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"Rethinking the Sahara Dispute", Book Pointing out Responsibility of Algeria in Conflict over Moroccan Sahara – Rwandan Pundit –
The collective book in English entitled "Rethinking the Sahara Dispute: History and Contemporary Perspectives" points to the responsibility of Algeria in the continuation of the conflict over the Moroccan Sahara, said Rwandan expert and academic, Dr. Ismael Buchanan, who contributed to the production of this book. "My contribution to this work is based on history, facts, UN resolutions and honest and objective political analysis. It is important to understand how Algeria is using this conflict to nurture purely hegemonic interests," said this professor of political sciences at the University of Rwanda about the publication of this interdisciplinary work, carried out at the initiative of the Coalition for the Autonomy of the Sahara (AUSACO) on the occasion of the Throne Day. Through a chapter entitled "The genesis and the actors in the regional conflict over the Sahara: a historical overview", "I tried to show how Algeria has always tried to systematically prevent the completion of the territorial integrity of Morocco," he said, noting that this chapter, divided into three parts, explains how Algiers arms and finances the separatists in order to keep this conflict running and prevent any realistic solution. For this international relations consultant and expert in the Maghreb affairs, it is important to draw attention to this "shameful reality" which blocks the Maghreb Union and delays the development and integration of the whole region. "Algeria, which is unfortunately still stuck in the past, a past that dates back to the Cold War, is using this artificial dispute for expansionist purposes to forge for itself the image of the dominant country in the region. The ultimate objective of the leaders of this country is obviously to stop, at all costs, the rise of Morocco as an African power", he noted. He called on the international community and the UN to put more pressure on Algeria so that it shoulders its responsibility for the settlement of the conflict, affirming in this sense that "there is plenty of evidence confirming Algiers' implication".


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Course History
Founded in 1899 as the Leinster Golf Club, it's first course of 9 holes was at Gotham in Co. Kildare, five miles from Carlow. The Bray Professional, R. Larkin, was the designer and thirteen members played in the first competition in July 1899.
The name was changed to the Carlow Golf Club on 27th June 1901 and the Club was affiliated to the Golfing Union in 1903.
Captain of 1922, Rev. Michael H. Bolger, a Roman Catholic, army chaplain, having seen service in France in the 1914/18 war, obtained a lease on 165 acres of the Deerpark, part of the Bruen family estate at Oak Park. Cecil Barcroft (1871-1924), a Portrush Barrister and designer, was engaged to plan the first course. So successful were his efforts that it was not until 1937 that any changes were deemed necessary. That famous Scot, Tom Simpson, was commissioned and assisted by Molly Gourlary, a lady international scratch player, they changed 10 greens and re designed many of the bunkers, both sand and grass. What a tribute it is to the work of Barcroft and Simpson that no alterations have taken place to this day other than the cosmetic adding of yards, tees and bunkers.
The first major exhibition was staged in 1934 between U.S. Professional Gene Sarazen, who won the British Open in 1932 and Joe Kirkwood, the Australian trick shot specialist. Sarazen was high in his praise of the course and enjoyed his Honorary Life Membership until his death in 1999.
The natural terrain remains unchanged and the fine draining soil gives rise to a superb springy turf which earns for Carlow the reputation of inland links.
The four par 3's are excellent, the best being the 6th which can vary from a seven iron to a long iron or even a wood for the shorter player. Christy O'Connor snr. selected the 16th to feature as one of his "best 18 Holes". Joe Car who won six Midland Scratch Cups here, maintains the 7th is a superb two shotter, calling for a long well placed drive, to be followed by a perfect iron to hold the "away sloping" green. Peter McEvoy, three time winner of the Midland Scratch Cup, favours the 12th, where after a perfectly placed drive, you must hit a delicate pitch across a deep ravine to the fastest green on the course.
The most pleasant and picturesque hole is the 8th where the tee shot is played to the West into the setting sun from the highest point on the course down to a sloping fairway below. To left and right of the drive are located two stone faced raths, overgrown with adult beech. Many tee shots have been lost here and some say they are taken by the "little people" from the raths or fairy rings.
The legends of golf, professional and amateur, national and international have trod these hallowed fairways with success and failure and always with some pleasure.
It's your turn now. To the first tee please, and the honour is yours.

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WASHINGTON (AFP): The United States said Thursday that a new response from Iran on reviving a landmark nuclear deal was "not constructive," a day after European mediators were hopeful at finally crossing the finish line.
It is the latest in a back and forth between the adversaries via the European Union, which in August broke a deadlock after a year and a half of slow-moving diplomacy.
The European Union put forward on August 8 what it called a final text to restore the 2015 nuclear accord, which was trashed by former US president Donald Trump.
Iran proposed changes to it — largely accepted by the Europeans — to which the United States issued a response through the mediators.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said earlier Thursday that Tehran sent another reply in response to the US position.
"We can confirm that we have received Iran's response through the EU," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said late Thursday in Washington.
"We are studying it and will respond through the EU, but unfortunately it is not constructive."
Kanani, quoted by the official IRNA news agency, had said that Iran was taking a "constructive approach" in its diplomacy.
– Sticking points remain –
The United States has declined to discuss details publicly but disputes include Iran's insistence on the UN nuclear watchdog closing a probe of three undeclared sites suspected in nuclear work before the 2015 nuclear deal.
If President Joe Biden returns to the deal, the United States would ease sanctions in return for Iran accepting stringent restrictions on its nuclear program.
The United States would end Trump's unilateral US effort to stop other nations from buying Iranian oil.
Iran would then within months be able to sell potentially more than one million barrels more of oil a day, further easing global crude prices that soared after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Biden took office aiming to restore the accord despite heated opposition both from US ally Israel and lawmakers from Trump's Republican Party.
But Iran pressed hard in talks in Vienna, refusing even to see US envoy Rob Malley in person and forcing EU envoys to shuttle between hotels.
In a turning point, the United States said in August that Iran dropped one key stumbling block — that Biden reverse Trump's blacklisting of the elite Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group.
The Eurasia Group consultancy, in an analysis after Washington submitted its reply, said the odds of reviving the deal this year were at 45 percent as developments have been primarily about public messaging.
"There is less here than meets the eye," it said.
Israel, however, appears to see momentum. Prime Minister Yair Lapid has stepped up calls on the West to kill the deal and spoke at length to Biden by telephone on Wednesday.
Israel says the agreement would offer dangerous new funding to its arch-enemy and has waged a shadowy campaign inside Iran to sabotage the nuclear program.
The Biden administration argues that Trump's pullout has achieved little other than speeding up Iran's nuclear work.
Iran denies it is seeking a nuclear weapon but has rolled back commitments under the 2015 accord, with US intelligence saying it would now be closer to making a nuclear bomb if it chooses to pursue one.
The post US says new Iran response on nuclear deal 'not constructive' appeared first on The Frontier Post.


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Ecommerce companies are one of the most important business models currently and are booming. This model of purchase (online) is becoming the preferred by consumers. Due to this boom, Ecommerce business models not only see their facilities grow but also the energy consumption they require for their proper functioning. If you would like to become a more energy-efficient Ecommerce and you want to turn it into an example of efficiency and sustainability, here are 4 steps that will help you achieve it:
4 Steps to become a more Energy-Efficient Ecommerce
Which uses more energy on average: a traditional brick-and-mortar store, or an Ecommerce store? The truth is that it depends on the exact circumstances. People can often walk to physical stores to collect their products, which cuts down on shipping costs, and then there's the matter of packaging waste. Every order sent out to an Ecommerce customer must be packaged individually. But then there's the superior route-management inherent to cutting shopper journeys from the equation — e-commerce logistics can be highly sophisticated.
Regardless, a hot topic these days is rehabilitating technology, turning it from a source of pollution and damage to a driver of change and efficiency innovation. And with every brand under pressure to become more socially and environmentally responsible (younger generations demand it), the time is right to make a priority of cleaning up the world of business.
If you run an Ecommerce store, then, there are steps you can take to make your business more energy-efficient — saving you money and protecting the environment. Let's review some:
1. Cut back on packaging waste
I mentioned packaging waste in the intro, and it's a massive problem for huge retailers like Amazon. There are plenty of horror stories detailing small items (and not fragile ones) being shipped in gigantic cardboard boxes stuffed with packing peanuts. It takes energy to create that packaging, and more energy to transport it — larger boxes means fewer per trip and may demand larger (and more energy-hungry) vehicles.
The first thing you should do, then, is looking for ways in which you can make your packaging more economical and environmentally-friendly. Here are some tips:
- Review your product dimensions. As noted, it's hugely wasteful to send a small item in a large box, so figure out the exact dimensions of your products and ship each order in the smallest-possible box (with only the padding truly required by the contents).
- Invest in 100%-recycled packaging. There are companies that exist solely to produce eco-friendly retail packaging. One such company, Earthface, has a dedicated Ecommerce lineup of envelopes and boxes. Find the best quote, and go green.
- Offer shipping alternatives. The basic delivery model isn't the only viable approach. If you have physical premises, you can allow orders to be collected without any packaging directly from your building. If you don't, you can establish agreements with small stores to ship your products to them for people to collect — when you can avoid packaging, do so, but even if you can't, it's more energy-efficient to have one large delivery to one pickup location than to have smaller deliveries to various addresses.
2. Raise funds for green energy
Knowing that your business activities have environmental consequences that you can't fully prevent, you can make an effort to offset them — to find ways to encourage the generation of green energy to make up for the energy you're using.
How you manage this as an ecommerce business is up to you. You can offer time and money to the green energy nonprofit of your choice, of course. You can run charity events to raise money. You can become more active on social media, using your platform to encourage your followers to participate in environmental-protection efforts (Earth Day is always great for this).
You can also work the fundraising into the fabric of your Ecommerce selling through providing an opt-in donation function in your checkout. WooCommerce (running on a WordPress platform) has the Woo Donations plugin allowing user-specific amounts to be added at the checkout, but if you want to get more in-depth with it, you should give Shopify a go — the free Carbon Checkout app provides a tracking code for each donation, allowing the customer to track their emission reductions and get a better idea of the real-world consequences of their environmental efforts.
There are also tools that will help you calculate the carbon footprint of your Ecommerce automatically. Calculate it and see how it evolves after the energy efficiency and sustainability actions you apply. An example of an App to calculate your company's carbon footprint according to your energy consumption is the Carbon App that you will find in the Market Apps of DEXMA Energy Intelligence (an Energy Management Software). It will help you analyse and monitor your environmental impact, and you will be able to make it known to those who donated.
3. Allow more remote working
If your commerce company has staff, then you likely have an office — and if you do, the chances are good that some staff members drive to work, while others perhaps take public transport. This travel takes up energy that really isn't justified in most cases. How often do your employees really need to be in the same location?
You run an Ecommerce company, after all. You don't need shop assistants, or conventional shelf-stackers, or greeters, or security guards (outside of those at your warehouse). Most of your employees will be perfectly capable of doing their jobs from anywhere with internet access — typically preferring to work from home.
What's more, people tend to have their homes heated and powered throughout the day, so it may well be more energy-efficient to have people work remotely than to gather them in a brightly-lit office. In short, remote working is better for energy-efficiency and morale.
4. Audit your premises
Whether you just rely on your stock-managed warehouses, or also maintain an office, you're going to have a complex web of software systems and procedures underpinning your basic operation. The ecommerce process isn't easy, and the more you implement automation tools and smart monitoring, the denser that web will become. This can start to use a lot of energy.
This is where DEXMA Energy Intelligence gets extremely useful. Offering a wide range of software and hardware integrations, as well as intuitive reporting, it makes it possible to fully review the energy efficiency of your entire operation, easily identifying opportunities to save money and start using less energy.
The bigger your business, the more room there'll be for improvement, so why wait? The sooner you take the plunge, the sooner you can be running a business that's both more profitable and better for the environment. It's a classic win-win. And, if you need proof of this, have a look at a real successful case as "Privalia Case Study". It's a 2012 success story, but it's still worth seeing as an example.
Energy-efficiency is a great thing for a business to aspire to, particularly when it's rooted in online activity. If you can make a priority of cutting back on packaging waste, throwing your brand behind green energy in all possible ways, and getting your premises working more economically, you'll get the results you're looking for.
Editor's Note: this original guest article was published with kind permission from the author, Patrick Foster.
Patrick Foster is an Ecommerce entrepreneur, coach and writer. After several years as both a solopreneur and as a consultant to fellow Ecommerce entrepreneurs, Patrick's sole focus now is his online resource and community hub, Ecommerce Tips.
Visit Patrick's blog or follow him on Twitter @myecommercetips for the latest advice on Ecommerce, marketing, SEO, and how to develop your business strategy in these areas.


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Ever wondered what Latitude would look like if they moved it to a safari park in the south of Holland? Well, think no more as Best Kept Secret provides the same experience in a similar setting to both the aforementioned. Set in the Beekse Bergen safari park which is situated in the village of Hilvarenbeek, approximately nine kilometers from Tilburg, it combines a cutting edge line-up featuring one of the strongest bills anywhere this summer alongside some of the finest, locally produced cuisine on offer at an event of its kind. As well as camping facilities, Best Kept Secret also has its own bungalow park while punters can also relax on the beach or go swimming in the lake which runs parallel to three of the site's five stages.
It also operates a cash free policy which works like clockwork for the three days DiS is on site, proving that such initiatives can prove beneficial for the punter as well as the vendors if managed correctly. Now in its third year, having only opened its gates for the first time in 2013, this year's line-up ranks as one of the most enticing on 2015's festival calendar. Comprising over ninety artists and DJs across five stages for three days, its claim to "focus 100% on the music" is more than justified when studying the list of acts scheduled to play.
Arriving onsite Friday evening, hardcore supergroup OFF! provide a raucous introduction to the festival. Frontman Keith Morris winds back the clock thirty years, stalking the stage menacingly while his cohorts knock out riffs at a hundred miles per hour. The Jesus & Mary Chain are a revelation too, reminding everyone present why Psychocandy is still heralded as one of the greatest records ever committed to vinyl some three decades after its initial release. Even Jim Reid looks ready to crack a smile as the closing squall of 'In A Hole' melts delicately into 'Taste Of Cindy'. Spotted at the side of the stage for the first part of the set is one Pete Doherty, and his band's appearance on the main stage draws one of the largest crowds of the weekend.
Playing a set consisting of material from both albums, all the singles and the odd b-side ('The Delaney') and rarity ('You're My Waterloo'), they've become a more polished outfit than first time round, save for the odd false start here and there. What does become apparent is how their songs struggle to resonate with European audiences at times. Standout album tracks like 'Horrorshow' and 'What Katy Did' receive a muted response compared to the seismic levels of pandemonium in Hyde Park last year, while even more familiar 45s such as 'Can't Stand Me Now' and 'Time For Heroes' fare little better, save for the pockets of UK attendees dotted around the crowd. A new song ('Gunga Din') is aired, reluctantly it seems. It sounds like a Larrikin Love b-side and doesn't bode well for the much-vaunted third album they're currently in the process of mixing. Like West Bromwich, one suspects this Albion could be about to stall in the lower reaches of the top flight if it isn't careful.
Pissed Jeans' Matt Korvette is angry. Very angry it seems to the point of scaring the audience until a widening chasm separates band from audience way beyond the photo pit. His band are an aggressive force to be reckoned with too and we're suitably impressed, but at the same time in need of sleep after a heavy day's travelling so retire to bed.
Suitably refreshed, a revitalised Temples open proceedings on Saturday with a set that includes two new songs. The first of those, entitled 'Volcano', revolves around a glam rock stomp that's not a million miles away from Suede at their most flamboyant. The second, provisionally titled 'Henry's Cake' treads more familiar ground associated with their recorded output, albeit with a deft nod towards The Pretty Things Emotions era. Cosmopolitan shoegazers Cheatahs also play deliver three new compositions among their nine-song set that hints at their second long player being an even more potent mix than its predecessor. Throwing recent singles 'Sunne' and 'Marasaki' into the mix early may have been a brave decision, but the likes of 'Colorado' and 'Supra' suggest the best may be yet to come.
Outfit's aloof melancholia and Follakzoid's post-rock orientated psychedelia provide appropriate soundtracks for the mid-afternoon sun. While Death Cab For Cutie's popularity on these shores is highlighted by the one-in, one-out situation that greets their teatime slot on Stage Two. Most people appear to be here for Ride though judging by the dozens of Nowhere t-shirts around us, and when messrs Gardener, Bell, Colbert and Queralt take the stage pandemonium ensues. Playing a much shorter set than the ones heard at their recent UK headline shows, the opening salvo of 'Leave Them All Behind', 'Like A Daydream' and 'Seagull' still proves to be a genuine goosebumps inducing moment. Although not as high up the bill as their status would suggest they might be, their slot in the indoor confines of the second stage feels perfect.
Indeed, the close proximity of all five stages means DiS can merrily hop between stages in the event of an inevitable clash, and with both Hookworms and The Vaccines going head to head literally a matter of feet away from each other this is what we do. As expected, neither disappoints, as the former's 'Teen Dreams' causes rhythmic swaying from front to back of the stage while the latter's 'All In White' finds 10,000 sets of vocal chords in full voice.
Perhaps the one minor criticism of Best Kept Secret surrounds the after hours line-up, which is weak in comparison to the rest of the bill. With midnight fast approaching, only the electro-soul of Kindness keeps us partying beyond the witching hour as relentless EDM pumps out from every other corner.
Sunday morning sees the weather take a turn for the worst. Undeterred, DiS is up bright and early for Jonny Greenwood's performance with the London Philmarmonic Orchestra. Mixing compositions from 2007's There Will Be Blood and 2012's Under The Skin alongside a couple of new compositions and his own take on Steve Reich's 'Electric Counter', it proves to be well worth getting wet for and sets the scene incredulously for what follows.
Also playing an early slot are Wolf Alice whose lunchtime set goes down a treat with all and sundry, many of whom are still unfamiliar with most of their songs. However, judging by the response from the masses culminating in moshpits circulating all around out front, one would hazard a guess their next appearance will be at a later time on a bigger stage.
Another band set for bigger things in the none too distant future are Gengahr, and despite being relative newcomers back home never mind over here in the Netherlands, the likes of 'Bathed In Light' and 'Dark Star' engage the audience from the outset, resulting in a packed stage five by the time they exit thirty minutes later. An undisputed highlight of 2015 so far would have to be the triumphant return of Mew, and as with their incredible performance at last month's Great Escape festival they're an epic delight here. New songs 'Satellites' and 'The Night Believer' sit comfortably alongside older material like 'Am I Wry, No?' and 'Snow Brigade' making theirs one of the weekend's most endearing sets.
Relatively unknown this time last year, Alvvays have become one of the most talked about bands around since the release of their self-titled debut. Today is no different and the frenzied response to 'Archie Marry Me' and 'Adult Diversion' tells its own story. Swim Deep are a late addition to this year's bill, drafted in only the previous week to replace BadBadNotGood. However, as with their recent show at Nottingham's Dot To Dot Festival, they appear to be a band in transition and while older, more familiar tracks like 'King City' and 'Honey' are well received, some of the newer pieces fall flat by comparison.
Two great mysteries in recent years would have to be the unprecedented and seemingly unstoppable rise of both Royal Blood and Alt-J to headline status both at home and abroad. While the former clearly know how to play their instruments, the lack of anything resembling an original tune only adds to the conundrum. With the latter, their status throughout Europe as genuine stadium fillers remains even more beguiling. With a light show borrowed from Kraftwerk's recent 3D tour being the most interesting feature about their largely unmemorable set, DiS moves on slightly more puzzled than we were an hour ago.
With the evening's schedule and the festival itself drawing to a close, it's left to techno experimentalist Dan Deacon to restore parity which he does in style. Overall, Best Kept Secret more than fulfils its promise of being all about the music. Watch out Primavera, there's a new kid on the block and this one means business. Highly recommended.
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Nursery Ideas
Nursery Ideas
For many women, the third trimester brings on an intense desire to start nesting—baby is on the way and you're ready to make sure that he or she is coming into a safe, nurturing environment. While not every woman experiences this need to organize, prepare and decorate, it's still a great time to start thinking about your baby's nursery.
Here are some ideas to get started:
Whether you're excited to make your baby's room as creative as it can be, or if you're just looking for the basics, there are plenty of places to look for baby room ideas. Try a place like Pinterest, where you can create your own board of things you like—everything from colors and teddy bears to furniture and accessories.
Some parents choose to go the traditional blue or pink route, and others go for gender neutral colors like soft greens and yellows. Whatever you're leaning towards, consider how the color and shade of the walls can impact your baby's mood and habits:
- Blue is a calming color. Lighter shades of blue are said to be peaceful and soothing for babies.
- Green, especially in lighter shades, is one of the most relaxing colors. In the last few years, green paint has seen a great increase in popularity.
- For parents who are looking for a gender-neutral room, yellow has been widely used. However, it can be over stimulating if you choose the wrong shade. Go with the lightest shade you can, or consider using yellow as an accent color.
- Shades of brown and tan have been very popular recently. Be sure to select the right shade so the room doesn't look too drab.
- Avoid colors like red and orange as they can be over-stimulating.
Decorating is often the most exciting part of getting your baby's room together. Will you feature a jungle theme? Maybe some trendy patterned accents? Whatever you choose, there are plenty of ways to get creative.
- Wall decals are a fun way to decorate the walls without commitment. These removable stickers allow you to change things up whenever you want, they're cost efficient, and they leave your wall clean and undamaged for when your kids decide they want to switch from lions to dinosaurs.
- Check out some cool frames to put pictures in. Many parents enjoy hanging art that displays their baby's name.
- No one said the room only has to be one color—consider mixing things up, adding an accent wall, or brightening things with colored furniture.
Of course, you want your nursery to be the ultimate haven for all things baby. Make sure you have the essentials:
- One of the most important parts of your nursery is a crib. Be sure to look at several cribs to make sure the one you choose is as safe as possible. Look for places where baby could pinch his or her fingers. Some parents also elect to go with a convertible bed that can grow with baby. When positioning the crib, be sure it isn't near anything that baby can grab and pull in when he or she gets big enough to do so.
- Get a comfortable chair. As mom and dad, you can expect to spend many hours in the nursery feeding, rocking or playing with your baby.
- Find a changing table that works for you. Safety is key, and appropriate storage and organization are major pluses.
- Consider the lighting in the room. If nursery is bright, be sure to invest in a good set of shades or light-blocking curtains to help make sure that nap time is as settled as possible.


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Published in January 2019.
This module is a resource for lecturers
Core reading
This section provides a list of (mostly) open access materials that the lecturer could ask the students to read before taking a class based on this Module.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2010). A Short Introduction to Migrant Smuggling (Issue Paper).
- Gallagher, Anne and David, Fiona (2004). "The International Law of Migrant Smuggling."
- International Council on Human Rights Policy (2010). Irregular Migration, Human Smuggling, and Human Rights: Towards Coherence , pp. 68-71.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2017). The Concept of "Financial or Other Material Benefit" in the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol (Issue Paper), pp. 7-10 and 13-15.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2011). Smuggling of Migrants by Sea (Issue Paper).
Legal Instruments
- The United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime and its Supplementing Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, 2000.
- The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982.
- National laws as applicable, please consult SHERLOC Case Law Database on the Smuggling of Migrants.
- United Nations (1948). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- United Nations (1966). International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- United Nations (1966). International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- United Nations (2000). Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of a Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime on the Work of its First to Eleventh Sessions.
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1. Introduction:
This protocol was developed in the Salk STEM Cell Core to enable the formation of uniform and large embryoid bodies (EBs) from pluripotent human stem cells. It assumes the cells have previously been cultured on Matrigel and typically requires 1–2 wells of a fairly confluent 6-well plate as starting material. This is a low cost alternative to commercial products like the AggreWell that has proven especially useful for the formation of larger sized EBs that show good potential for differentiation to all 3 germ layers
3. Protocol Steps:
3.1. Prepare the Matrigel Dots:
Thaw Matrigel on ice. Read the product specification sheet to determine the protein concentration of the lot of Matrigel. Transfer 0.1 mg of matrigel into 1 ml of ice-cold DMEM/F12 in a 1.5–2 ml tube, mix with a pipet. [Alternatively, use the same amount of Matrigel (un-diluted) that you would normally use for 1 well of a 6-well plate or 1/6 of a 10 cm dish, and dilute into 1 ml of ice-cold DMEM/F12]. Keep the 1 ml Matrigel solution in a small tube on ice. This needs to remain cold, as it will take about 10–15 minutes to plate out the matrigel dots.
Use a 0.5 to 2 ul micropipette, or preferably an electronic-pipette capable of repeat dispensing of 2 ul volumes, to make the matrigel dots. Draw up ice cold Matrigel solution into the pipet, expel out 2 ul so you can see the solution hanging on to the end of the tip, and carefully touch the solution, but not the tip of the pipette, to the 10 cm plate. The drip from the pipette will make a small dot on the plate. [Tip: place the pipet tips in the −20∘C freezer to pre-chill before using].
Repeat this until you have at least 50 dots on the plate. The more dots you have the higher yield you will have. We suggest a dot spacing of roughly 3–6 mm.
Incubate plate at 37∘C for at least 20 minutes up to 1 hour. Do not let the plate incubate overnight (the dots will dry out and new plate will have to be made). [Tip: If the drying out of Matrigel dots becomes a continuous problem, try placing numerous drops of sterile water on the inside of the lid – similar to the hanging drop EB method to increase the humidity inside the dish].
3.2. Individualize and passage the cells onto the Matrigel Dots:
5. Starting with 1–2 dense wells (6-well format) of hES/iPS cells (∼2–4 million cells). Rinse well with 1 ml PBS −/−. Add 1 ml Accutase (or TrypLE) for 5 to 7 minutes at 37∘C incubator until cells detach.
6. Add 10 mls of mTeSR1 + Rock Inhibitor to the 10 cm plates of Matrigel dots. Note: There is no need to wash or rinse the dish of Matrigel dots prior to plating cells.
7. Collect cells and transfer to 15 ml conical tube. Rinse well twice with 1 ml warm mTeSR1 or DMEM/F12 and add these rinses to the 15 ml conical containing the cells. Pellet cells at 200×g (or 1000 rpm in a clinical centrifuge) for 5 minutes. Aspirate the supernatant. Re-suspend the cell pellet in 5 mls mTeSR1 + Rock Inhibitor. Count the cells. Plate between 1.5–2.5 million cells on the dish of Matrigel dots.
8. Feed and observe daily with mTeSR1 (or medium of choice without Rock Inhibitor). In about a week, the dots will be confluent and ready to be made into EBs.
3.3. Detach intact colonies and make into EBs:
9. Aspirate spent media from plate. Add 4 mls to a 10 cm dish of freshly made 2 mg/ml dispase solution (pre-warmed to 37∘C.). Place in 37∘C incubator. Dissociation of colonies from the Matrigel dots can take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes. After 15 minutes, observe under microscope every 3 to 5 minutes.
10. Once colonies are completely detached from the plate, gently add 5 mls warm EB medium and slowly transfer the entire solution to a 15 ml conical using at 5 ml or 10 ml pipet. Rinse the plate gently with 4 more mls warm EB media and place this into the conical. Note: It is very important to be very gentle to try to keep the colonies as intact as possible.
11. Wait 2 to 3 minutes for colonies to settle into the bottom of the conical. Gently aspirate supernatant, leaving about 0.5 ml of solution. Note: it is recommended to do the aspiration using a serological pipet as the large colonies are in a loose pellet at the bottom of the conical.
12. Wash by adding 5 mls of EB media, gently. Wait 1 to 3 minutes for colonies to settle to the bottom of the conical. Gently aspirate supernatant. Repeat the wash 3 times.
13. Re-suspend the colonies in 3 mls EB media. Very slowly dispense colonies into an ultra low attachment T25 flask (target 8 mls final volume), an ultra low attachment 6 well plate (target 4 mls/well final volume), or a low attachment 10 cm petri dish (target 10 mls final volume). Rinse conical with additional volume of EB medium to make the target volume for the ultra low attachment culture vessel, and add this to the flask/plate/dish. Place flask/plate/dish into 37∘C degree incubator. Change media every other day with fresh EB medium.
3.4. To change media:
Tilt flask/plate/dish and allow EBs to settle to one side. Using a 5 or 10 ml pipet, slowly remove at least 90% of media from the low attachment vessel. Gently add appropriate target volume of warm EB media (4–8 mls/T25 flask, 10 mls/10 cm Petri dish, or 2 ml/well of a 6 well). Place plate back into incubator.
4. Materials:
Notes: Initially this protocol was developed using hES/iPS cells growing on mTeSR1 or an in-house version of this medium. It is possible, even likely, that it would work well using other feeder-free stem cell media. Be careful not to physically touch the pipet tip to the dish when spotting the Matrigel dots. Touching off typically results in smeared dots. Try to make at least 50 dots per 10 cm dish.
This protocol was developed by W. Travis Berggren and Margaret K. Lutz of the Salk Institute Stem Cell Core Facility.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Last revised March 28, 2012. Published June 10, 2012. This chapter should be cited as: Lutz, M. and Berggren, T., Formation of embryoid bodies from Matrigel dots protocol (June 10, 2012), StemBook, ed. The Stem Cell Research Community, StemBook, doi/10.3824/stembook.1.59.1, https://www.stembook.org.


text: Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection, 1893-1988 Span: 1893-1988 Bulk: 1924-1968 English collection 435 ft. 1112 boxes Danny Kaye (1913-1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian and humanitarian; his wife Sylvia Fine (1913-1991) was an American lyricist, composer, writer, lecturer and producer. The collection, which documents their lives and careers, contains printed and manuscript music, scripts, correspondence, business and financial papers, promotional and publicity materials, photographs, programs, posters, awards and realia. Music, scripts, correspondence, business papers, iconography, awards, scrapbooks, and promotional material. Audio visual materials transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress Kaye, Danny Papers of the popular entertainer and his songwriter wife. Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. American Musical Theater Film Music Theater Women in the Performing Arts Radio/Television Women Composers Kaye, Danny Fine, Sylvia ML31.K397 Performing Arts Encyclopedia scdb Music Division, Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu012007 IHAS 120907 loc.natlib.scdb.200033583


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These bags are so versatile. Aside from a staple piece for any outfit, they are sturdy and can be used to carry so many things. This reusable tote bag can also be a market bag, beach bag, gym bag, baby bag, book bag and so much more.
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Mr. Freeze emerges from his frigid laboratory to join the One:12 Collective.
Outfitted in an armored cryo-suit, this complex technology is not only keeping him alive, but also augmenting his strength and durability to superhuman levels. The power pack attached to the back of the cryo-suit features light-up ice crystals.
Equipped with weaponry capable of causing more than just frostbite, Mr. Freeze comes complete with a freeze ray cannon with light-up function, freeze ray handgun, an ice blast FX that fits over the chests of other One:12 figures, and a freeze FX that fits over the heads of other One:12 figures.
Mr. Freeze is contained neatly in a cryo-chamber shaped tin, with a frosted window revealing the inside.
Dr. Victor Fries, also known as Mr. Freeze, was a cryogenics expert in Gotham City who was caught in a laboratory mishap in an attempt to cure his terminally ill wife. The accident drastically lowered his body temperature, forcing him to wear a cryogenic suit in order to survive. Utilizing this advanced technology, Mr. Freeze became a criminal with a taste for diamonds and revenge.
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There are a lot of great new stamp sets, paper and ideas! This is also National Papercrafting Month and this is the product of the month to celebrate it. NO stamping involved
I have a whole new appreciating for papercrafting as this was my first experience.
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We clean windows up to second or third floor depending on the height of the floors. We use ladders and are in training to use cherry pickers, scissor lifts and various lift access machines to clean those "hard to reach" windows. House, office, commercial, industrial, shop fronts, mirrors, buses, churches… "We will clean the windows to your world"
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This system has a reach of about 4 to 5 stories high. The Unger water fed pole system, is a water filtration system that takes normal tap water and runs it through 2 filtration cartridges to get purified water delivered on the other end. This water runs through a pipe that is attached to a telescopic carbon fiber pole which has a brush on the end. The deionised water in combination with the brush, agitates and removes the dirt from the glass. Used in the cleaning of signage, windows, billboards, walls, wall cladding, to name but a few.
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Cleaning from ceiling to floor and everything in between. If you just need a general once off spring clean because you just not getting to the corners, or for the day that your trusted house keeper goes on leave…
For estate agents that need a clean after a tenant has moved out and the new one is due in tomorrow. For the meticulous builder that is so over booked, we will clean up after you have left the site so that you can get on with what you do best. For the party animal student that had the house to himself the weekend…"mommy and daddy must not know"
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Take into consideration the situations you encounter with safety. The first most necessary is at house. Then you definately transfer to your office which additionally needs to be safe. All the day you're in both of those two locations and so the significance of safety in everybody's life may be very excessive. Types of safety providers
Guarding and safety service- This is among the most seen type of safety exterior properties, workplaces, malls and so on. To ensure that us to really feel secure, we wish the safety guards to be well-trained, mannered, well mannered, courteous, sincere and affected person. The coaching ought to embody having the ability to deal with a burglar, having the ability to deal with the stress in case of fireplace and having the ability to care for anybody injured in any battle or any pure calamity. We additionally just like the guards to be sincere and open. They should not rob the individuals dwelling within the society. They need to be properly dressed, presentable and well mannered as properly. Digital safety One other type of safety we encounter in workplaces, malls or within the basements and lobbies of societies are CCTV cameras. These are only one sort of safety. The opposite varieties embody using metallic detectors. These providers are once more used to mitigate and negate any type of damaging risk to life or existence. Thus the system needs to be alert, dependable, environment friendly and efficient. If it stops working on the time it's most wanted then such a system is of no use. Thus it's a necessity to guarantee that the metallic detectors and CCTV cameras are from an excellent firm and are of an excellent high quality. Escort providers to some necessary individuals Refined providers embody coaching offered to personnel to care for VIP (Crucial individuals) comparable to Gamers, Diplomats, and Politicians. There's a want to make sure that these personnel are extremely skilled for self protection and for the protection of any assaults on the VIP'S. Together with their physique energy they need to even be dependable and sincere. All these qualities are a should within the safety personnel. Thus these are the principle providers offered by the assorted safety providers in Pune. Suggestions Mechanism Offering any service is of no good if ample suggestions isn't offered. It's a good suggestion to carry out properly, consider it and carry out higher the subsequent time. Equally in safety providers as properly, it is a necessity. This helps within the identification of flaws within the system for rectification. ANSEC We guarantee that our guards bear a obligatory coaching. It begins with the induction course of adopted by the primary assist, security and the hearth combating coaching. This takes place at common intervals. Additional we guarantee that every particular person on the group will get the eye and we customise the coaching in accordance with the wants of the guards on the group.
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Politicians and others who support policies that would require parental permission for teachers to use a student's preferred pronouns at school say they are about including parents in the lives of their children.
Those opposed say the issue is not about the rights of parents at all, but rather the protection of children — particularly transgender and non-binary students who may not feel safe revealing their gender identities at home.
The answer to what "parental rights" mean in the context the ongoing debate lies somewhere in the middle, experts say. And rushing to push forward legislation could have dire effects on transgender and non-binary children.
Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah, the executive director of the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity, takes issue with the framing of these policies.
"That's an easy sell," she said. "They've set a trap with 'parental rights' as a political argument."
She said using this framework for pushing forward anti-LGBTQ+ policies means its proponents are able to get support from people who may not understand the nuance of the issue, but feel parents ought to be involved in their children's decisions.
Young people have agency and autonomy over their bodies, how they navigate the world and their identities, said Owusu-Akyeeah, and part of navigating that autonomy is with whom they decide to share things with, including their gender expression, and when.
And when they're able to do that, their risk of harm drops significantly.
A landmark 2018 study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health found transgender youth who are able to use their preferred names and pronouns reported a 34 per cent drop in suicidal thoughts and a 65 per cent decrease in suicide attempts.
Owusu-Akyeeah said this is a political tactic designed to further marginalize children.
"It's an interesting watershed moment we're seeing in Canadian politics and, specifically, in Canadian conservatism," she said.
The policies have been introduced in two provinces.
In June, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs announced a review of an educational policy that had made it mandatory for teachers to use a student's preferred pronouns and names at school. After the review, the government now says teachers must get the consent of a parent to use different names or pronouns for students under 16.
Higgs was insistent in media interviews that the policy is about protecting parental rights.
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has filed a court action seeking to overturn parts of the policy related to self-identification and to declare that parts of it are contrary to both the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and provincial legislation in New Brunswick.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe followed suit with a similar policy, which he has now promised to codify in law. He has also said he might use the notwithstanding clause to make sure it stays.
The UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity at the University of Regina, which offers services to gender-diverse individuals around the provincial capital, is challenging that policy in court. Egale Canada, a national organization that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, is co-counsel in the case.
"It's a question of whether or not the provinces are using a scalpel, or whether they're using a sledgehammer," said Kerri Froc, an associate professor at the University of New Brunswick who specializes in constitutional law.
"These policies, in the form that I've seen, sound more like a sledgehammer."
Froc said courts have recognized that parents have a fundamental interest in being able to parent their children and make decisions for them, including those surrounding medical procedures and schooling.
Still, she said it's important to understand the context in which these policies are being introduced, and whether they violate the rights of already marginalized children.
"They very explicitly, on their face, make a distinction and target transgender students," said Froc, noting the policies do not apply to students with ethnic names who want to anglicize them, even if that change would be of interest to their parents.
Froc said these so-called parental rights policies need to be balanced in the best interests of the child.
The issue goes beyond provincial politics.
At the recent Conservative party convention in Quebec City, delegates voted in favour of a future Conservative government prohibiting "life-altering" medical and surgical interventions for gender-diverse and transgender people under the age of 18.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has yet to say whether the policy proposal should make it into this party's official platform or become law.
Owusu-Akyeeah said the public debate is causing fear for children who might be affected, and this shows Canadian society still has problems with creating affirming child-parent relationships.
In the absence of that, friends and schools are some of the first places children will go to to share who they are with those they trust.
And if they can't do that without a parent's involvement, kids can be in a difficult position.
"The most important thing we can do is to support young people in their agency in figuring out who they are and how they show up in the world."
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Emergency services have rushed to the scene of an accident on the M11 this evening (August 2).
A witness has descibred seeing a car in a ditch on the M11 at around junction 10, just south of Trumpington.
He also told Cambridgeshire Live that there were "multiple police, fire engines and ambulances on scene."
Traffic is looking heavy on the road from near Granchester all the way down past Little Shelford.
Cambridgeshire Police have warned road users to avoid the area if at all possible, saying that they carriageway has been closed following the accident.
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Presentation Title HITB Labs: Practical Attacks Against 3G/4G Telecommunication Networks
Presentation Abstract
In 2010 a number of practical high-profile attacks against GSM has been discussed and demonstrated. Still it should be noted that those only work against GSM ("2G") which has been standardised in the early 90s. It was followed by the "3G" family of standards in 2000 which in turn are currently superseded (better: complemented) by yet another generation ("4G"). LTE (4G) which is expected to be "the next big thing in mobile telco business" has an all-IP network architecture that is much flatter than the earlier architectures' ones.
In this 2 hours lab session, you will learn the fundamentals you need to know of 3G/4G telecommunication network architectures, associated attack paths and attack classification based on the protocols involved and the attack originating networks (user equipment, other operators, Internet, etc.). Daniel Mende and Jim Geovedi will familiarise you with some of the tools they authored and also practicing the attacks against real 3G/4G telecommunication gear in the lab. Not only you will learn how to use designated attack tools, you will find out how to implement component fuzzing against 3G/4G telecommunication gear.
This workshop is hands-on. You will need a laptop with VMWare/VirtualBox installed.
About Daniel Mende
Daniel Mende is a long time network geek who loves to explore network devices & protocols and to break flawed ones.
About Jim Geovedi
BBC News described Geovedi as a guy who "doesn't look like a Bond villain… but possesses secrets that some of them might kill for".


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Part D – Jorge and Doug discuss the next aspect of working Step 4 in sex addiction recovery. If you haven't listened to steps 1-3, it may be a good idea to listen to episode 31 (Step 3), episode 20 (step 2), and episodes 9/10 (step one). Also parts A, B, and C of step four were released a few days before this episode.
In this podcast, they discuss how to work through the harms we have done to others or have been done to us. We take ownership for our part in those harms, and pave the way for future step work by identifying them now. They also discuss the "deep dark secrets" and how those are detrimental to recovery. Step 5 is an avenue to release those, so after successful completion of Step 4, that work can be done more fully!
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Le Royal Mansour hotel in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh
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Le Royal Mansour hotel in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh is hardly a typical luxury five-star hotel. Instead it feels like a real fairytale palace.
The ultra-luxurious hotel opened summer 2010 after five years of work by hundreds of skilled craftsmen, including blacksmiths, carpenters, glass blowers and master embroiderers. Every inch of the hotel is elaborately decorated with mosaics, 50 sorts of marble, gilding and carved wood. The mirrors come from Venice, the humidors in the cigar bar are Swiss, and the landscape design is by Luis Vallejo of Spain.
Guests enter the hotel through massive copper gates and find themselves in the shade of 400-year-old palm trees. The hotel is surrounded by a five-meter-high protective wall, like a mediaeval castle, turning it into a city within a city. Each guest stays in his own "riad", the name for a traditional house.
Each riad has a simple facade with small windows and a large wooden door. But the inside windows look onto a light and airy inner courtyard. Le Royal Mansour has 53 riads, each with three floors. The ground floor has a sitting room and a dining room. On the first floor are bedrooms with large walk-in closets and bathrooms, while the second floor is an open walled terrace with a swimming pool, surrounded by luxurious sofas, where you can have breakfast or eat dinner while admiring the sunset over Marrakesh. The riad is decorated in a mixture of Moorish, Arab, Berber and European styles.
Every surface is richly patterned, while the furniture is intricately carved and the rooms are strewn with luxurious rugs. The service is also exceptional. The guests never even spot the service staff, who use a system of underground galleries to walk around out of sight. Guests who venture out of the riads can enjoy a pristine snowy-white spa and have a traditional Berber massage in the Turkish baths.
The hotel also has three interesting restaurants to try. Two of them offer fine French and Moroccan cuisine.
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This article describes the background, methodology, and results of a study undertaken in 2014 to determine university faculty awareness and perceptions of copyright as it affects their teaching. An online survey questionnaire was distributed to teaching faculty across Canada, seeking feedback about the copyright policies and training opportunities at their institutions, where they go for copyright assistance, and how they would respond to various copyright-related scenarios that may arise in the course of teaching.
Most of the respondents are aware of the copyright policies or guidelines at their universities, but much fewer know whether or not their institution offers copyright training. Of those who are aware of training opportunities, only one third have taken advantage of them. When needing assistance, faculty members are most likely to go to a librarian or to the institution's copyright policy.
Responses to the four scenarios suggest that faculty members are more likely to share digital copyrighted materials (including online works) with their students, whereas they are more likely to ask permission or guidance when it comes to print materials.
Comments from the respondents touch upon issues of the complexity of copyright, and the often time-consuming process of obtaining permissions for the use of copyrighted materials in teaching.
This study was supported by an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
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After a century-long drought, professional hockey has returned to the Northwest. On December 4, 2018, the National Hockey League's (NHL) Board of Governors unanimously approved Seattle's bid to become the 32nd NHL franchise. The yet-to-be-named team will be the first Seattle-based professional squad to take the ice since 1924, when the Seattle Metropolitans closed up shop seven years after bringing the city its first ever major sports championship.
The new Seattle team will give the city its fourth out of five "Big Five" sports franchises, joining the National Football League's Seahawks, Major League Baseball's Mariners, and Major League Soccer's Sounders and National Women's Soccer League's Reign. Because Portland lacks professional teams that Seattle has, many Oregonians' fandoms gravitate towards the teams up North. "I'm excited to have a team closer to Portland," says Gwilym Horner (9), an avid hockey fan. "With the success of the recent Las Vegas [Golden Knights] expansion team, I think it will be a good move."
Come the 2021-22 NHL season, when Seattle is slated to begin competition, the grand total of "I-5 Rivalries" between Seattle and Portland sports teams will be two. And while the Timbers-Sounders and Thorns-Reign soccer rivalries exemplify the passionate fan bases of both cities, matchups are far too infrequent to rebuild the vicious I-5 Rivalries of the 90's and 2000's.
Basketball memories of the past characterize the Portland-Seattle sports feud of old. Separated by 174 miles, a rivalry between Portland's Trail Blazers and Seattle's Supersonics sprouted due to sheer proximity. The intense playoff back-and-forth of the 1991 NBA playoffs went to a win-or-go-home game five, seeing the Blazers win and advance to the Western Conference Finals. This set the stage for heated regular season matchups, and because both teams operated within the same division, they played four times each season. In 2008, the Sonics were infamously relocated to Oklahoma City, leaving a Seattle-sized hole in the hearts of fans on both sides of the Columbia. In only three years of existence, from 2000-2002, Portland's WNBA team, the Fire, had its fair share of close games with Seattle's Storm. When Stacey Thomas, a Portland draftee, opted to sign with the Storm in 2002, she was heavily criticized by the Fire fan base.
There is a possibility of a future "I-5 Rivalry" in baseball, as in the past few months, a Portland-based ownership group has made serious strides in bringing an MLB team to Portland. The prospects of a baseball rivalry, however, would take years to come to fruition, with Portland's first pitch coming in 2022 at the very earliest.
When asked about the future prospects of geographical sports rivalries for the city, Seattle's mayor, Jenny Durkan, in reference to the new NHL team, said to the Seattle Times, "We saw the [Vancouver] Canucks are excited to come here and get beat. And we're excited to go up North." While Northwest rivalries like a Seattle-Vancouver one could be entertaining, it doesn't share the same excitement as a cross-Columbia clash between two cities with a storied history and competitive nature between two similar populations and cultures. By pitting more Pacific Northwest teams against each other, a richer and more successful sports culture can be created.


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Dreaming of a cheese wedding cake but can't choose just three wheels? This is your perfect match!
Cheese wedding cakes – a delicious trend that's taken Wisconsin by storm – usually have three wheels to create a classic tiered look. But with so many incredible local cheeses, who can choose just three? For the couple who wants to have it all, a wedge-based cake delivers all the beauty with even more cheesy magic. Read on to learn how you can create your own!
We'll admit it: we went a little nuts with this one. Loaded with eight different varieties of glorious Wisconsin cheese, this cake is a choose-your-own-adventure in fromage form.
Here are the wedges that made the cut:
Packed with fresh veggie flavor and hand rolled in aromatic basil, this bold and colorful Antonella is right at home as a showstopping cake topper. Munch this savory concoction on a cracker or let it shine all on its own.
When ordering our pizza with extra cheese just isn't enough, we reach for this pepperoni and marinara masterpiece. Crafted with two iconic pizza toppings and dressed up in a gorgeous, tomato-red rind, it's another eye-catching choice for the top tier of your cake.
This strikingly beautiful Wisconsin Original was inspired by the color and soul of the American Heartland at sunset.
It's a dense, chewy table cheese similar to French Mimolette, with a subtle butterscotch sweetness and a balanced hit of acidity on the finish.
Crafted through a cross-state partnership between two Midwestern cheesemakers, this exceptional aged gouda delivers a satisfying crystalline crunch with a tangy kick. The cheesemakers who created Jeff's Select call the painstaking aging process a "labor of love," so it's clearly the perfect cheese for a wedding.
The cheese geniuses at Sartori know how to pair wine and cheese whether it's at the dinner table or right in the wheel. Bright, buttery Chardonnay compliments their creamy BellaVitano in this exceptional infusion that'll have you toasting to Wisconsin.
In another delectable spin on their rich, nutty BellaVitano, Sartori takes the fruit of the black pepper vine and rubs it on the rind to add little fire. A former Best Cheese In America award-winner, this one'll give you zest for life!
Sartori's Merlot BellaVitano weds their rich, creamy Wisconsin Original BellaVitano to the berry and plum notes of Merlot. It's an exceptional table cheese that goes perfectly with – you guessed it – Merlot.
Can you tell we love our BellaVitano? This final wedge comes from a wheel of BellaVitano Gold, which pulls back on the bells and whistles to let the cheese shine. Think of it as the love child of farmstead Parmesan and classic cheddar – a magnificently creamy wedge that finishes with decadent hints of melted butter. More please!
Not sure what drinks to serve alongside your cheese wedge wonderland? We've got you covered. Find everything you need in our Pairing Guide.
With so many different cheeses in one cake, you can keep any decorative touches subtle.
Catch the bouquet. Adding in a few sprigs of fresh flowers that match your wedding motif will elevate the cake and tie it in with your larger theme.
Pair off. A few bunches of grapes and fresh figs on the side imbue a little extra visual interest and make for delicious cheese pairings.
Guide your guests. Place a small wooden sign into one of each type of cheese to help guests navigate this tower of cheese finery.
Already imagining the wedges your own cheese wedding cake will contain? Then our work here is done! Start the search for your own cheesy dream team here.
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In Wisconsin, we make more flavors, varieties, and styles of cheese than anywhere else in the world. We believe in tradition, producing everything from Italian classics, like parmesan and ricotta, to swiss cheese and cheddar varieties. But every Wisconsin cheesemaker is an innovator as well, which is why we have so many Wisconsin originals, like colby and muenster. Whether it's a grilled cheese sandwich, potatoes au gratin, or a charcuterie board, Wisconsin cheese makes every dish and recipe tastier.


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Before I headed off to bed I snapped a few photos of her with my camera. They are not the best photos but they are mine.
This one shows the moon just above the tree line across the road.
This second was a super zoom of her.
Then I went to bed and through the black out shades I could see the beams coming into my bedroom. With Canyon Storm playing I laid on the bed and glanced across hubby as the moonbeams peeked out. He said to me.... "Honey do you want to sleep in the moonbeams?" Startled at first that something so simple was so very obvious to my husband of ten years. I whispered yes. After being away since 3 am, he got up and moved to the other side of the bed so I could open the curtain and bask in the beauty of the full moon.
Our house faces east and our headboard as well, so the full moon bathed me in moonbeams all night. I dreamed of art work and sculpture pieces that I wanted to complete. I was filled with love and creation much like a mother ready to give birth to something beautiful.
At 5:40 this morning the dogs woke me. I stumbled out into the living room to see them and from the west, the back of our house there she was. That wonderful full moon calling to me. I grabbed my camera and took a few shots before she slowly set behind the trees.
I sit typing this full of hope and encouragement. I sit here, covered in moonbeams, looking towards the future.
Take a moment to enjoy what is around you. Working too hard makes you miss that time to play.
Namaste & Blessed Be


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The tax system in Hong Kong is simple and the tax rate is low, but the company still needs to declare tax after its establishment. As for how much tax needs to pay or whether to pay it, it is up to the Hong Kong Revenue Bureau to evaluate and estimate.
In Hong Kong, the government will issue a Profit Tax Return Form 18 months after the establishment of the new company. After reporting the tax for the first time, the tax department will issue the new Profit Tax Return Form every April.
There are three ways in dealing with Hong Kong tax reporting issue:
- Zero declaration - suitable for companies which don't carry on any business and without opening any bank accounts;
- Accounting and tax return filing - suitable for the unlimited company.
- Accounting and Financial auditing for tax return filing - suitable for limited companies which carry on business.


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First and foremost, remember to go very carefully through all of the required materials before starting this assignment. There are two short articles, plus two in-depth book chapters to go through. There are also some optional readings in the background materials that you can use for your paper. It is important to make sure you understand the ins and outs of Open Space Technology and Future Search before starting on this assignment, so make sure to go through the readings carefully before you start on this paper .
For this assignment, you will be going through four scenarios. For each scenario, cite at least two of the readings from the background readings to support your answer. You need to cite at least four of the readings total for your paper—these can include both required and optional readings listed in the background materials. Your paper should be 4–5 pages in length:
- Suppose you win the lottery. Not sure what to do with all of your money, on an impulse you decide to buy a local college as you want to make a positive impact in your community. However, you soon find yourself a bit over your head as all day you have employees or students coming to your office with all kinds of advice, suggestions for changes that should be made, complaints, etc. Never having run a college before, you are a bit confused about how to deal with all of this input and you don't really have a good idea about what to focus on. The college has about 300 employees and 800 students and want to find a way to get some more organized input and creative ideas for improving the college. Should you use Open Space Technology, Future Search, or neither? Explain your reasoning and justify your answer using at least two of the readings from the background materials.
- A video game company starts out with five undergraduate students living in a dorm, but rapidly grows within three years to around 50 employees and $10 million a year in annual revenues. While the company is still expected rapid growth, there is still sharp tension between the very young video game designers and the older and more experienced executives who run the finance and marketing departments. In particular, the younger employees strive to develop new video games that are unique and much different than any other games available. However, the more experienced executives wish to take a more conservative route and come out with games that are similar to popular games produced by their competitors. The five founding partners are not sure which of these two directions to take and wish to receive input from all of their employees through some type of formal process. Should the CEO use Open Space Technology, Future Search, or neither? Explain your reasoning and justify your answer using at least two of the readings from the background materials.
- An insurance company has most of its employees in three different departments – sales, accounting, and information technology. The CEO is always receiving input from the sales department, as most of the salesforce is very outgoing and they don't hesitate to give their opinions or make requests. On the other hand, employees in accounting and information technology tend to be quiet and shy and rarely speak up. The CEO notices that there is considerably higher turnover in the accounting and information technology departments, and thus becomes concerned that perhaps employees in these departments are leaving because they are dissatisfied with decisions the CEO has made or because they feel the salesforce is overly favored. There are about 50 employees in each department. The CEO wishes to find a process by which a wider range of employee input can be obtained. Should the CEO use Open Space Technology, Future Search, or neither? Explain your reasoning and justify your answer using at least two of the readings from the background materials.
- A CEO initiates an Open Space Technology conference. At the start of the conference, the CEO provides a list of topics he wants covered and also gives his opinion on what kind of outcomes he wants from the conference. He also makes attendance at the conference mandatory. When the conference starts, participants all volunteer to give sessions on the topics proposed by the CEO. A few participants propose to give sessions on other topics not mentioned by the CEO, but very few employees come to these sessions and instead go to the sessions covering topics suggested by the CEO. At the end of the conference, the CEO is presented with a carefully worded summary of the conference and given conclusions that the CEO wanted to hear. However, after the conference ends and employees go back to work they are very slow at implementing the recommendations from the conference. What do you think went wrong? Which major principles or concepts of Open Space Technology do you think the CEO violated? Explain your reasoning, and cite Leith (1996) and at least one other source on Open Space Technology to support your answer.
Assignment Expectations
- Answer the assignment questions directly.
- Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; don't go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials.
- Make sure to use reliable and credible sources as your references. Articles published in established newspapers or business journals/magazines are preferred. If you use articles from the Internet, make sure they are from credible sources.
- Reference your sources of information with both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 13 and 14 on in-text citations. Another resource is the "Writing Style Guide," which is found under My Resources in the TLC portal.
To begin, read these two articles for a basic overview of large group interventions such as Future Search and Open Space Technology:
Nixon, B. (1998). Creating the futures we desire – getting the whole system into the room: Part I. Industrial and Commercial Training, 30(1), 4-11. [ProQuest]
Leith, M. (1996). Organizational change and large group interventions. Career Development International, 1(4), 19-23. [ProQuest]
Finally, take a closer and more detailed look at Future Search and Open Space Technology with these final two readings that are highly important for your assignments. You will be required to cite these readings in your papers:
Norum, K. E. (2005). Chapter 15: Future Search conversation. In Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication (pp. 323-333). Springer Science & Business Media B.V. / Books. [Business Source Complete]
Rogers, J. (2010). Large group interventions. Facilitating Groups. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. Pp. 98-104 [EBSCO eBook Collection. Note: this is a section at the end of Chapter 3 of this book]
For some comprehensive guides to Future Search and Open Space Technology written by the original creators of these methods see the following books:
Weisbord, M. R., & Janoff, S. (2010). Future Search: Getting the Whole System in the Room for Vision, Commitment, and Action. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers [EBSCO eBook Collection]
Owen, H. (2008). Open Space Technology: A User's Guide (3rd Edition). Williston, VT, USA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. [EBSCO eBook Collection]


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SolarReserve Ranked #1 Fastest Growing Cleantech Company in North America on Deloitte 2014 Technology Fast 500
Also ranked 20th fastest growing among all technology companies - attributes significant revenue growth to company's proprietary solar energy storage technology and global development activities
SANTA MONICA, California, November 17, 2014-SolarReserve, a leading global developer of utility-scale solar power projects and advanced solar thermal technology, today announced it ranked the fastest growing cleantech company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. SolarReserve was also rated the 20th fastest growing among all technology companies. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years, from 2009 to 2013.
SolarReserve's chief executive officer, Kevin Smith, credits the company's industry leading solar thermal energy storage technology with the significant revenue growth, along with the company's diverse 5,000 MW worldwide development portfolio of large-scale solar projects. Smith said, "The recognition of our growth by the prominent Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is an honor as well as a validation of our team's strong expertise and dedication in advancing our solar energy storage technology and our ability to win in markets worldwide."


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This blog is by Nigel Haigh, founder member and former chair of Green Alliance, and honorary fellow at IEEP. It is taken from a speech he gave recently at the Environment Ireland 2018 Conference.
Before I look forward, I want to take stock of the EU's environmental achievements in the past 40 years. If it is well known that the EU has brought the weaker member states closer to the standards of the stronger, it has also:
- Promoted economies of scale. States have learnt from each other's policies, with the benefit of data from the European Environment Agency (EEA).
- Created other EU wide institutions, such as the Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki; and the IPPC Bureau in Seville, which provides guidance on best industrial practice.
- Been original. Some EU legislation is unlike anything that previously existed as it had to deal with problems that demand collaboration.
- Developed concepts and principles. The 'precautionary principle' came from Germany and is now in the EU treaties to enable action to be taken in advance of proof that the threats are sufficiently serious. And there are others.
- Had global impact. EU environmental policy is now the most mature and coherent in the world and is regarded as a point of reference by other countries. The EU influenced global treaties on the ozone layer and climate change, and many countries model their chemicals laws on the EU's REACH.
The EU has clearly enabled its member states to achieve results which they could never have achieved on their own: the main message of my 2016 book, EU environmental policy: its journey to centre stage.
EU policy won't stop evolving
Forty years after EU environmental policy began, one would expect it to be fairly mature. But it will not stop evolving. New topics such as the circular economy are still being developed. And a linked subject needing attention is surely sustainable production and consumption.
Forty years ago, we were still largely focusing on local or regional problems. To look 40 years ahead is perilous, but one thing that can be said with certainty is that environmental problems will increasingly be long range and long term.
Climate change will not go away. Demand for food, water and natural resources will increase. Reversing biodiversity loss will only get more difficult as a growing world population aspires to the standards of consumption that the middle classes in the developed world take for granted: just look at China over the last decades. Pollution of the seas will rise on the agenda. Air pollution kills millions worldwide. Environmental policy can only grow more important internationally. The UN Sustainable Development Goals underline that we are all interdependent so that sustainable development is only achievable at a global level.
The EU will be weaker internationally
Brexit will weaken the EU's ability to act internationally. Not only is the UK one of the most populous and economically most powerful member states – and, after Germany, the second largest net contributor to the EU budget – but it also has a greater global reach than any other member state. Only France has a comparable diplomatic service: both France and the UK, acting in concert with EU officials, played a major role in getting so many countries to agree to the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Outside the EU the UK will become a bit player on the world stage dominated by the future big players: China, India, Russia, Brazil, and the EU too. The US, which was an environmental leader in the 1970s has now become a brake, let us hope only temporarily. Of these big players, only the EU has such an environmentally engaged public, and only the EU has an institutional culture in which environmental policy is so central. The UK's departure can only diminish that.
The possibilities for EU internal policy without the UK
The UK's departure will also influence the EU's internal environmental policy. It has often been seen by other member states as excessively cautious to the extent of being a drag on high standards, so much so that some think the EU will be more ambitious without the UK. There may be some truth in that, but the other side of that coin is that the pragmatic British have always insisted that EU legislation should be workable. Other member states have often shielded behind UK objections and, if future EU policy is to be well grounded, other states may have to take on the British mantle. So one possibility is a more aspirational, but less practical, EU.
Another possibility is that a post-Brexit deregulatory British government, eager to strike trade deals with third countries, will have a chilling effect on the EU which will not want to be undercut by an economically important offshore neighbour. That pressure could lead the EU to trim back its environmental ambitions. India has already said it wants weaker standards for chemicals in any trade deal with the UK, and plenty of Brexiteers welcome the import from the US of cheap chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-treated beef. Anticipate storms ahead both within the UK and in the dialogue between the EU and UK that will certainly continue.
Much of this speech, not featured in this blog, is about the impact of Brexit on environmental management in Ireland, north and south of the border. The full text is available on IEEP's website.


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Great Morning Routine for Productivity
How you start your day determines how your day is going to unfold. Don't leave it up to chance to have a great and productive day, but take control of your life, and get the most out of each day by implementing some healthy and helpful morning rituals to increase your productivity. So stop wasting valuable time and begin each day with a healthy mindset and a structured plan for the day. So here is a great morning routine for those of you who need more structure in your life.
Morning Routine
Follow these steps to get a good start to your day, and to increase your productivity.
1 – Gratitude
Start each day with a quick gratitude meditation before you begin your day. Take some time to show gratitude for all the things you already have in your life, even though you may want something more. Showing appreciation for what you have, changes your mindset, and help you to focus on abundance instead of scarcity. You automatically become a much happier and positive person when you realize that you are truly rich already… you are healthy, you have a home, you have a job, you have a family and so on… you have so much more than you realize. So close your eyes and focus on all that you have and feel grateful for.
2 – Affirmations
After you have done your gratitude meditation, continue with an affirmation and visualization meditation where you now focus on what you want. Make an affirmation for what you want to achieve, and then visualize yourself having already achieved your goal. So if you want to lose weight, say to yourself… "I am healthy… I am fit… and I love my body", while you imagine being your ideal weight and enjoying life.
3 – Drink Water
Drinking a glass of water first thing in the morning on an empty stomach can help detox your body and cleanse your system of toxins.
4 – A Healthy Breakfast
Eat a healthy and nutritious breakfast to give you the energy you need to start your day. So eat something with lots of vitamins, proteins and fibers to fuel your body and mind.
5 – Mindfulness
Take a moment to just be mindful and aware of your surroundings can help pull you out of autopilot and make you appreciate life more. So go outside or open your windows and take in your surroundings… switching off your thinking and analyzing brain, and simply observing your surroundings for a moment.
6 – Planing Your Day
Every evening you need to make a plan for the following day, so that you do not waste time in the morning. Then look through that plan and get a clear picture of what you have to do today.
7 – Categorize Your Tasks
Now categorize your tasks as either, A, B or C tasks; A being the most important and the things that need to be done, B being the slightly less important, and C being the least important ones. This will help you to know where you need to start so that you can be more productive and effective during your day.
8 – Avoid Social Media
Stay far away from social media for the entire morning, and while you are working on your A tasks. You can easily waste precious minutes or even hours scrolling through useless updates and posts. So spend your time wisely and don't log in to your social media account until you have completed your tasks and have some time to spare.
9 – Reward Yourself
Plan a small reward at the end of your day to help motivate you and excite you. This reward should only be something small, like allowing yourself to enjoy a good movie, spending some time on a hobby of yours, or whatever will make you relaxed and happy.
So try out this morning routine and see if it increases and improves your productivity and help you deal with procrastination. Share your own morning routine rituals in the comments field bellow.


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Today was another perfect running day in Toronto at 3°, it felt more like Spring. I ran down by Queens Quay, right by the water along the Waterfront trail. I had a bit of sore tailbone from yesterday'srun, but the pain wore off after the first few kms. I continued listening to my Triggers audiobook about using daily questioning to make behavioural change for the first 5km and on the way home had a great chat with my mom on the phone. Did a really good stretch afterwards and don't feel sore yet. I've been lucky the first few days with the weather, but think it's definitely going to get more challenging as the temperature drops in the next few weeks.
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