August 2022 - Unit559board

aug 28 STaC rather than NAP
by Morris Jones 10 Dec '22

10 Dec '22

Could you all reply choosing one of these two? Jan and I believe more players would favor a STaC game than an NAP qualifier, but it's also the final weekend for players to qualify for the NAP. (A) Let's play a STaC game and award silver points! Could be big overalls (Western Conference) (B) Let's play an NAP qualifier and award half-red points! Last chance :) Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Pasadena San Gabriel bridge news column
by Morris Jones 28 Aug '22

28 Aug '22

Please review for corrections and (especially) omissions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559 It's the season for beginning bridge classes, and it's certainly the year for them! We have two beginning bridge classes starting in September, both are six weeks long, using the Audrey Grant Better Bridge curriculum. /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/ starts Sept. 10 on Saturday Mornings at 9:30 a.m. at the Arcadia Bridge Center. Another session starts on Sept. 14, Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m., through PCC Extension at Arcadia High School. Information on beginning bridge classes is available on the BridgeMojo site: https://bridgemojo.com/class Online games continue with six games a week through the Unit 556+PPD group. The schedule is available at https://bridgemojo.com/unit556 I'll be taking over day-to-day club management for Paula Olivares in September and October. We send a reminder email and take reservations on the day before each game. If you'd like to be included in the email list, drop me a note to virtualclub(a)bridgemojo.com. We had two great unit games in August. The August 14th game was run as an NAP Qualifier. Winners N/S were *Fredy and Lulu Minter* and E/W *Robert Shore* and *Mike Savage*. Our August 28th game was a Western Conference STaC game. Winners N/S were Abby Triback and Sadika Elewy. E/W winners were *Robert Shore* and *Mike Savage*. Our September Unit Games will be held on September 11 and 25. The unit games feature a great playing field, extra masterpoints, and wonderful food and snacks provided by Unit 559. Games are Sunday at 12:30 p.m., and reservations are required. Contact Miriam Harrington at (626) 232-0558. Congratulations to new rank achievements this month: new Junior Master *Stuart Soldate*. Special congratulations to long time unit member, director, and volunteer, *Cathy Martin*, who just achieved the rank of Gold Life Master. -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Re: aug 28 STaC rather than NAP
by K. A. Cresto 20 Aug '22

20 Aug '22

So, it's a STAC? On August 20, 2022, at 8:41 AM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)bridgemojo.com> wrote: I think I can manage :) Mojo On 8/19/2022 6:04 PM, janet wickersham wrote: Mojo, Miriam, Lisa and I will not be there. I was hoping Roy would welcome people, but, if not, Mojo, you could be a one man show. Sorry, it happens that so many of us will be missing. On Aug 19, 2022, at 12:16 PM, Richard Halverstadt <richardhalverstadt(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: I vote for STac game. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2022, at 10:00 AM, Lisawalker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com> wrote: I am neutral on the subject. I won’t be there. But I will vote for the STac game. Sent from my iPad On Aug 19, 2022, at 9:52 AM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)bridgemojo.com> wrote: Could you all reply choosing one of these two? Jan and I believe more players would favor a STaC game than an NAP qualifier, but it's also the final weekend for players to qualify for the NAP. (A) Let's play a STaC game and award silver points! Could be big overalls (Western Conference) (B) Let's play an NAP qualifier and award half-red points! Last chance :) Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers Mojo's Blog _______________________________________________ Unit559board mailing list -- unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com To unsubscribe send an email to unit559board-leave(a)bridgemojo.com _______________________________________________ Unit559board mailing list -- unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com To unsubscribe send an email to unit559board-leave(a)bridgemojo.com _______________________________________________ Unit559board mailing list -- unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com To unsubscribe send an email to unit559board-leave(a)bridgemojo.com _______________________________________________ Unit559board mailing list -- unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com To unsubscribe send an email to unit559board-leave(a)bridgemojo.com -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers Mojo's Blog

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Re: aug 28 STaC rather than NAP
by K. A. Cresto 19 Aug '22

19 Aug '22

STAC Gaame On August 19, 2022, at 9:52 AM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)bridgemojo.com> wrote: Could you all reply choosing one of these two? Jan and I believe more players would favor a STaC game than an NAP qualifier, but it's also the final weekend for players to qualify for the NAP. (A) Let's play a STaC game and award silver points! Could be big overalls (Western Conference) (B) Let's play an NAP qualifier and award half-red points! Last chance :) Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers Mojo's Blog

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aug 28 unit game
by Morris Jones 17 Aug '22

17 Aug '22

August 28 lands at the end of the Western Conference STaC, but I also offered it as an NAP Qualifier game. I can't do both. (Who would get the sanction fees?) Given how well an NAP Qualifier pays, I feel like we should do that. And it's half red. But a STaC has the potential to pay well in overalls, and silver points are good. Either one has an extra sanction fee. Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Unit 559
by Roy Wilson 08 Aug '22

08 Aug '22

Hi, Mojo, My server is up and running, so I changed my IP's back. Again, thank you! I owe you, my friend. I have a flashdrive for you…. It has the unit website and the Arcadia BC website files on it, both as full 4.0 html code and in tar files. If you are still willing to become the unit webmaster, I hope you will keep the "Memory Files" such as our Gallery of Players and Mike Marcucci's History files. Also, the list of departed members. After 22 years, there are many, many pages that are bridge related such as "Tips From Our Top Players" and a whole lot more such as John Jone's "Ask the Coach" but I wont ask you keep anything else. I expect you will probably want to create your own Home Page, too. Sorry, but after all these years the directory for the unit website is cluttered and full of old snippets of code and lots of junk leftover from long ago! I would ask one more very personal favor…. Would you please keep my photo someplace on your new website? (It's vanity, Mojo, I just don’t want to be forgotten.) I can bring the flashdrive to the next unit game if you are directing, or perhaps I could bring it to your house. Let me know. I am also volunteering to spend an afternoon with you if you have any questions about what you are getting. Roy I’ve played bridge more than half my life. The lesser half I wasted.

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Need help
by Roy Wilson 04 Aug '22

04 Aug '22

Hi, Mojo, Over a year ago my ISP, Frontier, sent out an edict that many customers had to change their IP addresses. It was a boondoggle! Many of us lost service for weeks. Well, partly as a consequence of that change I had another failure yesterday, and lost the connection to all of the websites on my server. (I have over 50 sites for bridge topics!) I am working with a tech to get it repaired, but I have no way right now of letting anyone know what is happening. Could I ask a big favor? Can you create a website which explains that my IP is down? If you will, I can log into to the DNS server at NamCheap.com and reroute the internet traffic to your site. You will need to setup at least two different sites…. www.acblunit559.com and www.arcadiabridgecenter.com If you can, you will be doing a service for our entire membership! If you add two more domains you will be doing me a personal favor, too…. www.precision.club and www.Montreal relay.com Once I have my system restored, I would be happy to reciprocate for your IP, in case you ever have a shutdown. Also, this may be the beginning of the permanent transfer of the unit website to your server. Roy I’ve played bridge more than half my life. The lesser half I wasted.

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STaC results
by Morris Jones 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

Our game provided about half of the tables for the Sunday Afternoon session. The results are here: https://web2.acbl.org/tournaments/results/2022/07/2207507/2207507_20.HTM Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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