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SEVERANCE © Mr Bridge ( 01483 489961
Number: 212 August 2020 BRIDGEJulian Pottage’s Double Dummy Problem VER ANCE SE ♠ A 8 ♥ K Q 10 ♦ 6 5 4 3 2 ♣ J 10 2 ♠ K 10 7 ♠ J ♥ N ♥ 2 W E J 8 7 6 ♦ 9 8 7 S ♦ A Q J 10 ♣ A Q 9 5 4 3 ♣ K 8 7 6 ♠ Q 9 6 5 4 3 2 ♥ A 9 5 4 3 ♦ K ♣ Void Contract 5♠ by South Lead: ♥2 This Double Dummy problem can also be found on page 5 of this issue. The answer will be published on page 4 next month. of the audiences shown in immediately to keep my Bernard’s DVDs would put account safe. Of course that READERS’ their composition at 70% leads straight away to the female. When Bernard puts question: if I change my another bidding quiz up on Mr Bridge password now, the screen in his YouTube what is to stop whoever session, the storm of answers originally hacked into LETTERS which suddenly hits the chat the website from doing stream comes mostly from so again and stealing DOUBLE DOSE: Part One gives the impression that women. There is nothing my new password? In recent weeks, some fans of subscriptions are expected wrong in having a retinue. More importantly, why Bernard Magee have taken to be as much charitable The number of occasions haven’t users been an enormous leap of faith. as they are commercial. in these sessions when warned of this data They have signed up for a By comparison, Andrew Bernard has resorted to his breach by Mr Bridge? website with very little idea Robson’s website charges expression “Partner, I’m I should add that I have of what it will look like, at £7.99 plus VAT per month — excited” has been thankfully 160 passwords according a ‘founder member’s’ rate that’s £9.59 in total — once small. -
Glossary of Bridge Terms
GLOSSARY OF BRIDGE TERMS Alert When your partner makes a conventional bid you must alert this to the opponents by knocking the table (or displaying the ‘Alert’ card if using bidding boxes). Auction Another term for the bidding. Avoidance An attempt to prevent a particular defender from regaining the lead. Balanced A hand containing no void, no singleton and not more than one Hand doubleton. Barrier When planning your opener's rebid, imagine a ‘barrier’ just above your first suit at the next level up. A new suit rebid below the barrier shows 12-15 points (occasionally 16 or 17 points after a 1 level response when opener doesn’t have enough for a jump shift). A new suit rebid above the barrier that isn’t a jump shift shows 16-19 points (also known as a reverse). Blocked A suit is blocked if there is a high card in the short hand that prevents the suit from being cashed. A player will often aim to unblock the suit. Break The way in which the defenders’ cards in a particular suit are divided between their two hands. For example, a 4-2 break indicates that with 6 cards in a suit missing, one defender has 4 cards of the suit and his partner has 2 cards. Also referred to as split. Cash Playing a card that is certain to win the trick. This card is known as a master. Clear a suit Knocking out the opponents’ last stopper in a suit, after which it will be possible to cash one’s tricks in the suit. -
4140.2 Appendix 1 Instructions for Use of Legal Documents
4140.2 APPENDIX 1 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS FOR PLANNED-UNIT DEVELOPMENTS These legal documents for planned-unit development are for nationwide use by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Veterans Administration. They should be carefully examined for conformance with local laws and changed where necessary. Their use is not mandatory but recommended because they will facilitate and expedite review by HUD-FHA and VA. They reflect the basic requirements of both agencies. The documents were prepared for use in planned-unit developments with a home association, such as those described in Land Planning Bulletin No. 6. Such developments are, in essence, subdivisions of land into lots for use predominantly for owner-occupied homes which contain common land comprising an essential or major element of the development, such common land being owned by a homes association (usually incorporated) to which residence land owners must belong and to which they must pay lien-supported maintenance assessments. The forms were prepared for use in town house, row house, or cluster-type developments. They may also be used in developments of single-family, detached houses which otherwise conform with the requirements of Land Planning Bulletin No. 6. The following comments are made to assist in adapting these forms for use. Recommended provisions for special features such as exterior maintenance, etc., are contained in the List of Forms at the end of these instructions. 1. DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS Introductory Paragraph: The introductory paragraph must describe all property which will be subjected to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (Declaration), including the common area and the lots. -
One Day Seminar on the 2007 Laws of Duplicate Bridge
One Day Seminar on the 2007 Laws of Duplicate Bridge Autumn 2008 One Day Seminar on the 2007 Laws of Duplicate Bridge Programme Welcome and Introductions – Outline of the day Page Shuffling the cards at the end of play (Law 7C) 3 The new revoke laws (Law 61 to 64) 4 Insufficient Bid (Law 27) 10 Weighted rulings (Law 12C1c) 18 Regulating Authority and Tournament Organizer (Law 80) 21 The Director (Law 81) 23 References to Lead Restrictions (Law 26) 25 References to Law 23 26 Changes to laws 13 to 16 31 References to other laws (17, 24 and 69 to 71) 39 Pages for notes 42 General discussion There will be a tea break in the morning and afternoon and a short lunch break. These will be taken at suitable breaks in the programme. Update November 2008 The WBF Laws Committee met in Beijing in October 2008 to give a first reaction to the 2007 laws. Some of the guidance is included. 2 One Day Seminar on the 2007 Laws of Duplicate Bridge Shuffling cards at the end of the hand Law 7C Grattan Endicott, a member of the WBF Laws Drafting Committee has written the following: Just in passing let us spend a moment on Law 7C. This was not a casual decision. It was one of the most carefully considered decisions in the book. The Drafting Sub Committee wants there to be no order in the arrangement of the cards when they arrive at the table. Any ordered arrangement is capable of conveying information. This is obviously true if left in the order the cards were played. -
The Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2017
International Sport Federation (IF) recognized by the International Olympic Committee The Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2017 Copyright © World Bridge Federation With thanks to the members of the World Bridge Federation Laws Committee, Max Bavin, Maurizio Di Sacco, David Harris, Alvin Levy, Chip Martel, Howard Weinstein, John Wignall, Adam Wildavsky, Laurie Kelso (Secretary) and Ton Kooijman (Chairman). Effective March 2017 The historic co-operation of the Portland Club, the European Bridge League and the American Contract Bridge League is acknowledged Headquarters: Maison du Sport International – 54 av. de Rhodanie – 1007 Lausanne –Switzerland PREFACE TO THE 2017 LAWS OF DUPLICATE BRIDGE In contrast to other Mindsports like Chess and Go, Bridge is a comparatively new game and as such is continually evolving. The first Laws of Duplicate Bridge were published in 1928 and there have been successive revisions in 1933, 1935, 1943, 1949, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1997, and 2007. Through the 1930’s the Laws were promulgated by the Portland Club of London and the Whist Club of New York. From the 1940’s onwards the American Contract Bridge League Laws Commission replaced the Whist Club, while the British Bridge League and the European Bridge League supplemented the Portland Club’s work. Now responsibility for regular revisions has been adopted by the World Bridge Federation whose Laws Committee is charged with the task of reviewing the Laws at least once every decade. It is fair to state that this latest review is the most extensive to date. Many, many submissions were received from individuals, Tournament Directors, NBO’s and Zones and all were considered at length by the Committee. -
Revokes: the New Rules to Prominence in New York in the 1950S
Conventions continued Revokes: The New Rules to prominence in New York in the 1950s. Partnered with by Bernard Magee Rapee, he played in winning over a friendly director to declarer makes the two tricks USA teams in the first three have these explained – the he was going to make: one World Championships (Ber - declarer can forbid or club and one diamond. muda Bowls) played after demand a lead of the Had the revoke stood, then WWII (1950, 1951 and penalty-card suit, in which the play would have 1953) and, in a different case the leader must obey continued as normal with partnership, played in the (if possible). Note that, in declarer making the same runner-up team in 1956. He this case the penalty card is two tricks, but this time, also played with Victor picked up and the defender there would have been a one- Mitchell in the World Team does not have to play it – trick penalty. The revoke law Olympiads of 1960 and evokes are the cause the declarer does not have itself has been simplified*: if 1964. In American bridge, he of much embarrass - to exercise this option in the offender does not win the won 19 national titles. ment at the table, which case, the player on revoke trick (himself) then Stayman was also a leading Rbut at last, the rules have lead can lead anything and there is only a one trick administrator. From 1966 to been changed to save us! the penalty card remains on penalty, whilst if he does win 1969 Stayman was treasurer We are all used to the table. -
14Th Amendment US Constitution
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS GUARANTEED PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF CITIZENSHIP, DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION CONTENTS Page Section 1. Rights Guaranteed ................................................................................................... 1565 Citizens of the United States ............................................................................................ 1565 Privileges and Immunities ................................................................................................. 1568 Due Process of Law ............................................................................................................ 1572 The Development of Substantive Due Process .......................................................... 1572 ``Persons'' Defined ................................................................................................. 1578 Police Power Defined and Limited ...................................................................... 1579 ``Liberty'' ................................................................................................................ 1581 Liberty of Contract ...................................................................................................... 1581 Regulatory Labor Laws Generally ...................................................................... 1581 Laws Regulating Hours of Labor ........................................................................ 1586 Laws Regulating Labor in Mines ....................................................................... -
Istanbul Diary
A NEW BRIDGE MAGAZINE Istanbul Diary Germany Calling The Ordeal EDITION 20 August 2019 A NEW BRIDGE MAGAZINE – AUGUST 2019 Istanbul I am Reviewing By any standards, the European Open Champi- the Situation onships in Istanbul were a triumph. The main Taking a break from hotel was located by the sea in a resort area and the daily broadcasts after completing their labours in the excellent on BBO, one could A NEW playing rooms, the competitors had all sorts of not avoid watching options for relaxation. Our Turkish hosts were the pulsating finish of magnificent, frequently going the extra mile, the cricket World Cup as you will discover when you read the Istanbul Final between England and New Zealand. I could Diary in this issue. not help thinking what might have happened if Rise of the Machines New Zealand had been able to call for a review BRIDGE of the incident when the umpires awarded a six As work continues on the Alpha Zero bridge when the ball went to the boundary after hitting MAGAZINE project, an artificial intelligence program has Ben Stokes’s bat. Editor: defeated leading professionals in both head-to Had they been able to do so, one trusts that a Mark Horton head and six-player no-limit Texas hold’em decision would have been made before the start Advertising: poker, the world’s most popular form of poker. of the ‘super over’. Mark Horton The program, Pluribus, developed by Carne- Photographers: gie Mellon University in collaboration with A Matter of Style Ron Tacchi Facebook AI, defeated leading professionals in ‘Zia led the king of diamonds’. -
The Shuffler It's Our Party 3 Cheating and Us 7 Meet Our Stars 8 Scoring Primer 11 T H E S H U F F L E R the Newsletter of the Petoskey Bridge Club Spring
Inside the Shuffler It's Our Party 3 Cheating and Us 7 Meet Our Stars 8 Scoring Primer 11 T h e S h u f f l e r The Newsletter of the Petoskey Bridge Club Spring Cemetery Road Petoskey Michigan The President’s Message Congratulations! You did it. So many people played at the club last year that the all-time annual attendance record was broken. We had a total of 2,292 tables, up 8 percent from the previous year. It is hard to believe but our club had the SECOND highest attendance in the state of Michigan! As was predicted in the last edition of The Shuffler, Bernadette Burkhardt and Allison White started teaching bridge lessons to Petoskey Middle School students last fall. They were ably assisted by Eva Walker, Janice Smolinski, Jeanette Aspenleiter, and Marsha Harrison. Nancy Nardizzi provided wonderful cookies and brownies which the students loved! We are grateful to all of them for their efforts in introducing a younger generation to the great game of bridge. In fact, it was so successful that lessons continued in January and February. But wait, there’s more! We were approached by the Petoskey library director, Val Meyerson (who used to play bridge at the club with her husband, Tom Johnson) to see if we would be willing to teach bridge lessons at the library. Allison immediately picked up the ball and ran with it. The concept is that the library and North Central Michigan College will offer a mini-course of beginner/refresher bridge lessons. The lessons will be taught by Allison and Bernadette at the library on Friday afternoons in May and June. -
Claims, Revokes and Insufficient Bids by MARVIN 2/9/13 Discussion
Lesson – Claims, Revokes and Insufficient Bids by MARVIN 2/9/13 Discussion – The ACBL currently has 91 laws to define correct procedure for all aspects of Duplicate Bridge, such as the conduct of players, bidding, auctions, and play. The tournament Director can be called if a player believes any of the rules have been broken. This lesson provides an overview of three situations that frequently lead to Director calls. These are Claims, Revokes and Insufficient Bids. Claim – A claim occurs when a player or declarer states that a specific number of tricks will be won, faces the remaining cards, and states a line of play . Play is stopped at this point. If a claim is made, and is disputed by the opponents, the Director should be called to resolve the issue and confirm that the claim is valid. Example - Dummy ♠♠♠ -- ♥♥♥ -- ♦♦♦ 32 ♣♣♣ 2 West East ♠♠♠ 3 ♠♠♠ -- ♥♥♥ 64 ♥♥♥ AK ♦♦♦ -- ♦♦♦ Q ♣♣♣ -- ♣♣♣ -- Declarer ♠♠♠ AK2 NOTE: In each of the following cases, spades are trump, declarer claimed, but no line of play was stated. Assume that the declarer was questioned and was unaware of any outstanding trump. As you can see each case involving the same hand, may result in different outcomes. A. – If the dummy is on lead and declarer has not stated a line of play, the Director will generally award a trick to the defense, because declarer would normally ruff with the lowest trump (the 2♠), and West could over ruff! B. - On the same deal, if the lead were in declarer’s hand, the Director would normally allow declarer to win all of the remaining tricks. -
Special Topics in Construction Safety Course Number SW0317
Special Topics in Construction Safety Course Number SW0317 Dan Eschenasy, P.E., F.SEI Bharat Gami, R.A. Gus Sirakis, P.E. May 3, 2017 Credit(s) earned on completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request. This course is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product. ________________________________________ Questions related to specific materials, methods, and services will be addressed at the conclusion of this presentation. COPYRIGHT MATERIALS This presentation is protected by US and International Copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, display and use of the presentation without written permission of the speaker is prohibited. © NYC Department of Buildings 2017 COURSE DESCRIPTION The course will consist of three segments related to construction safety. The first segment will describe engineering principles used in evaluating and assuring structural integrity of existing party wall construction in buildings undergoing alteration or demolition. The second segment will discuss specific requirements for assuring tenant safety in occupied multiple dwellings. The third segment will focus on NYC Building Code requirements related to loads on temporary installations. LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of the this course, participants will be able to: 1. Participants will discuss and be able to understand how to identify party walls prior to construction and special requirements related to demolition of party walls. -
All You Should Know About Revokes
E U R O P E AN B R I D G E L E A G U E 9th EBL Main Tournament Directors Course 30th January to 3rd February 2013 Bad Honnef – Germany ALL YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT REVOKES by Ton Kooijman - 2 – All you should know about revokes Definition (L61A) - not following suit if able to follow - not complying with an instruction to play a card if able to comply Question: Declarer asks for a heart (♥7) from dummy but dummy plays a diamond. Is this a revoke? Notice the wording in L45D: ‘… places in the played position a card declarer did not name ...’. And what about RHO if he follows with a diamond? What about RHO if he follows with a heart? At most one of those two cards can create a revoke isn’t it? A nice example of a revoke not following an instruction: ♠ Q 7 4 3 Board 3 ♥ A 6 S/EW ♦ 8 5 4 ♣ K 5 3 2 ♠ 10 9 6 N ♠ J ♥ J ♥ 9 8 7 5 4 3 W E ♦ K Q 7 6 ♦ A 9 2 ♣ Q 8 7 6 4 S ♣ J 10 9 ♠ A K 8 5 2 ♥ K Q 10 2 ♦ J 10 3 ♣ A W N E S 1♠ P 2NT* P 4♠ All pass East leads out of turn with ♥9. South imposes a ♥ lead on West. West leads ♦K (♥J is hidden behind ♦6) and wins the trick. He then plays ♦6, won by East’s ♦A. West wins the third round of ♦ with his ♦Q, and plays a fourth round which East ruffs with ♠J, so one of West’s trumps is now a winner.