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Alternative Titles
English: Othello
Japanese: オセロ。
Type: Manga
Volumes: 7
Chapters: 28
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 8, 2001 to Sep 13, 2004
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Shoujo, Psychological
Authors: Ikezawa, Satomi (Story & Art)
Serialization: Bessatsu Friend
Score: 7.671 (scored by 3117 users)
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Ranked: #22442
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Aug 9, 2008
28 of 28 chapters read
Overall Rating: 10
This manga I recommend for people to read. It's very entertaining and heart wrenching. The art isn't the greatest, but once you get past that, you will fall in love with it.
Mar 24, 2011
28 of 28 chapters read
I wasn't so sure about this manga at first. It was really angsty and the melodrama felt over the top. The bullying seemed unbelievable and I didn't like the way that it was always Nana saving the day. However, as the story manages to progress it started to turn for the better. The underlying bullying theme kept its ugly head present for the whole thing, which disappointed me, but the story started to shift to Yaya trying to deal with her split personality. At first it was trying to understand what was going on, then it was trying to cope with this disorder. There was just such a subtly undertone in the growth of Yaya as a character, and it really caught my attention. The way she progressed and grew as a character was really something else, and to be honest some of the scenes left me goosebumps.
That being said, the manga was still plagued with some very poor writting. The dialogue felt contrived and the story never felt urgent, it doesn't help that the ending is really lacking. It's a shame too, because this manga could have been so much better. The way the mangka handles Yaya as a character was brilliant, no question in that, but it felt like she didn't know what to do with the rest of the story. It felt like a lot of pointless filler was thrown in there, and like she didn't know how to handle it. I'm not saying Othello is bad, on the contrary, it's really good, but it just could have been so much more, it could have stood at such a higher ground.
The art-work in Othello was truly astounding. Very attentive details in the background, really well drawn characters, and I must say I enjoyed the author's fashion style that she choose for the main characters. What really mad everything stand out were the mannerisms in the characters face, a weight of realism was attached to each movement, each smile, each frown, it felt like that these were real people, not drawn images.
Othello may be easy to pass up. It offers an enjoyable story, but does suffer from some spotty writing. It may not the the masterpiece it could have been, but at the end of the day Othello is still an enjoyable read nonetheless. read more
Jan 13, 2011
28 of 28 chapters read
She likes Shohei, the lead singer of the rock band Juliet but soon he develops some feelings for Moriyama who knows Yaya and Nana is the same person.But it's not easy when Megumi Hano, Moriyama's fan and the resident evil of the series, comes in her way and become Nana's worst enemy.
Well, what if the oh-so-mean beast Megumi finds out Yaya's secret? Oh..that sorts of a double trouble, huh?
The manga's title was derived not from the renowned play of Shakespeare but from a certain board game called Othello. The reason is that the game has a lot of switching back and forth between black and white pieces (very much like 'go' ,also a kind of board game in Japanese) representing Yaya and Nana's situation.
It depicts the "justice-is-done" adventures of Yaya and Nana as they get through different kinds of trouble. It teaches so many values especially on how to believe in one's self and how to overcome inferiority complex in order to achieve what you truly desire. Also, it is inclined into music and has a nice illustration that will make your heart be captive.
The negative thing about it is it's so short and the story is so promising..you would ask for more. The ending's fine but it could be great if something unique will happen so I was a bit disappointed on how it was done.
All in all, Othello has a nice blend of drama, comedy, and action that will surely loved by all shoujo fans.I recommended it!
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May 30, 2010
28 of 28 chapters read
Overall Rating: 10
Honestly, I gave the story a 10. Since it was one of the first manga I read, I really enjoyed it. It was cute and very enjoyable. You'll want to read more.
The art isn't the best but, it's really good. So I have art a 9. The characters are drawn really well. I really liked how Nana was drawn, she grabbed my attention.
I gave characters a 9. They were all unique and had fantastic personalities. Even if they had more than one. Some of the characters just got on my nerves, but other than that, I loved the characters.
What do you think I gave enjoyment? I gave it a 10. I loved reading Othello and I was hooked on the story. Since I read it when I was 9, reading it when I'm 13 made it more fun to re-read.
Overall: I LOVED Othello! I really suggest reading this manga! It is clearly my favourite! :D I gave it the biggest 10 I could think of! :D read more


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Harry Potter sees off Cars 2 in record-breaking box office reign
Harry Potter is still the number one film to watch in the UK despite strong competition from Cars 2.
On top of the record-breaking opening weekend, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: has made a further £8.5m fending off competition from Pixar's Cars 2, which stars Owen Wilson as a fast-talking car given a mission to save the world.
The animated sequel made £3.5m over it's opening weekend – considerably less than the JK Rowling-created contender.
It would seem Harry and company are doing considerably better in the UK than overseas in the US, where it was knocked off the top spot by Marvel adventure movie Captain America: The First Avenger.
Despite this, Screen Daily have revealed that the final Potter installment has outperformed all of the seven films that came before it.
Cars 2 has been performing rather poorly for a Pixar movie, and trails far behind in the money-making stakes behind the Oscar winning Toy Story 2, which was the highest-grossing film in the UK of last year, ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Avatar.
Jennifer Aniston's new comedy Horrible Bosses and chick flick Bridesmaids have also made it into the top five as the only two other films to have made over £1m at the box office.
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For the last few years my girlfriend has been cutting my hair as I don't have any kind of outlandish hair style so it doesn't require much work and also because I can't be bothered to sortout booking an appointment or queuing up for ages etc etc.
Anyway, she had been using a small remmington trimmer that I had for my beard, which while it worked ok, took ages as it was really small being designed for beard trimming. As sush ci decidd to get myself something a little more suitable so I purchased this Wahl trimmer having heard good thigns about the make andit seemed a decent piece of kit as it comes with plenty of different attachments to alloow for different cutting lengths etc.
After making sure it was nicely charged she tried it out on my, long over due for a cut, hair. Impressively it made short work of my hair which is both very fine but very thick (as in there is masses of it!). She soon had me looking less like a tramp and more like a real person. The length attachments clip on an off easily and are made of a decent quality plastic which has some give in it, unlike some I have had on beard trimmers in the past which have often been made of solid plastic which has meant that over time they have cracked and broken purely through the method of opereation they are suppsoed to with stand, ie clipping on anf off the trimmer. These feel like they will last a good long time.
The trimmer itself is a fair weight which feel good in the hand and instills a feeling of confidence in the build quality while not being so heavy as to make your arm ache during use!
Charging is a simple act of plugging it in an off you go.
Having had this trimmer for a while now the only flaws I have noticed are that you have to constantly clean the blade area and ensure it's suitable lubricated else it causes drag which slows it down and puts strain on the battery. And secondly that the battery life has really started to deteriorate over time. When I first got it a full charge would last for at least a couple of months, now, probably 2 years on, even if fully charged I can go to it in a only a couple of weeks I will find it slowing down and dying on me...normally as my hair is halfway cut!!!
Overall it's a good product but the battery life lets it down a bit.
Wahl is a very good brand, and I was looking for a cheaper trimmer, so I went with this one. For the price, it's fine, but if you're looking for something more reliable, I would go with a more advanced and expensive model.
The package did gome with the proper accessories. It had lubricant for the blades, and comb, cleaning brush, and some razor guards for length prescision. Everything was good quality and worked properly.
The trimmer itself was comfortable and had a good ergonomic shape to it. I was able to grab it and maintain an accurate trim in the areas that I was looking for detail.
The trimmer is not rechargeable, and runs on 2 AA batteries. If you use good batteries, you won't have to change them for at least a month, even if you use it every day. I do appreciate that the trimmer maintains a good battery life because I've used trimmers in the past that it felt like I was changing the batteries every other week
My only issue with the trimmer was that the blades didn't seem to be all that sharp. If my beard was long, it would have a hard time cutting through it without going over it multiple times and on different lengths. Also, it was a bit inconsistent at times, and it would miss some of the hairs, also causing me to go over the section again.
Overall, it is fine for the price. I went out and bought a better model, and now use this one for any travels that I'm on. It's lightweight, holds a good a battery life, and does the basic job.


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Directory Traversal Vulnerability in Robo-FTP
|Advisory ID:
|Serengeti Systems Incorporated
|Vulnerable Versions:
|3.7.3 and probably prior
|Tested Version:
|Advisory Publication:
|September 27, 2010 [without technical details]
|Vendor Notification:
|September 27, 2010
|Public Disclosure:
|October 11, 2010
|Latest Update:
|October 6, 2010
|Vulnerability Type:
|Path Traversal [CWE-22]
|CVE Reference:
|Risk Level:
|CVSSv2 Base Score:
|7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
|Solution Status:
|Fixed by Vendor
|Discovered and Provided:
|High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
Advisory Details:
High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered vulnerability in Robo-FTP which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable system.
|Upgrade to version 3.7.5.
|[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB22627 - https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB22627 - Directory Traversal Vulnerability in Robo-FTP
[2] Robo-FTP - robo-ftp.com - Robo-FTP is a secure, script-driven Microsoft Windows FTP, SFTP and HTTP client designed to conduct unattended file transfers with normal FTP and 128-bit SSH and SSL secure servers.
[3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - international in scope and free for public use, CVE® is a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures.
[4] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software weakness types.
Previous Security Advisories with CWE-22: HTB22624: Directory Traversal Vulnerability in CrossFTP Pro HTB22626: Directory Traversal Vulnerability in FilterFTP
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Winnipeg's Abstract Artform perfoms at 100th Grey Cup Fest [Video/Photos]
Toronto, ON – Check out this footage of Winnipeg's Abstract Artform performing in front of football fans from across Canada this past weekend at the 100th Grey Cup Fest. The performance took place at The Adrenaline Zone in Toronto's Nathan Philips Square. The group, fuse masters of Prairie-inspired hip-hop and funk, were selected to perform after winning the #1 placement in the urban genre of Intel Canada Superstars' competition for their track "As The Crow Flies," off their forthcoming release. Here's a quote from Abstract Artform vocalist Shea Malcomson:
"TORONTO WE LOVE YOU!! The show was fantastic!! We are so happy we had the opportunity to play at the 100th Anniversary Grey Cup Festival. Thanks so much to Intel, the city of Toronto, Nathan Phillips Square, the CFL and of course MBNA. We look forward to being back in Toronto soon! Also a special thanks to all our fans that came out despite the cold!!"
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Rita, 22, sported a pair of matching scarlet red lips and accessorised with
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In recent years, there has been a rapid increase around the world in international investment treaty claims being brought by foreign investors against host states for acts by those states which have breached standards of conduct required by international investment treaties.
International investment treaties protect foreign investors by:
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The benefit for states is the increased flow of foreign investment arising from a more stable and certain investment environment.
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The granddaughter of former Chicago housing chief Robert Taylor, Jarrett has served since January as president and chief executive officer of The Habitat Company, one of the nation's leading residential apartment developers and managers and the company charged with overseeing the overhaul of public housing in the city. Before joining Habitat in 1995, Jarrett served for eight years in key posts in Chicago city government—first as deputy corporation counsel for finance and development, then as deputy chief of staff for Mayor Richard M. Daley, and finally as commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development. In this role, she was largely responsible for revitalizing development in Chicago's North Kenwood-Oakland and Woodlawn neighborhoods. Before becoming involved with city government, Jarrett was an attorney in private practice, specializing in commercial real estate.
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We are in our second week taking the Chelation Pesto for metal detox. We are supposed to take it for three weeks in the row to detox our blood from any harmful metal. It does not get easy every day. Or should I say, "it gets worst everyday". However I will do anything in the name of healthy living.
When we made it a week ago last Sunday, it taste fine. I told DH that I can eat it, but the more it sits in the jar inside the fridge, the taste gets stronger and so is the smell. It's getting harder to swallow it down. But let me tell you this, my meal gets smaller everyday and I'm hoping to get to my normal size after 8 years. And I am pretty much looking for it after all these years. I don't have to buy new clothes size anymore.
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New York author Philip Carlo first started showing the symptoms that eventually would be diagnosed as ALS in February 2005.
"I was coming back from doing an interview of Richard the Ice Man at Trenton [N.J.] State Prison," recalls the 58-year-old Carlo, who has published five books of true and fictional crime and has a sixth one (on the Mafia) under way.
"I was in Penn Station, and my left foot was flopping on the marble floor. I was in excellent physical condition, and I thought I had some problem attributable to running too much."
For the dedicated cyclist and runner, ALS was "a very hard pill to swallow," he says, and he soon started searching "outside of the box" for help.
Carlo's search led him to Raymond Onders, a general surgeon at University Hospitals of Cleveland who's dedicated to developing an alternative to existing methods of assisted ventilation.
If it contracts, you breathe
|Augie Nieto, whose ALS was diagnosed in 2005, says he can now breathe while lying flat.
Rather than pumping air into the lungs, which is how ventilators work, Onders has pursued a different strategy to assist breathing: stimulating the diaphragm, the flat, pancake-like muscle that sits just under the lungs and moves up and down to allow the lungs to fill and empty. (When you take a breath, the diaphragm contracts and moves down. When you exhale, it relaxes and moves up.) The use of this device in ALS is somewhat controversial.
A few years ago, Onders began surgically implanting electrodes in the diaphragm muscles of patients with spinal cord injuries who couldn't breathe on their own. When the electrodes are stimulated through wires outside the skin, the diaphragm contracts. The strength and rate of the contractions can be regulated to suit individual needs.
"If you look at recovering arm function, it's complex," Onders says. "But with the diaphragm, if it contracts, you breathe."
He soon began implanting diaphragm stimulators (also called pacers) in people with ALS who were losing respiratory function. "Patients with ALS develop nighttime sleep dysfunction," he says. "The diaphragm works differently in the daytime and in the nighttime. There are [centers] in the brainstem that control night breathing, and that part of the brainstem, which controls the diaphragm, is affected in ALS.
"BiPAP [bilevel positive airway pressure] will help patients when they don't breathe at night, but when you stimulate the diaphragm, that's natural breathing." People don't notice anything different from normal breathing, he says.
Carlo got his diaphragm stimulator in Cleveland in March. "Overall, I highly recommend it," he says. "I find it helps me sleep better and has put more power in my cough. I can actually cough now, where before I had this little kitten cough."
Decision was a 'no-brainer'
For Augie Nieto of Corona del Mar., Calif., a leader in the fitness industry, ALS became a reality in March 2005. The 49-year-old entrepreneur and his wife, Lynne, have since become co-chairpersons of MDA's ALS Division and helped launch MDA's Augie's Quest, an ALS research initiative.
In May, Nieto went to see Onders in Cleveland and get a diaphragm stimulator. "Every time I make a decision, I think about what the risk is to my quality of life and measure it with the possible benefit," Nieto says. The diaphragm stimulator decision, he says, was a "no-brainer."
"There are so many charlatans out there preying on ALS victims, whether it's inserting stem cells in China or some other exotic treatment," Nieto says. "This is for me the best investment I've ever made." (His insurance plan didn't cover the procedure.)
Nieto says he now can lie flat on his back and breathe without difficulty, something he couldn't do before getting the stimulator. However, he says he continues to use his BiPAP device during the night because he believes it helps his lungs stay well inflated and not become brittle.
"Augie was one of the first patients to have his diaphragm electromyogram [record of muscle activity] serially followed," Onders says. "There has been significant improvement in Augie's diaphragm EMG."
Study remains open
Onders says he thinks diaphragm stimulation works in at least two ways: It causes the person to breathe at a rate and depth that's comfortable, and it also appears to condition the diaphragm, keeping it from deteriorating and perhaps actually strengthening it.
Onders believes the device can extend survival and delay ventilator use in ALS. "They may get an extra year or so not on a ventilator," Onders says. "But they can also use their device along with a volume ventilator or BiPAP."
For now, if you have ALS and want a diaphragm pacer in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration requires you to be part of Onders' study. It's open to people who meet the criteria in Cleveland, Baltimore and Stanford, Calif., with an anticipated additional seven centers to open soon.
As of mid-July, Onders' team in Cleveland had implanted pacers in 26 people with ALS and scheduled another 25 implants.
Some insurance plans cover the procedure, which has received "category B" approval from the FDA. Medicare considers category B devices, which are deemed essentially safe but still under investigation, "eligible for coverage," but all the agency's criteria must be met.
For those without third-party coverage, the cost of the procedure is about $5,000.
For details of Onders' study, contact MaryJo Elmo at (216) 844-8594 or email@example.com.
A possible biomarker for clinical trials
In addition to its possible therapeutic effects, Onders is enthusiastic about using the diaphragm pacer as a "biomarker" for ALS clinical trials.
With its ability to detect natural diaphragmatic muscle contraction when the electrodes are not stimulated, it could provide a reliable indicator of whether a therapy that's supposed to stabilize or improve muscle strength is working, he says.
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Toyota 4Runner
skipjakk Posts: 5I believe the cladding change has been addressed on earlier emails, and will actually take the form of an Appearance Package option(AP) for the SR5 model. I believe the earlier email mentioned a cost 370.00, I have obtained some additional info from dealers:
The Appearance Package(AP):
This package begins with January production, meaning Feb/early March arrivals. It will include the following:
· Color-Keyed overfenders
· Color-Keyed Front and rear bumpers
· Color-keyed cladding
· Color-keyed REAR License plate garnish
· Fog Lamps
Should be available on both the V6 and V8 models.
I have also tried to find a LTD without a sunroof, to no avail, I have been quoted lead times of 3-4 months on a custom order LTD, so I am looking at the SR5 with the appearance package as an option.
topgun10 Posts: 11Currently, I'm driving an 01' Highlander which I like a lot. But admittedly, the Runner is a bit more masculine.
1) Is the back seat in the Runner any wider or more accommodating of 3 child seats? A larger vehicle doesn't appeal to me and I do not perceive the 3rd row seats in SUVs comparable to the Runner as being very safe. And don't say mini-van.
2) Does the XREAS help reduce brake dive?
3) How much adjustment is there in the rear air suspension?
4) Is there merit to equipping the I-Force V8 with VVT-I technology?
5) What are the 3 buttons between the seater heater buttons are the center console for?
6) What are the 3 buttons on the dash to the left of the steering wheel for?
7) Whenever the wheel/tires are balanced the weights are invariably repositioned, which typically leaves marks on my beautiful alloy wheels. Can this be avoided? I've seen other cars utilize an adhesive tape?? that is positioned on the ID of the wheel itself, is this do-able?
The cladding package will be a port package. Why is this important? Because it means dealers will eventually be able to add the same package to existing vehicles. Don't expect them to be able to do it for $370 but anything the port can do, the dealers also can.
To all who have helped me in the past week.. thank you! I took the advice of Cliffy and SteveB and gave Carson Toyota and Dianne Whitmire in particular a call. Well, I ordered my special order 4Runner from Japan yesterday. She seems to be the most knowledgeable Internet manager that I had spoken to, and she was confident without a doubt that my order would go through, and it will be delivered in roughly 4 months (yes I'm willing to wait).
According to her, she thinks I will be the ONLY owner of a '03 4Runner Sport Edition V-6 4x4 with NO options added. Haha, I'm such a cheap skate! Again, thanks for the suggestion cliffy, I told her you suggested her, and she seemed happy about it.
Here was my only concern with ordering (of which she had a reply of 'you are being REALLY paranoid'): I have read about every article on edmunds about buying, and the 4-square sheet, and to keep your guard up during financing, blah blah. So I thought to myself, if the financing people knew that I did a build order when I came to pick up my truck, they would know that I couldn't walk away from the deal without loosing my down payment ($1000), they would have a mighty big bargaining chip on their side, so they could heavily inflate the APR without me walking away from the deal. Dianne told me: "Well they won't know you did a build order so don't worry about it, but that is a very interesting point!" Anyway, if they did that, I could just finance somewhere else, but yeah, that was my paranoid thought.
4 months to go!
Just in case someone cares. I got the truck for $1000 over invoice, which I was told was the minimum for a build order (from all the places in California that I checked). So I figure, I saved $3000 on options, of which I could've gotten a truck on a lot for probably $500 over invoice... so I'm still up $2500. I reached my goal, new, 4wd suv, for under $30k!
Easy solution... have alternative financing available. I get this all the time. I offer a rate to a customer and he informs me his bank or credit union can do better. No big deal. More often than not, I can beat the banks and most credit unions.
Get a pre-approval from your bank and see what they offer.
carjim Posts: 155Thank you bear64 and tl586 for suggestions. I will follow up with Texas Toyota in Grapevine and FowlerToyota. My wife has a 97 Explorer and our independent mechanic told us to avoid Fords of any kind until they improve the quality. He said that the most recent problem his Ford customers are having is that the 4.6 engines are coming apart at the seams around 90,000.
servo_fan Posts: 15I've read hundreds of posts here and on usenet and I think I understand the various Toyota 4 wheel drive systems. However, I have not found any information regarding a limited slip rear on a '97 SR5 4x4. I know a rear locker was available, but ours does not have that option.
We have a '97 SR5 4x4, manual, v6. My wife bought it used before we were married and it does not have an owners manual or window sticker, so I don't know exactly what options it has. It does have the under the rear bumper towing hitch from the factory, (at least it looks like all the other 4Runner hitches I've seen), so I don't know if that implies it has some "towing" package or not.
Question, was a limited slip rear differential available on '97s? If so, how can I tell if I have it? If there is no LSD and we don't have the rear locker, does that "limit" the 4Runner's off road ability? Thanks!
The 97 did not have an available LSD. In fact, from the late 80's until the 2002 Tundra, there was not a LSD in any Toyota truck. It could be had by special order on a RAV4 and Highlander but those don't count as trucks.
Also, there is no "tow package" other than a hitch. They came standard with a transmission oil cooler and a 5000# tow capacity.
Sorry to have your name and cladding in the same title Cliffy. In post 4713 you said the cladding option would happen at port. Does this mean that all dealerships will be able to order the mono-clading and have it delivered to the dealership in order to convert Sport models etc.? Also if it is 370.00 at port what would the cost be at a dealer site? I guess it would vary based on the dealership.? Would all dealers be wiling to do this or would you have to shop around? From your experience Cliffy how will this play out?~Thanks
One other thought if you changed the cladding at a dealer sight instead of the factory would all the trim match? The sport has other appearace trim (front end etc.) that I fear is made for the current cladding and might not look good if you changed it. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Yes the dealer should be able to get the parts, but the labor involved along with the fact that the parts department doesn't get re-imbursed for the parts coming off of a truck already in stock may make it price prohibitive to purchase the cladding at the dealership. You'll have to check to see pricing to be sure.
As for the earlier post about 3-accross child-seats in the 4-runner, it will really depend on the type of child seat you're using. The only real way of telling is to bring them into a dealership and try it. Some child-seats are much larger than others so it may not work for some while it may for others.
Also the buttons on the dash left of the steering wheel are as follows from left to right. The furthest left is a button to turn on the 115volt outlet for Limited models. The second is the center differential lock. The last two are place-holders for other accessories.
For those buttons on the center console: The far left is the DAC(downhill assist control) button. The other two are also place-holders for additional accessories.
Hope this helps.
If history is any indicator, here is how it will work. The dealerships will not be able to get the parts for a few months. When they do, the cost of the parts alone will be about the same as the MSRP of the option. The dealership will charge the labor fee based on Toyota's guidelines. My guess it they will get 2 to 3 hours labor rates so add that into the equation. Many dealers may never figure out that they even have the ability to do this.
As to the Sport... I have no idea. I heard it will only be for the SR5 but the cladding is the same.
I love my 3 week old 2003 Limited. Today I went shopping for a simple hitch mounted bike rack. First tried the Yakima hitch mounts. Their insert was far too long and hit the tire. I couldn't even begin to see the holes on the hitch insert through the hitch holes. Then they brought out an extension for small hitches. That one also rubbed up against the tire. This one was much closer but I would have have to shaved about 1/8th of an inch off the extension to get the holes to line up correctly. Even if this worked, the rack would hang out ridiculously far.
Then we tried a Thule hitch mount. Same thing as the extension. I would have to shave about 1/8th of an inch off the hitch post to get the holes to line up correctly. The two people that were helping me couldn't believe the tire was so close and the hitch was so short.
If I want a hitch mount rack it would seem my only options would be to buy the Yakima and shave off about an inch, buy the Yakima with the extension and shave off 1/8th of an inch off the extension (and have the rack out way far), or buy the Thule and shave the 1/8th of an inch off. Part of my dillema is that I really prefer the Yakima racks.
Any ideas? Why did Toyota mess with the tow hitch so much that NONE of the hitch mount racks on the market fit it??? Should I consider a new hitch (is that even possible)?
I will double check again tomorrow morning, but I have a two year old Yakima ROC-4 and I think it fits.
I tried the SuperRoc today. It has the same hitch as the ROC-4 (I believe). The incredibly short hitch along with the spare tire makes the fit not even close...
Do you have the factory hitch on your 2003? Is there a difference between the hitch on the V6/V8 or SR5/Sport/Limited??? Hmmm....
bigairlar Posts: 1brestle,
As you have discovered, not all hitch inserts are created equal - the length of the insert and placement of the holes of any given insert is entirely dependant upon the manufacturer of the insert.
For all practical purposes, however, insert tubing material forward of the point the insert exits the receiver is unnecessary and could be cut off if it conflicts with something such as the tire you mentioned.
I would suggest you take the insert to a local metal shop and ask that they cut off the offending material plus a little extra so that the insert has no chance of conflicting with the spare tire (keeping in mind that the tire's current placement may change somewhat if it is dropped and remounted). This is a simple fix that should cost no more than a couple of bucks and will allow you to utilize your preferred rack.
As an alternative, you could always deflate the spare tire or remove it entirely since we all know spare tires are unnecessary, especially on a Toyota...;)
I took my Gary Fisher Paragon out for a spin today and the Yakima ROC-4 fits just fine on my factory 2003 4runner hitch. What kind of problems are you having? Is it hitting the spare tire or does it not go into the hitch at all.
BTW..I measure the distance from the placement of the pin hole to the end of the ROC-4 and it is less than 1 inch.
rstebie Posts: 6I have the 03 sport with the JBL system. I haven't tried the MP3 but the book says no use only standard CD's
I'm hoping that the 2003 Limited will have a mid season color addition of white or pearl white, or that the 2004 will come with this option. Does anyone know if this color will be available this spring? One dealer casually mentioned that the 04's were coming out this May in pearl white, but I wanted to double check before I put off buying this great SUV for 4 months. I was pretty shocked when I starting pricing out these cars because I assumed that some type of white was standard, especially in So. Cal. Thanks for any input you may have.
poseidon Posts: 30May for the 04's? Isn't that kinda early?
I know it does seem early, hence my post. I never pay any attention to cars except when I'm buying, but I have heard that new models of some cars are coming out earlier and earlier. Still, I don't trust anything a salesman says until I can confirm it from independent sources. Two other people shopping with me that day heard the salesman volunteer the same comment : "There should be a pearl white in the '04 which comes out in May--they want to differentiate the Limited from the others which come in the natural white." I was thinking perhaps he meant a mid season color addition, nevertheless, I do want white, so I was really checking the veracity of both parts of that statement. Thanks, in advance, for any insight.
Unless it is a re-designed model such as the Matrix or Corolla this past year, Toyota typically has their new model year vehicles come out sometime around September. For some domestic units, they VERY occasionally come in late August. For Japan built units, sometimes they don't come in until October or later. So May for '04 models for the 4Runner seems like a VERY optomistic guess which it is this early in the year.
I have a question about the '03 runner. Can anyone with a tech manual (or owners manual, if it has it) tell me the speaker sizes of the stock 6-speaker cd system? And tell me the location, for instance 6 1/2's on the doors, 4x2's on the dash, etc..
passthegravy Posts: 17Can someone please try out some CD-R's in their 2003 4Runners and tell us if the stock player and/or the JBL system will play CD-R ok? In this day and age when everyone has a CD burner on their computer, it's hard to believe the manufacturers would still peddle players that won't at least handle a CD-R. Sheesh.
pschreck Posts: 524The JBL unit in my '01 Sequoia handles CD-Rs with no problem. However it DOES NOT play MP3 files. Hopefully the JBL unit in the '03 4Runner is more friendly with MP3s.
Thanks for letting me know. That is really strange! Maybe the SuperRoc is different than the Roc4. I tried the SuperRoc and it wasn't even close (the post would hit the spare and I couldn't even see the holes beginning to line up). That's when I tried an adapter for shorter hitches (hit the tire and was about 1/8th of an inch too long) and the Thule (same as the adapter).
BTW, is that less than 1 inch from the edge of the pin hole or the middle of the pin hole?
phistration Posts: 4Currently Toyota does not offer any head units that are MP3 compatible. However the newest units are CD-R/RW compatible.
Thanks, Ken, for the info about the new models. Does Totoya add mid season colors? Any suggestions for getting a White LTD short of getting it painted myself?
It is less than 1 inch from the edge of the pin hole to the end of the ROC 4 carrier. I am not sure how much space is left between the carrier and the spare, but I can put my fingers in between the two. Also, I don't know if this makes any difference, but my ROC 4 is about 2 years old.


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By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid
By 2016, e-book revenues from portable devices will reach nearly $10 billion and bookstores that don't merge digital and traditional commerce may face extinction, according to a new report.
Already at $3.2 billion this year in worldwide revenues, e-book sales on portable devices are predicted to grow three-fold to $9.7 billion, according to the Mobile Publishing 2011-2016 report released today by UK-based research firm Juniper Research. At the same time, how people buy books is predicted to change.
According to the report, about 30% of e-books will be purchased on tablets, 15% will be purchased on smartphones and roughly 55% will be purchased on e-readers by 2016. And bookstores in general will be under pressure.
"Unless bookstores can marry the digital and the physical, then they're going to go under," said Dr. Windsor Holden, research director at Juniper Research and one of the authors of the report.
While Holden predicts that there will still be a need for physical storefronts in 2016, the ones he thinks will survive are those that leverage both digital and physical promotional methods, like Barnes & Noble, which sells books through stores, through its Nook devices and through other devices like tablets and desktops.
Some of the issues publishers will have to face in the next five years, according to the report, are legal challenges to the agency pricing model, Apple and potentially other booksellers blocking moves toward interoperability between reading platforms and reading devices, the rise of self-publishing and loss of revenue as out-of-copyright works are increasingly downloaded for free.
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An Active Cavity Radiometer is a device that measures the amount of radiation given off by a surface. The concept behind the design is that the cavity is kept at a constant temperature higher than the ambient temperature. The mechanism of keeping this device at a constant temperature gives it the name active cavity. It is called a radiometer because it measures radiation.
The device measures the heat given off from a surface by determining the amount of power to be supplied to a heater to keep the cavity at a constant reference temperature when the temperature inside the cavity changes from absorbing heat from the surface.
Our team objective is to design and build a prototype active cavity radiometer. The device is used to measure the radiation being emitted from a surface. The intended use of our design is to measure the amount of radiation coming off of the earth. This information is relevant and applicable to climatology to improve the predictions of global warming and global weather patterns.
Although the manufacture of the actual instrument that will be used in the upper atmosphere would be fairly different and refined according to payload specifics for the balloon, we intend to build a prototype of the device and simulate the conditions of its intended use in a vacuum chamber.
Active cavity radiometers already exist and an example is the Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor III (ACRIMSAT III), a satellite launched by NASA on December 20 1999 with the mission to study the total irradiance from the sun. ACRIMSAT, by measuring the amount of radiation received from the sun and correlating this data with measurements of ocean and atmosphere currents and temperatures, as well as surface temperatures makes estimates on the weather patterns and global warming. There is a lot of uncertainty on whether these measurements give a good indication as to whether global warming is taking place or not since the data is collected from a satellite at 800km above the earth and extrapolated to 35 km above the earth.
Furthermore, other causes of error are from the application of the device itself. Current applications utilize a radiometer mounted on a satellite in space about 800 km above the earth's surface. A telescope is attached to the end of the cavity to enhance the cavity's view of the earth since the satellite is at a considerably large altitude from the location it is reading (viewing) and this introduces errors into the data.
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Our aim is to design a radiometer that would be attached to a balloon and fly over earth at about 35 kilometers. This height is used because it is at the very upper edge of the atmosphere, the stratosphere, so the radiation particles are not scattered by the air. This is also the region where the earth's ozone layer is. The radiation data will be measured and collected by this device and then sent back to earth by an on board communication system. The power and communication system on the device will be completely modular to interface with the balloon's onboard power and communication system.
Our part of designing the unit will be rather extensive. Although one already exists, the different elevation necessitates redesign and calibration to work properly. We have to calculate exactly how much of the earth the device will view and what percent of the actual radiation leaving the earth the device sees. We have to select a material that has a high enough absorptivity to satisfy our purpose of absorbing the radiation coming off the earth as well as radiation balance equations.
On the electronic side of the design, we have to design a controller for the heater. The controller will have the task of reading the input and modifying the output. This is will be challenging because the precision required is very large for the device to meet our requirements and goals. We also have to implement a communication protocol to transmit the measured data as well as communicate with other parts of the balloon such as GPS information for current location of reading. We have to research what the standard is for communicating among the different instruments on a balloon and then implement this so a separate transmitter is not required.
Although our device will have less error in the readings than the device currently in use, it will still exhibit some error and we will provide estimates of this error. Hence we intend on carrying out feasibility calculations for the functionality of the new device.
Our team would like to thank both Professor Matt Heun and Global Aerospace Corporation for their help and for the valuable information they provided.


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Karaganda (Kazakhstan)
A small Baptist congregation was founded in the city immediately following World War II. This also served the spiritual needs of many homeless Mennonites. After 1956, when Germans were allowed to move more freely, a steady stream of Mennonites who had been scattered throughout the land came to Karaganda. The first Mennonite Brethren congregation was founded here in December 1956 and grew to a membership of 900 by 1958. A Mennonite church (kirchliche Mennoniten) was also established, both congregations working cordially with each other. In 1967 both congregations were registered with the Soviet Union's Ministry of Cults. The Mennonite Brethren congregation was permitted to build its own house of worship, which the Mennonite church also used. After 1986 the latter had their own meetinghouse. Preaching and singing was done exclusively in German in both congregations, but exceptions were made at weddings and funerals since Russian-speaking visitors also participated. The probability of increasing use of the Russian language was clear.
Membership in the Mennonite Brethren congregation exceeded 1,000 in 1986. Choirs, Sunday school activities for children, and youth work were carried out. The Mennonite church congregation was not as large. A second Mennonite Brethren congregation, unregistered, met in private homes throughout the city. Circa 20,000 of the 70-80,000 German inhabitants of the city are of Mennonite background.
Wölk, Heinrich and Gerhard Wölk. Die Mennoniten Brüdergemeinde in Rußland, 1925-1980. Fresno: Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, 1981. English translation as A Wilderness Journey. Fresno, CA, 1982.
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I had a breast lift (no augmentation) 5 weeks ago and obtained incision separation at the t-junction on both breasts about 3 weeks ago. They are both just beginning to heal from the outer edges and I'm anxious to start jogging again. The unexpected delay in healing and lack of exercise is taking its toll on me. When can I start jogging again without worrying about additional separation?
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Despite the stereotype that porn actresses are "damaged goods," they actually report higher self-esteem, more positive feelings and greater levels of spirituality than other women, a new study finds.
As previous research has shown, the general public tends to have a negative opinion of female porn stars, assuming that they come from desperate backgrounds and are driven to the industry by low self-respect, a history of childhood sex abuse or other psychological factors.
A group of researchers set out to test if there was any truth to these stereotypes. They surveyed 177 female porn stars between 18 and 50 years old (average age of 26) about their sexual behaviors and attitudes, alcohol and drug use, self-esteem and quality of life.
Compared with a control group, the porn actresses were much more likely to be bisexual (67 percent vs. 7 percent). They also started having sex at an earlier age, had more sexual partners in their lifetime (not including partners in their line of work), said they enjoyed sex more and were more concerned about contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD).
Additionally, porn actresses were more likely to have had a problem with alcohol and to report having used 10 different types of drugs in their lifetime. They also reported more marijuana use during the past six months compared with other women.
But the researchers found key differences between porn actresses and other women that contradict the "damaged goods" stereotype. The porn stars were no more likely to have been victims of childhood sex abuse than the control group, the study found. What's more, the porn actresses reported significantly higher sexual satisfaction, positive feelings, social support and spirituality….
"Overall, pornography actresses had higher scores on several psychological dimensions and appear to be as healthy as or healthier than the matched sample," the researchers wrote in a paper published online Nov. 20 in the Journal of Sex Research.
The researchers said the spirituality differences may be associated with the porn stars' high levels of sexual satisfaction, as prior research has found a link between the two. And in turn, the actresses' high sexual satisfaction may be related to their use of pornography as an effective means to express their sexuality. …
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