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I would like to thank the E46 community for their help in diagnosing and providing guidance on replacing the DISA unit on my vehicle. All went very well and car is running much more smoothly now.
A couple of items for the cherries out there (my fellow cherries). I removed and changed out the air filter and the removed and cleaned the MAF during my process. I also removed the next intake piece behind the MAF though this was likely not necessary. If you do remove it, take a look down into the throttle to see if it is clean. Additionally, if you do remove this piece, put a clean rag or plastic over the hole leading to the throttle. You don't want anything getting down in there while you are working on the DISA.
I took the intake piece out before the DISA, which was a major PITA. So another reason to avoid doing that. But if you do take it out for some reason, replace it before you put the new DISA back in. It is a lot lot easier to put that back on and tighten the clams without the DISA being there.
Back to the story. My DISA was fried. I had initially thought about rebuilding it, but after I got a look at it I opted for the replacement. The plastic piece at the base of the flap was completely eaten away and disconnected from the flap. I read in the threads about whether the DISA could disintegrate and fly into the engine. Looking at mine, I believe it could happen.
Some other tidbits. The lower screw of the DISA is in line with another screw of exactly same size. So, me, of course, took out the lower screw, that I believe is a connector for the ICV. So if you have taken out two screws that look exactly alike and are getting resistance from the DISA in trying to take it out, make sure you have taken out the right lower screw. I have read here about a guy complaining about having a hard time taking his DISA out and I suspect this might have been part of the issue--though he may not want to admit it.
When you go to put the DISA back in, I found it helpful to have the back end (the end closest to the cabin) touch the manifold first and then angle it in from there--from back to front.
Only other issue is that it still throws 2973/2974 codes at me, though I guess from reading the forum that is not unusual. Anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of those once and for all? Car runs fine, so I think it is more of a problem with the SES programming then an actual problem with the engine.
Thanks again, between Youtube and this forum this is a repair that anyone can make.
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It's make or break for Dave Jones and Derek McInnes in the Championship this weekend and we're backing the latter to preserve his job for at least another week by guiding Bristol City to a positive result against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough. Take the 13/8 available on Bristol City (draw no bet).
Both managers are firmly under the cosh at the
moment and there's no escaping the parallels between this fixture and the QPR v
Southampton game in the Premier League three weeks ago when the visitors played
without fear, allowing Nigel Adkins to bag a morale-boosting win at the expense
of Mark Hughes.
We're not sure whether McInnes can push his players' buttons quite like Adkins but it certainly suits the Robins to be the away side in this scenario, free from the pressure of preying eyes, knowing full well the backlash that awaits if things don't go according to plan.
Given that both teams have lost six of their last eight at home with season ticket holders forced to endure a 4-1 thrashing as the latest offering, the situation would have been the same either way around. Travelling fans tend to be more supportive, so the premium you pay for home advantage in the Wednesday price is barely worth having.
Jones is acutely aware of the negative burden that the Hillsborough crowd can become because he spent most of his post-match interview against Watford bemoaning it as part of the culture he inherited. He might have a point, but expressing it is unlikely to do him any favours on the day of reckoning.
And neither is hanging the players out to dry when they need your backing most. Jones was clearly upset when he tried to distance himself from the performance against the Hornets but you did get the feeling he was sealing his own fate with some of his remarks that evening.
Wednesday gave it their best shot at top-of-the-table Cardiff last Sunday, passing up the opportunity to return the favour and stab Jones in the back by embarrassing at his old stomping ground, so we shouldn't portray the relationship as broken and irreperable. However, this match threatens a more acute form of adversity and Jones needs every ounce of goodwill he can get.
McInnes had to run a gauntlet of questions at a fans' forum this week but he's enjoying a much smoother relationship with his dressing room. Indeed, the four-goal hiding at home to Wolves last weekend came as a shock because McInnes was convinced his men had overcome their confidence issues with impressive displays at Middlesbrough and Brighton.
If the Robins can repeat the standards they set at the Riverside and Amex Stadium, then it promises to be a long afternoon for Jones - and it will probably be his last in the Hillsborough hotseat.
Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest have become a little predictable without Simon Cox providing the ideal foil for Billy Sharp and we reckon Burnley a worth chancing to inflict a third straight defeat on Sean O'Driscoll's men at 11/4.
Based on the consistency they've shown to date, we'd be put off the idea that the Reds would endure such a sequence but, drawing upon past knowledge from O'Driscoll's time at Doncaster, his teams do have a tendancy to hit a brick wall when fringe players step into the breach.
Dexter Blackstock is the man charged with bringing another dimension to the attack if Forest go with two strikers but we're not convinced he's suited to the O'Drsicoll blueprint, and neither is O'Driscoll judging by his decision to play a 4-5-1 system against Hull last weekend.
That might have been as much to do with the Tigers' unorthodox formation but, either way, it's shaping up to be an uncertain period for the Midlanders and Burnley have shown a greater resilience in the first few weeks of the Sean Dyche regime and they possess a natural born match-winner in Charlie Austin.
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Senior Mimi Nguyen becomes the first tennis player in U-M history to win four Big Ten titles.
Michigan is now 15-0 when winning the doubles point.
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501 E. St. Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701- 3995
Phone: ( 605) 394- 6082/ 2554 • Fax: ( 605) 394- 6177
March 4, 1998
Dr. James E. Martin, Professor of Geology and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, is in Antarctica exploring for fossils during January and part of February. Martin is a member of a joint U. S./ Argentine field expedition designed to search for and recover fossils from the Vega Island area of the Antarctica Peninsula.
Martin's participation in this project, " Maestrichtian Land Mammals of Vega Island, Antarctica Peninsula," is funded by the National Science Foundation/ Division of Polar Programs. Dr. Judd A. Case, who is leading the field party and serving as U. S. Chief Scientist for the joint U. S./ Argentine project, said Martin was selected for the field team because of his ���� expertise in marine reptiles, dinosaurs and mammals." In addition, Dr. Case stated that Martin's skills as a field geologist " are extremely valuable" to the expedition " in adding a sound geological opinion regarding the stratigraphy and environmental interpretations of the deposits."
The Argentine geologists and paleontologists have asked Martin to examine to a probable plesiosaur they found last year. This year's expedition team hopes to find marine reptiles, dinosaurs, and mammals in these rocks that are from the end of the age of reptiles ( Cretaceous). Martin is expected to return to SDSM& T from Antarctica in mid- February. He also has been selected to participate in a second field session in Antarctica for this project in January and February of 1999.
Nine students at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology were recently initiated into SDSM& T's Kappa Mu chapter of the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society for Nontraditional Students. Alpha Sigma Lambda is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship and the recognition of nontraditional students continuing their education.
The American Society of Civil Engineers ( ASCE) and Master Builders, Inc. have selected Rapid City, South Dakota, as the site for the 11TH annual ASCE/ MBT National Concrete Canoe Competition this summer. To be held June 18- 20, 1998, the national competition finals will be hosted by the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ( SDSM& T). The event is expected to draw 650 people from across the nation to the Black Hills.
Members of South Dakota Tech's ASCE Student Chapter, as well as several SDSM& T faculty and staff, worked diligently for several months on preparing the bid that succeeded in bringing the National Concrete Competition to the Black Hills. During a site visit to Rapid City a few months ago, representatives of Master Builders and ASCE were very impressed with the local support, hospitality, facilities, and scenic beauty offered by Rapid City and the Black Hills.
SDSM& T has a strong tradition of designing, building and racing concrete canoes. South Dakota Tech's ASCE Student Chapter has advanced to the ASCE/ MBT National Concrete Competition eight of the past ten years the contest has been held. SDSM& T won the national competition in 1995 and also hosted the Rocky Mountain Regional ASCE Conference last spring.
The Friends of the Devereaux Library kicks off its 1998 film series, " Nostalgia Night 1998— Box Office Bonanzas," this Sunday, January 11th, with the 1970 classic comedy M* A* S* H. The movie begins at 6: 00 p. m. at the Elks Theatre. The Friends of the Devereaux Library, in cooperation with the historic Elks Theatre and several local sponsors, will be hosting " Nostaglia Night 1998— Box Office Bonanzas" for the next ten Sunday evenings from January 11 through March 15, 1998.
Other films in this year's series, the dates they will be shown, and the local sponsors include: The Philadelphia Story, January 18, Dacotah Cement and SDSM& T Alumni Association; The King and I, January 25, SDSM& T Foundation; Shane, February 1, Brink Electric Construction Co. and Energy Laboratories; The Graduate, February 8, Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, P. C.; The Caine Mutiny, February 15, Floridino's Pizza & Pasta and United Corporation; A Man for All Seasons, February 22, First Bank Rapid City; West Side Story, March 1, Hills Material Company; Deliverance, March 8, Table Top Ranch and Garnet Lake Lodge; and Blazing Saddles, March 15, Friends of Devereaux Library.
Music professors and the Master Chorale from SDSM& T will be making presentations and performing concerts at the South Dakota American Choral Directors Association ( SD- ACDA) annual convention being held January 23- 24 in Pierre. Kantorei, the auditioned choral ensemble of the Dakota Choral Union, also will be presenting a concert during the SD- ACDA convention.
Dr. James D. Feiszli, SDSM& T Director of Music Activities and Professor of Music, is the SD- ACDA conference headliner, presenting two sessions during the two- day meeting. His " Internet Tools for the Choral Musician" will be based on Feiszli's experience as the founder and executive director of ChoralNet - the Internet Center for Choral Music. Feiszli's other presentation, entitled " What Do I Do with this Thing?: Computer Uses for Choral Rehearsals" will focus on MIDI and other technologies that can be used to enhance the choral rehearsal. In addition, Dr. Feiszli will be conducting a concert by Kantorei, the select, auditioned choral ensemble of the Dakota Choral Union. The Kantorei concert will be performed in the rotunda of the South Dakota State Capitol part of the convention conclusion.
Dr. Susan L. Reid, SDSM& T Assistant Professor of Music, will be conducting a concert by the SDSM& T Master Chorale during the convention. The Master Chorale, whose members are auditioned from SDSM& T Concert Choir, will be performing at 11: 00 a. m. Saturday morning at Memorial Lutheran Church in Pierre.
The Learning Channel program, Extreme Machines: Earth Breakers, includes a demonstration of virtual mine design software by Dr. Zbigniew Hladysz, SDSM& T Chair and Professor of Mining Engineering. The program will be shown Monday, January 12, at 6: 00 MST, on TCI cable channel 44 and Rapid Choice channel 31.
The Learning Channel program features a journey down into the Homestake Mine, the deepest mine in the United States. Staff members of Pioneer Productions from London, England visited the South Dakota Tech campus last spring to film Hladysz's demonstration of virtual reality mining.
Virtual mine design offers tremendous potential for helping the mining industry meet the future material needs of society while still balancing important environmental considerations. By first designing mines on the computer, the industry can utilize cutting- edge technology to ensure that its mining operations in the 21st century are as safe, economical, and environmentally sound as possible.
Dr. Hladysz uses the innovative Vulcan virtual mine design software developed by Maptek, Inc. to teach his students computerized mining design by creating underground and surface mining sites in virtual reality. Through the use of virtual mining software, SDSM& T undergraduate students design a computerized mine that provides a three- dimensional view of all aspects of the mine. The first mining department in the world to implement the Vulcan software in its curriculum, SDSM& T is one of the very few universities, and possibly the only institution, whose mining department requires undergraduate students to actually use integrated mine design software in their senior design projects.
Dr. Deborah Kelley, an oceanographer from the University of Washington, will be the featured speaker at the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering Friday Afternoon Seminar Series on January 30. Kelley will speak at 4: 00 p. m. in the Mineral Industries Building ( Room 222). Her presentation is open to the public.
During her visit to the Tech campus, Dr. Kelley also will speak to SDSM& T's Oceanography class at 12: 00 noon in Room 222 of the Minerals Industries Building. Her presentation is entitled " Volatile- Fluid Evolution in Submarine Magma- Hydrothermal Systems". Dr. Kelley has just returned from an Ocean Drilling Program cruise and is very active in research on deep seated hydrothermal systems. In her presentation, Dr. Kelley will discuss the nature of fluids trapped within the rocks that are a part of the oceanic crust. A surprising result of her studies is the discovery of fluids with methane concentrations greater than 40 times those of basaltic gases and of vent fluids.
New students interested in receiving priority consideration for institutional scholarships offered by the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology for the 1998- 99 academic year must complete admission application procedures by February 17,1998. A completed admission application includes an application form, ACT or SAT test scores, and a high school transcript. Only those entering students who have submitted admission application materials to SDSM& T that are received by February 17, 1998, will be given priority consideration for the institution's various scholarships for the 1998- 99 academic year.
SDSM& T offers a scholarship program for incoming and currently enrolled students that totals more than $ 332,000 in scholarships and grants. The institution offers numerous scholarships to incoming freshmen with guaranteed renewable support for four years provided the recipient maintains a minimum 3.0 grade point average. In addition to four- year renewable scholarships, over 230 other scholarships— some with certain eligibility criteria and others that are unrestricted— are also available to incoming and returning South Dakota Tech students.
South Shore native Jerry Johnson, a true philanthropist, remembers where he started and now wants to help young people from his hometown area help themselves. Johnson, who now lives in Burlington, Vermont, has established a $ 1,000 scholarship to assist one senior annually from South Shore High School who wishes to attend the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology ( SDSM& T) in Rapid City. If there are no students from South Shore enrolled as a freshman or sophomore in any given year, the scholarship can be awarded to an entering freshman from elsewhere in South Dakota.
Jerry graduated from South Shore High School in 1966 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from SDSM& T in 1970. He started his career with New England Telephone, Boston, MA in the engineering department. In 1997 Jerry accepted an early retirement offer from NYNEX and started a second career as President and Chief Operating Officer of Hill Associates, Inc., which develops and delivers technical training to the telecommunications industry.
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology will be hosting VIP Tour ' 98 on Saturday, February 7, from 11: 00 a. m. until 2: 30 p. m. ( MST) for prospective students of all ages. Participants will have an opportunity to tour the SDSM& T campus, learn about financial aid and scholarships, meet current students, have lunch with professors from each department, observe the laboratories in use, visit the residence halls, and tour the sports/ recreation facilities.
Three computer programming students from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology ( SDSM& T) are busy getting ready to compete in the " Olympics of computer programming"— the ACM ( Association of Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Championship. The SDSM& T team will compete February 27 - 28,1998, in Atlanta, Georgia, against 53 other university teams from the United States and around the world.
The South Dakota Tech students earned a berth in the contest's World Finals by winning the ACM North Central Regional Programming Contest last November in which 54 university teams from the Upper Midwest, Manitoba and western Ontario competed. Teams from the University of Minnesota- Morris and South Dakota State University, who won 2nd and 3rd place respectively in the regional contest, also will be participating in the championship competition.
Of the approximately 3,750 computer students from 700 universities in 40 countries who competed in regional contests, only the top 162 students qualified for advancement to the ACM World Finals. The 26 international student teams represent universities in Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden and Taiwan. In addition to SDSM& T, the 28 universities in the U. S. and Canada that qualified for the ACM finals include Duke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT), Oklahoma State, Stanford, University of California- Berkeley, University of Texas - Austin, and Virginia Tech. During the five- hour competition, teams of three students each will race against the clock to solve as many complex, real- world programming problems as they can— using creativity, teamwork, innovation and logic skills.
SDSM& T PALEONTOLOGIST'S ANTARCTICA EXPEDITION FINDS FOSSILS THAT MAY PROVE A LAND BRIDGE ONCE CONNECTED ANTARCTICA AND THE AMERICAS During his recent fossil expedition to Antarctica, Dr. James E. Martin, SDSM& T Professor of Geology and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, and his scientific colleagues from the United States and Argentina found the tooth of a duck- billed dinosaur— the first such fossil ever discovered on the continent of Antarctica. In addition, the paleontologists found a portion of a leg bone from Antarctica's most ancient bird and the remains of giant marine reptiles called plesiosaurs and mosasaurs.
The duck- billed dinosaur, or hadrosaur, provides significant paleontological evidence in support of the idea that a land link once existed between Antarctica and the Americas. This land bridge may have been used not only by dinosaurs but also by marsupial mammals in their emigration from the Americas to Australia via Antarctica when the continents were closer together.
Dr. Martin was one of only three U. S. paleontologists selected to participate in the joint U. S.- Argentine field expedition to the Vega Island area off the eastern side of the Antarctica Peninsula. These islands are rich in both terrestrial and marine fossils and is the only known area in Antarctica to span the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods, the time when the dinosaurs became extinct.
The 3- inch foot bone of a bird found is believed to be the oldest remnant of a bird ever found in Antarctica. Partial skeletons of plesiosaurs and mosasaurs, which were giant marine reptiles, also were recovered during the expedition. Some of these specimens include fossils of young plesiosaurs and mosasaurs, which are very rare in the fossil record, according to Martin.
SDSM& T has a duck- billed dinosaur on display in its Museum of Geology. South Dakota Tech paleontologists have also unearthed mosasaurs and plesiosaurs along the Missouri River near Chamberlain similar to the fossils Martin and his colleagues found in Antarctica.
The National Science Foundation/ Division of Polar Programs provided funding for the participation of Martin and his U. S. colleagues. Dr. Martin, who returned to SDSM& T from Antarctica in mid- February, has been selected to participate in another field expedition to Antarctica next January and February. Martin will present a program on his Antarctic fossil expedition experiences at 5: 00 p. m., Friday, February 27, in the Surbeck Center Bump Lounge. The program is free and open to the public.
A Chinese New Year Party will be held on the South Dakota Tech campus Tuesday, February 3, from 6: 00 to 9: 00 p. m. in the Surbeck Center Ballroom. The event is being coordinated by the Chinese Student Association and the Friendship Family program through SDSM& T's Ivanhoe International Center and National American University. The program will include singing, dancing, games, cooking, and learning about how Chinese New Year is celebrated. In addition, participants will have an opportunity to meet international students attending college in Rapid City and also try new Chinese foods.
The 34th Annual Concrete Conference will be held March 6, 1998, from 8: 00 a. m. to 5: 00 p. m. in EP 252 ( Electrical Engineering/ Physics Building) on the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology campus. This year's conference theme is " Concrete Rehabilitation - Inspection, Design and Repair."
The luncheon speaker, Jo Coke, is the first woman to be elected vice president of the American Concrete Institute ( ACI) International. Conference speakers and their presentation topics include the following: George Hoff, Mobil Oil, " Concrete Rehabilitation Information Source"; Denis Donnelly, Federal Highway Administration, " Structural Rehabilitation"; John Scanlon, Wyss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.; " Practical Concrete Rehabilitation"; David Henson, Master Builders, Inc.; " Structural Upgrade Systems"; Brenda Flottmeyer, SDSM& T graduate student, " Admixture Compatibility"; Michelle Nielsen, SDSM& T graduate student, " Recycled Glass Concrete"; Dr. Edward Duke, SDSM& T Director of Engineering & Mining Experiment Station ( EMES) and Research Associate of Professor Geology, " Petrography of Concrete"; Kevin Michols, CTL, " Inspection and Design of Repairs"; Milt Anderson, Symons Corporation, " Concrete Repair - Case Studies"; Jo Coke, Fibermesh Division, Synthetic Industries, " Developments in Synthetic Fibers for Concrete Repair"; Scott Thome, SIKA Corporation, " Repair Materials "; and Jim Meyer, W. R. Grace Company, " Shrinkage Problems in Patching and Overlays".
Sponsors of the conference are SDSM& T���s Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept.; SDSM& T's ASCE Student Chapter; Dakota Chapter of the American Concrete Institute; Dacotah Cement; Hills Materials Company; Birdsall Sand & Gravel; Kost Brothers; and Sweetman Construction.
Michelle Nielsen, a Civil & Environmental Engineering graduate student at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, is conducting research on the feasibility of using recycled glass as aggregate in concrete. Nielsen's research is being conducted in collaboration with Rapid City's Materials Recovery Facility ( MRF) and under the supervision of Dr. M. R. Hansen, SDSM& T Associate Professor of Civil Engineering.
The SDSM& T graduate student's preliminary research findings indicate that it may be feasible to use crushed recycled glass to replace 20% of the aggregate ( sand and rock) in concrete. After conducting a battery of standard strength and durability tests, Nielsen also has determined that adding fly ash as 20% of the cementitious materials counteracts the tendency for glass to expand in concrete due to alkali silica reactivity problems.
Nielsen is scheduled to present her preliminary research findings at the 34th Annual Concrete Conference to be held March 6, 1998, at SDSM& T. She also will make a presentation during the open paper session of the spring convention of the American Concrete Institute, the premier concrete organization in the world.
In addition, the SDSM& T graduate student has been accepted to present her paper, " Using Recycled Glass as Aggregate in Concrete", at the Sydney Diamond Symposium on the Materials Science and Engineering of Concrete Cementitious- Based Compounds. This is an international specialty conference on concrete.
SDSM& T's Drama Club will present this year's One Act Play Festival this Friday and Saturday at 8: 00 p. m. in the Surbeck Center Ballroom. The programs are free and open to the public. This year's line- up is composed entirely of comedies and is suitable content for all ages. Plays to be performed include The Danes of Our Lives; The Nerd; Words, Words, Words; and Sure Thing.
Prominent Rapid City residents Jim & Nancy Christensen and Bill & Lori Reuter, along with another local School of Mines alumni couple, provided a holiday gift to the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and the Black Hills Children's Home. The three couples donated a commercial building in Rapid City to SDSM& T and the Black Hills Children's Home. The appraised value of their gift is $ 575,000.
Retired consulting engineer and Tech alumnus Jim Christensen ( GenEng ' 57) and wife Nancy donated their ownership position in the building to two charities. Part of their gift is earmarked for an SDSM& T athletic scholarship endowment. The remaining portion of the Christensens' gift is directed to the Black Hills Children's Home.
With their portion of the building, Tech alumnus Bill Reuter ( ElecEng ' 56) and Lori, his wife, established The William & Loreli Reuter Presidential Scholarship, an endowed fund, to benefit students enrolled at SDSM& T. Bill, who has a Ph. D. degree in electrical engineering, has been Vice President of Operations at Pete Lien & Sons Inc. and recently retired.
The third couple, both alumni of the School of Mines, contributed their 50% interest in the building to support the SDSM& T athletic program through the Hardrock Club. The Hardrock Club, which is responsible for athletic fundraising efforts at the university, will use the funds for athletic scholarships and program support.
" Support from local friends and alumni is important to the Hardrock Club, as well as the athletic and general scholarship programs," said SDSM& T President Richard J. Gowen. " This very generous donation will benefit all future generations of students for which we are extremely grateful."
Pianist Janeen Larsen will present a guest recital at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology on Thursday, February 4, at 7: 00 p. m. in the Music Room of the New Gym. Admission is free. The recital will demonstrate a variety of piano styles and reveal connections between 19th century literature and 20th century improvisation. The program includes works by Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy and Gershwin as well as improvisations on jazz tunes. Originally from Chicago, Dr. Janeen Larsen, Professor of Music at Black Hills State University, has performed as a classical pianist throughout the Midwest. She teaches classes in Piano, Music History, Music Theory and Music Appreciation at BHSU. In addition she performs with a variety of local jazz, Dixieland and dance bands.
Students at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology recently elected Jen Trenary as president and Charles Cox as vice president of the SDSM& T Student Association. Trenary is a junior Civil Engineering major. Her activities at South Dakota Tech include the Leadership Development Team, Student Association, American Society of Civil Engineers ( ASCE) Student Chapter, Alpha Omega Epsilon, and working in the undergraduate study program.
Cox, a junior Mechanical Engineering major, is the son of James and Elizabeth Cox of Yankton. Campus organizations in which he has been active include the Mini- Indy team, TONITE, M- Week Committee, American Society of Mechanical Engineers ( ASME), Society of Automotive Engineers ( SAE), Triangle Fraternity and soccer.
The fathers of the new SA president and vice president are both alumni of SDSM& T. In addition, Jen Trenary and Charles Cox are majoring in the same respective engineering fields in which their fathers received their degrees.
Noted author and South Dakota native Vine Deloria, Jr. will be the guest speaker at SDSM& T on Monday, February 23, as part of SDSM& T���s Engineers Week activities. Deloria will present " An Informal Fireside Chat" ( without the fireside) at 2: 00 p. m. in the Surbeck Center Ballroom and at 7: 00 p. m. in the Didier Education Center ( Classroom Building 204). Deloria's presentations at South Dakota Tech are open to the public with no admission charge. His appearances are co- sponsored by the South Dakota Humanities Council and SDSM& T.
An internationally acclaimed scholar and author, Deloria is recognized as a leading and outspoken voice of Native American viewpoints. His works include Custer Died for Your Sins, Of Utmost Good Faith, God is Red, and The Metaphysics of Modern Existence. In Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact, one of his recent works, Deloria provides a provocative and challenging discussion of certain anthropological and scientific theories from a Native perspective.
Vine Deloria was born in Martin, South Dakota. He currently is a professor of American Indian studies, professor of history and adjunct professor of law, religious studies and political science at the University of Colorado. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Journey Museum in Rapid City. The Friends of the Devereaux Library are hosting a book- signing reception for Deloria on Sunday, February 22, from 2: 00 - 4: 00 p. m. in the Devereaux Library on the South Dakota Tech campus.
Professor Jack Weyland will present " Just In It for the Toys" at 11: 00 a. m., Friday, February 27, in the Surbeck Center Ballroom on the SDSM& T campus. Weyland's presentation will focus on how to have fun with physics. Over 500 area 6th- 12th graders are scheduled to attend Professor Weyland's program.
As part of SDSM& T's Engineer Week activities, students from area middle, junior and senior high schools will also tour various departments on campus and observe experiments/ displays in the participating departments. Tours will be conduced by SDSM& T's ROTC students and Student Ambassadors. The students also will have sack lunches with South Dakota Tech students in the campus departments.
Weyland, who currently is a professor of physics at Ricks College in Idaho, taught physics at SDSM& T for 25 years. In 1993 he received SDSM& T's Presidential Award for Outstanding Professor in recognition of his excellence in teaching. He has written a science book for youth called Megapowers and also wrote an article called " Science Goes to the Movies" for the 1994 Science Yearbook for World Book Encyclopedia. Weyland also has presented a program called " Hollywood's Greatest Science Bloopers" on a Canadian television station.
The Dakota Choral Union ( DCU) will present a Valentine's Day Showcase of musical themes of love and romance on Saturday, February 14, at 7: 30 p. m. in the SDSM& T Surbeck Center Ballroom. The evening of cabaret- style performances features a range of musical styles from opera to swing, as well as an array of elegant desserts. Also appearing are the DCU Divas, an all- women's group that sings mainly Big Band tunes. Guest artist Beverly Scripter, a local singer and voice teacher, will sing arias from works by Mozart and Strauss.
The Dakota Choral Union is a cooperative effort between SDSM& T and the Rapid City area community, designed to serve the choral needs of the community as well as providing additional opportunities to SDSM& T students. Its organizational structure provides all singers, regardless of prior musical background, with an opportunity to have meaningful experiences through the performance of solo vocal and choral ensemble singing. Tickets for the Valentine's Day Showcase are available at the Dahl Fine Arts Center.
Dakota Scientific Software, Inc. ( DSS) proves that a small, high- tech company can succeed in Silicon Valley's highly competitive computer industry while being based in South Dakota. A small business that started at SDSM& T and still is located on the campus, has created high- wage, high- tech jobs in South Dakota.
Diane ( M. S. CompSci ' 91) and Mike Boucher ( M. S. CompSci ' 91), both South Dakota School of Mines & Technology alumni, began the software company seven years ago. Now the business supplies high- speed math libraries for Sun Microsystems and several other high- performance computer companies.
Diane and Mike, president and vice president respectively, founded the company in December 1990 on a shoestring budget with $ 10,000 of their own money and $ 16,000 from the Governor's Office of Economic Development ( GOED). Dakota Scientific focused on applying advanced supercomputer technology to develop the fastest math software available for desktop computers.
The Bouchers attribute some of their company's growth and success to the assistance received from SDSM& T officials and GOED. The company's start- up funds were used to hire Tech faculty members and four students to further develop their software product featuring an optimized math library.
DSS succeeded in developing the fastest math library available for Sun's UNIX workstations. Despite having an excellent product, the new company's first couple of years were lean. Initial marketing efforts did not produce the anticipated software sales.
The company's first break came when Australia's America Cup team approached the Bouchers about using their software as the exclusive linear algebra supplier for One Australia. The exposure of DSS's product during the America Cup brought Fujitsu officials from Japan to Rapid City to visit the Bouchers about licensing their software. Having no experience in dealing with Japanese businesses, the Bouchers again turned to SDSM& T officials for assistance. " President Gowen was a wealth of advice. His knowledge of Japanese business was extremely helpful," said Mike Boucher.
The Bouchers decided not to turn over their technology to Fujitsu and instead made the decision to go full time with the business. Mike Boucher states the real value of the technical assistance provided by SDSM& T and other officials was not so much the actual dollars received, but the contacts and referrals within the local business community. He compares the technical assistance that DSS received to a " high- tech barn raising."
After putting a solid business plan in place, the Bouchers successfully pursued and obtained funding from the Rapid City Economic Development Revolving Loan program and an SBA- guaranteed loan from Pioneer Bank and Trust. The DSS owners emphasize that a good business plan is critical to a company's success.
" The problems in business are not lack of money or access to capital," says Mike Boucher. " If a company has a good business plan, it will have access to the capital it needs."
After taking two accounts away from its main competitor ( Cray Research), Dakota Scientific started to grow. In 1994 Sun Microsystems, which had 90% of the market and was still growing, bought the rights to license Dakota Scientific's software as a high performance math library. After licensing some additional compiler vendors operating in the UNIX market, DSS expanded its products and services available to the high- performance computing market. Dakota Scientific's growth has resulted in additional jobs being created. The company currently has twelve employees, all of whom are Tech alumni.
In addition to its products for Sun's UNIX systems, DSS's math libraries have proven to be the fastest for the Windows 95, Windows NT, Solaris and Solaris/ x86 markets. Customers of Apogee Software, Quadrics Supercomputers, and Edinburgh Portable Compilers are just a few of the many people to whom DSS supplies high- speed math libraries.
DSS also does consulting work for vendors who contract with the company to work with key suppliers. This contracting work includes optimizing large- scale scientific and engineering codes such as structural analysis applications for major CAD vendors whose products simulate car crashes for Chrysler and airplane stresses during flight for Boeing.
Dakota Scientific also is just completing a three- year research contract with Los Alamos National Laboratory to support work in simulated nuclear bomb testing under the provisions of the comprehensive test ban treaty. DSS also is a co- developer with Los Alamos Laboratory of a supercomputing framework to be used by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories to run computer applications that support stewardship of the nuclear stockpile, weapons design, climate modeling and other missions of national importance.
Persevering through the challenges, risks and uncertainties of owning their own business, the Bouchers have steered DSS to an impressive growth these past seven years. The collaboration between DSS and SDSM& T works quite well. In addition to helping teach some classes and to leasing part of its space on the Tech campus, the Bouchers also provide SDSTech faculty and staff with access to DSS��s high- performance computers.
SDSM& T and DSS are a good match. Dakota Scientific provides good, high- wage jobs for the local economy. Tech produces high- quality computer science graduates that DSS needs.
Mike Boucher calls Rapid City a good place for high- tech companies like DSS to be based. Local governments and economic development officials are cooperative. Recruiting qualified and talented people is relatively easy. A good infrastructure, coupled with Internet access and overnight shipping services like Federal Express, allows DSS to conduct business anywhere in the nation. Many Tech alumni want to return to South Dakota and are available if a company is interested. Taxes, real estate and other business expenses are relatively low compared to other regions of the country. One DSS employee who relocated from San Jose reports that he has more spending power in Rapid City even though he is earning 3/ 4 of his former salary in California— and he is much happier!
Dakota Scientific's success connects the high- tech, entrepreneurial spirit of Silicon Valley to South Dakota. In addition, the high- wage, computer- techology jobs created by the company allow some of South Dakota Tech's graduates to stay in South Dakota and utilize their quality education. Additional information about DSS can be obtained by calling 800- 641- 8851 or ( 605) 394- 8851 or by accessing the company's web site at www. scisoft. com.
When Anita Freeman ( EE ' 76) graduated from SDSM& T, the Ethan, South Dakota native never dreamed she would someday be the inspiration for a character in one of the world's most popular comic strips— Dilbert. Alice, the Dilbert character with the bright pink suit and the fluffy, triangle- shaped hair, is modeled after Anita.
The electrical engineering degree Freeman received from SDSM& T has led her on a successful career path from the Tech campus to Kodak, Pacific Bell and now Cisco Systems. Her journey into the comic strip world began when she took a position as an applications engineer with Pacific Bell in California. She first met Dilbert creator Scott Adams in January of 1991 when she started working at Pacific Bell. Adams and Freeman were team members in the same lab at Pacific Bell.
During her first week on the job, Anita made a lasting impression on Adams when she helped him fix a problem that he found very frustrating. Her Midwestern propensity to help others in need, coupled with her engineering capabilities based on her education at SDSM& T, were likely factors in Freeman's willingness to take a chance and offer to help her new coworker. Grateful and impressed by her technical proficiency, Adams was soon telling his coworkers that " Anita knows everything."
Becoming good friends, Freeman and Adams maintained that friendship after he was reassigned and she took over his Pacific Bell projects. " You never know whether everything would have been different if I had opted not to try and be helpful to Adams that first week of working with him," muses Freeman.
Adams started drawing caricature composites of his coworkers and bosses to relieve his boredom during office meetings at Pacific Bell. His office doodles evolved into the Dilbert character and eventually into some comic strips. Despite finally receiving a cartoon contract in 1989 and seeing Dilbert launched in 50 newspapers, Scott Adams continued working at Pacific Bell. He would draw Dilbert at 5 a. m. each morning before going to his Pacific Bell job. After losing his job due to " downsizing" in 1995, he devoted full time to his Dilbert endeavors. Even though they no longer work together, Freeman has stayed in close touch with Adams. During her frequent business travels in her current position as product manager for Cisco Systems, Anita is always on the lookout for good ideas for Dilbert characters.
Freeman didn't see the early Dilbert comic strips in which the Alice character first appeared. After several comments from friends and coworkers, she finally asked Scott Adams directly whether there was a connection between her and Alice. Adams finally admitted that she was the inspiration for the Alice character.
In his chapter on Alice in The Seven Habits of Highly Defective People, Adams admits that " Alice's real- world counterpart ( Anita) was the model for Alice's pink suit, her fluffy hair, her long work hours, her coffee obsession, her technical proficiency and her take- no- crap attitude." Dilbert fans recognize Alice as someone who works hard, cuts to the chase, and has little tolerance for fools or idiots.
One cartoon shows Alice tossing a coworker through the ceiling for an insensitive remark about women breaking through the glass ceiling. Dilbert's creator admits that Anita wouldn't do some of the things that Alice does. " As far as I know, the human version of Alice has never kicked a man into his hat, stuffed an intern into his shirt sleeve, or slapped a man so hard he traveled back in time. But if I ever hear about it happening, it wouldn't surprise me," states Adams in The Seven Habits of Highly Defective People ( p. 209).
Dr. Larry Simonson, SDSM& T Professor of Electrical Engineering, knew Anita when she was a student at Tech. They also both worked at Texas Instruments one summer. He remembers Anita as a friendly, outgoing student who earned good grades and was an honor student. In the mid- 70' s Tech's student population was mostly male. Many of Anita's classes had only two or three female students. " She was one of the barrier breakers for women," says Dr. Simonson. " She was very outgoing and always chatty," he adds. An Ethan High School graduate who attended a one- room country school in Hanson County, Anita stays in touch with her South Dakota roots. Her mother and a brother live in Ethan, and another brother lives in Tea.
Her Dilbert connection hasn't changed her financial status. She doesn't receive royalties from the Alice character. " I haven't made one penny from Alice," jokes Freeman, " but it has opened doors for me. A person dreams about many things happening in a lifetime, but this was never something you dream about." She has heard that an Alice doll will be on the market soon, but she hasn't seen one yet.
" Dilbert is the most photocopied, pinned- up, downloaded, faxed and e- mailed comic strip in the world," according to United Media, the company that develops and markets150 comic strips and editorial features worldwide. With a daily readership of 150 million, Dilbert is published in more than 1,550 newspapers in 17 languages in 39 countries and has over two million books in print. In addition, the comic strip has its own web page -- The Dilbert ZoneTM at www. unitedmedia. com.
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Foton: Australia is the first western market to get the all-new ute that is known as the Tunlander in China but which will be renamed for this market.
13 September 2011
By RON HAMMERTON
A NEW Chinese-made Foton ute variant will be launched every two months next year as part of a new-model blitz from Sydney-based Chinese vehicle importer WMC Group.
WMC's four-brand new-vehicle cascade from the world's biggest motor market hits top gear in November with the arrival of JAC trucks and a Joylong van, to be followed in February by a JAC van and the first Foton ute – a diesel-powered dual-cab pick-up in 4x2 and 4x4 guises.
Other models, including JAC passenger cars to be built on two new platforms, are also in the pipeline for later launch, possibly as early as the end of 2012.
The headline act will be the Foton one-tonner range that will be progressively expanded throughout 2012, with additions such as single cab, extra cab and cab chassis variants arriving at about two-month intervals as Foton – one of the world's biggest commercial vehicle-makers – targets the Japanese ute-makers in western markets.
Australia is the first western market to get the all-new ute that is known as the Tunlander in China but which will be renamed for this market.
The secret new moniker was scheduled to be signed off at a meeting of Foton and WMC executives in Sydney last Monday, ahead of the arrival in November of the first 10 appraisal vehicles.
The new-model rollout was confirmed to GoAuto by WMC Group managing director Jason Pecotic, who also revealed his company was adding a fourth Chinese brand, Joylong, alongside its existing signees, Higer, JAC and Foton LCV.
From top: JAC Multivan, JAC light truck, Joylong van.Van specialist Joylong is preparing a right-hand-drive minibus to be sold across the Higer bus dealership network in Australia (see separate story).
Mr Pecotic said the all four brands were now ready to begin their product rollout in Australia, and wanted to launch as early as possible.
"We are gearing up for a big end of the year and a big launch next year," he said, adding: "It is the Chinese pushing us, let me tell you."
The common denominator across all four WMC brands is Cummins, the world's biggest diesel engine-maker whose newest Euro 5-compliant ISF four-cylinder engines will be used across all of the products bound for Australian consumers.
The Chinese-built engines – in 2.8-litre and 3.8-litre capacities and a range of tunes – will debut in the new JAC light-duty truck range, which will be pitched against the likes of Isuzu and Hino before Christmas.
The first Australian-spec example is set to arrive in Australia for final sign-off next week, and provided that all goes to plan, JAC will push the button for mass production of the right-hand-drive model for November launch in Australia.
JAC will follow up in February with a Ford Transit-style van – known in China as the Multivan – that the company says was styled in its Italian design centre in Turin.
In China, the six-metre-long high-roof van is powered by an 88kW diesel engine, and comes in a variety of configurations, from panel-sided work van to minibus.
Mr Pecotic said the JAC and Joylong vans would target different segments to avoid cannibalisation.
Potentially, the JAC van could be aimed at tradies and delivery drivers, with the Joylong model sticking to the minibus market, which appears to be the Joylong speciality in China.
The model that is likely to make the biggest impact is the new Foton ute, which – as GoAuto reported in June – has been designed and engineered from the ground up for western markets – a first for the Chinese company that is a subsidiary of the giant Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co (BAIC).
Measuring 120mm wider and 180mm longer than the top-selling Toyota HiLux, the big pick-up is primarily aimed at North America, but will be bedded down in Australia first before going Stateside in mid-2012.
Developed under the codename P201 and benchmarked against Japanese utes instead of Chinese light trucks such as the Great Wall V240, the Foton ladder-chassis ute is being built at a new plant in Miyun County, south of Beijing.
A Getrag manual gearbox will be the only transmission available at launch, but a ZF auto is said to be in the pipeline.
Mr Pecotic said Foton was planning to open for business in Australia with 4x4 and 4x2 dual cab models.
"Then, every two months, we launch another vehicle, like an extra cab, a cab chassis, utes – all the way through next year."
Mr Pecotic said the fresh variants would into production as each was signed off by Foton's research and development division.
The Foton range is expected to be expanded beyond the ute at a later date. A new SUV – codenamed U201 and based on the same platform as the ute – is said to be in the pipeline in China, along with a van, codenamed K1. As well, a light car is rumoured to be under development.
In China, Foton is partnered with Daimler in the truck business, and together they build more trucks than any other manufacturer in the world.
Mr Pecotic confirmed JAC – Jianghuai Automobile Co – was planning to expand beyond commercial vehicles into cars in western markets, including Australia, but not for at least a year.
"Right now, JAC are putting together two brand new models – two right-hand-drive platforms – but we are not looking at cars until the end of 2012 or 2013," he said.
"Before the cars will be the JAC van that we are looking to launch in February next year. Our first prototype gets to Australia at the end of November."
Unlike many other domestic Chinese car-makers, JAC has set the pace on styling for its passengers, employing famed Italian design house Pininfarina to pen at least one of its light vehicles.
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He was previously a volunteer development intern at the University of Alabama in the summer of 2004, served as development staff assistant at Marshall University in 2006 and served as video assistant to the Cincinnati Bengals from 2006-2007.
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Thanks Gamer! Glad you like!
Irish, take your time, I'm not rushing it at this point. I failed to realize this is a holiday weekend.
Coupled with how well my last runs have gone, I WAS a bit surpirsed with the small reaction, but am now content to wait a bit more while we all enjoy the start of summer (that's what I get for sitting in a basement all day!). I'm also content to sit and finish off my Ghostbuster costume for Marcon here in Ohio this weekend! I'll be around, talk soon gang!


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Weekly review
Posted by Shaunigan on Nov 2, 2008 in D1: Reflecting on practice, D4: professional Community, Goal 2: Organization, Goal 3b, Personal Goal: Balance |
I plan to reflect on my practice each week. This is actually a suggestion from productivity guru, Dave Allen.
Weekly Review
- Loose Papers
- business cards, receipts, etc. – put in in basket for processing
- Process Your Notes
- Previous Calendar Data
- review for remaining action items, reference information, etc.
- Upcoming Calendar
- Empty Your Head
- write down any new projects, action items, etc.
- Review "Projects" (and Larger Outcome) Lists
- ensure that at least one kick-start action is in your system for each
- Review "Next Actions" Lists
- Mark off completed actions & review for reminders of further action steps to capture
- Review "Waiting For" List
- Records appropriate actions for any needed follow-up & check off received items
- Review Any Relevant Checklists
- Review "Someday/Maybe" List
- Check for any projects that may have become active and transfer them to "Projects" & delete items no longer of interest
- Review "Pending" and Support Files
- Browse through all work-in-progress support material to trigger new actions, completions, and waiting-fors


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McDonald's to open two new restaurants, recruit 200
McDonald's Malta is to open a new restaurant in the heart of Sliema in May and a new McDrive restaurant in the Naxxar area later in the year.
In preparation for this upcoming expansion of its local chain and the busy summer, McDonald's Malta is seeking to recruit 200 additional people to boost its teams.
A major recruitment drive will be held at the Baystreet Conference Room, St Julian's, on Saturday between 9am and 5pm.
"McDonald's is a great place to work and job experience in our restaurants is very rewarding," McDonald's Malta general manager Dorian Desira said. "All recruits will be trained to operate within the McDonald's system and their training will help strengthen a broad range of their skills."
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USC Upstate students to perform at famed London theater, if they raise enough money
It will be the trip of a lifetime for 11 USC Upstate theater students — eight days in London participating in the International Youth Arts Festival and performing at the Rose Theatre — if they can raise the $35,000 needed to get them overseas.
Read the story about our theater troupe in the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. (Please note a fee may be charged to read the story in its entirety.)
If you would like to donate, you may do so through the USC Upstate Foundation or through the group's fundraising page.
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By Lou Krieger and Shari Geller
Every hero needs a villain. Without it the drama seldom rises to the level it often achieves when the scales are balanced and both sides have to raise their game to succeed.
Where would Sherlock Holmes be without Professor Moriarty? Batman without the Joker? The Dodgers minus the Giants? Ali lacking Fraiser? They all need one another, just as the Packers need the Bears, and McEnroe needed the chair umpire.
Poker's arch enemy has always been soon-to-retire Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, an avowed, outspoken enemy of poker and online gaming.In the past, Sen. Kyl has written "Online poker is currently the most addictive form of gambling activity among American youth." He went on to add, in response to efforts by Congressman Barney Frank to exempt online poker from the purview of the UIGEA, that: "Exempting online poker would, thus, exacerbate the two most pernicious aspects of internet gambling: addictiveness and easy access for youth."
But now it appears Mr. Kyl may be mellowing, or at least softening his tone. For whatever reason, he's taken his foot off the anti-gaming pedal he's been stomping down on since he's been in office.
He says on his web site, "I have opposed efforts to legalize Internet gambling in the past because evidence suggests that it fosters problems unlike any other forms of gambling. Online players can gamble 24 hours a day from home; children can play without sufficient age verification; and betting with a credit card can undercut a player's perception of the value of cash—leading to possible addiction and, in turn, bankruptcy, crime, and even suicide.
"Efforts to carve out an exception for games like poker, which many believe is a game of skill, may be considered later this year. Until I have the chance to review them, I cannot make a judgment about their merits; but I will consider them carefully as long as they leave in place the broader proscriptions against online betting."
While this is not exactly a ringing endorsement in support of online poker, it is a real change in direction for the Senator. His power in the Senate is such that his possible support for on line poker may even spur legislative action and accomplishment in a way that Barney Frank never really has. Moreover, his new statement, coming as it did on the heels of his announcement that he would not be running for reelection, means that one of the staunchest opponents to online poker is no longer be leading the charge.
But don't dismay about poker losing its arch enemy. Just as Batman always had the Penguin wherever the Joker was temporarily scuttled, online poker will have to face another arch-enemy in the collective presence of the US Department of Justice—even as Senator Kyl seems willing to slide away from his previously incorrect political position regarding online poker.


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Greenville hospital's first administrator dies at age 99
GREENVILLE — In his final moments, Joseph Dascola came to be at peace in the very hospital he spent so many years working to see flourish into the expansive complex that it is today.
At 99 years of age, Dascola died Wednesday at Spectrum Health United Hospital in Greenville — the same hospital in which he served as the first administrator from 1950 to 1979 when it was known as United Memorial Hospital.
"That was the building he helped build for the community," his son, Tony Dascola said. "It was a community hospital. He helped transform it from a little clinic to the great hospital it is today."
Dascola was hired to help oversee the hospital's transition from a 35-bed house on Orange Street to a modern facility at Bower and Oak streets.
In 1950 he was hired as the hospital's first administrator. He and his wife, Dorothy, along with their four children, Tony, James, Terese and Suzanne, made Greenville their home.
Two years after he was hired, the new facility opened in 1952. The new structure signified a significant change in health care for Greenville and surrounding communities, as doctors shifted away from traditional house calls as patients now came to see physicians at the hospital.
Under Dascola's leadership, the hospital continued to grow, both in staff and structurally.
In 1967, a new 40-bed long-term care facility was added, followed by a new emergency room, outpatient care facility and ancillary service department in 1977.
According to Dascola's children, it was his personality and qualities as a leader and father that helped him carry out such success at the hospital.
"He had the respect of his workers and the community, and with enough money, they built the expanded care unit," Tony Dascola said. "He was honest, truthful, and had respect for people and human life. He believed in working as a team and was very well balanced. He wanted to be fair to everyone."
"He hired people who he knew were the best, who he knew had good character," his son James Dascola said. "If it wasn't for the people he hired, he wouldn't have been as successful as he was."
That constant growth and expansion that Dascola helped guide and see through to finalization has continued well past his leadership, as the hospital has since added the Hendrick & Gezina Meijer Surgery & Patient Care Center, as well as major renovations to all outpatient services, which include the Stanley and Blanche Ash Emergency Department, Bill Braman Family Diagnostic Center, Ray and Mary Tower Main Lobby, Spectrum Health United Heart and Vascular Center and Patient Access and Registration and Cardiology Center.
Joseph Dascola grew up from humble beginnings, living in poverty through the great depression, coming from a family of Italian immigrants, before earning his education at the University of Michigan, earning a bachelor's degree in 1938 and master's degree in business administration in 1941.
He then served in the United States military as an Army captain in the medical administrative corps from 1942 to 1946 during World War II, working in Kenach, India at General Hospital servicing the United State base.
In looking back, James Dascola said the many values his father taught he and his siblings have helped them to lead better lives.
"When we were growing up, we were taught discipline," he said. "We were taught to do housework at a very early age. We hated it, my brother and I, but we learned from it."
James Dascola said the values of being frugal and managing money correctly were instilled in himself and his siblings at an early age.
"After much begging, we were paid an allowance of 10 cents a week," he said. "We were excited to finally earn a small income as young children, but we were disappointed to find that come Sunday, our father informed us that we needed to donate to the collection plate at church. Placing our 10 cents in an envelope, just like that, it was gone."
Despite the quick loss of the cherished allowance, James Dascola said it was small lessons like that, that he will always remember.
"He taught us, if you wanted money, you went out and earned it," he said. "He was a very frugal and wise man."
"It was because of his involvement and personal support that I felt like I was number one, despite not being the best," Tony Dascola said. "He made a lot of people in this community feel like they were number one."
A funeral for Joesph Dascola will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Charles Catholic Church in Greenville.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at Marshal Funeral Home in Greenville with a rosary at 8 p.m. Visitation will also be from 10 a.m. until Mass on Saturday at the church.
In his own words, written in the closing line of his memoirs, Joseph Dascola showed his appreciation for the community in which he lived.
"May the Lord's blessings be upon all who shared in my life and years of love," he wrote.


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Insights into the business world - featuring content from BBC Radio 4's In Business programme, and also Global Business from the BBC World Service.
March 31st, 2012
Episode 213 of 649 episodes
Peter Day hears from Umair Haque about a new set of business ideals.
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Gandhi papers set to fetch $1 million in auction
By Mike Collett-White
LONDON (Reuters) - A huge archive of letters, papers and photographs that shed new light on Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi and his time in South Africa will be auctioned in London next month and is expected to fetch 500,000-700,000 pounds ($800,000-$1.1 million).
The documents, numbering several thousand and arranged in 18 files, belonged to Hermann Kallenbach, who became arguably Gandhi's closest friend after they met in Johannesburg in 1904.
Although relatively few are in Gandhi's own hand, the wealth of material from family, friends, associates and Kallenbach himself make the collection a key biographical source for one of the 20th century's most revered figures.
"The vast majority of this is unknown and unpublished, and has not been used by scholars in the last generation or two," said Gabriel Heaton, a books and manuscripts specialist at Sotheby's auctioneers which is selling the archive.
"It is very much material that will be adding to our sum knowledge of Gandhi and his life," he told Reuters.
The documents will go under the hammer as a single lot on July 10 at the English Literature and History sale.
Sotheby's also handled the sale in 1986 of the main series of Gandhi's letters to Kallenbach, when they raised 140,000 pounds. Together, the two batches represent the vast majority of the Kallenbach family's Gandhi collection.
"He is one of the towering figures of the 20th century," said Heaton, when asked to explain Gandhi's appeal to collectors and historians. Continued...


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Advances in drilling technology led to fracking's rapid expansion
The history of slick water hydraulic fracturing extends back more than 60 years as America seeks solutions to its seemingly unquenchable thirst for energy.
Also known as fracking, the process has been used to extract oil and natural gas since 1947, said Peter MacKenzie, vice president of operations for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association. He and other industry representatives argued that the process is safe and even when problems occur, companies work to alleviate any concerns.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- John Lackey has received plenty of run support this season, which helps explain why he leads the major leagues in victories. He's also winning the low-scoring games.
Lackey became the majors' first nine-game winner with help from Gary Matthews Jr., whose seventh-inning single drove in the tying and go-ahead runs in the Los Angeles Angels' 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday.
"Going first in the rotation, I knew coming into the season that I'm going to have to win some of these kind of close games because you're going up against good pitchers a lot of the time," Lackey said. "Luckily I've been able to win a few of them so far.
"I'm definitely pitching a little better, but it's nothing major. I've just been able to get deep into games and stay in there long enough for us to get some runs. The guys were putting pressure on them all night and Gary came through with the big hit."
Lackey (9-3) allowed two runs and five hits in 7 1/3 innings to win his career-best fifth consecutive start. He struck out four in ending Baltimore's six-game winning streak.
Scot Shields got two outs in the eighth inning and Francisco Rodriguez finished up for his 19th save in 20 attempts.
Daniel Cabrera (4-6) pitched in and out of trouble for 6 2/3 innings, allowing three runs, nine hits and four walks while striking out five. He escaped bases-loaded jams in the first and fifth innings, but the third time was the charm for the AL West-leading Angels.
"Dan did spend a lot of pitches getting out of those jams, but the main thing was, he kept getting out of it," Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo said. "I don't think his pitch count was a problem at the end. Dan is a big strong guy. We were kind of thinking about sending him back out there if he got out of that last inning, but you're not going to keep that club down after so many chances to score runs."
Shea Hillenbrand and Chone Figgins opened the seventh with singles and advanced on Reggie Willits' sacrifice bunt. Cabrera intentionally walked Vladimir Guerrero to load the bases, but Matthews lined the next pitch into left field, giving the Angels their first lead of the game.
"If I'm a manager on the other side, I'm not going to let Vladdy beat me," Matthews said. "Vladdy is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, let's be honest. Very few guys have put up the numbers he has. So I just take the pride out of it and take the emotions out of it, go up there, try to bear down and put a good swing on it."
In their previous four games, the Angels allowed a first-inning run and then came back to score their first time up. They came close to doing it again.
Cabrera took a 2-0 lead to the mound courtesy of Miguel Tejada's sixth homer, a towering drive into the left field bullpen that followed a single by Nick Markakis.
Los Angeles loaded the bases with one out in the first, but Casey Kotchman and Howie Kendrick struck out. Cabrera made another key pitch in the second, retiring Willits on an inning-ending double play with runners at the corners.
The Angels, 3-for-19 with runners in scoring position in Thursday's 6-2 loss to the Orioles, finally broke through in the fifth with Willits' RBI single. They loaded the bases again on singles by Orlando Cabrera and Guerrero, a broken-bat flare to left field, but Matthews grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Lackey retired 16 of 18 batters after Tejada's sixth homer.
"We got to him early, but then he just shut us down," Perlozzo said. "He's a strike thrower. He doesn't give much of a chance out there."
- Kendrick struck out his first two times up and grounded out against Cabrera, who gave up a home run and an RBI single to Kendrick the last time they faced each other on Sept. 6, at Anaheim.
- LHP Joe Saunders will be recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake to take RHP Bartolo Colon's scheduled turn in the Angels' rotation on Saturday. INF Kendry Morales will be optioned to Salt Lake.
- Aubrey Huff singled off Lackey's glove in the sixth inning for his first hit in 20 career at-bats against him.
- Figgins was 3-for-3 with a double, making him 6-for-7 after sitting two games.


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In other contexts, oxytocin is already well-known as the "bliss hormone". The hormone is secreted upon stimulation by touch and is known to result in a feeling of calm and physical relaxation. It is also used to induce labour in childbirth and as an aid for women experiencing difficulties in breastfeeding.
Oxytocin has also been referred to as a "mindreading" hormone. Recent research findings show that there may be some truth to these claims – although the mindreading component may have a more down-to-earth explanation.
Angry people seemed angrier
As part of a research project carried out by Siri Leknes, a research fellow at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo, 40 healthy students were administered nasal spray containing a dose of either saltwater or oxytocin. They were subsequently shown photographs of faces displaying angry, happy or neutral expressions. Some of the photos showed individuals displaying more "hidden" emotional expressions which tend to be picked up at a more subconscious level.
"We found that oxytocin intensified test subjects' awareness of the emotions present in the photos. Faces expressing anger stood out as angrier and less happy, and correspondingly, faces expressing happiness were happier," explains Dr Leknes.
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'Top Secret America': How Safe Are We?
After 9/11, the Bush administration vowed to do everything in its power to prevent another attack. But more than a decade later -- and after billions of dollars have been spent on counter-terrorism efforts -- are we safer? And if so, why weren't authorities able to use intelligence they had on Tamerlan Tsarnaev to prevent the Boston Marathon bombing?
Richard Clarke, former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counterterrorism tells FRONTLINE, "You can look, if you're objective at all of this money and all of this effort and say, 'What would've happened if we hadn't done that?' In almost every case, nothing would have happened."
Clarke is just one of many experts interviewed in "Top Secret America: 9/11 to the Boston Bombings." The documentary, which airs tonight, follows the reporting of Dana Priest, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The Washington Post. She is also co-author of "Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State." She tells The Takeaway where the United States war on terror stands now, nearly a dozen years after 9/11.


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The top-level social login landscape in Q3 was relatively unchanged from the prior quarter, with some of the smaller players making slight inroads, finds Janrain in newly-released data. Facebook's leading share slipped a point to 45%, a figure now 9% points lower than its majority share in Q3 2012. Google was unable to take advantage, though, as it also slipped a point to 33% share among online users who opted to use a social network identity to speed up registration on sites across the web. The smaller players picked up the slack, with Yahoo's share up 0.5% points to 7.1%, followed by Twitter (up 0.8% points to 6.5%), LinkedIn (up 0.4% points to 2.4%), and Microsoft (up 0.7% points to 1.9%). The share of logins held by the aggregate of all others inched up 0.3% points to 4.2%.
Facebook led all other social networks and email providers across the industry verticals examined, which include media, retail, entertainment and gaming, B2B, consumer brands, and music-related sites. Some highlights from those verticals include:
Topics: Business-to-Business, CPG & FMCG, Media & Entertainment, Online, Retail & E-Commerce, Social Media
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