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Learn more from part II of this guide for dimensional wood sign making and how to make a profit in this small business venture.
Read part I of the sign making series: Dimensional Wood Sign Making as a Home Business.
Dimensional Wood Sign Making Part II
As I mentioned in the first half of this two part article, I believe that handsome, well designed, carefully crafted wooden signs are an asset to any landscape or city scene at least compared to the plastic and neon obscenities which now line most thoroughfares. I was pleased then in MOTHER NO. 36 to have the opportunity to share what I know about carving, routing, and otherwise constructing dimensional wood signs. The faster I can turn others on to my trade, the faster we'll have beautiful signs decorating our commercial environment.
Of course, I'm sure that the above view of my self employment enterprise is somewhat colored by the fact that I personally like the wooden sign business because it furnishes me with an outlet for my creative nature and it gives me an opportunity to work with beautiful woods.
You, however, may not be quite so aesthetically inclined. If not, so be it. I can still make a pretty good dollars and sense argument in favor of my wooden sign enterprise.
By working at just a reasonable pace, you see, you should be able to make $10,000 a year constructing dimensional wooden signs. You'll be your own boss in the process. And, if you maintain careful records, you'll be able to keep most of that $200 a week. Because you'll be able to deduct from your income tax the cost of all business supplies, at least part of the rent or mortgage you pay for your workshop, office, or studio, and the major expenses you incur from the operation of the automobile you now drive to work (if you do).
Owning your own sign business, in other words, can pay big dividends in personal creative satisfaction. It can also supply you with a respectable income, offer you far more independence than that enjoyed by those who work "for wages" and give you the kind of tax advantages that are only available to people in business for themselves. And if you prefer to work just when you feel like it for part time dollars and spend the rest of your hours out on the Ole Homestead with the chickens and the goats and the organic garden, that's OK too. You're the boss. All of which adds up to both dollars and sense to me.
Know Your Signage Marketplace
Almost every business, sooner or later, needs a sign. Show its owner or owners that that sign will really attract attention (money) and he, she, or they will be ready and willing to plunk down anywhere from $200 to $2,000 for the logo, nameplate, or whatever.
Now a moderately sized (approximately 50 square feet of copy area), illuminated plastic sign will today set a business man or woman back by $2,000. And still look just like plastic. Once you've mastered my trade, however, you can both construct and install a highly noticeable dimensional wooden sign of the same size for $1,300. It will be at least as eye catching as the plastic one and a lot more in harmony with the environment.
You have, in short, a valuable service to offer to people who need it and you shouldn't be afraid to charge for your work accordingly. Pay yourself a decent wage for your time and talent and, chances are, you'll still be underbidding your plastic competition.
(Incidentally, I don't do plain painted signs because the field is highly competitive and the profit, therefore, too marginal. Yes, it is possible to go into the painted sign business with even less initial capital than that required by a dimensional wood sign making enterprise. And, yes, there's always a brisk demand for painted signs. But the profit just isn't there nor is the fun and challenge that's offered by the three dimensional work I do.)
How to Promote a Wood Sign Making Business
Most of your first efforts in the dimensional sign trade will and should be directed at self promotion at establishing a reputation. Start by getting yourself known. Design an attractive business card and brochure and spread them around with a lavish hand. If you can afford it, you might even place an ad or two in the local newspaper or telephone directory.
Develop a built in radar for sensing when and where your best job prospects are likely to turn up. Once you've determined that an individual or business is or should be interested in your work, the timing of your sales effort is vital. Wait too long, and someone else will sell a sign (probably an ugly neon one) to "your" client. Move too early, and you run the risk of setting yourself up for months of torturous waiting. If you have to err one way or the other, of course, it's best by far to be premature, provided you don't pester the prospect to death with your efforts to make a sale and there's much to be said, too, for discretion.
It's a good idea, from the very first job you land, to photograph in color every sign you sell. Enlarge the best prints, encase them in clear plastic, and show them around. When you have enough good pictures, make them up into a portfolio by mounting them in the clear acetate pages of a display book (available from an office supply store). Such visual aids or small sample signs which show techniques of construction and finish will add a very professional dimension to your sales presentations.
Be Available When Potential Sign Clients Need You
The most logical prospect for your service is the brand new business and it's just prior to the enterprise's Grand Opening that its proud owners are at the height of their optimism. Never again, in all probability, will you be able to approach them for so large a chunk of cash. Never again will they be so easy to sell.
This doesn't mean, of course, that you should attempt to oversell a small shop owner and load him down with a sign that's twice as big, elaborate, and expensive as he needs. Keep your suggested work in proportion to the size of the enterprise you're approaching. But do remember that your prospective client is generally the most receptive he'll ever be to your sales pitch just before he opens has new business' doors for the first time.
Bear in mind, too, that you'll probably be wise to quote a few small signs and finish and deliver them before attempting to tackle any of the biggies. This will give you the chance to become comfortable with your new business (little shop owners are often more tolerant of blunders in protocol and technique) and to develop and polish the abilities you'll need later when you handle the multi thousand dollar jobs.
Big or little, how do you know (preferably before your competition) that a new enterprise is about to open up? Keep your eyes open for businesses that are closing, because there may very well be a new one opening soon in the same location. You should also regularly check out the "fictitious name listings" where all new businesses are listed under their assumed names in the legal notices section of your newspaper. And, whenever you drive around town, make it a practice to watch for the new construction of stores and offices and/or the remodeling of old buildings that can mean a brand new enterprise is about to move in.
Develop a Realistic Financial Attitude for Your Small Business
You may have to under price the first few jobs you land, in order to induce your initial customers to try your (to them) unproven abilities. Once you're sure of yourself, however, you should up your rates to a competitive level.
No, you should never get greedy. But you should remember that building a little profit into your pricing structure ensures that your business will survive and expand. Even if your present overhead is low, you should be charging enough to save for the construction of a nice shop with adequate help, tools, and perhaps a delivery vehicle. If you don't allow for such eventualities now when you quote a job, you'll be in effect phasing them out before they. even have a chance to become reality.
If you don't know how to go about it any other way, you can allow for future growth capital needs quite easily when you make a quote: Just figure out how much you need to do a given job (materials plus time at your hourly rate plus wear and tear on your tools, etc.) and add on an additional 30%. If the customer refuses and you're desperate for cash, you can always come down a little with most of your pride intact. But just try raising a quote once you've given a prospective client a figure that's too low!
Learn to Charge for Your Signage Work
Although I hesitate to tell you exactly how much to charge for the signs you construct, I can give you some minimum figures that I feel might be in order.
Fifteen dollars per foot per side is a fair price for routed signs. Twenty dollars per foot per side for low relief carved signs and twenty five dollars per foot per side for deep relief carved signs are not unreasonable. Double all footage charges for two sided signs. And always add to your base prices for installation and signposts (these two items can be itemized, if necessary, on the contract) whenever you're required to furnish such labor and materials.
By the way, a long string of acceptances is one sure indication that your pricing structure is too reasonable. If nobody ever refuses to give you a job because he or she thinks your quotes are too high, then it's a good bet that your prices are consistently too low. Raise them.
Put Your Sign Contracts in Writing and Collect a Deposit
Never give a potential customer a firm quote until that customer has fully agreed upon exactly what the sign will look like, how it will be installed, and who will do the installing.
Then, once your quote for precisely the stated job has been accepted, set down an agreement to that effect in full detail in writing so that there'll be no misunderstandings later. This contract should be typed on your letterhead or on one of the standard contractor's forms sold by office supply stores.
Be absolutely certain that your contract specifies whether you or the customer will be responsible for installing the sign. (It's often possible to get the client to assume this obnoxious task, in the interest of economy.) If, however, you're elected, you'll have to reward yourself generously especially if the sign in question is large and tedious to muscle into place. (You may also want to hire a contractor who's well equipped with elaborate winches and cranes to do the job for you for a large fee which you'll simply pass on to your customer.)
At any rate, no matter who is supposed to do what, get it in writing. It's entirely unfair for a client to change his or her mind after delivery and ask you to repaint or otherwise revamp a sign unless he or she is willing to pay for such additional work. It's also unfair for you to deliver anything but what the customer ordered an the first place. A signed contract is a guarantee of protection for both of you.
Then too, for the sake of your financial security, you should always bear in mind that in the sign business, anyway you don't have a binding contract until you also have 5O% of the cost of the job in question safely grasped in your hand.
No, I'm not trying to say that your average client will try to beat you out of payment on a bill if you don't get half your money in advance. But a certain number of them will and others who have eyes bigger than their cash registers can support will order more (and more elaborate) signs than they can possibly pay for unless they're forced to lay out cold, hard cash at the time the deal is made.
I get 50% of a job's cost at the time we sign and the balance upon delivery and I've never had any trouble collecting either the deposit or the balance. I've also been paid for all last minute delays and changes because I've always specified in my contracts that I will be paid for such work. Being businesslike saves a lot of heartaches.
Use Sketch Layouts to Clarify Your Signage Contracts
Another way to cement an agreement between you and a customer is by making a layout a finished sketch, to scale, of the proposed sign. The drawing should show all colors, artwork, type, post arrangements, and anything else pertinent to the job in question.
Make the layout on a generously sized piece of art board, suitably protected with a flap of textured, colored paper. Have the customer initial the drawing as "accepted by" at the time you both sign your contract.
Remember, of course, that you'll probably spend several hours on your sketch and that you should be paid for this time. It only irks a client to be presented with a long string of itemized expenses, however, so don't. Just lump your layout charge along with everything else in your grand total and let it go at that. But don't forget to lump everything including the sample drawing in that total.
The only exception to this "hide the cost of the drawing" approach should take place when your customer requests a great number of layouts for a prospective assignment that you aren't at all sure you'll get. In such a case, it would be foolish to do all that work for nothing so, before you begin, have a clear understanding that the samples of artwork will cost a certain amount, whether or not you land the larger job.
Sign Business: Red Tape
You should, of course, check out all local sign ordinances before you sign a contract to do any job. Some localities, for instance, will not allow you to take out a sign permit which is invariably required almost every place that anyone wants to erect a sign unless you're a licensed sign contractor. And such a license is usually only granted when the official examiners are satisfied that you have many years of experience in the business and that you're familiar with all applicable sign ordinances and building code data.
If you cannot (after discreetly checking out the local rules and regulations) qualify don't despair. You can probably sidestep most of the red tape merely by having your customer get his own permit for the erection of the sign (offer him a ten or twenty dollar reduction for handling this task for you).
And do thoroughly run through all sign ordinances before you sign any contract. You'll learn a lot and you won't be unknowingly suckered into dumping a job because your area's regs outlaw signs of a certain size or too near a property line, etc.
As for more general permits and licensing, you'll need a state sales tax number if you plan to collect any money for your work (since almost all signs are taxable now). This number will allow you to purchase all your materials tax free, of course, so it's not all bad. And, if you intend to use a business name for your business, you'll have to go down to your local newspaper office in most states and sign an assumed name form. If you intend to operate under your own name, however, you can disregard this duty. But don't forget to comply with all federal tax rules for self employed individuals. And, if you hire help, make sure you withhold taxes properly and otherwise comply with applicable regulations.
How to Physically Construct the Signs You Sell
Just in case you've forgotten: The first half of this article which appeared in MOTHER NO. 36 was eight pages long and crammed with all I know about setting up equipment for a dimensional sign shop, choosing and buying wood, constructing supporting frameworks, and routing, carving, and painting signs. If you're really interested in the business and you missed No. 36, see the link to part I at the top of this article.
How to Set Up and Display the Signs You Make
Choose supports that harmonize with each sign you construct. Generally, this means wood but concrete, rock, and other materials can also be used. And it never hurts to suggest to a customer that he or she might want to do a little special landscaping around your finished installation. Natural plants, flowers, or a rock garden look great at the base of a sign.
Any wooden posts or other wooden members of an installation that touch (or, in some areas, even come close to) the ground should be thoroughly protected with creosote, Woodlife, or some other such preservative. The soil under and immediately around the wood should be termite proofed also. (Remember that wood which touches the ground openly invites attack from both rot and termites.)
Wooden supports (or steel or aluminum, etc., for that matter) should be set in concrete. Center each one in the middle of its base with bricks or temporary scaffolding during the time the concrete is poured and allowed to set.
Another Note on the Sign Business and Red Tape:
Be sure to check out all local ordinances that deal with minimum depth of posts below ground and the minimum allowed thickness of support posts before you erect any bases for your signs.
Sign Installation Procedures
You'll need at least two men to muscle a large sign into place more for the real giants. Typical tools that should be on hand before the job begins include a posthole digger, tape measure, sledgehammer, level, shovel, and if concrete is to be poured proper equipment for the working of sand, cement, and water. You can, if you've planned carefully, predrill all holes and prefasten all bolts, nuts, screws, etc., in your installation. It's usually much easier, however, to provide yourself with a long extension cord on site and just use an electric drill to punch the holes you need when you insert fasteners as you go along.
One inch pipes or dowels are generally sufficient to hold a sign together very nicely, as shown in some of the illustrations that accompany this two part article. Just be sure to lock each one in place with metal pins or nails so that none can work loose later when and if your sign sways, even ever so slightly, in the breeze.
A sign that is already bolted to its support posts can be hoisted up Iwo Jima fashion by several (at least three) large men. It can, that is, if the holes for the supports have been carefully dug in the proper locations and checked for proper depth before the hoisting begins. It's dangerous to an expensive sign to try to move it around once it's been set up in this manner.
Sign Business: Don't be Afraid to Hire Help
If you have any doubts about your abilities in any area of this business, don't be afraid to bone up on your weak spots before forging ahead. And if, after some study, you're still not sure you can handle the job or jobs in question bring in There's always a good salesperson who'll work for you for a straight 10 — 20% commission (so you take no risk) on the work he or she sells. There's always a talented artist or designer who'll help you create attractive signs for your clients for a fair share of the selling price. There are always production and/or installation personnel who'll work for a reasonable hourly rate.
Sign Business: Don't Overdo It
Then again, don't get carried away with the idea of providing jobs for people just to provide jobs for people. It's a fine feeling to create meaningful employment for another human being but you're living a fantasy if you do so when you yourself need and can do the work that you've given to the other individual.
Sign Business: Be Realistic About Wages
The setting of wage rates is another field rife with illusions and there are no hard and fast ground rules that will guide you through every circumstance you're likely to encounter. One employee who does good work fast for sic dollars an hour might earn his or her keep, while another who works very slowly for only three dollars per hour might not. You'll just have to try a few people at the usual hourly starting rate for the sign business in your area (around $3.00 here in Bradenton, Florida), and let the chips fall where they will. Replace the individuals who don't pay their way and give raises to the ones who demonstrate their value to your company.
Time to Get Started in the Signage Business
And that's about it. Except for the actual physical work (I call it "fun") of constructing the signs themselves. And I covered that in the last issue of this magazine.
Happy routing, carving, nailing, sanding, and painting!


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Let's get a couple of things out of the way. First, testing is very boring. Testing a race car has to rank right up there with taking an SAT test. Hell, taking the bar exam might even be more exciting than a day of testing. Having said all that, you need to face the reality that, if you expect to do well, you have to test. Races are won in testing sessions. You don't win the race on Sunday. No, you win it weeks before the actual race takes place. You win it with your testing program.
A lot of you also need to consider what you do at track events. Track events are really just like an extended test day. What brought this home is when Danny Kellermyer of DJ Racing explained to me that his drivers don't go onto the track to "learn the track." Danny's drivers need to be very specific about what turn, or braking zone, they intend to work on during a track test. As Danny puts it, the most important part of testing is having a plan. You need to approach track days the same way.
A lot of people just go out on the track and drive around-never getting any better. Then there are people who think they can get better if they just buy more parts. Hard as it may be to believe, you can actually get better with concentrated and focused practice. It's not always necessary to buy thousands of dollars in parts that don't do anything. Try a focused day at the track next time you're tempted to reach for your Visa card.
Danny Kellermeyer is one of the people in Corvette racing that everyone listens to. Danny has set more than his share of track records around the country, but I still think of him as the best crew chief I've ever worked with. After a couple of laps with Danny at the Waterford Hills course, I'll add driving coach as well. Danny is also the mayor of Waterford. During the weekend I spent with DJ Racing, I think everyone in the paddock came over to see Danny. Most had a technical question and left with an answer. No one is more giving than Danny. I loved watching him switch from being the mayor to being the professor of road racing.
The Cars
Even though DJ Racing has a new C6 back in the shop, this particular weekend was for the C5 cars. Actually, at most tracks the C6 is no significant improvement over the C5. That one inch of added wheelbase on the C6 makes a real difference in the weight on the rear wheels. A difference that is not always good.
Both the #37 Corvette and #39 Corvette were built in 1999 (sort of) and were part of the Corvette kit car program. Remember that between 1998 and 2000, you could buy a Corvette that was delivered to you in boxes. You got the chassis, and the rest came in a bunch of boxes. Some assembly was required. That's a story for another issue, though.
Today's Plan
Today's test is very focused. It's time to see if all of the effort that's been expended in the past few weeks actually works. The #39 car (Jeff Cauley's Corvette) has a brand-new engine and the #37 (Danny's Corvette) has a new transmission and rear axle. What really strikes me right away is that there are more cars than people at this test day. This is a new experience for me. Every team I've ever worked with has had more people than cars. In the ALMS, it used to get really silly with about 15 people for one car. Here I am looking at three Corvettes and just Joe Cauley and Danny Kellermyer. This 3:2 ratio is unheard of in racing.
Test Timeline
9:30 - The track doesn't open until noon, but Danny has all three cars out of the trailers and ready to go. All of the pit boxes are in place. We're talking serious organization here.
11:00 - The #33 Corvette (Joe's car) gets all new brake rotors and pads. This takes Danny about twelve minutes. The best part is that he can carry on a conversation while he does it. Twelve minutes for a complete brake job-damn.
11:45 - The #33 and the #39 Corvettes are fired up and brought up to temperature.
12:00 - Joe Cauley and Danny are the first drivers out on the track. They're running about 80 percent of what they're capable of. Just slow, consistent laps. There's nothing to prove here.
12:30 - Both cars pull back into the pits. The #39 car (the one with the new engine) has a miss. It's not a bad miss-it's just that it doesn't seem to be running on all eight cylinders all the time. Joe says that the car is loading up in corners and has a unique crackle in the exhaust sound. Basically, something just isn't right. The first go around with an infrared scanner shows all of the exhaust pipes with the same temperature. Danny explains this simply means that all of the pipes are heat soaked. We have to let the car cool down and then fire it up again to isolate the cylinder.
Danny's car (#37) is not displaying axle and transmission temperatures. DJ Racing has temperature sensors for both the transmission and the rear axle. Your C5 only has one? Oh well. Remember I said that DJ Racing was thorough.
12:45 - While the #39 Corvette cools down, the #37 car goes up on jackstands. It's time to determine why there are no temperature readings in Danny's Corvette. It turns out that the sensors are dead. There's no real reason for this, except maybe they got damaged somehow in the rebuild process. At any rate, this is something that can be taken care of later this evening. Today's track time won't create enough heat to be a problem. These sensors will be needed during the next several days, but not today. This isn't the time, or place, to replace them.
12:55 - Danny fires up the #39 car again to check on the engine miss. This time all of the exhaust pipes went to 450 degrees-except for the #8 cylinder, which never even got to 250 degrees. Time to pull the plug and see what it looks like. It's wet. The rocker arm cover now comes off and we get a real surprise. The rocker arm adjuster nut is broken. Danny says he's never seen that happen before. A new experience for Danny-now that's really something unique.
Danny makes a quick decision that only two cars will be used for the upcoming weekend. Jeff Cauley's weekend is over before he even arrives at the track. On the other hand, this is not the time to destroy a motor. The Cauleys do this for fun.
2:10 - Danny's Corvette (#37) takes to the track. The #33 car of Joe Cauley quickly follows it.
2:28 - Both cars come back in and everything looks fine. They were both running about 230 degrees at speed. At full race speed, the temperatures usually run about 250 degrees. Remember, this is a test session and the cars are at only about 80 percent today.
2:35 - Danny notices that the left front brake rotor on his car is cracked. Not just a little crack-but a huge crack. For some reason, DJ Racing cracks a whole lot of rotors every spring. Then, as suddenly as this cracking begins, it all stops. Once they get to the first week in June, they seldom crack another rotor. Try and figure that one out. It may have something to do with the cars living through a Michigan winter. The combination of moisture and cold air during the winter may have something to do with it.
4:00 - We finally break for lunch. Damn. These guys are focused.
The really interesting thing is that on Sunday, no one even shows up at the track until 11:00. They roll the car covers off and fire up the cars. While everyone else is working on their cars, Joe and Danny are still home in bed. This is a no drama team. All of the work was completed before race day. I guess that's the point of a good testing program.
Danny's Three Rules of Testing
1. Have a plan-with specific goals-before you even arrive at the track
2. Stick to the plan, but be cognizant of other things that may be going on. It's OK to change a plan, but remember you first need a plan.
3. Keep detailed records of what takes place. DJ Racing has the most complete notes of any race team I've ever seen. There are shelves in Danny's office that hold a huge number of notebooks. Danny can tell you the tire pressures that he used in 1989 at the June Mid-Ohio race. You don't have to be quite that good, but you at least need to try.
Who's Who?
Three identical Corvettes are fun to sort out. You can really only tell them apart by the numbers. OK, I can only tell them apart by the numbers. Danny and Joe don't seem to have this problem.

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Donadoni not surprised to see Milan protests
Roberto Donadoni was not surprised to see Milan fans protesting prior to Sunday's Serie A defeat against his Parma side.
Milan suffered a fourth straight defeat in all competitions at San Siro after supporters known as the Ultras held banners aloft and jeered the players' coach prior to the game.
Donadoni, who won six Serie A titles and three European Cups during his two stints at Milan, expected a backlash from fans but believes the club must unite.
"It's disappointing, but clearly when a side like Milan is in this position (11th) in the table, you can expect some protests," he said.
"I believe the fans ought to help the team get back on its feet. I realise that's not easy, but calm is the only way to go forward."
Former Milan forward Antonio Cassano scored a brace for the visitors after goalkeeper Christian Abbiati was shown an early red card, but goals from Adil Rami and Mario Balotelli looked to have rescued a point.
Amauri and Jonathan Biabian then ensured a dark day for Milan.
Cassano now has 11 Serie A goals for the season and Donadoni revealed how he is going about getting the best out of the striker.
"It takes common sense. Of course if everyone thinks they are right and won't even listen to other options, then they will end up clashing," he said.
"It just requires a little common sense and an open mind. Antonio knows that he has to play that role wherever I place him on the field. If he accepts those conditions, then it goes well. If he doesn't, then he's in trouble."


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Want another example of how your customers can communicate your message for you? Check out upcoming new Australian band Wolfmother, which is asking fans to snap and send mobile video clips that will form the basis of the act's next promo.
It's supported by a moblog powered by the London-based moblogUK service, which was popularised when survivors of the city's 7/7 bombings posted camera phone pictures to the site last summer.
moblogUK head honcho and all-round black-rimmed individual Alfie Dennen says:-
"We have created a moblog for Wolfmothers new album launch, specifically around the release of the single 'Woman'. With the Wolfmother moblog, the band are I think creating a complete first in the sphere of mobile (v)blogging; fans are invited:
"….To celebrate the release of Wolfmother's blistering new single 'Woman' we want YOU to create your own 30 second version of the new Wolfmother video … published instantly onto this very site for everyone to see, whilst the cream of these videos will be edited into a brand new Wolfmother video that will be run exclusively through Kerrang online the week prior to the release of Woman on 10th July."
"On-top of this, the best video sent in – as chosen by the band – will win a pair of VIP tickets to the Carling weekend Reading Festival!".
moblogUK, which has previously created moblogs for Maximo Park and Goldfrapp and is angling to capitalise on the meltdown of rival service TextAmerica, is opening the site to take contributions from anyone's mobile; the finished product will form a very cheap extra promotional vehicle for the band.
It's a growing trend; artists are using new media technologies to get closer to their fans and establish a low-cost online presence. Although EMI slapped Gnarls Barkley co-conspirator Danger Mouse with a cease-and-desit when he mixed The Beatles' white with Jay-Z's black to blend his Gray Album in 2004, bands themselves are now quite happy to mix fans' own material in with their own to create new product.
Linkin Park offshoot Fort Minor, with help from Warner Bros. Records director of technology Ethan Kaplan, this year gave away a complete track under a Creative Commons license and invited fans to submit remixes – the best picked for re-issue by the band's lead singer.
The video for a single by R.E.M., for whom I have helped Ethan create community content over the last few years, came together after the production company asked fans to submit video of elevators.
You can go farther back, too. Feeder's 2001 video for Just A Day included a large cast of fans performing the song to webcams in their bedrooms, strengthening a relationship with the band so close that 700 fans wereinvited to drummer Jon Lee's funeral a year later.
Now, many art academics will, I'm sure, ask – when your purpose is merely to republish the work of others, what is your own art?
But what is evident is the degree to which grassroots communication is emerging from geek circles and coming to the fore.
Have you created a campaign wholly dependent on contributions by your listeners/viewers/customers? What tips would you share for making it work right?


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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Wednesday on Wednesday
I have been so busy with Wednesday, summer and the shoppe that I hadn't taken Wednesday out for her five year photos yet. So last week when I made her a new dress and managed to get her hair into a presentable hair style I took her out for a great little shoot.
Isn't she just huge though?! Where has my baby gone? Can you believe she starts Senior Kindergarten this year?! *sigh*
But, with school starting again in a couple weeks expect posting to take a more regular turn. I have been creating though! I've just been trying to focus my efforts on growing Modern Wednesday.
I hope you're enjoying your summer as much as we are! ♥
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- Melimom said...
My Gosh, she's cute! My daughter is going into Grade 1 and my son is starting JK this year. They cannot wait to get on the bus and now I will have some time to scour your blog for some fantastic craft ideas!
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
ALERT! Radioactive Fallout Identified In and On US Ground Beef
The ground beef sample returned readings showing that the cow had ingested radioactive fallout. The sample also had readings which point to a recent nuclear fission and control rod fire occurring within the last few weeks. The results of that testing are presented in the video below.
As it stands now, we still have available PRE-Fukushima all natural, grass fed beef, and pasture raised pork for testing. We know exactly how, where and by whom the beef, and pork were humanely raised. We also have access to fresh beef, pork, and chicken raised under the same conditions.
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I don't see a video.ReplyDelete
Thanks for all the efforts and explanation. It does not go unnoticed in Korea.
Until three weeks ago, we were running HEPA filters regularly. After making a call to the air filter company, we found out that for the HEPA filter
1. The material is sourced in the Philippines
2. The filter is manufactured in Japan and then sent to Korea sold under the C****Y brand. *the company told us the the material is imported into Osaka and then manufactured locally.
We stopped using the filters upon hearing this info. (we have a 2 and 4 year old).
Now I am considering to reuse the filters temporarily until I following your reports.
The filters are replaced every two months.
What are your thoughts on the filters?
@iwunder007, we would run a vacuum cleaner over the filter before first use (or turn the filter on outside for a few minutes). Following those precautions, our SWAG is that any remaining inherent contamination is trapped in the filter and that the filter will remove more contamination from the environment than it would introduce into it.ReplyDelete
The one exception to that would be if we ran a Geiger counter over the new/unused filter and it registered noticeably radioactive. In such a case, would look for the another filter with a lower reading and proceed as mentioned above.
Last past using an Inspector over the filter indicated nothing to worry about. We will proceed following your advice. Truthfully, I want to throw up.
Koreans are able to purchase Australian beef is desired.
Has your team any info on the current radioactive status of Aussie beef?
Can you get it in the States?Replies
We think that key will likely be knowing the source conditions under which the beef was raised, so it would be hard to generalized which source continent would be better (costs aside). There have been some very troubling high levels of airborne detections in Australia.Delete


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Brett Naseby needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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Brett Naseby Creative
I am male, 37, bald shaven and perhaps look slightly alienesque.
I have photographed numerous commercial clients in the past twelve months and now wish to concentrate more closely on commercial work...rather than weddings where I also attract a lot of customers.
In the spring, I am most comfortable wearing jeans, thongs and a t shirt.
I am fast moving, talking and drink my fair share of short blacks.
In the next twelve months I will be re advertising in the yellow pages to attract commercial work only.
I need to project a slick corporate image and the logo will feature predominantly in my advertising as I will not be using images to lure them to my website.
I would like to attract clients in the manufacturing(wine/food) industry, retail, and corporate clients which need staff photography for websites.
I have performed time lapse work for the RTA and aerial work of Bunnings and Harvey Norman from a helicopter,
Be ultra free in your thinking as that is how I approach all new work. You can check out http://www.brettnasebygallery.com to see some of my work which may help.
I would prefer to not have any symbols in the logo such as cameras/lenses/film etc but am happy for other graphic shapes which lend a modern/advanced theme. Ok...I'm listening to the voices in my head now and apparently the logo has to be predominantly blue, with some orange. I suppose it needs to rest on a black backgound so the orange wont get lost in the yellow of the yellow pages.
I hope this helps and I thank you in advance for helping me.
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Retailers can now show shoppers the items on their sites that have attracted the most Pinterest users' "pins." The image-focused social network is making this possible with a new API, or application programming interface, which is a set of software instructions for transferring data between technology systems.
The API also lets merchants show shoppers the most recent items on their sites that Pinterest users pinned, the most clicked-through pins on their sites and pins from specific search terms, such as "high heels." The Pinterest content updates in real time. The social network says it will add more features over the next few weeks.
In addition to letting retailers feature Pinterest content on their sites, the API will also let Pinterest users repin images and post directly from merchants' sites.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp. and ModCloth Inc. are among the first retailers to use the API.
Pinterest is the social network where consumers can pin images and pictures of products they like from around the web. They often accompany those pins with a brief description or caption that appears below the image. Consumers add their pins to boards, which are organizational tools used to group pins together around a particular theme—for example, "Thanksgiving ideas."
"If someone's looking for Thanksgiving recipes on AllRecipes.com, they'll see the most pinned recipes from the site on the home page," writes Jason Costa, developer relations manager at Pinterest, in a blog post. "Or, they could go to Zappos.com to see which shoes pinners covet most. You could use these APIs to show popular products on your home page or to curate your top articles and other content on Pinterest at any given time."
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Dear Life
Alice Munro
Knopf: 336 pp., $26.95
Alice Munro's short stories are often said to resemble novels. It's not just the density of life she crams into them — it's also their length. Inching into novella territory, the long title stories of her last three collections, "Runaway" (2004), "The View from Castle Rock" (2006) and "Too Much Happiness" (2009), explored the exurbs of the short story form.
The casually impeccable stories in her latest collection, "Dear Life," are somewhat more traditional in that they are largely focused on a defining episode of a character's life. It's still possible to piece together a broader history — Munro has a genius, no empty word here, for selecting details that keep unfolding in the reader's mind — but the scope has tightened.
The plots, if it's possible to call such natural seeming accounts plots, build to big cinematic scenes: the drowning of a child in a gravel pit, a tyrannical patriarch arriving home to discover his meek wife throwing a lively party, a child wandering off on a train while her mother flirts with a friendly stranger. But the hand of fate can also creep up unexpectedly, as in "Pride," the story of a character disfigured by a harelip who lets the chance of tender companionship slip by out of a combination of obstinacy, ego and fear.
For the most part, the titles are abridged, reduced to just a single noun ("Gravel," "Haven," "Train," "Night"), as though Munro were getting down to brass tacks. At 81, this heralded Canadian author, widely considered the greatest living short story writer in the English language, has quickened her pace.
The austere Lake Huron setting hasn't changed, but the period — the stories often occur around the Second World War or hark back to this more urgent era — doesn't encourage leisurely peregrinations. Even her symbols have grown stark — that fatal gravel pit of "Gravel" looms as a menacing reminder of the hole left after a mother uproots her two daughters from their home to shack up with a pot-smoking actor in a trailer park.
No story is quite as haunting as "Amundsen," the tale of an abortive engagement between a young teacher who takes a job at a tubercular hospital in a wintry rural outpost and the presiding doctor who is all business even when making love. The title refers to the town where the story is set, a backwater with a frozen lake, gray skies and "small untidy evergreens rolled up like sleepy bears."
Munro preserves the mystery of the couple's union and abrupt separation. Blame or fault-finding isn't part of the picture. Human nature follows laws every bit as unyielding as the weather. When the doctor says to his no longer bride-to-: be, "Maybe someday you'll count this one of the luckiest days of your life," it is possible to feel the cold gusts penetrating the car in which this final conversation takes place. The early spring temperature may be biting, but it's far from unnatural in these parts.
The classic Munro figure of a woman, usually with unfulfilled literary yearnings, making a getaway from a stale or stifling marriage appears repeatedly, though the balance sheet of happiness isn't altered for long by new passion. The mother in "Gravel," who shacks up with the freewheeling actor and starts dressing "in shawls and long skirts and dangling necklaces," unromantically becomes the business manager of the theater and a single-parent breadwinner.
How does Munro manage such great effects on a relatively small canvas? It's a question that most anyone who has seriously attempted to write a short story in the last 20 years has pondered. This collection hints at answers, with its banishing of certainties and calm acceptance of the not unusual overlap of love and cruelty — the way, say, a father accustomed to using a razor strap could find just the right comforting words during his young daughter's bout with insomnia.
This volume contains a "finale" of four works that Munro says represent the "first and last — and closest — things" she has to say about her own life. It's a fitting coda for a book that gives the impression of a writer sharing secrets, not in the sense of dirty laundry but in terms of storytelling sensibility.
"Dear Life" has something of a valedictory quality to it, but the consciousness behind these stories has a vitality that, thankfully, seems in no danger of ending any time soon.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Foreigner's Perspective on Canada and the US Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Foreigner's Perspective on Canada and the US Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General North America Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message VanicaJoined: 31 Aug 2006Posts: 368Location: North Carolina Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:49 am Post subject: Foreigner's Perspective on Canada and the US Can we discuss Canadians and Americans, and what it is like to live in those respective countries, in the way we discuss Koreans and Argentinians and everyone else, as foreigners critiquing the natives? This would help me to understand these two cultures and also assist me in deciding which one I would best live in. I shall start. I've lived in New York City and in Montreal, and recently visited Raleigh in North Carolina. In all three places I had problems with professional services and had to seek redress. In NY, the people scream at you and curse you, but it is really easy to find people to defend you and go after the crooked merchant, often with good results. It's like everyone is looking for a good fight, and with so many lawyers and law students, they can be quite good at it. In Montreal, it seems it's just not done. I recently had car work, and a few hours later the belts broke and we almost had a serious accident. The garage owners were screaming at me when I asked for repair reimbursement (they are foreigners as well, Latino and Italiana), no qualms about being abusive. So I contacted the credit card company, consumer protection of Quebec, both basically told me to work it out on my own. But I have the proof, I have the receipts, everything they say is refutable. No, I have to come to an agreement with them on my own. Same thing a few years ago when I bought a used computer, which wouldn't start when I got it home. In Raleigh, however, bought a new computer, it crashed when I got home, I go back to Best Buy, do I want money back, we'll work on it, it's up to you. Hi, thank you, yes sir, yes ma'am. You don't like the DVD player, we'll take it back and give you your money and give you another one for half price because .... On the other hand, my daughter speaks to another child in French at the playground, and I hear someone screaming, SPEAK ENGLISH. The kids shun her. I read on the city-data.com forum they write, "Throw the anchor babies in the sea." Someone gets angry because I gather bottles to recycle at their house. Really angry, not joking. People get angry also when I say they shouldn't use pesticides on their lawns. Can some natives enlighten me? Are there any other foreigners in Canada or US who want to share experiences? Back to top deniseJoined: 23 Apr 2003Posts: 3419Location: finally home-ish Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:27 am Post subject: Since you've already lived in both countries and already have several observations and presumably opinions, I'm a little curious as to what your question is. Do you want us (the natives) to explain our collective behavior? Some people believe in an English-only environment--foreigners should assimilate, learn the language, etc. It's unfortunate for many reasons, one of them being that there's not much emphasis on plain ol' (non-immigrant) Americans becoming proficient in another language. As to the pesticide--how exactly did the subject come up? Since you didn't explain the context, I imagined you simply approaching someone's house and saying, "You know, you shouldn't do that..." Well, such directness would bother me too coming from a stranger! Believe it or not, politeness can work better than bluntness even in the US. One very important factor to keep in mind, however, is there is no single accurate description of the US/Americans. We come in all shapes and sizes, ethnicities, mother tongues and foreign languages, personalities, political leanings, etc. Hopefully since you've lived there you already know that. d Back to top VanicaJoined: 31 Aug 2006Posts: 368Location: North Carolina Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: Why get defensive? People on Daves talk all the time about, Chinese are like this, Sudanese are like that. Why can't anyone describe Americans or Canadians? China is a huge country and even more diverse. Back to top VanicaJoined: 31 Aug 2006Posts: 368Location: North Carolina Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject: denise wrote: As to the pesticide--how exactly did the subject come up? No, I wasn't rude at all. In our place in Quebec, we receive notes all the time admonishing home owners that it is illegal for them to use chemicals on their lawns. But since I saw so much spraying in North Carolina, I simply asked people if there were communities where it was restricted. Very angry and challenging responses from a lot of people, other people saying there's nowhere that would restrict lawn chemicals in America. Is that true? Back to top deniseJoined: 23 Apr 2003Posts: 3419Location: finally home-ish Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:23 pm Post subject: I wasn't getting defensive. I just don't understand why you're asking which place would be good for you to live in since you've already lived in both of them and have seen positive and negative aspects of the culture. Thanks for clarifying the pesticide issue. Maybe certain homeowners groups have regulations. I really can't say, not being a homeowner and never having been to North Carolina. d Back to top VanicaJoined: 31 Aug 2006Posts: 368Location: North Carolina Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:59 pm Post subject: denise wrote: I wasn't getting defensive. I just don't understand why you're asking which place would be good for you to live in since you've already lived in both of them and have seen positive and negative aspects of the culture.d I've only lived in Montreal and New York City and I visited North Carolina. I wonder what other people's experiences are living and working as a language professional from another country in the US and Canada. Or if a native could tell me how to negotiate customer service or pesticide use (I have history of breast cancer, so this is a concern, and I still need to get my car repaired and my bills reimbused, so that would be helpful, too For me specifically, I need to live outside of a city, because of pollution issues (the New York City apartment was above a dry cleaners, hence the respiratory and cancer issues). But to my surprise, just a few steps from either city and there is a big difference in attitudes towards foreigners and immigrants. It's really not easy to understand, and as I mentioned about my daughter being yelled at, of no small concern. Thanks for your help. Back to top canadashirleyblueJoined: 06 May 2007Posts: 162 Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: Perhaps a different country would suit your requirements better. Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11518Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject: I've lived in both countries and personally wouldn't want to live long-term in either one. However: I cannot purport to give Vanica any advice. I don't share your personal requirements (likely you'll find few people who can speak very specifically to your situation) or your outlook, or your personal goals, probably. Further, I can obviously only speak for the areas I've lived/worked in. Both countries are huge and very diverse. It's all very well to point out the we make generalizations about Chinese, when China is even bigger then the States or Canada. That doesn't obviate the fact that North Carolina's not California, and Alberta has little in common with Ontario or Quebec. I don't think you are likely to get useful information from this thread. Back to top VanicaJoined: 31 Aug 2006Posts: 368Location: North Carolina Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject: canadashirleyblue wrote: Perhaps a different country would suit your requirements better. You don't think it's worth looking at other areas of Canada? Why not? I read all the time in the newspapers how there is a retention problem in Canada, accusations of people leaving as soon as they get their Canadian passport, supposedly waiting for the next war to get "repatriated" at Canadian taxpayers' expense. Why do so many people leave? The weather and the taxes? I haven't been here so long, is it really so bad? Which country did you go to, and ... can you suggest somewhere? I appreciate the commentary. Back to top adviceJoined: 12 Jun 2007Posts: 39Location: USA Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: I am from Ukraine. I have lived in the USA for 3 years in total. Cultural shock is cultural shock, even though you come to a more civilized in many ways society. America is diverse. After one year in Washington, DC I thought that I knew a lot about this country:))) About 1.5 years in Midwest changed my mind. You cannot see a white female in the American capital city cleaning public restrooms or, being pregnant, working in store. Midwest is very different. What is the topic, actually about? Everybody's experience is unique, depending on many factors. Take a course of quantitative research:))) You will observe how the results change depending of a change of just one factor among a hundred of others. Back to top VanicaJoined: 31 Aug 2006Posts: 368Location: North Carolina Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: Are you leaving US for Canada or other way around? Can you say why? Back to top adviceJoined: 12 Jun 2007Posts: 39Location: USA Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: I would like to stay in the USA, but I cannot stay here because of American immigration law. I have temporary visas for me and my dependents. American government paid for my new education. Even if I got married an American or had American children I would be required to leave for 2 years. Who will invite me back? Nobody. Canada has immigration law which depends on the points you get for your education, years of experience, language, spouse, etc. In my country Canada immigration is very popular. We did not want this before, but I got too tired from all the corruption around. It's just looks like a theatre of absurd. Teachers with bought grades, doctors with bought grades, children, understanding that the success in life comes when you know how to cheat, give bribes or receive bribes. Besides, prices on real estate went high. It makes more sense now to sell our apartments, we can buy more abroad. In Canada it's possible to get mortage. For example, what cost $10,000 5-6 years ago costs now $100,000. My university professor salary was $50 in 2001 and now it is $200. Our children in Canada will become eligible for scholarships and grants. At home everything now is based on bribery. In 1998 my friends sold the apartment for $20,000 and it covered only their coming to Canada, if they sold it now they would buy a 2-bedroom one hour by bus from downtown Toronto and still have plenty of money. Of course, during these years they also earned a lot and got new education, etc. I mean, now it's easier to buy estate in Canada for us. At least have a roof. Ukraine is very important. In political meaning. It says: "We'll go to Russia" and the USA pays to the politicians:))) Then they say, "Russia is coming", the USA pays more. There is much money in the country, the real estate goes high. This is stolen money, not earned. That's why the university professor earns less than the caregiver charges when she takes care after old people. Caregiver is paid from abroad. Many people immigrated, they pay for their parents from abroad. Majority of people who agree to have this kind of job have also immigrated to provide this job in the USA, Canada, Italy, etc. The main thing for many of them is to come abroad, then she can get married. Very successfully often. Sixty-year old females come to take care after females of the same age, then they get married the wodowers:))) Plenty of real examples around me:))) Sometimes 60-years-old women are more in demand than 30-year-olds:))) Back to top adviceJoined: 12 Jun 2007Posts: 39Location: USA Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: One detail to add. Sometimes we have certain assumptions and the reality is not just different. I would say, it has certain sides we do not know. For example, in my country the people with disabilities have been always considered as very poor, disadvantaged, etc. Our family had a friend from a blind community. She, in fact, was not blind at all, she just bought such documents. Her vision is not ideal, but the document states that she has no vision at all:))) That is why my family knew a lot about that community. The information was very surprising. It was in the Soviet time. They got salaries much bigger that people without disabilities, they got many benefits, not available in the country and their females had completely different value in their community than healthy females around. When a man is blind he never prefers 30-year-old female in front of 70-year-old female. He does not see her:))) There were so many cases when a 70-year-old woman could have 30-year-old man in the country where employers give ads: "Only females under 25 years old" or for high-professional jobs which requires too many skills : "Only females under 30 years old". I mean, sometimes our assumptions are completely wrong. Beleive me, there are Russians who do not drink alcohol:)))) Back to top VanicaJoined: 31 Aug 2006Posts: 368Location: North Carolina Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:51 am Post subject: Thank you, advice, for your heartfelt reply. Have you been to Soyuzivka? Beautiful location. We used to go to a bar in Queens, New York City, one wall was covered with a scene of Karpaty. We liked to drink and stare at it, such a contrast to what was outside. This situation is so strange in Canada. I live in a section that is all immigrants. At the playground today, Omani and Venezuelan and Russian and Haitian families, all here two-four years, all professional to get the number of points, all calculating 1095 days, so different and all the same. Back to top VanKenJoined: 29 Oct 2003Posts: 139Location: Calgary, AB Canada Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject: Canada or USA? Vanica wrote: I need to live outside of a city, because of pollution issues (the New York City apartment was above a dry cleaners, hence the respiratory and cancer issues). But to my surprise, just a few steps from either city and there is a big difference in attitudes towards foreigners and immigrants. It's really not easy to understand, and as I mentioned about my daughter being yelled at, of no small concern. Sounds to me like you have to find another community, not neccesarily another country, to live in. As others have pointed out, both USA and Canada are big, diverse places. I'm sure somewhere within those two you'll be able to find something to suit your liking. As for the Canadian tax system, if you don't like it you are always free to declare non-residency and move elsewhere. A lot of people do that. 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SANTA ANA – Fire officials will seek reimbursement after all for the cost of searching for, and rescuing, a lost hiker who was later charged with being in possession of methamphetamine, officials said.
The Orange County Fire Authority asked for $55,000 in restitution in a motion filed in court Wednesday. The motion was made in connection with a drug possession case against Nicolas Cendoya, one of two hikers who were lost in Holy Jim Canyon in Cleveland National Forest in April.
Fire Authority officials initially said they would not seek reimbursement for the costs associated with the search, but the agency's 25-member board decided in a closed-session meeting last month to seek reimbursement after all, Division Chief Kris Concepcion said.
In the brief filed Wednesday, the Fire Authority stated Cendoya, then 19, and his friend, Kyndall Jack, 18, admitted to using hallucinogens before and while hiking in Holy Jim.
"OCFA and the residents of Orange County were victims of Nick Cendoya's criminal activity," Concepcion said Thursday.
In all, the search for the two hikers cost county agencies more than $160,000 and 1,900 man-hours.
Cendoya and Jack were ultimately found by searchers who scanned the area for four days. The search attracted national media attention.
But as firefighters, deputies, reserve deputies and volunteers searched for the Costa Mesa teens, investigators with the Orange County Sheriff's Department allegedly discovered 497 milligrams of methamphetamine in Cendoya's wallet, which was inside his green BMW.
The methamphetamine led to a felony charge. Cendoya is expected back in court July 12 for an arraignment hearing.
While the Orange County Fire Authority has sought restitution in negligence cases involving fires, this is the first time it is attempting to be reimbursed for a rescue, Concepcion said.
Jail time and tens of thousands of dollars in restitution fees are on the line for the now 20-year-old Cendoya.
One of the volunteers who searched for Cendoya, Nick Papageorge's IV, has also filed a restitution motion in the case.
At a hearing in May, the 20-year-old Papageorge's asked a judge for restitution for medical expenses under Marsy's Law, a victim's bill of rights law that was passed by voters in 2008. OCFA cited the same law in its filing.
Papageorge has said he faced several surgeries and more than $350,000 in medical expenses after he fell more than 100 feet from a cliff during the search.
He was accompanied at the hearing by Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer, who has been vocal about county agencies getting reimbursement for the cost of the search.
Spitzer also was chairman of the campaign to pass Marsy's Law, and sits on the 25-member board of directors for the Orange County Fire Authority.
Whether or not anyone will be able to receive restitution will be played out in Orange County Superior Court.
If Cendoya is sent to a drug diversion program, he would not be considered convicted and would not have to pay restitution.
Several county agencies assisted in the search for the missing teens, including the Orange County Sheriff's Department, which estimated using 728 man-hours in the search.
It included helicopters, searchers on horseback, and dozens of volunteers who also combed the area.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department has no plans to seek restitution, said Gail Krause, spokeswoman for the department.
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Let me tell you about my cousin Ransom and the kindness of a stranger who returned his long-lost Bible and journals through a serendipitous chain of events.
Ransom Ferdinand Smith (1864-1940) lived in Woodstock, New Hampshire. He was a first cousin of my great-grandmother Frances Lila (Sawyer) Huse (1863-1958).
On Monday (Sept. 10th) I entered the details of Ransom F. Smith's life on my family's online tree site.
On Tuesday (Sept. 11th) I received this e-mail: "My search for Ransom F. Smith, married to Carrie and living in/around Grafton, N.H., from 1812-1922 led me to your family's online tree. I acquired his Bible and 4 daily journals (3 small, 1 large) at an auction in MA about 30 years ago. They were in the bottom of a box lot of linens! If you are interested in having them, would you please email me."
Imagine that—I put the family's genealogy information online Monday. The very next day a woman is cleaning her house and unpacks a linen box she hadn't looked at for 30 years. At the bottom of the box she finds a Bible and four journals, and tries to return them to the original owner's family.
She Googled Ransom's name…
Bingo—she found my online family genealogy page, contacted us, and mailed these priceless family records to us. Serendipity!
It's a great day for genealogy


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A Little At A Time - 1983 Jeep CJ-7Posted in Project Vehicles on July 1, 2011
Much like the he is a guy after our own hearts. If it was broke, he'd think about replacing it, but otherwise, it stays around. Over the years we've seen this Jeep grow from a mild bolt-on lift to the beast it is today and at every step of the way, Lyon has come up with some neat innovations. We'd run into him out on the trails from time to time and he'd always be scheming the next big round of modifications to the Jeep—once the money fairy left it on his porch, that is. A couple of years ago he started a big teardown of it and we thought nothing more of this CJ-7. Like so many projects we've seen start, we figured it would be a long time in the making. Imagine our surprise when we found this brightly colored Jeep in place of the grey machine it used to be. Lyon is a go-anywhere, try-anything-once kind of guy, so we tagged along with him and his new machine to get some insight on a super-capable Jeep that is still something accessible to the rest of us.
Unlike so many "CJ-7s" we see, this one still actually has the original '83 CJ-7 frame under it. The frame has been plated with M.O.R.E. frame plates for strength and to help reinforce some of the suspension mounting points. The front axle has been moved 3 inches forward from stock while the rear is 5 inches aft for a 101-inch wheelbase. The axles are located by a GenRight Off Road three-link front axle kit and four-link rear kit. Front and rear feature 14-inch King coilovers for elevation and damping.
Out back, the frame was cut between the over-axle body mount and gas tank to move the GenRight EXT gas tank up 1-inch for a better departure angle and overall clearance. Lyon and his friend, Keith Dittmer did all the welding and fabbing on the frame and then Dittmer took it one step further and custom-modified a Saginaw steering box to work with an AGR ram assist and pump to push around the big tires. The engine, transmission, and T-case are all lifted 1-inch so that a flat transmission skidplate could be fabbed up.
Lyon left the drivetrain components that worked in place. That is, the 258ci inline-six is still hanging between the framerails and bolted to a T-4 four-speed manual transmission. The old workhorse benefits from a Howell fuel-injection system installed by YT Motorsports but otherwise the engine is left alone. Lyon says both that he never has any problems with it, and that he wishes there was more power (in his best "Scotty" voice: "I'm giving her all she's got, captain!). Other improvements to auxiliary systems include a 110-amp alternator, a three-core radiator, and a K&N air filter.
While the T-4 isn't a spectacular transmission, it is still in fine working order so it hands power off to a 4.3:1 Atlas II. The Atlas, in turn, sends it on down the line through a pair Coast Driveline and Gear driveshafts. A pair of Currie RockJocks packed with 5.38 gears and Detroit Lockers handles all the power that six-cylinder can dish out with ease. The front RockJock has Wilwood dual-piston calipers while the rear has Ford Explorer disc brakes. The stock CJ master cylinder is helped out by a swapped-in dual-diaphragm Cadillac brake booster. The 40-inch Goodyears have no problem grabbing and biting whatever they are aimed at, and the Allied beadlocks allow single-digit pressures as needed.
Body and Interior
To be honest, we didn't even recognize this thing as Lyon's Jeep. We saw the gaudy paint and moved right along looking for the grey CJ we knew. If that wasn't enough, the colors aren't paint; it is a vinyl wrap by Andrew Madrid Motorsports. Lyon likes the wrap because it resists desert pin striping and if (when) he ever does destroy it to the point where it just looks like a pile, a new wrap is way cheaper than a new custom paintjob.
Inside, a GenRight roll cage protects the occupants seated on the YJ Wrangler thrones. The inside of the tub was Herculined for protection from the elements and there are LEDs for interior lighting under the dash. A locking console protects whatever might need protecting and a kicking stereo system means you can hear this Jeep coming from blocks around. An Alpine head unit pairs with a Rockford Fosgate 600-watt amplifier and Rockford Fosgate speakers. For bass, a Bazooka subwoofer kicks it up.
Good, Bad, and What It's For
When Keith told us he had the stock four-speed in the Jeep, we kinda laughed. It didn't matter which four-speed it was. This is a mid-'80s Jeep—all the transmissions sucked—but as he pointed out, it hasn't broken in 14 years, so why replace it now? And so help us, this Jeep does very well with Keith at the helm despite that handicap. He took a low-output engine in a known chassis, mated it with a bulletproof T-case and axles, and put a flexy link suspension under it. About the only thing we'd do differently is to ditch the bass tube.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '83 Jeep CJ-7
Engine: 258ci inline-six
Transmission: T-4
Transfer Case: Atlas II 4.3:1
Suspension: Custom three-link coilover (front); four-link coilover (rear)
Axles: Currie RockJock Dana 60 (front and rear)
Wheels: 17x9.5 Allied Black Dayton beadlocks
Tires: 40x13.50R17 Goodyear MT/R
Built For: Wheeling anywhere there is a trail
Estimated Cost: $35,000 (but don't tell the wife)
Why I Wrote This Feature
Sometimes we get too far away from real Jeeps, and I've been keeping my ear to the ground for an older Jeep without too much bling that just flat-out worked. When Keith told me he was "done," I first laughed. Then he assured me he was finally happy with how the Jeep wheeled. This is after I've known him for 4 or 5 years, and he's had the thing now going on 15 years. He then told me that most of it was still his old and faithful ride, so I had to see it. Once I saw how well it performed, I was sold. Is it fast? No. Will it win show-and-shines? No. Can something just like this be built by anyone a little at a time with lots of patience and determination? Most definitely.
—Pete Trasborg


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- Duration: 150 Minutes (approx.)
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Tread in the footsteps of the convicts, larrikin gangs & locals of the past as you share a drink in 4 of Sydney's oldest pubs. Between watering holes, your guide will take you through the alleys & cobbled streets of The Rocks as they share the gossip, shouts and stories of Australia's first European settlement.
After the tour, you can enjoy a tasty meal and another beer with your fellow tour members.
Tour includes: A choice of a beer (285ml/10oz), house wine or soft drink at each pub and a 2.5 hour guided walking tour of The Rocks covering:
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Not saying our union was perfect, nor ultimately that it would work, but I think we both put ourselves through a lot of personal grief because we knew that we weren't meant for each other, even though we loved each other greatly. That's what hurt so much. To look into someone's eyes and love deeply, yet feel so detached is a very painful experience to endure.
That being said, and finding wisdom in all things, there are lessons to learn from deep painful love. I never look back with regret, because we cannot change yesterday. We've set each other free to find the true happiness we were destined to live, which is the greatest act of love and kindness two people can give. In honor of that experience, I try to live my life now by the lessons learned by it that has taught me more about myself and what will truly make me happy in life.
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This evening, October 9, 2012 I will be cooking and talking about "Healthy Options" at Independent Health's Healthy Options Cooking Class at D'Avolio Kitchen.
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Roasted Chicken Snack Strips Boneless, skinless chicken breasts rubbed with D'Avolio Milanese Gremolata Extra Virgin Olive Oil and seasoned with Basik's Hunter Blend seasoning available at D'Avolio.
Orzo Tiny rice shaped pasta with roasted grape tomatoes and garlic seasoned with Olio Fresca Herb Mix, available at D'Avolio's and D'Avolio Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Peaches Ordinary canned peaches made extraordinary with seasoned mascarpone cheese and a drizzle of D'Avolio 18 Year Traditional Balsamic Vinegar. For an extra kick we sprinkle just a pinch of Vanilla Bean salt.
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Whether it's reducing the iPad bezel, adding one (or more!) cameras, or improving the memory, Rene and I expect a lot for iPad 2. Likewise I'm tired of the glass back on my iPhone already and want something sleeker, slimmer, and yes -- way more futuristic for iPhone 5. We also want iTunes.com, a Files app for iOS 5, and several things they could straight out steal from Jailbreak like BiteSMS, theming, and LockInfo.
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Rich tradition of awkward candidates
What Mitt Romney needs to do is loosen up, act more natural, show some emotion and give voters a reason to like him.
Also: Stay on message, stop making cringe-worthy comments, stake his claim on competence over charisma, and, above all, stop trying to reinvent himself at age 65.
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The torrent of unsolicited advice from commentators and political handlers for Romney is not always consistent. But nearly all of it is animated by the same puzzled question: How did someone with so little gift for political performance manage to make himself a major-party nominee?
( Also on POLITICO: For Romney, tonight's the night)
The history of the modern presidency suggests something of an answer: There is nothing surprising about a stiff guy like Mitt Romney coming so close to the top prize of American politics.
For 52 years — since the Kennedy-Nixon election of 1960 — the ascendance of television put a premium on politicians with a theatrical flair, performers with an ability to create the impression of genuine human connection before an audience of millions.
But there is a less-noticed facet of this phenomenon. Every one of those 16 presidential elections featured at least one candidate, and sometimes two, who would have a measure of sympathy for Romney's plight, who similarly suffered through press reviews about his awkwardness and painful inability to connect.
( Also on POLITICO: All the GOP convention speeches)
The pattern is striking enough that it is at least possible there is some paradoxical cause and effect. A media-saturated age somehow keeps churning out disciplined, dogged and even dull candidates who seem at first blush singularly ill-suited for the media age.
The reason seems to be ambition, focus and a gift for the more mechanical dimensions of politics — fundraising, interest-group stroking, the relentless marathon of showing up to fight every damn day after another — that offsets their weakness at the more intuitive and improvisational dimensions of politics.
It is because Romney is so talented in some respects that he is getting what could be his last best chance — in his acceptance speech at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on Thursday night — to transcend his weaknesses. His team hopes he can, however improbably, just for an hour find his inner Ronald Reagan.
He has already managed to channel numerous other presidential nominees.
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Since taking over as Towson's coach two years ago, Pat Skerry has focused his recruiting on the East Coast, landing players from North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, D.C., Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Noticeably absent from that list of states has been Maryland – until this week.
Allen Costley, a 6-foot-4, 205-pound guard/forward from Milford Mill, committed to the Tigers on Tuesday. The Baltimore Sun first-team All-Metro player picked Towson over offers from Central Connecticut State, Florida Atlantic, Morgan State and Radford, among others.
"It feels great," Costley said Tuesday night. "I guess it's just like, I'm doing something well. They did tell me that they don't really recruit from Baltimore [a ton]. It feels … special."
Costley started hearing from Towson last fall, just as he began his junior year at Milford Mill following a transfer from St. Frances. The Tigers were coming off a 1-31 season, but Costley didn't seem to care about past years of basketball ineptitude.
"I started thinking about who they play and how they play and how I would fit in there," Costley said. "I just started looking at games on YouTube. I liked how they play. They play an up-tempo game."
Skerry and Towson assistant coach Kevin Clark stayed in contact throughout a 2012-13 season which saw Costley lead the Millers to the Class 3A state championship and the Tigers complete the largest single-season turnaround in NCAA Division I history.
"He had faith in the coaching staff," said Milford Mill coach Mike Silverman. "They showed a lot of interest from Day 1. … Coach Skerry and Coach Clark did a great job recruiting Allen at Milford. They conveyed that they are [enthusiastic] about the way Allen [handled] himself on the floor."
Costley, who averaged 15.3 points and 7.2 rebounds as a junior, decided early on that he wanted to stay close to his Owings Mills home for college. Proximity gave Towson, Morgan State and Maryland – which Costley said expressed some interest but didn't offer – a leg up on out-of-town schools.
"He took an unofficial visit to Towson several months ago," Silverman said. "He kept talking about how much he enjoyed being around the coaching staff and the new facilities as well. It's definitely huge for Allen, especially being so close to his mom and family. His brother plays at Stevenson. Towson is a program that cares about seeing him develop as a student-athlete as well."
In addition to location, Costley said a major factor in his choosing Towson was his relationship with the coaching staff – Skerry in particular.
"He's similar to my high school coach right now," said Costley, who expects to play the 2 and 3 for the Tigers. "He's kind of an exciting guy. But I think it'll be a good experience playing for him."
Silverman, meanwhile, is looking forward to seeing his star player continue his development as a "high-level player" at Towson.
"One of the things Coach Skerry loves about Allen is that every time he plays, he brings a ton of energy to the floor," Silverman said. "He has a pitbull mentality. He does what he needs to do to get the job done. I firmly believe he has the mentality that you want in a system."


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A proposed new two-storey, heritage-style office complex for the western entrance to Fort Langley was rejected Monday after a majority of Township councillors complained the exterior didn't look heritage enough.
Councillor Charlie Fox had the most to say about the look of the proposed development in the 23100 block of 96 Avenue, little of it complimentary.
"This building does not fit," Fox said.
"It has no heritage appeal at all."
The building simply doesn't look like a heritage structure, Fox said, arguing the exterior lacked heritage details, the windows were too large and the building design had pillars that don't belong on an older style of architecture.
Councillor Kim Richter agreed, calling the submitted proposal "probably one of the most disappointing building designs that council has been asked to review."
"This is nothing more than a big coloured box," Richter said.
Richter added the people who designed the building are not at fault because they followed the Township heritage guidelines.
"I do think there is something drastically wrong with our heritage guidelines," Richter said.
Councillor Grant Ward disagreed, calling the project "a good addition" to Fort Langley that was approved by the Township heritage advisory committee.
Councillor Bob Long said he "didn't mind" the design and grumbled that the design approval process appeared to consist of "send it back until they come up with something Charlie likes."
It was Councillor Steve Ferguson, with the support of Fox, who proposed referring the design back to staff "to review comments of council as to rectangular design, windows, doors, and covered areas, pedestrian interface with street, and Fort Langley gateway character."
Mayor Jack Froese and Councillors David Davis, Long, and Ward opposed sending it back to staff.


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Nadal reaches semis; Berdych ousts Murray in Madrid
Madrid, Spain – Former champion Rafael Nadal fought his way past fellow Spaniard David Ferrer to reach the semifinals, while third seed and former titlist Andy Murray was sent packing by last year's runner-up Tomas Berdych in quarterfinal action at the $4.425 million Madrid Open, an ATP Masters event.
A sixth-seeded Berdych, who lost to Roger Federer in last year's final, toppled Murray in 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 fashion in just over two hours on the Brit's least-favorite surface, while the fifth-seeded Nadal came from behind to best the fourth seed Ferrer 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 in 2 hours, 37 minutes on the red clay at the Magic Box.
Berdych tallied three service breaks, compared to two for the U.S. Open champion Murray on Day 6.
Murray titled here in 2008 when the event was staged on an indoor hardcourt.
Ferrer-Nadal, however, was the match of the day thus far, as Ferrer was unable to convert on two match points in the disheartening setback.
"It was a tightly contested match," said Nadal. "David deserved it more than I did to reach the semifinals, but that is sport.
"After missing his chance, David fell apart a little. He lowered his intensity in the third set and I didn't have to do as much."
Ferrer, who was a clay-court runner-up in Portugal last week, hasn't beaten Nadal on clay in nine years.
"Rafa is always the favorite on clay," said Ferrer. "Without any doubt he's the best and he's really fit right now."
Nadal improved to 18-4 lifetime against Ferrer, who won their very first clash in 2004 on a clay court in Stuttgart.
The hot Nadal is a dazzling 29-2 this season and seeking a fifth title in his seventh tournament. He titled in Barcelona two weeks ago, reaching a sixth final in six tries.
The reigning French Open king is a two-time Madrid titlist and two-time runner-up in the Spanish capital.
Nadal is currently third in the Open Era with 39 clay-court titles, trailing fellow left-handers Guillermo Vilas (45) and Thomas Muster (40).
The former world No. 1 Nadal's semifinal opponent on Saturday will be another fellow Spaniard, wild card Pablo Andujar, who ousted 14th-seeded Japanese Kei Nishikori in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5. Nishikori stunned the defending Madrid champion Federer here on Thursday.
Berdych will face Stanislas Wawrinka after the 15th-seeded Swiss battled past seventh-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 6-7 (9-11), 6-4. Wawrinka is fresh off his clay-court title in Portugal, where he upset Ferrer in the final in Oeiras.