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Will the Saab Story Have a Happy Ending?
- By Paul A. Eisenstein
- | From Jim Nantz, May/June 2011
An eerie stillness pervades the massive factory. That's not the way it's supposed to be. Assembly plants are normally exercises in carefully controlled cacophony that operate one step short of chaos. Where is the whine of the ratchet drivers, the thump of stamping presses and the beeping horns?
"It's going to take some time before we're back to normal," admitted Victor Muller, when he surveyed the sprawling factory he has just purchased on the outskirts of the small Swedish town of Trollhätten last spring. One of the newer and most modern assembly plants in the auto industry, it was designed to produce as many as 200,000 vehicles annually, but for the moment it struggles to produce just a couple dozen cars a day. "But at least we're back in business," the lawyer-turned-auto-magnate said at the time.
Just a few months earlier, it had looked as if this factory and the company that operated it were doomed to become another sob story, the tale of a once-promising brand that had been serially mismanaged, only to wind up tossed onto the industry's overflowing rust heap. But with his purchase, Muller insisted, this was going to be one Saab story with a happy ending.
From fighters to four wheels
As the Swedish maker is fond of saying, Saab really was "born of jets." The name is an acronym for Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget—Swedish Airplane Limited, in English—the company that was created in 1937 to build the military aircraft needed to enforce neutrality at a time when world war seemed likely. When the combat was over and demand for fighters had diminished, the ever-resourceful Swedes went looking for additional business. They found it in the form of the Saab 92. Decidedly ahead of its time, with the most aero-efficient shape of its era, the curiously curvaceous little sedan made its debut in 1949 and remained in production until 1955.
From the start, Saab earned a reputation for being, well, quirky. It wasn't just the jellybean shape of models like the 92 and subsequent 93. The ignition keyhole was mounted on the center console and the often-underpowered two-stroke engine required routine additions of oil to the fuel tank to keep the pistons properly lubricated. Saab was different—and proud of it.
Saab owners proved an equally proud and loyal bunch, but alas not a group large enough to nudge the forever struggling company into financial health. By 1989, the automotive side of what was by then Saab-Scania had become a burden the company desperately needed to jettison. Restructured and renamed Saab Automobile AB, a 50-percent stake was sold to General Motors for $600 million. The other half was acquired by Investor AB, the financial arm of Sweden's most powerful family, the Wallenbergs.
As part of the deal, GM was given the right to buy—some would say it was put on the hook for—the other half of the automaker. Perhaps buoyed by Saab's rare and unexpected profit, in 1995, the Swedes' first in seven years, GM eventually agreed to buy out its partner. The move cost the U.S. giant another $125 million, but the bills were only beginning to pile up.
In the years to follow, General Motors would spend countless millions in a fruitless effort to turn things around—modernizing the Trollhätten plant, for one thing. It updated the 9-3 sedan, and it added new offerings, such as the little 9-2 and the 9-7X sport-utility vehicle. GM tried emphasizing Saab's quirkiness and, when that failed to move the needle, it attempted to market the brand as something more mainstream. But the losses grew while sales stagnated.
"It's not easy, when you're a company that makes millions of cars a year, to figure out how to steward a company that makes 130,000," acknowledged Steve Shannon, one of a procession of GM managers who were assigned to try to turn things around at Saab.
To skeptics, GM just took too many shortcuts. The 9-7X was little more than a gussied-up version of the Chevy TrailBlazer, the 9-2 an only slightly modified version of the sporty Subaru WRX, built by Fuji Heavy Industries, with which GM had another short-lived and unhappy relationship. Meanwhile, the 9-5 flagship was allowed to rot, going 13 years without an update.
As the end of the new millennium's first decade approached, some caught a glimmer of hope that things might turn around as a new 9-5 was ready for market. But, by then, Saab's parent was in failing health itself.
GM augers in
With its own losses climbing into the tens of billions, General Motors was like an elderly patient; the next blow could readily take it down. And it came with the Lehman Bros. fiasco that not only shattered the financial markets, but sent U.S. auto sales plunging to their lowest levels since the Great Depression. Within months, Rick Wagoner, who was then GM's CEO, would be begging Washington for a handout.
After George W. Bush offered only temporary assistance, the newly inaugurated President Barack Obama agreed to boost the aid to $50 billion—but only if Wagoner were fired. In May 2009, the 100-year-old GM was placed into Chapter 11.
With the White House orchestrating the process, the journey through federal bankruptcy court was a surprisingly swift one, but the draconian restructuring plan that emerged would wipe out tens of billions of dollars in equity—and require GM to either close or sell off half its North American brands. The Pontiac, Saturn and Hummer divisions were dispatched.
Saab seemed poised to enjoy a better fate; as many as 27 potential buyers looked over its books. But what makers like BMW and Fiat saw sent them scurrying and by mid-2009 only three remained. Of that group, the most serious offer came from Koenigsegg, but by the end of autumn, it became obvious the small Swedish supercar manufacturer was in way over its head and couldn't pull together the necessary financing.
Any hope that Stockholm would mirror a Washington-style bailout was dashed when industry minister Maud Olofsson declared, "The Swedish state and taxpayers in Sweden will not own car factories." Though GM still promised to entertain alternate bids, its tough new management team, prodded by the White House to move with all possible haste, began winding down Saab operations. Suppliers were told to cancel orders. The board of directors was disbanded as Saab was taken into administration—the equivalent of Chapter 11—and the production of the new 9-5 sedan, which had begun only weeks earlier, was halted.
The Dutch White Knight's descent into hell
As the New Year rolled in, it was Saab that seemed ready to have its life-support pulled. GM had even begun selling off its assets, the Chinese carmaker BAIC purchasing the intellectual property rights and tooling for the prior-generation 9-5 and smaller 9-3 models. But suddenly, three new offers landed in GM's corporate lap.
Even then, GM continued to wind things down as two bids faltered. But the troubled U.S. maker clearly underestimated the determination of one of the bidders: Spyker, a miniscule Dutch sports car maker. In a surprise January 26th, 2010 announcement, GM confirmed it had a potential deal in hand. And just four weeks later, after winning Stockholm's backing for a loan from the European Investment Bank, Spyker was handed the keys.
And only then did Victor Muller, the Dutchman behind the White Knight effort, finally start asking himself what he had gotten into.
More experienced auto veterans might have walked away from Saab, but the unlikely new owner had long before proved himself tenaciously willing to take risks others wouldn't even consider. Trained at Leiden, Holland's oldest and most respected university, this son of a chartered accountant quickly migrated to mergers and acquisitions, and in 1989 was hired by the vast conglomerate Heerema. Two years later, Muller bought out the firm's maritime towing and salvage company, redefining himself an entrepreneur "buying up businesses that needed repair."
Eventually selling off Wijsmuller, the former Heerema subsidiary, could have set Victor Muller up for life, but at 40, he wasn't the type to drift into lavish retirement. Not that he didn't enjoy the trappings. He acquired The Highlander, one of the yachts owned by the late Malcolm Forbes. And he began building another fleet—of cars. At one point he owned more than 50, ranging from new Ferraris to pre-War Rolls-Royces and Invictas.
It's hard to say where the bug bit, but by 1997 Muller wanted to add another nameplate to his collection. In this case, he didn't just buy an old Spyker, he revived the Dutch automaker itself, which had gone out of business in 1925. Ironically, Spyker also had an aviation heritage, the company spun off from a World War I-era aircraft manufacturer. But as small as Saab might have been, it was orders of magnitude larger than Spyker, which launched its first all-new model in 2000 and has since measured total sales in the hundreds.
The revival of Spyker as a viable business "was hell," recalls Muller, "self-inflicted hell. But this is what I chose and I stuck with it." To the skeptics, the M&A specialist's descent into Hades might have only begun with Spyker. The question is whether he is about to dive even deeper into Dante's inferno.
Entrepreneurs and oligarchs
The auto industry is not a business for the fainthearted, and even big fortunes can quickly turn into little ones when things go wrong. Hoping to preserve what cash he could and keep both car lines going, Muller made the decision to sell off Spyker, earlier this year, to his former partner, the Russian oligarch Vladimir Antonov. (GM had forced the Slavic businessman out of the company when it refused to even negotiate with Spyker if Antonov was going to be part of the deal.)
"This transaction will allow Spyker Cars N.V. to focus on the Saab Automobile business exclusively, will eliminate the requirement for us to make further capital investment in the Spyker (brand) and will reduce our debt," the Spyker Chairman Hans Hugenholtz said in a statement.
Legend has it that when he began his brief foray into automotive manufacturing, entrepreneur Henry J. Kaiser boasted, at an industry event, that he was ready to kick in what would amount to a billion dollars today. "Give that man one chip," chimed in the then-president of General Motors.
By that measurement, Muller doesn't even have a full chip. And his new company has been draining what cash he has. Prior to the sale of its Dutch sports car operation, Spyker reported a third-quarter loss of nearly $56 million and is reportedly continuing to bleed red. But "It wasn't unexpected," said Mike Colleran, the former GM executive who served as the transition chief of Saab's U.S. operations before leaving the company earlier this year. "Starting up a new business, you're going to see your money go, but you have to invest in the business."
For his part, Muller is typically unflappable, pointing out that "If we didn't have all these (short-term) issues, we wouldn't have gotten Saab for $74 million-less than what its wind tunnel is worth. We would have paid $7.4 billion." Not only did he get the wind tunnel and the Trollhätten plant but a new 9-4 crossover and a nearly-completed remake of the main 9-3 model line.
The first thing Muller had to do once possession of the company changed hands was to get production of the critical new 9-5 restarted. Ramping up production at a plant like Trollhätten wasn't as simple as turning the key on the car's center console, he quickly realized. It took nearly two months simply to get all the suppliers to start shipping parts again. And by the time we first spoke at the Swedish factory, in mid-2010, the lines were running at only a fraction of capacity.
Even with cars rolling out once again, the new management team had to work out the kinks in the distribution system. In the U.S. alone, dealers had closed by the dozens and sent their service staff packing. Then there is the challenge of telling the world the Swedes are back in business. "If Saab is perceived as a zombie, who would want to get onboard?" asks Muller. "No one buys a car from a company they think is dead. But most people now think that's what happened."
The rise of the PhoeniX
The maker has been struggling to convince potential buyers it has plenty of life left, starting with a series of eye-catching-if costly-TV commercials. But Saab simply doesn't have the budget to compete in the broadcast marketing game with bigger competitors, like BMW and Mercedes-Benz, nor should it, suggests analyst Dan Gorrell, of AutoStrategem. Embracing its reputation for quirkiness lends itself to alternative marketing strategies—and unusual concept vehicles like the PhoeniX, which made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show this March.
The striking design is the work of Saab's new design chief Jason Castriota, the multitalented designer responsible for exotic products such as the Maserati Birdcage concept and the Ferrari 599 GTB. Castriota calls the prototype "aero-motional," a reference to Saab's aeronautic roots. The front end of the concept car, he explains, is almost a nose cone flowing into a fighter jet's body. With its highly aerodynamic Kamm back, the PhoeniX show car has a surprisingly sleek 0.25 coefficient of drag, on a par with some of the best race cars.
While PhoeniX won't return in production form, Castriota insists it was critical to go with the over-the-top design because Saab has to work harder than brands like Audi or BMW to get attention. "You don't want to have a wooden spoon in a knife fight," is how he puts it. And even so, the concept car has plenty of distinctive styling cues that would suggest the path Castriota is taking with the upcoming 9-3 replacement and products beyond, such as the small 9-2 model.
Coming up with the cash for the 9-2 remains a challenge, one that Muller hopes to overcome by partnering with another automaker-an increasingly common process in today's automotive world. He has already signed up a dream deal with BMW, with the German maker planning to provide powertrains for future Saab models. Meanwhile, Detroit's American Axle will help Saab launch a pilot fleet of battery cars.
More immediately, the new 9-4X, Saab's first crossover-utility vehicle, should be rolling into U.S. showrooms by the time this story reaches print. And the maker is getting closer and closer to launch of the new 9-3 which, if tradition holds, should be its bread-and-butter car.
Until then, it will be a struggle. Saab sold just 36,000 vehicles last year, a fraction of its former numbers but understandable considering it wasn't even building cars at the start of 2010. Muller is confident that, with the new 9-5 now in full production and with the launch of the 9-4X, volume will improve significantly this year. "We don't need to sell six million vehicles. We don't need to sell one million. Saab," he proclaims, "will be very profitable selling 120,000." And its breakeven should be only about two-thirds of that, if the plan is on target.
There are more than a few skeptics—even Antonov has suggested that Saab will fall short of its target in 2011.
Aaron Bragman, an analyst with IHS Global Insight says that while Victor Muller is a persuasive man, he clearly has set a hellacious goal for his company. "While force of personality is helpful, it will come down to the numbers," cautions Bragman, and it remains to be seen not only if the 120,000 sales target can be reached but whether it can sustain profitability. Though Saab will have a good product lineup in the near-term, keeping it competitive will be a big challenge, even with partners like BMW.
For his part, Muller doesn't dismiss the critics, but he is convinced that if his Swedish brand can simply tap "2 percent" of the 6 million current and former Saab owners and bring in just a modest stream of new converts it should be able to keep the Trollhätten line rolling, and at full speed.
In the meantime, the company is cutting costs wherever possible. You'll often find senior managers pulling weeds at the U.S. headquarters, in a nondescript old neighborhood north of Detroit. Muller, meanwhile, "is likely to be making the coffee, making the phone calls and doing the engineering all at the same time." Saab has defied the odds, for now, but this traditionally quirky carmaker is going to have to find its own unique path to success going forward.
Paul A. Eisenstein is publisher of TheDetroitBureau.com on the Internet.


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The Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Region of the American Red Cross is requesting blood donations. Eligible donors can call 800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule an appointment. Platelet donors should call 800-272-2123.
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Health education program: Howard County General Hospital sponsor the following program at the Medical Pavilion, Suite 100, 10710 Charter Drive, Columbia. Registration and information: 410-740-7601 or hcgh.org:
•Moving through anger, identify your anger triggers and learn techniques to manage them from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Nov. 1, 8 and 15. Cost is $40.
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Teens Together Support The networking group for teens who have a friend or family member with cancer will meet from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. the third Sunday of every month in the Medical Pavilion, 10710 Charter Drive, Columbia. Contact Kelly Schwab at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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HIV support group for those infected with or affected by HIV. A women's group meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Friday of every month. A group for men and women meets from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month. Meetings are at the county Health Department, 7180 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia. Information: 410-313-6267.
Howard County General Hospital will sponsor the following screenings at the Medical Pavilion, Suite 100, 10710 Charter Drive, Columbia. Information: 410-740-7601 or hcgh.org:
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This holiday season, the Lincoln Police Department will join law enforcement agencies nationwide by participating in the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" enforcement campaign. This special holiday enforcement will be conducted from Friday, December 2, 2011, through Saturday, December 31, 2011. The Nebraska Office of Highway Safety is providing funding for off-duty officers to remove drunk and drugged drivers from our roadways during a time of increased alcohol consumption. These additional officers will be added on Friday and Saturday evenings during peak activity hours, 10 pm- 4 am. Patrol will be conducted throughout the city, targeting high volume traffic areas.
Last year, Lincoln police officers investigated 6,925 traffic accidents - 1,790 of those accidents included injuries and 7 were fatal. Officers also arrested 1,960 drivers in 2010 for driving under the influence.


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Most high schools in western Wake County saw an uptick in the number of reported crimes last school year.
Five high schools that draw students from western Wake saw increases in school crimes: Apex, Cary, Green Hope, Middle Creek and Panther Creek.
Athens Drive, Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs high schools saw decreases during the 2012-13 school year.
Panther Creek saw the most reported crimes, 43. Thirty of the crimes involved possession of a controlled substance. Four cases involved possession of alcohol, and nine were for possession of a weapon.
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During the 2011-12 school year, Panther Creek had 21 reported crimes.
Green Hope High School saw the fewest reported crimes among western Wake County high schools last year with 14. Most of those cases involved possession of a controlled substance.
The year before, Green Hope had nine reported crimes.
Wake County, which is the state's largest school system, saw an overall decrease in the number of reported school crimes.
Last school year, there were 1,037 reported crimes in elementary through high schools. The prior year, there were 1,099.
Last week when the state numbers were released, Wake school leaders focused on improvements in the dropout rate and school crime rate. But the new state numbers also showed that Wake, whose suspension policies are under federal review, issued 1,155 more short-term suspensions last school year than the previous school year.
During the 2012-13 school year, Wake issued 15,378 short-term suspensions, in which students were kept out of school for 10 or fewer days. That was an 8.1 percent increase in Wake from the 2011-12 school year at the same time there was a statewide 4 percent drop.
Wake school officials pointed to the changes in recent years that have reduced the number of short-term suspensions from a high of 22,707 in the 2007-08 school year. Wake had taken steps such as creating a five-tier system of offenses and encouraging principals not to issue suspensions for minor infractions.
"(The) Wake Board of Education has been reviewing policy and making changes intended to keep more students from facing out-of-school suspension," Renee McCoy, a Wake schools' spokeswoman, said in a statement last Wednesday. "WCPSS will continue to review this recently released data in our efforts to continue to make progress toward the academic achievement goals for all of our students."
In addition, McCoy said, Wake administration and staff have been making more alternative settings available, to keep students attending school while still maintaining a "safe and orderly learning environment."
In western Wake, Athens Drive High School had the most short-term suspensions last school year with 550. Green Hope had the fewest with 60.
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As Arizona Cardinals head into their Week 14 matchup with the Seattle Seahawks, they will do so for the ninth straight game without the services of quarterback Kevin Kolb.
Nearly every week since Kolb suffered chest and rib injuries in the fourth quarter of the Cardinals' overtime loss to the Buffalo Bills on October 14, he's had a positive outlook on the situation — often stating that he expects to play again at some point in 2012.
But that was not the case after the team's practice on Wednesday when asked about a possible return this season.
"I can't answer that for you," Kolb said. "Again, I just got to keep pushing. I got to do it for myself, my sanity, you know just one day at a time. And do what I can, that's all I can take care of."
Kolb knew when the injury first occurred that the rehabilitation process was going to be very slow due to the nature of the injury. And he made sure to remind reporters of that after Wednesday's practice during his explanation of why his recovery has become such a tedious process.
"Whenever the cartilage broke, the ribs are laying underneath my sternum now, so that's how they're trying to heal," said Kolb. "Rather than healing where they're butted up straight against it like a normal cracked rib or cracked cartilage when they're flush with each other, mine are laying underneath there. So that's what kind of extends the process."
On Wednesday, Kolb was listed as limited in practice and has made progress each week, but he also admitted that he's been hampered a bit in his recovery.
"When I really try to push it in the weight room and really try to push the ball down the field, that's when I'm really kind of hitting that wall," said Kolb. "I think a lot of it is going back to the injury itself. It's not the way that my ribs were broken, ya' know they're not completely healed."
Kolb continues his weekly visits with team doctors, and they're constantly reviewing MRIs. The most recent set of tests still showed some swelling, and he said it seems to be more about function and less about pain tolerance as he tries to return to the field at full speed.
Another thought on Kolb's slow return to action could be the fact that the Cardinals have lost eight straight and are unlikely to make the playoffs at this point. Could the team's poor play and lack of success contribute to Kolb's slow return?
"As a player I always have a lot to prove myself, and these guys are warriors in here and I want to be a warrior for them too," said Kolb. "I'm very tight with a bunch of people in here and if I get the chance, I'm going to go out there and battle with them."
Kolb's outlook for his return for the rest of 2012 doesn't seem quite as positive and upbeat as it did immediately following the injury.
"Again, if I let it creep in…just like before, all the questions we've answered in the past about the ups and downs…if you let it creep in, it's going to take control of you."
Kolb has stated several times in the past that he relies heavily on his faith when dealing with starting quarterback issues, questions on his durability and doubts about his toughness.
This situation seems to be no different, as he continues to insist that he'll push through so he can rejoin his teammate on the field.
"As a player going through in injury, you just do everything you can do get back and whenever that time comes, you get out there."


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### Looking for veteran bullpen depth, the Marlins signed former Cubs and Dodgers right-handed reliever Carlos Marmol, who has 117 career saves but also exasperated the Cubs and their fans with 28 blown saves and control problems before Chicago dealt him to the Dodgers last July.
Marmol, 31, saved 34 games in 2011 but also led baseball with 10 blown saves that year. He had 38 saves in 2010 and 20 in 2012 before losing his closer's job last season.
Between the Cubs and Dodgers, he finished last season with a 2-4 record, a 4.41 ERA, two saves and three blown saves. Most troublesome: He walked 40 (and allowed 40 hits) in 49 innings last year. He also struck out 59, but that didn't offset his control problems, which caused the Cubs to finally dump him.
Overall in his career, Marmol has a 3.46 ERA but has walked 385 in 563 innings.
The Marlins will pay Marmol $1.25 million for one season, according to our Clark Spencer.
When I think of Marmol, what initially comes to mind is Marlins TV analyst Tommy Hutton's angry but amusing rant about Marmol a couple years ago, when he started walking batters and Hutton vociferously questioned his acumen to be a closer.
But Marmol is a hard thrower, and with the Marlins, he would be a set-up man at best. Closer Steve Cishek ended last season with 29 consecutive saves, the longest ongoing streak in baseball.
The Marlins also signed Chaz Roe, who had been designated for assignment by Texas. Roe, 27, was the 32nd pick of the 2005 draft but hasn't lived up to expectations and was suspended 50 games in 2012 after testing positive for an amphetamine.
In 22 innings for Arizona last year, he struck out 21, allowed 18 hits and 13 walks and had a 4.03 ERA. He had a 1.11 ERA in 25 minor league appearances last season.
### Charles Barkley has never hopped aboard the Heat bandwagon during this championship run, and he isn't about to start now. Barkley announced on a TNT conference call today that "Indiana is the best team in the NBA" and that "David West and Roy Hibbert owned" Miami, "beat them like a drum down low."
"If they get a healthy, motivated Andrew Bynum, they're going to be very difficult to beat," Barkley said. "If you look at the Heat, the wear and tear is starting to take its toll. It's obviously taken its toll on Dwyane Wade. It's starting to take its toll on LeBron. It's tough to beat LeBron four times in a week."
But Shaquille O'Neal countered: "Just because you have homecourt advantage doesn't guarantee you're going to win the championship. I lean toward a healthy, experienced Miami" in a likely Eastern Conference Finals matchup with the Pacers.
And Kenny Smith added: "Indiana is the best regular season team [but] I can't say they're the best team [overall]. In the last three years, no one in the Eastern Conference has beaten Miami in a series. There's something about being able to close out the Big Three."
And Smith said: "Chris Bosh is the most underrated power forward in basketball because of what he does on the offensive end and creates so many mismatches." (Bosh opens games at center, but Smith's point is understood.)
### Al Golden told WQAM's Adam Kuperstein and Channing Crowder that he was nervous about Chad Thomas signing because Thomas told him he would direct message him at midnight Tuesday night/Wednesday morning and did not, causing Golden to worry that he might not pick UM.
"I didn't hear from Chad, couldn't get any sleep," Golden said. "Chad was joking about it with me [Wednesday] morning. Not so funny, my friend."
### Golden told WQAM's Joe Rose: "We would never drive past a local kid to fly out of state" to recruit, but that it's difficult to fill some needs locally.
"There's not a lot of tight ends down here, 250 pounds and can run like Clive Walford. So we had to go up to Atlanta to get Chris Herndon. Hopefully, we'll find that kid down here next year. We will always [look] down here first to exhaust whatever position it is before going out of state."
### Golden said the one position where UM is still looking is offensive line, "maybe a junior college kid."... Please see the last post for everything notable that Golden said yesterday.
### Though UM missed out on some elite local players, which certainly doesn't sit well with them, blaming the UM staff for some of those would be short-sighted. For example, Plantation American Heritage's Sony Michel cited the poor crowds at UM games as one reason that Georgia was more appealing.
Homestead receiver Ermon Lane, who's FSU-bound, told me UM did nothing wrong and that he simply wanted a new experience going to school out of town. If scheme was a factor in Travonte Valentine picking LSU –-- which one of his coaches believes was the case –-- then UM bears some responsibility there. But he also said he felt more of a bond with LSU players than UM players.
UM wanted FSU-bound Dalvin Cook, but if he had come here, would he have been content sharing carries with Duke Johnson and his high-school teammate Joseph Yearby?
Would UM like to keep more of the elite local kids, as it did with Chad Thomas this year, Stacy Coley last year and Duke Johnson the year before? Absolutely. But some kids simply want to leave home.
And with the momentum of a national title, FSU has made significant recruiting inroads here that UM needs to reverse with the elite kids who aren't adamant about leaving South Florida. For UM, winning more is the obvious first step toward achieving that.
### The Marlins, who have been looking for another reliever or two, today signed Chaz Roe, who had been designated for assignment by Texas. Roe, 27, was the 32nd pick of the 2005 draft but hasn't lived up to expectations and was suspended 50 games in 2012 after testing positive for an amphetamine.
In 22 innings for Arizona last year, he struck out 21, allowed 18 hits and 13 walks and had a 4.03 ERA. He had a 1.11 ERA in 25 minor league appearances last season.
### Mel Kiper said he sees Louisville and former Miami Northwestern quarterback Teddy Bridgewater being drafted as high as fourth to Cleveland.
"You see similarities between Donovan McNabb and Bridgewater," Kiper said. "Bridgewater throws a good ball, makes good decisions. I like that he thinks pass first, run second. Come draft day, he may be a little underrated. He may be a guy you get at 4 or number 8."
Kiper expects Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel to go first to Houston or third to Jacksonville.


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Peugeot shares were down 1.6 percent in midday trading, wiping out a gain of about 1 percent prior to the ruling being made public.
Peugeot is still in formal talks over its decision announced last July to close the Aulnay plant near Paris and cut 8,000 jobs in addition to hundreds of positions eliminated under an earlier plan.
The CGT union had challenged the plan in court by arguing that it had failed to consult workers at two Faurecia sites that would be directly affected by the Aulnay closure and other cutbacks at the parent company.
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We get asked a lot about the diet we feed our dogs. We meet a lot of people through pug rescue that are looking for some answers to their dogs' issues, and we try to share things we have learned over the years. I have always meant to write something up for this blog to share with people (and I even took photos to share a couple of years ago) but I've never quite gotten around to posting the information. But today that changes and I'm going to do a walk-through of the diet and supplements we give our guys. This is by no means an answer for everyone, but this is what we have found works for our furkids.
Additions include scrambled eggs, sardines and yogurt – rarely all at one time, usually one of these are added at a mealtime for additional nutrients. The eggs and sardines are excellent sources of protein and Omega oils; the yogurt is a natural probiotic which helps keep "good" bacteria in the stomach which prevents stomach upset, gas and can even help prevent yeast infections. I prefer Greek yogurt as it is higher in protein but lower in carbs and sodium.
And of course the old stand-by of canned pumpkin every now and then to keep stools firm and prevent anal gland issues.
The diet has changed a bit over the years, as I've found new things to add and dropped some things from their daily diet. I used to make my rice, and then add it to a large skillet to stir-fry eggs into the mixture.
As we discovered the Natural Balance kibble worked well to provide the basic protein for our dogs' diet, we dropped the eggs from their daily meals. Now they just get scrambled eggs as a treat every now and then, or if I have run out of dry food. If any of my guys get an upset stomach, I skip the kibble at their next mealtime, feeding them the rice mixture with scrambled eggs – the simpler protein seems to help soothe their tummies.
I use basmati rice, simply because it doesn't clump together and is easier to dish up at dinnertime. However, any white rice would do. I would highly suggest investing $20 or so for a rice cooker though, as it is a great timesaver and is very easy to clean up.
Now, to the plain rice I add the steamed vegetables. Any vegetables are good, as long as they are simply veggies with no added sodium or sauce of any kind. Over the years I have used chopped spinach, broccoli, cauliflower and lima beans. But the basics have always remained: carrots, peas and green beans. Just remember – NO onions!
I always make a big batch once a week and divide it up in Tupperware containers. They can easily be frozen if you want to make up a bunch to last for more than just a few days.
We give our guys several daily supplements. Some of ours have specific conditions that we are trying to treat, so not everyone gets the same.
Lecithin granules – a pinch (approx. 1/8 tsp.) in everyone's bowls every morning. This was recommended by our vet to help prevent/combat anemia. Lecithin helps red blood cells live longer, thus keeping the red blood cell count higher.
Flaxseed – a pinch in everyone's bowls every morning. It is loaded with Omega 3, lignans (antioxidants) and fiber.
Salmon Oil – 1 squirt over food every morning. Contains natural Omega 3 & 6 fatty acids – excellent for skin & fur, also helps immune system. http://www.petco.com/product/106293/Petco-Salmon-Oil-for-Dogs.aspx?CoreCat=firstinresult_PETCOVitamin
Multi-vitamin – 1 tablet every morning. I get Petco's own brand. As they are a bit large, I break them in half for my guys. They eat them like a treat right before breakfast. (I need to get a picture of my guys all lined up every morning waiting for their tablets – they think it's treat time!)
Brewer's Yeast tablet – 1 tablet every morning. I get the ones made especially for dogs, they are meat flavored and our guys take them like a treat before breakfast. It helps prevent flea infestations; my guys haven't needed a topical treatment in years.
Bladder Support – 1 tablet (broken in half) for Maggie every morning to help support her bladder function (she has urinary incontinence controlled by prescription medication – this is just a supplement to prevent deterioration) She takes it as a treat right before breakfast. http://www.petco.com/product/108271/NaturVet-Senior-Bladder-Support-Time-Release-Tablets-for-Dogs.aspx
Joint Supplement – I have 2 supplements I use:
1 tablet (broken into 4 parts due to size) taken every morning by Maggie to combat arthritis and joint deterioration. I prefer the Petco Level 3 as it has Glucosamine, Chondroitin, MSM, Cetyl M and Hyaluronic Acid as well as green-lipped mussels – it seems the most complete for the money. http://www.petco.com/product/105698/Petco-Joint-Support-III-Tablets.aspx?CoreCat=firstinresult_PETCOVitamin
¼ oz liquid joint supplement poured over Denny's food every morning (he used to take the same tablet as Maggie but started refusing it suddenly last year, this is the best liquid I could find as it contains Glucosamine, Chondroitin and MSM http://www.petco.com/product/111107/NaturVet-Joint-Health-Supreme-Level-3-Hip-And-Joint-Supplement-for-Dogs.aspx )
Cranberry capsule – 1 capsule in Phoebe's bowl with her food every morning. As she is prone to UTIs, we give her this to lower her urine pH and help prevent infections. We use the ones for humans sold at any pharmacy; I prefer the higher concentrated ones (4200mg cranberry) with added Vitamin C http://www.naturesbounty.com/product/004349
Those are all of the daily supplements my guys take. I also use assorted herbal and homeopathic supplements for specific ailments, but those are only on an as-needed basis.
What are the benefits of all of these things? It's hard to put into quantitative terms, as I don't have a dog that hasn't been getting these things to compare with, but I really believe it has made a difference over the past few years. Phoebe has only had about 3 UTIs since we've had her (6 1/2 years) compared to the multiple infections she had before she came to us. Maggie's urinary incontinence is well controlled and she hasn't had any side effects of her medicine in the past 4 years. All of my guys have gorgeous, soft coats and do not suffer from itchiness. They are not gassy at all (defying the common myth that ALL pugs are gassy!) And of course Denny's and Charlie's allergies are controlled completely without using any steroids.
Their diet may not work for every dog, but it has worked for them. Hopefully this will inspire others to do some experimenting and see what works for their furkids.
What a ride that was. We never knew why Daddy and Momma were leaving us with our best friend Cindy for 10+ days last year and this year – but we found out on the 1st May 2013. Another road trip….to our new home here in North Carolina.
I'm done with all that travelling now, what with visiting most of the UK with Daddy when we lived over there and then the Sea and Road tip across the Atlantic to Texas back in 2007 – I'm done with it – really, no more. Please!
We now live in a wonderful place, somewhere where I can roam around in my cart while Charlie, Phoebe, Maggie and Stewpot can run and bark to their hearts content. We don't need to keep looking now, we have found the perfect place. This is it.
I have a nice private office where just me and Daddy spend the day too. He starts work at 8am and I spend the whole day with him upstairs away from the hooligans.
I'll write more soon. Just wanted to say hello.
We started talking about moving from Texas back in 2009 – only two years after actually arriving and putting down the roots. Our hearts were somewhat in it, but what with work, opportunities and other life things putting their finger in the pie it just never happened.
Well last year we decided once and for all that we were going to make this move – we put plans in place to visit Raleigh and choose a place to live. Two visits later we chose Franklinton, just north of Wake Forest on the northern side of Raleigh. I think we made the right choice.
We have only been here two weeks and we already love this place. It's not as if we have had the chance to go anywhere further than a few grocery stores, furniture stores, Costco, Lowes and the old faithful Home Depot – but it just feels right. Were looking forward to being regular visitors to the brew pubs and unique restaurants and events that take place around here. There is just so much for us to get our teeth in to.
As I type this we are just taking delivery of our NEW furniture – we sold absolutely everything in Texas to make this move – not for the money, but to reduce the hassle of getting movers and coordinating everything. Again, we made the right choice. A new start makes it all feel so good.
This is my first post in a long time, but I intend to make this a regular occurrence from this point on. So many things have changed in our lives, and the dogs lives. Denny has a lot of explaining to do – so over the coming months I intend to write at least one or two posts a week to get y'all up to date with what's been happening, and what's going to be happening.
Stay tuned! Photos to come!
Richard & Denny (in my new office!)
This is the view from my new office window!
Really exciting news here at Denny Towers – we are moving!! Yup, the house has been sold (closing next week) and we have bought a new place in beautiful North Carolina!
We couldn't be happier except for all of the exhausting packing/selling/purging nonsense that goes along with moving (and having lived in one place for 7 years!)
The Pugs are decidedly confused. Munchkin is an old pro at this moving malarkey, so she's not bothered; but the pugs definitely have no idea what is happening. We have sold most of the furniture so they are a bit concerned that every time someone comes to the house we seem to have things go missing. Though they seem rather happy about the mattress on the floor (makes going to bed and getting up much easier for them – though MUCH more difficult for us gangly humans.)
They have no idea how much planning and plotting has gone into this move. And they have absolutely no idea how much their quality of life is going to improve very shortly! We are thrilled to be moving to an area with 4 – count them, FOUR – seasons! That means less oppressive heat & humidity in the summer; a shorter summer and a lot more outside-time for the doggers. We have bought a home with a decent plot of land, so there will also be a ginormous yard for the kidders to run around in. And a lovely screened porch for mornings and evenings to spend laying about without being munched on by bugs (humans too!)
All in all we are so pleased that we are finally making the move we have been working towards for so long now. We will miss our friends here in Texas (both pug and people) but we know this is the right move for us.
Stay tuned for details and updates on our move and new home!
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Chinese activist who fled to America after taking refuge in the U.S. Embassy last year warned Beijing on Monday that its relentless efforts to crush opposition forces or suppress human rights will only backfire.
Chen Guangcheng said Monday he is convinced that the rapidly growing yearnings for freedoms and human rights among the Chinese will eventually "put an end to the authoritarian rule" in China. Chen spoke at a news conference in Taiwan, where he is making a two-week visit.
Chen evaded questions about his criticism last week of New York University, where he spent the last year as a special student. He alleged that NYU caved to pressure from China's Communist Party when it asked him to leave, though the school says it had never agreed to anything more than a one-year position.
On Monday, Chen accused Beijing of spending billions of dollars annually to monitor dissidents and activists and put them in jail if they refused to stop their advocacies.
"No other regimes in the world have feared or monitored their own people in such a way," Chen said.
Chen, a self-taught lawyer who has been blind since birth, had angered local Chinese officials by documenting complaints about forced abortions. He escaped house arrest in his rural town in eastern China's Shandong province in April 2012.
He sparked a diplomatic crisis between China and the United States when he fled to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Chinese officials later let him move to the U.S. with his wife and children.
Chen has previously criticized China's human rights record, and spoke about it before a U.S. congressional committee.


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1948 Jeep Willys Pickup Truck - Project Murderous Overkill Part VPosted in Project Vehicles on October 18, 2006
It's been a few issues since we've been able to bring you an installment of our '48 Willys truck buildup. Our only excuse is that, unlike most other magazines that drop a vehicle off at a shop and swing by from time to time to snap photos of the progress, we're building this sucker in the driveway and out of a two-car garage in our spare time just like you would.
Despite a winter's worth of weather setbacks, too many hours behind the keyboard, building other projects, and child-rearing duties, we're gladly able to bring you up to speed on the project. Now that the suspension is done and it's a roller, we've sent the 455 off to the machine shop to be prepped to meet the drivetrain. Next time, we'll introduce you to the drivetrain since the engine is still a ways from completion.
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DB Schenker Logistics is a company with assets in maritime, air, and rail transport. Its headquarters is located in Frankfurt, Germany. The DB is derived from Deutsche Bahn, the German railway corporation of which DB Schenker Logistics is a subsidiary.
With 2,000 locations, $18.9 billion in revenue, and over 64,000 employees in roughly 130 countries, DB Schenker Logistics is the world's third largest 3PL by revenue, according to JOC's Top 40 Global 3PLs ranking. Rounding out these figures are the company's 21.5 million square feet of warehouse space.
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Telling time is about more than numbers, it's about the relationship between now and then.
The New Projects Till Watch explores this relationship - so it's not just 9:50, it's "Ten Till Ten." It's not merely 12:30, it's "Half past Twelve."
Yet the words we use to tell time have rarely been reflected on a watch. In our digital age, this useful language is starting to disappear.
Digital watches change the way we view time - presenting it as linear rather than cyclical - distancing us from the very nature of time, which, like the earth's trip around the sun, is repeated every day.
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The return of the whooping cranes is well under way, with 237 birds back at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services whooping crane coordinator Tom Stehn said Friday that 199 adults and 38 juvenile birds, were spotted during a flyover on Wednesday.
The birds began the winter migration to the refuge in October.
Stehn and refuge biologist Brad Strobel counted the birds, finding 211 in the salt marsh habitat, 18 in the shallow open bay, five on uplands in areas rooted out by feral hogs on Matagorda Island and three on grazed pasture oak savannah uplands at Welder Flats.
The cranes are feeding heavily on blue crabs and wolf berries. Both of these food items were abundant in November, Stehn said.
There were 263 birds in the flock last year. Biologists expect 285 to 290 cranes in the flock this year.
This flock of whooping cranes has migrated between Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest Territories of Canada and Aransas National Refuge for generations.
The birds travel solo, in couples or in small groups. They began arriving at the refuge on Oct. 16.
Of the 46 fledglings recorded last year, 38 have arrived in Aransas.
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[vA] -the GW1 Alpha guild formerly known as The Omega Circle and Excidium - is rebuilding for Guild Wars 2
The Vasburg Armory [vA] is a European GW2 guild and rebuild from scratch of the former GW1 Alpha Testing Guild "The Omega Circle" later known as "Excidium".
History has shown that building the guild months ahead of a game's release does indeed yield the best and most stable results, as the people gathered had plenty of time to get to know each other until release. Also, the people who are looking for a guild months ahead of relase are usually "early adopters"; people more loyal and passionate about the game and their guild and potentially more active outside of the game (e.g. in forums).
So far, we have assembled 16 members and a very active forum community within the first 3 weeks after re-launch.
On a side note: We do NOT play on the server "Vasburg" (which unfortunately for us is a U.S server); our guild name simply refers to the correspondent Guild Wars 1 location. Although a definite decision has yet to be made, our official guild server for the Beta Weekends is Gandara.
We are a European Guild Wars 2 guild with a PvX orientation. Just like in Guild Wars 1 we enjoy both parts of the game, PvE and PvP. Currently (based on the impressions after BWE #1) our "endgame focus" clearly will be on WvWvW, with PvE laying the foundation as "day-to-day business".
Structured PvP currently is completely disconnected from the rest of the game and also offers very limited variety. But once more game modes are implemented, structured PvP will certainly become more important to us as a guild.
As a European guild, we only recruit European players. However, this restriction is only meant to prevent massive timezone differences. So if you are from outside Europe but play during CET peak hours, you are welcome to join our ranks as well.
The Vasburg Armory — or more specifically its former incarnations — has always revolved around the concept of a family guild (or guild family). Guild Wars 2 with its anti-grind philosophy more than ever enables and encourages us to put the personality of our members over their gaming achievements.
To ensure maximum compatibility we prefer members who take the game seriously but not too seriously; laid-back individuals in the midst of life who want to share their favorite hobby with like-minded people. Self-sufficiency, sociability, and the willingness to achieve in-game goals that can only be achieved as a team are the traits we seek and advocate.
The profile of an ideal candidate would read as follows:
- Mature and sociable personality in the midst of life
- Solid MMO background
- Plans to stick with GW2 and our guild for a looong time
- Self-sufficiency and the ability to extract basic and advanced knowledge from a wiki and other guides on your own
- A written language that does not involve 4chan memes in every other line. umad?
(We explicitly mention no age restrictions, since that does not per se remedy any problems due to lack of maturity while at the same time history has shown that fake-IDs are even easier to come by in the internet. We do hope, however, that by now it has become apparent that this whole endeavour is no kids club and we strongly recommend that you are at least in your 20s or 30s.)
We do (and always did) take pride in our guild website, which (in all modesty) is above-average.
Especially in the months before GW2 will be released, it serves as our central hub. Aside from news, detailed information on our guild and its history, member profiles and more, it also features our own (and seamlessly integrated) vBullettin forums.
Those interested in joining us should head to our Join us section where you will also find our membership application form.
(Also, make sure to register at our forums first, as a valid and logged in forum account is required.)
Last but not least, you're also welcome to like us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vasburg.armory
This, however, is obviously more a gimmick than anything else.
We're looking forward to seeing you in our guild and forums.
Our Website: http://www.vasburg.net
Our Forums: http://www.vasburg.net/forums
May 31st, 2012:
The vA UEFA EURO 2012 Prediction League game has started! Participate and win a Guild Wars 2 Collector's Edition key!
May 30th, 2012:
Preparations for BWE #2 have started. We will play on [EU] Gandara during all BWEs. Sunday will be our first WvWvW guild group event. Mumble and TS3 servers have been established to compare both VOIP solutions with each other.


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Developing better measures of well-being is a long-term programme. ONS is committed to sharing ideas and proposals widely to ensure that the measures are relevant and founded on what matters to people.


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PATNA, India (Reuters) - Dozens of artists in the eastern Indian state of Bihar are painting roadside trees and their leaves with colorful stories from Hindu epics, hoping to save the region's already critically sparse greenery.
The unusual campaign, using coats of paint and brushes, has been launched in Madhubani, a northern Bihar district known for its religious and cultural awareness, resulting in hundreds of otherwise untended roadside trees covered in elaborate artwork.
Artists are depicting the moods of deities, scenes from Hindu classics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata, or an imaginary scene showing an elderly woman restraining a man coming with an axe to cut trees.
They believe the artwork will prompt the deeply-religious locals to drop any idea of cutting down the trees out of fear of incurring the wrath of the deities.
"We are using the deities as a cover", said Shashthi Nath Jha, who also runs an NGO dedicated to empowering women and child laborers, speaking by phone from Madhubani, around 1,200 kilometers (746 miles) east of New Delhi.
"We thought people will not do any harm to trees once they come across the images of gods and goddesses on them."
According to Bihar state records, the forest coverage of the state, which suffers from recurring floods, is currently just under 7 percent.
The tree painting campaign began in September this year after Jha managed to overcome numerous local objections, including doubt that the campaign would last long, worries about how much the paint cost and fears the colors would soon fade.
"I had to convince them a lot before they agreed to join me," Jha said.
"I made several experiments to check the durability of the paint in the open. Finally we decided to apply a mix of natural and artificial paints to ensure the painting survives the fast-changing weather conditions."
They work in the style of Madhubani painting, a form of Indian painting done with fingers, twigs, the points of fountain pens and even matchsticks, using natural colors and characterized by brilliant geometrical patterns.
"I have painted themes of 'Sita-swayamvara' (the marriage of the deities Rama and Sita) on the tree trunks so that those willing to cut them would drop the idea," 19-year-old Kushaboo told local media.
According to Jha, the initiative has drawn the attention of the international community as well, with a team from Switzerland recently visiting to study how art could be used to convey a strong social message.
The government is taking additional steps to increase greenery in the region, with plans to plant 250 million saplings in the next five years and appointing "Tree Friends" to care for young trees planted along roads and other public places.
But Jha said locals also had a debt of sorts to repay.
"Plants and trees have brought color to our life. Now it's our duty to put color on them," Jha said.
Reporting by Delhi newsroom, editing by Elaine Lies


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New Drugs Can Save Lives; AIDS Activists Urge Tibotec to Be Compassionate Towards HIV Salvage Patients
March 8, 2006
Houston, TX -- AIDS Activists, seeking to expand access to new drugs for people living with HIV who have run out of treatment options, are urging Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, to provide compassionate access to their TMC 125 non-nucleoside HIV investigational drug. Compassionate access is often the difference between life and death to help those patients.
Tibotec is the first company in the battle against AIDS to have two promising new drugs simultaneously under development (TMC 114, a protease inhibitor, and TMC 125, a non-nucleoside). This is good news for patients who need access to more than one active drug to improve control of their multiple drug resistant HIV. In separate studies, both drugs have shown to help reduce viral replication in treatment-experienced patients. A small pilot study has shown that the combination of the two drugs can suppress the virus to undetectable levels at week 16 in patients who have failed all commercially available drugs. TMC 114 is now available via expanded access and TMC 125 is available through a phase III study. But getting the combination of the two drugs to people in need is still a challenge.
"Patients that have developed HIV drug resistance to all commercially available antiretroviral medications require access to at least two new active drugs to maximize their chances for treatment response and survival," said Nelson Vergel, a salvage patient who founded SalvageTherapies.org and board member of the ATAC. "Commercial access to Tibotec's drug combination will not become available for over a year, and many patients cannot wait that long," added Vergel.
The Drug Development Committee of the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition (ATAC-DDC) and the European Community Advisory Board (ECAB) met with Tibotec a year ago, where they requested early access to both TMC drugs in combination for those who have run out of treatment options so that these patients would not be exposed to the risk of having only one active agent. Unfortunately, Tibotec did not accept this request and instead decided to open a placebo-controlled study (DUET) that provides a 50 % chance of getting TMC 114 as a sole active agent. While the community welcomes Tibotec's decision to combine both of their drugs in a study, it cautions that the placebo arm will fail to help those HIV patients most in need.
Drug resistance and its impact on HIV treatment are major concerns among AIDS activists. More often antiretroviral medications stop working as a result of drug resistance. In fact, national statistics show that at least 46 percent of people failing HIV medications and 13 percent of newly diagnosed patients have drug resistance. Some estimate the number of people living with multiple drug resistance at 64,000 in the United States, many of who have gone through at least four HIV medication regimens already.
"When patients do not have active agents in their optimized background treatment regimen, adding one new active drug to that OBT is considered to be 'virtual mono-therapy.' As observed in many previous studies, some of the 600 patients randomized to Tibotec's placebo arm will obtain a degree of viral suppression in the short term, but benefits may be short-lived and resistance to TMC 114 can emerge in those with no other active agent in their OBT," summarized Fred Schaich, a long term treatment activist and founder of the International Foundation for Alternative Research in AIDS (IFARA). He added, "This problem will limit the use of TMC 114 in the future as part of a fully suppressive regimen."
The DUET studies are important clinical trials for Tibotec; they need to be completed successfully so that etravirine (TMC 125) can be approved. They are also placebo-controlled studies. This means that half of the group of patients will receive etravirine (TMC 125) and the other half will receive a placebo of TMC 125. Patients in both groups will receive darunavir (TMC 114) and any approved nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and/or the entry inhibitor Fuzeon.
To get around Tibotec's lack of a formal compassionate program, activists are trying to make people aware of a little known process called Emergency IND (EIND) that doctors can use to get access to an investigational drug, provided that the patient meets the criteria and that the manufacturer agrees to provide the drug. This system should help those with little chance of survival and who have no time to wait for drug approval. Unfortunately, EINDs are time consuming and require approval from the manufacturer, the FDA, and local institutional review board. For more information of this procedure and other options soon to be available, go to www.salvagetherapies.org/announcements.htm.
"With hardly any immune system left and resistance to all approved HIV medications, I have tried desperately to get access to both TMC drugs to help save my life, but my doctor tells me that I have little choice but to join the DUET study and take a 50% chance that I may get better," said Gary Bishop, a patient in dire need in Los Angeles who feels time is running out for him.
"We have received and facilitated Emergency IND requests for our compounds and will continue to do so on an individual patient basis if a physician calls us. But note that patients who are eligible but choose not to participate in the DUET trials would not normally be candidates for an EIND," said Lew Sibert from Tibotec. "Patients should discuss all of their options carefully with their physicians before determining the best course of action."
"It would be a lot easier for patients and doctors if Tibotec did the right thing and agreed to the community's original request to have a formal open label compassionate program as soon as possible. This will remove any obstacles due to EIND's extensive paper work, doctors' time and confusion by providing access to several patients at once instead of on a case-by-case basis," said Nelson Vergel. "It is the most humane and ethical thing to do," he added.
For additional information, contact Nelson Vergel by phone at 713-539-1978, visit www.salvagetherapies.org or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Want to make a difference? Write a letter to Tibotec asking them to accelerate their compassionate program for TMC 125 (they have an expanded acecss program for TMC 114). Their address is:
Dr. Brain Woodfal
This article was provided by Salvage Therapies.


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Spreading Cheer...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
If you are still in the market for holiday decor, Kirkland's has quite a selection and at great prices too. I recently found some adorable plaid stockings, an ornament wreath, and green & white damask table runner.
I was asked to pick out a little something for myself and the package arrived just the other day. Do you have any idea how excited I get when a package arrives? How darling is the wrapping paper?
I have big plans for these pre-lit pine branches that I will share with you next Wednesday along with links to my secret Santa recipients. Until then, I'd better get busy. Santa has work to do...Ho Ho Ho!
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That's a lit branch? Not part of a garland? WOW that's brilliant -- I've never seen one of those before. I'll be back to see what you do with it, but I'm thinking of how many ways branches like that could be used, and my head is spinning.ReplyDelete
No Kirklands in New Jersey! BOO!
Merry Christmas!
Guess what? I went to the Kirkland's website, and there IS one in NJ -- just 35 minutes away from me. I am doing a happy dance.ReplyDelete
That is the cutest wrapping paper Rene. I'm going to the site now to look for it. Thanks :)ReplyDelete
What fun!! Our family gets so excited when a package arrives, it could even look like it's a part for the power washer and we still stand around opening it together! :)ReplyDelete
How fun! I just bought some of those lighted branches this year and love them. They are perfect for the urns out front.ReplyDelete
Ooooh, lit branches? That takes the guesswork out of wrapping the boughs. Looking forward to seeing what you've got up your sleeve with them.ReplyDelete
It's funny how well you know me...the stuff you picked out is JUST what I'd have chosen for myself!!! :)ReplyDelete
Rene I adore the lit branches, they are gorgeous! Excited to see what you plan with them!ReplyDelete
I Really LOVE Kirklands!
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Rene I must have that wrapping paper...is it from Kirkland's also? So stinking cute! :)ReplyDelete
Karen xo
The greenery looks real! I'm sure it will look great however you use it.ReplyDelete
Love the branches and your selection of wrapping paper! Kirklands always has such a great selection of creative decor!ReplyDelete
OHHH I have not seen any branches like those! I want them!ReplyDelete
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Stay on Track with These 10 Motivational Fitness Quotes
When it comes to working out, I find it difficult to find the motivation needed to get into the gym some days. I have the feeling I am not the only one to experience this struggle every now and then. Sometimes you have to remember that your hard work will be noticed as long as you choose to keep going. When reading other fitness articles, I will come across some great quotes that keep me motivated each day. I hope a few of these will help you get through some of those rough days and into the gym.
- "When you feel like quitting, think about why you started." Always set a goal for yourself. Whether it is running a 5k or just wanting to have a healthy lifestyle, try to remember why you are working so hard.
- "If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up." I think it's safe to say that we have all found ourselves starting over at some point. You are eating healthy and exercising regularly for a month or two and then it just stops. A month later you find yourself starting that routine all over again. I've learned that you won't see great results if you are not consistent!
- "It's not about having time, it's about making time." We are all strapped for time these days. Everyone's schedule happens to be hectic every now and then, but we have to set priorities. Exercise should be a top priority, and we need to make time for it no matter what.
- "A 30 minute workout is only 2% of your day." This is such a small section of your time that can benefit you so much more than you realize. We should be able to put aside thirty minutes a day to achieve our fitness goals and better ourselves.
- "A year from now, you will wish you had started today." Don't let time be an excuse! You can get a full body workout in just 30 minutes. You don't want to look back and regret not trying your first free workout!
- "Your fitness is 100% mental. Your body won't go where your mind doesn't push it!" We need to get in the proper mental state and mentally push ourselves to go to the gym atleast every other day in order to achieve our fitness goals. So, stay mentally strong and get the body of your dreams.
- "Clear your mind of can't." It all starts with your mindset. If you don't believe in yourself, you can't get closer to reaching your goals. The word "can't" should NOT be in your vocabulary. You CAN lose those last 5 lbs. You CAN participate in a 5k and finish it. You CAN do anything you set your mind to. Positive thoughts will lead to positive results.
- "It never gets easier, you just get better." The more you challenge your body, the better it becomes. My workouts did not get easier each day, but I gradually became stronger. The stronger I became, the harder I worked.
- "Fit is not a destination, it is a way of life." Two years ago, I never would have envisioned exercise and eating healthy as an integral part of my lifestyle. I just wanted to be skinny or toned. Once I started a good workout routine and eating healthy foods (and I'm not talking about dieting), I really noticed the changes it was making on my body. I am now an example to my children of how important it is to live a healthy lifestyle.
- "Work hard and be proud of what you achieve." There is no such thing as a big or small accomplishment. No matter what type of goal you set for yourself, be proud once it has been met. Take the time out to acknowledge what you have done and celebrate yourself! There is a great feeling that comes from an act of self-love.
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Although deeply suspicious of Englands expanding commercial interests, Spain at first remained neutral in the Seven Years War. Lured by the promise of Minorca and Gibraltar, however, Charles III of Spain declared war against England in January 1762. Spains timing was poor. Englands naval supremacy had already given her the upper hand in the West Indies, and in June a large British fleet landed an army near Havana. Yellow fever and malaria took a heavy toll on these forces, but reinforcements from North America made it possible to continue the siege of Morro Castle, the key to Havana harbor. The castle fell on July 30, forcing the city to surrender two weeks later.
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