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The Colorado Avalanche finally reached the mountaintop in 2022, vanquishing the juggernaut Tampa Bay Lightning to bring home the Stanley Cup. Anchored by long-tenured veterans like Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen, plus newer faces including defensive prodigy Cale Makar and center Nazem Kadri, this powerhouse squad demonstrated clear vision and incredible heart on their path to victory. Carry Me Home chronicles this remarkable season through unmatched writing from The Athletic accompanied by dozens of dynamic photos. Celebrate and relive all the top moments of the playoffs, including sweeps of the Nashville Predators and Edmonton Oilers, a hard-fought series against the St. Louis Blues and finally hoisting the Stanley Cup after triumphing over the Lightning. This commemorative book also features in-depth stories on popular figures like MacKinnon, Makar, Kadri, Artturi Lehkonen and more.

Due diligence is a prominent concept in international law, frequently referred to in arbitral awards, court decisions, and in scholarly discussions on state responsibility. However, until now, the specific normative content and systemic relation of due diligence to rules and principles of international law has largely remained unexplored. The present book provides a comprehensive analysis of the content, scope, and function of due diligence across various areas of international law, including international environmental law, international peace and security law, and international economic law. Sector by sector, contributors explore the diverse interactions between due diligence and area-specific substantive and procedural rules as well as general principles of international law. This book exposes the promises and limits of due diligence for enhancing accountability and compliance. It identifies the rise of due diligence as both a driver and signal of change in the international legal order towards risk management and proceduralisation.

This collection contains 147 peer-reviewed papers on project management and contracting in construction presented at the Construction Research Congress 2020, held in Tempe, Arizona, March 8–10, 2020.

This book explores one of the most pressing public policy questions for the 2020s: how should we regulate cannabis? The global cannabis prohibition regime is fragmenting as more countries experiment with decriminalization and legalization, and this book aims to make sense of this rapidly changing world. The ‘cannabis challenge'is complex. How do we balance creating a potentially lucrative legal cannabis industry with protecting public health? How do we hardwire social and racial justice into our reform initiatives? How do we build a cannabis trade that is environmentally sustainable? The book seeks to make sense of our present through a state-of-the-art global review of cannabis law reform initiatives – mapping what has been done, where, and with what impacts. It attempts to generate new ideas for the future of cannabis regulation by viewing it through the lens of business regulation and learning lessons from how other consumer products are regulated.

Hay mil y una razones para querer que el mundo mejore y cada vez más gente se compromete con los cambios que se requieren para combatir la pobreza, atenuar la desigualdad o promover el pleno respeto a los derechos humanos, pero no es fácil congeniar el deseo de arreglar las cosas con el abatimiento que se le echa encima a uno cuando comprueba la magnitud de estas tareas. Duncan Green ha escrito este libro para ofrecer estrategias, consejos, consuelo y ánimo a la pléyade de activistas que, desde organizaciones no gubernamentales u organismos internacionales, están poniendo su grano de arena para que sucedan todo tipo de transformaciones. Esta guía de campo para el activismo social tiende un puente entre la academia y la vida práctica, y dota a los lectores de herramientas analíticas para, de entrada, entender los sistemas sociales y, luego, incidir en ellos de manera sensata y eficaz. Con muchos ejemplos de primera mano, Green busca con humor e ironía crear un marco conceptual y pragmático para que, por fin, ocurran los cambios que deseamos.

Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2017, the third report in the series, offers insights into how laws and regulations affect private sector development for agribusinesses, including producer organizations and other agricultural entrepreneurs. Globally comparable data and scored indicators encourage regulations that ensure the safety and quality of agricultural inputs, goods and services but are not too costly or burdensome. The goal is to facilitate the operation of agribusinesses and allow them to thrive in a socially and environmentally responsible way, enabling them to provide essential agricultural inputs and services to farmers that could increase their productivity and profits. Regional, income-group and country-specific trends and data observations are presented for 62 countries and across 12 topics: seed, fertilizer, machinery, finance, markets, transport, water, ICT, land, livestock, environmental sustainability and gender. Data are current as of June 30, 2016. For more information, please see http://eba.worldbank.org

Human society is full of would-be'change agents', a restless mix of campaigners, lobbyists, and officials, both individuals and organizations, set on transforming the world. They want to improve public services, reform laws and regulations, guarantee human rights, get a fairer deal for those on the sharp end, achieve greater recognition for any number of issues, or simply be treated with respect. Striking then, that not many universities have a Department of Change Studies, to which social activists can turn for advice and inspiration. Instead, scholarly discussions of change are fragmented with few conversations crossing disciplinary boundaries, rarely making it onto the radars of those actively seeking change. This book bridges the gap between academia and practice, bringing together the best research from a range of academic disciplines and the evolving practical understanding of activists to explore the topic of social and political change. Drawing on many first-hand examples from the global experience of Oxfam, one of the world's largest social justice NGOs, as well as the author's insights from studying and working on international development, it tests ideas on How Change Happens and offers the latest thinking on what works to achieve progressive change. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is available as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.

Best Kellie Pickler Biography to date. This book is your ultimate resource for Kellie Pickler. Here you will find the most up-to-date 120 Success Facts, Information, and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Kellie Pickler's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Black River Entertainment - Background, List of Dancing with the Stars (U.S.) competitors, Jason Aldean - Tours, American Idol (season 5) - The finale, Dancing with the Stars - Professional achieving Five wins, Derek Hough - Dancing with the Stars, Kellie Pickler - 2008–10: Kellie Pickler, Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You, 90210 (season 4) - Cast and characters, Mark Ballas - Records, 19 Recordings - Former artists, 100 Proof (album) - Critical, Kellie Pickler - Personal life, Black River Entertainment - Artists, A Very Special Christmas 7 - Track listing, Online (song) - Background, A Very Special Christmas Vol.7, I Wonder (Kellie Pickler song) - Music video, Patsy Cline - Cover versions of Cline songs, Fancy (Bobbie Gentry song) - Other Versions, American Idol (season 5) - Controversy, Love on the Inside Tour - 2008–2009, Love on the Inside, Mandisa - American Idol, Karyn Rochelle, 100 Proof (song), Kellie Pickler (album) - Promotion, Dancing with the Stars - Professionals achieving two back-to-back wins, Fearless Tour - About the tour, Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You - Reception, BNA Records - Former artists, Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 16) - Week 4: Best Year of My Life night, Daughtry (band) - 2005–2008: Daughtry and breakthrough success, Miranda Lambert - 2009–11: Revolution, and much more...

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the hydrology of the Nile River, especially the ecohydrological degradation and challenges the basin is facing, the impact of climate change on water availability and the transboundary water management issues. The book includes analysis and approaches that will help provide different insights into the hydrology of this complex basin, which covers 11 countries and is home to over 300 million people. The need for water-sharing agreements that reflect the current situations of riparian countries and are based on equitable water- sharing principles is stressed in many chapters. This book explores water resource availability and quality and their trends in the basin, soil erosion and watershed degradation at different scales, water and health, land use and climate change impact, transboundary issues and water management, dams, reservoirs and lakes. The link between watershed and river water quantity and quality is discussed pointing out the importance of watershed protection for better water resource management, water accessibility, institutional set-up and policy, water demand and management. The book also presents the water sharing sticking points in relation to historical treaties and the emerging water demands of the upstream riparian countries. The need for collaboration and identification of common ground to resolve the transboundary water management issues and secure a win-win is also indicated.

This coffee-table book uses color photographs and captions to tell the story of the first one hundred years of the Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering. Formed four years after a chemical engineering curriculum was established at the University, the School grew rapidly in size and reputation. It was a leader in encouraging women and minority students to become engineers, and it produced many substantial scientific contributions. The School continues to provide expertise and solutions to the'grand challenge'problems that the world faces today, whether in energy, nanotechnology, biotechnology, health care, or advanced materials. Among its thirty faculty members, five are members of the National Academy of Engineering.

ROCK YOUR FANTASY LEAGUEAttention, hockey fantasy managers! Do you know which players offer the best value? Which player is a Cherry Pick? And who's a Cherry Bomb? Are some players only Foxy by Proxy? Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index is a gold mine for stats freaks—the key to unlocking hidden value and avoiding pitfalls in any hockey fantasy league. With his unique HFI system, Rob Higgins gives you the tools to make brilliant picks on draft day—and run the rest of your fantasy season like a rock'n'roll superstar.

As he did in his acclaimed'77: Denver, the Broncos, and a Coming of Age and his earlier nonfiction works, Terry Frei combines reporting, historical research, memoir, and opinion, discussing his varied experiences and the diverse characters-including John and Jack Elway, plus 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith-he has encountered in covering Colorado, national, and international sports since he was a green sportswriter in the era of'77. Those diverse figures include Olympic heroes, Hall of Famers, world boxing champions, and other marquee athletes. He also displays his knack for narrative and inquisitive journalism, introducing readers to intriguing figures and taking them behind the scenes of some very high-profile events and settings. All this follows a blunt and unsparing assessment of the modern newspaper and sports journalism.

100 great sports debates for each city—from who was the best coach to what was the best play of all time.The perfect gift for sports fans—the series that's sweeping the nation, and is already a hit in Boston, Chicago and New York.The best debates for rabid fansThe Best Sports Arguments gives each city or region all the best arguments of their hometown teams, with expert answers from top sports media figures. In fact, the Best Sports Arguments series is the #1 sports debates series on the market! Why?-Each book features 100 debates, the most of any series!-Each city's book is written by authors well-known in the region, leading to fan recognition and media interest.-They make perfect gifts for sports fans of any age.-And the debates go on!