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The New York University Tandon School of Engineering Robotic Design Team (NYU RDT) is the future of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Artemis Program fostered through their annual Robotic Mining Competition (RMC). A team composed of 75 members, of which 65 are undergraduates and 10 are graduates, spanning across 10 majors are challenged to develop an autonomous mining and excavation rover to collect and transport simulated extraterrestrial icy regolith. As part of the Vertically Integrated Program (VIP), RDT provides a long term project-based learning course in which members participate in our multidisciplinary team for academic credit. Through this course, members are educated on the NASA Systems Engineering Process, industry standards, and the project management workflow.
RMC is built off of NASA's Artemis Student Challenge. The challenge is founded on the hypothesis that raw materials on extraterrestrial bodies, like the Moon and Mars, would make for scientific and economic advancements; efficiently utilizing resources of the Moon, including its water and metal deposits for future human settlements, the refinement of rocket fuel in space, radio astronomy, and most importantly extending the nation's geo-strategic and economic sphere to encompass the Moon.
For 13 years strong, being ranked 26th to 2nd place within the United States, winning multiple recognized awards, RDT has continuously aimed to create innovative robots, each year improving on what has been constructed for the advancement of the Artemis Program. We believe that our findings due to our involvement in this competition will drive technological innovation by utilizing current scientific capabilities. This past project cycle, We were able to outstand in the 2020-2021 competition, winning multiple rewards including 1st Place Presentation and Demonstration, 3rd Place Outreach Project Report, and the Judge's Innovation Award!
To effectively and efficiently complete our project lifecycle, NYU RDT utilizes the NASA Systems Engineering process when designing, building and testing its system to ensure that its solution effectively addresses the competition requirements and stakeholder's expectations. Throughout the project lifecycle, RDT references the Systems Engineering V-diagram, an iterative graphical representation of a systems development lifecycle, to produce rigorous development lifecycle models and project management models. RDT's final system and its respective subsystems are thoroughly reviewed according to the Systems Engineering Process to minimize and mitigate possible points of failure and risks.
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In addition to the competitive aspect of the team, RDT is immensely dedicated to the propagation of STEM within all communities. Because of COVID last year, our outreach programs all switched into online versions. But the pandemic didn't stop our dedication to support our community. We partnered with TechGirlz and hosted Computer Science Workshops for local high-school girls, trying to introduce them into the STEM field.
The team also consistently promotes STEM to young females in the Girls Club by advocating as mentors for their NASA Space Apps Challenge Program. Each year many female members of the team would spend the weekend with them and inspire many to pursue engineering. For the 2020 challenge, the event was competed over zoom but the year before we were able to attend in person and a photo from the event is shown below!
The team also actively volunteers with Mouse in their various STEM events each year. The captain, Angy Lara, was part of the program in her youth and was extremely excited to give back to the community that inspired her to pursue engineering. Many of the children there would become intrigued in STEM and engineering after the events just like Angy did as a child. The photo below highlights the Robot Election event in 2019 at the Mouse Headquarters.
The Robotic Design Team wants to raise $5000 to help fund its various planned outreach projects alongside general funding for the robot for the upcoming academic year. Our goal is not only for victory at the Mining Competition but as well as to amplify our community outreach. RDT aims to succeed in all aspects which includes bringing more attention to the STEM fields to students who may otherwise not be presented the opportunity to explore it.
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Castelnovo ne' Monti (Castalnöv in dialetto locale, Castelnōv di Mûnt in dialetto reggiano), comunemente noto come Castelnuovo Monti, è un comune italiano di  abitanti della provincia di Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna. È considerato il "capoluogo" dell'Appennino reggiano.

Geografia fisica

Territorio
Situato nell'Appennino reggiano, l'abitato di Castelnovo ne' Monti si estende ai piedi della Pietra di Bismantova, a cavallo delle valli del Secchia e dell'Enza. Il capoluogo, posto a 44 km a sud di Reggio Emilia, è collocato in una conca racchiusa da tre colline coperte di conifere messe a dimora nel corso degli anni venti: Monte Castello, Monte Forco e Monte Bagnolo.

Il punto più alto è la cima dell'altopiano della Pietra di Bismantova a 1041,3 m s.l.m. mentre il punto meno elevato si trova a 351 m s.l.m. con una escursione altimetrica di 690 m. Il municipio è a 700 m s.l.m.

Il territorio comunale, oltre che dal capoluogo, è formato dalle frazioni di Bellaria, Bellessere, Berzana, Bondolo, Bora del Musso, Burano, Ca' del Cavo, Ca' del Grosso, Ca' di Magnano, Cà di Pattino, Ca' di Scatola, Campolungo, Capanna, Ca' Pavoni, Carnola, Casa della Carità, Casale di Bismantova, Case di Sopra, Case Perizzi, Casino, Castagnedolo, Cerreto, Chiesa, Cinqueterre, Colombaia, Costa de' Grassi, Croce, Eremo Bismantova, Fariolo, Felina, Felinamata, Frascaro, Garfagnolo, Gatta, Gombio, Maro, Monchio, Monchio di Villaberza, Monte Castagneto, Monteduro, Monticello, Mozzola, Noce, Parisola, Pietrebianche, Pioppella, Pregheffio, Quarqua, Regnola, Rio, Rivolvecchio, Roncadelli, Ronchi, Roncroffio, Schiezza, Soraggio, Terminaccio, Vezzolo, Vigolo, Virola, Vologno di Sotto, Zugognago per un totale di 96.50 chilometri quadrati.

Il comune confina a nord con Canossa e Casina, ad est con Carpineti, a sud con Villa Minozzo e ad ovest con Ventasso e Vetto.

In località Vezzolo, scorre il fosso Acqua Marcia (affluente del rio Budriolo), dal quale sgorga un'acqua sulfurea che la leggenda vuole sia stata utilizzata da Matilde di Canossa per guarire dai dolori.

Clima

La vegetazione si compone prevalentemente di querceti e faggeti che si estendono a margine delle coltivazioni. Nelle aree boscose non è raro osservare svariati tipi di selvaggina: lepri, faine, volpi, cinghiali e caprioli sono estremamente diffusi; in particolare, di questi ultimi, l'eccessiva quantità ha provocato danni alle coltivazioni e quindi è stato attivato un programma di abbattimento selettivo per ridurne il numero.

Di interesse sono tre emergenze naturalistiche presenti nel Comune: la Pietra di Bismantova, i Gessi Triassici alle sue pendici e l'alveo del fiume Secchia, tutelati dal loro inserimento nel Parco Nazionale dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano e già compresi nel Parco regionale dell'Alto Appennino Reggiano (Gigante).

Il comune è inserito nella zona climatica F.

Storia

Citazioni storiche

Descrizione di Castelnovo Monti nella "Corografia dei Territori di Modena, Reggio e degli altri Stati già appartenenti alla Casa d'Este" di Lodovico Ricci nel 1788:

Citazione dantesca

Società

Evoluzione demografica

Etnie e minoranze straniere
Al 31 dicembre 2017 gli stranieri residenti nel comune sono , pari al 10,4% della popolazione. Le nazionalità più numerose sono:
 Albania: 378
 Marocco: 195
 Romania: 111
 Ucraina: 80
 Macedonia: 55

Istituzioni, enti e associazioni

 Ospedale Sant'Anna, inaugurato nel 1931

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse
monte Pietra di Bismantova: caratteristico "sperone" di roccia, piatto come un gigantesco tronco d'albero mozzato, in roccia triassica di arenaria, meta di turisti, escursionisti e rocciatori. Vedere la relativa pagina dedicata.

Architetture religiose
Chiesa parrocchiale di Santa Maria Assunta - loc. Campiliola. Conosciuta anche come "de Bismantova", la Pieve di Campiliola (detta anche di Campiola, Campigliola, Campiolo), precedente al 980, è stata la più vasta ed importante della Diocesi reggiana con terre in 60 località dell'Appennino e 24 dipendenze già nel 1272. La chiesa secondo alcune fonti fu ricollocata dalla sommità della Pietra sul sito attuale nel XII o XIII secolo gli studi più moderni tuttavia la attestano sin dalla prima ora nel luogo ove si trova attualmente. Fu più volte restaurata poiché gli strati marnosi sottostanti, trattenendo ingenti quantità di acqua piovana, ne hanno compromesso periodicamente la stabilità. Da rimarcare, in epoca post-tridentina, gli importanti lavori di restauro operati nel 1600 per opera degli arcipreti Ambrogio Iattici, Giovanni Maria Manini e Domenico Manini. Gli attuali caratteri stilistici della chiesa sono riferibili all'ultima ricostruzione completa compiuta nel periodo 1713-1726 dall'architetto Geminiano Monzani su commissione dell'allora arciprete Conte Don Giovanni Paolo Pallù dei Conti della Palude di Crovara. Altri importanti lavori vennero compiuti nella 2.a metà dell'800 dall'arciprete Don Francesco Ricco'. Gli ultimissimi interventi sono dell'ultimo decennio del 1900, per la chiesa (arciprete Don Battista Giansoldati), e negli anni 2000-2002 per il confinante palazzo dei canonici (arciprete Don Evangelista Margini).

Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta - loc. Felina. Le prime notizie risalgono all'870 d.C., è uno degli edifici religiosi più antichi del Reggiano. Nel XV secolo è priorato.
La chiesa di Santa Maria conserva strutture di elevato interesse storico tra cui si evidenzia una torre a pianta quadrata realizzata in muratura a ricorsi paralleli, attribuibile al XII-XIII secolo e appartenente all'antico impianto difensivo del castello di Felina.

Eremo di Bismantova - loc. Pietra di Bismantova. Conosciuto anche come santuario della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria, l'eremo è attestato già nel 1411. Il corredo di affreschi quattrocenteschi conservati nella chiesa dell'originale santuario, è realmente degno di nota e tra questi spicca una pregevole immagine della Madonna con il Bambino, opera di maestri emiliani. A partire dal 1617, il santuario è méta di pellegrinaggio. L'edificio fu rimaneggiato da lavori di ristrutturazione effettuati nel 1957.

Chiesa di Sant'Apollinare - loc. Ginepreto. L'epoca di costruzione è precedente al 1229.Il fabbricato occupa una linea montuosa di costa ad elevato interesse paesaggistico da cui si spazia su gran parte del territorio circostante.
 Chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova - loc. Gatta. Fatto costruire nel 1616 dalla famiglia Gatti, l'oratorio fu elevato alla dignità di chiesa parrocchiale nel 1669.

Altro
 Oratorio dei santi angeli custodi - loc. Casale
 Oratorio della Madonnina della Tosse, situato all'inizio della strada che, attraversando Frascaro, porta al lago di Virola.
 Chiesa in sasso a Costa de' Grassi.

Architetture militari
Castello di Castelnovo - loc. Monte castello:
Il "Castrum novum" fu costruito dai Canossa, più volte distrutto e riedificato. Oggi rimangono dei resti della cinta muraria e di un torrione.
Salame di Felina - loc. Felina:
Conosciuto come "Salame", è il mastio di una fortezza altomedioevale andata distrutta, che si erge su un colle di origine marnosa svettante sulla conca di Felina. La torre, da cui si gode un eccellente panorama, è circondata da una pineta ricca di alberi secolari.
Resti del castello di Maillo - boschi a monte del borgo di Maillo

Architetture civili

Palazzo Ferrari - loc. Gombio:
Dimora seicentesca dotata di un pregevole portale.

Antico e nuovo palazzo Gatti - loc. Gatta:
L'antico Palazzo dei Gatti (XVI secolo) sviluppa un complesso a struttura compatta di matrice fortilizia, attribuibile al XVIII secolo.L'aggetto della linea di gronda con sottotetto a travi lignee, a vista, artisticamente intagliate è pregevole. Sul fronte principale è osservabile lo stemma della famiglia Gatti in pietra arenaria, mentre all'interno conserva ancora alcune pitture ad affresco della seconda metà del XVIII secolo.
Sempre a gatta si trova il nuovo Palazzo dei Gatti (XVII secolo).

Monumento ai Caduti - loc. Sparavalle:
Composizione costituita da un cippo e da un'edicola dedicati ai partigiani di Castelnovo ne' Monti, Ramiseto e Busana.

Obelisco di Castelnovo - loc. Monte Bagnolo:
Monumento alto oltre 10 metri in memoria dei caduti della prima guerra mondiale e della seconda con i nominativi.
Iscrizione: "Castelnovo ne' Monti ai suoi Caduti".

Scultura di Castelnovo - loc. Castelnovo:
Scultura dedicata ai deportati.
Iscrizione "Sono stati deportati e sono morti per un'italia democratica, libera e pacifica".

Architetture rurali
Mulini ad acqua lungo il Rio Maillo - loc. Maillo
Pietradura, antico nucleo rurale (XVII-XVIII secolo)

Cultura

Istruzione

Scuole
 Istituto d'Istruzione Superiore Cattaneo-Dallaglio
 Istituto Statale d'Istruzione Superiore Castelnovo ne'Monti
 Scuola elementare Pieve (primaria)
 scuola elementare Giovanni XXIII (primaria)

Alta formazione
Istituto per l'Alta Formazione musicale Claudio Merulo

Teatri

 Teatro Bismantova

Eventi
Giugno/luglio - Rally dell'Appennino
Luglio - Festival delle Città Slow, Felina
Luglio - Trofeo Appennino reggiano di tiro da campagna
Luglio - Meeting nazionale di atletica leggera su pista
Luglio - Mountain bike night
Luglio - Salto con l'asta in piazza
Luglio - Staffetta su strada Memorial "Lorenzo Fornaciari"
Luglio - Gara per cani da ferma Memorial "Alessandro Silvetti"
Luglio - Motoraduno d'epoca, Cà del Cavo
Luglio - Festa nazionale Associazione amici del Fojonco
Luglio - Rassegna corale castelnovese
Luglio - Batdura di Burtela, Festa della trebbiatura, Costa de' Grassi
Luglio - Torneo calcio a 5 Memorial "Stefano Pasini"
Luglio - Berzana in Festa
Luglio/agosto - Torneo nazionale di tennis Memorial "Massimo Francesconi"
Agosto - Corsa delle carrettelle, Felina
Agosto - Tortellata di Ferragosto, Campolungo
Agosto - Notte Rosa, centro di Castelnovo ne' Monti
Agosto - Festa di Santa Maria Assunta, Felina
Agosto - Festa delle Aie, Costa de' Grassi
Settembre - Sagra di San Michele

Geografia antropica

Quartieri
Castelnovo ne' Monti è formata da tre quartieri storici:

 Bagnolo: situato ad est del centro, alle falde del monte omonimo. In origine era un piccolo borgo, tra il secondo e il terzo decennio dell'Ottocento Francesco IV d'Austria-Este vi fece costruire il palazzo ducale e oggigiorno è interamente inglobato nel tessuto urbano.
 Castello: il centro del paese, caratterizzato da stretti vicoli e case addossate l'una all'altra.
 Rovina: situato ad ovest del centro, è un piccolo nucleo di case vecchie poste alla sinistra via Roma.

Economia

Castelnovo ne' Monti è da secoli il più importante centro servizi e fulcro delle attività economiche nella montagna reggiana grazie alla posizione centrale tra le vie di comunicazione che congiungono la pianura alla Toscana ed i territori montani delle province di Modena e Parma.

L'economia si impernia sull'agricoltura ed in particolare sull'allevamento bovino per la produzione del Parmigiano Reggiano, la cui origine risale alle grandi aziende dei monaci benedettini di questa zona, che l'Unione Europea ha certificato con la Denominazione di Origine Protetta. Secondariamente sono prodotte anche carni suine destinate alla confezione dei salumi.

L'industria conta piccole e medie imprese a basso impatto ambientale collocate in aree periferiche che lavorano nel settore edilizio, della refrigerazione (a Felina), delle ceramiche, delle attrezzature per parchi giochi e giardini, delle attrezzature elettriche ed elettroniche. Inoltre va citata come un punto d'interesse la Fonderia Capanni in località Terminaccio, storica fabbrica di campane, attiva dal Settecento e rinomata a livello mondiale grazie ai suoi metodi produttivi artigianali.
Per quanto riguarda l'artigianato, il comune è rinomato soprattutto per i laboratori di intrecciatori di vimini e di giunchi.

Il terziario è particolarmente sviluppato soprattutto nei due centri maggiori dove sono presenti oltre 60 negozi di vendita al dettaglio e alcuni supermercati, uno tra i quali vende solo merce biologica.

Il capoluogo vanta una vocazione turistica come luogo di villeggiatura di primo piano nel contesto regionale.

Turismo
Castelnovo ne' Monti è meta di un notevole afflusso turistico, soprattutto nei mesi estivi, attratto dal ricco patrimonio ambientale e culturale ed agevolato da una buona ricettività. Il comune è stato eletto Città slow, la "rete internazionale delle città del buon vivere" che in agosto organizza un Festival in piazza improntato alla promozione dei prodotti tipici.

È presente anche un Centro di Riabilitazione Cardiologica rinomato a livello internazionale.

Infrastrutture e trasporti

Strade
Il centro di Castelnovo ne' Monti è attraversato dalla Strada statale 63 del Valico del Cerreto che permette il collegamento con Casina e Reggio Emilia, a nord, e con Busana e Aulla, a sud.

Da Castelnovo parte anche la Strada statale 513 di Val d'Enza che unisce il capoluogo montanaro a Parma.

Amministrazione

Fa parte della Comunità montana dell'Appennino Reggiano che ha la sede nel paese.

Gemellaggi

Sport
A Castelnovo ne' Monti, in collaborazione con la Provincia di Reggio Emilia e la Comunità Montana, è attivo un progetto chiamato "Castelnovo ne' Monti, un paese per lo sport". Nell'ambito di questa iniziativa, il comune intende proporre il suo territorio come sito adatto ad organizzare eventi sportivi di vario genere, sfruttandone gli impianti e le peculiarità naturali.

Tra le varie manifestazioni sportive sono da ricordare:
 torneo di pallavolo giovanile femminile e maschile, che si svolge da più di dieci anni nel periodo di Pasqua
 "Torneo della Montagna", ex "Torneo dell'Amicizia", fra squadre di calcio delle frazioni del territorio della montagna reggiana.

A partire dall'ottobre 2013 per iniziativa del "Judo Club Novellara", alcuni dei cui atleti hanno partecipato ai campionati d'Europa, è presente anche il judo.

Pallacanestro: la squadra "LG Competition Basket" disputa il campionato regionale C Gold (paese di montagna più in alto sul livello mare in Italia a parteciparvi).
La "Pallacanestro Reggiana", vicecampione d'Italia 2014-2015, ha scelto da molti anni Castelnovo ne' Monti quale sede della preparazione estiva.

La  (maggior squadra di calcio di Reggio Emilia) va in ritiro estivo a Castelnovo ne' Monti.

Galleria d'immagini

Note

Voci correlate
Felina
Gombio
Pietra di Bismantova
Appennino reggiano

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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package co.aurasphere.botmill.kik.incoming.event.annotation;

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import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
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import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
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import co.aurasphere.botmill.kik.incoming.event.KikBotMillEventType;
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	 * Event.
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	 * @return the event type
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Difference between revisions of "John Robert Seeley"
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Professor Sir John Robert Seeley (1834–1895), historian<ref>The Times Jan. 15, 1895</ref>
1887 Professor J R Seeley MA LLD presented the president's inaugural address at the [[Birmingham and Midland Institute]]<ref>The Times Oct. 11, 1887</ref>
1887 Professor J R Seeley MA LLD presented the president's inaugural address at the [[Birmingham and Midland Institute]] in which he applauded the willingness of the students to study and examined the role of universities in Britain and abroad<ref>The Times Oct. 11, 1887</ref>.
Professor Sir John Robert Seeley (1834–1895), historian[1]
1887 Professor J R Seeley MA LLD presented the president's inaugural address at the Birmingham and Midland Institute in which he applauded the willingness of the students to study and examined the role of universities in Britain and abroad[2].
↑ The Times Jan. 15, 1895
↑ The Times Oct. 11, 1887
Retrieved from "https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=John_Robert_Seeley&oldid=1226472"


Whistler ski resort is unrivalled when it comes to ski destinations, thanks to 3,307 hectares (8,171 acres) of skiable terrain, the largest in North America, and an average of 11.9 meters of snow each season.
Having also hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics, Whistler ski resort is now one of the most famous ski resorts in the world. The two spectacular mountains of Blackcomb and Whistler are connected at their peaks with the aptly named PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola.
Snowcapped Travel offers you the very best value Whistler ski holiday package deals because we work directly with the hotels and the resort and negotiate the lowest prices, rates and early bird discounts and specials for you. Including up to 50% off the retail price on accommodation, lift passes, rentals and transfers. We can also package special wholesale airfares with your accommodation to save you even more on your next ski holiday.
On Whistler, a new six-person Emerald Express chair will make life in the Family Ski Zone easier, while a high-speed, four-person Catskinner chair adds laps to your day on Blackcomb. Access to this mountain will also be faster, warm and dry, as well. A 10-person gondola, from the Upper Village to the PEAK 2 PEAK connection, will open the first fully-sheltered route up Blackcomb year-round.
Whistler's pedestrian-friendly Village is like a snow globe come to life – a magical place to be by day or night. Surrounded by snowcapped peaks, stone walkways connect speciality boutiques and patios while public gathering spaces draw musicians and entertainers.
Whistler boasts hundreds of shops, restaurants, bars and clubs and even a movie cinema. There is absolutely something for everyone from the budget-conscious to the utmost in decadence.
If you're planning a ski holiday with your family, you cannot go wrong with Whistler ski resort. It is one of our picks for the top family-friendly ski resorts in Canada. Boasting an Olympic size skating rink, and the Whistler Kids Snow School with it specially crafted family zones, enchanted Tree Fort and Magic Castle.
Whistler ski lift pass options include day, multi day and seasons passes. You can choose from the traditional ski pass options, that we can arrange for you or you may find that an EPIC pass might be better value for you and your family. The EPIC pass is a new type of multi day and season pass that offers some great value skiing at Whistler plus with the EPIC pass you can also ski at other EPIC partner resorts that includes Perisher, however this all depends on which EPIC pass you decide to purchase from us.
Which Whistler Ski Pass is the best value for me?
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Do I Book Online Or Over The Phone?
We have a new self-service online booking system that's supported and backed by our highly trained travel consultants or you can contact us directly and we can package up and arrange all of your Whistler ski holiday for you. Either way we'll ensure your next ski holiday will be your very best ski holiday experience.
Owned and operated by Vail Resorts, you can ski and ride Whistler Blackcomb on an Epic Pass.
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For small kitchens, wall and door storage is a dream. Proudly displaying your finest pots, pans and utensils is a popular trend in kitchen design so take advantage. There are lots of wall hanging racks on the market that are cost-effective too, so you can turn your cookware into a stylish feature!
We're huge fans of pull out larders in the Kitchen Compare Ideal for sneaking in extra storage into narrower spaces, you can fit more into these larders than classic kitchen cupboards. Plus, the pull-out design allows for easy access, so no more rooting around for that missing utensil!
Utilise your fridge freezer space. If you can, fill in the gaps above and around your fridge freezer for an innovative storage solution. For example, this creative wine rack is an ingenious idea!
A tip for larger kitchens: make use of the generous floor space with a central freestanding kitchen island. Packing in additional drawers, cupboards, shelves and surface space, it's one of the simplest ways to enhance your kitchen storage.
Go mobile and invest in moveable storage! This is brilliant for a snug kitchen. There are plenty of styles to choose from, including contemporary metal framed trolleys to wheeled wooden cabinets. You can move your storage around depending on your needs and even temporarily move it to another room when you need that little extra space.
Double the space in your kitchen cabinets with shelving on the back of your cupboard doors. Perfect for storing smaller items like herbs and spices.


"Obesity has become the tobacco of the day as trial lawyers line up to file class action suits to make restaurants responsible if you get fat.
The nation is in a panic. Americans are too fat, moan the food police. The government has to do something, cries the herd.
What we have are lies, lawyers and fraud. Obesity is the disease of the day - even if it's just a fabrication.
There are too many federal grants to be gained to tell the truth now. And the lawyers intend to ignore the report as well. Money is money.
It's a lie. There is no obesity epidemic. There is only the disease of government run by overweight, droopy-joweled bureaucrats, fat-headed special interest groups hoping to feed at the federal trough, and lawyers."


Our webinar series, Spiritual Mastery for Lightworkers, continues in 2018 with Heart Wisdom.
In today's world, intelligence is valued over intuition. How smart we are is of great concern in schools where intelligence, memory, ability to analyze, process facts, calculate, and THINK are measured and tested daily. In fact, testing for intelligence determines which track a student may fall into – career and college, vocational, etc. Life skills and intuition don't seem to have as high a priority in schools. Where does that leave students as they become adults in the community? Furthermore, as we take up our roles in society, we may – by default – become entrenched in societal expectations. We have many terms for these expectations – rat race, parenthood, senior citizen, teenager, etc. In fact, we can stereotype a person and possibly even their intellect based on age, occupation, how much money they have (or don't have), their appearance, etc.
All of these stereotypes and terms include judgement based on intellectual criteria. Where society has set the standard, we find evidence of THINKING over FEELING.
As intuitive lightworkers on our journey, we're looking for the answers to questions about how to improve our intuition, feel more heart-centered, and guided by INSPIRATION. What is inspiration? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, inspiration is a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation.
The brain is intellectual whereas the heart is intelligence – which is driven by a universal consciousness. The heart is not limited by intellect. Innately, we have universal truth which makes us connected to everything and each other.
The brain often uses and exploits the heart. By the time we reach adolescence, the brain takes over, making heart the slave. The brain perceives the world through senses and feeds the heart information. The brain says, "I want you to feel what I'm thinking." If the heart receives the message of "fear" from the brain, fear becomes an emotion that manifests in the body.
What does that look like? Heart disease? Can heart disease be an overuse of the brain to the heart, that the heart feels so useless and not able to be what it was created to be. Does the heart commit cerebral-coronary suicide? If so, does the brain become the executor of the heart?
Would you like to be included in my Inner Circle for Spiritual Mastery? Join here to receive all webinars and invitations to new classes.
Questions? I'd love to hear from you! Please call me.
This entry was posted in Spiritual Energy Healing, Spiritual Mastery for Lightworkers, Spiritual Podcast and tagged heart health, heart wisdom on February 6, 2018 by rosemary.


A look back at Colorado's 2018 DUI Heat is On campaign | Shazam Kianpour & Associates, P.C.
On behalf of Shazam Kianpour of Shazam Kianpour & Associates, P.C. posted in Drunk Driving Charges on Monday, January 7, 2019.
Colorado Department of Transportation officials can't say for sure whether their notably aggressive DUI enforcement campaigns are having appreciable effects out on state streets and highways.
They can say this with certainty, though: The funding well for the so-called and recurring Heat is On initiatives that span the state has dramatically dried up. And that has had implications for DUI arrest-and-conviction numbers.
Consider this, as one state media publication notes in spotlighting Colorado's 2014 multiple DUI enforcement periods and their admittedly disappointing results: The $834,000 funding provided by CDOT to police agencies spanning the state during 2018 dwindled dramatically – almost unbelievably – to $1,645 last year.
Readers, you noted that correctly. Many Colorado mortgage holders shell out more each month on a single home payment than did state officials on the Heat is On program all of last year.
That paltry contribution to police coffers understandably dampened the program's results. One CCOT official cites a "boots on the ground issue" as being the major factor yielding a disappointing outcome.
Simply put: There were far fewer boots hitting the asphalt last year than during 2017, which unsurprisingly yielded far fewer DUI arrests during the campaign's multiple roll outs during 2018.
Thousands fewer, in fact. The "basically evaporated" funding source cited by the above CDOT principal that was available to law enforcers in towns and cities across the state wrought a wholly predictable result.
That hardly means, though, that police officers and state troopers have adopted a less aggressive on-the-road approach toward stopping alleged drunk drivers and seeking criminal convictions for drinking-related offenses.
That remains a constant on Colorado roadways, regardless of funding or any other factor. Despite fewer enforcement dollars available last year, law enforcers still arrested nearly 8,000 state drivers for DUI pursuant to high-visibility arrest/convict efforts.
It is conjecture at this early point to venture even a reasoned guess as to how the 2019 Heat campaign will feature or play out.
What is certain, though, is that legions of Colorado drivers find themselves in legal hot water each year after being stopped for a behind-the-wheel drinking infraction. When that occurs, they can turn to a proven and aggressive Denver criminal defense law firm for diligent DUI representation that seeks to fully promote their legal rights and minimize the downsides attached to an arrest.


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package org.unitime.timetable.model.base;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.hibernate.Criteria;
import org.hibernate.Hibernate;
import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
import org.hibernate.Query;
import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.Transaction;
import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistry;
import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
import org.hibernate.boot.registry.internal.StandardServiceRegistryImpl;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;

import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
import org.hibernate.criterion.Order;
import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.spi.ConnectionProvider;
import org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceBinding;
import org.unitime.commons.hibernate.connection.LoggingConnectionProvider;
import org.unitime.commons.hibernate.connection.LoggingDBCPConnectionProvider;
import org.unitime.commons.hibernate.util.DatabaseUpdate;
import org.unitime.commons.hibernate.util.HibernateUtil;
import org.unitime.timetable.defaults.ApplicationProperty;

/**
 * @author Tomas Muller
 */
public abstract class _BaseRootDAO<T, K extends Serializable> {

	protected static Map<String, SessionFactory> sSessionFactoryMap;
	protected static SessionFactory sSessionFactory;
	protected static ThreadLocal<HashMap<String,Session>> sMappedSessions;
	protected static ThreadLocal<Session> sSessions;
	protected static Configuration sConfiguration;

	/**
	 * Configure the session factory by reading hibernate config file
	 */
	public static void initialize () {
		initialize(null);
	}

	/**
	 * Configure the session factory by reading hibernate config file
	 * @param configFileName the name of the configuration file
	 */
	public static void initialize (String configFileName) {
		initialize(configFileName, getNewConfiguration(null));
	}

	public static void initialize (String configFileName, Configuration configuration) {
		if (configFileName == null && sSessionFactory != null) return;
        if (sSessionFactoryMap != null && sSessionFactoryMap.get(configFileName) != null) return;
        HibernateUtil.configureHibernateFromRootDAO(configFileName, configuration);
        sConfiguration = configuration;
        StandardServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder().applySettings(configuration.getProperties()).build();
        if (ApplicationProperty.ConnectionLogging.isTrue()) {
        	ConnectionProvider cp = serviceRegistry.getService(ConnectionProvider.class);
        	if (cp != null && !(cp instanceof LoggingDBCPConnectionProvider)) {
        		ServiceBinding<ConnectionProvider> scp = ((StandardServiceRegistryImpl)serviceRegistry).locateServiceBinding(ConnectionProvider.class);
            	if (scp != null)
            		scp.setService(new LoggingConnectionProvider(serviceRegistry.getService(ConnectionProvider.class)));
        	}
        }
        setSessionFactory(configuration.buildSessionFactory(serviceRegistry));

        HibernateUtil.addBitwiseOperationsToDialect();
        HibernateUtil.addAddDateToDialect();
        HibernateUtil.addReplaceToDialect();
        DatabaseUpdate.update();
	}

	/**
	 * Set the session factory
	 */
	protected static void setSessionFactory (SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
		setSessionFactory(null, sessionFactory);
	}

	/**
	 * Set the session factory
	 */
	protected static void setSessionFactory (String configFileName, SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
		if (configFileName == null) {
			sSessionFactory = sessionFactory;
		} else {
			if (sSessionFactoryMap == null)
				sSessionFactoryMap = new HashMap<String, SessionFactory>();
			sSessionFactoryMap.put(configFileName, sessionFactory);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Return the SessionFactory that is to be used by these DAOs.  Change this
	 * and implement your own strategy if you, for example, want to pull the SessionFactory
	 * from the JNDI tree.
	 */
	protected SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
		return getSessionFactory(getConfigurationFileName());
	}

	protected SessionFactory getSessionFactory(String configFile) {
		if (configFile == null) {
			if (sSessionFactory == null)
				throw new RuntimeException("The session factory has not been initialized (or an error occured during initialization)");
			else
				return sSessionFactory;
		}
		else {
			if (sSessionFactoryMap == null)
				throw new RuntimeException("The session factory for '" + configFile + "' has not been initialized (or an error occured during initialization)");
			else {
				SessionFactory sessionFactory = (SessionFactory) sSessionFactoryMap.get(configFile);
				if (sessionFactory == null)
					throw new RuntimeException("The session factory for '" + configFile + "' has not been initialized (or an error occured during initialization)");
				else
					return sessionFactory;
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Return a new Session object that must be closed when the work has been completed.
	 * @return the active Session
	 */
	public Session getSession() {
		return getSession(getConfigurationFileName(), false);
	}

	/**
	 * Return a new Session object that must be closed when the work has been completed.
	 * @return the active Session
	 */
	public Session createNewSession() {
		return getSession(getConfigurationFileName(), true);
	}

	/**
	 * Return a new Session object that must be closed when the work has been completed.
	 * @param configFile the config file must match the meta attribute "config-file" in the hibernate mapping file
	 * @return the active Session
	 */
	private Session getSession(String configFile, boolean createNew) {
		if (createNew) {
			return getSessionFactory(configFile).openSession();
		} else {
			if (configFile == null) {
				if (sSessions == null)
					sSessions = new ThreadLocal<Session>();
				Session session = sSessions.get();
				if (session == null || !session.isOpen()) {
					session = getSessionFactory(null).openSession();
					// session.beginTransaction();
					sSessions.set(session);
				}
				return session;
			}
			else {
				if (sMappedSessions == null) sMappedSessions = new ThreadLocal<HashMap<String,Session>>();
				HashMap<String,Session> map = sMappedSessions.get();
				if (map == null) {
					map = new HashMap<String,Session>();
					sMappedSessions.set(map);
				}
				Session session = map.get(configFile);
				if (session == null || !session.isOpen()) {
					session = getSessionFactory(configFile).openSession();
					// session.beginTransaction();
					map.put(configFile, session);
				}
				return session;
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Get current thread opened session, if there is any
	 */
	public Session getCurrentThreadSession() {
		return getCurrentThreadSession(getConfigurationFileName());
	}

	/**
	 * Get current thread opened session, if there is any
	 */
	private Session getCurrentThreadSession(String configFile) {
		if (configFile == null) {
			if (sSessions != null) {
				Session session = sSessions.get();
				if (session != null) return session;
			}
		} else {
			if (sMappedSessions != null) {
				HashMap<String, Session> map = sMappedSessions.get();
				if (map != null) return map.get(configFile);
			}
		}
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Close all sessions for the current thread
	 */
	public static boolean closeCurrentThreadSessions() {
		return closeCurrentThreadSessions(true);
	}

	/**
	 * Rollback all sessions for the current thread
	 */
	public static boolean rollbackCurrentThreadSessions() {
		return closeCurrentThreadSessions(false);
	}

	private static boolean closeCurrentThreadSessions(boolean commit) {
		boolean ret = false;
		if (sSessions != null) {
			Session session = sSessions.get();
			if (session != null && session.isOpen()) {
				if (session.getTransaction() != null && session.getTransaction().isActive()) {
					if (commit)
						session.getTransaction().commit();
					else
						session.getTransaction().rollback();
				}
				session.close();
				ret = true;
			}
			sSessions.remove();
		}
		if (sMappedSessions != null) {
			HashMap<String,Session> map = sMappedSessions.get();
			if (map != null) {
				HibernateException thrownException = null;
				for (Session session: map.values()) {
					try {
						if (null != session && session.isOpen()) {
							if (session.getTransaction() != null && session.getTransaction().isActive()) {
								if (commit)
									session.getTransaction().commit();
								else
									session.getTransaction().rollback();
							}
							session.close();
							ret = true;
						}
					} catch (HibernateException e) {
						thrownException = e;
					}
				}
				map.clear();
				if (null != thrownException) throw thrownException;
			}
			sMappedSessions.remove();
		}
		return ret;
	}

	/**
	 * Begin the transaction related to the session
	 */
	public Transaction beginTransaction(Session s) {
		// already in a transaction, do not create a new one
		if (s.getTransaction() != null && s.getTransaction().isActive()) return null;

		return s.beginTransaction();
	}

	/**
	 * Commit the given transaction
	 */
	public void commitTransaction(Transaction t) {
		if (t != null) t.commit();
	}

	/**
	 * Return a new Configuration to use
	 */
	 public static Configuration getNewConfiguration(String configFileName) {
		 return new Configuration();
	 }

	/**
	 * @return Returns true if configured
	 */
	public static boolean isConfigured() {
		return sConfiguration != null && sSessionFactory != null;
	}

	/**
	 * @return Returns the configuration.
	 */
	public static Configuration getConfiguration() {
		return sConfiguration;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the name of the configuration file to be used with this DAO or null if default
	 */
	public String getConfigurationFileName() {
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the specific Object class that will be used for class-specific
	 * implementation of this DAO.
	 * @return the reference Class
	 */
	protected abstract Class<T> getReferenceClass();

	/**
	 * Used by the base DAO classes but here for your modification
	 * Get object matching the given key and return it.
	 */
	protected T get(Class<T> refClass, K key) {
		return get(refClass, key, getSession());
	}

	/**
	 * Get object matching the given key and return it.
	 */
	public T get(K key) {
		return get(getReferenceClass(), key);
	}

	/**
	 * Used by the base DAO classes but here for your modification
	 * Get object matching the given key and return it.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	protected T get(Class<T> refClass, K key, Session s) {
		return (T)s.get(refClass, key);
	}

	/**
	 * Get object matching the given key and return it.
	 */
	public T get(K key, Session s) {
		return get(getReferenceClass(), key, s);
	}

	/**
	 * Used by the base DAO classes but here for your modification
	 * Load object matching the given key and return it.
	 */
	protected T load(Class<T> refClass, K key) {
		return load(refClass, key, getSession());
	}

	/**
	 * Load object matching the given key and return it.
	 */
	public T load(K key) {
		return load(getReferenceClass(), key);
	}

	/**
	 * Used by the base DAO classes but here for your modification
	 * Load object matching the given key and return it.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	protected T load(Class<T> refClass, K key, Session s) {
		return (T)s.load(refClass, key);
	}

	/**
	 * Load object matching the given key and return it.
	 */
	public T load(K key, Session s) {
		return load(getReferenceClass(), key, s);
	}

	/**
	 * Load and initialize object matching the given key and return it.
	 */
	public T loadInitialize(K key, Session s) {
		T obj = load(key, s);
		if (!Hibernate.isInitialized(obj)) Hibernate.initialize(obj);
		return obj;
	}

	/**
	 * Return all objects related to the implementation of this DAO with no filter.
	 */
	public List<T> findAll () {
		Transaction t = null;
		Session s = null;
		try {
			s = getSession();
			t = beginTransaction(s);
			List<T> rtn = findAll(s);
			commitTransaction(t);
			return rtn;
		} catch (HibernateException e) {
			if (null != t) t.rollback();
            throw e;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Return all objects related to the implementation of this DAO with no filter.
	 * Use the session given.
	 * @param s the Session
	 */
	public List<T> findAll (Session s) {
   		return findAll(s, getDefaultOrder());
	}

	/**
	 * Return all objects related to the implementation of this DAO with no filter.
	 * The results are ordered by the order specified
	 * Use the session given.
	 */
	public List<T> findAll (Order... orders) {
		return findAll(getSession(), orders);
	}

	/**
	 * Return all objects related to the implementation of this DAO with no filter.
	 * Use the session given.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public List<T> findAll (Session s, Order... orders) {
		Criteria crit = s.createCriteria(getReferenceClass());
		if (orders != null) {
			for (Order order: orders) {
				if (order != null)
					crit.addOrder(order);
			}
		}
		crit.setCacheable(true);
		return (List<T>)crit.list();
	}

	/**
	 * Execute a query.
	 * @param queryStr a query expressed in Hibernate's query language
	 * @return a distinct list of instances (or arrays of instances)
	 */
	public Query getQuery(String queryStr) {
		return getQuery(queryStr, getSession());
	}

	/**
	 * Execute a query but use the session given instead of creating a new one.
	 * @param queryStr a query expressed in Hibernate's query language
	 * @param s the Session to use
	 */
	public Query getQuery(String queryStr, Session s) {
		return s.createQuery(queryStr);
	}

	protected Order getDefaultOrder () {
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Persist the given transient instance, first assigning a generated identifier.
	 * (Or using the current value of the identifier property if the assigned generator is used.)
	 */
	public K save(T obj) {
		Transaction t = null;
		Session s = null;
		try {
			s = getSession();
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			return rtn;
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	public K save(T obj, Session s) {
		return (K)s.save(obj);
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	 * Either save() or update() the given instance, depending upon the value of its
	 * identifier property.
	 */
	public void saveOrUpdate(T obj) {
		Transaction t = null;
		Session s = null;
		try {
			s = getSession();
			t = beginTransaction(s);
			saveOrUpdate(obj, s);
			commitTransaction(t);
		}
		catch (HibernateException e) {
			if (null != t) t.rollback();
            throw e;
		}
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	/**
	 * Either save() or update() the given instance, depending upon the value of its
	 * identifier property.
	 */
	public void saveOrUpdate(T obj, Session s) {
		s.saveOrUpdate(obj);
	}

	/**
	 * Update the persistent state associated with the given identifier. An exception is thrown if there is a persistent
	 * instance with the same identifier in the current session.
	 * @param obj a transient instance containing updated state
	 */
	public void update(T obj) {
		Transaction t = null;
		Session s = null;
		try {
			s = getSession();
			t = beginTransaction(s);
			update(obj, s);
			commitTransaction(t);
		}
		catch (HibernateException e) {
			if (null != t) t.rollback();
            throw e;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Update the persistent state associated with the given identifier. An exception is thrown if there is a persistent
	 * instance with the same identifier in the current session.
	 * @param obj a transient instance containing updated state
	 * @param s the Session
	 */
	public void update(T obj, Session s) {
		s.update(obj);
	}

	/**
	 * Remove a persistent instance from the datastore. The argument may be an instance associated with the receiving
	 * Session or a transient instance with an identifier associated with existing persistent state.
	 */
	public void delete(T obj) {
		Transaction t = null;
		Session s = null;
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			s = getSession();
			t = beginTransaction(s);
			delete(obj, s);
			commitTransaction(t);
		}
		catch (HibernateException e) {
			if (null != t) t.rollback();
            throw e;
		}
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	/**
	 * Remove a persistent instance from the datastore. The argument may be an instance associated with the receiving
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	 */
	public void delete(T obj, Session s) {
		s.delete(obj);
	}

	/**
	 * Remove a persistent instance from the datastore. The argument may be an instance associated with the receiving
	 * Session or a transient instance with an identifier associated with existing persistent state.
	 */
	public void delete(K key) {
		delete(load(key));
	}

	/**
	 * Remove a persistent instance from the datastore. The argument may be an instance associated with the receiving
	 * Session or a transient instance with an identifier associated with existing persistent state.
	 */
	public void delete(K key, Session s) {
		s.delete(load(key, s));
	}

	/**
	 * Re-read the state of the given instance from the underlying database. It is inadvisable to use this to implement
	 * long-running sessions that span many business tasks. This method is, however, useful in certain special circumstances.
	 */
	public void refresh(T obj, Session s) {
		s.refresh(obj);
	}
}


A hard Brexit is likely to have a significant impact on the activities of businesses operating in the UK and Germany. Germany is the UK's largest trading partner; we review how Brexit will make trade the most affected business area. Read more below about tax, law, people and other challenges that businesses will be facing.
The taxation of companies has been significantly influenced by European law over the last few years.
For example, low-taxed companies domiciled in the EU/EEA are not subject to controlled foreign corporation rules in accordance with the German Foreign Transaction Tax Act.
For foreign subsidiaries, the most important change will be the future loss of the benefits of the parent-subsidiary directive, which makes dividends within the corporation/group exempt from the deduction of withholding tax (WHT) across borders within the EU. Fortunately, UK law (currently, at least) stipulates that dividends paid out from UK companies are not subject to WHT. This means that, initially, nothing will change for dividends from the UK subsidiary to the EU parent company, but this is not the case for dividends moving in the other direction. For the latter, the UK-Germany double tax treaty will apply to dividends paid from Germany, so that a 5% WHT rate will apply to investments of more than 10%.
According to the Interest and Royalties Directive (Directive 2003/49/EC), no WHT is levied on interest and royalty payments to associated companies within the EU. Therefore, for interest and/or royalty payments from/to the UK, the situation will change when the UK leaves the EU and the respective national laws and double taxation agreements will apply.
Currently, hidden reserves in capital assets brought to foreign permanent establishments are not considered realised by law if these permanent establishments are in a EU or EEA member state, or taxation on hidden reserves can be deferred. In the future, this privilege will no longer apply in relation to the UK unless it joins the EEA.
At present, cross-border reorganisations are possible without paying tax within the EU. In the future, these could no longer be carried out tax-neutrally when involving companies from the UK. A special and yet unresolved problem concerns the fiscal consequences if holding periods have not yet expired at the point of the UK's exit. This could potentially, but not definitely, result in 'grandfathering' for reorganisations notarised before 29 March 2017.
The central problem in corporate law is the termination of the freedom of establishment. Bilateral agreements are likely here, but it is unclear when these will be negotiated and what their content will be.
A special problem, which fortunately only concerns a few companies, arises for European public companies (SEs) based in the UK. If no regulations are agreed as part of the exit negotiations, these companies must change their legal form.
However, there is a similar problem for limited liability companies which have their formal headquarters in the UK but are actually domiciled in another EU member state. These will no longer be permissible without appropriate regulation in the exit negotiations or a unilateral regulation by the German legislator, with the result that managing directors and shareholders will take on full personal liability.
An agreement for the relocation of financial bookkeeping / servers outside of Germany that has already been granted according to the regulations of the German General Fiscal Code should not be affected by Brexit. In the future, such agreements are likely to be granted by the fiscal authorities as long as the double taxation treaty with the UK contains the current 'major information clause' and access to the data does not seem to be endangered by newly introduced access restrictions.
After the UK has left the EU, VAT law is likely to undergo many changes in relation to applicable regulations, ledger and document evidence, information on invoices and in parts also the location of services. These changes could lead, in certain cases, to financial disadvantages. In particular, the regulations on intra-community purchases and supplies will be replaced by rules on import and export. Requests for reimbursement of UK input tax will no longer be submitted to the German Federal Central Tax Office, but instead to the UK tax authorities.
Numerous procedures will need to be reorganised. Transport and processing times will be extended, even if no customs duties are being levied, because the relevant border customs offices will have to provide documentary records for the purposes of sales tax about the entry/exit of goods from the EU region. They will also have to levy turnover tax on imports or determine whether the conditions for input tax refunds have been met.
Subject to agreements to the contrary as part of the exit process, the EU could in future levy import duties on British goods at its external borders. The end of the customs union would result in new customs formalities, which would create a considerable strain on the movement of goods.
For supply agreements to and from the UK, amended VAT and customs rules could lead to both parties' calculations being out of kilter. In our experience, only a few agreements contain clauses about how such a serious change to the transfer tax/customs situation should be dealt with. The legal concept of the 'frustration of contract' does exist, but it is unclear how courts may deal with disputes arising in this situation. Given this situation, appropriate clauses should be included as a matter of urgency in new agreements that will apply after 2018, as well as in old agreements if these are being changed for any reason.
The notionally unrestricted tax liability (or unrestricted tax liability for EU citizens on application) will no longer be possible for UK citizens after Brexit.
In terms of German inheritance tax and gift tax, it is still unclear to what extent the aggregate wages paid in subsidiaries in UK will be taken into account for the aggregate wage comparison as part of the operating asset benefit after Brexit.
No changes will result from Brexit regarding inheritance law and matrimonial property regimes for German citizens, as neither the European regulation on succession nor on matrimonial property regimes are applicable in the UK or in relation to the UK.
Deferrals of taxes, which have been granted as part of exit cases (e.g. the relocation of a shareholder of a German corporation to UK) for the hidden reserves within the company's shares, could be threatened with retraction. These deferrals are only granted when individuals are moving into an EU member state, and this deferral condition would no longer be met after Brexit.
One of the triggers for Brexit was UK voters' concern over the freedom of movement for workers – one of the basic EU freedoms. For German companies operating in the UK, considerable risks could arise here.
In terms of rights of residence, a transitional solution is being discussed, at least for EU citizens who already work in the UK. A simplified procedure for residence permits is being considered to enable EU citizens already based in the UK to avoid the complex procedures that used to exist (pre EU). EU citizens in the UK are expected to require a residence permit shortly. What will happen in the reverse case of UK citizens in the EU is still a mystery.
For companies, the question of whether Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems will continue to apply is probably even more important. This is because the UK has so far only established a social security agreement with the Republic of Ireland. Complexities in this area could substantially complicate the deployment of employees.
EU companies with premises in the UK must note that the regulations under Section 613a of the German Civil Code relating to the transfer of operations will be forfeited. The UK will presumably create its own national regulations governing the transfer of employees from an acquired company to the purchaser in the case of a transfer of operations. However, when this will happen and the content of such regulations cannot currently be predicted.
Finally, the German co-determination regulations will also be affected. In the future, the UK members of a European works council or the works council of an SE will have no right to collaborate in these committees. Similarly, EU employees and their representatives will have no right to information and consultations being planned by the corporate management of a UK parent company.
Should the United Kingdom not become a member of the EEA during negotiations, German companies could simply contractually exclude British commercial agents and official distributors from post-contractual claims for compensation, claims for account excerpts and other regulations of German distribution law and would no longer be bound by the previous minimum notice periods.
Little thought has been given to the question of whether UK-produced goods requiring authorisation (pharmaceuticals, certain machines, vehicles, etc.) would require new licences for distribution in the EU in future, and similarly whether the UK would recognise local licences for exports from the EU to the UK. If a completely new licensing procedure is required in each country/region, this would create a considerable trade barrier. Something similar applies to smaller 'inspections' like CE marks. Until the formal exit, it is probable that any licences already granted and inspections performed will be recognised, but it's not clear what will happen for new cases. One option could be for companies to rapidly bring forward some procedures and complete these under the existing regime.
Read more about the challenges that businesses in the EU will be facing in key regions.


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Electric Vehicle Simulation
Electric vehicles are seen by many as a viable alternative to conventional vehicles, in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve vehicle energy efficiency. In order to better understand possible implications of the introduction of such vehicles – especially on infrastructure – a computer simulation has been developed at the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems at ETH Zurich.
Nowadays, most major car manufacturers are working on designs for electric vehicle models. Furthermore, various governments around the globe are promoting electric vehicles through distinct policy measures. However, the impact of electric vehicles on existing infrastructure, e.g. electricity networks is unclear. Moreover, there is a need to better understand the integration of public and private electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Likewise, models are needed which assist to design and evaluate policies related to electric vehicles.
In order to address these questions and issues, a simulation framework has been developed at the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems at ETH Zurich. The framework is based on an agent-based model, meaning that people in the real-world are modelled as virtual actors within a computer simulation. The attributes, behavior and preferences of these agents are governed by rules, which are based on real-world data, e.g. census data and surveys. The main goal of the simulations is to facilitate scenario based analysis within the context of electric vehicles. This means some agents are equipped with electric vehicles, e.g. to find out where in the current electricity grid supply infrastructure constraints could arise due to transformer or power line overloads. Within the Artemis project, the framework has been applied to analyze electric vehicle charging effects on the electricity network in the city of Zurich. Further simulations were conducted within the THELMA project to perform country-wide electric grid analysis for Switzerland and life cycle analysis for local scenarios, where the environmental footprint of households was assessed.
At the moment the framework is being extended in order to design and evaluate policy measures related to electric vehicles, e.g. possible impact of various incentives and tax schemes.
Dr. Rashid Waraich is scientific collaborator at the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT), ETH Zurich.
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Sharing is Saving: How collaborative mobility can reduce the impact of energy consumption for transportation
Die Rolle der Raumplanung bei der Transformation der elektrischen Energieversorgung
Visuell-akustische Simulationen zur umfassenderen Standortevaluation von Windparks
Strategies for energy efficiency of rail freight transportation
Quantifying long-term evolution of intra-urban spatial interactions
3D GIS zur Planung von elektrischen Versorgungsnetzen
Elektrifizierung des nicht-spurgeführten städtischen öffentlichen Verkehrs – Ein betrieblicher Systemvergleich
Zernez Energia 2020 gewinnt Sonderpreis
Der Raum im Städtebau 1890–1930: Positionen in Theorie und Praxis
Die Systematisierung städtebaulichen Wissens: Eine wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Untersuchung städtebaulicher Manuale in der Gründungsphase der Disziplin Städtebau (1875-1930)
Urbane Profile
The Public Spectacle
Landschaft als Wunderkammer. Fragen nach einer Haltung. / Landscape as a Cabinet of Curiosities. In Search of a Position
Back to Form. Landscape Architecture and Representation in Europe after the Sixties
Enzyklopädie zum gestalteten Raum. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Stadt und Landschaft
Siedlungsflächenmanagement Schweiz. Problemorientierte Flächenübersichten als zentrale Grundlage für eine Siedlungsentwicklung nach innen
Effects of non-aeronautical activities at airports on the public transport access system: A case study of Zurich Airport
The City as Resource
Partial proportional odds model: An alternate choice for analyzing pedestrian crash injury severities
Shape Grammars Overview and Assessment for Transport and Urban Design – Review, Terminology, Assessment, and Application


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Home Fintech Railsbank becomes Railsr as it sets its sights on owning the financial...
Railsbank becomes Railsr as it sets its sights on owning the financial layer of the Internet
World-leading embedded finance experiences platform, Railsbank, has changed its name to Railsr, and launched a rewards offering, signifying that it is ready to create and deliver the next evolution in the consumer financial experience.
Embedded Finance Experiences
Railsr is the first global turnkey platform that goes beyond fintech to enable any brand or company, for example, sports, retail, travel and ecommerce, to use embedded finance experiences as a strategic tool for customer relationships, revenue, rewards and relevance.
The Railsr platform has all the technology, product capabilities, operations and regulatory licences to empower brands to create and embed financial experiences, swiftly and seamlessly, and at the appropriate time, in their existing customer journey, wherever it is most impactful.
Railsr now has more than 250 business-to-business (B2B) customers and 5.5 million accounts, with current customers including the likes of Foris, Paceline, Plum, Wirex and Wagestream – the very first customer signed in 2018. Strategic Partners now include AWS, Salesforce, Visa, Mastercard and Plaid.
Since its formation in 2016, the company has raised over $100m in equity financing and has the backing of leading investors, including Visa. Additionally, the company is now a global platform servicing global and regional customers, with offices in the UK (HQ), Europe, APAC and the US.
Delivering positive disruption
Now is the right time for the next stage in the Railsr journey as critical market trends converge: accelerating digital transformation, growing consumer demand for experiences and the ongoing evolution beyond Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) to deeper embedded finance experiences, a market estimated to be worth around $800bn of revenue globally.
Over the last six years, Railsr has purposefully built a platform, based on an integrated financial product set, that enables any brand or company to make finance a phenomenal experience within their existing customer journey. In addition to banking, wallets, credit, cards and data, Railsr has now launched a rewards offering, which completes its financial product set – making it the first, single, turnkey vendor stack in the embedded finance experiences market.
Co-founder and CEO Nigel Verdon said: "In our fast-moving world of amazing customer experiences, the finance industry has failed to evolve. We're 'experience natives' thinking differently to deliver positive disruption. As the world's leading embedded finance experiences platform, running on Railsr helps brands put customers at the heart of their business by leveraging finance as a core engagement tool to deepen relationships, create relevance and generate revenue. We've changed our name to Railsr, and we're making finance a phenomenal experience."
"The world has reached an inflection point. A time of radical digital transformation. Running on Railsr helps our customers drive relationships, revenue, rewards and relevance with their customers. We're here for every step of their embedded finance experience journey from prototyping through to launching and, ultimately, scaling globally."
Customer Quotes
Portman Wills, Founder & CTO, Wagestream: "It's fair to say that without Railsr, there would be no Wagestream. From day one, Railsr's innovative Banking as a Service (BaaS) products have helped Wagestream with its mission to enable financial wellbeing for every frontline worker. Running on Railsr means Wagestream can provide affordable, easy-to-use tools to over one million employees, empowering financial health at employers such as Greene King, Halfords, Next, and the NHS. "
Victor Trokoudes, Founder, Plum, "More than a million people save and invest with Plum. As a company we've seen significant growth with Railsr. We have leveraged their innovative platform, for licensing, Banking as a Service (BaaS) and launching our UK & EU cards offerings, enabling our customers to make smart and active financial decisions."
Market Opportunity and Research
According to industry expert Simon Torrence, the value of the rapidly growing embedded finance economy – embedded insurance, lending and payments – will be valued at $7.2tn of market capitalisation in 2030, twice the current value of today's top 30 global banks and insurers.
Recently, Railsr partnered with the World Retail Congress to publish a report on the behaviours and buying habits of four distinct consumer segments that have emerged post-lockdown: the digital arrivals, the subscribers, the ethical consumers and the thrill-seekers. The report said that retailers need to be ready to deliver consumer experiences to these key groups. The report also pointed to significant changes in consumer attitudes, evidenced by how 73% of the growth in Google retail searches in the UK came from new, or rarely searched terms.
Research commissioned by Railsr has uncovered growing demand for new and improved financial experiences and better rewards from consumers. It found that 39% of consumers are interested in accessing financial services like credit, loans or investments from brands they love and trust; rising to 51% of 18-24-year-olds. At the same time, 41% would be interested in a credit card that offered early access to tickets, exclusive offers, or other high-value rewards from their favourite high-street brand.
The company has announced several strategic moves to support growth and build expertise in the retail and sports industry, including the appointment of former England rugby captain and current leadership mentor at England rugby union, Will Carling, OBE and former Formula 1 Board Advisor, Jon Hall.
Financial Experience
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This is the Reason-based comprehension for Dopamine and its role in human physiology.
Dopamine is the fuel which all mental processes are determined, established, developed, and resolved by.
All ailment emergent from Mental Stress is precisely a deficiency of Prefrontal Cortex dopamine per a person's Anterior Insula's Consideration output, antagonized by the nor/adrenaline clock-rating upon that brain.
Persistent Prefrontal Cortex dopamine surpluses correspond to its withheld application and simultaneously Sociopathism - the two are unary, as Sociopathism is the lack of consideration, and the lack of considering results in low Anterior Insula output to the Prefrontal Cortex, which results in Prefrontal Cortex dopamine surpluses due to there being nothing for that Prefrontal Cortex dopamine to process.
All Mental Stress ailment (stress, depression, anxiety, psychosis, dementia...) receives vigorous treatment and also even permanent curing from a proficient dopamine increase, aligned with the significant restraining, regulatory-freeze, or down-regulation of nor/adrenaline's otherwise sympathetic up-regulation to dopamine increases - a partial conundrum, but one that is fully resolvable.
Dopamine is the chief-cornerstone of human physiology, the doorway between experience and thought/physical response, and is of higher operational precedent to everything else in the human body - the heart, circulation, thought, and everything else are reactive to dopamine and its present status in the human body. Most, if not all ailment is first enabled and affected through dopamine-determining factors.
Dopamine is the foundation and fuel for human brain and body operation, and so it is the God-molecule to human physiology - Dopamine's actuality is antithetical of 'Reward', which is a False-concept of Sociopathism, invalid Scientific Method observation, and non-Consideration - and has been lazily, illogically, and irresponsibly presumed by subjective observation of those with notable Prefrontal Cortex dopamine surplus'.
The Third Entry Into "An Eclectic Assortment of Articles, Which All Receive Resolution by Understanding Dopamine"
Woot, found the reference (that I had wanted to include in the previous post)!
Article: "this is how social media affects your brain"


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Almond: A Novel (Hardcover)
By Won-pyung Sohn, Sandy Joosun Lee (Translated by)
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The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and persistence can change a life forever.
This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster.
One of the monsters is me.
Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends—the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that—but his devoted mother and grandmother provide him with a safe and content life. Their little home above his mother's used bookstore is decorated with colorful Post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say "thank you," and when to laugh.
Then on Christmas Eve—Yunjae's sixteenth birthday—everything changes. A shocking act of random violence shatters his world, leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled teenager Gon arrives at his school, and they develop a surprising bond.
As Yunjae begins to open his life to new people—including a girl at school—something slowly changes inside him. And when Gon suddenly finds his life at risk, Yunjae will have the chance to step outside of every comfort zone he has created to perhaps become the hero he never thought he would be.
Readers of Wonder by R.J. Palaccio and Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig will appreciate this "resonant" story that "gives Yunjae the courage to claim an entirely different story." (Booklist, starred review)
Translated from the Korean by Sandy Joosun Lee.
Sohn Won-pyung is a film director, screenwriter, and novelist living in South Korea. She earned a BA in social studies and philosophy at Sogang University and film directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. She has won several prizes, including the Film Review Award of the 6th Cine21, and the Science Fantasy Writers' Award for her movie script I Believe in the Moment. She also wrote and directed a number of short films, including Oooh You Make Me Sick and A Two-way Monologue. She made her literary debut in 2017 with this, her first full-length novel, Almond, which won the Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction, followed by which won the Jeju 4.3 Peace Literary Award.
Sandy Joosun Lee is a translator and interpreter based in Seoul. She earned a BA in Literature/Writing from the University of California, San Diego. She has received translation grants from Literary Translation Institute of Korea and Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea. She currently works at Studio Mir where she translates and develops animated content.
"A boldly original piece of fiction, plumbing the depths of the human condition with plenty of humor along the way."
— Entertainment Weekly
"In her debut novel, film director and screenwriter Sohn Won-pyung (with the assistance of translator Sandy Joosun Lee) has created a tender exploration of adolescence — a universal experience complicated here by extraordinary circumstances. This is one of those books that deftly straddles the line between young adult and adult fiction; it has such a gentle heart that readers of all ages will recognize and sympathize with the characters' struggles and celebrate when they ultimately triumph."
— Salon
"Won-pyung Sohn understands that those who think, feel, and communicate differently aren't society's villains, they are its saviors. Her writing possesses seemingly unlimited empathy and tenderness."
— Madeleine Ryan, author of A Room Called Earth
"In what might be the first novel to feature a protagonist with alexithymia—an inability to identify and express one's feelings—Korean novelist Sohn's affecting debut arrives stateside. Raised by his grandmother and mother who worked diligently to guide him through everyday social interactions, Yunjae at 15 is effectively orphaned…. As Yunjae risks communication and connection, the eponymous almond—the undeveloped amygdalae of his brain—takes seed, and gives Yunjae the courage to claim 'an entirely different story. New and unknown.' Winner of the prestigious Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction in Korea, Sohn presents a 15-year-old neurodiverse protagonist with much resonance."
"Almond is a tour de force -- deeply engaging, engrossing, and troubling -- a poignant allegory of the contemporary Korean condition that marks the debut of a new international talent."
— Heinz Insu Fenkl, author of Memories of My Ghost Brother and translator of The Nine Cloud Dream by Kim Man-jung
"Delicate and heartbreaking. Like peeling a fruit, Sohn bares human emotion and questions the human condition with a gentle hunger."
— -Jamie Marina Lau, author of Pink Mountain on Locust Island
"In her debut novel, director and screenwriter Sohn makes the bold decision to choose an emotionally constricted first-person narrator, but the risk pays off. With the aid of a skillful translation…the novel will appeal fully to adults, but mature young readers who must cope in their everyday lives with the struggles of late adolescence will find themselves identifying with Yunjae and moved by his plight. A sensitive exploration of what it's like to live at life's emotional poles."
"The narration by a young protagonist with a disorder that affects his ability to identify and express feelings will rightly draw comparisons to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, but Sohn's insightful depiction of an outsider's perspective on society around him will also please fans of other narrators who sharply consider the world at a remove, such as in The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Readers will treasure the opportunity to see the world through Yunjae's eyes and watch him as he grows."
— Shelf Awareness
"Intense and moving...a phenomenal book that deserves a wide audience among readers."
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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using InControl;

public class HeroController : MonoBehaviour
{
	public int PlayerNumber;

	void Start ()
	{
		string playerNumberString = this.name.Substring(this.name.Length-2, 1);
		this.PlayerNumber = int.Parse(playerNumberString);
	}

	public InputDevice InputDevice
	{
		get
		{
			if (this.PlayerNumber >= InputManager.Devices.Count)
			{
				return null;
			}
			return InputManager.Devices[this.PlayerNumber];
		}
	}

	public float HorizontalMovementAxis
	{
		get
		{
			InputDevice inputDevice = this.InputDevice;
			return (inputDevice != null) ? inputDevice.LeftStickX : (this.PlayerNumber == 1 ? Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal") : 0.0f);
		}
	}

	public float VerticalMovementAxis
	{
		get
		{
			InputDevice inputDevice = this.InputDevice;
			return (inputDevice != null) ? inputDevice.LeftStickY : (this.PlayerNumber == 1 ? Input.GetAxis ("Vertical") : 0.0f);
		}
	}

	public bool Jump
	{
		get
		{
			InputDevice inputDevice = this.InputDevice;
			return (inputDevice != null) ? inputDevice.Action1.WasPressed : (this.PlayerNumber == 1 ? Input.GetButtonDown ("Fire1") : false);
		}
	}

	public bool Shooting
	{
		get
		{
			InputDevice inputDevice = this.InputDevice;
			return (inputDevice != null) ? inputDevice.Action3.WasPressed : (this.PlayerNumber == 1 ? Input.GetButtonDown ("Fire3") : false);
		}
	}

	public bool Stomping
	{
		get
		{
			InputDevice inputDevice = this.InputDevice;
			return (inputDevice != null) ? inputDevice.Action1.WasReleased : (this.PlayerNumber == 1 ? Input.GetButtonUp ("Fire1") : false);
		}
	}

	public bool GetBiggerStart
	{
		get
		{
			InputDevice inputDevice = this.InputDevice;
			return (inputDevice != null) ? inputDevice.Action2.WasPressed : (this.PlayerNumber == 1 ? Input.GetButtonDown ("Fire2") : false);
		}
	}

	public bool GetBiggerHold
	{
		get
		{
			InputDevice inputDevice = this.InputDevice;
			return (inputDevice != null) ? inputDevice.Action2.IsPressed : (this.PlayerNumber == 1 ? Input.GetButton ("Fire2") : false);
		}
	}

	public bool GetBiggerEnd
	{
		get
		{
			InputDevice inputDevice = this.InputDevice;
			return (inputDevice != null) ? inputDevice.Action2.WasReleased : (this.PlayerNumber == 1 ? Input.GetButtonUp ("Fire2") : false);
		}
	}

	public bool GetResetGame
	{
		get
		{
			InputDevice inputDevice = this.InputDevice;
			return (inputDevice != null) ? inputDevice.Action4.WasReleased : (Input.GetButtonUp ("Fire3"));
		}
	}
}