<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p align="">"Banzai!" [Japanese 万歳] = A cry or cheer of enthusiasm, or to celebrate victory.</p><p align=""><br></p><p align="">"Bazzani!" [Illinois UIUC] = A cry or cheer of enthusiasm, or to celebrate victory over the public purse.</p><p align=""><br></p><div><div>On Jun 26, 2012, at 6:00 PM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Bazzani [buh-ZAH-nee] n. (<i>also known as Bazzani scheme</i>) . A method of legal plunder of <br> public wealth via manipulation of regulations by public officials.<br> <br> v. to use one's position of authority and knowledge of regulations as a means of plundering <br> public wealth, particularly pension funds.<br> <br> <br> On 6/27/2012 6:36 AM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:15CB6B55-F2CB-4627-8FE2-B16B5986BF7F@illinois.edu" type="cite">And some say that student protest never accomplished anything! <br> <br> <br> On Jun 26, 2012, at 5:22 PM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote: <br> <br> <blockquote type="cite">...Bazzani, now 65, says he deserves his pension because he coordinated security at board meetings, <br> authorized arrests of student protesters and worked with auditors on internal investigations, <br> among other policelike duties.... <br> <br> ...Bazzani said he didn't know why the document was in his file. "I don't know where it came from," he said. <br> <br> *** <br> <br> Chickens? <br> I don't know nuthin' about no chickens. <br> <br> <br> On 6/27/2012 5:34 AM, David Green wrote: <br> <blockquote type="cite"><br> Check out these two links: <br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-pension-bazzani-20120622,0,1844411,full.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-pension-bazzani-20120622,0,1844411,full.story</a> <br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://igpa.uillinois.edu/public-engagement/bazzani/about">http://igpa.uillinois.edu/public-engagement/bazzani/about</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________ <br> Peace-discuss mailing list <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss">http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss</a> <br> <br> </blockquote> <br> _______________________________________________ <br> Peace-discuss mailing list <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss">http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss</a> <br> </blockquote> <br> <br> </blockquote> <br> </div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>