dave thomas and his team are making the floats that will welcome the year of the horse. >> this year carved more horses than you could get on a prairie right now. >> reporter: his east-west float company will build 21 floats this year sponsors pay anywhere from $30,000 to more than $100,000 to get one of thomas' floats in the famous san francisco chinese new year parade. >> how long did it take? >> this is ten day's worth of work, and i usually start with the emotions. i start the emotions and then i build a float that elicits that mission. >> the parade dates back to the gold rush days in the 1860s and now is the largest cultural event in north america. as artists prepare for the year of the horse, so are those who interpret the chinese astrological signs. were dictions of fire and wood are significant this year. >> whenever fire shows up it's going to pick up the stock market. >> financial prosperity is a common goal as the new year approaches. traditional red envelopes are for sell. they're stuffed with money and passed along. they expect a robust economy in the year of the horse.

>> reporter: 66-year-old dave thomas has been working at this for so many years he's lost count. >> you have to be crazy to want to do this. i have snorted so much glitter and styrofoam, i'm not sure anything in me functions in me anymore. >> reporter: he spends thousands of hours with a team of people glueing, painting, stapling. drilling together the floats that bring magic to the chinese new year parade. it's not an easy job. >> it makes you get up early. it underpays, overworks you. all of those companies either went bankrupt or i bought them out of business. >> reporter: people who know dave will tell you he's been talking about retiring for years. but it turns out it's not that easy to find someone who want to the take over all of this. in fact, he's gone through six different proto jays. the first five couldn't cut it. >> staple here, here, here and pull it back. >> reporter: and then he turned to stephanie. >> he asked me three times and i didn't know he was serious the first two times. i was like that's ridiculous. >> reporter: he asked one more time and she jumped at the chanc

that crew led by dave thomas who has been building floats nor so many years he lost count.out retiring for a while, but it's been talking about how hard it is to get a replacement. stephanie has been working for thomas for the last six years. >> i'm doing a little well, she's doing very well. i'm worried that he's going to fire me before i want to go. >> i'm the exactly the person for this job. i'm the kind of crawley nor this job. >> the schedule is crazy. ten parades 150 floats around and a constant turnover in employees. this parade is the biggest for this crew. you can hang around for a couple of more, but taking a back seat in the process. >>> we're counting down for the celebration. it begins in 9.5 hours. kate -- ali is out there. what's happening out there. >> reporter: we've heard the crews are finishing the touches on the bleachers. this is where it's going to be broadcasting this parade starting and 6:00 tonight. you can expect to see dancers drag once and elaborate glittering floats. this is a 100 year tradition. all of the performers will be taking a pause in u

. >> 66-year-old dave thomas has been working at this for so many years he's lost count.hours gluing, painting, stapling. drilling together the floats that bring magic to the chinese new year's parade. it's not an easy job. >> it makes you get up early in the morning, over -- under pays, over works you. all the companies went bankrupt or i bought them out of business. dave has been talking about retiring for years, it's not that easy to find someone that wants to takeover this. he's gone through six property jays, the first five couldn't take it. >> and then he turned to stephanie. >> he asked me three times and i didn't know he was serious the first two times. he asked one more time and she jumped at the chance. i'm the right person for this. it couldn't have been anyone else. i'm the perfect kind of crazy for this job. and the schedule is crazy. 10 parades, 150 floats a year and a turnover rate that makes your head hurt. she likes to paint outside the lines and it's working. >> this guy needs his tail attached. >> doing well. i'm worried she mayfair me and throw me out

. >> dave thomas and his team are making the floats that will welcome the year of the horse. company will build 21 floats this year. sponsors pay anywhere from $30,000 to $100,000 to get one of thomas's floats in the famous san francisco new year parade. >> how long did it take to get from here to here? >> this is usually ten days work. i draw a fleet that will elicit that emotion. >> this dates back to the 1860s and is now the largest asian cultural event in north america. as the artists prepare for the year of the horse so do those who interpret the chinese astrological signs. lillian yang is an astrological consultant. she says the elements fire and wood are significant this year. >> whenever fire shows up, it's going to pick up the stock market. >>> traditional red envelopes are for sale, they'll be stuffed with money and passed along. inge expects a robust world economy during the year of the horse. she believes 2014 is a time to take chances. >> people who have projects going on, this is the time to put this into action. you have the energy of the horse, the fire for th

. >> dave thomas and his team are making the floats that will welcome the year of the horse.is year we have carved more horses than you could get on a prairie right now or buffalo bill had in his wild west show. >> his float company will build 21 floats this year sponsors pay from 30 to $100,000 to get one in the chinese new year prayed. >> how long did it take from here to here to this? >> this is about 10 days' worth of work. i usually start emotions. i feel the emotions and i draw a float that will elicit that emotion. >> the chinese new year celebration dates back to the gold rush days of the 1860s and the largest cultural asian ent in north america. >> as the artists prepare, so do those who interpret the chinese astrological signs. lillian change has some predictions she says the elements, fire and wood are significant this year. >> whenever fire shows up, it's going to pick up the stockmarket. >> financial prosperity is a common goal as the new year approaches. traditional red envelopes are for sale they will be stuffed with money and passed along. ing expects a robust

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dave kopay came out after he retired. few have come out, but no one have done it while they were still playing in the nfl sport. derek thomasare one of the few active athletes in the world. he is a well-known welsh rugby player. he shocked fans telling fans in 2009. he told 9 "daily mail" that it was really tough hiding who he i really am. he said that it was tough as a kid. it almost drove him to suicide. he was the first and so far only british pro soccer player that i was gay during his career. that was in 1990. he kept playing. coaches treated him cruelly and fans loathed him, and he eventually killed himself. many players have come out after they left the field. but big sports, english soccer, american football have yet to cheer on a gay player. >> thank you. >>> the announcement came before the move by the federal expansion meaning same-sex couples cannot be compelled to testify against each other in federal trial. they'll be able to file jointly for bankruptcy and have the same rights as federal inmates in opposite sex marriages and they'll applied all the rules to same-sex couples. four couples filed, seeking to for