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Crime Stoppers offers reward for arrest in the murder of Samir Hannawa WITH VIDEO
It was around noon on a brisk November day when West Bloomfield resident Samir Hannawa died.
He was en route to check on his cousin's car at a collision shop in Detroit's west side; the same place he always went, said his family.
As he knocked on the shop's front door, he was approached by two unknown men and shot once in the chest.
The owner of Great Lakes Transmissions called emergency personnel, who came to take Samir to the hospital.
Watch a report on the Crime Stoppers reward during today's News at Noon.
His daughter Athraa, 19, said there was a 10-minute window between the time her father was shot and when he was transported to Sinai-Grace Hospital where he later died.
Samir died that day -- Nov. 7 -- without saying his last good-byes.
The case still has no leads.
Samir, who left a wife and seven children behind, could be seen pictured all throughout his West Bloomfield home Thursday as his family and Crime Stoppers of Michigan offered a $2,500 reward for anonymous tips leading to the arrest of those responsible for his death.
An additional $1,000 reward was offered if the information was received by midnight Thursday.
The press conference -- meant as a tool to bring any information regarding Samir's death to light -- was itself a revealing glimpse into what kind of man the 49-year-old father was and of the events of the day of his death.
Earlier that day, said his wife Nada, her husband called to say hello.
"He said 'I'll call you later; love you,' but he never called," said Athraa, who translated for her Thursday. "That's when she knew something was wrong."
John Broad, president of Crime Stoppers, stood with the family during the conference, and detailed that "Samir did not die immediately, but was talking."
He said it was unknown what Samir was saying and it is not known why he was shot and killed.
Athraa, a freshman at Wayne state University, said the family doesn't know what the motive was in her father's death, "and that's what we're trying to find out."
She said the circumstances surrounding what many reported happened Nov. 7 are odd.
"The strange thing is that the men didn't take anything ... my dad had about $900, his watch, his jewelry ... his phone; they didn't take a single thing," she said. "If it was robbery, they would've taken things, but this is just too strange for it (only) to be a robbery."
She added that it was broad daylight at an intersection -- Wyoming and Intervale -- and there was a bar right across the street, liquor stores, restaurants. There's a car wash right outside of that place as well.
"It's not like they couldn't have seen it," she said, talking about possible witnesses. "They probably would've heard the gunshot, seen a man who's ...fine one minute and stumbling the next, and they should've heard the ambulance coming."
She said she doesn't doubt that someone saw something, but she realizes if someone did, they might be afraid for their life.
"And that's what 1-800-SPEAK-UP is about -- it's anonymous," she added. "Just imagine if it was your family that went through this. Wouldn't you want to know what happened?"
Athraa said something else was strange about that day: No one in Samir's family knew he was going to the collision shop, and that the shop workers may have lied to him about his cousin's car being fully repaired.
It "very much" raises suspicions about the workers at the shop, she said.
"Why would they tell him it was ready when it was not ... I don't understand the reason to lie behind it," said Athraa.
Valentena, Samir's 16-year-old daughter, said she and her family have been trying to think about the times they had together.
"There was a night when me and him cooked Alfredo together," Valentena said. She said he let her do most of the cooking, and when they were done, he told her how proud he was.
"He said, 'A guy is going to be really lucky to have you in his life ... if I ever let you get married,'" she said, laughing through her tears. "He wouldn't want us to be sad all the time, he would want us to think about the good times."
Athraa spoke of some good memories she had with her father during her graduation day from Walled Lake Western High School.
"He was so proud of (me) ... He said, "Athraa, this is probably the happiest day of my life seeing you graduate with honors; I told you all that hard work would pay off,'" Athraa said between pauses. "That will stick with me forever because without my dad, I wouldn't be ... the hard worker and smart person that I am."
Athraa said that it was very confusing spending the holiday without her father.
"We usually wake up, we all go to our parents' room, we kind of cook them breakfast and we surprise them," she said. "Having a broken tradition is ... confusing ... and having to go to our dad's cemetery to see him, that was really hard."
Samir Hannawa was born in Iraq. He grew up there as a part of a large family, Crime Stoppers officials said in a release.
He attended Baghdad University, where he earned a degree in business. He and Nada came to America in 2000, and worked at a local Detroit market.
His family in America also is large. He has seven children, the youngest of them a 2-year-old.
Anyone who has information regarding Samir's death should call Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1-800-SPEAK-UP or visit 1800speakup.org. All calls and cash rewards are completely anonymous.
Contact staff writer John Turk at 248-745-4613 or email@example.com.


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VA to veterans: If you're late paying bills, we will prohibit you from ever owning a firearm
Since I wrote the article titled "Disarming America's Heroes" I have been inundated with emails and phone calls from veterans and the families of veterans. The horror stories I am hearing are proof that the VA and the Obama administration have launched an all out assault on the Constitutional rights of our nation's wounded warriors and other veterans.
Veterans are being declared incompetent not because they have a serious mental illness that makes them a danger to themselves or others, but because they have a physical disability resulting from their service in the armed forces or because they simply let their spouses pay the family bills.
If veterans have minor issues with PTSD, have expressed that they are depressed sometimes, or even in the case of Vietnam veterans admit that they are getting older and sometimes forget to pay their bills on time, the bureaucrats at the VA will seek to declare them incompetent. (I am a 65 year old veteran and often forget where I put my car keys, does that make me incompetent to handle my own financial affairs and even worse mean that I can't own a firearm?) According to the VA it apparently does.
All of this has resulted in America's heroes being declared incompetent by a process that blatantly violates their rights to due process under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. Then, for reasons that have not been explained these same veterans are also being denied their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
Many of the veterans I have heard from were initially both scared because of what was happening to them, and hurt because it is their own government that is causing this fear. After all, when they joined the military they signed a blank check to their country to defend it and its Constitution even if it cost them their lives. Yet, now their own government is turning on them and taking from them the very Constitutional rights they fought to preserve.
However, now something else is happening; the fear and betrayal that these veterans felt is turning to anger. Their training and instincts as warriors is coming forth and they are once again prepared to fight for their rights and the rights of other Americans. I think that the Obama administration has picked a fight with the wrong dog. Veterans are fighting back.
As Executive Director of the United States Justice Foundation (www.usjf.net) I am committed to helping these veterans and protecting their Constitutional rights. We are putting together a top notch legal team that is already exploring several potential avenues including administrative procedures and a class action lawsuit.
It will be a huge undertaking since we have veterans who have just received the letter telling them that the VA is considering declaring them incompetent, veterans who have already been declared incompetent and lost their Second Amendment Rights, and even veterans who have gotten the incompetence ruling reversed, but are still blacklisted when it comes to buying firearms. There will be no charge to any veterans or their families that we represent. We will raise the money to finance our efforts from private sources.
There are those detractors who claim that the letter from the VA is not real even though several reporters have contacted me and said they have talked to representatives of the VA and it is confirmed that it is sending out these letters. The VA apparently downplays this by saying it is not a big deal. I suggest that to the veterans who are losing their rights it is a very big deal and we intend to join them in the fight.
If you are a veteran or have a friend or family member who is a veteran and has received one of these letters or already been declared incompetent, please contact me and the USJF. We intend to come out swinging. Our veterans deserve nothing less.
~ Michael Connelly, Constitutional Attorney and United States Army Veteran

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The Trouble with "The Trouble with Islam"
Irshad Manji is a Muslim woman living in Canada, and a well-known TV presenter. Now she has written a taboo-breaking book, in which she calls for reforms in the Islamic world. Stefan Weidner reports on "The Trouble with Islam: A Wake-Up Call for Honesty and Change."
It takes courage to do what she has done. Irshad Manji breaks every Islamic taboo in the book, while also challenging our prejudices about Islam. What's more, she does so as a Muslim, and not as a Westernised woman preaching from the pulpit of a feminist ivory tower.
Irshad Manji was born into an Islamic family in Uganda in 1969. She fled to Canada with her parents and grew up in Toronto, where she rebelled against her strict father and her narrow-minded education in an Islamic school. Already a Muslim feminist, Irshad Manji then came to realise she was gay, which radicalised her even further.
As the presenter of a show on Canadian Queer TV, she was bombarded with obscene and threatening letters from her alleged co-religionists. Eventually, she was so sickened by it all that she decided to hit back. The result was her book, "The Trouble with Islam: A Wake-Up Call for Honesty and Change", which has just appeared in German translation. (And the publishers seem to think the title is too aggressive for the German market: here, it's been published as "Der Aufbruch", which one might render as "Starting Afresh".)
Provocative questions
Ignoring all the unwritten rules of standard, relativist "multicultural" decorum, Irshad Manji gets straight down to hard tacks: Why is Islam misogynistic? Why is Islam anti-Semitic? Why does Islam discriminate against religious minorities? Why is it forbidden in Islam to question religion, the Koran or the prophets? And is the Koran itself really the last word in Islamic wisdom?
Most previous books that raised these issues were either cheap anti-Islamic polemics, or else they regarded the questions as merely rhetorical, endeavouring to demonstrate that Islam is "in fact" neither anti-women nor anti-Semitic, etc.
"Our Islam is anti-Semitic and misogynistic"
Irshad Manji takes a different approach. She addresses her fellow Muslims directly, insisting that it will do no good to avoid facing certain realities. A close look at Islamic and Koran law, she maintains, will force us to realise that "our Islam" is indeed shockingly anti-Semitic and repressive of women, as well as having a tendency to oppress homosexuals and other minorities.
"If my analysis is wrong, can you explain to me why no other religion commits so many terrorist travesties, so many abuses of human rights in the name of God? And can you explain this without pointing the figure at anyone - except a Muslim?"
Manji says she wants to give Islam "one last fair chance". In order to forge links to Muslims who share her views, and to open a forum for discussion, she has now set up her own homepage, under the programmatic title: "www.muslim-refusenik.com ".
A copy of a Western critique
So far, so good - and so simple. Though some readers may be tempted to accept the book at its own self-valuation - as a great blow struck for freedom - Manji in fact makes things a little too easy for herself. Ultimately, though the book is labelled as the work of a "real Muslim", she is merely copying the kind of criticisms so often levelled at Islam by Western writers.
Apart from deploying the rhetorical device of directly addressing an imaginary Muslim reader, Manji has no new arguments to offer. This doesn't mean that the old arguments are necessarily bad ones, but they are less likely to contribute to the reform of Islam she demands than to its abolition. For why bother making reforms when the desired way of life has long been readily available in the Western world? The last chapter of the book bears the provocative title, "Thank God for the West"...
A lack of familiarity with the Islamic world
Sadly, Manji never tells us what religious faith and Islamic tradition actually mean to her personally. One is forced to conclude that it doesn't really mean much; and if this is true, then her whole Islam-critique is no more than an easy exercise in trivial polemic. For all sorts of reasons, many Muslims have a more positive identification with their religion. Manji's "searing indictment" can hardly fail to alienate them pretty quickly.
This holds particularly true for a large majority of those Muslims who live in an Islamic environment, and who cannot just shake off their traditions without having to fear severe social sanctions. Manji seems to forget this, for she speaks only for Islamic migrants in the West, and she clearly has little or no personal experience of the Islamic world. Muslims in Islamic countries do not have the option of simply rejecting all of Islam's most basic tenets. As they are faced with considerable resistance within their own societies, the best that can be expected is that they may gradually develop a more humane interpretation of their Islamic faith. Seen from this perspective, Manji 's book hardens entrenched attitudes on both sides, rather than softening or transcending them.
Much food for thought - and discussion
A further annoyance in the German edition is the presence of numerous misprints; Averroes, for example - Ibn Rushd - is bizarrely Americanised into "Ibn Rush". The book is also lazily researched. Baghdad, for example, was founded by the Abbassidians in the year 762; Irshad Manji, however, describes its history as follows: "When the Muslims arrived in Baghdad, this ancient Babylonian city already boasted an educated Jewish elite, which the Caliph could draw on as a pool of political and economical advisors."
At this point, even the most reformist of Muslim readers might be tempted to slam the book shut. Though such a reader could hardly be blamed, it's a pity nonetheless; for Manji's book offers a wonderful opportunity to discuss everything that's normally left unmentioned out of sheer politeness.
Stefan Weidner © Qantara.de 2004
Translation from German: Patrick Lanagan


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Hawaii Democrat Daniel Inouye hospitalized
Sen. Daniel Inouye is under observation at a Washington-area hospital so that doctors can monitor his oxygen intake.
The Hawaii Democrat, 88, is the longest serving Senator, now completing his 50th year in the chamber.
He said in a statement that he is, quote, "for the most part, okay."
Inouye said that he is working with his doctors to regulate his oxygen intake and needs to be in the hospital for his own safety and for observation.
Inouye, a decorated World War II veteran, has long been a dominant force in Hawaii politics. He chairs the powerful Appropriations Committee and is the Senate's president pro tempore, third in the presidential line of succession. He served on the Senate's Watergate committee and the House-Senate Iran-Contra panel in the late 1980s.


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Charles Hamlin has won gold and Francois-Louis Tremblay has won bronze in men's 500-metre short track speed skating.
China's Wang Meng won the gold medal in the 1,000-metre short track final, Friday, at the Pacific Coliseum. American Katherine Reutter won the silver followed by Korea's Seung-Hi Park with a bronze.
There were no Drew Barrymore or Ellen Page sightings at the Pacific Coliseum Tuesday. But all the other elements of the 2009 roller derby film Whip It seemed to be accounted for as the Canadian women's relay team practised.
A week after finishing one spot off the podium in the 500 metres, Jessica Gregg will receive another chance to win an individual Olympic medal.


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To date, no accidents or injuries reported
GREENVILLE, S.C., June 15 -- Michelin has notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Transport Canada that it is recalling Michelin(R) Pilot(R) Power 2CT and Pilot(R) Power 120/70 ZR 17 (58W) front motorcycle tires with the "Made in France" markings in the United States and Canada. This recall involves these specific tires only and has no impact on any other Michelin tires. Related actions are under way in other countries.
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About the DOT Code and Tire Identification Number
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Michelin(R) Pilot(R) Power 2CT or Michelin(R) Pilot(R) Power 120/70 ZR 17 (58W)
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If you are having difficulty identifying your tire's DOT code, please ask your local tire dealer to assist you or call Michelin Consumer Relations at 1 866 324 2835.


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The Morenci Athletic Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, in the high school library. Parents of middle school and high school athletes and anyone interested in the school sports programs are encouraged to attend.
This year's officers are Penny Baumgartner and Julie Kruse, co-presidents; Tracy Clegg, secretary, and Dave Baumgartner, treasurer.
The Boosters meet at 7 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month.


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Ok, gang, next question: what do y'all think are the best processes to improve the quality of the code the (corporate) team produces?
(The cult of quality question was good, but I'm looking for specific suggestions of things we can do.)
Background: the team is diverse, in the usual way:
There's the brilliant coder whose code is impenetrable and undocumented and whose ability to communicate isn't as good, which manifests itself as impatience or excuses of busy-ness.
There's the middle-of-the-road developer who just wants to get his/her work done and go home. New methodologies would be ok, but he/she won't initiate.
There's the person who really doesn't want to change (i.e., is hostile to change, for whatever reason), satisfied with their current level (the old way).
There's the person who really doesn't know what the possibilities are, they're just copying everybody else's code (and that works, too).
There's me, of course, the handsome, charming, brilliant developer who takes the time to write good, clear documentation and unit tests and just wants the best for the group and isn't satisfied with the status quo (technologically) and couldn't possibly be the problem.
There are all these beautiful principles out there: OOP (highly coherent, loosely coupled), functional programming (what I mostly see here is /no side effects or in-out parameters/), strong static typing (no runtime type errors, method not found, etc.), separation of concerns (business logic separate from UI and database).
And there's the old school of huge blobs of code that do multiple things all sort of intertwingled together, and global variables and their cousins the singletons and the huge classes with lots of data members.
So, how do we get from point A to point B? Grass roots suggestions get ignored. [edit: well, to be more accurate, a single developer running around telling people what they're doing wrong is not the best way, from both managers' and peers' points of view. I don't do that because I don't want to be Cassandra.]
Can we do abbreviated code reviews? Like... just call out what your new classes and methods are (ignoring implementations). Or call out (in English) where you added new functionality (i.e., which method did you update to do what)?
What if the person(s) who need to review that stuff are constantly in meetings (you know how that goes: new features, partnering, crazy deep bugs that have important customers screaming[2])? Would a wiki or some sort of social thing work, to get more eyes on the new designs? How do we get those who don't want to be involved involved?
So... lightweight, sustainable, effective processes? Any ideas? What works for y'all? (I know people are going to say pair programming. Ok, granted, but that ain't gonna fly here.)
[2] Ok, overblown language. s/screaming/focused on particular bugs/


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By Ronnie McBrayer
When primitive Christianity first began to take root, it wasn't known as "Christianity." The first Christians referred to their movement as "The Way." The earliest disciples saw themselves, not as part of new religion, but as travelers in the Way of Jesus. This "Way," consequently, was something active and dynamic, bound to the living Christ. It was not some dead religion seized with rigor mortis. The passing of the centuries, however, has seriously muted this fact.
According to researcher William Hendricks, over a million Christian adults leave the church every year. Many do so "not because the church is too spiritual," he says, "but because the church is not spiritual enough." Large swathes of Christianity have traded the untamed vitality of its Founder for something far more domesticated. Somewhere deep within us, we know this is a tragedy. Our spiritual instincts tell us that there is something more, something deeper, more radical and more alive than the safe, sterile, status quo of the religious institution. We know we were born to be wild.
Once, while on a wildlife expedition near Yellowstone, I observed a party of hunters stalking several hundred elk on a game refuge. These animals circled and panicked like proverbial fish in a barrel as the hunters closed in. Finally, one of the big bulls in the herd decided that he had had enough. He stampeded between two of the would-be trophy-takers, the space no wider than a sidewalk, and when he did, the entire herd followed. Hundreds and hundreds of animals ran for daylight, and in minutes, the herd had completely disappeared into the Wyoming woods.
These beautiful animals have lost a good deal of their habitat, but they have not lost their instincts. They still heed the wild and wonderful call of the wilderness, forsaking the false safety of the "refuge" for life with fewer fences. Granted, life in the wild is full of predatory dangers as well; but at least it is life outside of a man-made cage. Jesus, it appears to me, wants us to have this kind of freedom, for he did not come to start a religion. He came to start a spiritual revolution. Jesus did not come to show us how to build cathedrals or ecclesiastical refuges. He came to show us how to live. Jesus did not come to fence us in, but to set us wildly and wonderfully free.
Ronnie McBrayer is a syndicated faith columnist, speaker, and author. His books include "Leaving Religion, Following Jesus" and "The Jesus Tribe." Visit him at www.ronniemcbrayer.net.


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Floating buck naked with plugs in my ears in pitch blackness, I found myself thinking about the lengths modern Homo sapiens go to in the search for solace.
Mind you, this thought stream was preceded by initial racing thoughts brought on by the lid shutting tight and the lights going out. What if the power goes out while I'm in here? Will they remember to come get me after the prescribed 90-minute session? What if someone steals my clothes? And most troubling of all, what if the zombie apocalypse occurs while I'm in here and I emerge to find Whistler run amok with a flesh-eating horde?
Fortunately, Louise Van Engelsdorp had warned me that my first 'float' in a sensory deprivation tank would take some acclimatization, typically 30 minutes or so.
Thing is, one of the senses you quickly lose track of when floating is time, but as I discovered that is precisely the point of flotation therapy. That's also something visitors to Whistler, and a growing number of locals, are finding out ever since Louise and husband Bob opened West Coast Float in the village.
The couple discovered flotation therapy while on trip to Portland with two friends, one of whom was suffering from depression and thought to try out the unique form of therapy, billed as a great, and drug-free, way to quiet the mind.
"All four of us went for a float, and all four of us had a very different experience," says Louise, noting one 'saw colours,' while another felt like they had a full body massage. "And when we were in the shop after our float, we were noticing all the different type of people who were coming into the place. Business people, hipsters, yogis, old people."
Intrigued, when they returned home to Whistler, the couple wondered if this was the business model they had been looking for.
"We've both been up here awhile," says Louise, "and we wanted to start something but didn't want to sell T-shirts or open a restaurant."
After some initial inquires within the 'floating community' - which Louise describes as very 'tight knit' - they were convinced it would work in the resort town. They opened the doors to West Coast Float, located near the Keg Restaurant, on Dec. 24, 2013.
"What really appealed to me about it is that it makes people feel good," she explains. "We've had an 80-year -old granddad in who loved it because it made his back feel better, and two 13-year-olds with concussions who felt better after doing a float."
As much as flotation therapy is about the mind, the body is not overlooked. The magnesium in the nearly 300 kilos of Epsom salts that are dissolved in the tank's water serves as a deep muscle relaxant. The salts also provide buoyancy, allowing your body to totally relax yet stay one the water's surface.
"The zero gravity aspect is really great for your body because everything aligns," explains Bob, "We've had people come out of a float saying they've had a total back adjustment."
I did manage to quiet my mind during my float, and in fact entered a pre-sleep stage that left me feeling very refreshed. Likewise, my body felt relaxed after the float, not unlike the feeling of just having had a massage.
Alas, no flashbacks from that Dead show in Oregon nor were vibrant colours of the rainbow revealed during my float, but it was far from an unpleasant experience, and one I'd like to try again.
A 90-minute session costs $85, but with a pre-and post-shower expect to be there for two hours. There are also package deals available, For more info visit westcoastfloat.com - email@example.com
Floating through history
Sensory deprivation tank. Isolation tank. Flotation tank. John C. Lily tank. It goes by many names, but the concept remains the same. Float naked in a mixture of skin temperature water and Epsom salts in a soundproof, pitch black enclosed tank.
2014 marks the 60th anniversary of neuro-psychiatrist John C. Lily's invention, a device originally designed to explore the origin of the brain's energy sources. Lily's ground-breaking work shed some light on this age-old question, but it wasn't until the early 1970s that flotation tanks were adapted for therapeutic purposes. In fact, two University of British Columbia researchers, Peter Suedfeld and Roderick Borrie, are credited as the first to use tanks this way, calling their technique 'Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy.' It was embraced by the New Age acolytes of the day, particularly here on the West Coast. That dried up with the AIDs epidemic, as the idea of sharing any kind of fluids publicly fell out of favour.
But at the turn of the century, flotation therapy programs popped up in California and Oregon, regulated by local health authorities, and have been on the rise ever since.
Sensory deprivation entered into popular culture in the 1980's film Altered States, in which William Hurt plays a Harvard scientist experimenting with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber, causing him to regress genetically.


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Sega. Founded in 1940, the company has come a long way from its origins as a jukebox and slot machine maintenance firm. Until the boom of the PlayStation console, Sega stood alongside Nintendo as one of the Big Two video game console manufacturers.
Long after its retreat from the console market back in 2001, Sega still remains one of the bigger names in video game and entertainment development. While missteps have been made, the company is unmistakably one of the video game world's greatest contributors, without which the video game landscape would be much different… At least, that's what the history books SHOULD say.
Japanese Twitter user minchonz recently posted a picture on his feed showing a very brief take on the company. minchonz's twitter entry reads:
From my daughter's social studies class material. I wept at the treatment of Sega…
The caption next to the entry for Sega reads, "[Sega] Released the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast to compete with the PlayStation, but was outnumbered by the amount of popular games.", and is followed by an image of a newspaper clipping of when Sega announced it was no longer manufacturing the Dreamcast.
Now, this is only one part of one page and personally, it's nice to see that video games have become such an integral part of society that they teach about them in school. Still, as a Sega fan, and a current owner of both a Sega Saturn and Dreamcast, having that old wound picked at stings.
娘が社会の授業で使ってる資料集、SEGAの扱いに涙した。。。(T ^ T) [twitter.com]
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Fuori Serving Trolley / 699 eur
Designed by Monique Consentino
The Fuori collection is a mix of luxury and institutionalism in a harmonious approach. The powder coated aluminium makes the Fuori Serving Trolley light and architectonic in its structure, carried out by round profiles and clean lines. Over time, the teak patinates with a silver-grey glow that gives the trolley a new visual expression.
- Details
- Aluminum / Silver White
WxDxH: 75x48x76 cm
Item no. 1560502
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Weight: 10,95 kg
- Material and care
Proper usage and maintenance
Proper usage and maintenance is vital for getting the most out of the valuable resources we have. Our designs are made to last for generations, but just like everything else, they need a little care to get there.
Teak is commonly found in Southeast Asia, Central and South America. Our FSC-certified Teak comes from Central America, Brazil and Indonesia, while our non-certified Teak comes from plantations in Southeast Asia and Trinidad; managed to sustain a renewable and reliable supply of wood.
Teak is a heavy, hard and sturdy type of wood. The high content of natural oils makes it highly weather and rot resistant and is therefore a good choice for outdoor furniture.
Do a general cleaning when needed with a suitable wood cleaner and soft bristle brush. Rinse afterwards with clear water and let it dry. Note: Wipe off tables, benches and chairs after dinner and such with a dry cloth.
As the wood is untreated, the surface will patinate over time and eventually turn into a beautiful silvery grey colour. If you wish to preserve or intensify the original honey-golden colour, use a suitable furniture oil on a regular basis. No matter what you choose, the wood will be resistant to everyday wind and weather thanks to the high content of natural oils.
Winter storage
During winter we advise you to store the furniture in an unheated room such as a garage or cellar.
Indoor use
The wood has been dried for outdoor use. Hence, if you wish to use the furniture indoors it may need to be re-tightened once in a while.
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Powder coating is a high-quality and dry finishing process which makes it possible to create a thicker and more streamlined surface than with conventional liquid paint. The coating is applied on the super light-weight aluminum in order to reduce the risk of impact from moisture, UV, scratches and corrosion.
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Born and raised in in the southern part of the Danish peninsula Jutland, Monique has always felt quite Danish. But lately she has discovered that her Italian roots are present and influential in everything from sources of inspiration and choices of materials to the very final expressions of her objects. According to Monique, design can easily be sculptural and aesthetic while at the same time also realizing its core function to its fullest. If design is done in the right way – fulfilling the right functions – one can actually get used to living a life with very few elements at home.


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present: Jo, Alice, Ras, Robin, Tim, Neil, Gareth, Nick, Magda
1. TK/August
2. Festival
3. Money for Annual
4. Fire Alarm/license application
5. Night Managers
1. and 3. Gallery? It's use in August? TK will take care of. Or try to. 4 during the month. Cinema remains a murmured possibility.
Need 200 for catalog/web site for Annuale.
Use some of studio pot, in return for their help decorating. A 50/50 split.
Jo also disagreed with the decision made at the last meeting to scrap the TK name.
2. No booze. No upstairs. But we can still have a nice events space. Which means 1) a stage of some kind 2) Lighting. We also need creative ways of storing stuff- like getting rid of furniture (at least on a temporary basis), to ensure our fire exits are clear. And we should be better at using the space, announcing events etc.
Festival menu?
What kind of events?
There needs to be co-ordination.
Maybe we need a KP for the dish-washing.
What kind of managers should we have other than the usual KMs?
Plan to make 10,000 fliers for the Forest, before August, to get plenty of
volunteers and customers.
Meeting with Ryan when he gets back to work out some of this stuff.
Proper sub-committee of people actually interested in the festival.
Gold room needs to be redone. We should close for a few days and sort it
out. Budget of 60 quid.
ACTION: Next weekend close. Start transforming then.
Kinds of things: Old pictures. Records, letters, photos, Stuffed animals. Fairy lights. Chandeleirs. Old postcards. Old musical instruments. Typewriters. Old newspapers. Tapestries. Paint ceiling red. Mirrors. Frames. Anything old, interesting, nasty, tailors dummies, old dolls and their heads, candle holders. False teeth, bones, skeleton, pickled things, voodoo, wigs, pipes, Weimar memorabilia, pictures of former dictators (especially mobutu).
Shelving for some stuff….
4. Will have a fire action plan from liasing with fire brigade. Licence application is in, we are awaiting the decision.
ACTION: Robin will call Jim Bissett to check on the status of our application.
5. Night managers need to be briefed about fire stuff, how to deal with
badness and the vol. manual. The procedure for appointing new NMs is to be nominated by a KM and then approved by the KM. Maybe its more like a role than a position, to reflect that people come and go.
6. IVS 24th July- 6th August. 2 weeks. 6 volunteers. One American. One Pole. One Italian. One Brit. One Sri Lankan. And One South Korean. They come here. They do stuff. They paint the place. They build a stage. This has been done in conjunction with IVS. They are a charity. They promote international volunteering. Maybe they'll stay on for August.
Accommodation: Unresolved.
We could, in theory do this all the time. We could.
Do we want to be a charity?
They check these days. They do audits.
Are we a charity?
We would fit into the Education/Community Projects category.
Do we have the people who are willing to take on the responsibilities?
We would need three specified board members. Who wants to do it?
Maybe we should re-evaluate this in September. We should wait to see if we can actually run a decent space during the festival.
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Committee Meeting Minutes 18 June 2006
Working group and other such Forest meeting minutes
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First released in 1995, the original 20/20 nearfield studio monitor revolutionised the recording industry and secured itself a place in the hearts of audio engineers the world over for its truthful reproduction and outstanding sonic character.
Now Event is proud to announce a new generation of clarity, transparency and definition with the release of the 20/20BAS. This two-way front ported speaker incorporates a number of fundamental improvements over the original model while remaining true to its tonal character and performance strengths.
Event's engineering team used ideas and technologies from its flagship Opal speaker in order to achieve performance in keeping with the company design philosophy of high output, low distortion and excellent dynamics.
A modern classic
First released in 1995, the original 20/20 nearfield studio monitor was universally acclaimed and launched the Event brand worldwide. Using manufacturing processes and materials unheard of at the time, the 20/20 combined a magnetically shielded 25mm natural silk dome with an 8" mineral-impregnated polypropylene cone. A laminated and internally dampened MDF cabinet with a front-mounted large diameter bass port assisted in providing the 20/20's impressive low end response.
A year later Event released a powered version, the 20/20bas, to critical acclaim from engineers, musicians and the media alike. The very first pair of 20/20bas speakers were used by Francis Buckley to mix Quincy Jones' Q's Jook Joint album for which he won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album.
The New 20/20BAS
Now fifteen years later Event is pioneering a new generation of clarity, transparency and definition with the release of the 20/20BAS. This speaker incorporates a number of fundamental improvements over the original model while remaining true to its character and performance strengths.
The original transducer design and cabinet volume have been maintained, however the high and low frequency amplifiers, cabinet bracing and overall construction have been revolutionised to improve audio characteristics, increase dynamics and extend reliability.
Opal Technology
Event's engineering team used ideas and technologies from its flagship Opal speaker in order to achieve performance in keeping with the company design philosophy of high output, low distortion and excellent dynamics.
Fully discrete Class AB amplifiers for the tweeter and woofer provide up to 250 watts of burst power with less than .01% Total Harmonic Distortion (THD). This more than doubles the power provided by the original 20/20bas amplifier design with less than half the distortion. Sustained high output performance is ensured through a new oversized toroidal power supply that can ensure sustained extreme low frequency reproduction.
"We were very respectful to the original 20/20 speaker" explains Event's Director of Engineering, Marcelo Vercelli. "Everyone in Event's design department has great respect for the speaker, but we saw a few areas where we could use techologies developed for Opal to get even better dynamics with lower distortion. The new low frequency amp can deliver up to 250w of peak power into the woofer. This gives you the BOOM... the definition in the bottom end that you're looking for."
- Frequency Response
- 35Hz - 20kHz ±2dB
- Crossover Frequency
- 2300Hz
- 3rd Harmonic Distortion @ 90dB SPL, 1m,
- 0.08%
- 3rd Harmonic Distortion @ 90dB SPL, 1m,
200 - 20kHz
- 0.2%
- 3rd Harmonic Distortion @ 90dB SPL, 1m,
- 1.5%
- Acoustic Output - SPL @ 1m, Long term
(80Hz - 20kHz)
- 105dB
- Acoustic Output - SPL @ 1m, Peak
(80Hz - 20kHz)
- 108dB
- Signal Input
- XLR (balanced)
Low Frequency Transducer
- Piston Diameter
- 180mm (7.1")
- Voice Coil Configuration
- High temperature single coil
- Voice Coil Diameter
- 38mm (1.5")
- Former Material
- High-strength Polyamide - Glass Fiber
- Magnet Type
- Ferrite
- Cone Type
- Mineral Filled Polypropylene
- Magnetic Shielding
- Bucking magnet and steel cap
High Frequency Transducer
- Dome Diameter
- 25.4mm (1")
- Voice Coil Diameter
- 25mm (0.98")
- Magnet Type
- Ferrite
- Dome Type
- Silk
- Gap Design
- Ferrofluid Cooled
- Magnetic Shielding
- Bucking Magnet
Amplifier - Low/high frequency
- Frequency Response
- 20Hz - 20kHz(±0.2dB)
- Operating Band Pass
- 20Hz - 2400Hz (LF)/2400Hz - 20kHz (HF)
- Total Harmoic Distortion
- 0.01% 120 Watts into 4 Ohm Load
- Long Term Power @ 4 Ohms
- 80 Watts
- Burst Power @ 4 Ohms
- 120 Watts
- Output Topology
- Class AB
- LF Trim
- Constantly variable ±3dB
- HF Trim
- Constantly variable ±3dB
- Subsonic Filter
- -3dB @ 30Hz
- Driver Protection
- Current Limiting
- Temperature Protection
- Thermal Cut-Off Switch
- Indicators
- Event badge 'On' mode
- Cooling
- Convection - Aluminium Heat Sink
- Power Requirements
- Voltage selector 110-120V or 220-240V, 50/60Hz, 180VA
Power via detachable 3 circuit IEC type linecord
- Cabinet Construction
- Low Frequency Vents
- Front Port
- Cabinet Dimensions
- 260mmW x 375mmH x 310mmD
(10.2"W x 14.8"H x 11.8"D)
- Cabinet Weight
- 17kg (37.48lb)
- Shipping Dimensions
- 375mmW x 495mmH x 415mmD
(14.8"W x 19.5"H x 16.3"D)
- Shipping Weight
- 19kg (41.88lb)
The return of Big Ass Sound
When it was time to relaunch the Event 20/20BAS we spoke to some of the most influential Producers, Engineers and DJs working in hip hop today.
Hear their stories of working on the original Event 20/20bas and now their impression of the new 20/20BAS.
Sound on Sound
Paul White
Having set up the 20/20s alongside my own pair of Event Opal monitors (with all controls set flat), I set about listening to my selection of reference tracks and soon got a feel for what these speakers were all about. In the mid range and at the high end, they work extremely well, presenting a very detailed but non-abrasive sound with fabulous stereo imaging. The lows also hold their own against just about any comparably-priced speaker, with plenty of depth and not too much in the way of obvious time smearing - an issue with most ported speakers.
I found the 20/20 BAS very comfortable to work with. They managed to reveal MP3 artifacts in 240kbps music files that went unnoticed on other speakers, and I was particularly impressed by the very natural way they presented the human voice, both spoken and sung - always a sign of a good monitor.
Where mixes are rough and aggressive, this shows up quite clearly, while a smooth and classy mix sounds well-balanced and polished.
At the price, these monitors are going to be a tough act to beat, as they cover a wide frequency range, they are capable of playing very loudly, and they present a natural and detailed sound. Their low end has punch and depth, and while not as tightly controlled as a large sealed-box system they are very workable and better than you might expect from monitors of their size and price range.
So does this newest version meet the design aspiration of building on the strength of Event's original 20/20 BAS models? I'd say that it does, with better overall clarity and definition. These are definitely ones to audition if you're in the market for a sub £1000 pair of monitors for use in all but the smallest personal studios.
Read the full review on soundonsound.comBack to top
"I was particularly impressed by the very natural way they presented the human voice, both spoken and sung - always a sign of a good monitor."
Music Tech Magazine
Huw Price
Since the original drive units were highly regarded, they were retained in an effort to maintain the best 20/20 characteristics, albeit with a tad more air and clarity. [Event] wisely decided to incorporate Opal technology to concentrate on control electronics, low distortion, protection networks and low noise. The MDF cabinet has increased internal bracing for extra strength and reduced box resonance.
There are monitors that you feel every bit as much as you hear... Bass is deep without being boomy and the only narrow band hump occurs around 50Hz, but it's hardly noticeable. Left/right imaging is also very sharp and you certainly sense you're hearing plenty of detail.
...the [20/20s] genuinely excelled with electronica and rock. If you like to experience a chesty thump from a bass drum, the [20/20s] have enough power to oblige.
The [20/20s] have plenty of attributes that make them worthy of serious consideration. They do have character, but they also strike a good balance between vibe and information.
Read the full review on musictechmag.co.ukBack to top
"A lot of speaker for the money, offering an effective and useful balance between vibe and serious studio monitoring."
Audio Technology
Either I'm going soft in the head in my dotage or these new Event 20/20BAS V3 nearfield monitors have broken through a new price/performance barrier. If I'd been told in advance how much these speakers were I might have thought less of them - although I'd like to this I'm immune to pricing and the influence it has on the mind. As it is I've been playing with these black-on-black powered two-ways for several weeks now without knowing their price. Then today I found out how much they were... I've only just managed to pick myself up off the floor.
...In terms of the sound they emit, and given the speakers I've been comparing them to - Event Opals, Quested V2108s, PMC DB1s, Yamaha NS10s, Mackie MR8 MkIIs - the 'V3s' have held their own in every important respect. They are powerful, fast as lightning, balanced sounding and produce virtually no distortion, even at 90dB + SPLs.
...The new 20/20s are clearly launched off the back of [the original 20/20]'s reputation, but also owe a debt of gratitude to the development of Event's more recent flagship - the Opal - inheriting much of that speaker's Class-AB amplifier technology and design smarts. The result is a speaker that packs an impressive punch, reproducing audio signals in a fast and accurate manner, with low levels of distortion.
Overall, I am most impressed by the Event 20/20bas V3, particularly in terms of how they sound. Actually in that respect I am bowled over by them. I wasn't expecting to be. They go loud, they're dynamically liberated, they hold together at almost any volume, they're tonally balanced and represent excellent value for money.
At almost any price point these speakers are a viable nearfield option for home or commercial studio facilities.
Read the full review on audiotechnology.com.auBack to top
"I am most impressed ... particularly in terms of how they sound. Actually in that respect I am bowled over by them."
Future Music UK
Those expecting the 20/20BAS to deliver the 'Big Ass Sound' as advertised (I'm assuming BAS actually stands for Bi-Amplified Speaker) will not be disappointed. My first (and abiding) impression of these speakers is low-end focus, especially the low mids which are key to the impression of proximity in a mix - I instantly felt the sound stage I'm used to come forward.
There is plenty of power here and I didn't find any early onset of distortion or loss of clarity at the louder end of the dial.
When listening to and working on the 20/20BASs, I found many Hip Hop related genres to be well suited, allowing a clear picture of the relationship between kick, snare, bass and vocal to be perceived and thus manipulated.
Considering the price, the 20/20BAS V3s definitely prove value for money, particularly if the high build quality is taken into account. There is a lot of raw power to fill small studios and will match dB for dB many more expensive nearfields in larger production rooms. If you have enjoyed working with 20/20s in the past or work in Hip Hop, R&B or any genre where the low-end is boss then do give these powerful puppies a listen.
View the full review here [1.4MB PDF]Back to top
"Serious low end with bags of low distortion power to boot - a pleasure to listen to and work with."
George Petersen
As a long-term 20/20 user-and fan-I approached these newcomers with more than a small degree of skepticism and was anxious to check these out.
Many of the appreciated touches in the 20/20 BAS v3s are adapted from Event's high-end flagship Opal monitors, such as the cabinets' shaped, radiused front baffles, the separate all-discrete Class-AB amplifiers driving the woofer and tweeter, the acoustic filters and even the Event logo that lights up to remind you when the speakers are powered up.
After connecting the system and powering them up, the first thing I noted was an absolute lack of noise. No hum. No hiss at all, yet the onboard 160 watts of total biamplification (80 WRMS x2) is capable of driving the 20/20 BAS v3s to impressive peaks of 108dB, which is VERY LOUD for the near-field use which these are designed.
I began with the shelving filters in the "0" position, and found the 20/20 BAS v3s to sound extremely natural with an excellent balance of highs and mids and the bass response was spot-on, both in overall level but also in terms of providing tight, controlled reproduction that was never flabby or boomy. What surprised me more was the volume of bass, which made the 20/20 BAS v3s seem like a much larger system.
The response at the system's critical 2.3 kHz crossover point was transparent, and virtually impossible to detect. This is a weak link in many systems, but not exhibited here at all-even on playbacks of solo piano tracks. In fact, the monitor's system response-out of the box, without the need for any acoustic fiddling or tweaking the shelving filters-was spot-on.
More impressive, perhaps was listening to playbacks of mixes made on the 20/20 BAS v3s. These exhibited a high degree of consistency with accurate translation on a variety of systems ranging from automotive, boom boxes and both moderate and high-end home systems. Also worthy of note is that the v3's overall frequency response stays consistent at nearly every listening level.
With the new 20/20 BAS v3s, it seems Event Electronics has done the impossible. They've resurrected a classic design and actually even improved on the original. This is no easy feat, but in any case, I'm glad the 20/20 BAS v3s are back and anyone looking for an accurate, un-hyped, mid-priced monitoring solution should check these out.
Read the whole review on audioinfosource.comBack to top
"With the new 20/20 BAS v3s, it seems Event Electronics has done the impossible. They've resurrected a classic design and actually even improved on the original."
DJ BOOTH.net
Event is a company known for its professionalism and reliability and this is reflected in the design of the Event 20/20s. Unlike some other companies who choose to incorporate flashy colors and components into their speaker's designs, Event chose to keep the look of the 20/20BAS clean, simple, and completely professional. However, aesthetic nuance isn't lost on the makers of the 20/20s as the logo on the bottom of the speaker lights up when the power is turned on. Its a nice touch and looks great in a dimly lit studio.
The 20/20 BAS monitors deliver absolutely incredible sound across all ends of the spectrum. Oftentimes monitors over-emphasize the low or high end of the output, but the Event 20/20s do an incredible job of providing a completely balanced output. The bass emanating from the 7.1 inch subs is extrmely powerful but punches in a way that doesn't drown out any of the highs in the mix. Even at ultra-high volumes the 20/20s manage to deliver crisp, precise sound without a hint of distortion. In short, these speakers absolutely knock. Listening to your favorite songs on the 20/20s will be like hearing them for the first time. Each and every note is clear and you might even hear an element of the song you had never heard before. Out of all the monitors and speakers we have reviewed to date, the 20/20s score the highest on clarity and output level.
The Event 20/20s simply deliver absolutely impeccable sound without any bells, whistles, or glitz. As a result they come highly recommended for any professional or non professional who puts sound clarity above all else. If you are producer then they come highly recommended as the 20/20s will not only allow you to clearly hear each individual element of the track, but will also provide a true representation of how the mix will sound on a variety of speakers systems. The 20/20s also come recommended for DJs who record their mixes and are looking for a set of speakers that will enable them to perfect each song transition. In addition, a non-professional looking for simply a great-sounding pair of speakers for a home or office may find the 20/20s to be a great choice.
Read the whole review on djbooth.netBack to top
"The Event 20/20s simply deliver absolutely impeccable sound without any bells, whistles, or glitz. As a result they come highly recommended for any professional or non professional who puts sound clarity above all else."
Carl Siegel
Music Producer For TV & Film
So the 20/20s arrived and I had no choice (as tired as I was) to start mixing a client's record with them immediately. So I took down my Project Studio 8s and put up my brand new pair of 20/20 Bas V3s.
Out of the box I was extremely impressed with the look of them alone. Very sleek looking, I love how the word "EVENT" lights up when you turn them on (nice touch fellas). Anyways, to do a good comparison I pulled up a record I mixed a day prior to trying out the 20/20s. And when I turned on the mix instantly I heard the mud I couldn't hear in the PS8s which I was using before.
Now to my defence I loved my PS8s and it took some convincing in my own mind to try something new because I mixed & produced a lot of records over the past eight to nine years using the PS8s.
But the 20/20s have instantly gained a permanent spot in my studio and I love every minute of working with them.
I would say three thumbs up to Event for the re-release of the 20/20s, but I only have two! They get a tremendous thumbs up from me because for Hip Hop, R&B, Dance and Pop music I'm able to roll off any unwanted frequencies I don't want in my mixes with the greatest of ease.
From mid, to high, to low frequencies the 20/20s give you a completely true sound - So if you're looking for an incredible pair of Monitors to mix Hip Hop, R&B, Pop, Dance music etc. I couldn't think of a better set to recommend to you.Back to top
"From mid, to high, to low frequencies the 20/20s give you a completely true sound."


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Cory Kopitzke '14 smiled with pride when he thought of the names of past Moot Court Top Advocates. Kopitzke added his name to previous winners Tuesday night during the 20th Wabash Moot Court competition.
"It's just great because the people who've won it have gone on to do great things," the senior said. "Riley Floyd '13 won last year and is at IU Maurer this year, a great law school. He's a guy I really looked up to. Other individuals like Donovan Bisbee have won this and I see him doing great things in his future. It puts a good feeling in you to see guys like that winning it and now I'm on the same platform."
The Wabash College Rhetoric Department and Wabash alumni lawyers have been presenting the program for 20 years. The competition started this year with 36 students arguing a case about the constitutionality of an amendment to the constitution to prohibit any form of affirmative action in university admissions. The Wabash alums judge the early rounds paring the numbers to 12 then four.
Kopitzke, Jacob Burnett '15, Adam Alexander '16, and Nash Jones '16 argued the case for top honors.
Another tradition is to bring in an impressive judges panel. This year the panel was led by Professor Lloyd Wilson '77, a professor of law at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney Law School. He was joined by Steven David, who has had a long and distinguished career, and now sits on the Indiana Supreme Court. Debra McVlicker Lynch is a U.S. Magistrate Judge and summa cum laude graduate of the IU School of Law. Each year a member of the Wabash faculty or administration serves as a judge. This year President Gregory Hess rounded out the panel.
"Your conduct tonight makes me very, very proud," said Wilson '77. "You were fine examples of what my college teaches and that's to think critically, lead effectively, and embody our mission statement."
What makes the Wabash Moot Court competition unique is that it's extremely rare at the undergraduate level. Several of the judges made comments about the impressive nature of the program.
"I've judged moot court many times before but never at the undergraduate level," Lynch said. "You all were extremely well prepared."
Judge David told the four finalists he looks forward to being present when they are sworn in to the Indiana Bar Association. "Even at the Supreme Court level, we've had lawyers who were not prepared as well as you gentlemen," the Supreme Court justice said. "All of you had a passion for your position and what is just as important is that none of you became so emotional that it diluted your argument.
"I could not have done what you did when I was in college."
President Hess expressed his pride in the four Wabash students and got the biggest chuckle when talking about the difficulty of the task. "My colleagues have said they couldn't do what you did here tonight when they were in college. I don't think I could have done what you did even as president of this college. You demonstrated the guts and know how that embodies a Wabash man."
Kopitzke plans to pursue a career in law, hopefully at IU Law School. He competed last year but was eliminated in the semi-final round. The previous experience helped Tuesday night.
"I was a little bit more comfortable than I thought I was going to be," he said. "In the preliminary round the justices kind of show their cards, if you will, and give you a facial expression that tells you how you're doing. But here they were very stone-faced. It was a bit unnerving that I couldn't tell how they were feeling. But it was certainly fun."
A large contingent of students from Indianapolis' Lawrence North High School was on hand to watch the competition, as in past years. The LN students will have a Moot Court Competition of their own using the same case later in the school year.
Rhetoric Professor Todd McDorman anchors the competition for Wabash. Scott Himsel '85, who teaches at Wabash and is an Indianapolis attorney, joins with Matt Griffith '89 to coordinate the alumni legal participation. The Wabash alums judge the competition, assist the students in preparation, and make final contributions to the program.


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Healthy Meals for People With Type 2 Diabetes
Learn tips and tricks for healthy eating if you have type 2 diabetes.
Food is an important part of our culture. We don't eat just to sustain ourselves — we celebrate with food, and we often mourn with it too. So it's not surprising that if you've just been told that you have type 2 diabetes, one of your first thoughts will probably be, "but what will I eat?"
Luckily, it's not so difficult to eat well and enjoy food even if you have diabetes. The first thing is to learn the basics, says Kathy Honick, RN, CDE, a diabetes educator at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She recommends that all people newly diagnosed with diabetes "meet with a registered dietitian to learn about what they can and can't eat."
Type 2 Diabetes: Diets
There's no one-size-fits-all type of diabetic diet. Some people respond well to carbohydrate counting (keeping track of the amount of carbohydrates you ingest with each food product), others to portion control (adjusting portion size to produce desired blood sugar levels), and yet others to the diabetes food pyramid (eating a set number of portions of specific foods throughout the day). It may take some trial and error for you to find what works best for you, but your dietitian can help you with this, as can information from the American Diabetes Association.
Type 2 Diabetes: Food Choices
Honick says "meal planning for someone with type 2 diabetes is about healthy eating with a balance of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats."
So, what should you choose?
- Fruits and vegetables are usually good choices, but be careful not to eat too much fruit. Check with your dietitian to see how much is recommended.
- Non-starchy vegetables are a good choice. These include spinach, carrots, broccoli, and green beans.
- Eat whole-grain foods, such as brown rice and whole wheat pasta.
- Include legumes like lentils, kidney, or pinto beans in your meal plans.
- Choose fish over meat two to three times a week.
- For meat, choose lean pork or beef, or chicken or turkey with the skin removed.
- Dairy (cheese, yogurt, milk) is important, but go for non-fat versions, even for ice cream.
Type 2 Diabetes: Foods to Avoid
- Sodas are chock-full of sugar, as are fruit punches and other sugar-sweetened drinks. So opt for diet drinks or water.
- Sugary snacks (cookies, cakes, chips, ice cream) fill you up with empty calories. Choose healthier snack options instead.
Type 2 Diabetes: Cooking
When trying to follow a healthy diet, how you cook your food makes a big difference in the end product.
Honick suggests:
- Baking or broiling instead of frying.
- Using extra-virgin olive oil instead of vegetable oil.
- Limiting trans fats (found in many processed foods and foods cooked in oil) and saturated fats (found in meats and whole milk) to less than 20 grams per day, if possible.
- Limiting sodium (salt) to 2,000 to 2,400 grams per day, unless you're on a sodium-restricted diet. In that case, you should follow your doctor's recommendations.
- Choosing fresh or frozen foods over canned.
In addition, she says that "unless you have a fluid restriction, take in six to eight glasses of unsweetened clear liquids per day. It's recommended to drink a glass of water before and a glass of water after each meal."
Eating well is one of the pleasures of life. If you have type 2 diabetes, you don't have to forgo the enjoyment of food. You just have to adapt and change your eating habits and, maybe, some of the foods you eat.


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Bonifacio aims to win second-base job
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- This year's Spring Training for the Blue Jays is more about getting ready for the season than it is about finalizing the Opening Day lineup.
Toronto's roster is essentially set in stone. With the exception of some bullpen jobs, the decision on which players will head north has already been made.
The only real position that is up for grabs is second base, where Emilio Bonifacio and Maicer Izturis will battle for the everyday job.
It's a unique situation for Bonifacio, who became a bona fide Major Leaguer in Miami, but that doesn't mean the uncertainty has the energetic player any less optimistic about his prospects with the Blue Jays.
"It's really exciting, especially with the team we're going to have here," Bonifacio said on Saturday afternoon, the day all position players were required to report for physicals. "I think it's going to be a fun year.
"I'm really happy to be a part of the Blue Jays. It feels pretty good to be a part, to be traded [from Miami], to be here."
Izturis entered Spring Training as the early favorite to win the job, but there is still a chance Bonifacio could enter the mix with a strong camp. If he's unsuccessful, the 27-year-old Bonifacio should find plenty of opportunities to get into the lineup with his ability to play all over the infield and outfield.
In the past, Bonifacio has played all three outfield positions in addition to second, shortstop and third base. The versatility should prove valuable in the event of injuries, but it's currently the opening at second base that has him most intrigued.
"That's the position I've been playing my whole career, until the last three years I've been playing everywhere," said Bonifacio, who stole 30 bases in just 64 games last season.
"I think it will be pretty exciting being with [Jose] Reyes. Last year, I was hitting behind him -- I just got hurt, but I think we can do something."


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Shamrock is expected to discuss the Dec. 4 "Henderson vs. Babalu" event, as well as his new anti-bullying organization Stand Up Together.
"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" airs at 12:35 a.m. ET/PT.
Also booked as guests tonight are actor Zachary Levi, actress Anne Hathaway and musical act The Frames.
Shamrock will also appear on tonight's edition of "The Scott Ferrall Show," which airs on Howard 101 on SiriusXM.
"Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu," which features a light heavyweight rematch 10 years in the making between Dan Henderson and Renato "Babalu" Sobral, airs on Showtime.
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Mitt Romney claims he's got a winner with his criticism that President Barack Obama is giving welfare recipients a free ride. Never mind that aspects of his argument against the Democrat are factually inaccurate.
Those flaws aside, Romney's team is pressing on with the charge that the president ended a provision requiring welfare recipients to work. Romney aides insist the argument is helping them gain ground with middle-class voters anxious about the economy and independents who see Obama's welfare changes as an indication that he is a typical liberal, not a moderate. But the campaign offers little evidence to back up those assertions.
Obama's team, in turn, says Romney's welfare charges are dishonest. Numerous independent fact-checkers, including The Associated Press, have determined that Romney and his surrogates are distorting the facts.
"Everybody who's looked at this says what Gov. Romney's saying is absolutely wrong," Obama said Monday. "They can run the campaign they want, but the truth of the matter is you can't just make stuff up."
But that criticism has done little to persuade Romney and his aides to abandon the welfare issue or even tweak its assertions.
The White House says the waivers Obama approved for states last month would only allow them to drop the work requirement if they can accomplish the same goals using different methods, a move Obama aides said was done at the request of both Republican and Democratic governors.
Romney's welfare push comes with risk for the presumptive GOP nominee. Focusing too heavily on welfare, which had barely registered as a campaign issue before Romney began pushing it, could turn off voters who want to hear the candidates offer specific prescriptions for job growth.
It could open Romney up to criticism that he is injecting race into the campaign and seeking to boost support among white, working-class voters by charging that the nation's first black president is offering a free pass to recipients of a program stereotypically associated with poor African-Americans.
And Romney runs the risk of denting his credibility with voters by peddling an argument that has been widely debunked.
Republican strategists dismiss those concerns, and many are urging Romney to press on with the welfare accusations.
"It's a huge advantage issue for Romney," said Greg Mueller, a conservative strategist. "It cuts right through, beyond the Republican base, to independents and blue-collar Democrats."
Romney has been pushing welfare in most of his public events, telling voters he would "put work" back in the federal program. The campaign has also run three television advertisements this month in battleground states accusing Obama of gutting welfare reform, and two Web videos with the same message.
A Web video released Tuesday, "Only in America," featured a man who grew up on welfare and credited the work requirement for helping his family break out of a "cycle of dependency" and gain economic independence.
Romney's arguments center on a memo the Obama administration issued in July saying it was interested in approving state experiments that will help "find more effective mechanisms for helping families succeed in employment."
The administration said states would not be able to escape the work requirements of the landmark 1996 federal welfare reform law signed by President Bill Clinton. But states may get federal approval to try to accomplish the same goals by using different methods than those spelled out in the legislation.
The administration said the waiver program is a response to concerns from state officials in both parties that the work requirements in the law are too rigid and create bureaucratic hurdles to actually placing welfare recipients in jobs. Officials said the program does not violate the underlying law because of a provision that allows waivers of state plans.
The Obama administration's memo was issued with little notice and angered some Republicans who said the waivers would result in an end of the work requirement.
With Obama and Romney locked in a tight race, some Republicans see the welfare push as a sign that the Republican recognizes he needs to expand his economic argument beyond just jobs if he hopes to break through before November.
"It's a tacit acknowledgement that it's not enough to just hammer the economy," said Steve Lombardo, a Republican pollster who worked for Romney's 2008 presidential campaign. "That will get you to 46, 47 percent, but it won't get you to 51 percent."
Obama campaign officials say they see no evidence in their internal polling that Romney's welfare criticism is helping the Republican gain any ground.
Democrats see Romney's focus on welfare as an attempt to put a wedge between Obama and Clinton, the popular former president who has taken on an increasingly active role in Obama's re-election campaign.
Clinton, seeking to steer his administration toward the political center, signed a welfare reform law in 1996 that replaced a federal entitlement with grants to states. It also put a time limit on how long families can get aid and required recipients to go to work eventually.
Clinton is among those who have called Romney's welfare attacks dishonest and false.


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Yes my gatekeeper!!
Last weekend, I was hanging out at a friend's board game night. There were some dice on one table, and a deck of cards on the other. Then, over in the corner, some people started fiddling with a VHS player.
"Oh," I thought. "Um."
Before I knew what was happening, we had divided into teams and were playing a spirited, hilarious game of Nightmare, the classic 1991 board game originally called "Atmosfear" in Europe.
Where do I begin with this game? It is simultaneously exhilarating and funny, never scary but damned if I can't think of any better way to spend 60 minutes with a group of friends. Preferably while drinking.
The only VHS game I played back in the 90's was California Games, which was nowhere near as much fun as Nightmare.
The setup is like this: You have a number, one to six. You press "play" on the VCR. You roll the dice to move around the board. Sometimes, this guy.. this absurd, absurd guy, named "The Gatekeeper," will pop up and yell at you. He is played by an actor named Wenanty Nosul, who is clearly having a lot of fun with the role.
It. Is. Amazing.
Sometimes he yells. Sometimes he snorts (See part 5 above.) He gets progressively more jacked-up looking as the game progresses. He's never anything less than entirely entertaining. And the music. The music! Where do I begin. It sounds like Freddy Krueger music made on a Casio rapman keyboard.
You'll draw cards that will prompt you to scream at people at a certain time; if you scare them, you get a reward. Other cards will make you go and worship the TV, or laugh maniacally until someone asks you what your problem is. It's awesome.
The entire video plays out the exact same way every time—each game lasts 60 minutes, and you have that much time to get enough keys to win. Needless to say, there's limited replay value. But man… you could probably play a version of this game just by using the YouTube videos (which I've collected in the gallery here) and recreating the board somehow.
Though I have to say, it wouldn't really be the same without the actual VCR, with the spotty tracking lines at the corner of the screen.
For a more in-depth look back at VHS games, check out Wes Fenlon (one of our board game night's hosts)'s great retrospective at Tested.com.
I just might have to use this final AV connection I've got on my TV to plug in a VCR. Heading over to eBay…


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He still has the same willingness to spread about the power in a Make-A-Wish® experience.
1998Robin is five years old – and already faces more hardship than most people can understand.
He gets a frequent respite from his medical challenges, though. Every time the ice cream man visits, Robin feels a joy that can't be beat.
But something tugs at him. Robin knows that some of the kids in his neighborhood don't have money for ice cream.
Robin has visitors one day … Make-A-Wish® volunteers. They offer to grant his truest wish. And they reel in shock. Robin asks them to grant a wish that is the essence of all that's good and selfless. He asks to be the boss of the ice cream man so he can give ice cream to every other kid in his neighborhood.
That's just Robin being Robin.
Robin remembers every detail of his wish … and he wouldn't change a thing.
He remembers being away from his family for his treatment – just he and his mother, most of the time. The day Robin's wish came true, he saw everyone again.
"I can always look back and remember them all being there," Robin says.
The impact of Robin's Make-A-Wish experience lives on today. His mother, Cheryl, is a board member at Make-A-Wish Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana. Robin? He still has the same giving nature and willingness to spread the word of what a Make-A-Wish experience can do.
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Robin, what a special boy you are! There were many times when I was a child that the ice cream man came around, and I would hope somebody would have money for me. Good for you for making that happen for kids! You are very special! We are so glad you are here, and were born! You make this world a better place!
September 30, 2007 - 6:56 PM
I wish there were more people in the world like you. So many people (adults included) would have made a wish for themselves...and there is nothing wrong with that. You are an outstanding young man and every time I eat a Popsicle I will think of you!
February 20, 2008 - 7:59 PM
You're so sweet to do that. A lot of people in my apartment and I think that you did a good thing by giving your friends free ice cream. I wish I could do that, and you're only 5! That's really cool.
April 14, 2008 - 11:04 AM
My goodness....I was crying at the end of this!!! Robin, you are so sweet and kind to help those less fortunate. Remember, we're all behind you 100%!!!!
July 09, 2008 - 8:16 PM
This is my personal favorite wish story. Robin, your selflessness, strength, and compassion inspires me beyond belief.
December 13, 2008 - 3:26 PM
What a wonderful story from a true Little American Hero. He should be an example to us all. I will pray for a miracle for this little hero may God Bless him and his family.
June 29, 2009 - 6:21 PM
June 25, 2012 - 11:25 AM
thank you for coming to our Friends of Make-A-Wish meeting tonight you were a great inspiration, and got everybody fired up to raise more money to grant more wishes .
July 30, 2013 - 6:56 PM
This is my favorite wish story ever. That he wanted to be the boss of the ice cream man so he could give ice cream away to the other kids in the neighborhood who didn't have money for ice cream is so telling of what a special kid he is. I volunteer with MAW and I tell this story often as I think it is just one of the greatest Wish stories ever. I was so happy to see this video and see he is doing well :-)
October 29, 2013 - 2:58 PM
congenital spinal cord condition
I wish to be the Junior Tastemaster for the World's Largest Ice Cream Social
I wish to be a superhero
I wish to give back comfort and hope
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The frugal traveler may want to steer clear of these super pricey holiday hangouts. But go ahead and window shop — it's fun!
Expensive is better, right? Our brains certainly think so, and that can cost us plenty. Learn how your brain deceives you and resist the splurge.
Walmart is where lower income consumers come to shop. Why? Because you get the most bang for your buck. Walmart is also notorious for having the fattest customers. Why? It comes ba
Now, at the risk of sounding like a great big softy, I have to share a moment that I experienced recently that reminded me of the real value of money and the place I want it to have in my life.
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Matter has mass and takes up space. Atoms are basic building blocks of matter, and cannot be chemically subdivided by ordinary means.
The word atom is derived from the Greek word atom which means indivisible. The Greeks concluded that matter could be broken down into particles to small to be seen. These particles were called atoms
Atoms are composed of three type of particles: protons, neutrons, and electron. Protons and neutrons are responsible for most of the atomic mass e.g in a 150 person 149 lbs, 15 oz are protons and neutrons while only 1 oz. is electrons. The mass of an electron is very small (9.108 X 10-28 grams).
Both the protons and neutrons reside in the nucleus. Protons have a postive (+) charge, neutrons have no charge --they are neutral. Electrons reside in orbitals around the nucleus. They have a negative charge (-).
It is the number of protons that determines the atomic number, e.g., H = 1. The number of protons in an element is constant (e.g., H=1, Ur=92) but neutron number may vary, so mass number (protons + neutrons) may vary.
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All matter is made up of elements which are fundamental substances which cannot be broken down by chemical means. There are 92 elements that occur naturally. The elements hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen are the elements that make up most living organisms. Some other elements found in living organisms are: magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium.
By the late 1800's many elements had already been discovered. The scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist, proposed an arrangement of know elements based on their atomic mass. The modern arrangement of the elements is known as the Periodic Table of Elements and is arranged according to the atomic number of elements.


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