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Not so long ago – although it doesn't feel that way – Derby County were second in the league and the fans were singing "We've got (boom boom) Gary Rowett" to the tune of "Glad All Over". Simpler, happier times.
But they're forgotten about now, because since an excellent run of victories propelled them through October, November and December, Derby have played like a drain in 2018 and plummeted quite deservedly out of the top six. At the moment, it's so hard to feel positive, really about anything connected to the club, whether on the pitch or behind the scenes.
Yet as dismal as Derby have been in 2018, they are seventh, which was exactly where I predicted they would finish when asked by FourFourTwo, back in August. OK, they may have a bit further to fall yet, but mathematically, they can't drop further than 11th. A top ten finish outside the play-offs would be in line with my expectations before a ball was kicked – but of course, with the way the season has turned out, that outcome would now feel like a crushing disappointment.
The Middlesbrough Gazette produced a handy graphic showing what the table would look like had the season started on 30 January 2018, when Tony Pulis took the reins:-
If Derby were ninth or tenth in the league but gradually rising up the table on the back of a good run of form, instead of slumping down from a highpoint which proved unsustainable, we would probably all feel a lot more positive and hopeful. But instead, it looks as though, just like in every season since 2014 (except for the Nigel Pearson one), we peaked too soon.
It's weird, isn't it? If Derby beat Boro, they go fifth. The season is far from over. But instincitvely, it feels to most of us like it already is and that its defining moments are already past.
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If my poll was representative, most Derby fans now believe there's no chance of us going up (and might even fear what came next, if we did). With Middlesbrough and Cardiff next up at Pride Park, you have to worry that things could be about to get worse before the end of the season. The sour taste could become even less bearable and things could get even more difficult for Rowett ahead of 2018/9.
After what can only be described as a shameful defeat at Burton Albion, the BBC's veteran reporter Pat Murphy tweeted that Rowett was gearing up for a major clear-out of players in the summer. That would be a lot easier had a load of them not recently been given contract extensions. George Thorne and Craig Forsyth both got new deals to 2020, but have been banished since Sunderland. Richard Keogh, likewise, was extended to 2021. I wonder if Rowett wishes those deals hadn't been handed out now. Even Jamie Hanson got a new deal this week, a 22 year-old who has outgrown reserve team football, but has never made the breakthrough and seemed to be totally out of the picture. With only Jason Shackell, Darren Bent and Chris Baird out of contract (alongside reserve keeper Kelle Roos), there isn't much 'chaff' that can simply be let go.
But that's for the summer. For now, the question is – how can we get the win we need against Middlesbrough (stop sniggering at the back, please)?
The most pressing problem is the speed demon Adama Traoré and the worst news is, he plays on the right wing, which brings Rowett's left back problem into stark focus.
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— Derby County Blog (@derbycountyblog) April 16, 2018
Baird is not a left back, of course – he's simply been dragooned into the job out of desperation. I've never been a fan of Marcus Olsson, but he is at least a bit quicker than Baird and naturally left-sided. If he is fit, then surely, Olsson will have to come back into the team today.
Traoré's goals and assists record – five and eight respectively – is decent, but not all that impressive, on the face of it. He has scored less than either Andreas Weimann or Tom Lawrence. However, unlike our guys, he has started only 23 games and has peaked at the right time, bagging all of his goals since 20 January after being given a new lease of life under Tony Pulis.
Yeah, that sounds weird, doesn't it? But the winger described by the Middlesbrough Gazette last month as "a phenomenon, a freak of a talent, arguably the most electrifying right-wing weapon in the entire division" struggled under Garry Monk, who apparently didn't trust him, didn't always select him and, according to the Northern Echo, told him he needed to do more to fit into the 'team shape' – to 'shelve some of his individual instincts… track back and carry out the defensive duties he has been instructed to enact."
Pulis may not be renowned as a champion of jogo bonito, but he's been able to get the young Frenchman producing the goods, where Monk failed. The secret? Balance, according to the Gazette's Anthony Vickers: "I think the key is having a solid defensive full back behind him. It means he is not asked to cover back so much and his weaknesses are not exposed so often." Rather than asking Traoré to change his game, Pulis has made allowances for him and is reaping the rewards.
One former Derby man, Ryan Shotton, has replaced another, Cyrus Christie, at right back for Boro. About the only thing those two have in common as players is that they weren't exactly popular figures with a lot of fans by the time they left Pride Park (I found this out whenever I tried to defend Christie on Twitter – the level of trolling he experienced was appalling, in my opinion). Rams fans may not recognise the description of Shotton as 'solid', but will understand the difference in style between the two full backs.
Patrick Bamford won't play today, but another ex-Forest striker, Britt Assombalonga, is also in Boro's squad and has 13 league goals to his name this term. And Daniel Ayala, who has played for Derby and Forest, has proved he's a threat at set plays, chalking up an impressive seven goals.
But it's been a tough season for Boro too and on the whole, they've underwhelmed. Monk failed to deliver and now they're scrambling for fifth or sixth, when their pre-season expectation must have been higher than that.
Derby's abdication from the concept of 'form' has helped Boro massively, so it would be ironic (and quite funny) if the Rams suddenly sparked back into life now, of all weekends. But how can that happen and what team does Rowett pick?
He's been let down consistently now for months and without transferring players, there are only so many ways you can rejig the side. Five changes were made after Sunderland, but Burton was so dismal that some of those players – Keogh, at the very least – may now have to be considered for selection again.
Monday's experimental U23s line-up, with three at the back and Keogh as a holding midfielder, got tongues wagging – if you want to make friends on Twitter, start talking about a back three – and according to the Derby Telegraph, many of the first-team squad were watching the match.
Meanwhile, the club have made a big fuss over Luke Thomas, releasing a video interview with him, while a suspiciously-timed article in the Gloucestershire Echo (Thomas' local paper) claiming that he is being monitored by West Ham and other Premier League clubs, despite still not having made his Championship breakthrough.
After the pitifully inadequate way they performed against Wolves and Burton, surely Rowett can't pick the same team again – it would be madness to do that and expect anything different. The players showed that they currently can't win matches, or even really compete at Championship level, with that line-up and in that formation. So it will have to be a case of going back to the drawing board, forgetting any previous assumptions about what would work and what wouldn't work and trying something new, building on whatever strengths Rowett can identify and trying to protect any glaring weaknesses.
However, short of recruiting a new team, there is no magic bullet. There are too many problems for that. Left back has become a massive headache and Andre Wisdom hasn't had a great season at right back either. Central midfield is a live issue, with the pairing of Joe Ledley and Tom Huddlestone currently looking much too slow and ponderous. With those two struggling for form and pretty obviously fitness too, there is precious little energy and even less bite in midfield. If Rowett is to persist with them, then they need some help in there. If Bradley Johnson is still injured, the most likely candidate to do that job is Jamie Hanson. But a midfield three would necessarily mean dropping an attacker from a team which is already failing to produce enough in the final third.
Yet again, Derby did not create much at Burton. This is a clear pattern now, not a blip. They are not scoring enough goals, not out-shooting teams, not even getting into the box with any regularity.
Rowett has put Kasey Palmer on as a midfielder when chasing a goal, but it seems clear that to get the best out of him, he needs to be playing further forward. David Nugent doesn't look fit and is struggling to get through games, let alone score. Matej Vydra's half-arsed free kick from the edge of the box at Burton, followed up by his absolutely brainless penalty, speak to me of a man who is struggling to cope with what is happening around him. And who can blame him?
The above sums up why my mood is currently so terrible. But the crazy thing is, it's theoretically still salvageable. I'm not sure how it can be done, but it can be done. Two wins from the next four games and Derby might just squeak into the play-offs and then who knows what happens next.
Just look how much is riding on this game….
A win could change everything, absolutely everything.


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Section 11: Crystal Palace to Nunhead Cemetery
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At around six in the evening last night in the UK, as the British public got ready for a Saturday night in front of the telly, there was a rocket launched that heralded the future for space flight in the twenty-first century. This is a rather ambiguous sentence, I have to admit. The rocket actually took off 5,190 miles from the United Kingdom at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The rocket was the Falcon 9 engine, flagship rocket for SpaceX, the Californian Space Exploration company headed by Elon Musk. It was releasing ten Iridium satellites, which will be providing worldwide satellite phone coverage. The stakes were high: just nine months ago, the SpaceX rocket had exploded on the launch pad during pre-flight tests, costing the company $62 million of rocket and the Israeli government around $200 million of satellite. The launch went swimmingly: not only were all the satellites successfully deployed, but the first stage of the rocket landed on a launch pad floating in the middle of the ocean, proving SpaceX had managed to develop the technology that allowed them to re-use stages of the rocket, which will bring the cost of space travel down in the future both to manufacturers and the planet. Elon Musk tweeted this in celebration:
But this isn't a post about SpaceX, their Falcon 9 rocket, or their rather ambitious plans for inter-planetary transport, although all of those are quite interesting. This is a story about the Vandenberg Air Force Base, where this rocket of the future took off from.
Vandenberg lies on the Pacific coast of California, with stunning shots of the sea framing the sight of the SpaceX rocket launching into the cosmos. It belongs to the US Military, who lease out 'launch-pad facilities' to SpaceX, as well as 100 acres to the California Spaceport. It's a two and a half hour drive from LA and a four hour drive from San Francisco. Surrounded by the dry heat of California, it's something of an imposing place.
Built in 1941 for training infantry forces, it suddenly found itself being placed at the forefront of the Cold War in 1957. Over two years, concrete flooded into the base as it was transformed into one of the United States' principle nuclear missile bases on the Western sea board. Following the Soviet launch of Sputnik I, the famous satellite that proved the USSR could launch a nuclear warhead from their own soil that could hit any US city, expansion of the base accelerated. It is from this period that some of the most terrifying yet impressive pictures of America's nuclear arsenal emerge. Perhaps the most terrifying of all of these was the Titan II, above. Compared to the slender build of the rockets that would follow it, the Titan II was as destructive as its namesake, the titans of Greek mythology who consumed their own children to protect themselves.
Yet this destructive beginning has been contrasted with its pivotal role in the American Space Programme. In 1959, the first polar orbiting satellite (that's a satellite that orbits both poles, apparently), Discoverer I, was launched from Vandenberg and it has continued to be the centre for launching polar satellites throughout its history. Vandenberg has seen a wide range of rockets take off from its launch pads to deliver satellites into orbit around the earth. That's included the famous Atlas V and the Delta IV, as well as discussions for the Space Shuttle to be launched from there. After spending $4bn on preparing Vandenberg to have a space shuttle take off, there was no actual launch and the Shuttle took off from Kennedy Space Centre on Cape Canaveral. Expensive mistake.
This brings us up to yesterday, which saw the SpaceX Falcon rocket soar above the Vandenberg Air Force Base. Elon Musk's company intends on making six additional launches from the air base over the next fourteen months. With more and more successful launches, SpaceX is going to have a long line of governments and businesses lining up to have satellites placed into orbit. Meanwhile their part dream like, part reality plans for trips to Mars continue to attract the public imagination. Whether those will be from Vandenberg or not we will only find out.
I'm not writing so many words on this air force base because I'm fascinated by the history of the American nuclear missile programme. Vandenberg is a huge concrete symbol of the twentieth century. Contained within its vast launch pads and its giant missile solos are two stories of both humanity's ability to be both fascinated and disgusted by what lies beyond the horizon. It is a story of our wonder and our hatred. It is an image of both our wish to explore and our wish to kill. In spite of the inhumane gantries, twisting towers, and gnarled concrete, it seems overwhelmingly human.


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This is the next post in my series on the handling of child custody appeals in San Bernardino, California. My last article discussed the process of challenging the lower court's evidentiary rulings. It may be possible to gain a reversal if the Trial Judge incorrectly admitted or denied the admission of evidence upon which they relied when making their decision. An experienced family law appeals attorney can help you determine whether you have a basis to challenge previous evidentiary determinations. In this post I will discuss the possible outcomes of an appeal. If you need assistance, then contact my office today to speak with a lawyer.
There are three main possibilities as to how a child custody appeal can be resolved. The first is that the Court can simply affirm the previous decision. The second is that the Court could outright reverse the decision. The third is that the Court could reverse and remand the matter for a new trial. I will discuss each of these possibilities.
If the Court affirms the Trial Judge's opinion, then they are upholding the previous order. This means that the Trial Judge's opinion is considered to be correct and you will be required to follow the order which you appealed. This is the "worst case scenario" for the person who filed the appeal. The opposite of this is when the Court outright reverses the Trial Judge's opinion. This would be a scenario where the Trial Judge ruled that Parent "A" should have custody and, instead, custody is granted to Parent "B" on appeal. Such reversals are most common in cases where the Trial Judge ruled to change an existing custody order and the Appellate Court is simply returning the family to their previous arrangement.
Cases which are reversed are most commonly remanded for a new trial. This is a situation in which the Appellate Court finds that there was some type of problem with the trial process. Such a problem may include evidence which was improperly admitted or excluded as well as objections which were improperly granted or overruled. If the case is reversed and remanded for a new trial, then the parties will essentially have a "do over" of the trial process and the Trial Judge will issue a new ruling after a second proceeding.
If you wish to challenge a child custody determination, then you only have a limited amount of time in which you may do so. As a San Bernardino family law appeals attorney, I am able to assist with such matters. Contact my office today for assistance. We also service Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana, Ontario, Victorville, Rialto, Hesperia, Chino, Upland, Apple Valley, Redlands, Highland, Colton, Yucaipa, Montclair, elsewhere in the Inland Empire, as well as Los Angeles.


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Secrets to Selling Expensive Products with Online Marketing
Increase your sales by focussing on the value you provide, not pricing, features or benefits.
Over the last decade I've been fascinated with how to market and sell high priced products, programs and services online. While there is a ton of free and paid training on "online marketing" to sell low and mid priced products, if you want to avoid the "commodity trap" of most online business models, you need to put value front and centre in your sales and marketing.
At my digital marketing agency Influential, we specialise in selling high-ticket products, programmes and services with online marketing, lead generation and sales funnels. I do this through a process called high value sales, and it's really geared toward coaches, consultants, entrepreneurs and investors—the people with the products, programmes or services that are worth a lot of money (and create a lot of value) to the right people.
High-Ticket Items Require a Specialised Sales Approach
High-ticket items and complex products require a specializes sales approach. They must be sold the right way. It's all about focusing on the value the item will bring to prospective buyers. All the marketing must consistently communicate the true value of the item to them in order to successfully close the deal.
This is in stark contrast to low- and mid-ticket items which are mostly sold as commodities. In this case, what's most important is the price along with the basic product features. For example, if you want to buy a tonne of steel then it doesn't matter how it's sold, does it? All the really matters is the weight, grade, and market price.
High-ticket items are the opposite of that. It's all about meeting the needs of the client by communicating the unique value of your product or service in a congruent way. In this space, great sales and marketing are the difference between success and failure. You need to be constantly creating and communicating value in the deal, in yourself, and in your marketing and sales process. We do this through a high-value selling proposition.
Effectively Communicate the Value to Gain Trust
You've probably heard of a unique value proposition or a selling proposition in terms of how your product or service fulfill the client's needs. But there's more to it than that. Another critical component is how we communicate to our client—the type of messaging we use to effectively reach them. We need to gain their trust in us first. Only then will they truly trust the item we're selling them.
So, we've got a market that is potentially interested in our product or service. That's our buyer. And they've got a need that our item will fulfill. Now we must make our message really clear in terms of how we're going to fulfills that need. Our message needs to be something they'll respond to, something that adds real value in their eyes, and our item needs to deliver on that value. We have to effectively show buyers how it can and will deliver on the promised value and meet their need.
Here's another way to look at it. The product must give them what they need while the message effectively speaks to what they want. You could almost break this down by saying that the client's market has this specific problem, and our message is what they want, and our product is what they need. And then, with each of those, we must identify where we can add the most value to meet those wants and needs. It's all about the delivery, the language, the congruent communication that fulfills the promise of the offer.
The Lean Start-Up Approach to Sales
If you've got a new product that you're launching or developing then you really want to be validating the business model with the above mentioned factors in mind. You want to first find people who you think are going to be the high value clients or customers, test your offer on them, check that they want it, and then test that the product delivers the results you have promised. And you want to do this before you spend too much effort building out the refined version of the product or building out your marketing and sales funnels. I call this minimum viable product approach the "lean start-up strategy."
Now let's go into a bit more detail on finding high value clients. Most importantly, we want a group of clients with the same problem—the same type of people with the same type of problem that we can use to test out our sales and marketing strategy. Testing is so important in the beginning. If you can't find a group then you end up having to rebuild the product for every different person, and that stops being a product and becomes a service. We don't want that. We want to be as efficient, in the long run, as possible.
If you want more information on this lean start-up strategy and how you can radically grow your business with my company's strategic marketing programme, then you should check out my 5 Projects training and some of my other training programmes online. For example:
- High-Ticket Sales Funnel Guide for Coaches and Consultants will teach you how to build the sales funnels and technology you will need to market your product online.
- Lead Generation for Professionals talks about how to find clients and how to actually get these buyers to the buying position. It's about the psychology and strategy side of things.
- 5 Projects training itself goes into the five big digital marketing projects that you will need in order to build a six or seven figure business. As one of them is the products, there's a whole section here on how to design a product correctly. It also goes into how to build your website, how to set up your sales funnels and product launch funnel, how to market it all, and how to sell it using webinars and other live events. There's even a workbook included in which you develop your own plan as you go. So, go and download that now.
If you're at a stage in your online marketing business where you're serious about this, this is all making sense to you, and you know you need some help to execute your plan, then don't delay. Contact us today.
You can apply for a free strategy call with either me or one of my team members by visiting highvaluesales.com/apply. We'll ask a bit about your business and where you're at; and if you look like the sort of person we might be able to help, then we can book a phone call to learn more about you. We'll want to know what you're trying to get done and what's challenging you at the moment so we can come up with a plan of attack together, to help you move ahead with selling your high-ticket item.
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To ask Lisa Hunt to illustrate a traditional Lenormand deck was really throwing down the gauntlet. Yet, once again, she rose to the challenge, with a wink and a nod, and created a deck which appears straightforward enough to satisfy the most demanding traditional cartomancer, but also contains the tiny embedded symbolism her loyal fans look forward to.
Lenormand is not tarot. It is meant to be read precisely, based on the predominant symbolism and the placement of cards. Ms. Hunt's drawings meet that criteria nicely. Those who choose to look closer, however, will find that the lady in Clover seems to have a blissful secret the rest of us cannot see. Then there's Tree. Of course, we expect the face emerging from the trunk, but what about those roots reaching out like octopus arms to grasp the ground.
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Letter to the editor: Why isn't anyone listening to voters?
A couple of thoughts: I know it isn't standard practice, but to be completely fair to the voters, when a City Council person steps down, shouldn't that person be replaced by offering the position to the candidate who had the next most votes in the last election and, if they decline, keep going down the line? Why should the council be the ones to pick who they think would be best? The voters already said who they thought should be running the town (It's us, isn't it?) On the national front, the Republicrat party has failed us miserably! To all you Democrats out there who think it is only the Republicans who cater to big business and have no morals, think again! Your Democratic Party is even worse and it is becoming so obvious. Almost all the politicians – including the great one, Obama – have sold us out. All I hear is "blah, blah, blah!"
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This guy called his childhood bully and got a surprising response.
Irish YouTube star Riyadh made a video in which he calls one of the boys who harassed him at school for being gay – because of the way he talked and dressed.
He explained: "I thought I would be a guinea pig,to show that after time passes, your bullies end up being just normal people. They're not evil, it's not some scar that should remain there forever. I want to find out why he did what he did.
Speaking to the former bully, he recounts: "I would remember being at the locker, and you and a few of the lads would walk by together, and I would hear stuff said about me.
The usual names – faggot, queer, poof. I think I just laughed it off and walked away. I became the class clown in school… that was my defence, it was my escape.
Riyadh replied: "It was laughing about something that was so central to who I was and who I was becoming. I stayed in the closet for four years beyond when I realised – because I was afraid of reactions from you, the boys and a few others."
The bully continued: "If someone said to me, like, 'oh you're gay'… it wouldn't have been a second thought to me, whereas it was more relevant to you – that was obviously a lot harder.
"You're going to find something about them, and you're just going to pick up on that. We slagged you off for being gay , but there could have been someone else, where you'd go 'he has stupid hair'.


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I am aware that on this board, and not this board alone, that there are pastors of congregations and maybe even retired pastors who are naturists. But what I was wondering is; "Are there any pastors or deacons, ordained leaders of any sort, who are naturists an in some leadership role in congregations that are not naturist congregations, who are openly known to be naturists?".
Let's face it, most congregations would not tolerate such a person in an ordained leadership position. especially in this day and age. And I was just wondering if there are any ordained who are tolerated. Given society's idea that "nude = sex", and all the clerical sex scandals, I would think that being ordained and a naturist would be an occupational hazard. We certainly have enough stories of members being ejected or restricted for their practice of social naturism. There seem to be a few lucky pastors who serve naturist congregations at resorts and therefore do not have to hide that aspect of their lives, but are there any other than those who can say the same? I would assume that any pastors or deacons who are naturists are likely to be expelled if their practice becomes known, and would also unable to get any further recommendations.


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The flight arrived in Lisbon just after midday so after booking into my hotel ,and a bit of a rest getting used to the higher temperatures, took the commuter train from Cais do Sodre along the coast to Estoril and walked along the sea front to Cascais (cash-kaysh) an old fishing port now a seaside resort. A delicious pizza at a small restaurant with outside seating. So good that I ate there again when I stopped over on the way back.
Early afternoon flight to Ponta Delgada with Sata . Pleased to find that the Alcides Hotel that I'd booked was as I'd expected it to be ( slightly old fashioned, not part of a chain,handy for the island buses in the middle of what's a quiet capital and a bit like Funchal on Madeira).
Had a walk round the old town and an Especial or two at the cervejara Joao de Melo brewery tap and then Azores style steak at the hotel restaurant.
A wet morning forecast so I caught the bus to Remedios and went for a walk in a rain forest!
It only took a couple of hours and when I got back to Remedios there was a bus due for Ponta Delgada and after some lunch there then caught a bus to nearby Relva and walked down to Faja da Rocha da Relva.
A better day forecast with the possibility of views so it seemed to be a good time to have a look at Sete Cidades the island's famous beauty spot. Caught the north line bus to Joao Bom via the north coast and walked up a steep lane to the lip of the extinct volcano. The island has a slightly odd landscape with volcanic lakes surrounded by fields of dairy cattle, and some attractive coast line too.After walking part way round the crater rim I then took an old lane down to Ginetes where I caught the bus back to town after a beer at the local bar.
Today's walk was the most interesting one that I did.Lagoa do Fogo from Agua d'Alto and back down to Ribeira da Praia. It's walk 4 in the Azores guide from Sunflower Books.This series is my first go to for all of the Spanish and Portuguese islands. I even took the guide book suggestion of calling in at the beach bar at the end of the walk before catching the bus back.
When I travelled by bus round the north west coast a couple of days ago I thought it worthy of a day's walk.Another wet start was forecast so a low level walk seemed ideal.Caught the bus to Santo Antonio, an attractive well kept village without being twee or on the tourist trail.It was wet to start with! Some quiet lane walking with some off road geocaching and then the coast path from Capelas to Rabo de Peixe through Fenais da Luz and Calhetas.
Sunday has the best timed bus to Mosteiros at the far west end of the island from where dirt lanes take you round south and east above the vegetated coastal strip to Rabo do Asno . It's walk 1 in the Sunflower guide.
Thought I'd try a walk not shown in the current official trail guides for the island but had already suspected that it would be blocked in places. Caught the bus to Vila Franca then a very busy local one through Ponta Garca to Grotas Fundas.Soon arrived at the closed and danger signs but had an explore along the first part of it until the need to start crawling under trees and manoeuvre round landslips.
Still ,an interesting section of coastline with attractive bays.
A change of plan after I'd arrived on the bus at Furnas and waited around for the one just after midday down to Ribeira Quente where I then planned to walk round the coast to Povoacao. What I later presumed to have been the right bus arrived from the opposite side of town from the way that I'd expected and was signed as the main Ponta Delgada bus.I suspect that they use it for the short local journeys between times but don't bother to alter the signs. The island has a good bus service but surprisingly there are no bus timetable displays at the main terminus in Ponta Delgada.You end up having to take photographs of the ones which you occasionally find in the other towns and villages.
Anyway not all was lost as Furnas is one of the tourist spots to see with it's hot springs and botanical gardens and was quiet on a Tuesday.
Breakfast then the 10.25 flight back to Lisbon.From the map it looks like you could do a short walk to the airport but I'd already seen that access was by motorway only and not on foot! Got a taxi.
Booked in early at the same hotel as on the way out and after a rest had another evening trip to Cascais.
I'd originally planned to visit Sintra on my full day in Lisbon but there were large queues for the rail ticket office and machines.Too many tourists in one place,so instead I went to Setubal 50km south of Lisbon. A nice old town area where I had a delicious and very good value Bacalhau (salt cod) lunch in a fairly ordinary cafe. I've never got into salt cod on my Madeira visits but on this trip had it twice but cooked different ways.
I think today's was the classic Portuguese recipe but the one in an excellent seafood restaurant in Ponta Delgada was the typical Azores garlic and chilli version with a crunchy skin.
Found the bus station and unlike Ponta Delgada found lots of information on possible buses and took one to Sesimbra west along the coast.Today it looked like a low key resort but the guidebook shows it to be very busy in season and at weekends.
Found there was a direct bus back to Lisbon in the early evening and later on had a good meal in a small restaurant near the hotel. Pleased with my offbeat excursion today.
My flight to Manchester was'nt until 13.30 so I had a walk down through the city centre. Lisbon is full of wonderful streets and buildings.


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Lunchtime, and a dilemma. What I want to eat and what I should eat are rarely the same thing. I'm often on my own, so I grab something quick. On a good day, that might be some salad and couscous. On a bad day it's crisps, sandwiches, fried stuff – all the bad food I can get my hands on.
Introducing the Pizza Express Leggera pizza
For lunch today, I tried out the Pizza Express Leggera pizza, available to buy from Waitrose and cook at home. These were created to be both light and tasty. And for me, that's a winner.
I went for the squash, kale and goat's cheese pizza with red onion, rosemary and thyme. This is served on the leggera base, made with fortified wheat flour. It serves one, which is perfect to stop you eating more than you need.
The pizza doesn't have too much cheese on, although it was enough to give it a good flavour. The flavour was enhanced greatly by the rosemary and thyme. They provided a strong taste and I thought it was delicious.
Better still, it has 44% less fat than the PizzaExpress classic range, and only 349 calories per pizza. So, it counts as both a healthy lunch and pizza. Perfect.
How to serve
The instructions on the packaging tell you to get the oven hot before putting your pizza in. Then, remove the packaging, spread the topping out and drizzle on some olive oil if you like it crispy. It only takes 6-8 minutes to cook, which is another winner for lunchtime, because I'm always in a rush.
Pizza Express recommend serving the Leggera with a fresh salad and their light house dressing. I liked the idea of having it with a healthy side dish, so I went for carrot sticks and some mayo as a dip. Despite the fact that Soma at http://www.shaynahiller.com/buysoma/ has a relaxing effect on the central nervous system, it does not cause a sedative effect. That is, in the afternoon we will not fall asleep. After eating it, I was as full as I'd want to be at lunchtime. A large pizza is too much at that time of day, I've checked. If I eat loads I always feel the need to have a nap. Not ideal when I'm heading off on the school run.
The verdict
Priced at just £2.84, the Leggera is a relatively cheap lunch. It takes a few minutes to cook and at the moment, you get 50p off your next one with each purchase. And would I buy one again? Definitely. In fact, it's the perfect thing to pop in the fridge so I can grab it at lunchtime when I'm at home working. And I won't even feel guilty for having pizza for lunch.


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'Kevin Can Wait' Canceled by CBS After Two Seasons
Kevin Can Wait is coming to an end.
CBS announced on Saturday (May 12) that the Monday night sitcom starring Kevin James has been canceled after two seasons.
CHECK OUT: CBS' Renewals & Cancellations for 2018 – Full Recap!
The show was a major hit back in fall 2016 when it first premiered, and was ranked the most watched and highest rated new comedy last season.
At the end of season one, the show made a controversial casting change when they killed off Erinn Hayes' character making room for Kevin's The King of Queens co-star Leah Remini to join the cast.
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Urology and Renal Surgery
Renal surgery is the corner stone of the department of Urology, HEGP-Necker, Paris, France.
It relates to kidney cancer surgery (either sporadic or hereditary syndroms), transplant surgery (from deceased of living donors), as well as surgical treatment of stone disease.
It is the result of a legacy, skills and collaborations.
The legacy comes from Professors J. Hamburger (nephrologist) and R. Couvelaire (former head of Urology at Necker hospital) who created the "Palais Du Rein," a visionary and practical realization of a hyper-day necessary structure devoted to the recognition of renal diseases and the empowerment of french teaching hospitals.
The skills are those of Nephrology, Transplantation, Interventional Radiology, Pathology, specialized Biochemistry and functional explorations with whom we work closely together.
Collaborations have become concrete in the form of weekly boards, video conferencing, data exchange, joint publications, research projects and everyday work with our colleagues from medical oncology and radiation medicine.
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Georges Pompidou European Hospital (HEGP), Paris, France
On behalf of the whole team, it is an honor to welcome you to the Department of Urology HEGP-Necker, Paris 15th, France, resulting from the merge of Necker-Urology team with the most recent hospital of Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris.
As we settled in Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou (HEGP), we had to modify our website and we therefore created www.Servicedurologie.com (the French translation for Department of Urology).
As most patients surf the web to collect huge amount of information about their disease, and face a worrying heterogeneity in the veracity of contents they may find, we aimed to diffuse correct information about common urological diseases.
In addition, as myself and some of the staff members have been partially trained in the UK or in the USA, we aimed to provide English speaking patients with the possibility to access high standard urological care here, at the European Hospital of Paris.
Please, feel free to visit every page of this site and to discover the Department of Urology, Georges Pompidou European Hospital of Paris - Necker Hospital.
Marc-Olivier Timsit, MD.
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SPQ 074: Ghostwriting – How Do You Find Quality Writers for Kindle Books?
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Tobias asks: I'm looking for quality ebook writers. I'm looking to outsource the writing of some Kindle books, and I'm having a hard time finding people who produce quality. I've been primarily using Odesk, and my experience so far is that they are writing the ebooks, but the English is not as good as the writers' resumes and our conversations would imply. I'm frustrated with that. How do you acquire quality ebook writers to write your Kindle books, if you are using any?
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Steve's Answer
Hiring a writer is not necessarily Steve's recommended strategy for self-publishing. He hires writers for other aspects of his business, but to create the content, he uses other writers very sparingly.
The best self-published content usually comes from your own personal experience. There are a lot of Kindle gurus who claim you can hire someone to write a book for 100 or $200. That's complete nonsense. If you want to hire a quality writer, you need to be prepared to pay for it.
A lot of the outsourced content on Amazon is filler junk that doesn't really dive into a problem. However, Steve does believe you can find good writers. You probably won't find superstar writers on Elance or Odesk. There are some exceptions, but it's hard to find them.
Steve has outsourced content for his blog and resource sections for his books, so he has two strategies you can use.
One strategy is outlining. This is Steve's most successful strategy as far as getting high-quality content written for him. Map out your book like you were going to write it yourself. Figure out what you want to say, where you want to say it, and how you want to say it. Create an extensive outline and hire someone to flesh out your outline and make it a readable book.
When you outline your book thoroughly, you can usually find a writer to write a great piece of content from your notes. Be specific about what you want and how you want it presented.
The second option is to outsource the entire process. This is a more scalable way to run your business, but it's harder to manage because you have to make sure you're dealing with top-quality writers.
If you're looking to do this, Steve recommends hiring an editor to review the content. Your goal is to find and hire people who have specific knowledge in your topic area. There are a lot of places to find talent like this.
ProBlogger is a place where a lot of bloggers hang out. Another way to find a good writer is to do a search for [niche] blog or [niche] blogger to find people who are already writing about your topic. Check social media to find people who are talking about your niche.
You want to look for a native English speaker. There are a lot of really good non-native speakers, so this isn't a hard and fast rule, but you should look for someone who is extremely comfortable with writing in English.
You also need to work with a writer who is engaging. Their writing should draw people in and explain concepts thoroughly.
Find someone who is "hungry." This might be someone who blogs about a topic and isn't really making any money from their blog. If you find someone like this, try to negotiate a deal to have them write books for you.
Steve recommends the hire fast, fire fast rule. Pay someone for a small job and see how they respond. If the content isn't good, don't work with them.
Steve suggests doing a "human split test." You hire three or four people to write a 400- or 500-word article. He compares writers based on speed, communication, quality of work, and attention to detail. If you provided instructions, did they follow instructions and produce the work you want?
You should have standard operating procedures (SOPs) for content you would find acceptable. Provide examples of content you like and let the writer know what you prefer as far as paragraph length and writing style.
You can pay anywhere from 3 cents per word to 10 cents per word. High-level writers may charge 15 to 25 cents per word. Steve recommends hiring someone based on quality instead of budget. You don't necessarily want to go with the cheapest person out there.
Perrin Carrell has a great article at Niche Pursuits. It explains how he finds great writers and works with them.
Key Takeaways
Resources and Links
ProBlogger Job Board: Find a freelancer to write content or flesh out your book outlines
How to Manage Writers Effectively: Learn how to manage freelance writers in a way that gives you a good return on your investment
Kindle Publishing Checklist: Get a free copy of Steve's 46-step checklist for publishing Kindle books


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Der Kriegspielers sold their command figures as a single set, described as #50: Mounted Officers. There were supposedly eight of them to each pack, but I suspect the eight contained therein may well have varied a bit from pack to pack as there seem to have been more than eight variants produced.
Five of the command figure variants are in the Hinton Spieler collection and are illustrated below:
As these are the only Russian command figures I have, it seemed sensible to choose one for my Russo-German Legion commander. The chap who won this gig was the one on the left, seen vaguely waving his sword around. I thought he'd need a bit of tidying up first, however.
The result is seen below. The new head is from a recast Hinton Hunt PN 5 Prussian line infantry figure. I used the body of this figure to make a Prussian Foot Guards standard bearer over two years ago and the head has been rolling around in my bits and bobs box ever since.
The main task was to transform his infantry shako into an officer's schmirtze. I did this by sawing off the top and then simply dripping a large blob of molten solder onto it. All it needed after that was a bit of filing and cutting.
I haven't quite finished the rest of the battalion but they shouldn't be tooooo far off.
Ta ta for now


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De Lisle III
42.m, (138') - Sleeps 10 Guests
Luxury Charter Yacht DE LISLE III is based in the South Pacific and charters in the islands of Fiji from June - September. Now you can explore these magical islands and their friendly culture in 5-star comfort. October to late December is the season for DE LISLE III to charter in the northern Great Barrier Reef (Cairns, Lizard Island) of Australia. DE LISLE III will also consider relocating to other South Pacific regions such as Tahiti, French Polynesia and Tonga, with delivery fees for charters of a suitable duration.
DE LISLE III has a classic interior with luxurious furnishings, the finest Italian marble and 24-carat gold fittings.
Accommodation is for up to 10 guests in 5 staterooms: on the main deck a full-beam VIP king stateroom has an additional pullman berth; on the lower deck are the full-beam master stateroom, a queen and a twin stateroom all with ensuites. A separate lounge adjoining the master stateroom, may be converted to an additional double cabin, sharing an ensuite with the twin stateroom.
On the main deck a spacious saloon. with separate dining area, enjoys panoramic views through large full-length windows. The sprawling aft deck flows down to a large swim platform, which is the hub for an endless array of watersports activities.
The upper deck has an outdoor lounge area foward of the bridge, providing commanding views of the yacht's forward movement. A second saloon on the upper deck opens out to a large bar and dining area - perfect for relaxing or al fresco dining by day or night. A fourth exterior lounge area, complete with large Jacuzzi, is located on the vessel's sun deck.
With state-of-the-art navigation instruments, advance communication systems, and the latest in audio-visual equipment (including a total of 19 plasma screens throughout), DE LISLE III provides the discerning traveller with the ultimate in comfort and style whilst exploring one of the exotic charter destinations of the world.
DE LISLE III operates in conjunction with her own Cessna Citation Encore private jet, which can be made available during your charter; or for pre and post charter transfers, in Australia only
DE LISLE III Programme:
April to September: DE LISLE III is based in Fiji, but will also consider relocating to other South Pacific destinations such as French Polynesia, Tonga, etc.
October to late December: Northern Great Barrier Reef (Cairns, Port Douglas, Lizard Island) of Australia
DE LISLE III operates in conjunction with her own Cessna Citation Sovereign private jet which is available for charter (at additional cost) to yacht charter guests before, during or after their charter aboard DE LISLE III. The jet is based on the Gold Coast of Australia.
Disclaimer: The information about luxury yachts displayed on this page is merely informational and these yachts are not necessarily available for yacht charter or for sale, nor are they represented or marketed in anyway by Luxury Charter Group. This web page and the superyacht information contained herein is not contractual. All yacht specifications and information is displayed in good faith but Luxury Charter Group does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the current accuracy, completeness, validity, or usefulness of any superyacht information and/or images displayed. All boat information is subject to change without prior notice and may not be current.


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Chargeback 1st Party Fraud - What You Need to Know as a Merchant
The ability to return goods to a merchant and receive a refund has been a standard component of commerce for decades. The refund process is typically based on communication between the merchant and its customer.
With credit card purchases, a customer who is dissatisfied with a transaction may contact the merchant to discuss the problem and come to a resolution, such as refunding the purchase amount to the credit card by returning the goods purchased. Some customers choose instead to skip this step and go directly to the credit card issuer to file a chargeback dispute. A chargeback reverses the sale and returns the funds to the credit card account, so customers think it is a faster resolution for a refund than contacting the merchant. Although the result is the same for them, it can be quite different for merchants.
One of the reasons the credit card chargeback process was created was to provide a safety net for customers. If a transaction goes badly and the merchant is unable or unwilling to resolve the matter, the customer can file a chargeback dispute with the bank that issued the credit card. Once a chargeback is initiated, the issuing bank retracts the funds in question from the merchant's account, and the cardholder's account is provisionally credited. The chargeback process essentially reverses the sale, and the funds are withheld from the merchant's account pending resolution of the matter.
The issuing bank investigates the dispute. If it deems it is appropriate, it forwards the matter via the credit card network to the merchant's bank. If the issuing bank determines the dispute is invalid, the chargeback dispute is denied and the customer must pay for the transaction. When the claim is considered valid, the funds from the transaction are returned to the cardholder's account and a chargeback is initiated to the merchant's account.
At this point the merchant's acquirer takes over to investigate the dispute. If they find the dispute is invalid, they reverse the chargeback and provide the issuing bank with documentation as to why the chargeback is invalid. If the merchant's acquirer determines that the issuer followed all appropriate requirements, then it is up to the merchant to prove that the dispute is not valid.
The cardholder, after receiving and reviewing the documentation, has the right to state that the evidence provided by the merchant does not resolve the issue. In this case, the entire process repeats and the merchant has a chance to provide additional documentation to refute the chargeback. If the cardholder disagrees again, then the dispute moves into the arbitration phase. At this point the merchant or issuer can request arbitration from the card network. This is basically a final ruling on the case and is no longer disputable through this process by the cardholder, issuer, acquirer, or merchant. If the dispute reaches this stage and the merchant continues to contest the dispute, the merchant may be responsible for paying for the arbitration process, which can cost up to several hundred dollars. Regardless of whether the merchant loses or wins, the merchant is obligated to pay some or all of the arbitration costs.
Investigating a chargeback is labor-intensive and tedious, so most¹ businesses choose not to take this step. This is particularly true for low-cost merchandise/service providers. If the dispute is won by the customer, the merchant loses the revenue from the sale, the cost of chargeback fees, and the time and effort devoted to investigating the complaint. Understandably, most² merchants simply cut their losses and pay the fees rather than take the time to investigate.
1st Party Fraudulent Chargebacks
This type of fraud is termed "friendly fraud" and results in substantial losses each year for merchants. With friendly fraud, a customer who may not have started out with malicious intent makes a purchase and receives the product, but then files for a chargeback though they have not returned the good. In the case of a merchant who provides a non-tangible good, this would be a dispute surrounding a service which was consumed knowingly either in full or partially by the consumer where the cardholder is then requesting a full refund.
Friendly fraud is one of the most challenging types of chargebacks for merchants to deal with, but there are steps they can take to mitigate the fraud and ways to respond to chargeback disputes that may help eliminate or lessen the headache. If a merchant can prove that the customer actually did make a purchase and the merchandise was received or consumed, friendly fraud chargebacks may be easier to reverse. In general, there are several things merchants can do to reduce this type of chargeback:
- Clearly post return policies and specify the amount of time allotted for returning items. For expensive items being returned by the customer, the merchant should require that the customer obtain proof of mailing, such as a certificate of mailing or a receipt provided at the time of mailing from the courier they use.
- Obtain a card verification code, which helps to ensure that the person making a purchase has the physical card in hand and is not using a stolen card number.
- For online purchases and in accordance with applicable laws, recording the digital footprint information can help identify the location and characteristics of the device used to place the order, as well as information about the customer using the device. If a customer claims in the future that they did not place an order, the merchant will have evidence that the computer used for the transaction is tied to the cardholder. Keep a record of all communications with customers who make purchases online or by telephone, including e-mails received from and sent to customers. These records can help prove that a customer did actually make the purchase they are disputing.
- For expensive items, require a signature upon delivery to prevent unscrupulous customers from claiming that a product was never delivered. In addition, the merchant could also ship only to AVS-verified addresses to minimize the risk of product losses.
- Digital purchases can be particularly troublesome for merchants, because goods are delivered immediately online and there are no shipping records. It is essential for merchants selling digital products to require customer-specific account information and record IP addresses and device identifications for purchases in accordance with applicable law. They should also keep a record showing that the product was downloaded, accessed or used.
These are important steps for merchants to consider, but seeking outside help can also be useful. Fraud detection services can block suspicious transactions based on numerous factors that help to identify not only organized fraud but also friendly fraud and the individuals who commit it. These services come in many different forms, from standalone software as a service (SaaS) solutions, additional services from your gateway provider, or even third parties that manage your risk for you. Unfortunately, today chargebacks and friendly fraud are a risk for merchants who accept credit card payments, but the risk can be tempered by taking proactive steps to protect your business.
¹, ²Managing the Challenge of Merchant Chargebacks by JAVELIN, a Greenwich Associates LLC company


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This strain is commonly known as nestin-Cre. Nestin promotor driven Cre recombinase is expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system, including neuronal and glial cell precursors. There are reports of Cre recombinase activity in a few isolated kidney and heart cells. Hemizygous nestin-cre mice exhibit mild hypopituitarism, growth retardation, impaired fear response, and a metabolic phenotype. Mice also show a strong impairment in the acquisition of both contextual- and cued-fear conditioning.
Rudiger Klein, Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology
|Genetic Background
|Allele Type
|Transgenic (Recombinase-expressing)
Starting at:
|$270.00 Domestic price for female 4-week
|348.51 Domestic price for breeder pair
These transgenic mice express Cre recombinase under the control of the rat nestin promoter and enhancer. Mice that are hemizygous for the transgenic insert are viable and fertile. Nestin-cre mice exhibit mild hypopituitarism, growth retardation, impaired fear response, and a metabolic phenotype. Also, a strong impairment in the acquisition of both contextual- and cued-conditioned fear is observed. Declercq et. al. suggest that the phenotype is the result of a human growth hormone minigene placed in the transgenic construct downstream of Cre recombinase.(PLOS ONE, 2015) Initial studies utilizing a reporter strain carrying a beta galactosidase transgene whose expression is dependent on Cre-mediated recombination indicate that cre is primarily expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system with a few isolated kidney and heart cells also expressing activity. The donating investigator indicates that Cre recombinase activity is present in nervous tissue by embryonic day 11. The transgene insertion location is on Chromosome 12, as determined by FISH analysis, view pdf.
A transgenic construct containing a human growth hormone polyadenylation signal and a Cre recombinase gene under the control of the promoter and the nervous system-specific enhancer present in the second intron of the rat nestin gene, was injected into B6SJLF2 oocytes. Founder animals were bred to wildtype C57BL/6J mice. The mice were then backcrossed to C57BL/6J for at least six generations. After its arrival at The Jackson Laboratory, it was crossed to C57BL/6J (Stock No. 000664) for another four generations. The transgene insertion location is on Chromosome 12, as determined by FISH analysis.
|Expressed Gene
|cre, cre recombinase, bacteriophage P1
|Site of Expression
|primarily expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system by embryonic day 11 and a few isolated kidney and heart cells
|Allele Name
|transgene insertion 1, Rudiger Klein
|Allele Type
|Transgenic (Recombinase-expressing)
|Allele Synonym(s)
|transgene insertion 1, Rudiger Klein; Tg(Nes-cre)1Kln
|Gene Symbol and Name
|Tg(Nes-cre)1Kln, transgene insertion 1, Rudiger Klein
|Gene Synonym(s)
|Tg(Nes-cre); n-Cre+; Nes11Cre; NesCre; nestin-Cre; nestin/Cre
|Nes, nestin, rat
|Expressed Gene
|cre, cre recombinase, bacteriophage P1
|Site of Expression
|primarily expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system by embryonic day 11 and a few isolated kidney and heart cells
|Strain of Origin
|(C57BL/6 x SJL)F2
|General Note
|Hemizygous transgenic mice are viable, fertile, normal in size and do not display any gross physical or behavioral abnormalities.
|Molecular Note
|This transgene expresses Cre recombinase with a human growth hormone polyadenylation signal under the control of a rat nestin (Nes) promoter and the nervous system-specific enhancer present in the second intron. This promoter expresses Cre recombinase in neuronal and glial cell precursors. Cre recombinase activity is present in nervous tissue by embryonic day 11. The transgene was localized to chromosome 12 using FISH with a rat nestin promoter probe (J:180046). The insertion caused a 17 bp deletion.
|Mutations Made By
Rudiger Klein, Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology
When maintaining a live colony, hemizygous mice may be bred together, to wildtype siblings, or to C57BL/6J inbred mice (Stock No. 000664). The coat color expected from breeding is black.
When using the nestin-Cre mouse strain in a publication, please cite the originating article(s) and include JAX stock #003771 in your Materials and Methods section.
|Hemizygous or Non carrier for Tg(Nes-cre)1Kln
We will fulfill your order by providing at least two carriers for each strain ordered. The total number, sex, and genotypes provided will vary, although typically 8 or more animals are provided. Please check genotypes which will be recovered. While the genotypes of all animals produced will be communicated to you prior to scheduling shipment, the genotypes of animals provided may not reflect the mating scheme and genotypes described in the strain description. Animals are typically ready to ship in 11-14 weeks. If a second recovery is required to produce the minimum number of animals, then delivery time would increase to approximately 25 weeks. If we fail to produce animals of the correct genotype, you will not be charged. We cannot guarantee the reproductive success of mice shipped to your facility. If the mice are lost after the first three days (post-arrival) or do not produce progeny at your facility, a new order and fee will be necessary.
Cryorecovery to establish a Dedicated Supply for greater quantities of mice. Mice recovered can be used to establish a dedicated colony to contractually supply you mice according to your requirements. Price by quotation.
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Plink Plonk
Plink Plonk is an ongoing series of live events, programmed by NNSAC to bring world class artists and improvisers to Norwich.
Through 'The Plank' and our network of friends, artists and performers we strive to support local artists to create unique collaborations with improvisation at its heart. Alongside local musicians and groups such as Luke Sanger, Chris Dowding, WORMS, Jacob Solstice and Sudden Amusements, artists that have performed at Plink Plonk include, Alan Wilkinson, John Butcher, Cath Roberts, David Ross, Anton Hunter, Kit Downes, ma/ti/om, Daniel Thompson, Sloth Racket, Madwort Saxophone Quartet and many others.
For more regular updates of our Plink Plonk programme and to see photos and videos from previous events, visit our Facebook page here. Recordings, fliers and photos of previous Plink Plonk events can also be found on the archive page.
Some selected recordings from previous Plink Plonks: