the University of Findlay that I aspired to be the best football player I could be. He started by teaching me how to eat. That's right; brought me to the dining hall and filled my plate with whole grain bread, deli-style turkey piled high – and I mean high, lots of vegetables, and two glasses of milk. I followed in his shadow as he explained why he was putting the different foods on my tray. "When you finish this tray, go back through the line and get the same thing again. If you need some ice cream to fill in the cracks that's ok." – I guess he wanted me to gain some weight. Which I did, the right way. Nutritious food with a little humor- I'll always remember that moment as Cal's first day of coaching me. From there it was all business in the weight room. I was always a good athlete because I was blessed with talent but Cal helped me become great.
I've had a lot of great coaches and teachers in my life but none quite like Cal. It takes a special person to find personal success in helping others achieve their goals. Cal certainly has his own goals, which is another skill I learned from him, but he always cared about his athletes reaching their full potential. In his mind, if his athletes weren't reaching their full potential, he wasn't doing his job to his fullest potential. He gave us everything he had everyday as our coach, and in return, we gave him everything we had. It was the epitome of team. And I loved being a part of it. He made me want to be better every time I was around him.
Cal will always be a dear friend and mentor. We talk about business ventures and philosophy when we have time and most recently we discussed the book Good to Great by Jim Collins. One of the themes in Collin's book is having the right people in the right positions for your organization. Maybe it's the competitive nature of the NFL in me that has influenced me, or possibly jaded me, but this philosophy is not just a suggestion for managers to consider. If we do not have the right people in the right positions, a company will never be great. Just as Cal was the right person to help me, corporations have to find the same "right" people to ensure greatness. People are every company's greatest resource and I completely believe a happy employee is one whom is passionate. Find employees who have a passion for your business and listen to them. Develop them into what they want to be and they will give you everything they have for your business. You may not bench-press 420 lbs when its all over, but you will have won the right way, with the right people on your team. – Thanks Cal for inspiring me to be great.


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A joint stock company was incorporated with the participation of the founding members whose names, last names, domiciles and nationalities are given hereunder through the conversion of S.S. Doğa Sigorta Kooperatifi registered with Istanbul Trade Registry with No. 861987 in accordance with Articles 180-193 of Turkish Commercial Code. This Joint Stock Company is a continuation of the cooperative, and the debts, obligations, rights and receivables of the partnership continue as before.
The founders of the company are the real persons and legal entities who are signatories hereto and whose names and domiciles are given below.
Name - Last Name
Republic of Türkiye ID No.
Nihat Kırmızı İSTANBUL R.T. 129******84
Nabi Kırmızı İSTANBUL R.T. 131******72
Mustafa Arif Küme İSTANBUL R.T. 535******66
Doğamed Sağlık Hizmetleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.Ş. İncirtepe Mah, Doğan Araslı Cad, No: 4/1 Esenyurt/İstanbul ***********
Doğa Akademi Ort. Sağ.Güv. Bir. ve Danışmanlık A.Ş. Merkez Mah, Marmara Cad, Erenler 2 İş Merkezi No: 81 Avcılar/İstanbul ***********
Mesleğim Eğitim Kurumları A.Ş. Namık Kemal Mah, Ekin Cad, No: 13 Esenyurt/İstanbul ***********
Agroberk Gıda Ürünleri A.Ş. Karahıdır Mah, Küme Evler 1-2 Merkez/Kırklareli ***********
Company Trade Name
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Purpose and Subject
The main purpose of the company is to carry out all kinds of insurance transactions (excluding life branch) and other activities which are directly related to them in accordance with the Insurance Law No. 5684 dated 03.06.2007. The company may carry out any transaction and perform any financial and commercial activity to achieve this purpose.
The Company may conclude all kinds of Insurance, takaful, coinsurance, reinsurance, re-takaful and retrocession contracts which are not deemed illegal at home and abroad (except for life branch), and carry out all kinds of transactions relating to these areas.
The company may carry out reinsurance and retrocession transactions with insurance and reinsurance companies at home and abroad,
The company may organize by opening regional directorates and branches in Türkiye, and open branches and agencies abroad by observing legal requirements.
The company may use of all kinds of technologies and rationalization measures; it may cooperate with domestic and foreign companies in this regard, employ foreign experts, join fairs, exhibitions, seminars and meetings, and carry out all kinds of educational, research, and project activities to carry out all kinds of insurance activities and other transactions directly related to them.
The company may participate in the capitals of existing or future domestic or foreign companies in commercial, financial and industrial sectors; it may purchase the shares of other companies without seeking the purpose of intermediating, or it may sell its existing shares in part or in full,
The Company may acquire, transfer or assign, lease or rent all kinds of movable and immovable property, it may conclude leasing contracts concerning them, it may establish servitude, usufruct, habitation rights, condominium ownership on the immovable property, and it may perform unification and parcellation transactions and dispositions before the Land Registry, it may perform the maintenance, management, agency of the immovable property,
In order to secure its debts and receivables or for other reasons, the Company may establish mortgages, conclude pledge contracts, receive sureties and other securities, release existing mortgages, pledges, sureties and securities,
It may take out loans from all kinds of financial institutions in order to support its financial structure to improve its business.
In order to make investments with its existing financial resources, the Company may purchase all kinds of securities, use them in portfolio investments, sell them in part or in full, form organizations to this end or join to existing ones, carry out or have carried out by others productivity research regarding the matter providing that it does not ever engage in brokerage and portfolio management businesses and that it observes the forms and amounts to be determined and accepted by the relevant administration,
The company may obtain all kinds of permits, or acquire, transfer or assign all kinds of brands, patents, trademarks and certificates, licenses, know-how, models, drawings, trademarks, technical assistance and other intellectual rights, counseling and agency services and similar industrial intellectual rights, or conclude license agreements on them,
The company may purchase, rent, dispose of or sell all kinds of motor and non-motorized vehicles,
Reserving the rights arising under special laws, the Company may perform activities in all economic subjects and for all purposes not prohibited by the law.
Headquarters and Branches
The company headquarters is in Istanbul. Address: Spine Tower, Maslak Mah. Saat Sokak No:5 PK:34398 Sarıyer İSTANBUL. In case of a change of address, the new address will be duly registered with the Trade Registry and announced in the Turkish Trade Registry Gazette. It will be also be notified to the Ministry of Customs and Commerce. Notices delivered to the registered and announced address will be deemed to have been duly served to the Company. If the Company changes its registered and announced address and does not register the new one in due time, this situation will be deemed as one of the termination causes of the Company.
The Company may open branches, agencies, representative officesand liaison bureaus in Türkiye and abroad providing that it observes the legislation in force.
The Company is established for an indefinite period of time.
Share Capital and Shares
The capital of the Company is 70,000,000.00 (Seventy million) Turkish Liras, divided into registered shares of 70,000,000each having a value of 1.00 (One) Turkish Lira. The entirety of these shares is registered. The capital of the Company is 70,000,000 Turkish Liras, divided into registered shares of 70,000,000 each having a value of 1.00 Turkish Lira.
Of this amount; 23,330,611 shares which correspond to TL 23,330,611.00 belong to Nihat Kırmızı with ID No. 129******84; 23,330,611 shares which correspond to TL 23,330,611.00 belong to Nabi Kırmızı with ID No. 131******72; 1,167 shares which correspond to TL 1,167.00 belong to Mustafa Arif Küme with ID No. 535******66; 1,167 shares which correspond to TL 1,167.00 belong to Doğamed Sağlık Hizm. San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. with Tax ID No. ***********; 17,497,959 shares which correspond to TL 17,497,959.00 belong to Doğa Akademi Rot. Dan. A.Ş. with Tax ID No. ***********; 1,167 shares which correspond to TL 1,167.00 belong to Berk Danışmanlık ve San. A.Ş. with Tax ID No. **********; 5,832,653 shares which correspond to TL 5,832,653.00 belong to Mesleğim Eğitim Kurumları A.Ş. with Tax ID No. ***********; 4,666 shares which correspond to TL 4,666.00 Agroberk Gıda Ürünleri A.Ş. with Tax ID No. ***********.
The entirety of the shares is registered. Shares can be issued in the form of share certificate denominations of 1 TL (one Turkish Lira) and its folds. The entirety of the committed capital has been paid. The capital increase in the amount of TL 63,999,300 made this time has been paid from the profits from the previous year. The responsibility for the undertakings and obligations relating to all debts and receivables arising from the activities of the cooperative will continue with this Joint Stock Company as they were. The joint stock company established through conversion is the continuation of the former S.S. Doğa Sigorta Kooperatifi pursuant to Articles 180 to 193 of Turkish Commercial Code. In this regard, all assets and liabilities of S.S. Doğa Sigorta Kooperatifi, all of its properties, rights, duties and undertakings have been transferred to the new company without requiring any other transaction. Announcements regarding matter shall be made pursuant to the "Announcement" article hereunder.
Shareholders may transfer their shares in accordance with the provisions of these Articles of Association. Transfers not carried out according to these articles shall not be deemed valid. Share transfers carried out according to the provisions of this Article 8 shall become valid through the resolution of the board of directors.
8.1 Pre-emption Right
Reserving Article 491 of Turkish Commercial Code;
In the event the shareholders wish to sell the shares they own, they must offer them to other shareholders first. Accordingly, the shareholders will have a pre-emption right with respect to the shares to be sold.
Reserving the arrangements set forth in this article, if a shareholder wishes to sell some or all of the shares he/she possesses, the said shareholder ("Shareholder Selling his/her Shares") is obligated to offer the shares he/she wishes to sell ("Offered Shares") to other shareholders ("Shareholders Receiving the Offer") by sending a written notification ("sale notification") first.
Sale notification shall contain the number of shares offered, and the price of the shares only in cash. The Shareholders Receiving the Offer shall notify the Shareholder selling his/her shares in writing that they wish to buy the offered shares within 30 days from the delivery of the sale notification ("acceptance notification") The Shareholder selling his/her shares and the Shareholder(s) sending the acceptance notification shall make maximum effort to ensure that the sale transactions are completed within 30 days.
In the event none of the Shareholders receiving the offer sends an acceptance notification within 30 days from the delivery of the sale notification, the Shareholder selling his/her shares may sell the offered shares to a third party within three (3) months providing that the new offer does not contain conditions more favorable than those in the initial offer.
In the event the sale to the third party cannot be completed within 90 days from the sale notification date, the said sale notification shall be deemed invalid, and the transfer transaction foreseen in this article shall have to be repeated.
The Shareholding selling his/her shares shall be entitled to withdraw its offer and to keep the offered shares at any time before the realization of this transfer.
8.2. Tag-Along Right
In the event a sale notification by shareholders is made to other shareholders as per this article, and if one, some or all of the shareholders receiving the offer wish to sell their shares to the third party specified in the sale notification under the terms and conditions stated in the sale notification, and notify this situation to the Shareholder selling his/her shares within 15 days (tag-along notification); the shareholder shall ensure the transfer of the shares of the shareholders who made the tag-along notification to the third party stated in the sale notification in proportion to their shares in the company.
Otherwise, the sale of the shares of the shareholder which made the sale notification to the third party will not be possible.
The shareholders exercise their right of first refusal with regards to the capital increase pursuant to Article 461 of the Turkish Commercial Code. The same rule applies to non-paid up shares. If there is any unused right of first refusal, the board of directors determines the persons to use them and the amount of shares.
Board of Directors and Its Term
The Company shall be governed by a Board of Directors which shall be elected within the framework of the Turkish Commercial Code.
The Board of Directors consists of five members including the general manager. The General Manager is the natural member of the Board of Directors.
The members of Board of Directors may be elected for a maximum term of office of three (3). A member whose term of office expires may be re-elected. The General Assembly may change the members of the Board of Directors if it deems necessary.
10.1. The board of directors shall appoint a chairperson and vice-chairperson among its member for a period equivalent to its term pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code and these Articles of Association.
The Chairperson shall be responsible for convening the Board of Directors and the execution and recording of the Board of Directors meetings pursuant to the relevant provisions of Turkish Commercial Code and these Articles of Association. The Vice-chairperson shall replace the chairperson in his/her absence or when he/she is excused in performing his/her duties.
10.2. Board of Directors Meetings
10.2.1. Frequency of the Meetings
The Board of Directors shall convene once a month pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code.
10.2.2. Invitation and Agenda
Without prejudice to the mandatory provisions of Turkish Commercial Code,
And subject to paragraph (b) below, invitation for Board of Directors meetings shall be made by the chairperson, or by the vice-chairperson in his/her absence (if the chairperson has resigned, absent, or is excused). This invitation must include the time and place of the meeting, and the agenda which includes the subjects to be discussed stated in reasonable detail.
Each member of the Board of Directors is entitled to request the addition of new items to the agenda of the Board of Directors meeting from the Chairperson or Vice-chairperson.
Provided that all members of the Board of Directors are present, the Board of Directors may agree on discussing and make a decision concerning an item not included in the agenda.
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The Board of Directors is authorized to resolve upon any matter which does not require a General Assembly resolution. In order for all documents to be issued and agreements to be made by the Company, they must bear the signatures of the person(s) who is/are authorized to represent the company affixed under the company seal.
With an internal directive to be issued under Article 367 of Turkish Commercial Code, the Board of Directors may fully or partially transfer the authority to represent, bind and manage the company to one or more members of the Board of Directors or to a third person.
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General Assemblies and its meetings shall be held according to the Internal Directive which is an integral part of this agreement.
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It is necessary that the Ministry of Customs and Trade commissioner attend to both the ordinary and extraordinary General Assembly meetings and he/she sign the minutes of the meetings along with the relevant persons pursuant to Article 407 of Turkish Commercial Code, and the "Regulation on Working Procedures and Principles of General Assembly Meetings of Joint Stock Companies and the Representatives of the Ministry of Customs and Trade Who Will Attend Such Meetings". The resolutions made in the General Assembly meetings in the absence of the commissioner and the minutes which do not bear his/her signature shall not be effective.
Announcements concerning the Company shall be made online and pursuant to the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code, the insurance legislation and related legislations.
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Q: Change initial condition (add more mass) with time events in scipy `solve_ivp` I'm trying to add more mass to the system when the time advanced. I'm trying to obtain the solution for a decay equation:
\frac{dy}{dt} = -0.32 * y
The initial condition y(t=0) = 100. I want also at t=6 to add 100 to the solution. I tried doing this in events but without any luck. Any suggestions?
def one(t, y, ke):
    ydot = -ke * y
    return ydot

def dose(t, y, ke):
    return y[0] + 100*(t==6)

tspan = [0.0, 12.0]
teval = np.array([0, 2, 4, 6,8, 10, 12])
y0 = [100.0]
ke = 0.32
D = 100
sol = solve_ivp(one, tspan, y0, t_eval=teval, args=(ke,), events=(dose), dense_output=True)
sol.y
plt.plot(sol.t, sol.y[0])

Thanks!

A: A way to change the output at a given point is to add an impulse to its derivative, here an example with a gaussian pulse (sigma adjusts the width of the pulse). I also used BDF method instead of the default Runge-Kutta, in order to be able to handle narrower pulses, but the limitation of this approach is that a very narrow pulse will not be noticed by the ODE integration
import numpy as np
from scipy.integrate import solve_ivp
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
def one(t, y, ke):
    sigma = 0.1
    ydot = -ke * y + 100/(sigma*np.sqrt(2*np.pi))*np.exp(-(t - 6)**2/(2*sigma**2))
    return ydot

tspan = [0.0, 12.0]
teval = np.array([0, 2, 4, 6,8, 10, 12])
y0 = [100.0]
ke = 0.32
D = 100
sol = solve_ivp(one, tspan, y0, t_eval=np.linspace(0, 12, 1000),
                args=(ke,), dense_output=True, method='BDF')
sol.y
plt.plot(sol.t, sol.y[0])

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IKEA's Bluetooth speakers are its subsequent foray into domestic gadgets
IKEA's line of gadgets for the house now includes two Bluetooth audio system. The ENEMY audio system can be mounted onto stands, wall brackets and located into IKEA-designed storage structures and are available in white, grey and black.The smaller ENEMY speaker, measuring 20cm by 20cm, costs £45 and the bigger model (30cm via 30cm) prices £80. What units IKEA's speakers apart from the deluge of Bluetooth competitors is how they in shape into the firm's ubiquitous home furniture, with both speakers wedging well into IKEA's KALLAX or EKET storage structures.
A battery percent, sold separately, can power the smaller of the two speakers for 8 to ten hours of playback on-the-go, with a bring cope with adding a bit of greater portability. A stand, which props the speaker up at an attitude, prices an extra £15.The design, as you'd count on from IKEA, is minimalist. There's a knob at the front to show it on and off and regulate the bass or treble. For gadgets without Bluetooth, you could join the use of a three.5mm AUX cable. The mesh the front panel of both audio system can also be removed for a slightly extraordinary look.
The Bluetooth speakers are part of IKEA's small variety of clever-ish homeware, which already includes wi-fi bulbs, smart lighting fixtures kits and incorporated wi-fi chargers. The wireless chargers, announced in 2015, are incorporated into lamps and tables, letting human beings power-up well-matched devices with none greater litter.IKEA is also collaborating with creative collective company Teenage Engineering at the layout of a brand new audio variety. The project, announced in June 2017 and set for release in early 2019, includes a turntable, birthday celebration lighting and electronic choir.We don't know if the ENEMY speakers are any accurate but, however in case you're in the market for one then have a examine the WIRED Recommends guide to the great Bluetooth speakers.
The House of Lords has advised the government to get a grip on an algorithmic bias and stop huge generation businesses from monopolising manipulate of information in its huge-ranging record into the use and development of artificial intelligence in the UK.
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After almost ten months of gathering proof from extra than 2 hundred witnesses, along with authorities officials, teachers and companies, the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence known as at the authorities to apply the Competition and Markets Authority to forestall huge era groups running within the UK from monopolising the management of records. "We should make sure that [UK companies] do have to get entry to [to datasets] and it isn't all stitched up by using the big five, or whoever it might be," says the chair of the committee, Lord Timothy Clement-Jones – pointing the finger at Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter and Microsoft.
The record also locations sturdy emphasis on the United Kingdom's position as a moral leader inside the AI global, calling for the advent of equipment that may be used to discover algorithmic bias and make it less difficult for human beings to apprehend how AI systems give an explanation for how to reach their selections. From an economic attitude, this makes quite a few feels, says Nick Srnicek, a lecturer in the digital economic system at King's' College, London. "There's an actual project for the UK so that it will preserve up with the USA and China in phrases of funding in AI," he says. "Instead, you need to think about less expensive ways to take management, and the ethical part might be genuinely beneficial there."
In severe cases, Clement-Jones says regulators should be organized to reject an algorithm altogether if auditors can't training session how it reaches its selections. "We do suppose there could be situations wherein the decision this is made with the resource of an algorithm is so crucial there can be circumstances in which you may insist on that level of explainability or intelligibility from the outset," he says. These policies would follow to any set of rules used to make selections approximately UK residents, no longer simply algorithms advanced inside the UK.
The committee also recommends the responsibility of regulating AI structures should fall to existing regulators consisting of Ofcom, Ofgem and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Crucially, however, it doesn't name for more investment of those bodies or set out how they ought to be prepared to perform their new obligations. In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the ICO changed into forced to wait 4 days earlier than it acquired a court warrant to look the company's workplaces for proof that it had retained Facebook records improperly acquired from the researcher Alexander Kogan.
The file namechecks a handful of newly-created authorities our bodies, inclusive of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, the AI Council and the Government Office of AI, as well as the non-public zone Alan Turing Institute, however, doesn't detail how each of these businesses will tell and have an effect on authorities AI approach. "With those our bodies, you marvel if they're spreading too thinly," says Michael Veale, a public quarter gadget studying researcher at University College London.
According to Veale, the file makes masses of realistic suggestions round AI regulation but falls quickly of giving regulators the particular sources they need to put into effect the authorities' AI coverage. The 1998 Data Protection Act, the factors out, already gives individuals the proper to obtain an explanation of the reasoning in the back of any automated decision made about them, but this is not often enforced.
"This concept that extra our bodies will clear up it is pretty difficult if we don't have enough power inside the regulator to manipulate the law right now," Veale says. His choice is for regulators to hare get right of entry to a range of AI professionals who can paintings throughout a number of industries.
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ITB Nigeria Limited, Nigeria's innovative construction company and builders of Trinity Towers, Heritage Place and Azuri Peninsula has announced plans to be the first Nigerian Company to obtain the latest ISO 45001:2018 - Occupational Health and Safety Management System. The Company made the announcements at an Essentials of ISO training held at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday, November 12, 2018.
The training facilitated by Dr. Rami Chidiac, Founder of ISO Liban is part of the prerequisite to obtain the ISO Certification and had a lot of ITB members of staff in attendance. The training emphasized the need to ensure quality is maintained across all facet of the Company's work process while covering topics such as Quality Management, Occupational Health and Safety, and Environmental Management Systems.
Commenting on the essence of the ISO Certification, Rami Chidiac said, "Putting a quality management system in place means that a company does the right thing right even when no one is watching and that they adhere to a set of inherent characteristics that fulfill requirements. Having an occupational health and safety management system will help organizations to minimize the risk of harm to all workers, and provide a platform for continual improvement in health and safety.
Managing Director, ITB Nigeria Ltd. Mr Ramzi Chidiac on his part said: "ITB in line with International standards has put in place all measures to plan, establish and maintain a process to handle incidents and non-conformities both in our offices and on project sites. We are also committed to a coordinated and systematic approach to managing health and safety risks. Having the ISO recognition, will help us to continually improve our performance by focusing on our major operations to ensure customer satisfaction".
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Gareth Southgate has emotional to swish relations with Bulgaria before the monetary unit 2020 qualifier on Monday once he and members of the britain squad were suspect of constructing "offensive" and "derogatory" remarks that have raised the temperature round the fixture.
Southgate had urged that he feared the worst in terms of doable racist abuse from the stands in Sofia, whereas the Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham aforesaid the players were ready to run off within the face of it and had additionally mentioned whether or not they ought to ignore Uefa's protocols concerning the problem.
Southgate is making ready for the tie in Prag against the European country on Friday night, once ending would secure England's qualification for a finals they'll host with variety of alternative countries. He needs the main focus to get on the sport, on his players expressing themselves and, hopefully, revelling within the thrill of qualifying. As ever, though, there are facet problems, with the potential issues in Sofia at the highest of the agenda. Borislav Mihaylov, the president of the Bulgarian soccer Union, disclosed on Thursday he had written to Uefa to precise his frustration at comments created by Southgate et al, that he urged had been pre-emptive.
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Mihaylov referred to as upon Uefa to sanction England if they went against its protocols and he failed to conceal his anger. "I in person realize these comments [from Southgate] offensive thanks to the unjust stigmatization of the native spectators as individuals inclined to discriminatory behaviour," Mihaylov aforesaid. "I cannot afford such disparaging claims to continue being unfold within the mass media." Southgate, United Nations agency urged his players would respect Uefa protocols, created the purpose that England would be foolish to not look into the country's own problems with racism and he mentioned the alleged abuse in an exceedingly National League game between Hartlepool and capital of Delaware in Sept.
"I will all perceive why the Bulgarian president feels as he will as a result of we've strictly been responding honestly to queries we've been asked," Southgate aforesaid. "That can then be relayed and also the means it's pitched may seem provocative. "We don't seem to be making an attempt to make a scenario, faraway from it. We're all hoping that over consecutive 2} hours we're simply talking concerning two soccer matches. "I ought to say once more, we tend to don't look into alternative countries in an exceedingly means that we tend to don't shine a mirror on our own. What happened in Hartlepool a handful of weeks agone was most likely worse than things I've seen or detected concerning in several alternative countries within the world."
Raheem Sterling, United Nations agency has been an ardent anti-racism politician, aforesaid at the instant that he had "full religion in Uefa" and its protocols. He talked a lot of concerning his ambition to win tableware with England, having done thus at club level with Manchester town, and he admitted he found further motivation from the actual fact the monetary unit 2020 final are going to be control at Wembley, on the brink of wherever he grew up.
"It's one thing you think that of all the time [winning with England], particularly once returning thus march on the planet Cup," Sterling aforesaid. "I feel that heaps of the players don't simply need to be concerned in tournaments and end within the quarter-finals or the semi‑finals and say that was an honest run.
"Every single player and also the manager all need to travel into tournaments with the thought of winning. It's positively one thing we tend to all dream of."
Sterling is an element of a extremely rated cluster of England attackers aboard Harry Kane, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford, whereas Southgate additionally name‑checked Callum Hudson‑Odoi and Arsenal's 18-year-old Bukayo Saka.
"It's exciting however we've to try and do it in huge games, huge tournaments," Sterling aforesaid. "That's once we'll be judged as a good front 3 or not."
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The Politics of Tomorrow: Visionary and Effective
As the year draws to a close, we ask what 2020 means for progressives and what 2021 will hold in store for us
Tomorrow's policies must be both visionary and efficient to meet the challenges of the pandemic and its aftermath. Our board members Michael Miebach and Judith Siller and our executive director Dominic Schwickert explain why progressive ideas belong on the agenda right now and take an optimistic look at 2021.
Covid-19 is putting people in Germany and around the world to a stern test. Whether the healthcare system, the economy, schools, or politics: with a disruptive force, the virus is imposing a perpetual feeling of stress on all parts of society. Will it permanently change our lives? That is yet to be decided. But one thing is already certain: the pandemic is reshaping the framework for progressive politics for the years to come. It reinforces existing societal development trends and political fault lines as if in a sped-up reality.
Experts have pointed out the negative economic and social consequences of growing inequality for years. The Institute of Economic and Social Research has determined that low earners during the Coronavirus Crisis more often, and over proportionally, record income losses. In contrast, workers with middle and higher incomes are much less affected. People with immigrant backgrounds and single parents suffer, especially from employment-related restrictions. These are groups that already have a much higher rate of poverty risk. To this point, it is often the children of the poorest who are most affected by the closed schools and recreational facilities. There is no doubt about it: Corona deepens social division and threatens cohesion.
Greater urgency, less leeway
For these reasons, the political goals that progressives have been promoting for so long have now become even more important: fair pay in all lines of work. Investments for the future in education and digitalisation, to protect the climate and in the public sphere. Equal living standards between regions. Far-seeing social policies for equal opportunities. A socially fair tax policy. Ecological and sustainable economic and social transformation. Proactive integration politics. The main underlying challenge is that the sense of urgency is now more present than ever. Yet the – completely justified – newly taken on loans, financial commitments, and the foreseeable financial losses all narrow the possibility for political manoeuvring for the future. The politics of tomorrow need to be visionary and efficient at the same time.
Furthermore: Will the people be ready to move forward with the necessary transformation processes during and after the pandemic? After all, a desire for the "old life" has been arising during the corona-induced restrictions – for the familiar safety and ways of behaving, for a vacation in foreign lands, and uninhibited shopping. It is true that the Coronavirus Crisis also has a "solidifying potential" (Reinhart Koselleck).
A new progressive consensus of the majority?
On the other side, a World Economic Forum poll from September reports that most Germans (78 per cent) hope that after the pandemic, the world will "significantly change" to be more sustainable and fair. The global average is at 86 per cent. Norms and thought patterns, work models and movement behaviours may be currently changing, possibly even in such a fundamental manner that the changes could actually prove permanent. To give an example rarely has the conduct of democratic governments been met with so much approval and trust in public institutions and infrastructure, like today. Another positive effect of the pandemic could be a new consciousness of societal vulnerability and the importance of science, with which a larger acceptance of engaging climate policies could emerge. In the best case, a new progressive consensus of the majority emerges.
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Progressive politics can and should turn the potential of the Corona Crisis into a window of opportunity. The future is not guaranteed – chances must be seized, or they will merely be missed opportunities. Progressive actors must remain wide awake, especially now. They need to campaign for reforms, but also take the need for security seriously. Security and change are inseparable and moreover, belong together. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris winning the presidential election in the United States brings hope that we can also have a fresh start on the international level for multilateralism, climate protection, and cooperation.
Germany at a turning point
We at Das Progressive Zentrum for these reasons, despite everything, are optimistically looking forward to a politically meaningful 2021. Germany is facing six state elections and a federal election, which will mark the end of the Merkel era and signify a new chapter. As an independent think tank, we will closely follow the upcoming political campaigns. We will create room for programmatic debates, formulate a range of political frames, suggest solution-oriented policy concepts – and continue to intensively work on strengthening liberal democracy and evidence-based politics.
As we move into 2021, we can build upon a successful past year. Given the restrictions of the public and private life, we focused on the digitalisation of our work and made significant progress. In the last twelve months, we organized four international conferences, numerous events that provided a forum to some 300 speakers from Germany, Europe, and the world, collaborated with over 40 partner organisations from 15 countries, and published more than 50 studies, expert opinions, and other publications. As a whole, it was very fulfilling for us all, even when – without a doubt – we miss the good spirits of in-person events, conversations during the coffee breaks, and spontaneous encounters.
We will continue our work after the holidays, in full vigour and hopefully with many of you. Until then, we wish all of our friends a peaceful holiday season and a good start to a hopefully healthy new year.
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Job Title: Program Specialist, Helping Babies Breathe Plus (HBB+)
Organization: Save the Children
City Kampala,
Country Uganda
Reports to: Chief of Party
Save the Children is the world's leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 190 persons. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfill their potential. In 2012, we reached more than 100 million children around the world.
Job Summary: The Program Specialist, Helping Babies Breathe Plus offers support to the Line Manager in planning, implementing, monitoring and management with particular focus on MOH, HBB+ strategy. He/she coordinates trainings, integration and expansion of newborn health programming and partnerships. In addition, he/she provides innovative and technical leadership in the areas of maternal, newborn health; training materials development, evidence-based policy advocacy, behavioural change communication, and support supervision for both community and health facility level as it relates to these areas. The Specialist may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The candidate should hold a degree in MBChB, Nursing/midwifery, Public Health or related field. A Post graduate qualification health is an added advantage;
At least four (4) years experience in health/public health and or in maternal and newborn health in public or an International NGO.
Experience in report writing, proposal development, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
NB: We work with children, communities and governments all over the world and we believe in the right person for the job regardless of where you come from and how you identify yourself. We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children are considered for these posts. All successful applicants will therefore be required to complete a Police Check and must sign onto our Child Safeguarding Policy and organizational Code of Conduct.
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.
All suitably qualified candidates should send their application letters with detailed CVs indicating three professional referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:
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Or on email: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org
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Testimonials/certificates should not be attached to applications that are submitted online.
Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply at the earliest opportunity.
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The most head-turning entry, however, is Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks' "Daddy Lessons," a rootsy take on the track off Beyoncé's heralded Lemonade album. The version highlighted on the Best Country Songs list was recorded around the time of the artists' polarizing performance on the CMA Awards.
Sturgill Simpson also crossed both genres, landing at Number 13 on the list, with "Call to Arms," the raucous battle cry that closes out his Grammy-nominated album A Sailor's Guide to Earth.
See the full list of the year's 25 best country songs here.


"All terrorists are politely reminded that this is London and whatever you do to us we will drink tea and jolly well carry on. Thank you." It was hard not to smile at the messages such as this that appeared online in the wake of Khalid Masood's murderous rampage through Westminster. How ineffably British. The stiff upper lip. Keep calm and carry on.
Yet I found myself increasingly uneasy as details of Masood's life began to come out. Adrian Elms was his real name. A former neighbour recalled a "polite, shy" and "quite portly man" who liked gardening and playing with his children. Then we read of the racism he suffered in "the quiet Sussex village of Northiam", where he was one of only two non-white male residents.
Wait. First, the guy was a violent criminal, who was jailed twice for knife attacks. Second, his path from crime to jihad was a familiar one: the conversion to Islam, probably in jail, the spell in Saudi Arabia, the relocation to Luton, home town of several jailed extremists. Third, another familiar story: known to the authorities for "violent extremism", but no longer under surveillance.
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was doubtless right when he said last year that the threat of terrorist attacks is "part and parcel of living in a big city". But this is not the time to downplay what is happening in Britain.
Yes, I know, the victims of Islamist terrorism in Britain have been far fewer than the victims of Irish republican terrorism. And yet, as Hannah Stuart shows in a meticulous new study for the Henry Jackson Society, there have been 135 terrorism-related cases since 1998, resulting in 264 convictions. The frequency of terrorism offences has roughly doubled since 2010.
As Stuart shows, the perpetrators of terrorist offences are mostly male and "homegrown". Converts are disproportionately involved (they make up 16% of offenders but fewer than 4% of British Muslims as a whole). Nearly two-fifths of terrorism offenders have police records. And "lone wolf" attacks are growing more common.
Let's not be parochial. The world is in the grip of an epidemic of Islamist terrorism. Of the past 16 years, the worst was 2014, with 93 countries experiencing attacks and close to 33,000 people killed. The second-worst was 2015, with more than 29,000 victims. In that year four radical Islamic groups were responsible for three-quarters of all deaths from terrorism: Isis, Boko Haram, the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Although Muslim-majority countries suffer the most from jihadist violence, the West is increasingly under attack. There were 64 Isis-affiliated attacks in western countries in 2015, including the massacres in Paris (130 killed) and Orlando (49 killed). Thus far, Britain has got off lightly.
No doubt there will be whining about security lapses. But the constant vigilance of our security services has prevented many more people from being killed in the past dozen years. In 2014-15, there were more terrorism-related arrests in Britain than in any year since 2000. Yet even this intensified effort cannot pre-empt every jihadist.
Why not? The answer lies in the transformation of Islamism — I use the clumsy term to distinguish the political ideology from the religion — that we have seen since the killing of Osama bin Laden in May 2011.
Isis was quite differently organised from al-Qaeda. In the Middle East it aspired to become a territorial state. But in the West it created a kind of open-source network of jihadists, attracting the most ardent to come and join it in Mosul and Raqqa, and encouraging others to carry out crude, indiscriminate attacks in western cities.
The term "lone wolf" is a misleading one. No one becomes a jihadist all by himself, just by watching beheading videos. As my wife, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, argues in a powerful new report, jihad is always preceded by dawa — the process of non-violent but toxic radicalisation that transforms the petty criminal into a zealot.
The network of dawa takes many different forms. In the UK a key role used to be played by the organisation al-Muhajiroun (the Emigrants), which the jailed Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary led before his arrest. But there are many less visible organisations — Islamic centres with shadowy imams — busily spreading the mind poison.
To see how this poison works, read the recent Policy Exchange study of Britain's Muslim communities, Unsettled Belonging. At first sight, the news is good. Altogether, 90% of those surveyed condemned terrorism. Most British Muslims, we read, have "fundamentally secular interests and priorities". Only 7% said they did not feel a strong sense of belonging to the UK.
But read on. Nearly half said they did not want to "fully integrate with non-Muslims in all aspects of life", preferring some separation in "schooling and laws". Asked whether they would support the introduction of sharia, 43% said yes. And 1 in 10 British Muslims oppose the prohibition of tutoring that "promotes extreme views or is deemed incompatible with fundamental British values".
After 7/7, the government's anti-terrorism strategy was designed to "Prevent" people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 even placed a duty on the police, prisons, local authorities, schools and universities to stop people "being drawn into terrorism". When she was home secretary, Theresa May vowed "systematically [to] confront and challenge extremist ideology". For this she was denounced by the usual suspects, notably the Muslim Council of Britain, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Cage and the Islamic Human Rights Commission. But the reality is that Prevent has not prevented enough.
The problem is that it's very hard to stop a network such as this one flourishing when it can operate even in jails. Figures published by the Ministry of Justice show the number of Muslims in prison (for all types of offence) more than doubled to 12,255 between 2004 and 2014. One in seven inmates in England and Wales are Muslim. Guess what goes on inside. Clue: it's not like an episode of Porridge.
This problem isn't going away. Ask the French. About 8% of the French population is Muslim, which is roughly the proportion the Pew Research Centre projects it will be in Britain by 2030. The French authorities estimate that they have 11,400 radical Islamists. And about 60% to 70% of the French prison population is Muslim.
If you haven't read Michel Houellebecq's Submission, about an Islamist takeover of France, now might be a good time. Alternatively, you can "drink tea and jolly well carry on" — though it's hard to do that when your head's in the sand.


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FDA Approves Ruzurgi for Children With Rare Autoimmune Disorder
Ruzurgi previously approved for treatment in adults with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
TUESDAY, May 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Ruzurgi (amifampridine) tablets are now approved to treat Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) in children aged 6 to 17 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday.
Ruzurgi is the first treatment to be approved for children with LEMS. Approval of the drug in this age group was based on evidence from controlled studies and pharmacokinetic data in adults with LEMS, as well as pharmacokinetic modeling and simulation and safety data among children aged 6 to 17 years to determine the dosing regimen for children with LEMS.
In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled withdrawal study, 32 adult patients who had been taking Ruzurgi for at least three months were randomly assigned to continue taking Ruzurgi or switch to placebo. Patients who continued Ruzurgi had less impairment on a test assessing the time it took for a patient to rise from a chair, walk 3 m, and return to the chair for three consecutive laps without stopping. Patients' scores on a self-assessment scale for LEMS-related weakness also revealed greater perceived weakness for patients who switched to placebo compared with those who continued with Ruzurgi.
Commonly reported side effects included paresthesia, abdominal pain, indigestion, dizziness, nausea, and seizures.
Approval was granted to Jacobus Pharmaceutical Company Inc.


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I occasionally have the privilege of sitting with small groups of people who are new to our church or have joined a small group. One of the usual icebreaker question is, "Tell us a little bit about your faith journey?" It is a good and quick way to get to know someone's background. However, something I've often noticed is how quickly most people recite a long lineage of things they've done while never mentioning their relationship with Jesus.
Jesus what we could not do. When we put our faith in Him, we are justified before Him.
For many of us, the things we do for God take front and center. We have this underlying belief system that these things make us acceptable. However the principle Paul is sharing with people working very hard to live by tradition and rules still rings true today: We are made right with God by our faith and not by our works.
The main point to understand is that God did in Jesus what we could not do. When we put our faith in Him, we are justified before Him. Our action has nothing to do with the Law or the good things we do. In Paul's opening chapters, he spends so much time proving this very thing and now he is making his case for trusting in Jesus. He's saying faith is the only key!
Why do we make acceptance of this gift so hard? Why do we complicate this simple yet amazing truth? Why do we try to add to what Jesus did for us? Just like Paul told the Philippian jailer, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31). Believing is all it takes, and it unlocks our right standing with God.
Today, instead of looking to what you've done, start by thanking Jesus for what He's done. Ask Him to make this a foundational truth in your life.
Original article published June 26, 2009.


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