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"Within contract bridge a stolen bid is a bid which usually lacks connection to the bidders own hand, and instead is used for blocking a certain bid (or a range of several bids) to be expressed from the next opponent.http://www.bridgeaholics.com/bidding/gadgets/stolenbids.htmlhttp://www.bridgeproblem.com/stolen.html To "steal a bid" is mainly done when the opponent to the right has given a conventional bid which the opponent to the left is likely to reply to. By far, most stolen bids are related to the Stayman convention. But also other conventions where some kind of reply is expected, the "reply range" can at least in theory be stolen. Blackwood is another example of a convention that might be exposed to a stolen bid. Example This example is from a 29 table duplicate tournament. Neither side is vulnerable, South is dealer. South: 7 6 2 A Q K 8 6 Q J 10 8 4 Auction went: { class=wikitable !width="25%"West !width="25%"North !width="25%"East !width="25%"South - align=center 1 - align=center 1NT Pass 2 2 - align=center Pass Pass Double 3 - align=center Pass Pass Pass } South's second bid - 2 - obviously lacks any actual connection to the hand. After South's 1 opening, West overcalls with 1 NT, which shows a stopper in and a balanced hand and 15-17 hcp. North has nothing to say and East now uses the Stayman convention. (East wishes to know if West possibly has one or two four card majors - or none at all) But through South's 2 West's possible replies 2 (= no four card major), 2 (= four cards in Hearts) and 2 (= four cards in Spades) cannot be used. West decides to pass. After Easts double, South can now return to his best suit . This deal was played at 29 tables, and at this table the result was one penalty or 50 points to East-West. But this turned out to be the top North-South result - 100%. At the second best tables (of which there were 13 of) the result was 140 points to East-West, indicating a successful contract of 3 or 3 . At two tables East-West even scored a 420 points game. West's hand: Q J 8, K 10, Q 9 7 5, A K 7 5 North's hand 9 4, J 8 7 6 5, A 4 3, 6 3 2 East's hand A K 10 5 3, 9 4 3 2, J 10 2, 9 References Category:Bridge conventions "
"Karim Achoui (born 1967) is a French-Algerian lawyer. He is notable for his alleged connections with the French milieu, the French mafia, and for his involvement in several significant cases, which have earned him the nickname "avocat des voyous," or advocate of thugs in the media.Mathieu Grégoire, « Karim Achoui, l'avocat des voyous, une image qui lui coûte cher » , 20 Minutes.fr, 15 December 2008. He is the founder of the League of Judicial Defense of Muslims (Ligue de défense judiciaire des musulmans in French). Boulogne-Billancourt Early life and education Karim Achoui was born in Boulogne-Billancourt into a modest home. His mother was a wet nurse, or nanny, and his father was an employee at Renault, an automobile company. Both his parents were from Kabylie, Algeria. He studied medicine and law simultaneously before choosing to pursue law and prepare for a career as an attorney. He began practicing as a criminal defense lawyer in 1993 in Paris.https://www.over- blog.com/Karim_Achoui_biographie-1095203942-art83718.html Career Karim Achoui began his legal career the Court of Paris in January 1993. He began working with his former lecturer, Jean-Marc Florand, who was known for serving on the benches of Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne University. In his office, Karim Achoui worked on some of Jacque Vergès' cases, including the case of Patrick Dils« Les dossiers noirs de l’avocat du milieu, Karim Karim Achoui », Paris Match, 6 août 2007., a man convicted of killing two children in 1989 and was sentenced to life in prison. After new evidence resurfaced, Dils was later acquitted on April 24, 2002.« Dils acquitté après quinze ans de prison », liberation.fr, 25 avril 2002. Achoui started his own firm in 2000 and won several cases that were highly publicized, including the acquittals of Michel "Le Gros" Lepage, a heavyweight for a gang in the South sideChristophe Cornevin, « Le caïd de la région parisienne rejoint son père en prison », 5 décembre 2007, and Marc "Le Forain" Hornec, one of the three brothers of the influential Montreuil-sous-Bois family. Achoui also represented several Islamists, which aroused the interest of the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance. Among Achoui's clients were Karl Zéro, Jamel DebbouzeKarim Achoui de retour en défenseur des musulmans, 20 minutes, Richard Gasquet, the Hornec brothers, Romane Bohringer, Farid Khider et Christine Chauvet.Parrain et Caïds, Frédéric Ploquin, Fayard In November 2006, Achoui defended Sami Naceri, an actor and producer who had thrown an ashtray at a stylist in a bar a year previously. In 2007, the actor was sentenced to 10 months in prison.Un casier bien rempli, voici.fr, 12 janvier 2009 Assassination attempt Karim Achoui was shot twice while leaving his office in Paris on June 22, 2007. He was admitted to the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital where he spent two weeks recovering before being permitted to leave. Shortly before the attack, he allegedly told the president of the Paris Bar Association that he was being investigated and his office had been infiltrated by police. He was quoted as saying (in French), "On June 4, I was informed that one of my secretaries was acting as an informant to the police. I informed the bâtonnier and dismissed the secretary. I am convinced that the attack against me is connected to this infiltration."« Karim Achoui soupçonne la police », L'Express, 5 juillet 2007. Four men were eventually arrested for the attack. One of them, Ruddy Terranova, was proved to be a police informant. Achoui positively identified him as the shooter. The other three men were determined to be intermediaries and a part of organized crime.Alexandra Guillet, « Affaire Achoui : Le tireur était un "indic" » , sur lci.fr, 24 avril 2008. References Category:French lawyers Category:21st-century French lawyers Category:Organized crime in France Category:Criminal defense lawyers Category:1967 births Category:Living people "
"Marc Hale Hollender (1916–1998) was an American psychiatrist. Biography Hollender was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 19, 1916. He primarily grew up there, but also spent parts of his early life in Mineral Point and Linden, Wisconsin. He was educated at Loyola University, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He became a clinical assistant professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1946, and was promoted to associate professor there in 1950. In 1956, he was named professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University. While there, he reassigned Thomas Szasz, who was then a professor at the university, to only teach classes in the medical school, not in the university's hospital. Hollender instead reassigned Szasz to teach at the Veterans Administration hospital near the university, a decision Szasz initially tolerated but later decided was unacceptable. Hollender ultimately resigned from the university in 1966. In 1970, he became Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a position he continued to hold until 1983. He died on August 9, 1998. References Category:1916 births Category:1998 deaths Category:American psychiatrists Category:People from Chicago Category:Loyola University Chicago alumni Category:Northwestern University alumni Category:University of Illinois alumni Category:University of Illinois faculty Category:State University of New York Upstate Medical University faculty Category:Vanderbilt University faculty "