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The Greatest Game Ever
I will be cheering for the Philadelphia Phillies tonight in Game 6 of the World Series. Truth be told I won't see much, if any, of the game because I will be at a school board meeting. But, I'll still be cheering for the Phillies.
I'm not a Phillies fan. It still sticks in my craw the way Pete Rose interfered with a double play ball swinging momentum from the Kansas City Royals to the Phillies in game five of the 1980 World Series. The Phillies won in six.
I have been an avowed Yankees hater ever since first baseman Chris Chambliss hit a Mark Littell fastball over the right field fence in the bottom of the ninth inning of the decisive game 5 of the 1976 American League Champion Series. The Royals scored three runs in the eighth inning to tie the score. I felt confident that the Royals' reliever, Littell, could take the game to extra innings. I sat on my mom's lap and cried for at least thirty minutes when the Chambliss fly ball cleared the fence.
The Royals were at the center of my universe from 1976 to 1980. Those were the Royals' glory years and I was eleven to fifteen years old. A perfect combination. I listened on the radio to at least part of all 162 Royals games for five straight seasons. My neighbor Mamo Hayden is the only other person I know who can make that claim.
We have cheering rules in our house. For college sports, the rules are to cheer for the Kansas Jayhawks first, the Big 12 second and never for Mizzou. The rules for baseball are similar. Cheer for the Kansas City Royals first, then the Orioles, Red Sox and Rockies (places we've lived) and never, ever, ever for the Yankees (I don't care how nice a guy Joe Torre was when he was manager of the Yankees). The Royals losing to the Yankees three straight years in the play-offs etched that ethic in stone.
The Phillies can take heart. A three game to one World Series deficit can be overcome. I witnessed part of such a miracle when the Royals came back from a similar deficit against the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1985 World Series.
The Royals were lucky to be in the World Series that year. They lost three of the first four games of the 1985 American League Championship Series to the Toronto Blue Jays. It was the first year the champion series was extended to seven games. Any previous year, the Royals would have been done.
George Brett kept the Royals alive with two home runs in game three. I attended game four of the playoffs with my dad, the night after my 21st birthday. It was a tough night. The Blue Jays scored three in the ninth to put the Royals on the edge of elimination. And, I had to break the news to my dad about some poor choices I made the night before (for another post). But, the Royals somehow managed to win the next three games and set up the I-70 Series against the Cardinals.
I had a soft spot in my heart for the Cardinals. Long time Royals manager Whitey Herzog and catcher Darrell Porter were part of the Cardinals organization by 1985. I loved those guys. But, this affection didn't temper my passion to see the Royals win.
The Royals dropped the first three of four in the World Series just like they did in the play-offs. My friend Matt Cunningham and I had tickets for game six of the Series and we were just hoping that game would be played. Fortunately, the Royals won decisively in game five to bring the series back to Kansas City.
Matt was already in the television business by 1985 and scored us fantastic seats up the right field line just beyond first base. They were the best tickets I'd ever had up to that time.
Charlie Leibrandt pitched a brilliant game six for the Royals but gave up the games' only run in the eighth inning. The Royals' bats were cold. The Cardinals' Danny Cox was brilliant, too. The feeling in the stands was somber. A Royals' victory seemed impossible with the team trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the ninth.
And, then, there was the call. A Royals batter was incorrectly called safe at first. Porter followed up the next few plays with a dropped pop foul and a missed tag on a bunt. The miscues set up the Royals for a ninth inning rally for the ages – for Royals fans at least. I will always consider this the greatest game I've ever witnessed.
Matt and I, along with thousands of other Royals fans, stood in the stadium and cheered for nearly an hour. We cheered even longer in the parking lot because we could not remember where we parked the car. We had to wait for the lots to clear out to find it. While we were waiting, Paul Hayden jumped out of a passing vehicle and gave us both a bear hug. It was that kind of night.
Game seven was not nearly so exciting. The Royals pounded the Cardinals 11-0. I was watching with about thirty members of my fraternity in the dining hall of our house. The outcome became clear early so we all piled into cars to drive to Westport in Kansas City to join the celebration.
It was a good time to be a Royals fan.
Listening Alone
There is much I enjoy about the iTunes era of music.
I like that I can take my entire music collection with me when I go for a bike ride. I can find the music that matches my mood and workout pace whether I'm riding on the highways or my trainer.
I like that I can bypass poor playlists broadcast on the radio stations. I find that I enjoy only about one in four songs when I am forced to listen to the radio. That's a pretty poor ratio and a good indication of why the iPod is popular.
I'm even warming up to the Genius feature on iTunes that creats playlists I would not think of on my own. But I'm still an album guy. I like to listen to a single artist for an hour or two at a time.
I like that you don't have to haul around a big appliance to listen to music. It's much easier to keep an iPod charged than it is to keep a stock of D batteries or always have to find an outlet.
I like that it's easy to let our kids listen to our favorite music. We don't have the worry of the past – that the kids might scratch our albums. So, it's easy to share music among the family. Joni's successfully nurtured a new generation of Beatles fans.
But, I do miss the social experience that listening to music used to be.
I was feeling nostalgic today for the old Sunday ritual of listening to Casey Kasem's American Top 40. I asked my daughter Emma what the number one song was these days. She has no idea. I asked her what the most popular songs are among her friends. "We all listen to different stuff," she said.
We listened to music together even when we were sitting in our bedrooms listening alone. American Top 40 was a stable of everyone's music week. You could count on a conversation about the new number one song on Monday morning by the lockers in school.
We used to cheer for our favorite songs to move up the charts. I can still remember Tim Yount going crazy with excitement when Kool and the Gang topped the charts with Celebration. I couldn't stand that song. But, that was part of the fun – hoping that your favorite song would beat out the others.
The boombox was a school bus must on field trips and track meets. The "dj" would try to play a mix of music that appealed to the most people (except country music fans). Again, part of the fun was lobbying for your favorite songs to be played and heckling the choices of others.
Music was something that brought teenagers together – back in the day.
Today, I don't see young people crowded around a turn table or a boom box sorting through albums negotiating which song to play next. When I see kids traveling in groups, each has their own mp3 player. Where there once was lobbying for songs to be played there is now silence a set of earphones dangling from each person's ears. Perhaps one or two pairs of kids are sharing earbuds. But, for the most part, they listen to their own stuff.
The shared music experience today seems to be limited to a handful of kids playing Rock Band on Wii.
Music today is one more example of how we are able to tailor our experiences to our individual preferences without having to take into account what others may or may not enjoy. There's no conflict. No reason to negotiate. We can all do what we want to do.
There is a lot to be said for the individual play list. It's one less thing for kids to fight about in the back seat of the car when going on a long family road trip. Parents worldwide have fewer occasions to say, "Don't make me pull this car over."
But, the individual music experience is one more thing that fragments people from one another. It's one more shared experience we can cross of the list of shared experiences. A list that continues to grow.
I like my iPod. I use it every day. I have no plans to give it up.
But, today, I'm feeling nostalgic for the shared experience of wondering what will be the number one song this week. I'm even feeling nostalgic for Casey's corny sign-off, "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars." Well, maybe not so nostalgic for that part.
So, to celebrate shared experiences of the past… A tip of my hat to my old friend Tim Yount.
This stinkin' song's going to be stuck in my head all day.
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Pissy Rivers
The Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team is kicking off the official start to a new basketball season with the 25th Annual Late Night in the Phog. Hopes are running high this year with dreams of reaching Indianapolis for the Final Four. My brother-in-law, Phil Priebe, already is planning the trip.
Like all good fans I am beginning to sharpen my game, too. You might ask what preparation I have to do? It's not too hard to sit on your butt and watch young men play basketball.
Oh, but the passionate fans know there is much that can be done in the stands or in front of the T.V. to turn the tide of close games in the favor of your team. So that I am prepared when I'm needed I have been refining my technique to deliver the most powerful hex that I know… The Pissy Rivers.
I learned this mysterious curse from my friend, eighteen year classmate (kindergarten through super senior year at KU) and fellow Greg Dreiling Fan Club member Scott Focke, aka Scooter. The Pissy Rivers is relatively easy to describe but extremely hard to execute.
The basic moves of the hex are simple. Cross the first and second fingers of your writing hand. Place your hand with crossed-fingers casually behind your back. Do not make fanfare of what you are doing. At the crucial moment in the game, quickly swing your hand and crossed fingers from behind your back as if you are throwing an underhand curve ball. Snap your wrist just before your arm fully extends. And, at the moment your hand jerks, whisper (or if you are alone in front of a T.V. shout) "Pissy Rivers."
Sounds simple doesn't it. Only the masters are consistently effective. There is a lot that can go wrong when casting a Pissy Rivers. The hex can even be reversed on your own team. Overuse is the surest way to ruin the Pissy Rivers. If someone sees or hears you throw the curse, it can kill the spell.
Some people believe a double Pissy Rivers – crossing all four fingers rather than just two – is more powerful than the traditional version of the curse. I'm not a believer in the double Pissy Rivers. I've seen it backfire just as often as I've seen it work.
Skeptical about all this? Think this is nothing but superstition and coincidence? Well I have evidence.
Scott Focke propelled the Jayhawks over Michigan State in the Sweet 16 of the 1986 NCAA tournament and on to the Final Four. Several members of the Dreiling gang scored tickets to the game in Kansas City's Kemper arena. It was one of the most exciting games I've seen. It included controversy – a stopped clock for 15 seconds when KU was trailing – and role player heroics.
The Jayhawks were down by six points with just over one minute to go. I was a nervous wreck. Scott told me not to panic. I shouted back, "There's only sixty seconds left in the whole *#%$@ season, don't tell me not to panic." But, Scott just gave me a look.
The Jayhawks began to foul the moment Michigan State touched the ball in a last ditch effort to close the seemingly insurmountable gap. That's when Scott went to work from the top row of the arena.
Michigan State missed the front end of a one-and-one two consecutive times in the last minute of the game allowing KU to tie the score on an Archie Marshall tip-in with just a few seconds left. I still feel hoarse thinking how loud and long we screamed with joy.
KU's best players, Danny Manning and Ron Kellogg, had fouled out of the game. But the momentum had already swung the way of the Jayhawks and fan favorite Calvin Thompson led the way to a 10 point victory in overtime.
I didn't see it, of course. But, Scott told us later that he'd used the Pissy Rivers when the Michigan State players were shooting their clutch free throws. That's the moment I became a believer.
I use it myself now when the moment is right. I'm not a master like Scott. But, occasionally I do my part to help out the 'Hawks.
I don't want to claim too much credit. But, I was in the stands in San Antonio when Mario Chalmers hit his miracle shot and the Jayhawks won the national title.
And, you might remember, the Memphis Tigers did miss a few key foul shots down the stretch…
Just sayin'.
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Late Night in the Phog Logo from KU Athletic Department
Mario's Miracle Shot from Daylife
Who Knew?
I'm still learning about blogging. I have now experienced on this blog something others not only know but intentionally exploit: A blog post title, key sentences and photos can help to drive traffic to your site.
The most viewed blog post I have written, Taste of the World, is one that received little attention when I first made the post. It suggests that the regular readers of my blog were only mildly interested, if at all (I always assume there are some accidental and courtesy clicks). But this particular post is visited five, six, sometimes seven times per day.
Why? It has nothing to do with content. The post was about the meal a friend and I prepared for dorm mates in grad school: Manwiches. I added this picture at the bottom of my post.
When a person Googles manwich the photo shows up on the first page of results. When you click on the photo it leads you toward my blog.
I know this sort of phenomenon is old news to many. It's still interesting to me.
I will be interested to learn if this post becomes one of the most viewed, too.
The Long View
I often ask myself, "What would Irv and Ruth do?"
That question comes to mind when I'm trying to decide whether or not to get behind a community project – especially projects that take more tax dollars.
Irv and Ruth Hayden are lifetime family friends and parents of my boyhood friend and current golf partner, Paul.
Irv and Ruth, like many people from Atwood and my home, Longmont, have a community first rather than me first approach to the world. I contrast this to a friend who I had lunch with recently. He told me he was "selfish" when it comes to public policy issues. He was unapologetic when he gave a for instance, "If it (a tax increase) benefits my kids' school, I'm interested. If it's for someone else's kids, not so interested." He said out loud what many of us may think but would never dare put into words.
That's not Irv and Ruth's approach. I was back in Atwood last summer (maybe the summer before) a few days before a vote to increase sales taxes to fund a new swimming pool. Displayed prominently in the Hayden's yard across the street from my parents' house was a homemade yard sign. I don't remember exactly what the sign said but something to the effect of, "Vote yes for the pool. The next generation deserves it, too."
Irv and Ruth are in their eighties. Only two of their seven children live in Rawlins County. None of their grandchildren call Atwood home. A new swimming pool will not likely boost property values – often an argument made to get people behind a new tax. Irv and Ruth's support for a new tax will most likely diminish and not boost the size of their personal estate.
There are many other people in Atwood in their sixties, seventies, and eighties who supported the pool tax about which the same things can be said.
Irv and Ruth, and others, don't use self-interest as the criteria to evaluate community projects and new taxes. It's not about, "What's in it for me?" The question Irv and Ruth are asking is, "What's best for the community." And not just what's best for the community this year or next. Irv and Ruth are asking what kind of community do we want this place to be in ten, twenty or forty years from now.
My family is the beneficiary of people who took the long view in Longmont, Colorado. People who I never knew invested in parks, community rose gardens and reservoirs. More recent community leaders rallied the community behind rec centers, museums, and ice rinks. Early residents of Longmont planted trees in our neighborhood that now tower over our home and provide us beauty and shade. Those who invested their time and money to place these treasures in our yard never saw what they grew to become. That's taking the long view.
It can be hard to look beyond our personal needs and interests. It can be especially difficult during tough economic times. What's more, not every idea for a community project that reaches the ballot is a good idea. Sometimes the best thing to do is vote no on new taxes.
But, it is the long view – people asking the question, "What kind of community do we want this place to be in ten, twenty or forty years from now – that creates wonderful communities to raise children and grow old. Places like Atwood and Longmont.
Parental Fears
I walked out of the restroom in the Albuquerque airport last night and got whacked in the face with a lizard.
The father was horrified. Not the lizard's father; the father of the boy who was swinging the lizard by its tail just outside the restroom door. It was a rubber lizard. The tailed stretched easily and the circumference of the swing went much wider than the boy intended.
"I'm sorry Daddy, I didn't mean to," said the three-, maybe four-year-old boy as he tried to collect the lizard from midair.
"No worries," I said more to the mortified father than the boy. "Been there, done that," I added trying to smile and trying not to touch the spot on my cheek where I was grazed. I did not want the dad to feel worse than he already did.
Parents live with one minor fear and one major fear when they take their young children to crowded venues. The minor fear is that their young child will get lost or, heaven forbid, be taken by a stranger. The major fear is that their child will do something embarrassing that disturbs nearby strangers and, worse yet, cause people to whisper, "They're bad parents."
A little bit of vigilance ensures a child's safety. Parents hold their child's hand or perhaps grab hold of the collar of their shirt when passing through a thick crowd of people. If the child's still small enough and the crowd is particularly large, parents pick up their child and hold them close.
The embarrassing moments are more difficult to avert. It can happen at any moment in the blink of an eye. You can be standing in an airport waiting for your wife and daughter to return from the restroom.
Your young son is fidgety. He starts picking things up off the floor. The unknown object is headed for the mouth so you quickly grab it and in its place put a toy in your son's hand. You look over your shoulder to see if you wife is on her way back… wham.
A passing stranger gets whacked in the face with a flying lizard.
It's every parent's nightmare. Sometimes it comes true.
It is great having young children. There also is some relief as they grow older. You are able to put your minor worries aside and relax, at least a little, knowing your children are savvy enough to stay safe even in crowds.
On the other hand, Joe was dancing down the streets in San Francisco while on our August vacation. He did a spin move as we rounded a corner and crashed into two women walking toward us…
Yeah, been there, done that.
Hang in there lizard dad.
When Dragging "Main" Is Not Enough
I enjoy driving back and forth on three town blocks for hours on end just as much as the next person. Don't get me wrong. But sometimes it's just not a satisfying experience.
Dragging "Main" was our primary activity on Friday (after the football or basketball game) and Saturday nights in high school. We didn't actually spend much time on Main Street. Fourth Street was the main drag in town.
The Fourth Street circuit was bookended by the Methodist Church and Grade School on the north and Dr. Poling's office and Leinwetter's Funeral home on the south. We put in hundreds of miles on that one street over the course of a school year. On a good night, there would be twenty other cars honking as they drove by. Some nights there were only a handful of cars.
Dragging "Main" without getting bored was an art. The best at the craft knew how to mix up the evening with a stop at Dunker's Radio and T.V. side lot to chat with someone in another car; drive around Atwood Lake; go up High School Hill; around Kelley Park or stop at John's Dew Drop Inn for a game of pool (or in my case Frogger).
On a slow night, the masters of dragging main would mix up who was in the car or combine one carload of passengers with another. The best nights were spent in cars that could easily pick up KOMA out of Oklahoma City or, if you were lucky, WLS out of Chicago. A good tape deck with 8-tracs from now classic bands such as REO Speedwagon, Journey and Foreigner helped, too.
But, even these tricks of the trade were not enough to satisfy. Sometimes you had to get creative. Or, go home out of sheer boredom.
Matt Cunningham, Tim Yount and I faced that dilemma one night. I can't remember if it was early fall or late spring. I remember it was cold enough for jackets. We just couldn't get fired up about steering the family Chevette around the streets of Atwood. Hard to imagine, I'm sure, but that's how we felt.
Our first attempt to liven up the evening fell flat. Singing Christmas Carols in October or March (whichever it might have been) annoyed more than entertained our audiences. After awkward experiences at three houses we climbed back into the Chevette to brainstorm plan C.
I don't know who the fourth, fifth or sixth person was to join us in the car. I don't even remember how we came up with the idea. But, by the time there were seven or eight riding along we were on a mission.
People started to notice the number of passengers in the car as we cruised down Fourth Street and through the Dunker parking area. Some people lobbied to join us. After a few more bodies we realized we had to be more strategic. We needed freshmen and others of diminutive stature. At one point, we stopped at John's (Dew Drop Inn) in search of people near five feet and 100 pounds.
The rule we made for ourselves is that the car had to be drivable (a relative term clearly with no regard for safety). Our goal was to shoehorn in as many people as possible and still drive down Fourth Street. We packed people on the floor, popped the hatch (the most comfortable seat available) and rolled down the windows to accommodate protruding body parts. Our final tally exceeded 20 in the car.
My dad was in the middle of his take pictures of everything phase of life. We stop at our house where I ran to find my dad while the rest of the passengers tried to hold their positions.
Our night that began in the doldrums became one for the record books – or at least the scrap books.


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Book review – Gai Jin by James Clavell
Gai Jin is a term used by Japanese for the foreigners, principally Caucasians. The key of entire book lies here. Action took place twenty year after the events of Tai Pan, in the second part of nineteenth century in Japan . The companies that were formed in Hong Kong found a new market in Japan, establishing some strategic bases in couple of cities that was opened for commerce .
Meanwhile Japan is in turmoil. The administration is growing incompetent while the people starve. The cast of samurai are pushed more and more on the edge. This favored development of a new faction whose members were called shishi and fought against the oppression of Japanese government. The book begins with an attempt to kill some merchants by two shishi in order to start a war between the western society and Japan. The attempt has had success, one merchant being killed while other, a very important member of House Struan, Malcolm Struan, future Tai Pan of house Struan, being gravely injured .
After this attempt, the represent of western society demand reparations and punitive actions against the offenders and a series of negotiations between the representatives of the governments took place in order to settle this issue. Here we make acquaintance with Toranaga Yoshi, a descendant of the great Shogun who united Japan two and a half centuries ago. Opposed to the others members of the council he understood the necessity of increasing commercial trades with foreigners as a base for modernizing an ancient Japan.
The action is set on multiple plans. While Toranaga try to secure the future of a modern Japan, he also is trying to gain more advantages for himself with undeclared purpose to become Shogun. He is also one of the most important target of the new faction who recognize that he represent the biggest threat to their actions. In order to eliminate such a dangerous opponent shishi try to murder him with the help of his concubine. The attempt fails only because his skills in arm to arm combat. Meanwhile House Struan and House Brock are having their commercial war in Japan too, fueled by the hatred that consumed their predecessors.
As usual Clavel imprint a beautiful yet a very reliable picture of two societies with their weaknesses and strengths. As a reader, combining this with fascinating action happening on multiple plans, you will enjoy the lecture every step of the way.
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King Rat is actually the first book ever written by Clavell, although chronologically should be placed on forth place, after Gai Jin.
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Tai Pan is the second book chronologically speaking from Clavell series. As in Shogun, the book plot is also based on a fight between two epic figures of that time located in Hong Kong.
- Book review-Shogun by James Clavell
James Clavell is one of my favorite authors. His capacity to detect and expose the main characteristics as well as peculiarities of different cultures from different ages is astonishing.
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Questions and answers - Call for tender concerning a pilot project for developing and implementing successful prevention strategies for type 2 diabetes
Call for tender No SANCO/2013/C1/004 concerning a pilot project for developing and implementing successful prevention strategies for type 2 diabetes
Following the rules set up by the European Commission I would like to inform you that we received the following questions and provided the answers attached:
1. We are expected to assess the outcome of the intervention at 21 months after the start of the contract (not a specific period after the identification of the intervention group!). If this is done so late in the contract, how we are expected to submit a final report within less than two months (M23)? Is there a minimum time interval from time of intervention to the time of assessment?
Please have a look at the specifications 3.Subject of contract timetable.
The duration of the execution of the tasks shall not exceed 24 months. All periods specified in the contract are calculated in calendar days. Execution of the tasks shall start from the date of entry into force of the contract.
The period of execution of the tasks may be extended only with the express written agreement of the parties before the expiration of such period.
|Inception meeting with DG SANCO presentation of a draft methodology and full updated work plan
|Inception report
|1st interim report
|2nd interim report
|Final draft report
2. It mentions on page 3 that we should use preferably non-invasive tests to identify children and then on page 4 notes that we can use e.g. blood tests. What is the definition of non-invasive tests? Are blood tests considered non invasive tests?! If we have to diagnose children with diabetes, we can only do this by using invasive tests.
Blood tests are invasive. To identify children at risk, preferably non-invasive tests should be used, which does not exclude blood testing. For a definite diagnosis invasive methods are necessary, and therefore need to be done in accordance with existing rules and guidelines.
3. It is not clear whether the screening programme will be aiming to identify children at risk of diabetes or having diabetes. They are both mentioned in the specification, but I think that there are two different things and there will be different emphasis on how we develop the intervention to reduce risk to develop diabetes or to manage the diabetes. Can you please clarify?
The screening programme should aim to identify children at risk of diabetes or having diabetes type II. This specification wants to make clear that children at risk of diabetes type II, children in the state of pre-diabetes, and children with manifest diabetes type II should be identified and defined, in order to assure that the continuum from obesity to risk of developing diabetes to pre-diabetes to clinical manifest diabetes is taken in consideration.
4. Do we need to have developed the screening tool in advance? If not, we will need a much larger cohort to screen in order to calculate sensitivity, specificity, NPV and PPV. If not, how will we know the NPV and PPV values of the tool in advance?
The criteria for screening should be defined in advance by the tenderer, as screening is already defined.
5. We need to include at least 5 member states, at least one school from each state. I am not clear what this means; 20 pupils x 5 schools (one per member state) and another 100 pupils as controls? What for? To screen in the first place, or pupils identified as at risk of diabetes or having diabetes? Or is there another interpretation that I have missed?
Controls are pupils which are not exposed to the foreseen activities.
6. Page 5, it is mentioned that the most successful strategy will be disseminated. I assume that by strategy it is meant intervention. How many strategies we are expected to implement and assess? I thought that it is reasonable given the funding and time available to test one.
This is up to the tenderer.
7. What is the relevance of studying page 5 disposition to/for violence? My understanding is that diabetes does not increase the likelihood of this behaviour?
Yes, but physical activity has been shown to decrease aggression, therefore this is asking for effects of the study, which are not directly linked to the main activities.
8. The statement 'the screening programme needs to be tested in five member states'. If it is a Member States screening programme, does this mean that it needs to be delivered in four countries outside of this Member States?
Yes, there shall be four other Member States of the European Union.
9. Questions about the organizations that can participate: what should their legal entity be? Can public organisations form consortiums with institutes (e.g. universities)/private companies? The subcontracting can be made just by the tenderer?
As a rule, all natural and legal persons, private and public organizations can participate.
Groups of economic operators are authorised to tender ("joint tender", also called "consortium") and subcontracting is allowed. Subcontracting cannot be refused out of hand, although it is possible to require tenderers to provide information about intended subcontractors. The contracting authority is entitled to demand that exclusion criteria be applied not just to the main tenderer but also to any subcontractors proposed (especially if they earn a large part of the budget).
10. It is mentioned that the "Screening programme should be tested in schools in at least 5 member states". Does this mean that in the consortium HAVE to be minimum 5 different member states?
No, but the establish standard screening programmes shall be tested in 5 different Member States minimum.
11. Since we are talking about schools and 5 different members the ministries of education of all those should be participating?
In view of the fact that schools are usually organized at a local or regional level, the Ministries of Education do not need to be involved. However, it would be desirable if the ministries would be at least informed about the project.
12. Is there also a submission form for the description of the content of the project, besides the administrative, technical and financial parts?
No, there is not a form for the content, this is up to the tenderer.
13. Can more than one partner be involved?
Yes, it would be good to have a broad coverage of Member States as possible.
14. Does it need a European partner in addition to the UK?
It would be good to have a broad coverage of Member States as possible.
15. Budget – is the full amount awarded (100k) or do we need to cost?
Please have a look at the tender specification related to the financial part, the awarding of the call for tender is also depending on the price calculated by the tenderer.
16. I cannot see a specific application form in the attachments below, or space for us to write about the actual prevention strategy?
No, there is not a form for the content, this is up to the tenderer.
17. In the specifications for the invitation to tender, under subject of contract and Task 1 it states 'the screening programme should be tested in schools in at least five Member States. Overall, the study should involve at least 20 pupils of each group in each of the 5 European countries and control groups consisting of the same number of pupils'. This implies that it is a total of 60 pupils (20 12 years olds, 20 13 year olds and 20 14 year olds) and therefore a total of 60 pupils in each country, 300 in total (not 100 as stated in your previous email). We would then need the same number of control pupils. Can you confirm that this is correct?
The minimum requirement is 5 Member States. Per Member States 20 pupils should be have an intervention and 20 pupils without intervention as control group. This should cover each group in total 100 intervention and 100 control group. Of course it would be better to have a broader basis but this is up to the tenderer.
18. Question No 1 - There seems to be a misunderstanding of the question No 5 –
We need to include at least 5 member states, at least one school from each state. I am not clear what this means; 20 pupils x 5 schools (one per member state) and another 100 pupils as controls? What for? To screen in the first place, or pupils identified as at risk of diabetes or having diabetes? Or is there another interpretation that I have missed?
Controls are pupils which are not exposed to the foreseen activities.
The tenderer should carry out at least in 5 Member States of the European Union one group with 20 pupils (5 MS x 20 pupils are 100 pupils for the whole study)with interventions set up by the tenderer and one control group with no intervention in the same school/Member States/same number of pupils.
19. Can this be achieved in 24 months and submit a final report in month 23? Does this mean the 21 month follow up is negotiable to fit into the 24 month timescale?
The contract is running for 2 years, therefore the final report has to be delivered by the end of the contract.
20. Does annex I, III and IV need to be completed by only the lead clinician in the UK or a representative from each of the countries?
If you are leading the pilot project only you have to complete the annex I, III and IV.
21. Also, the finaincal declaration form, does this need to be completed as it would be a UK university or NHS Trust that would be handling the finances rather than an individual account holder?
The financial declaration has to be complete by the organisation officially responsible and leading the pilot study.


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Can a person file a writ petition directly top the supreme court to challenge the issuance as well as signing of a bond (forced by the employer university on his employees who were in cease work for 14 days to protest illegal practices of the employer university) which contains terms like self-incrimination (admission of being a part of illegal strike which was declared by the employer university in the bond unilaterally without any court order) as well as terms containing of giving forced labour, acceptance of minimum wages by group D employees from the date decided by the University and MOST IMPORTANTLY the signing was a condition precedent for the resumption of the work after cease work and who have not signed they were terminated from service on the ground of non signing the same. The case arose in February 2012 and Tripura High Court disposed of the writ petition and asked the petitioner to exhaust alternative remedy and still the same is pending before alternative forum. Advise.
Existence of alternate remedy is no bar to entertain a petition under article 32 of the Constitution.Supreme court has extra ordinary original writ jurisdiction under article 32 of the Constitution.So the answer to your first question is in yes.T wo points to be noted here .Firstly, a person can approach the Supreme Court by 'appropriate proceedings' under this article only if he/she claims that one of the rights guaranteed under Part III of the Constitution has been infringed/threatened .Secondly ,the remedy is available against the 'State' as defined in article 12 of the Constitution.The rights are not available against private organisations .However it is relevant to poi t out that over the years court has held that the remedy under article 32 is available not only when the e rights are directly infringed by the state,but where due to absence of law or inaction of the State ,rights of persons/citizens are violated ,and the Supreme Court can be approached for directions to the State to take action to ensure that the rights are not being violated by private persons.The right to move the court has been guaranteed for enforcement of fundamental rights and the Court can issue writs in the nature of habeous corpus,prohibition,certiorari,mandamus and quo waranto.The court has held that even if the petitioner has not formulated the reliefs in most desirable manner,that would be no ground to deny him the relief.Thats all.
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The June 3rd primary is only 75 days away, meaning that we are now officially in the final stretch of the primary campaign. The U.S. Senate and 3rd Congressional District primaries are the most interesting. In both instances, candidates need to move their numbers in an aggressive manner if they want to have a legitimate shot at winning the Republican nomination outright.
Let's check in to see what the campaigns are up to.
U.S. Senate Race
Mark Jacobs: Jacobs has either ramped up his TV spending as of late, or I'm just watching more Wheel of Fortune lately. The Jacobs strategy has been apparent since before Christmas – use TV and radio ads to build statewide name recognition. The polls seem to indicate it's working, but the real question is, is it working fast enough to allow him to surpass the 35 percent threshold on primary night? Jacobs' ads make him out to be a likeable guy, but voters need more than that to convince them to give their support.
Joni Ernst: Ernst scored the endorsement of former State Senator Larry McKibben this week. McKibben's endorsement came on the heels of him being confirmed by the state senate for a full term as a member of the Board of Regents. Ernst has racked up legislative endorsements by the truckload, but what her campaign really needs a truckload of money so she can get her message out the voters. Ernst is getting some outside help with her campaign; ShePAC recently sent out a fundraising appeal that featured Ernst with five other women running for the U.S. Senate.
Matt Whitaker: Whitaker continues to make the rounds at GOP gatherings and candidate forums across the state. From all accounts, Whitaker does well when stacked up against his fellow Republican candidates, but he has yet show that his campaign has the financial resources to spread his message beyond those groups he's able to stand in front of. Still, I think Whitaker is one to keep an eye on over the final two months of the campaign. He's been frugal with the money he's raised, which means he will be able to message to a larger audience when he decides to do so.
Sam Clovis: Clovis is another cash-starved U.S. Senate candidate, but that's not going to slow him down any. According to Facebook, the Clovis campaign is opening a Sioux City office on Monday. Clovis had a good one-liner this week. In a National Federation of Independent Business candidate forum, Clovis responded to a question about how Democrat Congressman Bruce Braley would likely attack him by saying, "I'm short, I'm old and I'm ugly." That response got some good laughs and media coverage.
Third District Congressional Race
Monte Shaw: Shaw continues to build out his campaign apparatus. On Thursday, he announced members of the Iowans for Shaw Agriculture Team. The 3rd District race is fascinating for a number of reasons, but Shaw's candidacy is particularly interesting because he's a well known activists, has strong connections to the ag community, and after managing a number of high-profile campaigns, he knows exactly what he needs to be doing to win the nomination.
Robert Cramer: Cramer became the first Republican congressional candidate in the race to air a television ad. Before entering the race, Cramer told TheIowaRepublican.com that he would be willing to spend some of his own money to get his campaign off the ground. His ability to run TV ads gives him an advantage as it will help him become better known. I like the spot. It's different than what we have seen before, but it does an excellent job of educating people on who Cramer is.
Matt Schultz: Rick Santorum is coming to Iowa next week to help Schultz raise money for his campaign. Schultz is not known as a prolific fundraiser, so getting a helping hand from the guy who won the 2012 Iowa caucuses is a nice get for Schultz. Schultz needs to prove in his first fundraising quarter than he can raise serious money. If he can do that, then he's going to be a real contender for the Republican nomination.
David Young: Running for the 3rd District Congressional seat hasn't been any easier for Young that running for the U.S. Senate. Still, the smaller geographical, contest gives him a much better chance of winning the Republican nomination than if he remained in the U.S. Senate race. Young has been able to rack up some endorsements. Senator Grassley's grandson, State Representative Pat Grassley, endorsed Young's congressional candidacy. Pat Grassley night not live in the district, but the Grassley seal of approval isn't going to hurt any.
Brad Zaun: The Urbandale state senator is in the catbird seat in the 3rd District primary. Many people might not acknowledge it, but Zaun has a huge advantage over his Republican opponents – name recognition. If you don't think that matters, ask Dave Funk and Jim Gibbons who didn't come close to touching Zaun in the 2010 primary. While Zaun was roughed up in the general election in 2010, he sailed through his primary. Zaun still needs to raise money and do all the things a good candidate needs to do, but the fact that there are five quality candidates in this race, only makes it that much more difficult to beat Zaun.
If any of the other candidates really want to beat Zaun in the primary, they are probably going to have to attack him. The condensed 3rd District race was already difficult, but having to attack a candidate like Zaun in order to win is not going to be an easy task. It's not going to be cheap either.
The next 75 days will tell us what candidates are really in it to win it. Time is of the essence, and only one candidate can win on primary night. I expect to see sparks start flying any day now.
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Leukaemia vaccine moves closer
British scientists say they have taken the first major steps towards finding a way of vaccinating against a type of leukaemia.
The team has identified a way that should theoretically boost the capacity of the immune system to fight a form of the disease called Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML).
The international scientific community has been looking for something on which to base a vaccine against the disease.
A US group has synthesised an artificial peptide - a piece of a protein - which shows promise.
But the British team is the first to identify the actual peptide produced by leukaemic cells that is targeted by the immune system.
This will greatly accelerate work to develop the first practical vaccine against CML.
Professor Alejandro Madrigal, scientific director at the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust, who led the research, said: "This is a very important discovery.
"In just a few years there could be a vaccine for CML. It could be used to treat individual patients, but there's no reason why you couldn't extend it to the general population to prevent the disease."
Natural reaction
Scientists know that the immune system naturally reacts to CML - but usually the response is not strong enough to conquer the leukaemia.
White blood cells called T-cells, which attack foreign bodies, lock on to a specific peptide which appears on the surface of the cancerous cells.
It took seven years of work before the peptide, made up of a small number of linked amino acids, was identified.
Professor Madrigal's team at the Anthony Nolan Research Institute laboratories in Hampstead, north London, collaborated with scientists at Nottingham Trent and Liverpool universities.
A simple vaccine could be made using the peptide to trigger an immune system reaction against the cancer.
Alternatively, said Prof Madrigal, T-cells could be grown in the laboratory and "trained" to recognise the molecule.
They could then be used as a treatment in their own right. The cells would not have to be returned to the patient they came from.
They could be stored and given to any patient who provides a close enough match, just as bone marrow transplants are carried out today.
Professor Robert Rees, from Nottingham Trent University, said: "These results demonstrate that we have identified key components of leukaemia cells against which we might be able to develop a vaccine."
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Mich. Democrats at Impasse over Primary Do-Over
Presidential politics torpedoed a proposal to end a standoff between the Michigan Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee last week, as state legislators left for vacation without bringing the plan to a vote.
As a result, state party leaders are trying to devise a new way to get Michigan's delegates counted in the race for the Democratic nomination, reports Rick Pluta for Michigan Public Radio.
The impasse caused Sen. Hillary Clinton to make a sudden detour from the campaign trail for a stop at a Detroit union hall, even though Michigan's primary was more than two months ago.
Clinton hoped to sway the state's politicians to stage a "do-over" primary in early June. Although the New York Democrat won Michigan's Jan. 15 contest, the state was stripped of its delegates for violating Democratic National Committee rules by holding its primary early. The results of a new vote would stand. (Florida, which Clinton also won, was similarly punished but decided not to hold a new election.)
Clinton told the Detroit crowd that the DNC is wrong to punish the state by refusing to recognize the results.
"Here in Michigan, 600,000 people turned out on a cold and snowy day in January to cast your votes. And you made it abundantly clear that you wanted your voices to be heard and your votes to be counted," she said.
Supporters of Democratic Illinois Sen. Barack Obama say their votes were never counted because his name was not on the ballot. Yet, the Obama campaign says a do-over primary would not undo the injustice.
The proposal would not allow people who voted in the Republican primary on Jan. 15 to participate. The Obama campaign believes it would attract voters who cast a ballot in the Republican primary for Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain as their second choice, or for Michigan native Mitt Romney, or simply to meddle in the GOP race.
Michigan's Democratic Party heavyweights – including U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow; Gov. Jennifer Granholm; U.S. Rep. Caroline Kilpatrick of Detroit, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus; and United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger – supported a new primary as the fairest and quickest way to make Michigan relevant in the Democratic race.
The group secured promises from big party donors – most of them Clinton supporters – to pony up the $12 million needed to finance another primary.
That was not enough to get past Obama's supporters in the Michigan Legislature. The state House began its spring break Thursday night without voting on a do-over primary.
"I was really looking forward to getting out and helping to get out the vote," said Obama supporter Jackie Payne of Lansing, Mich. "I think Obama could have done extremely well, whether or not he would have won. I don't know obviously, but I don't think he really has any reason to fear a primary in Michigan."
Emily Castle, who supports Clinton, said Obama had his chance and lost it when he pulled his name from the Jan. 15 ballot. She said the fact that he did so to satisfy conditions set by the DNC does not matter.
Castle, who leads the Michigan State University chapter of Students for Hillary Clinton, argues that the DNC should apportion delegates based on Clinton's victory in the race. Clinton won 55 percent of the votes, far more than the nearly 40 percent cast in the "uncommitted" column."
"I think it's only fair that since the people of Michigan came out to vote for the candidate they wanted, and overwhelmingly that was Hillary Clinton, we should seat the delegates," Castle said.
That would narrow Obama's lead in the delegate count, which is not acceptable to his campaign.
Democratic leaders acknowledge they need to find a resolution that keeps Payne, Castle and voters like them happy.
Michigan has gone for the Democratic nominee in every presidential election since 1992. However, the margins have narrowed in each of the past three elections, and Democrats worry that the trend will continue in November.
The party is reconsidering ideas once considered unworkable. They include a party-run caucus with mail-in and internet balloting, a "firehouse" primary with fewer voting sites than a full-blown election, or some negotiated allocation of delegates. Any of those options could help the Michigan Democrats and the DNC avoid an ugly clash at the party's national convention in Denver this summer.
Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer says he is optimistic about the prospects for a deal.
"Look, I've learned in politics a lot of times, problems can be difficult they can take a long time to solve, and you just keep trying, you just keep looking for creative solutions that meet the interests of all involved," Brewer said. "If one path doesn't work, you just try another."
Rick Pluta reports from member station Michigan Public Radio.


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planning or doing some pretty spectacular things in space, from captaining the first stages of commercial space flight, studying the sun's nanoflares, and looking for some more planets. Of course, space itself is pretty busy, too, what with asteroid belts having to be sized just right to allow for life and Titan deciding to glow in the dark.
SpaceX Passes Third Milestone: I'm not quite sure what all space-readiness entails, but it's bound to be fairly rigorous. Throw in NASA (hopefully) trying to stretch its money for maximum output, and SpaceX better be able to prove itself. Luckily, it has. With its run of recent successes, SpaceX is now leading NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative. Someday soon, especially since SpaceX is moving faster than NASA has since the '60s, there will be spaceflight for both governments and paying customers.
Where the Tiny Things Are: NASA's FOXSI mission will launch soon in order to give the sun a good look-over. The mission, Focusing Optics X-Ray Solar Imager, is going to get a more complete picture of solar flares. Not sunspots or massive flares – they're cool, but we understand them to some small extent and people are already studying them – but nanoflares, which occur much more frequently and which we can barely see. Nobody knows if these nanoflares cause the bigger flares or if they're part of the reason why the sun's atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface, but we might after FOXSI does its thing.
You Can't Get Panspermia Without the Right Kind of Apocalypse?: Asteroids are usually fairly nasty things. We live in perpetual fear of extinction, and dinosaurs did go extinct. But they have they're good points, too, such as bringing about life. An increasing number of scientists think that asteroids crash-landing on Earth might have brought the organic material that eventually evolved into life as we know it. So while asteroid and asteroid belts could destroy us at virtually any moment, it's potentially thanks to a couple of their fellows that we're here to get smashed. And a couple of NASA scientists have applied this idea to the search for extraterrestrial life: not only do planets have to be at the right temperature with the right water levels and atmosphere to house life we might recognize, but they have to be surrounded by just the right kind of asteroid belt, not too big and not too small. I guess Goldilocks really does apply.
Titan Glows and It's Not Because of the Sun: Scientists expected Titan to potentially glow in the dark: ultraviolet light can excite particles enough to do that. Magnetic fields can also add a bit of a shine, like in our own aurora borealis. And Titan does glow a little bit because of this. But there is a deeper glow in Titan's atmosphere, too far down to be caused by the sun or magnetic field alone, and scientists think there're some interesting organic chemistry reactions going on that makes this light happen. Titan has long since a spot on the list of places that could house life due to a thick atmosphere and already present organic materials, and this just makes the moon that much more interesting.
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After narrow escape, Dupre calls off climb
Grand Marais climber and adventurer Lonnie Dupre narrowly escaped disaster during his attempt this past week to solo-climb Alaska's Mount Hunter.
Dupre, 55, broke through a crevasse on his retreat from the 14,573-foot mountain and hung by a single ice axe for several minutes with his feet dangling beneath him, he said.
"That scared the s--- out of me," said Dupre, who in 2015 became the first solo climber to summit Alaska's 20,310-foot Denali in January. "Getting back down to my tent, I was pretty shaken up."
The News Tribune reached Dupre on Wednesday in Calgary, Alberta, on his way back from the climb. In attempting Mount Hunter, he was hoping to become the first person to reach its summit solo in January.
He had flown from Talkeetna, Alaska, to the Kahiltna Glacier at 7,800 feet on Jan. 4 to begin his ascent. He had climbed to 10,300 feet on the mountain last year — though not in winter — and believed he had found a route he could climb solo.
Dupre said soon after beginning his trek across a glacier to Mount Hunter on this climb, he was tent-bound in a severe windstorm for a day and a half. After that, in approaching the mountain on a glacier, he realized the route he had planned to climb would not be possible without more protection (devices that secure a climber to a mountain) and more rope. The same day — Saturday — Dupre tried to find an alternate route at about 7,800 feet but was unsuccessful. So, he turned back for his tent down the mountain. The temperature was about 25 below zero, he estimated.
On his descent, carrying a 30-pound backpack, he had just noticed that the snow didn't "look right."
"And then I busted through," Dupre said.
He was at the edge of a deep crevasse and managed to plunge his ice axe into the snow to arrest his fall. But the rest of his body, plus his backpack, was dangling into the crevasse. He moved each of his feet one at a time and felt them touch nothing.
"It was a big, dark, ugly crevasse," Dupre said.
He couldn't see the bottom of it.
Slowly and deliberately over the next several minutes, he managed to get out of his backpack while clinging with one hand or the other to the ice axe. He feared if he kept the pack on, the extra weight might cause him to fall into the crevasse. Once his backpack was off, he unclipped his second ice axe and used it to anchor the pack.
"I slowly raised a leg and managed to get the heel of my left foot out of the crevasse and onto the side of the hill," Dupre said. "I was on a pretty steep slope. I got my other foot out and got both hands on my ice axe. I stood up — and felt really sick to my stomach."
He composed himself, he said, and made the final 20-minute walk to his tent wondering if he would fall into another crevasse.
After a night in his tent, he was able to reach the Kahiltna Glacier base camp the next day. The weather was clear enough to let a pilot pick him up by plane.
Dupre said he will not attempt Mount Hunter solo again until he can make a spring or summer climb of the mountain and find a better route. He said he was as well-prepared for this expedition as he has ever been.
"You just don't know what it's going to throw at you," Dupre said.
In Calgary, Dupre and friend Pascale Marceau from Sudbury, Ontario, plan to do some ice-climbing and cross-country skiing. In March, he and Marceau plan to climb another mountain in Alaska.
Dupre has twice skied and pulled sleds to the North Pole and has made a kayak and dogsled circumnavigation of Greenland, among other Arctic expeditions.
Dupre said his attitude about taking risks has changed as he has aged.
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Ooh, I have a bottle of that orange yumminess sitting in my fridge for next week. But way to go on the weight gain! And the pants!
Shortly after I had my first child, I was going for a walk with the baby strapped into a carrier when I felt a distinct breeze on my legs. I kept thinking, "Hmmm, that's odd" and finally, after walking another two blocks, I looked down to make sure I was wearing pants. I was actually wearing a skirt (hence the breeze), but the fact that whether or not I was wearing pants was a valid question, and that it took me TWO BLOCKS to finally check, is a testament to that thing we call "mommy brain". And I hear it doesn't improve until the kids move out of the house.


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Sights worth seeing from Augsburg's history: Rathaus (City Hall), Goldener Saal (Golden Hall), Fuggerei, old city of craftsmen, palaces on the Maximilian road, house of Brecht.
You stroll in this guide on the trail of the Reformation, the Augsburg history. During the tour of the Fugger city palace (courtyards and from the outside) to learn more about the visit of Martin Luther and why him Cardinal Cajetan has calculated interrogated in Augsburg ... visit the Anna church (if open), the center of the Augsburg Reformation history, and the Fronhof (near the Augsburg Cathedral), in which the "Augsburg Confession" was read.
This guided tour in search of the Fuggers in Augsburg gives insight into the history of the family empire which turned Augsburg into a world power during the 16th century. Visit the former family residence and likewise center of trade, the Fugger city palace.
Jacob Fugger "in person" shows you his hometown. Escorted by an actor, posing as the most significant salesman and banker of the Renaissance, and a female citizen of Augsburg, you will visit the most important scenes of Jacob Fugger's history and can experience the way this financial genius thought and carried out business.
Accompany "Baesle," the cousin of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, through her native Augsburg of the 18th century. You will visit places which the Mozarts of Augsburg knew and loved.
The detectives who search for the Perlachturm murderer will have terrific fun. This thriller is set along the old wall from Lueginsland to the Perlachturm. Participants must solve many mysteries!
The craftsmen's route goes along the canals and through the alleyways of the old craftsmen's quarter of Augsburg. Between the Rotes Tor gate with the craftsmen's museum in the south and the Wertachbrucker Tor gate in the north you can discover modern handcraft: the tour also visits craftsmen's businesses.


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It promises to be faster, quicker and faster and quicker; also, more secure. But it's not all about speed and security, one of the new features to watch for are the built-in PDF viewer and MP3 player.
What I wish to see in this new version of firefox is memory usage improvement. Firefox is a big memory hog.
That I will never know since I got an error trying to install Firefox 5. I'm running Windows 7 x64 SP1.
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Durham Press is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, about an hour and a half from New York City, and Philadelphia.
Visitors welcome by appointment.
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Exit NYC through Holland Tunnel – stay in right lanes and follow signs to the New Jersey Turnpike. Go through the toll, then stay in left lanes, follow signs to 78 West. (This is the Turnpike Extension. You will never actually get on to the Turnpike North or South – just follow the signs to 78 West). Pay Toll. Take 78 West to Pennsylvania (approx 1 hour). Pay toll. Take the first exit in Pennsylvania, "Easton". At end of exit, take a left onto Morgan Hill Road – up a steep curving hill, follow road for approximately 6 miles until it ends at Raubsville Road. Make a right on Raubsville, follow less than eighth of a mile. Make the first left onto Durham Road (sign indicates Durham). Follow Durham Road for about 3 miles, past a church, down a steep hill, look to your right as you approach the bottom of the hill for an old brick schoolhouse with a large circular driveway at the corner of Durham and Dogwood Lane. This is the Press.
From Philadelphia and points South:
Take the Northeast Extension (476) to the Quakertown exit. Make a left onto 663 East, follow a couple of miles to 309 North. Make a left on 309 North for a little over a mile to Pumping Station Road. Take a right on Pumping Station Road and follow for less than a mile until it ends on California Road (Stop Light). Take a left on California Road and follow it for about 4 miles (pretty, winding road) until comes to an end at Rte 212. Take a left on 212 East, drive about 7 miles through Pleasant Valley, then Springtown, past a sign that says Durham Township, and start paying attention to road signs on the left -you'll pass Gallows Hill Road and Old Philadelphia and then you'll see a sign for Durham Road. (If you hit the Delaware River/Rte. 611 you've gone too far). Take a left on Durham Road and follow for less than 1/2 mile until you come to the corner of Durham & Dogwood. On your left is a big brick schoolhouse with a circular driveway. This is the Press.


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- AshBC 12/3/2011
Here's the fine print for you:
Method Failure of Condoms (perfect use): 2%
Typical User Failure: 15%
Method Failure of FAM: 2%
Typical User Failure: 10-12% (when you don't follow the rules with FAM you are very likely to get pregnant, which is why it's so important to be informed) **from "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" By Toni Weschler.
Maybe you don't understand that beyond good birth control (for the disciplined) practicing FAM is a reclamation of women's bodies and health. It is constantly attacked for this reason, so yes it needs defense, especially from the uninformed. FAM is an option, despite what pill-pushing doctors will say. I repeat, please read the zine/the many books/ask those who practice it before passing judgements and making statements that restrict a woman's choice. We already know the conventional story: Natural birth control is "risky." Maybe, just maybe, if we look beyond what is traditionally taught in this culture we can find a wisdom that surpasses pharmaceuticals and latex. That's for the individual to decide, I'm just trying to offer the information that was left out of sex ed class.
- ideoplastic 11/27/2011
Right...defend your preferred method of birth control from other people's judgments while making a similar castigation of another kind, oral contraceptives. Which FAM are you speaking of? The failure rate of perfect use is 3-5%, typical use a more reasonable 25%. Always read the fine print!
- AshBC 4/7/2011
*When used correctly, FAM has a failure rate of 2% (as opposed to 3% for condoms). NFP (what you refer to as the "Catholic Lottery") is practiced in varying forms, and doesn't necessarily encompass the scope of fertility signs. I am troubled that this is the general attitude towards FAM when I have successfully used it for over five years. In the meantime, at least half the people I know who are on the pill have had unplanned pregnancies. Please read this zine (better yet-ask those who use FAM responsibly) before passing judgements that may restrict a woman's choice.
- Hogbeast6 4/6/2011
When I was growing up we called this method the "Catholic lottery".
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October 27th, 2014, 02:45 AM #1
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Hey Guys,
I am new to this forum, but not new to affiliate marketing. I've been a full time affiliate for 7yrs now, and must say its an awesome lifestyle! I highly recommend it!!!
After reading through the forum a bit, I've noticed a lot of you are trying to build affiliate marketing businesses using niche related blogs/websites, with high quality content, and the overall goal to rank high in google's SERPs. Pretty much a completely organic strategy.
Now when I first started, I tried the same thing and it worked fairly well, but took so much time, and in the end its truly an unstable business model in the affiliate space.
The only time I ever recommend investing your time in a blog or organic campaign is when you truly enjoy the topic, for example build a blog using yourname.com, and just blog about stuff you like. Sure you can throw in some affiliate links when you the opportunity but the point of the blog is just to build your brand, and voice your thoughts on topics your passionate about.
With that being said, now a days, if you want to build a successful affiliate business quickly i.e. 3 - 6 months or faster depending on your work ethic, experience, and technical skills, you have to use digital advertising.
By driving traffic from digital advertising you can instantly get tons of real people in front you affiliate offers, who are actually interested. How do I know their interested? because they had to click your ad in order to see the offer, and marketing 101, your ad pre-sells your affiliate offer, meaning they are interested.
I think a lot of newbies shy away from digital advertising because they either have misconceptions about the cost, or they just don't know.
So I decided to share a quick paid advertising source where you can get high quality traffic for dirt cheap. That source....Bing Ads.... Below I showed a screen shot of just one campaign I ran on bing, which shows how much I spent on ads, and how many people I got to my affiliate offer for that cost.
I ran some ads on bing which showed up in bing search engine website to be exact. This is a straight affiliate campaign, and you can bet I made a profit since I got a ton of visitors for barely $140.
It took me 2yrs from when I first got started with affiliate marketing to get into paid ads, and when I did, it changed everything.
My income grow exponentially, I was able to scale my business and grow faster, much faster.
Now running paid ads campaigns is different then building organic campaigns, so you will have to learn some new things.
But you have complete control, you can turn your campaigns on or off, meaning you can turn your traffic on or off.
Its 100x faster when it comes to setting up a campaign, getting traffic, and making commissions.
So for all those who haven't even thought about combining paid advertising with affiliate marketing, you need to start. Thats what full time affiliates do, because the organic route, eats up your time, will, ambition, and honestly costs you money if you do the math on how much your time is worth.
I could honestly, go on for 200 pages, about how to do this, but I'd rather you guys ask me questions, and Ill try to help!
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October 27th, 2014, 10:09 AM #2
Hey... all you regulars around here, that have been at it for a long long time. Would you care to comment on this? Your viewpoints? Bill, Phil, Chuck...others?
October 27th, 2014, 10:36 AM #3
Many affiliate programs do not permit any form of PPC advertising. Before an affiliate embraces this strategy, they better make sure that the merchant permits it. If not, they will be kicked out of the program and all their commissions will be declined. Most of my merchants don't permit PPC in any form.
October 27th, 2014, 10:38 AM #4
Thanks Jeannine.... I thought that was the case. Certainly is in the small area I'm working in. Wanted another perspective. Appreciate your response.
October 27th, 2014, 10:40 AM #5
My pleasure, Lindy. This approach tends to be used more for CPA offers, where such strategies are not as closely monitored. I've seen people spend thousands of dollars to generate traffic, only to discover that the merchant didn't permit PPC; they had to pay the search engine and didn't collect a penny in commission.
October 27th, 2014, 10:51 AM #6
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October 27th, 2014, 10:53 AM #7
Bob... you mean highlight specific words and terms that cannot be used to advertise?
October 27th, 2014, 10:54 AM #8
Many affiliate programs do not permit any form of PPC advertising.
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Many pgms don't allow
1. ppc traffic directly to the merchants website
2. or trademark bidding
If you are doing ppc on generic terms and driving the traffic to your affiliate site, I have hardly seen a vendor disallowing it.
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October 27th, 2014, 11:14 AM #9
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October 27th, 2014, 11:45 AM #10
Yes, Bob, if they are paying for their own PPC program, many merchants don't want to compete with affiliates on their own name. The merchant has most likely spent a lot of money branding themselves and their products; PPC sales from those terms are pretty much the "low hanging fruit" which they deserve right to harvest. A few permit TM bidding, but the vast majority don't, which is why I said something; I don't want newbies to painfully discover that this could be an issue.
October 27th, 2014, 11:48 AM #11Many affiliate programs do not permit any form of PPC advertising. Before an affiliate embraces this strategy, they better make sure that the merchant permits it. If not, they will be kicked out of the program and all their commissions will be declined. Most of my merchants don't permit PPC in any form.
On the other hand I have some campaigns where the merchant does minimal PPC and we are looking for PPC partners. Have one for eCigs where Adwords prohibits direct marketing but some affiliates have done well with coupon codes.
For my biggest merchant I have two branded PPC affiliates I speak with weekly, several non-branded.
I agree that there are gaps with PPC and its the best way to drive traffic less a model of a review, discount site that takes years to develop. Just make sure you are using fun money to get started and that you are reinvesting profits and not taking a second mortgage. Diversify but stay within your means and document the relationship to protect yourself if owners or managers change.
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October 27th, 2014, 01:11 PM #12
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After reading your comments, I'd like to add that I have never joined an affiliate program that does not allow affiliates to run paid advertising, and lets be clear, there are many forms of paid advertising not just PPC.
For example:
- Media buys
- Contextual ads
- Native ads
- Email newsletter ads,
- etc.
As I said in post, theirs a learning curve if you've never bought traffic before, and as long as your ads, and traffic source do not violate any terms of the affiliate program your fine.
A majority of merchants do give a keyword limit list that 9times out 10 just says you can't bid on trademark terms because it does directly compete with them, but their are literally billions of terms you can bid on if your doing PPC.
And if your running any other form of paid advertising its really about matching your affiliate promotion with the right audience.
Either way the main point of this post, was to highlight how much targeted traffic one can get from paid advertising, and how much faster it is then building an organic campaign from scratch.
I don't feel its smart, to build organic campaigns for the purpose of affiliate marketing, unless you have an automation system built on a strategy that works a majority of the time, and cranks out those sites for you.
October 27th, 2014, 02:24 PM #13A majority of merchants do give a keyword limit list that 9times out 10 just says you can't bid on trademark terms because it does directly compete with them, but their are literally billions of terms you can bid on if your doing PPC.
October 27th, 2014, 02:37 PM #14
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October 27th, 2014, 02:42 PM #15
Really appreciate all the dialogue here. Thanks! Helps me with some strategy as I start to build into a new niche.
October 27th, 2014, 03:33 PM #16
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But you had said 'most merchants don't allow ANY form of ppc', which isn't the case. PPC with generic terms is one of many forms of ppc, and it works too if done right. We have a long term ABW member here who doesn't do any trademark bidding, but does ppc very well. He was also once awarded affiliate of the year sometime ago.
I have done ppc with generic terms in G Adwords with success. With Bing I got tired of the volume of junk traffic on generic terms, so had to stop.
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