Do you know your responsibilities as a property manager during the term of a commercial lease agreement?
There are a lot of things that a property manager is responsible for, but sometimes it can be confusing something is the responsibility of the tenant.
To be an effective property manager during a commercial lease term, you should know your responsibilities. Knowing your responsibilities will help guide you towards taking the right actions that you should conduct throughout the commercial lease term.
If you are not fully aware of your responsibilities, then let's talk about it in this article.
A commercial lease is very different than a residential lease.
Being known as to what your responsibilities as a property manager are during a commercial lease is helpful for you and the business to manage these types of leases effectively. Understanding your exact responsibilities during a commercial lease will help you to avoid having conflicts with the business owner who rented the commercial property.
You will also maintain a good reputation as a property manager when you are not receiving any complaints from your tenants.
Commercial leases can be very detailed in terms and responsibilities for both parties to the lease. Understanding your responsibilities as a property manager throughout a commercial lease is the first step to running an effective commercial property management business.
Part of the contract when agreeing to a commercial lease is the standard requirement that all building codes have been complied with prior to renting the property to the commercial business. When following and completing building codes there are standards that need to be followed when you are managing a commercial property.
If you are not familiar with building codes in your area it is best to check with local and State-run government agencies to get the list and requirements. Basically, a building code is a set of rules that discuss the different standards and requirement for the construction and maintenance of the building or buildings that will be rented through the commercial lease process.
When running a commercial leasing company you need to make sure that you and the commercial property that you manage are following the standards of safety, habitability, and accessibility that are required by the state and the local governments.
Before allowing a business owner to lease a commercial property, the property manager should fix and adjust or be able to accommodate the needs and the requirements of the business that will be renting the unit. That includes fixing any issue that may be present in the property.
Part of being an effective commercial property business is staying abreast or on top of any changes to building codes as building standards and requirements are added or removed in these codes regularly. When renting a commercial property you should develop a way to maintain a regular inspection of the commercial property to make sure that it complies with the building codes all the time.
If you fail to maintain your compliance with the building codes your property management business could face serious legal consequences if you knowingly proceeded with leasing the commercial property.
Running an effective and reputable commercial property management business requires you to stay in compliance with the building codes. It is better to be careful and watchful with the building codes on a regular basis in your business to prevent non-compliance to these codes.
Normally a commercial lease agreement is a contract that will detail responsibilities and terms for the rental and it is normally prepared by a property manager or a landlord.
When drafting or writing a commercial lease it is best to try to include terms and clauses that are advantageous to the side of the property manager. Knowing exactly what rents to charge, terms to include, and any other specific details for the contract or commercial lease is important to determine prior to your tenant signing the lease agreement.
As part of the authorization process for the commercial lease, all areas and terms of the agreement should be discussed and explained in detail. Â That way the tenant can make negotiations pertaining to some specific terms prior to finalizing the contract.
During the discussion on the lease term agreement, both parties should agree to all the terms and any clauses that will be in effect during the rental of the property. The commercial lease should be clear to both the parties about the responsibilities that are included in the agreement.
Who will be responsible for cleaning the leased out space?
What changes can the tenant make?
Can the tenant alter or customize the space, superficially or structurally?
What are the repairs that the tenant should be responsible for?
What is considered a timely response for minor repairs?
If space is structurally or superficially altered who is responsible to return space to pre-rental condition?
Discuss and include any costs or times detailing alterations and returning of space to pre-rental form prior to finalizing the commercial lease with the tenant.
A commercial property much like a residential property needs to be managed and maintained effectively by the property management firms overseeing the commercial lease for the property. Your management firm should always have proper insurances and terms in the contracts that detail when and if natural disasters like floods, hail damage, tornados, etc. that can happen. Detailing who is responsible and requiring and detailing who is responsible to provide the proper insurance coverage for these types of occurrences can help to minimize these from events.
Part of protecting the commercial property is to make sure that all terms of the contract lease including possible requirements for security systems, insurance coverages, and other possible losses are up to date. By being detailed and following routine inspections of the property you will also minimize the expenses that may occur to the property.
A commercial lease could be for part of a larger building that you are managing. Even if the tenant should be responsible for the commercial property space they are renting during the commercial lease term you as the property managers also have a responsibility to keep the building in safe and constant running status.
Maintenance and repairs of the commercial property are almost always the responsibility of the property manager.
To keep the commercial property in good condition you should be quick in fixing any necessary damages that are part of the maintenance and repair of the commercial property. By doing this and completing regular required maintenance of building facilities you can prevent the property from having more damage as well as keeping the building in the best operational status.
The commercial lease needs to detail what responsibilities that the renter and the property management company have regarding insurances to protect the property. Having insurance for the buildings, the commercial business occupying the space in the building, and for the commercial properties is one of the requirements under the State laws that need to be detailed and addressed in the commercial leases for the property.
Commonly insurance should cover losses and damages to the building, fire damage, flooding damage. Insurance should include coverages for the equipment that is part of the property, such as computers, walls, desks, and any other items used inside the property. If a commercial company has large or expensive equipment in the property, it is normally their responsibility to ensure this equipment, and the building manager's responsibility to make sure that these insurances are in effect.
During the discussion of the commercial lease agreement, it is the property manager's responsibility to clearly discuss to the tenants about the instances that will not be covered by the property insurance and those that will not be covered. From these discussions, you should add detailed terms and responsibilities regarding specific insurances to the commercial property and space rented to avoid any legal challenges or misunderstandings that can happen if a loss or damage occurs.
Do not hesitate to require lists of equipment in the property or requirements for insurance in the commercial lease contract. The more detailed you are helping to protect you and your property management firm if a loss or damage ever occurs at the property.
Property managers should be knowledgeable of what their responsibilities are for the duration of a commercial lease. By using the responsibilities guideline presented in this article, you'll be a more effective commercial property manager. Take these responsibilities seriously to help maintain a good image as a property manager.
Please comment below with any questions or feedback about this article.


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SUBHEAD: Will we have to have a military coup to the save the nation?
By Kurt Cobb on 2 May 2010 in Resource Insights -
(http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/2010/05/oil-spills-crime-waves-and-increasing.html)
Image above: In 1968 uniformed and armed National Guard troops guard intersections in Wilmington, Delaware, during a summer for national unrest and urban rioting in America. From (http://www.oldwilmington.net/oldwilmington/photos_old.htm).
Three recent developments are just the latest examples of the increasing militarization of American life:
1) The National Guard will now assist in the cleanup of the oil spill created in the aftermath of the explosion and subsequent sinking of a deepwater drilling platform off the Louisiana coast.
2) Several members of Congress are asking for a deployment of the National Guard along the U.S.-Mexican border.
3) Two Chicago area state legislators are now calling for the Illinois National Guard to assist Chicago police to quell a supposed wave of violent crime. At first blush readers might accept that these problems are all worthy of military intervention and perhaps beyond the capability of civil authorities to handle on their own.
The response to the growing oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico now includes U. S. Coast Guard vessels and equipment and two cargo planes provided by the U. S. Department of Defense. British Petroleum (BP), the oil giant that operated the rig, seems overwhelmed. The damage to Gulf Coast habitat, fisheries and tourism seems potentially catastrophic.
And, the accident itself raises serious questions about the safety of offshore oil exploration, especially in deep waters. No wonder Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano declared the spill to be of "national significance." The spill seems a natural candidate for military intervention. And, after all, the military has personnel and equipment that no other entity, public or private, has. As for border security, there have been periodic calls for a National Guard presence at the Mexican border.
Few people will deny that the borders of the United States are very easy to cross and therefore an invitation to those wishing to come into the country. Whether the National Guard could be effective in doing anything about this is an open question. A guardsman commenting on the most recent call doubts it. (See Havoc29 from Kansas).
Nevertheless, policing the borders is essentially a federal responsibility, so why not involve soldiers? Less clear cut is the case for involving National Guard units in the policing of the nation's communities.
The Illinois state legislators who are calling for National Guard intervention on the streets of Chicago failed to mention that deaths from violent crime this year are running only slightly ahead of last year. And yet, with municipalities facing increasing budget pressures, it seems inevitable that police officers and patrols will be cut, perhaps significantly in the coming years.
I'm skeptical that we are now in a sustained economic recovery, and fully expect a second leg down that will leave the world economy in perhaps a decade-long funk. If I'm right, that would mean continuing cuts at all levels of government leading to further problems which will then lead to increasing calls for military assistance for a variety of tasks including those related to public safety and infrastructure repair.
Along the border the National Guard has, in fact, been providing support for a long time as the Guard proudly declares on its website: "The National Guard has provided engineering, counterdrug and other support to [U. S. Customs and Border Patrol] for more than 20 years and will continue to do so."
The military's Joint Task Force North founded in 1989 has been helping to interdict drugs and fight terrorism as well. The Army Corps of Engineers has long been party to many projects that are clearly civilian in nature. Abroad, the U. S. military has often performed tasks not directly related to combat such as humanitarian and peacekeeping missions.
The involvement of the military in many of these missions seems in some ways logical. But that is just the problem.
We are shaping public policies and priorities so that the resources to perform these tasks are increasingly unavailable to the civilian federal agencies or to the state and municipal governments responsible for those tasks. Starved of tax revenue or congressional appropriations, these entities have turned to the military for help. In part, this is because the country's politicians have convinced the public that much of government is wasteful and even useless with one very important exception: the military.
The lavish funding heaped on the military is not, however, a reflection of the return American society is getting from that funding. Rather it is a consequence of the powerful military-industrial complex that President Eisenhower warned the country against in 1960.
The dangers of this mission creep were evident as far back as 1992 when a prescient U. S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, Charles J. Dunlap Jr., wrote an essay entitled, "The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012" (PDF). Dunlap foretold that U. S. military involvement in the kinds of activities discussed above would expand with deleterious effects on the ability of the military to fight effectively.
The involvement of military personnel in civilian activities, he warned, would also lead to their increasing politicization. Military officers are not used to taking orders from seemingly inefficient, democratically elected bodies which are often slow to act to address even urgent problems.
Those officers may seek to circumvent such bodies when they appear to be impeding action on challenges that seem to call out for quick responses. Dunlap even predicted a second, but this time disastrous engagement in the Middle East, the result of a military scattered in its focus and mission. He guessed the confrontation would be with Iran rather than Iraq, but results are roughly what I think he foresaw.
With the dangers to the world economy increasing yearly from oil depletion, climate change, mountainous public and private debt and myriad other challenges, it seems likely the United States (and the world) will face continuing economic difficulties including declining or stagnant revenues for government at all levels.
With economic difficulties ongoing and the needs of public intensifying, it will be all too tempting to ask the institution likely to suffer the least from funding cuts, namely, the U. S. military, to step in and address problems that overwhelmed local, state and federal governments and agencies cannot. This is why Dunlap imagined that there will ultimately be little opposition to a military coup if it arrives.
After all, by then the military will be performing so many tasks in civilian life that taking direct command of government may well seem the next logical and necessary step to the save the nation.
INDEX: Breakdown , Government , Military

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from flask_restful import Resource
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Join the Louisville Digital Association for its October gathering featuring author David Knox and axe throwing! Knox, a veteran of Proctor and Gamble and Managing Director of WPP Ventures, will present his new book, "Predicting the Turn: The High Stakes Game of Business Between Startups and Blue Chips." The book is sure to open your eyes about the process of building a startup company, negotiating funding and growing a successful venture.
The event is Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 at Flying Axes in NuLu. Come ready to play darts for grown ups, partake of hors d'oeuvres and learn a little in the process. (Knox is an investor in Flying Axes, but we're going to be throwing axes! How cool is that?!) Parking at Flying Axes is in their gated lot (the gate will be open) next to the building off Clay Street near the Skate Park.
Flying Axes features a cash bar. The food and snacks will be complimentary.
Please RSVP as there is limited capacity at Flying Axes. The event is free.
Knox will have books on hand to purchase for $20.


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Another life lost to illegal immigration.
An illegal alien with a long criminal record who was previously deported returned to the United States and stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death, according to Minnesota authorities.
According to a second-degree murder charge filed Monday, Fraider Diaz-Carbajal, 35, brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend Enedelia Perez Garcia in the Shakopee, MN apartment that they once shared. She died on August 12.
Since his deportation in 2012, Diaz-Carbajal re-entered the United States – a felony – according to the report.
A neighbor recalled hearing Diaz-Carbajal and Garcia arguing when he went to gather some of his belongings from the apartment. According to the neighbor, he heard Garcia yell "drop the knife." The neighbor went into Garcia's apartment after hearing the commotion and witnessed the slaying.
Diaz-Carbajal reportedly stabbed Garcia to death before slashing his own throat. He was hospitalized in critical condition, but was booked into jail on Monday.


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The last week (plus change) has seen several visits to the studio, and since the weather in Chicago is just starting to feel vaguely hospitable again, we even started going outside for a few shots. We kept the tone a little bit blue, though because – let's be honest – Chicago has a long way to go still before I forgive it for this winter.
Pictured here you'll find, in order, Jordan, Mark, and Betsey.
Jordan is a sound designer for video games, film, theatre, and more. He works out of his office in Columbus, Ohio, and when he isn't inventing spaceship sounds, he's on the boards with Available Light Theatre, where he is a company member.
Mark is a local actor and humorist. He is a writer and voice actor for Our Fair City (A Post-Apocalyptic Radio Epic for the Internet!), and you can check out Mark's own podcast over at blastropodcast.com.
Betsey also works with Our Fair City, wearing roughly one hundred hats for the project, and is a tremendous Chicago events, stage, and production manager.


It's a good day! – .
Finally a good day, the first one in 10 days.
Lately good days are rare, so this means a lot to me. Unfortunately I don't use them very wisely. Instead of doing something fun and for my soul, I tend to do the things I can't do on the bad days – laundry, vacuum cleaning, tidying up, stocking up on water and basic groceries for the next bad days as I never know when it hits me again.
It's like a prep day after a hurricane warning, you want to get all things done to feel as comfy as possible during the stormy days.
I have of course friends that offered me help doing groceries and do have a lovely cleaning lady – but as this is a part of normal life I wanna do it by myself as nothing else is normal anymore.
I should slow down though as I usually do too much on a good day and try to go for a coffee or some outisde social activity instead.
Put on some make-up and "normal" clothes and try to enjoy the day.
It's been really too long and you know you're in trouble when your load of laundry consists of "loungewear", sweatpants and PJs only. Oh boy!
No, I won't waste my good day and try something different today, get dressed, go outside and have some fun.
But it's really weird to look fine and normal – the way I feel most days I should have green and purple glow in the dark skin ( or better, glittering like crystal skin as Team Edward 😉 ) and unfortunately this is the picture I have in my head. I am not very comfortable anymore in crowds and feel as if everybody stares. Of course no one does but I guess this is a side effect of an "invisible" illness.
I am slowly turning into a shy hermit – me! In the past I used to be the opposite and today is the day for an intervention. I just need to try and stop this new and stupid behavior. 12 hours left until I got to use the "Green Hornet" again for happy Fridays' injection and I am going to make the best of it.


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Safe Ireland has a clear ambition: we want to end domestic violence and make Ireland the safest country in the world for women and children.
Over recent years, we've made significant strides to make that a reality.
Our approach is to:
Change social behaviour and attitudes
Establish a whole system response to domestic violence
Cultivate leadership at all levels in Irish society
Communicate our understanding of the problem and enhance all of our capacity to respond.
Over the past five years, we have achieved the following:
Since 2012, we have been carrying out extensive research into the experiences of women who have sought legal help to deal with abuse. This research, identified many of the areas where the legal system is not serving victims. We attempted to address that, resulting in:
The Irish government agreeing to criminalise coercive control. For the first time psychological abuse and controlling behaviour within a relationship would become a crime punishable by up to five years under the new law.
Coercive control is the term used to describe the pattern of sustained emotional and psychological abuse of an intimate partner. It can include threats, intimidation, control and restrictions of liberty. It can also include physical and sexual violence, which are often used as tools by abusers to exert further control and fear.
The Domestic Violence Bill 2017, including a series of amendments recommended by Safe Ireland:
Making a criminal offence of coercive control
Establishing statutory guidance for granting of domestic violence orders
Introducing intimate partner violence as an aggravated offence
We have also helped hundreds of professionals, including judges, government advisors, gardaí, lawyers, policy makers and politicians better understand coercive and controlling behaviour and how to respond to it.
Better services
Safe Ireland has been working with its members across Ireland for nearly two decades to improve the services available to women and children. We have done this by providing expert support and specialised training.
In 2013, Safe Ireland, with its members, developed a framework, including principles and standards, for delivering domestic violence services.
We have focused on getting domestic violence higher on the political and policy agenda. We have advocated for many changes to infrastructure and have played a vital role in the development of public policy, targeting the causes of domestic violence and improving how to respond to it.
We have also provided guidance to the private sector, communities and other organisations on how to effectively prevent abuse and deal with it when it happens.
The Safe Ireland Summit in 2016 changed the conversation about domestic violence, we focused on the social change needed to make Ireland the safest country in the world for women and children. The Summit was an international platform we created to host these conversations and this innovation fuelling change. The Summit attracted 46 national and international speakers with over 300 people attending. Together we stood for love and justice.
Learn more about this year's summit Safe World Summit 2018
Since 2012, Safe Ireland has invested in researching domestic violence and understanding its impacts. We have completed, published and widely disseminated a suite of groundbreaking research reports focused on understanding more about women's needs, the impact of trauma, the barriers to women and children's safety and women's experiences of seeking legal remedies. This body of knowledge has been the basis for our programme of work and provides government and policy makers with the evidence they need to make informed decisions.
Safe Ireland Publications
Awareness raising
Through bringing public voice to the real experiences of women and their children throughout Ireland, we have increased the profile of the prevalence and nature of this issue. There is significantly more coverage of the reality of the issue being profiled on the airwaves and in politics daily.
Safe Ireland works with community organisations to bring attention to the issue of abuse. This worked on a local level, bringing greater visibility and understanding to many parts of the country.
We also launched the national Man Up campaign, highlighting the role of men in ending domestic abuse. This campaign has successfully been working to achieve a cultural shift in Ireland to create the conditions where false social norms are disrupted so that more men can feel confident to speak out against male violence against women.
A Red C Poll in 2015 found that 39% of respondents in Ireland had read, seen or heard of the Man Up campaign.
How money is spent
Annual Review & Reports
Membership of Safe Ireland
Fundraising Policy
Safe Ireland in the media


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American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) Honours Top Independent Albums Chart-Toppers with Independent #1 Award
(Brandy pictured with her A2IM Independent #1 Award)
American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
In June of 2020, the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) partnered with Billboard to expand the parameters for the Top Independent Albums chart, allowing more independently-owned labels to appear on the ranking. Now A2IM is congratulating some of the first independent artists and labels to top the chart, honoring them with the A2IM Independent #1 Award.
Recipients of the A2IM Independent #1 Award include Bad Bunny (YHLQMDLG; Rimas), Brandy (b7; Brand Nu Ent./eOne), Eslabon Armado (Vibras de Noche; Del Records), Morgan Wallen (If I Know Me; Big Loud Records), and Young Dolph (Rich Slave; Paper Route EMPIRE).
Starting with the Billboard chart dated July 18, all independently-owned labels that control their masters, including those that are distributed through a major label group (Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, or Warner Music Group), are eligible to chart on the Top Independent Albums chart. This was a shift from previous chart parameters which only allowed labels distributed independently or through the indie arm of a major record group to be eligible.
The partnership between A2IM and Billboard for the Top Independent Albums chart brought together the top independent music organization with the world's leading entertainment media brand. The A2IM Independent #1 Award recognizes independent artists and labels whose creativity and hard work has lifted them to the pinnacle of the chart.
Produced by A2IM, the Independent #1 Award is now available to honor all past and future Top Independent Albums chart-toppers. The Award is a solid acrylic block which honors the history of recorded sound with an embedded gold foil representation of the waveform that Edison claimed was the first recording that could be played back: Edison himself performing "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
"Putting together and working with an independent team to market and release my album has proven to be successful in so many ways, even in this climate of uncertainty," said Brandy of receiving the award. "I'm proud to be an independent artist!"
Award recipients Armado and Young Dolph also expressed their thoughts at topping the chart.
"We feel blessed for all the opportunities," said Armado, "and we're thankful to our fans and our record label, Del Records, for believing in our project."
"With hard work anything is possible," said Young Dolph. "Never say never. I couldn't do none of it without my team."
About A2IM:
A2IM is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit trade organization headquartered in New York City that exists to support and strengthen the independent recorded music sector. Membership currently includes a broad coalition of more than 700 Independently-owned American music labels. A2IM represents these independently owned small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) interests in the marketplace, in the media, on Capitol Hill, and as part of the global music community. In doing so, it supports a key segment of America's creative class that represents America's diverse musical cultural heritage. Billboard Magazine identified the Independent music label sector as 37.32 percent of the music industry's U.S. recorded music sales market in 2016 based on copyright ownership, making Independent labels collectively the largest music industry sector.


COMOX VALLEY, APRIL 7, 2019: April 7 through 13 is National Volunteer Week. Communities across Canada are celebrating the generosity of the hundreds of thousands of individuals who give the gift of time to countless organizations to build strong, vibrant and healthy communities. Here in the Comox Valley, we have an extra reason to celebrate with the announcement of the relaunch of a local volunteer support agency.
Many people were dismayed at the news that Volunteer Comox Valley would be shutting down operations last year. Not wanting to see this resource completely disappear, Terri Perrin, who was the Community Engagement Manager at Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North at the time, was given permission to take over the administration of the Volunteer Centre's Facebook page. She renamed it the 'Comox Valley Volunteer Connector and, with the help of fellow Comox Valley Women's Business Network member and graphic designer, Linda Graceffo, they created a new logo and brand identity. Since then, Perrin has been diligently doing her part to celebrate the volunteer spirit by connecting the public with local nonprofits on social media.
"I couldn't envision our community without a resource for people who want to connect with causes that matter to them," explains Perrin, who recently left Habitat and joined the team at LUSH Valley Food Action Society as their new Communications and Program Manager.
For the near future, the CVVC will be operating as a 'virtual volunteer centre' with an online presence and meetings with individuals and nonprofits by appointment only. Eventually, the plan is to have a dedicated space to display rack cards and other volunteer recruitment materials from local nonprofits, but that will come with time and community support. Perrin intends to continue in her part-time role with LUSH Valley and will put in several hours each week to support the CVVC as a part-time communications contractor, rather than a volunteer, as she has been doing for the past 10 months.
For more information email CVVolunteerConnector@gmail.com, call 250-207-8111 or find them on Facebook @ComoxValleyVolunteerConnector.
Conference run yearly in the Fall.
Volunteer managers, coordinators and anyone training, supporting or supervising volunteers will find this conference useful.
To celebrate International Volunteer Managers' Day, we have designed a conference that will explore some of the critical elements of volunteer management.


The Middle East region is one of the most sensitive areas in international politics nowadays. International Community faces several security challenges here, such as - terrorism, failed states, political or ethnic conflicts, separatism, nuclear weapons or states' self-determination.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as one of the most successful military alliances, is represented in the region with its own security policy. From apolitical perspective it has been represented here by one of its strongest members - Turkey for decades. Despite this fact, there are some changes in official Ankara's foreign and security policy, which can affect organization's presence in the region.
Despite NATO being ineffective in this sense, I would argue that reality is different. Normally, we tend to see changes as something very radical and increasing, but it can be the opposite as well; and when something changes in a decreasing sense it stays unnoticed. I am aiming to find shifts in NATO's policy towards the Middle East and their causes. This article tries to demonstrate, that NATO has changed its policy in the Middle East since 2011 in terms of being less active in security issues of the region and the main reason for this was transformation in Turkey's foreign policy after Recep Tayyip Erdogan's third term in office as the prime minister of the country.
The main focus of this research will be the period from 2011 to November 2015, within the framework of comparison with another period from the end of Cold War till 2011.
What is the Middle East Region?
In order to analyze the policies of two international actors in one region and speak about changes there, it is vital to define the borders of this region, because from different perspectives one region can be defined differently.
In this article I will try to speak about developments in the Middle East region or MENA or Greater Middle East (World Bank) as it is used by many academics, scholars as well as military and other officials.
All this means that from the end of the Cold War until 2011, Turkey did not try to play a role of Regional Power actively and this policy had origins in the secularism of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
It is unquestionable that policy of NATO and Turkey was undivided in the region and was represented in one dimension.
In 2011 Recep Tayyip Erdogan started the third term in office as prime-minister of Turkey. One may ask why this period should be identified as the counting point for showing changes in Turkish policy. As James Stavridis mentioned in his article "the policy of "zero problems with neighbors" is a pretty good approach — until all your neighbors start to have problems, of course" (Stavridis 2015) and 2011 was period when problems occurred in Turkey's neighborhood.
All these facts show that Turkey's position has changed since Arab awaking radically. Now official Ankara tries to be independent player in the region with its own policy. If years ago NATO has no worries about this region, because it was represented by Turkey as one of its strongest members here and consequently it meant that Turkey's policy was Alliance's policy, now it does not seem so.
Many academics, scholars or people who are interested in International Politics very often blame NATO in its ignorance towards the Middle East region and especially for not responding adequately to the shift in its vital member state's policy in the region.
Taking into account the fact that NATO mainly is a military organization, this policy was understood as weakness of the alliance, but sometimes we forget that shift does not always mean something radical. It is understandable that in such situations, the expected answer to the developments in the region and especially to rapid changes in policy of your member state is aggressive, but that did not happen .
The main reason for this, as we can suggest, is Turkey's position to make NATO involved in the regional process for its own sake. For example, they demanded application of organization's Article 5 several times, especially during the Syrian events, but NATO did not do this (Radio Liberty 2012). Turkish officials as well as some academics are for Alliance's active military involvement, which they expect to use for their country's own interest - independent policy towards the Middle East region.
That is another question, if such softening from NATO will be beneficial for the region, but it seems that in such situations, when developments are critical, there is no time for extreme actions.
Nowadays, regional organizations always try to have common policy in many issues. Unfortunately, we have only one example of this in face of the European Union.
NATO is one of the strongest organizations in the International System today. In the very sensitive region of Middle East, during the decades, it was represented by Turkey, which has second largest army in the Alliance. Because of transformation of Turkey into secular state and many other changes that was seen domestically inside the country, it has clearly Western orientation. All this meant that NATO has its own policy in the Middle East via official Ankara, but rapid changes that have happened since 2011 changed some conditions.
The purpose of this article was to identify the major factors which affected the shift in NATO's policy towards the Middle East since 2011. Research process revealed that after the Arab awakening and shifts in Turkish foreign and security policy, NATO softened its policy in the region and tries to continue the strategy of partnership and deterrence. As it is seen, changes occurred in Alliance's policy, but not in radical or military way, as it was expected. Most experts and scholars perceived this as a weakness of the organization. However, this research showed that it was part of the new strategy by the alliance, in order not to allow its member to play an independent game, which it wishes to do.
We are happy to announce, that the 8th issue of our quarterly journal is ready and you can check out it here.


Technical Analysis for CPA - Copa Holdings, S.A.
CPA closed up 1.24 percent on Thursday, April 18, 2019, on 66 percent of normal volume.
Copa Holdings, S.A. provides airline passenger and cargo services in Latin America. It provides services within Colombia; and international flights from various cities in Colombia to Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, México, Cuba, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. The company offers approximately 337 daily scheduled flights among 64 destinations in 29 countries in North, Central, and South Americas, as well as the Caribbean from its Panama City hub. As of April 29, 2013, it operated a fleet of 86 aircraft comprising 60 Boeing 737NG aircraft and 26 EMBRAER-190s. The company has strategic alliance with United Continental Holdings, Inc. Copa Holdings, S.A. was founded in 1947 and is based in Panama City, Panama.
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In the United States, Black women are four times more likely to die in childbirth or of pregnancy-related causes than White women. To draw attention to this shocking fact, advocates across the country and here in Tennessee are participating in Black Maternal Health Week this week.
A national shame, the United States is the only developed country with a rising maternal mortality rate, largely driven by racial disparities. Research suggests that half of these deaths may be preventable. This is a human rights crisis.
Healthy & Free Tennessee is excited to be accepting nominations (due Oct 8) and applications (due Oct 22) to serve on our Steering Committee. We are looking for extraordinary people in Tennessee who are volunteer activists, committed advocates, and/or professionals working in the fields of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice as well as people involved in environmental protection, immigration rights, racial justice, and other areas of human rights that understand the intersection of this work with reproductive freedom and sexual health.
You may have heard about White County General Sessions Judge Sam Benningfield's unconstitutional practice of offering reduced jail time in exchange for willingly undergoing a vasectomy or a birth control implant, which he has now rescinded.
Healthy and Free Tennessee and coalition partner Free Hearts, an organization led primarily by formerly incarcerated women in support of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated mothers and their children, join the many voices speaking out against this harmful practice. Though we support widespread access to a range of contraceptive options for everyone in Tennessee, we do not support the targeting of vulnerable incarcerated populations for long-acting birth control or sterilization. We see this as an attack on the reproductive freedom of Tennesseans, particularly incarcerated women.
Healthy and Free is excited to announce the relaunch of our "All Families Valued" platform. Some of you may remember that NARAL was in Tennessee last year on a Total Access TN tour to workshop a platform across the state that would lift up our values around reproductive health. Together, HFTN and NARAL decided it made sense for HFTN to take over as lead of the platform since we are a state-based coalition with a grassroots base of support. One of Anna and Briana's first tasks as new Co-State Directors is to pick up the platform where we left off last year.


The process of extracting nanoscale data for diagnostic purpose is termed nAnostic®. The method has been developed by the company Serend-ip GmbH. Analytical services are provided as contract research. Applications are focused on epithelial and endothelial cells, which are involved in the majority of diseases. Biologically relevant readouts comprise polarisation, barrier function or differentiation of a cell layer and (mechanical) stress or apoptosis of single cells. In early 2011, a first phenotype-based cell assay will be validated.
Surface topography of biological cells is available at nanometer accuracy using modern instrumentation like AFM. This is achieved by "touching" the sample with a fine tip instead of "looking at" using light microscopy. Systematic quantitation of topographical data provides new insights into physiological processes. Due to its ultrahigh resolution, the information obtained through the tactile method AFM cannot be rivalled by optical microscopy.
nAnostic® has no need for optical transparency and thus can characterise cells grown on metals, minerals or polymers. Since no sample processing or labelling is necessary, the obtained data offer high physiological relevance.


Recently, Edgii launched limited collection "OUT OF STOCK" in Yohood Carnival Shanghai. Various famous celebrities and fashion bloggers attended this session. The famous fashion label founder, singer, and actor, Shawn Yue attended this event. There were many celebrities like famous American Artist, ROY English and Japanese musician Hirosihi Fujiwara, who attended the event. Yohood is a famous cutting-edge fashion culture event in China which was established in 2005. It has all the elements that promote a trendy and fashionable lifestyle which include retail, media and other events.
One can get the latest information about fashion and style with Yohood. For every young and explorative person, this group provides the best products and services. If someone wants to know about the global fashion icons and labels, then you can get all the information at news releases of the Yohood group.
Here are some of the featured clothing of the famous Edgii brand which is supported by Yohood. Edgii's 'Out of Stock' collection introduces an attitude to young people towards fashion in this modern world. Here are some of the Parka designs introduced by Edgii collection so that you can know the reason behind the success of Edgii.
Fur Parkas are available with various designs and different colours for customers. These Parkas are made up with such outer shells that protect you from cold weather. The outer shell is made with waterproof and dust-resistant material. It has got separate fur lining with warm sleeves to provide full protection. There are several types of fur linings which customers can choose such as for fur, mink fur, and wolf fur. The trims are made of the well-loved racoon that provides ultimate protection against the cold and also adds that extra bit of chic to your style. With custom colours and designs, these parkas are fantastic options from which customers can select according to their preferences. The waist is adjustable using the drawstrings.
These Parkas have goose down sleeves which provide great protection from the wind while the outer shell is dust resistant and waterproof. The result is an extremely well-refined look. There is a wide range of colours available as well. The best part of this Parka is that it can be worn by people with different body size as it comes with waist cord which can be tightened for best fit.
Do you know that EDGII collection is endorsed by a great number of Chinese celebrities? Rainie Yang, Ouyang Nana, Lou Zhixiang, Huang Shengyi were seen wearing the amazing Parka of this collection. Eva Huang Shengyi was wearing ED1040 Fur Parka and EDW0002 Watson Goose down Parka. All of these famous people were wearing the new collection of EDGII in their magazine photo shoots. There are many more famous celebrities who love the trendy and luxurious designs of these limited-edition collections. With amazing quality and originality, this collection has managed to win the hearts of millions this year.