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The latest news about Covid 19 Support published 3rd November 2021
Interest free loan scheme extended
Applications for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme has been extended until January 31st 2021. Available to help small and medium sized business with finance up to £5 million. The government guarantees 80% of the loan and pays interest and any fees in the first 12 months. Very useful to reduce cost of finance that has interest charges. More here
Bounce Back Loan Extended to January 31st 2021.
Bounce Back Loans help small and medium-sized businesses borrow between £2,000 and up to 25% of their turnover (max £50,000). 100% of this is guaranteed and no fees or interest will be applied for the first 12 months. After interest is capped at 2.5%. You can get quicker access to this type of loan. Here's the link
Furlough and JRS
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), which was due to end on 31 October, will now be extended, with the UK government paying 80% of wages for the hours furloughed employees do not work, up to a cap of £2,500 for periods from 1 November.
You will need to pay all employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and pension contributions. You can choose to top up your furloughed employees' wages beyond the 80% paid by the UK government for hours not worked, but you are not required to do so.
You will have flexibility to ask your employees to work on a part-time basis and furlough them for the rest of their usual working hours or furlough them full-time. You will have to cover their wages for any hours they work as well as all employer National Insurance and employer pension contributions.
You will be able to claim either shortly before, during or after running your payroll. There will be a short period initially when the online claims service will be closed while we update the system, and you will be able to claim in arrears for that period.
Further details will be provided in the next few days.
You can claim for employees who were on your PAYE payroll on 30 October 2020. You must have made a PAYE Real Time Information (RTI) submission to HMRC between 20 March 2020 and 30 October 2020, notifying a payment of earnings for that employee.
If employees were on your payroll on 23 September 2020 (i.e. notified to HMRC on an RTI submission on or before 23 September) and were made redundant or stopped working for you afterwards, they can also qualify for the scheme if you re-employ them. For more details.
Self-employment grant extended
The scheme is extended, to be eligible for the Grant Extension self-employed individuals, including members of partnerships, must:
have been previously eligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme first and second grant (although they do not have to have claimed the previous grants)
declare that they intend to continue to trade and either:
are currently actively trading but are impacted by reduced demand due to coronavirus
were previously trading but are temporarily unable to do so due to coronavirus
Here's the link
Grants available up to £3,000 a month
Businesses required to close in England due to local or national restrictions will be eligible for the following:
For properties with a rateable value of £15k or under, grants to be £1,334 per month, or £667 per two weeks;
For properties with a rateable value of between £15k-£51k grants to be £2,000 per month, or £1,000 per two weeks;
For properties with a rateable value of £51k or over grants to be £3,000 per month, or £1,500 per two weeks.
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The grandness of outer look and the huge hotel building of Radisson Blu Noida is a new buzz in the city. Amalgamating luxury and business, this 5 star luxury hotel in Noida offers international standard services and facilities to meet the needs of the corporate voyagers. The elegance of modern art-fresco can be well witnessed in this Noida hotel which suites every travelers, whether they are leisure, business or honeymoon travelers. From the business center, fitness room, swimming pool, event room and banquet facilities to multi-cuisine restaurants and bars, every single facility to offer a complete relaxing stay is carefully evaluated and considered in this deluxe hotel. Centrally located in the business and commercial hub of Noida, Radisson Blu is a new favorite of the travelers. The hotel has 127 elegant rooms and suites which are decorated gracefully so that your senses can have a complete relaxation and rejuvenation during your stay in the hotel. It is the first five star deluxe hotels in Noida and upholds a high stature among all the hotels in the place. With a remarkable surrounding view Radisson Blu Noida is certainly a precious surprise for all the travelers around the world.
Designed by well known international designing farm, all the rooms in Radisson Blu Noida present a cosmopolitan lifestyle. The rooms are adorned by beautiful wall frescos, artificial lamps and designer curtains. The wide windows in every room warmly welcome the outside beauty inside. The designer upholstery, soothing pastel décor, exquisite wooden parquet flooring and luxury king-size bed are set in every room with a view to fulfill all the hidden wishes of the travelers. The Wi-Fi connectivity is every room helps the business travelers to be in touch with their business even when out of their office.
Modern in style and generous in size, the Deluxe Room in Radisson Blu Noida touches the soul of the guests as they enter into the room. Highly luxurious, all these rooms are Wi-Fi accessed and well appointed with every modern high-tech facility that facilitates a complete deluxe stay. From every Deluxe Room you can enjoy the ever changing views of the Noida city along with exhausting the tranquility of the surrounding greenery.
Especially designed for the high-profile corporate travelers, all the Business Class Rooms in Radisson Blu Noida are spread over an area of 35 sq meters. Spacious and elegant, these rooms are colored in light hues that retain a calm feeling inside it. For a cozy stay of the business travelers, a number of complimentary services are offered to the guests of Business Class Rooms.
Keeping in mind the needs of the business travelers as well as leisure vacationers, all the Privé Rooms are made spacious which covers an area of 54 sq meters. Contemporary in design, all the Privé Rooms encompass facilities like steam, in-room bath tub with whirlpool, video conferencing, choice of music and books and 42" LCD Television. The real surprise to the guests of this room comes in the form of complimentary services which are also high profile in taste.
All the Crescent Rooms in Radisson Noida are chic and classy, perfectly suited to the taste of the modern day travelers. These suites are large and open that encourages a feel of spaciousness even inside the room. The Crescent Rooms come with a number of complimentary services like access to swimming pool, spa & gym, club lounge access, Wi-Fi connectivity and many more. These complimentary treats come in the form of great surprises.
All the Executive Suites in Radisson Blu Noida offer impressive views of the swimming pool and the mist court as all these exclusive accommodation places are located high floors of the hotel. This royal deluxe suite features a separate living room and bed room with king size bed for guests. All the Executive Suite guests are given a warm welcome with a complementary bottle of wine on their arrival.
No stay in the northern India is complete without a remarkable dining experience. In Radisson Blu Noida you can witness the grand dining and wining features in some of the most unconventional ambiences. The large variety of cuisine choices along with finest assortment of wines, spirits and other beverages delight the heart and mouth of every traveler after a daylong struggle.
The proud winner of the prestigious Times Foods Awards for three consecutive years, R.E.D (Rare Eastern Dining) in Radisson Blu Noida is a pan Asian restaurant that offers a great variety of dishes from different parts of Asia. In the live kitchen of the restaurant guests can watch their favorite dishes to be prepared. The chefs of this award winning dining zone are no less than the culinary artists who present the most authentic Oriental delicacies in a great presentation manner. The ambience and setting of the restaurant is world class with private dining zones.
Bringing together the new and the old age, Made in India offers a culinary journey to different Indian regions. Centuries old Indian dishes like Dorra Kebab are prepared with utmost care to present the authentic taste of this signature dish. Ideal for both lunch and dinner, Made in India is truly Indian by its menu and ambience.
The informal, trendy bar @Links features a large variety of wines, spirits and beverages to choose from. To complement the drinks, an exclusive range of snack menu is also available in this high-class bar in Radisson Blu Noida. Those who love to taste cigars, @Links is an ideal place for them as it also presents a variety of cigar brands.
With an international variety of cuisines, S 18 is most famous for its cooking techniques, cuisines choices and serving style. This post-modern dining zone serves the foods in an ambience that comply with each of the items presented in your platter. The décor is encouraging with the use of artificial lighting, wood finishing and contemporary furniture. The desert menu is also large and gives the freedom to choose your favorite from the long list.
Along with offering a great range of dining and wining corners, the Radisson Blu Noida also houses a well equipped gymnasium where guests can continue their fitness sessions even while they are into a hotel stay. The expert group of trainers is present there to help you out during your exercise sessions. Overlooking a large water casket, this modern gymnasium is well appointed with contemporary fitness equipments. If you are interested to do aerobics, yoga or meditation, the hotel's studio is the best place for you. Expert trainers offer relaxing aerobics, yoga and meditation sessions to the guests. If you are interested you can also spend some relaxing time in the sauna and steam room of the studio. Moreover, for the leisure travelers the hotel also offers guided tours to the city. The expert and experienced guide of the hotel gives the travelers an insight view of the city along with taking them to the most popular destinations, forts and monuments. If you are a shopaholic, the local markets of the city are the most authentic place for you.
A pure indulgent room for the senses, Espace is a spa that offers world class spa treatments and massages to the guests. The interplay of light, color and sound creates a perfect ambience inside this modern spa center to discover the inner self. There are four spa suites in the hotel that combines ancient Indian wisdom with international therapeutic styles to offer a complete relaxation to the guests. The team of experts evaluates the body needs well before offering any particular therapy so that the best can be given to the guests. The décor of the spa is highly inspirational and help in absorbing the tranquility of the surrounding areas. The Ayurvedic massages and treatments are also offered to the guests in this highly acclaimed spa center. There are a number of therapies specially designed for body rejuvenation, proper blood circulation and elevation of the spirit and the mind. Moreover, the hotel also houses a swimming pool where you can plunge into the serene water and experience the tinkling of the splashes of water in your body.


In Lamu, many of the buildings have beautiful moucharabieh (intricate latticework) windows. This design was inspired by the way the light shone through a lattice window onto the interior floor of the house. The fractured light on the dark floor looked like a night sky with stars.
The design is rich, sumptuous and moody. It combines well with Desert Storm for a dramatic look. It works well as upholstery, throw cushions and lampshades.


Diplomats, VIPs and media representatives (including UN Special Envoy Jamal Benomar) were on hand at the US Embassy in Sana'a on July 3 for the 236th anniversary of the signing of the United States' Declaration of Independence.
During the ceremony, U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Gerald Feierstein gave a speech to assembled Yemeni politicians and guests. He imparted a note of encouragement for Yemen's people and their efforts to overcome current political challenges, saying that the United States was once in a similar position.
Observing the Yemeni members who took in Feierstein's speech, it appeared that they received the ambassador's words more as a message for themselves, their fellow citizens and their country than as a commemoration grounded in American history.
Civil Services Minister Nabil Abdo Shamsan, who gave a speech on behalf of the Yemeni government, thanked the U.S. government for support for and friendship with Yemen.
On behalf of President Barack Obama and the American people, I would like to welcome you to today's celebration of the 236th anniversary of Independence of the United States of America. It is a particular honor for me to celebrate this day with you here in Sana'a.
Every 4th of July, Americans celebrate the day in 1776 that the Declaration of Independence was first read aloud in towns and cities throughout the thirteen Colonies, the day not only that we declared our freedom from the British but also the day that we began the journey that continues until today of building a country and creating the more perfect union envisioned in our Constitution.
Thus, on that day, representatives from each of the thirteen American colonies came together and agreed on a document that did not simply declare freedom from Great Britain, but also began a process of nation building. It was not a culmination, but a starting point on the path to our freedom.
The journey that began that July day with that Declaration and the seven long years of fighting that followed it was not just about a struggle for freedom from, but rather it was the beginning of our path of freedom. And really, when Americans raise our glasses at barbeques and other gatherings, around the country and around the world on the 4th of July, the toast we drink is for the freedom to pursue our own dreams in our own way without the dictate of an overbearing government; the freedom to elect our representatives who we choose as our servants and not the other way around; the freedom to decide how we are governed; the freedom to raise a family in peace and security.
Our Declaration of Independence states that we are endowed with "certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. – That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." For years afterwards, our Founding Fathers debated and struggled over how to bring the meaning of those words to life and finally came together in Philadelphia more than a decade later to create a government that would represent the people and a Constitution that reflected their will.
After declaring freedom from, the work really began in creating a government that would ensure our critical freedoms to. That work has never stopped and some of the most spirited arguments in the United States to this day are over the meaning of those words and the vision of the authors.
It is not difficult to draw a parallel with what is happening today in Yemen. Just this past November, the GCC Initiative and its implementation mechanism were signed. It was a crucial moment, but it was just the beginning. Since then, a new Cabinet was appointed, a new President elected, and preparations are now being made for a National Dialogue, redrafting of the Constitution, and reorganization of the military and security forces.
These are enormous challenges, but they also present enormous opportunities for Yemenis to make decisions about how they are governed. All of these elements are necessary for the people of Yemen to be able to enjoy the freedoms to: the freedom to create a system of government that reflects the dreams and aspirations of the Yemeni people, the freedom to draft a new Constitution that will allow all Yemenis to live in equality with equal opportunity for all; and, of course, the freedom to raise a family in peace and security.
Once again, I'm delighted to have this opportunity to celebrate this 4th of July here in Sana'a, as we celebrate also Yemen's own long march to a better and brighter future. Let us celebrate together our freedoms. They represent both opportunity and challenge, and they are what allow us to make tomorrow better than today.


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The TL-SILVER can be processed with conventional fabrication equipment, and the recommended heating conditions for all formulations is 3 – 5 minutes in a convection oven, pre-heated to 380-400 degrees F.
All TL-SILVER units are sealed in packages of 10 units (5 pairs) per package by the manufacturer. All sizes and grades may be combined with the TL-2100 for quantity discounts.


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Kilcornan Notes September 5
LOTTO: The result of the Kilcornan Lotto for Saturday September 3. The Jackpot was not won. Lucky dips drawn were, Caroline Dunbar, Tony McDonagh, Chris Enright and Muriel O'Sullivan. Next week's jackpot will be €5500.00
CHURCH NEWS: Minister of the Word for Saturday September 10 is Anne McMahon and for Sunday September 11 is John O'Gorman. Ministers of the Eucharist are Sheila O'Hara and Anne McMahon for Saturday. Nora Murphy and Eilish Griffin for Sunday.
SHANNON ESTUARY MUD SEARCH AND RESCUE: We had a great turn out and support for the clay shoot on August 21. We would like to thank Rosemount Shooting School for the use of the Grounds, Thank you to all our sponsors for your kind support, without you it would be difficult to put on an event like this. A special thanks to all the shooters both pro and novice. For more information you can find us on facebook - Shannon Estuary Mud Search and Rescue. The winners of the shoot were, Novices, 1 Jason Ryan, 2 Jack Corcry, 3 Liam O'Flaherty, Pro, 1 Brian O'Sullivan, 2 B. Sheehan, 3 Matt Horan.
TARA'S JOURNEY: Table Quiz; Following the success of the Mná Le Chéile night recently held in Kilcornan House, Tara O'Shaughnessy one of our strong local heroines, who was honoured on the night, is holding a table quiz in Kilcornan house on Friday September 9 at 8pm. She is asking for your support to help her on her journey to Vegas, where she will represent our parish on a world stage. Tara has an amazing story that has taken her on an incredible journey she went from being eight stone over weight, unable to keep up with her children, to being a world record holding sports woman. She is a mum, cancer survivor, multi World and European record holder for power lifting and has just qualified to lift at the Olympia in Las Vegas in September. This trip is expensive and your support at this event would be gratefully appreciated. Tables of four €20, plenty of spot prizes on the night. A great night out is promised. Tara doesn't have a sponsor and is attempting to raise all funds needed for this journey herself.
PHONE CONNECT SEEKS PARTICIPANTS: The Phone Connect Project is a free community based telephone support service offered to older people in the West Limerick Area empowering them to remain independent in their own homes. The weekly service provides a listening ear to the elderly allowing them to share any worries or concerns and to be informed of any local events or services. West Limerick Resources are now seeking participants, particularly those experiencing isolation, who would like to receive a weekly phone call. If you would be interested in receiving or require more information we would be delighted to hear from you by calling Damien at West Limerick Resources on 087 904 2477 or Stefanie on 087 329 0483. This initiative is being run in association with the Rural Community Care Network (RCCN). RURAL EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION SERVICE: Are you looking for some support and guidance to help you get back into training or back to work? The Rural Employment Service is a free confidential service based in Newcastle West providing career guidance supports, CV and interview preparation supports and advice on training and education courses. Contact the following at West Limerick Resources, Finn (087 759 1951), Adrienne (087 277 3294), or like us on Facebook WLR Rural Employment Service for the latest updates on job vacancies and training courses. These initiatives are funded by West Limerick Resources under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2015-2017 which is funded by the Irish Government and co-funded by the European Social Fund and includes a special allocation under the Youth Employment Initiative.
WLR102fm: West Limerick 102fm, our local community radio station, will be holding its first ever Saturday antiques sale/car boot sale/indoor market with antiques, collectibles, bric a brac, local produce and artisan foods on Saturday September 24, in the Community Centre, Newcastle West. All traders are welcome and there will be indoor and outdoor pitches available, with a special introductory offer of €5 per car and €8 per van. Admission to the general public is free. Doors open at 8.00 a.m. for traders, and 9.00 a.m for general admission. Convert your unwanted goods to cash. Looking forward to meeting you and your support will be very much appreciated.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Limerick Historical Society will hold its next evening walk on Wednesday 14th September. The historic walk will commence at the People's Park new gate (opposite the Railway Station) at 7 p.m. From there we will proceed up Edward Street and take in some sights along the way and we will finish with a talk on Limerick Clothing factory which commenced trading in 1850. Everybody is welcome and there is no charge.
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES: National Learning Network - Training Opportunities. If you have experienced a personal setback, long-term illness, have a disability or are an early school leaver one of National Learning Network's full-time Courses will give you the confidence to open up new opportunities for further training or employment. We currently have vacancies on our Catering and PC Maintenance Programmes. To find out more: phone Val or Trish at 061 229777 or look up www.nln.ie.

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Posted on 21 August 2018 by Caroline Turley, Director of Crime, Justice and Attitudes .
Today we published our report, 'Personal narratives of serious incidents at sea and on the coast' for the RNLI about the experiences of people who have survived an incident at sea, or witnessed one where someone lost their life.
I've done a lot of qualitative research with people who have been bereaved by death from 'unnatural causes', including murder, manslaughter and suicide, as well as those with other complications, such as deaths in police custody. Losing someone you love is painful whatever the cause, but death from unnatural causes perhaps comes with additional pressures. These can include feelings of guilt and self-blame as well as media interest. Winston's Wish (a charity that supports children after the death of a parent or sibling) articulates these pressures well, giving the example of being bereaved by suicide as 'grief with the volume turned up'.
Here are my reflections of carrying out in-depth interviews with people who have experienced this type of loss.
Structuring the discussion: At the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), our topic guides (the tool we use for in-depth interviews) are usually structured to reflect the chronology of someone's experience. We also try to ease participants into the more difficult parts of the discussion gradually. For most participants and topics this works well, but in my experience it isn't always appropriate for people who have suffered a traumatic bereavement. This is because you can inadvertently build the interview to what feels like a crescendo of when the death happened, and you can see the participant become more anxious as they know they're coming closer to reliving that moment. To avoid this distress, I design topic guides to allow some time at the very start of the interview for the participant to tell me about who they've lost and how they died – if they want to. It sounds counterintuitive, but I find it helps.
Interview mode: People often assume that face-to-face interviews are more appropriate than phone interviews when researching a sensitive topic, but it's much better to give participants the choice. When I've interviewed bereaved people over the phone they seem to have preferred the anonymity it offers. Also, depending on where and how their loved one died, a participant's relationship with their home might have been irreparably damaged and it may no longer feel like a place of comfort or safety, or somewhere they want to invite outsiders into.
The role of the interview: In applied policy research, it's important that we don't confuse our role as a researcher or the role of the interview. We're not therapists and we can't solve people's problems, however much we might want to (and to try to, without the necessary knowledge and skills, could do more harm than good). That said, participants can benefit from being listened to, and their experience being acknowledged and understood. Participants have told me how much they valued being able to tell somebody about their loved one - including happy times - without the worry of upsetting someone or making them feel uncomfortable, as they felt was sometimes the case with family and friends.
I'm hugely grateful to the people that relive some of their most difficult and harrowing moments to take part in our research. In return, I hope that we treat them with care, compassion and respect, and that the research we do ultimately helps make life better for others in similar situations.


Complimentary yoga classes, regular parties, and ping pong tables. It might not seem like your classic office atmosphere. However, young entrepreneur-led companies have all started to apply the principles of a fresh, fun and creative work space, by bringing play into the workplace. After all, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy….


My name is Anita Lankinen and I'm Marketing Planner at Spatineo. I've been working here since April 2016.
I'm editing the website, creating content for our Social Media channels, working on sales materials and organizing Spatineo webinars. Moreover, together with Sales and Marketing team we are further developing our marketing strategy to boost our sales activities in the long run.
I truly enjoy internal atmosphere in the company. It is always easy to suggest new ideas, discuss them with the team and then put those into practice. We have a very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable team.
I mostly use Google maps, although sometimes I download apps with information on the sights of the particular city to be used offline. For entertainment tips I use TripAdvisor in addition to advice from friends and general online research.


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Identify Birthmarks: Angel's Kiss, Strawberry Mark (Hemangiomas), Others
Reviewed By: Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD
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Birthmark Basics
Soon after delivery, almost every new mother avidly checks for the correct number of fingers and toes of her newborn. Included in this quick survey is a cursory skin evaluation. Imperfections in the skin are commonly called birthmarks. Birthmarks come in every color, shape, and size and could be composed of any type tissue. Most birthmarks are of no medical significance, but a few may signal the possibility of important internal problems. If you have questions about a skin condition, do not hesitate to ask your primary care doctor or a dermatologist.
What Is a Birthmark?
Birthmarks are composed of cells that did not migrate to their correct location during fetal development. The most common types are either composed of cells that make blood vessels and are various shades of red to purple or are composed of pigmented cells, so they range in color from beige to black.
Salmon Patches
The medical term for this most common of birthmarks is capillary nevus simplex (commonly called stork bites). These are vascular malformations that occur on the back of the head and neck. They generally are unchanged throughout life, do not require treatment, and do not portend any significant medical problems. When they occur in other areas, they are likely to gradually resolve.
Port-Wine Stains
Port-wine stains refer to the purplish-red color of these vascular malformations. These can occur anywhere on the skin, but they seem to be common on the face and neck. Aside from the disfiguring nature of these lesions, they occasionally may signal problems in the brain and eye. They generally darken with age and become more elevated. Treatment usually involves the use of lasers.
Mongolian Spots
Mongolian spots are bluish-grey discolorations that can only be appreciated visually, since you cannot feel them. They are frequently present on the torso and legs of darkly pigmented newborns. They characteristically resolve within the first year of life. They are produced by concentrations of melanin pigment in the deeper layers of the skin.
Cafe-Au-Lait Spots
The name of this spot appeals to Francophile (French-loving) coffee fanatics. Their color is similar to that of coffee spiked with a bit of milk. A single small lesion is of no medical significance. More that six of these spots may signal the presence of one of a number of heritable genetic diseases.
Strawberry Hemangiomas
Hemangiomas are tumors of blood vessels that are often present soon after birth. These strawberry-like tumors grow and enlarge over a period of months and then slowly resolve over the next few years, leaving a scar. Sometimes resolution may not occur. In any case, these lesions cause problems when they occur on the face (near the eye), at or near an orifice, or in some other area that might be damaged by the inflammation that occurs during resolution. If extensive and occurring on the face or over the sacrum, they may signal the presence of multiple serious internal problems. If treatment is necessary, propranolol (Inderal) has been used very successfully.
Cavernous Hemangiomas
The distinction between capillary and cavernous hemangiomas depends on the caliber of the vessels composing the majority of the tumor. This requires a biopsy and an evaluation by a pathologist. If they are deep enough, the overlying skin may look normal with only a large bump present. One of the problems in deciding what do about a particular congenital vascular lesion is deciding whether it is a proliferating tumor, a hemangioma, or a nonproliferating vascular malformation. The treatment and significance of each lesion is quite different. Special studies on surgically obtained specimens may be necessary to permit differentiation.
Venous malformations are masses of nonproliferating venous structures, which may occur anywhere in the body or on the skin. Occasionally, they may be closely associated with arteries, producing a direct connection of the arterial and venous system. This can be potentially quite serious. On other occasions, they may produce problems just because of a mass effect. It is not unusual for underlying structures to grow abnormally large in the affected limb. Depending on the location of the venous malformation, there are multiple approaches to obliteration of these structures aside from surgical removal.
Congenital Nevi
Congenital melanocytic nevi are abnormal accumulations of pigment-producing cells in the deeper layers of the skin. Occasionally they are associated with excessive hair growth. Very large lesions have a small but measurable predisposition to develop melanomas, a very dangerous form of skin cancer.
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Are Mental Health Issues a Precursor or a Consequence of Injury?
This prospective cohort study of 1084 injured patients from 4 major (unidentified) Australian trauma hospitals were recruited over a 23 month period from 2004-6 and followed up for 3 and 12 months respectively. The injuries ranged from minimum to critical based on Injury Severity Score. They were assessed for the prevalence of psychiatric disorders, quality of life, mental health service use and lifetime axis 1 psychiatric disorders. At 12 months after injury the authors found that 31% reported a psychiatric disorder and 22% developed a new psychiatric disorder.
The most common new psychiatric disorders were depression (9%), generalised anxiety disorder (9%), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (6%) and agoraphobia ( 6%). They also found that patients were more likely to develop PTSD and agoraphobia if they suffered mild traumatic brain injury. Participants were more likely to develop a psychiatric disorder at 12 months if they had physical, psychological, social or environmental impairment in function at 3 months.
These findings differ from previous studies which have shown rates of PTSD and depression in survivors of major traumatic injury to be 10-20% and 9-15% respectively. Although PTSD is the predominant disorder after traumatic events that involve significant violence, it appears that a broader range of disorders affect people after traumatic injury in general. Although there was a lack of a non-trauma-exposed comparison group, the risk of development of psychiatric illness in the trauma exposed group is five times greater than the point prevalence rate in the general Australian population.
Another interesting finding was that contrary to other studies, the rate of development of psychiatric illness did not decrease between 3 and 12 months post-traumatic injury. They found that more than half of the patients with either an anxiety or a depressive disorder at 12 months did not have the disorder at 3 months and only 33% with a psychiatric disorder sought mental health treatment before the 12 month assessment. A potential weakness of the study is that the patients were limited to weekday admissions but the overall follow-up rate of 86% and 75% at 3 and 12 months respectively was quite good.
The authors conclude that significant mental health needs are experienced by about one-third of survivors of traumatic injury and there is a need for significant public health initiatives to address the significant mental health burden associated with these injuries. The challenge for those of us who treat these patients is how to identify those with new psychiatric disorders associated with trauma and what interventions will facilitate optimum recovery from these psychiatric disorders.
The Psychiatric Sequelae of Traumatic Injury.
Bryant RA, O'Donnell ML, Creamer M et al. Am J of Psychiatry 2010;167: 312-320
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EPI: Build Back Better Act Would Transform Millions of Lives
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"The Build Back Better Act will support 2.3 million jobs per year in its first five years," says Adam S. Hersh, an Economic Policy Institute (EPI) visiting economist.
In a blog written for the nonprofit think tank, Hersh explains that the pending legislation would, in conjunction with the recently passed bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, support more than 3 million jobs annually.
"With the U.S. economy still running at least 5.5 million jobs short relative to its pre-pandemic trajectory, sustained support for job creation is a key benefit of the plan, but the economic impact will be much farther reaching. For example, roughly half of the jobs supported by BBBA result from new and expanded caregiving initiatives for universal pre-K (332,000 jobs per year), childcare (574,000), and long-term care (238,000). Good jobs in these industries—where workers are deeply undervalued and underpaid—are just the tip of the iceberg that will also help get more parents back into the workforce and relieve the exorbitant financial burdens of child care and long-term care weighing on working families."
According to Lily Batchelder, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Build Back Better Act would "more than pay for the critical investments in the legislation—and in fact generate net deficit reduction."
Batchelder says the Act "ensures that large, profitable corporations will pay a minimum amount of tax by imposing a 15% minimum tax on companies that report over $1 billion in profits to their shareholders. Less than 0.00075% of U.S. businesses will owe this tax in a given year, which will raise more than $300 billion over the course of the next decade."
She further points out that the "largest pay-for" in the legislation is "not a tax increase at all," but a collection of unpaid taxes from the highest earners.
The Treasury Department estimates that the "tax gap"—the difference between taxes owed to the federal government and taxes collected—totals around $600 billion annually. Natasha Sarin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, writes, "over a decade, left unaddressed, we will lose $7 trillion from those who fail to pay what they owe. This tax gap is not distributed evenly: unpaid taxes are concentrated at the top because, although American workers are already fully compliant with their tax obligations, the wealthy who accrue income in opaque ways often are not."
The BBBA promises to provide the IRS with the resources it needs to pursue high-end tax evasion, modernize antiquated technological infrastructure, and invest in taxpayer services.
Seventeen Nobel Laureates signed on to an open letter in support of the BBBA.
The group writes, "success in the 21st century will require building upon the bipartisan infrastructure deal that has passed the Senate, which prioritizes investments in our nation's 'hard' infrastructure. The President's Build Back Better agenda employs a broader conception of infrastructure by making critical investments in human capital, the care economy, research and development, public education, and more, which will reduce families' costs."
The letter continues, "While we all have different views on the particulars of various economic policies, we believe that key components of this broader agenda are critical—including tax reforms that make our tax system more equitable and that enable our system to raise the additional funds required to facilitate necessary public investments and achieve our collective goals. Because this agenda invests in a long-term economic capacity and will enhance the ability of more Americans to participate productively in the economy, it will ease longer-term inflationary pressures."
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New changes in one country, two systems, China opens a new model for Taiwan
(BOXUN) Demonstrators in Hong Kong have always regarded the United States as a symbol of democracy and freedom. The "urban conflict" of nearly six months has become increasingly uncontrollable. Most demonstrators are showing the international community a Hong Kong rule of the Chinese Communist Party for nearly 20 years, how the protesters will continue to fight. The democratic movement model in Hong Kong seems to have provided Taiwan with a lot of experience and lessons. Since the last century, Mao Zedong, the leader of the first generation of the Chinese Communist Party, has been hoping to recover Taiwan, but it has not been realized until his death. Regaining Taiwan in the second and third generation of CCP leaders has become a top priority.
Deng Xiaoping, the original leader of China's reform and opening up, has already sent a clear signal to Taiwan when he implemented the one-two-state system for Hong Kong and Macao. In some internal reference materials of the CCP, the first two countries and two systems were originally designed for Taiwan, and applied to Hong Kong as a social governance model that promised to return to the British government at the time. With the accelerated escalation of anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong, the practical significance of the one country, two systems has changed a lot. In his recent speech, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said that the Taiwanese people of one country, two systems will not accept it. This sentence stung Beijing's political bottom line.
After the passage of the "Taipei Act" by the US Congress, the China Taiwan Affairs Office expressed this as a ridiculous move. And criticizing the United States is not conducive to the development of Sino-US relations. On the other hand, Taiwan has greatly appreciated this. President Tsai Ing-wen also expressed his gratitude for attending the activities of the American Association in Taiwan. Some analysts believe that the passage of the Taipei Act is a new move to incorporate Taiwan's diplomatic protection into US domestic law.
Subsequently, the State Council of China issued a measure on the work of Taiwan on the 26th, and adopted economic incentives to counter the passage of the Taipei Act. These twenty-six measures are seen as the most clear attitude of the Chinese Communist Party authorities to Taiwan after the Fourth Plenary Session of the Chinese Communist Party.
The Taiwan Affairs Council issued a statement stating that the Chinese Communist Party intends to divide Taiwan's interior and is more likely to intervene to influence Taiwan's elections. These new measures are the extension of the "31 measures against Taiwan" last year, the transformation of patterns, packaging and propaganda, the relevant content is "named Hui The essence of Taiwan and the real benefit.
The preferential strength for Taiwanese businessmen is the largest compared with the 31 measures between the two, but this may also be an opportunity for the Kuomintang, which is implicitly supported by the CCP, in the upcoming Taiwan general election.
Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou delivered a speech on the "1992 Consensus" when he visited the United Kingdom. The acceptance of reunification is to keep the Taiwanese people open. It is one of the main measures of the CCP's policy toward united front against Taiwan to draw the Taiwanese business. This measure is also used frequently by China in the politics of other countries. China has always wanted to have a certain voice in the global governance system. Just like the Marxism that the Communist Party of China believes, it is predicted that communism will defeat capitalism and the CCP has been achieving such a goal.
Taiwan is highly democratized in Asian countries, but the tripartite relationship between the United States, China, and Taiwan has also made some unusual moves in such subtle changes. Especially in the Hong Kong region where the CCP implements one country, two systems, the fierce conflicts in the city since the end of the British government, the inciting nationalist sentiments of Chinese official media and the objective reports of the international media have made his Taiwanese people choose. Made some different moves. Young people in Taiwan are the most solid foundation for the future of Taiwanese society. Some students from mainland China have been ridiculed for publishing speeches that are inconsistent with democratic values. This is very common in Taiwanese universities.
"Accepting democratization requires a process, just like eating turkey. You can't eat it in a bit. You need to eat it bit by bit. The understanding of democracy from growing up in mainland China has become very distorted. It is also a visit to Taiwan. A very good choice. John is a Chinese American from Utah. In an interview, he said that he is very glad that there is no mainland China that is occupied by autocracy, but he also sympathizes with mainland students who have just arrived in Taiwan. After the Chinese Communist Party has long instilled the concept of nationalist education, some mainland students have become very uncomfortable when they first entered the Western democratic society. This is a kind of thinking ill, but it can also prove that China is not a democracy.
The two models of democratic society from different places in Hong Kong and Taiwan have also shown the international community a different Chinese society. Why does the CCP have to implement a one-day, two-system system with a time limit? Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is committed to Hong Kong's 50-year policy of capitalist system, but these will have to make a choice in 2047. Perhaps the CCP is to strengthen its ruling foundation by the economic interests of a democratic society. More and more Western business entities have been turned around by the CCP's political lawsuits on issues related to Taiwan and Hong Kong. Some unrelated issues have become the political handle of these commercial entities in the eyes of the CCP.
The new measures of the CCP's work in Taiwan will become more and more institutionalized in the future. The Taiwanese people have also seen the truest face of one country, two systems in the anti-government protests in Hong Kong, and also provided some experience on Taiwan's future democratization system. And lessons.
The measures attached to Article 26 include:
1. Taiwan-funded enterprises can participate in the construction of major technological equipment R&D innovation, testing and evaluation, and demonstration application systems, and participate in the construction of industrial innovation centers, engineering research centers, enterprise technology centers and industrial design centers.
2. Taiwan-funded enterprises can participate in the fifth-generation mobile communication (5G) technology research and development, standard formulation, product testing and network construction in the mainland according to the principle of marketization.
3. Taiwan-funded enterprises can participate in circular economy projects such as the utilization of construction waste resources in the urban areas, the utilization of garden waste resources, the harmless disposal and resource utilization of urban sludge, the recycling of resources and the comprehensive utilization of bulk industrial solid waste.
4. Eligible Taiwan-funded enterprises can invest in air passenger and cargo transportation and general aviation services in the same way as mainland enterprises, participate in the construction of civil aviation transportation airports and general airports in line with relevant plans, and carry out consulting, design, operation and maintenance services.
5. Taiwan-funded enterprises can invest in theme parks and participate in the construction of tourism infrastructure and supporting services in a franchise manner.
6. Support qualified financial institutions and enterprises in Taiwan to initiate or participate in the establishment of new financial organizations such as microfinance companies, financial leasing companies and financing guarantee companies in concentrated areas of Taiwan-funded enterprises.
7. Encourage all localities to provide policy support for Taiwan-funded enterprises to increase investment according to local conditions.
8. Eligible Taiwan-funded enterprises may apply for guarantee financing and other services to local government financing guarantee funds at various levels, and may finance through equity escrow trading institutions. Taiwanese-funded enterprises are allowed to issue debt financing instruments in the inter-bank bond market.
9. Taiwan-funded enterprises can enjoy trade remedy and trade security measures in accordance with the law in the same way as mainland enterprises.
10. Eligible Taiwan-funded enterprises can use export credit insurance and other tools in the same way as mainland enterprises to protect foreign exchange receipts and reduce the risk of foreign investment.
11. Adopt a rapid inspection and release model for goods imported from Taiwan into the mainland, establish a management system that is conducive to standardizing and developing third-party inspection and appraisal institutions, and scientifically, steadily and orderly promote Taiwan's importation of third-party goods in mainland China on the basis of risk analysis. The test results are collected. Conduct risk assessment, pre-inspection inspection, and enterprise registration management for products that meet the requirements from Taiwan, and promote cross-strait food, agricultural products, and consumer product safety supervision cooperation.
12. Taiwan-funded enterprises can participate in the formulation and revision of industry standards with mainland enterprises, and jointly promote cross-strait standards interconnection.
13. Eligible cross-strait youth employment and entrepreneurship bases and demonstration sites can be declared as national-level technology business incubators, university science parks and national archives.
14. Taiwan compatriots may seek consular protection and assistance at the embassies and consulates of the People's Republic of China to apply for travel documents.
15. Taiwan compatriots may apply to become members of farmers' professional cooperatives and may apply for eligible agricultural infrastructure projects and financial projects.
16. Taiwan compatriots can use the transportation and other products provided by new transportation enterprises.
17. In the pilot, the Taiwanese government holding a residence permit for Taiwan residents in mainland China will use the mainland mobile phone service to provide preferential tariffs.
18. Taiwan compatriots with a residence permit for Taiwan residents enjoy the same treatment as mainland residents in terms of eligibility for home purchase.
19. Taiwanese cultural and creative institutions, units or individuals may participate in the construction and operation of the mainland Cultural and Creative Park, participate in various cultural and creative events and cultural and artistic exhibitions in the mainland. Taiwanese literary and art workers can enter the mainland literature and art institutes, research institutions, or study.
20. Taiwan compatriots working in the mainland can apply for the Chinese Culture and Art Government Award Cartoon Award.
21. Compatriots in Taiwan who are engaged in professional and technical work in mainland universities, scientific research institutions, public hospitals, and high-tech enterprises can meet the corresponding series and grade titles for evaluation. The projects they participate in in Taiwan and the results achieved are equivalent. For professional work performance, the number of years of technical work in Taiwan is equally considered as professional technical work.
22. After graduating from high school, children of Taiwanese businessmen can obtain high school and secondary vocational school diplomas in the mainland to participate in the classification of relevant higher vocational colleges in mainland China.
23. Further expand the scope of colleges and universities recruiting Taiwanese students and increase the proportion of institutions in the central and western regions and non-subordinate institutions.
24. Taiwanese students can apply for various types of subsidy policies to the same universities in mainland China in accordance with the relevant regulations in accordance with the relevant regulations. Taiwanese teachers and students who teach and study in mainland China can apply for the same status as a resident residence permit in Taiwan.
25. Welcome Taiwanese athletes to come to the mainland to participate in national sports competitions and professional leagues, and actively provide opportunities for Taiwan athletes, coaches and professionals to visit, train, participate, work and exchange in the mainland, and prepare for Taiwanese athletes in Beijing in 2022. The Olympic Games and the Hangzhou Asian Games provide assistance.
26. Taiwanese athletes can participate in professional leagues such as football, basketball, table tennis and Go in China, and qualified Taiwanese sports teams and clubs can also participate in relevant professional leagues in the mainland. The Continental Individual Sports Association can award sports technology level certificates to Taiwan compatriots. Taiwanese athletes are welcome to apply for mainland sports colleges.


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Jonathon Porritt
Jonathon Porritt, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, is an eminent writer, broadcaster and campaigner on sustainable development. Established in 1996, Forum for the Future is now the UK's leading sustainable development charity, with 70 staff and over 100 partner organisations, including some of the world's leading companies.
In addition, Jonathon is President of Population Matters, President of The Conservation Volunteers and a Director of Collectively (an online platform celebrating sustainable innovation). He was formerly Director of Friends of the Earth (1984-90), co-chair of the Green Party (1980-83), of which he is still a member, a Trustee of World Wildlife Fund UK (1991-2005) and between 2000-2009 he was Chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission, providing high-level advice to Government Ministers.
Jonathon was installed as the Chancellor of Keele University in February 2012 and he received a CBE in January 2000 for services to environmental protection.
Rathbones: The Earth Convention - Jonathon Porritt, Farhana Yamin, Mike Berners-Lee, Matt Crossman
The Earth Convention - Green Transition - Energy and Finance
Our second event in the Earth Convention series looks at creating a green transition in energy and finance that can help us move towards a sustainable recovery from the pandemic. How is business organising itself for climate action? How can the
Wed, Oct 14, 6:00pm
The Earth Convention - Energy and Finance
Rathbone Investment Management
Matt Crossman
Farhana Yamin
Mike Berners-Lee
For the second event in the Earth Convention series from 5x15 and Rathbones we look at creating a green transition in energy and finance.


This is a beautiful MS Kungsholm 1953 model for your home or office. Our master craftsmen handcrafted this nicely detailed model from scratch using historical photographs, drawings, and original plan. In addition, we selected finest woods and material to build this model. Also, we used plank-on-frame construction method which is similar to the building of the actual ship.
You can find many details of the model such as: All windows, doors, and portholes are cut out precisely thanks to hand-built hollow superstructure and hull; Open promenade decks visible through superstructure windows; Lattice grating on ducts and vents; Detail Lifeboats hung from launching davits; Delicate railings on forecastle, aftcastle and top superstructure; Rigging and stay-lines on all masts and smokestacks. Furthermore, we applied multi-layered paint to match the color of the real ship.
Each model requires hundreds of hours to finish and must go through a demanding quality control process before leaving the workshop. We mount the model on a solid wood base and she is ready to display. It'll make a perfect gift for home or office decorator, boat enthusiast, or passionate collector.
MS Kungsholm was a combined ocean liner/cruise ship built in 1953 by De Schelde shipyard in Vlissingen, The Netherlands for Swedish American Line. She later sailed for Hapag-Lloyd as the MS Europa. Kungsholm sank in the port of Cadiz, Spain after ramming a breakwater on 29 July 1984. She was refloated later that year and was sent to Barcelona in 1985 for scrapping.
Kungsholm was 600 ft length, 77 ft beam and a gross tonnage of 21,164. The propulsion system consisted of 2 Burmeister & Wain 8-cylinders diesels attached to twin screws, enabling the ship to achieve a service speed of 21 knots. She was a little bit smaller than MS Gripsholm and was an icon of Swedish American Line with luxury design and capacity of 802 passengers and 418 crews.


Today was a sharing services in church. We have never done that before, and it was neat. There was no sermon, nothing planned. The whole services was left up to the congregation. It ended up being 1/2 hour longer than normal, and it was great!
Eric and I shared about our infertility for the first time in church. It was hard. I was hoping Eric would do all the talking, so I wrote down what I wanted to say. But when it was our turn Eric barely said anything and I did all the talking. I managed to get through it without crying, but then I bawled when we sat down. I am glad to have shared it in church, we need all the prayers and support we can get!
So Jesus, bring the rain!
That's such a great idea. You guys are brave by the way. Praying for you!


Well, this is confusing. One minute I'm enjoying a catnap in my cell at the animal prison — or at least I would have been, if it hadn't been for that yappy little dog they brought in yesterday — and the next minute the two-legger that always smells of wet mutt and the sandbox has brought me to this strange place. Where do I go? And more importantly… what am I going to eat? I'd rather be back at the animal prison! At least they had food there!
Mutt-and-Sandbox is joined by a wrinkly two-legger, who turns and approaches me. The stranger smells of something sticky-sweet and dirt. I'm not sure what to think of her. Since she does not smell of tuna, I take that as a bad sign. Unfortunately Mutt-and-Sandbox has been eaten by the roaring black monster, which is quick to run away into the distance. Terrible thing, the roaring monsters. My milk-queen lost her life to one, too… Poor Mutt-and-Sandbox. He wasn't the best two-legger, but at least he put food in my cell every day.
Hey! Hey! I was just getting comfy here!
The world looks entirely different from so high up! Just where is this giant wrinkly two-legger taking me?
Thankfully she still knows what is most important. Food! This new territory might not be so bad after all!
The wrinkly one leaves, and I decide to check out these new surroundings in more detail. First is the food dish. It is massive, and I have to prop myself up to get to the tastiness within. I approve.
Next is the light box. I do not like the light box. There are small two-leggers living inside it, and they continually make noise, like the yappy little dogs at the animal prison. I hiss at it to show my displeasure, but it continues to speak, as if to spite me. I have already made my first enemy in this new place. But wait! Is that…?
It was an exceedingly busy day for a kitten. Thankfully I found a comfy spot that did not require bigger, stronger legs and leaping abilities to get a good night's sleep, the circling underwater ruler still taunting me for my inability to paw at him gnawing at my mind in my dreams.
…Yes, I think living here with the wrinkly one will do just fine.
At last, I've gone to bed early so I get to read this! Yay! I love the sarcastic kitten voice!
He has quite a bit of cattitude for being such a tiny thing, hahaha!
I'm commenting again – 'cause you can't stop me!
Oh dear… now that has me thinking that my bird surely calls me, "One who always forgets to feed me." -_-;; I'm so terrible.
Thanks for stopping by my new digs, Reborn!
Aww cute kitten and wonderful way of showing cat adoption from the kitten's point-of-view. Glad she likes her new home. Will enjoy reading this story. One of my cats, Buffy sends out a big hello to your new little ball of fluff. Buffy's sister, Muffy is much more snobby and would probably 'hiss' but ignore her.
My apartment won't allow me to have a cat in its lease, so having cats on Sims 3 has sort of been a way for me to experience that deep-rooted desire to own a cat since I can't have one in reality at this point in my life. My sister has a furbaby and I was very attached to my orange-tabby of a nephew, Meekus, but after she moved out of town, my lack of cat got really bad, so I'm glad I at least have my Sim-kitties! My Selfsim has a gray tabby named Casanova, as I always told myself if I could adopt a cat for myself, my preference is an adult male and that's what I'd name him (gray just happens to be my favorite color, but when it comes to real cats, I'd hardly be so picky). He is a very proud feline. Rose had a choice between two kittens in the adoption service, and went with Shadow, who actually had the Aggressive trait, while the other kitten, Cayln (she shows up later, actually!) had the Friendly and Playful traits. I figure most folks would pick the friendly, playful kitten over the aggressive one, and felt the one with the attitude problem needed the home more because the friendly one would surely get adopted. It does take him a little while to warm up, but he's a great Sim-cat!
I love your story! It's so nice shown from a little cat perspective :) I'm going to read it all :) Please check out my blog and my story too if you like!
I've sent you an invite over the EA Sims forums to add your Sim story site to a link collective that I maintain on the forums.
Indeed, every cat has their own special brand of cattitude! But that is part of what gives them their charm… and makes it so easy for them to reign over their human subjects.
Cats just manage to have so much personality, despite being creatures of no words. A single look can just speak such volumes!
I hope you enjoy Shadow, he has managed to be quite a character, despite (or perhaps because!) being a feline, hahaha!
It's still weird for me to go back and see him when he was so small! His attitude was just as big even when he was a kitten though, hahaha.
This is adorable! I loved the cat narration, so believable, and funny too.
Thank you, I've really grown fond of that self-centered but entirely too adorable Sim-cat.
Oh my gosh this is so cute. At first I was thinking.. oh wow this is a cat's point of view?? This is so cute and original!
Indeed. There are a few short stories from time to time where his Wrinkly One gets to steal the spotlight, but other than that Shadow gets to be the little diva that all cats really are, heehee.
Hey! Dancer-freak from the forums here. this is so adorable, I have never thought of writing from the point of view of an animal, it is so neat and it is interesting how the little kitty perceives the world. I approve and can't wait to see how this little guy's live pans out.
I'm a little late to the party, but I love this concept. It was amusing and heartbreaking in a way.
It is essentially the "cute cat picture" equivalent of a Sim story so it isn't a very plot-heavy read, heh. And you will have to forgive the atrocious picture quality early on as I was just learning how to use Sims 3 at the time. But I hope you enjoy Shadow… er… being a cat!
Yay for cats! I love the narrator's voice and the cat-perspective. It's cute and funny and even emotional (with the mentions of loss). I think I'm going to like this story a lot! I already like it, in fact!
Just be forewarned you have a lot of eyebleeding newb-player screencaps for quite a while before they improv! (Sadly nothing I can do about those since this story is 95% unposed/scripted… wasn't even until around the Halloween episode that I even learned how to use pose mods! I was very much a new player on a journey throughout this story, heh). Those old screencaps continue to be my author's bane whenever I go back to early chapters. ^_~ Thankfully I still get to see Shadow as a kitten, which is always a sight for sore eyes.
But on the bright side, you can see your growth as a screenshotter and SimLit -writer when looking back at the early chapters. And I don't think the screenshots are awful. You've captured a lot of really good moments. And the awesome narration really makes them work.


Wilmslow garden is transfored into valuable site.
Wilmslow garden is worth £000's….!
Elevation to Broadway. See all elevations by clicking on image.
…thanks to the recent outline planning approval in Wilmslow I piloted this year.


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Der Songköltoo (; ) ist ein Gebirgszug im Norden des Gebietes Naryn in Kirgisistan.

Der Songköltoo ist Teil des Tienschan-Gebirgssystems in Zentralasien. Er verläuft nördlich der Songköl-Niederung über eine Länge von 60 km in Ost-West-Richtung. Entlang der Nordflanke fließen die beiden Flüsse Dschumgal im Westen und Tölök im Osten. Die östliche Abgrenzung zum Baidulu-Gebirgszug bildet der Dolon-Pass. Der Songköltoo erreicht eine maximale Höhe von . Der  hohe Kalmak-Pass überquert den Songköltoo und bildet einen nördlichen Straßenzugang zum  hoch gelegenen Songköl-See. Der Songköltoo besteht hauptsächlich aus Kalkstein. Die Nordhänge sind steil. Auf den sanft abfallenden Südhängen gedeiht Wiesensteppenvegetation.

Einzelnachweise

Gebiet Naryn
Gebirge im Tian Shan

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Holiday Ideas > Pizza Night!
If you are anything like us then you'll love pizza which is why we've teamed up with Devon based Piccolo Pizza Co to bring regular pizza nights to Corffe. On Tuesday evenings between 5 and 8pm throughout our busier weeks (see confirmed dates below) Piccolo Pizza will be serving up its delicious, freshly cooked pizzas from a mobile wood fired pizza oven in the cottage courtyard.
Why not take the night off the cooking and washing up? Guests as well as our neighbours from the surrounding villages will be able to purchase a pizza to enjoy in the courtyard or in the comfort of your cottage. Prices start from £4 for a child's pizza, gluten and dairy free options available. Cash only.


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John Floren completes unique session-topping trade
The owner sold a Muscle Hill colt for $320,000 and then bought a Muscle Hill filly for $320,000 during the opening session of the Standardbred Horse Sales Company's yearling sale Monday that posted an average of $75,305, down 4.3 per cent from the strong 2016 opening day.
John Floren pulled off a unique double Monday at the opening session of the 79th Standardbred Horse Sales Company's yearling sale at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA when he sold one yearling for $320,000 and bought another for the same price. The two Muscle Hill offspring ended up sharing the title as session toppers through the first of three yearling sessions that continue today and Wednesday.
Floren, who lives in Ontario and operates Coyote Wynd Stables, sold hip 112, a colt out of Sheer Glide named Sheer Muscle to Mario Mazza of New Hope, PA consigned by Peninsula Farms. Exactly 50 hip numbers later, Floren purchased hip 162, a filly named The Ice Dutchess out of The Ice Queen bred by David Reid and Stephen Dey III and sold out of the Preferred Equine consignment.
"How often does that happen? Just a little trade," said Floren's Ontario-based trainer Clark Beelby, who signed the ticket and did the talking for the veteran owner who does not court the spotlight.
"He has an appreciation for bloodstock," Reid said of Floren. "He had a good day here selling one for a lot of money. He is a top-quality guy. I wish we could clone him for 10 more guys. He knows the big picture, he buys quality and he's a first-class guy. It's a perfect scenario all the way around."
During Monday's session, 164 yearlings sold for a gross of $12,350,000. The average of $75,305 was down 4.3 per cent from the gangbusters 2016 average of $78,676 that was up 41 per cent from 2015 and was one of the best opening sessions in the history of the yearling sale.
This year's average is up 35 per cent over the 2015 average of $55,781, up 23.5 per cent from the 2014 average of $60,955 and up 15.6 per cent over the 2013 average of $65,124.
Standardbred Horse Sales Company president and CEO Pete Spears said he was pleased with the results, but was left with one serious mystery from the opening session.
"The pacing colts were light, and I really can't give you a reason for that," Spears said of the group that averaged $64,557 for 61 sold, compared to an average of $91,838 for trotting colts (37 sold), $84,387 for trotting fillies (31 sold) and $68,514 for pacing fillies (35 sold). "Everything else was really strong. Pacing fillies were really strong. Why did the pacing fillies out-average the pacing colts? If you can tell me that one, then I'll understand, but I really don't understand.
"The trotters were very strong. If it weren't for the pacing colts, I think we would have been far above last year's average. I can't explain it. There were certainly some really nice Hanover pacing colts that went for a whole lot less than we thought. So somebody got some good buys and we'll sell the brothers and sisters next year."
Reid said selling The Ice Dutchess for top dollar not only provided a nice boost of energy to his Preferred consignment just eight horses from the end of the session, the trotting mare is also a great story of one of racing's important, but unheralded, operations.
Reid's co-breeder on The Ice Dutchess, Dr. Stephen Dey III is the son of Dr. S.P. Dey, the founder of Heritage Hill Farm of Allentown, NJ.
"My late partner, Geoff Stein, bought the mare (The Ice Queen)," Reid said. "It was myself and Geoff, with Dr. S.P. Dey when she came off the track.
"We've been selling yearlings for the Deys for probably 30 years. They are a quality family and they do it the old-fashioned way. I'm actually very happy for them, more than myself, because they have been very resilient. Dr. Dey, the father, was very instrumental in the New Jersey Horse Park and agriculture in New Jersey. They go a little bit under the radar, but they have raised outstanding horses and get no credit for it. So, for them to sell one close to the sales-topper today, it's hats off to them.
"The Deys also bred the last one we sold, #167 as well," Reid said of Cassius, a Bettor's Delight colt out of Armbro Tussle that sold for $135,000. "(Heritage Hill Farm) had a good day."
The Ice Dutchess is a full-sister to three-year-old filly Ice Attraction who has earned more than $490,000 lifetime under the tutelage and steering of Ake Svanstedt. Ice Attraction won the Kentucky Filly Futurity, was second in the Breeders Crown won by Ariana G and just won the $140,000 Crossroads on Saturday at Hoosier Park.
While Reid gave kudos to the Dey family for their patience and perseverance, Beelby was also thanking Floren for his loyalty, as well.
Both Beelby and Floren originally call western Canada home. Though the two did not have horses together out west, Beelby is a former top trainer in Alberta who moved east 21 years ago.
"(Floren) was racing in BC when I was out west. Coincidentally, he moved to Ontario the same month that I did," Beelby said. "The trainer he had out there, he asked him who he recommended and my name came up and we've been together ever since."
Reid said the theme of loyalty was "one of those things where you need everything to line up and today was the day that it lined up and I couldn't be happier for all parties… including the purchaser John Floren."
Beelby said Floren picked The Ice Dutchess out and the trainer "just gave him the thumbs up" after checking out the filly.
"I'm not sure who else was bidding on her, but there were bids coming from everywhere. I didn't think she'd sell that strong, but I've always underestimated," Beelby said, laughing.
"She has a great video, is a nice racehorse size and just overall a beautiful filly."
Beelby said neither he nor Floren had any connection to The Ice Dutchess' family in the past. The chief attraction was her sire, Muscle Hill, the trainer said.
The sire dominated day one in both gross (over $3.1 million) and average ($148,762) for 21 yearlings sold. Six of the seven highest-priced yearlings sold were sired by Muscle Hill.
"Certainly, anything by Muscle Hill was beyond imagination," Spears said.
Somebeachsomewhere was next on the sire list with a gross of $2.33 million and an average of $83,321 for 28 sold. First-crop sire Captaintreacherous had 33 yearlings fetch $1,852,00 in total for an average of $56,121.
"I think the buyers are happy with the Captaintreacherouses, but they are looking for him to prove himself. They didn't go off the wall," Spears said.
Harness racing's long-time leading breeder, Hanover Shoe Farms, led all consignors in the opening session with a gross of $4,122,000 for 56 yearlings sold. Hanover yearlings averaged $73,607 on day one. Concord Stud Farm, agent, was second in gross sales with $1,667,000 for 20 sold, followed by Preferred ($1,159,000 for 19 sold) and Fair Winds Farm Inc. of New Jersey that grossed $1,027,000 for seven yearlings sold for a whopping average of $146,714.
Twenty horses apart, Fair Winds sold the third and fourth highest priced yearlings — the Muscle Hill colt out of Bluff named Summit In Sight to Story Inc. of Millstone Twp, NJ for $300,000 and the Muscle Hill filly out of Armbro Déjà Vu named Personal Paradise to Svanstedt for $265,000.
Fair Winds owner Mark Mullen said Barry Goldstein gets the credit for breeding Summit In Sight.
"I bought the mare in foal from Barry Goldstein. He sold the mare and I bought her for $120,000," Mullen said. "She delivered this Muscle Hill colt and it was a good-looking horse. As time went, weeks and months before the sale, he was shaping up and looking better and better. He was just a little gawky yearling foal, but he matured into a very athletic individual. Everybody was pouring all over him.
"Everybody was looking at him like crazy and being complimentary of him, but you still don't know how the numbers are going to go. I was thinking maybe $150,000 or something. They scrutinized the horse, they scrutinized the pedigree, they x-rayed him from stem to stern, but you don't know at the end of the day how it's going to unfold… I got my $120,000 back and I'm happy."
Mullen was also hopeful for a good day during today's session.
"I have a Chapter Seven (selling Tuesday) that people are pouring over because there are very few Chapter Sevens. It's a colt, the fourth foal out of the mare, but everyone is interested in Chapter Seven and there's not many in the sale. It's out of Ken Warkentin mare, which is the same cross as Walner.
"Of course, I culled the mare after getting this yearling, so the mare is gone, but it guarantees that this one should sell well and perform well," Mullen said, laughing. "That's how it goes. The buyer gets the benefit of me having gotten rid of the mare."
Spears predicted the final two yearling sessions would be strong.
"I think that compared to last year, we certainly cut a lot off the bottom end, so I think Tuesday and Wednesday will be stronger than last year and we'll hope the sales prove that (Tuesday)," he said.
Today's session starts at 10 a.m.


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