2007 Israel GM/Technion Regional

[Phil Ross]

Originally Posted by Guy_E

I uploaded the final game in the Israeli Regional to Youtube. This was really an amazing game. My team, 1574 did an amazing job in hanging tubes (6) and teams 1657 and 1950 did wonderful defense. This is really how a real game should look like.

During the quarter finals, my robot hung 7 tubes alone, one of which during autonomous mode. Unfortunately, during the final game the grip was stuck inside the arm, and that why the robot didn't hang any tubes. Our autonous mode was successful 2 times during the regional.

Final game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ6kWTSkCrI

See you all in Atlanta,
Guy

Thanks for giving us the link. I really enjoyed watching it. I'm glad to know that you guys will be at Atlanta. Can't wait to see you there...look out for us.

Best of Luck
-DAWGMA, Team 1712

[Nawaid Ladak]

who else is going to atlanta besides 1574?

[David55]

I don't think so...I know 1657 Isn't going because of money reasons.
I'm pretty sure 1574 will be the only representative.

I uploaded some new videos:

Q25 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zyupOz24Ig
SF 2-1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBgXEwJ5Hyg

[aviv]

Actually we decided, that we will go to the championship, but not the whole team, again because of lack of funding.

[ahecht]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I just came across a link to the speech that president Shimon Peres gave at the 2007 Israeli regional. Apparently this speech has been making the rounds via email.

http://corpvideofs.adpcorp.com/video/jw/peres_400kb.wmv

[dlavery]

My sincerest condolences to the teams and members of the Israel FIRST community, the Israel Autodesk community, and in particular to the family of Daniel Blankenstein, for the very unfortunate events at today's competition.

-dave



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[Guy Davidson]

Dave,

For those of us out of the loop about what happened, could you elaborate? Or provide a link to any news source?

Thanks.

[David55]

Originally Posted by sumadin

Dave,

For those of us out of the loop about what happened, could you elaborate? Or provide a link to any news source?

Thanks.

This is what I know form multiple accounts of people in Israel that were at the event:

Towards the end of the day, one of the V.I.P.s standing by the field suffered from a heart attack. There was an ambulance present however the attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he passed away.
The teams were told to return tomorrow morning for the final day. The remaining matches and awards will all be completed tomorrow. There are currently no updates on the cancellation or postponing of the final day.

This is a tragic event and my deepest condolences go out to the family of Daniel Blankenstein and the FIRST Israel community.

[Leav]

Hi everyone,

I will try to explain the events of today to those who have not heard.

During the qualifying matches at the Israeli Regional, Daniel Blankenstein suffered from what appears to have been a cardiac arrest.
The medical team were there in a split second, but they were unable to resuscitate him.

My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
May he rest in peace.



-Leav

[Vince lau]

My deepest condolences goes out to Daniel Blankenstein family and friends, may he rest in peace

[Guy Davidson]

My sincerest condolences to Daniel Blankenstein, his family, and the entire FIRST Israel family.

[Stu Bloom]

I would like to add my condolences to those already expressed here. I am the head referee at the Israeli Regional and I would like to also clarify the situation to the best of my ability.

Mr. Blankenstein was NOT on the referee crew. He was a VIP and I believe an executive from Omnitech, an Israeli company that distributes and/or supports Autodesk software here in Israel. His company is a contributor to the FIRST Israel program and he was there to present the Autodesk award and was standing by the field observing some matches with other VIPs when he collapsed. Following his collapse, and about 45 minutes of work by paramedics that was unfortunately unsuccessful in reviving him, the stadium was cleared and the remainder of the days matches postponed until tomorrow.

As others have said this is a very unfortunate loss, and my warmest wishes and sincerest sympathy go out to his family. This was a very sobering reminder of what is really important, and how trivial some of the bickering and squabbling here on CD can be sometimes.

[feliks_rosenber]

My sincere condolences to Daniel Blankenstein and his family.
May he rest in peace!