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Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 24th, 2011
Mysterious cryptids are part of the passion of the press, sometimes even in Asia.
China merchants have a new creature in a cage. Remember the "Oriental Yeti" that turned out to be a civet? Well, this new animal's photos are appearing on the web.
I know what it is, but would you like to have some weekend fun?
Identify this species in comments below, and I'll post some answers after ten or so entries show up.
Thanks to Tojo Melville for the newstip.
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PERSONHOOD REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PLEDGE I __________________ proclaim that every human being is created in the image and likeness of God, and is endowed by our Creator with the unalienable right to life.
I stand with President Ronald Reagan in supporting "the unalienable personhood of every American, from the moment of conception until natural death," and with the Republican Party platform in affirming that I "support a human life amendment to the Constitution, and endorse legislation to make clear that the 14th Amendment protections apply to unborn children."
I believe that in order to properly protect the right to life of the vulnerable among us, every human being at every stage of development must be recognized as a person possessing the right to life in federal and state laws without exception and without compromise. I recognize that in cases where a mother's life is at risk, every effort should be made to save the baby's life as well; leaving the death of an innocent child as an unintended tragedy rather than an intentional killing.
I oppose assisted suicide, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, and procedures that intentionally destroy developing human beings.
I pledge to the American people that I will defend all innocent human life. Abortion and the intentional killing of an innocent human being are always wrong and should be prohibited.
If elected President, I will work to advance state and federal laws and amendments that recognize the unalienable right to life of all human beings as persons at every stage of development, and to the best of my knowledge, I will only appoint federal judges and relevant officials who will uphold and enforce state and federal laws recognizing that all human beings at every stage of development are persons with the unalienable right to life.
Sounds simple, right? This is, at its core, an anti-abortion or "life" pledge.
Or is it?
Let's dig into this.
I oppose assisted suicide, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, and procedures that intentionally destroy developing human beings.
Who owns your person? We're not talking here about killing other people, but the right to decide you no longer wish to exist.
It is often claimed that suicide is an irrational act. Perhaps some, even most of the time it is. But certainly this is not always the case. A person with a painful and terminal illness, say certain forms of cancer, has no medically-reasonable hope of survival and has only three choices: 1) Massive intervention that will lead to insane amounts of suffering and end in failure and death, 2) Massive amounts of pain-killing medication that will lead to silent suffering and infantile regression, ending in failure and death, and 3) A choice to shortcut the second path and go directly to the death portion, in peace and without the pain.
Who's decision is this? It is utterly indefensible and amounts to torture to force someone to take path #1 or #2 when they choose #3. Yet this is exactly what the signatories of this "pledge" have declared as their intent.
Second, let's talk about the general principle here. The founders placed the vesting of rights at birth. Certainly, they were well-aware that a fetus was alive; "quickening" was recognized even in ancient times and was not unknown to the people of the day. There has always been a distinction drawn between miscarriage and stillbirth, for example, and justly so.
But let's presume for a minute that the law is changed to set the vesting of personhood at conception -- that is, the union of sperm and egg, and that we recognize as a matter of law the Constitutional Rights that attach to a person at that instant in time.
What changes? More to the point: Is this really about abortion?
All of the following would become felonies under such a system:
This is list is not exhaustive, but it ought to make people sit down and think. The founders put forward the declaration of where rights vest ("all persons born or naturalized") under The Constitution not because they were ignorant Neanderthals (they certainly understood that a "quickened" fetus was alive!) but because there were serious and, for them, irresolvable conflicts between the various interests involved.
Nothing in this regard has changed over the intervening 225 years. If anything technology has made the questions more complex, in that we can now do things that were unthinkable in the times of Washington, Madison and Hamilton. We can intervene to save life that would otherwise perish, and we can intervene to make the creation of life possible where it formerly was not. In addition, we have learned to block the transmission of life where it would otherwise occur, and with that knowledge has come the ability to destroy life.
The United States Supreme Court, in Roe .v. Wade, did not, as many people claim, decide that "all abortion is ok." In point of fact The Court decided quite-narrowly -- that in the first three months, where separate and distinct existence apart from the mother is biologically impossible, the mother's privacy rights and the right to determination of her own body trump those of a fetus. But the Court's same ruling sets forth that in the second and third trimesters the question does not resolve as cleanly, and that in point of fact in the third trimester, where separate and distinct survival becomes possible, the presumption is exactly in the opposite direction as it is in the first.
Since that decision partisans and religious zealots on both sides of the debate have tried to twist that decision and argue for points of view that are utterly unsupportable either in fact or law. This is just the latest such attempt, and has been signed onto by Bachmann, Santorum, Gingrich, Perry and Paul. Bachmann is out of the race but the other four are not.
All four have effectively declared war on women, stating that they know better than both themselves and their physicians, and that they are willing to impose a standard forbidding them from taking any action that might harm a potential embryo at any time during their fertile years.
Most people who have read this "pledge" think of it only in terms of abortion and wrap their arms and thought process around that singular issue. As with so many things in politics, this is an error -- a critical error at that.
Abortion, life, and ownership of one's person is a serious and in fact "first principle" issue. Reducing it to an intentionally-dishonest "pledge", without disclosing and debating exactly what the implications of such a position are, is the worst sort of attempted violation of individual liberties.
Ron Paul issued his "signing statement", but he refuses -- as with the rest -- to address the other issues such an amendment or position raises, specifically the impact on both fertility and birth control, both of which are legitimate medical elections.
Voters with conscience must reject this sort of political hacksterism and those candidates who engage in it, especially when the larger impact that would result is not on the claimed area of medical practice (abortion) but rather on routine family planning and fertility enhancement techniques.
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Beginning with my initial multifactor analysis of Arena's (ARNA) Belviq and Vivus' (VVUS) Qsymia, I have argued that investors and analysts were foolish to focus on average weight loss when comparing Belviq with other weight loss drugs for two reasons. First, there are different causes for weight loss and Belviq works best with people whose obesity is related to feelings of hunger (between meal cravings and difficulty of being satiated during meals). Those who gain weight for different reasons will not experience weight loss to the same extent. Furthermore, the several pathways that metabolize Belviq are genetically controlled. These factors result in variation in Belviq's efficacy with some being "responders" and the unlucky being "non-responders."
At the American Diabetes Association meeting in Chicago on Saturday, researchers found that early identification of responders (weight loss of 5% or more) was a predictor of "robust" one-year results for weight loss, improving cardiovascular vital signs, and for diabetics, the reduction of blood glucose. Comparing these results with the "average" used by the FDA, reporters and analysts, suggests we are looking at two different drugs. Of the responders without diabetes, 86% lost more than 5% of their weight and 50% lost more than 10% (Figure 1). Seventy-one percent of the responders with type 2 diabetes lost more than 5% of their weight and 36% lost more than 10% (Figure 2). The figures show how this new analysis compares with Qsymia. However, we must remember that these drugs were never tested against each other and different experimental protocols will alter actual results, including the placebo adjustments.
Figure 1. Percent of patients losing more than 5% of their weight after 52 weeks for Belviq and 56 weeks for Qsymia. Results for Belviq in Figures 1-2 are from a poster presentation at the American Diabetes Association. The Results for Qsymia in this figure and Figure 2 are from CONQUER (mid and high dosages) and EQUIP (low dose) studies.
Figure 2. Percent of patients losing more than 10% of their weight after 52 weeks for Belviq and 56 weeks for Qsymia.
The new analysis shows that Belviq responders with type 2 diabetes enjoyed additional benefits. Their HbA1c levels decreased 1.2 and fasting blood glucose dropped by 29.3mg/dL. Previously, the beneficial effect of Belviq on HbA1c was conservatively estimated as 0.9%. HbA1c levels have a linear relationship with blood glucose and a reduction of HbA1c by about 1 percentage point can decrease the risk of diabetes-related long-term complications by 21%.
KLLJ Investments and I found Belviq was much better than the averages that most focused on. Teasing apart the data to determine the full extent was difficult. Readers attacked me and called me a pumper for arguing Belviq's efficacy was greater than 5%. I argued that 22% of the Belviq responders experienced 10% weight loss. In my analyses, I try to be conservative and I argued that I was being conservative in estimating sales of Belviq and in comparing anti-obesity drugs. The new data shows I was overly conservative by 38% to 55% for diabetics and non-diabetics respectively.
Explaining all this data to the average investor and institutional investor is difficult since they are used to drugs working or not working and knowing 9.8% average weight loss is better than 8%. An argument that Belviq should be judged on its ability to help half the obese population does not excite investors even though obesity rates have reached obese proportions and helping half could be extremely profitable. Reporters like Ginger Skinner of Consumer Reports, may have stumbled into the debate without examining the data in detail, may have looked at the research abstracts, quoted the average weight loss in support of what she wrongly thought was slam-dunk obvious - Belviq did not appear to be worth the paper the scripts are written on. I thought that the myth of averages was disappearing from the debate, but it will continue to rear its ugly head as long as most readers finish only 50% of an article, sound bites are believed, and sales prove one side wrong.
Do not expect Arena's shares or its marketer Eisai (OTC:ESALY) to rise in proportion to these results. We are at a phase when prescriptions matter most. Investors should weigh this new data when considering a long-term investment in the anti-obesity drug sector and on Arena in particular. Recent good news, such as 1,087 Belviq prescriptions in 2-3 days (20% of Qsymia's first month scripts), the many positive catalysts ahead may give Arena longs cause for celebration. However, Qsymia sales barely increased after the first month and Belviq could suffer the same fate. Until we get data for 3-12 weeks showing increasing prescription rates, preferably exponential instead of the linear increase we saw for Qsymia, short sellers will haunt Arena. If after a few months we see Qsymia-like sales, Arena shares may experience a 30% reduction in share price. That said, I believe short-sellers are on the wrong side of a long-term bet; we will see the opposite trend and ultimately we may see Belviq on the cover of a magazine.


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We broke the story ... 29-year-old Chris Guerra died after being struck by a car in Los Angeles on New Year's Day while taking pictures of Bieber's car. We're told Guerra will be laid to rest in a private service set for tomorrow
Turns out, Charlie is tight with a former photog who was friends with Guerra ... and got word that the family was trying to raise money to cover the costs. So Charlie, being Charlie, sprung into action and grabbed his checkbook.
We contacted Sheen about the situation, and the actor gave us the following statement: "A tragic incident like this erases the line between the photographer and the subject. It's an unforgiving moment that begs us all to be human and work as one to prevent this in the future."
He continues, "As parents, we are all not supposed to bury our children. My deepest condolences to the families involved."
Charlie, your worth is far more than Two and a Half Men. Thank you for your compassion. Crazy or not.....this act of kindness is far more than most in your industry.
I have always been a fan of Charlie Sheen, He may have had troubled times, but haven't we all?! We are supposed to stand by our friends and family in bad times and good. I've let things get out of hand in my life with alcohol, But GOD was with me, and I know how it feels to be at your lowest point. It's not a shame to get that point, it's a shame to let yourself stay at that point. You have to be a strong person and ask
GOD to help and he will everytime! Thanks Charlie for your strenth and helping others with your kindness.
Charlie's the man! He also donated $1,000,000 to the USO (an organization that provides services that boostes morale and camaraderie for all branches of the military) a year ago...That's WINNING!
Charlie has his issues like everyone else, and people can say what they want about him but the guy has compassion and a heart of gold. That's why we love him. Very good going charlie .
Charlie has his issues like everyone else, and people can say what they want about him but the guy has compassion and a heart of gold. That's why we love him. Kudos to you Charlie...
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I recently had the chance to fly first class. While the legroom and the free drinks) were nice, the ambiance was a little lacking. I think I would have enjoyed the experience more if Cassow's 1st Class was played over the intercom. Although this cut is a "hidden track" off the emcee's recently released album, Cold Winter, I don't expect it to remain hidden, with its grimy street and laid-back, underground style. Producer Reignstate's winding, luxurious boardwork, sprinkled with some dope samples, keeps things mellow, but still provides the track the necessary power to make the flows of Cassow and company hit harder. Following the lead emcee's opening verse are Clemm Rishad and Kurupt, who appear in that order, each bringing a similar style that is highlighted by their gritty, demonstrative flows that serve as a nice juxtaposition to the elegant beat. If you aren't sold on freely downloading Cold Winter, perhaps Cass' last Booth feature, Oh Lord, will sell you?
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Review: 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Vera Farmiga and David Thewlis
Rated: PG-13 for some thematic material involving the Holocaust
Running time: 94 minutes
Released: 2008
There are obvious reasons for watching certain movies. If you watch "Animal House," you want to laugh. If you watch "The Exorcist," you want to be scared.
Those movies give viewers a rush that many of us enjoy.
But why watch a drama? Don't we have enough of that in our lives?
You could argue it makes us feel better to watch people who have it worse than we do. Sounds brazen, but it's honest.
But the question still stands: Why? Dramas are movies that are usually gloomy and sometimes downright depressing.
So why put yourself through that? Because dramas are often too good to ignore.
"The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas" is a powerhouse of a drama sure to get your emotions going.
Set during the Holocaust, the film showcases how horrific life was via the viewpoints of two 8-year-old boys. One is the son of a Nazi commandant. The other is a prisoner at a concentration camp.
Bruno (Asa Butterfield) and his family have just moved to the countryside after his father (David Thewlis) has been given command of a concentration camp.
Bruno is insulated from the war. He still has his innocence, which makes the character sort of heartbreaking.
Their new home is next to what Bruno believes to be a farm. However, he thinks the farmers that work it are strange because they all wear the same striped "pyjamas."
Bruno's mother, Elsa (Vera Farmiga), tries to shield her son from the gory details of what she and her husband stand for; however, once she begins to experience it close up you realize that's she's rather naive about what's going on around her.
That's a fine line if there ever was one, but Elsa does appear to have a heart after all, and the more she begins to wear it on her sleeve the more her family begins to spiral out of control.
Amidst all that, Bruno explores the fence surrounding the concentration camp and meets Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a boy the same age as he, living on the other side.
Bruno is forbidden to associate with him, or to even be near the facility, but he doesn't listen and continues to visit Shmuel day after day. He even goes so far as to bring him food and to play checkers with him through the fence.
Through their talks, Bruno begins to understand what his father is all about and it scares him.
Back home, things aren't going well between Bruno's parents, which means he might be forced to leave his home and his new friend, Shmuel.
Before any of that can happen, though, Bruno promises to help Shmuel with a problem he has, a problem that could have dire consequences for both of them.
"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" is a great film. However, it's hard to recommend a movie that's about the horrors of living with Nazis next to a concentration camp. It lacks the simplicity and humor of a movie that's about, say, a group of college flunkies who do nothing but drink and yell things like, "Toga! Toga! Toga!"
This isn't a movie you laugh at. This is a movie that you feel. It'll stay with you long after you've watched it.
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Fuel Injection throttle body/pre-paid service comment
I have a 2008 Prius with 17,000 miles on it and when I took it in for the 15K service I was told the throttle body was dirty and was dirty and needed cleaned and serviced to the tune of $169.95. Additionally the air filter is dirty and needs replaced ($30) and the interior air/HEPA filter needs replaced ($69.95) - and there is no smoking in this car!
My question is, since when does a new car with just 17K mileage need so much service?? The service rep told my brother that all of the Prius throttle bodies get dirty and need constant cleaning! If this is so, why is it not on the standard service list? I pre-paid the service contract and none of these "standard" things are included. and on top of that my tires are almost worn out after 17K miles - rediculous :x Am I getting ripped off? :x |
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Hi, maxcurie,
Depending on if your 17,000 miles was in dusty/dirty driving conditions your engine air filter may or may not need changing. That's easy enough for you to check yourself by unsnapping 4 clips & tilting the filter cover back towards the windshield before lifting it up [you have to remove the cover all the way because you have to lift the filter out & turn it over to look at the bottom side (that's where all the crud gets trapped because the air inlet is under the filter)]. Pay special attention before/as you remove the filter for the original position [there is a tab that is a little off-center at the back edge that is there to help you re-position it properly (some owners didn't notice the tab & tried to flip the filter over right end to left end or front edge to rear edge & then complained here that they couldn't get the cover to go back on & lock down)]. Remember, the bottom side is the side you look at (not the clean top side). If it needs changing you can do that yourself & probably save $10 because at most dealers that replacement filter costs around $20. The cabin air filter you can probably do yourself too & save a bundle there because that filter is in the $20-$25 range at most dealerships. Changing it involves a little more work [you have to empty your lower glove box (for some people that is a big job depending on how much "junk" they store in there)]. Next you pop the little piston/damper off of the right side of the glove box (just the glove box---leave the piston attached at the upper end of the piston). Then gently squeeze the sides of the glove box together until the tabs on the sides release from the holes on the sides of the glove box housing (which is part of the dashboard) & gently ease the glove box all the way down towards the floor mat. You will see a grayish white plastic assembly in back now. There are tabs at each side of that plastic assembly that don't need to be pushed inward or outward (just grab them & give a gentle but firm tug on them & the whole tray will slide out towards you). Take the tray all the way out & you then just slide the filter element out from under the tabs that hold the element in place. The filter can be very dirty with lots of garbage (fluff, maple keys, pine needles, berries, nut shells, etc.) sitting on top of it as you try to slide it out, so be careful not to let any of that "junk" drop off of the back edge of the filter down into the heater blower motor housing. That filter has nothing to do with whether you are a smoker or not, but all the "junk" I mentioned (that you may or may not see) gets in there through 5 big holes in the firewall that are hidden behind the black plastic louvered panel that sits below the windshield wipers. Some of the stuff gets blown in there & trapped by the filter, but a lot of the other things get brought in by mice, so it's a good idea to screen the 5 holes off if you start finding berries & nut shells (do a search for "mouse hotel" or "mouse problem" & you will find how others have gone about removing parts to screen off those 5 holes). To re-install the cabin filter, just reverse the removal procedure steps. I would think the filter changes should be covered under your pre-paid service contract, but only at the mileage intervals mentioned in your "Passport" maintenance schedule booklet. The throttle body cleaning wouldn't be, but if it is really that dirty then it's probably because the dealer previously over-filled your engine oil. I have 89,000 miles on my 2005 Prius & I've never needed a throttle body cleaning. If it gets "crudded" up from oil over-fill then probably yes, but at most dealerships it's just a scam to make more money for them (same way with their "injector cleaning service" that usually does more harm than good). Always check your dipstick before you start your car after your oil changes & if you find it overfilled then bring the service manager out to show him & ask that they remove some of the excess oil to bring the level down to the proper amount. It sometimes may be necessary to insist ahead of time that it gets written on the work order to only put 3 or 3.5 quarts in at the dealership & that you will add the extra yourself later to bring it up to the proper point on the dipstick. Now, as for tires: yes, the Goodyear Integrities do seem to wear out pre-maturely for some owners, but they can be made to last till around 55,000-60,000 miles. Mine showed extreme wear only on the inside & outside edges of all 4 tires (NO wear in the middles) & this was with rotations every 5,000 miles as specified in the maintenance book. The problem seems to be that the guys that do the oil changes & tire rotations are not Prius techs & probably not even techs(mechanics) at all (they do nothing but the oil & tires on all the Toyota's & don't even bother to check the data plates on the door openings for the proper tire pressures of each different model Toyota. At 5,000 miles I found my tires at 24 lbs all around (data plate says 35 front/33 rear) & at 10,000 miles I found they had set them to 28 lbs all around,so at 15,000 miles I requested they adhere to the data plate (which they finally did). My tires had almost no tread on the inside & outside edges (worn but not cupped---so no alignment issue), but they were like new in the middles (classic symptom of under-inflation). So at every 5,000 mile service after that I demanded 42 lbs front/40 lbs rear even though they gave me the argument that the tires weren't rated for anything over 35 lbs (WRONG--- the Integrities are rated for 44 lbs max). Each time I got that argument I had to point out the max rating right there on the tire sidewall & then they set my pressure to 42/40 & I started wearing down the middles (no detectable additional wear on the edges after that) & that's how I got to 55,000 miles on them. I probably could have gotten to 60,000 miles if I hadn't gotten a flat & got all kinds of static from the tire shop about not repairing tires with "illegal" tread (my tires were still NOT down to the wear indicator ridges across the middle of the tread, but they were not liking the wear on the inside & outside edges). The tire shop even went so far as to lie & tell me the reason that my tires wore the way they did was I over-inflated them according to the specs in their computer for a Prius equipped with the Goodyear Integrity tires & I told them "NO, they got that way from being under-inflated for the first 15,000 miles". When I got the Continental Premier Contact tires from them & requested the 42/40 pressures, they said "NO,the car & the tires can't take that pressure", then I pointed out the 51 lb max rating on the sidewalls & they filled them to 42/40 but said the car wouldn't handle right at anything above the data plate's 35/33 lbs. I've had no problems at all with mine set to 42/40 up to this day. I hope this all has helped you.
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Re: Fuel Injection throttle body/pre-paid service comment
I haven't tried it myself yet, but Bob Wilson says it's very easy and inexpensive to clean your own throttle plate:
http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/f10/ ... art-15029/ I concur with Ct Ken V: engine and cabin air filters are very easy to replace yourself, so there's no reason to pay a mechanic for that service. I don't know about Goodyear Integrities, because my older model of Prius came with Bridgestone Potenza LRR tires, which have an expected lifespan of only 30,000 miles, and many owners found that they got a lot less when they followed Toyota's recommended inflation (34 psi front, 32 psi rear). However, my tires lasted to 45,000 miles with a nice, even wear pattern when I used a higher pressure (42 psi front, 40 psi rear). Plus, I get better gas mileage with higher tire pressure. Remember, all these tire pressure measurements (including the max inflation embossed on your tire's sidewall) are intended to be taken when the tire is cold (i.e. it hasn't been rolling for the past few hours). So, check your pressure at home in your garage, not at the gas station or mechanic's shop. Douglas (2002 Silver, 120k mi) |
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Re: Fuel Injection throttle body/pre-paid service comment
You can replace both filters yourself. This interval is not unusual.
Throttle body cleaning is generally a ripoff, and I would ask Toyota to reimburse it under the vehicle or emissions warranty. If it did not fail emissions, then why did they do it? Either way, you should not have to pay. Bogus! The original tires do not last unless you raise the pressure. Go up to about 38 front, 35 rear (check the sidewall for the max cold pressure and stay at or under it in any case). Mine wore out the edges in 20K, while the rest of the tread was okay. I replaced them with the pricier Comfortreds and got over 50K and a smoother ride, even with the higher pressures.
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Re: Fuel Injection throttle body/pre-paid service comment
Sounds like you need to look for a new dealer for service. Filters, etc., are the owner's responsibility, but the throttle body problem should be covered by the new car warranty. Also, 15k seems very early for the engine air filter, although that depends on your personal driving conditions. And, the interior filter seems very early, too. The engine filter is available through your local auto parts store for much less, and it's easy to change (at least in the classic Prius). The OEM tires on about all autos don't last long. Personally, I am on my second set of Michelin HydroEdges; and I am very satisfied. If you drive in snow, these might not work as well for you year around; although they are very long wearing tires in Arizona. The first set got 65,000 (would have lasted about 80k, but I changed them out early). And, I have about 40k on the second set; and they look like they will run 80k, too. These are rated at 44 psi max, and I run 44/42 to keep them wearing evenly and maximize the mpg's. |
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The check engine light came on in my 2005 Prius. The dealer originally said that it was b/c my gas was low. I told them it was a ridiculous diagnosis. Sure enough, it came back on the next day. They cleaned the throttle body and the light hasn't returned. But... the car has over 130k mile on it.
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Suggest you check the oil level on the dip stick. If it is over the full mark, it is overfilled.
When overfilled, engine oil gets sucked into the intake manifold, which causes the ICE to stumble and throw a FAIL TO START code. I think the delay before sending this code is only a fraction of a second, so it doesn't take much hesitation for the error to display. The fix for this is to drain the excess oil and clean out the oil residue and soot in the throttle body and intake manifold. I always checked the oil level after the dealer did the oil changes (when our Prius was new). The capacity on a 2002 Prius is 3.5 quarts, and they almost always auto-filled it to 4 quarts. After we had a similar failure, I started checking the oil level before leaving the dealership; and there were 3-4 occasions when I drove it back into the shop area to have a half-quart drained. |
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Customer Reviews for Villa Klaic
riittaanttila12557, from Finland ~ 4th Jul 2013
bhoffman1196, from USA ~ 6th Jul 2013
gershmannancy5972, from USA ~ 5th Jul 2013
robinwertz6501, from USA ~ 28th Jun 2013
annegibson947, from Australia ~ 22nd Jun 2013
phsmyth440, from New Zealand ~ 15th Jun 2013
adventuresofles6297, from Australia ~ 2nd Jun 2013
jacobsjeffreym897, from USA ~ 16th May 2013
jamesogilvy9843, from Scotland ~ 17th May 2013
jsheps5512, from England ~ 4th May 2013


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Don't let baby lose any sleep. Move from the car to the pushchair in a jiffy, just what you need around town, the travel system adapter kit attaches the maxi-cosi Cabriofix or Pebble car seats to your Phil and Teds Dot and Navigator pushchairs.
Does the job, but the maxi cosi carrier tips quite far back so the baby's back lies horizontally. There is only one option. I expected it to sit the same as it does on my quinny buzz which leaves the baby more sat upright.
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