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Matthew H.
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- Levels Taught:
- Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
I have turned D's and F's into B's and A's. Let me show you how successful you or your child can be!
Matthew teaches
- Teaches students:
- Ages 3 to 90 and special needs
- Teaching since:
- August 1998
Dear Parents and Students,
May I be a personal tutor for you or your child? I have been successfully tutoring for over 12 years. I have great references, and I am one of the top tutors because I am so easy to work with. I teach in person, or via TakeLessons classroom, telephone, Skype, FaceTime, Google Hangouts, Join.me, Appear.in, Screenhero (remote desktop, screen sharing) interactive whiteboards, as well as email attachments (PDF, Word, Excel, etc.) I graduated with honors, Summa Cum Laude from Case Western Reserve University, where I made the Dean's List. I also earned a Provost Academic Scholarship for my excellent test scores, including 34 in ACT mathematics and 780 in SAT mathematics.
In addition to teaching for Cleveland schools, I currently teach 20 private sessions each week, 1st through 12th grade, as well as college students and business professionals. I have also served on the faculty at Cuyahoga Community College.
I am patient, friendly and many students tell me that I explain concepts more effectively than their teachers. I am available weekdays or weekends, days or nights, throughout the entire year. I would be happy to answer any questions you might have regarding my experience and teaching methods. While it should go without saying, I have a clean background that has been verified by the FBI and BCII. Let me know if you would like to set up an introductory lesson to design a customized strategy. There is no obligation to continue unless a customer is 100% satisfied.
I am one of the Top Five Tutors for:
1. most diverse subject matter
2. widest student age range
3. farthest geographical regions
4. largest client base
5. most hours taught monthly
Please note: I have set up my billing in thirty minute increments. Thus, I am able to offer lessons of varying lengths. However, I would appreciate longer sessions. I thank you for your time and consideration and look forward to being at your service!
My subjects include:
ACT, SAT, PSAT, NMSQT - undergraduate admissions
GMAT, GRE - graduate admissions
ISEE, HSPT, SSAT, TACHS, COOP - high school admissions
ASVAB, AFQT, ASTB-E, OAR - armed forces placement
TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC - English as a Second Language
PARCC, AIR AST, OAA, OGT, ITBS, STAAR, GED, HiSET, TABE - proficiency
HESI-A2, ATI TEAS V, NLN-PAX-RN, C-NET-RN, NET, DAT - nursing and dental
Mathematics: algebra I and II, geometry, trigonometry, pre-algebra, elementary
English: grammar, vocabulary, spelling, reading, writing, listening, speaking, pronunciation, ESL, ESOL
Research Papers: editing, proofreading, outlining, analyzing, citations
Computer: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, QuickBooks
Special Needs: ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism, Asperger's, study skills
Music: theory, ear training, sight singing, improvisation, saxophone
Job Seeking: resume writing, cover letters, T-Letters, LinkedIn, job search techniques
Professional Services: bookkeeping, AP/AR, property management, office automation
*** Studio Equipment ***
Microsoft Windows and Macintosh Laptops
*** Travel Equipment ***
Microsoft Windows and Macintosh Laptops
InstructorJan 1998 - Present
TeacherAug 2012 - Jun 2014
Bachelor's DegreeAug 1994 - May 1998
Bachelor's Degree in EducationAug 1994 - May 1998
Teacher's CertificationMay 1998
Dean's ListJan 1995
Provost ScholarshipAug 1994
American Tutoring AssociationApr 2014
The ATA was founded in 2001 and has since certified over 6,000 tutors. In addition to creating standards for the industry, the ATA also provides a host of support services to professional tutors.
National Tutoring AssociationApr 2014
The NTA was formed in 1992 for the purpose of establishing a membership organization for tutoring professionals. The NTA is dedicated exclusively to tutoring, and represents the interests of thousands of tutors in the U.S. and thirteen other countries, practicing in all phases of tutoring, program administration, and supplemental student services.+ Read More
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He is excellent! Very engaging and knows his stuff. I highly recommend Matt. This review is after only 1 lesson and I'm very excited to continue to work with him.
Our son's Algebra tests have improved significantly with these tutoring sessions. Matthew did a great job accessing current knowledge level and working to catch our son up on what he did not understand as well as helping prepare for ongoing quizzes and tests. Very pleased and will continue with the tutoring!+ Read More
Excellent first lesson. Alex learned more in this one lesson than he did in 3 lessons with a different teacher. Thank you.
Matthew is an excellent teacher. He's got the skill and patience to get the material across in a very clear way. I absorbed the material easily even though I was pretty new to this.
Jonathan is enjoying his saxophone lessons with Matt. Keep up the good work!
Matt really helped me improve both my SAT and my AC T test scores. His explanations were clear and I thought that I learned quite a lot when I had him as a tutor.
As you can see I've written a review for Matthew regarding my daughters success (her test was last year) so I'd like to write one for my son also. My son was not driving at the time and Matthew agreed to drive to our home and teach him for an additional nominal fee. My son also took multiple tutoring sessions with Matthew and learned something new every time. He felt confident going into the test, confident in his ability to complete the exam and do well on it. Matthew takes his time with each individual and works with their specific needs. My children needed help in different areas of the ACT and Matthew was more than capable of helping them in those areas. My sons ACT score also went up 4 points after working with Matthew! I can't say enough how professional, kind and thorough he is.+ Read More
We were given Matthews name from a friend that used him for her two sons ACT tests and were happy with the results. My daughter studied with him multiple times at a mutual site preparing for her ACT test. He would not only explain why she missed a problem on a practice test but then teach her so she understood the concept. He was very diligent, professional and thorough in his tutoring. My daughter went up 4 points on her ACT! Couldn't be happier and HIGHLY recommend Matthew.+ Read More
My math improved so much ever since I started tutoring with Mr. Horwich. I am more confident with my answers and how I interpret the questions on the GRE.
This was my very terrible experience with Matt. We had 2 sessions with him. He was an awful tutor who interrupted me whenever I spoke. My SAT test is in 2 weeks and today With no warning at all, Matt told me that he was going to Iceland for a WEEK to see the Northern lights with his girlfriend and another couple. It was terrible and weird all at the same time. He kept interrupting me as I spoke. He didn't seem to get that I don't really want to hear the details of his trip because I am just really upset that he is abandoning us for so long so close to the test. He never gave us a real alternative--just don't worry I'll be back in "5 business days". He just doesn't get it. He upset me and my family--he is unprofessional and just doubles down on his excuses when you call him out on it.
I would stay far, far away from this guy--he's not responsible or reliable.
Great tutor and very knowledgeable about the subject. He was very easy to understand.
Matthew is great! Got my son set up in no time and put a lot of effort into getting him engaged and focused. So far great experience!
Matt is very clear and helpful. I recommend him as does my son.
Very helpful in explaining math concepts! He helped me raise my quantitative score from a 149 to a 158 in just 2 weeks!
He was very helpful and pointed out issues that could be much better. He gave me the help that I was looking for...very nice person. I will continue to get help from him for sure.
Matt was very efficient, on time, got down to the task straight away and knew his subject matter. My son really liked him. I highly recommend Matt.
great first lesson
Excellent communication skills, very proficient with his skill set.
He knows his math subjects and material and I have learned new tricks to make working problems quicker. He is punctual and organized and I greatly appreciate that as well.
Matthew was a great instructor for Intermediate level Excel training. He was able to help me with navigational tips and shortcuts, formulas and totals between sheets within one spreadsheet, as well as understanding Vlookup functionality. I highly recommend Matthew if you are in need of Excel training.+ Read More
Matthew finds a simple and clear way to help me understand all the areas I have to work on.
I hired Matt to specifically help me prepare for the Quantitative section of the GMAT. We met online for several 2 hour tutoring sessions over the course of a month. Matt was very understanding of my busy work schedule and worked our appointments around this. During our tutoring sessions, Matt did a great job of explaining and helping me solve GMAT exam practice problems. He is very friendly and laid back, while also being an utmost professional. I highly recommend him for any of your graduate school level exam preparations.+ Read More
We switched my son from clarinet to saxophone in the middle of the school year and hired Matt to help get him caught up with his bandmates. Matt relates very well to an 11 year-old boy, and although he was serious and got to work immediately, he put Josh at ease from the start. I was initially worried that a 90 minute lesson would push the limits of my son's endurance, but he has really enjoyed the sessions, and the longer time has been very beneficial. Overall a 100% positive experience+ Read More
Exc dialog/connect that Matt picked up on fairly quickly. He became familiar with my learning style; I became familiar with his teaching style. A win-win for both!


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Fergie dismisses retirement talk
Sir Alex Ferguson has stated there is no likelihood of an imminent managerial vacancy at Manchester United.
With Pep Guardiola due to end his post-Barcelona sabbatical next summer, Jose Mourinho tipped to leave Real Madrid and David Moyes' Everton contract ready to expire, three of the major candidates to replace Ferguson could be available at the end of the season.
However, in an interview with the Abu Dhabi Sports channel, Ferguson has made it clear he is going nowhere, saying: "I'm hoping to stay on for a bit of time."
It is widely accepted few will get to know when Ferguson is ready to call it a day, with chief executive David Gill the man tasked with advising the Glazer family about a replacement.
And, though Guardiola, Mourinho and Moyes are bound to be at the top of the list if they are available, Ferguson highlights the precarious nature of football management and states further consideration is impossible.
"It's very difficult," he said.
"Over the years, names have been bandied about but football is such a precarious industry.
"But you could be talking about one of the potentially exciting young managers in the game, but is he going to be here in two or three years' time? The sack race is horrendous.
"Sometimes a manager can only survive four games if he doesn't win a match.
"Top managers will always be in demand but nobody knows where they are going to be in two or three years' time."

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Fire managers optimistic about battle against Idaho blaze after cloud cover, manpower increase
BOISE, Idaho – Fire managers expressed optimism Sunday in their battle against a wildfire that has scorched nearly 160 square miles and forced the evacuation of 2,300 homes near the central Idaho resort communities of Ketchum and Sun Valley.
Officials said the blaze grew only about 12 square miles because of cloud cover Saturday and the arrival of additional crews and equipment. Many firefighters worked Sunday putting in protective fire breaks.
"Today they're very optimistic that we will reinforce those lines in case the fire does flare up as we saw on Thursday and Friday," fire spokeswoman Shawna Hartman said.
More than 1,200 people and 19 aircraft are now battling the lightning-caused Beaver Creek Fire, which started Aug. 7 and is 9 percent contained. Nearly 90 fire engines also are in the region, many protecting homes in the affluent area where celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis own pricey getaways.
Fire managers said both of the nation's DC-10 retardant bombers have been used to battle the fire, but one experienced an engine malfunction after a drop Thursday. The jet made it back safely to Pocatello in southeastern Idaho but remains unavailable.
Hartman said most of the fire's containment is on the south and west sides. The more populated areas are on the eastern side of the blaze and are where the mandatory evacuations are in place.
Blaine County spokeswoman Bronwyn Nickel said Idaho National Guard soldiers are manning checkpoints at evacuated neighborhoods and helping relieve local law enforcement officers. The Blaine County Sheriff's Office is warning evacuated residents not to return until notified it's safe to do so.
Officials say no structures have been destroyed since a house and outbuildings burned Thursday. On the fire line, a few minor injuries have been reported.
Authorities have told Ketchum and Sun Valley residents to be ready to evacuate if necessary. About 2,700 people live in Ketchum, 1,400 in Sun Valley.
Hartman said retardant was being dropped on the flank of Bald Mountain — the Sun Valley Resort's primary ski hill — to reinforce a fire line. That means the famed ski mountain known as "Baldy" and often used in publicity photos will have a red line of retardant visible from Ketchum.
Hartman said the drop was part of a plan by fire managers to bolster protection for the tony resort town.
Elsewhere in the West, the last evacuation orders were scheduled to be lifted Monday after a series of mountain fires burned more than a dozen homes in Utah.
More than 100 residents who were forced to leave two communities about 45 miles east of Salt Lake City will be allowed to return in the morning.
Fire officials said Sunday the nearly 2,000-acre Rockport fire near the resort town of Park City was 70 percent contained.
Utah's biggest blaze, the Patch Springs Fire, was estimated at 50 square miles and 25 percent contained Sunday.
No evacuation orders remained for that fire, which burned 10 homes near Willow Springs on Friday, but a portion of State Highway 199 remained closed.


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Thermal Analysis of Induction FurnaceA. A. Bhat[1], S. Agarwal [1], D. Sujish[1], B. Muralidharan[1], B. P. Reddy[1], G. Padmakumar[1], K. K. Rajan[1]
[1]Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, India
Induction furnaces are employed for vacuum distillation process to recover heavy metals after electro-refining operation. Induction furnace of suitable heating rate and cooled by passive means are required to be developed for this purpose. It is planned to set up a mock up induction furnace which will simulate the conditions to be realized in actual vacuum distillation furnace for this purpose. The mock-up facility will be used to demonstrate melting of 10 kg of copper in a graphite crucible and heated by induction furnace in a vacuum environment. The coil configuration and electrical parameters of the furnace are to be finalized to attain a temperature of about 1500 degC in 2 hours for the charge. Figure1 shows the schematic layout of the mock-up facility used. The furnace liner enclosing the crucible, essentially coupled with the magnetic field generated by coil, gets heated up and indirectly heats the crucible by radiation heat transfer. The melting of copper takes place in crucible. The copper liner prevents the coupling of stainless steel vessel with magnetic flux lines. The carbon felt insulation is used to prevent the heat loss to the coil and other parts. The stainless steel vessel encloses all the above parts. Thermal analysis of the mockup facility is being carried out using COMSOL Multiphysics code to optimize the various electrical parameters. First the Induction Heating Interface under the Heat Transfer Module of COMSOL Multiphysics was modeled and validated with the experimental data reported in the literature. The validated model was then used for 2D-axisymmetric transient thermal analysis of the mock-up facility. The heat transfer and electromagnetic characteristics have been investigated. The temperature distribution is shown in figure 2. The effect of various operating parameters, geometrical factors and material parameters has also been carried out. This paper details the thermal and electromagnetic modeling of the induction furnace and discusses the results obtained.
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Halle Berry is leaving all of her Thanksgiving Day drama behind and looking forward to the happy holidays ahead.
The 46-year-old actress stepped out earlier this week sans beau Olivier Martinez for some Christmas shopping with 4-year-old daughter Nahla.
The mother-daughter duo was spotted hitting a Beverly Hills store to pick up some food and—what else?—a Christmas tree. Berry was dressed casually in black pants and a gray sweater and cap while checking out colorful Christmas ornaments with Nahla, who sported an adorable striped pink skirt and jean jacket.
Hopefully some holiday cheer is just what Berry and ex Gabriel Aubry need to make it through the New Year without any family drama.


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Video satirist needles perceptions of Detroit
With repetition, video shows invoking city's name can work for anything yet mean almost nothing.
DETROIT -- A recent online spoof to raise half a billion dollars to save Detroit went viral. Now the filmmaker behind it, has another message he'd like to share.
Oren Goldenberg's latest video is a quick-cut stream of logos for Say Nice Things About Detroit, Made in Detroit, Imported from Detroit, Seed Detroit, Popup Detroit and dozens more. As a robotic voice reads each one out loud over the course of three minutes, the point hits home. Invoking the city's name for marketing purposes can work for nearly anything and yet mean almost nothing.
"I'm fascinated by this idea: Who is Detroit? What do you mean when you say it?" said Goldenberg. "We don't have any consensus on what Detroit is, so how can anyone come up with a plan to revitalize, regenerate, save, (do) anything (to) Detroit?"
The 29-year-old Detroit filmmaker is best known for his serious, unblinking documentaries about the city. But at the moment, he's switching gears to comedy, the language of political and socially relevant discourse for a generation that finds truth in The Daily Show and instant analysis on Twitter.
And if people are forced to think about what his videos are trying to say and whether they're real, well, mission accomplished.
A couple of weeks ago, Goldenberg posted a clip of a perky young woman pitching a Kickstarter campaign to raise $500 million to save Detroit. She explained how a $1 donation would get you a ride on the People Mover, $500 an abandoned home, $20 million the city's entire water department and so on.
So far, the video has drawn nearly 23,000 views on YouTube, as well as comments like, "This is a joke, right?"
Goldenberg's Kickstarter campaign is for real. He's trying to raise $15,000 for a six-part online comedy series, Detroit (Blank) City, to be directed by him and co-written by Ari Rubin, a childhood friend who is now a New York voice actor.
The project is described on the popular crowd-sourcing site as absurdist comedy. "Through humor, we will laugh to breathe another day," the text explains. In person, Goldenberg describes laughter as a catharsis for what's happening here -- both the problems of the city and the sometimes surreal ideas floated as possible remedies.
A University of Michigan graduate who studied film and video, Goldenberg has worked on everything from indie drama (he was the editor of Bilal's Stand, which screened at Sundance in 2010) to music videos.
"He's an excellent storyteller. He takes his work very seriously. He takes Detroit very seriously. He's committed to it," said acclaimed local filmmaker and educator Harvey Ovshinsky, who applauds Goldenberg's attempt to stretch his creative muscles with comedy.
The inspiration for Detroit (Blank) City was a conversation Goldenberg had with Rubin during a visit to New York. As they talked about the state of Detroit, they started joking and began a cathartic conversation that lasted for several hours.
Goldenberg believes the satire they're out to make is not that far from reality. The Save Detroit video, for instance, tackles the issues of privatization of city services in the midst of a financial crisis, only in a way that Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert might approve.
Another area ripe for parody is the current influx of what Goldenberg calls "hope porn," which unlike the "ruin porn" fascination with Detroit's crumbling structures, concerns the growing fixation with efforts small and large to turn around Detroit, some fueled by young, white transplants to the region.
So far, the Save Detroit video has raised nearly $1,000 on Kickstarter. The campaign runs until Feb. 28.
Goldenberg said that the online comedy project is completely on the level, but he does like playing with the layers of reality in his material. He said the Save Detroit Think Tank actually exists.
"If you really want to get to the meta place, I also work for Save Detroit Think Thank. They hired me to make their Kickstarter video," he said with a smile.


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Technology, especially information technology, is transforming the entire industrial equipment industry and leading to unconventional growth. Digitizing the engineering, manufacturing and supply network is key. Most supply chains today are no longer fit to compete in a digital world. Linear and static, they hamper growth opportunities and lead to cost issues that threaten competitiveness. Industrial equipment companies must start managing the supply network as a digital ecosystem in order to equip the organization for growth, enabling quick movement into new geographies, support for new value delivery approaches and creation of innovative products and services.
This digital ecosystem—as well as other factors such as industry consolidation and marketplace alliances—puts pressure on the IT environment of industrial equipment companies, particularly in the area of applications.


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It soon may be time to pull the plug on Fisker Automotive, the Anaheim-based manufacturer of plug-in electric vehicles.
First came word late last week that the green company had abruptly laid off 160 of its 213 remaining employees (which prompted a lawsuit charging that the displaced workers were not given sufficient notice).
Now come rumblings that Fisker intends to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week or next, while at the same time holding talks with possible buyers or investors to salvage the foundering carmaker.
It remains to be seen if the once-seemingly promising electric carmaker manages to stay in business or joins the once-seemingly promising solar panel manufacturer Solyndra in oblivion.
Either way, Fisker provides a business-school-worthy case study in how not to invest in start-up companies in nascent industries.
Indeed, in a presentation this past fall at MIT's annual EmTech conference, Bill Banholzer, chief technology officer for Dow Chemical, cautioned investors that it was mistake to throw money at green energy start-ups, which promise to bring disruptive technologies to market.
Mr. Banholzer's PowerPoint included a slide with a dozen green energy companies, including the aforementioned Solyndra, A123 Systems, which was to supply state-of-the-art lithium batteries to Fisker and other electric car manufacturers, and other much-hyped start-ups.
Between them, the dozen green energy companies received billions of dollars in investment not only from private venture capitalists, but also from the federal government and green-driven state governments like California.
Yet, as Mr. Banholzer pointed out, "returns are not at all what people would expect."
And Solyndra, A123 Systems, Range Fuels, Boston Green Power and the other failed or foundering green energy companies were hardly outliers. As Dow Chemical's CTO told investors at EmTech, "The issue is not just specific companies. Entire industry segments are failing."
Indeed, Mr. Banholzer's assessment is corroborated by the BNP Paribas Renewable Energy Index, which tracks roughly 40 of the world's largest green-industry companies. Since 2007, when investors were gaga for green energy, the index has plummeted nearly 90 percent.
It's one thing for private venture-capital firms to lose billions of dollars on green energy. It's quite another for the federal government to squander tax dollars, including $535 million on Solyndra, $435 million on A123 Systems and $528 million on Fisker Automotive ($200 million of which the company spent before the feds suspended its funding).
Congress should explicitly forbid the Obama administration from making any further "investments" in green energy companies, the failures of which should not come at the expense of taxpayers.


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Gibson Unveils Latest Lifestyle Innovations at 2013 International CES in Las Vegas
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Jan. 7, 2013 09:03 PM
Technology, sound and lifestyle unite at Gibson during the International CES 2013 from January 8-11th. Long celebrated for creating iconic guitars, the ever-growing Gibson family of brands will be on display at the Gibson tent (CP-30) showcasing innovative additions to the consumer electronics industry.
The tent will offer visitors the chance to mix and mingle with celebrity guests, jam with legendary performers and experience how Gibson fills your life with music and amplifies your world. In the past, such notable celebrities as Kevin Costner, Peter Frampton and Joan Jett have graced the stage of the Gibson tent. 2013 brings even more to the table. This year, scheduled to perform or appear for autographs are the talented Felicia Day, Rick Harrison of Pawn Stars, DJ Ashba from Guns N' Roses, B-Side, Frankie Moreno, Jason Hook from Five Finger Death Punch, Carrot Top, Kelly LeBrock and many more!
Gibson ProAudio brands encompass a wide range of esteemed musical instruments and consumer electronics, including Onkyo, Stanton, Cerwin Vega!, KRK, Baldwin Pianos, Slingerland Drums, Epiphone Guitars, and others. All will be on hand to showcase their latest offerings – most notably:
Throughout the show, guests will have the chance to win legendary Gibson guitars along with other prizes and giveaways.
In addition, Gibson will offer guests the opportunity to tune up and wind down daily at its legendary 4–7 pm Happy Hour & Jam Party, where the drinks are on us.
Gibson is also pleased to participate in the Living in Digital Times FashionWare show. The event will take place 1/10/13 at 7PM in the Venetian Ballroom. Onkyo's new line of headphones will be on display.
The 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show takes place from January 8-11th in Las Vegas. To schedule press meetings for Gibson guitar, please contact Jamie Joffe firstname.lastname@example.com or Fred Yager at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information or product images on any Gibson ProAudio brands, please visit www.gibson.com.
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Picking up a four-game suspension for a substance abuse violation less than four months after a new head coach has taken over isn't the best way to make a first impression.
Yet, that's exactly the situation Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Justin Blackmon has found himself in after getting a four-game suspension handed down by the league this week. It's not exactly the best first step to take in building a relationship with your new head coach. However, Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley is willing to give Blackmon some benefit of the doubt.
According to Ryan O'Halloran of the Florida Times-Union, Bradley still trusts the second-year wide out. He said he's had "six or seven conversations" with Blackmon already since the suspension was levied earlier this week.
"I told Justin I do trust him," Bradley said. ""We both have to earn each other's trust and I don't want trust to be mistaken for being naïve."
"He understands we're disappointed in what took place. I really try to maintain my focus on making sure he has a clear vision of what we expect from him. We've had great conversations since this came out."
Bradley intends on using the issue with Blackmon as a barometer to set the discipline for the team going forward. With a four-game suspension, Blackmon is now just one more offense away from a full season suspension. The Jaguars will need to hope Bradley's trust in Blackmon will be rewarded or they could be playing without their former first-round pick for an extensive amount time.
"That's the challenge that's been placed in front of him," Bradley said. "I have confidence in Justin. He knows our expectations and he has those same expectations. It's a process for him and for us, but we're looking forward to the challenge."


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Allen Iverson is a lock, a no-brainer, an absolute shoo-in for a spot in the Naismith Hall o Fame when he becomes eligible. Tracy McGrady, on the other hand, might have to wait a while to see if he gets the call.
That seems to be the general consensus after the two former superstars announced their retirements during the past week.
While the cases for and against both Iverson and McGrady seem pretty clear-cut, there are other current players whose Hall of Fame futures require much more examination, an endeavor we were glad to undertake on Episode 130 of the Hang Time Podcast. Superstars like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are also locks for Springfield. But what about players like Chauncey Billups, who owns a Finals MVP and stellar career numbers but spent the early part of his career bouncing around the league?
What do we do with Grant Hill and Glen Rice, guys with Hall of Fame credentials dating back to their championship college careers, but come with an asterisk (injuries cost Hill some of his best years and Rice won a title and was a multiple time All-Star but was never what you would call a true superstar during his NBA career)?
And what of Robert Horry, a man with more championship rings (7) than Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Shaquille O'Neal and plenty of the other luminaries who piled up both the individual and team honors necessary for a place in the Hall of Fame. Surely there has to be a place in Springfield for a player who was an integral part of seven different championship teams, shouldn't there be?
We dive in on all that and a whole lot more on Episode 130 of the Hang Time Podcast, The Hall of Fame Debate …
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The American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC) and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation's Greenbelt Native Plant Center (GNPC) will team up to study bees native to New York City and the indigenous plants they pollinate. The pilot program will recruit volunteers to collect data and increase public awareness about the importance of bees as natural plant pollinators. The effort will mark the first National Pollinator Week and also comes at a time when the sudden and unexplained disappearance of honeybees has gained media attention nationwide.
"The long history of scientific research at the Museum has helped raise public awareness of the natural world, including New York City's environment," said Eleanor Sterling, Director of the CBC. "Bees are a crucial part of our urban ecosystem. We are very pleased to be collaborating with Parks to examine the relationship between the city's native bees and plants."
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"These pollinators are crucial to the production of one-third of our nation's food supply and also contribute greatly to the vitality and beauty of our parks and playgrounds in New York City," said Adiran Benepe, Commissioner of New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. "Through our partnership with the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, we hope to generate much-needed interest in native bees, the most important pollinators in our urban ecosystem."
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The primary goal of my website is to provide information on B.F. Skinner's (1957) analysis of language. Recently, Skinner's work has experienced wide-spread use for language assessment and intervention for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. The following brief overview of Skinner's analysis and its application to the treatment of children with autism is provided to give users of this site an overview of the content.
A Brief Overview of a Behavioral Approach to
Language Assessment and Intervention for Children with Autism
Mark L. Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA
The primary focus of an intervention program for children with autism should be on the development of effective language skills. However, language is complex, and the professional literature contains a vast array of theories, opinions, and views as to how to analyze, assess, and teach language. Currently, cognitive theories underlie most of the language assessment and intervention programs used for children with autism. Behavior analysis provides an alternative analysis of language (Skinner, 1957) that is an empirically sound and comprehensible conception of human language. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior is based on the same principles of behavior and basic research that underlie the teaching procedures of discrete trial training (DTT) and applied behavior analysis (ABA). These teaching procedures (e.g., prompting, fading, shaping, chaining), along with Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior can provide a behavioral foundation for the analysis, assessment, and day-to-day language intervention program for children with autism.
The behavioral analysis of language (Skinner, 1957) identifies language as learned behavior caused by the same environmental variables that control nonverbal behavior (i.e., stimulus control, motivating operations, reinforcement, etc.). Skinner (1957) argued that emitting words and speaking constitutes learned behavior that is conditioned by contact with a verbal environment. Skinner (1957) wrote, "What happens when a man speaks or responds to speech is clearly a question about human behavior and hence a question to be answered with the concepts and techniques of psychology as an experimental science of behavior" (p. 5). Skinner noted that humans acquire their ability to talk much in the same way that they learn nonverbal behaviors.
At the core of Skinner's functional analysis of verbal behavior is the distinction among the mand, tact, and intraverbal. These three types of verbal behavior are traditionally all classified as "expressive language." Skinner suggests that this classification masks important distinctions among functionally independent types of language. In addition to these three verbal operants, Skinner (1957) also presents the echoic, textual, transcriptive, and copying-a-text relations. These "elementary operants" are viewed as separate functional units that serve as the basis for building more advanced language skills. The emphasis on speaker and listener behaviors as independent repertoires is an equally important component of Skinner's analysis.
Language Assessment
The focus on language as learned behavior with the verbal operants as the functional unit provides an alternative framework for language assessment. The first published program that used Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior for assessment was the Parsons Language Sample (Spradlin, 1963). Spradlin was a pioneer in the use of Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and inspired a number of follow-up projects (e.g., Partington & Sundberg, 1998: Sundberg, 1983; Sundberg, Ray, Braam, Stafford, Rueber, & Braam, 1979). A more current assessment based on Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior is the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program: The VB-MAPP (Sundberg, 2008). The VB-MAPP contains 170 milestones balanced across 3 developmental levels and 16 different verbal operants and related skills, In addition, the program includes an assessment and analysis of 22 language and learning barriers that can impede language acquisition. Collectively, these assessment data can lead to a more efficient language intervention program.
Language Intervention
The focus on the verbal operants also provides a framework for daily language training, IEP development, and skill tracking. There are many benefits of using Skinner's analysis as a guide for language intervention. For example, most programs fail to provide adequate mand training that involves bringing verbal responses under the functional control of motivational variables (Michael, 2007). Many programs also fail to identify the intraverbal repertoire as separate from the tact and mand. However, verbal stimulus control as it relates to intraverbal behavior is extremely complex and usually involves verbal conditional discriminations (Catania, 1998). The failure to include formal training on these critical verbal repertoires can have a significant impact on the development of intellectual, academic, and social behaviors. Additional concepts from Verbal Behavior that can benefit language intervention include, for example, automatic reinforcement, multiple control, audience control, private events, verbal extensions, and autoclitics (Greer & Ross, 2007; Sundberg, 2007; Sundberg & Michael, 2001).
A Functional Analysis of Verbal Responses
Another application of Verbal Behavior involves a descriptive functional analysis of verbal behaviors emitted by children during natural verbal interactions. When developing a child's verbal skills, it is important that an analysis of verbal responses be conducted on a regular basis. The elements of this analysis consist of the same basic principles of behavior used to analyze nonverbal behavior (Skinner, 1957). Each operant can be susceptible to unwanted sources of control, at all levels of verbal development. It is quite common for children with autism to acquire verbal responses that appear correct, but are not under the same sources of control that may evoke the same verbal behaviors on the part of a typically developing child. For example, a child with autism may learn to say "I have a red shirt on," but it may be evoked by totally different antecedent variables than those variables that evoke the same response from a typically developing child. A major goal of the intervention program is to ensure that a target response is under the correct source of control. The task for the behavior analysts is to determine what the correct source of control should be, and how that source can be established. The failure to conduct a functional analysis of verbal responses may result in rote or defective verbal repertoires that become difficult to change.
Teaching Strategies
In addition to the applications of verbal behavior presented above, there are a number of other behavioral teaching procedures and strategies suggested by a verbal behavior analysis of language (Table 1). These strategies should not be viewed as the defining elements of the application of verbal behavior to language instruction, but rather simply as procedures that, like other behavioral procedures, may depend on a number of other variables in order to be effective for an individual child.
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Early mand training
Frequent opportunities to mand
Use of the MO to teach the other operants
Contriving and capturing MOs
Use of multiple control procedures
Use of multiple exemplar training
Establishing verbal conditional discriminations
Intraverbal teaching procedures
Speaker–listener dyad training
Listener responding by function, feature, and class
Typical language development as a curriculum guide
Stimulus-stimulus pairing procedures/ Auto S r
Interspersal techniques ("Mixed VB")
VB modules
Behavioral momentum procedures
Errorless learning procedures
Using transfer of stimulus control procedures
Minimal use of punishment
First trial data and probe data
Discrete trial as well as natural environment training (or incidental teaching)
Augmentative communication
Teaching social skills as combinations of verbal, nonverbal, and listener repertoires
Use of independent play and social play procedures
The child's daily schedule and IEPs are driven by the elementary verbal operants
Behavior analysis has made several contributions to the treatment of children with autism. Most notably has been the use of behavioral teaching procedures derived from applied behavior analysis (e.g., Lovaas, 2003). The use of Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior as the conceptual basis of the language program can add to the existing gains in autism treatment (Sundberg & Michael, 2001). The application of Skinner's analysis consists of: 1) the use of basic applied behavior analysis procedures; 2) the use of Skinner's functional analysis of verbal behavior; 3) the use of the verbal operants for language assessment; 4) the use of the verbal operants as a basis for intervention; 5) the use of a functional analysis of verbal behavior to analyze all aspects of verbal development, including language barriers; and 6) the use of teaching strategies that are suggested, in part, by a verbal behavior analysis of language.
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I have never seen that before.
Leah, although the photo is a bit fuzzy, it actually looks more like an SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) marker. You can see a clear image of the SAR Patriot Marker here: http://store.sar.org/index.php?l=product_list&c=21.ReplyDelete
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Is Harry Styles + Kimberly Stewart's Relationship Just a Publicity Stunt?
Following a very highly photographed and publicized outing with Kimberly Stewart (daughter of music legend Rod), Harry Styles of One Direction is rumored to be in on what's just a big PR stunt ... again. And apparently this one is even less legit than his brief dalliance with Taylor Swift was said to be.
So are they or aren't they?
They aren't. Directioners, breathe a heavy sigh of relief!
"Kimberly and Harry are just friends," a source close to the situation told Fox News. "Rod (Stewart) really likes Harry, so it's good PR for him. There's nothing going on. It's just PR fun."
Of course, the story seemed believable enough at first. Stewart is, in fact, an older woman -- and everyone knows Hazza has a thing for those. She was even described as "exactly his type," which may still be true: tall, blonde and hungry for press. (Let's not forget all those Haylor shots, kids!) Except Stewart and Swift have one big difference: Swift is actually famous for reasons other than who her parents are and didn't need the boost in tabloid headlines!
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@ igor - yes, that sounds good to me. The word "spiritual" remains very vague, and I think that we can redefine it to mean something like you describe.
Interesting side note."Spiritus" which you describe as etymologically meaning "soul"l or "breath" relates to the Hindi word "atman" which means "soul" or "breath." The relationship between Hindi and English is clear to scholars but not recognized by most people on the street, and in fact our word "atmosphere" (the sphere of breathable air) is etymologically related the Hindi word "atman."
The sort of "spiritual" you describe seems divorced enough from what "spirit" ordinarily means that a word with less baggage would seem preferable. Do you have one?
Looking at igor's description, I would extend it to say something like "we are all one because we are all saved by the source of all goodness." That's the kind of spirituality I'm talking about, and I'm fine with using that word and ignoring all the baggage. It's not like "swastika" or "immigrant", it doesn't have nasty associations, just daffy ones, according to many people.
I'm not a dumbass, I'm a dipshit.
I'm not a dugong, I'm a dipstick.
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Yeah. spirits, souls, spirituality, etc. Are all based on, revolve around and are derived from the same place that religion comes from. The idea that you are going some place else when you die. All of these ideas have negative repercussions. Some not as clear as others. Religion is very clear, the corruption, the wars, the scientific disregard, the priests raping boys. But to me the SOURCE of it all is the soul. You can't have any of the big 5 religions without this idea of the soul. So why are we even bothering arguing against religion? If you can disprove or convince someone that there is no such thing as a soul. RELIGION HAS NO PURPOSE! And guess what. It will be far easier to scientifically prove that we have no souls then that there is an invisible man that created us all.
Spirituality has just as much basis in reality as religion does. None.
And yet, there are people who proclaim to be atheists and yet believe such horseshit as astral projection, precognition, mind reading, ghosts/hauntings, without realizing it's much the same as believing that Jesus returned from the dead, turned water into wine, exorcized demons, and so on. And if you question their daffy views, they'll accuse you of not having an open mind to their nonsense.,
That's obliquely related to the shade of meaning of "spirit" that goes with "school spirit." "Gumption," "stick-to-it-iveness," "tenacity," "irrational optimism."
I prefer to stay away from the term "human spirit" the word "spirit", like "soul" has far too much baggage to be in everyday use. Unless you support religious beliefs such as spirits and souls. These terms and beliefs are SO engrained in our culture that it seems daunting to rid our selves of... but so did religion at one point. And we are making progress there.
Belief in irrational things such as spirits, souls, karma(as a mystical force) and astral projections, everything Unseen listed above... supports the ideas of religion. These irrational, fear-based beliefs are the BASIS for religion. Uttering these words indirectly supports the use of the words which supports the notion of the words. Which makes some people think it's OK to believe in such horseshit. :) Ultimately the belief in and the use of these words in society stifles scientific advancement and hinders human progress.
However, most people would tell you i'm overthinking and taking it too far. Especially on this site. Most people on this site would prefer to just be ALLOWED to be atheist. That's not enough for me. That is bottom of the barrel, short-sighted, self centered thinking. I want progress in our civilizations. Not simply acceptance. Acceptance is mundane.


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Myths of America: Love Means Never Having to Change
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I'm a new guy and I need some help with my climate control system in my '98 328i. It's going nuts and rather than replace it I'd like to find out the real problem. Can anyone help??
What's hapening is that the entire electronic unit acts like it loses power while I'm driving, than it will kick back on and off. Sometimes just one or two light will stay on and the whole digital degree display will die. Just to let you know, mine has no dials or knobs. It's all digital with illuminated lights on buttons for A/C, front and rear defrost, temp increase & decrease, the AUTO button, etc. These are obviously part of the same circuit because they all go down at once and are all part of the climate control unit. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry for the double hi's
Last edited by Stang_ROTY; 05-31-2005 at 01:29 PM.
I would start by simply checking the wiring harness at the back. You can access it by pulling out the storage space bellow and working your way up. The are all held in by expansion clips built into the plastic so just wiggle the units out.
97 328is
That sounds like a great plan but I have the onboard computer below. Have any ideas on how to remove that?? Do you think that it'd be a good idea to attack it from above and take out the radio first??
98 328i - Minor mods include Eisenmann exhaust, Lowered Suspension, Hi-Flo Air Intake, 18" M5 Rims, 6-Disc Changer, subs, tinted windows, M3 shifter & pedals
Nope - you want to start from the bottom and work your way up. The computer comes out fairly easily once you get the hang of it. Again, there aren't any screws or anything, the tray, the computer and the climate control all pop out.
97 328is
It just pops right out?? Sounds like I could snap or break something easily. Is there many connections behind it??
98 328i - Minor mods include Eisenmann exhaust, Lowered Suspension, Hi-Flo Air Intake, 18" M5 Rims, 6-Disc Changer, subs, tinted windows, M3 shifter & pedals
I tried to get out the compartment under the climate control but it didn't come out easy and i didn't want to force it. I noticed that there is a small hole on the top of the compartment and I was wondering if that is a lock release thing that, if properly pushed, will release the compartment. Anyone ever notice this??
Anyone else ever have this climate control problem??
Does anyone know what the decription of this thing is for the fuse box. I'd like to check the fuses and relays.
ok! you guys are great!
Comes out in a couple seconds. I used a flat head screwdriver to assist me. You dont need to take out the little sunglasses compartment. you just push up and back towards yourself through the hole you were talking about. Once i got the OBC to come out a little bit, i carefully used a flat-head screwdriver to assist in prying it out. weird, though, somehow the bulb behind the date/time burned out. you probably shouldnt do anything with the keys in Once i got the OBC out, the climate control was very easy to pop out.
It looks as the design flaw is actually on the circuit board of the CC unit. I took apart the plug (20 some pins) with all the wires coming from the car into the plug, nothing really happened. BUT when i put the plug in, if you push it a little on the long side of the plug, to the side, you can see it as it starts to kick in. as soon as you take the sideways pressure off the plug, it shuts off.
It is pretty easy to hear it kicking in, because with the OBC and CC units out, you can hear all the noises the fans and motors are making when they are working properly. I will be back in a few minutes to see what kind of semi-permanent solution i can come up with.
ok, here is my quick fix. Seems to work great, hope it will last for a while.
this is engineering at its finest.
I broke me off a cigarette butt, folded it in half, and wrapped it with some electrical tape approx 4 times around. This gives me something that wasnt too hard/rigid, but by wrapping the electrical tape around it, I knew how thick it would be (it wont squish much more now. Then I wedged it in on the long side of the plug, just enough so it wont keep shutting off like it used to. the way you can tell how far to wedge this thing in is to push back lightly on the side of the plug opposite of where you put the makeshift wedge thingy and see if the Climate control shuts off again. if it doesnt shut off when you press lightly on it , it is fixed! (for now) I know it isnt the BMW $$$ way of doing it, but it works...
be careful, dont force anything. you dont want to break something, then you will definately have to buy the whole assembly. I will keep an update on this thread in a month or two to see if it holds up.
does this make sense? basically what i think happens is that over time, a connection where that plug receptor is soldered into the circuit board has been strained, and maybe has cracked just enough to lose contact. this is why this is such a common problem with these cars, and i'm willing to bet it's a more frequent problem on cars that do city driving and cars with loud subwoofers (vibrations)
of course, fixing it this way might mean that in another year or two it vibrates enough that you wil have to wedge it a little more. or maybe it will break all the way. all i know is that it's saving me $300+ for now
ok, on a side note...
Took a long drive today. CC unit worked great the whole time. Gotta love the german engineering. I always thought that it was dumb that you had to turn the know from blue to red in addition to setting the digital climate controls to high heat. The reason it's like that is because this way you can have heat blowing at your feet and cold air blowing on your face (without the windows open) if you have the knob set to blue while the heat is turned up.. Anyway, i'm sure you all know this already, but i just figured this one out, its pretty nice.
My DZCC unit crapped out about a year ago. You'll want to replace it. It's a design flaw in an electrical component, which one I'm not sure. Notice how ambient temperature effects the unit. When it's cold out, generally this electrical component (which I haven't yet identified) works great. Probably has to do with it contracting/expanding slightly with temperature. When the car gets warm, you'll find yourself out in the cold again as the CC turns off.
If it is repeatedly turning your fans on, off, I highly recommend uninstalling it right now. It could be causing stress on components. That loud CLUNK is not normal when the ventilation system reengages! Can't be good news.
Anyway, I snagged a new one on eBay for $150 about a year ago from a M3 converted to track duty.
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Great job Robp074!!
Helluva job trying to come up with a way to fabricate a repair. I can't wait to try it myself. Let's keep this thread open for a while. You won't believe how many people are having this problem. On a side note, yesterday i noticed that the back o my dash (where the radio and CC electrical is) had a unbelievable amount of condensation on it. I also noticed that the plastic vents we extremely cold to the touch. So I checked under the hood and noticed that my A/C lines were heavily frosted......to the point where they actually turned WHITE! So i unplugged the module that connects into the condenser and magically my CC problems went away. Not the best fix, but I have a feeling that whatever malfunction we are having is causing the A/C to kick on, and the air isn't getting thru to the vents due to the CC malfunction. Also, the vibration is an excellent point....I just had a subwoofer put in not too long ago. Ironically, the sub woofer kicks on and off too along with the CC malfunction. Great job!
This is probably the best write-up yet of the description of this problem. Stang, you are exactly right. My A/C was doing the same thing.
Anyway, keep in mind this is a temporary fix for the C/C, not a complete fix. One day when I'm not busy at work I will take it back out, take it apart, and see if I can come up with a permanent fix without costing $$$.
I actually got the CC and the computer to pop out in less than 10 minutes last night, then it got dark. I will investigate further this weekend or possible Friday. When I went to work this morning it wouldn't even come on but I didn't notice anything loose when I checked back there last night. I think I'm going to try what you did and post my results to see if they are consistent with yours.
Hi all,
I had the same problem and spend over two week playing with that thing. It turned out to be a "cold solder" joint near the blue connector on the PCB board. I resolder all of the pins plus a few next to it and the problem went away for over six month now. Good luck
thanks hoan, I'll do that too when i get a chance and see if i can't come up with some pics for others on exactly how to do that.
I'd appreciate it if you could post some pics cause I'm not very experienced at soldering. I'll give it a shot though. Can either of you describe in a little more detail exactly what pins you're referring to. My CC is still going crazy and I took the unit out but couldn't find the problematic pin.
Thanks again!
You don't have to be good at soldering because all you need to do is re-flow the existing solder joints again. There is a coating on the PCB board that you may have to clean off first (just around the solder joint). My bad connection was actually the little blue rectangular capacitor next to the main 26 pin connector. My did the same repair to my friend 97 328is. If you look down at the board:
* Blue connector *
* *************
**** blue rectangular capacitor
This capacitor is a line filter for the power to the board...this is why you get a on/off situation if you have a bad connection. As you can see I spend quite a bit of time researching this topic because the stealer want $600 for a recondition part and they have a back order of two months.
Good lucks
man, BF was down for a while.
forget about my "simple fix" - after a couple days, the board flexed itself back and the problem started reoccurring.
anyway, i fixed that problem too. on mine it turned out to be a couple resistors and a SMT chip that was loose, but they are all in that same general area. I resoldered all of them. I bet there is a flaw with the manufacturing process, so even if you get a new one, you will have the same problem eventually again.
Mine has worked for a week now(since I fixed it) without a fault again.
I took some pictures. However, seeing hoanboy's post, the place that it needs to be resoldered changes from board to board. what I did was take it all apart, and then wiggle each piece with my fingers while it was plugged in to see which ones affected the problem. I took lots of pictures while dissasembling it also, this way you wont be so nervous about ripping it apart.
I disagree with hoanboy about not having to be good at soldering. It is entirely possible to overheat and melt another component on the board, or to solder two joints together that shouldn't be touching.
here's the steps of what I did. I dont have the cable that connects my camera to my computer with me, so the pictures wil have to wait.
you will need:
solder, soldering iron, solder flux
medium-sized flathead and a tiny flathead screwdriver
1. disassemble the entire unit.
a. remove the unit from the dash as previously stated in this thread. unplug the connectors. be careful here. the big connector comes out by pressing down on a little plastic clip and then moving the white? lever over to push the whole plug out. the other small plugs just pry out easily with a flathead.
b. remove the four torx screws holding the thing together. you can use a thin, mediumsized flat head screwdriver to do this.
c. remove the two torx screws that hold the fan on. unplug the fan, take it out, and set it to the side.
d. there are two plastic snap things that hold the faceplate on. one is on the top, one is on the bottom. start on one side, press gently until it snaps out. then on the other side you have to squeeze two little plastic prongs together,push, and the whole faceplate pops out.
e. the circuit board that the display is on pops out very easily. just pry lightly on the top (the side above the display) and it will pop out.
f. The board that this is connected to is much more difficult to remove. using your medium flathead, stick it in against the right or left side. you will see the the circuit board is notched just enough to fit a screwdriver in between the circuit board and the plastic cover. go back and forth on each side, prying a little more out at a time on each side. soon it will all come out.
g. you are left with the two circuit boards attached to each other by two ribbon wires. Then i plugged that little fan thing back in after it was all apart.
2. go back to the car and plug it in again (start the car to get power to it). it will be hooked up and function fine, except that it is out of the case.
3. look on the board on the area around the blue connector and start putting a little pressure/wiggling on each component. Take your time, and see if by pressing on a component you can get the thing to start working again.
4. once you have located the suspected bad connection, shut the car down, go back inside and get out the soldering iron.
5. heat up/melt the coating directly around the component you need to resolder. scrape away the rest of that orangish stuff with a tiny flathead screwdriver or something. scrape lightly so you do not damage the green board underneath.
6. when you see the solder joints shining silver instead of orange... coat them with the solder flux. solder flux can help even an inexperienced solderer do a much cleaner job.
7. take your hot soldering iron, stick the tip on the conection to be soldered, feed in a tiny bit of solder, and in a second, the new connection should be shiny and clean. if you hadn't used flux here, you would have had a much harder time getting the solder to stick properly. this also helps ensure that the solder doesnt actually boond with two close-by joints. repeat this on all needed joints.
8. take your circuit boards back to your car, and repeat step 3 - if you cannot get anything to trigger the display to fault out again, then you have solved the problem. if it still has issues, then wiggle some more pieces and repeat steps 4-8 until it does not occur again.
9. reassemble everything, plug it in, and enjoy your revived climate control
hope this really helps. sorry about the other "quick fix" for anyone who actually tried doing that.
Listen, i am thinking. anyone who is too queasy or inexperienced to do this themselves, i would be glad to do it for them for a small fee + shipping. It does take a couple hours to do it properly, and i would guarantee a fully functioning unit or your money back. seriously, there is no reason to go back to BMW and pay $300+ for a new unit, that will have the same problem again a couple years down the road.
BF was down for a while. Thanks for the help. I'm going to take a stab at it this weekend and get back to you guys. Thanks.
98 328i - Minor mods include Eisenmann exhaust, Lowered Suspension, Hi-Flo Air Intake, 18" M5 Rims, 6-Disc Changer, subs, tinted windows, M3 shifter & pedals
BTW-Does anyone know what the damage is by allowing this CC unit to turn on and off all the time??
98 328i - Minor mods include Eisenmann exhaust, Lowered Suspension, Hi-Flo Air Intake, 18" M5 Rims, 6-Disc Changer, subs, tinted windows, M3 shifter & pedals
I have my climate control unit out and I am pressing on the componants but nothing seems to be working consistantly. The only consistant way to get it to turn on and off is to wiggle the big blue plug or bend the board slightly on the end the plug is on. I have inspected the board and do not see any bad solder connections. I also need to know where to buy the replacement bulb for the OBC. Please help
I haven't had the CC act up on me since this posting. I'm actually happy but it's really odd. I don't drive the car in the cold weather and I think that the cold weather had something to do with it. I think the dealer is your source for the bulb. I'm ignoring the fact that is used to act up on me and I guss I'll takew action when and if it starts again. Good luck!
bamablue - check your email, i sent you a detailed message on what i think you should do. for everyone else reading this who might run into the same problem, i think that the reason bamablue is not able to pinpoint the source of the bad connection is that there is more than one bad connection. on mine i had to resolder a couple different things before i finally got it to work properly and consistently. (notice my instruction step 8)
BTW, to this day, since my fix, still no reocurring climate control problems for me
Stang, i think you are correct somewhat... as it gets cold, it contracts slightly, causing the connections to be more skewed. when the weather warms back up, it might expand and work again (for a while at least!!)
All people with e36 cars need to save this thread somewhere because it is not if you have had the prob it is when. I took the board to a guy who runs a audio/ video repair shop. I told him what I had found out from researching mainly this thread. He took the board and did his best to examine the board under his lighting and high powered viewing lens. He was not able to see a damn thing because of the coating that is put on the board. What he did was resolder the connector. He heated each of the 26 pins with his gun. As he did that, it melted the coating and the solder at the same time so he was not able to tell whether or not he had done any good or not. I took the board to my car and checked it out in his parking lot. I was not able to get it to cut out at all so I knew that he had fixed it. I went to the dealer to get the bulb and was shocked to hear that that tiny ass bulb costs three dollars and something a piece. I asked him while I was there about the climate control unit and he said that this year they have installed 10 of the units in cars. He had one in stock and it would only set me back $311 plus tax. These forums are worth every minute you spend on them if you use them as a helping tool. None of this would have been possible without Robp074. Thanks man.


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Report: High-Frequency Fight Starts in Foreign Exchange
By: Lucy Meakin- via Bloomberg.com
Foreign-exchange dealers say they have the solution to the high-frequency trades eroding banks' profits across financial markets.
A currency-dealing platform known as ParFX, established in 2011 by firms from Deutsche Bank AG to Citigroup Inc., was approached last month by banks asking if its technology could be applied to other asset classes, Chief Executive Officer Dan Marcus said. The system works by pausing trades at random to prevent dealers with high-powered computers from jumping in front of investors and gaining an advantage.
"These banks do need to trade foreign exchange because it's their business and they're hedging their currency exposure across the world," London-based Marcus said in an April 15 interview. "They would rather trade in an environment that they can trust."
High-frequency trading is coming under unprecedented scrutiny with the publication last month of Michael Lewis's book "Flash Boys," investigations by U.S. regulators and tough new rules approved this week by the European Union. Dealers use technology to execute orders in thousandths or even millionths of a second, profiting from tiny discrepancies in security prices across different trading venues.
Prime Target
Relatively light regulation and high volumes make the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign-exchange market a prime target for high-frequency traders. More than 35 percent of spot currency volume in October was by speed traders, up from 9 percent five years earlier, according to Boston-based consultancy Aite Group LLC.
About 30 percent to 35 percent of currency transactions on ICAP Plc's EBS system are high-frequency trades, the Bank for International Settlements said in a December report. Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, competes with EBS in providing news, information and trading systems.
"Foreign exchange has definitely been the area that people have moved toward in the last 12 to 18 months," Hugh Cumberland, a manager at Colt Technology Services Group Ltd. in London, said in an April 3 phone interview. The company provides high-speed networks to financial-services companies. Tougher rules in other markets are "an encouragement for HFT traders to look to other areas like foreign exchange," he said.
Dealers Frustrated
ParFX was set up after a group of the largest currency dealers approached a unit of Swiss broker Cie Financiere Tradition SA, frustrated by the arrival of high-frequency traders on many of their existing platforms.
The system started trading in July, and now executes deals for 15 firms including Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Barclays Plc and UBS AG, the four biggest currency dealers. It expects to have 25 percent more clients by the end of April.
ParFX offers a transparent marketplace and subjects orders to random pauses of about 20 to 80 milliseconds, and "is the industry's effort to heal itself," according to Marcus.
"The idea of randomizing is, I guess, a potential solution," John Adam, product manager at New-York based Portware LLC, which offers systems for high-frequency trading, said in an April 15 phone interview. "It's placing a lot of faith in the randomizing, really. If somebody can figure out a pattern in that randomizer algorithm, that would be immensely problematic."
Profits Slump
Currency dealers are fighting back against high-speed trading as profits from foreign exchange tumble.
The trillions of dollars that central banks pumped into markets in the wake of the global financial crisis have damped the trends that currency dealers rely on to make money. Foreign-exchange trading revenue at U.S. commercial banks totaled $1.53 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared with an average $1.7 billion over the past two years, the Comptroller of the Currency said on March 31.
The foreign-exchange market has been hit by investigations of its own. At least a dozen authorities on three continents are examining allegations, first reported in June by Bloomberg News, that traders colluded to manipulate benchmark rates. The probes have seen dealers suspended from the U.S. to Singapore and Switzerland. No firms or traders have been accused of wrongdoing by government authorities.
High-frequency trading has its share of supporters, who say its ability to reduce spreads, or differences between the prices to buy and sell an asset, cuts costs for investors.
'Benefited Investors'
Speed trading has "contributed to substantial improvements in market quality that have benefited all investors," the Futures Industry Association Principal Traders Group, which counts some of the biggest high-frequency traders among its members, said in a March 30 statement.
Individual investors using these traders to execute orders benefit from low commissions and the best prices, PennTrade Financial Chief Executive Officer Steve Ehrlich said in a Bloomberg Television interview on March 31.
The new EU restrictions on the trading strategy, which still need to be signed off by national governments, include standards to keep the price increment for securities from being too small and requirements that market makers provide liquidity for a set number of hours each day.
New York state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said March 18 he opened an investigation into whether U.S. stock exchanges and alternative venues provide high-speed traders with improper advantages. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether they're breaking U.S. laws by acting on non-public information.
HFT 'Parasites'
Schneiderman sent subpoenas to six high-frequency trading firms seeking information about special arrangements they have with exchanges and dark pools as well as their trading strategies, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Chopper Trading LLC, Jump Trading LLC and Tower Research Capital LLC are among the firms, according to the person, who asked to not be named because the details of the investigation haven't been made public.
Matt Schrecengost, the chief operating officer of Chicago-based Jump Trading, and Mark Gorton, managing director of New York-based Tower Research, didn't immediately return voicemail messages seeking comment. No official at Chicago-based Chopper Trading was immediately available.
The renewed focus on high-frequency trading is encouraging participants in other markets to consider their own responses. Boston-based Fidelity Investments, the second-largest mutual-fund company, said April 10 it's looking into setting up a stocks platform to beat the speed traders.
"There's been a lot of dissatisfaction, particularly on the buy-side and asset-management community, about high-frequency trading," said Richard Bentley, the vice president for financial services at Software AG, which aggregates trading platforms including ParFX. "There's the perception that they're parasites. What ParFX have done is essentially play to that and said, come and trade in our pool, because we're not going to allow the HFT people to come and spoil the fun."
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San Francisco threatening to sue Nevada over alleged dumping of 500 psychiatric patients
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco is threatening to sue Nevada for allegedly dumping some 500 psychiatric patients in California.
The San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1cWenyg ) reports City Attorney Dennis Herrera plans to send a letter Tuesday to Nevada Attorney General Catherine Masto.
The paper says a draft of the letter threatens a class-action lawsuit against Nevada unless it reimburses California cities and counties for the costs of dealing with the patients and adopts interstate transfer rules for patients.
The letter says the patients were discharged from a state-run psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas since April of 2008 and got one-way bus tickets to California. Two dozen sent to San Francisco were broke, homeless and mentally ill.
The Chronicle says officials at Masto's office and Nevada's health department declined to comment.
Information from: San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com


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