He made his directorial debut two years ago with "Sin Nombre, " a dramatically commanding and visually expansive account, in Spanish, of impoverished immigrants riding atop freight trains as they lumber through Mexico toward the U.S. border.

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Through lumber company Green Diamond Resource, the family owns timberland in Pacific Northwest.

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Lumber trucks and pickups rumble through the town's four traffic lights, which feel the strain of traffic only during hunting season.

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These new seats offer premium features like heating and ventilation, massaging, four-way lumber support and can be controlled through the iPad.

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He bought an electric saw and some lumber to patch the second-floor gallery, but every time he was halfway through a board a fuse would blow in the spider-haunted circuit box in the kitchen.

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