<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:50:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>hypnotherapy liverpool</category><category>Transformation Hypnotherapy and NLP</category><category>Liverpool Hypnotherapy</category><category>Neil Foster</category><category>Neil Foster Liverpool</category><category>Transformationhypnotherapy.co.uk</category><category>hypnotherapy Wirral</category><category>Liverpool Echo</category><category>Sports Hypnosis</category><category>Sports NLP</category><category>hypnotherapy Merseyside</category><category>Coaching</category><category>Inexcess.TV</category><category>Merseyside hypnotherapy</category><category>PTSD</category><category>Psychotherapy</category><category>Recession</category><category>Robert Green</category><category>Trauma</category><category>Trauma Specialist</category><category>Wirral hypnotherapy</category><category>World Cup</category><category>anger management</category><category>ethical hypnotherapy</category><category>guaranteed results with hypnotherapy</category><category>hypnotherapy</category><category>hypnotherapy ethics</category><category>quit smoking liverpool</category><category>stop smoking liverpool</category><category>weight loss</category><category>weight loss hypnotherapy</category><category>world cup anger</category><category>www.janeezrapersonaltraining.co.uk</category><category>www.transformationhypnotherapy.co.uk</category><title>Neil Foster - Transformation Hypnotherapy</title><description>Transformation Hypnotherapy &amp;amp; NLP&#xa;0845 643 0167&#xa;www.transformationhypnotherapy.co.uk</description><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-1832816359906470487</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-08-29T02:46:52.653-07:00</atom:updated><title>Update</title><atom:summary type="text">Well its been a very busy few months since our move to Hanover House, Hanover Street, Liverpool. Our clients have been impressed by the improved level service they recieve from reception.

Following on from the Olympics, I ve been busy helping the next generation of Olympic hopefuls, it never ceases to amaze me how dedicated these people are.  Hypnotherapy and NLP can have many uses in sport </atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2012/08/update.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-5107207861533436335</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-22T04:17:18.561-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy Merseyside</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy Wirral</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Neil Foster Liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformation Hypnotherapy and NLP</category><title>We&#39;ve moved to Hanover House, Hanover Street</title><atom:summary type="text">Well its been a while since I ve written on my blog, however, I will be posting more often to keep you all up to date with what has been happening with my practice, general news about Hypnotherapy, NLP, Coaching and Psychotherapy.

Here are a couple of things that have happened and are happening at the moment, the first thing to tell you all is that we have moved from 88 Rodney Street to Hanover </atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2012/05/weve-moved-to-hanover-house-hanover.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-6978284819936949395</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-31T15:22:15.840-08:00</atom:updated><title>UK Leading Hypnotherapists, Liverpool Leading Hypnotherapist, etc</title><atom:summary type="text">Over the last few months I have seen various claims from other Hypnotherapists claiming to be UK Leading Hypnotherapists, Liverpool Top Hypnotherapist,Liverpool Leading Hypnotherapist Master Hypnotherapists, etcI would suggest to all of those people looking to seek the services of a Hypnotherapist to be wary of these claims.  If in doubt, always ask for a copy of their qualifications, dont be </atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2011/01/over-last-few-months-i-have-seen.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-4029881800408175987</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-15T14:25:43.873-07:00</atom:updated><title>An Update</title><atom:summary type="text">I thought I would give everyone a bit of an update on what I ve been doing over the last 6 months or so to improve the services I offer my clients.For those clients who have been to see me before, they may remember I was in the basement of 88 Rodney Street, well, over the last few months I have moved up upstairs into the main house, this was due to the noise level increasing downstairs with Genie</atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2010/07/update.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-1782922984998894753</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-22T14:44:24.411-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">anger management</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Neil Foster Liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">world cup anger</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">www.transformationhypnotherapy.co.uk</category><title>The World Cup and Anger Management</title><atom:summary type="text">Well its the big game tomorrow.  Will England do it or not?Obviously, it can go one of two ways. What if it goes the wrong way and the unmentionable happens?Research has shown that incidences of domestic violence rise when the World Cup is on.  Originating from Liverpool, and from a family that was divided between the blue side and the red side of Merseyside, I can fully understand the highs and </atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2010/06/world-cup-and-anger-management.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-2816803987119838283</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-14T15:38:41.353-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy Wirral</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Liverpool Hypnotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Robert Green</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sports Hypnosis</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sports NLP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">World Cup</category><title>World Cup Fever</title><atom:summary type="text">Well its begun.  World Cup Fever has started, but what a disappointing start for England and Robert Green.  How many of us have made an error like that?  Just when we think everything is as it should be, life takes an unexpected turn and the ball bobbles into the goal!  So how do we get over something like that? How does Robert Green get over it?  Well, hypnosis and NLP can help, and I would dare</atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2010/06/world-cup-fever.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-7700135263769699821</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-07T14:19:19.016-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Liverpool Hypnotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Neil Foster Liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sports Hypnosis</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sports NLP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformationhypnotherapy.co.uk</category><title>Sports Hypnosis</title><atom:summary type="text">Sports PerformanceProfessional or Amateur – are you getting the best out of your game?Sport in the 21st century is moving into a new era, where an athlete’s mental performance is as equally important as their physical performance.  The difference between winning or losing, between enjoying the game or struggling to achieve a satisfying result, depends on it!For the average person hypnosis cannot </atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2010/06/sports-hypnosis.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-6938920472175488431</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 10:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-23T15:17:09.113-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Liverpool Echo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Liverpool Hypnotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">quit smoking liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stop smoking liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformation Hypnotherapy and NLP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformationhypnotherapy.co.uk</category><title>Smoking</title><atom:summary type="text">My apologise for the delay since my last blog, it has been a busy time and I will update you all in the next couple of weeks on what has been happening.One of the major events over the last few months was the article published in the Liverpool Echo about one of their reporters, Katie Mcloughlin participating in a Stop Smoking Session with me, which I am pleased  to say was very successful.  If </atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2010/05/smoking.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-1177498141179538101</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-14T12:32:36.808-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy Merseyside</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy Wirral</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Liverpool Hypnotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Merseyside hypnotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Neil Foster</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformation Hypnotherapy and NLP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wirral hypnotherapy</category><title>Looking Forward to Christmas?</title><atom:summary type="text"> What does Christmas mean to you – a joyous time to be spent with family and friends, or a complete nightmare that you can’t wait to be rid of for another year?The media and television portray it as a joyous time, but for most people it can be a nightmare. Cold dark nights, busy shopping and getting ready, the pressure of looking good and socialising at parties, family arguments, unable to afford</atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2009/12/looking-forward-to-christmas.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNW4iGyB40uZHJCgibuGlyaBLp5DYJmQZR2g3Ze_Dwu5iw1GDnHafZdlJKanwcqSeG_7puPAiTuurU3UxxLXGkDO-jRsLe8AVAuul-hB-hC9Az64xOj1POa1xNa0lvXM2OMed4IZoQfk/s72-c/santa_resting.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-6422146459285600547</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-08T03:49:17.205-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ethical hypnotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">guaranteed results with hypnotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy ethics</category><title>Unethical Practitioners Claiming ‘Guaranteed’ Cure</title><atom:summary type="text"> As regular readers will know, ethics in hypnotherapy is a passionate topic of mine. I recently wrote about hypnotherapy qualifications in A Cat Registered as a Hypnotherapist. Some therapists claim to provide ‘guaranteed’ results. I believe this claim to be misleading and highly unethical as no one can guarantee human behaviour. Doctors don’t offer guarantees as they can’t predict what will </atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2009/11/unethical-practitioners-claiming.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXbh5kber-90f4CgdEJLArWAbsQF-HNzhI1dtRDYafSWDOXP_3ESx42l2YNHI7Zv2QOEvKfvEBBLDiaOlOa1C2__BHmeMCigaypEbGHX4gA88IOS71XbvpfAPoxsa9pRLWRM_I2XlKwI/s72-c/guarantee.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-6037254339068483235</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-08T03:24:43.618-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Liverpool Hypnotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Neil Foster</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Neil Foster Liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformation Hypnotherapy and NLP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformationhypnotherapy.co.uk</category><title>A Cat Registered as a Hypnotherapist</title><atom:summary type="text">Did you see the recent BBC article about a cat being registered as a Hypnotherapist with what the cat owner says are leading Hypnotherapy Organisations? The Organisations mentioned in the article are the British Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming, The United Fellowship of Hypnotherapists and the Professional Hypnotherapy Practitioner Association.These are NOT ‘leading’ Hypnotherapy </atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2009/10/cat-registered-as-hypnotherapist.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAW0gYlaRLDpJRkeGdCu5Oih88mX1vicd5b-aoP4AhjrLsbxZS2R_A7u5C49RZgFFkeBFBvFHRwmD5qVWkazV_HcLfk_plY7D-ezFJkCuzoYqyUBinel9OwI2OXPuzv6Sv9RpuD7Xf-E8/s72-c/a_cat_registered_as_a_hypnotherapist.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-8649464001237196563</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 21:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-08T03:40:00.276-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Coaching</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Liverpool Hypnotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Neil Foster Liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recession</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformation Hypnotherapy and NLP</category><title>New Wirral Office</title><atom:summary type="text"> Due to demand, I am now spending more time helping my clients over on the Wirral. Requests have become more and more frequent from clients asking for help from the Wirral, especially those affected by the recession.A lot of people are now finding themselves in unchartered waters with the worst economic downturn in living memory and many have mentioned how much more convenient it would be if they</atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-wirral-office.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxB-5X6luPIByENiFI0Ll1-UyoESaR3DvhILCb8oAw566nwNijBoaaDACOm1BTubXdhrcNQ4mUrQfl6w6nbKfslIF63rF55uKsg8rdHPZZDrsJDzUQ0O6qQ4kUilfwIjCbdqHFdhix0I/s72-c/new_wirral_office.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-166706386542593352</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 20:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-08T03:40:38.604-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hypnotherapy liverpool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Neil Foster</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformation Hypnotherapy and NLP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformationhypnotherapy.co.uk</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">weight loss</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">weight loss hypnotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">www.janeezrapersonaltraining.co.uk</category><title>The Anti Obesity Drugs</title><atom:summary type="text">It is my opinion that the new generation of anti-obesity drugs coming onto the market could have a detrimental effect on the emotional health of a significant number of overweight individuals.According to research, the new diet pills available over the pharmacy counter and without prescription will enable users to lose only a modest amount of excess weight.In our heart of hearts, we all know that</atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2009/05/anti-obesity-drugs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8adJ7gEqi6cndSjliPhfSaPe7ObZgXqb-h-rLeTOGolAUH1vgyl0n0KjZmx2g4nilcTy2Sgui45qEy_XxGV1eadGCjR9XYAwtpS3qFST9lQGMWWw_Gi1ZsZtInNtNgWM41Zpf9Ca93kM/s72-c/anti_obesity_drugs.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-4153113329376121984</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-08T03:18:43.296-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Inexcess.TV</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Neil Foster</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Psychotherapy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PTSD</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformationhypnotherapy.co.uk</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Trauma</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Trauma Specialist</category><title>Trauma - PTSD</title><atom:summary type="text"> I was recently invited to talk on PTSD for a wonderful internet TV programme filmed at Toxteth TV - Inexcess.TV http://www.inexcess.tv/ Inexcess.TV is a TV programme produced for people struggling with excess &amp;amp; addiction; anyone concerned for a parent, child or friend or anyone trying to help others in their search for recovery.On the show we discussed the effects of PTSD and the dramatic </atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2009/03/trauma-ptsd.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKe0_OqrIuxCetrx-qoxKXh_RVcHYtMzs3cRetH_nqHlQa0AhE_7K6bC21SbEpoGmRtBAhLqkXwL3ZGhiAf7EMxUke2ooVkByMPkFRgwpyTpcpDM-RPdYqPnExzMc1Mzgog2SubiTJOU/s72-c/inexcess_tv.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281641988759505154.post-1208994639214632334</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-08T03:41:17.388-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Liverpool Echo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Neil Foster</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transformation Hypnotherapy and NLP</category><title>Recession Depression</title><atom:summary type="text"> The recession is causing many people to despair; ordinary people in the street are being affected by these challenging times, as well as business men and women.We may not be in what economists would class as a Depression, but many people believe they are. I have seen the number of clients with anxiety and stress issues relating to the economic downturn increase over the last 12 months. These are</atom:summary><link>http://neilfosterhypnotherapy.blogspot.com/2009/03/recession-depression.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Foster)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVh42rlvx_IOlN3UqD-k_mqBU8QCt-1FemgG14aViJDcfwOCyJKd26b4N5yZu61pHLN7mm8MyfTRLT8Smd91ZyGE1V2RAA_f4n0knIbuc3rYDRJVpVBy4uV65-ir6ycGYIN3gYwgy0x8/s72-c/recession_depression.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>