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CA - Tera Smith, 16, Redding, 22 August 1998
17 year old Tera Smith has been missing from Shasta, CA (where Heather Carpenter lived) since 1998. Sounds like police suspect her 29 year old karate instructer was involved. How do families survive never knowing where their child is?
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Do you know anything more about the case? The last updated article on the website is from January 2000. It says that her karate instructor wasn't considered a suspect, but that he was being held in jail for an unrelated assault charge. What were the details of the assault charge? This case reminds me of the Rachel Cooke case - both girls were going jogging when they disappeared. I wonder how she came upon her karate instructor when she was out jogging?
So sad, and another family that I wish closure to.
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I really don't know anything about this case. I've just been scanning the articles listed in the site I linked in my first post.
This link says that Tera had written about her karate instructor in her journal, and I guess the parents think she was having an affair with him. The karate instructor's last name is "Zink".
This Zink guy says that Tera called him and asked him to pick her up near her home the day she disappeared. He said he dropped her off later at another intersection and she hasn't been seen since. Zink says he then went to a secluded hilltop to pray. This Zink guy was married with a child at the time.
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I tried to read through some of the articles on the website. What a sad story! It reminds me of the Kristin Smart case in the fact that the last person she was seen with isn't talking. I wish there was a way to make these creeps talk! I wonder what he went to pray about for hours on a hilltop? I guess there's some comfort in the fact that it sounds like this guy is in prison for something. I just wish he would give the family some closure!
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Another, "I picked her up, let her off someplace" case. It sounds like the guy is involved.
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Smith helps in search for man
Missing girl's dad offers empathy to family
By Lauren Brooks (Contact)
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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OFFERING HOPE AND SUPPORT: Terry Smith of Shasta Lake gives a supportive hug to Michele Kvasnicka on Monday at her mother�s home on Bear Valley Trail in Jones Valley, while Joyce Reginato sits on the porch. Kvasnicka�s son is missing.
Matthew Deffebach
Terry Smith wants to help find a missing young man. He wants people to be on the lookout. And he wants the man's family to have the support they need.
Smith's daughter, Tera, 16, disappeared on Aug. 22, 1998. She is still missing.
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Did LE really confiscate Zink's truck? I didn't see that in the articles I read. And was it clean? Maybe too clean? His story clearly doesn't add up. But he HAD to have told someone about it. Maybe one of his male friends knew he was really sleeping with Tera and could at least get him for statutory rape? Any idea if he was convicted of the other charges?
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Ok, scary information - there are 506 registered sex offenders in Shasta County (where Tera disappeared)
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CA-Terra smith missing since 8/22/98 Redding
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Up to $20,000 for information leading to the location of Tera Smith, who disappeared Aug. 22, 1998. Contact the Sheriff's Office or Secret Witness.God has a plan to help bring justice to the world -- and his plan is us.
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10 years without Tera
Questions remain about teen who vanished a decade ago
By Jim Schultz (Contact)
Friday, August 22, 2008
Photo by Jakob Schiller / Record Searchlight
Marilyn and Terry Smith are the parents of Tera Smith, the 16 year-old Central Valley High School student who disappeared in August, 1998 and was never found. Jakob Schiller/Record Searchlight
Tera Smith as she looked about 10 years ago.
Photo courtesy of National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
A time-enhanced photograph shows how Tera Smith might have looked three years ago when she would have been 23.
With the face of an angel, Tera Lynn Smith still continues to haunt north state residents.
It was 10 years ago today that the former Central Valley High School homecoming princess disappeared into the unknown.
Smith, who was 16 when she vanished Aug. 22, 1998, may be gone, but she's not forgotten.
Still, the memory of her fades just a little bit with each passing year.
There are no formal observances to remember today's bittersweet anniversary, said her 48-year-old-father, Terry, the owner of the Oasis Fun Center in Shasta Lake.
The family will remember her in their own quiet way, he said.
Smith, who has long ago come to the realization that his beautiful daughter is dead, said the pain of her disappearance remains with him.
But it has dulled with time.
"It's not nearly as sharp as the first couple of years," he said.
The frustration, however, has not abated.
Smith, who admits to watching on TV an inordinate number of so-called cold case murder investigations, is still hopeful that the entire story will someday come out.
But he's not overly optimistic. >�"It becomes less and less likely with time," he said.
Shasta County Secret Witness is still offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to locating Tera, and the Virginia-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children also continues to ask the public for help in finding her.
Tera, who would now be 26, disappeared during the early evening hours after leaving her rural Tarcy Way home dressed to go jogging.
Her then-martial arts instructor, Troy Zink, who is now 39, reportedly told authorities on the night of her disappearance that she had called him at work on her cell phone and asked to meet near her home.
Zink, who has denied any involvement in Tera's disappearance, told sheriff's deputies that she asked him for $2,000. When he refused, the teenager became upset and asked for a ride to the intersection of Old Alturas Road and Old Oregon Trail.
It was there, Zink told deputies, that he dropped her off and then drove alone to Hang Glider Hill, west of Shasta Dam, to pray. He claimed he returned to his Redding home about 11:30 p.m., deputies have said.
Smith, as well as countless others, doesn't believe that story.
"We know what happened," he said.
Based on journal entries and letters found in Tera's room after her disappearance, Smith has said he believes his blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter asked Zink to meet her so she could end an affair with him.
Zink, who pleaded guilty in the 1990s to rape and later served a four-year prison sentence for being a felon in possession of firearms, has never been named a suspect by the Shasta County Sheriff's Office and has never been charged in Tera's disappearance because of a lack of sufficient evidence.
He has also refused to be questioned by investigators after his initial interview with sheriff's deputies,
Chuck Zink, Troy Zink's father, referred a telephone call earlier this week from the Record Searchlight about the 10-year anniversary to Redding attorney Jerrald Pickering II.
Pickering said that he would speak with the family, but did not return the telephone call and was unavailable Thursday for comment.
It's been a frustrating 10 years for investigators with the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, who continue to investigate tips and leads in hopes of solving the case.
Smith, who believes sheriff's investigators have exhausted every lead in the case, noted that he contacted detectives in June after receiving a tip that construction workers came upon what appeared to be a grave in the Shingletown area.
The tip was investigated, but it was only a canvas tent and assorted trash that had been buried at the site.
Shasta County sheriff's Sgt. John Hubbard said Thursday that "hundreds and hundreds" of tips have been investigated since Tera's disappearance and that three or four tips, or suggestions, were followed up within the past year.
But none panned out.
"It's a frustrating case," Hubbard said, adding that his heart breaks for Tera's parents. "If I could pick a case to be solved, this one is it."
Despite the dead ends, Smith remains hopeful that evidence might someday be uncovered to reveal the truth.
In the 10 years since his daughter disappeared, his other three children, Trevor, Sierra and Kyra, have married and started families of their own, he said.
He and his wife, Marilyn, now have two grandchildren with a third on its way.
"We're quietly going ahead with our lives," Smith said.
But not seeing Tera grow into adulthood is a painful truth, and he admits he sometimes has a difficult time remembering her voice, as well as her smile.
"The memories are fading," he said. " And I hate that."
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IF, Tera's boyfriend did pick her up at the time he said he did, and IF, she broke up with him. And IF, he killed her.
He was not back at home til 11:30p.m. That means he had 5 hours to dispose of a body.
Shasta County is large. There are mountains, lakes, rivers, all around.
Siskiyou County is to the north and if anythng, it is even more forested. There are many small towns there, but vast open spaces as well. Mt Shasta ski area.
Humboldt County is to the west. It is mountainous country, with winding roads and small towns and vast acreage of forests.
Counties to the east and south are the same.
This is extreme northern California.
IF her boyfriend did dispose of her, she could be anywhere in a 100 mile radius.God has a plan to help bring justice to the world -- and his plan is us.
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"Through both its corporate practices and the content of its films, Disney for decades has implemented the so-called 'gay agenda'—which is to say, helping make the world a more accepting place," says Akash Nikolas. From Dumbo to Mulan to Elsa, the Disney formula of portraying loveable oddballs and social outcasts whose happiness comes from learning to accept and embrace their differences is a message that especially resonates with gay children, he says.
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As at least one of the commenters at The Atlantic points out, "loveable oddballs and social outcasts whose happiness comes from learning to accept and embrace their differences" is a universal theme. Yes, the message will appeal to LGBT kids, but it will also appeal to many heterosexual kids who see elements of themselves in those characters, and it's a stretch to suggest that targeting LGBT kids is the specific intent.
Society has matured. If Disney wants to specifically promote LGBT acceptance, there are more overt ways to do it, by using actual LGBT characters. They don't have to be in romantic situations or even specifically identified as LGBT, that might still be a tough sell for the youngest kids, but there are ways to do it.

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During her summer break, her mother told her to do something productive instead of just waking up in the late afternoon, lazing around and chilling out at the mall all the time. When asked what would be considered to be 'productive', her mother's response was "I don't know? Take up a course of some sort. Anything that you will gain knowledge from". So she browsed through the web and looked up at different courses.
Mandarin was her first choice, but she figured it'll be impossible to pick up one of the world's hardest languages in just four weeks.
Having been active with circuit training just recently, she decided to take up a Personal Training course in Malaysia, and FIT's the only place that offers the American Council on Exercise Certified Personal Training course. Two months later, she passed her exam and is now a Certified Personal Trainer!
That girl from the story, that's me. When I looked up on ACE, what appeared to be a self study course has such condensed information that if I had chose to do it by myself, the chances of me passing would have been lower than 50%. I know you have probably heard me saying this a few times, but I'm going to tell you again anyway.
The facilitators at FIT (Sanaz, Key, Simran, Kim, and Jerrican) have really conducted the classes so well that it exceeded my expectations. Prior to taking the intensive course, I was worried that I might fall asleep in class, or better yet, completely miss a session! Well guess what, it was the other way round. I enjoyed my classes SO much, I didn't want to leave the place. Haha! Although my scores were not exceptionally high,but hey, I did pass!
And I passed without having to flip through the big textbook and downing mugs of coffee just to burn the midnight oil and memorize all the details in there. This was merely because all the knowledge that I needed was already drilled into my head from the classes conducted. Moreover, the facilitators at FIT were very willing to share their knowledge with the students (you might be thinking, we are educators, OBVIOUSLY we'll have to preach whatever we know to the students). Tsktsk, I've attended several courses whereby the educators only teach you just enough, and not more than an ounce that you need to know.
Moving on, I also appreciate the fact that FIT took me in as an intern, even though I was only able to stay for three weeks. Resistance training is something I have never done in my entire life. Like most girls, stepping into the gym and lifting weights has never been the reason I go to the gym. It was after the ACE course that I learned how to build strength without hypertrophying. Although I did get the theory part of the course, there wasn't any practical exam for it. This was where FIT Malaysia came in and taught me how to use barbells and cables and medicine balls, etc etc. I was taught how to lift weights with the right techniques. Within 3 weeks, I managed to pick up 20 over different exercises that can be done using body weight. Through FIT, I have developed several skills which I think would really help me in life. These include creativity, critical thinking, patience, and modesty.


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New abortion legislation is preparing to make its way through Congress, but for once, liberals may rest easy. Referred to as a rare "pro-choice" bill, the Women's Health Protection Act of 2013 aims to strengthen women's reproductive rights rather than undermine them.
Over the past several years, we've seen governing bodies pass a slew of laws restricting abortion. Though purportedly the new regulations are done for women's safety, it's plain to see that their true intentions are to limit women's access to abortions. Unable to make abortion illegal, anti-choice activists have settled for making the act all but illegal. While Democrats have largely voted against these bills when possible, until now, they have done little to block further such attempts.
Rather than remaining a passive bystander in this ongoing assault on women's health, Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, has decided to turn the tables. On Wednesday, he introduced the Women's Health Protection Act of 2013, in the hopes of protecting Roe v Wade. By adding more explicit women's health rights into federal law, states would have a much more difficult time slowly hacking away at abortions.
Several Democratic females join Blumenthal in sponsoring the bill in both legislative bodies. On the Senate side, Barbara Boxer of California and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin will support the proposal. In the House, the Women's Health Protection Act will be championed by Representatives Judy Chu from California, Lois Frankel from Florida and Marcia Fudge from Ohio.
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Sounds great, huh? Unfortunately, it may be just a pipe dream. Even Senator Blumenthal admits that the bill is not likely to go into effect given the current conservative stronghold on the House of Representatives.
Nevertheless, it's a step in the right direction for progressives. Instead of playing delayed defense after every Republican attack on reproductive rights, the Democrats finally seem motivated to make an offensive play. Even if not initially successful, perhaps the energy created by this bill will help the Democrats to reinstate some of the rights the Republicans have managed to whittle away with their own agenda.
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The only blogs I have written were part of three separate Spark team challenges, complete with well thought out prompts, so there was no question about topic. After I wrote and posted them, I sincerely hoped that there would be no more writing challenges for at least, oh, another six months! LOL So when another blogging challenge appeared, I really surprised myself by signing on because it involves blogging for 7 days in a row! Now that I've committed myself, I'm panicking about what to write about for 7 consecutive blog entries.
I don't blog because, as with many personal projects, I take a painfully long time to complete a task, over-analyzing, never being satisfied with results, drawing the process out so that nothing gets done. Secondly writing doesn't come easily to me. Thirdly, what in the world do I blog about? How do I sift through all the different experiences that have made up my life so far, select the most exciting or unusual ones and present them in an interesting way? And then I'm thinking, Sue, you really worry and analyze and think things to death! Just stop, calm down and try to get some ideas. So here are some of the ideas I'm mulling over:
1) The battle with daily weighing, how it worked for me at one time, then became a hindrance to my progress.
2) How will I handle the trauma of becoming an empty-nester, but that phase of my life won't take place for another 5 or 6 years from now.
3) Share how my DH was the true motivation behind my choosing a healthier way of life. Definite food for thought.
4) Describe the last visit with my mother in hospice before she passed away, but I don't think I'm ready yet to revisit that very sad episode in my life.
5) Talk about how much my hubby and I really adore drinking our wine and pray that people will not think we're a couple of winos! LOL
6) Perhaps vent a little about how hard it is to stay on a lifestyle-changing maintenance plan. But at the same time, explain how crucial it is to continue living this new and healthy way.
Well, hopefully I don't end up reeling off a random jumble of thoughts over the coming week. Hopefully thoughts and words will fall seamlessly into place and sound relatively coherent. Perhaps I will end up enjoying the whole blogging experience and make it a regular activity, either out of a need to reflect and share or maybe just to spruce up my writing skills!
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I am like you with blogging - over thinking and taking too much time - except when the idea or thoughts suddenly appear from nowhere. As we blog for our own sake, I have decided to blog ONLY when the idea pops in my head! However, I do so enjoy reading other spark friends' good blogs, carefully thought out and am amazed at their thought pattern. You, my dear Sue is one of them! If you remember, long ago I approached you to be the team's co-leader. No matter you saw it or not, we all knew how capable you were. Glad you are beginning to see all your positive traits:) I have enjoyed your blogs very much! Thanks:)
Oh btw, its OK to blog about anything other than what you list here too! You can always come back to the painful subject when you are ready! I appreciate your honesty and sharing your private thoughts which is not as easy for me in public where I feel it will stay on and be recorded!! LOL.
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I've so enjoyed your blogs - look forward to those future ones that you describe.
Wish we lived closer - I'd like to meet you. I see we have a lot in common in the way we think.
Know what you mean about blogs - I will think, "maybe I'll do a blog" & then keep thinking about it to the point I don't write!
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Ha! I know what you mean about this!! Normally, I blog about twice a week and I have to get inspired for that. I love your blog ideas! I think that is a great way to come up with topics. You are doing a great job.
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Sometimes just saying "I'm here and doing good" is a good way to look back and see where you were on this crazy journey! I am looking forward to your blogs, no matter what they are about!
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Those sound like wonderful blog topics. Hey, at least you are trying to make them interesting. I seem to have the most boring blogs because I just kind of do them for my own records and it's a bunch of numbers or this is what I'm going to do now or, well, rambling.
I am subscribed to your blog so I look forward to seeing what you choose.
I love reading blogs because it keeps me in a healthy mindset. So keep 'em coming!!
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you have good ideas for posts. i over analyze, too, sometimes. it takes me sometimes 10 minutes to write a blog and sometimes 3 days (i write it out in word first for spell check *lol*) i enjoy it, though. i don't care if i ramble or not. i'm not making anyone read it, after all. just try to have fun with it.
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I think blogging is how we get to know each other better. When you wrote 'you really worry and analyze and think things to death!' I am the same and it's hard to start and finish things sometimes.
I love your blog!
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Oh! I wanted to share with you one of my favorite bloggers... now you want to talk about rambling??!?! Ha! This girl is the best at it:
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My dearest sweet Sue. You shouldn't worry so much about your blogging organization. In fact, I enjoy it as just a place to ramble. Sure, it would be great if each blog were inspirational, motivational, and free of errors and were in perfect written form. But you know? Blogs are great for just rambling. Just ramble till your heart's content, Sue. Sure, start out talking about how hard it is to maintain, but don't worry if you end up carrying on about how much a pain in the arse grocery food shopping is or how the stupid characters on a tv show are driving you crazy or how you suddenly have a craving for herbal tea (or wait, maybe that's just me...). That's the joy of blogging, Sue! Just let it flow...
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Now I'm embarrassed...I just ramble on about any old thing!!
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Effect of thermal treatment on the chemical characteristics of wood from Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden under different atmospheric conditions
Efeito da termorretificação nas características químicas da madeira de Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden tratada sob diferentes condições de atmosfera
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Thermal treatment (thermal rectification) is a process in which technological properties of wood are modified using thermal energy, the result of which is often value-added wood. Thermally treated wood takes on similar color shades to tropical woods and offers considerable resistance to destructive microorganisms and climate action, in addition to having high dimensional stability and low hygroscopicity. Wood samples of Eucalyptus grandis were subjected to various thermal treatments, as performed in presence (140ºC; 160ºC; 180ºC) or in absence of oxygen (160ºC; 180ºC; 200ºC) inside a thermal treatment chamber, and then studied as to their chemical characteristics. Increasing the maximum treatment temperatures led to a reduction in the holocellulose content of samples as a result of the degradation and volatilization of hemicelluloses, also leading to an increase in the relative lignin content. Except for glucose, all monosaccharide levels were found to decrease in samples after the thermal treatment at a maximum temperature of 200ºC. The thermal treatment above 160ºC led to increased levels of total extractives in the wood samples, probably ascribed to the emergence of low molecular weight substances as a result of thermal degradation. Overall, it was not possible to clearly determine the effect of presence or absence of oxygen in the air during thermal treatment on the chemical characteristics of the relevant wood samples.
Key words: Heat treatment, wood chemistry, eucalyptus.
A termorretificação (ou retificação térmica) é um processo de alteração das propriedades tecnológicas da madeira, utilizando-se energia térmica, cujos resultados obtidos, normalmente, resultam na agregação de valor à madeira. A madeira termorretificada adquire colorações semelhantes àquelas de madeiras tropicais, considerável resistência aos microorganismos xilófagos e à ação climática, alta estabilidade dimensional e baixa higroscopicidade. Amostras de Eucalyptus grandis foram submetidas a diversos tratamentos de termorretificação, executados em presença (140ºC; 160ºC; 180ºC) ou escassez de oxigênio (160ºC; 180ºC; 200ºC) na atmosfera do interior da câmara de tratamento térmico, e estudadas quanto às suas características químicas. O aumento das temperaturas máximas de tratamento causou redução no teor de holocelulose das amostras, em razão da degradação e volatilização de hemiceluloses, além de proporcionar um incremento no teor relativo de lignina. Todos os monossacarídeos, com exceção da glicose, tiveram sua proporção reduzida na madeira após o tratamento térmico à temperatura máxima de 200ºC. A termorretificação acima de 160ºC levou a um incremento no teor de extrativos totais da madeira, provavelmente atribuído ao surgimento de substâncias de peso molecular reduzido, em razão da degradação térmica. De maneira geral, não foi possível determinar com clareza o efeito das condições de presença ou escassez de oxigênio do ar durante a termorretificação sobre as características químicas da madeira tratada.
Palavras-chave: Tratamento térmico, química da madeira, eucalipto.
Tropical wood species have high economic value in the international market on account of their excellent structural and decorative characteristics, yet the worldwide reserves of tropical wood species are currently in decline. A possible solution to this problem is use of alternative, rapidly growing species of lower economic value originated in reforested areas (native or exotic). Overall, these species have inferior physicomechanical properties and are less resistant to attack by microorganisms.
The most commonly used technique to improve resistance to attack by microorganisms is impregnating wood with heavy metals (chromium, copper and arsenic or bromine) or using creosote. However, these preserving products are highly hazardous to the environment as they contaminate both groundwater and the soil, in addition to restricting wood use to more selective applications, such as furniture making. On account of their toxicity, these products have been forbidden in North American and European countries.
Thermal treatment is a possible alternative for improving physical characteristics, increasing durability and enhancing the appearance of wood. Thermally treated wood takes on similar color shades to tropical woods and offers considerable resistance to destructive microorganisms and climate action, in addition to having high dimensional stability and low hygroscopicity. The material is therefore recommended for use in moist indoor and outdoor environments not involving considerable mechanical stresses.
In Brazil, wood is relatively little used for the external finish of houses. At the same time, wood furniture intended for use in outdoor environments is increasingly losing ground to products made from plastic and aluminum. Therefore, a market shortage is noted of competitive wood-based materials intended for use in outdoor environments. Thermally treated wood, with all of its attached comparative advantages against wood in natural form, could meet a share of this market demand. With this in mind, special emphasis is placed on the importance of understanding the effects of thermal treatment as a tool to improve wood properties and characteristics.
The enhanced dimensional stability of thermally treated wood is associated to the decrease in its hygroscopicity. During the heating process, a portion of the hydrophilic polysaccharides (hemicelluloses) existing in wood vaporizes, reducing hydroxyl radicals where water molecules would normally attach. There is also a relative increase in lignin proportion, increasing the hydrophobic nature of the material. Therefore, species with a higher initial level of hemicelluloses tend to become more hydrophobic after thermal treatment. The hydrophobic nature of treated wood and the densification of the lignin network are strong allies in boosting wood resistance to cellulose- and lignin-destroying fungi (DUCHEZ; GUYONNET, 1998).
After subjecting isolated chemical components of wood from Eucalyptus spp. to a constant temperature of 300ºC, Brito and Barrichelo (1979) reported that holocellulose degrades at a rate twice as high as lignin. Based on that claim, it can be inferred that the maximum temperature of thermal treatment applied in this study (200ºC) will not suffice to degrade lignin, though it may cause an initial reduction in the level of hydrophilic components of holocellulose.
While studying the effects of a thermal treatment program on the chemical characteristics of wood from Eucalyptus saligna, Brito et al. (2008) reported the following changes as a function of a temperature increase reaching up to 180ºC: a reduction in arabinose, mannose, galactose and xylose levels (constituent parts of hemicelluloses); a maintenance of the glucose content; an increase in relative levels of lignin and extractives.
In this work, samples of Eucalyptus grandis were subjected to various thermal treatment programs reaching up to 200ºC, in presence or absence of oxygen in the air, and were then analyzed as to their chemical characteristics.
2.1 Material
The variety selected was Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden, as this species has great potential for meeting the domestic demand from the timber industry. Trees were collected from stands at age 18 years, located in Anhembi-SP experimental station of the department of forest sciences of ESALQ/USP. This study being part of a research program focused on use of eucalyptus wood for the manufacture of furniture intended for outdoor environments, tree sampling was based on diameter standards consistent with furniture making purposes.
Logs 300 cm in length were removed 40 cm above ground level, and then tangential boards 280 x 8 x 5 cm were cut in the radial direction from the intermediate portion of the stem, as illustrated in Figure 1. The boards were then cut into four subsamples 60 x 8 x 5 cm each, eliminating any defective parts (cracks, knots, warps etc.). For each of the boards, one of the subsamples was used in natural form as a control sample while the other three were subjected to thermal treatments. The pieces selected for thermal treatments (7 samples per treatment) were dried in a forced-air oven set at 100ºC to a constant weight (PINCELLI et al., 2002).
2.2 Thermal treatments
The thermal treatments were conducted in the integrated laboratories of chemistry, pulp and energy (LQCE) of the department of forest sciences of ESALQ/USP. Wood samples were thermally treated in a FANEM Model 320 incubator equipped with an electric resistance heating and forced-air circulation system, with a nominal volume of 450 liters. The samples were initially placed inside closed metal boxes (Figure 2) equipped with an access and openings for the placing of wiring for a temperature control system, an access for extraction of process gases and introduction of inert gases into the internal atmosphere, as required (Figure 2a and 2b). Boxes containing the wood samples were placed in the incubator with a preset temperature of 100ºC and the thermal treatment was then initiated according to programs illustrated in Figure 3.
In order to test the effect of oxygen absence in the thermal treatment chamber, injection of industrial gaseous nitrogen (99.5% purity) into the chamber was also performed for treatments with temperatures above 160ºC. This measure was aimed at reducing the oxygen level inside the thermal treatment chamber to levels below 1%.
2.3 Chemical analyses
Analyses included determination of Klason lignin and total extractives soluble in ethanol:toluene, at a 2:1 ratio, and in hot water. The holocellulose content (cellulose and hemicelluloses) was calculated by subtracting the sum of lignin and extractives from the total dry weight being analyzed (%H = 1 (%ET + %L)). All samples were subjected to these chemical analyses.
Carbohydrate levels were quantified in samples thermally treated at a maximum temperature of 200ºC, and in untreated control samples. Air-dried samples were subjected to primary hydrolysis in conformity with TAPPI method 249 cm-85 (TAPPI, 1993). A second hydrolysis was carried out by diluting the sample in an autoclave.
The analysis of carbohydrates was performed using a DIONEX DX500 liquid ion chromatography system, equipped with a CarboPAC PA 1 column and pulsed amperometric detection, applying a 4-potential waveform.
2.4 Analysis of results
Results were statistically assessed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multiple means comparison tests (Tukey Test). The means comparison tests referring to treatment type (i.e. in presence or absence of oxygen) were performed only for maximum temperatures of 160ºC and 180ºC.
3.1 Total extractives content
Analysis results regarding total extractives content (% ET) found in wood from Eucalyptus grandis thermally treated at three maximum temperatures in presence or absence of oxygen, and the relevant untreated control samples, are illustrated in Table 1, along with multiple statistical mean comparisons, for all parameters being studied.
The wood from Eucalyptus grandis had a mean extractives content of 8.65%. The extractives content was reduced in samples treated up to 160ºC, noticeably in the treatment with oxygen presence in the air. Thermal treatment above 160ºC, however, caused an abrupt increase in the total extractives content (Table 1, C1). A similar increase in extractives level was also reported by Brito et al. (2008) for Eucalyptus saligna when treated at temperatures above 160ºC.
The reduction in %ET occurs, with heating up to a certain point (160ºC), due to the isolated effect of degradation and volatilization of extractives originally present in the wood. The degradation of extractives is related to oxidation reactions, accelerated by the effect of rising temperatures.
However, as a result of the initial stage of thermal degradation of other wood components above 160ºC, low molecular weight substances are assumed to emerge supposedly extracted during the chemical analyses. It is thus assumed that a share of the substances extracted from samples treated above 160ºC is not constituted by the original extractives of the wood in natural form, which is an indication of the onset of thermal degradation.
The overall mean of extractives content was lower in presence (8.18%) than in absence of oxygen (9.61%, means at 160ºC and 180ºC). For the thermal treatment in presence of oxygen, the wood showed a more severe reduction in %ET up to 160ºC (18.6%) than was observed in the treatment in absence of oxygen (0.51%), resulting in a lower extractives content (Table 1, C2). Results thus suggest that the absence of oxygen in the air to some extent undermined the degradation and volatilization of extractives in the wood through temperature, probably because of the conditions less favorable to oxidation reactions.
3.2 Lignin content
Analysis results of lignin content found in wood from Eucalyptus grandis thermally treated at three maximum temperatures in presence or in absence of oxygen, and relevant untreated control samples, are illustrated in Table 2, along with multiple statistical mean comparisons, for all parameters being studied.
The mean lignin content found in wood from Eucalyptus grandis was 33.87%. The lignin proportion increased as a function of increasing maximum temperature in the thermal treatment (Table 2, C1; r = 0.3996), confirming findings obtained by Brito et al. (2008), Kamdem et al. (2002) and Sivonen et al. (2002). This result was expected, given that, among all chemical components of wood, lignin is the most resistant to thermal degradation (BRITO; BARRICHELO, 1979). Accordingly, while other components may have started to degrade and/or volatilize during thermal treatment at maximum temperatures above 180ºC (hemicelluloses and extractives), lignin went through no apparent thermal degradation, its quantity remaining intact. The relative lignin content was positively correlated with maximum temperature (r = 0.6197).
Lignin content means were similar for thermally treated samples in presence (33.68%) and in absence of oxygen (33.51%) (Table 2, C2). Therefore, the oxygen levels in the atmosphere of the thermal treatment did not exert any noticeable effect on the relative lignin content.
3.3 Holocellulose content
Holocellulose contents (cellulose and hemicelluloses) in wood from Eucalyptus grandis thermally treated at three maximum temperatures in presence or in absence of oxygen, and relevant untreated control samples, are illustrated in Table 3, along with multiple statistical mean comparisons, for all parameters being studied.
The overall mean holocellulose content in Eucalyptus grandis was 57.48%. Maximum temperatures applied during thermal treatment sufficed to cause initial degradation of hemicelluloses. There was a significant reduction in holocellulose content as a function of increase in maximum temperature (Table 3, C1; r = -0.5910), this reduction being more pronounced in treatments above 160ºC.
For treatments in presence of oxygen, the holocellulose content remained unchanged up to 160ºC, followed by a 10.7% decrease in the interval up to a maximum temperature of 180ºC. Where the atmosphere was poor in oxygen, the holocellulose content decreased only by 2.1% up to 160ºC, in comparison with control samples, whereas in the 160ºC to 180ºC interval there was a 7.0% reduction (Table 3, C1).
Where samples were thermally treated in presence of oxygen in the air, the holocellulose content (58.15%) was slightly higher than in absence of oxygen (56.90%, means at 160ºC and 180ºC). Yet this superiority was only attributed to the temperature of 160ºC (Table 3, C2).
3.4 Carbohydrate contents
Carbohydrate contents found for Eucalyptus grandis thermally treated at a maximum temperature of 200ºC, and relevant untreated control samples, are illustrated in Figure 4.
Overall, xylose (pentose) was the second most frequent carbohydrate found in the wood of Eucalyptus grandis, followed by mannose (hexose) which was only present in a minute amount (Figure 4). Smaller amounts were found of carbohydrates galactose (hexose) and arabinose (pentose).
All monosaccharides, except glucose, were significantly reduced in the wood samples after thermal treatment at a maximum temperature of 200ºC, due to resulting degradation and volatilization. This pattern confirms findings reported by Brito et al. (2008).
The treatment at 200ºC led to a complete degradation and volatilization of mannoses. The thermally treated samples showed drastic reduction of galactose and arabinose levels, almost completely eliminated by the action of temperature. It can be thus said that, after thermal treatment, the carbohydrate portion of the wood became almost exclusively composed of glucose and xylose (Figure 4).
As for the holocellulose component, the cellulose portion is the most resistant part to thermal degradation. There is no evidence in literature of the possibility of cellulose degrading and volatilizing in the range of maximum temperatures being tested (up to 200ºC). Hemicelluloses, on the other hand, the constituent parts of which were fully or partially eliminated with thermal treatment (Figure 4), already show volatilization and degradation in the range of temperatures being used (BRITO et al., 2008; CANAS et al., 2007; SIVONEN et al., 2002). Given that cellulose, which remains virtually intact at temperatures below 200ºC, is composed of glucose, it is expected that the amount of this monosaccharide also remain intact in the thermally treated samples, which leads to a relative increase in the proportion of this carbohydrate in samples. Thermal treatment led to an increase in the proportion of the above monosaccharide relative to sample weight. This pattern is an indication that cellulose underwent little or no degradation during the heating process.
The action of temperature led to changes in the proportion of chemical components in the thermally treated wood from Eucalyptus grandis. These changes were mainly attributed to degradation and volatilization of carbohydrates (pentoses and hexoses) that compose hemicelluloses. The holocellulose content decreased and the relative lignin content increased with the rise in maximum temperature during thermal treatment. After thermal treatment at 200ºC, the carbohydrate portion of the wood sample from E. grandis became almost exclusively composed of glucose and xylose.
Thermal treatment above 160ºC led to an increase in the total extractives content, probably due to the emergence of low molecular weight substances. It is thus assumed that a share of the substances extracted from the samples treated above 160ºC is not constituted by the original extractives of wood in natural form, which is an indication of the onset of thermal degradation.
Overall, it was not possible to clearly determine the effect of presence or absence of oxygen in the air during thermal treatment on the chemical characteristics of the relevant wood samples. Yet, eliminating oxygen from the thermal treatment chamber is strongly recommended as a way of reducing fire risks, whenever temperatures used are above 180ºC.
This work was technically supported by A W Faber Castell S.A. and SENAI (Brazilian National Service of Industrial Learning "Mario Henrique Simonsen"), and relied on the contribution of Adriana Maria Nolasco (technical assistance), Giana Benati Falcin, in memorian (extractives and lignin determination), José Francisco Bis (sample machining), Lívia Paula Silva Palmeiras, Oscar Bahia Filho and Udemilson Luís Ceribelli (carbohydrates determination). The work was sponsored by FAPESP (São Paulo Research Aid Foundation).
BRITO, J. O.; BARRICHELO, L. E. G. Comportamentos isolados da lignina e da celulose da madeira frente à carbonização. Piracicaba: IPEF, 1979. 4 p. (Circular Técnica IPEF, 28). [ Links ]
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TAPPI. Tappi test methods: T-249 cm-85: carbohydrate composition of extractive free wood and wood pulp by gas-liquid chromatography. Oxford, 1993. [ Links ]
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Washington (Jul. 2)
The Fair Employment Practice Commission today lost another round in its battle for existence when both the House Rules Committee and Appropriations Committee acted to deny the agency any funds for the fiscal year beginning today.
The Rules Committee by a tie vote of five to five refuse to refer the War Agency Appropriations Bill to conference with the Senate, which, on Saturday, voted $250,000 for the FEPC, half of the sum originally requested. Following this action, Speaker Sam Rayburn referred the bill to the Appropriations Committee which, by a vote of 20 to 12, tabled the bill and the Senate amendments, and ordered a new bill minus the FEPC appropriation.
This measure will probably come before the House tomorrow. If adopted, the Senate will have to agree to it as it stands – minus the FEPC appropriation. If the Senate should insist on inclusion of funds for the FEPC, the new bill will be referred to conference between members of the two Houses.


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There's more to building materials than just wood, and Miguel Elliott
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"Earth Building: Adobe is Alive!" on Saturday, Feb. 12 at Boulevard
My first public showing of the film Earth Building is happening very soon! Saturday, Feb 12 at 11 am, We have musicians lined up to play in the lobby and other entertainment is in effect. &n
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This article appeared in the Petaluma Argus
Elliott Preaches Cob Construction
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The Press democrat did a story on me called the Wizard of Earth. Here's a piece of it
It's a 10-minute dance to
turn this earthen mixture into building material — usually done to a
background of Arabic music or Native American chants.
With the winter season in full effect, this has allowed me to hibernation time to work on a movie on natural building, appropriately called "Living Earth Structures: The Adobe of the Future"
Here is the trailer:
For all my life, the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has always troubled me greatly, and I have always felt the urge to do my part to help restore sanity. This Winter, I have been invited to come to Jerusalem to build cob ovens and benches in community gardens there. There is a garden built over a bomb shelter where we will be building our first oven. in addition to offering my own styles of natural building, I am hoping to learn some valuable techniques from them as well.
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June 16, 2008
Moderate Exercise May Help Insomnia
A session of moderate aerobic exercise can reduce anxiety and improve the quality of insomnia patients' sleep, a Brazilian researcher says.
Giselle S. Passos of Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil divided 36 patients -- eight men and 28 women -- with primary chronic insomnia into three experimental groups -- moderate aerobic exercise, heavy aerobic exercise and moderate strength exercise -- and a control group.After the exercise session, reductions were shown in sleep onset latency, or the length of time it takes to fall asleep -- 54 percent -- and wake time -- 36 percent -- in the moderate aerobic exercise group, while increases were shown in total sleep time -- 21 percent -- and in sleep efficiency -- 18 percent.
In the moderate aerobic exercise group, 37 percent had a significant increase in total sleep time and 40 percent reduced their sleep onset latency. In addition, a significant reduction in the anxiety state was also observed after moderate aerobic exercise.
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Mechanics' Institute Chess Club News #560
(November 16, 2011)
I always worked a great deal and really did dig up a lot, more than others. I'm not sure it was more than Kasparov, but it was at a comparable level. But in any event, a very large part of that nevertheless goes to waste. Little gets used; in percentage terms perhaps it's 5-10%. That's a problem for chess players in general, which is why you also get people who are lazy. In football things are much simpler: you go to training and know that if you run around and work on shooting it'll benefit you later. But in chess it might very well work out the opposite: it often happened that I did a great deal of work on some line or other, and then someone refuted it a move earlier, meaning it all gets thrown in the rubbish bin. That's the real reason, in my view, why chess players work relatively little in comparison to other sportsmen
Vladimir Kramnik
1) Mechanics' Institute Chess Club News
IM Elliott Winslow and NM Hayk Manvelyan are presently tied for first in the Fall Tuesday Tuesday Marathon with 4.5 from 5. Winslow defeated FM Andy Lee yesterday evening while Manvelyan beat Expert Demetrius Goins.
Tied for 3rd through 6th in the 63-player event with four points are Lee, and Experts Oleg Shaknazarov and Steven Gaffagan. Four rounds remain the competition which finishes December 13th.
The following game is an excellent demonstration of just how dangerous the Smith-Morra Gambit can be at the amateur level.
Sicilian Smith Morra B21
Daniel Montoya (1535) - Brendan Lecounte (1686)
Fall TNM (5) 2011
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qc7
Black is aiming to play the Siberian variation (...Qc7 ...Nf6-g4). Normal development offers White nothing against this aggressive but somewhat suspicious setup. Danny had trouble against the Siberian in round three against James Jones (himself a Smith-Morra stalwart as well) but afterwards he put in some study time and learned that an early e4-e5 is often effective for White.
7.Qe2! is probably the most exact aiming for a quick e4-e5. For example: 7...Nf6 8.e5 Ng4 9.Bf4 f6 10.Nd5 has led to many White wins.
7...Nf6 8.Nb5!
8.Qe2? Ng4! 9.Rd1 (9.h3?? Nd4) 9...Bc5 10.Be3 Nxe3 11.fxe3 a6 12.Rf1 0-0 and Black was already well on his way to victory in Montoya - Jones, 2011 Fall TNM (round 3).
8...Qb8 9.e5 Ng4
9...Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Re1 Qc5 offers White lots of play but is a better try for Black.
10.Nd6+ has also been played here.
This is really asking for it. Black had to play 10...a6.
11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Rc1!
12.Bxe6 dxe6 13.Qh5 is also strong but the text makes a strong impression . Danny plays the remainder of the game very nicely.
On 12...f6, White has 13.Bb3 followed by Nc7.
13.Bxe6! axb5 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.Rxc8+! Ke7 16.Qxd7+ Kf6 17.Qxf7+ 1-0
Congratulations to Uyanga Byambaa who was recently awarded the Womens FIDE Master title.
Australian Grandmaster Ian Rogers will be giving a free talk on the London Chess Classic on December 6 from 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm at the Mechanics'. All are welcome to attend.
Hello everyone,
It's Wednesday! Time for the weekly blitz chess tournament at Mechanics' Institute Chess Club. As always, it starts no later than 6:40pm with sign-up beginning at 6:20pm. Entry is $10 with clock $11 without clock. Prizes are 50%, 30%, 20% of entry fees. TIme control preferably is 3 minute increment 2 seconds otherwise 5 minutes no increment.
Last week's winners where: 1st - Carlos D'Avila
2nd - Ray Kaufman
3rd - Arthur Ismakov
Look forward to seeing you tonight.
Jules Jelinek
Weekly Wednesday Night Blitz Coordinator
Remember you can find back issues of the Newsletter (with diagrams) at www.chessclub.org .
2) Amanov and Akopyan triumph in Los Angeles by Ankit Gupta
Metropolitan Chess, Inc. hosted an International Master norm round robin tournament on November 9th to 13th of 2011. The tournament was sponsored by California Market Center, Fashion Business, Inc, Chess.com, MonRoi, LawyerFy, and Betty Bottom Showroom. This tournament is the 12th in its series and was held in Suite C998 of the California Market Center on 110 East 9th Street, Los Angeles 90079. The tournament was organized by Ankit Gupta and the chief arbiter was Randy Hough. The participants included: IM Zhanibek Amanov (KAZ), IM Andranik Matikozyan (ARM), IM Timothy Taylor (USA), FM Harutyan Akopyan (USA), WGM Tatev Abrahamyan (USA), NM Konstantin Kavutskiy (USA), Vadim Kudryavtsev (RUS), FM Dale Haessel (CAN), FM Michael Casella (USA), and FM Kayden Troff (USA).
The tournament was a 10 player round-robin (all play all), with rounds scheduled as follows - 9th: 7:00 PM, 10th: 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM, 11th: 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM, 12th: 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM, 13th: 10:00 AM & 4:00 PM.
Standings after round 9:
IM Zhanibek Amanov
FM Harutyan Akopyan
FM Konstantin Kavutskiy
IM Taylor Timothy
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan
Vadim Kudryavtsev
IM Andranik Matikozyan
FM Michael Casella
FM Kayden Troff
FM Dale Haessel
Keep updated with events by Metropolitan Chess, Inc, by visiting www.metrochessla.com and by visiting the standings page http://metrochessla.com/schedule.php
6.5 out of 9.0 was necessary for the IM norm. Going into the last round, FM Harutyan Akopyan needed a draw to achieve a norm, and after the start of the round he seemed as if he was worse -- however he was able to eventually equalize and clinch the necessary draw.
3) Upcoming Events At the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club
Pierre Saint-Amant Memorial - November 19
Guthrie McClain Memorial - December 3
Other Events
*Nov. 25-27, 26-27 or 25-26 (class D/E only)* *California Super Class Championship GPP: 60 Enhanced* *
TC 30/90 sd/60 (2-day rds 1-3 G/60 merge in rd 4), DE all 6SSxG/90. SFO Airport Waterfront Marriott, 1800 Bayshore Hwy., Burlingame, CA. Park $1. Hotel $89. Prize: $10,000 b/163 (90% guaranteed). 5 sects. Open (2000+ FIDE rated):1500-700-300-100, top u2300 200-100, top u2100 200-100. A: 1000-500-200-100, top u1900 100. B: 1000-500-200-100, top u1700 100. C: 700-300-200-100, top u1500 100. u1400/unr: 700-300-100, top u1200 400-200-100. 4th place prize in 2 largest sects only. Max unr $300 except in Open. EF:$99 3-day, $98 2-day, mail by 11/21, online by 11/22, Onsite +$25, Play-up +$20. Re-ent $40. EF Econ Opt: EF-20 & 2/3 calc prize (not avail in Open). GMs/IMs free:prize-EF. Nov 2011 Supp, CCA min & TD disc to place players. Sched: 3-day Reg Fr 10-11, Rds Fr/Sa 11:30-5:30, Su 10-3:30; 2-day Reg Sa 9-9:30, Rds Sa 10-12:30-2:50-5:30, Su 10-3:30. u1400/unr all: Reg Fri 10-11, Rds Fr/Sa 11:30-3-6:30. Max two 1/2-pt byes, commit bef rd 3. Ent: BayAreaChess, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 95131. Rfnd fee $20. T: 408-806-3500. E: firstname.lastname@example.com, Info: BayAreaChess.com/tg11<http://bayareachess.com/tg11>. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Dec. 31-Jan. 2 or Jan. 1-2, GPP: 50 (enhanced)
New Year Open
6SS 30/90 sd/60 (2-day rds 1-3 G/60 merge in rd 4). Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA. Hotel $79! free parking. $6,000 b/97 (80% guar). 3 sects. Open (2000+ FIDE rated): $Gtd 1000-500-200, top u2300 200-100, top u2100 100-100. 1500-1999: 700-300-100, top u1800 400-200, top u1600 200-100. Under1500: 700-300-100, top u1300 300-200, top u1100 100. Unr max $200 except in Open. EF: $99 3-day, $98 2-day mail by 12/27, online by 12/28, Onsite +$25, Play-up +$20. Re-entry $40. EF Econ Opt: EF-20 & 2/3 of calc prize (not avail in Open). GMs/IMs free: prize-EF. Dec 2011 Supp, CCA min & TD discr to place players. Sched: 3-day Reg Sat 10-11, Rds Sa/Su 11:30-5:30, Mo 10 3:30; 2-day Reg Su 9-9:30, Rds Su 10-12:30-2:50-5:30, Mo 10-3:30. Max two 1/2-pt byes & commit bef rd 3. Ent: BayAreaChess, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 95131. Rfnd fee $20. T:408-786-5515. E: email@example.com, Info/Form: BayAreaChess.com/ny12. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event! Feb. 18-20 29th Annual U.S. Amateur Team Championship West
(Blitz/Scholastic Feb. 20 only.) Main event: 6SS, 30/90 sd/60. Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Free Parking! Hotel: Free Parking! $109 call 800-233-1234 for chess rate. Reserve by Feb. 4 or rates may increase. Four-player teams plus optional alternate, average rating of four highest must be under 2200, difference between ratings of board 3 & 4 must be less than 1000. January 2012 Supp, CCA min & TD discretion to place players accurately. Main Event Prizes: Exclusive commemoratively inscribed digital clocks to each player and trophy to the team for top 3 overall teams, top team u2000, u1800, u1600, u1400, and u1200; top "industry" team (all players from the same company), top "family" team (siblings, cousins, parents, uncle/aunts, grandparents), top junior team, and top school team; top scorer on each board (1-4). Gift certificates for best 3 team names. Main Event EF: $188/team or $47/player by 2/14, 2/15-17: $197/team, $56/player, Onsite: $217/team, $66/player. Main Event Sched: Registration: Sat 9:30-10:30am. Rounds: Sat 11:30 5, Sun 11:30 5, Mon 10, 3:30. Info/flyer: www.BayAreaChess.com/usatw12. Scholastic Side Event: 5SS G/30. Four-player teams plus optional alternate, may be from same or different schools. Jan 2012 Supp, CCA min & TD discretion to place players accurately. Prizes: Trophies to each player in Top 3 teams overall, Top team u900, u800, u700, u600, u500, u400, u300, u200, Top scorer on each board (1-4). EF: $156/team or $39/player by 2/14, 2/15-17: $175/team, $48/player, Onsite: $185/team, $58/player. Registration: Mon 8-9am. Rounds: 10am, 11:30am, 1pm, 2:30pm, 4pm. Info/flyer: BayAreaChess.com/usatws12. Blitz Event: Registration Mon 7-8pm, Rounds 8:30-10:30pm. EF: $12. 75% of entry fees returned as prizes. Info/flyer: www.BayAreaChess.com/usatw12. Help in forming teams: a player and see www.bayareachess.com/events/12/usatw12 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for teams seeking players & players seeking teams. Contact: For all these events, online entry atwww.BayAreaChess.com/my/usatw12 and contact Bay Area Chess, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose 95131. T: 408-786-5515 . E:email@example.com. NS, NC, W, F. Chess Magnet School JGP


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London - Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce underwent a procedure on his heart on Friday and is expected to be out of hospital soon.
The 55-year-old had angioplasty to correct the narrowing of one branch of his coronary arteries.
"The procedure has gone well and Sam is expected to be discharged from hospital on Saturday," said club doctor Phil Batty.
Allardyce will miss Saturday's Premier League game at Stoke City, and possibly the Carling Cup tie with Chelsea on Wednesday, but he should have returned to the dug-out by the following Saturday for the home game against Liverpool.
"I would like to thank everyone who has sent messages of goodwill and the entire cardiology team," Allardyce said.


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Need ski and snowboard service? Come on in.
Is your baby in need of some service love? Did you leave your equipment in the basement all summer, and now the edges are rusty? Does your base look white as a ghost? Broken snowboard bindings? Bring your stuff in and we'll make it look brand new. Ski and snowboard service at The Boardroom is affordable, efficient and quick!
Sharpen and Wax
A sharpen and wax is giving your skis or snowboard a complete makeover. We run it through our Wintersteiger tuning machine, which cleans the base and sharpens the edges. Think about it like this — giant sheets of sandpaper spinning really fast that we run your skis/snowboard over. Once the base/edges are cleaned up and sharpened, we'll throw a layer of hot wax on it and let it dry. We scrape the excess wax off, clean it up and voila! You're good to go. A sharpen and wax costs $34, and if it's not busy we can have it out to you super quick.
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We know your equipment isn't invincible. When you're out on the hill, binding straps and buckles are going to break — that's just a fact of life. Instead of getting in your car, losing your parking spot and dealing with the madness that is the village of Ellicottville, walk down to The Boardroom for your service. We're just a couple of hundred short steps away from the Sunrise Chairlift at Holiday Valley.
If your equipment has core shots, we can throw some P-Tex in there and patch it right up. This is important, because once water gets into the core…it's not good. If it needs Epoxy (which is super durable) you'll have to leave it overnight. But it's well worth it in the end.
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Remember when unabashed nudity in photography used to shock us? In Ryan McGinley's latest photography exhibition entitled, "Animals," nude species share the frame, and the results are admittedly more boring than titillating, though there are some amusing moments.
McGinley is a New York-based photographer known for capturing the fiery passion of adolescence and emerging adulthood through images of pretty young things, often unclothed, who beat their breasts, scream off cliffs, jump into picturesque bodies of water and light things on fire. Yet in McGinley's new exhibition naked flesh takes the backseat to fur, claws and scales. "Animals" introduces Man Ray's nudes to National Geographic images. For the collection, critters collected from sanctuaries, zoos, and rescue establishments make human bodies their temporary habitat. They nuzzle into crevices, nibble at hair and gaze out at you in horror. The interactions between man and beast range from tepid efforts at seduction (snakes over bare breasts) to so-bad-it's-good camp (a marmoset wraps itself around a man's penis, its mouth agape).
In each piece, the titles combine color names with species titles to make illogical yet beautiful categorizations like "Lemur (Lilac)" and "Guineafowl (Azure)." These clearly defined titles and the images thrive off the playful fantasy of controlling an animal through classification. But as we soon see, these color-blocked backgrounds and clean naked forms get obscured, scratched up and pooped on when exposed to these unpredictable wild things. McGinley, who is 34-years old, described the works as somewhere "between a Hallmark card, a William Wegman portrait of dogs or just pictures that people take of their animals every day." We think it is safe to say there is a distance between McGinley's animal portraits and those most of us take of our pets, but you can certainly correct us if we're wrong.
"Animals" is on view at Team Gallery in New York until June 2.
See a sneak peek of the animals in action below. (NSFW... You have been warned.)


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Louis Tomlinson turns 21 today, December 24! Happy birthday, Louis!
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Louis and his 1D pals, Harry Styles and Liam Payne, are seen in this photo celebrating Louis' big 2-1 with a birthday party last weekend.
We love the cake!
Since it's Christmas Eve and Louis' birthday, we can only imagine he's spending time with his family and girlfriend Eleanor Calder over the holidays.
If you want to send Louis a birthday card, check out this site to make your own personalized greeting. You can include photos and a special message--plus check out some of the other cards Louis got for his b'day.
Ahhhhh I'm 21 !!- Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) December 24, 2012
IT'S MY BIRTHDAYYYYY AHHHHH- Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) December 24, 2012
Massive HAPPY BIRTHDAY to one of my best friends @louis_tomlinson 21 today! Have a great time buddie and I will see you in the new year!- Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) December 24, 2012
Happy birthday @louis_tomlinson, love ya bro!!!- zaynmalik1D (@zaynmalik) December 24, 2012
To celebrate Louis' big day, we're sharing some fun pics of Louis in the photo gallery below--check them out!


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Part of a continuing series — As part of our coverage of the state's ongoing budget crisis, the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News have asked readers to submit their ideas for cutting the state's budget shortfall.
Several readers wrote in wanting to know how much the state could save if it didn't pay for the Westlake mansion that Gov. Perry calls home as the Preservation Board works to restore the governor's mansion, which was badly damaged by a firebombing in June 2008.
Documents provided by the State Preservation Board show the state spent about $78,000 over the last six months on rent, utilities and other services at the mansion. It's important to point out that the state paid rent for seven months over a six month time-frame.
Breaking that number down, the state spends $9000 per month on the rent, between $600-$700 per month for electric and natural gas service, about $500 per month for phone and DSL lines as well as about $200 per month to clean the pool.
Prorating that amount for the next six months — the state spends about $124,200 per year on the property in the Westlake Hills, just outside of Austin.


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I have a 1991 Mercury Cougar Coupe with the 3.8 V6 and underneath the passenger side of the car are three metal fuel lines one of which connects to the fuel filter (I assume?) Through about 10 inches of rubber tubing with a clip at the end. My problem is that the fuel line is torn and so far I've bought three of nearly the same part trying to get it to work but on two of them the rubber tubing was too big while the clip size was right but on the other the clip was too big and the tubing looked right. I do not know which part I am looking for so I guess my question is which one of the quick connect lines is it?
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Back To School Shopping Tips And Shopping List For University/College Students
College is very different from high school and middle school in many ways. Your professors at college don't give you a list of everything that you need for their class. You have to figure it out yourself and get the things that will work best for you. In this article, we will not only show you a list of some of the most popular college supplies among college students these days, but we will also provide some tips that can help you stay on top of your class when you go back to school.


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The RealTime.io App Builder allows you to build web apps directly on the RealTime.io platform. The apps are constructed out of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. RealTime.io has built-in template apps or custom apps. Template apps are pre-built apps that you can start with and then customize. Custom apps allow you to upload your own files and images without any starter templates. We recommend starting with a template app so you can see how a basic app is formulated, then create a custom app when you are comfortable.
Creating an Application
To create an application, sign into RealTime.io, select the Apps tab, and click on "Create App". Follow the wizard and select an application type.
Application Types
The App Builder allows you to build two types of apps: Template or Custom.
Template Apps
Custom Apps
When you create a Custom App, you start with an empty app. You then can upload files and/or create text files such as "index.html" or "styles.css" files. Custom apps are completely open-ended.
Application Settings
RealTime.io Apps have settings that allow you to organize, customize, and secure your apps. After you have created an app, you change the settings by selecting Manage.
The Label is what you call your app. This can be a short title to remind you of what the app does. On the Apps tab inside of RealTime.io, you will see a list of your apps in alphabetical order based on their label.
The Description field is any additional info about the app to future describe the app functionality.
The Mask is unique identifier for your application. By default, RealTime.io generates a random application mask that uniquely identifies your application.
The application mask is used in the application link, for example:
The default App Mask is a random alphanumeric string generated automatically. You can customize this mask by clicking on the mask and entering a new mask. The app mask must be 4-64 characters long and be unique.
Here is a custom app mask:
API Key
If your app is based on a template, you will see an API Key field. This field is used to set the API Key that the app should use when loaded up.
Serial Number
If your app is based on a template, you will see a Serial Number field. This field is used to set the Serial Number that the app should use when loaded up.
The Status field allows you to switch between Enabled and Disabled. Enabled allows people to view your app. Disabled stops people from seeing your app, but all of your files are maintained.
Application Replacements
Your application can make use of Replacements that allow you to add data to your app dynamically. Before RealTime.io loads your app, the app replacements get replaced with their dynamic value. The following application replacements are available by default.
- %%app_label%% – Use this to dynamically insert your Application Label
- %%app_description%% – Use this to dynamically insert your Application Description
- %%app_api_key%% – Use this to dynamically insert your API Key
- %%app_serial_number%% – Use this to dynamically insert your Serial Number
Example Usage
... <title>%%app_label%%</title> ...
Application Structure
All RealTime.io apps are created using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. When you create an application, you must have an "index.html" file in your app. This is where your application starts. If you build a template app type, then the application will automatically create the "index.html" file for you. The application supports many file types, including HTML, CSS, JS, JPG, PNG, and GIF. Think of an application as a webpage that you are able to create directly on the RealTime.io web service.
Typical Application Structure
- index.html
- styles.css
- scripts.js
- logo.png
Editing Applications
RealTime.io features an in browser text editor to edit your files directly. The editor features line numbers, code coloring, undo/redo, and save notifications.
Sharing Applications
RealTime.io Apps provide you a unique link / URL that you can send to others to see your application. Each application is identified with a unique ID that we call an "App Mask". We also generate a QR Code that you can scan with a mobile device. This will open the app on your smart device's default web browser. Others can only see your app if they know the link to your app and if you have the application enabled. Disabled apps are not displayed.


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Perhaps you could use Time Manipulation to have the <a> element (and its content) pause when <a> is clicked. My guess is that you give your source pausing Time Manipulation element a begin="slide_1_3.click" assignment. However, I doubt you can have it automatically start up again when the destination window is closed, so you may need an "unpause" button. Maybe the Time Manipulation element can have an end="unpauseButton.click" assignment, but I am guessing. One potential problem is that IE Time Manipulations are not implemented for the media content of your <a>. Patrick Schmitz's ludicrum.org site has heaps of Time Manipulation examples. XHTML+SMIL does indeed have no sourcePlaystate attribute. This is because it has no SMIL linking (nor SMIL layout) whatsoever, which has other consequences for what you are trying to do. Your <a> element triggers only HTML linking activity, which is implementation-dependent, but typically a scroll activity. Triggering an <a> in XHTML+SMIL has no impact on synchonization or any timing, unlike in native SMIL 2.0 profiles such as the main profile and Basic, in which link activity explicitly affects the timing. You need the HTML-defined behavior to open a new window, because XHTML+SMIL takes no SMIL constructs for doing this (as it takes no SMIL layout whatsoever). But the pause behavior needs SMIL constructs, and the fact that the element is <a> has no impact on this -- is might as well be <span> in terms of pausing. An alternative to Time Manipulations (that is more likely to work, and perhaps better all around) is that the two presentations are siblings in an <excl> with the right defer and pauseDisplay settings that make the video source defer to the destination, and defer by pausing. If this works, then you get automatic unpausing when the destination ends in terms of SMIL timing. But the destination must exist in the same SMIL time schedule as the source for synchronization of this (or any) kind. Thus you cannot have the destination be a seperate file *such as http://some.url.com in your example). This in turn means you cannot have it in a separate window. HTML and CSS offer no way for putting components of the same HTML presentation (file AND render instanciation) in multiple windows (would be a nice addition to future versions of CSS?). You could, however, have the destination appear in front of the source, or elsewhere in the same window, or even have the source display shrink as paused to a small corner and grow back up again when unpaused. But all in one window. Please post to the list if you figure any of this out! -Lloyd Steve wrote: > Does anyone know the answer to this. In an XHTML+SMIL presentation I > want to both link to a web page in a new window as well as pause the > existing presentation. I'm currently trying something like > > <a class="time" alt="" timeAction="visibility" begin="clip1.begin" > end="clip1.end" > style="border:1;background-color:transparent;position:absolute;left:325px;top:148px;width:51px;height:67 > > px;z-index:100" id="slide_1_3" href="http://some.url.com" > target="outside"> > > Basically I want a <par> somewhere else to be triggered by a > "slide_1_3.click". However, it seems that the fact of the hyperlinking > makes the slide_1_3.click event not work or not get triggered. I know > in SMIL2.0 there is the sourcePlaystate value which can stop the > existing presentation playing, but I'm not sure if this is implemented > in XHTML+SMIL. Does anyone have any ideas? > > Steve BennettReceived on Friday, 23 January 2004 08:39:06 UTC
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Voters say no to Munich's planned bid for 2022 Winter Olympics
Runners make their way past a logo on the track during a women's 5000-meter heat at athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Published Sunday, November 10, 2013 3:53PM EST
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Bavarian voters have turned down plans for Munich to bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, in an embarrassing setback for newly elected International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach of Germany.
Early results from Sunday's ballot gave the opponents of the Olympics a majority.
Olympic planners needed to have a majority "yes" vote in all four communities that went to the polls and which were planned as the hubs of the games, including the Bavarian capital Munich itself and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the planned site for the glamorous Alpine events.
"The vote is not a signal against the sport, but against the non-transparency and the greed for profit of the IOC," said Ludwig Hartmann, a Greens party lawmaker and a leader of the NOlympia movement that led the campaign against the bid.
"I think all possible Olympic bids in Germany are now out of question. The IOC has to change first. It's not the venues that have to adapt to the IOC, but the other way around," Hartmann said.
Opponents of the Olympics won a majority in in all four communities, meaning the Olympic project won't go ahead. Leading sports figures have been campaigning strongly for the bid but the project failed to get the approval of taxpayers. A total of 1.3 million people -- 1 million alone in Munich -- were eligible to vote in the ballot.
Opponents of the Olympics were concerned about environmental issues and high costs.
In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, home to many German winter sports stars such as ski champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch, 51.56 per cent of the voters were against the bid, according to preliminary official results.
"We expected a very different outcome. I personally think that this was our last chance to get the winter games," the town's mayor Thomas Schmid said.
Michael Vesper, director general of the German Olympic Sports Association, said the rejection of the bid "clearly means that another Olympic bid in Germany won't be possible for a long time."
Munich failed in its bid to stage the 2018 Winter Games, which went to Pyeongchang, South Korea. The Bavarian capital had hoped to become the first venue to stage both winter and summer games. It hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics.
The IOC will select the 2022 host city in 2015.
Oslo, the Norwegian capital, has announced its bid, along with Lviv, Ukraine; Beijing; Almaty, Kazakhstan; and a joint bid from Krakow, Poland, and Jasna, Slovakia. Stockholm will decide next week whether to enter the race.
Thursday is the deadline for submission of bids to the IOC.


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A stash of art books I ordered from Amazon Japan just arrived and one of the items is Switch's 25th Anniversary Special Issue – Inoue Takehiko "Drawing the Future of Manga". Switch is a popular arts and media magazine in Japan and the theme for their 25th anniversary issue is "(moving) towards another 25 years of media"; to that end they've gone out to spot interviews with some of the top artists working in Japan today, and the cover artist is manga extraordinaire Inoue Takehiko. ( Slam Dunk, Vagabond )
Above : Inoue-san working on a giant comic panels for one of his LAST Manga Exhibition, held in Ueno, Osaka, Kumamoto and Sendai. I was lucky enough to attend the first one held in Ueno, Tokyo. ( see picture below ) While I won't go so far as to say it was a life changing experience, it was a very, very awe-inspiring indeed.
The magazine comes with "hero" illustrations he painted for each of the four venues of the exhibition, with the one for Sendai as a mini fold-out poster. ( below )
During the Osaka and Sendai exhibitions Inoue-san also conducted a series of workshops on manga production, it must have been quite an experience for those who attended. (above) Some of the tools used in traditional comic paneling, complete with screen tones, etc.
…and that's the end of Inoue's article in the magazine, spanning about 50 pages. I would say the illustrations alone are worth the price of the magazine ( 1000 yen, about 12 USD ), but if you can read Japanese that's even better, because there's a wealth of information in the interview.
I have enormous respect for Inoue-san. If you've read the first volume of his Slam Dunk comics, you'll remember he wasn't the most polished of artists back then – but by the end of the series he has transformed into a most amazing artist; testament to his talent and hard work, and a very big inspiration to us all.
Other articles in the magazine :
An interview with world famous composer Ryuichi Sakamoto –
and Japanese actress Yui Arakagi, who singlehandedly re-energized the Pocky brand chocolate snack when she appeared in this colorful commercial :
By virtue of Inoue's illustration on the cover alone the magazine will fly off the shelves, and reprints will be limited after stock runs out as this is a periodical, so grab your copy fast if you're keen. ( it might be a good idea to bundle a few other items to make Amazon's expedited shipping cost worth the while, or perhaps a book pool with some friends who want to get the magazine too. )
"Switch Magazine Inoue Takehiko Special Issue" details :
– Dimensions – 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
– Glossy softcover, 196 pages ( Inoue-san's article about 50 pages, with mini fold-out poster )
– Full color, in Japanese
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1. Do you have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service or equivalent pay systems) that includes assisting in the development, documentation and coordination of phases of assigned projects (i.e. developing project descriptions, developing project processes, scheduling project meetings, developing statements of work); assisting in analysis, development and implementation of long-range plans and programs; and utilizing appropriate office or project management software to track project data and update stakeholders on the progress of project plans and implementation?A. Yes, I have experience as reflected in the statement above.
2. Do you have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service or equivalent pay systems ) that included leading or managing and project team to include all phases of assigned projects (i.e. including planning, budgeting, developing requirements, scheduling, tracking, and reporting); development and implementation of long-range plans and programs and utilizing appropriate office or project management software to track project data and resolve problems or conflicts regarding project plans and implementation?A. Yes, I have the experience as reflected in the statement above.
For each of the items below, select the one statement that most accurately describes your experience and capability using the scale below.A- I have no experience in performing this work behavior.
3. Lead the activities of a project team by scheduling activities and recording official records of meetings.
4. Assist the project team in determining progress, identifying problems and presenting findings.
5. Manage projects through the full project life cycle to include budgeting, planning, requirements development, design, and development and implementation phases.
6. Develop project milestone schedules and risk mitigation strategies for assigned projects.
7. Develop statements of work for assigned projects.
8. Establish contract requirements and performance measures for assigned projects.
9. Implement project activities to improve the input, tracking, and closure of documents from other offices or government agencies.
10. Implement procedures to assist in recommending changes to current processes and information storage.
11. Utilize analysis and database software to tabulate and analyze project information.
12. Implement project activities that resolve administrative and policy issues.
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14. Create project budgets and schedules.
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TCE Shares Surprising Low-tech Job Boosters!
Don't Get Anxious – Get Prepared!
As much as I love cyberspace and the Internet…I do believe that many of us are loosing our "human touch" in the career search process. So… your Career Engineer has stopped by to share three (3) low-tech boosters that can help you hear the words…"You Are Hired!" Trust me, this may be one of the few times I am not talking..technology! So let me know your thoughts, what do you think about the value of low-tech engagement in a high-tech society…could "this"be the new thing that sets candidates apart? (share your comments and feel free to share this post with others :))
TCE Low Tech – High-Touch Tips
- The Telephone is Your Friend: Who says you can't make "warm calls" to small businesses/employers to see if they are hiring and to SELL yourself? (Unadvertised leads)
- Meet The Manager: Have you ever tried "talking" with people who are vetted in the field or are decision makers in the industry you desire? It's a great way to source what they are looking for and future needs. (Sets You Apart)
- The Power of a "Thank You": When is the last time you wrote a REAL, ORGANIC, HANDWRITTEN thank you card (sent in the mail) to the interviewer or someone who helped you get IN the "interview chair". (Powerful Deal Booster or Closer)
- Bonus: TCE PushUp: Build Your NETWORK BEFORE You Need It! It makes the above processes…EASIER!!
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