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Herr Doctor wrote:Some fixes to Polish-Lithuanian OOB, hope you would have some time to address them:
The overall army forces number of army without poorly equipped and anarchic mass levy was 25445 men in 1700.
The Polish (Crown) army (Armia Koronna) total: 17570 men
The detailed OOB:
Cavalry total: 10360 men
Arkebuzeria (Mounted Arquebusiers): 900
Husaria*: 1530
Pancerni* (Chain Mailed Cavalry): 4770
Lekka jazda (Light cavalry): 660
Dragonia (Dragoons): 2500
Infantry total: 7210 men
Piechota ("Foreign" infantry): 6740
Piechota węgierska (Light/Hungarian infantry/hajduks): 470
*Perhaps for the game purposes could be combined into one type.
Some regimental names :
Mounted Arquebusiers: Królewski, Hetmana wielkiego kor., Hetmana polnego kor. + 3 independent companies (Frejkompania)
Husaria and Pancerni: Królewski, Hetmana wielkiego kor., Hetmana polnego kor., Leszczyńskiego, Sieniawskiego, Lubomirskiego, Wisniowieckiego, Miaczynskiego, Potockiego, Sobieskiego, Jablonowskiego.
Light cavalry: Potockiego
Dragoons: Królewski, Hetmana wielkiego kor., Hetmana polnego kor. + 3 independent companies (Frejkompania)
Infantry: Gwardii Pieszej Koronnej (Guard), Królowej (Life regiment), Hetmana wielkiego kor., Hetmana polnego kor., Gröbena, d'Arquien, Koszkiela, Brandta, Berensa, Krasinskiego, Leszczyńskiego, Sieniawskiego, S.H. Lubomirskiego, H. Lubomirskiego, J. Lubomirskiego, Szczuki, Rappa, Starosty halickiego, Zaboklickiego, Czapskiego, Dzialynskiego + independent company Frejkompania gen. Nenchy
Hungarian infantry: Hetmana wielkiego kor., Hetmana polnego kor., Krakowska, Lublinska - not regiments, but chorągiew.
The Lithuanian army (Armia Wiel. Ks. Litewskiego) total: 7875
For OOB you could keep the same proportions of main unit types: Husaria, Pethoria (same as Pancerni), light cavalry, Dragoons, infantry. There were no mounted arquebusiers regiment in Lithuania IIRC. The only difference - the cavalry number in Lithuania in ratio to infantry was higher.
Some regimental names:
Husaria and Petyhoria: Hetmana wielkiego lit., Hetmana polnego lit., Oginskiego, Mniszka, Gruszewskiego, Soroki
Light cavalry: Kociella, Oginskiego, Rotm. Pero
Dragoons: Hetmana wielkiego lit., Hetmana polnego lit., Sienickiego, Kurcza, Frejkompania
Infantry: Hetmana wielkiego lit., Hetmana polnego lit., Oginskiego, Sienickiego, Berga, Kurcza, Mniszka, Frejkompania
Hungarian infantry: Hetmana wielkiego lit., Hetmana polnego lit.
Also Pospolite ruszenie should be represented for Poland-Lithuania somehow, about 10.000-15.000 cavalry noblemen of very poor quality and moral. Names could be given after the powiats of Poalnd-Lithuania.
The Army of the Duchy of Courland (Kurländische Armee) total: apr. 1000
At the moment is missing completely in game. Please add it as part of the PLC forces perhaps. The Courland's units could use Saxon unit pics.
6 mounted & 2 foot companies:
- 1 company of Leibgarde
- 2 companies of Garde-Dragoner-Regiment
- 2 mounted companies of Lehnsreiter regiment
- 1 company of Jäger zu Pferde
- 2 foot companies (in garrisons of the fortresses of Mitau and Bauske).
Courland's navy (Kurländische Flotte) in 1700:
Total: 15
Frigates-class: 5 or 6
Smaller vessels: 9-10
In contrast to quite rich information on the 17th century's ships and famous big fleet of Duke Jacob (around 100 armed vessels), the sources about Courland's fleet of early 18th century is quite scarce for a good reason as the navy was in terrible state. Nevertheless I managed to collect quite a good and probably complete information on the navy of dukes Friedrich Casimir and Friedrich Wilhelm.
The detailed vessels list (all teh names are in original Baltic Low German):
1. Die Carpee (Carp) – built in 1680 in Libau, was very active as trade and convoy ship at the Baltics during 1696-1699.
2. St. Casimir - 200 lasts (about 1000 tonnes) double-decked frigate, built in Libau in 1678. Trade and convoy ship.
3. Den Engel (Angel) - since 1680, trade ship.
4. Garneele (Shrimp) - trade ship.
5. Hase (Hare) - since 1680s, active as trade vessel in 1680s-1690s.
6. Heringsfaenger (Herring Fisherman) - since second half of 1685, active as trade vessel in 1680s-1690s.
7. Die Durchlauchte Hertzogin von Churlandt (Serene Duchess of Courland) - double-decked frigate, 130 foot long (*probably German or Scandinavian foot, about 0,3 m.). Built in 1694, in 1698 was docked in Windau.
8. St. Jgnatius - since 1680, active as convoy ship.
9. Insull Tobago (Island Tobago) - convoy/trade ship active since 1689.
10. St. Sophia - double-decked frigate, built in 1678 in Libau.
11. Stadt Windau (City of Windau) - since 1688, convoy/trade ship.
12. Das Wappen von Tobago (The Shield of Tobago) - since 1687, probably a very good armed ship (frigate?) as in 1687 under command of governor Altenbockum it sailed across the ocean to West Indies in one of many unsuccessful Courlandian attempts to regain control over Tobago. It survived a very serious storm, was repaired at the Faroes and returned to Windau.
13. Der Hirschbock (Elk) - since 1691, used as trade ship. Was temporary arrested by the Swedes.
14. Stadt von Aventure (City of Adventure) - yacht/corvette/sloop, built in 1690 for the cost of 6.000 florins. Active since 1691.
15. Prins Friedrich Wilhelm (Prince Friedrich Wilhelm) - 41 meter long (the parameters: 132x32'6x14 Swedish foots), the biggest of the Courland's vessels, built somewhere in 1690s. It was quite nicely armed considering very poor state of the Courland's navy after Duke Jacob's death: it has 50 major cannons (22 x 8-pounders, 22 x 6-pounders and 6 x 4-pounders cannons), plus 20 smaller x 0,5-pounder guns (so, somewhere 70 with them). Usually such vessels were used as the convoys but during war time could be mobilised and armed for military actions. In 1702 it was captured by the Swedes, but in 1712 it was sunk (to straighten the pier) due to the fact that Sweden simply did not have any resources to repair and rearm it for any active military use.
Source: Майлит, Ю., Богатырев, И. Судостроение в Курляндии в 1638-1718 гг. (Shipbuilding in Courland, 1638-1718) // Судостроение, №10, 1989, pp. 52-55
marek1978 wrote:SUPERB WORK!!!!!
I would say that only guards regiments should be regular infrantry, while rest of the regiments should have statistics of musceters.
as for Piechotą Wegierska - it should be treated as light infrantry.
Definitly there should be added locked cossack units.
marek1978 wrote:One general remark - i think it should be a possibility to increase and improve polish-lituanian infrantry. There were plans to do it every time parlament was meeting.
Parliaments were supossoed to be called every 2 years, yet there was a posibility to procced with the changes wit local parlimants or call special parliament.
My proposal is that Anti-Swedish Coalition player should be given a chance to introduce reform of the army as an option. Every year starting from 1701.
It should cost a lot of money, EP and War Supplies - yet it should benefict with the increase of the recruitment pool and rather fast improvemnt of the units ( mussteiers chainging in to modern infrantry on a faste paste, dragoons improving to qualitu units, hussars getting cuirassiers stastics)
Swedish player should have an option to try to block it - by securing number of polish cities and paying quite a lot of money and EP ( that action would reprsent bribing number of mebers of parliament)
such a reform was planned yet never really introduced. Yet as history shown during a polish-saxon war of Kofederacja Tarnogrodzka PLC admistration could be succeful in creating military force ( it included forming parliamnts infrantry based on some swedish prisoners....)
marek1978 wrote:the other thing is that PLC army should be be locked until attacked or unlocked by parlaiment decision - intrduced as an option as well. Genneraly PLC elite seen the war as a private adventure of a king and get in tp the war slowly.
marek1978 wrote:Yet all those changes would make Anti-Swedish Coation even weaker....
So to balance things i would say that Ruassians should be given much stronger army - meaning much higher number of supply trains, most of the musceters being Strelsty quality units. and chenge to moder infrantry should not be conected with creating of sank petersburg but rather with Peters Rule event.
And russians should be able to recrut regular infrantry from like 1703/1704.
Khanti wrote:Please do something about map icons (overlays of the map).
They are under all those general plates and are hardly (or completly not) visible.
Maybe moving general's plates to right side of game would do the job (as in ACW1 game).
Herr Doctor wrote:Some fixes to Polish-Lithuanian OOB, hope you would have some time to address them:
The overall army forces number of army without poorly equipped and anarchic mass levy was 25445 men in 1700.
The Polish (Crown) army (Armia Koronna) total: 17570 men
The detailed OOB:
Cavalry total: 10360 men
Arkebuzeria (Mounted Arquebusiers): 900
Husaria*: 1530
Pancerni* (Chain Mailed Cavalry): 4770
Lekka jazda (Light cavalry): 660
Dragonia (Dragoons): 2500
Infantry total: 7210 men
Piechota ("Foreign" infantry): 6740
Piechota węgierska (Light/Hungarian infantry/hajduks): 470
*Perhaps for the game purposes could be combined into one type.
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By Mark Jewell
AP Personal Finance Writer
BOSTON (AP) -- Investors are increasingly cost conscious and providers of target-date mutual funds are responding. They're rolling out a greater number of low-cost options. These inexpensive funds come in two main varieties: those that rely on index funds and others with ETFs added in.
Target-date funds have "set-it-and-forget-it" appeal. Professional managers automatically adjust the fund's portfolio to a more conservative mix as the target retirement year approaches. That makes them appealing to investors who want to build their retirement savings without getting too involved in the process. What's more, target-date funds are often the default option for workers who don't specify how to invest contributions to their 401(k) plan.
But even hands-off investors should aim to minimize their expenses. A growing number of target-date funds aim to reduce ongoing expenses by investing in low-cost index mutual funds, exchange-traded funds or a mix of both. These funds are typically available to any investor with a few thousand dollars to start.
Here's a look at some of the latest low-cost options:
Index Only, Please...
It's crucial for investors to pay attention to the fees they're paying. The majority of assets in target-date funds are held in 401(k)s, and investment management fees typically make up two-thirds of overall costs in those plans. Those fees along with the administrative costs to run the plan are shaved off the top of investment returns, whether the stock market is up or down.
Yet relatively few investors are taking advantage of the lowest-cost options. About three-quarters of all assets in target-date funds are managed, according to Morningstar. That means professionals pick stocks or bonds in the fund's portfolio in hopes of outperforming the market. Index funds seek to match the market by tracking an index, rather than trying to beat it. There's no one picking the investments, so costs are lower. And a wealth of research shows that a fund's expenses are almost always a more significant factor in long-term returns than any edge a manager can achieve.
Investor demand is growing. That's why two series of index-only target-date funds were rolled out last year: the BlackRock LifePath Index series and Lincoln Financial Group's Presidential Protected Profiles.
BlackRock also offers managed fund options, and is following the trend set by Fidelity, ING, TIAA-CREF, and John Hancock, in launching an index fund alternative to target-date lineups that include managed funds. The latest entrants boost the number of index-only target-date fund series on the market to 11.
The fee differences are substantial. The Vanguard Target Retirement and TIAA-CREF Lifecycle Index series charge an average expense ratio of 0.18 percent of assets for the low-cost institutional shares--which 401(k) participants are typically invested in. Fidelity Freedom Index is close behind at 0.19 percent, followed by BlackRock LifePath Index at 0.28 percent.
Those compare with an average 0.81 percent for target-date funds that aren't exclusively invested in index funds, according to a recent study by BrightScope and Target Date Analytics.
The growth of index-only products and fee reductions at target-date funds offered by Allianz Global Investors, Nationwide and Pimco helped cut average expenses for target-date funds overall to 0.72 percent last year, down from 0.75 percent in 2010.
With a Side of ETFs...or an ETF Main Dish, Please
Low-cost mutual fund alternatives called exchange-traded funds have begun to appear in some target-date portfolios and the trend continues to gain momentum. Lincoln's new Presidential Protected Profile uses more than 90 percent ETFs in its portfolios, while two groups of funds from BlackRock and State Farm's LifePath series all have at least half allocated to ETFs.
Then there's iShares, which since 2008 has offered a target-date series that's 100 percent invested in the iShares family of ETFs. BrightScope and Target Date Analytics found 14 fund companies that include ETFs to some degree in their target-date portfolios, or more than one-quarter of all companies studied.
ETFs invest in a basket of stocks, bonds or commodities, and nearly all ETFs are similar to index mutual funds in that they try to keep costs low by seeking to match rather than beat the market.
In many cases, ETFs are appearing in target-date funds because the provider wants to compete by offering low-cost funds with appropriate levels of diversification and risk for investors.
Industry observers expect ETFs will become increasingly common in target-date portfolios, but won't surpass mutual funds anytime soon. Three players in target-date funds -- Fidelity, Vanguard and T. Rowe Price -- control a combined 75 percent of the target-date market, based on assets. None of those three includes ETFs in their target-date offerings.
But Brooks Herman, BrightScope's head of research, says ETFs are likely to continue appearing in more target-date portfolios run by smaller companies.
"They're looking for creative ways to say, 'This is how we're getting an edge, and how we're providing good returns without taking on too much risk,'" Herman says. "For them, ETFs are part of the equation."
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Editor's note: CNN's Barbara Starr is covering the Eager Lion military exercise in Jordan. Read all her reporting here.
By Barbara Starr
Syria's president is quickly spending through his cash reserves as sanctions choke off many sources of funding, but the regime is getting help from Iran in bolstering finances, CNN has learned.
In Jordan, the government is accepting the reality that Bashar al-Assad may remain in power in Syria for months to come, aided by Iran.
According to intelligence assessment shared with CNN, al-Assad likely had about $30 billion in cash reserves to spend when unrest and bloodshed began in March 2011. He's about down to $6 billion to $9 billion.
And with the war against his own people costing him about $1 billion a month, he should have been out of business by the end of the year, according to officials in the region.
But sources are also telling CNN that al-Assad is getting a cash infusion from Iran, funneled in through banks in Lebanon, and Iran's support combined with Russia's political and economic support could keep al-Assad going for months to come.
The assistance is just part of how Iran is helping Syria.
As CNN reported earlier this year, Iran has provided further aid as part of what the officials described as "all-in" support for al-Assad, including small arms and assistance in helping the Syrian government use computer monitoring to rout out opposition using social media and other Internet tools.
While troops from 19 countries, including the United States, have converged in Jordan for the Eager Lion military exercise, U.S. and Jordanian elite forces are doing additional training to prepare for potential fallout should Syria's government collapse.
U.S. Army Green Berets are training Jordanian special forces in a number of so called "worst-case scenarios" including Syria's chemical and biological weapons falling out of the control of government forces, U.S. sources tell CNN.
The U.S., Jordan and other allies are worried that opposition forces or groups like al Qaeda could seize some partial control of 20 key chemical and biological sites inside Syria.
U.S. intelligence officials have long said they believe Syria's chemical and biological weapons remain under the control of al-Assad's forces and there is little need to worry.
Securing the sites would demand that outside ground forces land in Syria within 18 hours of any collapse to try to regain control, according to an assessment shared with CNN.
The Jordanians believe that with al-Assad remaining in power, Jordan must plan and train its forces for any potential option. But the introduction of American special operations forces such as the Green Berets is seen as an indicator that the United States is prepared to help defend Jordan if it came to that.
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India is playing a double game with Americans in Syria also. Underhand deals undermining the efforts of western nations to bring an end to the Syrian problem being cut by Indians.
Why the media silence? This really *does* look like a media conspiracy – this should be getting press
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Syria and Israel signed a tacit peace agreement in 1974 that has stood solid. Now with Al Quada getting more involved in the uprising in Syria, and most likely to take charge of it, President Assad now has a real enemy on his hands which will be very difficult to take on. Israel now has good reeason to worry with Al Quada on their very doorstep.
Most dictators are basically stupid. President Assad is no exception with the way he handled this uprising in a clumsy idiotic way. What he should do right now is make a real peace agreement with Israel. With that the US and their allies would be on his side all the way.
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If this is true, then I guess the story CNN ran yesterday about Iran saying they are not being hurt by sanctions is also true, I guess.
What is the main problem in the MIddle East? Their leaders, whether Jewish, Christain, or Muslim don't get it! There is only one way to solve their problems! Get along! With that comes economic freedom, leading towards civilized societies, and most important progress that would make their people proud and happy! Enough of standing by, watching innocent people get slaughtered in Syria. The Middle Eastern leaders need to grow some balls and take care of Syria. Whether or not we, in the West might agree totally with the monarch systms in the MIddle East isn't our problem! Let the people be free and encourage human development and success!
I don't get how Assad recieving money makes his government unstable. If anything it makes makes the government more stable and capable of guarding its weapons. Maybe the U.S should also give money if it avoids giving al-Qaida getting those weapons. Probably cheaper then military intervention.
I believe the Syrian situation will intensify as the other countries that participated in the Arab Spring progress, giving Syrian's reasons to up-rise. I think Syrians themselves would agree with everyone else's need to take a short break after all the action that occurred in the Arab Spring because that was a lot of accomplishment for third-world middle-Eastern countries. So, it's like making fun of the idea that simply because there is no law (other than the fact that Assad wants it that way on purpose against the meaning of humanity, a global concept he's outnumbered within the New World) protecting the rights of the majority of Syrian's to elect their representative, as the Arab Spring countries progress... that is, the local law Syrian's will most likely identify with is of ancient civilizations that have impacted this world for thousands of years even before Christ. Therefore, one way to impact Syria is to help the transition of Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Tunisia, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia to a more "people government" as it's my opinion that this will cause a transcendental uprising within the borders of Syria faster than any physical weapon is capable of.
This article is so unbalanced. Iran is not the only one supporting Syria. The Russians are in there big time because they have a vested interest in keeping things as they are Just as the American's pour money into countries all over the world propping up disgusting and brutal leaders. Why doesn;t Starr point that out? Why doesn;t she point out that the US and other countries are supplying arms and money to groups in Syria that are torturing innocents people and who are ignoring international law and have been reported to have committed war crimes. This kind of reporting is a disgrace to CNN...but not surprising. That's why CNN's claim to be the most trusted name in news...is no longer valid.
"Why doesn;t she point out that the US and other countries are supplying arms and money to groups in Syria that are torturing innocents people"
Why don't you prove that "fact" with a link?
No wonder Israel is so upset with their neighbors. Can you imagine living next to Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, et al? What a multi-billion dollar mess these people are!
So glad that Bush is out of there so that he can't attempt to clean up this mess. So what's Obama going to do? Nothing!
In the current situation, "nothing" is probably the wisest thing for the US to do.... Don't put boots on the ground, don't pour in arms that might end in terrorist hands (or worse, in Assad's), but wait for the situation to clarify. If Iran is wasting its money supporting Assad, well and good... the more they spend, they less they have to finance mischief elsewhere..
Let the Iranians throw away their money. Just as good as sanctions from the west, in fact better.
So....the sanctions against Iran are NOT working? Just today I heard a report how the sanctions agianst Iran is crippling that economy and that their banks are about to fail because the west will not allow Iranian transactions....
Now the US is training Jordanians for a worse case senerio where al Quaeda takes Syria. Well, I bet they are just kicking themselves for swallowing the unconfirmed reports from hidden protesters hook line and sinker. Why not believe the Syrian people through their governement or just plain ol common sense when it became clear to all US commenters that Syria is facing foreign terrorist mercenaries trying to rise to power against the will of the Syrian people and it's government. .
throw a curveball, nuke a supporter of Iran.. nuke Russia, see where that takes us
-kthx bye
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14 March 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
The partnership aims to implement a new medical device regulatory affairs training program by the end of 2013
Singapore: The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) is partnering with five Singapore government agencies to develop and implement a new medical device regulatory affairs (MDRA) training program by the end of 2013. In addition to covering the regulatory systems of the US, Europe and Asia Pacific markets, the training program will be the world's first to offer instruction focused on the medical device regulatory requirements across Southeast Asian markets.
The five agencies involved are the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), Spring Singapore and the Singapore Workforce Development Agency.
For medical device companies seeking access to markets in Asia, skilled and knowledgeable regulatory talent is becoming increasingly critical to successfully navigate the fragmented regulatory environment. Singapore has emerged as a leading biomedical hub in Asia today for global medical device companies to conduct their research and development, manufacturing and regional headquarters activities.
Through its first-of-its-kind MDRA training program in Singapore, RAPS aims to help cultivate the next generation of medical device regulatory professionals for Asia. "RAPS is a global leader in the training and development of regulatory professionals and we are highly supportive of their plans to develop the region's first MDRA training program in Singapore. This program will build up regulatory capacity available in Singapore and the region, to facilitate the market adoption and innovation of new medical devices," said Kevin Lai, director, biomedical sciences, EDB.
RAPS' proposed training program will take a blended learning approach, combining elements of online learning with in-person lectures, interactive seminars and case-study-based learning by renowned regulatory experts from Asia, Europe and North America. This program will be jointly implemented by RAPS and a training partner in Singapore.
"With our extensive experience defining competencies of regulatory professionals, providing self-paced and in-person applied regulatory education, and our coverage of regulatory systems throughout the world, RAPS is well-positioned to work with the EDB and a local partner to create regulatory training specifically for Southeast Asia's needs," said RAPS Executive Director Sherry Keramidas, PhD, FASAE, CAE. "This initiative aligns perfectly with RAPS' goal of driving regulatory excellence and building global regulatory talent and capacity."


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Nissan Micra | 1.0 IG-T 100 Acenta 5dr Xtronic [Bose]
Nissan Micra Overview
I would like all maintenance and service costs included
Initial Rental (Personal)
£1,874.45 inc VAT
Initial Rental (Business)
£1,562.04 ex VAT
Contract Length
48 Months
Processing fee
£199.99 ex VAT
Standard Options
- Power front windows
- Rain sensor windscreen wipers
- Rear wiper with reverse link
- ABS EBD Brake assist
- ESP ASR traction control CSV understeer control
- Forward emergency braking
- Hill start assist
- Intelligent emergency braking with pedestrian recognition
- Bluetooth system
- Adjustable speed limiter
- Cruise control
- Lane departure prevention
- Lane departure warning system
- Lane keep assist system
- Power assist steering
- Traffic sign recognition
- Stop/start system
- Advanced drive assist display 5'' TFT coloured screen
- Outside temperature gauge
- Smartphone integration with Apple CarPlay and Android auto
- Trip computer
- Body coloured door mirrors
- Door mirror integrated indicators
- Electrically adjustable door mirrors
- Audio system with MP3
- Aux-in socket
- BOSE sound system with 6 speakers
- DAB Digital radio
- Steering wheel mounted audio controls
- USB/iPod connection
- Antenna
- Body colour front door handles
- Body coloured bumpers
- Concealed rear door handles
- Jacknife key type x1
- Rear roof spoiler
- Solid paint
- 4 pocket halogen headlights with signature finisher
- Automatic activation of hazard warning lights
- Automatic headlights
- Front fog lights
- High beam assist
- High mounted stop lamp
- LED daytime running lights
- Manual air conditioning
- 12V power point front
- 3 cupholders
- Boot compartment cover
- Casual cloth upholstery
- Chrome interior door handles
- Front and rear door pockets with bottle holders
- Front console storage box
- Gear shift indicator
- Grey PVC front door pads
- Height adjustable steering wheel
- Parcel shelf
- Satin silver accents on steering wheel
- Satin silver air vents
- Silver gearknob
- Soft knee pad with stitching
- Soft touch upper IP with grey PC Insert
- Tilt/telescopic adjust steering wheel
- Boot light
- Illuminated electric window switch
- Luggage compartment lighting
- Map reading lamp
- Crash sensor
- Driver/Front Passenger airbags
- Front and rear curtain airbags
- Front side airbags
- Height adjustable front seatbelts with pre-tensioners and load limiters
- Passenger airbag deactivation system
- Rear seatbelts with pre-tensioners and load limiters
- Seatbelt warning
- Three 3 point rear seatbelts
- Tyre pressure monitoring system
- Warning triangle and first aid kit
- 2 height adjustable rear headrests
- 60/40 split folding rear seat
- Driver's seat manual height adjust
- Height adjustable front headrests with satin sliver decoration
- Isofix front passenger and rear seat preparation
- Passenger seat back pocket
- Reclining front seats
- Anti-theft immobiliser
- Remote central locking
- Driver/passenger sunvisors and vanity mirrors
- 16" alloy wheels
- Tyre repair kit
Technical Options
- HC+NOx: N
- NOx: 0.032
- Particles: N
- Standard Euro Emissions: EURO 6
- Bore: 72.2
- Catalytic Convertor: True
- Compression Ratio: 9.5:1
- Cylinder Layout: IN-LINE
- Cylinders: 3
- Engine Codes: HR10DET
- Engine Layout: FRONT TRANSVERSE
- Fuel Type: TURBO DIRECT INJECTION
- Gears: 5 SPEED
- Number of Valves: 12
- Stroke: 81.3
- Valve gear: DOHC
- EC: True
- EC Urban: 49.6
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High: 8.3
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High - Max: 8.6
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High - Min: 5.7
- WLTP - MPG - High: 6
- WLTP - MPG - High - Max: 5.1
- WLTP - MPG - High - Min: 5.4
- WLTP - MPG - Low: 6.5
- WLTP - MPG - Low - Max: 6.9
- WLTP - MPG - Low - Min: 6.2
- WLTP - MPG - Medium: 6.5
- Any aspect of the vehicles safety cause concern?: Data Not Available
- Based On ID: N
- Coin Description: IG-T 100
- Coin Series: Acenta [Bose]
- Man Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years: 12
- Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years: 3
- NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %: 49
- NCAP Child Occupant Protection %: 4
- NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09: 100
- NCAP Pedestrian Protection %: 1.0
- NCAP Safety Assist %: M1
- Service Interval Frequency - Months: 91
- Special Edition: Data Not Available
- Special Order: Data Not Available
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage: N
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Years: N
- This vehicle is classed as a car for VED purposes: 12
- Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months: 68
- Timing Belt Interval Mileage: 79
- 0 to 60: Data Not Available
- 0 to 62: 13
- Engine Power KW: 74
- Engine Power RPM: 5000
- Engine Torque LBS.FT: 106
- Engine Torque MKG: 14.7
- Engine Torque NM: 144
- Engine Torque RPM: 2000
- PS: True
- Top Speed: 110
- Alloys?: True
- Space Saver?: Data Not Available
- Tyre Size Front: 195/55 R16
- Tyre Size Rear: 195/55 R16
- Tyre Size Spare: TYRE REPAIR KIT
- Wheel Style: N
- Wheel Type: 16" ALLOY
- Height: 1455
- Length: 3999
- Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb: 10
- Wheelbase: 2525
- Width (excluding mirrors): 1743
- Width (including mirrors): 1935
- Boot Capacity Saloons: 300
- Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres): 41
- Gross Vehicle Weight: 1555
- Luggage Capacity (Seats Up): 1004
- Max. Roof Load: 40
- Max. Towing Weight - Braked: 1200
- Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked: 555
- Minimum Kerbweight: 1080
- No. of Seats: 5
- Payload: 475
Nissan Micra MICRA MANAGEMENT (69/100)
Here's a very different-looking Nissan Micra. If like many of us, you'd always seen this model line as a rather boring, predictable choice in the supermini segment, it's probably time to revise those opinions. This 'Gen5' version is better in virtually every way - as Jonathan Crouch discovers.
Ten Second Review
When the first Nissan Micra appeared more than 30 years ago, it marked a revolution in the small hatchback segment and opened a new chapter for Nissan. This fifth generation Micra, we're told, is just as revolutionary, and is intended to raise expectations for what a small hatchback can, and should, deliver to its customer.
The little Micra is a very significant car in Nissan's history. Originally launched in the early Eighties, in second generation form it became the very first Japanese model to win the European Car of the Year award, the first Far Eastern supermini purpose-built for Western tastes. To make absolutely sure, Nissan decided to build the car in Britain and style the second and third generation models with a daring flair that perfectly suited a small car market becoming ever-more image-conscious. These were cars perfectly in tune with their times. That was less the case though, with the fourth generation version, which arrived here at the very end of 2010. Out-sourced for build in India, this MK4 model was intended to be cheap as a result. The problem was that it rather felt it and as a result, sales were disappointing. The Micra should have been one of Nissan UK's top sellers. Instead, it lagged behind the company's niche Qashqai, Juke and Note models. But forget all of that now. This French-built 'Gen5' version is a very different proposition - as we're about to discover....
Driving Experience
Under the bonnet, buyers get 1.0-litre petrol engines in four flavours. There's a base naturally aspirated 71hp unit, then three 1.0-litre turbo units developing either 90, 100 or 117hp and badged 'IG-T 90', 'IG-T 100' and 'DIG-T 117'. There's also a 90hp dCi diesel. Of perhaps more importance are the efforts that have been put in to improve the way that this Micra 'Gen5' drives. This model now features what Nssan calls 'Active Ride Control' for enhanced ride comfort, and 'Active Trace Control' for reduced understeer and sharper handling - both features borrowed from the brand's larger Qashqai and X-Trail models. A clever brushless electric power steering system - for greater steering feel and response - is also available. And much attention has been paid to reducing noise in the cabin. Improvements include considerably improved noise insulation and optimisation of the car's aerodynamic performance. Enhanced aero efficiency has been achieved thanks to the combined roof and side spoiler. As a result, this Micra has achieved a Cd of 0.29 - impressive for a supermini of this class.
Design and Build
If you're used to the conservative design of the old fourth generation Micra, you may need to sit down and have a cup of hot sweet tea after looking at this one. The styling remains faithful to that of the 2015 Geneva Motor Show 'Sway' concept car that led to the development of this one. It's a riot of emotive curves and creases, with design cues including a distinctive V-motion grille, from where a sharp-edged character line runs through to the rear end with its boomerang-shaped lights. There's a so-called 'floating roof', an effect created by blacked-out rear C-pillars that hide the rear door handles so as to create a 'coupe'-like look. All of this is matched by a wider selection of more vivid colours, including a particularly vibrant 'Energy Orange'. Inside, much attention has been paid to driver comfort, with a lower driving position for a more secure driving feel. It should be easy for all drivers to achieve the perfect driving position thanks to greater seat adjustment, the fully adjustable steering wheel and the optimal positioning of the pedals and shift lever. The car's extended width and wheelbase means cabin space is now among the best in class. The gliding wing-shaped dashboard gives the cabin a light, sleek and spacious look.
Market and Model
Prices start at around £13,000 and there are six grade levels to choose from - Visia, Visia+, Acenta, N-Sport, N-Connecta and Tekna. Buyers will be limited to a five-door hatch bodystyle. Nissan hope that the car will appeal to 'downsizers', people trading out of larger cars into smaller ones that remain plush and technologically savvy. To make it appealing to these people, there's what the brand hopes is class-leading levels of electronic safety and media connectivity. Safety features include 'Lane Departure Prevention' and 'Intelligent Emergency Braking with pedestrian recognition', as well as an 'Intelligent Around View Monitor', 'Traffic Sign Recognition', 'High Beam Assist' and 'Blind Spot Warning'. As for the media stuff, well Micra 'Gen5' comes with a 7-inch full colour central display, providing access to the audio system, satellite navigation, mobile phone connectivity, downloadable apps and Siri voice control via Apple CarPlay. Nissan has also worked with Bose to develop a bespoke 6-speaker 'Personal sound system' for the car, with two Bose 'UltraNearfield' speakers, combined with Bose 'PersonalSpace Virtual Audio Technology' built into the driver seat headrest for a remarkably immersive listening experience.
Cost of Ownership
However style-led and fashion-conscious any modern supermini might be, it's not going to sell unless its running costs remain pragmatic. Here, that's not an issue. The entry-level 71hp 1.2-litre petrol engine isn't particularly frugal (46.3mpg on the combined cycle and 121g/km WLTP) but the 0.9-litre 90bhp unit achieves a much better combination of performance and efficiency (47.1mpg on the combined cycle and 118g/km WLTP). Ideally in this regard though, you'd go for the 1.5-litre dCi diesel. Here, you can expect around 52.3mpg on the combined cycle and up to 107g/km of CO2 (both WLTP figures). As you'd expect, Nissan has developed a Stop-Start system for the car to cut the engine when you don't need it, stuck in traffic or waiting at the lights. If you've got a top version with the optional 'Connect' sat nav set-up, then you'll also have a navigation system with so-called 'eco-routing', a feature that sees it able to calculate the route likely to use the least fuel. What else? Well residual values won't be quite as strong as some more established rivals in this segment, but the high specification on offer will help here, as it prevents buyers from diluting their residuals by adding expensive options.
In the supermini segment, it's going to take a very special car to divert customers from their Fiestas and Corsas. If this Micra isn't that car, then it's hard to see what else the Japanese brand could have done. In virtually every respect, it's a big step forward from its forgettable predecessor. As a result, what's been delivered here is a supermini able to duke it out with the class best. A heavily revised interior helps in that regard and the dramatic exterior styling also does much to reinforce the perception of quality. The Micra's chances aren't going to be transformed overnight but this is now a car you could realistically recommend to somebody who doesn't want to follow the crowd. I think Nissan would call that a result.
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(CNN) – Gov. Bobby Jindal will strike a familiar refrain in a commencement address on Saturday, warning of an increasingly secular culture driven by a government that stifles religious liberty.
According to advance excerpts of his speech at Liberty University, the Louisiana Republican and potential 2016 White House hopeful will point to legal controversies of late, blaming the Obama administration, Democrats and the entertainment industry for an infringement on religious freedoms.
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"Under the Obama regime, you have the protection of the First Amendment as an individual, you see – but the instant you start a business, you lose those protections," he will say, according to prepared remarks.
"The modern 'left' in America is completely intolerant of the views of people of faith. They want a completely secular society where people of faith keep their views to themselves," Jindal will say.
In the remarks, Jindal will decry HGTV's recent decision to cancel a show after reports surfaced that the planned hosts, twin brothers David and Jason Benham, reportedly made remarks against homosexuality.
The Benham brothers, who are graduates of Liberty University, told CNN they believe HGTV was bullied into its decision and defended themselves as not anti-homosexual, or discriminatory in any manner.
"Think about that for a minute. If these guys had protested at the Republican Party Convention, instead of cancelling their show, HGTV would probably have given them a raise," Jindal will say.
Jindal is term-limited as Louisiana governor and is considering launching a bid for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016. He's is the latest in a slew of conservative White House hopefuls to speak at the evangelical Christian university.
Jindal's prepared remarks echo what another Republican, and possible 2016-er, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said in speech at the school last month.
The Lynchburg, Virginia, university is popular stomping ground for conservative politicians.
Related: Jindal praises 'Dynasty' reinstatement: Left doesn't have 'monopoly on free speech'
This guy thinks he has same charisma as Obama, but does not and never will. Pathetic idiot.
So, what is the next step? If we don't agree with the Liberals will they try to ship us off to the re-education camps like the old communist regimes? Oh. I forgot, they already have those, it is now called "sensitivity training".
Where were YOU when MSNBC fired a talk show host for calling out dim bulb barbie on her ignorant comments about slavery? Oh, that's right – you were cheering them on and whining that the host should be deported.
Put up a cross on private land (remember separation of church and state) in the USA and in N.Korea.
See where you get arrested.
I thank God for religious liberty.
Say NO to the Christian extremist theocracy.
There is no War on Christianity.
Don't buy into the conservative christian or atheist myth.
I think that covers common sense for today.
Well said. You are spot on.
Hey Jindal, I still see the GOP is still the party of stupid.....getting stupider by the minute
The right uses religion just as these extremists in the middle east because it suits their agenda. It is the GOP that is demonizing christianity. Example: I was behind this pickup truck and he had a NRA, Vote rebublican sticker and a crucifix hanging from his mirror. There was an elderly lady in front of him who did not move fast enough so he called her every name in the book and gave her the finger....religous...I think not. It is more of a convenience thing.
Controlling speech by silencing those you disagree with doesn't work. Never works. Pointing it out when it is hateful and meant to hurt, does work, better than silencing every perceived slight.
Wait a minute. Jindal praised the Duck Dynasty idiot for being racist, but complains about HDTV? Let me put it this way so that conservatives can understand. If GOD was a conservative, he would of made everyone WHITE skin, BLOND hair and BLUE eyes. How you like them Apples, you stupid far right idiots.
Bigots hiding behind the book of fables. Spew hate and that's what you get....real Christian values at work.
Is jindle making a commencment speach or holding a political rally... O I forgot he's at liberty U the home of religious intollerance Sad that everything has to be political
So, gay people are the only ones who can express their opinions. I get it now. There is a war on Christianity and Jesus is not a liberal. He's about as conservative as they come.
I am sick to death of the gays bullying everyone! They can bash Christians and people who don't believe in the gay lifestyle, and there are plenty who don't, yet say you don't agree with them and you are automatically called a hater and a bigot and everything else when you never said a thing about hate!! Talk about hypocritical!
"They want a completely secular society where people of faith keep their views to themselves".
YES!!! I'm glad you're a Christian – now keep your views to yourself!
You live your life...and I'll live mine. Or does being a Christian preclude you from opining on my life?
Be happy...worship who or what you want. But do it in your own home.
So, what is the next step? If we don't agree with the Liberals will they try to ship us off to the re-education camps like the old communist regimes? Oh. I forgot, they already have those, it is now called "sensitivity training".
no, they form a mob, in the streets or on the internet now, and assault you. try to drive you out of business, get your fired, demand money, terrorize your kids. it is the 'tolerate' leftist way. union gangster mob style.
Why ANY religious person would vote for the baby murdering, relgion hating Democrat Party is beyond me. Talk about voting against your best interests.
@anonymous..."bigots hiding behind the book of fables. Spew hate and that's what you get..real Christian values at work."
I guess that mote in your eye it too big to get out or you wouldn't be anonymous, would you? Republicans are bigots, CONFORM! Republicans are hatefull, CONFORM. The Bible is a book of fairy tales, CONFORM. You people have no freedom. Why would you sell it for politics, of all things?
this is the flip side of the arizona law that was proposed....im sure he was all for that, but when the bigots are denied, then its a big problem
HGTV nixed the show b/c the Benham twins made comments that were out of touch with the preferences of the network's target audience, which would have resulted in lower ratings, less ad revenue, and thus less profits for the shareholders of HGTV's parent company, Scripps Networks Interactive, a multibillion dollar company. This decision was capitalism in its purest form, and tomorrow a prominent Republican governor of a Red State is going to get up in front of thousands of people and criticize it. Gotta love the irony!
I thought Bobby Jindhl was the guy who wanted the Republicans to stop being the "Stupid Party."
I feel bad for the commenters here who actually believe they're being "attacked" or "hated" for their religion. Enlightened people do not hatereligion, it's the hypocrisy, ignorance and intolerance of others for believing different than you that's a problem.. Believe and practice whatever faith you want, just stop imposing those beliefs and practices on everyone else. Can you handle that?
Just got here....hows the liberal "lovefest blog" doing today? Can I scratch anybodys back?
"They want a completely secular society where people of faith keep their views to themselves," Jindal will say."
I can only speak for myself.
What I want, Bobby Jindal, is for folks who call themselves Christians to quit pimping Jesus for political votes.


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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Things I Am Loving
Recent Workouts:
Sunday – 8 miles (ran 7, walked 1)
Tuesday – Yoga
Wednesday – 4 miles (run/walk) + yoga
Things I am loving right now…
I have been doing a lot of yoga at home lately. Since the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving, my hamstrings and IT band have been horribly tight. I've been trying to take it easy on the running since I have a super hilly half marathon this weekend (scared out of my mind) so I have been trying to do yoga in place of BodyPump. Sometimes I just love following the PDF Pose Guides from YogaDownload.com and listening to my own music.
Updated Gym Membership
My gym offered a new membership where you can bring a guest anytime and they can even go to classes! I think this is great and I will definitely be trying to recruit a few of my friends to BodyPump. I'm also excited for my friend Andrea to visit over Christmas so she can force me to go to my first Zumba class and she can try pump 🙂
Foam Roller
Sorry for the old summer picture, but the passion for my foam roller is still just as strong. I'll forget to foam roll for a few weeks and then get back on it and remember why it is so amazing. It has really helped my tight IT band and hamstrings this past week. I'm hoping that by getting on it a few times a day until the race this weekend will really help me out and prevent injuries.
Yogi Tea
No, really. Why is this tea so good?? There are about a million different flavors of Yogi tea (I discovered my Yogi tea passion from Jen @ Peanut Butter Runner). I've tried the Chai Black, Green Tea Kombucha and others and they are always great. I'm trying to cut back on coffee during the week and drink hot tea when I am cold and need to warm up!
I can't help it. I'm reading it for the third time and I love it. After seeing the movie twice when it came out last week I had to re-read it again. I really need to read The Hunger Games before the movie comes out in the spring! I will start up my last grad class this January-April and I won't have much down time to read.
After running the Hershey Half Marathon with a sinus infection, my doctor told me I probably had allergies and that is why I kept getting sick over and over. She told me to start taking Claritin and it has been wonderful ever since. After a week or so I felt a million times better and I can definitely notice when I go a few days without it. Why did it take me so long to realize sinus infections all the time were from allergies??
Running Faster
Sometimes I forget I have only been running since the Summer/Fall of 2009. When I first started running, it was a challenge to hold a 10:00 min/mile pace for a short period of time. As I ran more, I started to be able to run in the 9:30-10:00 min/mile range (last fall) and was SO happy. Even though I had a few disappointing races this past fall, I have been able to get my shorter distances in the 8's and that is so great for me. Even the first 8 miles of the Hershey Half Marathon this past fall were all around 9:20, which is way faster than my first half marathon (Pittsburgh May 2010) that was an 10:13 pace overall. After killing myself at the Turkey Trot I later realized I was running around a 7:50 pace for half a mile to make up for the crowds and tried to hold onto a 8:20 pace overall. Even though I fell apart and walked, that was huge for me. I'm excited to push myself with shorter/faster distances once this half marathon is over this weekend.


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text: Scholastic has announced an agreement with Twin Sisters Productions to offer a selection of musical and non-fiction books on Storia, the e-Reading app for kids. Books from Twin Sisters will be available on Storia, through Scholastic Book Clubs, and at Scholastic Book Fairs next year. Storia is available for free download on PC, iPad, and select Android devices.


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Penn State York will celebrate its 14th annual Unity Day on Thursday, April 12, and a variety of programs are planned from April 9-12, when students, faculty, staff, and members of the York community are invited to celebrate diversity. Events will take place in and around the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center from noon to 1 p.m. each day and are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Complete the online form if you are interested in being involved in Unity Day.
Monday through Thursday, a variety of events are scheduled to take place, providing an opportunity to learn something new each day. Monday's program highlights a presentation on France given by students who visited that country during spring break 2012; Tuesday features Bollywood dance lessons provided by Penn State York's Asian Culture Club, and Wednesday explores Portugal and Spain through the eyes of Penn State York students who visited those countries as part of campus international trips.
Thursday is Unity Day from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and features a variety of displays and provides an opportunity to sample different ethnic foods to help celebrate diversity. Displays that reflect the origin or ancestry of faculty, staff, and students will also be set-up in and around the student center. A fashion show -- presented by the Nittany Catwalk Club, Asian Culture Club, and the Black Student Union -- is sure to keep everyone entertained. There will also be a martial arts demonstration, several musicians performing,and ethnic dances.
Those participating in Unity Day on April 12 will wear specially designed T-shirts. Visitors to Unity Day event can also receive a shirt, while supplies last, if they complete the Unity Day passport.
Students in Fred Haag's introduction to visual studies (Art 10S) class created 11 designs for Unity Week and the campus community voted to select one to appear on the shirt. Haag, an associate professor of visual arts at Penn State York, has involved his class in creating designs for a number of years.
A design by Faleshia Kelsey, from Douglasville, Pa., was selected as the winner. Ten other students submitted designs for the contest including Courtney Dohn, Red Lion, Pa.;Jordan Fair, Hershey, Pa.; Amy Hammonds, Spring Grove, Pa.; Patrick Hilbert, Dover, Pa.; Victoria Hogan, Hanover, Pa.; Elena Keener, Lancaster, Pa.; Timothy Kenney, Glen Rock, Pa.; Steve Kline, Lancaster, Pa.; Onayemi Onalaja, Lagos, Nigeria; and Emily Thompson, Jefferson, Pa.
Goals for Unity Week include creating teachable moments to learn about diversity and to provide opportunities for the campus and community to suggest ways Penn State can create a multicultural environment.
Unity Week is the culmination of the work of Penn State York's Diversity Committee, which includes students, faculty, and staff, and is sponsored by the group. A variety of multicultural events are planned throughout the year to provide a forum for the campus and community to learn about diversity.
Flags fly at Penn State York representing the homelands of students, faculty, and staff year-round, and symbolize campus pride in the ethnic heritage of campus members and their commitment to providing an environment where all opinions are valued and respected. Unity Week is an opportunity to educate, understand, and appreciate the differences among us and embrace the many similarities.


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Texas judge extends Planned Parenthood injunction
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas District Judge Steve Yelenosky has issued an injunction that will keep Planned Parenthood in the Women's Health Program pending resolution of the organization's lawsuit claiming a rule banning it violates state law.
The organization had asked Yelenosky to extend a temporary order issued two weeks ago that stopped Texas from defunding clinics and doctors that have ties to groups that provide abortions. A new rule, which took effect this month, would effectively deny critical funding to Planned Parenthood clinics that provide preventive health care and contraception services to poor women, even though they do not provide abortions and are financially separate institutions.
Unless overturned on appeal, the injunction will remain in effect until a trial can decide Planned Parenthood's lawsuit. Yelenosky decided Thursday that Planned Parenthood has a reasonable chance to win its lawsuit and that allowing the rule to go into effect would cause irreparable harm to the organization.
Lauren Bean, spokeswoman for the Texas attorney general's office, said the state would immediately appeal Yelenosky's decision.
Planned Parenthood attorneys recently lost a federal lawsuit that hinged on a doctor's right to freedom of speech and association. The argument before Yelenosky on Thursday hinged on whether the so-called "affiliate rule" could result in the loss of federal funding for health care.
Steve McKetta, arguing for Planned Parenthood, explained that a section of Texas law clearly states that any rule that violates federal law, and therefore endangers federal matching funds, is automatically inoperable. He said lawmakers have made it clear that the state Department of Health and Human Services should do everything possible to gain federal matching funds for health programs.
The federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a letter to state officials Wednesday that said the affiliate rule violates federal law, and therefore the center was cutting off $36 million a year for the Women's Health Program on Dec. 31. McKetta said that since the affiliate rule led to the end of federal funding, it should not be enforced.
Republican Gov. Rick Perry has known since March that federal officials would cut off funding and ordered state officials to develop a new program that depended solely on state funding. That program was due to launch on Nov. 1, but Perry and Health and Human Services Commissioner Kyle Janek said they would continue to accept federal funding for as long as possible.
However, Perry did say that he would cut off funding to Planned Parenthood immediately, and Planned Parenthood won a temporary order the next day to retain funding. Janek and Perry have both said they will cut the Women's Health Program, which provides services to 110,000 poor women, if a court decided the affiliate rule is illegal and the state must fund Planned Parenthood clinics that do not provide abortions.
Perry said state lawmakers made it clear that they don't want any state funds to reach groups such as Planned Parenthood under any circumstances.
Assistant Solicitor General Kristofer Monson argued that the court should not interpret state law in a way that would interfere with the state executive branch performing its duty to write administrative rules. He also questioned whether the federal decision to cut off funding should be considered a legal ruling.
Planned Parenthood clinics provided services to 50,000 women from 40 health centers under the Women's Health Program. They presented an expert witness on reproductive health, Joseph Potter, who testified that his research shows that other doctors do not have the capacity to take for all of the poor women where Planned Parenthood operates in impoverished areas.
Janek has said his agency has signed up thousands of doctors, but his agency has not tested whether there is enough capacity to absorb all of the women who currently rely on Planned Parenthood for basic health needs.
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FBI agents in Southern California served search and arrest warrants Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation involving an international sports gambling ring, according to officials.
Eighteen members of a group working mainly in California and Peru were arrested and charged with operating "Macho Sports" — an illegal Internet and telephone gambling business, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Four people were arrested abroad and 14 were arrested in Southern California. One arrest was made at a La Jolla home at 5848 Soledad Rd. owned by Amir Mokayef, confirmed FBI spokesperson Darrell Foxworth.
The investigation has been going on since 2011 and employed wiretaps and undercover agents.
Officials called the gambling ring "violent," because the group allegedly used intimidation and threats when it interacted with delinquent customers. The investigation also found that participants took millions of dollars in illegal sports wagers throughout the last decade in the San Diego and Los Angeles areas.
Investigators call it "extortionate debt collection." A phone call intercepted between a bookie and his customer's wife revealed that the victim was "afraid for my child's life."
According to the indictment, brothers Jan and Erik Potocarrero ran Macho Sports from Lima, Peru, using the Internet and toll-free telephone lines to accept bets from customers in California. They then utilized bookies in Southern California to assist with operations.
Officials claim Mokayef was a bookie responsible for recruiting customers and collecting on bets. They also believe the La Jolla home worth nearly $800,000 was purchased with illegal funding.
Other locals arrested today were Michael Iaco, 30; Howard Blum, 51; Michael Massey, 44; and Salvatore Groppo, 37. Mokayef allegedly served as the booking manager for the men and worked with them to pay and collect bets.
"In the state of California, as a matter of state law, sports betting is illegal," Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Schopler said. "They were actually flaunting the fact they were book makers."
He also said the alleged ringleaders could face 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine each if convicted of racketeering.
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+0 votes Tammy Gobeli › April 4, 2011
+0 votes Dale Jordal › April 6, 2011
Too bad someone messed with #3 & 7... before the camping cabins got moved in this was a solid C with tee pads C+. Hard to give more than a C+ due to the funny baskets though ... but it is was a nice fun 9 pole course. Family used to play there alot.