December
2014
By Douglas Kent 911
Irene Drive, Mesquite, TX 75149
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REMEMBER:
NO STANDBY PLAYERS WILL BE CALLED IN ANY GAMES.
CONSECUTIVE NMR’S = CD
Paul Mikewski: Ehrman scrupulously avoids
trying to prove or disprove the resurrection from the dead, or the divinity, of
Jesus. He does discuss the broad
spectrum of Christian beliefs regarding the divinity of Jesus: whether He
became divine at His baptism (in the Roman world's sense of adoption, which
differs from what our notion of adoption), or at His birth, or whether He
existed in some kind of divine form before His birth, and how some of these
beliefs "won out" over others, of which there is considerable
historical evidence. I recommend any of Ehrman's books as an interesting read, and I think reading
his works can be enjoyable regardless of ones own
beliefs. What I like about Ehrman's works is that they show there can be a scholarly
discussion of the New Testament without asserting that some beliefs are right
and others are wrong, without preaching, and without delivering a sermon.
An Excerpt from
“For All the Tea in China”
Respectfully
Submitted for your Approval by Paul Milewski
This book by Sarah Rose (ISBN
978-0-670-02152-0), the full title of which is For All the Tea in China: How
England Stole the World’s Favorie Drink and Changed History,
is both entertaining and informative. It
is essentially a retelling of the exploits of Robert Fortune (1812-1880) who
was singlehandedly responsible for the smuggling of tea plants out of China and
their being transplanted in India, and covers, along the way, the demise of the
East India Company, its trade of opium grown in India for tea grown in China,
and the Opium Wars. I thought the
readers of ES would particularly enjoy this excerpt:
If China was ripe for foreign incursion and
a fertile hunting ground for botanist spies, it was equally a nation primed for
threats from within. Unknown to Fortune,
an insurgency was fomenting along his route.
A charismatic rebel leader in the south, Hong Xiuquan,
had seized the imaginations of China’s impoverished and bedraggled
peasantry. As a young provincial in
Canton, Hong had tried to gain acceptance into the higher ranks of intellectual
bureaucrats by training for imperial service, but like so many rural Chinese,
he had failed to pass the examinations.
His impoverished family had sacrificed everything to pay for his
education, and he had tried three times to qualify for the degree that would
give him the social status of wearing scholar’s robes and receiving a lifetime
stipend from the state. Hong was a
Hakka, a member of an outsider race, one of the hundreds of ethnic minorities
in China who did not enjoy the full social standing of the Han Chinese. The Hakka were rural farmers, their women did
not follow the approved practice of foot binding, and centuries after settling
in southern China, they were still viewed by locals as guests in the area. The magnetic Hong took all the disappointment
and rage of his failure and modest beginnings and transformed them into a
creation myth of biblical proportions.
After Hong failed the exams for the third
time, he grew ill, weak, and fevered, descending into a delirium full of dark
and wonderful visions. In his
hallucinatory state he saw a dragon, a cock, and a tiger, Chinese symbols for
power, aggression, and luck. He saw
demons as well and the king of Hell.
A woman greeted him in Hell and called him
“son.” She bathed and soothed him, wiped
his brow, and cradled him to her bosom.
An old man with golden hair and beard and wearing a black dragon robe
identified himself as Hong’s father and commanded the young scholar to change
the world. He handed Hong a sword and a
golden seal and instructed him to cast out and destroy all the evil demon
devils.
In the vision Hong saw another man, younger
and glowing, who he learned was his older
brother. While Hong would gladly have
stayed with his family, his older brother was impatient that Hong should return
to the world. Without his help, how
would the men of earth be transformed?
“Fear not and act bravely,” his
dream-father said. “In times of trouble
I will be your protector, whether they assail you from the left side or the
right. What need you fear?”
Hong awoke a changed man, although it
wasn’t until he happened to pick up and read a Chinese translation of the
Bible, which had been disseminated by missionaries, that he was able to make
some sense of his dream: It had been the
Christian God who had spoken to him. The
“older brother” in the dream was none other than Jesus Christ, which meant that
he, Hong Xiuquan, a poor Chinese peasant, had to be
the younger brother of Christ and like him, a son of the one true God.
Hong shared this revelation with his
neighbors and began to preach a fire-and-brimstone version of Old Testament
Christianity. He baptized converts,
called for a Christian community based on faith in God the Father, and demanded
the destruction of the Confucian state and the demolition of ancestral shrines. He forbade household idols and ordered the elimination
of ancestor worship. His followers were
called on to shun opium, alcohol, foot binding, and prostitution.
Hong declared himself the Heavenly King of
the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace. He
raised a vast army of the Heavenly Kingdom, the Taiping Tianguo,
foot soldiers to aid in God’s fight against the Qing emperor’s mandarins. His followers sold their property and earthly
possessions and pooled their resources in a common treasury in order to bring
the son of the one supreme God to rule over China. [Pages 144-146]
Acquire Game #2 -
“Juliet” – Eternal Sunshine
Players: Tom Howell,
Mark Firth, Andy Bate, Richard Weiss, Hank Alme
Turn 6
Hank
plays 3-C and buys two Festival.
Turn 7
Tom
plays 11-F.
Mark
plays 5-C and buys three Worldwide.
Andy
plays 10-E and buys three Worldwide.
Richard
plays 7-H.
Hank
plays 1-C.
Turn 8
Tom
plays 12-B.
Mark
plays 7-A.
Andy
plays 3-I and buys 3 Imperial.
Richard
plays 2-I.
Hank
is up!
Diplomacy
“Jerusalem” 2012A, W 12/S 13
England (John Biehl – jerbil “of” shaw.ca): Build F
Edinburgh.. F Barents Sea Supports A
St Petersburg,
A
Burgundy - Munich (*Fails*), F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea, F English Channel
- North Sea,
A
Finland Supports A St Petersburg, A Gascony – Marseilles, F Gulf of Lyon
Convoys A Marseilles – Tuscany,
F Gulf of Bothnia - Baltic Sea
(*Bounce*), A Kiel Hold, A Marseilles – Tuscany,
F
North Africa Supports F Western Mediterranean, A Ruhr
Supports A Kiel, A St Petersburg Hold,
F Western Mediterranean Supports F Gulf of Lyon.
Italy (Mark Firth – mark.r.firth “of” capita.co.uk): F Tunis Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea,
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Tunis.
Russia (Richard
Weiss – richardweiss “of” higherquality.com): F Livonia - Baltic Sea
(*Bounce*),
A
Moscow Supports A Warsaw - Livonia (*Fails*), A Prussia Supports A Silesia
- Berlin (*Void*),
A
Ukraine Supports F English Channel - Irish Sea (*Fails*), A Warsaw - Livonia
(*Fails*).
Turkey (Geoff Kemp -
ggeoff510 “of” aol.com): Build A Smyrna.. F Aegean Sea Supports F Ionian Sea,
A
Apulia – Venice, A Bohemia Supports A Munich, A
Constantinople – Bulgaria, F Ionian Sea Supports F Tunis,
A
Munich Supports A Silesia - Berlin (*Void*), F Naples Supports F Tyrrhenian
Sea,
F
Piedmont Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lyon (*Void*), A Rome Hold, A
Serbia – Trieste,
A
Silesia Supports A Munich, A Smyrna – Constantinople, A Tyrolia
Supports F Piedmont.
All Draw Proposals Fail. Now
proposed – E/I/R/T. Please
vote. NVR=No.
F 13 Deadline is December 30th at 7:00am my time
PRESS
London (Mar 1, 1913): The Foreign
Ministry is puzzled by the Italian Naval manoeuvers of the previous Fall season. The Ministry expects the Italian Navy to defend
itself against the Turkish depredations.
Whitehall (Apr 1, 1913): The Royal
Navy seeks a piece of the Russian Coastal Defence
Flotilla (the Whole Piece).
Praetor – Scrivener: Once, just once, could
you write “Jeruslaem” properly at the top? Neptune’s
trident – now I’m doing it!
GM – Praetor: No, because this is how it is spelled in what I
am referencing with game names.
Diplomacy
“Walkerdine” 2012D, F 08
Austria
(paul.milewski “of” hotmail.com): A Bulgaria - Greece
(*Disbanded*).
France
(Jim Burgess – jfburgess “of” gmail.com): F Adriatic Sea - Ionian Sea,
F
Aegean Sea Supports F Ionian Sea – Greece, A Burgundy
Hold, F Eastern Mediterranean Hold,
A
Edinburgh Hold, F English Channel Hold, F Ionian Sea – Greece, A London Hold, F
Mid-Atlantic Ocean Hold,
F
North Atlantic Ocean Hold, F Norwegian Sea Hold, A Piedmont – Venice, A Trieste
Hold, F Tyrrhenian Sea Hold,
F
Western Mediterranean Hold.
Germany
(Steve Cooley – tmssteve “of” gmail.com): F Barents Sea Supports A Norway,
A
Budapest Supports A Serbia, F Denmark Supports F North
Sea, A Kiel Supports A Munich,
A
Munich Supports A Tyrolia, F
North Sea Supports A Norway, A Norway Hold, A Rumania – Bulgaria,
A
Serbia Supports A Rumania – Bulgaria, A Sevastopol - Armenia (*Fails*),
A Smyrna – Ankara,
A St
Petersburg Supports A Norway, A Tyrolia Supports A
Trieste, A Vienna Supports A Tyrolia.
Turkey (Civil
Disorder): A Armenia U, F Constantinople U, F Greece U (*Disbanded*).
Deadline
for W 08/S 09 is December 30th at 7am my time
Supply Center Chart
Austria: None=0,
OUT!!
France:
Belgium, Brest, Edinburgh,
Greece, Liverpool, London, Marseilles,
Naples, Paris,
Portugal, Rome, Smyrna, Spain, Trieste, Tunis, Venice=16, Build 1
Germany:
Ankara, Berlin, Budapest,
Bulgaria, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Moscow, Munich, Norway,
Rumania, Serbia, Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Sweden, Vienna,
Warsaw=17, Build 3 (Room for 1)
Turkey:
Constantinople=1, Remove 1
PRESS
Paul
to Jim-Bob: What do I have to say? What is the question?
France
to Germany:
Now we control the destiny, methinks.
(BOOB
to WORLD): Only
the Con is left....
Vienna-Paul: "Play this
out properly" means fight to the very end, give it your all, never quit
until the last unit you possess is forcibly removed from the board.
Berlin-Constantinople: No offense, but
I've decided to bypass you and take a bit of time vacationing in Ankara. I hope
you don't mind. Well, if you do, please let me know.
Constantinople-Berlin: Actually,
"CD" means "can't decide." I would have thought you would
know that by now. Oh, and I do mind: get out of Ankara ASAP. As a matter of
fact, it's too late. I'm about to open up a can on you.
Black
Press Gunboat, “Fred Noonan”, 2013Arb32, F 10
France: F Barents Sea Supports F Norway, A Burgundy Supports A
Picardy (*Cut*),
F
Edinburgh - North Sea (*Fails*), F English Channel - Belgium
(*Fails*), F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Irish Sea,
F
Norway Supports F Edinburgh - North Sea (*Cut*), A Picardy Supports A
Burgundy,
F Spain(sc) - Western Mediterranean.
Germany:
Retreat F Norway-Sweden.. F Belgium Supports F North Sea (*Cut*), A London Hold,
A
Munich - Burgundy (*Fails*), F North Sea Supports F Belgium (*Cut*),
A Ruhr Supports A Munich – Burgundy,
A
Silesia Supports A Warsaw, F Sweden - Norway (*Fails*), A Tyrolia - Venice.
Italy:
Civil Disorder. F Apulia U, A Budapest U, A Serbia U (*Disbanded*), F
Tyrrhenian Sea U (*Disbanded*),
A Vienna U.
Russia: A St Petersburg - Moscow
(*Fails*), A Warsaw Supports A St Petersburg - Moscow.
Turkey: F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea, F Black Sea – Rumania, F Bulgaria(ec) Supports F Black Sea – Rumania,
A
Galicia - Budapest (*Fails*), A Greece Supports A Rumania – Serbia, F
Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea,
A
Moscow Supports A Silesia - Warsaw (*Void*), F Naples – Rome, A Rumania – Serbia,
A
Sevastopol Supports A Moscow, F Tunis Supports F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea.
Now Proposed: F/G/I/R/T, F/I. Please vote, NVR=No.
Deadline
for W 10/S 11 Will Be December 30th at 7am My Time
Supply Center Chart
France: Brest,
Edinburgh, Liverpool, Marseilles, Norway, Paris, Portugal, Spain=8, Even
Germany:
Belgium, Berlin, Denmark,
Holland, Kiel, London, Munich, Sweden, Venice=9, Build 1
Italy:
Budapest, Trieste,
Vienna=3, Even
Russia:
St Petersburg, Warsaw=2,
Even
Turkey:
Ankara, Bulgaria,
Constantinople, Greece, Moscow, Naples, Rome, Rumania, Serbia,
Sevastopol, Smyrna, Tunis=12, Build 1
PRESS
SWISS OBSERVER: I'll add MY two cents to Doug's, all your
press sucks!
Turkey to Germany: We can get the Italian
centers at our leisure, let's take out Russia now!!!
Russia - Germany: Thanks for any support given.
France to GM: In
the spring, I ordered my fleet in Edinburgh to the North Sea. I was always under the impression that if a
fleet was attacked, it could not convoy an army. If that is correct, how was the fleet in the
North Sea able to convoy an army to London?
If it was a mistake (heaven forbid), how do we correct this problem?
GM – France: A fleet attacked can convoy a unit
without a problem. If the fleet in
question is DISLODGED it cannot convoy.
A fleet attacked cannot SUPPORT (unless it is attacked from the space
into which the unit it is supporting is moving).
France to Russia: Do you think that there might
be a German-Turkish alliance?
Woolworth
II-D “Coney Island” 2013Bcb19, F 08
Balkans
(Secret): A
Bur-Pic, A Par S A Bur-Pic, A Swi-Bur, A Tyr-Swi, A Alb
S F Tri, A Ser S F Tri, F Tri S A Alb.
England
(Secret): Ret F Mao-Nao..A Pic S F Bre, F Bre S F Nao-Mao, F Nao-Mao.
Italy (Secret): F Por-Bas, F Mad S F Wms-Mao, A Gas
S F Mao-Bre, A Tus S A Ven,
A Ven S F Tri, F Wms-Mao,
F Tys
H.
Russia
(Jim Burgess - jfburgess
“of” gmail.com): F GOB-Swe, F Bal C A Ber-Den, A Ber-Den,
A Kie
S A Ber-Den, F Hol-Nth, F
Hel S F Hol-Nth, A Bel S A Bur-Pic, A Ruh S A Bel, A Sev S A Rum.
Scandinavia
(Geoff Kemp - ggeoff510 “of” aol.com): F WAO S F NAO-MAO, F Ech S F Bre,
F Nth S A Den(ret
Lon, Yor, Edi, Nwg, Nwy, Ska, OTB), F Swe S A Den, A Den S F Swe.
Spain (Civil Disorder): No
units.
Turkey
(Hugh Polley – hapolley
“of” yahoo.ca): F Cre-Ion, A Rum S A
Bul, A Bul S A Rum, F
MAO-Bre,
F HAO-WAO, F
Ion-Ems, A Alg-Mor.
Deadline
for W 08/S 09 is December 30th at 7am My Time
Suppy Center Chart
Balkans Ser, Gre, Bud, Vie, Tri, Swi, Par=7 Even
England Lvp, Bre, Lon?=2
or 3 Even
or Build 1
Italy Nap,
Ven, Rom, Cre, Mar, Por, Mad=7 Even
Russia Mos, War, Sev, Stp, Gal, Ber,
Kie, Mun, Hol, Bel, Den=11 Build
2
Scand. Nwy, Swe, Edi, Ice, Lon?=4 or 5 Even
or Build 1
Spain None=0 OUT!
Trkey Ank,
Con, Smy, Bul, Rum, Tun, Mor=7 Even
PRESS
Geoff
- Jim Bob: Thanks
for that, well on way to recovery and hopefully almost ready to resume pubbing
Quartz & Tween. Don't worry I totally understand
and apologise for not being able to give this game as
much time as I should have done.
RUSSIA to THE UNKNOWN PLAYER: Now we don't have any
NMRs....
