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from the i-find-this-offensive deptWe've been pointing out a variety of attempts to push back on the First Amendment lately. One fertile ground for such attacks are local politicians carrying the "cyberbullying" banner, in various attempts to magically outlaw being a "jerk" online, usually by making it illegal to offend someone online. Of course, making someone's action illegal based on how someone else feels about it is all kinds of crazy. It also would seem to violate the very principles of the First Amendment, which bar Congress (and local governments) from passing any laws that take away one's right to free speech.
In the past, lawmakers pushing these laws have tended to simply ignore the First Amendment issue, and focus on screaming "protect the children!" as loudly as possible (never mind the fact that kids seem much less concerned about "bullying" than all these adults seem to think). However, it appears that some state Senators in NY are trying a new line of attack: going directly after the First Amendment and suggesting that current interpretations are way too broad, and it's not really meant to protect any sort of free speech right. In fact, it sounds as though they're trying to redefine the right to free speech into a privilege that can be taken away. Seriously:
Proponents of a more refined First Amendment argue that this freedom should be treated not as a right but as a privilege — a special entitlement granted by the state on a conditional basis that can be revoked if it is ever abused or maltreated.Yes, that totally flips the First Amendment on its head. It is not a "more refined First Amendment." It's the anti-First Amendment. It suggests, by its very nature, that the government possesses the right to grant the "privilege" of free speech to citizens... and thus the right to revoke it. That's an astonishingly dangerous path, and one that should not be taken seriously. Of course, given their right to speak freely, state senators Jeff Klein, Diane Savino, David Carlucci and David Valesky have every right to put forth that argument -- but similarly, it allows others to point out their rather scary beliefs.
If you'd like to see the full report (pdf), I warn you that it is almost entirely written IN ALL CAPS (for no clear reason, there are a few chunks that revert to normal capitalization -- including a big chunk in the middle, that starts mid-section). I have no idea why so much of the paper is in ALL CAPS, but I'm kind of offended by it. Can we please remove their "privilege" to put out such things until they've learned to not maltreat capital letters?
The paper attempts to list out various examples of types of cyberstalking and cyberbullying -- some of which seem pretty ridiculous:
LEAVING IMPROPER MESSAGES ON ONLINE MESSAGE BOARDS OR SENDING HURTFUL AND DAMAGING MESSAGES TO OTHERS;"Improper"? Seem a little broad to you? Does that mean the next person who comments here about something off-topic is a cyberbully?
"FLAMING" (HURTFUL, CRUEL, AND OFTENTIMES INTIMIDATING MESSAGES INTENDED TO INFLAME, INSIGHT, OR ENRAGE);Whoo boy. An awful lot of you in the comments better watch out...
"HAPPY SLAPPING" (RECORDING PHYSICAL ASSAULTS ON MOBILE PHONES OR DIGITAL CAMERAS, THEN DISTRIBUTING THEM TO OTHERS);Holy crap. 2005 wants its silly "crazy children" meme back. Yes, there were a few instances of this extremely brief "fad" that came and went in like a month half a decade ago. Then the next internet meme came along.
"TROLLING" (DELIBERATELY AND DECEITFULLY POSTING INFORMATION TO ENTICE GENUINELY HELPFUL PEOPLE TO RESPOND (OFTEN EMOTIONALLY), OFTEN DONE TO PROVOKE OTHERS);Ooh, once again. Commenters beware.
EXCLUSION (INTENTIONALLY AND CRUELLY EXCLUDING SOMEONE FROM AN ONLINE GROUP).Seriously? If we don't let you into the club, it's now a form of cyberbullying? It makes you wonder what happened to these particular Senators when they were kids.
The paper also attacks "anonymity," again ignoring how anonymity can often be extremely helpful to kids who wish to discuss things and ask questions without revealing who they are.
As for where they're going with this? Well, you guessed it: they're planning to introduce new laws to deal with cyberbullying (even though NY already has such a law). The plan is to extend two existing areas of law: "stalking in the third degree" will now include cyberbullying, and "manslaughter in the second degree" will be expanded to "include the emerging problem of bullycide."
This is basically a "Lori Drew" law. And it's ridiculous. If I say something to someone and they then go commit suicide, should I be guilty of manslaughter? Do the folks behind this not realize that this doesn't help prevent suicides, but it encourages them in giving people who are upset by something someone said extra incentive to kill themselves to "get back" at the person who was mean to them.
The cyberstalking part is no less ridiculous. It's ridiculously broad. It does not require that the person accused of cyberstalking initiate the activity, it does not require intent to harm or frighten, and a single message can be a cause of action. Think about that for a second. Someone could send you a message, you could do a single reply with no ill will or bad intent... and be guilty of the crime of cyberstalking. Damn. Do the folks writing this bill not realize how widely this will be abused?
Hopefully no one is so offended in reading such a dangerous proposal that they go out and commit suicide. At least be comforted in knowing that it won't allow for the authors to be accused of manslaughter until after the bill passes.
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Ciaran Clark and Wes Hoolahan scored their first senior international goals to hand the Republic of Ireland a morale-boosting victory over Poland. Aston Villa defender Clark thumped home a 35th-minute shot to give Ireland the lead against the run of play, before Hoolahan - who had received warm applause when he was introduced as a second-half replacement for Shane Long - cemented victory 14 minutes from time with an accomplished finish.
The scoreline perhaps flattered Giovanni Trapattoni's men, who were decidedly second best before the break.
However, goalkeeper David Forde responded to the challenge of being brought into the starting line-up with a series of important saves to keep them in it.
And, as the game wore on, the hosts grew in confidence and finished strongly to remind their fans of the heady days before a disastrous Euro 2012 campaign when they were difficult to beat.
The Italian will restore his tried and tested players to the starting line-up for next month's crucial World Cup qualifiers against Sweden and Austria, but will do so confident that his options appear to have increased.
Ireland's Polish community turned out in force, mirroring the green invasion of their country during last summer's finals when the Irish fans were so well received.
For much of the opening 45 minutes, the Poles would have been delighted with what they saw as their side dominated possession and created a series of opportunities to take the lead.
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The game had been billed as an opportunity for Trapattoni to take a look at some of his newer players - John O'Shea and Glenn Whelan were the only members of the initial XI to have started a game at last summer's finals - and accordingly, striker Conor Sammon was handed a senior debut while young wingers Robbie Brady and James McClean were given chances.
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Forde survived an early scare when he scuffed a clearance straight to Ludovic Obraniak and looked on gratefully as full-back Paul McShane deflected the ensuing shot wide.
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Gunman surrenders in N.C. drugstore standoff
BELMONT, N.C. (AP) — A gunman surrendered to authorities after releasing three people he held hostage in a North Carolina drugstore early Friday after a robbery attempt, police said.
The gunman surrendered several hours after releasing the hostages who were in the store when he tried to rob it, Belmont Police Sgt. John Wilson said.
The man's name was not immediately released and there was no immediate word on the charges he would face.
Officers were called to the store shortly after 1:45 a.m. and exchanged gunfire with the man before realizing there were hostages in the store, police said.
The officers left the store and called for assistance. Officers from nearby Gastonia, Gaston County and Mount Holly surrounded the store while negotiations were held with the man.
The hostages were released shortly after 4 a.m. There were no injuries, Wilson said.
Belmont is about 15 miles west of Charlotte.
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Thank you for your letter concerning the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). I apologize that, because of the volume of work associated with administering FMLA, we were not able to respond sooner to your request.
Thank you for your letter of December 19, 1997, concerning the interplay between the leave requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) and the job accommodation obligations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). I apologize that, because of the volume of work associated with administering the FMLA, we were not able to respond sooner to your concerns.
In enacting the FMLA, Congress stated in Section 2 that there is inadequate job security for employees who have serious health conditions that prevent them from working for temporary periods. Congress also stated in Section 2 that it is the purposes of this Act to entitle employees to take reasonable leave for medical reasons. Pursuant to Section 102(a)(1)(D), an eligible employee is entitled to a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period because of a serious health condition that make the employee unable to perform functions of the employee's position. Section 102(b)(1) provides that leave may also be taken intermittently, or on a reduced leave schedule, by the employee when medically necessary. Sections 104(a)(1)(A) and (B) provide that, upon return from FMLA leave, employees must be restored to their original or to an equivalent position with equivalent pay, benefits, and terms and conditions of employment. Section 105 prohibits employers from interfering with or discriminating against employees who exercise their rights under this law.
Leave provisions of FMLA are wholly distinct from the reasonable accommodation obligations of employers covered under the ADA. While FMLA provides an eligible employee the right to a temporary medical leave of absence for a serious health condition, ADA prohibits employment discrimination against "qualified individuals with disabilities." Reasonable accommodation is a critical component of the ADA's assurance of nondiscrimination and is any change in the work environment, or in the way things are usually done, that results in equal employment opportunity for an individual with a disability. An employer under ADA must make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless it can show that the accommodation would cause an undue hardship on the operation of its business.
In the case of an employee with a serious health condition under FMLA who is also a qualified individual with a disability under ADA, requirements from both laws must be observed and applied in a manner that assures the most beneficial rights and protection. For example, a reasonable accommodation under ADA might be accomplished by providing an individual with a disability with a part time job which does not ordinarily provide health benefits. Under FMLA, an eligible employee would be permitted to work a reduced leave schedule for up to 12 workweeks of leave in any 12 month period with group health plan benefits maintained during this time. If the employee is unable to or does not return to work at the end of 12 weeks of FMLA leave (provided the employer designated the leave as FMLA leave and so notified the employee in writing), all entitlements and rights under FMLA cease at that time. The employee is no longer entitled to any further job restoration rights under FMLA and may be terminated. An employer must observe any employment benefit program or plan or CBA or State or local law that provides greater family or medical leave rights to employees than the rights established by the FMLA, and any Federal or State law that prohibits employment discrimination. (See Title IV of the Act.)
Based on the facts contained in your letter, it appears that the employee in question is eligible to take FMLA leave on a reduced leave schedule due to a serious health condition caused by a serious on-the-job injury. The fact that the condition is permanent and the employee will more than likely not be able to return to full employment in the near future would not diminish the employee's entitlement to FMLA leave, assuming the employee has met all of the employee eligibility tests under the Act. (This appears obvious since the employer agreed to approve FMLA leave for the employee in question, and you state that the employee worked 1,250 hours in the previous year.) Once the employee has exhausted the 12 workweeks of FMLA leave in the designated 12-month period, the employee would no longer have job restoration rights under the Act. Thus, if the employee in question is unable to resume full-time employment at the conclusion of the 12 workweeks of FMLA leave in the 12-month period, the employer would no longer be obligated to continue to provide job-protected FMLA leave beyond the 12 weeks. Nor at the conclusion of 12 weeks of job-protected leave in the 12-month period would the employer be in violation of the FMLA by notifying the employee in question that his/her job restoration rights to his/her original or equivalent full-time position has ceased, and subsequently offer to place the employee in a part-time position as, for instance, an accommodation under the ADA.
If the employer has made a permanent or long-term change in the employee's schedule, as in the case of the employee in question who may not be able to return to full-time employment following the completion of 12-weeks of FMLA leave in the 12- month period and is subsequently offered part-time employment as an accommodation under the ADA, the hours worked under the new schedule would be used to calculate the amount of leave available for the employee to use (intermittently or on a reduced
leave schedule). For example, if the employee's new workweek schedule is 24 hours and the employee needs eight hours of FMLA leave per week for medical necessity, the employee's eight hours of leave would constitute one-third of a week of FMLA leave for each week the employee works the reduced leave schedule.
With respect to your concerns about the substitution of accrued paid leave for unpaid leave provisions under FMLA, employees may elect or employers may require employees, to substitute accrued paid leave for all or any portion of the unpaid FMLA leave taken for a qualifying reason. Your concerns about an employee receiving indefinitely "full-time pay for part-time work" by substituting accrued paid leave for unpaid FMLA leave taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule, are a reflection of the employer's generous paid leave benefits, as FMLA by its terms provides unpaid leave. An employee who never exhausts his/her 12 weeks of FMLA leave in a 12 months period (e.g., takes medical leave one day in a five-day workweek), and who has accumulated a substantial balance of accrued paid leave that may be substituted for unpaid FMLA leave, may receive "full-time pay for part-time work" indefinitely until the employee no longer needs to take FMLA leave or no longer has any accrued paid leave to substitute for unpaid FMLA leave.
For your information, enclosed is a fact sheet that provides technical assistance on some common issues involving ADA and FMLA. This fact sheet was prepared by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which administers the ADA.
I hope that our reply is responsive to your needs. If you require further assistance on this matter, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Michelle M. Bechtoldt
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Family and Medical Leave Act Team
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Mr. Bill said this was a recent question on a round of Final Jeopardy.
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Yes, we did this back in June - but I have been wanting to try this again ever since and use fruits and vegetables with more interesting shapes and textures than we used previously. This time I cut up an orange, a pear, celery, bell pepper, and sliced the rind off a pineapple. I had the girls each choose 2 colors they wanted to use, but they both just wanted yellow and green so they shared their paint.
|The orange was quite juicy, but still left a nice shape.
|I love that Mina decides to use the side of the pineapple instead of the side with texture.
|Maisy goes for the flat side of the pineapple.
|Then she adds a nice pear print.
|Mina adds some curvy celery stamping.
|One of my personal favorite shapes was the bell pepper.
|Mina decides to use one of the celery sticks as a paint brush and makes some great strokes.
|Then she decides to get a little on her finger and see how that looks on the paper.
|Near the end, Mina spends a few minutes painting the bell pepper with the celery stick.
|The final masterpieces as created by Maisy (age 4 1/2) and Mina (age 2).
This is a terrific thing to try with kids to let them explore painting along with different shapes and textures.


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Metz, Reinhold
El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha
Metz, Reinhold El ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha [the ingenious gentleman Don Quichotte de la Mancha], p. 147, between 1983 and 1984 watercolour, lacquer and ink on paper 53,5 x 39,5 cm © photo credit Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne
Metz, Reinhold, (1942), Germany
Reinhold Metz was born in Karlsruhe-Durlach, Germany. Raised by his grandmother, he wanted to become a writer or poet, but his manuscripts were rejected by the publishers to whom he sent them. Later, he became an assistant in a printing works, then found employment in a library. In parallel, he had a job in a secondhand bookseller's shop.
At around 30 years of age Reinhold Metz abruptly felt he had been entrusted with a mission: that of reviving the age of illustrated manuscripts in the manner of the copyist monks of the Middle Ages. He started to do calligraphy and illumination for Cervantes' Don Quixote in Spanish, German and French. He dedicated this huge work first to Unicef, then to Jean Dubuffet and Michel Thévoz.
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We are very pleased to announce that in 2014, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) will host its Annual Congress in Bangkok, in collaboration with the Pharmaceutical Association of Thailand under Royal Patronage (PAT) and its Thai partners.
Access to medicines, care and information - The pharmacist is at the heart of it all. The 2014 FIP Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, invites pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists from all over the world to delve into the globally pressing issue of access to medicines - and healthcare in general - and to work towards increasing the role of the pharmacist in the provision of healthcare services.
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Energy Minister Phil Heatley is set to announce the results of this year's block offer for oil and gas exploration permits on Tuesday next week, and government officials are confident more activity will follow in the coming years.
General manager of New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals David Binnie told Parliament's commerce committee the 2012 'block offer' will be announced next week, and that officials are halfway through the 2013 tender. Next week's announcement will canvas blocks covering approximately 40,285 square kilometres of offshore seabed and approximately 5,704 square kilometres of land in Waikato, Taranaki, Tasman, the West Coast and Southland.
"We're hopeful ... the results of that will mean more activity for many companies into the next five years of that exploration programme," Binnie said. "Onshore we've made significant progress, in my personal view in Taranaki and on the East Coast. If you look forward, the East Coast is the most prospective on shore."
Heatley's pending announcement comes after Brazilian oil company Petrobras this week handed back exploration licences for deep sea oil and gas prospects after undertaking initial seismic surveys in the lightly explored Raukumara Basin, off East Cape.
The 2013 block offer is seeking expressions of interest from oil and gas explorers for acreage in five offshore areas: the Taranaki, Northland, Reinga, Canterbury and Great South Basins.
Appearing as part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's annual review, Binnie talked down a suggestion that exploration companies may be wary of New Zealand given hold-ups in regulations around the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Companies are well aware of where the legislation is sitting at the moment," he said. "The first deep water well from the current block offer will be three, four years ahead of us and I'm pretty confident the legislation will be in place by then."
A Ministry for the Environment spokesperson told BusinessDesk an exposure draft of proposed EEZ regulations is due to be published in mid-2013, with final decisions on the regulations to follow a public submissions process.
Elsewhere at Parliament, the chief executive of the Environmental Protection Authority, Rob Forlong, told the local government and environment select committee that responsibility for compliance and monitoring of the new EEZ regime was under discussion among various government agencies at present.
Answering questions from Green Party MP Eugenie Sage, Forlong said the Ministry for Primary Industries, the petroleum and labour standards arms of the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment, and Maritime New Zealand were involved in the discussions.
Asked whether the EPA would have in-house expertise in oil well drilling, Forlong said that would be among issues discussed at a board workshop in February.
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Sage also asked whether the EPA was sufficiently well-funded to undertake compliance and monitoring in the EEZ, and whether it faced potential shortfalls created by the fact that even if it could recover costs from applicants for activity in the EEZ, "individual parties can't be asked to fund generic monitoring."
Forlong said the EPA hoped to be able to charge for cost recovery, but that until the EEZ regulations were finalised, he could not judge whether current funding was sufficient to meet its monitoring and compliance obligations.
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20 hospitals with inspiring social media strategies
Whether you work in healthcare or entertainment (or anything in between), these examples will inspire the social media use at your organization.
Hospitals and social media are a great mix, offering a wealth of opportunities for connecting with the community, patients, and even collaborating across health systems and between different hospitals. Some medical groups are wary of the liability and privacy issues that social media may open up, but others have found ways to manage these concerns and enjoy the benefits of using social media.
Read on, and you'll learn about 20 inspiring ways hospitals are using social media, from crisis communication to customer service.
1. Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic has long been an online resource for medical information, with a website that offers advice and expertise from more than 3,300 medical professionals for free, so it's not at all surprising that the medical group has been successful in social media. In an interview with Med City News, the Mayo Clinic was named the "poster child for healthcare social media" with social media chief Lee Aase at the helm. The Mayo Clinic has its own social media network where patients can connect, several health promotion campaigns, including "Know Your Numbers," which promotes heart health, and a healthy presence on just about every social media outlet available, including YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. Even Mayo Clinic doctors are encouraged to take part in social media. The clinic has been so successful in social media, in fact, that they are the hosts of the Health Care Social Media Summit, most recently held in October 2011 with 375 attendees and a buzz reaching about 100 tweets per hour.
2. Rush University Medical Center
At Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center, things get personal through blogging. Doctors were able to share and connect with readers and patients through a first-hand account of relief efforts performed after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Sent through a text message, Dr. John Fernandez shared his experience with Doctors Jeff Mjaanes and Geoffrey Van Thiel, who all traveled together to the Dominican Republic. Their first-hand story shared messages of sacrifice and compassion, including a hungry four-year-old who saved a breakfast bar for his brother at home, insisting that he himself did not need it, and a mother treated for a horrible wound that she got by going back into her home to save one of her children. Through social media and the ease of communication in texting, Dr. Fernandez's message was able to be delivered first-hand, and within 48 hours of when it all actually happened. This one message is not the only one, however, with Dr. Fernandez and his fellow doctors sharing several updates from the trip, offering a story that blog readers were able to follow as it happened.
3. Massachusetts General Hospital
Social media is all about sharing, especially when it comes to sharing resources. Massachusetts General Hospital recognizes this, and did something amazing when researchers from the Emergency Department worked together to create an iPhone app designed to help users find the closest emergency room to their area anywhere in the U.S. The app was promoted using hospital social media outlets, creating a YouTube video that bloggers could embed in their stories, also providing for opportunities to tweet the video and share it on Facebook. With the help of social media, the hospital's app was able to stand out in the sea of apps available for the iPhone.
During the Ft. Hood shooting crisis, one of the hospitals treating victims, Scott & White, took it upon themselves to share updates with the community. Employee Steven Widman offered updates on emergency room access, hospital operation status, and more, also updating with Red Cross news and sharing communications with reporters. The crisis pushed Scott & White's communications to the forefront of social media, increasing their Twitter followers by 78 percent in only three days, turning Scott & White Healthcare into a Twitter "trending topic," and ranking the hospital's YouTube channel among the most viewed non-profit channels during the crisis. Both people who were affected and those who were tuned in from afar were able to get real-time updates, thanks to the efforts of Widman and the ability of social media to share information.
Nebraska Medical Center has created an incredible YouTube presence, one so successful, that as 360 Digital Influence points out, they've had an increase in requests for one surgery in particular. It's all thanks to a patient who shared her cancer experience on YouTube, which led to so many requests for the surgery she had to treat her rare carcinoid cancer that NMC had to open a monthly clinic for the condition. The medical center encourages patients to share their experience, and even makes use of QR codes to share videos of physicians introducing themselves to potential patients.
6. University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital
Connecting with patients and community members is great, but what if you could use social media to do something really amazing, like raise more than $1 million for a new children's hospital? UCSF did just that, taking on a social media fundraising contest named Challenge for the Children. About 165,000 people blew past the hospital's initial $100,000 fundraising goal thanks to social media channels including Facebook and Twitter. Much of the campaign's success ($805,554 worth) was thanks to the Facebook game FarmVille, which allowed players to purchase virtual candy cane seeds that sent 100 percent of the profits to the challenge. This amazingly successful challenge paved the way for a new children's hospital in Mission Bay, set for completion in 2014, and the top two teams will be honored with the naming of a dedicated space in the hospital.
It's so important to be relevant to the topic at hand in social media, and getting off course can turn off would-be fans. But WakeMed Health & Hospitals in Raleigh, North Carolina made a smart move in April 2011, sharing a time-lapse video shot from the hospital's helipad that showed a tornado as it passed through the area. Although the tornado is a non-medical story not directly related to the hospital's mission, hospitals are a vital part of any community, and in sharing this video, WakeMed further cemented itself as a valuable resource for the Raleigh area. Med City News praised WakeMed for the video, pointing it out as one of the top blog entries for the medical group. As WakeMed spokeswoman Heather Monackey shares, they've found success in social media because they "just pay attention to what's going on."
Hospitals are using social media to connect internally, in addition to community building. At Texas Health Resources, social media tools make it possible for physicians and other health professionals to engage with each other and take advantage of useful tools. Using social media, Texas Health Resources promotes the adoption of electronic health records, and integrates the use of the private microblogging site Yammer to share internal messages, how-to videos, and more. Project managers and physicians use social media tools like Yammer to come together, collaborate, and communicate effectively over a large hospital system.
Health care social media isn't just about attracting patients and building community, at least not for Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania. The health system typically turned to ads in medical journals and direct mail to recruit gastroenterologists, but when they had trouble getting enough responses, associate vice president of marketing Cathy Connolley turned to social media to recruit their physicians. With the help of a recruitment marketing firm, Geisinger created a social media physician recruitment campaign, creating a convenient and cost-effective way to communicate with physicians, and an easy way to direct gastroenterologists to their Facebook page. As Connolley reports, "that tactic outpaced our direct mail approach and our email blasts."
Live-tweeting brain surgery just sounds like crazy talk, but Henry Ford Hospital near Detroit made it work. While performing surgery on a 47-year-old man, doctors discussed the procedure with more than 1,900 people, and even uploaded video of the surgery to YouTube. Things seem to go to the next level when the answer to Twitter's "What are you doing?" question is brain surgery. The hospital earned praise and attention from ABC News, and showed off just how well they can make use of social media. In addition to Twitter brain surgeries, Henry Ford Hospital makes use of news feeds, Flickr, and blogging to reach patients and the general community.
11. Scripps
Scripps makes it a point to connect with patients and customers through the use of social media. In an interview with Found In Cache, Scripps director of web technology Marc Needham shared that the hospital typically spends its social media time on customer service. In fact, Scripps developed a new position of Electronic Customer Service Representative, specifically created to reach out to patients through social media and respond to online reviews. Needham pointed out that Scripps believes it's important to have a good handle on their online brand perception, and left unchecked, "unaddressed complaints fester and lead to online reputation rot." Scripps has found success in this pursuit, but Needham says they haven't quite defined their social media approach just yet, and they're still experimenting with a variety of different sites, including Wikipedia, YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Scripps tends to use different sites for different purposes, like Facebook for recruitment and LinkedIn for employee connections.
12. Children's Hospital Boston
Children's Hospital Boston has a wildly popular Facebook page. A Facebook page alone isn't quite enough to be truly impressive these days, but Children's Hospital Boston really stands out, not just for its half a million plus fans, but really for its top-notch content. Their landing page has information people really want to read, and an encouraging atmosphere that gets patients and fans to open up and share their stories. This high level of engagement is truly inspiring, and offers a great lesson for any Facebook Page owner. Through photos of the week, Children's Hospital Boston highlights families and patients, who in turn spread the word to their friends and family on Facebook, bringing fans and patients to the Facebook Page to interact. But, as Ignite Social Media points out, Children's Hospital Boston does so much more than Facebook, effectively managing a Twitter feed and YouTube video collection as well.
13. Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota Memorial Hospital understands the value to building better relationships through social media. In an interview with The Side Note, the hospital's market research manager Shawn Halls shared how it came to begin using social media as an important tool. After growth and more than three years of use, Sarasota Memorial now sees Twitter and other sites as an important part of their communications strategy, using social media as a way for the community to directly communicate with the hospital. The hospital encourages patients to direct message their Twitter account, and has even been able to connect patient family members with resources like local florists through the site. Like other hospitals, Sarasota Memorial also has plans to share surgery via Twitter, specifically a brain mapping procedure where the patient is awake.
14. Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Social media is great for spreading news, but it's also a useful tool for correcting misinformation as well. The Greater Baltimore Medical Center knows that fact all too well, as in August 2010, a Baltimore TV station incorrectly reported that the hospital had been invaded by an armed robber. GBMC media relations manager Michael Schwartzberg was able to act quickly to correct the mistake, sending out a swift collection of tweets that set the story straight for the public and concerned citizens. With active social media accounts already in place, the foundation for sharing information was set and easy to take advantage of, something that the hospital utilizes frequently. Schwartzberg reports that in addition to media relations and customer service, GBMC uses social media as a valuable way to share crisis communication, much like their fake armed robber, H1N1 updates, and if need be, disaster reporting.
15. Inova Health
Just like GBMC, Inova Health found value in Twitter's ability to set incorrect information straight. Inova uses a security system designed to prevent the theft of babies from maternity wards, and as hospital personnel ran a test of the system, a visitor heard it and mistakenly believed that there was a lost baby. That same visitor then tweeted about the non-incident. Director of digital communications and marketing Chris Boyer had wisely set up social media monitoring services, and quickly spotted the tweet within just minutes of posting. After calling to confirm that there was not actually a problem, Boyer was able to immediately respond on Twitter and share the hard facts of the story, helping to preserve the hospital's reputation before things got really crazy. Inova Health's story shows just how important it is to use tools that can help you monitor and stay on top of your social media presence.
16. Children's Medical Center Dallas
Living organ donation is an amazing gift and process, and Children's Medical Center was able to share a special family's story through Twitter. As a Texas firefighter donated his kidney to his three-year-old son, the Twitterverse was able to follow along with their successful story from start to finish, shared by none other than the mom and wife. With nearly 85,000 people on the waiting list for a kidney, Children's Medical Center media relations manager Jessica Newell hopes that "twittering from this surgery will help raise awareness for organ donation, as well as living organ donation."
17. University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Twitter and social media in general can be a scary thing for hospitals, opening up issues of liability and uncomfortable situations. But at least at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, doctors and professors recognize Twitter as an incredibly valuable tool for learning and training. Dr. Philip L. Glick shares his insight: "[A] lot of the training consists of passing on information, lessons learned, and wisdom to the next generation. Twitter allows us to dramatically scale up our ability to do this. When I post something on Twitter, all the pediatric surgeons, trainees and colleagues in the country and the world can see it instantly." In addition to small updates, University at Buffalo uses social media to share audio and video of procedures, breaking them down into small pieces that offer opportunities for sharing and teaching.
Anxious groups of families and friends sit in hospital waiting rooms across the country, hoping to hear updates and news that their loved one is doing well. Some will find out about things as they go along, some simply when procedures are over. The level of information shared largely depends on the capacity and availability of the team of medical professionals at work. With Twitter, the time and energy necessary to share updates with loved ones is significantly decreased, and small, frequent updates can be shared in just moments, creating an opportunity for hospitals to better inform worried waiting rooms as things go along. At St. Luke's Cedar Rapids, one family was able to enjoy this incredible level of customer service, as their 70-year-old mother Monna Cleary underwent a hysterectomy and uterine prolapse surgery. Cleary had given her OK for the hospital to share a play-by-play of her operation, and hospital spokeswoman Sarah Corizzo shared more than 300 tweets, allowing the family to follow along, and informing the general public. Corizzo answered questions, and fascinated nearly 700 people who followed along with the surgery. Hospital spokeswoman Laura Rainey pointed out that live-tweeting is a "more gentle" way to inform patients and consumers, allowing them to follow what's going on without shocking visuals. Cleary's son Joe and his siblings appreciated the opportunity, pointing out that "it made the time go by," and they enjoyed having real-time information and staying informed while in the waiting room.
Sharing information during a crisis is vital, even when you don't have a lot of time or resources to do it. So when more than 50 people had to go to hospitals for treatment following a chemical fume exposure at a trash disposal station, Southcoast Hospital turned its Twitter account into a "crisis communication portal," sharing status updates for more than a week. Updates included status on admitted, discharged, and treated patients during the spill, and helpful information and links that kept the public and concerned loved ones constantly updated during the situation.
Hospitals are full of stories that the community is interested in, with people overcoming great odds and going on to live healthier lives. At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, a 23-year-old heart transplant patient Megan Moss attracted lots of local interest, thanks to updates from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital blog, Touching Base. Additionally, Megan's dad shared constant updates through his own blog. Moss's story attracted so much attention, that one weekend, she got 75 emails through the hospital's website with well wishes from friends, family, and strangers alike. Through numerous updates and even a video interview with the hospital's director of heart transplant, both Moss and Barnes-Jewish got much deserved attention within the community.
A version of this post originally appeared at the Medical Billing and Coding blog.
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What is the best type of government for your civilization? There is no right answer.
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Intrigue Journal #3: The Galactic Market
March 31, 2018 by
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The situation is desperate.
The Terran Alliance is slowly losing the war to the Drengin Empire.
Is Earth doomed?
Your friends are doing their best to help, but they cannot directly involve themselves.
Our friends, the Altarians, give us covert aid.The Drengin Empire's military might is vast.The Drengin have long prepared for this day. We had hoped that trade and diplomacy would stay their hands. But after having annihilated the Torians, their border touched upon ours....
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Each week on WinCustomize we feature a skin made by one of the creators from our community. We've decided to take that idea a bit further and spotlight the creators themselves!
I wanted to start this off with one of our top skinners and long-time member, Tom, also known here as LightStar!
He was kind enough to take the time to answer some questions so we could get to know him a little bit more.
Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you got involved in "skinning&rd...
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Galactic Civilizations III v3 Preview: A great start!
March 27, 2018 by
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Everyone loves a good start.
Every game of Galactic Civilizations is different. The original tagline was: "Never the same game twice." It isn't that the game is randomized as much as it is that each game is designed to be carefully imbalanced in a way that tries to push the player into avoiding well-worn strategies.Most of the benefits of version 3 will be coming to those who already have Crusade because it provides so much to build off on with its citizen-...
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Star Control: So you want to build a planet?
March 20, 2018 by
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In preparation for the Game Developer's Conference we wanted to put a polish pass on the planets in Star Control: Origins.
There are about 3,000 unique planets that are split into roughly 75 different classes. Each class of planet has its own challenges, as well as its own mineral deposits that you might want to collect (along with ruins, cities, smugglers, creatures, etc.).
Today, I'm going to walk you through how we create our planet classes.
Unique, Procedural and Hand-Crafted ...
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Galactic Civilizations III v3 Preview: Strange new worlds
March 20, 2018 by
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The premise of Galactic Civilizations is that you have united your homeworld and are now ready to send your first colony ship off into space. What kind of alien worlds do you think we can settle?The reality is, many worlds are not going to be safe for us. We'll have to live in environmentally sealed enclosures at first. Not because they are too cold or lack the right atmospheric conditions (though that is an issue), but rather because many worlds will have microbes that just ar...
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It'd be pretty difficult to have an open, competitive market on Mars if we didn't have companies there to do the competing. While we're still a fair wa...
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Pi Day 2018 at Stardock!
March 14, 2018 by
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We celebrated Pi Day at Stardock with a competition!
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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with some fun custom skins, dreams, and more from WinCustomize!
March 13, 2018 by
St. Patrick's Day is almost here! I thought I'd celebrate by sharing some of my favorite Dreams, wallpapers, and skins from WinCustomize. There aren't a ton of shamrocks and leprechauns specifically, so I tried to keep the heart of the holiday in my mind as I selected these. You'll see Irish landscapes, a lot of green, and everyone's favorite beverage of choice for St. Patrick's day, too.
What's better than the ruins of a castle beside the sea? Maybe a fully functional castle besid...
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Intrigue Journal #2 - Taxation without representation
March 13, 2018 by
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People don't like to be taxed. They really don't like to be taxed if they don't have a say in it. The principle cause of the American revolution was not taxation in itself, it was that the colonists didn't have a say in who and what was taxed.
Now, let's imagine how this would be handled when you are talking light years. To understand how distances work in Galactic Civilizations, we need to understand Hyperspace Projection.
I'm the map I'm the map I'm the map!Space...as you m...
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Humans vs. Multiverse - Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade (Part 8)
March 8, 2018 by
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Brad is still at war with the Centauri Republic with no end in sight! Part 8 of "Humans vs. The Multiverse" is available now. Check it out here:
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Intrigue Journal #1: Space-Time is unforgiving
March 6, 2018 by
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13 minutes, 48 seconds. That's how long it took the Curiosity rover's signal to reach Earth from Mars - and Mars is in our own solar system.
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Mazda MPV Electrical System/Lights
edited September 2018 in Mazda
Hi, i'm new here. I just want to ask a question
I bought a 2002 Mazda MPV LX. The previous owner drives around 3000 miles per month, so the van has very high milage (146000 miles)
I found out the "check engine" alert is light.
I talked to the mechanic and I was told it was just the sensor's problem, no big deal. Can anyone tell me is it true? How to solve the problem? :blush: :confuse:
I bought a 2002 Mazda MPV LX. The previous owner drives around 3000 miles per month, so the van has very high milage (146000 miles)
I found out the "check engine" alert is light.
I talked to the mechanic and I was told it was just the sensor's problem, no big deal. Can anyone tell me is it true? How to solve the problem? :blush: :confuse:
A check engine light could be caused by a faulty or fouled sensor. The fix is to clean or replace the sensor.0
thanks for telling me that, can u please tell me is it expensive to change the sensor for that? Can i do it myself? :confuse:0
If doing mechanical work on a modern V6 engine doesn't bother you, sure, why not. I have no idea how much the part is. Most engines have more than one sensor--first you'd need to figure out which one. Labor cost varies a lot depending on if you use a dealer or other mechanic.
Maybe someone who has replaced one of these sensors on an MPV can reply and give you more details. Personally, I would not mess with it and would take it to the dealer (the fact my 2002 MPV has a bumper-to-bumper warranty with 0 deductible until 2011 is a big factor there).0
Would you mind sharing some info on who you got your extended warranty from and for how much?0
The warranty is from Ultimate Warranty Corp. I got it when I bought my van last April from a used-car dealer (not Mazda). The cost is a little tough to figure, since I was negotiating with them on the total cost including the warranty, and the final cost including warranty was about $1000 less than their initial asking price for both the car and warranty. But officially, according to the contract, the warranty cost $1,114. It's for five years from date of purchase (to April 2011) or 100k miles, whichever comes first (the van had 44,500 miles on it when I bought it). I put 9-10,000 miles a year on it, and plan to keep it for no more than five years, so the terms were just right for me. It is bumper-to-bumper, zero deductible, and includes rental car coverage and (for the first two years) roadside assistance.
I haven't had to use it yet, and I hope I don't have to, but I figure one problem with the powertrain (which seems pretty common in the MPVs) will more than pay for the warranty.0
That's a pretty good price for five years no deductable. I looked at warranty.direct about a year ago...it may have been around $1,600 for 4 years/0 deductable.
We just hit 20k in our 2004 MPV LX(bought in July 2004) I believe our dealer said we had 1,000 miles before manufacturer warranty ran out to extend warranty. Can't really decide to go for the extended warranty or not. I think if the warranty was extended at the price that Toyota Siennas warranties go for, around $800 7yr/70k/0 deduc...it would make the decision a lot easier.
I haven't really read that many complaints about problems with the MPV's powertrain. The ones I have read are usually dealing with the transmission shifting hard and reflash not working. I haven't read many that the transmission had failed or needed to be rebuilt/ replaced. The Ford Duratec 3.0 engine...can't recall any complaints(on reliability).0
If the tranny on my MPV shifted hard, I would consider that a problem. Maybe if someone pays for the repairs, my Mazda dealer would hop right on it?0
any time your check engine light comes on, it leaves a code in the computer. The best thing to do is take the van to an auto parts store like Advance Auto parts, Pep boys, Auto Zone, etc. They can read the code for you and give you a print out for FREE (a dealer will charge at least $60 for this). Just tell them that your van has the "check Engine Light" come on. It will take about 5 minutes tops. Then post the code on this forum and I am sure someone will be able to help diagnose the problem. This way you wil know if it something you need to take care of right away.
there are too many things that could go wrong to even guess what the issue could or how much it costs. Once you get the code, others can help determine what is wrong.
Good luck.0
thanks for telling me, the shell mechanican charged me 75 dollars for checking it. I just did it then I felt stupid enough to pay it. I just want to say some dirty words to that shell store XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. :mad:0
angelme Posts: 1My check engine light on my 2000 Mazda MPV with 86,000 miles has been on for about two years (so probably since around 60,000 miles) with no noticeable problems. I recently failed a vehicle emissions test due to the cel being on and showing code PO455- meaning a large fuel vapor leak. The emissions tester recommended replacing the gas cap, so I took it to an auto parts store, replaced the cap, and they reset the code. Well the cel disappeared for about 3 days and has now come back on after about 200 miles. Does anyone have any idea where to start fixing this problem? Also, I was told I shouldn't go back for an emissions test after the light had been reset until I had driven for at least 500 miles, is that true or could I have taken it back before the light came back on again, and possibly passed emissions or would the code still have shown up?0
There is a TSB for p0455 (that's zero four five five, not the letter O) that mentions a wiring harness as a possible cause. And yes, if you went back to the test, they would have been able to determine you cleared the code and that can be grounds for failure on the test.
Even with no noticeable problems, your engine and emissions equipment may be getting damaged by ignoring the CEL for 2 years. You should get it checked out by a dealer or reputable shop. Don't ignore the CEL, if anything at least find out the code and search the 'net, but don't ignore it for 2 years!
hawkeyes2 Posts: 5Mazda Millenia 2002 2.5L I went to A zone, he read it was two things, and showed me P 0 455. Spark plug mis fire hole 2, and Emissions leak (Large). I bought a spark plug, and changed it. It was old, and worn out, so I am going to do all 6 now. It is either that or a S Plug Wire.
The second part...should I just go to Firestone and ask them to replace all the large hoses that are related to air flow? Or, is it narrowed down to a hose or two and I should just do it myself? What do you think? I have to buy a Hanes for it, or Chiltons...don't have an engine diagram to show where the right hoses are.
If you know that is only one or two hoses, and where they are, can you help me?
Thank you very much.0
mazda2 Posts: 1I'm little confused about how many parts are connected to the engine light? I have a 2002 mazda mpv and already changed and fixed the sensor, coil, converter, cylinder 2, 3, gasket, and other little parts. The light is on and now we a jolt when the gas paddle is press hard. We also fail the inspection, due to code P0037 (emission problem will be cover by Mazda)but the dealership is said it is the P02404 problem ($1,000 to fix). The frustrating parts is the time and money spend in the dealership. Does anyone know if the engine light misfire is a recall. Is the 2002 model a defect? :confuse:0
Here's something regarding P02404:
aegsm76 Posts: 1Our 2001 mpv had smoke coming from the steering column, followed by the headlights only working on high beam. We took it to the dealership, who told us it would be around $500. They then changed their minds and said the harness is melted and it will be around $3000, and they will be happy to sell us a new vehicle, as we would surely not want to put that much money into our old, paid-for van. Had anybody else had this issue?
We had been advised that our insurance might cover this, and after contacting them were told they would cover the repair as well as a rental. They contacted the car rental place and authorized the rental, but have since said they wouldn't cover either one. Does anybody have any advice?
Don't know. But, I may try for a second opinion... maybe from a shop that specializes in electrical. I would sure want to know why the harness melted before putting in another one though. Don't know why your car insurance said they would cover it... it didn't catch on fire. :confuse:0
2k3bandit Posts: 2I have a 1994 MPV. 4WD 3.0 V6 W/Lockers. Two questions: 1) Anyone have an idea why after I turn the MPV off the lights come on about 1 minute later? They stay on for about 30 seconds and then turn off again. Then a couple minutes later on they go again. This continues until the battery dies OR!!! I flip the headlight control into highbeam? Any ideas??
2) I have what appears to be a factory sticker that says "CODE ALARM" on both front door windows. Is that a stock Mazda alarm system? I bought the MPV used and didn't get any key fobs with it so I'm not even sure if it has keyless entry.0
the wiring in the turn signal stalk wears over time on the older Gen1 MPV's.
cwentzell Posts: 62000mpv es. Battery Light on. Battery 3years old. Alternator puts out max 13.5 volts. Alternator bad? Cost to replace? Where is it? 43000 Miles original.0
engtech Posts: 6I have a 2004 mpv. Had it in the shop this week to have a tranny range switch replaced do to a bucking problem. That didn't fix the problem with the van. After 3 days I finaly got an anwser from the dealer that it is a noise conditioner in the ignition system. I would like to know If any one has heard of this before. I have worked on cars for 10 years and have never had this problem on a car, van, or truck. Thanks for the input. :mad:0
shwoogy Posts: 3Did you find out about the headlights. I have a Mazda 1994 MPV and the lights come on by themselves, unless high beams are on and now the alarm is now activated by itself, so I have to reset it by the battery every time I get in the car!
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tcc21 Posts: 69Hello All!
I have not posted in a bit about MY problems - latest is the CHECK ENGINE light coming on again! Two times in the past 2 weeks - once for a misfire on #4 plug. Took to my trusty local service person who said it may get moisture in the coil assembly due to a bad rubber seal? We decided against doing anything, resetting the light and it seems fine now. It did stumble for one day but finally dried out I guess. Ugh! This has happened off and on since I got this unit new in 2003. It usually happens in a heavy rain where all of a sudden the engine will start stumbling until it dries out again. Great Mazda design I guess??
Second Check Eng. Light came on again - this time due to a "Random Misfire". Could not pinpoint which location it was though. This rig is a bundle of puzzles and mysteries for sure. When it runs it is sweet yet - after 122K miles!! When it starts acting weird, I get nervous and think I'm on borrowed time!
Anyone else out there have this stuff happen to you? Anyone still have their MPV after this many miles??? I think I'm getting to be in no man's land now!! Many of the people who use to post here are long gone now due to selling off these puppies!
Thanks, TCC0
You probably need to go ahead and replace #4 coil. You don't want to be out in a heavy downpour, or on a trip, and have it start acting up. It's easy to replace 4,5 and 6 coils.
Many of the people who use to post here are long gone now due to selling off these puppies!
A lot joined the MPV Club and still own their MPV's.0
jag09 Posts: 1i have mpv 2004. after gas near empty light was on and i fill up its tank but after driving about 3-4 kms the engine check light came on, i checked the fuel cap and retightened it . but it still stays on, checked the engine oil found on min. level . Any one know what can go wrong, has there any shop in canada which do free scan, thanks0
itsmylastmpv Posts: 1SAME PROBLEM!!! The dealer acts as if I am crazy. I ended up changing out the #4 plug/coil. I've had several quirky issues with this MPV, which will be my last. There is an electrical problem with my MPV and now I suspect that it is common among the 2003-2004 model years. Now, my A/C is draining the life out of my second battery in 5 years. I feel as if I am treating symptoms because Mazda and its service providers cannot figure out the actual cause.
I'm selling as soon as this latest issue is resolved.0
minichrt Posts: 1We have the exact same issue with our 2001 MPV how was your issue resolved? The dealer wanted 3000 to fix ours as well. This certainly should have been a recall as a major safety issue.0
buzzk Posts: 15We had the [sometimes dramatic!] 'bucking" problem, also called "rough shiftting," when our 2004 MPV was about -or less than- a year old; we were told somewhere, I can't remember exactly, [but NOT by Mazda!], that it was a software problem & the dealers had a "software fix" that would work; We took it to the local dealer, who knew about it, and told us they installed that "software fix" & it generally has worked well since then. A little later, we also had them put in a new, supposedly very sophisticaed synthetic trannie fluid from BG. can't say that it's done anything we notice, but the tranny works well so far & their claims *sound* impressive. In the past I've used one of their products for manual trannies I thought was very impressive. the autotranny fluid is, however, fairly expensive.. anyway, the software fix really should work, try it & let us know, OK?.
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mitch65 Posts: 26After my mechanic fixed a couple of things related to a check engine light, some sensor problem I believe, all the warning lights on the dash stay on continuously now. He said it was probably that the computer needed to be reset and said it would probably be $100 to have Mazda do it. Does this sound right? Anyway I can do something about it myself? Is it fuse related?
It's a 2002 MPV LX, original owner, about 70k miles.
mailsom Posts: 1Hi New to this too.
Got a Mazda MPV 2003, 2ltr Deisel. Have had since 04. Problems.
Electrics, driver window stuck down, had motor ,regulator and control unit replaced window now fine £700 later. However cental locking system had been playing up before this , key fob no longer works despite battery change, F passenger door lock dodgy, alarm goes off 90% of time on unlocking front doors, is only fine from rear. Mechanic had reckoned control unit replacement would possibly help but it didn't. Any ideas?
Also excessive engine oil usage ,1 ltr per week approx. alot of smoke discharge from exhaust white and black on starting& acceleration. This despite oil & filter changes and additives to oil and fuel. No leak. ?0