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
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers
Mojo's Blog
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
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
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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.
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.Montrealrelay.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.
Here's a draft column for the unit board to review. Tom if there are
corrections, I'll send an update. Dear board, please review for
corrections and omissions!
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I'm home from Providence, Rhode Island, where I spent two full weeks
doing bridge activities. (And came back healthy this time.)
The trip started with the first in-person meeting of the American Bridge
Teachers Association since Las Vegas 2019 (I'm currently their Recording
Secretary). I received my Master Teacher pin, and ABTA gave out awards
for Teacher of the Year and Books of the Year. If you're looking for a
new bridge book, this is a great place to start. https://abtahome.com
Following was a ten-day binge of bridge, receptions, evening activities,
and even a new play called /Bridge to Nowhere/ by playwright / bridge
pro Adam Parrish.
If you have friends who have been thinking about learning the king of
card games, there will be new face-to-face classes for absolute
beginners starting in September at Arcadia Bridge Center on Saturday
mornings and through Pasadena City College Extension on Wednesday
evenings. I'll update the schedule on https://bridgemojo.com/class as we
get closer to class dates.
In July we held two Unit Games, though the second game is happening just
as this column goes to press. Winners on July 17 were North/South A
strat: *Fredy Minter* and *Lulu Minter*, B strat *Madhu Sudan* and *Stan
Majcher*; East/West A strat: *Arthur Moore* and *Dominique Moore* in A
(Overall winners), and B strat *Miriam Harrington* and *Mark Hartzell*.
Unit Game results can always be found on ACBL Live for Clubs by
searching for "Unit 559," or bookmark this link for club results:
https://my.acbl.org/club-results/905596 (ACBL promises that hand records
will be included in the results after fixing some bugs.)
Congratulations to new Sectional Master *Liza Billington*. (I'm the
proud teacher as well.)
August Unit Games will be held on Sundays the 14th and 28th. Game time
is 12:30 p.m. and reservations are required. Contact MIriam Harrington
to save a seat for your partnership (626) 232-0558. (I'll suggest that
we make those games NAP qualifiers instead of Unit Championships.)
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
They should put all that creativity into something positive and legal.
On July 5, 2022, at 3:22 PM, Linda Stuart <geohnze(a)gmail.com> wrote:
WOW.....what will they think of next!!!! 😡
On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 2:10 PM Morris Jones <mojo(a)whiteoaks.com> wrote:
BTW if you ever get a message like this and question it's authenticity (justifiably so) ... take a look at the actual email address it came from. In this instance, it's "my4(a)pjpolkecm.org" which is certainly not a Jan email address.
Mojo
On 7/5/22 2:08 PM, Morris Jones wrote:
If anyone gets a message like this, be aware that it's "spearfishing" looking pilfer some gift cards.
Jan is sitting right across from me here at the tournament.
Mojo
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Unit 559Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 16:59:42 -0400 (EDT)From: Jan Wickersham <my4(a)pjpolkecm.org>To: mojo(a)whiteoaks.com <mojo(a)whiteoaks.com>
Hello Mojo
Are you available to assist? I'm unavailable for now but I've got credence in you taking care of this. ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Unit 559 needs some gift cards for donation to Veterans at Hospice and Palliative care units for preventive items from Corona Disease(COVID 19) due to their vulnerability.
I will be responsible for the reimbursement.
Thank you for your confidence and support.
Jan Wickersham
President
ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Unit 559
www.acblunit559.com
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If anyone gets a message like this, be aware that it's "spearfishing"
looking pilfer some gift cards.
Jan is sitting right across from me here at the tournament.
Mojo
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Unit 559
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 16:59:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jan Wickersham <my4(a)pjpolkecm.org>
To: mojo(a)whiteoaks.com <mojo(a)whiteoaks.com>
Hello Mojo
Are you available to assist? I'm unavailable for now but I've got
credence in you taking care of this. ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley
Unit 559 needs some gift cards for donation to Veterans at Hospice and
Palliative care units for preventive items from Corona Disease(COVID 19)
due to their vulnerability.
I will be responsible for the reimbursement.
Thank you for your confidence and support.
*Jan Wickersham*
President
ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Unit 559
www.acblunit559.com
Please review for omissions and corrections!
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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit
Morris Jones
We're continuing to hold two great Unit Championship games (also known
as a "unit game") every month on alternate Sundays.
The dates for this month will be *July 17 and 31*. Game time is 12:30,
and we're finished by 4:00. Space is limited, so reservations are
required! Call Miriam Harrington to reserve your seat at (626) 232-0558.
The game will be seeded, as best we can, for a fair competition.
North-South seats can not be reserved if your pair is able to move from
table to table.
Winners from the June games: June 12, North-South *Peter Szecsi* and
*Amr Elghamry*, East-West *Arthur Moore* and *Dominique Moore*. June
26, North-South *Fredy Minter* and *Lulu Minter*, East-West *Gregory
Tapia* and *Hanna Zhuang*.
Congratulations to new Junior Master *Denise Botsford*, and new NABC
Master *Janelle Morton*!
Looking forward to seeing you all at the Bridge Week regional in Long
Beach! After that I'll be traveling to Providence, Rhode Island, for the
American Bridge Teachers Association convention and the NABC.
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Please review for corrections and omissions!
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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559
Sorry for missing last month's Bridge News! April was a weird month for me.
Let me start with the Mini McKinney and Ace of Clubs winners for 2021.
There was lots of bridge to be played last year, and here's who did the
best in our unit.
The Mini McKinney is for most points overall, including club games and
tournament play:
Starting Rank
Name
Points
>10000
John Jones
167.2
7500-10000
Lulu Minter
663.0
5000-7500
Rae Murbach
284.4
3500-5000
Ernie Wong
568.9
1500-2500
Cathy Martin
97.9
1000-1500
Fredy Minter
155.7
500-1000
Sadika Elewy
69.7
300-500
Paulette Burkitt
144.5
200-300
Hilary Clark
69.5
100-200
Kim Ebner
153.4
50-100
Mariann Nolan
86.3
20-50
Ming Hu
28.3
5-20
Julie Miller
25.9
0-5
Susan Kane / Jonathan Fuhrman
22.8
The Ace of Clubs is for most points earned in regular club or VACB games:
>10000
Rebecca Clough
80.1
7500-10000
Lulu Minter
601.3
5000-7500
Rae Murbach
268.5
3500-5000
Dominique Moore
135.3
2500-3500
Ernie Wong
497.1
1500-2500
Cathy Martin
97.9
1000-1500
Fredy Minter
146.8
500-1000
Sadika Elewy
69.7
300-500
Paulette Burkitt
139.1
200-300
Hilary Clark
67.9
100-200
Kim Ebner
134.2
50-100
Mariann Nolan
81.0
20-50
Ming Hu
27.4
5-20
Julie Miller
23.7
0-5
Susan Kane / Jonathan Fuhrman
21.2
Our Unit 559 players who did best in 2021:
1
Lulu Minter
662.6
2
Ernie Wong
568.9
3
Rae Murbach
284.4
4
John Jones
167.2
5
Fredy Minter
155.3
6
Kim Ebner
153.4
7
Paulette Burkitt
144.5
8
Dominique Moore
143.9
9
Mike Connell
130.4
10
Angela Peters
123.9
We had great attendance at our four Unit Games in April and May:
April 10: N/S Madhu Sudan and Stan Majcher. E/W Greg Tapia and Hanna
Zhuang (First overall).
April 24: N/S Peter Szecsi and Amr Elghamry. E/W Karen Arase and Gitta
Earll (First overall).
May 1: N/S Lulu and Fredy Minter (First overall). E/W Bob Shore and
Kevin Lane.
May 22: N/S Elliott Mazur and Rose Boot (First overall). E/W Arthur
Moore and Dominique Moore.
*June Unit Games* are scheduled for June 12 and 26. Reservations
required! Contact Miriam Harrington (626) 232-0558 to reserve a seat.
Games are held at the Arcadia Bridge Center, with boards ready to play
at 12:30 p.m.
*Rank changes*: Congratulations to new Club Masters *Nina Huang* and
*Premi Thomas*, new Advanced NABC Master *Karmen Armoudjian*, and new
Bronze Life Master *Michael Lo*.
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
