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So you think you are ready to take your Scrabble game to the next level. You are considering membership in a Scrabble club, or entering a local tournament. How do you know if you are ready. You may be the family champion, having mastered the basics, but will your reputation hold up in the competitive arena. Scrabble experts each have their own styles and opinions about what makes a champion, and this article covers four skills all agree are necessary to survive the cut. The first advanced skill appearing on every expert s list is rack management. A play is good if it considers first, the points earned, and second, the leave. To play competitively, one must keep a balanced rack. While there is an element of luck in any draw, a player of skill knows when to sacrifice a higher point value for a better leave. In general, one should try to play longer words, in order to keep tile turn-over high, increasing the chance of getting the best letter combinations for...

When you change email addresses, you typically send out a bulk notice informing friends, family and co-workers of your new means of communicating via the World Wide Web. If you get a new cell phone and number, you ll certainly be sure to notify everyone and their grandmother of the new number at which you can be reached. When you move to a new home, it shouldn t even be a question as to whether or not you let everyone know about your new residence, and the best easiest way to do this is by sending out We ve Moved. cards. Snail Mail is still alive and well, especially as a means of communication for the not-so-internet savvy generations as well as those who simply don t have a computer or Internet access. How do you expect to receive birthday cards in the mail if you don t let everyone know where you are living. Custom printed, We ve moved. cards from a quality printing company can make settling into your new home that much easier. While you re busy unpacking...

A pedometer is a great inexpensive exercising tool that tracks your progress and keeps you motivated to stick to your daily workout. Let s take a look at what exactly a pedometer is and why you need one. A pedometer is a small electronic device, about the size of a pager or smaller. The basic function of a pedometer is to track or count how many steps you take. Most models will also convert our steps into the number of miles you walked and calculate how many calories you have burned. More advanced models will save several days worth of date and some will even connect to your computer so you can chart your progress through software provided as well. So the pedometer helps you keep track of how many steps you walked. I find that I m much more motivated to take a little walk through the neighborhood, or park a little further when I m running errands when I m wearing my pedometer. A recent study by the University of Minnesota shows that people wearing pedometers...