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|Back in 1960, my father-in law opened a truck trailer dealership which now has over 30 bays. When originally built it, it is a very large metal building, all the center supports running across the building was 8" iron pipe. He welded the ends shut, installed nipples at about waist high for the quick connects and added a water faucet at the very bottom of every post to drain the water. They were all connected high in ceiling by black pipe. In theory the posts became air tanks. Today the system is still in use, a screw compressor replaces the old piston type and in all these years there has never been a failure. He was a welder during the war building ships and he learned alot. He past away at 93 last September. The dealership is still family owned and operated and has steadly grown larger and every add on to the building has had the same set up. So much for the theory that you should never use black pipe.
|The shed is a great idea and I built a small one attached to my garage to house a large shop vac. I used pipe also to connect to the shed and ran the large vac hose through to the unit, I have a quick connect and power switch on the wall and just roll up the hose and hang it on the wall when not in use and keep extra hose in the shed out of the way until needed. One of the best things I have done to the garage, no noise, no dust (I paint in there sometimes) and it is out of the way.
the shed mentioned above sounds close to what i have, I just got lucky on the price. Was walking through Lowes last January when I saw them marking the price down on the display unit. The manufacturer / design was changing. They had the 4 units in stock priced at 119.00 each. Made my day.
The unit is all plastic, but seems sturdy, we had some heavy rains last spring stayed dry inside. I set two 2.5 diameter PVC pipes in the garage / shed wall to be access holes to pass the air hose through. I set in two as some point in time I plan to have a acetylene / oxygen set up and that shed will also house those tanks.
|Chris Kemp
Im still contemplating buying a small window unit and separating the evaporator from it and installing the the evaporator in a twenty or thirty gallon air tank. I really think that this would be the ticket for getting rid of the water. A good name small window unit $150.00, an air tank $30.00. A person could sell a unit like this for an easy thousand dollars installed to just about all of the shops in this area. Humidity is real bad down here and all of the shops I know of fight the water in their lines every day.
|59 wagon man
another thing you could try is baseboard fin tubing . it is 3/4" copper tubing with aluminum fins designed for use in baseboard hot water heating systems. it is available in length's up to 8' i believe.
chris if it has worked for you for 15 yrs i guess my hat is off to you
|Chris Kemp
The best way to remove water from compressed air is to chill it. Air below thirty two degrees can not hold water. The hotter the air the more water it can hold. I have often thought about cutting open a thirty pound air tank and then installing an evaporator in it. I would use what I know as bulk head fittings to pass the freon lines though the side of the tank. I would then weld the tank back up so that what you would have would be a tank with a cooling coil inside of it.
Another thing to look at is cooling the air before it goes into the compressor. That way it would dump most of it's water before it was compressed. This could be done with a small A/C window unit.
|59 wagon man
not sure i would suggest a radiator for a water separator for a few reasons
1- contanimation from oil used in cutting and threading pipe used to connect radiator.
2- rust scale and debris can work lose ruining tools or paintjob
3- not sure if a radiator is designed to hold that kind of pressure. most steam or hot water systems only operate at a few psi not 100 psi or more. not really sure if this is safe
|Chris Kemp
Now something that you guys may not know is to use an old house steam radiator as a water trap. You can pick them up cheap at building wrecker yards. They can hold a lot of pressure and usually all that is wrong with them is bad fittings and you will change all of that anyway. Plumb it so the air from the compressor goes into the bottom at one end and leaves at the top of the other. Depending on what type you find you may have to drill and tap a hole. You may even have to use a bung and this could be brazed on or silver soldered. Place it so that air can get to both sides and put a water trap down low at the outlet side or end, I have an automatic spitter valve on mine. Be sure to slope it about an inch toward the spitter. You will be surprised at how much water it collects.
|59 wagon man
|hope the pics explain it good enough sorry but it's a pic from my cell
|59 wagon man
they say it's better to give then recieve so here is some tips for you guys.
if you really mess up and overheat the fitting you will not get the solder to stick in that case you can braze right over the solder joint with brazing rod . just heat the joint till it is completely red and the rod will flow all by itself
home depot sells a shed about 6' h x 6' w x 3' d works great for a 60 gal upright compressor. no more noise in the garage and if your neighbors aren't right on top of it then it's quieter then a lawnmower. you can bolt this to the outside wall of your garage run the electric and air line thru the wall and it's hidden from view. shed runs around $300
job looks very nice dadtruck hope it works well for you
last tip would be about the valve. the gas ball valve has a short handle which works ok but the lever handle offers one advantage. if you need or want to install a shutoff valve up hihg and it is not accessable easily you can make a simple handle ext. if the vale is on the flat or horizontal pipe you can drill a hole in the handle and either bend a piece of 3/8" rod to fit thru the hole you just drilled and hang down to a height you can easily reach. i'll try and post a pic tonite when i get home to give you a better example
|looks really good, nice job!
Finished up the air compresor piping this week.
I think I did get good at soldering copper together. At the beginning I was pressure testing sections as I put them together, checking for leaks with soapy water, did not find any so I started moving forward with the assembly without on going pressure testing.
Actually went OK,,I assembled everything to the wall without solder, to get the lengths set, then took it down, assembled sub sections and put it back up,, no leaks,, seems real solid. I used doubled over aluminum foil when torching close to the painted wall, that did just fine,, per the tips on this board,, I carefully cleaned the sections to be soldered,, I bought the brushes for the ID work and the rings for the OD, put on a light coat of flux, heated evenly and soldered away.
Here are photos and the diagram.
I do not have the desiccant canisters connected in yet, I'll likley add a regulator and a pre-filter and a real good post filter.
There is 40 feet of 3/4 inch copper and 10 feet of 1/2,, so it should cool well.
thanks again.
|59 wagon man
tip for estimating solder 1" per joint up to 1"
heat the opposite side of the joint to which you will apply the solder as the flame gets a green color to it move the heat around as you apply the solder. the cappilary action will cause the solder to flow towards the heat. you can wipe the joint to remove the little snot that hangs down or to make the joint look neater .i was taught by a guy who used his finger to wipe the hot joint . just be very fast and it hardly burns at all. if you are really nervous you can try and rent a tool called a propress it causes a compression connection between the pipe and special fitting. so far it has been holding 150 psi in my system no problem very quick system to install . you may even be able to find a local plumber and see if he will just come in and press it for you . it only takes seconds to do a 3/4" joint
snorulz no offense taken and i didnt mean to sound like some pompous ******* or anything . i ve never seen an air system blow a hole unless damaged . water lines definately do wear out ,depending on the application i.e, hot water recirculation line pumping water 24/7/365 only took a few years for pipe to wear out
Exactly what he said! The part about practice is the most important but by the time you finish you will have mastered it.
"where there is a glob or a void on the visible surface, is it OK to re heat and re smooth?"
You can do that but don't try to heat the solder directly, heat the area behind it until the solder melts and it will tend to "wick" into the joint, that is if the joint was properly prepared. If the solder does not seem to want to flow into the joint when the pipe is at the solder's melting point the problem could be some kind of contamination on the Copper inside the joint, even oil from finger prints can cause this.
As far as how much solder if you start at top and it starts to drip out bottom you should have enough but also try not to over haet thats why you want to keep touching the solder to get it to flow without excess heat just takes practrice. try using some scrap and cheaper fittings to practice a couple times you will get done good luck. keep a damp rag with you and wipe joint of after soldering to clean of excess solder and the big drip
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I spent a few minutes lurking on Pinterest this morning.
I was supposed to be cleaning up the kitchen.
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To celebrate tonight's 'Doubles Day' matchday theme, refreshment outlets inside the stadium will be featuring a special offer - buy a hot dog, get a Double Decker free!
New matchday parking restrictions will be in place from the Birmingham City match on Sunday, October 2. The Club would like to inform supporters that new matchday parking controls have been introduced by Islington Council in hundreds of local residential streets. On September 30, 2005 'Zone E' of the matchday parking scheme will come into force. These new controls will be in place for the next home game against Birmingham City on Sunday, October 2, 2005 and are in addition to existing match day parking controls in surrounding areas. If you are planning to use your car you will no longer be able to park around Highbury Fields, Holloway Road or Upper Street unless you are an Islington resident with the correct parking permit or you hold a legitimate Blue Badge.
A map showing the streets included in the new 'Zone E' can be found on Islington Council's website www.islington.gov.uk/matchdayparking. Please check this website to see which streets are included in 'Zone E' to avoid your vehicle being removed and receiving a fine from Sunday, October 2 onwards. It is recommended that you avoid travelling to Highbury, and Emirates Stadium in the future, by car. Please use the Transport for London journey planner to plan your journey to Highbury (www.tfl.gov.uk).
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Birmingham City - Sunday, October 2, 2005
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We have been informed that track improvement works by Transport for London coincide with the home matches against Birmingham City on Sunday, October 2 and Manchester City on Saturday, October 22. These works will result in some Piccadilly Line station closures and open sections operating a reduced service. To minimise inconvenience or possible delays, the Club strongly advises that supporters use alternative routes and leave plenty of time for their journeys.
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Station closures and reduced service. There will be no service operating on the Piccadilly Line between Acton Town and Hyde Park Corner. Services from all other stations will operate at reduced frequency. Spectators travelling from Acton Town are advised to transfer to the District Line then change to the Victoria Line at Victoria Station, travelling on to Highbury & Islington.
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Supporters should consider the use of the Victoria Line to either Highbury & Islington or Finsbury Park stations, dependent on where you are coming from and where you sit in the stadium. If your seat is located towards the south of the stadium (Clock End), it is advised that you alight at Highbury & Islington station, approximately 15 minutes walk to the stadium. If your seat is located towards the north of the stadium, it is advised that you alight at Finsbury Park station, approximately ten minutes walk to the stadium. Supporters using the Northern line can travel to Archway and catch a bus down Holloway Road. Regular WAGN mainline services also depart from King's Cross to Finsbury Park station, approximately ten minutes walk to the stadium.
Buses are a fast, convenient and high frequency option. Regular services take you within a short walk of the stadium and direct routes cover much of north and central London. Frequent buses serve the Highbury area directly from King's Cross, Camden, Crouch End, Archway, Hackney, Canary Wharf, London Bridge and Angel. The nearest bus stops to the stadium are located on Blackstock Road, Highbury Corner, Holloway Road and Finsbury Park.
Despite public transport disruptions, car parking restrictions around Arsenal Stadium remain and supporters are strongly advised to use public transport and not to travel by private car. Arsenal Stadium is situated in a mainly residential area with an extensive Event Day Parking Scheme in operation. Only car owners with residents' permits will be allowed to park on-street in the designated areas and any cars parked illegally will be ticketed and may be towed away. Please refer to the Islington Council web site for further information: www.islington.gov.uk
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Before starting your journey, the Club advises that supporters check available travel options through www.tfl.gov.uk or by telephone on 020 7222 1234. For further assistance, supporters may wish to refer to the 'Journey Planner' section on www.tfl.gov.uk. Please enter a journey starting point and 'Arsenal Football Club' as the final destination to receive information on your best route for travel. The Club section of www.arsenal.com also contains relevant travel information.
Supporters coming to Highbury are reminded at this time of heightened security, that all bags will be searched on entry to the stadium. Consequently, in order to minimise congestion and delays, the Club requests that fans only bring bags to the stadium if absolutely necessary. All supporters are asked to keep their possessions with them at all times. Failure to do so could lead to disruption and individuals being ejected from the stadium. Finally, the Club kindly asks that all supporters enter the stadium earlier than usual to guarantee access by kick off.
ESC-MA is currently in its 30th season and arranges regular coach travel to Goodison Park for all Saturday and Sunday home games and to occasional away games. Coaches pick up at Coventry, Birmingham, the M6 Junctions near Walsall, Cannock and Stafford. We operate a membership scheme with regular newsletters and coach fares are very reasonable. Anyone interested in joining the club should contact Mr Tom Lowe at 74 Brooklands Avenue, Great Wyrley, Walsall, WS6 6LG. Or telephone him on 01922 418346, or email to email@example.com.
Congratulations to Alexander Hleb, who was voted Arsenal.com Player of the Month for August by our official website. Alex will be presented with his award by user Tom Cullen before this evening's match.
The 'double' winning team of 1971 are hosting a 'Don Howe Tribute Night' in order to honour a man who was so crucial in the Club's first 'double' success and of course many more triumphs for Arsenal over the years. The details for the event are as follows:
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Apart from Arsenal's high profile signing of Alex Hleb, there were a number of other movements in and out of the Club in the period up to the transfer window closure on August 31.
The versatile young Cameroonian spent a trial period with the Gunners during their pre-season training camp in Austria, before signing on loan from Bastia. He will stay at Arsenal for the entire season.
Mart, the six-times Estonian Player of the Year, is on loan from Sunderland until January 1. He will challenge for a first-team berth with Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia.
Among the last to leave during the transfer window was David, who spent last season on loan at Norwich City and will now spend the remainder of this campaign at Ewood Park with Mark Hughes' Blackburn Rovers.
Jeremie has joined West Ham on loan until the end of the season. The young French forward initially signed a season-long loan deal with Celtic but returned to London due to a lack of first-team opportunities.
Twenty year-old Justin Hoyte has joined Sunderland on loan until the end of the season. The speedy England Under-21 defender made eight first-team starts last term and 12 appearances in total. Justin's younger brother Gavin recently made his debut for Arsenal Academy's Under-18s.
Graham has joined Reading on loan with a view to a permanent move in January. The Hampstead-born goalkeeper spent last term on loan at Millwall, making 26 appearances and keeping nine clean sheets.
After five years with Arsenal, Sebastian has joined Portuguese club Vitoria Guimaraes. The Danish midfielder spent last season on loan at Brondby under the management of Michael Laudrup.
Jordan was released by Arsenal at the end of June. The midfielder is currently looking for a new club.
Frankie was released at the end of June. The 20 year-old defender had loan spells at QPR and Bournemouth during his time at Highbury. He has since joined Sheffield Wednesday in a permanent deal.
Olafur was handed a free transfer by Arsenal at the end of last season. The Icelandic midfielder will continue his career in London after joining Brentford on a two-year deal. Unfortunately for Olafur he suffered a season-ending cruciate ligament injury whilst playing for the Bees against Chesterfield earlier this season.
Adam has joined Mansfield Town following his release from Highbury. The Wales Under-21 striker spent part of last season on loan at Wycombe Wanderers.
Danny was also released at the end of last season. The American left-back spent time on loan at Ipswich Town last term and has secured a permanent deal with Championship side Burnley.
Goalkeeper Chris made a handful of appearances for Arsenal Reserves last season. He completed a move to Boston United in May and is currently number two to Nathan Abbey at York Street.
Nineteen year-old Stephen has moved north of the border to join Falkirk on a free transfer. He has been a regular in The Bairns' midfield so far this season.


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More and more Danish parents are fighting against efforts of schools to crack down on bullies by retaining lawyers and threatening lawsuits if their children are disciplined. A survey by the Copenhagen Post revealed one in eleven schools have experienced the phenomenon of being bullied into reducing penalties against youngsters who were engaged in bullying activities. Current law allows students from grades 3 to 10 to be punished by school administrators with up to an hour detention, suspension for up to one week, transfer of a student to another class or relocation of the student to another school.
Anders Balle, president of the schoolmasters' union realizes parents seek to defend their children but introducing lawyers into the mix creates challenges for schools. But, Solveig Gaarsmand, head of the Parents's Advisory Council argues schools are to blame for failure to listen to parents on many issues, and fear their child will be relocated to another school.
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The convergence of lower-cost, more powerful wireless networks, higher vend prices and enhanced computer-based auditing is encouraging the installation of credit and debit card payment systems in vending machines. At the same time, growing public enthusiasm for cashless purchases has widened the use of "closed" stored-value and debit transaction technology in an expanding range of affinity-group locations. This trend was explored at a panel session during the National Automatic Merchandising Association Spring Expo in Las Vegas.
Moderated by Dr. Michael Kasavana, NAMA Endowed Professor at Michigan State University (E. Lansing, MI), the seminar offered overviews of cashless transaction solutions and reports on their success in the field. The session was introduced by Larry Eils, NAMA senior director of technical services, who has served as secretary of the association's technology subcommittee for more than a decade. Eils is retiring after 20 years of service to NAMA and the industry.
Panelists included system suppliers Glenn Butler, Crane Merchandising Systems; Michael Lawlor, USA Technologies; and Alex Kiriakides, Paykey USA, who also is an operator. User panelists were Mack Wilbourn and Casandra Harmon, MWJ Vending (Atlanta); Ron Bevers, Reno Snax Sales (Sparks, NV); and Mickal McMath, Louisiana Canteen (Lafayette, LA).
"Why cashless?" Dr. Kasavana asked. "For customer payment convenience; for increased transactions; to enable multiple purchases; to widen the range of practical price-points; for enhanced control through reduced cash handling; and for increased revenues." Retailing channels that compete with vending, including convenience stores and quick-service restaurants, have embraced cashless payments and so strengthened the consumer's expectation of having this option available.
He pointed to the rapid expansion of the economy's "self-service" segment, which was pioneered by vending and now includes everything from automated teller machines to "pay-at-the-pump" filling station equipment. The public has become thoroughly familiar with cashless payment when purchasing everything from digital music from iTunes to airline tickets and hotel reservations, the speaker noted.
Industry acceptance of the versatile multi-drop bus (MDB) standard for communication between the vending machine controller and payment systems (as well as many other peripheral devices) has simplified technical development.
Vending long has been familiar with "closed" cashless payment systems, Dr. Kasavana pointed out. These make use of media (traditionally magnetic-stripe cards) that either store a monetary value that can be read by the vending machine, or identify the patron to a central computer which maintains accounts for each user. The speaker calls these "internally hosted" systems. Their advantages include the absence of transaction processing fees and, in many cases, payment by customers in advance of their purchases, which gives the operator the benefit of a "float." Today's internally hosted systems can use a variety of media, including smart cards and memory devices in the form of keys or fobs.
The alternative is an "open" system that allows the customer to use cards issued by a financial institution. Its appeal to patrons is that it allows them to use media they already carry to make purchases from vending machines in the same manner as they do at other retail establishments. These features obviously are good for operators too, since they make it easy to buy something that might be inaccessible if the customer does not have sufficient change or dollar bills. Another advantage is that the wide-area network needed to link each vending machine to the transaction processing center also can be used for remote machine monitoring, enabling operators to improve customer service and fine-tune machine servicing to reduce distribution costs.
Concerns that have slowed acceptance of "open" cashless payment systems by operators include the costs of remote communication, the fee charged for processing every transaction, and the need for security. The card issuers are aware of these concerns, and know that it is necessary to address them in order to continue their penetration of the small-payments market tier.
Consumers certainly favor the option of making cashless purchases, Dr. Kasavana reiterated. Research has shown that 74% of the buying public no longer sees the need to carry large amounts of cash, as they know they can use their credit and debit cards for most of the things they purchase.
In recent years, bank debit cards have caught up to credit cards in popularity, the speaker continued. Between 2003 and 2007, purchases made with debit cards increased from 26% to 33%, about the same percentage as credit card transactions.
"We've heard about Generation X and Y and Z; we now must deal with Generation P – for Plastic," Dr. Kasavana noted. The 18- to 24-year-old age cohort increasingly is avoiding the use of paper money, preferring cashless media, especially the new contactless "tap-and-go" devices being promoted by the card-issuing organizations.
Early successes with open cashless systems have sketched in guidelines for getting the best results for the investment, the speaker reported. First, it is desirable to approach the task in terms of automating the account, not the machine. Cashless payment and remote monitoring capabilities only provide full benefit within the context of procedures and an information system designed to accommodate them as additional management tools. Second, there are real advantages in implementing a "multifunction platform" that will allow both cashless vending and remote monitoring. Third, there are real negotiating advantages in being able to include cashless vending in a proposal. Fourth, the multifunction platform can tighten security and strengthen accountability. And, in accounts that also receive manual service, it is beneficial to find the synergies between the cashless vending and the manual point-of-sale registers.
Experience also has begun to provide answers to the perennial question of cost, Dr. Kasavana continued. The hardware cost tends to average $350 to $500 per machine; communication expense comes in at around $10 per month. Processing fees absorb about 5% of revenues. And it has demonstrated that the principal challenges are installing the readers and negotiating the transaction fees.
Kasavana turned to the panel to illuminate these topics. Glenn Butler of CMS Streamware led off by pointing out that "closed" systems can take the form of stored-value or "connected" – online – implementations. The latter have benefited from a variety of developments, and currently are being used in conjunction with everything from hotel room keys to thumbprint readers. In general, the online kind is more challenging to install because a central server is involved. Open systems obviously come into their own in high-volume public locations.
"Open systems are important because consumers are moving toward cashless payments; they're used to a cashless world," the Streamware executive said. "And the consumer experience with vending simply must improve. Vending is the last major retail channel in which cash is needed. Visa and MasterCard are focusing on eliminating cash." What's more, he added, installing cashless capability provides a compelling talking-point when it becomes necessary to adjust prices; for example, the operator can argue for parity with convenience store prices.
Another advantage offered by cashless systems that is likely to become more apparent over time is that they make it much easier to allow multiple purchases with a single insertion, Butler said. It is easy to visualize a bank of machines that would invite the patron to establish a credit with the cashless medium, then select a drink and a snack.
It also is worth keeping in mind that there are locations in which a hybrid approach makes sense. This features one or several terminals that customers can use to revalue closed-system payment media with their major credit and debit cards. Where feasible, this generates fewer but larger transactions through the open system, and provides the benefit of the "float" to the operator of the closed system. Also worth exploring is the opportunity of working with nearby merchants to widen the use of the proprietary payment medium; many colleges are doing this.
While some locations can be served by machines that accept only cashless payments, most continue to require cash payments too. Butler observed that there are a number of attractive approaches to meeting this need efficiently, including bill validators with combination bezels that incorporate card readers; MEI offers one, and CMS Payment Systems has teamed up with Heartland, a major transaction processor, to launch a combination system that incorporates Crane NRI's Currenza bill recycler that can pay back small-denomination bills in change. "Most modern machines have two slots, if you need to install both a cashless terminal and a bill validator," he added. And all contemporary audit systems are able to parse a DEX file to accommodate both cash and cashless purchases.
Butler pointed out that a practical cashless or composite payment installation requires a machine that is both DEX capable and MDB compliant. MDB handles the interaction between the vending machine controller and the payment appliance, and DEX keeps track of cash and cashless payments for audit purposes. Machine-to-machine networking within the location not only can improve remote communication, but also can lower its cost. And today's cellular networks offer greatly improved reliability.
As for cost, Butler said, the hardware expense can range from a low of $250 to $600 or more, if the operator must work with one of the systems developed specifically for colleges.
Is it worth the expense? "I've spoken to people who can demonstrate sales lifts of anything from 15% to 80%," the Streamware expert reported. "The 80% increase was registered in hotels, when guests were able to make purchases with their room keys."
Mike Lawlor of USA Technologies led off by observing that USAT presently serves about 30,000 clients of all kinds, all over the country, and thus has amassed considerable experience with real-world cashless payment implementation. "What works, and what doesn't? And when should you start?" he asked. "Let's start with the last question: You should start now. The vending market has to change; consumers demand it. Don't wait until it's forced on you."
Lawlor pointed out that vending's average net profit has declined from 9% in 1999 to 1.5% last year. "Costs are going up, and you can't align vend prices with those costs," he warned. "Unit sales drop when the price exceeds $1, with cash payment. We're not capturing the market for fast-growing new cold beverage types that sell for higher prices."
By contrast, experience in colleges, white-collar workplaces and healthcare institutions has shown that sales at vend prices over $1 increase when patrons can make cashless purchases, the USAT executive reported.
Between 2000 and 2005, there was a 70.7% increase in card usage, he noted. The growth in use of debit/check cards has been particularly striking, and these media tend to be used for small transactions.
"McDonald's had the same concerns as you have," Lawlor reminded the audience. "They found that adding cashless capability generated more traffic and produced higher check averages."
Experience with cashless vending has shown a similar effect. In educational institutions, adding the cashless option has produced sales increases of 25% to 40%; in white-collar workplaces, the increases have been in the range of 15% to 25%.
Overall, the speaker summed up, the consumer average purchase is 32% higher when cashless payment is available. "Customers will make multiple purchases, and they'll buy higher-priced items," he said. And higher vend prices increase card usage. Keep that in mind as your costs go up."
Paykey's Alex Kiriakides explained that his involvement in cashless payments began eight years ago when one of his locations told him about a system that was in wide use in Italy. "I wanted a cashless solution for my vending business, and that one sounded promising, so I tracked it down," he recalled. "When I found it, I liked it so well that I decided to sell it in this country."
Paykey is a hosted internal system that offers operators a very wide range of attractive possibilities, Kiriakides said. "It can be a third payment option – coins, bills and Paykey."
The best way to get started is to look for simple applications in locations that can benefit most. "Don't begin with a difficult problem that a client wants you to solve," he recommended. "Keep it simple, and don't focus on a tiny piece of the problem."
Paykey can be installed as a server-based network, or in MDB-compliant machines that include at least one used to revalue the keys by use of the bill validator. Server-based systems appeal to larger colleges and universities and correctional facilities; MDB machine-based installations often are preferable in business and industry sites and in smaller educational institutions. In either case, installing a Paykey system tends to make it more difficult for the account to change operators, the industry veteran noted.
An MDB installation is easier, and a good way to get started is to make one in a location that has 200 employees and five machines. "This will cost you about $3,200, and it's DEX-compatible," Kiriakides reported.
While using one validator-equipped machine to recharge the keys is simple and efficient, there are advantages to offering a recharging station that accepts major credit and debit cards; this can be an automated teller machine and, if its card reader is a USA Technologies ePort, it will provide audit reports to the operator. It is sensible to set a minimum value of $20 to $25 and a maximum of $50; a few people will lose their keys.
"Over half of all the transactions made in the United States are cashless," Kiriakides summed up. "You can use all types of systems in your business. Apply cashless technology to create new opportunities for gaining clients and building account loyalty. Cashless adds excitement, and it's fast and easy."
The operator panelists then described their experiences with cashless vending, and the panel fielded questions from the audience. Ron Bevers of Reno Snax Sales led off by reporting that people will pay more for purchases made in locations like airports, because all the retail outlets feature higher prices. "They expect a premium price, and they'll pay it if they don't have to pull cash out of their pockets," he explained.
And the ability to offer cashless vending is a strong bargaining-point, Bevers added. "We get five-year contracts, not one or two. Our bill validators last longer, and cashless frees up people in the counting-room. With a credit/debit card terminal or a Paykey reader, there are fewer dust and dirt problems than there are with cash."
An audience member asked about vandalism. MWJ Vending's Wilbourn replied that people have damaged a reader's facia, but have not yet put one out of action.
Another participant asked whether anyone has experienced difficulty with dispute resolution, when a consumer challenges a charge on the card statement.
MWJ's Casandra Harmon replied that, in 18 months, she has not had a problem. Bevers said that he has had a couple of incidents. "We get a report from USA Technologies; I bring it to the account and ask the complainant to bring in the disputed bill. And they always have said, 'Well, it's not that big a deal.'"
Lawlor reported that it would be very difficult to conduct a plausible dispute. "They must physically swipe the card, so they have little recourse – unlike Internet purchases," he pointed out.
A third seminar-goer asked whether anyone on the panel is operating machines that do not accept cash at all.
"Not yet, but I have a proposal coming up for bid, and we will suggest that," Bevers said.
Mickal McMath, Louisiana Canteen, said that he has installed a Paykey system for a jewelry manufacturer whose employees cannot carry cash on the premises.
Kiriakides observed that he had an account that was happy with cashless-only vending. "But it began to attract walk-in trade, and we had to put the cash option back," he said.
Another operator wanted to know which option military locations require.
"Both," Lawlor explained. "Soldiers seldom carry cash, but transients do."
A conference-goer asked whether it would make sense to equip a college campus with a closed system in the dormitories and other restricted areas, and an open system in locations open to transients.
"The administration usually will tell you what to use," Butler replied. "But do look at the hybrid systems."
Lawlor added that a number of universities make use of multifunction campus-card systems designed specifically for that market, like those developed and marketed by cBord and Blackboard. "These are expensive, but you may have to use them," he said. "We've found that campus card use is prevalent among freshmen and sophomores, who tend to live on campus; it falls off among juniors and seniors as they move off campus. The upperclassmen will use debit/check or credit cards."
"How do I introduce cashless vending to the patrons?" an audience member wondered.
Bevers suggested offering an introductory promotion, such as giving out keys with a starting value of $10 or so. He also has conducted raffles for prevalued keys. "When you start out, work with the location's purchasing staff," he recommended. "Once you're installed, work with the human resources people."
"How about fraud? What happens if someone uses a stolen credit card?" a participant wanted to know.
"The card is pre-authenticated," Lawlor explained. "If it was stolen and the theft wasn't reported, the thief could probably get away with using it. But the thief probably isn't going to use the card to make purchases from vending machines."


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Many vaccine preventable diseases have become rare, but there are still outbreaks of disease in this country so to prevent disease, it is essential that all children and adolescents are vaccinated according to the schedule recommended by the CDC.
Children under the age of 6 years should have received their initial infant immunizations and should have received "booster" doses of DTaP (diptheria, tetanus and pertussis) as well as second doses of MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) and varivax (chickenpox vaccine). These vaccines are typically given between the ages of 4 and 6. Most children will receive these shots prior to entering kindergarten.
Older children need vaccines too and adolescents need to be vaccinated against several diseases that are more likely to occur during the teen years and later into life. Meningococcal meningitis vaccine and HPV vaccines are recommended at age 11-12 years, and another tetanus/diptheria/pertussis booster (TDaP) is also given at that time. Moms & dads...you need the TDaP vaccine as well, so go ahead and pull up your sleeve along side your child!
For college bound students, it is recommended that a second dose of meningococcal meningitis vaccine be given. Adolescents now receive this second dose at the age of 16 years, but many college age students are still lacking this second dose and will need this prior to moving into a dorm or even registering for classes.
Don't wait until the last minute to update your child's immunizations. You can find the current immunization schedule on line at CDC.gov. By thinking ahead and making sure your child is vaccinated, they will be ready when the bell rings on the first day of school. It will be here before you know it.
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Gluten Free Girl Scout Cookies - Samoas
Ohhh...I'm so happy to hear the comments about the Thin Mints, for those of you that plan on making them, please let me know how they turn out! As I said, I made mine just a tad too thick, so they weren't just like a girl scout cookie, but pretty darn close!
Side note: A couple of the gluten free blogs I read are Delish and The Cinnamon Quill. Becks at Delish not only has the cutest little boy in the world, but she also made a these cookies too using a blend of rice flours. If you don't use an all purpose gluten free flour, try Becks version of gluten free Thin Mints! If you're going the vegan route, Jenn has you covered! Please visit The Cinnamon Quill's take on Thin Mints. They also double as gluten free Oreos!
OK...moving on to Samoas. My FAVORITE of the girl scout cookies. Once again, I followed Nicole's recipe, but tweaked it to be gluten free. They turned out FABULOUS!!! Everyone who tried them, both gluten free and not, loved them! I did not make the holes in the middle, so they were giant balls of gooey caramel, coconut, chocolate goodness! Without further ado....
Gluten Free Samoas (aka...Caramel de-Lites)
recipe adapted from Baking Bites
For the cookies you'll need....
1 cup butter, softened
½ cup sugar
2 cups all purpose gluten free flour (Again, I used Jules)
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ tsp vanilla extract
up to 2 tbsp milk (I used only 1 tbsp)
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
- Mix in flour, baking powder, and salt at a low speed.
- Add vanilla extract and milk, adding milk as needed to make the dough come together in a nice thick texture, not too sticky.
Refrigerate for a few hours or overnight. (I left mine in overnight)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Either scoop tablespoons of dough, roll into a ball, and flatten, or roll the dough out between floured (gluten free, of course!) wax paper to about ¼ inch thickness.
- Use round cookie cutters to make small circles and use a knife of wide straw to cut a smaller center hole. (Or if you're like me, you can skip this part and just make them whole.)
- Place on a parchment or foil lined cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes or until the bottoms are lightly browned and cookies are set. (Keep checking on them, mine actually needed to cook for about 20-25 minutes. It's best to start with 15 and keep adding time as needed)
- Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely as you make your oh-so-delicious topping!
For the topping, you'll need...
3 cups shredded coconut (sweetened or unsweetened)
12-oz chewy caramels (I used the bag of Kraft caramels)
3 tbsp milk
8 oz. dark or semisweet chocolate (I used the Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips)
This part is time consuming, so hang in there...trust me, it's worth it.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Spread coconut evenly on a parchment or foil lined baking sheet and toast for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes until coconut is golden. Cool on a baking sheet, stirring occasionally.
- While that's doing its thing, melt the chocolate in a small bowl. Heat on high in the microwave in 45 second intervals, stirring thoroughly to prevent scorching.
-Dip the base of each cookie into the chocolate and place on wax paper.
Set extra chocolate aside.
- Unwrap caramels and place in a large microwave-safe bowl with milk. Cook on high for 3-4 minutes, stopping to stir a few times to help the caramel melt.
- When caramel is smooth, fold in toasted coconut with a spatula.
- Using the spatula or small spoon, spread the topping on cooled cookies, using 2-3 tsp per cookie. (Reheat caramel mixture for a few second in the microwave if it gets too firm to work with.)
- Once all of the cookies have caramel topping, take the chocolate (reheat if needed) and with a spoon, drizzle chocolate over cookies making thin lines (or whatever design you see fit).
Let the chocolate set completely before devouring. If there are any leftovers, store in an airtight container or zip-lock bag.
Makes about 3½ to 4 dozen DELICIOUS cookies!
Check back in tomorrow for gluten free Tagalongs! (or Peanut Butter patties, I think they are now called?)
11 comments:
- Call Me Ishmael said...
Oh....I used to eat those by the box! Never thought of making them at home myself. Probably a good thing, too -- can you imagine if I had constant access to Samoas? Disaster. Better that I pretend they only come once a year, like the swallows of Capistrano.
- March 9, 2010 at 10:18 PM
- Chandice said...
Delicious! Can't wait to try them!!! I know how much you love cookies, so be sure to check out the bakery that I am hosting a giveaway with right now. Their snickerdoodles are to die for!!! :)
- March 10, 2010 at 12:19 PM
- BEE said...
yum delish
i wish i could figure out how to make it dairy free too
so my son could have them
he is gluten free and dairy free
so cookies can be ahrd to come by lol
- March 10, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Sara said...
YAY!! These look awesome!! Can't wait for the Tagalongs!
- March 23, 2010 at 9:23 AM
I found a recipe for gluten free, dairy free caramel sauce. I'll bet you could use that in place of the craft caramels!
- March 23, 2010 at 7:34 PM
You are an ANGEL!
My beautiful, gluten free daughter is a Girl Scout and sold a whopping 250 boxes of cookies this year!
That sweet child had to deliver each box of cookies,answer questions about which one is her favorite GS cookie....all without ever getting to eat even one. She never complained once, never.
To be able to make these cookies for her means more to me than you'll ever know, thank you from the bottom of my heart! <3
- April 1, 2010 at 8:59 PM
- Christy said...
Drooling. I never thought about making these at home.
- December 16, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Judee @ Gluten Free A-Z said...
The Girl Scout picture is so nostalgic and the recipe looks great. I am your newest follower. I would love it if you visited my gluten free blog at www.glutenfreewithjudee.blogspot.com and followed me back.
- June 7, 2011 at 7:40 PM
- Stacy Malinow said...
Please support my petition for the Girl Scouts to sell a gluten free and allergen free cookie. http://www.change.org/petitions/encourage-the-girl-scouts-to-sell-an-allergen-free-cookie
- January 29, 2012 at 2:27 PM
I can't wait to make them. Can I post the recipe on my blog? I will give you credit. http://onedeliciousrecipeaday.wordpress.com/
- January 31, 2012 at 4:23 PM
Thank you so much. Most of us in the house can enjoy the Girlscouts cookies but not my 6 year old. He feels so left out at times Now he can have cookies too and I can them for daddy year round.
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After four hundred years of defining their own rules for living, Amsterdammers have developed some strict codes of etiquette. Colin White and Laurie Boucke, co-authors, The UnDutchables: An Observation of the Netherlands, Its Culture and Its Inhabitants (www.undutchables.com), provide the following tips to help visitors pass as a local:
Kissing Cheeks: "When greeting good or fairly good friends, a kiss on the left-right-left cheek (three kisses in total) is appropriate—or less for the lesser-known. But do not kiss when meeting someone for the first time; a brief limp and wobbly handshake will do."
Proper Pronunciation: "Don't say 'Amsterdam.' Instead say 'Omsterdom.' This will have more effect if you repeat the word while giving the thumbs-up sign with both hands."
Transportation: "If you have a bike, test always carry one to two passengers after dusk and test ring the bell every few minutes."
Flowers: "Do take flowers when visiting Dutch friends and be sure to carry the bunches upside down; it stops the water from running down your sleeve."
Dining Alfresco: "If you're eating from an open-air fish stall, hold the raw, brine-slimed herring (haring) from its tail and lower the creature head first into your gaping mouth."
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Mokummer: A resident of Amsterdam. Pronounced MO-keh-moor
A'dam: The common written abbreviation for the city
de Wallen: Nickname for Amsterdam's Red Light District. Pronounced duh vah-len
Gracht: Means "canal," so when an address ends with gracht you know you'll be on a canal. Pronounced with two guttural g's—one at the start, one at the end
Doie: An affectionate, informal way of saying goodbye; never to be used in formal or professional situations. Pronounced doo-ee
Een klap van de molen hebben: Literally translates as "being hit by a windmill" but used to mean simply "be crazy." Pronounced uhn klahp fahn duh moh-len heb-en
Broodje: The most popular Amsterdam snack, a bread roll filled with just about anything, most often Dutch cheese. Pronounced BROAT-cha
Stroopwafel: The second most popular Amsterdam snack, syrup sandwiched between two thin wafers. Pronounced STROPE-vaffel
Jenever: Dutch gin. Pronounced je-NAY-fer
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The Camera - Understanding The Basics
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Choosing a Camera: Digital vs. Film
Choosing a Digital Camera: DSLR vs. Cinema Camera
What is Video Resolution?
What is Frame Rate?
Choosing a Lens
Memory Cards
What is Latitude?
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How Does Frame Rate Affect Exposure?
What is ISO?
What is shutter speed?
What is Aperture (aka F-Stop)?
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Using Neutral Density (ND) Filters to Cut Down Light
Reading Exposure with Your Camera: Understanding the Histogram and Light Meters
Putting It All Together: How to Exposure Properly
Shooting with Color Profiles and LUTs
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Composition - Shoot Better Looking Video
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Types of Shots You Need to Know
Getting Great Rack Focuses
Composing Better Shots for Narrative and Commercial Video
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Adding Movement to Your Shots
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Rebuilding an idler arm how-to.
My 1959 American was wandering a bit (a lot actually) and I jacked it up to find that the idler arm was very loose, the rubber bushing had slid out and it was as loose as a goose. I had an extra from a parts car I got with my car and went at rebuilding it.
The rubber bushing simply comes apart leaving the metal bushing in the arm with the rubber all worn out and ready to be pushed out.
Using the vice with a large socket to hold the arm in place and a small socket to push the bushing out of the sleeve was a piece of cake.
I then put the arm in the vice and removed the blade from my hack saw and put it thru the bushing so I could cut it. The sleeve could have been pushed out too but it's wall was so thin I didn't have a perfect sized socket or the proper tool to push it out. So I decided to cut it.
I then put the bushing in the vice in such a way as to bend the bushing, caving it in so it can be pushed out of the idler arm.
With the bushing rolled up it came out easily.
I had a rubber bushing (not the correct one but close) and even though it was sold as a 1" OD it was a tad smaller than the darn idler's hole. Just a tad, it needed to be a tad larger so it would stay in there when pressed, but that wasn't going to happen so I went with a Pete & Jake hot rod bushing used in four bar setups on a street rod frame. This bushing fit perfectly tight in the idler arm and had the perfect sized ID for the idler arm mount. This is the one I used, 1" OD and 5/8" ID. Pete & Jake's: Catalog
Using a thick walled seamless bushing found at the hardware store I cut it to length and slid it over the idler arm mount so it would hold the idler arm at the exact 61/64" that it is to be set at as per the Rambler assembly manual. I included a washer so as to keep the idler on the bushing so it couldn't slide down as it had with the original rubber one.
I painted up the arm and had it ready to go when I found that the bushing didn't fit flush in tight, the arm was just a tad to thick, so I ground it down a bit until the bushing fit in all the way.
And with my newly rebuilt idler arm ready to go.
It worked perfect and the car drives much better than it has since I have had it.
Now it's on to the rest of the front end, I have the extra parts from the parts car so over the next number of months I will find the time to get it all rebuilt and install it one weekend. :D
nice write up..
sadly the parts to rebuild the last one I had to do (99 grand mark)
those parts cost as much as a new trw idler..
will rebuild the c-10 one when I get that far..
it's good that use showed this with hand tools and didn't just go to the body saw that not everyone has..
thats what I like about the show MUSCLE CAR.. on spike.
Tommie will use the shop tools that most home garage guys don't have.. then show you how to do the same thing with simple tools that most have or most can get for short cash...
stacy david does the same on gears...
is that bushing poly or rubber.. if poly I'd have added a zerk fitting while it was apart.. so when it squeaks you can grease it..
good show, tho..
There is no new idler arm for my Rambler, zero, so rebuilding it was the only option.
Wellllll, it has been a year and my rebuild idler arm that I was so proud of has failed! The bushing was SHOT and it was wobbling all over just like with the 50 year old original rubber one, CRAP.
I rebuilt it again using the NORS rebuild kit I had bought long ago. When I found that the kit was wrong, I used the Pete and Jake bushing. But after that one failed I decided to MAKE the wrong kit work. I had to ream out the holes in the bushings and use some washers to space it properly but it worked out well.
The kit used thrust bearings so I am thinking it's going to last. :D
It's been almost exactly a year since I posted this how to, hopefully no one else followed my advice and used one of those bushings for theirs. If you did, I'm sorry.
think if you made yours greasable it would've been fine.
Could have been, or simply greased it on assembly.
This kit I used had bearings as you can see in the photo on the top and bottom of the bushings. THOSE got packed with grease! LOL
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Some Winni Derby fishermen report seeing smaller catches
By DAN SEUFERT
Sunday News Correspondent | May 18. 2013 8:26PM
Dan Dunlop of Meredith and his son, Drew, spent several hours on the lake in their high-tech fishing boat, which allowed Dan to perch on the front while several fishing lines trolled the waters behind, with Drew tending them.
"There's nothing out there today," Dan said. "If you look at the winning fish so far, they are tiny."
Participants in this year's derby, a fundraiser by the Laconia Rotary Club on Winnipesaukee, were catching fewer fish than usual Saturday afternoon, said Diane LaBrie, the derby's chairman.
There are 1,400 registered anglers in the derby this year. For the first time, the winner in the salmon contest will have to take a lie detector test to ensure the fish was actually caught in Lake Winnipesaukee to avoid the possibility of cheating.
"The lake trout that have been caught are fabulous, but the salmon are not so large," Viar said. "It's just the way it is; there's been a decrease in the amount of larger ones. I would classify the salmon size on this lake as 'fair.'"
Wally Ryan of Canterbury also was disappointed with his catch, a 22-inch lake trout.
"It's a nice fish, but I don't think it's big enough," he said.
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Anyone have a good recipe for crock fermented dill pickles?
Alright. I will ferment them this year. Just went out and got a few items and will begin tonite. I have loads of 5gal buckets waiting to be used, so I will use them.
KONASDAD, speaking of HOT, I am still eating on that jar of pepper relish that you sent me last fall. It is very good, but a little goes a long way. Steve
I'm going to order my first crock here in a couple weeks. Anything I need to know about picking one out? Should I start with a 1 gallon or go right up to the 10 gallon?My wife and I made our first batch of "refriderator pickles" from a kit last year that turned out awesome! So now I've become really curious about fermenting the old fashion way and making REAL pickles!!!Any good books out there I should check out? I brew my own beer and wine, so is the fermentation process the same? Do I use yeast or is there a different process?Sean Kelly
Thanks Brian! Just what I needed to know. I saw a company that sells a complete starter kit that I almost bought that comes with a 1 gallon stoneware crock (which I still might buy since it's so inexpensive), but now I think I'll also get the 5 gallon at the same time. I think the 1 gallon would be a nice size to make a little saurkraut too.I've never done this before (besides fridge pickles) and my wife is afraid it's gunna make our house smell like the old Pickle factory did out in Enumclaw (which you could smell from miles away). Is it gunna be bad? Should I keep it out in the woodshed?Sean Kelly


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Hi all,
I've been lurking on this forum for a few years, and always preferred to read rather than post. Some of you really helped in the push to full-on ancap, so thanks for that. I made a movie and I figured I'd come on the forums and build up some reputation first by posting on various topics, but honestly I didn't have much to contribute.
So I'm just going to throw my project out here and see if anyone is interested. It's mostly a drama about the friendship between an old guy and a young guy, and their pursuit of beauty. But there are some comedic elements and a bit of politics thrown in as well.
You can all check out the trailer here to see if you are interested: artifactsofidealism.com
If it is to anyone's taste, you can download digital copies from the store for free. Just enter "0" in the price field.
If there are any cinema buffs here, the movie is somewhat in the style of Eric Rohmer / Jacques Rozier.
Would love to hear what you all have to think about it!
I'm intrigued by the trailer - and I like the thoughtful cinematography apparent in scenes like where the old guy and young guy are taking to each other while sitting on a bench, but neither is in the other's frame. Seems like interesting dialogue too. I'll check out a digital copy in the next day or so and see what the whole film is like - thank you for making this available!
BTW, is this your first movie? From what I've seen in the trailer it looks very well done.
This is my second feature-length movie, but the first one was a few years back and it didn't see much play. Those were the days when I thought one could just ship it off to a few festivals and sit back and wait for the plaudits to come in.
As an aspiring filmmaker, I'll say this: awesome!
What kind of camera did you use, if you don't mind me asking? Was your set-up single camera or multi?
Look cool, I'll certainly watch it!
Lol, Hoppe at the end.
As an aspiring filmmaker, I'll say this: awesome!
What kind of camera did you use, if you don't mind me asking? Was your set-up single camera or multi?
Canon T2i (or 550D, whatever you like to call it), with some really interesting older Soviet lenses. What they lack in sharpness and control they make up for in the tactile (and unique "chalky") quality of the images. Just a one-camera shoot; tried to keep it as simple as possible.
Neo: thanks, please do!
Interesting. Also, did you use a shotgun mic or a wireless mic? (I apologize if I'm bombarding you with questions)
Interesting. Also, did you use a shotgun mic or a wireless mic? (I apologize if I'm bombarding you with questions)
Mostly wireless, which was a big scandal to the sound people I know. If you want to get more technical or go into more equipment detail without boring the others on an economics/politics forum, feel free to PM me. It's a pleasure to discuss this kind of stuff.
Have you ever thought about directing a 75 minute gunfight with 10 minutes of dialogue? Because that would sell some tickets.
Have you ever thought about directing a 75 minute gunfight with 10 minutes of dialogue? Because that would sell some tickets.
Ha. I've thought about it, yes, except those kinds of movies bore me, so I suspect others would do a lot better job at it than I. Also, to the best of my knowledge, most of Rohmer's movies made a nice profit, as did the major works of Fellini and Bergman. Or to put it in American terms, Frank Capra did pretty well with no gunplay. You could argue that audiences today wouldn't support that sort of thing, but it seems to me it's just a matter of controlling the budget and playing to a few niches. That's why I was hoping with the inclusion of some attractive actresses and the titillation of some libertarian politics I could appeal to this crowd.
Thanks. I just messaged you.
Aw, man. Ya got some state on your film! Actually, wait. Who's that at the end? Okay, you got it off.
I see you're into Soviet lenses. It's funny, I have a 16mm motion film Krasnogorsk from 1989 (that amazingly still works). Some free marketers we are!
Anyway, keep up the good work. This looks like a movie that could attract a diverse audience. Can't wait to watch the whole thing.
I finally got a chance to watch your movie. I thought it was pretty neat.
There were two times during the movie when I laughed out loud. Movies rarely make me do that. I usually just acknowledge in my head that something was funny. During these two parts, laughs came out of my mouth uncontrollably:
1. When "Robert"? (the retired guy who hires the detective to get information about the girl) is finally sitting next to the gal in the greenhouse.
2. "I look like your mom?"
Especially cool was the ending scene in the cafe.
The only suggestions I could make for next time would be to try different sound equipment. I don't know what it is about the sound production of digital movies that sound so different from that of filmed movies. (I'm not just talking about Hollywood-level filmed movies, even Clerks sounds way different than digital movies. Maybe it's too much background noise? I don't know.)
And I think Charles was a little too well-dressed. I get that it's a part of his character, but at some points it was way too obvious that...I don't know how to put this other than "...that you could tell he was just a guy in a movie." Too wardrobe-y.
And I didn't understand how the irredeemable aspect of Marileen's life (Marileen was the name of the girl they were interested in, right?) was that she was a leftist. Besides, it's not like that group was really calling for anything drastic. "Education for all!" I actually don't see anything wrong with education for all, but the leftists think that means state-funded formal schooling for all. I thought that the older guy would be aware of that distinction. Maybe a couple of more lines of dialogue could have cleared it up (e.g. "What do you mean 'education for all'?" It would have made your political point better, as well).
Anyway, I thought the scene where they find out that the girl is in the lefist group fell flat, and it needed to be something more shocking. Maybe the group she was in would be planning to vandalize the city or something. But even that, why would the other parts of the girl's lifestyle be forgivable by the two guys and not this aspect of the girl's life?
But all-in-all, like I say, I think your movie was pretty neat. Nice to look at, too.
Downloading now and will watch soon.
I finally got a chance to watch your movie. I thought it was pretty neat.
There were two times during the movie when I laughed out loud. Movies rarely make me do that. I usually just acknowledge in my head that something was funny. During these two parts, laughs came out of my mouth uncontrollably:
1. When "Robert"? (the retired guy who hires the detective to get information about the girl) is finally sitting next to the gal in the greenhouse.
2. "I look like your mom?"
Especially cool was the ending scene in the cafe.
And I didn't understand how the irredeemable aspect of Marileen's life (Marileen was the name of the girl they were interested in, right?) was that she was a leftist. Besides, it's not like that group was really calling for anything drastic.
And I didn't understand how the irredeemable aspect of Marileen's life (Marileen was the name of the girl they were interested in, right?) was that she was a leftist. Besides, it's not like that group was really calling for anything drastic.
Awesome -- thanks for watching it and also for giving feedback. That's funny, the "mom" line is also the favorite of my good friend who helped me make the movie. Kudos to Simon (the young actor) on that one, as 95% of the movie is improvised dialog.
Point well taken about the gathering of leftists at the end. It's a sort of joke I have with my friends, that the only thing that turns us off of a pretty girl is when she is a leftist. I can handle shallow, or boring, and have no problem at all with simple/dumb, but when they post something positive about Obama on their Facebook wall it just makes me kind of disgusted with them. I was really hoping this end scene would be clear that everything they were calling for was for MORE government in all aspects, and also doing it in a shrill manner. "Stamp out inequality", "we need government who has the power to act and to give us what we need", the Warren Buffett lie about secretaries and taxes, and then right when Marilee says "why isn't the govt doing more to control how much people are making" it cuts to Robert, who we have seen before is a pretty wealthy guy. So it's almost like a direct attack on him.
But yeah, if that didn't come across then I didn't do my job correctly. The original scene was supposed to take place within a raging (almost rioting) mob of Occupy Montrealers, and the girl was to have something drastic done to her looks (like that horrible thing when chicks shave one third of their hair and sort of comb around it), and the guys run into her in the middle of that. Sadly, I was not able to pull it off. So we switched gears to more of a mockery of the Elizabeth Warren house-meeting where she popularized "you didn't build that".
Might I ask how you did the film with the actors utilizing extreme improv when you were on a single-cam set-up? How one could do something like that has always been a little confusing to me.
Might I ask how you did the film with the actors utilizing extreme improv when you were on a single-cam set-up? How one could do something like that has always been a little confusing to me.
We should first define what we mean by improv. I do not mean "actors get to say whatever comes into their heads whenever they feel like it and to drastically change it from take to take". I do mean "the script contains no dialog and the actors have to use their own words". So the whole story is carefully structured, and each scene is carefully structured, and the characters are fleshed out in much greater detail than will ever be shown on screen (so the actor knows their past, their preferences, their goals), and (time permitting) scenes are rehearsed. The whole enterprise is also composed in such a way that no individual line is really that essential to moving the story forward (there are the inevitable few, obviously, about time and place that we are seeing or will see on screen, and I did find it difficult managing that, but a director's assistant or a continuity person would have eliminated the problem).
Then on set we begin blocking out the scene, and in some cases building it up from the written version. After doing a few takes we select some of the elements we like, and we piece them together in a way that gets us from point A to point B. This occasionally results in material covered in close up of person X that was not actually shot for person Y. But a director who pays attention will be able to get all the elements he needs to cut the scene together, and so a habit of shooting "loose" (what I call basic but not excessive coverage of all major players in the scene in as close to a single shot as possible) is helpful. If one is planning to do slow-mo and have a specific song playing in the background and to do a couple tracking shots within the scene, you can't get away with much improv beyond a throwaway line here or there.
For the "your mom" line in question, the text stated that because the girl was drunk, the boy thought he could get away with staring at her (he is, after all, pretty much in love with her). She catches him staring, and since it is his nature to be judgemental, and since he didn't really buffer her from her parents as she requested him to earlier in the night, she misunderstands and equates his look to the stress her mom puts on her. So the actress says "why are you looking at me like that... like my mom?", and the scene called for the actor to change the subject by pulling out his iPhone to take photos. Since we had been shooting all day and it was then 3am in the morning, outside, running around full speed trying to get everything we needed, the actor was just in the zone and his character blurted out the cute misunderstanding line of "I look like your mom?", and even better they both brushed it off and just went on the the next beat. Of course it doesn't always work out like this and sometimes the actor is stalled and doesn't know what to say, but that is a failure of the director for not explaining things in proper detail and also for not giving them enough business (note to non-film types: "business" is all the little incidental stuff that happens in a scene, like "he fiddles with a lighter" or "she can't take her eyes off of the curtains").
I see, that's quite interesting.
And on a somewhat other note - what editing program do you use?
Avid Media Composer. No real reason; just comfortable on it from past work.
Just a heads-up everyone. I'll be taking down the free downloads this weekend in place of a dvd that costs money, so if you want to watch the movie without paying please download it before Sunday.
We are applying to film festivals and they tend to get sad when your movie is available online in full for free.
One of the festivals at which we would really like to exhibit is Anthem at Freedom Fest in Vegas. If anyone feels like helping us out they could email the festival and say "hey, we'd love to see you show this movie...". We've already submitted to them, but any kind words of attention would help I'm sure.
Have you considered Sundance for it?
The real issue would be whether Sundance would consider me. I thought not, so I didn't apply. Most festivals charge submission fees (unless you have an in), and very few actually pick from an honest consideration of merit after watching through all submissions. I played that fool's game when I was younger, but now I check with festivals first to see if they would be interested in considering my project and waiving their fees. Anthem was gracious enough to do so, and a few smaller festivals responded positively, so I'll focus on those. If I may generalize, movies without name actors or heavily leftist messages or geek-culture genres do not stand much of a chance being accepted at Sundance, certainly not via unsolicited submission.
Wow. I've also heard that festivals are where your film is most likely going to be picked up for distribution - if this is the case, do you just add in the distributor in the credits later on?
They will tack on their credits sometimes, yes. Also a distributor will probably want to re-mix the sound, and possibly even do cuts.
Also, sorry if anyone tried to download this afternoon and didn't get emailed a download link. There was a technical issue and I fixed it now.
Hans-Hermann Hoppe, I like! :D
From the trailer it seems like my type of movie - are you planning to submit it to a film festival?
EDIT: nevermind, didn't RTFT.
I see. Currently I'm writing an outline for a film, and I was planning on submitting it to the Miami International FF once I'm done making it.
Sorry for the double-post, as for some reason my other post won't let me edit. But I was wondering if you could say more about your experiences at film festivals (like your dealings with reactions of people who view the film).
I've exhibited one short in a festival (Vancouver Intl) and had my first feature film shown as a one-off of an ongoing monthly program. Other than that my festival experiences til now have been pure rejection. My personal favorite whas the one time we had an in with a guy who actually had the power to accept the movie in a very small festival just outside of Los Angeles. Our contact (an old friend of his) delivered my feature, along with a bottle of red wine and some other plant-based presents, for his consideration. The response back was that the movie was "too David Mamet and too French New Wave". This was supposed to be an insult I guess. That was the greatest burn ever, since I consider both of those things to be awesome. This particular movie was pretty lo-fi though, so I could see it being harder to program, though I have seen much worse garbage play in bigger festivals.
The first film festival (Vancouver) actually gave us free passes and drove us around to screenings and cocktail parties, and my handler was a very nice guy who made every effort to introduce me to other filmmakers and a few minor journalists. The problem was that I was young and cocky, and all the other filmmakers were total leftists who all used government money to make their movies, so I kind of despised them. I wasn't politically/economically aware at all back then, I just knew that I didn't want to be around those people. So I didn't network at all. The showing went okay -- they programmed a bunch of shorts together so they were able to pack a pretty big theatre. Afterwards they brought us up on stage to answer questions. I hate that shit, since the only people who tend to go to film festivals to watch shorts are already pretty up their own ass about what a great art appreciator they are, and then a certain percentage of them feel the need to ask questions just to show how super intelligent they are. So the "questions" turn into rambling monologues about the state of cinema. The rest of the questions are just people trying to be polite and asking stuff like "how did you come up with the idea?", then each person on stage gets 30 seconds to articulate why they spent the last 6 months working on something. The overall audience reactions to the film are similar to this as well, basically just being polite. Which is a death knell; you want them to either hate you or love you, only that they have SOME reaction.
I've found promoting your own film or having it shown as a one-off engagement to be a lot more fruitful, if only because you get a share of the box office, and you can actually try to focus your marketing on people who might care about the characters/story. Plus, when you hang around afterwards people tend to feel more comfortable coming to talk to you one on one. And then if you find a bunch of people you really like, you invite them back to a pub to have a solid chat about what did and didn't work in the picture. These criticisms tend to be worth a lot more, imo. I was able to grind out a profit with the first public showing of my recent movie, and at the same time connect with some of the community where the movie was set. There has been talk of them organizing a second screening at their local library, so it would be cool if it took on a life of its own. We'll see.
Hopefully I'll have more (positive) stories for you after July, when Anthem is over.
Wow, sounds...negative. What I mean by that is that they don't sound all that fun. I remember I used to want to go to the Canadian government's film commission (even as a U.S. citizen) and obtain money for when I was ready to do a film project...ah, the days before I woke up to the Matrix.
But thanks for sharing. Not sure if you've heard of them, but I'd recommend you check out www.redlettermedia.com. They put out the Plinkett reviews (sardonic live action/Star Wars film footage hybrid reviews with a story arc to themselves) and the show "Half in the Bag," among other things. They appear to be completely independent, doing it all on donations and out of their own pocket. It's the kind of thing I'd want to do as opposed to attempting to cope with a big studio system which wants to shove in leftist sympathies at every turn - of course, I do have ideas for projects that would technically require a moderately big budget, but those are just ideas.
I guess there's plenty of ways a film made by an indie filmmaker could just end up sitting at the floor of his or her closet.
But good luck with Anthem - the film is definitely one that I know will be well-recieved by any audience, especially our kind. Might I ask how your actors took to being in a film with such libertarian themes, or did you do the seemingly impossible and get all libertarian actors?
Sorry for the late reply. I suppose it really can't be all that negative. If I would have got some commercial offer during a festival showing then I'd be all roses about it, but I didn't so I'm not, y'know?
I don't know that the big studio system wants to shove in leftist sympathies, they just don't want to take a whole lot of chances with their money (which is somewhat understandable) so right now there aren't a ton of great Hollywood movies coming out. Hopefully it's just a cycle. I think it's a few embittered souls in Hollywood who have a leftist chip on their shoulder who sometimes try to grow a project around that. I guess I miss the days of actual Frankfurt School influenced Marxists smuggling their dirty ideas into major pictures, and then being Red Baited. Those were worthy intellectual opponents. We just have a bunch of limousine liberals now, nothing a few episodes of South Park can't take care of.
About the actors... well, I'm not sure the libertarian themes in the movie are that overbearing (maybe they are and I just don't feel it). Myself and the other producer are anarcho-capitalists, and the older actor is a minarchist (family escaped the Commies from the Czech Republic), so all the elders in the production were of one mind. I think that made the youngsters at least open to listen. I pitched a private law society to the lead young guy one night when we were walking to location, and at the end of it he said "well, I know you're a nice guy so I won't hold it against you". He grew up in leftist Montreal where there are absolutely no other viewpoints so it was like an alien thing. But most of them were just apolotical. The main gal you could probably classify as a social democrat, but she really doesn't care all that much, and is just a wonderful human being in general so again, pretty open to talking and listening. We (the crew) are all very conservative looking guys, so I think that also scrambled brains a bit that we were doing something "creative", and doing it with our own time and money. Finally, the pickup character, well, he had to learn about Hoppe to play his character so I got to go over a lot of stuff with him and, while he never gave me his own opinion, in order to understand the character he had to think of it from an open and sympathetic light. It seemed like a net positive, along with all the other situations and feelings in the story, we were able to discuss these things that they had never heard before in the context of working together as a team.


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For skunks, I agree. 16 inches is the norm.
After dealing with taking supers off with a ladder and hives blown over in the wind, I went lower, not higher, and top entrances to deal with skunks and snow... my stand are all 3 1/2" tall...
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