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Freescale is sponsoring a contest for embedded engineers and engineering students in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The grand prize is $10,000 and the winning entry will be featured in the Freescale Technology Forum in Orlando.
The contest is called the Black Widow $10,000 Design Challenge. The challenge rewards the most inventive designs with cash prizes and high-profile recognition, includes free technical training and a discounted price for the USBSYPDER08 development tool supporting Freescale's MC9S08QG, MC9S08QD and MC9RS08KA families of 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs).
After you have registered, here are the steps involved:
- Step 1: Check your knowledge in a short question and answer session.
- Step 2: Participate in a short coding demonstration using Freescale's online virtual lab. Upon completion, you will have the opportunity to purchase Freescale's USBSPYDER08 at a 50 percent discount.
- Step 3: Submit your application concept.
Entries must be submitted online by April 6th and should include the use of a microcontroller from Freescale's MC9S08QG, MC9S08QD, or MC9RS08KA families. Each submission will be reviewed by a panel of Freescale judges for the following:
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Dimitar Berbatov's penalty for Manchester United v Everton was "the worst penalty taken by an international footballer"
With the second FA Cup semi-final failing to hit the heights, attention has once again turned to the penalty shoot-out.
After a season which has split many fans and pundits, Dimitar Berbatov took a particularly woeful penalty when he stepped up for Manchester United's first spot kick yesterday after Tim Cahill had blazed over.
Speaking on ITV, Joe Royle described the Bulgarian's effort as "the worst penalty I have ever seen by an international footballer."
(Analysis from ITV on the game and Royle's verdict on the Berbatov penalty can be seen here.)
Following the match, Berbatov was asked by an interviewer about his "unusual" penalty, which seemed to irk the former Bayer Leverkusen and Spurs striker. Berbatov's explanation of his miss can be seen here.
The Bulgarian simply explained: "I was looking for the goalkeeper and in the last moment he took the angle I was going for, so he saved it."
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"Over the course of my life, I had been to many astrologers, psychics, palm readers, and tarot card readers. Many of them, though impressive, were questionable, but when I started seeing Caroline Casey, I really hit the jackpot. Caroline has been my personal north star in interpreting the heavens. She's been at it for forty years. I have never known her to be wrong or off-base in her readings. She is brilliant at what she does, smart, creative, and original. Her readings are on a level beyond anything I have ever experienced. She mixes in philosophy, religion, history, literature, mythology, and symbolism, along with her specific interpretation of my chart in our sessions. She speaks my language. Readings with her are riveting and fun as well as informative. They're not crystal-ball gazing. She interprets meaningfully, given the position of the planets at the time and day."
-Sally Quinn, "Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir"
November 2, 2017
Hi Caroline,
Thank you so much for our time together yesterday. What a generous and potent reading you gave.
It's a beautiful feeling to be seen and encouraged with kindness....
I'm already feeling the benefits and look forward to listening back and savoring all parts.
I tell people you are a seer for our time.
Woof woof & meow,
July 20, 2017
The experience of an "astrological reading" from Caroline Casey is so beyond an astrological reading, it needs a new name. Before your very eyes, Caroline spins and weaves the personalized mythology of your own body/mind/soul. She is a master mythologist, storyteller, alchemist, etymologist, historian, comic, prophet, magician, shaman, scholar, healer, truth-teller, poet, world-embracer, world-changer, and yes, astrologer, trickster activist.To be a beneficiary of Caroline's lifetime of exploring culture, consciousness, and cosmos is truly a transformational experience. I felt she lifted me out of my sludge, partly by validating it, and placed me deftly in the center of my own creation story and rang the Bell there. She also named the paths and challenges leading to that center. After I took a breather from feeling profoundly grateful and revitalized, I felt staggered by the sheer artistry of her unique form of Service to Life.A thousand hats off to you, Caroline, for being the beacon you are.
RN, Taiwan June 12, 2017
Caroline Casey is one of the smartest women I know - - and has THE BEST attitude and strategies for dealing with difficult times and the seeming enemy. Like "composting" what doesn't work for us.
November 17, 2016
Dear Caroline,
I'm a solid fan, and I also think your Bioneers talk was exceptionally articulate!
Thank you! Darien
November 7, 2016
The healing words that come from you each week on KPFA [The Visionary Activist Show] are some of the most important things we hear each week. May they spread further and further….I try to plant the seeds I learn from you…..
thank you!
July 14, 2016
"you are fabulous & wise and your medicine so perfect!!!
thanks again for the reading, my insides feel nourished and enlivened."
anna May 27, 2016
I've just heard your truly uplifting, wonderfully simple and fun interview on the 'inspiring women summit'. I really look forward to connecting more with your great life philosophy through story, astrology and whatever else you happily bring forth. woof, woof to you too!
January 14, 2016
As always..I thoroughly enjoyed your insights and am relishing the inspiration and notes and looking forward to listening to again! Deeply felt the "yearning for spring…settling into mystery song"….I recorded on my phone to enjoy as spring is coming…
Thank You!
Margaret F January 14, 2016
That was JUST FANTASTIC! Thank you so much for sharing your magickal solstice deliciousness with me! I'll be baaaaack!
December 22, 2015
dearest caroline,
i am still taking in the beautiful fullness of the reading you did for me february 24th by the lights of the grand fire dance in the heavens right now. thank you so much for the depths of your diving on my behalf. i appreciate your lovely and precise way with the world and your heart-full commitment to sane reverent life with a wonderful life for all children. i share your words with many and these describe the pillars of my life since forever. with grateful awe of the circle spiraling and your gift of astro-insight,
deborah z June 18, 2015
Hey Caroline,
The reading you did for me yesterday is still even at this late hour an energy shower of blessings for transiting into the realm of all possibilities. I am so longing to return to having owls, coyotes, foxes, hawks, deer and stars for neighbors and now I have a new community of seen and unseen allies to seek solace and guidance from as my daughter and I search for our next home. Thank you far more than I can say for your generosity of time and spirit, your gift of transcendental English, your banishing of a previous male dingbat astrologer's dour dismissive reading and for so many delicious moments of vision. Other witches doing care-giving and using energy work for reforming our corrupt union? Why not and what spicy good fun!
A wonder dawning day to you and Stella,
Arin June 18, 2015
Dear Caroline
Yesterday's Visionary Activist Show on KPFA was one of your all time greatest. It was really a feat of positivity blended wisdom and I wanted to thank you for it. It stayed with me the rest of the day and is still here today. Great use of those songstress classics, too!
Many blessings to you.
Michael B June 18, 2015
Enjoyed the show today. Pat Ewing is clear & inspiring. Loved her observations on Hillary's journey as a public figure. And of course Caroline's mythic news;
Listen every Thursday from the east bay in Ca.
Nina L June 18, 2015
You are so cool.
Marianne Williamson Spiritual teacher June 18, 2015
your words are moving heart/minds around this globe regardless of where your body resides.
Anna C June 18, 2015
your streaming mercury was received wordlessly in all cells as my mind kept up with the wave of you and your messaging.
totally entranced,
and uplifted.
thank you
on so many levels.
barbara h SF June 18, 2015
I just wanted to thank you for the superb reading you gave me- so deeply intuitive and fresh- way beyond most conventional astrology- just as I had hoped it would be!
Be well, joyful trickster!
Juliet C June 18, 2015
Hi Caroline
Your show on KPFA is a gem in my life.
The Visionary Activist program has lifted me like no other form of media has.
Thank you
WenDell R June 18, 2015
OH!!! What Carolingian splendour was the show today!!!! Hanks and shanks of thanks!
It's AMAZING how happy one radio show can make me, and it's usually one of yours...
You and Pat were divine - I love her so much - and also I've seen the marvelous art work
you were mentioning, the throne with the tin foil and lightbulbs and perfect message for America - Fear Not -
it was on exhibit at the Whitney in 1976 and I was enraptured by it...truly great.
Your asides were delightful today too - "Take the zircon to Fappa and tell him we move tonight"
is one of my alltime favorites! I had a wonderful day today...was recovering from a back surgery yesterday
and was in my studio listening to Neapolitan songs from the 1950's and cutting out pictures of roses to put up
on the wall while thinking of everything and everyone that I love...and then your show came on! Such inspired blissful brainstorming from you!
From the Frogpond of My Heart
Nancy R April 17, 2015
Hey Caroline,
The reading you did for me yesterday is still even at this late hour an energy shower of blessings for transiting into the realm of all possibilities. I am so longing to return to having owls, coyotes, foxes, hawks, deer and stars for neighbors and now I have a new community of seen and unseen allies to seek solace and guidance from as my daughter and I search for our next home. Thank you far more than I can say for your generosity of time and spirit, your gift of transcendental English, your banishing of a previous male dingbat astrologer's dour dismissive reading and for so many delicious moments of vision. Other witches doing care-giving and using energy work for reforming our corrupt union? Why not and what spicy good fun!
A wonder dawning day to you and Stella,
Arin April 11, 2015
What a fantabulous menu of guiding delight, portending rowdy unravelling and purposeful reconfiguration!!!
Bless you for bringing these unique and timely gifts to our woe filled world, resurrecting deep aspirations to soar, transforming darkness into opportunities for new perception, all fueled by love----for this precious consciousness, when it sees clearly it is exquisite.
Diane T March 15, 2015
For the record, anyone who has never seen or experience Caroline Casey is encouraged (strongly!) to go out of your way and get her integrated spirit of the body politic, spiritual and esoteric spheres, genuine out-of-sight insight, and serious ha-ha ho-ho honoring of reverence and irreverence! You can hear her often on KPFA, but she is even better LIVE!
Dana U March 12, 2015
Okay Caroline, I gotta say, that was the most incredible 90 minutes of my life : ) I could talk to you for hours and hours and hours. Thank you!!!! Really, what an extraordinary gift you are!
- Jenny
Jennifer A March 12, 2015
Caroline - will you take over for Jon Stewart when he vacates The Daily Show?
Katy G March 5, 2015
"Caroline Casey says:'IT'S BETTER TO BE A TRICKSTER THAN A MARTYR.'
I recently did a radio interview on KPFA out of San Francisco with a woman named Caroline Casey which was pretty much the most fun interview I've ever done — a sort of astral-cosmic freewheeling romp through big ideas.
It was definitely the only interview I've ever done where I was writing down what SHE was saying as we spoke."
Elizabeth Gilbert Author March 4, 2015
Ah, just off the Bioneers conference...feeling light and hopeful again, thanks to many wonderful visionaries/doers, and the every effervescent Caroline Casey. Damn that woman can put words together like no other...and with those sparkles in her purple hair, she was a sight to behold...
"Release your slaves as the first act of healing..."
"Release our addition to having an enemy"
"We want to be anti-inflammatory agents (of change)"
"Magic is the willingness to collaborate with everything"
"Social and cultural ferments = creative rebellion"
"Increase subtlety; compost urgency"
"Cable news shows are fueled by Viagra, cause the empire can't get it up anymore" (:-)
"Once we cross the borders, we erase them"
And so it goes...
Beth W March 4, 2015
I just heard your radio show for the first time today on 90.7 here in L.A. I was driving home from dropping my husband off for work I felt moved to email you because after I decided to listen, I drove the long way home to hear the whole show. The funniest thing happened! I saw a coyote who ran along side of my car, looking at me while i listened to you. Funny!
I will tune in again.
Susan January 28, 2015
Mille Grazie… You will know how confirmed, heartened and released I am by our confab.
January 28, 2015
Thanks again for a wonderful reading. Past couple days I've been really in awe of your gifts for astrology and alchemy and intuition and well, hard to find the right words. You are a master at what you do. So appreciative for the experience.
Sascha G January 28, 2015
Well, this is as close as I can get to the moment. I ask for a "community" of voices that I recognize and they show up on your show. Quite a great 'mystery" show. ... I am aligned with what I heard. Thank you.
Evangeline M The Visionary Activist Show, for September 4, 2014 January 28, 2015
A wonderful meeting of two great imaginative minds on the great issues (environmental and beyond) of our time! For this listener, this extraordinary dialogue leaves much to contemplate — before attempting to contribute anything worthwhile.
"Gypsy Scholar" The Visionary Activist Show, for January 22, 2015 January 28, 2015
This talk was really very good. The chanting poets were okay except the middle one was way too long. They do broadcast a lot of anger/indignation. Then you come on with a welcome and compassionate rationality and the audience [me] relaxes.
Sylvia H January 28, 2015
I am re-listening to our conversation. I feel like a weaver meeting a master Navajo weaver. Deep fun and learning! The threads you pull together of (gold and moss and ideas) and the patterns you create have given me a tapestry of great beauty, a cloak of protection, and a vision of what is possible. Even more amazing, I feel personally seen and honored by your words and insights. It is a rare and precious experience, to be truly seen.
Renée S January 28, 2015
I have listened to Caroline for my God, its been 5 years now from Australia and looking over this time, Caroline has brought in new ideas while maintaining a message. I enjoy every Friday morning from 8.30-9.30 when the Visionary activist is broadcast live on KPFA - I listen thru tunein app. Its become a friday ritual.
Craig W listener-ally in Australia January 28, 2015
Just heard last Thursday's show on podcast. Homerun! what an explosion of ideas and possibilities.
Thanks so much.
Robert B January 28, 2015
your streaming mercury was received wordlessly in all cells as my mind kept up with the wave of you and your messaging.
totally entranced,
and uplifted.
thank you
on so many levels.
Barbara H January 28, 2015


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A Swinging DoorPosted in Uncategorized on June 26th, 2009 by jerry
In The Cuban Missile Tango, I am looking for a collision of two worlds. Currently I am writing outlines. I begin rehearsal in a month. The outline is only one or two pages but it provides a very important framework from which to build the play.
The Cuban Missile Crisis took the world dangerously close to World War III. Kennedy and Krushchev, with a little help from Castro, played a game of chicken with the lives of all on the planet. This crisis took place in 13 days in October of 1962. On Halloween day during the crisis a Soviet submarine came very close to launching a nuclear war head attacking US forces in the waters off Cuba. Three years earlier, on New Years' day, 1959, a revolution led by Castro overthrew a dictatorship in Cuba, beginning a shift in the political climate in our hemisphere, and in some minds shifting the balance of communism on the globe, which ultimately led to the Cuban Missile Crises.
So there's my collision – two holiday events, a New Year's Eve party and a Halloween party colliding with a political military chess game. I have two social classes at the party, those having a luxurious meal and a kitchen staff. Two classes of people.
The tricky part is not to make it too obvious, too complex or too easy. I am not interested in creating a social political piece but would accept social political situations that may arise. I will begin as I did with my last movement work APIS, with exploring movement, dance and vaudeville. I have an idea of a noisy swinging kitchen door inspired by Jacques Tati's Monsieur Hulot's Holdiay. So with a big idea, the danger of World War III, I start with a couple of waiters and a swinging door.
I don't want to tackle the entire crisis. That's why I will begin with two waiters and a door. This is not the Cuban Missile Crisis, this is The Cuban Missile Tango – an entirely different event.
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Since the first Aqua di Gio was launched in 1995, the collection has expanded with a couple of mouthwatering, tempting and feminine perfumes with pleasant aromas composed of qualitative ingredients. This year, Armani Sky di Gioia will fill up the collection 'possessing the most romantic composition of all' and offering 'an infinite space of dreams.'
"I'm fascinated by the dawn, with its continuously changing colors and the endless contrasts of light and shade" - Giorgio Armani.
Armani Sky di Gioia characterizes a romantic, gentle, and mysterious woman desired to seduce all men around with a curious smell of sweet litchi and beautiful peony flowers. Giorgio Armani revealed only its two main ingredients, in order to keep the mystery of this seductive, yet fresh and joyful enough perfume that will delight any woman. Litchi and aromatic peony notes are sealed in the same design bottle as those of its predecessors, colored in a flamboyant pink color - inspiring the desire to seduce. Gorgeous model Barbara Palvin is the face of this amazing new Armani Sky di Gioia perfume.
Armani Sky di Gioia is available in 30, 50 and 100ml Eau de Parfum.


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In a unique collaboration, KinoKlub will showcase vintage film excerpts from the likes of Hans Richter, Eugene Deslaw, Walter Ruttman, Dziga Vertov and Fernand Leger with multi-screen projection from VJ Robert Motyka and new soundtrack from DJ Red Crayon Spiders. Utilising the projection capabilities of the venue, the aim is to present the audience with an immersive experience and a means to enjoy almost century-old imagery in a new context.
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The trouble with the pros is that they are just too professional
A number of factors make professional sports simply not likeable.
Maybe the hardest part, though: They're professionals.
Every decision made in the world of professional sport, whether it is about schedule, rule enforcement or salaries, ultimately comes from a business standpoint — "What decision will make our organization the most money?" It's hard a thing for a fan of sports like me to understand.
(And here's the part where you say, "Wait, aren't you the same guy who religiously follows college sports? What part of this isn't a business?" And you're right, but please allow me to delude myself for a few more minutes about the amateur nature of things and pretend that my favorite players care about my school as much as I do. OK?)
Here's the thing: Even though I don't really enjoy pro football or basketball — I didn't grow up with any attachment to any particular teams aside from the Atlanta Braves — I do like sports. And I like seeing them played at the highest level, particularly for the highest stakes (the playoffs, specifically).
Trouble is, it's hard to pay attention to the action on the field when so much attention is now paid to what's taking place in the boardroom. For every great moment the NFL had this season — and there were many, with the Packers' Super Bowl title a crowning moment — everything was tempered by the looming threat of a work stoppage.
"Enjoy football while you can," said just about everyone. "Who knows if we'll have pro football next year?"
Basketball is no better — what should be a banner year for the league, with marquee franchises, marquee players and spectacular athletic achievements, is being clouded by its own labor strife. The NBA will almost certainly have a work stoppage in 2011, and it may extend until sometime after the Mayan apocalypse of 2012.
Wait … what's happening here?
In the Harrison Ford version of "The Fugitive," one of the investigators asks why someone as rich as Dr. Richard Kimble would want to kill his wife.
"She (his late wife) was more rich," is the simple reply.
And this is where the average fan disconnects. Nearly all of us who care are willing to shell out ridiculous amounts of money to watch these games, have a drink and maybe even a platter of chicken fingers. None of us really cares if the NFL owners get an extra $1 billion in revenue in a new collective bargaining agreement, or whether the NBA owners can institute a harder salary cap to create more competitive balance. Really, don't we deal with enough business talk during our regular lives? It has to infect our sports-watching, as well?
Here's what we will care about: On Sundays this fall and this winter, will there be games to watch? Can I see my favorite team? My favorite player?
And if the answer to any of these questions is "no," then we'll find other things to do. That, my friends, is not good business. For anybody.
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Shorey makes Baggies switch
Premier League new boys West Brom have bolstered their defence with the signing of Nicky Shorey.
By Chris Burton
Last Updated: 09/08/10 5:05pm
Premier League new boys West Brom have bolstered their defence with the signing of Nicky Shorey.
The former England international joins the Baggies from their West Midlands rivals Aston Villa.
The 29-year-old moves for an undisclosed fee having passed a medical at the Hawthorns on Monday.
Shorey has penned a two-year contract, with West Brom holding the option for a further year should they be suitably impressed.
The left-back becomes Roberto Di Matteo's fifth summer signing, as the Baggies prepare for life back in the Premier League, following in the footsteps of Pablo Ibanez, Steven Reid, Boaz Myhill and Gariel Tamas.
"I'm delighted to welcome Nicky to the club," Di Matteo told West Brom's official website.
"He's an experienced, solid, reliable left-back who likes to get forward and get involved.
"I also like the fact he's English and knows what the Premier League is about. He's a player I've liked for some time.
"I've very much signed Nicky to compete for the left-back position and I have some good options down that flank as Marek (Cech) can also play further forward.
"Nicky's arrival will not only increase competition but also means we will have options should we suffer injuries or suspensions."
Shorey began his career with Leyton Orient, but shot to prominence during his time at Reading.
He has two England caps to his name and earned a high-profile move to Aston Villa in 2008.
Unfortunately, he soon slipped down the pecking order under Martin O'Neill and took in impressive loan spells at Nottingham Forest and Fulham last season.


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2011 Toyota Sienna
I have an impression that all new Toyotas have override after this PR scare. Please someone correct me if I am wrong. I agree, however, with wwest (as I too posted somewhere long ago) that there is little point to add one more piece of electronic solution (be it soft- or hardware) to already malfunctioning electronics (you guys don't really believe this fairy tale about mats/pedals, or do you?)
Having said that, the whole issue of SUA is probably mostly a play of imagination. The brake pedal is very close to the accelerator, and that's probably it. The recent reports of SUA have been proven either hoax or a driver error (as it probably almost always was), and you bet poor workman blames his tools. At the very least, this issue was blown out of proportion, and if I were in your shoes, I myself wouldn't dwell on it. I actually almost bought a Toyota last month (changed my mind for unrelated reasons).
melissa_l77 Posts: 1I bought the Limited and ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!! There has been only one problem.... The front under carriage got caught on a speed bump or one of those stoppers in parking lots. I am very cautious with my Sienna, I was going slowly over speed bump and pulling into parking spot. I heard a small scrape, I stopped, and put it in reverse and slowly backed off. I was already mad, cause I knew that the undercarriage was going to be scraped, which happens. Once parked I got out to see how bad the scrape was, to my amazement at first it wasn't bad. Then I got to the passenger side......AND MY BUMPER WAS HANGING!!! It snapped right off the clips, the foglight was hanging with the parking sensor!! I could totally understand if I was being reckless, but no one else in the Van knew that I had even scraped it, BARELY TOUCHED IT!!! The bumper did snap back on, but left a small scrape where the two meet. The broke off one of the clips on Foglight, so I atleast need a new foglight. Has anyone else had this problem?? Is at $45.000 vehicle really made that cheap?? Why would you have thin plastic as the skid plate?? I'm calling Toyota, but before I did I wanted to know if anyone has had any problems like this. THANKS!!!
I can easily buy into the brake vs accelerator pedal "confusion" but NOT the mile after mile minute after minute SUA events, certainly not with the CHP driver and I even give Sikes a great deal of creditability until proven otherwise.
The previous model Limited had those arrows in the mirrors, pretty neat.
My 07 has puddle lights at the bottom of the door. To be honest I think that's the best place, because the light is close to where you need it.
They could move it to the mirror but then the door itself would block the light.
certainly not with the CHP driver and I even give Sikes a great deal of creditability until proven otherwise.
I'm not sure if you've been keeping up with this story, but here's a quick Cliff's Notes for those who haven't.
The CHP driver, Saylor, was driving the same Lexus that another person had loaned out and had the mat stick on the accelerator. So that same exact car had mat interference, and remember, this was a rubber mat from a different Lexus model, so it didn't fit properly from the get-go. That other driver reportedly observed the mat getting stuck, yanked it out, and solved the problem himself.
He reported this to the receptionist at that Toyota dealer, and that's where the dealer failed miserably - that wasn't communicated to anyone who would remove that already-jamming mismatched rubber mat.
Same exact car (not just model, I mean same VIN). So it's not unlikely, not at all, that the same thing happened to Saylor, in the same exact car.
Sikes was the porn salesman (I'm not kidding) with the Prius who was bankrupt and was on watch lists in more than one state for financial fraud.
If you listen to the 911 call, which was recorded, the operator tells him to put the car in nuetral 3 times in a row, and he ignores the command saying he could not do that and drive at the same time.
Later, in interviews he says he reached down with his hands and pulled up on the accelerator pedal, but a person of his stature would not have arms long enough to reach the pedals in the first place. Plus, how could he not push the shift lever to N, yet he could grab the accelerator pedal while doing 100mph?
Way too many inconsistencies in that story, plus a financial motive for him to lie.
I'm not saying every case can be explained, but those two, which got hyped by the media, do not appear to be legit UA complaints.
Bernard - that's his name. The guy that drove that same loaner Lexus just before Saylor did.
So Bernard drove the Lexus, the mat jammed, he removed it which fixed the problem. Then he returned it and complained. Saylor drove the same car, and sadly died when the exact same thing happened to him.
Sikes, meanwhile, wanted the attention to publicize a web site he owns, adultswinglife.com.
No, seriously.
This is going to be my last pondering on UA in this thread, because this is a bit out-of-topic, and we have some threads dedicated particularly to UA.
I am not very well familiar with all the CHP circumstances, therefore I am ready to concede that this case is a legitimate one. Along with other only 5 or 6 cases which have been considered legitimate (even if not definitively proven) so far. Sikes case has been proven and dismissed as hoax by tech experts, which is, in my view, the most credible piece of opinion of all that we can have now. I don't even need "character assassination", though it by itself kills any vestiges of credibility he might still have.
BTW, ateixeira, see how you publicise the Sikes' website yourself ;-)
Having said this, I always had difficulty to fully believe in "mile after mile minute after minute SUA events"; there is something bizarre in it, something not adding up. I understand someone pressed the pedal and suddenly hit a wall, duh. But if it becomes prolonged, I don't know, it seems to me a subconscious reaction of anyone involved would be at least to turn this d-ed ignition off! Even though I know that this is a wrong course of action.
Now, there is a funny thing. Anecdotal, though, as it is. I've heard or read somewhere pretty recently that there is a statistics of UA reports before and after installation of the brake override, and there was no change whatsoever! I don't remember where and when was it, sorry for that. Neither I remember what vehicle/brand it was, maybe Chrysler? I don't remember also what was the conclusion of the story, but this, again, casts doubt either on the usefulness of override, or, more compelling to me, on the true nature of UA reports.
"..same Lexus that another person had loaned out (been loaned)..."
Good, GREAT, "cover" story if Lexus/Toyota wanted to move blame to Saylor....
So for Bernard has refused to comment...
"..before/after..brake override...there was no change.."
If the engine/transaxle firmware is itself faulty that would be EXACTLY as expected.
Went to a Toyota dealer to drive a Sienna. Couldn't afford XLE with leather... and dealer would not come down in price (31,499). Looked at LE with cloth seats..backup camera..xm radio They are asking 28,290 told me he would come down to 28,020 plus give me 5,000 for my 2003 Avalon XLS with 134,000 miles on it. Said I would finance $25,000 that includes tax, platium pkg, undercoating , etc. He also told me I could get 3 month defered payment on my loan. WOuldn't have to make my first payment until Sept. He said this was a one night deal. I walked away politely and told him I had to think first. He asked for my insurance, driver license and I said what for... he said so he could get the paper work going when I decided. I said no, I would call him.
Should I have made the deal? payments would be 521 per/60 month or
458 per 66 month.
Could use your advice.
Thanks Lonnie
Walk, no RUN from this "deal". If you review the last 5 or so pages, you will see buyers getting much better prices.
Anecdotal, though, as it is. I've heard or read somewhere pretty recently that there is a statistics of UA reports before and after installation of the brake override, and there was no change whatsoever!
Media attention has increased the rate of reports dramatically. IIRC NHTSA experienced a 40% increase in complaints filed with the ODI.
If there is "no change" now that means the brake override has offset those increases caused by all the attention drawn by the media.
Anecdotally that would mean the brake override is working fantastically well.
Official San Diego Sheriff's Incident Report...
Go to p. 23: Bernard was able to shift to neutral and pull over, engine revving. He lifted the accelerator pedal, which took some force, and it stopped.
The mat was not attached to the retaining hook - it could not have been, because it was not designed to fit that car.
You always seem to think you're right, but remember, you were the one who insisted there was no 4 cylinder Sienna, and you turned out to be wrong on that as well. A little humility goes a long way.
DO I really need Ext Warrenty? OR Rust Paint Fab? Makes my car payment go up. I just don't trust car dealers.
No and no. Extended warranty does give peace of mind, and can be purchased from some internet dealers at a reduced price.
retriever1 got these from the complete price book from Midwest Toyota:
Some pretty good values in there...
Actuaries at insurance companies etc know their business pretty well. Therefore, my own approach: buy insurance/warranty/protection plan to cover losses which you absolutely will not be able to deal with by yourself (examples: health insurance, auto liability coverage, homeowner insurance). In other cases, you will be, in all probability, better off not buying it. "In all probability" are the key words here, if you understand what does it mean. I once had a car (Olds) when I got more from ext warranty than paid in premiums, though not much more.
Concerning dealer offered options, all auto websites give the same advice that other posters gave already: they are either useless (like rust protection) or grossly overpriced.
dann80 Posts: 18Where is this Midwest Toyota dealership located? Is there someone specific to contact to get those warranty prices?
Ask toyfan4, who just purchased from them. Link to the thread:
toyfan4 Posts: 3not sure whether it is okay to post supervisor names here ? but here are store details...try calling 800 number and if you couldn't get same quote then let me know your email id , I can pm you contact details.
Midwest Toyota
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1100 east 30th
Hutchinson, Ks 67502
rjeok Posts: 7I have a 2004 Sienna XLE that has front & rear sonar and laser cruise control. I dodn'twant to get a Sienna limitted to get these options ( I think the garmin nuvi gps is far superior to the Toyota). My question is: can I get a stripped down xle and have the sonar and laser cruise control added by the dealer service dept or other after market installers. Thanks for the help.
Sienna just got added to our list of possible future purchases.
Drove a rented 2010 (maybe 2011 but 40k miles so probably wasn't) in the Tampa area last week. Initial impression was...Wow, quiet riding, virtually no wind or tire noise.
So much so that I checked the tire type for future reference. Dunlaps, so the tire quietness was more likely due to no use for tire studs in FL, no "cobbled" up road surfaces as we have here in WA.
The ability to open/close the rear quarter panel "winglets" from the driver's position in order to purge the HOT cabin atmosphere after the Sienna (Red/beige/cloth) was parked in the hot sun was a definite asset. Probably also an advantage to alleviate the helicopter booming if the middle windows need to be open.
Drove from Orlando to Tampa, Dunedin, area, spent the week, and then back to Orlando. ~450 miles, 20+ MPG overall, V6, a pleasant surprise.
Now if the F/awd Sienna could just be purchased with the new I4 with DFI (12:1 CR).
A/C capability was not quite adequate for the FL heat and took forever to cool the cabin atmosphere and material surfaces down after setting in the how sun. So in a climatic area such as FL I would not recommend the purchase of any color other than white, a highly METALLIC white, with a light interior color.
NipponDenso HVAC design idiocy continues.
AWD with the I-4? You are kidding, right?
No, the HL is available that way and only weighes a few pounds +/-
Give the 187HP I4 the additional HP/Torque with DFI (215..??) and it would have more than enough....
Besides which my '92 Jeep Cherokee Limited had only 190HP with its I6, weighed a LOT more and served us quite well. Still doing so on a MT cattle and wheat ranch since ~01.
typesix Posts: 3202nd generation 4 cyl Highlander is not available with AWD, only FWD.
gwrace1 Posts: 24I'm currently shopping for our first Toyota. Were getting ready to replace our 15 year old Dodge Grand Caravan.
Were negotiating for a 2011 Sienna SE in South Pacific Pearl with the following options:
TO - Towing
SP - Preferred Package
WT - Window Tint
MR - Moon Roof
Invoice - 30,824.00
Any idea what a fair price would be in the Austin, TX area?
I'm getting quotes back in the 32-33K range.
Thanks in advance for any input.
I would shoot for ~$30,500 area.
hellosiva Posts: 3I have a similar problem with my 2009 Sienna XLE. I took it to the dealer twice and they still haven't solved the problem. If I leave my van in the garage for a week, the battery is totally dead. The first time I took, the dealer said everything is fine and didn't do anything. The second time, they said battery is bad and changed it. I am taking it this week. I am suspecting the rear dvd navigation unit to be drain.
coloradorocks Posts: 1Really liking the Sienna, but are wanting to purchase the AWD drive model. Here is the issue, we do not like the "run flat" tires as they have poor road life and are expensive to replace.
We were told that we could fit with normal tires, but there is no place for the spare.
So my question is..... AWD vs Front Wheel Drive perfomance? We live in Colorado and want the AWD for mountain/ snow driving.
Any info on driving/ handing performance would be so helpful! Is it worth the tires to have the AWD or vice versa?
It's a tough call...our other car is a Subaru, which has fantastic AWD for the snow, so we weren't worried.
I got FWD to avoid the run-flats specifically.
Our van has a bit of trouble climbing steep slopes, the traction control is too intrusive. Hit the Off switch and it's a better (I don't think it turns completely off, just a higher treshold).
I would consider a dedicated set of snow tires if I got FWD in that area.


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What would you guys say if a client says something like "well in Intuit, the templates are free, they give you full customer services...and so on?I would say, "Have you ever tried to *use* their "full" customer service? It stinks.
Not to mention that Intuit is constantly trying to upsell something or other that one would have expected the originally-purchased product to have done.
I highly dislike Intuit and their services would be among the last I would ever consider using for anything.
Even with Intuit there is still a steep learning curve. They even say on that ad you are talking about that they offer a free 1+ hour tutorial.
Your advantage is customized service. Intuit isn't going to help users position a div nicely, or add a new tab to their nav once you reached the max for that specific template.
Some places want a site and want no knowledge of how or why it works.
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|HGVCBoy - Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:07 pm
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Now my problem seems similar to others, but I just wanted to explain the whole story..
I am a 25 year old gay man. In the last month I have had what look like two tags appear near my anus. They appeared within a week of the last time I had sexual intercourse. They are soft, and not normally very painful. Usually they can get itchy, but nothing horrible. Occasionally when I wipe after a BM there may be a little blood. There has only been blood once during a BM, but I think that was from straining.
Now here is some medical history... I have skin tags on my body.. since I seem to have bad luck, they're all in areas that would stink to have them taken off (armpits, near the groin...) And the pictures I've seen online make what I have on my anus look like a skin tag... they're larger than any of the other ones I have.
Last november I had a horrible ordeal with hemorrhoids where. I bled a lot during a couple BMs. I took many sitz baths, and used prep H... I had an allergic reaction to the prep H, AND got an infection. I went to urgent care, was told the hemorrhoid had gone down, and was given a simple antibiotic and painkiller for the infection. From November until July, I've had no other problems.
(Sidenote: family history: My father has many skin tags on his body, and gets hemorrhoids. (Thanks for the genetics dad.))
I have a DR appt in a month.. and from all I've read I think they're tags... I would just like a LITTLE more peace of mind while I wait to see my doc. I'm an over-worrier, so I have obviously worried about anything from stds to cancer. Boo.
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Hi HGVCBoy,
From your description it sounds like you probably do have skin tags. It may also be a form of warts from infection with HPV.
It doesn't sound like cancer based on your description. Having your doctor evaluate this is a good idea, though, to give you a better idea of what is going on.
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|HGVCBoy - Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:10 am
I went to the dr last week. He looked and said it may either be skin tags or warts... He said he was leaning closer to warts since they seemed to appear so quickly. He is referring me to another dr. I don't want to wait for a definite answer. I'm sad he couldn't tell me.
I've been doing more reading, and I read syphilis also can have wart-like symptoms? Does my situation below sound like it could be that?
Thank you for the information. :) Have a great day all!
|Dr. Chan Lowe - Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:02 am
Syphilis classically initially presents with a painless lump usually in the genital region that subsequently resolves. It is almost never more than one. Other symptoms can follow this.
Generally, syphilis does not present with wart like features although the initial lump may seem like a wart. Usually the two can be easily distinguished by visual examination.
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Construction works on Phase 1 of the Barby Pools Marina are now well underway.
KTC was very pleased to be appointed by J Marine Ltd to join its team preparing a planning application for a new marina located adjacent to the Oxford Canal near the village of Barby in Warwickshire. The...Read More
Key Transport has worked on several projects for Longleat Estates in recent years. The most recent is a Hotel Resort, including a 240 bedroom hotel, 200 delegate function facilities and a water park located at Tascroft, just west of the A36 (T) Warminster Bypass and 3km from the main entrance to...Read More
Having previously assisted in obtaining planning permission for a for 185 apartments and commercial uses on the former Pring & St Hill site on Malago Road in Bedminster in 2011 which has since lapsed, KTC is pleased to be providing transport advice to Rollo Homes on a scheme for in excess of...Read More
Following on from leading the highway and transport input to the successful Cabot Circus major retail project in the centre of Bristol Roger is now advising on the adjacent Callowhill Court proposals. The proposal is for in excess of 100,000m2 of mixed use retail, commercial, leisure and...Read More