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Trans-Tasman Stakes Double for Fastnet Rock
Champion sire Fastnet Rock posted a trans-Tasman stakes-double on Saturday with Irish bred gelding Fastnet Tempest (6g Fastnet Rock x Dame Blanche, by Be My Guest) winning the Group III SAJC Robert A Lee Stakes at Morphettville, while in New Zealand Hinerangi (5m Fastnet Rock x Hinemoa, by Elusive City) claimed her first Black Type win in the Listed Rangitikei Gold Cup at Awapuni.
A stakes-winner last season for the Hayes Dabernig team at Lindsay Park, Fastnet Tempest struck his best form when powering to a dominant length and three-quarter win in the 1600 metre feature.
Previously trained in the UK by William Haggas, Fastnet Tempest has the overall record of eight wins and 10 placings from 32 starts with prizemoney in excess of $660,000.
He is the best of seven winners from Dame Blanche and is a half-brother to the dam of Group III winner Sweety Dream.
Fastnet Rock added a 146th stakes-winner to his tally when promising mare Hinerangi took out the Listed James Bull Rangitikei Gold Cup (1600m) for the powerful stable of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman.
Raced in the colours of her breeder Christopher Grace, who owns the Fastnet Rock mare with wife Susanna, Hinerangi dominated the contest from outside the pace and scored a tenacious half neck win in the 1600 metre contest, her fifth win from just 20 starts.
Having his first ride aboard Hinerangi, winning rider Robbie Hannam was delighted with the result as he joked about the imposing physical presence of his mount.
"She's a monster isn't she," he said.
"She races on pace and grinds really good and she only had 53kg on her back today.
"What I didn't want to do was sit and sprint as I wanted to make it more of a staying mile.
"That's what happened as there was only two of us in it at the end and she just out-toughed the other horse."
Christopher Grace was also full of smiles with the victory in a major race at his home track.
"It's a wonderful thrill to win a race on your home track," he said.
"The mare will be going out (for a spell) now, she's got a bit of black-type and that's what we want."
Hinerangi is the first winner for stakes-winner Hinemoa.
Fastnet Rock stands at Coolmore this spring at a fee of $165,000.
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Q: Is there an elegant way to iterate through an array and stop before the end? I've want to write code that does this (well, a much more complex version of this, anyway):
answer = nil
array.each do |e|
  x = complex_stuff_with(e)
  if x.is_the_one_i_want?
    answer = x
    break
  end
end

This is obviously not satisfactory.  Iterating through an array like this is a code smell.
Ideally, I want some method on Array that will let me test each element in turn, and return my answer and stop when I have one.  Is there such a method?
The closest I've been able to come to it is by using break inside #inject.  But I'm still basically doing the iteration by hand!
answer = array.inject do |_,e|
  x = complex_stuff_with(e)
  break x if x.is_the_one_i_want?
end

Update: It would appear that the reason I can't find such a method is because no such method exists.
Update: Spoke too soon!  I need the Lazy Operator! Thanks, everyone.

A: I think this is what you want:
answer = array.find do |e|
  x = complex_stuff_with(e)
  break x if x.is_the_one_i_want?
end

I took this code from here

A: What you are effectively doing is, first mapping the elements of the Array with a transformation, and then finding the first transformed element that satisfies some predicate.
We can express this like this (I'm re-using the definitions from @iGian's answer, but with an added side-effect so that you can observe the evaluation of the transformation operation):
def complex_stuff_with(e)
  p "#{__callee__}(#{e.inspect})"
  e**2
end

ary = [1, 2, 3, 2]
x_i_want = 4

ary
  .map(&method(:complex_stuff_with))
  .find(&x_i_want.method(:==))
# "complex_stuff_with(1)"
# "complex_stuff_with(2)"
# "complex_stuff_with(3)"
# "complex_stuff_with(2)"
#=> 4

This gives us the correct result but not the correct side-effects. You want the operation to be lazy. Well, that's easy, we just need to convert the Array to a lazy enumerator first:
ary
  .lazy
  .map(&method(:complex_stuff_with))
  .find(&x_i_want.method(:==))
# "complex_stuff_with(1)"
# "complex_stuff_with(2)"
#=> 4

Or, using the definitions from your question:
array
  .lazy
  .map(&method(:complex_stuff_with))
  .find(&:is_the_one_i_want?)

A: You want the Lazy Enumerator!
array.lazy.map {|e| expensive_stuff(e) }.detect(&:is_the_one_i_want?)

This makes Ruby evaluate the whole chain of operations (map, detect) for each element one at a time, rather than evaluating the map for all elements, then the detect, etc. This lets you do complex and expensive stuff in the map without having to compute it over the whole enumerable.
To illustrate:
expensive_stuff = ->(x) { puts "Doing expensive stuff with #{x}" ; x }
result = (1..Float::INFINITY).lazy.map {|e| expensive_stuff[e] }.detect(&:even?)
puts "Result: #{result}"

# Doing expensive stuff with 1
# Doing expensive stuff with 2
# Result: 2

A: Other couple of option, only if for your code is viable the following simplification:
def complex_stuff_with(e)
  e**2
end

ary = [1, 2, 3, 2] # integer objects
x_i_want = 4 # instead of x.is_the_one_i_want?

So, in that case:
res = ary.find { |e| complex_stuff_with(e) == x_i_want}.then { |e| e ? x_i_want : :whatever }
#=> 4

or using Enumerable#any?:
res = x_i_want if ary.any? { |e| complex_stuff_with(e) == x_i_want }
#=> 4

In both cases the iteration exits as soon as the first element matches the condition.

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I've had a look for the research to support transcapillary filling, and unsurprisingly much of it was conducted in animals. The first human study is from almost 100 years ago, (1919) with further work conducted in the 1940s when new techniques for measuring plasma volume became available. The studies were all essentially similar; fasted 'volunteers' were bled and then observed while they had their cardiovascular collapse and then slowly recovered. Results varied as to rate and completeness, but a restoration of plasma volume was consistently found. I would recommend reading this article as an example, if only for the descriptions of the poor volunteers. This work also concluded that the fluid shift is driven by a movement of (probably pre-existing) protein into the vascular compartment with resultant osmotic flow (Starling's forces are central to transcapillary filling, so how we square this with the model of the endothelial glycocalyx presented in this article I'm not sure).
Another interesting finding was that transcapillary filling appeared to be delayed by exogenous noradrenaline (by increasing the venous pressure therefore increasing hydrostatic pressure). The use of pressors in the case of traumatic bleeding is contentious, and in the days of aggressive resuscitation I'm not sure this effect is still relevant – it's still interesting though.
The clinical consequence of transcapillary filling is the usefulness of [Hb] to detect bleeding and to guide transfusion. If bleeding is recognised and i.v. fluid is given, a drop could be expected through haemodilution if nothing else. But if not immediately recognised (as can be the case in intensive care), a drop in [Hb] can only be expected if transcapillary filling has occurred – which the above studies tell us requires an uncertain and sometimes lengthy time period (I also wonder whether the low protein levels we see in critical care reduces transcapillary filling further). I can't find any data for the critically ill, although I suppose by definition, studying unrecognised blood loss can be problematic! There is however data in the setting of trauma.
This study looked at the Hb concentration for all patients presenting to a level 1 trauma centre over a two-month period, and found that a [Hb] in the first 30 mins of <10 g/dl was associated with a 95% specificity for intervention, but that it was only 15% sensitive. This means that if the [Hb] is low, the patient is very likely to be bleeding BUT that relying on a positive test (low [Hb]) would lead to missing many bleeding patients. There are many weaknesses of this study and I don't agree with the conclusions, but the fact that there were so many patients without a reduced [Hb] only reinforces that transcapillary filling occurs at a varying rate if at all.
The same authors conducted a second study looking at whether a low Hct predicted blood transfusion (to quote the authors verbatim "At first glance, it might appear that the practical impact of this study is minimal"). Even for this outcome, the sensitivity of a Hct <30 was only 29% - only 29% of patients requiring blood had a Hct <30 (a [Hb] of approx 10 g/dL). Giving a patient blood is a human behaviour rather than a physiological endpoint, but I can see how it is used as a surrogate for bleeding. Unfortunately, despite claims made throughout the article, the authors can only conclude that "… use of the initial Hct might not help clinicians identify all patients who will require a transfusion…".
This study took a different approach. They looked at a cohort of approx. 200 trauma patients who required surgery within 4hrs. of presentation. 43% of patients with a Hct within the normal reference range (>40 for males) had an estimated blood loss of >1000ml (which I think might be an underestimate unless their theatres are ultra-efficient – something made the surgeons take them to theatre quickly and usually that's only visceral injury or bleeding). Once again, the data in this paper doesn't lead me to the same conclusion as the authors that Hct is useful to diagnose significant blood loss.
If we can make sense of this by saying that transcapillary filling might not have had enough time to occur when [Hb]/Hct is measured, one strategy might be to make serial measurements. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to help as this refreshingly honest paper shows (when reading it you can almost see the author banging their head off the desk!). The investigators found that repeating normal [Hb] measurements in 2 hours resulted in another normal result in 70% of patients. In those whose repeat [Hb] was low (14%) it was in keeping with a known diagnosis, and there were no clinical consequences in the 16% that did not have a repeat test.
This data shows that we cannot rely on a normal [Hb] as a rule out test (but we frequently do), and in the critically ill patient the sensitivity may be even lower than in trauma (this is only my suspicion, don't take it as fact). If the [Hb] doesn't drop but we suspect bleeding, what should we do when our mental models are based on the combination of a bleeding patient and a low [Hb]?
By definition the intravascular volume will be reduced – if we give volume (crystalloid) that will temporise matters but at the cost of subsequent tissue oedema (incidentally the 'weakness' of this strategy was shown in this paper in 1932!), so is giving blood the answer? We know that a high [Hb] target is harmful in critical illness in general, sepsis, and in upper GI bleeding, but we also know that aggressive resuscitation of the bleeding patient is required. If we give blood, it is conceivable that the [Hb] would be expected to rise further. If protein is key what about Albumin? Or hypertonic saline to increase osmolality? What about giving crystalloid to haemodilute thereby justifying subsequent blood? - I think that's what often ends up happening even if not by intention.
Finally, if you haven't lost the will yet here's a review of the pathophysiology of haemorrhagic shock and an here's an article about the methods used to measure plasma volume.
This topic is quite interesting and does definitely raise more questions than what it answers.
So, to spot the bleeding patient, unless it is obvious / external, then we appear to need a higher index of suspicion than what might be thought. And if we do spot them, what do we do? - other than stop the bleeding ideally. It appears we cant just aim for Hb concentrations as this may be unreliable, but also cant just use haemodynamics (the young and fit etc.). Then,what is our goal in all of this? Is it Hb concentration and oxygen carrying, or is it pressure and perfusion? Or is it a mix whose balance depends of the timing of the bleed, i.e. still bleeding vs bleed controlled and now day 2 post event.
With regard to the variable and unreliable response to monitoring Hb, I wonder if there is also a contributory part to play in the bone marrow reservoir - this may stabilise Hb levels / counter the effects of transcapillary filling in the early period, if the patient has a reasonable store that is, and the bleeding isn't massive. This is only a thought however!
Finally, it was been shown that a restrictive Hb can be beneficial in some situations so it would be nice to know at what point can we trust [Hb] - clearly 2 hours is too early.


Under its new leadership, the Jani-King of Portland regional office and their local franchisees recently received great exposure while providing cleaning at the recharged Portland Grand Prix from August 30 to September 1. Absent for a decade from Oregon, the Portland Grand Prix made a huge comeback and Jani-King was part of the crew.
Taking place on the iconic Portland International Raceway road course, the Grand Prix of Portland is the premiere motorsports festival in the Pacific Northwest. The Grand Prix of Portland featured a week-long festival-like atmosphere that included the fastest racing series on the planet, celebrity athletes, live entertainment and interactive activities.
Historically, this was Oregon's largest sporting event. We were excited to deliver cleaning services this year including providing 400 Jani-King branded trash boxes throughout the race grounds.
As published by Racer.com, fans of the event were not from Portland alone, they came from Seattle, Vancouver, Eugene, Spokane, Boise, Medford, and Northern and Southern California. For Jani-King, it's these types of events that not only provide great opportunities to the local office and locally based franchisees, but they have an enormous impact on business in nearby regions in terms of positive brand exposure and new opportunities.
According to Ransdell, Jani-King's local franchisee who provided the service for the event was Patrick Applewhaite from Eugene/Salem. "Patrick is a new franchisee to us starting in March of 2018 but he is familiar with Jani-King as he previously owned a franchise in Seattle. Prior to providing service for the Grand Prix, he had just completed a week of event cleaning at the Clackamas County Fair. For the race, Patrick had to supply workers over the span of 6 days with as many as 35 workers a day for a full 10 hour shift.


Reader reviews and comments on Valley of Bones, plus links to write your own review.
This was a fairly good story with a nicely driving plot. The author manages to drive attention and still keep the reader guessing throughout the story. The detail is well done and researched. Overall, a great tale.
I loved all Gruber's previous books, but found this one less than enthralling. It needs editing - it's way too long without adding much to the story. I found my attention wandering as he jumps from character to character or gets overly involved in descriptions of bookbinding or ciphers or such. I didn't find the characters particularly interesting and by halfway through the book I didn't much care what happened to them. All in all, it's decent but a comedown for him. Has fame gone to his head?


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These 7 Insanely Rich People Just Give Money Away
by Thrive After 50 | Dec 21, 2017 | Inspirational, Money & Finances
One of life's biggest pleasures is the ability to give money to those who are in need. It's really true. Recent scientific studies show that people get an actual buzz from acts of altruism. Older people who were generous had better health. Spending money on others lowers blood pressures and extends life expectancy.
Imagine how great it must feel to have millions, even billions of dollars and be able to give money away to charitable causes. It's no wonder that many of the very rich indulge in philanthropy.
As best-selling author Lynn Twist writes in The Soul of Money, people feel the most fulfilled when they give to others. Also, money's not just something we earn, save, invest, and spend … It's an expression of ourselves and our values.
"The experience of true wealth comes from sharing, expressing that we have and are enough."
Here are a number of notable cases of extremely rich people who've been able to enjoy the pleasure of helping others by sharing their good fortune. And don't feel discouraged if you don't have that kind of money to throw around. We also have a post on ways you can give back to your community on a budget.
1. Chuck Feeney
American businessman Charles Feeney finally hit his financial goal in December 2016. Feeney wasn't trying to break a million dollars in the bank or even a billion. The philanthropist's goal was to give money away until he had depleted his fortune. Feeney wanted to enjoy giving away his money while still alive.
In 2012, Feeney had $1.5 billion to give away, and he was already 81 years old. In total, Feeney's Atlantic Philanthropies organization has given away $8 billion to scientific research, higher education, human rights, and public health initiatives.
Mr. Feeney built his fortune with the DFS Group, a line of duty-free airport shops established in 1960. And he's lived a pretty frugal life considering his fortune. He always flew coach and ate burgers at the local pub, living happily while well below his means. His remaining wealth sits at $2 million. Which seems like a lot, until you realize you can't hardly buy a decent house for that much in San Francisco, where he and his wife now live in a rented apartment.
Regarding his own frugal lifestyle, Feeney explains his Spartan ways:
"You can only wear one pair of pants at a time."
When he announced his intentions to give money away in 2012, he released a statement:
"I believe strongly in 'giving while living.' I see little reason to delay giving when so much good can be achieved through supporting worthwhile causes today. Besides, it's a lot more fun to give while you live than to give while you are dead."
2. Tim Cook
This Apple CEO is also planning a zero balance curtain call. Tim, 56, currently gives money to various charities and causes. He's recently announced that he plans to give his entire fortune to worthy causes.
In 2015, Cook told Fortune that he's planning to give his away wealth after he's gone, leaving just enough to put his nephew through college. Based on the worth of his Apple stock holdings, Cook could boast a fortune of $120 million. Unlike his predecessor, the iconic Apple frontman Steve Jobs, Cook is highly vested in charitable giving.
He's also keen to support social issues. In August 2017, Cook donated $1 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center and $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League in protest of the White Supremacist rallies held in Charlotte.
Cook also led relief donations for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, donating $2.5 million himself to the Red Cross. Past donations also include $50 million to Stanford.
Image by Valery Marchive (LeMagIT) (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3. Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett may seem like one of the more obvious philanthropists who likes to give money to worthy causes. He's worth a second mention, though, because of the staggering amount of money he's managed to give away. Buffet has given away over $21.5 billion. That's more than many so-called rich people ever manage to make in a lifetime. And Buffet has pledged to give away 99 percent of whatever's left when he passes.
The Berkshire Hathaway CEO has united with ultra-wealthy couple Bill and Melinda Gates to create The Giving Pledge. This organization encourages wealthy people to donate the bulk of their wealth to good causes.
Buffett gave away 20 percent of his shares in the company to various charities, worth about $21.8 billion. And that was just in 2015. He gave a similar amount in 2014. He has continued to distribute about 4 percent of his stock to charity every year since then.
Image CC2.0 by Democracy Chronicles, via Flickr
4. Ted Turner
Ted Turner hasn't just generously given Americans back their classic beloved movies from bygone days. Turner also likes to give money to a number of charities. His lifetime donation sum is about half of his current net worth, according to Business Insider.
The former CEO of Turner Broadcasting is the trustee of the Turner Global Foundation, which supports wildlife and environmental conservation. He also donates to the UN Foundation. In 1997, Turner pledged $1 billion to the Foundation, making the last payment in 2014. When asked about his donation by Philanthropy Roundtable in 2000, Turner said:
"The world spends more money on military music every year than the whole cost of running the UN."
And here's another great thing Ted Turner said about philanthropy, straight from his Facebook page.
Let's take a cue from Ted this holiday season and remember that #giving is what this time of year is all about! -Team Turner #philanthropy #tuesdaythoughts
Posted by Ted Turner on Tuesday, December 5, 2017
5. J.K. Rowling
All things are relative when it comes to money. Author J.K. Rowling "only" peaked in wealth at a net worth of $1 billion, but she is still one of the richest authors who ever lived. Well, that's until she decided to give money away at such a rate that she knocked herself right out of the Billionaire's Club.
From single mother on welfare to international superstar author, J.K. Rowling has ridden a real roller coaster to fame and fortune. She hit the Billionaires List in 2004, thanks to her series of young adult fantasy books (and movies and merchandise). However, by 2012, she had given away $160 million, about 16 percent of her entire fortune. Rowling heads and supports several charities, including Lumos and Volant, that supports women and children in health or financial crises. Rowling told a 2008 Harvard commencement audience about her own experiences with poverty, saying:
"It is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardship."
Rowling's Harry Potter franchise nets her as much as $1.6 million every day, but she feels obliged to give back.
"You have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently,"
Image: J.K. Rowling at White House Easter Egg Roll, 2010, CC2.0 Creative Commons by Daniel Ogrenvia Flickr. PRODaniel Ogren Flickr
6. Jon Huntsman Sr.
Jon Huntsman Sr. has also knocked himself off the Billionaires List because he likes to give money to a variety of charitable causes. Huntsman is a Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recipient for his charity donations. Like Rowling, Huntsman also grew up in poverty in rural Idaho, launching his career by picking potatoes for 6 cents a bag. Even when he joined the Navy, he donated a portion of his small salary.
Huntsman made his fortune with the Huntsman Container Corporation, the provider of the distinctive clamshell Styrofoam box that held Big Macs. Father of 2012 Republican candidate, Jon Huntsman Jr., and a devout Mormon, Huntsman continues to give above and beyond the 10 percent title to his church.
He's also a member of the billionaire Giving Pledge, and was one of the first 40 people to sign up. He's been known to criticize others for not giving away enough.
"The people I particularly dislike are those who say 'I'm going to leave it in my will.' What they're really saying is 'If I could live forever, I wouldn't give any of it away.'"
A four-time cancer survivor, Huntsman's Cancer Institute at the University of Utah is doing good work. Along with large-scale donations to charity like the $100 million he gave in 2013, Huntsman still gets a kick out of giving a leg up to individuals. A story in the New York Times talks about a waiter he met, and how the then-still billionaire decided off the cuff to put him through college.
Image: CC3.0 Creative Commons by the Chemical Heritage Foundation, via via Wikimedia Commons.
7. Sara Blakely
Sara Blakely is not quite as well known as some of these other generous people. But Blakely likes to give money to charity now that she's made her fortune as the founder of the Spanx company. In 2012, Blakely become the youngest female self-made billionaire at only 42, And in 2013, she became the first female billionaire to join Buffett and Gates in the Giving Pledge
A cause close to Blakely's heart is The Empowerment Plan, which helps create jobs for homeless women in Detroit. Every year, she sets aside a portion of the profit from her company, which she owns 100 percent. She supports female entrepreneurs with her Leg-Up initiative by featuring their products in the Spanx catalog to help sales. She also donated $1 million to Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for girls in South Africa.
Earlier this year, Blakely told CNN's Poppy Harlow:
"I always say it's so much fun to make money. It's fun to spend, it's fun to give away."
Here are a few other insanely rich people who plan to give money —– all their money —– away, instead of leaving it to their children. And most of them have already started.
"I love to give money away. I don't know if it makes my children and grandchildren all that happy." – Jon Huntsman Sr.
Giving, and Living Well
The late public relations VP of Harvard, James W. Frick, once said: "Don't tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money, and I'll tell you what they are." Frick understood that for many people, money is the only way they can ascribe value to the important things in their lives. But Frick didn't leave it at that, adding:
"Only by giving, only by serving, only by doing, do we really do something for ourselves."
Featured Image: CC0 Creative Commons by Heather Pacque, via Pixabay.
Shirley	on August 9, 2018 at 4:25 am
They have the fortune to give and a big heart to let go of such a fortune, which does not happen everyday.

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What headlight bulb do i need for a Keeway 125?
You need a BA20D 35/35w 12v Go for the xenon, it's much brighter ?
sounds like youve got a bad connection on button or the wires from it down the bars to headlight area ! a multi metre would help find it !
there are just two places that they put fuse boxes, one is under the seat, the other is under a side cover, just look u will easily find it.
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When Prosecutors Hide Evidence
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is Texas' best DA when it comes to seeking out wrongful convictions. Mr. Watkins exoneration work has uncovered a startling trend- many wrongful convictions involve prosecutors who purposefully hid evidence from the defense.
Mr. Watkins proposes criminal and state bar sanctions for prosecutors who hide evidence to convict the innocent. This proposal has generated some wonderful debate on the issue from TDCAA, Grits for Breakfast, Bryan Attorney Steven Gustistis, Simple Justice.
Texas law limits discovery in criminal cases. However, the Constitution requires prosecutors to turn over "Brady Material". Brady material consists of exculpatory or impeaching information that is material to the guilt or innocence or to the punishment of a defendant.
Despite this requirement some prosecutors have hidden Brady Material to seek convictions, assuring that justice will not be done. Mr. Watkins proposes that prosecutors who intentionally send the innocent to prison be held responsible.
Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley thinks such a measure is "overreacting." Mr. Bradley has no program to free the innocent is his county.
A seemingly confused prosecutor Stacey Brownee from Longview posted this on the TDCAA message board.
I've got no problem with something like this (bar sanctions not criminalization) as long as its not just for prosecutors but for the defense too. If its the truth we are looking for, let's get to the REAL truth !!
Stacey does not understand the danger in hiding Brady Material has nothing to do with finding the REAL truth, or with defense lawyers. Defense lawyers have no duty to provide evidence for the State. Defense attorneys represent the accused and the rights of all accused.
The purpose of criminal trials in the United States is not to find the "truth", REAL or otherwise. American criminal justice is an adversarial system where the State has the burden of proof. "Seeking the truth" is for Inquisitorial Systems of criminal justice.
When we incarcerate the innocent we destroy the legitimacy of the criminal justice system. We need criminal/bar sanctions for this conduct now more than ever. The more freedoms, privacy rights, and Constitutional protections we strip away, the more innocent defendants end up in jail. Texas prosecutors have unfettered power to arrest, charge, and try cases. That power should come with the responsibility not to break the law, or hide Brady material.
We need sanctions only for intentional conduct. If we can jail Texans for failing to wear a seat belt, smoking pot, or playing poker then we surely can jail those who put purposefully put innocent men and women behind bars.
UPDATE- I have been following the great debate on this issue in the TDCAA forum. First of all, I have never experienced a situation where Brady material was denied. Like all problems, I'm sure prosecutor hiding Brady material is limited to a small minority. Second, the prosecutors on TDCAA really seem to hate the idea of extending discovery rights in Texas. For example, mutual discovery etc is mentioned. As if defense lawyers should become fact finding agents for the State.
Texas does need to modernize our discovery laws to reflect a new reality; privacy rights, 4th/5th/6th amendment rights are reaching new lows. The only way to avoid wrongful convictions in the future is a robust discovery process that gives defendants access to the information that can prove their innocence.
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How did Ms. Brownee manage to pass the bar exam with such a fundamental misunderstanding of our legal system?
Stephen Gustitis says:
It's amazing how prosecutors fail to comprehend the adversarial nature of our system. I could not agree more that a trial is not a "truth seeking" venue. It is where controversy is resolved. Finding the truth is much farther down the list of priorities. Frankly, that is fine with me. Finding the truth is TV law, not constitutional law.
dEjURE1 says:
When it is know that a DA withholds evidence, or otherwise seeks a conviction over seeking justice, why not file a criminal complaint against same for violation of TCCP 2.01 "….It
shall be the primary duty of all prosecuting attorneys, including
any special prosecutors, not to convict, but to see that justice is
done. They shall not suppress facts or secrete witnesses capable of
establishing the innocence of the accused."
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 801, ch. 291, Sec. 98, eff.
Sept. 1, 1981.
Perhaps this (the law) is a remedy for the lack of justice is the so called Judicial system.
WilliamStallings123 says:
procecutors in the sense they have to debit for that particular client.hiding the evidence is useful when they want to do some help to the person who has not done any mistake…
WilliamStallings123
california dui
Melissanne says:
I am currently a victim of such acts. I filed a motion to produce exculpatory and mitigating evidence recently. The judge signed the order, and the prosecutor was given 2 weeks to comply. ZERO PRODUCTION. This is over an alleged offense where I am truly innocent. This is in Denton County.


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Hey, Amassment! Our challenge for the second half of 2014 is officially on. Welcome to Blast From the Past !
"I am one with the wind."
I am gonna test it more and add error pages tomorrow, but for now, I consider it done and good to go.
My 1P1M shrine is finished! Because it is also part of my Blast From the Blast challenge I'm plugging it here so here we are!
Much thanks to Snow for helping me choose a name. So here it is, my entry of Groose and Impa who became an OTP for me.
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This topic was very useful last challenge, so I am bringing it back :) Let's help and encourage each other!


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Nov 7, 2020 - Aftermath: Despotism, Democracy, Election Fraud, Lincoln's Revolutionary Legacy, Myth of Saving the Union, Northern Culture Laid Bare, Republican Party Comments Off on Selling Cabinet Positions to Pay Election Expenses
Selling Cabinet Positions to Pay Election Expenses
It was said that the Republicans of 1888 fervently embraced the belief that their America was a "huge profit-sharing concern" which distributed dividends to its special business interests, the mainstay of their ability to remain in power. The Fifty-first Congress soon became known as the "Billion Dollar Congress," and Speaker Thomas Reed presided over "the auctioning of immense sums and of public privileges greater still." The conservative hand of Southern leaders in Congress was a distant memory, and the Republican merger of government and corporations continued unabated – despite the short interval of Grover Cleveland.
"From his very youth, before the war, Benjamin Harrison had joined the Abolition Republicans who had risen in the West, and . . ." won their way to political power as a party of the people." His Republicanism was intensely partisan and orthodox, and he could shut his eyes, puritan that he was, to the irregularities of "venal" Indiana's Organization politics, through whose grades he had climbed steadily to the senatorship, the governorship, and the White House.
The work of the war, the success of the Republican party, the system of [tariff] Protection, and the sacredness of great property interests all became part of Harrison's militant Calvinist creed. His conservatism and the fact that he came from the West . . . had made him the choice of the convention managers in 1888. Another son of Indiana commented:
"The late President Benjamin Harrison had the exclusive distinction of having served the railway corporations in the dual capacity of lawyer and soldier. He prosecuted the strikers [in 1877] in the federal courts . . . and he organized and commanded a company of soldiers during the strike . . . Ten years later he was elevated to the presidency of the United States."
Nevertheless it was not thinkable that this stubborn, self-controlled man of pure life, who had long taught a Bible class on Sundays, would comfortably tolerate new Whiskey rings and Star Route frauds. Yet [party bosses] claims upon him could not be ignored.
Harrison brooded silently for long weeks over the problems raised by the disposition of cabinet posts in [his] Administration, his debts to the party chieftains, and his fear of them.
"When I came into power I found that the [Republican] party managers had taken it all to themselves," Harrison once said in an intimate talk at which Theodore Roosevelt was present. "I could not name my own Cabinet. They had sold out every place to pay for the election expenses."
Harrison bowed before [Secretary of State James G.] Blaine's dreadful power over the party but] held him at a distance, and marked the limits of his influence. The rest of his Cabinet Harrison [saw filled with] distribution among the regional bosses. Some lesser offices, on the other hand, were filled according to a nepotistic system, by which persona followers and a goodly number of relatives were installed as sort of a personal bodyguard."
(The Politicos, 1865-1896, Matthew Josephson, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938, pp. 436-439)


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Russia-ASEAN summit adopts joint statement
Comments Off on Russia-ASEAN summit adopts joint statement Posted by katakamidotcomnewsindonesia on 10/30/2010
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (6th L) holds hands with (L-R) Malaysia's deputy Foreign Minister Richard Riot Jaem, Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein, the Philippine's President Benigno Aquino, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Buphavanh and ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsawan as they pose for a group photo before the ASEAN-Russia summit at the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN Summit of the in Hanoi October 30, 2010. (Getty Images / REUTERS / Hoang Dinh Nam/Pool )
HANOI, October 30 (KATAKAMI / Itar-Tass) — The leaders attending the Russia-ASEAN forum have adopted a joint statement, in which they recorded common approaches to problems of security and economic development in the Asia-Pacific Region, as well as to the deepening of dialogue partnership. President Dmitry Medvedev took part in the summit.
"Russia and ASEAN will closely cooperate in the creation of regional architecture in the Asia-Pacific Region," the statement said. "ASEAN welcomes Russia's contribution to the Financial Fund of Dialogue Partnership, created at the first Russia-ASEAN summit, of annual donations for financing joint projects."
"ASEAN expresses full support for the Russian-American START Treaty. With this in view we reiterate our allegiance to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament," the leaders stressed.
"Russia and ASEAN proceed from the assumption that present-day challenges to international security in the nuclear sphere should be removed on the basis of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The creation of a nuclear-free zone in South-East Asia will be a contribution to full global nuclear disarmament."
The leaders reiterated their desire to jointly fight terrorism and agreed to step up contacts between law enforcement agencies.
The leaders pointed to "the growing topicality of the formation in the region of the partner network of multilateral associations and forums. Both Russia and ASEAN will take action for the development of cooperation between ASEAN and Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as well as their anti-terrorist structures." So far as economic cooperation is concerned, "Russia is going to render assistance to ASEAN in the implementation of the plan of the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community for the development of business in the region." "We shall analyse a possibility of the expansion of cooperation in industry, of the development of small and medium business and of the exchange of scientific and technological finds in the sphere of energy," the joint statement said.
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Photostream : ASEAN Summit in Hanoi
Comments Off on Photostream : ASEAN Summit in Hanoi Posted by katakamidotcomnewsindonesia on 10/30/2010
Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein (L) walks on as other ASEAN and East Asian leaders wait for their group photo session during the 17th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi October 30, 2010. (L-R) South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, China's Premier Wen Jiabao, Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Na Son Nguyen/Pool )
Asian and visiting leaders pose for a group photo during the 17th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi October 30, 2010. (L-R) ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, China's Premier Wen Jiabao, Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Buphavanh, Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein, Philippine's President Benigno Aquino, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (GETTY IMAGES / REUTERS/Damir Sagolj )
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (6L) joins hands with (L-R) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's prime minister Thein Sein, Philippine President Benigno Aquino, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hunsen, Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Buphavanh and the ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsawan at the begining of the ASEAN-UN Summit held on the sidelines of the 17th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Hanoi on October 29, 2010. (HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
Leaders attending the 5th East Asia Summit (from L to R), Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, China's Premier Wen Jiabao, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key and Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono join hands on stage for a group photo in Hanoi October 30, 2010. (GETTY IMAGES / REUTERS / Christophe Archambault/Pool )
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, third from left, takes part in the group photo with other delegation members from left. , Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Cambodian Prime Minister Hunsen at the beginning of the second ASEAN-Russia summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. (GETTY IMAGES / AP Photo/Hoang Dinh Nam, Pool)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev moves on an elevator as he arrives to attend the second Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Russia summit at the venue of the 17th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Hanoi on October 30, 2010. (HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev attends the ASEAN-Russia Summit on the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. (Getty Images / AP Photo/Kham, Pool)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) and other East Asia and ASEAN leaders attend the meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet on the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, October 30, 2010. (GETTY IMAGES / REUTERS / Na Son Nguyen/Pool )
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before their meeting on the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi October 30, 2010. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Kham )
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) talks to New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key during the 17th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi October 30, 2010. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Na Son Nguyen/pool )
Leaders pose for a group photo before a gala dinner on the sides of the 17th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi October 29, 2010. From left, those standing in the front row are: South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife Ani, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his wife Tran Thanh Kiem, Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her partner Tim Mathieson, China's Premier Wen Jiabao, and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) and his wife Gursharan Kaur (2nd R). From left, those standing in the back row are: an unidentified delegate, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor, Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein, Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his wife Pimpen, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo Soon-taek, and ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan (R) and his wife Alisa (2nd R). (Getty Images / REUTERS/Barbara Walton/Pool )
(L-R) Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife Kristiani Yudhoyono, Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her partner Tim Mathieson attend a gala dinner as part of the 17th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Hanoi October 29, 2010. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Barbara Walton/Pool )
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Medvedev in Vietnam
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (2nd R) hold hands with Philippine's President Benigno Aquino (L), Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd L), Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (C) and Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung during the ASEAN-Russia Summit on the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi Oct 30, 2010. (GETTY IMAGES / REUTERS/Kham )
October 30, 2010 HANOI (KATAKAMI / THE STRAITS TIMES) — PRESIDENT Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Vietnam on Saturday for a visit that will see Russia sign a multi-billion-euro nuclear power plant deal with the former Soviet-era Communist ally.
Mr Medvedev said he was expecting 'serious results' from the trip, which is aimed at establishing wider energy ties.
Referring to close links between the Soviet Union and Vietnam in the 1980s, Mr Medvedev said he hoped their shared history would provide a firm foundation for a tight, modern-day economic and political partnership.
'We were together with the heroic Vietnamese people during the years of its fight for independence and reunification, during the complicated period of reviving its national economy,' he wrote in an article for the Vietnamese newspaper Nhan Dan, the text of which was released by the Kremlin.
The president is scheduled to meet top Vietnamese officials on Sunday and agree on the construction of Vietnam's first nuclear power plant.
An official with Russian state nuclear conglomerate Rosatom told AFP the construction of the two-unit plant is estimated at over 4.0 billion euros (S$7.2 billion). — AFP
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Medvedev to discuss energy security, natural disasters with ASEAN
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting on ways to ease Moscow traffic jams in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, on October 28, 2010. (DMITRY ASTAKHOV/AFP/Getty Images)
October 29, 2010 (KATAKAMI / RIA NOVOSTI) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss energy security and disaster response with Southeast Asian leaders at the Russia-ASEAN summit in Vietnam on Saturday, a presidential aide said.
Sergei Prikhodko said on Friday that discussions at the meeting in Hanoi would also cover trade and space cooperation.
Medvedev is due in Vietnam on an official visit at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Minh Triet.
"The forthcoming summit will be an important step in solving the task… of strengthening our country's presence in the Asia-Pacific region and increasing participation in the regional integration process in order to boost modernization and innovative development of the national economy," Prikhodko said.
Russia holds partner status in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a regional grouping of 10 Southeast Asian states. Next year marks 15 years of the Russia-ASEAN partnership.
"Among the priorities of Russian-ASEAN cooperation are increased trade and economic ties, cooperation in regional energy security, modern technologies, space exploration, medicine, information technologies and machine-building," Prikhodko said.
In the run-up to the summit, Russia and ASEAN adopted an energy cooperation program encompassing both nonrenewable and renewable energy sources, as well as environmentally-friendly technologies.
"Particular attention will be paid to building up cooperation in disaster response," the Kremlin aide said.
ASEAN was established in August 1967 and comprises Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. The United States, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the EU, South Korea, India, China and Russia hold a partner status in the organization. Papua New Guinea has a special observer status.
The organization's goal is contributing to the development of member countries' social, economic and cultural cooperation, as well as to the consolidation of peace and stability in Southeast Asia.
With a total population of 580 million people, GDP of $1.5 trillion, stable economic growth and foreign trade turnover of $1.7 trillion, ASEAN remains one of the world's largest regional bodies, playing an important role in shaping security and cooperation in Asia-Pacific.
MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti)
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Asean to fast-track 2015 plan
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(From left to right) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein, Philippine President Benigno Aquino, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Buphavanh. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
October 29, 2010 HANOI (KATAKAMI / THE STRAITS TIMES) – LEADERS of 10 southeast Asian countries will try on Thursday to fast-track an ambitious plan to establish a political and economic community by 2015 while hoping to dodge discord over military-ruled Myanmar.
Later in the week, leaders of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) will be joined in Hanoi by colleagues from six Asian powers, including China, Japan and India, for a summit that will highlight Asia's role as the engine of global growth.
The region is once again attracting billions of dollars in capital inflows and its stock markets are among the world's best performers this year.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins the summit of 16 Asian countries on Saturday, underscoring a drive by the US administration to re-engage with Asia after a period of relative neglect amid unease about China's new assertiveness.
Recent tension between China and Japan over disputed islands will also likely be addressed in talks of some kind between Asia's two largest economies.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will also join the East Asia Summit on Saturday while UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is coming to the Vietnamese capital for meetings. — REUTERS
Medvedev to attend ASEAN summit in Vietnam
Comments Off on Medvedev to attend ASEAN summit in Vietnam Posted by katakamidotcomnewsindonesia on 10/26/2010
October 26, 2010 (KATAKAMI / RIA NOVOSTI) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders' summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday.
Medvedev will arrive in Vietnam on an official visit at the invitation of Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet.
ASEAN was established in August 1967, and comprises Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia.
The United States, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the EU, South Korea, India, China and Russia hold a partner status in the organization. Papua New Guinea has a special observer status.
The organization's goal is contributing to the development of member countries' social economic and cultural cooperation, as well as to the consolidation of peace and stability in Southeast Asia.


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Man Survived Being Shot By East Hartford Officers, Police Said
By David Owens
Feb 06, 2018 | 10:30 AM
| Glastonbury
Police at New London Turnpike and Chestnut Hill Road in Glastonbury Monday morning during an investigation into a police shooting. (Peter Marteka/The Hartford Courant)
Detectives continue to investigate a police shooting and chase that began in East Hartford Sunday night and ended when the suspected car thief was shot multiple times in Glastonbury, police said.
Police on Monday released limited information about the shooting and what led up to it. The suspect, a man, is believed to have survived, East Hartford police said Tuesday morning. The state police are investigating.
The incident began as a stolen vehicle call to East Hartford police about 8:30 p.m. East Hartford officers spotted the stolen vehicle and followed it to the parking lot of 11 Turtle Creek Lane, an apartment complex, police said.
In the parking lot, the incident grew violent. At least one East Hartford officer was injured and police fired at the vehicle, which fled, police said.
East Hartford police chased the car into Glastonbury. The fleeing vehicle was involved in several collisions during the chase, police said. It wasn't clear if any motorists were injured.
The pursuit ended with a crash in the area of New London Turnpike, Chestnut Hill Road and Copley Road, where East Hartford police fired again, hitting the suspect multiple times, police said.
The suspect, who has not been identified, was taken to an area hospital. Information about his condition was not released. The injured officers were treated at area hospitals and released, police said.
Glastonbury Sgt. Corey Davis said his department was not involved in the shooting, nor are they involved with the investigation.
"We were in charge of scene security," Davis said Tuesday, which included closing roads in the area.
A section of New London Turnpike was closed throughout the night and into the next morning, Glastonbury Police Chief Marshall Porter said. A regional accident reconstruction team is investigating the crash that brought the suspect's car to a final stop, he said.
At the request of the Hartford State's Attorney's Office, detectives from the Central District Major Crime Squad took over the investigation of the shooting, state police said.
Anyone with any information about what happened is asked to call the detectives at 860-706-5652 or text TIP711, sending the information to 274637.
All calls and texts will remain confidential, state police said.
Courant Staff Writer Christine Dempsey contributed to this story.
State trooper charged with assault for domestic violence


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Idősebb Sándor Nagysolymosi (* 8. října 1957) je bývalý maďarský zápasník–judista.

Sportovní kariéra
Připravoval se v Kecskemétu pod vedením Andráse Vargy. V maďarské reprezentaci se pohyboval od konce sedmdesátých let. Pravidelně střídal lehkou váhu do 71 kg s polostřední vahou do 78 kg. V roce 1980 startoval v polostřední váze, ve které v maďarské nominaci na olympijské hry v Moskvě neuspěl na úkor Jánose Gyániho. Větších úspěchů dosahoval v lehké váze do 71 kg, do které však obtížně shazoval. V roce 1984 byl připraven reprezentovat na olympijských hrách v Los Angeles v lehké váze, ale kvůli studené politice let osmdesátých a bojkotu o účast přišel. Malou náplastí mu bylo první místo na trucolympiádě Družba. Sportovní kariéru ukončil v roce 1987. Věnuje se trenérské práci. Řadu let vedl maďarskou mužskou reprezentaci. K jeho nejznámějším žákům patřil Miklós Ungvári. Jeho syn Sándor byl členem reprezentace v judu.

Výsledky

l.v. = lehká váha, p.v. = polostřední váha

Odkazy

Související články
 Sport v Maďarsku

Externí odkazy
 Výsledky a novinky Sándora Nagysolymosiho na judoinside.com

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Narození v roce 1957
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August 4, 2012 Sharon Lee Classical, Music
Music vs Sports: A Comparative Study of Striving for Excellence and Building Community Spirit
Pianos lined up, ready to be launched at David Pecaut Square in Toronto, July 10 2012.
At first glance, Music and Sports seem to have little to do with each other.
Why was it then, that Don Shipley, Creative Director of the 2015 Pan Am Games, chose to mark the three-year countdown with the Play Me I'm Yours Street Pianos Project?
Games such as Pan Am or the Olympics remind us of many things – hope, fear, overcoming adversity – and celebrates the physical and mental superior achievement by mankind. It draws spectators through respect for the relentless discipline and technical precision and the rigorous hours that goes into becoming a top athlete. This training done by athletes is admired at matches and games through which the spectator lives vicariously, sharing in the athlete's every physical and emotional fight in a race.
Photo: Courtest of Pan Am Games
Music does this, too, except the training and physical prowess behind becoming a fine artist is not for its own sake, it's the byproduct of striving for artistic mastery over an instrument and one's craft.
Music-making also draws spectators, and just like in sports, the higher the caliber of players, the larger the number of spectators (well, usually). And, as much as broadcasters would love for us to believe that athletes are in competition with each other, any interview with a top athlete will indicate that an athlete is primarily in competition with himself/herself. This 'overcoming one's own obstacles and challenges' is clearly embodied in a musical performance- there is no clear competition on stage, and every spectator present becomes part of the singular team sharing the experience of the artist on stage.
This human nature to cheer on another human's struggle and the celebration of overcoming that struggle, coupled with the community spirit it generates, is what the Play Me I'm Yours pianos were to convey. (I hope I'm not totally going out on a limb here- this is what I've gathered from reading interviews with Mr. Shipley, and my few candid conversations with him with my band 'deVah' as we prepared for our performance at the unveiling of the pianos at Metro Hall)
The pianos, being familiar yet novel objects, have been acting as a catalyst for conversation, exhibition, and general interaction amongst Torontonians who would otherwise casually walk by each other.
To become a top-notch musician, depending on the instrument, musicians go through at least a good 15 years of specialized training. If your instrument allows it, you may practice up to eight to ten hours a day. (Some instruments don't lend themselves to this type of rigorous training- reed players can generally do up to maybe three hours a day. If they do any more, the skin on lips will become raw and they risk bleeding)
Many string players and pianists start as young as three (some over-zealous parents will start their kids at two), and train daily for thirteen to fourteen years before gaining entry to a university or conservatory (fancy word for music school), and, just like high-level athletes, will find that there is little for them to do in their trained field once they leave the competitive world.
But what do I think is the most important co-relation between the two?
Both are used effectively to engage youth. I'm sure you already know the benefits of providing organized sports to youth centres, so I won't bore you with that.
For music, however, take the El Sistema Program of Venezuela for example. Created to keep children and youth from difficult socio-economic backgrounds out of trouble, the program was not only successful in seeing a huge drop in children involved in shady activities, but has created a powerhouse generation of Venezuelan classical musicians who are now establishing their careers in major cities around the world. Even better, they're now inspiring similar programs around the globe.
Toronto has a few similar programs designed specifically to target children who would otherwise not have access to Classical Music Education.
Participants of Axis Music show off their hard work after their composition workshop with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's new Affiliate Composer Kevin Lau
Axis Music provides tuition-free private and group lessons to children in select Toronto Community Housing, nurturing community bonds through guest workshops.
Euterpe, headed up by Canadian pianist Catherine Wilson, provides high-caliber performances to communities that are often under-served by classical musicians.
University Settlement Music & Arts School. Established in 1921, this program offers heavily subsidized music lessons at a very affordable cost, and is open to everyone.
Viva Arts is a unique program committed to promoting and supporting music and arts education in Canadian Public Schools.
Show your support for our future generation of artists- check out one of these programs and see what is being done for music education in our city!
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Well, it's seatbelts buckled and off we go….the individual feedback has already started!
"……reflecting on the upcoming Jupiter/Uranus conjunctions of 2010/11 reminds me that each return of this 14-year cycle has brought big life changes of an expansive, 'breaking new ground' nature: 1955, my sister's birth and the end of my 7 year reign as an only (Leo!) child co-inciding with beginning to take school seriously. 1969, my future career in adult education and later social work began – decided on the toss of a coin. 1983 saw the start of my career as an astrologer and astrology teacher.
1997 in Aquarius brought my first office after 12 years' working from home; beginning my thesis leading to the Diploma in Psychological Astrology; and starting the research for the 1997 Jupiter/Uranus conjunction – which was eventually published in April 09, in the final year of the 1997 cycle.
24 April 10 : 'Sherry' "….I have natal Jupiter conjunct Uranus and can testify to major life changes at every conjunction since I was born (10/01/1954). At the last Jupiter/Uranus conjunction in Aquarius, I became pregnant and had my youngest child…completely unexpected as I was already a grandmother.
"…. I can only provide a general picture. Uranus is always left field, and if you posit seventeen possible outcomes from a specific planetary pattern involving this planet, it is the eighteenth which will leap out at you from behind an unnoticed bush.
Having said that, there are certainly some preparatory comments to be made in anticipating what lies ahead especially for those of us 'plugged in' from June 8th on, to the first exact Jupiter/Uranus 'hit' at 0 degrees Aries.
As can be seen from 'Sherry' s post, having a natal Jupiter/Uranus conjunction appears to potentise the impact of subsequent conjunctions (it will be interesting to see what transpires also for our research participant 'Duse', born under the Libran conjunction of 1969).
My research with the 17 subjects experiencing the impact of the 1997 conjunction at 5 degrees 55 mins Aquarius, confirmed that the stronger and more prominent the natal Jupiter/Uranus signature, the more life-changing were the effects of the transiting conjunction of 1997 upon their lives.
I feel it is more helpful than otherwise to have some advance warning of our movement into, and through, a tempestuous energy field which promises disruption collectively and individually – but also open us up to possibilities for growth as yet unknown….we need to be humble in the face of these great forces, recognising that there is only so much we can do to prepare for them.
It is probably a fair assumption to make that inner tensions are going to be high for us researchees, as the demands of the old order versus the new battle it out at an inner level, and at an outer level as far as our life circumstances and relationships with others are concerned. I see the Jupiter/Uranus conjunction as the catalyst in the overall pattern, for breaking down resistance to change and releasing flows of entirely new energy.
It is also vital to remember that we are each tiny sparks in the overall light of our solar system. So – "as above, so below". We can learn a great deal about what to expect personally by observing the turbulence of the world around us geographically, politically, socially, spiritually and scientifically, realising that we researchees will be manifesting tiny surges of that same overall energy field.
We can see this already. A small personal example will suffice. Ian and I have Mars at 1.5 Cancer/2.5 Capricorn respectively. When the Icelandic volcano erupted – fire surging through ice! – we were two of the many thousands of air travellers sitting at home gazing mournfully at our luggage instead of flying off on holiday. On 15th April 2010 we were under the impression we were flying to Devon, England, UK. On 17th April 2010, we set out in the opposite direction by car to the island of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides.
This total change of goal was not accomplished without a great deal of disappointment, stress, tension and anger (Aries….). But in the end we let go of all that, and had a really good, refreshing time in a place of great spiritual peace (Pisces….) And drank some very nice wine!
So – watch your anger levels, try not to take it out on those around you ( also my advice to myself!), realise that certain circumstances are going to arise which will be outwith your control. Adapt – fast. Get used to feeling dazed and somewhat shocked. Try to free yourself from bonds you know are destructive – if you don't, life is liable to provide that impetus from the left field….
However, informal contacts subsequently with people whose relevant planets etc had been anywhere from 0 deg to 10 deg Aquarius, but who had still had a disruptive and changeful year, suggested to me that I should set a wider observational orb for the 2010/11 conjunctions.
I have done this: starting watching closely from the end of March 2010, when Jupiter was applying 10 degrees away from Uranus (17 and 27 Pisces respectively), I will declare the project closed in mid-March 2011, when Jupiter will be separating from Uranus by 10 degrees (11 and 0 degrees Aries respectively). At that point, I will probably have had more than enough of it all – and want to retire from watching Jupiter/Uranus forever!
I am very much aware that the powerfully disruptive Uranus/Pluto square will only be getting into its stride by then. But there is a specific quality to Jupiter/Uranus times, which I have already defined in earlier articles on this topic, which makes the year from March 2010-2011 very much worth watching.
Using this wide orbital range, there have been a string of world events already fitting the Jupiter/Uranus template in combination with Saturn and Pluto since the end of March 2010.
Going by my and Ian's recent experiences, all you researchees out there have probably begun to have life disruptions of an unforeseen and novel kind. Keep those seatbelts buckled. The wild ride has just begun!
ps don't forget to keep taking notes, and report in to Ground Control (ie this site) now and then. Good luck!!


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