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I have lost all faith in vets. The times I needed their service, I felt they were milking me for money and not concerned with my pets condition. My pets are living longer since stopping all but rabies vaccine-(only because its the law) I use homeopathics and rarely go to a vet, I have good results usually. Im all for reasonable expenses when my pet is needing care- but usually the vet wont let me watch what they do, and when the problem persist, I question if anything was really done. Ive had BAD experiences with 4 pets and 4 different ailments, and different vets, that actually ended up better with homeopathics and cost way less money without the vet care. I miss how vet medicine was 20 years ago, and I miss my beloved cat who died due to lack of concern by the ER vet, who was more interested in emptying my wallet. That was in 2001, and Im still hurt and angry over it.
Jennifer Norfolk, VA
Maybe there should be free vet clinics for people who can't afford to do so at a regular vet.
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These are very sad statistics....although I do feel most pet owners want the best for their animals, many can barely cover rent and groceries for the kids, let alone vet bills...so, should they not have a pet at all? Then even MORE animals die in shelters. I don't know what the answer is except that perhaps all vets should do a certain amount of 'pro bono' work to maintain their licenses...but I actually think that doctors and dentists should do this, too. Pet insurance is a great help, but you have to initially have the money up front to pay for the services and then submit the claim for reimbursement, so this leaves out a lot of people. Its a tough dilemma. I am very grateful that I have not been in that situation but we live in very difficult times.
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Give it up for Chief Justice John Roberts for dismissing the idea that Obamacare threatens our freedom and would give Washington the power to force us all to eat broccoli. That noise from right-wing kooks is now a footnote to history.
This is about taxes, as Roberts understood. Right now, about 50 million Americans lack health coverage and there is no way to wrestle that number down without a lot of cash up front.
You can raise that money through a traditional tax, as Canada does, or by forcing people to buy insurance. But it boils down to the same thing. The government is forcing you to carry your share of the load.
So the political stage is now set. Republicans are going home to momma, making this an argument about taxes.
Gov. Chris Christie, as you'd expect, was in the first wave: "The Supreme Court is confirming what we knew all along about this law — it is a tax on middle-class Americans," he said yesterday.
Democrats usually run and hide when the talk turns to taxes. But maybe it's time for them to man up and fight this fight. They could start by noting that America is a relatively low-tax country, as the accompanying chart shows. Note the countries that have weathered the global recession best, such as Germany and Canada, pay higher taxes than we do.
And Washington's tax bite has been shrinking, not growing. As a share of the economy, it was 15.4 percent last year. The last president to take such a small bite was Ike Eisenhower.
When Republicans shout about this mandate being a tax hike, maybe Democrats should point out that, for most people, the result will be lower costs.
Here's the logic: If a person who can afford insurance chooses to buy a nice car instead and then crashes that car into a tree, the hospital bill is paid by the rest of us. The cost of that freeloading comes to about $1,000 per policy in New Jersey — which is why the Republicans who came up with the idea of a mandate pitched it as a matter of personal responsibility.
"I would argue this is a tax cut for those with insurance, since they'll no longer have to pay nearly $1,000 more in health care costs to cover the people without insurance," Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said yesterday.
Yes, to discuss the advantages of tax hikes is risky. Telling the truth takes time, and beefs about high taxes fit on a bumper sticker.
But the Republican advantage on this issue is overblown. Huge majorities of voters want to see higher taxes on the wealthy. Even Christie, the master of public debate, was unable to push his income tax cut across the finish line. And a 2011 Gallup poll showed that 57 percent of Americans said the amount they paid in income taxes was "fair."
So maybe Republicans have taken the anti-tax argument too far. They give Democrats a huge target by consistently reserving the bulk of their tax cuts for the very wealthy.
The GOP has spun into a strange new orbit on taxes, to the right of even Ronald Reagan, who agreed to raise taxes more than a dozen times, as part of deficit deals with Democrats.
Today's crowd won't have that. Even Christie, one of the party's more rational voices, is proposing tax cuts with one hand, while he breaks a promise by borrowing money to fix bridges with the other. We're going to have to pay that money back, with interest.
Will Obama make this argument on taxes? Probably not. He is a cautious politician and, with this win, his signature achievement is secure.
But the tax issue is coming back at him whether he likes it or not. The Bush tax cuts are set to expire at the end of this year, about the same time the debt ceiling must be raised again.
And because a tax restricted to millionaires won't make a serious dent in the debt, the Buffett rule won't be enough. A more full-throated defense of taxes is almost unavoidable. Roberts has just given it a jump-start.

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Owned for the past three years by James and Vi Kleinhans of Bascom, the restaurant was a new endeavor for the couple. Jim had worked as a certified welder for Epco in Fremont; Vi had worked at various restaurants in different roles.
Each of them have a specialty they prepare for their guests. Jim smokes the meat and does the barbequing. Vi enjoys preparing the pizzas, making her own pizza dough from a recipe she developed, and makes the sauce.
"We have smoked ribs, brisket, chicken and pork," Jim said. "Our pizza dough is unique, different than you would get at other pizza shops."
Other unusual treats are duck butter, an appetizer that resembles a small cheese ball that is served with pretzels, buffalo burgers and grape salad.
"Everything on the menu can be delivered," Vi said. "We deliver to all of Clyde and Old Fort. We want to start getting over to Fremont more, and we deliver to Bettsville now."
Daily specials also are offered, and favorites include the open-faced roast beef sandwich, Lake Erie perch and sauerkraut pizza. They also are hoping to expand the amount of catering the provide for area gatherings.
"We make our own cole slaw, baked beans, everything is our own homecooking," she said. "We use the top-of-the-line ingredients."
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The board that oversees zoning decisions in North Whitehall Township heard withering opposition to a controversial proposal to allow a private airport less than 1,000 feet from a dwelling from several township residents Thursday night.
And after more than two hours of testimony and closing attorney arguments, the two-member body voted unanimously to deny a special exception request to property owner Michael Selig on his private property located at 5471 Route 309. Although Selig met some provisions of the township's zoning ordinance, the board ruled Selig failed to adequately meet other requirements in the code, principle among them, that the application "did not meet the definition of a private airport" as Selig had planned to use his helicopter for financial consideration involving members of the public, according to testimony he had made at previous hearings .
Selig, a cardiologist and licensed helicopter pilot, had waited months for the decision as several hearings were required to accommodate the fierce resistance from some township residents. Thursday night did not change that trend.
"He (Selig) says his helicopter will not make any noise, I dispute that," said township resident Ronald Roth. "I don't care what Mr. Selig says."
"I truly believe the doctor does not care about our community," said another township resident, Anita LePage.
"It's going to lower the value of the homes in the area," added Linda Hausmann, who testifed that she owned 260 acres of farmland adjacent to Selig's property.
"If you approve this you will set a dangerous precedent," noted Howard Paul, yet another resident who spoke out against the special exception.
The lively disapproval of the plan continued, unabated, until everyone had an opportunity to speak. Selig, for the most part, sat impassively, often looking straight ahead with his back to the objectors.
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Photios I of Constantinople
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Photios I, also spelled Photius or Fotios, was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox churches and Greek-Catholic churches as St. Photios the Great. Photios is widely regarded… Read More
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820 AD Birth Born in 820.
842 AD 22 Years Old Photios says that, when he was young, he had an inclination for the monastic life, but instead he started a secular career. The way to public life was probably opened for him by (according to one account) the marriage of his brother Sergios to Irene, a sister of the Empress Theodora, who upon the death of her husband Emperor Theophilos (r. 829–842) in 842, had assumed the regency of the Byzantine Empire. … Read More
856 AD 36 Years Old Photios's ecclesiastical career took off spectacularly after Caesar Bardas and his nephew, the youthful Emperor Michael, put an end to the administration of the regent Theodora and the logothete of the drome Theoktistos in 856.
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In 858, Bardas found himself opposed by the then Patriarch Ignatios, who refused to admit him into Hagia Sophia, since it was believed that he was having an affair with his widowed daughter-in-law, Eudoxia Ingerina. … Read More
861 AD 41 Years Old His legates were dispatched to Constantinople with instructions to investigate, but finding Photios well ensconced, they acquiesced in the confirmation of his election at a synod in 861.
863 AD 43 Years Old On their return to Rome, they discovered that this was not at all what Nicholas had intended, and in 863 at a synod in Rome the pope deposed Photios, and reappointed Ignatius as the rightful patriarch. … Read More
866 AD 46 Years Old This state of affairs changed with the murder of Photios's patron Bardas in 866 and of Emperor Michael III in 867, by his colleague Basil the Macedonian, who now usurped the throne. … Read More
883 AD 63 Years Old During the altercations between Emperor Basil I and his heir Leo VI, Photios took the side of the Byzantine emperor. In 883, Basil accused Leo of conspiracy and confined the prince to the palace; he would have even blinded him had he not been dissuaded by Photios and Stylianos Zaoutzes, the father of Zoe Zaoutzaina, Leo's mistress. … Read More
888 AD 68 Years Old Photios continued his career as a writer during the reign of Emperor Leo VI who probably rehabilitated his reputation within the next few years; in his Epitaphios on his brothers, a text probably written in 888, the Byzantine emperor presents Photios favorably, portraying him as the legitimate archbishop, and the instrument of ultimate unity, an image that jars with his attitude to the patriarch in 886–887. … Read More
893 AD 73 Years Old Died in 893.
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For the first time, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court plans to televise its proceedings live Sept. 13 when it hears oral arguments on two of its most controversial cases in years - a challenge to the state's new voter ID law and a second attempt to draft new boundaries for state House and Senate districts.
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Sharon Stone put George Clooney on the auction block Wednesday for a good cause: AIDS research.
Clooney and his Ocean's Thirteen co-stars Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia and Ellen Barkin made a brief appearance at the annual Cinema Against AIDS dinner, which raised a record $7 million for the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).
As Clooney and his castmates auctioned off a seven-day Mediterranean getaway on a private boat, Stone announced: "If you bid, one of these guys will come down and touch you. And you can choose which one."
But the choice was clear. With flourish – and on stage – Clooney promptly kissed the lucky girlfriend of the winning bidder, who'd ponied up $350,000.
"I'll kiss [Clooney] for $500,000," joked Ellen Barkin. And as dozens of guests clicked their camera phones, Clooney then kissed her, too.
There was more talk of kissing later in the evening, when Lost's Michelle Rodriguez teasingly offered to smooch Stone if bidders would go higher on a private tennis lesson from guest Monica Seles. (The bidders did, but Rodriguez didn't pucker up.)
The night also featured an impromptu performance from Kylie Minogue after guests – including Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Eva Mendes, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell – joined together to bid $300,000 for two songs. Minogue, who'd been sipping champagne and sitting unnoticed at a table with designer Sergio Rossi until Harvey Weinstein summoned her, performed "The Locomotion" and "Can't Get You Out of My Head." Stone jumped onstage to join her.
Other entertainment for the night: Dita von Teese's burlesque act, built around a 9-foot MAC Viva Glam lipstick. And as guests finished their dessert of peach melba with chocolate, John Lennon's son Julian closed the night with "Stand By Me." "I've never been involved in anything like this," Lennon said. "It's an overwhelming experience."
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The Champions Tour - which got its start in Austin - will keep its presence in central Texas thanks to a last-minute reprieve and sponsorship agreement that combines the main event with a popular pro-am featuring past winners of the Heisman Trophy.
The Champions Tour tournament formerly known as the FedEx Kinko's Classic will return next year to the Hills Country Club as the Triton Financial Classic under a three-year commitment announced October 21 at a press conference that included PGA Tour players Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw and Texas Governor Rick Perry.
FedEx Kinko's ended its six-year sponsorship of the event when its contract expired this year. Organizers thought in April they had a new sponsor in Time Warner, but those negotiations never fully materialized. Tournament organizers, community leaders and tour officials worked aggressively to find a sponsor amid increasingly brittle economic circumstances. The tour postponed the release of its 2009 schedule as tournaments without title sponsors in Austin, Boston and New York fought for survival.
"It was looking bleak, to be honest," Crenshaw said last week at the Champions Tour event in San Antonio. "When it came right down to it, enough people thought it was important enough to save the tournament and keep us in Austin."
The Boston and New York tournaments likely will be absent from the 2009 schedule, according to tour officials close to those negotiations. "We are both encouraged and delighted that a key event on the Champions Tour will continue its presence in Austin thanks to Triton Financial," said Mike Stevens, President of the Champions Tour.
Austin's tour stop had been played since 2003 in either April or May, but in 2009 the Triton Financial Classic will be held June 1-7, 2009.
The Champions Tour, for players 50 and older, began 30 years ago in Austin as an exhibition called The Legends of Golf at Onion Creek, which is south and east of the city. The tour left Austin in 1995 after a dozen years at Onion Creek and five at Barton Creek Resort's Fazio Foothills track. It returned in 2003.
Players reacted with relief and gratitude that the Austin event will continue. "The Austin market is somewhere we should be," said 2006 FedEx Kinko's Classic champion Jay Haas.
The Jack Nicklaus-designed course at The Hills has always been a favorite among the senior set because of its typically firm fairways, sparse rough and lightning-fast but true greens. On the card at 6,965 yards, The Hills plays much shorter because of its downhill shots and the fact that placement is paramount.
"We never gave up hope that we could keep the tournament in Austin," Kite said. "Almost everybody would have Austin ranked as one of their favorite Tour stops, and some consider it the best event on our tour."
With the new sponsorship agreement, the Champions Tour will maintain three tournaments in Texas, including events in Houston and San Antonio. The senior circuit has a history with football. An event known as the NFL Golf Classic played from 1993 to 2002 in New Jersey paired golfers with former NFL players.
Two years ago Triton Financial, a nationally recognized, Austin-based alternative investment company founded in 2002, began hosting a reunion of Heisman Trophy winners in Austin that included a golf outing. Triton Financial is an official partner of the Heisman Trophy Trust and employs several Heisman Trophy winners and former NFL and collegiate athletes. Utilizing those relationships, the firm plans to involve additional local and national sports celebrities in the Champions Tour.
"Meshing these two together is going to take these two tournaments to a much higher level," said Kite, who has played in the Heisman Trophy winner's event with former NFL stars such as Emmitt Smith and Lynn Swann, "In the next couple of years, I'd like to be able to play with Colt McCoy," Kite, the former Longhorn, added, referring to Texas' current record-setting quarterback.
Texas Open will move to TPC San Antonio in 2010
It was no surprise when PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem announced October 23 that the Valero Texas Open will be moving to the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio, once the facility is completed and ready for play, likely in 2010. In fact, the move may have been the Tour's worst-kept secret.
Finchem spoke of the tournament's future move during a Founder Membership launch event in the Alamo City. The confirmation of a site change follows an announcement in June that the Valero Texas Open is moving from the PGA Tour Fall Series to May in 2009 to become part of the FedEx Cup competition.
"I'm very pleased to confirm what long has been speculated, that the Valero Texas Open will be moving to TPC San Antonio," Finchem said. "Combined with the shift to May, we believe the Valero Texas Open is well positioned for the future in terms of growth and continued strong charitable contributions."
The Valero Texas Open recently announced that it generated a PGA Tour-record $8.5 million for charity in 2008. Since Valero Energy Corporation became the title sponsor in 2002, the tournament and the Valero Texas Open Benefit for Children Golf Classic have combined to generate nearly $38 million in charitable contributions.
TPC San Antonio is a 36-hole golf facility adjacent to the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa that currently is under construction. The resort complex is scheduled to open by early 2010. Greg Norman has designed the AT&T Oaks Course, with input from Sergio Garcia as the player consultant. Pete Dye is designing the AT&T Canyons Course with the assistance of Champions Tour member Bruce Lietzke.
The Texas Open has been held on the resort course of the Westin La Cantera Resort's golf club since 1995 and has enjoyed unprecedented growth during that time. Next year's tournament is scheduled for May 14-17 at La Cantera.
"We look forward to hosting the Valero Texas Open for the 15th time at La Cantera this coming May," said Tony Piazzi, president and CEO of Golf San Antonio, which produces the Valero Texas Open. "The success we've enjoyed there has put us in a position to take advantage of the tremendous growth opportunities that TPC San Antonio will offer."
TPC San Antonio on Schedule with Construction
Sergio Garcia, PGA Tour player consultant for the Greg Norman-designed AT&T Oaks course, visited the TPC San Antonio on September 22, a day after the conclusion of the Ryder Cup. Much of Garcia's time was spent reviewing the 16th, 17th and 18th holes, which are under construction. He also took time to review the maturation and grow-in progress throughout the remainder of the course.
A recent tour of the site showed that roughly half of the Oaks course, which is on pace to open a few months ahead of Dye's layout, has been grassed in above a clay-capped, closed-loop irrigation system designed to catch water and recycle it back onto the course, protecting the valuable Edwards Aquifer water supply.
While still rough and immature throughout, the Norman design is emerging as a rugged test for players, whether they're guests at the centerpiece J.W. Marriott Resort, also under construction, or the PGA Tour players scheduled to be on site in May 2010.
Framed by a native landscape still thick with mesquites, oaks and long grasses, fairways and greens are guarded by deeply gouged bunkers and landing areas pinched as tight as 25 yards wide in some spots. A practice facility for the Norman complex is also being built between the tee boxes on the Nos. 1 and 10 holes.
The grassing of the course likely will be completed this year, finishing up with the 17th and 18th holes that are still being shaped and graded. Along with putting sand in bunkers and any overseeding that must be done, the Oaks Course will be allowed to mature for much of the 2009 growing season. Limited play may be allowed by next fall, with a grand opening set for early 2010.
Dye's Canyons Course, which sports more changes in elevation and views than Norman's flatter layout, will open shortly after. The city's Champions Tour event, the AT&T Championship, would be held there each October.
Steve Habel is an Austin, Texas-based journalist and Cybergolf's Southwest Correspondent. Since 1990, he has traveled the globe covering news, business and sports assignments for various news bureaus, newspapers, magazines and websites. He also contributes to Business District magazine in Austin as managing editor and is the Texas football beat writer and a contributing editor for Horns Illustrated, the Austin-based magazine for University of Texas sports. Habel writes a weekly golf column for The River Cities Tribune in Marble Falls, Texas, and is a member of the Texas Golf Writers' Association.
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Grant Support: The National Institutes of Health, the RGK Foundation, the Phillip and Jane Williams Fellowship, the Scleroderma Research Foundation, the Harwood Institute, the Health Sciences Foundation, and the Biomedical Sciences Fund of the State of South Carolina.
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Study Objective: To assess whether interleukin-2 has a role in the pathogenesis of scleroderma.
Design: Observe serum effect on the in-vitro growth of an interleukin-2-dependent cytotoxic T-cell line and determine serum level by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Setting: Outpatient rheumatology clinic of a university medical center.
Patients: Sera were collected from 47 patients with scleroderma, 20 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and 14 matched control subjects.
Measurements and Main Results: A significant mitogenic effect was observed in sera from patients with scleroderma of recent onset; a lower proliferative response was seen in rheumatoid sera. Matched control sera had no mitogenic activity. Sera from patients with scleroderma of recent onset supported the in-vitro growth of an interleukin-2-dependent cytotoxic T-cell line. Matched control sera had no similar mitogenic activity. Interleukin-2 was found in sera from 41 of 47 patients with scleroderma (204 ± 356 U/mL, mean + SD), in 9 of 20 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2.04 + 5.16), and in none of 14 matched control subjects. There was a positive correlation between serum level and the skin progression index (skin score/disease duration).
Conclusions: The presence of interleukin-2 in scleroderma sera strongly supports a role for T-cell activation in scleroderma. The association between serum levels and disease progression indicates that this T-cell process may participate in the progression of the disease.
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USA (Wed., April 26, 9 P.M. ET)
The way TV is headed, it won't be long before the Home Shopping Network starts making movies of the week. Everybody else is—ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, Showtime, Disney, TNT and now USA. But there isn't enough talent to go around in TV land, so the new guy on the block usually gets the leftovers, the movies nobody else wanted. Here is a movie even the Weather Channel wouldn't want. The Forgotten is simpleminded, xenophobic, clumsy and just plain bad. Keith Carradine (the show's co-executive producer) stars as the leader of a bunch of American POWs in Vietnam who are set free after 17 years in prison. Stacy Keach (the brother of the flick's director/co-writer, James Keach) also stars, playing a tough Pentagon man in charge of questioning the prisoners. "Are there many of our people still in Vietnam?" an officer asks Carradine. He replies with stony seriousness: "They're there." But why should we believe that? Nothing else in the movie has the slightest credibility. As soon as these men are set free by Vietnam, they are locked up in Germany and forbidden to call their families—but that doesn't bother them. Except for one guy who forgets how to use a fork, they seem little the worse for wear. These characters are created to be nothing more than excuses for a string of flashback scenes—so we can watch the evil Vietnamese enemy (they are still the enemy...aren't they?) sticking bamboo under the fingernails of our boys and indulging in other criminal war-movie clichés. A plot? Oh yeah, somebody did try to throw one in at the last minute, but it's inconsequential enough to be explained away in one short speech. I suppose it's nice that USA is trying to be a real network (this is just the first of 24 movies USA is making), but until better material can be found, I suggest sticking to Riptide reruns.
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FRANCE: PSA vehicle sales down 16.5% in 2012
By Dave Leggett | 9 January 2013
PSA Peugeot-Citroen has said that vehicle sales in 2012 were down 16.5% at just under 3m units. The company blamed the weak European car market and the cessation of completely knocked down (CKD) car shipments to Iran for the decline.
The poor sales figures come at a bad time for PSA, with rumours this week that the company could divest its stake in Faurecia due to ongoing financial difficulties and speculation on further restructuring.
PSA said that the decline in group sales reflects the crisis affecting the European automobile market. Southern Europe, where PSA Peugeot Citroën has a particularly large presence, was hit hardest, with the market down 13.3% in France, 14.9% in Spain and 20.9% in Italy. The Group's 2012 market share in 30-country Europe came to 12.7%, corresponding to a share of 13% based on the 2011 market weighting, PSA said.
The company also said that the decision to suspend sales of CKD (completely knocked down, for local assembly) units in Iran as from February in compliance with international trade sanctions, negatively impacted group sales in 2012.
But on a more positive note, PSA's sales elsewhere around the world looked much better with significant gains achieved last year in China and Russia. The company is aiming to achieve 50% of sales outside Europe by 2015.
Frédéric Saint-Geours, Executive Vice-President, Brands noted in a statement:
"PSA Peugeot Citroën has felt the full force of the sustainable decline in Europe's automobile markets. This situation makes our international strategy more necessary than ever. We stepped up our global expansion in 2012 and will continue in 2013, with a growing presence in China, Latin America and Russia. 2013 will be another difficult year in Europe, but we have innovative and attractive vehicles there. The group will build on the success of the DS line, the Peugeot 208, our HYbrid4 vehicles and Europe's lowest carbon emissions line-up. We will also be lifted by new launches in 2013, with the largest number of new Peugeot and Citroën models ever coming to market in a single year."
PSA Peugeot Citroën Faces Sharply Lower Demand in Europe But Achieves Gains...
09/01/2013 | Paris
2012 Highlights
Worldwide sales of assembled vehicles down 8.8% to 2,820,000 units.
Sales of new vehicles and CKD units down 16.5% to 2,965,000 units, reflecting the suspension of CKD sales in Iran.
Percentage of assembled vehicles sold outside Europe up sharply, to 38% of the total from 33% in 2011.
European leader once again in low-carbon vehicles, with corporate average CO2 emissions of 122.9 g/km.
Successful launch of the Peugeot 208.
300,000 Citroën DSs sold worldwide since launch.
In 2012, the worldwide automobile market showed decidedly mixed trends, with demand continuing to contract in 30-country Europe (down 8.6%), while expanding in Russia (up 10.1%), China (up 7.2%) and Latin America (up more than 5.6%).
In this environment, PSA Peugeot Citroën recorded worldwide unit sales of 2,820,000 assembled vehicles, down 8.8%. Together, sales of assembled vehicles and CKD units totalled 2,965,000 ,down 16.5%.
The decline in Group sales reflects the crisis affecting the European automobile market. Southern Europe, where PSA Peugeot Citroën has a particularly large presence, was hit hardest, with the market down 13.3% in France, 14.9% in Spain and 20.9% in Italy. The Group's 2012 market share in 30-country Europe came to 12.7%, corresponding to a share of 13% based on the 2011 market weighting.
In addition, the decision to suspend sales of CKD units in Iran as from February in compliance with international regulations, which made it impossible to finance Iran-bound sales due to tighter international sanctions, also impacted Group sales in 2012. A total of 457,900 CKD units were sold in Iran in 2011.
PSA Peugeot Citroën's strategy to expand its international presence has produced results, with the percentage of assembled vehicles sold outside Europe climbing from 24% of the total in 2009 to 33% in 2011 and 38% in 2012. The Group confirms its target of generating 50% of sales outside Europe in 2015.
The year was also shaped by the successful launch of the Peugeot 208, with 221,000 units sold. The introduction of 3-cylinder petrol engine versions in the summer added to the sales dynamic.. In Europe, the Peugeot 208 has been the top-selling diesel in its segment since June. This performance helped make Peugeot the leading European brand in the segment in the second half of the year. In December, the Peugeot 208 was the best-selling car in France, all categories combined.
Similarly, the Group's upmarket strategy is on track. The percentage of sales generated by premium vehicles has doubled over the past three years to 18% of the Group total. This reflects, in part, the first full year of sales of the Group's world premiere diesel hybrids. With 22,000 units delivered in 2012, PSA Peugeot Citroën ranks second in hybrid vehicle sales in Europe, where one Peugeot 508 out of five, one Peugeot 3008 out of six and one Citroën DS5 out of four feature diesel hybrid technology.
Lastly, PSA Peugeot Citroën maintained its low-carbon leadership in Europe, with corporate average CO2 emissions of 122.9 g/km.
Frédéric Saint-Geours, Executive Vice-President, Brands noted:
"PSA Peugeot Citroën has felt the full force of the sustainable decline in Europe's automobile markets. This situation makes our international strategy more necessary than ever. We stepped up our global expansion in 2012 and will continue in 2013, with a growing presence in China, Latin America and Russia. 2013 will be another difficult year in Europe, but we have innovative and attractive vehicles there. The Group will build on the success of the DS line, the Peugeot 208, our HYbrid4 vehicles and Europe's lowest carbon emissions line-up. We will also be lifted by new launches in 2013, with the largest number of new Peugeot and Citroën models ever coming to market in a single year."
Negative impact from Southern Europe
The overall European market contracted by 8,6% in 2012, with the individual markets experiencing a variety of trends. Southern Europe*, which accounted for 57% of the Group's European sales in 2012, was particularly hard hit by the economic crisis. Automobile demand declined by 13.3% in France, 14.9% in Spain, 20.9% in Italy and 40% in Portugal—all countries in which the Group has a heavy presence. This particularly unfavourable market mix was a major factor in the Group's lower market share, which stood at 12.7% versus 13.3% in 2011.
In this very difficult environment, PSA Peugeot Citroën nonetheless increased its share of the Italian market by 0.6 pt to 10.2%. Peugeot and Citroën also benefited from the healthy UK market (up 3.8%), where the popularity of Citroën's DS line and a good performance by the Peugeot 208 lifted market share by 0.2 pt to 9.3%. In Spain, PSA Peugeot Citroën reached a market share of 17.1%, which makes Peugeot and Citroën the second and third best-selling brands in the market.
In France, where sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles contracted by 13.3% in relation to 2011, Peugeot was the most resilient French brand, with 369,000 vehicles sold and 16.2% of the market.
The Group also confirmed its leadership of the European light commercial vehicle market, with a share of 20.8%.
Global expansion produces results
China: sales up faster than the market
In a Chinese automobile market up 7.2% in 2012, Group sales rose 9.2% to 442,000 units, lifting market share to 3.5%. Sales of Peugeot brand vehicles jumped 24% to 216,000 units.
These figures confirm the success of the Group's strategy in China. The introduction of the Peugeot 3008 and Citroën C4 L in early 2013, followed by the Citroën C-Elysée and Peugeot 301, will continue to drive sales growth at Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Automobile (DPCA) during the year, as will the development of the dealer networks.
The Group's second joint venture in China, Changan PSA Automobile (CAPSA) launched the Citroën DS line in 2012 as a premium brand and is building a dedicated dealership network. CAPSA's product strategy, which combines imported vehicles and local production, will enter a new phase in the second half of 2013 when production begins on the Citroën DS5 at the Shenzhen plant.
Latin America: a mixed situation
Lifted by an improved economic climate in Brazil, the Latin American car market expanded by 5.6% in 2012. Group registrations declined by 8.3% to 277,000 units, for a market share of 4.8%.
The situation in Latin America was mixed in 2012. In Brazil, the sales tax on imported vehicles primarily helped the B popular segment, in which the Group has no presence. PSA Peugeot Citroën sales in Brazil were also negatively impacted by work to increase production capacity at the Porto Real plant, which has now been completed. In Argentina, on the other hand, registrations rose by 4.4%, giving the Group a 13.8% share of the market. For the second year in a row, the Palomar plant was the country's leading automobile production site, turning out 129,500 vehicles in one year.
In 2013, sales in Latin America will be lifted by recent and upcoming model launches, notably the Citroën C3 and the Peugeot 208.
Russia: vibrant sales and production
The Russian automobile market continued to grow in 2012, by 10.1%. In this environment, Group sales rose by 7.4% to 77,300 units, for a market share of 2.6%. This performance reflects the 2012 launches of the Peugeot 408, 508 and 4008 and of the Citroën C4 Aircross, DS4 and DS5. Sales trends were particularly vibrant in the light commercial vehicle segment, where Group registrations increased by 18% in a market up 3.9%.
Peugeot and Citroën continued to extend their dealer networks, which now cover more than 90% of the country, including Russia's 25 largest cities. In addition, the Kaluga plant became fully operational in July.
The Group also enhanced its presence in Ukraine, with market share widening to 3.4% from 2.9% in 2011.
Total sales in the CIS (including Russia) reached 88,000 units over the full year, an increase of 110% since 2009.
Rest of the world
In the rest of the world, Group sales rose by 16.5%, with an exceptional performance in Algeria and other North African countries. In an Algerian market up 45%, Group sales more than doubled to 81,000 units from 39,800 in 2011.
Continued drive to move the range upmarket
In an increasingly "bipolar" European market experiencing a sustained decline, the strategy to move the Peugeot and Citroën brands upmarket has proven more relevant than ever.
Premium vehicles now account for 20% of Peugeot new vehicle orders, and Citroën has sold close to 300,000 vehicles from the DS line (DS3, DS4 and DS5) since it was launched in March 2010. The DS line accounted for 18% of Citroën's new vehicle orders in Europe in 2012.
In Germany, the Citroën DS3 was voted "Best Import" by the readers of Auto Zeitung magazine.
The new Citroën DS3 Cabrio will be added to the line-up in early 2013.
PSA Peugeot Citroën leads in reducing CO2 emissions and exceeds European requirements
In 2012, PSA Peugeot Citroën maintained its position as the European leader in carbon reduction, with corporate average emissions of 122.9 g/km** of CO2 versus 127.5 g/km in 2011.
This performance exceeds the 130 g/km target set by Brussels for 2015.
38.1% of Group vehicles sold in Europe emit less than 111 g/km of CO2, versus 30.3% in 2011.
The Group is pursuing four synergistic avenues to continue reducing carbon emissions:
Optimised internal combustion engines, with the family of 3-cylinder petrol engines.
Micro-hybrid technologies, with the extension of the second-generation e-HDi Stop & Start on all Peugeot and Citroën diesel ranges.
Electric vehicles.
Hybrid technologies, with the market introduction of the Peugeot 3008, 508 and 508 RXH and the Citroën DS5.
Outlook for 2013
The European market should continue to contract in 2013, by 3% to 5%. In this environment, the Peugeot and Citroën brands will step-up their sales offensive with 17 launches worldwide, of which nine in Europe. This should lower the line-up's average age to 3.5 years.
The Group will pursue its upmarket strategy with numerous new models in 2013, including the Citroën DS3 Cabrio and the Peugeot 208 GTI, 208 XY and 2008.
In China, DPCA has four launches scheduled and Changan PSA Automobile (CAPSA), the Group's second joint venture, will begin local production in the second half of the year. These developments give PSA Peugeot Citroën a solid footing to pursue its development in a market that will enjoy sustained growth in 2013.
In Latin America, after a year of transition and transformation, the Group is well primed for a return to sales growth as the Porto Real plant begins production of the Peugeot 208 for market launch in the spring and other models are introduced to the market during the year.
In a Russian market expected to grow by around 5%, the Group will pursue its development strategy by leveraging a young range that includes six models launched in 2012. This dynamic will be maintained in 2013 with the introduction of the Peugeot 208 and 301 and the Citroën C-Elysée and C4 L.
Rising demand in these priority growth regions, coupled with local market share gains, will enable PSA Peugeot Citroën to meet its target of achieving 50% of sales outside Europe in 2015.
*France, Spain, Italy and Portugal
**Updated figures as of 31 October 2012
Original source: PSA
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Few positions exist in children's services that offer this scenario: One day you're comfortably retired after an international stint in the private sector and, the next, you're headlined in the national press because in your new role as chief administrator of a public agency you must get to the bottom of the horrifying abuse of twins, one of whom died.
This is the unique world which David Wilkins stepped out of, and into, as the new Secretary of the Florida Department of Children & Families.
The agonizing death of frail Nubia Barahona in Miami-Dade and what led up to her demise have blown the lid off the long simmering feud between family preservationists and child protectionists. In child welfare parlance, I'm referring to the nexus between leaving children in a home where abuse has occurred and removing the child for his or her own protection.
Of course, there are cases like little Nubia's where the gravity and number of mistakes made are maddening. It's not hindsight being 20-20 vision either. This case was atrocious starting with the decision to allow the adoption to take place in spite of multiple warnings from her Guardian ad Litem who was egregiously ignored.
Most cases are not as volatile. Regardless, no diagnostic or predictive tool exists to fathom with absolute certainty in any one of them whether the suspect family with on-going intervention and monitoring can change its abusive behavior and care properly for the child or if a temporary and sometimes permanent separation is the right way to go.
Striking the right balance between the two is but one of the juggling acts David Wilkins must master.
Other lines of demarcation that exist in the child welfare system include more clearly defining the relationship between DCF and the privatized network of service providers; the manner in which calls to the Child Abuse Hotline are screened, prioritized and referred; invigorating more "community" in community based care management and civic engagement; and holding families accountable and empowering them in the care and well-being of their children.
Recently, representatives of The Children's Campaign met with Secretary Wilkins and several of his key staff. I was joined by Children's Campaign Executive Director Linda Alexionok and board member Rev. Brant Copeland. We explored these issues with the Secretary and have set a time for further conversation.
The Children's Campaign was clear about our role not only as an independent advocacy organization but also as an aggressive watchdog when warranted. We offered our help.
We were pleased with his response. Wilkins did not flinch about our watchdog role. Rather, he sought to engage us. He expressed clarity about the balance to be struck across the many complicated issues and his priorities. He spoke earnestly about his commitment to holding the agency accountable for measuring outcomes linked to the protection and well-being of children.
Action by his office is being taken already. Changes in the management of the Child Abuse Hotline have been announced. This was a good move.
Other staff changes in the Secretary's inner circle have us watching carefully. Some very good people are leaving and with them tons of institutional memory. Not understanding history can lead to repeating mistakes.
The child abuse system has swung like a pendulum in the wake of past child abuse deaths which became front page news stories. Paranoia can reign. Overreactions are not uncommon.
Keep in mind that the child welfare system while far from corrected has made steady progress towards improvement. Bob Butterworth and George Sheldon are to be commended for their inspired leadership, and especially Sheldon, for his longevity in the position. He left the ship in far better shape than he inherited it.
Still, The Children's Campaign asked the previous team whether the goal of reducing out of home placements by 50% was a firm target or was it aspirational? On that point we never believed we received a definitive answer that matched policy and practice. All advocacy groups and passionate journalists like Carol Marbin-Miller have heard about cases, horrible cases, where decisions seemed seriously flawed. Dependency judges grumbled about their reduced role and oversight from fewer petitions being presented to the Court. Child protection investigators complained (off the record) about a lack of love at the Department if removing too many children from their homes.
It's time to bring all of these systemic parts back together. The investigatory panel in the tragic Barahona case must complete its work quickly so that it can be succeeded by forums better designed and more diverse to advise future action.
On-going forums and dialogue may not always reach consensus but conversations do lead to understandings. Wilkins will benefit from hearing the give and take and he needs to hear it, as we all do, over and over again. These forums should become a mainstay and involve diverse stakeholders, families and children served. They need not rise to the level of an official commission or task force. Without forums for continued dialogue of a high minded nature, however, the tendency is for everyone to return to their respective corners and the system suffers because of it.
Roy Miller
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The theme of this year's National Nursing Week (May 9-15) was 'Nursing: The Health of Our Nation'. Registered Nurses across the province celebrated National Nursing Week, joining their colleagues around the world.
Some of the nursing staff at the United States Memorial Health Care Centre in St. Lawrence recognized during National Nurses Week were (front, from left): Joy Slaney, Laura Lambe, Delsey Kelly and Karen Quirke. Center Row: Daphne Beck, Roseanna Hennebury, Rosalie Dupre ,Virginia Keating and Cynthia Farrell. Back Row: Rod Power, Mallory Clarke, Sharon Doyle, Irene Stacey, Todd Drake and Dana Drake. Cynthia Farrell Photo
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The theme of this year's National Nursing Week (May 9-15) was 'Nursing: The Health of Our Nation'.
Registered Nurses across the province celebrated National Nursing Week, joining their colleagues around the world to honour the profession's 'modern day' founder Florence Nightingale, who was born May 12, 1820.
The week is an annual opportunity to recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of Registered Nurses. In 1971, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) designated May 12, Florence Nightingale's birthday, International Nurses Day.
In 1985, the federal minister of health proclaimed the second week of May as National Nurses Week. May 12 is also recognized as 'Canada Health Day'.
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Adopting Bias: New Va. Rules Seek To Safeguard 'Faith-Based' Bigotry
The Virginia legislature is firmly in the hands of far-right lawmakers, and Gov. Robert McDonnell, is a graduate of TV preacher Pat Robertson's Regent University. A dark cloud of Religious Right-style conservatism hangs over the Old Dominion.
A band of extreme legislators decided to start with adoptions. Virginia, like a lot of states, contracts with private agencies to facilitate adoptions. Many of these agencies are "faith based." The old rule was that they had to serve all potential parents and apply neutral criteria to the process. An agency would investigate a person or couple wanting to adopt and reject only those who failed some objective standard - they had a criminal background, their references didn't work out, they appeared unfit to raise a child, etc.
Under new rules that are expected to become law soon, faith-based adoption agencies will be permitted to deny services to anyone who fails to meet their theological litmus test. In other words, a couple could pass a criminal background check with flying colors, receive top marks from every reference, show proof of steady employment - and still be denied the right to adopt because they are gay.
This type of bigotry, while obnoxious, might be permissible in a purely privately funded agency run by a church. But as I said, most of these adoption agencies operate in a quasi-public fashion on behalf of the government, and they receive taxpayer funding.
State Sen. John Edwards, a Democrat from Roanoke, got it exactly right when he said, "You have a right to exercise religion as you see fit, but you don't have a right to impose it on someone else using state dollars."
And, while this is primarily a fight over adoption by gay couples, no one should think it stops there. The new Virginia policy is much broader than that. It allows faith-based agencies to deny adoption services to anyone who offends the agency's religious or moral beliefs.
Let's say you're straight but you and your spouse are deemed not religious enough, or they don't like the fact that one of you had a previous marriage. You're out the door too.
The Religious Right/Catholic hierarchy theory on this is simple: They want it all. They want access to your tax money to provide various social services. They want as little accountability or oversight as possible. (No accountability at all is their preference.) They demand the right to run the programs as they see fit according to their theology. They even insist that this is a constitutional right and that any attempt to impose another perspective on them - no matter widespread the consensus - is a violation of their "religious freedom."
The more "accommodations" these groups win, the more they will demand - and the more rights of everyone else they will trample on.
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Matt Rhule, the alpha dog of Temple's Division I football program, is full of kindness, meekness and simplicity. So much so that he keeps his car parked and takes the bus or subway to work.
"I walk over to 11th [and Chestnut Streets] and take the No. 23 bus up," said Rhule, who has a temporary Center City residence before moving to Rittenhouse Square next week. "I take the subway a lot when I go down to" Center City on the ride home.
But why would someone of his stature take SEPTA to and from Temple's football complex, Edberg-Olson Hall, at 11th and Diamond?