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The Rivals of Versailles: A Novel download free [PDF and Ebook] by Sally Christie year 2016
  • Book name: The Rivals of Versailles: A Novel
  • Author: Sally Christie
  • Release date: 2016/10/30
  • Publisher: ATRIA BOOKS
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Romance
  • ISBN: 9781501102998
  • Rating: 7.91 of 10
  • Votes: 551
  • Review by: Jamari Coyne
  • Review rating: 9.2 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/9/30
  • Total pages: 448
  • Includes a PDF summary of 40 pages
  • Description or summary of the book: In this captivating follow-up to Sally Christie's clever and absorbing debut, we meet none other than the Marquise de Pompadour, one of the greatest beauties of her generation and the first bourgeois mistress ever to grace the hallowed halls of Versailles. The year is 1745 and King Louis XV's bed is once again empty. Enter Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, a beautiful girl from the middle classes. As a child, a fortune teller had told young Jeanne's destiny: she would become the lover of a king and the most powerful woman in the land. Eventually connections, luck, and a little scheming pave her way to Versailles and into the King's arms. All too soon, conniving politicians and hopeful beauties seek to replace the bourgeois interloper with a more suitable mistress. As Jeanne, now the Marquise de Pompadour, takes on her many rivals, including a lustful lady-in-waiting, a precocious fourteen-year-old prostitute, and even a cousin of the notorious Nesle sisters, she helps the king give himself over to a life of luxury and depravity. Around them, war rages, discontent grows, and France inches ever closer to the Revolution. Told in Christie's celebrated witty and modern style, The Rivals of Versailles will delight and entrance fans as it brings to life the court of Louis XV in all its pride, pestilence, and glory.
  • Estimated reading time (average reader): 28H7M28S
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
  • Available formats: DOC, PDF, RB, AZW, HTMLZ, WORD, EPUB, TXT. Compressed in TAR, ACE, CAB, ZIP, CBC, RAR
  • Download servers: Torlock, Torrent, MEGA, FreakShare, Hotfile, Microsoft OneDrive,, BitShare, iDope
  • Format: Paperback
  • Approximate value: 18.23 USD
  • Dimensions: 135x210x28mm
  • Weight: 376g
  • Printed by: Not Available
  • Published in: New York, United States

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Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects provides a comprehensive examination of the public health history of asbestos, from the origins of industrial use to the present. It includes in-depth coverage of prior and ongoing litigation; extensive evaluation of the legal arguments put forth by plaintiff and defense counsel; and provides crucial information, materials and resources on the evolving corporate knowledge of asbestos hazards. The book covers in detail: asbestosis and cancer; compensability of asbestosis and cancer as occupational diseases; thresholds and standards used to determine safe or acceptable levels of asbestos exposure in the workplace; and company knowledge of asbestos hazards, gleaned from countless depositions, company records, industry consultants and trade associations.

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The following policies should be reviewed by all parents/guardians and students

Violence and Threat Assessment

The Langley School District has policies around Violence and Threat Assessment.  All parents and students should be aware of these.

High-Risk Behaviours (Violence Potential)

The high-risk behaviours addressed in this protocol include but are not limited to:

  • Verbal, written, or gestural threats to kill or cause grievous bodily harm
  • Internet website threats to kill or cause grievous bodily harm
  • Possession of weapons (including replicas)
  • Bomb threats
  • Fire setting at school
  • Group related intimidation and violence
  • Sexual intimidation or assault

Fair Notice

The School Community will be informed of the School District’s response to threat making behaviour.  All students, parents and staff will be made aware of their obligation to report any threat making behaviour to school staff.   Click below for Fair Notice poster:

Threat Assessment

Threat assessment is the process of determining if a threat maker (someone who utters, writes, emails, etc., a threat to kill or cause harm to a target or targets) actually poses a risk.

Many students, and others, engage in threat-making behaviour but research indicates that few pose a risk of harm to the target they have threatened. Multi-disciplinary threat assessment teams engage in a data collection process, through structured interviews, to determine “initial levels of risk” that may be posed and plan necessary risk-reducing interventions. Although a student of concern may be assessed as low risk there may be data that indicates a more comprehensive risk assessment is required.

School Threat Assessment Team

Each school will have a Threat Assessment Team (TAT).  Membership will include the Principal (TAT Leader), Vice-Principal, School Counsellor and Police Liaison Officer.  VTRA procedures will be reviewed annually.  Training is based on Kevin Cameron’s model from the Canadian Centre for Threat Assessment and Trauma Response.

District Threat Assessment Team

The District TAT is composed of:

  • The Assistant Superintendent of Schools
  • District Principal for Safe Schools
  • District Director of Health & Safety
  • One Elementary Principal
  • One Secondary Principal

This group can be expanded to include representatives from the MCFD, Child and Youth Mental help and the RCMP.

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21405 - 56 Avenue, Langley
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Lubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Released!

Thanks to all the hard work from our contributors, Lubuntu 16.04 LTS has been released! With the codename Xenial Xerus, Lubuntu 16.04 LTS is the 10th release of Lubuntu, and the second long term support release. Lubuntu 16.04 LTS will be supported until April 2019, with three years of support.

What is Lubuntu?

Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu based on the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE), as its default GUI. The goal is to provide a very lightweight distribution, with all the advantages of the Ubuntu world (repositories, support, etc.). Lubuntu is targeted at “normal” PC and laptop users running on low-spec hardware. Such users may not know how to use command line tools, and in most cases they just don’t have enough resources for all the bells and whistles of the “full-featured” mainstream distributions.

With many LXDE components, Lubuntu also uses well-known applications, such as Firefox, Openbox, Pidgin, to name a few. The Lubuntu project wiki contains more information on the project.

Where can I download it?

On the Ubuntu cdimage server, we have images for the following architectures:

  • amd64 (commonly referred to as 64-bit)
  • i386 (commonly referred to as 32-bit)
  • PowerPC (Macintosh images)

The release notes are here if you wish to read them. We have left out some notes that are common to all flavours, so read the Ubuntu release notes if you wish.

What’s improved since 15.10?

  • General bug fix release as we prepare to switch to LXQt.
  • Many LXDE components have been updated with bug fixes.
  • The artwork has been updated with more icons, theme updates, a new wallpaper, etc.

What’s improved since 14.04?

  • Many under-the-hood improvements, such as the replacement of upstart with systemd. More information is available in the Ubuntu release notes linked above.
  • A significant amount of LXDE bug fixes and improvements.
  • Massive artwork improvements.
  • lubuntu-extra-sessions: In the past, selecting different sessions (netbook, gaming etc.) was installed by default. This is now an optional extra that can be installed by those who want this added functionality.

System Requirements

Lubuntu is a good operating system for many old computers, but not for all of them. Some computers have too little horsepower or memory. A rule of thumb is that the computer should not be more than 10 years old.

Memory (RAM)

For advanced internet services like Google+, YouTube, Google Drive, and Facebook, your computer needs at least 1 GB of RAM.

For local programs like LibreOffice and simple browsing habits, your computer needs at least 512 MB of RAM.

Processor (CPU)

The minimum specification for CPU is Pentium 4 or Pentium M or AMD K8. Older processors are too slow and AMD K7 has problems with flash video.

Nvidia, AMD / ATI / Radeon and Intel work out of the box, or the system can be tweaked to work fairly easily. You can get help at the Ubuntu Forums. With such graphics, or if you don’t know, try the current Lubuntu version.

How do I get support?

Our support channel is #lubuntu on IRC. If you don’t have an IRC client, click the link in the earlier sentence, type in a nickname, press start, state your question and press Enter to speak.

We also have the lubuntu-users mailing list. You do not need to subscribe to the mailing list to ask a question. Send an email to lubuntu-users AT lists DOT ubuntu DOT com.

How do I contribute?

We always need more help! If you would like to contribute, head over to our Getting Involved page. We need help with Reporting bugs, Translations, Tests / QA, Code & patches, Artwork, Documentation, and Marketing / Press. If you have any questions about contributing, please join #lubuntu-devel on Freenode or email the lubuntu-devel mailing list at lubuntu-devel AT lists DOT ubuntu DOT com.

Known issues

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When it comes to coping with hepatitis, laughter is better than an apple a day

Tomorrow is my favorite under-observed holiday, April Fools’ Day. Although I feel strongly about human rights, especially the right to health care, I think if I was going to write a manifesto, it would honor humor. Perhaps something like this:

I believe in the pursuit of hilarity. When it comes to wellness, laughter is better than an apple a day. Just in case I am wrong about this, I eat a lot of apples. I also believe in medicine, but I suggest taking a joke book along to survive time spent in the waiting room. If I needed a liver transplant, I would not turn it down hoping that I could laugh myself well. However, I hope I’d find ways to amuse myself without breaking open the stitches.

When I had hepatitis C, I laughed at it. Mirth lightened my liver load. It takes a bit of gall to poke fun at hepatitis. Now I have to be more careful, because laughing when you have hep C is okay; laughing when you don’t have it can be tasteless. Now I laugh at other things, such as getting old, which I am allowed to laugh at now that I am close to my Medicare years.

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Early Life Forms

Three of my new poured acrylic paintings are on view at Marin Society of Artists from Jan 9-Feb 1, 2020. The exhibit is “A Moment in Time”. Although the artwork is abstract, at least the titles of my three pieces relate to the theme of the show. They are “Early Life Forms” (pictured), “Deep Past” and “Autumn Splendor“.


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# SideBar

SideBar is important for a website, it helps users jump from one site section to another quickly

# Default

One of the most common features is to have the hidden sidebar to show it when the user presses a button or makes an action, to add a sidebar we have the component vs-sidebar

To add an internal link using vue-router you can do them simply by adding the property to as if it were a vue-router link

In case you need an external link or normal html, simply do it with the href property

Active Link

To make the link is in an active state we have the property v-model

# Parent

You can change the parent of the sidebar with the property parent that as a value requires an element of the DOM (#idx, .classx) or a reference of Vuejs as $refs.myrefContent

By default the parent of the sidebar is the body

# Static

You can also use the sidebar in static mode with the property static

when putting the sidebar in static mode its position becomes relative for better manipulation

# Group Collapsed

You can have groups of sub menus with the component vs-slider-group that as a required parameter we have the title, you can add as many groups as you need, including internally from the same component.

By default the component is closed but if you need to initialize open you can use the property open

# Open on the right

You can also choose where you'd like the sidebar to appear, right or left? By default, a sidebar will be located on the left of the screen but sometimes, a right-screened sidebar is really useful!

A static sidebar will not appear on the right.

# Reduce and Expand

You can have a reduced sidebar with the reduce property which by default makes the sidebar look reduced and when hover expands, if you do not want the functionality to expand when hovering you can remove it with the reduce-not-hover-expand property

You can remove the bounce animation by opening the sidebar with the prop reduce-not-rebound

Name Type Parameters Description default
v-model Boolean Determines if the sidebar is active (visible), if it is a vs-sidebar-item, determine if the link is active. false
icon String Add the icon to the item or group label. none
icon-pack String Icon Pack Class Name Icon Pack to be used. If not set, icon will default to Material Icons. ex. FA4 uses fa or fas, FA5 uses fas, far, or fal. material-icons
parent Element (#idx | .classx) Determine the parent of the sidebar . body
staticPosition String Determines if the component is static and has a relative position. false
title (vs-sidebar-group) String Label of the group of links.
open (vs-sidebar-group) Boolean Determines if the group of links is open. false
openHover (vs-sidebar-group) Boolean Determine if the group expands when doing hover defaul click. click
position-right String Determines where the sidebar should be opened from right. left
reduce Boolean Determines if the sidebar is of only icons. false
hidden-background Boolean Determines if the background is hidden. false
reduce-not-hover-expand Boolean Determines if the component does not expand when in reduced mode. false
reduce-not-rebound Boolean Eliminates the bounce animation in the reduce mode when opening. false
click-not-close Boolean when clicking, the sidebar is no longer closed. false
default-index Number, String Determines the initial index of the options (the initial option selected). 1
index (vs-sidebar-item) Number, String determines the item's index. 1
href url add the href to the link.
to url add the href to the vue-router link.


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If you’re planning this weekend’s makeup, I don’t think there is anything quite as flattering as gorgeous fluttery lashes.

Esquido Mink Lashes

Even though I have packets of lashes at home, I’d never tried mink ones before. It just sounds so glamorous and J-Lo esque! Thankfully, Esquido make the most beautiful mink lashes, and the fur is all ethically sourced, so no fluffies were harmed to make the lashes!

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When you visit the Esquido site, you can select the lashes which best suit your needs – if you’re after everything from a natural boost, or some more dramatic they have you covered. Rather than going completely full-on, I choose the Esquido Mink Lashes in the Lashlorette style which gives lashes some major oomph.

Esquido Lashlorette Lashes

The lashes are designed to criss-cross, and I love the glossy black finish. The lashes are attached to a cotton band which makes application an absolute breeze! I used a touch of Shu Uemura False Lash Glue, then applied to my bare lashes. They feel incredible – unlike a lot of lashes I’ve tried, Esqido’s Lashlorettes are incredibly lightweight, and they stay put throughout the evening. As if they weren’t great enough, the lashes are good for up to 25 uses!

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Optimizing your research engine capabilities can be a great boon to any website, but only should you be smart regarding it.

When making pages keeping SEO under consideration, it is almost always better to have multiple short articles on similar topics rather than to have one extremely long article. Long pages get less weight with the search engines as short ones do.

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Include quality keywords in each page’s URL.

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Union Bay Guest House

Beautiful Log Chalet on a tranquil setting, watch the boats go by, eagles soar

  • Rooms: 3
  • Price: Pricing per night from $100 single to $120 double, $20 extra per person
    • Breakfast Service:
    • Full
Amenities & Facilities

  • Beautiful Rose Gardens to admire
  • Creek with bridges in garderns
  • Sit on rockers on the back porch and admire the beatiful ocean views with the sailboats going by

  • Check In/Check Out: Check in after 3pm. Check out by 11am the following day. Airport/ and or Ferry pickup available.(Please Inquire)
  • Cancellation: 100% refund for cancellations with 72 hours notice. 50% refund prior to 24 hours. 0% refund with less than 24 hour notice.
  • Seasonal Information: Open Year Round - check for blackout periods

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The Cobbled Path Bed and Breakfast

Join Jim and Judy in the village of Stevensville minutes from Niagara.Falls

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  • Rooms: 3
  • Price: $115 -$185 Cdn tax included
    • Breakfast Service:
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Amenities & Facilities

  • Two completely wheelchair accessible rooms include easy entry showers.
  • Suite available with 2 bedrooms with an ensuite bath
  • A cozy parlour and a comfortable porch are available for reading, playing games, watching T.V. or visiting with other guests
  • Less than 15 minutes from the excitement of the Niagara attractions and casinos and 10 minutes from the Peace Bridge
  • Ample parking is available for vans and cars
  • Discounted rates for stays of more than two nights.

  • Check In/Check Out: Check in after 4:00 p.m. Check out before 11:00 a.m.
  • Cancellation: Cancellations not made 48h prior to the reservation date may be subject to a cancellation fee of 25% that may be applied to a reservation made within 1 year of cancellation.
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I don't own Harry Potter or Pokémon.

Harry wanted something, (which was unusual since when she was very young she learned to never expect or to want anything), she wanted a Pokémon. It was a desire that she would never even think of voicing but it engulfed her anyway like vines around a tree sprout.

At first, she wanted a Fire-type for warmth during the winter to cuddle up with, when they left her outside. Those bitter cold mornings when waking up with white hair, blue skin and stiff joints became commonplace.

Then it went to a Flying-type to run away with during her more wishful ideas when shadows of clouds lazily drifted across the lawn. How easy it would be to jump on their back and fly away. Fly off somewhere closer to the equator, never have to worry about having to unthawing her hands again.

Water-type for when the water jug ran out during the long periods in the closet. Reality blurred with fever dreams as visions of ruins and pain plagued her.

Grass-type when her bones felt funny and her bruises made it hard to sleep no matter how tired she was. She would have her own protector that wouldn't let anyone by her.

She's been doing something that was forbidden.

She's been listening to every episode she secretly ever since it first came out. The theme song would drift through the kitchen window down towards the flower beds. A bright, confident tune that made her smile. So during the morning gardening, before she went to school, she made sure to be extra slow in the flower beds in the back.

If she timed everything just~ right and a great deal of luck she could watch one episode through her bangs during breakfast as she stood waiting to take the plates to the sink on weekends.

She had every Pokémon memorized, differences between each species and the genders. Every pawprint and colour pattern was burned into her memory at the school library. She could pair each call wild or domesticated to the pokèmon.

She knew they were not considered normal by auntie 'Unnatural little cretins', but she still let Dudley watch the show and play the games who was perfectly normal in Auntie's eyes; she wasn't. That means she would be the perfect person to have one if they were real.

Some days in the heat when everything was blurring together like when Dudley dumped water over a classmates painting, she swore to herself that in the distance she could hear them. Or she'll see one in the distance from the corner of her eye.

Then she found a field mouse stuck in a trap (putting it in her pocket so aunt Petunia wouldn't find it, a risky manoeuvre ever since Dudley learned to aim for pockets. Via Sally Jenkins when her inhaler got punctured during a hit. Sally's tears filled him with glee the punishment not so much), she decided to keep it hidden in the cupboard since her aunt never goes in there. It was dark and filthy with spiders everywhere, no place for non-freaks to go into.

That was a long month ago since then and two weeks since school ended; the mouse made its home in an old shoe. Every night when feeding them, she talked to them. Telling her what she learnt in school or how far Bao got in the game.

"Sorry, I never apologized for putting you in here but I couldn't bear the thought of you being killed by my aunt. I brought you some more food." She whispered as she pulled out a tomato she flinched from the garden while working. Pushing the small red fruit towards the mouse, as an appeasement, which looked smaller than the fruit.

The mouse's ears were twitching at her from the corner of the shelf. It inched forward slowly before it proceeded to chew on the small orb. She counted that as a victory for her side.

She took more small fruits and vegetables for them both, over the next few days. Feeling more confident each time and anxious to get to the cupboard. It was a terrifying risk, last time she did this aunty hit her hard enough that the world went blurry for a few days, she didn't get much sleep those days either something told her not to go to bed. But seeing its cheeks puff up with food was so adorable and well worth the danger.

Hiding them in a small chest she took from Dudley's second room while cleaning out his pile of broken things. (Pirates were popular the month he got it.) He ripped off the lid in boredom since it wasn't the one he wanted, so she took it. The bagginess of her clothing comes in handy every once and a while like hiding food and paper or any assortment of small things. It was a good thing she did cause the next thing she knew, she was locked in the cupboard because Vernon screwed up a deal at work. Harry was surprised that she only got put in the cupboard he usually bats her around.

"I think I'll call you Daisy," Harry said as she passed the newly named Daisy another small carrot with leaves. Her hidden perk of thining out the rows. "You're getting much bigger now, I guess that means your growing up".

What she didn't know was that mice didn't get this big but with only cartoons and massive magical cats from her watcher (they ruled the outside keeping all other four-legged animals to their backyard) down the street as a reference of animal sizes in real life, her perception is a little wonky. Those dogs Marge brought over were something she didn't count with their gross wheezing and clear signs of inbreeding that she recognized from Bao's stories.

Running her fingers tips over the mouse her mind slowing thought what of Daisy would look like as a Pokémon. She would be a Pikachu naturally. A bright yellow-gold with ragged marking variations; like a tiger instead of smooth solid ones, black naturally. She'd have thick fur like that animal the chinchilla but it would be ok for her to go to warm weather area. It would be waterproof like an otter so she could swim. To be safe for her to go to tropical places with lots of rain.

She was stuck in there for a week with only loo breaks once every day before they finally let her out. Each day Harry thinks about what Daisy would be like as a Pokémon. She noticed she's doing that a lot lately. The next day she was pulled out to do the yard and garden work. Along with the chores that piled up, so she didn't Daisy see that had more than doubled in size during that night alone.

Harry filled her pockets with produce keeping constant vigilance for the Dursleys in case they were watching. Her chest ached with how hard her heart was beating by the end of the day. 'I'm done all my chores~' she cheered mentally to herself.

'I hope Daisy isn't too hungry' She glanced up at the sky was showing its first star already. So she waited for someone to open the back door. 'She going to be so angry at me...'

"Girl get in here, and start supper." Petunia said from inside having opened the door, face looking like she was sucking on a lemon. "You better not burn anything you hear me".

"Yes, Aunt Petunia". She said as she rushed to the kitchen dodging Dudley's leg that swung out. After making a roast ham and five different sides and a three layer chocolate fudge cake for dessert. She stood in the kitchen staring at the counter as the sounds of them eating caused her stomach to clench to remind her that it was empty. Harry cleaned the dishes and was given the scraps on a paper plate. Pushed into the closet the door was swiftly snapped closed behind her.

Hearing the telly raise in volume she emptied her pockets of produce into the chest. Then the leftovers and the napkin filled with serving of supper she took before placing the food on the plate. Whispering out "Daisy... I have supper."

Not hearing any squeaks in reply even though she could see her breathing along with ear twitching as she laid behind the chest. "I'm sorry Daisy, I didn't mean to leave you in here. I promise to try my hardest not to do it again".

"Promise?" Harry heard squeaking she liked to think she could understand what Daisy was saying.

"I promise." Daisy moved from behind the box and into the dim light. "Woah, Daisy soon cats won't be able to chase you, you will be the ones chasing them". Harry felt a warm pressure pushing a smile on her face. Shaking her head as she scrunched her eyes to adjust to the dark. "Anyway, I got us a feast". Harry placed the plate down making sure it was covered with the napkin. "Ta-dah! A feast that fits in with those with a wonderful companion". She flicked up the napkin with a flourish with a cheerful whisper.

"All that for us!" Squeaked Daisy as Harry passed Daisy a piece of ham. "I never saw so much."

"Yep all for us, let's eat before it gets cold". Smiled Harry as they dug in.

(The next Morning)

"Girl, this place better be spotless by the time we come back you hear me". Petunia scowled down her nose. "We're having guests tonight. So make a perfect dinner, and don't you dare break any of my chinaware you hear. I want a crown of lamb and make sure the ends aren't burnt. And duck too make sure the skin is extra crispy."

"Yes, Aunt Petunia". Harry said keeping her face down so they wouldn't see her smile. She got the whole house only with Daisy how great was that. Waiting until the car pulled away, she rushed to her room. "Daisy! You can come out now. They're going to be gone tell this evening, it takes a while to get suits to fit them."

Out jumped a large dirty blonde mouse. Stretching out her limbs Daisy started to sniff about. "You can wander around but I need to prepare supper, k?"

The next two hours were filled with food preparation and then the two eating whatever good leftovers were in the fridge were for a late lunch. Instead of throwing them out like Petunia wanted her to do.

"Supper is in the oven in a low heat for the lamb and the duck was marinating, the sorbet is in the freezer, the fruit is sliced and soaking for the parfait. The pie just has to be assembled and baked in the pastry after it rests.

"Daisy, I'm going outside do you want to come?" Harry called out taking off the apron. 'I will have to do the dishes after I plate the food.'

Thwap*-*Thwap*Thwap* Looking at the back door, there was Daisy with a paw on the window. Looking at her with- what are you waiting for?- in her eyes.

Opening up the door Daisy bounded for the tomato plants. "Don't leave any remains I don't want someone from Petunia's clubs to notice chew marks on anything." Harry kneeled down between the row and started to weed with the extreme speed that came with years of practice.

(Daisy's Pov)

I was ravenous it seemed no matter how much I ate lately if I was awake I needed to eat.

Seeing my human pulling up plants roots and all. I finished eating the rest of my tomato, before walking over to the pile. "Hey, can I eat these?"

"The dandelions? Sure there's nothing on them." She's smiling at me with a nod.

My human is smart, she can understand what I'm saying, unlike others. Grabbing the flowers I started blossom down they were a bit bitter but tasty none the less. I never ate so well in my life, but with her I get everything. I even had meat, that's not from insects. I still haven't finished destroying the colourful eight-legged one's colony in the nest. They were invaders hissing out murderous thing in the night.

'They think they can hurt my human, do they? Well, I think I should do something about that.'

Watching her water the front lawn with the not snake she called a hose, I came to the conclusion I needed to clean the nest out it was filthy. Every movement showed red bumps and even more inflamed skin. They would be gone by the evening but it mattered not to Daisy. She felt a crackling heat fill her at the thought of her human being hurt while she was around.

I climbed the steps and through the open door wiping my feet off at the door like she taught me. Then padded across the floor and under the table. I tried to nose open the door -did not work-, hmmm... aha! Grabbing the edge with my paws I stood on my hind legs and pulled. *creeek* It worked! Why I never thought of doing that with my paws before I'll never know. Balancing on my back feet I reached up and pulled myself on top of the bed.

"Daisy what are you doing?" I looked back seeing my human with her head tilted to the side smelling like cut grass and a greasy machine.

"I going to clean out the nest, you can help if you want." I jumped up and continued pushing out stuff.

"Clean…out, that's a great idea. Maybe I can make more room for us."

I nodded my head, good with the two of us it goes much easier. I started by devouring any bugs that appeared as she moved stuff. They think they can try to bite my human, yeah right!

(Harry's Pov)

I flattened then moved out all the boxes to the living room (nothing was in them, heck they didn't even have any of this stuff anymore). Threw away Daisy's old shoe nest (It's partner a long gone victim to Ripper) now that she was too big. Grabbing the bedding I placed it at the back door, it needed a heavy duty scrub a long time ago once that was done maybe I can stuff it with something.

There was so much dirt in there it was surprising that we didn't find sentient dust bunnies. Altho Daisy was attacking (with gusto) plenty of spiders that were colours I didn't even know they came in. They could be tropical.

Thwap!* *rashhh!* *THUNK!*

"Daisy! Are you alright!?" I ran back to the closet, only to see a plank corner sticking out.

"There more room, stupid wall was in the way". Daisy squeaked out from the other side dust drifting out. Small holes chewed through two of the corners.

I was gaping, a fake wall made out of plywood to a whole room. I guess I never thought about it but this was the only closet on the floor it had to be bigger. Pulling the light's line that was hidden, it illuminated the whole area. It was caked with dust, dirt and webs. A trio of coat hooks hung underneath a footlong shelf adjacent to the hallway. I could see it was in a short L shape that followed the basement stairs just behind the pantry.

"Ready to do this?" I asked looking down, I swore I saw Daisy nod her head.

(7:00 pm)(General Pov)

They did it. Not only did they clean the cupboard but the rest of the house too. Harry now has a cleaned and re-stuffed bed but Daisy had her own pillow to now. (Both done with old sheets) The old false wall was now their box spring it was wedged on the sloped wall under the shelf. Its held up by plastic crates that were shoved at the back.

You had to climb in there to see that it was larger. Since the cleaning supplies hid the opening meaning that none of the Dursley family could see. She made sure to write this day's achievement on the wall.

The dinner was ready, so were desserts. Harry made sure to grab a plate for the two of them and refilled the water jug, knowing they wouldn't get leftovers. It was waiting on the bed shelf. Harry did one last check, perfect.

They were home. Petunia squinted at everything, she even had the nerve to rub her fingers on surfaces. "Good enough, take some fruit and go to your cupboard. No noise, they'll be here in an hour."

"Yes, Aunt Petunia." Moving quickly before she changes her mind and kicks her outside. As the night progressed, the guests came and left. Two figures were having their own party in silence on the other side of the wall.

(One Week Later)

"Get up! Get up!" Petunia knuckles snapped on the door "I'm having guests over and I don't need you stinking up the house".

Harry woke with a start. "Yes Aunt Petunia, I'll be out in a minute." Pulling on her shoes she shook Daisy awake. "Get in my shirt, we're leaving the house for the day."

"Where are we going?"

"The school fields. There's a water park across the fence." Daisy climbed under her outer shirt, with the speed of a cat soaked with cold water, if there was water there was the chance they could wash up. Making sure Daisy's not going to fall out Harry left the house and neighbourhood at a full run. No way was she letting Dudley and his gang catch her. "You can come out now Daisy, Dudley and his cronies won't be stupid enough come anywhere near the school, there's always policemen watching around here".

Daisy's head popped out the top of her shirt. It dawned on her that Daisy was huge. Now a little over a foot in length, her tail was much wider and stood up when she walked. She felt over 10 pounds which made her heavier than a small cat. Jumping out to walk beside her, Harry could tell that Daisy's fur was lighter in colour. In the two months, she has turned from a dark brown to a yellow blonde.

"Hey freak, did you really think I'd let you go that easy did you?" Dudley called from behind her. She felt dread coil into a rock in her belly when laughter of his gang met her ears.

'No way.' Her head shot up noticing she was surrounded. 'When did they get here?'

"What is that thing, a giant rat!?" Malcom yelled.

"Who cares if it's the Freaks it's fair game." Dudley snorted.

A sharp pain lanced her forehead, Harry went down. Wet warmth coated her face. 'Everything was blurry...why couldn't she see normally?'

"Good throw Piers. Now grab that rat." Gordon laughed.

"No! Leave her alone, Dudley you dumb whale!" Harry hollered white-hot anger crackle in her chest, eyes blurred she kicked out at the closest blur causing a groan of pain. Then she was pinned down right under the shoulder blades, her face stung from the hits they took. Her ribs felt like they were being flattened. Something squeezed around my neck why is everything dark? She had to keep hitting back.

"Shut up you Freak, should have hit her harder Piers". Dudley sneered.

"I hit her with two sharp rocks, what more do you want."

"OW! That stupid rodent bite me!" Dennis shrieked. "Damn animal!"

Harry heard a high-pitched squeak and thump. She started to thrash she bite something near her face. She heard a scream as whatever it was pulled away.

Someone slammed their fist into her skull making her head bounced on the ground. Then nothing.

(Daisy's Pov)

'These stupid humans are hurting my girl I had to get them off her'. The weaselly looking one got my teeth into his leg. Only to get kicked towards a tree. I flipped onto my feet and bolted towards them, no way was I going down so easily.

"Let my girl go!" I felt and saw bright heat leave me in thin threads. It struck the three small ones, they went sprawling across the field. I charged at the fat one that reminded me of a river rat. Feeling that warmth around me I slammed myself into the rat's side. He was twitching as he collapsed with an earth-shaking thud. Seeing the last one try to run I headbutted him in the back of the legs forcing his face into the ground. None of them got up. Perfect.

Quicky moving towards my girl, ears twitching at the strange whistling wheeze that she made whenever she exhaled. Pushing on her cheek that was purple, no noise.

I yelled at her, pushed her on to her side by the hip. She wouldn't wake-up; what did she say; pole-ice men help people? Well, my person needs help! Running out of the park, couldn't see anyone. Keep going, there!

I jumped and grabbed what he held in his hand with my teeth I felt my tail snag something mid-jump. I heard them following me, as I made my way back to her side I collapse. My lungs ached from all that running, at less those other five are still down.

(Police's Pov) (Let's call them Jerry and Ian)

"What the hell!" Jerry yelled something yanked his hat off and the phone from his hands, forcing him to take a step to steady himself. He looked up to see a yellow…yellow something looking back before running back down the street.

"Did I just see a Pikachu steal your cell phone!?" Ian yelped.

Whipping around he saw the new rookie holding the coffee. "I don't care what it was, just follow the blasted damn thing." He barked as he ran after the phone thief. Ian quickly outpaced him, with his beanpole legs.

"Sir, its headed for the elementary school". Ian reported through his walkie-talkie. Ian picked up speed, getting through the fence right after it. "Shit! Call an ambulance, there are kids here."

Feeling something pulling his pants he jumped. "H-hey their little fella." Reaching down to rub its head with a shaking hand. "Were you leading us here?"

His leg being pulled towards the centre. "What are you-" He stopped seeing the dark bruises around the girl's neck and the puddle of dark blood staining the grass around her head like a macabre halo. Cold dread slipping down his back, he glanced at the larger children. Unconscious but no marks. "Oh god...It's going to be okay. It'll be alright."

"Pika pi..." He spared a glance at the yellow mouse exhausted and visibly scruffed up laying down beside the bloodied girl's arm. Head lifted to stare at him.

He checked her pulse, faint but still there. "She going to be fine; I can hear the sirens of the ambulance their just down the block, you did well in protecting her". He watched it lay its head down on the girl's hand.

Ian grabbed the Pokémon as the medics secured and stabilized the girl. It struggled to weak from running to do anything but make the hair on his arm stand straight. He watched the five boys were put into a van to the station. They were just unconscious until a few minutes ago. "Ian! Ian! Snap out of it rookie."

"Jerry?" He looked over when did he get his hat back? Wasn't he holding it?

"Ian, we need to get your statement at the station."

"Can we go to the hospital afterwards? I have to give back the girls ummm pet".

"Sure kid." Jerry sighed to tired to complain about the yellow mouse. "Let's get this over with."

He went through telling them everything, from chasing after the Pikachu. To it pulling his pant leg towards the girl and the status of the knocked out boys. Of how they woke up and could not move for a few seconds, and blood covered nails that matched scratches on the victim.

He sat in the uncomfortable plastic seat, waiting for the all clear to come out. It was odd being the one making a statement. Everything felt hazy, every tick on that clock was a lifetime. How could this happen? Time passed slowly. Or was it quickly? Every blink seemed to show a different picture.

Everyone was fascinated by the yellow creature. All he could tell them it belonged to the Jane Doe. They finally left for the hospital, Pokémon secured in his arm.

A tired woman came out "I'm Dr. Mary Markson, are you here for the Jane Doe?"

He blinked when he noticed Jerry beside him. "How is she? When can we see her? Is she awake?"

"She's stable but groggy. You're able to go and see her, I'll take you up to the children's ward." She motioned us to follow her down the halls the beeping made Ian twitch. He despised hospitals.

"Her most recent injuries are stable: Hairline fractures on the frontal bone above the right eye. Six stitches beside her left eye. Cracked ribs 3-5 and serious bruising on 4-7. Major bruising around the neck. Her voice box is right underneath it, I won't be surprised if she can't talk above a whisper for the next few weeks. There are also other things about our Jane Doe that I must speak with you of you about." She walked in front of them as they stepped out of the elevator. "Here she is, maybe one of you can make her talk she refused to reply to any of us only asked for a daisy."

Ian walked in and felt his heartbreak. He knew what the doctor wanted to talk about now. There swamped in blankets on a bed too big for her, sat a girl with bird bones, the spotted skin tight on her arms and shoulders. Bandages covered her forehead along with the right portion of her face leaving her green eye to peak beyond the wraps. Abuse and Neglect. Pulling on a smile he whispered. "Hey, there's someone here to see you."

The girl's eyes widened then brighten "Daisy?" not really focused on anything.

The Pokémon Wriggled out of his grip and jumped onto the bed. "Pika-pika pi-pika pika-chu~." It seemed to babble as it hugged her with its small arms.

She sniffled as she tried to rub her eye. "I'm sorry too, Are you o.k I heard you get kicked into a tree." She pulled the now named Daisy closer.

"Pika-pi Pikachu~ Pi-pi-pi pi-chu ka-chu."

"That's good, I guess I should." The girl looked up at them. "Thank-you for bringing Daisy. She said you needed to talk to me?"

Jerry cleared his throat as he turned on the recorder. "Yes, I'll start with the simple things. Can you tell us your name?"

"Harry Potter, sir."

"Just Harry Potter?"

"Yes, sir."

"When is your birthday?"

"July, 31."

"Do you know the people who attacked you?"

"My cousin Dudley and his gang."

"Do you live with him?"

"Yes, sir."

"Do you know how long?"

"Since I was left on their doorstep in November after my first birthday."

"On their doorstep?"

"That's what they say."

"Have you ever been to a doctor?"

"No sir, this is the first time."

"Do you go to school?"

"When I'm allowed out of my cupboard."

"M-hm its were me and Daisy sleep."

This went on for a half an hour. The questions getting more detailed and longer as they went on. The medication making Harry not care if she got in trouble with Aunt Petunia.

"Thank-you, that's all for now." Jerry stood up from his seat and left.

Seeing Mary standing there. "What do you need to say." He knew it's not going to be good he called in the names.

"Can I be blunt Jerry? I am surprised she is alive, she's one of the most severe cases of malnutrition I have ever seen. Not only that roughly half of all bones in her body has some type of damage to it. Her arms both have multiple unset healed breaks." Throwing herself into a chair Mary continued. "Her legs are in worse condition I never saw so many cracks in one person before, it was like looking at a skeleton jigsaw puzzle!"

"Her palms have completely covered in old burns. There are signs of blunt force trauma at the back of her head along with nerve damage to her eyes. I can't even count how many bruises and scars litter her body!"

"It looks like someone took a knife to her face! I don't even want to remember the number of slices we had to close on her face. Then there was that tarry substance covering her face." Mary rubbed her hair and take deep breathes. "I'm sorry, I just- I just needed to rant at someone. Please tell me you have someone, to arrest these bastards."

"Yep, got them as Mrs Dursley was greeting the club members for her son. Got Mr Dursley with assault of an officer and resisting arrest when he came home from work not too long ago. Nice to know one's already in a cell."

"That's good I'll feel better when those monsters are behind bars. Poor kid, I was just with my boss we're going to have to transfer her to London. We're just too a small hospital, we don't have the equipment for a long-term patient. Especially one who'll need multiple surgeries and rehabilitation". She sighed glancing through the glass wall, freezing transfixed. "Is that a Pokémon?"

"I guess, that's what Ian says it is anyway. Whatever that is it led us to the scene". Rubbing off the sweat on his neck. "I'll tell Ian, the rookie got himself attached".

"Don't we all?" Mary replied as he walked through the door. 'I'm going have to make some calls. What's the protocol on Pokémon?'

"Let's say unique service animal."

(Harry's Pov)

The man who asked questions was back. I guess it was time for them to leave, it was dark out after all. Waving goodbye I laid-back I never talked to another person so much in my life. It was nice but made me sleepy.

"Hey, I'm just here to change the bag sweetie." I blinked when did I fall asleep. A lady with pretty brown curls stood by. "How are you feeling?"

"Better...am I going back to the Dursleys?" It was like that all the time. Someone came, took me, then before the next day came I was back in my cupboard.

"No, you are not. So don't worry about that." She rubbed my arm. My eyelids felt like they had weights taped to them. "All you have to worry about now is resting and getting better sweetheart."

"Harry its time to get up." I scrunched my eyes at the light. What an unusual sensation. "Time to eat."

"Where am I? Where is Daisy?" This is not the room I fell asleep in last night.

"A drunkard named Marge somehow got up here, let her dog lose. It slammed into your door which cracked it." The nurse had lighter brown hair like honey that was in short half curls. "Daisy knocked them both back and is in the bathroom get the smell of dog slobber off of herself. She's quite the star in this hospital."

"Oh... Okay, what time is it?" Harry asked sitting up, she never liked Marge or her dogs anyway.

"It is 2:00 pm and time for lunch." She said as she placed two trays in front of her. "One for you and another for Daisy. After washing up, it should be time to transfer you to London."

"Yep normally we would need your guardians' consent, but since we can't find any legal papers with the Dursley's we don't have too." The nurse smiled as she left. She has videos to upload.

Harry knew there was more to it but she couldn't bring herself to care. The farther away from them the better. Hearing a door open she looked over, her brain froze. A Pikachu. Why was there a there a- "Daisy?"

"Pika pi!" (You're Awake!) The Pikachu ran over and jumped into her lap. "Pi pi pika pi chu. Pika pika chu pi pika cha~". (You've been sleeping forever. Thought you'd never get up.)

Harry apologized as she hugged her. "Sorry for making you worry." Harry pulled back confused. "I wasn't much help in the fight yesterday, but how did you change into a Pikachu anyway?"


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Feeling (Even More) Anxious? As the Pandemic Continues and New Stressors Emerge, Graduate Center Experts Offer Advice on Coping

Arielle Shanok

The sources of stress are almost too plentiful and familiar to mention: the continuing pandemic, the possibly of new restrictions and increased social isolation, pressures from school and work, anticipating and dreading the upcoming election. The shorter daylight hours and colder weather aren’t making things easier.

In this first contribution to a new series, Arielle Shanok, deputy director of the Wellness Center for Student Counseling Services at The Graduate Center, offers advice for coping with this exceptionally anxiety-inducing time:

Self-care is so important nowadays, especially for graduate students who are already six times more likely to be anxious and depressed than the general population. Stressors for graduate students are already manifold and are being compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, hateful attacks on our marginalized identities, and politics in extreme turmoil.

Make sure you know the early signs of your mental health suffering. We each have our own indicators — perhaps it’s repeatedly snapping at our partner about little things, increasing substance use to get through the day, or staying tucked under our covers like it’s our full-time job. If some version of these scenarios is happening for you, stop. No, really, stop. And give your mental health some attention.

Take stock of what you need most. More social contact with supportive loved ones? More time alone? Less time glued to the news? Time outside and/or time moving your body? Space to grieve for a loved one? An activist space where you can feel some mobilization and hope? A day off from some of your responsibilities? Or something else?

While creating space in your life for one or more of these techniques might feel like shoving yet another item into your New York City apartment closet, I assure you that it’s well worth the effort. If you haven’t dropped your perfectionism yet, by all means, open your window and toss it into the autumn wind. Rather than proofreading your reflection paper for the fourth time, press send and go for a walk. Scale back your thesis or dissertation plans and be practical. Accept that maybe this won’t be the year when your child eats veggies with every meal, when your savings account gives you a sigh of relief, or when your irresistibly witty blog goes viral.

I write lightheartedly because levity can be healing. However, this topic is not one to take lightly. If you are suffering, please, please reach out for help. The Graduate Center’s Counseling Center offers a range of treatment, academic, and referral options, as well as emergency resources and a mental wellness video series. You don’t need to go through this time alone.

Submitted on: OCT 14, 2020

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Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova. Photo: BGNES

One of the proposals made by the newly established tourism council is to start immediately hiring seasonal workers from abroad in order to improve the quality of service offered in Bulgaria’s summer and winter resorts.

This was stated by Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova in an interview for private NOVA TV station on Sunday.

Angelkova explained that this practice will most probably begin to be applied during the forthcoming winter season.

The tourism minister identified the lack of well-trained cadres as the most considerable problem of the sector.

According to her and experts from the council, the period of traineeships offered in the tourism sector should be extended from three to six months.

Angelkova added that hoteliers are organising free language courses and settinp up their own training centres.

In her opinion, Bulgarians prefer to work abroad due to the better conditions and remuneration.

In Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts, a typical low-qualified worker on eight-hour working day earns a minimum monthly salary of BGN 500.

The minister also commented the ongoing summer season which is currently at its peak.

Angelkova said that official data showed that the number of Russian tourists has considerably increased.

In her words, there was 30 % increase in the number of visas issued to Russian citizens compared to last year.

She repeated figures provided by her earlier this week which showed that nearly two million foreign tourists had visited Bulgaria in the first five months of this year. This represented an increase of 14 % compared to the same period in 2015.

The minister was firm that the large-scale tax inspections along the Black Sea coast will continue.

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SINGAPORE, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- United Overseas Bank (UOB) has transformed the digital banking experience for its corporate clients with the launch of UOB Infinity, enabling them to manage their banking needs in a simpler, smarter and more personalised manner. The Bank will roll out UOB Infinity across the region, beginning with Singapore first.  UOB has transformed the digital banking experience for its corporate clients with the launch of UOB Infinity

With rising demand for personalised digital experiences^[1], UOB Infinity offers a customisable dashboard that enables clients to prioritise and to display information that is most important to them. The customisable dashboard presents financial information visually, thereby making it easy for clients to see state of their company's finances at a glance and in real-time.

Through UOB Infinity, clients can also manage a range of domestic and cross-border banking activities – from checking their UOB accounts across various markets to making local and international payments – conveniently and without the need to log into multiple platforms. Real-time payment receipt confirmation at the beneficiary bank also helps address the challenges that many corporate treasurers face by improving transparency and certainty of payment.

UOB Infinity's biometric login via a soft token on the mobile app also enables for faster access and simplified transaction authorisation while also ensuring security.

Ms So Lay Hua, Head of Group Transaction Banking, Group Wholesale Banking, UOB, said, "The launch of UOB Infinity is another example of our commitment to developing digital solutions that enable our clients to bank more easily and conveniently. In designing UOB Infinity, we have created an experience that is intuitive for our clients and enables them to access the financial intelligence they need quickly and easily. As part of our design approach, we engaged our clients at every step to understand what was most important to them and tapped industry best practices to create a solution that meets both the current and future needs of our clients.

"We believe that through UOB Infinity's simple and user-friendly interface, breadth of functionalities and personalised experience, we will be able to help more of our clients increase their use of digital banking services for better productivity and business performance. Not only is this essential to supporting businesses in their digital transformation efforts, it also helps in increasing their resilience and ability to make timely, data driven decisions to cope with unexpected events such as the COVID-19 pandemic."

A set of customers piloted UOB Infinity and found its ease of use and rich features drove improved experience, productivity and business performance. TeleRadio Engineering Private Limited was one of the clients that has already benefitted from the solution's ease of use and wide range of features.

Ms Vivien Tan, Chief Executive Officer at TeleRadio Engineering Private Limited, said, "I found the dashboard very useful as it provides me with an overview of my balances and transaction statuses across different accounts. The ability to customise the dashboard also makes it more convenient for me as I can opt to have an overview of my outstanding tasks and thereby act on them promptly."

*Greater certainty and transparency when making cross-border payments*

UOB Infinity also addresses a common concern among corporate clients – the lack of real-time tracking for cross-border payments^[2]. The digital solution provides businesses with real-time notification through SMS or email when their payment has been successfully credited into the beneficiary's account, saving them the hassle of manually checking on the status of the transaction. On average, about 20 per cent of the monthly calls received by UOB from its corporate clients relate to queries on the status of their cross-border payments.

Clients are also informed of the charges for the cross-border transaction, including those from the intermediary bank. This provides businesses with greater transparency in the costs incurred for the transaction and helps to prevent instances where there is a discrepancy in the final amount received by the beneficiary due to the charges involved.

"Businesses already face many uncertainties when seizing cross-border opportunities, including the need to navigate a foreign business landscape and to build up their relationship with local suppliers. To support them in their entrepreneurial efforts, we wanted to make it easier for businesses to know when exactly their payment has been credited, eliminating the need to check for such payments manually," Ms So said.

*Mobile app featuring one of the most comprehensive range of payment functionalities *

As the use of electronic payments for business transactions increase, the UOB Infinity app enables corporate clients to manage all their payments needs efficiently even when on the go. Clients are able to make a wide range of payments – from local bill payments to making domestic and cross-border fund transfers through services such as PayNow, FAST and telegraphic transfers.

To further drive adoption of contactless collections, especially in the current COVID-19 pandemic, clients are also able to generate a QR code through UOB Infinity to request for payment via PayNow Corporate from their buyers. UOB has been supporting its customers in their drive towards adopting digital payments and collections. In the first half of 2020, UOB saw the number of PayNow Corporate transactions increasing by nearly nine times as compared with the same period a year ago.

The UOB Infinity mobile app can be downloaded from Google Play and the Apple App store. Clients will also be able to set up their biometrics login to access the mobile app more conveniently. Singapore users of UOB's existing business internet banking platform, UOB BIBPlus, can log into and start using UOB Infinity with the same credentials.

For more information about UOB Infinity, please visit: www.uob.com.sg/infinity.

[1] According to a report from Boston Consulting Group. The report, titled What do corporate banking customers really want?, can be accessed at: https://www.bcg.com/ru-ru/publications/2018/what-do-corporate-banking-customers-really-want.

[2] According to a SWIFT and EuroFinance survey, 64 per cent of treasurers said they want real-time payments tracking and place this at the top of their list of desired enhancements. https://www.swift.com/sites/default/files/documents/swift_corporates_surveypaper_eurofinance-final.pdf

*About United Overseas Bank*

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. Since its incorporation in 1935, UOB has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions. UOB is rated among the world's top banks: Aa1 by Moody's Investors Service and AA- by both S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings. In Asia, UOB operates through its head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as branches and representative offices across the region.

Over more than eight decades, generations of UOB employees have carried through the entrepreneurial spirit, the focus on long-term value creation and an unwavering commitment to do what is right for our customers and our colleagues.

We believe in being a responsible financial services provider and we are committed to making a difference in the lives of our stakeholders and in the communities in which we operate. Just as we are dedicated to helping our customers manage their finances wisely and to grow their businesses, UOB is steadfast in our support of social development, particularly in the areas of art, children and education.

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