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| − | This page contains current and recent '''breaking news''' about [[NASPA]]. | + | This page formerly contained current and recent '''breaking news''' about [[NASPA]]. |
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| | + | It has been replaced by [[IContact]]: an online archive of NASPA News (originally called Tournament Talk), a weekly newsletter, and other emails sent to the membership. |
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| | See also: | | See also: |
| − | * [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/ NASPA home]: contains the most recent tweets.
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| − | * [[NASPA Bulletin]]: an online archive of NASPA Bulletins. | + | * [[Media relations]]: media coverage of NASPA activities |
| − | * [[Club news]]
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| − | * [[Member news]]
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| − | * [[SCRABBLE in the news]] : Links to articles about SCRABBLE players, clubs, and tournaments.
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| | * [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html Tournament calendar]: upcoming tournaments | | * [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html Tournament calendar]: upcoming tournaments |
| − | * [[Tournament results]] | + | * [[Tournament results]]: past tournaments |
| − | | + | * [[NASPA Bulletin]]: an online archive of NASPA Bulletins (not currently in publication). |
| − | == Current news ==
| + | * [[Club news]]: news about activities at our sanctioned clubs |
| − | | + | * ... and our home page, which will always list the top stories. |
| − | === January 8, 2013: State of NASPA ===
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| − | [[Chris Cree]] has posted the [[2013 State of NASPA]] report.
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| − | === January 4, 2013: NSC 2013 Registration Goes Live ===
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| − | [http://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/register.pl Online registration] is now
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| − | available for the [[2013 National SCRABBLE Championship]].
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| − | === January 4, 2013: New member joins Technology Committee ===
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| − | [[Reese Daniel]] has joined the [[Technology Committee]], the NASPA working
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| − | committee tasked with evaluating playing equipment.
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| − | === January 3, 2013: New ex officio member of NASPA committees ===
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| − | The NASPA Executive Committee has determined that all members of that committee should serve as ex officio members of all other NASPA committees. Accordingly, Dallas Johnson has been added as an ex officio member of all NASPA committees on which he was not already a member, and Chris Cree and John Chew have been added to the International Committee, so that they are now ex officio members of all committees as well.
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| − | == Late 2012 ==
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| − | === December 30, 2012: Director's Exam expanded to 84 questions ===
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| − | In order to include questions about membership issues and tournament participation fees, the NASPA director's exam has been expanded from 80 to 84 questions. A passing score is now 76 out of 84 or better.
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| − | === December 1, 2012: Palazzo and Karanofsky elected to Canadian Committee ===
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| − | Mad Palazzo and Sary Karanofsky were elected to the Canadian Committee. On January 1, 2013 they will replace incumbents Tony Leah and Randall Thomas who did not seek re-election.
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| − | === August 15, 2012: Nigel Richards wins 2012 NSC ===
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| − | [[Nigel Richards]] has won the [[2012 National SCRABBLE Championship]] in Orlando, Florida. This is his third consecutive title and fourth overall, both unprecedented achievements. He is also the reigning [[World SCRABBLE Championship|World Champion]].
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| − | Both Richards and the runner-up, 1994 champion [[David Gibson]], won 22 games (out of 31) but Richards had accumulated a better spread (+1579 vs. +1563, a difference of only 16 points) after winning the final game against Gibson by 177 points (475 to 298). Jesse Day finisher third.
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| − | [[Sam Kantimathi]] won the [[Collins]] division with a 24-7 +481 record. Brian Bowman was second and the 1999 World Champion [[Joel Wapnick]] third.
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| − | Adam Ginzberg won the second division, Chris Canik the third division and Amalan Iyengar the fourth division.
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| − | [http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/tourneys/2012/nsc/build2/standing/index.html Complete results] | |
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| − | == July 2012 ==
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| − | === July 28, 2012: Director's Exam expanded ===
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| − | Club/Director Committee expands the NASPA director's exam from 75 to 80 questions. A passing grade is now 72 out of 80 instead of 68 out of 75. | |
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| − | === April 2, 2012: Michael Thelen joins Rules Committee ===
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| − | We welcome [[Michael Thelen]] to the [[Rules Committee]].
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| − | === March 18, 2012: Paul Mulik joins Dictionary Committee ===
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| − | We welcome [[Paul Mulik]] to the [[Dictionary Committee]].
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| − | === February 7, 2012: Adam Henderson joins Dictionary Committee ===
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| − | We welcome [[Adam Henderson]] to the [[Dictionary Committee]], which is recruiting new members to help prepare the next edition of the [[OWL]].
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| − | === December 9, 2011: Joel Sherman scores record 803 points ===
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| − | At the Northeast SCRABBLE® Championship tournament
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| − | in Stamford, CT,
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| − | [[Joel Sherman]], the 1997 [[World SCRABBLE Championship|world]] and 2002 [[National SCRABBLE Championship|national]] champion, set the new
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| − | NASPA and world [[Records#Tournament.2C_OTCWL|record]] for
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| − | highest score in a tournament game using OTCWL, 803 points.
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| − | His opponent Bradley Robbins, a member of the 2010 School SCRABBLE championship winning team, scored 285 points.
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| − | Joel made seven bingos, CRUMPLED, OUTRATED, COTHURNI, TRAVOISE, SHAKING, AVENGED and AIRLINE, which ties the record for most bingos by one player. Bradley made one bingo, ISOLATES, bringing the total to eight which ties the record for most bingos by both players. The game can be reviewed at [http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=9979#0# cross-tables.com].
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| − | Congratulations!
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| − | === December 1, 2011: Lisa Kessler wins CC election ===
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| − | Lisa Kessler wins the 2011 Canadian Committee election, garnering 23 votes to Carl Madden's 21. Lisa's three-year term will begin on January 1.
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| − | === September 1, 2011: Bulletin published ===
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| − | A 2011 issue (Volume 3, Number 8) of the [[NASPA Bulletin]]
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| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/bulletin.pl member download].
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| − | The previous issue (Volume 3, Number 7) is available to the [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/bulletin/201107.pdf general public].
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| − | == August 2011 ==
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| − | === August 10, 2011: Nigel Richards wins National SCRABBLE Championship ===
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| − | [[Nigel Richards]] from Malaysia wins the [[2011 National SCRABBLE Championship]] with a 22-9 +1532 record. Congratulations!
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| − | See the [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2011/nsc/build/standing/1/31.html final standings].
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| − | === August 9, 2011: Club Sanctioning Fee goes away in 2012 ===
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| − | It was announced at the Town Hall meeting at the 2011 National SCRABBLE Championship that the annual $30 club sanctioning fee will no longer be charged starting in 2012.
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| − | More information about sanctioned clubs on the [[Clubs]] page.
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| − | === August 8, 2011: Chris Lipe and Leesa Berahovich score −25 total ===
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| − | Chris Lipe and Leesa Berahovich set a new [[OTCWL]] tournament record for the [[Records#Lowest_combined_game_score|lowest combined game score]] with a total of negative 25 points. The previous record was −22.
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| − | See [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2011/nsc/build/notes/15.html NSC live commentary] for details. Congratulations to both!
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| − | === August 6, 2011: Live coverage of NSC ===
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| − | Links to live coverage of the 2011 National Scrabble Championship (including player lists, standings, and annotated games) can be found at
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| − | [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2011/nsc/build/tsh/ NSC Live Coverage].
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| − | === August 2, 2011: Advisory Board election results ===
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| − | Two new members for the [[Advisory Board]] have
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| − | been [[AB Elections|elected]]:
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| − | * Eastern district: [[Jan Cardia]] (31% of votes)
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| − | * Western district: [[Siri Tillekeratne]] (unopposed) | |
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| − | == July 2011 ==
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| − | === July 31, 2011: Bulletin published ===
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| − | July 2011 issue (Volume 3, Number 7) of the [[NASPA Bulletin]]
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| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/bulletin.pl member download].
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| − | The previous issue (Volume 3, Number 6) is available to the [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/bulletin/201106.pdf general public].
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| − | === July 15, 2011: Advisory Board voting started ===
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| − | The voting period for [[Advisory Board]] [[AB Elections|elections]] has started. There are four nominees in the eastern district and one nominee in the western district. Members may vote [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/vote.pl here] through July 31, 2011.
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| − | == June 2011 ==
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| − | === June 27, 2011: Bulletin published ===
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| − | June 2011 issue (Volume 3, Number 6) of the [[NASPA Bulletin]]
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| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/bulletin.pl member download].
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| − | The previous issue (Volume 3, Number 5) is available to the [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/bulletin/201105.pdf general public].
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| − | === June 23, 2011: New Rules Committee members ===
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| − | [[Rules Committee]] welcomes two new members,
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| − | [[Diane Firstman]] and [[Mark Milan]].
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| − | === June 19, 2011: Advisory Board elections ===
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| − | NASPA has published details on the
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| − | upcoming [[AB Elections|elections]] to fill
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| − | two positions on the [[Advisory Board]].
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| − | The nomination period is already open.
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| − | === June 8, 2011: New Code of Conduct published ===
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| − | The [[Advisory Board]] has published
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| − | an [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/images/6/6c/Code_of_Conduct_-_effective_June_7_2011.pdf updated version]
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| − | of the [[Code of Conduct]].
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| − | The new Code of Conduct takes effect immediately.
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| − | === June 5, 2011: New rules published ===
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| − | The [[Rules Committee]] has published
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| − | an [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/images/a/af/Rules-20110605.pdf updated version]
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| − | of the [[Official Tournament Rules]].
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| − | The new rules will take effect on June 16, 2011.
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| − | The [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/images/1/10/NASPA_Rules_Changes_June2011.pdf summary of changes] was published in
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| − | the May 2011 issue of the [[NASPA Bulletin]].
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| − | == May 2011 ==
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| − | === May 31, 2011: Bulletin published ===
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| − | May 2011 issue (Volume 3, Number 5) of the [[NASPA Bulletin]]
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| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/bulletin.pl member download]. This issue contains a summary of rule changes effective June 16, 2011.
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| − | The previous issue (Volume 3, Number 4) is available to the [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/bulletin/201104.pdf general public].
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| − | === May 5, 2011: 2010 Form 990 released ===
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| − | On the [[financial reports]] page, NASPA has released
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| − | its [[Media:NASPAForm9902010001.pdf|2010 Form 990]] (Return
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| − | of Organization Exempt From Income Tax) filed with the
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| − | Internal Revenue Service. Please direct questions concerning the Form 990 return to CPA Kristina Simon, ksimon@hmlpc.com
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| − | == April 2011 ==
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| − | === April 7, 2011: Juraj Pivovarov joins Web Committee ===
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| − | [[Juraj Pivovarov]] has joined [[Web Committee]] as a NASPAWiki editor.
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| − | == March 2011 ==
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| − | === March 31, 2011: NSC registration open ===
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| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/register.pl?event_id=NSC2011 Online registration] for [[2011 National SCRABBLE Championship]] is now open.
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| − | === March 31, 2011: Bulletin published ===
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| − | Volume 3, Number 3 of the [[NASPA Bulletin]]
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| − | is now available for
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| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/bulletin.pl member download].
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| − | === March 16, 2011: CNSC QT hosts named ===
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| − | [[Canadian Committee]] determines the host clubs for the two regional qualifying tournaments for the 2011 CNSC: Cambridge, ON and Calgary, AB. These events will be held sometime in May. Details will follow.
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| − | == February 2011 ==
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| − | === February 19, 2011: CNSC and WSC qualification ===
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| − | [[Canadian Committee]] establishes March 27, 2011 as the deadline for CNSC qualification and June 13, 2011 as the deadline for Canadian qualification for the 2011 World Scrabble Championship.
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| − | == January 2011 ==
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| − | === January 27, 2011: Bulletin published ===
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| − | Volume 3, Number 1 of the [[NASPA Bulletin]]
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| − | is now available for
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| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/bulletin.pl member download].
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