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UST- KAMENOGORSK, KAZAKHSTAN, 10 September 2012 - From 3 to 7 September 2012 in Ust–Kamenogorsk a "OneMinutesJr" video workshop on disaster risk reduction took place for students of the pilot schools of Eastern Kazakhstan region. 16 school children, who got training on the UNICEF program on disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the framework of the UNICEF project 2011, were taking part in it.
The aim of the workshop is creating and shooting one-minute video-films about disaster risk reduction project activities in Kazakhstan, advancement of children and youth participation in decision-making concerning their life, stimulating expression of the kids' opinion on nature disasters in the locality in which they live, and about activities to mitigate those risks.
For the period of the five-day workshop which is carried out by the UNICEF international experts from Germany and Netherlands, the participants will consolidate and upgrade their knowledge and skills in the area of disaster risk reduction by way of communication, of experience exchange with their peers and making of their own video films.
"At the seminar we study from the masters of their arts how to make up and shoot our own one-minute video-films. I consider the theme of disaster risk reduction a cognitive one. I want to shoot a film about the case when in 2008 in the city of Semey where I live, because of the extreme heat there was a forest on fire, and that caused the fumigation all around the city, and the inhabitants were in the risk zone. I want to share my past fears and my current knowledge about the fact that fire plots should be strewn with sand and covered with the blankets, to urgently call up the firemen and doctors for giving the assistance who had gotten the scorches. I'll show how the fire was stopped, and the people were evacuated by the mobile fire brigade to safe places", - said Temerlan Bekmuhamedov, the student of the 10 А grade, school #11 of the city of Semey.
It is planned that the best videos will be shown at the various events at the country, regional and international levels, such as the 5th Asian Inter-ministry conference on disaster risk reduction which will take place in October in Jakarta, Indonesia, in October 2012, at the city of Almaty on the occasion of the celebration of the International day of disaster risk reduction, at the conference on DDR in Geneva in May of 2013. And more than that, with the purpose of the promotion of this initiative the video-films will be placed on the on-line UNICEF platforms and web-sites of its partners.
The DIPECHO VII project "Supporting disaster risk reduction amongst institutions and vulnerable communities in Kazakhstan" is funded by the Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection of the European Commission (ECHO). Besides the schools and kindergartens of Eastern Kazakhstan, it will be continued in the new pilot institutions of the city of Almaty, Almaty and South Kazakhstan regions which due to their natural and technogenic peculiarities are subject to the accidental disasters such as earthquakes, floods, mudflows, landslides, avalanches, extreme temperatures and fires.
One of the main directions of the project work is advancement of the potential of schools and kindergartens in providing the readiness to disasters, and also rising of schools' sustainability to the potential risks. At the national level the main task is to integrate disaster risk reduction blocks into the corresponding school curriculum and inclusion of the DRR components into the national and local programs of development and budgets of the regions of Kazakhstan. UNICEF will continue cooperation with the Ministries of Education and Science and Emergency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, UNDP and Red Crescent Society in Kazakhstan in this area.
"We are grateful to UNICEF for touching upon serious challenges of our region; I'm happy that our children were active participants of the workshop and shown our risks with their own eyes", - told Zhanar Islyamova, representing Education Department of the Eastern Kazakhstan Akimat at the ceremony of the workshop's closure, where 18 children's videos have been presented.
"We are proud to be a pilot school in DIPECHO disaster risk reduction project, we learnt many things during this week, such work is important for future generations; we plan to show these videos to all students of our and other schools and will continue teaching children on DRR», - noted Oralkhan Tleukhanov, director of the pilot school.
"Teaching children on preparedness and actions during disasters is one of the main tasks of the Emergency system, we increase the capacity every day, however, I have never seen that children can create such video films on their own; this method could be applied in our practice on strengthening the skills on DRR", - expressed her view Marina Liskova, the Chief specialist of Ust-Kamenogorsk city Emergency Department.
The events carrying out by the UNICEF in Eastern Kazakhstan region are realized in the framework of the five-year UN Joint Program and the Plan of action of the Akimat of Eastern Kazakhstan and UNICEF for 2012.
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Skeriotis said he believes he was victorious in the May 6 Republican primary election for Ohio House District 75 because "the voters know I will work hard for them [if elected] as a state representative to ensure an increase in jobs and growth in our community." Hendrickson has an unlisted phone number and could not be reached for comment.Skeriotis, 54, of Suffield, is the owner of a paving business.
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Mr. Burns sat alone at his desk in his mansion thinking about what he should buy next. Mr. Smithers, the guy who had a fascination with the town's richest man suddenly stepped in.
Mr Smithers: Mr. Burns, you already own almost everything in this town, why not buy the town outright?
Mr. Burns: (Tapping his fingers together) Excellent. Smithers, that is what we'll do, we'll order a town meeting
where we will force Quimby into selling Springfield to me. I will turn it in to Monty Enterprises and force everybody to work for me for less then a decent living wage!
At the town meeting
Quimby: Err, ah if there is nothing else we'll err adjourn this err ah meeting.
Suddenly Mr. Burns steps up and announces that he has a proposition for the town.
Mr. Burns: I have one more thing to add to this meeting and It involves the selling of the town to me…
The crowd goes into a crazy panic not liking the idea nobody can be understood but as soon as the crowd quiets Quimby answers…
Quimby: Err Mr. Burns, I err don't think selling the err ah town to you would be a good idea. Err, so I, ah, don't think that I will sell Springfield to err you.
Mr. Burns: Fine have it your way…
Suddenly the old bastard pulls out a gun and shoots Mayor Quimby, as Quimby topples over dead
C…B…R was Mayor Quimby, Innocent Aligned
Mr. Burns: Now if there are no more people who do not wish to see the town sold to me I will be leaving.
Suddenly the bartender moe Syzlack stands up and is about to speak when Burns shoots him dead.
Dagax was Moe Syzlack, innocent Aligned
Mr. Burns: Oh and if you think that it's me and Smithers against all of you, think again amongst all of you are are people who are working for me, but who?
With that Smithers and Burns leave Town Hall, their point being made. They were going to control the town whether the town's people liked it or not. As the left and the doors closed behind them Commotion broke out once again but it was Marge that finally spoke up.
Marge: Listen to me!!! There is only one way to get out of here with our town still controlled by us and not that evil man.
Willie: Yeah,it's ool for one and one for ool!
The town starts arguing whether they should stick together or go off separately.
Skinner: Now remember what Burns said as he was going out the door about there being some people amongst us that were working for him. It's going to take some real help in trying to figure out who they are.
Homer: I say we choose a town member to die each day hoping to get a member of that man's group and at night we hope for the best!
Lenny: Wow Homer that is probably the best idea you've ever had.
Homer: The what and who now?
Ned Flanders: While I don't condone killing innocent people I see no other way. If I don't want to join my beloved Maude up in heaven at this time I'll have to make sure I don't die and I'll have to trust you guys to keep me alive. Especially you neighborooni.
Homer: Shut up Flanders.
The meeting broke down with everybody agreeing that during day one of them would die, hopefully they would get a member of Burns Mafia, or one of the people who didn't agree to go at this together and instead chose to go it on their own.
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I read his book when it first came out. Very sad to hear of his passing in such a senseless way. This man made huge sacrifices for his country and family. He deserved better.
I knew folks from that team but not Chris. I set up a trhead for folks to air their theories on the incident and hopefully they will put all that non sense in that thread instead of this one. RIP Chris.
I apologize for injecting my AAR of an incident I didn't witness on a page that should be limited to paying much due respect to a fallen hero.
RIP Chris.
I'm not hijacking this thread. I'm not the ones who are discussing whether it was wise or not for Chris to take people with PTSD to a shooting range, but I'm going to respond.
None of us here are psychiatrists... to my knowledge.
What I do know is that there are varying degrees of PTSD. Also, not every form or diagnosis of mental illness is an automatic disqualifier to being around or owning firearms. If that were the case, very few people would be allowed to have firearms.
Anyone here have a fear of heights? It's a phobia, and a phobia is a mental disorder. I've known people who get absolutely violent if you try to force them into a glass elevator that is so popular at some big hotels and casinos. Opps, there's that pesky "violent tendency" raising it's ugly head.
Do you smoke? Obama still does. Are you considered by your doctor to be addicted to nicotine? To my knowledge, addiction is still codified as a form of mental illness.
If I were you, I'd be less concerned about Chris Kyle's attempt at helping victims of PTSD and be just a little more concerned about what you discuss with your own doctor. Now that Obamacare is law of the land and the government is entitled to every scrap of information you discuss with your doctor. Whether you feel it's on the record or off the record, I can bet a lot of people someday, are going to get a visit from some government agency way down the road, saying you are no longer fit to own guns because of what you've discussed with your doctor.
Everyone was warned that Obamacare was a back door way of gaining control over every aspect of people's lives, all under the guise of "public health." Think we were kidding? Well sit back and watch over the next few years and see how Obamacare ends up having a negative effect on Your Life.
Oh, and when I said, not every form or diagnosis of mental illness is an automatic disqualifier to be around or own guns? Well, we'll see how that plays out under Obamacare. It has yet to be determined just how far they will go with using Obamacare as part of their gun grab scheme.
I hope this does more than raise a few eyebrows. But really, it's too late. We got us some Obamacare in the house now, and we're stuck with it.
His book was incredible, and his life must have been even more so. Prayers to an American Hero and his family. RIP.
I shoot with a guy that has documented PTSD,he also received a Purple Heart in A-Stan,I feel totally safe around the guy,His PTSD has more to do with when he falls asleep and his subconscious starts reliving some of his experiences.
Condolences to his Family. It's always a sad day when we lose one of our best.
My condolences to both the Kyle and Littlefield families. Sounds like we lost another two good men.
How can you say this which implies good judgement:
One thing is for certain, Chris Kyle's judgement is not to be blamed and should not be called into question.
The official statement from Craft International: http://www.thecraft.com/Remembering_Chris_Kyle.html
Such a shame, survive four combat tours and to die at home. RIP Chief.
I've been saying all along that his judgement should not be to blame. That's been the point of all my posts. I see how you could read it that way now that I reread it with a clear head. I was more than a little pissed when I posted and should have proof read. I was typing faster than my brain could keep up.
To clarify, I should have said, I'm sure that Chris did not see any indication of violent behavior, otherwise he never would have handed him a loaded firearm.
I'm going to edit that post now.


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Is this another frustrated beancounter who moved into the top job without relinquishing his daily fix of statistics? DeNunzio is, after all, an accountant by trade who was finance chief for an impressive list of blue-chip companies, including L'Oreal, Pepsi and Wal-Mart Europe.
The answer, mercifully, is no. DeNunzio, 42, though sometimes intense, is simply a stickler for retail minutiae. His dedication to detail extends to personally sampling each of Asda's ready-made meals.
His enthusiasm for jargon, staff motivation techniques and company communication forums is strikingly reminiscent of former Asda boss Allan Leighton. This is hardly surprising, given that Leighton recruited DeNunzio in 1993 when Asda was recovering from the brink of bankruptcy. The pair were key to the subsequent recovery story, culminating in the £6.7bn purchase by the US giant Wal-Mart in 1999.
Perhaps the most noticeable difference is DeNunzio's obvious abhorrence of self-publicity. 'I'm not interested in the cult of the personality,' he says. 'I'm here to make sure the business takes advantage of all the opportunities it has and give the team the freedom to get on and do the job.'
DeNunzio's promotion from chief financial officer of Wal-Mart Europe to chief operating officer of Asda last August came at a difficult time for Britain's third-biggest supermarket. The departure of Paul Mason, his predecessor who joined clothing retailer Matalan, came close on the heels of the defection of at least eight senior executives.
Rumours that interference from Wal-Mart's head office in Bentonville, Arkansas, was causing friction in Britain produced gleeful finger-pointing from competitors.
DeNunzio says: 'Was I worried about the departures? For a nanosecond. Despite people moving on, this business has gone from strength to strength.
'I have more than enough freedom from Wal-Mart to be extremely successful or to mess up really badly. Interfering isn't an issue.'
The figures bear out the continuing-success of Asda. Christmas tradingshowed a like-for-like growth of 11%, well ahead of its competitors. DeNunzio is bullish about meeting Wal-Mart's demands that Asda doubles its profits by 2003. 'I've no concerns,' he says. 'We will meet our returns criteria.'
To further disappoint those eager for signs of an Asda/Wal-Mart rift, DeNunzio expounds at length on how the two are marching forward in 'global sourcing'.
These two words will unsettle rivals. The awesome buying power of Wal-Mart, poised to overtake Exxon-Mobil as the world's biggest company in terms of sales, means it can bulk-buy products at rock-bottom prices from a single supplier to fill stores across nine countries.
DeNunzio explains this as he walks round the new Asda/Wal-Mart superstore in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, pointing out bargains in a vast warehouse of electrical goods, clothing, gardening equipment and toys.
Holding up a man's fleece jacket, priced at £9, he says: 'We used to buy 50,000 metres of fabric to make our stock of these - now Wal-Mart buys three million. You can imagine what that does to the price.'
DeNunzio is reluctant to reveal what percentage of products are globally sourced, though he says that 2,000 of the 5,000 household goods in Asda's latest round of price cuts were bought in this way.
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I would love to know where he is getting horsehide that thin.
I have contacted the suppliers here in the U.S. and none of them sell it that thin, and you can't split it on a conventional splitter.
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The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod's ministry in Belgium is spearheaded by Rev. Matthias Tepper, an Alliance missionary who serves through a partnership with the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (SELK) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium. Rev. Tepper's two primary objectives in Belgium are to gather together Lutherans in the area for worship and fellowship and to spread the Gospel among unbelievers so they may come to faith in Jesus Christ.
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Sport Psychology for Youth Coaches
Developing Champions in Sports and Life
Ronald E. Smith and Frank L. Smoll
Today, more than 68 million children and adolescents participate in sport programs in the United States. Yet despite the growth and popularity of highly-organized athletic competition, controversy still swirls around the role that adults, particularly coaches, play in the world of youth sports. Coaches not only occupy a critical leadership position in the athletic setting, but their influence can extend into other areas of life as well.
Sport Psychology for Youth Coaches
is a practical "how-to" guide that helps coaches use their leadership role to achieve optimal benefits for young athletes, both on and off the field/court.
It is designed to help coaches create rewarding experiences for young athletes and provides specific behavioral guidelines that have proven to have positive, and lasting, effects. The authors address a wide range of everyday concerns including motivation, stress reduction, psychological skills, relations with parents, legal responsibilities, and other areas of importance to both coaches and athletes. Using clear examples and real stories, they help coaches hone their own skills so they can bring out the best in their young competitors – in sports and in life.
No coach should be without this essential guide, whose principles have been successfully applied and tested on thousands of coaches around the world.
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Ronald E. Smith, Ph.D.,
is professor of psychology and director of the Clinical Psychology Training Program at the University of Washington. He has held a faculty position at Purdue University and visiting scholar appointments at Marquette University, UCLA, the University of New Mexico, and the University of Hawaii. For 12 years, Dr. Smith directed a psychological skills training program for the Houston Astros professional baseball organization. Smith also served as Team Counselor for the Seattle Mariners and as a training consultant to the Oakland Athletics Baseball Club and to Major League Soccer. Smith is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and a past president of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. He is the recipient of a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute for his contributions to the field of mental health. At the University of Washington, Smith has served as Head of the Social Psychology and Personality area and as co-director of the Sport Psychology graduate training program. He also chaired the President's Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Board, and he co-directed (with Frank Smoll) Husky Sport Psychology Services in the University's Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Smith has published more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters and has authored or co-authored 34 books on introductory psychology, personality, stress and stress management, sport psychology, and human performance enhancement. His books include
Introduction to Personality: Toward an Integration
(7th ed., Wiley, 2004),
Psychological Skills in Professional Baseball
(Houston Astros Baseball Club, 1993), and
Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior
(5th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2011).
Frank L. Smoll, Ph.D.,
is professor of psychology at the University of Washington. As a University of Washington faculty member, Smoll teaches courses in sport psychology, and he has served as Graduate Program Coordinator, Human Subjects Coordinator, and Co-Director of the Sport Psychology graduate training program. From 1993-1999, he co-directed (with Ronald Smith) a psychological skills training program for UW athletes (Husky Sport Psychology Services). He has published more than 130 scientific articles and book chapters, and he is co-author of 22 books and manuals, including
Children and Youth in Sport: A Biopsychosocial Perspective
(2nd ed., Kendall/Hunt, 2002),
Sports and Your Child
(2nd ed., Warde, 2005), and
Guidelines for Coaching Excellence
(2009, INDE). Smoll's professional honors include election to fellow status in the following organizations: American Psychological Association, Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), National Academy of Kinesiology. In 2002, he was the recipient of AASP's Distinguished Professional Practice Award. Smoll was also named a Sports Ethics Fellow for 2008 by the Institute for International Sports. He is an AASP Certified Consultant and has been actively involved with local and national youth sport organizations. In collaboration with Ronald Smith, Smoll was the recipient of research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the William T. Grant Foundation. A major goal was to develop, test, and disseminate an educational program for youth sport coaches. This program, which is known as the Mastery Approach to Coaching, is the only scientifically validated coaching-education workshop that has been shown to have desirable effects on youngsters' personal, social, and athletic development. The research was honored as one of the top 100 science-technology contributions in the history of the University of Washington in a volume entitled
Pathbreakers: A Century of Excellence in Science & Technology at the University of Washington
. More than 26,000 coaches have participated in some 500 workshops in the United States and Canada.
Part I. Developing a Coaching Philosophy
1. Athletic Competition for Children and Adolescents: Why Youth Sports?
2. Sport Models and Goals: Kids Are Not Professionals!
Part II. Becoming a Better Coach
3. Coaching Roles and Relationships: Influencing Young Athletes' Lives
4. The Mastery Approach to Coaching: Applying Sport Psychology
5. Communication and Self-Awareness: Skills for Improving Coaching Effectiveness
Part III. Performance Enhancement Skills for Young Athletes
6. Goal Setting: Charting the Road to Success
7. Athletic Stress: Teaching Coping Skills to Young Athletes
8. Mental Imagery: Using the Mind to Program the Body
Part IV. Coaching Challenges and How to Deal With Them
9. Working Effectively With "Problem Athletes:" Turning Problems Into Opportunities
10. Coach-Parent Relationships: A Vital Link in Successful Youth Sport Experiences
11. What to Do If . . .
About the Authors
As a professional baseball coach for over three decades the reader might find it odd that I would endorse a book on youth coaching and sports. That would be a mistake. The gifted athletes I work with have many of the anxieties and problems found in youth players. What Ron Smith and Frank Smoll have done is organize a comprehensive manuscript that helps coaches at all levels create an atmosphere that allows success. Immediate and future success. I ask that youth coaches devour this book for the nuggets it contains. Ron Smith introduced and mentored me in many of the concepts in
Sport Psychology for Youth Coaches
in the early 90's as a young pitching coach with the Houston Astros organization. Thank you Ron for that and helping put on paper the ideals of coaching I utilize today.
Brent Strom, pitching coordinator, St. Louis Cardinals, Strom Baseball Institute
This important book, written by two "pros" in the field of sport psychology, has the capacity to help anyone be a better coach and a better parent.
Dick Bennett, former high school and NCAA Division I basketball coach
Smith and Smoll are two of the nation's top social scientists studying coaching and youth sports, and they have been collaborating for decades. In this book, their rich scientific work comes to life through clear writing and a multitude of positive ideas for keeping youth sports in perspective and all kids engaged. Their welcomed message is to minimize young people feeling like failures by emphasizing effort, persistence, and improvement. This is a must-read for coaches, teachers, parents, and other adults who work with children and youth.
Robert C. Granger, Ed.D., president, William T. Grant Foundation
Sport Psychology for Youth Coaches: Developing Champions in Sport and Life
is a MUST read for any youth sport administrator, coach, or parent! Ron and Frank have once again contributed invaluable research, recommendations, and guidelines for the youth sport participant to have an optimal sporting experience. As a psychologist that has worked with collegiate and elite athletes for over 20 years, I have found that the most successful and happiest high level athletes have experienced many of the positive relationships that are discussed in this book. In my opinion, this book should be required reading for any adult (parent, coach, administrator) involved with kids in sport.
Chris Carr, Ph.D, HSPP, sport & performance psychologist, St. Vincent Sports Performance, Indianapolis, IN
Dr. Smith and Dr. Smoll are synonymous with in-depth research and applied sport psychology strategies for young athletes, youth coaches, and parents.
Sport Psychology for Youth Coaches
is based upon more than 35 years of their research and applied experience. The authors bring to the reader a broad range of necessary topics that are easily understood, easy to implement, and relevant for coaches. Based upon their research, Smith and Smoll clearly illustrate a myriad of issues and challenges facing youth sport, but they also provide user friendly and research based solutions for these challenges. Although the title of this book implies a target audience of youth coaches, this valuable information applies to athletes and coaches at all levels of sport and life. If you are a coach or you have sons and daughters in sport, this book is a must read!
Jim Bauman, sport psychologist, University of Virginia
Sport Psychology for Youth Coaches: Developing Champions in Sports and Life
crystallizes more than three decades of cutting-edge scientific research and applied work in youth sport by two of the field's most distinguished professionals. Written in an engaging, practical style and sprinkled liberally with quotes from legendary sports figures, the book draws heavily on the expertise and experience of the authors and provides readers with concrete, step-by-step guidelines to improve themselves as coaches and help young athletes maximize their performance and enjoyment in sport.
Britton W. Brewer, Ph.D., professor of psychology, Springfield College
Smith and Smoll are the 'go-to' guys for youth sport coaches, and this easy-to-read book is a distillation of their many years of research, teaching, doing, and writing concerning best practices. Read it and hit all the bases running!
Kate F. Hays, Ph.D., C.Psych., CC-AASP, director, The Performing Edge, Toronto, past president, American Psychological Association's Division of Exercise & Sport Psychology,
Finally! A user friendly book for coaches focused on the mental side of the game that is the real deal- written by top experts in the field. Ron Smith and Frank Smoll have made it easier for coaches at all levels to work on the mental side of the game, incorporating the best coaching research, science, and practical tips into their sport programs.
Judy Van Raalte, Ph.D., professor of psychology, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
A must read for any parent or coach involved in youth sports. Drawing on 30 years of experience as leading experts in the field, Ron Smith and Frank Smoll have put together a practical and informative leadership book that helps adults maximize the personal growth and development of young athletes while teaching psychological skills that foster a healthy perspective about winning, personal improvement, and controlling the emotional side of sport.
David Yukelson, Ph.D., past president and fellow, Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), director of sport psychology services, Morgan Center for Student-Athletes, Penn State University
This book is a must for all youth sports coaches. Whether you are a novice or experienced coach, the information and behavioural guidelines contained in this book will help you provide a more positive experience for you athletes and engage more effectively with problem parents. Having spent more than four decades studying the effects of coaching behaviour in youth sports and delivering coach and parent education workshops, Professors Ronald Smith and Frank Smoll have discovered and tested the coaching practices that best promote success both on and off the sports field. Coaches who follow the principles described in this book have been shown to produce athletes who enjoy sports more, have greater respect for the coach, possess higher levels of self-esteem and adaptive motivation, and are less anxious and less likely to drop out of sports.
Sean Cumming, senior lecturer in sport and exercise sciences, University of Bath, UK
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I've been getting an intermittent warning light that is supposed to mean that there's a defective bulb. As far as I can tell though, none of the lights are out.
Any ideas what's causing this? Could it be the beginning of the electrical gremlins when a battery gets old? (I have the original battery and the car's almost 6 years old.)
Rear fog lights? :)
Anyway, it's intermittent, so I think it's some sort of electrical gremlin.
Not sure about the 2007+ with LEDs but on earlier models an intermittent warning of a dead bulb could be:
- a bulb has worked a bit loose in its printed circuit board (vibration from those bumpy roads in the Bay area)
- a bulb has a filament that has just about broken but not quite
I doubt it's your battery - that should be good for another few years unless you have had a few full discharges and/or the magic eye is black.
I got the same message last night when I started my x3 at work. When I got home the warning light went out.
I haven't had a chance to check yet but I suspect one of the bulbs behind the led tail lights on the tailgate has worked loose. I will look at it this weekend. My first thought was it was how cold it was outside yesterday here in NorCal, but I think super is right.
To diagnose and fix this, I'm thinking I just have to wait until it goes completely bad, right now I can't figure out what light's not working even when the warning light is on.
May not be the bumpy roads in the Bay Area, may be because I went off road again last month on a really rough trail.
I had the same issue - turned out to be bulb for the red hatch light.
I checked the hatch light, no problem. Of course, when I checked the dashboard indicator wasn't lit, hasn't been lit for about 1 1/2 days now.
Keep checking, I guess!
Spoke---I thought I would give an update since we both had the issue at the same time....
The intermittent out light for me was the passenger side rear bulb brake/tail light below the led tail light. It's behind the right access door and its the bulb housing that pulls straight up. I just needed a new w16w bulb. I picked up a 2 pack at napa for $4.85. I bought the equivalent base type at napa marked 921LL.
I ve had that warning light on for the past 500 days.
Gave up on searching... all the lights that I know of are on. :mad:
It's funny you say that...my warning lamp came back in Tuesday morning...
It is now the bulb I originally suspected. It is one of the force braking bulbs in the hatch behind the led lights. I suspect the bulb is fine, but it has worked loose from the bulb housing/circuit board from opening and closing the hatch.
Unfortunately this bulb is a bummer to get to.
bulb out
I had a similiar issue with my 528i a year or more ago.
Check the brake light on top of rear visor.
Did it go out when the brakes were applied?
Reel Job
1998 528i
From what I understand, the dealer's fancy diagnostic equipment applies a test voltage to look for high resistance.
The high resistance might be accompanied with a blackened glass, or just a loose or corroded connection.
The only DIY recourse is to start swapping in new bulbs for the seemingly good ones until the warning light goes away - or just replace them all anyway.
What I'm understanding from X3brian and Supercourse is that there's a filament bulb behind the LED display that is the force braking indicator. I'm not sure I've really checked that out. I assumed the light would vary in intensity as I increased my force on the brake pedal when the car is parked, and that's what I tried to test. But Supercourse is saying you really have to do a fast stop from high speed, which I'm really not going to try to test.
I'm understanding that there is a filament bulb behind the LED display wherever the brake lights are, so on the left and right in the main rear light assembly, and in the center higher up on the tailgate. Anywhere else?
I just had my wife hit the brakes hard while the car was idling in the garage. The left one lit up but not the right.
I had this problem once, bulb indicator light on but couldn't find a bad bulb....turned out to be one of the license plate bulbs that was out (hard to notice), so make sure to check those li'l suckers too :)
I had checked ALL of them and I know which one (of two) it must be.
Its one of the rear fog/hazard brake lights.
When the indicator first came on, I looked at all the bulbs, didnt find anything, told my wife to drive on the HW at 120 and slam the brakes so I can see while following her in our Accord what is going on.
Apart from almost ramming into the X3 cause the brakes on the Accord are nowhere near as good as in the X3, I barely had time to notice that no extra light came on.
So there you go.. the only bulb that is a :mad: to get is out...
Conclusion? Do not get an Accord!!!!! :D
Glad you didn't rear end your own car, that would be a hard one to explain to insurance! :rofl: That's why I prefered to check the "force braking" just parked in my driveway.
How can you inspect that on the driveway? That is why I wanted highway speeds..
Thankfully I kept my distance and I knew what was gonna happen :thumbup:
Yes, it needs a deceleration in excess of 15 ft./sec. to activate the brake force display - that is, when a briefcase goes flying off the seat, or your dog in the back thumps into your headrest.
Wouldn't there be a safer way to check its functioning?
Such as, you in the other car pull off onto the shoulder, and have the X3 come by at the speed limit and brake sharply just after it passes you.
But then it's up to the X3 driver to time things so that there isn't someone anywhere in their rear view mirror.
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According to local lore, Native Americans named Devil's Thumb, the rocky outcropping that towers high above the Ranch. As legend goes, after the warring Ute and Arapaho tribes settled their differences in the Ranch Creek Valley, they buried the devil, but left his thumb exposed to remind them of the evils of war.
Before the Trans-Continental Railroad opened up the area in 1904, a stagecoach route from Idlewild (now Winter Park) joined the Rollins Pass route. A state station was situated east of what is now our Ranch. The road extended transversely over the Ranch where it followed the course of the current County Road 83. The land was rich agriculturally and was used for cattle grazing in the early 1900s.
After the railroad was introduced, settlers began moving west in search of wealth and opportunity. Many ended their journeys in the Rocky Mountains. During this time, there were more people living in the Fraser Valley than there are today. One favorite hangout of the railroad workers was a dance hall on Black Ranch, located immediately north of the lodge.
In 1937, the original Ranch homestead was built by Margaret Radcliff and the property operated as a dairy, but it was brothers Don, Louis, and George Yager who started Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort as a vacation property in 1946. The Yagers incorporated the Radcliff homestead into the Ranch facilities and the original building exists today as the Ranch House Saloon.
The Yagers operated Devil's Thumb Ranch as both a working ranch and dude ranch until 1972. Cross-country skiing was introduced in the winter of 1975-76 when Dick Taylor, a 1964 Olympic cross-country team member, designed the first 35 kilometers of our Nordic trails. Though well known as a Nordic destination, the property did not offer many guest amenities.
In 2001, current owners Bob and Suzanne Fanch changed the property's fate from becoming developed with residences and a golf course. The Fanchs had a vision to create a special place where visitors to the Ranch Creek Valley could have a truly authentic Colorado experience, one celebrating the rustic spirit of the West.
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Beyond stereotypes: An exploratory profile of Australian women mayors
Ryan, Christine M., Pini, Barbara M., & Brown, Kerry A. (2005) Beyond stereotypes: An exploratory profile of Australian women mayors. Local Government Studies, 31(4), pp. 443-448.
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While women continue to be under-represented in local government , their level of participation in senior positions has increased markedly over the past two decades. However, little is known about these political actors. This study addresses this gap in the literature by drawing on interviews with nineteen women mayors who held office in the Australian state of Queensland during the period 2000-2004. The paper uses Sinclair, Bowman and Strahan's (1987) typology of women local government leaders, to analyse the current position of women mayors in Australia. The paper finds that the profiles of women in these positions has markedly changed over the last 15 years. The paper concludes there is a need to focus on dismantling the stereotypes and implement well-designed and considered strategies to develop women leaders if the local government sector is to remain robust and viable in these changing social and economic times.
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An American woman serving a life sentence in Hong Kong returned to court yesterday to appeal against her murder conviction for bashing her banker husband to death after spiking his milkshake with sedatives.
Nancy Kissel's attempt to overturn the verdict in what became known as the "milkshake murder" could reopen a sensational trial in a case involving alleged sexual abuse, cocaine and adultery.
Kissel was found guilty of murder after a three-month trial in 2005 for the death of her husband Robert Kissel on November 2, 2003. Gerard McCoy, the defence attorney, said yesterday that Kissel's appeal would be based on self-defence and provocation. McCoy said the judge in Kissel's trial, High Court Judge Michael Victor Lunn, gave jurors confusing instructions on the definition of self-defence.
"There has been a degree of unfairness that impaired the safety of the verdict," McCoy told the court. He also said that Lunn summarised the case so quickly that jurors may have lost their concentration, but the appeals court rejected McCoy's request to present evidence supporting that argument.
During the 2005 trial, Kissel, a native of the US state of Minnesota, said she killed her husband in self-defence because he was wielding a baseball bat.
Prosecutors said Robert Kissel, an investment banker for Merrill Lynch, found out his wife was having an affair and had planned to seek a divorce just before she killed him. She drugged him using a milkshake laced with the "date-rape drug" Rohypnol and hours later bludgeoned him to death with a metal ornament in the bedroom of their luxury apartment in Hong Kong, prosecutors said. She wrapped the body in a rug and asked maintenance workers to move it to a storeroom, prosecutors said. Kissel said her husband was a violent, short-tempered cocaine addict who forced her to have painful anal sex.
Robert Kissel's estate was worth US$18m in life insurance, stocks and properties, according to prosecutors.
The hearing is to continue at Hong Kong's court of appeal today.


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Tom terrific after heart cops beating
All heart and hustle: Tom Raudonikis and, inset, in his playing
AFTER a five-hour open-heart operation that involved a quadruple bypass, Wests/Newtown legend Tom Raudonikis is recovering in Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital.
Who can believe the very object that identified the larrikin international No.7 would give him his biggest problem? But, as John "Chow" Hayes told the Magpies reunion on Saturday, as news of the impending operation on Tom's heart circulated: "The doctors will have plenty to work with."
"Tom Terrific" is impervious to pain, which explains why he was out of the intensive care unit and back in his ward 12 hours after surgery. Sadly, it also explains why the 56-year-old ignored the butterflies doing loops and barrel rolls in his chest. When a nurse taking a blood sample for his diabetes asked if he had any health concerns, he mentioned a slight tightness of the chest when going on his morning walk.
Insofar as the morning walk was climbing a mountain on which Brisbane's TV transmitters are located, it is fortunate he is alive today. The nurse refused to listen to Tom's pleas that she was overreacting and insisted he undertake a stress test, which revealed the severe blockages. He was hospitalised on Friday and went in to surgery Monday afternoon.
His wife, Terri, said at 9pm on Monday: "He's already had a sponge bath. If the nurse who gave him the sponge bath was the same young one in the ward yesterday, the monitors would have been beeping."
On and off the field Raudonikis was all heart and hustle. Determination and toughness marked his 20 Tests for Australia and his long career with Wests and Newtown and followed him to coaching in Brisbane and Sydney. His favourite motivational ploy at Brisbane clubs and Western Suburbs was to bring an ox heart to a game in a training bag. Once, when the Magpies were performing with little drive, he produced an ox heart in the Campbelltown dressing room and stabbed it to a coat peg. "You blokes don't know what a heart is," he told the team. "Here it is."
The story has been told and retold, sharpened like an old razor, with some witnesses now claiming the heart was still beating. And, of course, the terrified Magpies went out and beat the opposition.
The Wests players at Saturday's reunion signed a giant card that I took to St Vincent's on Sunday. It had the best wishes of some of the game's greats, including 1963 Kangaroos captain/coach Arthur Summons, who sent the young RAAF aircraftman from Wagga to Wests, and Tom's first captain, Noel Kelly.
But in the perverse language of rugby league, in which people are accused of not having the very quality that identifies them, some of the messages asked bluntly: "What f------ heart?"
He laughed at the quips, enjoying the well-intended humour. He said of cigarettes, which he believes contributed to his condition: "Thank God a couple of my mates refused to speak to me in 2000 if I didn't get off the lung-busters. I've met a few blokes in the ward in a worse state than me."
He said of the long days that he works distributing liquor and speaking at sporting functions: "I'm going to reassess my life after this." With immortal Arthur Beetson, he speaks at gigs from Cowra to Cooktown. He was in Cootamundra recently and twice phoned resident and former Wests teammate Les Boyd from a hotel to join him in a beer. "I refused to leave home," Boyd said. "I value my health too much."
Terri Raudonikis said Tom was doing deep breathing exercises when she last saw him but did not comment on the proximity of the young nurse.
P.S. He is in St Vincent's public, not private. You'd expect that of a former Fibro.
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When Board of Trustees Chairman Richard L. Bready announced the selection of the 10th President of Roger Williams in March 2011, he noted that the Search Committee's responsibility "was not just to pick any qualified leader, but to select the right leader for the future of our institution."
For Roger Williams University, Donald J. Farish made that choice abundantly clear. Every single university constituency overwhelmingly advocated for the selection of Dr. Farish and, in the end, the Search Committee chose the President unanimously.
More than anything, the consensus that emerged illustrates that the University community and our new president share a similar set of values – a focus on student-centered undergraduate education; an emphasis on connections to the greater community; participatory discourse and decision-making.
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So it's two days before Mother's Day and, like an idiot, you forgot all about it again. All the good flowers are probably gone — you need to get her something sweet, and you need it quick. Then you remember: What about that dual vibrating flexidong Mom's always hinting about? And as soon as you think of that, you remember that Dad's birthday is right around the corner, and you know he's always going on about how his old cock-and-ball harness has been broken for months. But where can you get a vibrating flexidong and a space-age cock-and-ball harness? Carmen's, my friend. And that's just for starters: They have so many different toys, apparel, videos and bondage play sets, you'll think you died and went to pervert heaven. And Mom and Dad will never be happier!
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There's no place that can compare to Hong Kong Market No. 4. It's probably the best example of the mix of Texan and Asian cultures. Only in Houston can you find an Asian grocery that has adopted the local fetish of building the largest and grandest supermarkets possible. Here you'll find a plethora of products from every Asian country imaginable. From seemingly odd Japanese soft drinks to Korean candy, this place has stuff for those looking for the exotic and for those who're just homesick.
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Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
Release Date: 27 June 2003
Runtime: 113min
Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Directors: Danny Boyle
Actors: Alex Palmer, Bindu De Stoppani, Jukka Hiltunen, David Schneider, Cillian Murphy
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Thought Leaders Are Good Story-Tellers
Posted by Tom Grant on December 21, 2010
Since there's no systematized, look-it-up-in-your-economics-textbook definition of thought leadership, people generally lapse into metaphor when they try to describe the concept. The language usually gets very Joseph Campbell-ish. Thought leaders might be visionaries, Delphic conduits into some shared future. Or, they might be heroic trailblazers, clearing a path into places that no one knew existed, or they were afraid to venture.
Our recent research into thought leadership points to a different metaphor. Thought leaders are not seers, like Cassandra or the Sibyl. They're closer to trailblazers or founders, like Romulus or (less mythologically) Alexander the Great. But even that's not exactly right, since thought leadership depends critically on communication. Alexander got a lot of good press; Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, got much less (at least in the West). As a result, people are still sifting through Alexander's career for nuggets about successful leadership. Cyrus the Great? Not so much.
Thought leaders are, to a big extent, more like Homer than the people whom Homer chronicled. They're good story-tellers, which demands far more than relating a collection of incidents.
Just ask anyone reading a success story on a tech vendor's web site.
Story-telling is a real art, even when the facts are in little or no dispute. The facts matter, but so does the way in which someone tells them. Historians, for example, do more than just rattle off a sequential list of events. The best historians have a point they're trying to make, through a tale of triumph or tragedy that resonates with the audience. The opposite of this is what historian Hew Strachan called "narrative history at its worst," a collection of factual statements that have no relevance or application.
Most success stories, which are the foundation stones of any vendor's claim to thought leadership, do have a point. Unfortunately, it's a very narrow one, and the protagonist isn't the person whom the audience wants to hear about. Too many success stories tell the story of (1) the vendor, and (2) why someone has enjoyed basking in their reflected glory. Take, for example, this tale about Allegheny Energy, one of SAP's reference customers. Actually, the case study is not really about Allegheny. If you want to know who the real protagonist is, look no further than the heading in the upper right, Why SAP Was Selected. (See how the passive voice pushes the customer completely out of that sentence?)
That's fine if the only question you have is, "Should I select SAP?" Unfortunately, customers want a bit more. Thought leaders, as we learned, play a critical role in the first stage of a project, when people are trying to figure out new ways to tackle problems, including approaches that they might not have considered feasible. That maxim is just as true of disruptive technologies, where the challenge is getting people to be early adopters, and well-established technologies, where the goal is to find some way to distinguish themselves from other alternatives.
Case in point: this Microsoft Project success story about Volvo. Few categories of software are as well-established as project management. To be honest, few are as likely to make potential users run screaming from the room. Whoever wrote this case study did exactly the right thing: focus on the interesting story about the customer's project, and get to the splendiferousness of Microsoft Project later.
Instead of talking about Gantt charts and dependencies, this success story zooms into a real grabber of a topic: meetings that go on too long, with nothing to show for the time spent. The story positions Microsoft as Robin to Volvo's Batman – a significant character, but not the real driver of the story. We want to hear the narrative of how Volvo saves money on contractors (POW!) and moves people nimbly between projects (BAM!), instead of some throw-away quote from a CIO about how important Microsoft Project is to their business.
One of the punchlines of our research into the life of product managers and marketers is, vendors sell products and services, but customers buy relationships with companies. An ongoing conversation about matters of mutual interest (business problems, and the role technology plays in addressing them) keeps that relationship alive. Thought leaders know that, as in any relationship, talking about yourself constantly is the wrong way to keep the other party interested. Except in the most emotionally intimate situations, which vendor/customer relations are not, the most significant story depicts someone like you, dealing with the daily challenges you face, and succeeding or failing in the process.
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I am a firm believer in the line "customers buy relationships with companies." It is the cornerstone of truly successful business ventures - both for vendor and customer. Becoming a thought leader involves not only positioning your company and self as articulate, knowledgeable resources about a chosen industry, but also as a resource that will help drive innovation. That's what I'm trying to communicate right now with my marketing efforts for Bilian's HealthDATA/Porter Research. Articles, e-newsletters, blogs, webinars, tweets, etc. are all part of our drive to become a genuine thought leader in our industry. Driving innovation through our products and via these channels is definitely a priority in 2011.
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By integrating institutional theory, the threat-rigidity hypothesis and prospect theory, we propose avenues for the future development of social enterprises, and map out how the development of the organizations depends on whether social entrepreneurs perceive environmental shifts as threats or opportunities in relation to the legitimacy of their organizations. We examine the relevant literature and integrate the predictions of the theories to theorize the prospects of social enterprises. Our discussion of these predictions was built on evidence of the recent changes in the institutional environment where social enterprises are operating, which offers a roadmap for academics and social entrepreneurs to move beyond the heated debate on "business-like" activities in social entrepreneurship through a richer and deeper understanding of the prospects of social enterprises.
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If you think LED lights are gradually taking over household lighting, wait until you see what they're doing for cars in the drive for greater fuel efficiency. They're especially important on electric cars.
By 2020, LEDs claimed a 34% share of the $18.1 billion headlight and daytime running light market, up from 12% last year, says lighting maker OSRAM based on a report from consulting group McKinsey.
You're already seeing them on the streets as more automakers use them as signature "eyebrows" around headlights during the day, and by those jewel-like taillights. So, sure, they look great, but the bigger sales driver could be energy savings. LEDs use 14 watts of juice compared with 65 watts for a conventional bulb, according to David Hulick, an OSRAM marketing director.
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McKinsey predicts that the technology will continue to advance. In the future, it will include technology such as smart headlamps that sense driving conditions and adjust illumination accordingly.
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