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You are closer to the truth than what you could ever possibly imagine! Here is a quiz for you to solve: Who is/was ultimately responsible for Yehoshua’s death? Was it – 1. The chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the Jews who were plotting all along to seize him and kill him? 2. Judas Iscariot who agreed to, and then later betrayed him? 3. The Roman cohort and officers sent from the chief priests, and the Pharisees, and the scribes, and the elders of the Jews who arrested him in the early hours of the morning when none of his followers were around to defend him? 4. Those who bore false testimony against him before Caiaphas where the scribes and the elders were also gathered? 5. The full Sanhedrin who sat at sunrise and condemned him to death on a charge of blasphemy? 6. The chief priests, who, as they led Yehoshua away, between the Hall of Hewn Stone (the part of the temple complex where the Sanhedrin met) and the Antonia Fortress (Pilate’s residence during the Passover Feast), changed the charge of blasphemy to this, "We found this man subverting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is anointed as king." 7. The chief priests and elders who stirred up the crowds to have Bar-Abbas (son of Abba) released and Yehoshua crucified? 8. Pilate, who caved in under the pressure, and met the demands of the people shouting before him? 9. The Roman soldiers who drove in the nails which fastened him to the cross? 10. All of the above? 11. None of the above? (scroll down for the answer) If your answer was 11, “None of the above,” you answered correctly. The Elohim of the Jews sacrificed his younger son, Yehoshua, to bear upon him the transgression (note the singular) of his older son, Adam. Adam only had one restriction placed upon him, “don’t eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” Unable to uphold that one restriction resulted in the deplorable state of the world we live in now. If you’re wondering about Adam being a son of the Elohim of the Jews, read Yehoshua’s genealogy in Luke 3. Amazingly, the Jews as a nation are trying to uphold a total of 613 laws which they have identified from the writings of Moses. That is utterly impossible to do. Yahweh knows it and they know it too. But Yahweh, in his merciful kindness, is in the process of reconciling fallen mankind back to himself (See 2 Corinthians 5 verse 19). Through sacrificing Yehoshua, Yahweh has cancelled the 613 laws, reducing them back to one again. All that is required now is to accept that Yehoshua has already paid the penalty for every transgression that all of us have committed. Yehoshua is Yahweh’s Way of Salvation, which is also the meaning of his name. That’s it folks! We are back to only one requirement again.

Every constructive post is seriously considered (see below). The posts that are ignored are the ones that choose to ridicule without having a full knowledge or understanding of the bid. Yes, to get help and input, not to prove anything. Every constructive post and suggestion is carefully considered to determine if it can – 1. Improve on the continuation bidding structure Regarding this, Zel made a suggestion in post 123 and in post 127 on how to improve the continuation bidding structure for the 4441 hand pattern. In post 129 I adopted Zel’s suggestion, discarding my original idea, as it fits in better and leads to a more meaningful auction. 2. As another example, every post that Manudude03 has made, was carefully measured up against the continuation bidding structure as it is currently designed, to determine – a. If it has already been addressed b. If it can be addressed better (as Zel’s suggestion did) c. If it has exposed a hole that needs to be addressed In some of those replies to Manudude03, losses in certain areas were conceded. But that is to be expected with multi purpose bids, just as the current Multi has its own list of pros and cons. The players who have Multi in their system agreements have all (hopefully) weighed up the pros and cons, and decided that the pros outweigh the cons. That is what I am trying to do with this bid of mine. When Multi first appeared on the scene, early proponents of it were getting a disproportionate number of good results as their opponents did not have an effective defence against it. That is now happening with me; few have heard about the bid, seen it, or encountered it at the table. Just as with the Multi, good defences were developed to counter it, the same is going to happen here. If you or anyone else can assist me with the following, it will be greatly appreciated. Never before have I taken any ruling to an Appeals Committee, so I have absolutely no idea of the procedure or what is involved in doing so. I want to be prepared for when it happens, when this bid of mine lands up before an Appeals Committee. 1. How do these committees function? 2. What sort of documentation do I need to take along in defence of the bid? Terence Reece fought long and hard to have the Multi legalised. Don’t know if that will be needed here as well. 3. Anything constructive about these committees that I need to know in preparation for when the fight (may) start(s). Thanks again.

I have now been stung with hands similar to this one on plenty of occasions: [hv=pc=n&s=sqt9haj95dkqjcqj5&w=sa8642h32dt52ca87&n=sj3hkqt84d43ckt42&e=sk75h76da9876c963&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1n(15-17%20HCP)p2d(Transfer)p3h(Super-accept)p4hppp]399|300[/hv] How many of you super-accept a transfer bid after an auction like this?

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Sorry, but you’re fingering the wrong religion. But now that you have, don’t limit this to Christian sects. Include all religions. The Jews killed their own Messiah (and that of the entire human population). Not satisfied, they started killing off their own people who did accept Yehoshua as the Messiah (see Acts chapters 1 to 9), eventually succeeding in driving their own Elohim right out of the country, first from Jerusalem and then from the whole of Israel. But they could not stop the good news from spreading. As more and more non-Jews started turning to their Elohim and accepting the message of salvation, they set out on a determined campaign to stop the message from spreading, hounding Paul everywhere he went preaching Yahweh’s Way of Salvation. The New Covenant records plenty of the beatings, imprisonments, false accusations and assassination attempts upon Paul’s life, (nearly) all at the hands of Jews. I have no idea who was involved or how they managed to do it, but the masterstroke was delivered when, in collaboration with the Roman Catholic Church of they day, they managed to establish a new religion called “Christianity.” The word does not appear in the original books and letters making up the New Covenant. Ultimately there can (and will be) only one “religion,” and only one god, the Elohim of the Jews. The rise of Islam around AD 600 has questions of its own. The Jews and the Arabs have the same founding father, Abraham. The beginning of both nations can be traced back to the book of Genesis. Anyone with even the tiniest knowledge of Islam can see they also claim Abraham as the founder of their nation. Hostility between the Jews and the Arabs continues to this day. The Book of Revelation records the battle of Armageddon. Who do you think is involved? Its neither the Russians or the Chinese as many teach. It’s the Jews and the Arabs. The anger of the Arabs will rise to new levels when they find out the real truth. Yehoshua’s death on the cross was Yahweh’s way of reconciling the entire human race back to himself at the price of the death of one person only. Today people across the globe continue dying in the name of religion. We have Islam suicide bombers. We have the Sunnis and the Shiites at each others throats. We have Christianity and Islam killing each other off in places like Nigeria. Christians are killed in many Arab countries. So now, because of what happened during the early years during and after Yehoshua’s ministry, death and resurrection, we have all sorts of religions (and sects within the same religion as per your post here) claiming their god is the true god and superior to every other god. Anyone who fails to tow the line often gets killed. Let me say it again: Ultimately there can (and will be) only one “religion,” and only one god, the Elohim of the Jews.

32519 said: Standard bidders will open the auction with 1♦ and jump to 3♣ second time round to show these sorts of hand patterns and HCP held. So you end up at the same level in the same bid second time round anyway. Manudude said: First of all, in standard bidding, 1D-1M-3C is GF, so your weaker minor hands are a level higher with less information. 32519 answered: With weaker minor suit hands, the auction will proceed 1D-1M-2C (not 3C). With 5/5 and 14+ HCP in the minors, my first choice would be to play in either suit if a fit can be found. If partner has appropriate values, but they are concentrated in the majors, the most likely contract is 3NT, your GF stipulation. However… In the modern game, bidding is getting more and more aggressive. On iffish hands and favourable vulnerability, the opponent in the direct seat gets an opportunity to show a major suit on level-1. Every time he finds a fit with partner, pre-emptive jumps, cue-bid raises etc are all possible, jamming the auction before your side gets an opportunity to describe your hand pattern and HCP held effectively. So… If you still haven’t figured it out, by opening the bidding with (what is 25% of the time) an artificial 2♦ (the other 75% it is a natural 2♦), my side is gaining… Manudude said: As for your points: 32519 said: 1. The whole of level-1 and 40% of level-2 has been taken away from the opponents. The player in the direct seat is less likely to enter the auction with an iffish hand. Often, that in itself gives an indication of the HCP spread. Manudude said: 1. About consuming space, you lose a lot of the effect by using a forcing opening. A NF opening does put a lot of pressure on the opposition, but a forcing opening relieves the pressure on the opponents by about a full level. So your 2D opening is really only about the same pressure as a standard 1D opener. 32519 answered: We’ve covered this before higher up in the thread. The auction has proceeded 2D-(P)-Whatever-(P) 3D (75% of the time). Now your side has lost another level of bidding space. How do you intend entering the auction now? If both opponents are passing, partner probably has enough values in the three remaining suits to bring the contract home. If it fails by one, being 1-level higher than standard bidders, I am looking at minus 50 or minus 100 depending on the vulnerability, versus minus 110 when the opponents can bid and make 2M. This I will concede to you: Playing standard, I lose a natural raise of the pre-empt whenever the auction would have proceeded 2D-(P)-3D, as the 3D bid here has a different meaning, i.e. game invitational in a 6-card major promising 10-13 HCP. But I get it back via both auctions outlined above, in the first by returning to 3D, in the second by passing the 3D game invitational bid. I figure I’m still ahead here in the auction. 2. In an uncontested auction, the bidding is forcing for one round. Depending on the actual hand pattern and HCP held by responder, he gets an uncontested first round bid to best describe his hand. These could be any of the following – 32519 said: a. Pass with a hand completely useless outside of a ♦ contract. If he does pass, the player sitting in the fourth seat is under tremendous pressure to balance without any other natural or obvious bid available. Through passing the opening bid in third seat, the player sitting fourth can be pretty darn sure that he is running into one of the strong hand patterns SITTING BEHIND HIM!! Not nice! Manudude said: 2a) 4th seat is really not under a lot of pressure at all, they will have seen partner pass, and will likely have an easy bid or pass. A simple takeout double will solve itself out, and the opponents are in familiar territory, and in fact, the pressure is reversed as now opener sitting with a 6-4 major hand has to decide whether to rescue partner or bid their 6 card major and risk playing in a 6-0 fit doubled. 32519 answered: I strongly disagree with this. There is no way that opener will run to a 6-card major. In passing the opening bid, partner has already shown a hand useless outside of diamonds, whereas opener’s hand has trick taking potential in whatever strong hand option was opened. Taking the winners from hand and trumping the losers in dummy can easily see your side doubling our side in a contract making overtricks. Not a good result for your side. Sitting the takeout double INCREASES the pressure on the player in second seat. If he chooses my 6-card major your side is in big trouble. Funnily enough, the safest place to run to is 3C as the 5/5 hand pattern in the minors is the one with the lowest frequency of occurrence. But now you are another level higher and in jeopardy of bringing your contract home. I rate that as a gain for my side. 32519 said: b. Bid your longest major first Manudude said: b) At this point, the defense should be effectively defending as if against a good weak 2, this can be mildly annoying, but the opposition should be ok most of the time, especially knowing that opener will bid again without length in the major. 32519 answered: OK, so we agree on something. My side gains here. 32519 said: c. Bid 2NT with 10-13 HCP, suit length and HCP concentrated in the minors Manudude said: c) The defense can pretty much just always pass here, knowing that they will always get another chance to bid if opener has minors, and they are in a misfit with the majors and the majority of the points. 32519 answered: I stongly disagree with this as well. With the 6-4 hand pattern and 10-13 HCP, the 2NT bid will probably get passed. My side has a misfit with communication problems between the two hands. Your side entering the bidding now will actually RESCUE my side from the misfit. My side has the majority of the HCP and will more often than not play your side down in whatever contract you end up in. Whenever my side has a misfit here, increases your sides chances of getting the plus. Doubling will be outright dangerous as you could easily be doubling my side into game. If the big 5/5 hand pattern was opened, slam in either minor on a double fit is possible. If the big 4441 hand pattern was opened, slam in the 4-card minor suit fit is possible. On the last two, your side can save in the majors, but my side still gets the plus score. When a natural weak 2D was opened, a signoff in 5D will severely hamper your side from entering the auction. 32519 said: d. Bid 3♣ with a single suited hand in clubs Manudude said: d) I suspect you won't be able to untangle where you belong well enough, this will turn very random, I do concede that defending this development will be difficult if 2nd seat has passed. If 2nd seat has acted though, it becomes about the same. Bear in mind, that it is very unlikely the opponents will play in openers 6 card suit. 32519 answered: I disagree with you yet again. Bidding 3C conveys (almost) the same message as passing the 2D opening bid. You have a single suited hand useless outside of clubs. By far the majority of these sorts of responses will be passed for the same reasons as set out in point 2(a) above. On vary rare occasions, opener will have the 4441 hand with a fit in clubs. Signing off in 5C is a no-brainer when that happens. 32519 said: e. Bid 3♦ with 10-13 HCP, guaranteed support for a 6-card major, as game invitational Manudude said: e) Here, you are losing any time opener does not have both majors, since you have no way to bid constructively to decide whether or not 3NT is a good idea, something quite important when the alternative is the minors. However the simple defense of X being a takeout of diamonds just turns the auction into defending against 2D-3D, with a little less focus on game. 32519 answered: Wrong again! Over 3D, 3NT shows the 4441 hand. Over 3D, 4C shows the big 5/5 hand in the minors. On both auctions you are still well placed to find the optimal game or partscore contract, depending on the degree of fit with responder. 32519 said: f. Bid to the appropriate level with any single suited hand that is useless outside of the suit bid Manudude said: f) The problem here is you have no idea what the appropriate level is, not does it make it any harder for the defense. 32519 answered: Wrong again! It is no different to any standard pre-empt, 7-cards on level-3, 8-cards on level-4, 9-cards on level-5; all with minimum values. 32519 said: g. Bid 3NT with 14-15 HCP, suit length and HCP concentrated in the minors Manudude said: g) So, does opener pull with the majors? How do you bid Jxxx AKJxxx Qx x opposite x Qxx AJTxx AKxx? 6H isn't a terrible contract (better than the slams you've posted in this thread), and 3NT could be down the first 5 spade tricks. If opener pulls, then partner could have the same hand with the minors reversed and 4H will need some luck to make, not to mention it could easily get doubled. 32519 answered: Refer to point 2(e) above, it’s the same argument. You have a misfit but combined game values. 3NT is probably your best shot most of the time. Some will fail, but standard bidders are going to fail as well. No gain or los for either side in a teams match. All these types of bids are saying something about your hand and govern how the auction will continue depending on the actual hand pattern opened. 32519 said: 2. 6-4 holdings in the majors, 10-15 HCP are rare. 4441 holdings with 16+ HCP are rare. 5-5 holdings in the minors, 14-21 HCP are rare. Natural weak-two’s in ♦ are more frequent. By lumping them all into one bid allows my side to reveal them all adequately in the continuation bidding, having taken away the whole of level-1 and 40% of level-2 from the opponents. I rate that as a big plus. Manudude said: 2. 6-4 in the majors isn't that rare when compared to a weak 2 in diamonds, yes it's more rare, but only by about 4x the amount. You are also losing against those who just play a weak 2 in diamonds since the opponents in the vast majority of cases will get 2 chances to act, which can lead to some pretty interesting sequences, some of which would never have been available if 2D is usually passed. 32519 answered: Nah! Multi purpose bids are part of the modern game. Why do others play Multi or Muiderberg or Lucas Two’s or whatever? To waste the 2D bid exclusively on the 4441 hand pattern for example, is just a bad idea. The frequency of occurrence is simply too low to justify that. Same goes for the other two strong hand patterns. 32519 said: 4. The defence to the bid will be heavily focused towards a natural weak-two ♦ suit having been opened. Never underestimate the annoying factor of a natural weak 2, annoying to the opponents, that is. These forums have plenty of actual hands where someone was faced with an awkward bid after a 2♦ opening. Manudude said: 4. A non-forcing weak 2 is annoying, a forcing one isn't. There is a reason playing transfer pre-empts is generally a bad idea. Like transfer pre-empts it will probably be a decent idea against muppets, but against good opposition you will just get taken to the cleaners. If you assume opener has a weak 2, and you have the nightmare 2425 hand with opening values, you are stuck against a normal weak 2 in diamonds, but against your opening, they can simply pass and the most likely continuation by far will be 2D-P-2S-P-3D, now it is a lot safer to come in knowing that the odds that partner has spades has decreased. 32519 answered: Nah! Look at your auction. You have no idea of the hand strength of the player sitting in third seat. The fact that the player sitting fourth did nothing first time round must surely be an indicator that he is weak. Now you have made a takeout double for the two unbid suits on level-3. A reckon the win/loss ratio here is 50/50 depending on the actual hand strength of the player in third seat. 32519 said: 5. After a takeout double in the direct seat, partner is no longer under any obligation to enter the auction. He may well be sitting with real values opposite a natural weak 2♦ waiting to see how the auction develops before extracting a juicy penalty double for our side? Manudude said: 5. And this is different from any other opening bid because.....? In fact, you may even be worse off if it goes say 2D-X-P-3S, opener can't really double or bid 4H with 6H4S, and so you are at a completely blind guess. 32519 answered: There is no difference. Playing standard or utilising the artificial 2D opening places both options on equal footing after a takeout double in the direct seat. 32519 said: 6. The bid has ♦ as the anchor suit, and should therefore pass brown sticker regulations with flying colours. Even in the ACBL it should be declared legal. Compare that to all the ACBL fuss around the Multi! Manudude said: 6. It's not the diamonds option that makes it a BSC, or the majors option for that matter, but both together make it a BSC, since if having a weak hand of any nature is possible, then whatever non-weak options you have must promise a strong hand (13+ HCP by the WBF description). When it comes to the ACBL, you would have to ask them, since they have some pretty fickle regulations. I seem to remember reading on the forums once that 2H Ekrens (weak with both majors) was allowed (maybe it was only at midchart), but 2D showing the same thing wasn't, despite the almost universal opinion that the former is a lot harder to defend against. However, the ACBL's rule of thumb is a convention is barred unless it is specifically allowed, so at least until you ask for a formal ruling on this, you wouldn't be able to. 32519 answered: OK, if need be, I’ll follow the same route that Multi went. Terence Reece fought hard for a special ruling to have the Multi exempted as a BSC. That may be necessary here every time it lands up before an appeals committee. The number of gains my side is going to achieve because of all the above, is going to outweigh your 1-in-6 ratio by a considerable margin.

Standard bidders will open the auction with 1♦ and jump to 3♣ second time round to show these sorts of hand patterns and HCP held. So you end up at the same level in the same bid second time round anyway. However… In the modern game, bidding is getting more and more aggressive. On iffish hands and favourable vulnerability, the opponent in the direct seat gets an opportunity to show a major suit on level-1. Every time he finds a fit with partner, pre-emptive jumps, cue-bid raises etc are all possible, jamming the auction before your side gets an opportunity to describe your hand pattern and HCP held effectively. So… If you still haven’t figured it out, by opening the bidding with (what is 25% of the time) an artificial 2♦ (the other 75% it is a natural 2♦), my side is gaining… 1. The whole of level-1 and 40% of level-2 has been taken away from the opponents. The player in the direct seat is less likely to enter the auction with an iffish hand. Often, that in itself gives an indication of the HCP spread. 2. In an uncontested auction, the bidding is forcing for one round. Depending on the actual hand pattern and HCP held by responder, he gets an uncontested first round bid to best describe his hand. These could be any of the following – a. Pass with a hand completely useless outside of a ♦ contract. If he does pass, the player sitting in the fourth seat is under tremendous pressure to balance without any other natural or obvious bid available. Through passing the opening bid in third seat, the player sitting fourth can be pretty darn sure that he is running into one of the strong hand patterns SITTING BEHIND HIM!! Not nice! b. Bid your longest major first c. Bid 2NT with 10-13 HCP, suit length and HCP concentrated in the minors d. Bid 3♣ with a single suited hand in clubs e. Bid 3♦ with 10-13 HCP, guaranteed support for a 6-card major, as game invitational f. Bid to the appropriate level with any single suited hand that is useless outside of the suit bid g. Bid 3NT with 14-15 HCP, suit length and HCP concentrated in the minors All these types of bids are saying something about your hand and govern how the auction will continue depending on the actual hand pattern opened. 3. 6-4 holdings in the majors, 10-15 HCP are rare. 4441 holdings with 16+ HCP are rare. 5-5 holdings in the minors, 14-21 HCP are rare. Natural weak-two’s in ♦ are more frequent. By lumping them all into one bid allows my side to reveal them all adequately in the continuation bidding, having taken away the whole of level-1 and 40% of level-2 from the opponents. I rate that as a big plus. 4. The defence to the bid will be heavily focused towards a natural weak-two ♦ suit having been opened. Never underestimate the annoying factor of a natural weak 2, annoying to the opponents, that is. These forums have plenty of actual hands where someone was faced with an awkward bid after a 2♦ opening. 5. After a takeout double in the direct seat, partner is no longer under any obligation to enter the auction. He may well be sitting with real values opposite a natural weak 2♦ waiting to see how the auction develops before extracting a juicy penalty double for our side? 6. The bid has ♦ as the anchor suit, and should therefore pass brown sticker regulations with flying colours. Even in the ACBL it should be declared legal. Compare that to all the ACBL fuss around the Multi! The number of gains my side is going to achieve because of all the above, is going to outweigh your 1-in-6 ratio by a considerable margin.

Just to spice up the argument, I ran some probabilities through BBOs deal generator. Here they are: 1. 0.18% probability of being dealt 5+/5+, 14+ HCP in the minor suits 2. 0.15% probability of being dealt 5+/5+, 14-17 HCP in the minor suits 3. 0.03% probability of being dealt 5+/5+, 18-21 HCP in the monor suits 4. The probability of being dealt 5+/5+, 22+ HCP in the minor suits is so remote that BBOs deal generator fails to spit out a number. By far the majority of these types of hands are going to fall into the 14-17 HCP range. With that forming the basis of when to signoff in 3m or 5m with/without the appropriate hand by partner will assist him hugely.

I'm not convinced by either of your arguments. With the hands you posted, a lot will depend on partners judgement on whether or not to signoff in 3m or 5m. Guaranteed you will get a major suit lead. With a major suit lead coming through Kx, the king is pretty useless. So with that sort of holding, partner is better off passing. Beef it up to KQ, KQ in both majors, you will make 5m more than failing. :)

Both are easy, signoff in 5♣ on a known 9-card trump fit. Some you will make, some you won't.

If you really want to nit-pick, then make it 14-21 HCP. 22+ HCP will probably go through the 2♣ bid.

No, its really quite simple: 1. With club preference without values, the 3♣ bid simply gets passed. 2. With club preference and values, 3♣ gets raised to 4♣. 3. With diamond preference without values, 3♣ gets corrected to 3♦ as a signoff.

Here is the link to Bridge Composer if anyone else has an interest in this stuff. Thanks a ton Ben. :)

I found diagram wizard as well for anyone who wants to create hands for a system file.

How about this hand from a club game: [hv=pc=n&s=sj64hqj87532d53c2&w=skq2ht6da874cq986&n=sa98753hk94dj2ck3&e=sthadkqt96cajt754&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=2d(Lee%202D)p2s(Longest%20major)p(That%20was%20my%20bid%21%21%21)3c(Big%205/5%20minors)p4d(Values%20+%20preference)p4h(Redwood%20for%20diamonds)p4s(1%20keycard)d6dppdppp]399|300[/hv]South dutifully led a ♠ after the double, the only trick for the defence. When North doubled the final contract, the club finesse was earmarked to go through him. 2/15 tables got to slam, one in 6♣ and one in 6♦.

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Great thought! :)

The problem is really quite simple. 75% of the time that the bidding gets opened with 2♦, opener will be holding a natural weak-two in diamonds. Can someone kindly run a SIM for us on these probabilities: 1. Given that opener has opened a 6-card diamond suit, what is the probability that the player in the direct seat is holding the remaining 7-cards in the diamond suit? The probability has got to be really small. 2. Given that opener has opened a 6 or a 7-card diamond suit, what is the probability that the player in the direct seat is holding 5+/5+ cards in the majors? Logic tells me that the probability is much higher, although I have no idea what the actual number is.

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The Y'shu form seems be a deliberate attempt by orthodox Jews of that time to express their displeasure to the name of Jesus, the recently arrived Greek Christian God who was trying to seduce Jews away from their religion.” Here is a second extract: “Theodosus made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire in 391. Jerome's Latin Vulgate soon became the undeclared “official” text of the Roman Church. The Council of Toulouse in 1229 made the Latin Bible official by "expressly forbidding it's translation into vulgar tongues." In 1234 the Council of Tarragona declared: "No person except a cleric may possess the books of the Old and New Testaments and if anyone is found to possess them he must be turned over to the local bishop so that he may be burned at the stake." But the Roman Catholic Bible was misrepresented in so many ways. Any translation other than theirs was banned. Read this article on William Tyndale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale. The Roman Catholic Church controlled the scriptures. New evidence continues to surface as to the extent that the New Covenant as we have become familiar with it, was corrupted and distorted. A lot has been done to correct all these misrepresentation, but even now we still do not have the full story of what really happened during the ministry of Jesus and later Paul. Tragically we have become so used to the translation in our possession it will need a monumental mind shift to believe anything else. A classic example of this is what we believe about James, the brother of Jesus. The Roman Catholic Church has elevated James, the brother of Jesus, as a super hero who changed his views on Jesus. But there are clues scattered throughout the New Covenant that James is “the false apostle” and Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” which has been buried underneath the way the New Covenant has been translated. The super hero status of James comes from his edict during the council of Jerusalem in Acts 15. But everything that James did before and subsequent to that council would suggest that he was speaking under the unction of the Holy Spirit, just as Caiaphas was speaking under the unction of the Holy Spirit in John 11:49-53. The biggest damning evidence against James comes from Jesus himself in John 19:25-27 when he placed his mother into the custody of John. Doing that is unheard of in Jewish society, 2000 years ago and still applicable today. In Jewish custom it is the responsibility of the oldest surviving son to take care of aging parents. So what is it that Jesus knew about James that the casual reader of the Bible will never pick up? The answer lies in Mark 7:9-13. James was a Pharisee who had taken the Corban Vow, therein distancing himself from any responsibility towards his mother. Joseph, his father was already dead. There is plenty more damning evidence against James in-between, but fast forward to Galatians 2:9, “…James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship,…” What exactly is this “right hand of fellowship?” “Giving the right hand of fellowship” (Galatians 2:9) has its origins in the Maccabean Wars. “Let us offer the hand of friendship to these men and make peace with them and with their entire whole nation” (1 Maccabees 6:58); “Give us the right hand of peace, and let the Jews stop their fight against us and the city” (1 Maccabees 11:50). When James offered Paul and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship he was offering peace or a truce between them regarding their differences on whether circumcision and upholding the law were necessary for gentiles. This scripture is of significant importance as the rest of Acts and Paul’s letters unfold. There are plenty more clues in the New Covenant damning James but I will stop here for now. Instead I will add this. It comes from Vincent’s Word Studies on PC Study Bible: 2 Corinthians 6:8 – By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; Deceivers. See 2 also Cor 2:17; 4:2. The opinions concerning Paul as a deceiver are mirrored in the Clementine Homilies and Recognitions, spurious writings, ascribed to Clement of Rome, but emanating from the Ebionites, a Judaizing sect, in the latter half of the second century. In these Paul is covertly attacked, though his name is passed over in silence. His glory as the apostle to the Gentiles is passed ever to Peter. The readers are warned, in the person of Peter, to beware of any teacher who does not conform to the standard of James, and come with witnesses (compare 2 Cor 3:1; 5:12; 10:12-18). Paul is assailed under the guise of Simon Magus, and with the same words as those in this passage, "deceiver and unknown." The early Roman Catholic Church has created all sorts of fictitious accounts around James e.g. “He had calloused knees like a camel from all the time he spent on his knees in prayer.” Bunkum! Jews don’t pray on their knees. That is something that the Catholics introduced. Jews pray while standing, swaying to and fro while they pray. It’s called “shokeling.” You can read more on James here http://latter-rain.com/earlychurch/james.htm For the record, James' actual name is Jacob, which means "Deceiver." I think he has lived up to the meaning of his name, thanks to the Roman Catholic Church and the Jews of the day. The two witnesses of Revelation Chapter 11 are two people, but more significantly it is also the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. The Old Covenant must verify the New Covenant. If it does not then the New Covenant must be rejected as false, or more likely, it has been translated incorrectly/has been corrupted. Starting with Martin Luther’s reformation in the 1500s, slowly, bit by bit, all these misrepresentations are being corrected. That is one of the reasons we have so many different translations today. Every time enough new evidence is uncovered as to what really happened, a new translation appears in an effort to improve the text. Once the full picture has been recovered we will be entering into all the tribulations of the Book of Revelation. If you have never read it, or if you have been taught all sorts of crap concerning the book, think again. Much of the figurative language used in Revelation all comes from the Old Covenant, something every Jew is familiar with. Elohim’s wrath is soon to be poured out on all who continue to reject Yehoshua, Elohim’s way of Salvation. Regarding the name Y'shu, here is another very interesting article for you to read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshu

Suggest a defence to this hand: [hv=pc=n&w=s4hqdaqjt943ca864&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=2d(Lee%202D)]133|200[/hv] The opening bid promises one of the following hand patterns - 1. A natural weak 2 in diamonds, 6-11 HCP 2. 6-4 in the majors, 10-15 HCP 3. A big 4441 hand, 16+ HCP 4. A big 5-5 hand in the minors, 14+ HCP West knows that South has opened one of the three strong hand patterns. But the West hand does not form part of your defensive agreements, which are these: 1. Double is for takeout of a natural weak-two in diamonds 2. Any new suit is natural and at least a 5-card suit 3. 2NT is natural, 15-17 HCP 4. 3♦ is Michaels, 5-5 in the majors What would you suggest from West? 1. Gambling 3NT? This would probably need to be played from East's side of the table. What bidding sequence would get you there? 2. A jump to 4♦ to jam the auction? 3. A jump to 5♦ as an advance sacrifice? 4. Something else?

This is how we play it also. Partner is an unpassed hand. The first 2♠ bid would be "a generic game force with no clear direction." The second ♠ bid (3♠) would be asking for a ♠ stopper to play 3NT.

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Partner and I have a “System Notes File” which we try to keep up to date with all our system agreements. In an effort to improve our bidding and hopefully reach a better (optimal) contract, partner and I have now decided to also start including actual unusual hands from the table where we screwed up. The problem however is that I have no idea how to copy these hands into Microsoft Word. Under “My BBO” there is an option “Hands and results.” I can go there and click on “Hand Editor” to create any hand I wish to rebid or replay etc. From there I can print the hand. Unfortunately I have absolutely no idea how to copy it into Microsoft Word where I want to add some notes and commentary on the hand for our System Notes File. Question: 1. Does anyone know how to copy a hand generated on the BBO software into Microsoft Word? 2. Alternatively, do you know of a website with different software to BBO that does allow me to create and then to copy a hand into Microsoft Word?