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I ordered this set because I received a card made with them. I liked the look so much I just HAD to have them! They are beautiful and I will use them often.
very detailed, and come out of the die much easier than I thought,,,,,larger than they look too! Really pretty!
The service was fast and the die collection was perfect!
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The Planetary Society will host an open house Thursday at its new headquarters on South Grand Avenue.
Free public tours will be given from 4 to 7 p.m., and visitors will also be able to meet Bill Nye, the society's new executive director, and his predecessor Lou Friedman, who helped found the organization 25 years ago.
"… There are two questions that trouble us all from the moment we can think: Where did we come from, and are we alone?" Nye says. "It is the answers to these two questions that is the pursuit of the Planetary Society."
Learn more about the society's most ambitious program yet, LightSail-1. Friedman is directing the solar-sail mission, which will use sunlight to propel a small spacecraft — one smaller than a shoebox — in Earth's orbit. The second and third LightSail missions will reach even farther into space.
"The thing that inspires kids about space exploration — we want to make that inspire the public," Friedman says.
Tomorrow, Aug. 5, 4-7 p.m., The Planetary Society, 85 S. Grand Ave., Pasadena, (626) 793-5100, planetary.org
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Kids driving you nuts? Bring them to the library for an afternoon of epic adventure in Middle Earth. This event is for all ages, but please note that the movie is rated PG-13 for intense fantasy action, violence, and frightening images. Snacks, beverages, and comfy rugs to lie on will be provided, thanks to the Friends of the Southeast Branch Library.


text: I voted Team Hell No but it's wishful thinking on my part I'm afraid. IMO they ruined the whole Kane character by putting back on his mask and making him seem evil again and then dropping the whole angle by pairing him up in this goofy tag team. I miss the evil maniacal Kane. D.B. needs to go back to singles action as well. He can hold his own and cut a good promo and doesn't need a sidekick to sell his character. Both of them are still worthy of major singles titles and lengthy runs and, let's face it, Kane isn't getting any younger.


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Phi Alpha Theta to Host Book SaleEvent Details: 12:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m., April 28, Adorjan Hall
The Mu Alpha Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta has announced the 6th Annual Phi Alpha Theta Book Sale from 12:30-4:45 p.m. Thursday, April 28, in the commons outside Adorjan Hall, Room 142.
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I have a fun new flower tutorial for you that'll use up some of your scraps. Mine is attached to my bag as you can see, and it looks so cute that I almost forget my bag is full of diapers and crumbled goldfish crackers. Now on the tutorial…
First you'll need:
- 2.5" wide scraps of fabric in whatever colors your heart desires cut to various lengths. Mine were 3" long to 14" long. For fabric I used my leftover binding strips. My strips added up in length to about 2 yards, which made me a 5" flower. Add or take away strips or cut them shorter if you want a bigger or smaller flower. Shorter strips and more of them will make a more colorful flower.
- A sewing machine and a needle and thread.
-A piece of felt or other strong fabric, a hot glue gun, and a broach bracket.
Here are my various 2.5" wide strips. Put them in order from the color you want in the center of the flower, to the outside of the flower. Now sew them all together end to end, and press seams open.
Now folding your strip in half as you go, serge OR sew a zig zag stitch down the raw edges. Do the same on the ends.
With your sewing machine….increase the stitch length as high as it will go (a 4 on my machine) and increase the thread tension as high as it will go. Now sew down your strip again right along your sewn/serged edge. The strip should gather as you go. If it is gathering TOO much, lower the stitch length (see picture below for how much mine gathered)
**** I tried this gathering method on a computerized machine first and it would NOT work. When I switched to the older, manual machine it worked like a charm. So if this method isn't working on your machine…you can either gather it by hand by folding and scrunching the sewn edge as you sew over it, or use a gathering foot. Because the strip is so long it won't work to sew down it with a large stitch length and pull the bottom thread.
This is what it should look like after its sewn:
Starting with the end you want as the center of the flower, fold the raw edge down and make the center of the flower by folding the strip around it. Sew in place either by hand or machine with a few stitches.
Continue to wrap the sewn/serged edges around the center, securing the edges to the center with your needle and thread. I put the needle and thread all the way through the center for the first few layers.
As you continue adding the layers the center will have a tendency to stick out, but try to keep the sewn edges lined up and flat. Also as you add more and more layers, you can secure the layers to the previous layers with a stitch every half inch or so. If you secure the layers loosely to the previous layer, you'll get a better result.
This takes a little bit of practice, but I'm also quite possibly the worst hand sewer ever, so chances are you'll do it perfectly the first time.
When you get to the end, or the flower is as big as you want it, cut off the end and tuck the end to the back. Secure it with a stitch and knot your thread off.
Make sure your flower is just right and poke the center down a little if its sticking up too much to make the back flat.
Cut a circle out of your felt, just big enough to cover all of the sewn / serged edges.
With your hot glue gun, cover the backside of your flower with glue, then press the felt onto the back.
Then hot glue your broach bracket to the felt. (think I used enough hot glue??? I'm paranoid)
And there you have it, your cute scrappy flower you can attach to just about anything.
The first attempt was made out of my left over border strips from the chain quilt. It involved some trial and error with the hand sewing….so it looks a little more bunched.
If you need another broach made from scraps….last year I made this circle one that I still love.
PS. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for the lovely response to the Modern Chain Quilt. You guys are the best
blog friends a girl could ever ask for. Now we're off to the Seattle aquarium to visit the fishes. Have a great day!


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PartSelect Number PS429803
Sold individually. Also known as a short door closing cam.
This part works with the following brands: Frigidaire, Gibson, Kelvinator, Kenmore, Tappan & White-Westinghouse.
This part fixes the following symptoms:
Sold individually. This cam is located at the bottom of the fridge/freezer door.
Level of DifficultyEasy
Time to do repair:15 - 30 mins
ToolsNutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers
CustomerAl from Shakopee MN
For the ice dispenser, I read a blog that pointed me right to the solenoid that controls the linkage for the crushed /cubed ice.I first unplugged the fridge. Then removed the ice maker basket. Removed 2 ea screws from each side of the supports of the lower brackets. Then lifted the tray assy off the mounting bracket, moving the front of the bracket down you can then unhook the power/control connector. The tray then comes right out. Once out you remove two screws that hold a plastic plate on. With this removed you can see the solenoid that actuates the linkage for the ice cube and crushed ice. You then remove 2 ea machine screws that hold the solenoid in. Remove grd. wire. and pull power wires off tabs. You can then remove the solenoid by sliding it out of the plastic retainer. With it out you install the new plunger and reassemble in the reverse order. 15 mins tops.The main Refidgerator door, made a cluncking sound. Lube didn't help. I removed the door by removing the top screw from the plastic cover, then slide it forward, then remove the two screws that hold the hinge on and then lifting the door off, once off the lower nylon hinge bearing comes right out of the door, the plate is removed with a screw driver. Installed in reverse order and cluncking was gone. 10 mins
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Level of DifficultyReally easy
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
CustomerSteve from Ankeny IA
First I removed the contents from the door. Second, I removed the exposed bolt on the top hinge(per the manual instructions) and then I removed the plastic hinge cover. Up next was to remove the remaining two bolts from the top hinge. I should, at this point, say it is much easier to have someone help steady the door for you so it doesn't fall off the refrigerator. Now remove the door and the old nylon bearing. Replace with the new bearing and replace the door. This repair couldn't have been easier.
ToolsScrew drivers, Socket set
CustomerRobert from Sarasota FL
Upright refrigerator/freezer. Damage was on refrigerator side door- lower hinge. Removed everything from inside fridge door. Removed plastic protector plate on top of door hinge with phillips screwdriver. Pulled out top hinge and removed door. Undid two small screws holding bottom bearing hinge bracket. Took out chewed up old bearing hinge. Cleaned bracket of debris. Attached bracket with screws. Inserted new bearing hinge. Put door back on fridge, re-attached top hinge and protective cap. (Still trying not to cringe out of habit when opening the door)
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers, Wrench set
CustomerMichael from Lithia FL
Replaced the plastic/nylon piece on the door. First, I remove the door hinge cover by unscrewing the one bolt. Second, unbolted the two bolts that hold the door in place. Third, lifted the door off the bottom hinge. Four, remove the bottom plate that is held in place by 3 screws. Five, using pliers move the old plastic piece from the bottom of the door. Six, press into place the replacement part. Seven, re-install the bottom plate. Eight, rehang the door on the bottom hinge. Nine, restall the top hinge and rebolt the two bolts that hold the hinge in place. Ten, reinstall the top cover. Finished.
Time to do repair:30 - 60 mins
ToolsScrew drivers, Wrench set
CustomerMatthew from Parker CO
Removed the door and installed ne bushing on bottom of hinge
CustomerJames from Palm City FL
Removed stuff on door, removed 2 screws on top of door, lifted door off replaced one door closure/hinge bearing and one door closing plate and put door back on and wala no more thump.
ToolsNutdriver, Screw drivers
CustomerChris from Bakersfield CA
Removed the top hinge from the door, removed the door, removed the doorstop and remains of the old bearing, and then replaced the items with the new ones in the reverse order. The screw I purchased was not needed.The shelf had been broken for a while, and just needed to be slipped into the existing slots on the door
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers
CustomerWeston from Anchorage AK
First I cleaned out the side door then, removed the three screws on top of the door. Lifted the door off and set it carefully on a kitchen mat. I had to use the pliers to remove the existing bearing hinge as it had disintegrated in the door. Once it was out the new hinge slid right into place and I reinstalled the door. I had help with the door. It's much easier with two people to get proper alignment and to hold it in place while you reattach the screws.I would have to say the hardest part of this repair was cleaning out the refrigerator.
Level of DifficultyA Bit Difficult
CustomerKen from Diamond springs CA
Unplug refrigerator. Take out spill tray by sliding out. remove bottom 3 screws, gently but firmly push up and against refrigerator(Top section of cover snaps in by pulling cover down while holding cover against refrigerator). There is a ribbon wire connecting the two boards, care not to tear it out of connectors. There are two tabs on the plastic connector holding the ribbon wire to the outside board,pull the tabs out a little and gently pull the ribbon loose, carefully. There are 3 screws holding in the back board, remove them, them remove water hose from water actuator so the assembly can come out. Gently spread the plastic holder to be able to take the broken paddle out. Watch closely how the third arm on the actuator(Lower left arm)is resting on the back of the flapper.Replace the Actuator exactly the same. Just reverse the steps to install the rest of the parts.(Had a time getting the water hose back into it place. I used pliers to push and wiggle it back into it opening).Don't forget to plug the frig back in again. DOOR CLOSING CAM AND HINGE BEARING ARE VERY EASY. It take about 10 to 15 minutes to do. Empty door drawers before procedure the screw holding the plastic cover, remove cover. I used a 3/8" nut driver and my cordless drill to take out the two lag bolts holding the top hinge.Lift door off bottom hinge. Replace Door Closure/Hinge Bearing. Reverse procedure to finish installation.
CustomerDennis from Crossville TN
First I looked up and called Fridgedaire. They were absolutely no help at all. No diagrams and no intelligent help.When I found your site there was an IPB (Illustrated Parts Breakdown) diagram that helped me find the parts that I suspected as being the problem. When I found them and added them to my cart I found several comments from people who had the same problem and the same remedy to the problem. I ordered the parts, I could have got away with just replacing the door closure bearing, but I figured that the prudent thing to do while ordering parts and disassembling the door was to replace both. I was extremley pleased with the parts service as within three days of ordering the parts they were at my home and the repair was completed.The repair was very easy. Removed the items from the door storage, removed the upper hinge pulled the door, removed the door stop, replaced the door closure bearing reinstalled the pieces and then reinstalled the door. Piece of cake. Spent more time getting the tools together and emptying the items stored on the door then replacing the parts.
CustomerRichard from Dunlap TN
I removed the door by removing the top screw from the plastic cover, then slide it forward, then remove the two screws that hold the hinge on and then lifting the door off, once off the lower nylon hinge bearing comes right out of the door, the plate is removed with a screw driver. Installed in reverse order and cluncking was gone. 15 mins
Customerbruce from eldridge IA
took door off(very easy two bolts on top)lift door replace parts
CustomerJonathan from El Paso TX
Read the previous instructions given by other responders, they're spot on. But, in short. . .Remove all food items from the inside of the door.Remove Phillips head screw holding top hinge cover, remove cover.Remove top hinge bolts, making sure not to let the door fall.Lift door off of bottom hinge.Dig-out broken bearing.Install new bearing.Re-assemble door in reverse order. **Removing the broken bearing piece turned-out to be the most time consuming part of the job. Incredibly easy fix.
CustomerJudy from Visalia CA
First I removed the door. Took off the broken parts and replaced them. Easy and fast to repair.
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers, Socket set
CustomerDaniel from Drums PA
Before removing door, remove everything from on the door including the shelves, then close the door. Using a step ladder to access the top of the door, I removed the plastic hinge cover at the top of the refrigerator door using a Philips head screwdriver, remove the screw located at the back of the cover and slide the cover forward and up to remove. This will expose the two 3/8 machine screws that hold the top hinge bracket. Remove the screws using a socket or wrench. Then lift up on the hinge bracket from the top of the door to remove it. As long as the door is closed it will remain stable with little pressure to keep from falling. Then lift the entire door from the bottom hinge assembly and lay it across an arm chair or flat elevated surface so you can access the bottom door hinge bearing. You will see a bracket screwed to the bottom of the door with two 1/4 machine screws, it is the door stop bracket and this has the door hinge bearing inserted through it. My bearing was broke in half , the first piece fell out when I removed the door and the other piece was still inserted in the door. I removed one 1/4 screw from the stop bracket and loosened the other screw to allow the bracket to swing away from cavity that holds the bearing. Using needle nose pliers I remover the broken piece of the bearing. This part is nylon or plastic and can be cut into pieces if need be to remove it. Once removed, I cleaned the cavity, reinstalled the stop bracket assembly then inserted the new bearing. Gently align the door to the bottom bracket and set it in place, a second set of eyes may help. Once the door has been seated and in the closed position replace door bracket and the two 3/8 screws at the top of the door, check the alignment before you tighten. Check door operation! Then tighten the screws and replace the plastic cover by pressing down on the cover and sliding it back to align the Philips screw to be replaced .
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The Heartland Center for Public Health Prepardness will host a free webinar at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. The topic for discussion is "Faith Community Nurses and Emergency Preparedness."
All communities, whether rural or urban, have at least one church, syna¬gogue, mosque, temple or other religious community. In times of disaster, members of the community or neighborhood look to the local religious community for guidance and support. This webinar will focus on the unique role that faith community nurses, who serve in local religious communities, have in assisting faith communities to respond to disaster.
Various strategies used by the faith community nurses will be explored during this presentation that can help the religious community before, during and after a disas¬ter. Self-care strategies for faith community nurses and other religious leaders working with disaster survivors will be discussed.
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Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works (e.g. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, now in its 4th edition) provide a list of permissible words.
The name Scrabble is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. in the United States and Canada and of Mattel elsewhere. Scrabble was a trademark of Murfett Regency in Australia, until 1993 when it was acquired by J. W. Spear & Sons (now a Mattel subsidiary). The game is also known as Literati, Alfapet, Funworder, Skip-A-Cross, Scramble, Spelofun, Palabras Cruzadas ("crossed words") and Word for Word.
The game is sold in 121 countries in 29 different language versions. One hundred million sets have been sold worldwide, and sets are found in one out of every three American homes.
In 1948, James Brunot, a resident of Newtown, Connecticut, (and one of the few owners of the original Criss-Crosswords game) bought the rights to manufacture the game in exchange for granting Butts a royalty on every unit sold. Though he left most of the game (including the distribution of letters) unchanged, Brunot slightly rearranged the "premium" squares of the board and simplified the rules; he also changed the name of the game to "Scrabble," a real word which means "to scratch frantically." In 1949, Brunot and his family made sets in a converted former schoolhouse in Dodgington, a section of Newtown. They made 2,400 sets that year, but lost money. According to legend, Scrabble's big break came in 1952 when Jack Strauss, president of Macy's, played the game on vacation. Upon returning from vacation, he was surprised to find that his store did not carry the game. He placed a large order and within a year, "everyone had to have one. In 1952, unable to meet demand himself, Brunot sold manufacturing rights to Long Island-based Selchow and Righter (one of the manufacturers who, like Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley Company, had previously rejected the game). Selchow & Righter bought the trademark to the game in 1972 J. W. Spear & Sons began selling the game in Australia and the UK on January 19, 1955. They are now a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. In 1986, Selchow and Righter sold the game to Coleco, who soon after went bankrupt. The company's assets, including Scrabble and Parchesi were purchased by Hasbro.
In 1984, Scrabble was turned into a daytime game show on NBC. Scrabble ran from July 1984 to March 1990, with a second run from January to June 1993. The show was hosted by Chuck Woolery.
The game is played by two to four players on a square (or nearly square) board with a 15-by-15 grid of cells (individually known as "squares"), each of which accommodates a single letter tile. In official club and tournament games, play is always between two players (or, occasionally, between two teams each of which collaborates on a single rack).
The game contains 100 tiles, 98 of which are marked with a letter and a point value ranging from 1 to 10. The number of points of each lettered tile is based on the letter's frequency in standard English writing; commonly used letters such as E or O are worth one point, while less common letters score higher, with Q and Z each worth 10 points. The game also has two blank tiles that are unmarked and carry no point value. The blank tiles can be used as substitutes for any letter; once laid on the board, however, the choice is fixed. The board is marked with "premium" squares, which multiply the number of points awarded: dark red "triple-word" squares, pink "double-word" squares, dark blue "triple-letter" squares, and light blue "double-letter" squares. The center square (H8) is often marked with a star or logo, and counts as a double-word square.
When a blank tile is employed in the main word, the letter it has been chosen to represent is indicated with a lower case letter, or, in handwritten notation, with a square around the letter. Parentheses are sometimes also used to designate a blank, although this may create confusion with a second (optional) function of parentheses, namely indication of an existing letter or word that has been "played through" by the main word.
Example 1:
A(D)DITiON(AL) D3 74
(played through the existing letter D and word AL, using a blank for the second I, extending down the D column and beginning on row 3, and scoring 74 points)
Next, players decide the order in which they play. The normal approach is for players to draw tiles: the player who picks the letter closest to the beginning of the alphabet goes first (with blank tiles ranked higher than As). In North American tournaments, the rules of the US-based National Scrabble Association (NSA) stipulate instead that players who have gone first in the fewest number of games in the tournament have priority, or failing that, those who have gone second the most. In the case of a tie, tiles are drawn as in the standard rules.
At the beginning of the game, and after each turn until the bag is empty (or until there are no more face-down tiles), players draw tiles to replenish their "racks", or tile-holders, with seven tiles, from which they will make plays. Each rack is concealed from the other players.
During a turn, a player will have seven or fewer letter tiles in their rack from which to choose a play. On each turn, a player has the option to: (1) pass, forfeiting the turn and scoring nothing; (2) exchange one or more tiles for an equal number from the bag, scoring nothing, an option which is only available if at least seven tiles remain in the bag; or (3) form a play on the board, adding its value to the player's cumulative score.
A proper play uses any number of the player's tiles to form a single continuous word ("main word") on the board, reading either left-to-right or top-to-bottom. The main word must either use the letters of one or more previously played words, or else have at least one of its tiles horizontally or vertically adjacent to an already played word. If words other than the main word are newly formed by the play, they are scored as well, and are subject to the same criteria for acceptability.
When the board is blank, the first word played must cover H8, the center square. The word must consist of at least two letters, extending horizontally or vertically. H8 is a premium square, so the first player to play a word receives a double score.
A blank tile may take the place of any letter. It remains as that letter thereafter for the rest of the game. Individually, it scores no points regardless of what letter it is designated, and is not itself affected by premium tiles. However, its placement on a double-word or triple-word square does cause the appropriate premium to be scored for the word in which it is used. While not part of official or tournament play, a common "house rule" allows players to "recycle" blank tiles by later substituting the corresponding letter tile.
After playing a word, the player draws letter tiles from the bag to replenish his rack to seven tiles. If there are not enough tiles in the bag to do so, the player takes all of the remaining tiles.
After a player plays a word, his opponent may choose to challenge any or all the words formed by the play. If any of the words challenged is found to be unacceptable, the play is removed from the board, the player returns the newly played tiles to his rack and his turn is forfeited. In tournament play, a challenge is to the entire play rather than any one word, so a judge (human or computer) is used, and players are not entitled to know which word or words caused the challenge to succeed. Penalties for unsuccessfully challenging an acceptable play vary within club and tournament play, and are described in greater detail below.
With North American rules, the game ends when (1) one player plays every tile in his rack, and there are no tiles remaining in the bag (regardless of the tiles in his opponent's rack); or (2) when six successive scoreless turns have occurred and the score is not zero-zero.
When the game ends, each player's score is reduced by the sum of his/her unplayed letters. In addition, if a player has used all of his or her letters, the sum of the other player's unplayed letters is added to that player's score; in tournament play, a player who "goes out" adds double this sum, and the opponent is not penalized.
Scoreless turns can occur when an illegal word is challenged off the board, when a player passes, when a player exchanges tiles, or when a word consists only of blank tiles. This latter rule varies slightly in international play.
If a player uses all seven of the tiles in the rack in a single play, a bonus of 50 points is added to the score of that play (this is called a "bingo" in Canada and the United States, and a "bonus" elsewhere). These bonus points are not affected by premium squares.
When the letters to be drawn have run out, the final play can often determine the winner. This is particularly the case in close games with more than two players. The player who goes out first gets the point values of all remaining unplayed tiles added to their score. Players with tiles remaining on their rack have their equivalent point values subtracted from their score.
There are two popular competition word lists used in various parts of the world: TWL and SOWPODS. The North American 2006 Official Tournament and Club Word List, Second Edition (OWL2), which became official for use in American, Canadian, Israeli and Thai club and tournament play on March 1, 2006 (or, for school use, the bowdlerized Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition (OSPD4)). Early printings of OWL2 and OSPD4 must be amended according to corrigenda posted at the National Scrabble Association web site. North American competitions use the Long Words List for longer words.
The OWL2 and the OSPD4 are compiled using four (originally five) major college-level dictionaries, including Merriam-Webster (10th and 11th editions, respectively). If a word appears (or historically appeared) in at least one of the dictionaries, it is included in the OWL2 and the OSPD4, unless the word has only an offensive meaning, in which case it is only included in the OWL2. The key difference between the OSPD4 and the OWL2 is that the OSPD4 is marketed for "home and school" use, and has been expurgated of many words which their source dictionaries judged offensive, rendering the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary less fit for official Scrabble play. The OSPD4 is available in bookstores, whereas the OWL2 is only available from the National Scrabble Association to current members.
In all other countries the competition word list is the Tournament and Club Word List (Collins) published in May 2007 (see SOWPODS), which lists all words from 2 to 15 letters and is thus a complete reference. This list contains every word in the OWL2 mentioned above plus words sourced from Chambers and Collins English Dictionaries. This book is used to adjudicate at the World Scrabble Championship and all other major international competitions outside of North America.
The penalty for an unsuccessful challenge (where all words formed by the play are deemed valid) varies considerably, including:
The major changes in 1953 were as follows:
The major changes in 1976 were as follows:
The editorial changes made in 1989 did not affect game play.
Players are allowed "tracking sheets", preprinted with the letters in the initial pool, from which tiles can be crossed off as they are played. Tracking tiles is an important aid to strategy, especially during the "endgame", when no tiles remain to be drawn and each player can determine exactly what is on the opponent's rack.
The most prestigious (regularly held) tournaments include:
Other important tournaments include:
Clubs in North America typically meet one day a week for three or four hours and some charge a small admission fee to cover their expenses and prizes. Clubs also typically hold at least one open tournament per year. Tournaments are usually held on weekends, and between six and nine games are played each day. Detailed statistics on tournaments and players in North America can be found at www.cross-tables.com A list of internationally rated SOWPODS tournaments can be found here
During off hours at tournaments, many players socialize by playing consultation (team) Scrabble, Clabbers, Anagrams, Boggle and other games.
For a beginning club player, the most important list to memorize is the 101 (TWL) or 124 (SOWPODS) acceptable two-letter words because these allow one to play parallel to existing words, often scoring more points than merely extending or crossing a word. More serious players can take this a step further, and try to also memorize the 1015 or 1292 acceptable three letter words. After mastering the two-letter words, a beginner can greatly benefit by studying the shorter words containing high scoring tiles (e.g. JEUX, QAT, QUA, ZAX, ZEK), as well as "hook" lists which show what letters can be added to the front and back of words and are therefore essential for forming multiple words in a turn. Until March 2006 and the release of the OWL2, which for the first time included QI as an acceptable word, an important strategy was to memorize the words which have a Q but no U, in case they had a Q on their rack without a U. The addition of QI has made the U-less Q words less important, since the probability that a player will have an unplayable Q has been significantly reduced. Another important tip for beginners is to strategically utilize Ss and blanks, which are by far the most useful for hooks and for bingos. Above a certain level of play, a good rule of thumb is that holding onto an S is worth 8 to 10 points, and a blank upwards of 25 points.
Esoteric words do not necessarily score more points than common words. For example FAERIE, depending on board placement, may score fewer points than FAIRY. The word cwm is quite famous for being a three-letter word with no vowels – not even a Y, which is often used as a vowel substitute – but it generally scores less than MACAW, for example. In this particular case, the player who plays CWM also risks overloading the rack with vowels. Experienced players often choose to forgo points on an individual turn in favor of practising good rack management.
Letters that are worth four or more points should be played on premium squares if possible, and letters such as X, H, and Y are powerful if they can score in both directions, for four or six times their face value. A vowel next to a double- or triple-letter score creates a hot spot where a valuable consonant can potentially be played for many points. A good strategy for intermediate players is to memorize all the words that involve the "power" tiles (K, J, Q, Z, and X) that are five letters long or shorter. Knowledge of these words can increase a player's scoring by 10 to 20 points per game when applied correctly.
Rack management is the strategic element most overlooked by beginners. It is disadvantageous to keep duplicates of most letters or to have a large imbalance between vowels and consonants. For example, the highest-scoring whole word that can be formed with the letters AADIIKR is DARK. However, this leaves the player with no consonants and a double I. Because vowels are more commonly represented in Scrabble, it is entirely possible that the player will enter the following turn holding the unpromising letters AIIEUAO, for example. If the player had instead played RADII – which scores fewer points than DARK – he or she would have been left with an A and K, a combination which is common. Experts who know all the four-letter words might also have played KADI or RAKI to good effect, leaving an R or a D.
Defense is another important part of strategy. Experienced players consider how opponents could exploit their tiles and avoid creating easy setups. For instance, the word QUIT provides a 14-point hook to any opponent who has the letter E (thus making QUITE). A seasoned player would rather put a consonant next to a bonus square than a vowel. Experienced players take care to place the letter U in inconvenient locations if the letter Q has not yet been played.
Because of the 50-point bonus for using all seven tiles in one turn, many players manage their racks specifically to score as many bingos as possible. Making seven- and eight-letter words is generally the fastest way to achieve a high score. The letters A, E, I, N, R, S, and T are the most useful letters for this purpose, and so a good player will be reluctant to play off these letters without some benefit in return. Conversely, good players will strive to play off undesirable tiles, at times even if that play is not the highest scoring one available, and will use a turn to exchange tiles if necessary.
A good tactic for intermediate level players is to memorize "bingo stems," or groups of six letters that combine well with almost any seventh letter to form a bingo. The best bingo stem to have is TISANE, followed by SATIRE and RETINA. With TISANE on the rack, any seventh letter except for Q or Y (or, in North America, J) will create a seven letter word (TISANE + A = TAENIAS or ENTASIA; TISANE + B = BASINET or BANTIES; TISANE + C = CINEAST or ACETINS; etc.) Since many of these seven-letter words are obscure, it is useful to memorize not only the stem, but all the possible bingos that may be created with it. Players may also learn seven-letter bingo stems, which can combine with an eighth letter already on the board. In order to speed up this process both for memorization and during play, some players utilize mnemonics, including a specific type known by the coined term "anamonics" (see links below).
Another strategy that players use to increase bingos is to keep together three-to-four-letter combinations that form many bingos. Common examples of these combinations include "ING," "ERS," "IES" and "IED." An intermediate player is likely to hold on to "ING" to build a bingo later at the expense of points on the current play. "ING" bingos in particular tend to be easy for players to find because they only have to rearrange four letters rather than seven to try to find a play.
Experts at the highest level average over two bingos a game, and four bingos by a player in a single game is not at all uncommon. Given that a bingo conveys a 50-point bonus, at the tournament level the number of bingos is often the determining factor in a game. At the highest level of competitive Scrabble, knowledge of the words that are acceptable for gameplay – along with their "hooks" – is by far the most important factor. Scrabble experts tend to play games that provide ample openings for their opponents to utilize premium squares, unlike intermediate players, who tend to be more concerned about blocking their opponents. The need for defensive strategy decreases as word knowledge increases.
As in many games, when a player is behind he or she should gamble and take more risks to try to make up the difference, as losing by 20 points is the same as losing by 40. The converse is also true; players who are ahead should play more defensively.
It is a good idea to manually "shuffle" one's tiles while searching for playable words, as a study has proven that players who physically manipulate tiles using their hands generate more possible words than those who do not.
The game is especially interesting to implement because it can be broken down into two phases that are, from a computer's perspective, fundamentally different. The first lasts from the beginning of the game up until the last tile in the bag is drawn. During this phase, it is not known what the other players' tiles are, and the game has an element of randomness. However, when the last tile is drawn and the bag is empty, the computer can deduce from the overall letter distribution what letters must be on the other players' racks. In particular, when playing against a single opponent, the computer knows exactly the tiles on your rack and thus what your possible moves are for the rest of the game.
The best-known Scrabble AI player is Maven, created by Brian Sheppard. The official Scrabble computer game in North America uses a version of Maven as its artificial intelligence and is released by Atari. The official downloadable version which uses Maven was created by Funkitron. An open-source challenger to Maven has been created, called Quackle Outside of North America, the official Scrabble computer game is released by Ubisoft.
Mattel launched its official version of online Scrabble, Scrabble by Mattel on Facebook in late March 2008. The application was developed by Gamehouse, a division of RealNetworks who has been licensed by Mattel. However since Hasbro controls the copyright for North America with the copyright for the rest of the world belonging Mattel, the Facebook application is available only to players outside the United States and Canada. Ownership of the rights to Scrabble by multiple companies is limiting the introduction of the game to Facebook and, between its launch date and April 6, 2008, fewer than 2000 users had registered, compared with 600,000 registered Scrabulous users. The new "official" application has been heavily criticised in Facebook reviews, particularly by former users of the Scrabulous application which allowed American and Canadian users to play opponents in other countries, which is no longer possible: the Scrabble Beta application is only available in the USA and Canada, whereas Scrabble Worldwide is only available to other countries. Some have complained that they have been unable to use the new application due to technical bugs and glitches, and many have criticised Hasbro for failing to reach an agreement with Scrabulous developers.
RealNetworks has stated that the application is currently in its beta stage and there have been reports of a number of bugs and limitations. The Original Scrabble now exists on Facebook, and was developed by Electronic Arts.
In the absence of better documentation, it is believed that the following records were achieved under a formerly popular British format known as the "high score rule", in which a player's tournament result is determined only by the player's own scores, and not by the differentials between that player's scores and the opponents'. As a result, play in this system "encourages elaborate setups often independently mined by the two players", and is profoundly different from the standard game in which defensive considerations play a major role. While the "high score" rule has unsurprisingly led to impressively high records, it is currently out of favor throughout the world; associating its records with normal competitive play is misleading.
Hypothetical scores in possible and legal but highly unlikely plays and games are far higher, primarily through the use of words that cover three triple-word-score squares. The highest reported score for a single play is 1780 (OSPD) and 1785 (SOWPODS) using oxyphenbutazone. When only adding the word sesquioxidizing to these official lists, one could theoretically score 2015 (OSPD) and 2044 (SOWPODS) points in a single move. The highest reported combined score for a theoretical game is 3,986 points using OSPD words only.
Other records are available for viewing at , an unofficial record book which includes the above as sources and expands on other topics.
The game was called Alfapet when it was introduced in Sweden in 1954. However, since the mid-90s the game is also known as Scrabble in Sweden. Alfapet is now another crossword game, created by the owners of the name Alfapet.
For languages with digraphs, such as Welsh and Hungarian, the game features separate tiles for those digraphs.
Duplicate Scrabble is a popular variant in French speaking countries. Every player has the same letters on the same board and the players must submit a paper slip at the end of the allotted time (usually 3 minutes) with the highest scoring word they have found. This is the format used for the French World Scrabble Championships but it's also used in Romanian and Dutch. There's no limit to the number of players that can be involved in one game, and at Vichy in 1998 there were 1485 players, a record for French Scrabble tournaments.
In Speed-Scrabble, the tiles are laid face down. Four players each draw seven tiles and work their own grids; there is no central board. When one player reaches a valid position - that is, all of the player's tiles are in contact and form acceptable words - that player calls "pick." All players then draw another tile and continue. The twist in Speed-Scrabble is that a player can rearrange their grid at any time, even to the point of demolishing it and starting over.
Players receive a point for calling a pick. At the end (when no tiles remain to be drawn), scoring is done by totaling the point values of the letters played, minus the point values of any unplayed tiles.
In another variation of "Speed-Scrabble," players take 2 tiles instead of 1 every time a player calls "pick," but in this version, the player calls "take 2." This variation is fittingly named "Take 2."
There have been numerous documentaries made about the game, including:
Due to its popularity and universal familiarity, Scrabble is referenced frequently in pop culture. In particular, the plotline of characters challenging a dubious word played by an opponent is a common occurrence.


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Port development won't come overnight but "the pieces are there."
That was the message delivered last week to the Port Authority of Port St. Joe by Jeff Holt, Managing Director for Infrastructure Banking for the Bank of Montreal.
The Bank of Montreal was formally hired several months ago by the St. Joe Company to assist in the development of the Port of Port St. Joe.
"We are already deeply engaged and we have been for several months," Holt said after the meeting. "We're in for the long run and we know what it takes."
Holt, with more than 30 years in investment banking, said a visit to the area roughly six months ago convinced him that there was potential at the Port of Port St. Joe, which at several points in its history has been an operating port but is now considered a blank greenfield slate.
"We got to like the assets a lot," Holt said of what he called the regional "gateway" that is the Port of Port St. Joe. "We liked the gateway. That does not go away.
"We like what we see. You have all the pieces. We have to get the interest back."
Holt said he has declined overtures for engagement from a number of ports in the United States and Canada and said there "were enough parts here" that the project to develop the port could be successful.
"It has been a successful operation in the past; you have a great local partner in the St. Joe Company. It's really fortunate to have a company like St. Joe. It's a flag we can wave and I think St. Joe is a good calling card. It lends gravitas to any conversation you have."
A bulk port is likely the most advantageous route, Holt said. He also said his team was not looking for a company seeking to get into the port business, but rather an investor which has 65 port terminals around the country or globe and is looking for No. 66.
"It is a bulk opportunity," Holt said. "The depth (of the shipping channel) doesn't allow for much else. There is also a rail line going out the back (of the port property) and that is a good thing."
The Bank of Montreal, he added, has a significant stable of clients it can reach.
When an investor is ready to enter the port, Holt said, would be the time to reach out to state and federal agencies to deploy their resources – expediting permitting, for example, or dredging of shipping lanes and channels by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The case can then be made to those governmental agencies, this company is coming in, will invest a specific number of dollars and the Port of Port St. Joe needs these promises and actions from government, Holt said.
"Everybody has to be a part of this, from (the Florida Department of Transportation) to the Corps," Holt said. "It is a chicken-and-egg sort of thing. That's the way these things work. We are trying to provide exposure for the (investors) and bulk operators to what is there."
Port director Tommy Pitts, at the suggestion of Holt, said it would be time to re-energize past efforts to have the shipping channel dredged to authorized depth.
The job for the bank was to advise not just on bringing in an investor or company, but also in how to craft the deal. The bank is working on a "success-fee" basis, essentially putting much of the risk on the bank.
"But we like what we see," Holt said.
The bank's contract with the St. Joe Company is exclusive, Holt said, but the partnership to collaborate on port development between the company and Port Authority meant that at some point, once potential clients are ferreted out, the Port Authority must be part of the discussion.
Aspects of operation such as licensing, tax exemption financing, wharf and service fees fall under the gateway and the public authority overseeing that gateway, in this case the Port of Port St. Joe.
"You have a big part to play here," Holt told Port Authority board members. "The question is if we can put a fish on the hook and what the fish would want.
"What we are charged with is turning on the light in this gateway. Not only for the benefit of the company, but also you. We want to do everything we can to continue to develop the port."
Holt and St. Joe senior vice president Jorge Gonzalez both emphasized that the gateway of the Port of Port St. Joe was a part of a broader effort to maximize the potential of the region.
And in developing that gateway, the Port Authority and its land – which combined with St. Joe's holdings around the port account for more than 300 acres, with a rail line – are essential to the equation.
"We've been focused on the big dog, not just the little dog," Gonzalez said, emphasizing the partnership between company and Port Authority. "The Port Authority asset is going to be something folks are going to look at. They have to."
Holt, noting that most large ports are near metropolitan areas, said he expects that an investor will be one looking for "low-hanging fruit" or a port with a largely untapped potential that would likely provide added value at a relatively low price.
"I am encouraged by what you are saying," said Port Authority president Leonard Costin.
Holt said it was also important not to expect results, like, next week.
Holt's team is close to a deal to sell or lease the Port of Wilmington (Delaware) that it has been working on for two years and had recently completed a deal to run rail line through to the Port of Los Angeles, a $2 billion venture, that took some six years.
"This is probably not going to happen overnight," Holt said. "We have a sense of what can work and can't work. I am not a stranger to long lead times and patience."


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Panthers Heading Home to Lignite in August
By Lyann Olson
The Burke Central Panthers are heading home, home to Lignite, ND for an all-school reunion Au gust 14-16.
A committee comprised of Julie Kreklau '92, Marcie Durick '92, Sherry Lalum '93, Sam Nelson '98 and Derrek Johnson '98, Joel Bird '90 and Josh Ellis '91 met about a year ago to start planning a reunion in 2015.
Being several years since the last Burke Central reunion, the committee chose 2015, hoping to keep having reunions in five or ten year increments.
The Burke Central School District was established in 1969 combining Lignite and Portal, and now encompasses the cities of Columbus, Flaxton, Lignite and Portal.
The committee of five is very excited about the events being offered throughout the weekend.
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First Western Bank building is donated to Glenburn City
The First Western Bank and Trust branch in Glenburn has closed their doors. The company recently built a new bank in north Minot, so Kim Rosberg, one of the Glenburn branch employees will be working there. The other two branch employees, Linda Erickson Talley and Connie Artz have both retired.
With the closing of its branch in Glenburn, First Western Bank and Trust has decided to deed the bank building, along with the land, over to the City of Glenburn. On Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015, the City of Glenburn signed a gift agreement to receive the bank building and the property it sits on. The keys and abstract were then turned over to Mayor Folstad by First Western Bank and Trust President and CEO Richard Campbell.
On Wednesday, June 17th the City of Glenburn held an Appreciation Night for First Western Bank and Trust and employees of the Glenburn branch for being a part of their community for several years. This Appreciation Night was held in the Glenburn Park and held in conjunction with the Glenburn Lions Club monthly Burger in the Park event.
The current First Western Bank and Trust building, which was built in 1978, also housed the Glenburn City Hall. The Glenburn City Hall offices will now move over to the bank side and the side currently used by the Glenburn City will be a meeting/museum room.
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Opdahl Grocery, Kjelshus Take Top Prize in Chili Cook-off
By Ginny Heth
There was a 'hot time in the old town' on Saturday as Westhope Community Club hosted the First Annual Chili Cook-off!
May 10th was chosen as Community Day for Westhope with city-wide rummage sales happening throughout the day as well as the annual Presbyterian Women's fund raiser serving sloppy joes, pie and coffee. They also had basket- and purse-mania, a silent auction type activity that is fun for all. Included this year in the day's activities was the Trini Tree Frogs Youth Group detailing the insides of cars. They had a great turn-out for their fund raiser, even having to turn away a couple of cars that arrived after their time was up. Maybe they will have to plan another day of car cleaning since people were so happy to have someone to take on that task for them!
Meanwhile, all around town people's homes were beginning to smell a lot like a Mexican restaurant as pots of chili were started in anticipation for the Chili Cook-off. Around 3:00 p.m., the Gateway Community Room began buzzing with activity as the ten contestants brought their chili in for tasting......some contestants even brought their own Mexican ambience including table cloths, decorations (even some hung on the wall!) and music!!
Ten entirely different pots of chili were there for the tasting when it began at 4:30 p.m. coming from Westhope Farmers Union (Kevin Schroeder, cook); Westhope Fire Department (Ryan Ellsworth, cook); Double EE Service (Ben Cartwright, cook); John Gruenberg, M&D Pizza (Heather Lee, cook); Presbyterian Children (Lola & Randy Kimpland); Rachel Gruenberg; Kim & Lance Kjelshus; Opdahl's Grocery (Barb Opdahl, cook); and Westhope Ambulance (UB & Sylvia Schlieper, cooks). There were white chilis, red chilis, and no bean chilis. Some were quite spicy and some were just flavorful, with out the bite! Many contestants included 'add-ins' such as sour cream, onions, chips, crackers and cheese to make their offering more enticing. Community Club provided corn bread to make sure everyone had a way to 'cut the heat' between bowls of chili, coffee & water with the water being the most popular thing!
In all, nearly 100 people voted and there was a tie for first place! Opdahl's Grocery and Kim & Lance Kjelshus are the proud winners, sharing a traveling trophy for the year and prize money. Coming in a close third (only one vote separated the three chilis!) was Westhope Ambulance with UB's Road Kill Chili, who took home a small cash prize as well.
Plans are already in the works for the 2nd Annual Westhope Community Day Chili Cook-off, so get those recipes tweeked, plan on a few decorations for your table (Opdahl's & the Kjelshus' both had very nicely decorated tables -- whether that had anything to do with the winning or not.....) and take a chance at bragging rights for next year!!
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Pat Snyder is caregiver to her husband, John, and author of Treasures in the Darkness: Extending the Early Stage of Lewy Body Dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. Pat's mission is to help her husband and promote awareness of Lewy Body Dementia, which affects up to 40% of people with Parkinson's.
Jenny's husband was diagnosed with depression in 2009 and given prescriptions to address that problem. In October of 2010 he had an acute illness which precipitated the more correct diagnosis of Lewy body dementia (LBD). LBD is a member of the Lewy body disease family, which also includes Parkinson's disease. LBD symptoms may appear in many Parkinson's patients over the course of their disease.
In late spring of this year, Jenny was on an airplane flying from her home in Great Britain to San Francisco. She was reading my book, Treasures in the Darkness: Extending the Early Stage of LBD, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's Disease, which I wrote to help caregivers like her. LBD is the second most common degenerative form of dementia affecting 1.3 million Americans.
She read about my husband, John, and his sleep issues that preceded LBD by many years. Her interest was high because she was spending a lot of money to have a night sitter for her husband, James, who was experiencing mental and physical restlessness during the night. James would go to bed at 10:30, awaken at 11:30, 12:15, 1:30, sleep until 6:00, and then want to stay in bed until 11:00. This went on for two years. Jenny finally hired a night sitter for James. This allowed her to go to sleep in the guest room and provided protection for James.
In the book I told about how John's neurologist, who is an LBD specialist, had first addressed his sleep issues before dealing with any cognitive medicines. He prescribed over the counter melatonin, at first in the lowest dosage, then titrating up over a period of weeks until John's sleep became much improved.
Jenny was excited. She purchased a bottle of 120 tablets of 3mg melatonin for $15.21 while in San Francisco and took it home with her. In Great Britain melatonin is only available by doctor prescription. When she returned home, she gave her husband, James, 3mg of it and he slept more deeply with almost no restlessness or agitation the first night. Jenny said, "It was wonderful to hear him sleeping peacefully for many hours at a time." However, he awoke at 3:30 to 4:00 in the morning.
So two weeks later, Jenny doubled his dose to 6mg.* James awakened about 5:00 in the morning, went to the bathroom, got back in bed and dozed until about 7:00. Jenny was so happy. "It seems like a miracle to me!" she wrote, "I feel so much better for having a good night's sleep and he is waking only for the toilet and then gets himself back to bed. My next challenge is to tell the doctors what I have done."
When Jenny took James to his doctor's appointment in late July, she took a copy of my book with her to show the doctor "just in case she thought I was making it all up!" James' new doctor was reluctant to prescribe melatonin. She said it was very expensive in England and that she may be asked to justify her decision by the commissioners of health services locally. (In England health services are managed by the government.) Jenny was informed that the suggested dose is 2.5mg and it was only used in child psychiatry in England. However, the doctor did give James a prescription for thirty days, and Jenny must report back to her in three weeks.
A couple of weeks earlier, Jenny had written to tell me, "I have now cancelled our night sitter! We said our fond farewells last Friday, and hopefully we won't need her again. I think it has cost me about $49,500 in US dollars to have a night sitter since February 2011."
My jaw dropped when I read her words. What a life changing series of events!
* It is always best to do something like this at the direction of a physician or with his knowledge and direction as it is happening.
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By Jonathan Stroud
Young Adult reading level
Book 1 - The Amulet of Samarkand
Book 2 - The Golem's Eye
Book 3 - Ptolemy's Gate
I'm not very well-read compared to you guys, but I thought it was very well written and humorous. When I read my first Discworld novels, I thought that the setting was a lot like the run down Ankh-Morpork of CoM and Sourcery, where the city was stagnating and the wizards went around killing each other.
Background (from Ask's wiki):
The three novels are set in London in an alternate history to our own, though many countries, cities, events, and people are from actual history (such as Prague, Solomon, the Roman Empire, William Ewart Gladstone, Benjamin Disraeli, the American Revolution, etc.). The books presume the idea that magic, magicians, and demons have been active throughout history, radically altering it. In particular these changes are reflected in the contrast between modern aspects (such as electricity and cars) and older ones (colonial-era weapons including muskets). The current time is never directly stated. The books incorporate references to various world mythologies and folklore, such as the Arabian Nights and Homer.
In the alternate history existing in the story, a type of oligarchy exists, where the people are mainly of two classes. The British monarchy is mentioned in passing, but is said to have been overthrown long before the events of the book.
The magicians are the governing class and hold all important posts in the government, from a Prime Minister down through assorted other ministers. They perform their magic indirectly by summoning, binding, and controlling various types of spirits, and by creating magical artifacts to do the same. The magicians are normal humans, who know how to summon demons and bend them to their will.
The commoners are those who are ignorant of magic and who make up the rest of society. They are kept in line by the governing class through fear and ignorance. It should be noted that some commoners are born with a resistance to magic, or a sensitivity to its presence. Unlike the Muggles of the Harry Potter universe, who do not believe in magic, the commoners are fully aware of the magical world and know of the magicians' dominance, and although most humans cannot see demons without special lenses some have the ability to see them naturally.
The books blend twentieth-century England with past epochs. London in the trilogy still has the Crystal Palace, where the climax occurs. Because it is stated that the trilogy occurs over a hundred years after the death of William Gladstone in 1898, it is clearly past 1936, when the real Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire. Airplanes and e-mail are mentioned, so it can be assumed to be set in more modern times. The Tower of London is still used as a prison. A chandelier in the first book is said to be made of "crystal taken from the ruins of Versailles", and it is implied that France, Germany, and Italy obey Britain. Britain's main rival is the Czech Empire (inheritor to the Habsburgs), which has been greatly weakened but still resents Britain.
In the third book, the war against the "American colonies" is a main cause of the commoners' dissent. Apparently, Britain still retains dominion in North America and is sending troops there to suppress discontent. It is also implied that only the New England colonies have large cities, the rest of North America being still under the control of Native Americans.
The series is a lot darker than Discworld, but it's still got funny bits scattered around. The main character, the djinn (or genie) Bartimaeus was who I was reminded of when I read about Rincewind, because both have that cowardliness overlaid with cynical sarcastic humor. It's also got those lovely footnotes, and I found out a few months ago that the author had read Pratchett and was inspired by him.
Excerpt from Amulet of Samarkand footnote:
Heddleham Hall was a great rectangular pile with plenty of tall arched windows, two storeys, ornate tracery that amounted to the Baroque, faux-battlements, high vaulted ceilings (heavily groined), sundry gargoyles (likewise) and all constructed from a creamy-brown stone that looked attractive in moderation but en masse made everything blur like a big block of melting fudge.
Give it a try if you think it sounds interesting, and also the spinoff book The Ring of Solomon comes out in a few months.


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The debate over the optimum rocker arm ratio has dragged on since the invention of the pushrod V-8. Even though Chevrolet made the decision easy for us when it engineered the small-block to run around a 1.5:1 ratio, (Comp Cams says most stock rockers are actually about 1.46:1), it's well known that the inconsistencies of stock rockers and the friction and heat they create mean there's power lost with them. By simply equalizing all rocker arms to a consistent 1.52:1 ratio we've found there's much power to be gained. And by increasing, or more precisely optimizing, rocker ratios to alter the opening and closing events of the cam you can build even more power. SUPER CHEVY wanted to find out what the best ratio really is, but didn't have time to debate the issue. So we thought we'd just test it instead.
Rocker DecisionsThere's actually much more to determining which rocker arms are best for your engine besides just finding the right ratio. Stock rockers flex and make heat, but there are roller rockers made out of chrome-moly and stainless steel, as well as the familiar aluminum versions engineered to cure those problems, and then there's shaft rockers to consider, too.
There are also some trick new rockers available with unique designs, like Crane Cams' ingenious variable-ratio Radi-Arc rocker arms, and Crower Cams has been working on rocker arms that fix many of the problems associated with increasing the ratio and/or lengthening your valves. There's even a trick, new electronically controlled, variable-ratio shaft rocker conversion kit called Hot Rockers for street small-blocks that we'll tell you more about in a bit. But we wanted to cover the basics for this test. So we strapped a small-block to Westech's Superflow 901 dyno in hopes of learning all we could from a set of rockers.
Since there's no point in only testing stuff that is way above most readers' budgets, we chose a mild 383-cid stroker for our pulls. The engine is one of Westech Performance Group's test mules, and they were willing to lend it to us for a day. The engine consists of a cast crank, stock 5.7 rods, and Speed Pro 9.5:1 forged pistons. Trick Flow aluminum cylinder heads with large 1.46-inch diameter springs and an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, wearing a 750-cfm Road Demon double pumper, round out the breathing package. Westech installed a Comp Cams 292H Magnum hydraulic single-pattern camshaft to make sure that dual-pattern lobe profiles would not affect our results. Hooker 1 3/4-inch roadster headers were also used.
For the actual tests we planned to baseline the engine with stock stamped-steel rockers arms first. But Comp advised us that stock rockers are so bad, we'd probably never get a consistent pull with the relatively strong valve springs we were running, so we opted for Comp's High Energy stamped steel rockers for the baseline pulls. Then, we switched to Comp Cams' Magnum roller-tip chrome-moly rocker arms with a true 1.52:1 ratio. Last, we tried Comp's full roller Hi Tech stainless steel rocker arms in both a 1.5:1 and 1.6:1 ratio. We even tried a 1.5-intake-and-1.6-exhaust-rockers combo and then planned to swap the intake and exhaust ratios to see what effect that would have. You'll have to read on to find out about the trouble we ran into and what we learned there.
The best power-per-dollar gains came from switching the stock rockers to the roller-tip Magnum rockers with the 1.52:1 ratio. The power we gained made their under-$150 price tag worth it. The full roller 1.5s did an excellent job of pumping even more horsepower, and the reduction in oil temp that comes along with the reduced friction these rockers offer make them an easy choice.
How Rockers Add PowerThe rocker arm mechanically multiplies the cam's lobe lift. It does this by moving the pushrod closer to the fulcrum pivot point than the valve stem tip is. A simple example would be: If the valve tip centerline is located 0.750 inch away from the rocker fulcrum pivot centerline, then a 1.5:1-ratio rocker would have the pushrod cup located 0.500 inch from the pivot centerline (.750/1.5= .500). When you increase the ratio to 1.6, yet obviously can't move the valve or rocker arm stud, you have to move the pushrod cup closer to the pivot centerline.


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Feb 20, 2008
Chapter Excerpts from the "NXT Zoo Book"
Shown here is the stegosaurus. The link to three chapter excerpts is here.
There are numerous parts substitutions listed throughout the book. (For example, the book shows how the "scales" of the stegosaurus can be made in different ways). There are also parts packs that make building easier. (The education resource set is a helpful adjunct for seven of the nine models).
More details regarding parts will be in a forthcoming post.
6 comments:
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
the feature on the parts substitutions is an extraordinary good idea!
- Feb 20, 2008, 6:25:00 PM
- NXTMonger said...
That's a great dinosaur, Fay!!! I can't wait till your book comes out!
- Feb 21, 2008, 12:58:00 AM
Any updates on when the book will actually be published and available? Amazon keeps pushing the date back on me. It was supposed to ship at the beginning of Feb.
- Feb 22, 2008, 12:33:00 AM
- Fay Rhodes said...
As far as I know, the original release date was February 15, but that was moved to the 18th. I don't know how much time passes between when it is finished at the printer and when Amazon gets it, but I'm waiting for my author copies to arrive in the next day or two. (I don't know where Amazon got the beginning of February for a release date.)
- Feb 22, 2008, 6:52:00 AM
Amazon now has it listed as shipping March 4th for my order, but...I'm not holding my breath. Other sites won't even let you purchase the book (eg., Barnes and Noble), so I doubt anyone really knows when it will be ready.
- Feb 28, 2008, 2:02:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
Fay received her author copies, so the book is definitely out. When I got my author copies, I drove to B&N and they had 2 copies in a box ready for the stocker to put on the shelf.
Not sure why the date says March 4, but the book has been printed and shipped from the printers.
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Federal Work Study
Federal Work-Study (FWS) is a federally funded aid program that provides on- campus work positions to qualifying Saddleback College students. Students must meet the financial aid requirement to qualify for a position. To apply, students should complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
How do I apply for Federal Work-Study?
- Complete the FAFSA online at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
- Mark 'yes' to the question on the FAFSA that asks if you are interested in student employment
- Students must complete a new FAFSA by March 2 of each year for consideration
- If the student is eligible for and is offered FWS as reflected in the award letter he/she needs to contact the Financial Aid Office for a job referral
FWS Policy
- Students must be enrolled in 6 or more units
- Students may not work more than 10 hours per week while school is in session
- Students must maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA or better
- Students must not earn over their FWS award amount
- Students may not work during a scheduled class or lab (even if its cancelled)
- The FWS academic year is July 1 through June 30. Students are not paid for what they don't earn. Earnings "left over" from the previous year are not transferred to the next academic year.
- FWS awards are cancelled if the student does not respond to the FWS offer within 3 weeks from the date FWS is awarded
- The Financial Assistance Office has the right to change a student's award which may result in a student's FWS award being increased or decreased.
How do I find a job?
After receiving your award letter you can view federal work study openings by logging into Gaucho Jobs When you click on the title, it takes you to the log-in page for Gaucho Jobs.
- If you have an existing account and log-in, it will take you directly to the posting.
- If you have to create an account, you'll have to follow the steps to register, log-in, and then…
- Go to the 'Search Jobs' tab or
- Use the quick link 'Search Federal Work Study Postings' from the Student Home Page.
Thoroughly read the job requirements for each position and consider your program of study, previous work experiences and time schedule so that you can apply for the position that will be the best fit for you.
- Select a position, print or write down the job information and bring it to the Student Financial Assistance and Scholarship Office for a Referral Card. After obtaining the Referral Card contact the employer for an interview.
Click here for current Federal Work Study openings
I am currently receiving unemployment. Do I have to report FWS earnings to the unemployment office?
Yes. If you are receiving unemployment insurance benefits and are also employed in the FWS program, you must notify your local unemployment office that you are working in the FWS program. The California Employment Development Department (EDD) considers it willful misrepresentation to collect unemployment benefits without revealing that you are also receiving FWS
Are FWS earnings taxable?
Yes. FWS earnings are considered taxable income by both federal and state governments. However, FWS earnings are not counted as income in determining eligibility for financial aid
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Fragment of "Magic Knife"
Used for magical protection, objects like this one are today commonly called "knives" because of their shape. The feline head on the end of this one draws upon the animal's protective qualities. An early representation of the god Bes, or a Bes-like deity, incised on the knife enhances its magical potency.
Ancient Egyptians placed knives like this one on the stomachs of pregnant women during childbirth and on newborns to repel demons and disease. In the tomb, such knives provided protection for the deceased.
- Medium: Frit
- Place Made: Egypt
- Dates: ca. 1759-after 1630 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: XIII Dynasty
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Dimensions: 1 3/8 x 3 9/16 in. (3.5 x 9 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Special Exhibitions, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
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- Accession Number: 16.580.145
- Credit Line: Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Fragment of "Magic Knife," ca. 1759-after 1630 B.C.E. Frit, 1 3/8 x 3 9/16 in. (3.5 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour , 16.580.145. Creative Commons-BY
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- Catalogue Description: Fragment of magic wand in deep blue frit. End with lion's head in relief on both sides; shaft incised on one side with human legs supporting a vase and Bes holding serpents; on other, lion's legs supporting jackal-head and tail and portion of body of Sebek-crocodile on stand. Condition: Fragment. Some chips in preserved portion. Glaze has lost luster but preserved lapis-lazuli color.
- Record Completeness: Best (84%)