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The 2019 Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ running game wasn’t anything to write home about despite the improvement from 2018 second round pick Ronald Jones. Jones became a far more prevalent part of the offense both in the running and passing games, but Jones won’t be enough by himself. With Peyton Barber a pending free agent, the Bucs will be in the market for another back to team up with RoJo.
LAMAR MILLER’S CAREER THUS FAR
A fourth round pick by the Miami Dolphins out of the University of Miami in 2012, Miller has played in 105 games, starting 89. He has 5,864 yards on 1,354 carries - a 4.2 yards per carry average - and 32 touchdowns. On the receiving end, Miller has 209 receptions for 1,565 yards and eight touchdowns.
Miller signed a four year, $26 million dollar deal with Houston Texans back in 2016 with $14 million of it guaranteed. Unfortunately for Miller, he missed the entire 2019 season after suffering an ACL tear in the third preseason game, Since signing with the Texans, Miller has rushed for at least 875 yards including one 1,000+ yard season (2016) where he carried the ball a career high 268 times, finishing with a 4.0 yards per carry average. In fact, Miller has only ever had one season when he didn’t reach at least four yards per carry when he averaged 3.7 for the Texans in 2017.
WHY IT WORKS
Miller is no stranger to the running back by committee, sharing time most recently in Houston with running backs like Alfred Blue, D’Onta Foreman, and Andre Ellington. Sharing time with Jones would be no issue at all to Miller’s regular routine and will allow him to stay fresh throughout the season.
The Buccaneers haven’t had a 1,000 yard rusher on their roster since Doug Martin back in 2015 and the most recent one before that was also Martin back in 2012. Having someone one the roster that has accomplished that and knows what it takes would not only benefit the team but Jones as well. Miller can provide veteran leadership and mentorship to Jones that will help him grow in his ever expanding role.
Miller is an injury risk. Not only did Miller miss 2019 with the ACL injury, he’s also dealt with two ankle sprains, a pectoral bruise, an A/C joint sprain, and a concussion. According to Sports Injury Predictor, Miller is a “medium risk” with a 53.6% chance of injury in 2020 and a predictive 1.2 games missed.
Investing serious money into a player with a long injury history is never a good idea, which may cause the Buccaneers to pause when/if considering him.
WHAT’S THE COST?
It’s unlikely Miller will receive the kind of pay day he received from Houston back in 2016. Again, I’ll point to his injury history as a big reason. However, when he’s been on the field he’s been one of the most consistent players at the running back position having seen at least 55% of snaps with the Texans each season. Seasons of 1,073, 888, and 973 yards show that Miller is an effective, dangerous running back that will be out to prove something in 2020 following the lost season of 2019.
This could lead to one of those prove it deals we saw the Buccaneers shell out in the last free agent frenzy. Miller made around $5.5 million per season in his last three years with Houston (the first year of the deal paid him $8.5) so a one or two year deal worth around $4-4.75 million per season isn’t out of the question by any means.
WHAT WE DON’T KNOW
For starters, we don’t know the level of interest the Houston Texans will have in retaining their star running back or Miller’s level of interest in leaving the Texans. The other elephant in the room is Miller’s ability to return from that injury suffered in the 2019 preseason. At 28 years old, Miller is coming up on that ever terrifying running back brick wall known as 30 years old. Any team that wants him is only going to get one or two years of decent production out of him, which may also mean Miller is looking to maximize the guarantees in what play out to be his final NFL contract.
We also don’t know how active the Buccaneers will be in free agency on the offensive side of the ball. Outside of quarterback, the glaring issue is retaining their defensive free agents. The defense came on strong in the second half of the season and Bruce Arians has emphasized multiple times that the defense - most notably Shaquil Barrett - is their number one priority.
The draft always has plenty of options at the running back position and the options in day three tend to pan out better than most any other position. Paying free agent running backs is becoming more and more scarce as teams are looking to maximize production on rookie deals before moving on to the next.
MAKE THE DECISION
So with the state of the Bucs’ running backs what it is, what Lamar Miller has been, and the risk/reward of signing a back like Miller - what should the Buccaneers do?
Vote in the poll below and discuss in the comments!
When it comes to Lamar Miller, the Buccaneers need to...
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Make An Offer, But Keep It Reasonable
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Sheldon Harnick is having a wonderful third act of a life, replete with multiple curtain calls. On March 17, he took his second bow of the season, springing out of the audience and onto the stage of Studio 54 to join the cast of She Loves Me. Three months ago, he did it at Fiddler on the Roof. You don’t have to be a prognosticator to forecast a Harnick-and-Harnick horserace for 2016’s Best Musical Revival Tony.
“I loved this production, just loved it,” the 91-year-old lyricist bubbled joyfully as he exited the theatre with his wife Margery and son Matthew. “It only saddens me that Jerry Bock is not around to see this.” Bock, the composing half of one of Broadway’s great songwriting teams, died in 2010. Joe Masteroff, who penned the show’s endlessly engaging book, is very much alive and 96 but skittish about the weather.
“I’m going to call him when I get home,” Harnick promised. “Joe saw those wet streets when he was leaving the house and decided not to come for fear of falling.”
Harnick comes from younger and sterner stuff and doesn’t know how to retire. Prior to this new Broadway outbreak, he had a revival of A Wonderful Life at Goodspeed Opera House and a “revisal” of Rothschild & Sons (nee The Rothschilds) at the York. Coming up next is the one-act opera that he wrote with West Coast composer Henry Mollicone on Lady Bird Johnson. “It was commissioned by Texas State University, and in mid-April we’re going down to Texas to see the students do Lady Bird.”
Before the curtain went up on She Loves Me, Todd Haimes uncharacteristically took to the stage and provided ten minutes of introductory notes on the show’s unique niche in Roundabout Theatre Company’s history. “As we hit our 50h anniversary,” the artistic director said, “I wanted to find something really special to revive that would symbolize, at least to me, the arc and growth of Roundabout Theatre.”
It seems in 1993, when the company was still “in a fragile financial condition” after making the leap from Off-Broadway to the Main Stem, Scott Ellis (who had never directed a Broadway show at that point) suggested reviving 1963’s She Loves Me.
It was a show Haimes had never heard of, but, wanting to do a musical and having no other options, he said yes. “Happily, it was a hit--a huge hit for us—and it had a commercial transfer. Because of that one musical, She Loves Me, what followed were 23 musicals at Roundabout.”
Roundabout has now money-bagged three revivals of She Loves Me. The middle one was a one-night-only, book-in-hand, gala-concert reading at the Sondheim in 2011. It starred Kelli O’Hara, Josh Radnor, Victor Garber, Rory O’Malley and actors in the current revival (Gavin Creel, Jane Krakowski, Michael McGrath and Peter Bartlett).
Ellis, who directed all three versions, has no shame about “returning to the scene,” insisting “everything’s different.” “I didn’t redo myself at all. I just wanted new people to see it—a new generation, and I love the physical production now.”
Most of the musical’s action takes place in a Budapest parfumerie during the frantic rush of Christmas 1934. The shop comes with flaps on the side that, designer David Rockwell explained, “open and close in a way that brings the audience into the story.
“This is a dream-come-true show. There is no favorite part to it. It’s a chance to make every detail shine. I was speaking to Sheldon about having one word in a lyric that makes all the difference in the world. There are 350 bottles on stage that are part of the parfumerie, and each one of those is a chance to perfect a kind of jewel.”
Laura Benanti as Amalia Balash, the lead in this show, is pitch-perfect casting. One hears—instead of “Bingo!”—“Ice Cream!” at the pristine sound of our heroine’s heart melting over a shop co-worker she has an antagonistic relationship with in real life and an unknowingly amorous one in letters.
It’s Benanti’s first time back on Broadway since 2010’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown—and the first chance she has had to uncork the zaniness which that show allowed her to unleash. “To be not only at the heart of the piece but also to be funny and sing this beautiful coloratura soprano music is so rare, and I’m relishing every moment that I get to do all of these things,” she beamed enthusiastically. “I usually get to do one at a time, so to get to do them all at once feels like a dream.”
Benanti’s Tony-winning co-star in Nine, Jane Krakowski, plays Ilona Ritter, a friskier kind of shopgirl—the kind that Joan Crawford was popularizing in movies at the time of the story. Krakowski, it might be remembered, came to Broadway prominence, kicking up her heels in Crawford’s Grand Hotel role—and she’s still kicking. “I fell in love with Ilona when I did one night of her five years ago,” she said. “In the rehearsal process of this production, I have developed a greater appreciation and love not only for Ilona but for the whole show. It’s so perfectly crafted. When you start working on it, you realize what a brilliant job those three creators did.”
“I’ve got to talk to those guys who wrote First Date and ask them if She Loves Me was any inspiration for them,” he said. “There are so many parallels—a guy and girl who are getting to know each other but don’t like each other and then do like each other. This is the second Broadway show in a row where I’ve ended up with just a kiss.”
Part of that can be attributed to the basic decency of his character, Georg Nowack. “I like that he’s a good man who works hard, cares about his job and the other people in the store and is really trying to find love, which comes in a most surprising place.”
On film, the role has been filled by James Stewart in the original Hungarian setting (1940’s “The Shop Around the Corner”), Van Johnson in turn-of-the-century Chicago (1949’s “In the Good Old Summertime”) and Tom Hanks in contemporary Manhattan (1998’s “You’ve Got Mail”). “Those guys have always been kinda idols of mine. I like that they are also everyman actors. They bring a relatability and honesty and earnestness and wit to their roles. No, I wouldn’t mind getting in that groove.”
The ladykiller on the parfumerie premises, Steven Kodaly, is a real rat and roué, and Creel grew his first stage mustache to play him. He’s rewarded with the musical’s latent showstopper, “Grand Knowing You,” which he plays like a ceremonial exit.
“Other songs in the show are much better known than that one—‘Vanilla Ice Cream,’ the title tune, ‘Tonight at Eight,’ ‘Will He Like Me?’—so it’s a real gift for me to get to do that [song] every night,” he admitted. “You can sense the audience thinking, ‘Wow, that’s a great song, too. There isn’t a dud in the whole score.’”
Peter Bartlett surrendered two roles in Something Rotten! to do a single scene in She Loves Me as the imperious headwaiter at Café Imperiale, struggling in his pompously unflappable fashion to maintain decorum and, as his song goes, “A Romantic Atmosphere.” It was an easy sacrifice for him.
“I didn’t have to think about it,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to play that role and be a part of this beautiful musical, and I couldn’t resist when Scott asked me to do it five years after that benefit. He’s a wonderful director. He sits still and lets me play and go pretty far. If there’s something he doesn’t like, he tells me and I happily acquiesce. I trust him. The choreographer, Warren Carlyle, was such a darling, the antithesis of Michael Kidd and Jerome Robbins. He constantly buoyed my spirits.”
It was an excessively starry night at the theatre, and Haimes personally invited anyone who had anything to do with the Roundabout-saving 1993 production. Among those who showed Sally Mayes (Ilona Ritter), Jonathan Freeman (Headwaiter), Howard McGillin (Steven Kodaly), Lee Wilkof (Ladislav Sipos), Nick Corley (Keller), Joey McKneely (Busboy) and set designer Tony Walton.

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Spruce and cedar are most commonly used for guitar top construction, while rosewood, mahogany and maple are used for the back and sides.
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An easy way to check your guitar intonation is to strum an open D chord and then play the same D chord at the 14th fret of your guitar. If these notes are out of tune, you know it’s not your guitar.
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Las Palmas consolidates itself as the team to beat in a race for promotion with no clear favorite
The game in Ipurúa leaves another trail of good play for the yellows, confirming the great form of Álvaro Valles and Sadiku's goalscoring instinct
The charm -which captivates with its balanced, parsimonious and effective football- of this UD Las Palmas, continues to confirm that it is a serious contender to move up in category in a few months. At the Ipurúa stadium, against the leader, SD Éibar, he once again left another trail of good play, the great form of his goalkeeper Álvaro Valle, by far the best of the game, and the goalscoring instinct of the Albanian striker Sadiku.
Only the experience and the virtue in the header by striker Fernando Llorente deprived the island team of adding another victory. Éibar showed off their supremacy at home and gave Xavier García Pimienta's team no chance to reach their fifth consecutive victory in the League, a record that Paco Herrera still holds since the 2014-2014 season.
The team from Gipuzkoa found the ideal antidote to cut the upward trend of the Gran Canarians, who, despite the 2-2, drew praise and applause for their great moment of play in a land that has always admired the talent of the Canarian footballer.
In García Pimienta's starting eleven there were two novelties compared to the last game: Jesé returned to the eleven instead of Rober. Cardona, on the left wing, recovered his position to the detriment of Benito. Las Palmas looked down and had vertigo at the start of the match with Stoichkov's early goal in the fourth minute. Old-fashioned football: long ball, Llorente combs with his back to the goal, the ball falls in the path of the career of the top scorer from Eibar and a goal. 1-0. The gunsmiths, who came from two hesitant results, were not for surprises, in a field always conducive to direct play, combat in the midfield, and loaded with second plays, keys for the balance to tip in favor of that team. with more temper.
Éibar once again believed in what they are doing and pushed a UD Las Palmas team into a corner with no way out during a grueling first 20 minutes in which the figure of the Sevillian goalkeeper Álvaro Valles appeared to support the team with saves of great difficulty and merit.
UD Las Palmas overcame before half-time as those category teams do, with a blow from Sadiku (min. 22), and another penalty goal -the fifth from eleven meters- by Jesé Rodríguez (min. 45), in a previous action that came thanks to the tireless work of his midfielder, the Frenchman Mfulu, a footballer who is increasingly adapted and convinced of an idea and way of playing that he has been able to capture in silence. An unequivocal sign that this García Pimienta team can beat anyone and in any scenario.
It is true that Las Palmas were able to win, yes, it is true, because they had at the mercy of a rival with problems and with few resources after the injury of their most decisive player. That goal conceded with ten minutes to go seems to downplay the importance of the loot that travels to Gran Canaria. However, this sport today still respects world-class players like
Fernando Llorente, already at the end of his career. That type of striker in danger of extinction, but who so many times abandoned the Cathedral, football, San Mamés, between handkerchiefs and applause.


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NABORS - TESCO ACQUISITION
NABORS - Nabors Industries Ltd. ("Nabors") (NYSE: NBR) is pleased to announce that the company has signed an Arrangement Agreement ("Agreement") to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Tesco Corporation ("Tesco") (NASDAQ: TESO), with each outstanding share of common stock of Tesco being exchanged for 0.68 common shares of Nabors. This transaction will create a leading rig equipment and drilling automation provider by combining Canrig, Nabors rig equipment subsidiary, with Tesco's rig equipment manufacturing, rental and aftermarket service business. Additionally, Tesco operates a tubular services business in numerous key regions globally, which will immediately benefit Nabors Drilling Solutions' operation.
Nabors is uniquely positioned to automate and integrate tubular services into its global rig footprint. By combining its complementary products, tools and technologies, they will be able to offer customers more fit-for-purpose products, services and solutions. This expanded capability will enable them to further improve operational efficiency, accelerate and scale its development of new and innovative equipment on its new generations of rigs as well as upgrade older classes of rigs for a new age of drilling.
This transaction values Tesco common stock at $4.62 per share based on the closing price of Nabors shares on the New York Stock Exchange on August 11, 2017, which represents a 19% premium of the closing value of Tesco shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market on August 11, 2017. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the fourth quarter.
"The addition of Tesco to our company represents another step forward for both our rig equipment and Nabors Drilling Solutions business. Tesco is respected for the quality of their product offerings and aftermarket service levels. I am eager to realize the benefits to our combined customers and shareholder groups that this combination will provide," said Nabors Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony G. Petrello.
Michael W. Sutherlin, Tesco's Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, said, "With this transaction, Tesco will now have an expanded platform, which will allow for acceleration of its strategy and increase the potential for market share gains around key industry trends. The combination will provide significant value to Tesco shareholders by participating in a stronger and broader offering of complementary rig equipment product lines and tubular services."
Fernando Assing, Tesco's President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "This is a very exciting opportunity to combine two world class companies that are highly focused on delivering best-in-class services to the oil and gas industry. This combination will further reinforce Nabors position as a leading rig equipment and drilling automation provider by integrating Tesco's advanced tubular services technology and products into the Nabors global rig footprint and NDS services. The new expanded platform also creates significant career opportunities for Tesco's employees as part of a much larger international organization."
Mr. Petrello concluded, "This transaction accelerates the strategy I presented at our Analyst Day in November of 2016. Several years ago we concluded that the drilling rig will serve as the delivery platform for future rig services. The early success of our service integrations efforts are substantiating this strategy. Now, with the largest land drilling fleet and with the automation features of our Rigtelligence® operating system, Nabors is uniquely positioned to further deploy Tesco's premium casing running tools and automation technologies globally. Additionally, the combination of our complementary rig equipment product lines and technologies will deliver enhanced value to both our customers and our shareholders. Finally, the incremental cash flow and the realization of expected synergies combined with Tesco's solid balance sheet will further strengthen our financial position. First year operating synergies are expected to approach $20 million with full run-rate operating synergies of $30 to $35 million. In addition, we expect to realize capital savings from facility rationalization and the planned build out of our casing running operation. We are excited about Tesco's respected management team and highly skilled employees joining Nabors and helping to deliver the benefits of this combination to our customers and shareholders."
The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is subject to approval by Tesco shareholders and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Intrepid Partners served as exclusive financial advisor to Nabors. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, & McCloy LLP and Stikeman Elliott LLP served as legal advisors to Nabors.
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WNN - "We met today to confirm the continuing commitment of the European Commission and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran towards the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and in particular its Annex III which addresses civil nuclear cooperation," Cañete and Ali Akhbar Salehi, president of the AEOI, said in a joint statement on 19 May. "We believe that the continuing implementation of the JCPOA, which was unanimously endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2231, is crucial for the development and progress of the region as well as the global peace and security."
BLOOMBERG - Natural gas will probably emerge as the main fossil fuel “winner” as it balances renewables in power generation and is used as a substitute for oil in petrochemicals. Long-term gas demand is set to increase by 15 percent, or by 750 billion cubic meters, compared to business as usual,
WNN - The United States, Canada, and Japan are launching the Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy (NICE) Future Initiative. This global effort will make sure nuclear has a seat at the table during discussions about innovation and advanced clean energy systems of the future.
AOG - The agreement between ADNOC and ISPRL, which was initiated in January 2017 during a visit to India by a high-ranking UAE delegation, led by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, covers the storage of 5.86 million barrels of ADNOC crude oil in underground facilities, at the Karnataka facility. The first shipment, of approximately two million barrels of crude oil, will be followed by further shipments after India’s annual monsoon season.

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Patients presenting with cartilage damage of one sort or another are a common everyday occurrence at the practices of sports medicine physicians. As far back as 1760, the Scottish anatomist William Hunter observed that “hyaline cartilage does not heal”. This insight is still true today and shapes the treatment routine of all orthopaedists and sports medicine physicians and of many patients. Due to the high, multi-directional loads placed on joints and repetitive trauma, athletes often begin to suffer from arthritis in important weight-bearing joints at a comparatively early age. Since no cartilage-healing substance has yet been found, hyaluronic acid, in use for many decades, is still highly valued in the treatment of cartilage lesions. This explains why hyaluronic acid also suddenly became a topic of discussion at the expert meeting in Bad Nauheim when the subject of arthritis and inflammation management was being discussed (see above). The different ways in which it is applied were interesting and were the reason for this small digression about hyaluronic acid. Is a single injection better than multiple injections? Do you combine hyaluronic acid with a local anaesthetic or a corticosteroid? These questions led to animated discussion among experienced users.
What is hyaluronic acid?
Hyaluronic acid is a polysaccharide occurring naturally in connective tissue. A special characteristic of hyaluronic acid is its capacity to bind large amounts of water. In joints, it is a principle constituent of synovial fluid and acts as a lubricant, specifically by adjusting its viscosity to the forces acting on it mechanically. It adheres to the joint cartilage in a chemical interaction and is not squeezed out of the joint space under loading, as is often assumed. It also plays a role in regenerative processes in that it widens the intercellular space and thus improves the migration of cells. This is very useful as a chemical property, for example postoperatively in microfracturing.
Hyaluronic acid? ‒ It doesn’t matter which kind of hyaluronic acid you use; it all comes from the same source!
The opinion frequently held by doctors that the hyaluronic acid supplied by different providers is all produced by only one manufacturer (comes from the same source) is incorrect. There are approx. 10 manufacturers globally that produce the raw material. The products do, however, vary in quality, especially in terms of stability. This means that some hyaluronic acid products lose their viscosity after prolonged storage. It is assumed that this has something to do with a barely measurable impurity in the raw material. This is not something the individual doctor can readily check. It is therefore advisable not to store hyaluronic acid products for too long and, if possible, to choose products where the raw material has not been produced in Asia, as these products are likely to be the most unstable.
Does hyaluronic acid really work?
Intra-articular and peritendinous administration of hyaluronic acid is effective. Its efficacy has been demonstrated both for the indication arthritis (e.g. B. Miltner et al. 2012, Petrella et al. 2006) and meniscopathy (e.g. Dernek et al. 2017) and not least for tendinopathy as well (N.Lynen 2012, 40 mg hyaluronic acid and 10 mg mannitol ((Ostenil Tendon)), Gorelick et al. 2015). There are differences particularly regarding its duration of effect. It has been statistically shown that hyaluronic injections can significantly delay the time until endoprosthetic treatment of the knee becomes necessary (Altmann et al. 2015). Proof of efficacy consequently resulted in the inclusion of intra-articular hyaluronic acid therapy in the AWMF [Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany] guideline on arthritis of the knee.
What hyaluronic acid should you use?
Opinions differ sharply on this issue. The differences in quality mentioned above are hard for a treating physician to check. It is equally hard to decide whether to opt for a linear or cross-linked hyaluronic acid or a hyaluronic acid with a high or low molecular weight. There are studies on this issue, but they are often initiated and funded by the manufacturers. It is difficult to find clear answers. A study on a rat model showed that linear hyaluronic acid with an intermediate molecular weight increased cartilage elasticity the most (Gaumet, Badout, Ammann Genf 2018). However, relatively good elasticity values were also achieved in the same study with high-molecular weight cross-linked hyaluronic acid. An important issue to consider is the frequency of injection. With a single administration, the risk of infection from the injection is naturally lower than with an administration given 3 – 5 times. A study by Bannuru et al. in 2015 showed no significant difference in the efficacy or duration of effect between the 5-times administration of hyaluronic acid and the single administration of two products from the same manufacturer. The duration of effect of both products was approx. 6 months. This is also consistent with users‘ current clinical experience.
Should you combine hyaluronic acid with other substances?
This subject was also a matter of very intense debate at the expert meeting in Bad Nauheim. Some users administer local anaesthetics and/or corticosteroids in combination with hyaluronic acid products. A number of studies (Bulstra et al. 1994, Gulihar A. et al. 2013, Farkas B. et al. 2010) have shown that both local anaesthetics, e.g. lidocaine, and corticosteroids, e.g. betamethasone, lead to the death of cartilage cells. In view of the study data, use of local anaesthetics should be very selective. Use of intra-articular corticosteroids should also be considered carefully based on the risk profile. Routine administration in combination with hyaluronic acid is certainly not appropriate. However, there is agreement that hyaluronic acid should not be used to treat an inflamed knee with synovialitis and effusion. In such cases, single administration of corticosteroids is useful. There is high consensus on this procedure in the AWMF guideline on arthritis of the knee under item 4.1.2. At the same time, mention is also made that high-dose corticosteroids can inhibit cartilage cell metabolism and thus damage the cartilage (Hirsch at al. 2013).
Is hyaluronic acid still the gold standard?
Intra-articular hyaluronic acid products have been available for many years and, based on the current study data, are still one of the most important options for the symptomatic treatment of arthritis. A significant effect cannot, of course, be achieved in every patient. And not every patient will experience a lasting effect. However, in routine clinical practice it is important to have a useful option available for symptomatic relief in patients with arthritis that does not yet require surgery. Professional athletes with meniscopathy, for example, can also be helped in this way, as it allows surgical repair of the meniscus to be postponed until the end of the season. Due to the different mechanisms of action, the combined use of hyaluronic acid and platelet-rich plasma is also an increasingly popular option. There is still a lack of valid studies on this. From what was generally said at the expert meeting on arthritis and inflammation management in Bad Nauheim, , the combined use of intra-articular hyaluronic acid and oral UC-II®, i.e. a combination of improved cartilage nutrition and an immunological approach, may be of prospective interest.
The administration of intra-articular hyaluronic acid has been and still is an important pillar of the medicinal treatment of arthritis. Our personal experience over the last 20 years tends to favour the 3-5-times administration in a weekly rhythm. The impression of a somewhat higher sustained effect compared to single administration commends multiple administration. However, in elderly and immunosuppressed patients single administration with strict indication is the better option. The variety of the individual hyaluronic products in terms of molecular weight and cross-linking makes comparison difficult. The data available is sometimes inadequate. The user must have confidence in the manufacturers when selecting which product to use. Reputable manufacturers will always be transparent about where the product was produced and filled.
What is UC-II®?
UC-II® brand is protected by trademark registrations globally covering the proprietary ingredient product which contains undenatured type II collagen. This collagen was harvested by a chemist from chicken sternum. What is special here is that the collagen is not harvested by heating or hydrolysis, which would result in the collagen being denatured and losing its efficacy. This substance is now harvested by a Swiss company (production site in the USA) using a special patented process and is marketed in different oral pharmaceutical forms. Its mechanism of action is interesting as it does not involve high concentrations of a substance that is a structural component of cartilage being present in the joints on oral intake. The effect is thought to arise through the development of oral tolerance due to an interaction between UC-II® and the immune cells in Peyer’s patches in the small intestine. The regulator T-cells formed during this interaction can produce anti-inflammatory cytokines in the joints. These in turn can have a symptom-modulating and repair effect on the joints. A number of studies (Lugo, Saiyed, Lane, Nutrition journal ((2016)), Bagi, Berryman, Lane Osteoarthritis and Cartilage ((2017)) corroborate this propagated effect on rat models and in placebo-controlled trials*. As with hyaluronic acid, which was used at an early stage in veterinary medicine, e.g. in equestrian sport, UC-II® has already been adopted in today’s veterinary practice. It can be considered as a new approach that offers us support in helping our athletes, who often suffer from arthritic changes in their joints early on in their lives. Even if the currently available data for the relatively new substance UC-II® is still limited, the studies have been promising and we will follow and monitor further developments with interest.
*a placebo-controlled, randomised, double-blind study in humans in 2016 showed that UC-II® undenatured type II collagen can improve the well-being, mobility and flexibility of the joints of individuals with OA. It was statistically far more effective than a combination of 1.5 g glucosamine and 1.2 g chondroitin, according to the WOMAC index (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index).
ist Facharzt für Orthopädie und Inhaber einer orthopädischen Praxis mit Schwerpunkt Sport-Orthopädie in Münster. Außerdem ist er Vereinsarzt des SC Preußen Münster, Mannschaftsarzt der U16 DFB-Nationalmannschaft und wiss. Beirat der sportärztezeitung.

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A bill that’s working its way through the U.S House of Representatives would strengthen union power and create stiffer penalties for employers who violate federal labor law. The House Education and Labor Committee recently voted 26-21 to advance the bill, with Democrats voting for and Republicans voting against the measure.
The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, H.R. 2474, was introduced by Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., and is co-sponsored by more than 200 Democratic House members.
The bill will now be considered by the House Rules Committee before ultimately moving to a full House vote. There is “virtually zero chance of passage in the Republican-controlled Senate,” noted Brian Hayes, an attorney with Ogletree Deakins in Washington, D.C., and a former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member. “Rather than a serious legislative effort, the bill is more of an outreach for union support in the 2020 election cycle.”
“Labor unions have long fueled our nation’s prosperity, protected the health and safety of American workers, and protected a strong middle class,” Scott said at the Sept. 25 committee meeting.
“When union membership was at its peak … wage growth and worker productivity rose steadily together,” he said, adding that over the last four decades, “union membership has plummeted while income inequality has soared.”
Republican committee members, however, said the bill would diminish the rights of workers and employers alike. Rep. Virginian Foxx, R-N.C., said the PRO Act would inflict “many indignities” on workers by sharing their private information without their consent and requiring workers to make payments to political organizations they don’t support.
She called the measure a “union boss wish list masquerading as legislation.”
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) opposes the bill. “SHRM supports balanced labor-management relations and recognizes the inherent rights of employees to form, join, assist or refrain from joining a labor organization,” said Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, SHRM’s president and chief executive officer.
“SHRM has long advocated for policies to ensure that employers and employees are equally represented at the bargaining table,” he wrote in a letter to House members.
Scott said the PRO Act would “put teeth” into the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by “restoring workers’ right to organize and restoring balance to the economy.” Among other things, the proposed law would:
- Establish stricter penalties for employers that violate workers’ rights and make it harder to classify workers as independent contractors.
- Make it easier for workers to strike for workplace improvements, such as higher wages and better working conditions.
- Create a mediation and arbitration process to help new unions reach an initial contract with an employer.
- Authorize unions and employers to negotiate agreements that require workers in the bargaining unit to pay dues, which would repeal the right-to-work laws that are currently in place in 27 states and allow workers to choose whether to pay union dues.
The bill would also set up a card-check method for union certification, under which employees can approve union representation when the majority of employees in the bargaining unit sign authorization forms. Currently, unless the employer agrees not to oppose the union, workplaces organize through a secret-ballot election process that the NLRB oversees.
Foxx called the card-check scheme a “biased process” that would allow unions to represent workers without ever winning a secret election ballot.
“Congress shouldn’t be in the business of denying workers’ voting rights,” she said.
Independent Contractor Misclassification
The House committee approved four amendments to the PRO Act, including one that would allow workers to vote for union representation by mail or offsite and another that would make it an unfair labor practice undwer the NLRA to misclassify a worker as an independent contractor rather than an employee.
The bill would create a California-like independent-contractor test, which would make it difficult for businesses, particularly those in the gig economy, to classify workers as contractors.
[SHRM members-only toolkit: Employing Independent Contractors]
California recently passed AB 5, which codifies the three-prong “ABC” test that the state high court adopted in Dynamex Operations v. Superior Court. Under the test, a worker is presumed to be an employee unless the employer can show all of the following:
- The worker is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, both under the contract for the performance of the work and in fact.
- The worker performs tasks that are outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business.
- The worker is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation or business of the same nature as the work performed for the hiring entity.
The PRO Act would set a similar standard nationally. “Too often, employers misclassify their employees as anything but employees to avoid their legal obligations to workers,” Scott said in support of the provision. “The PRO Act safeguards against these practices.”
Business groups, however, oppose this standard. “This new restrictive standard would take away many economic opportunities, particularly for those providing and receiving services in the gig economy,” said Sean Redmond, executive director of labor policy with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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