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We are developing Cranbrook, the new community in East Devon, as part of a consortium of three developers. Our Strategic Land and Planning team secured part of the site, which was combined with land secured by the other consortium members, and together the consortium achieved outline planning consent. This process has taken about 15 years because of the size and nature of the proposed development. The outline planning consent is for 2,900 homes and a full range of other facilities, including a town centre, schools, open space, and the necessary supporting infrastructure to create a sustainable new community.
Construction of the first phase of the development is now well underway and approximately 1,600 houses are now completed or nearing completion (as at December 2016). All of the shop units in Phase 1 are now occupied too - with a hairdresser, estate agent, takeaway and convenience store now open. The first primary school and community centre have been open since 2012. The community centre has provided a valuable asset to local residents and is extremely well used by the local community for sports, social activities and events.
In 2010, the consortium agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with East Devon District Council that allows for the number of homes to be increased from 2,900 to 3,500. Detailed planning permission was granted for the additional 600 homes and supporting infrastructure in 2014 and construction is now underway. The design of the town centre is also progressing and a public house is due for completion in 2017. Other retail/commercial units will follow soon.
As part of the consortium, our Strategic Land and Planning team put in place the Developer's Consortium Agreement, negotiated the Section 106 Agreement, and secured infrastructure funding. Our regional office in Exeter then took over day-to-day responsibility for delivering the development alongside the consortium partners.
The future expansion beyond the 3,500 houses is now also being formally considered by East Devon District Council. Applications have been submitted by the consortium of developers to the local authority for an additional 4,200 houses on land to the west, east and south of the existing Cranbrook development. The proposed expansion would deliver additional homes along with a full range of supporting facilities expected to include additional schools, employment, local retail provision, open space and sports facilities.
We have engaged with the community throughout the planning process and keep local people up-to-date with the development's progress by sending out regular newsletters; the first of these was published in October 2011. Consultation events have been held to inform local people about the proposed expansion of Cranbrook and further events or newsletters will keep people informed as the plans evolve.
We bid for and received a large amount of external funding to ensure the earliest possible delivery:
We have designed the external appearance of the homes to be contemporary but also sit comfortably within their surroundings. For example, some of the homes will feature open-plan top floors and vaulted ceilings with tall windows to give residents views of the countryside. The homes at Cranbrook will meet the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes level 3 and 290 of the private homes will be built to 'affordable by design' standards
A Combined Heat & Power (CHP) system, run using gas and biomass fuel, will supply both electricity and heat to the homes at Cranbrook and the buildings on the neighbouring business park. The CHP system will save over 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and will help the Cranbrook residents by reducing their energy bills and providing them with heat and hot water (the homes do not have individual boilers or hot water cylinders, which further reduces the running costs of the homes). Surplus electricity generated by the CHP will be sold to the National Grid. The consortium has signed up to a Master Agreement with energy provider E.ON for the construction of this £25 million energy centre and its on-going management and maintenance.
A management company, Cranbrook Limited, has been established. It will own and manage the community buildings and public open space that are not adopted by the local authority. Maintenance charges will be paid by the homeowners to help fund the work of Cranbrook Limited.
The infrastructure needed to support 3,500 homes and a town centre will cost £85 million (of which we will be paying about £25.5 million). Within the new development boundary this includes roads, sewers and services, but we are also making contributions to a number of infrastructure projects that are needed outside the boundary. For example, a bypass around Clyst Honiton (a historic village to the west of Cranbrook), which includes an 80-meter tunnel made of concrete and designed as a safety measure for traffic passing the end of Exeter Airport's runway, was finished in July 2013.
We are delivering two primary schools (costing about £4 million each) and an education campus. The first primary school opened in September 2012 and the second opened in September 2015 as part of the secondary school education campus. We have also built a multi-purpose building for the community which opened in 2012. It is home to a range of services including a doctor's surgery, library, town council offices and a community hall. Further community and leisure facilities are also proposed in the town centre.
A railway station on the Exeter to London Waterloo line was also proposed as part of the original masterplan. Cranbrook Station opened in December 2015 providing hourly train services from Cranbrook into Exeter and a real green transport alternative. A second railway station is being considered and will be the subject of discussion and negotiation with the relevant stakeholders in the coming months.
If you would like to find out about the homes that are currently for sale at Cranbrook, please click here


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In a moment of madness I thought it would be a fabulous idea to tidy up my favourite space. The mess was getting to me, and I was using it as an excuse for my lack of completion of my list of projects. No problem, just an hour to tidy up ....right??? Wrong!!
This was Saturday morning....
This was Saturday afternoon....
And this is right now! I had to take the picture really quickly because I am afraid it will not look like this for long!
(sorry for the glare - it is a very overcast day here in Wellington, NZ. )
And here is a few of the books I have plans for.... I am loving altered books.
Now it is Sunday afternooon, and it is Mothers Day. I have spent so much time organizing and arranging I have run out of time to play!!
I hope my Mum likes her present I haven't managed to make the card yet!!
Hope you are all having a wonderful (or about to have) Mothers Day.
Thanks for visiting

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This was our first year spent in Tenerife at Christmas and the New Year. We stayed at the AguarMar hotel on a half board package.
The hotel is made up of apartments which are very spacious and most look out onto the pool area, we were very happy with the outlay and were lucky enough to have 6 apartments all next to each other. The apartments are very clean and modern, having undergone refurbishments, the food is basic but our customers enjoyed the choices each day. All the hotel staff are very friendly, helpful and have a good sense of humour which put our customers at ease. The hotel is close to shops, bars, and a leisurely walk away from the beach. Some of our customers opted for a taxi to take them to and from the beach areas for a small cost of around 4 euros one way. Others customers preferred to see more of the Island and clubbed together to hire a car for the duration of our stay, Warren once again was appointed the driver.
The weather was warm each day which we all enjoyed, and made our trips out very pleasant. All amenities were open so we could play crazy golf, visit local attractions, enjoy days out, and most importantly for our ladies "shopping" which they did on a grand scale.
We all enjoyed our time here and will be booking again for 2018.


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The Infinix Hot S3 is the latest installment in the Infinix Hot S line up of smartphones.
The Hot S3 improved vastly from its predecessor, with notable improvements in performance and a brand new aspect ratio.
Details of the Infinix Hot S3
- Network: 2G / 3G / 4G
- Display: 5.6″ , IPS LCD Touchscreen display — (720 x 1440 pixels)
- Software: Android v8.0 (Oreo)
- Processor: 1.4GHz Octa-core CPU (Snapdragon 430)
- Memory: 3GB RAM | 32GB ROM
- Cameras: Front — 20 MP (dual-LED flash) | Rear — 13 MP (Dual-LED flash)
- Battery: 4000 mAh
- Dimensions: 152 x 72.8 x 8.4
Software, Design, and Display of the Infinix Hot S3
he Infinix Hot S3 is a dual SIM Android device running on the latest Android operating system (Android Oreo — 8.0) and is paired with Infinix's own XOS skin.
The device supports LTE and has a hybrid SD Card/SIM configuration.
The design of the Infinix Hot S3 is similar to the S2 with its slightly curved edges and the rear placement of the fingerprint scanner.
It is a 720 by 1440 5.65-inch IPS LCD display having a pixel density of about 285 pixels per inch.
Performance, Hardware, Cameras
Under the plastic hood of the Hot S3, it sports a Qualcomm's Snapdragon 430 SoC.This clocks at 1.4GHz, and is an Octa-core CPU smartphone having an Adreno 505 GPU.
Memory-wise, the device features 3GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage which can be expanded by means of an external microSD card.
The front camera on the Hot S3 is a 20-megapixel wide-angle camera supported by a dual-LED flash.
The rear camera is a 13 MP f/2.0 camera with another dual LED flashlight beneath it.
Finally, the battery on the device is a huge 4000 mAh Li-Ion battery.
Other features of the device include:
- A headphone jack,
- OTG support,
- micro USB 2.0,
- A rear-mounted fingerprint reader.
Tell Us What You Think About The Phone!


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After three months of hard work, I am really proud to introduce our new special issue. To me, there is no better way to present it than sharing its very first page, which hosts the editor's note with all the juicy tips to go through the e-book. At the end of this text you'll find the button to download your copy. Happy reading!
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? In 2010 scientists cracked the riddle proving that the chicken came first. Well… in our case, the contents of the Winter Issue (our special "eggs") came first and the main topic (The indie side of design) only later on.
We just reverted the creative process, starting from the contents we really wanted to be part of the Winter Issue. We were looking for real indie projects to warm up the coldest season of the year with their energy, the one of the new beginnings.
We were looking for unconventional projects, unlimited curiosity for design and travel, unique design products to give you non-mainstream hints for Christmas shopping.
We scouted new creative businesses that intertwine craftsmanship and traditional design in a contemporary way, bringing together talents from the four corners of the world.
This new e-book is richer than the first one released on July 2016 and, although confirming its peculiar cosmopolitan approach and talent hunter character, it also provides you with plenty of practical tips and how-to-contents.
Flick through the pages of the new Issue and discover the indie, soulful side of design!
Cheers to the upcoming festive season.


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Since 1998, Aaron Rapoport, MD and his colleagues at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) have been conducting groundbreaking translational research using patient-derived T-cells to enhance immune recovery for blood cancers.
Through major clinical trials and collaborations with other centers, Dr. Rapoport demonstrated the potential for genetically engineered patient-derived immune cells to treat advanced and resistant forms of leukemia and lymphoma. This innovative form of cell therapy is now being applied to other types of cancers as well.
This type of pioneering research requires cell production, which can only be done in a Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) and Clean Room Facility. While construction is underway for a GMP and Clean Room Facility, your support is needed for the development of our Cell Therapy Program.
By making a gift, you will directly help our Cell Therapy Program become a thriving and self-sustaining operation. Most importantly, your support will ensure our team has the ability to continue their groundbreaking discoveries that will benefit countless people who seek innovative care for cancer and other degenerative diseases.


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As Halloween draws closer and closer, that peculiar urge for a good, genuine scare begins to tickle people's curiosity and impulses. Sure, the traditional "haunted houses" and more visited locations can be entertaining, but sometimes these places do not bring you the real, bone-chilling, skin-crawling feeling some might desire. So, for those who want to face an authentic, legitimate ghost, or so goes the word about the town, you can visit one of these haunted places. People have corroborated the tales with sightings and stories, but it's up to you to believe them. If the old-wives tales are true, then you are sure to be something not of this world.
Dell H. Robison Middle School – 825 Marion Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110
Various students that attend this school have made assertions that there is someone inhuman that roams the halls. They tell of a janitor that apparently used to work at this school. No one really knows the tale of the ghost of the janitor, but when he appears in the hallways, his hands are usually covered in blood. Rumors have it that the janitor also follows new students home after they have seen him, randomly appearing and disappearing along the way. The only way, supposedly, to remove the haunting is by attending church.
Fox Ridge Park – 420 Valle Verde Dr. Henderson, NV 89012
This is your typical picturesque park during the day. It is a nice place to sit and relax a while or to take your children to play. The night, however, brings out the uncanny nature of the park. As the rumors tell, the ghost of a young child is the most well-known of the various spirits that wander the park. Some say he walked out onto the street and was hit by a car; others say it was a drunk driver that took his innocent, premature life. He loves the swings. You can even swing next to him if you dare, but do not look at him or much less bother him. They say he will turn into a demon if you do and vanish. Unless you want to see that and risk the consequences, you probably should just leave him alone.
The Sandhill and Charleston Tunnels – Sandhill Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89110
It is said that the stretch of Sandhill Road between Sahara Ave. and Charleston Blvd. has some ghosts lurking below. There are flood tunnels beneath and supposedly you can hear voices of a man and a woman rumored to have been killed in the area. Also, there is ghost of an old lady, with seemingly no connection to the man and woman, sometimes chases drivers down the dirt roads of Sandhill and Sahara and disappears as soon as you leave her road.
Little Choo Choo Daycare – 3335 Wynn Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89101
This daycare is now closed and demolished; nonetheless, restless spirits are said to meander the area where it stood. The business terminated operations after the suicide of a teacher and the accidental death of a child at the daycare. It is said some spirits show up quickly and vanish; there has even been sightings of a small boy with a toy shovel digging in the dirt.
The Flamingo Hotel and Casino – 3555 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89109
This haunted hotel and casino has more history than the other haunted places. Benjamin "Bugsy' Siegel, one of the most infamous mobsters to this day, during his life invested in the Flamingo Hotel and Casino. He and his partners ran their operations and later opened the establishment to the public. It still stands on the strip today. Siegel was gunned down in Beverly Hills, California and his enemies rapidly took over the property and business. Good ol' Bugsy seems to have had a difficult time leave the premises.
So if you are in the Vegas area and you are feeling tough, check out one of these lovely places and test your true valor and beliefs. Happy Halloween!


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Media Kit
This media kit is for the media (obviously), booksellers, reading groups or anyone looking for information in a quick, easy-to-print format. Feel free to browse, look around and print what you need. Jack is always happy to talk.
Jack Messenger's Biography | Contact Information | Book Information | Promotion Information | Media Appearances | FAQs
Jack Messenger
Short Bio
Jack Messenger is a full-time novelist and freelance editor. After living in deepest France for eight years, he exchanged self-sufficiency in fruit and veg for a life of glamour and greyhounds in Nottingham, UK, and is thus more than qualified to write about culture shock and miscommunication. A life-long reader and writer, and a widely published author of non-fiction, Jack's fiction has been reviewed as 'compelling', 'fantastic', wonderful', 'serious' and 'engaging' by people who clearly know what they are talking about.
Long Bio
Jack Messenger was born in Baden-Baden in what was then West Germany. He spent most of his childhood in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire in the UK, and studied philosophy under the late, great Antony Flew at the University of Reading, where he received his degree. He immediately entered the publishing industry, first as an editor of children's books, then as an editor for a book-based charity and, finally, as an editor of academic books for Blackwell in Oxford, where he met his wife, Brigitte. He then became a freelance writer and editor for clients such as Berlitz, Blackwell, the Bookseller, Routledge, other writers, and various university presses. For Berlitz, he wrote travel guides to European cities such as Berlin, Bruges, Dublin and Ghent, and for New Holland Publishing he wrote a travel guide to Prague (all of which enabled him to have some fabulous holidays). Simultaneously, he was also editing and writing a range of books and materials for international aid agencies based in Geneva, which involved even more travelling. He and Brigitte then moved to Burgundy, France for a decade, where they ran the equivalent of a smallholding and became self-sufficient in fruit, veg and backache. Jack also learned to speak French. A bout of cancer, coupled with technological developments and a sudden desire for city life, led them back to the UK, where they live with their greyhounds in an award-winning development of eco-houses in Nottingham. Jack is now almost entirely taken up with writing fiction, for which he has been lucky enough to have received outstanding reviews (but precious little income). He also reviews fiction for his own blog and is a regular contributor to the Compulsive Reader and the Midwest Book Review.
Photos of Me
You are welcome to use these photos of me. If you click on an image below, it will pop-up a larger version. You can then click the Download This Image link to save the photo to your own computer.
For all media queries, event/booking information, review copy requests and any other questions, please contact Jack via this website's contact page or else
email: jackmessenger39[at]gmail[dot]com
phone: (0115) 9525512
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Jack Messenger's Books
Book Specs
AUTHOR: Jack Messenger
PUBLISHER: Greyhound Press
PUBLICATION: 10 April 2016
Book Specs
TITLE: Farewell Olympus
AUTHOR: Jack Messenger
PUBLISHER: Greyhound Press
PUBLICATION: 15 June 2018
RETAIL PRICE: £3.99 ebook £8.99 paperback
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Book Specs
TITLE: Take the Late Train
AUTHOR: Jack Messenger
PUBLISHER: Greyhound Press
PUBLICATION: 7 September 2018
RETAIL PRICE: £3.99 ebook £8.99 paperback
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TITLE: Noah's Arc
AUTHOR: Jack Messenger
PUBLISHER: Greyhound Press
PUBLICATION: 10 October 2018
RETAIL PRICE: £3.99 ebook £15.99 paperback
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Book Specs
TITLE: The Long Voyage Home
AUTHOR: Jack Messenger
PUBLISHER: Greyhound Press
PRESS RELEASE: Here
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Promotion Information
Whenever promoting a book, please link to https://jackmessengerwriter.com
When you post a review or promotion, please let me know so that I can add or link to your promotion from https://jackmessengerwriter.com.
Media Appearances
Interviews on Moorlands Radio, Radio Essex, SFM, BBC London, Siren FM and Future Radio
CONTINENTAL DRIFT: Fewer Britons dream of new life abroad thanks to UK heatwave
Laughter is the Best Medicine: How Writing Farewell Olympus Helped Beat Depression
Target Readers
My readers at present are overwhelmingly educated women – around seventy per cent, I'd say. They tend to have a social conscience and they read a great deal – the classics as well as contemporary literary fiction. They also like genre fiction, especially thrillers, mystery and crime, and also non-fiction – biographies and memoirs and interest-related books. They are people who purchase books online regularly (paperback and ereader). A subset of my readership comprises educated younger people.
Reader and Blogger Reviews
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I've always written ever since childhood and of course I have always read books. I was quite a solitary child, so for that reason I was thrown back onto my own resources. Books – and later on, films – became my natural home and my window on the world. Eventually, I started writing my own stories. English was my best subject at school by far. As an adult I have always worked in publishing, so you might say I have lived among books and writing all my life. I have a handful of Berlitz travel guides to my name, but for the last few years I have been writing fiction. Four American Tales was published a couple of years ago, and my novel Farewell Olympus is out now, with Take the Late Train, Noah's Arc and The Long Voyage Home hot on its heels. Today, I write because I feel I have to, it is part of me and it is something I can do reasonably well. And I see it as a personal contribution towards helping explain ourselves to ourselves, of widening our sympathies and understanding.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I've just published my novel Farewell Olympus. It's set in Paris and tells the story of a young man named Howard, whose ambitions for the sweet life are thrown into chaos by the unexpected arrival of his half-brother Eugene, whom he finds waiting for him on his doorstep. I've always like the idea of twins and opposites and how conflict can contain affection, even love, so that must have been some of my inspiration. Generally, however, like most writers, inspiration comes via hard work and unfolds day by day. I had the idea of someone turning up and ruining everything, and I quickly thought of Paris for some reason, so I wrote a few pages and that led me onwards and upwards to Olympus. There are elements of mystery and danger in the story that I had a lot of fun making ridiculous or farcical. It's a book very close to my heart and, I believe, the best thing I have written so far.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write with a goose quill dipped in snake venom.
What authors or books have influenced you?
Every book I've ever read has influenced me in some way. I think books are like experiences: we can't recall everything that's ever happened to us, but all of it made us what we are today. Authors I admire include Dickens, Vidal, Capote – there are hundreds.
What are you working on now?
Promoting Farewell Olympus is taking up all my time at present, but I am nourishing the idea for another novel about a stranger who comes to live in a small town and sets off conflicting reactions. That's about as far as I've got! It takes me ages to develop an idea.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
It's a marathon! Be true to your vision. Cooperate with other writers. Help others. Listen to advice but make up your own mind.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take three or four books with you, what would they be?
The Wine of Solitude by Irene Nemirovsky; War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy; Lincoln by Gore Vidal; O Pioneers by Willa Cather.
What is one thing that no one would usually know about you?
'I once played volleyball with the archbishop of Barcelona' is the first line of my novel Farewell Olympus. And I really did once play volleyball with the archbishop of Barcelona! But I never talk about it …
What did the best review you ever had say about you and your work?
I had a totally unexpected review from Mark Gordon, whose novel, The Snail's Castle, I greatly admire (read it!). Ages after I published Four American Tales, he put a short review on Amazon, which included this:
'Unerringly, the hues change from story to story, from the atmosphere of alienation in One Hundred Ways to Live, to the outlandish, satirical humour of Ballbusters on Parade, to the intersection of childhood memory and death in Uncle Mort. Messenger's language is precise, the right word, that gives you the feeling you are holding its weight in your palm, admiring its glint. These short stories, in my opinion, stand with the best in the form, and I would unhesitatingly place them on the same shelf with authors like Salinger and Carson McCullers.'
Phew! That really made my day, and I've been basking in the reflected glory ever since.
Are the names of your characters important to you?
Characters' names are extremely important, and I imagine they are for most authors. Think of your own name and how it is part of who you are; how it encapsulates a world of thought and feeling and experience for those who know you. Perhaps it is a name that has a long history and means something in particular; perhaps it comes from another country or from an ancient mythology.
We are rarely able to choose our own names, but authors can choose names for their characters that have associations and resonances which illuminate personality. I say 'authors can choose' but sometimes, in my experience at least, it's the characters who often choose their own names. In Four American Tales, Sweet Pea announced her name to me even before I began to write Wichega, while Uncle Mort is a play on words, as he dies in the first sentence of the story and, of course, 'mort' means death in French.
When I can, I like to use names I love in real life. Tony and Loulou are recurring names because they're my beloved greyhounds. So they often appear – if you read my novel Farewell Olympus, you'll find them there. I've always liked the name Eugene, and it's a name that Dickens used in Our Mutual Friend, so I was delighted when Eugene popped up in Farewell Olympus. It's just the way my mind works. Other writers have different minds!
How do you choose a title for your books?
Strangely, I often commence with a title idea and work from there. In the case of Noah's Arc, for example, once the central character became Noah and he had a story to tell, the title was obvious. Take the Late Train was harder. It started off as Painted Stations, which is a phrase from Stevenson's poem From a Railway Carriage, which describes painted stations as they whistle by. As the novel developed, however, the title didn't feel right. I had to come up with something that encompassed two important strands of the story: trains and jazz. Eventually, Take the Late Train occurred to me, because it sounds like Duke Ellington's Take the A Train. The Long Voyage Home is named after a John Ford film of the same name that I greatly admire. Farewell Olympus was a bewildering experience in many ways. Up until then I had always started with a title, or at least had the title very early on, and I spun the story out from there. That didn't happen this time and it made me extremely nervous: what was the story about and where would it end if I didn't know the title and what kind of book I was writing? So, for the many months it took to write, I worried and worried. I could think of lots of titles that were appropriate, but none of them really worked as titles or made me feel 'that's the one!' Then, when I came to the last page of writing, the title revealed itself. It was if it had been hiding all that time. I knew at once it was perfect. Finally, I could relax!
Do you think there is any elitism attached to the different genres of books, both in the fiction and non-fiction worlds?
It's pretty clear that there is, although nowhere near as much as there once was. There's been a revolution over the past twenty or thirty years in particular, as scholars and academics have taken genres of all kinds (not just literature) extremely seriously. And not only genre – popular culture in general. So genre writers no longer have to feel apologetic about what they do, and that's a good thing. Good writing is good writing no matter what the genre; a 'literary' novel can be a meandering mess and dull as ditchwater, while a crime novel can be beautiful and effortless and profound. I think it's only a diminishing clique of people who are terribly snobbish about all things popular. Such people have always been there, ever since the beginning of the modern publishing industry. Women, especially, were regarded as second-class writers in the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth simply because of their sex. Thankfully, that is rarely the case today.
Elitism these days is more about the divide between writers who are published by major publishers and who have literary agents, and writers who are independently published. But that, too, is changing rapidly, as many independent writers (fiction and non-fiction) are seen to succeed financially and artistically. Those who look down on them don't really understand what is going on.
What is the single biggest challenge you face when writing your books?
Plot! It always is. I get characters and situations and dialogue quite easily, but plot is hell. It's hell because it's hard work and also because, frankly, I am not interested in it. It's rather like loving somebody, but then being forced to take a course in biology to understand all about their supporting structure of bones and muscles and what have you. That structure is absolutely necessary of course, but knowing it in microscopic detail is not usually essential to one's love. I think of myself as writing literary fiction, which is more interested in the why of people and not the what of plot. That's the big difference – when there is one – between genre fiction and literary fiction. Great writers of literary or genre fiction blur the boundaries between the two, which is always interesting.
Do you have any hints or tips for aspiring writers?
Be yourself. Learn from everyone but don't be dictated to. There are plenty of 'experts' who will tell you to do this or that, that it's essential you write their way, that you must focus on x, y or z. Pay no attention. Be true to your vision. Follow where it leads. Only then will you come up with something worthwhile.
Are you jealous of other writers?
No. That's not to say I don't envy other writers' talents and what they have achieved. I wish I had their abilities. I am also pleased for them and grateful. It sometimes annoys me when everything falls into someone's lap simply because of who they are – a television celebrity I usually have never heard of can get a publishing deal just like that. But authors collaborate more and more, especially independently published authors, and I like that. We cooperate rather than compete. That is marvellous.
What was the most important thing you learned at school?
I knew no better at the time, but my senior school was pretty rough, so the most important thing I learned there was how to avoid violence. So I talked or joked my way out of nasty situations, which later stood me in good stead when I began to write. There was an awful lot of casual racism, homophobia and antisemitism at the school I am thinking of, so I was glad when I learned years later that it had been demolished!
Do you have a writing process? If so can you please describe it?
I suppose I do, but it's rather slow and unremarkable. First, I have to live with an idea for a long time before I am confident that I can write about it. I tend to come up with a lot of half-baked ideas, so I am extremely wary. Once I know I have the idea I need, I start to write and see where it leads. Beginnings are important for setting the tone and point of view etc., so I spend an awful lot of time trying to get it exactly right. If it is right, the book grows from there.
Do you outline? If so, do you do so extensively or just chapter headings and a couple of sentences?
I have never been able to outline or plan ahead or know exactly what to do beforehand. I admire authors who can do that but, for me, it is the death of creativity. As I write, incidents and scenes come to mind and I write them more or less in chronological order. When the time is right, the book reaches its end. On Farewell Olympus, I was aiming for around 50,000 words and ten chapters. I got the ten chapters but they came in at around 65,000 words. That was the extent of my planning.
Do you edit as you go or wait until you've finished?
I edit as I go along, and I constanty reread in order to correct and improve. It's hard for me to progress if I think what I have already done is not as good as I can get it. I must have read Farewell Olympus a hundred times while writing it, which means my first draft is more or less my last draft by the time it's finished. I don't hold with those who say just keep writing even if it's a load of rubbish. Something that really is a load of rubbish is likely to remain a load of rubbish, in my view. One often hears that one should never go back to read what one has written until one has finished, but I don't hold with that either. Going back ad nauseam is part of my process.
Do you hire a professional editor?
Fortunately, I am a professional editor! And so is my wife. So that saves time and money. Otherwise, I would definitely hire a copyeditor – it is a grave error not to. I review books, and I can tell you that the ones full of errors don't get reviewed.
Describe your desk
It's a big wooden dining table that we bought in France . The table is far too big for our small house, but it would be such hard work getting it out the door that I think we're stuck with it. I just have my Mac computer on it, plus a coaster for my mug of tea or coffee, and my spectacles case. My wife, Brigitte, works on the other side of the table, so we share our thoughts and emails from time to time. Her presence helps me concentrate. Strangely enough, if I am on my own I spend far too much time staring out the window.
Do you listen to music while you write? If yes, what gets the fingers tapping?
No, I have to have absolute quiet, which can be difficult living in a city.
Do you get your book covers professionally done or do you do them yourself?
The majority of amateur covers look awful. I have a friend named Dave Pettit who is a professional designer. He's worked on all sorts of campaigns for major retailers and what have you. He now teaches design at a university. So he designed the covers for two of my books for free. I am lucky. The covers Dave came up with really zing. I designed the other covers myself, and I flatter myself they look great, but I do have some kind of eye for design. Off-the-shelf designs all look the same. Speaking as a reader and reviewer, copyediting and covers are important for creating the right impression. You can't cut corners and hope no one will notice. They will. Besides, why give up the marketing potential of an excellent cover?
Do you prefer writing novels or short stories?
I love writing both. Sometimes I'll think I have an idea for a novel but then it doesn't have the legs and it comes out as a short story. After writing a few short stories on the trot, I start thinking it's about time I wrote something longer, but then I might have to wait for an idea to develop for a novel – which is how I came to write Farewell Olympus. Short stories and novels make entirely different demands on a writer and a reader. I'm not one of those writers who think the short story is somehow a higher form of art because you simply can't hide your errors in something that's quite short. That may be true, but the novel requires such mental stamina and such care that it's so much easier to make a mistake – often, a huge mistake – in a novel than it is in a short story. It's like running a marathon as opposed to a sprint: neither is superior to the other, both are hard to do, both require dedication and both have their powerful attractions.
Much of your work could be described as historical literary fiction. Do you agree?
Yes, to an extent. A lot of my writing is set in the not-too-distant past. I don't think I could ever set something before the twentieth century, for example. I feel at home in the present and in the twentieth century because my life straddles the two centuries and so much of what I know was learned in the twentieth, at a time when British society was much more interested and committed than it is now in reflecting upon itself and encouraging a sense of cultural and intellectual community.
Who are your readers?
Interestingly, they are overwhelmingly women – around seventy per cent, I'd say. They tend to be educated and with a social conscience and they read a great deal – the classics as well as contemporary literary fiction. They also like genre fiction, especially thrillers, mystery and crime, and also non-fiction – biographies and memoirs and interest-related books.


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Call for Media: Rosetta's comet rendezvous
On 6 August, after a decade-long journey through space, ESA's Rosetta will become the first spacecraft in history to rendezvous with a comet. Members of the media are invited to join ESA at its European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, to mark this momentous occasion.
Since its launch from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on 2 March 2004, Rosetta has travelled more than six billion kilometres, passing by Earth three times and Mars once, and flying past two asteroids.
For the most distant part of the journey, when it travelled out to the orbit of Jupiter, Rosetta was put into deep-space hibernation for 31 months, waking up on 20 January 2014 for the final leg of its epic journey to Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Now, with less than 10 000 km to go, Rosetta is preparing to arrive at its destination.
After rendezvous on 6 August, Rosetta will accompany the comet around the Sun and as it moves back out towards the orbit of Jupiter. The lander, Philae, will be delivered to the comet's surface in November 2014.
The media are invited to join ESA's science and mission control experts and partners on Wednesday 6 August, from 09:30 CEST, at ESA's Operations Centre for the day-long event celebrating the arrival and presenting the latest, high-resolution images of the comet's nucleus.
Draft programme
(Subject to change)
09:30 Doors open at ESOC H-building (1st floor)
10:00 Welcome, by Thomas Reiter, ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight and Mission Operations and Head of the European Space Operations Centre, ESOC
10:05–10:45 Addresses by:
– ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain
– Parliamentary State Secretary Brigitte Zypries, Air and Space Coordinator for the German Federal Government (BMWE)
– Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the DLR German Aerospace Center
– Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of the French space agency, CNES
– Roberto Battiston, President of the Italian space agency, ASI (TBC)
– Alvaro Giménez, ESA's Director of Science and Robotic Exploration
10:45–11:25 First scientific findings and images from Rosetta's approach:
– Matt Taylor, ESA Rosetta mission scientist
– Holger Sierks, MPS Göttingen, Germany (PI, OSIRIS instrument)
– Samuel Gulkis, NASA JPL, Pasadena, USA (PI, MIRO instrument)
– Fabrizio Capaccioni, INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy (PI, VIRTIS instrument)
11:25–12:00 Mission operations and expected arrival at the comet
– Paolo Ferri, Head of Mission Operations Dept., ESA, Darmstadt
– Andrea Accomazzo, ESA Rosetta Flight Director
– Sylvain Lodiot, ESA Rosetta Spacecraft Operations Manager
– Frank Budnik, ESA Rosetta Flight Dynamics expert
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Press briefing at the new Media Centre, ESOC H building, (Ground floor)
– Moderated interactive session with Rosetta scientists and mission experts to set the scene for upcoming science operations and preparations for the landing
– Presentation of the latest high-resolution image of the comet
14:30 Q & A for media representatives
15:00 End of event, Media Centre closes
Media registration
Please register by 1 August at:
Directions to ESOC: http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESOC/Getting_to_ESOC
The press briefings will be live-streamed at www.esa.int/rosetta and www.livestream.com/eurospaceagency.
ESA TV productions are made available via: http://television.esa.int
Comet rendezvous on social media
Join the conversation on Twitter using #RosettaAreWeThereYet, and our ESA spacecraft Twitter account @ESA_Rosetta will tell you how much further it is to the comet. Of course, @ESA_Rosetta will also announce when arrival has been confirmed on 6 August.
Members of the public are also invited to join in the celebrations by taking part in the "Rosetta, are we there yet?" photo contest for the chance to win a VIP trip to ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt for the first-ever landing on a comet, in November 2014.
The competition is open now and will accept entries until 07:00 GMT (09:00 CEST) on 6 August. The voting period will begin once Rosetta's arrival at the comet is confirmed. Full details of the competition: esa.int/RosettaAreWeThereYet
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Keeping The Ball Rolling
In 2009, we received some amazing news from the federal government…Friendship Circle was the recipient of a $1,000,000 grant!
Upon receipt of the grant, we dove head-first into planning our new programs. We contacted Adam Brode (longtime supporter and amazing therapist) from The PLAY Project. Together with Adam, we have been training 100 teen volunteers on how to successfully integrate Play Therapy techniques while interacting with their buddy.
In addition, 5 teens were chosen to undergo a more focused Play Therapy training, where they were trained as if they were up and coming play therapists.
This program has yielded unbelievable results. Our kids are benefiting, we are promoting the education of our teens and the parents LOVE it.
In 2009, we also broke the record for most funds raised in Walk4Friendship! In the worst economic climate, our community bonded together and raised $440,000 for our 2009-2010 school year. To say we were blown away is an understatement!
This year, we enter our 15th year of operation (and 5th year since the grand opening of LifeTown). Time has passed and now we are watching our "kids" turn into teens and young adults.
In order to evolve our programs with our growing kids, we are launching a brand new summer camp for teens and adults with special needs. This camp will be focused on cultivating life skills such as cooking, exercising and more.
We are also planning to plant and maintain an organic vegetable garden. Our teens and adults will be doing all the gardening work, harvesting the vegetables and then learning cooking skills with the veggies they grew. So cool, right?
2009 has been an unreal success for Friendship Circle. And so far, 2010 is following swiftly in its footsteps. But I have to be honest, 2011 presents a large problem for us. Our $1,000,000 grant ends in Fall of 2011. So rather than wait for that gloomy day to arrive, Friendship Circle decided to start working now to ensure our programs can maintain their integrity and grow along with our kids.
That is why the Walk4Friendship 2010 fundraising goal is…(drum roll please)…$750,000!
We must raise $1,000,000 by 2011 to maintain this momentum from 2009. We can do this! If you haven't already, take a visit to www.Walk4Friendship.com and learn about our new fundraising initiatives.
We showed the world our unity in the Chase Community Giving Challenge and the 2009 Walk4Friendship. And even in the face of the grant running out, I have nothing but optimism for another successful year!


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Stocks Ended Slightly Higher, but the Energy Sector Fell Again
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 13.96 points or 0.08% at 18,100.41, while the NASDAQ Composite Index was up 8.72 points or 0.17% at 5,218.86 and the S&P 500 was up 1.64 points or 0.08% to close closing at a new high at 2,128.28.
On Wall Street, stocks achieved gains during trading on Monday after knowing the results of Morgan Stanley, while Greece's banks reopened and recovered relatively to a calmer situation.
Looking at the S&P 500, the best-performing sector was Technology (0.46%) while the worst-performing sector was Energy (-1.29%).
PayPal (PYPL) began trading as its own public company on the Nasdaq.
PayPal's operations will leave behind eBay's bureaucracy and can focus on new business opportunities in the e-commerce industry.
After-Hours Movers. Shares of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) are down more than 5% in after-hours after the company beat earnings estimates but missed revenue expectations. Investors should keep an eye on the tech giant in tomorrow's trading session.
Bulls and Bears of the Day. Today's biggest stock gainers were:
- Hasbro Inc (HAS): +6.26%
- Teradata Corp (TDC): +3.45%
- Facebook Inc (FB): +3.10%
- Priceline Group Inc (PCLN): +2.62%
- Vulcan Materials (VMC): +2.57%
On the other hand, the losers of the day were:
- Newmont Mining Corp (NEM): -12.23%
- Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK): -6.12%
- Micron Technology Inc (MU): -6.11%
- Southwestern Energy Co (SWN): -5.94%
- CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF): -5.69%
World Stock Markets. In overseas trading, European markets have started the week in green territory, with shares in Spain leading the region. At the close of the session, the Spain's Ibex 35 wins 0.66% to 11556.10 points. Meanwhile, other European markets rise 0.40 % on average. The France's CAC 40 index edged up by 0.35% to 5,142.49, the U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index added 0.2% to 6,788.69and the Germany's DAX 30 index has climbed 0.53% to 11,735.72.
Meanwhile, Asian markets ended mixed. China's Shanghai Composite is up 0.9%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.04%. Among the other Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei is closed for public holidays (observance of Marine Day).
Other Markets. In the bond market, the 30-year Treasury yield finished at 3.10% and the 10-year Treasury yield closed at 2.37%.
In commodity markets, gold prices fell by 1.0% and continued their downward trend, hitting a five-year low, to $1,095.70 a troy ounce and the spot price of silver fell 0.8% to $14.64 while crude oil prices fell 0.42% to $49.94.
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In these moments of intense political philosophizing, when his eyes begin to flash almost menacingly, it seems certain that Sanders believes he was put on this Earth to fight the good fight, to unerringly revere every letter of the law. Former President Richard Nixon, whom Sanders tried to eject from office while a Common Cause organizer during Watergate, is the poster child of all that Sanders reviles about a corrupted republic. When Sanders witnesses what he considers a subversion of democracy, he becomes personally insulted.
It is precisely this combination of righteousness and faith in civic virtue that prompted the 59-year-old lawyer to sue the state of California five years ago when he became convinced that something untoward was happening with the way state lawmakers were spending money from a special, voter-approved tax on cigarettes.
When he filed his suit, Sanders did not know he would stumble upon damning evidence of a secret tobacco industry plan to subvert the law and protect its lucrative California market.
The scheme was born in 1988, when public health and anti-smoking groups -- frustrated that they had been unable to get any sort of cigarette tax through the state Legislature -- went straight to the voters with Proposition 99, an initiative to raise the price of a pack of cigarettes by 25 cents. The tax was expected to generate almost $1.5 billion in its first year, and the money would be earmarked for various things, including smoking-related medical care and tobacco research. A substantial chunk of the money would go toward a public education campaign. Voters approved Prop. 99, and the state of California was poised, for the first time, to launch a well-funded advertising blitz aimed at persuading people not to smoke.
Terrified that taxpayer money was about to be spent on an aggressive advertising campaign that would drive away its customers, the tobacco industry launched a secret plan -- dubbed "Project California" in one internal tobacco industry memo -- to gut the public education program. The tobacco industry set out to ensure that as much of the money as possible would be diverted from the education campaign to medical programs that, while commendable, posed no threat to the industry's bottom line.
For more than five years, with the help of Govs. George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson and Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, the industry's scheme was partially successful. Compliant state lawmakers took about $140 million in cigarette tax money that should have gone to the anti-smoking campaign, and diverted it to other uses.
Sanders and many anti-smoking activists say the diversions were illegal, and so far one court has agreed in part. Sanders' lawsuit is still pending, and he argues that the diversions were a corruption of public will, driven by tobacco money and duplicitous behind-the-scenes maneuvering. To this day, Sanders is still trying to make the state put the money back into anti-smoking education, arguing that state politicians, fed on tobacco campaign contributions, violated the California Constitution when they rerouted the tens of millions of dollars.
In the course of the lawsuit, Sanders has managed to amass some compelling evidence for his case, much in the form of once-secret industry memos. With great stealth and political savvy, the documents show, the tobacco industry was able to strike alliances, dole out campaign money, pressure lawmakers, and partially undo the will of the voters, all in an effort to keep people smoking.
Big Tobacco's political fortunes have plummeted dramatically in the 11 years since California voters approved Prop. 99. Back then, the public had yet to see secret industry documents on the health hazards of smoking. There had been no incriminating congressional hearings aired on national television, in which the leaders of the nation's largest tobacco firms made fools of themselves by swearing under oath, one by one, that they did not believe nicotine was addictive.
The tobacco industry had lost no major lawsuits filed by ill smokers or the families of dead ones. There were few signs that, within a decade, tobacco would become Public Health Enemy No. 1, with state and federal governments filing multibillion-dollar lawsuits against the industry to recover medical costs. Or that the tobacco wars would spawn a popular movie like the recently released The Insider.
Back then, politicians still accepted hefty tobacco campaign contributions without apology, and the political clout of the industry's lobbyists ranked up there with the National Rifle Association.
By virtue of its size, California was one of tobacco's largest and most important markets - a "bellwether state," as tobacco industry executives described it in a memo. And the industry had been quite successful at protecting its interests in the Golden State.
In the 21 years before Prop. 99 was put to the voters, more than 30 bills were introduced in the state Legislature to increase tobacco taxes, and every one was shot down. By 1986, every state in the union had increased its tobacco taxes at least once since the 1960s -- except Virginia and California.
In 1987, state Assemblyman Lloyd Connelly of Sacramento tried again, introducing legislation that contained most of the provisions that would later become Prop. 99. The bill died instantly in an Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee meeting when Connelly could not recruit even one additional supporter for it, recalls John Miller, a former legislative staffer. "That's how solidly the industry owned the Legislature," Miller says.
Frustrated by the fire wall that tobacco had built in the Statehouse, a group called the Coalition for a Healthy California -- comprised of the state's major public health and medical organizations such as the American Lung Association and the California Medical Association -- converted Connelly's bill into an initiative and gathered enough signatures to put it on the ballot in November 1988.


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"Virtually all of Israel is now speaking in one voice against the Goldstone report, against any attempt to blame us over the war in Gaza. We've honed our message to a sharp point and, inspired by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's performance at the UN, we're delivering it with just the right tone of outrage: How dare anyone deny us the right to self-defense! How dare anyone deny us the right to fight back against terrorism....Here is our idea of the "laws of war": When Israeli bulldozers rolled across the border into Gazan villages and flattened house after house so Hamas wouldn't have them for cover after the IDF pulled out, that was self-defense. But if a Palestinian boy who'd lived in one of those houses threw a stone at one of the bulldozers, that was terrorism....The Goldstones of the world call this hypocrisy, a double standard. How dare they! Around here, we call it moral clarity."Click here to read the full article. In other Gaza accountability news, students at the University of Chicago protested a speech by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Several students disrupted the speech itself, with one student shouting out "war crimes are not free expression" and another presenting a list of names of those killed during Israel's December-January attacks on the Gaza Strip. The protest was covered by many Israeli media outlets, including Ha'aretz. Click here to read the full report from the Electronic Intifada, and watch video of the protest below: Unfortunately, U.S. policy continues to support Israeli occupation and apartheid. Help us raise voices against U.S. complicity in war crimes committed against Palestinians in Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank. Click here to sign up as a local organizer in your community to oppose U.S. military aid to Israel or carry out boycott and divestment campaigns against Israeli occupation and apartheid. Click here to help sustain the work of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
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I'm turning an elm log that's about 11" in diameter (longest measurement) into an urn.
Does anyone have any pointers for rounding it out? I centered it pretty well but decided to give it some time before diving in. I rested the log on a 2×4 to take some of the weight off of my lathe, so no rush there. I assume it's just going to take a whole lot of very slow turning for a while?
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#1 posted 08-30-2016 11:53 AM
Take the bark off first using a chisel. Dirt, sand, and other stuff gets into the bark and will quickly dull your tools. Additionally, the flying bark hurts so be sure to wear the proper protection. Bark comes off in chunks. Be careful in the hollowing process. Remember the grain orientation. Above all else, wear the proper protection, take your time, and have fun.
-- It may not be pretty...but it's functional.
#2 posted 08-30-2016 02:05 PM
I would take a axe to it and remove most of the bark. Hope your lathe has enough power to lathe that diameter, Stand to one side as you hit the start button. Make sure the live center is drilled well in so there is no chance of it tearing out.
-- Brian - Hazelton, British Columbia
#3 posted 08-30-2016 04:40 PM
He has a good point about power. I have no lathe experience, but that looks like a bad idea.
#4 posted 08-30-2016 05:56 PM
To me that seems like a big piece of wood for that small of a lathe. IMHO, At the very least it will definitely give that lathe some wear and tear. You will be doing the lathe a lot of good if you try to get it balanced as well as possible. If it were me I wouldn't want to turn it on that lathe. I have some experience on a lathe but am certainly not an advanced turner, nor am I a bowl turner. Best of luck to you and don't get in a hurry.
helluvawreck aka Charles
-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com
#5 posted 08-30-2016 07:39 PM
I have turned a number of large pieces on my scrap iron lathe that I recently posted and even with it there is allot of shaking going on. I have a 1 hp motor and with the larger diameters it easy to stall it out. But if its well bolted down and you have a slow enough speed one can always try to start it and turn it off quickly if it wants to jump off the table. The heavy part turns to the bottom so you can trim some of it off before you flip the switch. Will be interested to know how you make out.
-- Brian - Hazelton, British Columbia
#6 posted 08-30-2016 07:41 PM
I'd just sharpen my spindle roughing gouge or bowl gouge, clamp or bolt that lathe to the bench, turn the speed ALL the way down, put a face shield on, make sure the tool rest and tailstock clamps were tight and secure.
Then, I'd rough that baby out. It's not so much that it doesn't have power, although that's probably a factor here, it's that you have a large out of balance piece of wood on a small lightweight lathe, and quite possibly a lack of experience.
The biggest factor is whether you know the difference between a scraping cut and a shearing cut. Scrape it and you'll beat yourself to death.
-- Jim, Georgia, USA
#7 posted 08-31-2016 02:17 PM
It looks relatively round at a glance but with that much mass it is still likely to jump all over the place until it is perfectly balanced so you'll obviously have to start at your lowest speed, which at that diameter might still be too fast since the lathe is probably not intended for something that massive. Since you may not be able to get your tool rest under the piece until it is smaller in diameter, it may be pretty tough getting it balanced. Wear a face mask because chunks are going to fly everywhere.
Just looking at the chisels you have in your pictures, it doesn't look like you have the right tools for the the job either. I have the same set of cheap spindle turning tools you have leaning up against the wall and I tried to use the roughing gouge once to strip the bark and round a fairly large log. While doing that, I got a catch on a knot hidden under the bark and it bent the heck out of it—scared me straight. The tang is just too wimpy for this sort of work. A large bowl gouge is probably the tool I would use to rough and round it. Also, you should never use spindle gouges for bowls and hollow forms—very dangerous. You'll need some pretty substantial bowl gouges or some long handled carbide gouges or hollowing tools to get in there safely. If you have never used a bowl gouge before, I don't recommend you try this for the first time on this piece.
Your tool rest is probably too short too. You need to be able to have the tools supported as close to the end as possible which is going to be tough while hollowing such a long piece on such a small lathe and tool rest. I would also use a face plate to mount this sucker. You will need that or a big chuck to hold it while hollowing since you can't have the tail stock in place for a significant part of the hollowing process.
I recommend that you experiment on some smaller pieces first. Just be careful.
-- Nathan, TX -- Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
#8 posted 08-31-2016 03:19 PM
I would avoid setting lathe speed to; L for leap, D for drag, R for race, or P for pass! That's all I know.
Good luck with it!
-- Bill
#9 posted 08-31-2016 03:47 PM
I wouldn't be bragging …..until it is turned into something …........LOL
-- Tony---- Reinholds,Pa.------ REMEMBER TO ALWAYS HAVE FUN
#10 posted 08-31-2016 04:10 PM
Thanks everyone for all your tips and info!
I think it should be pointed out that the chisels in that picture are super cheap and I don't use them anymore. The stand in the picture was one of the first things I've made many moons ago so I like to keep it close by. I have a much better set that I use for turning.
I centered it fairly well I think, it doesn't wobble if I keep it at a slower speed, and if I just give it a little push it spins on its own for quite some time without the lathe being on. My current attack plan is to have my lathe set on about 140-60 rpm and use my big bowl gouge and just go as slow as possible. My longer tool rest is still packed up somewhere, so that will be rectified soon :). I haven't bothered with it yet since I can't fit the rest underneath the log anyway. When I get enough cleaned up I'm going to make my tenon, flip the log and continue truing up the rest of the log.
If the size becomes more of a problem I will probably take an axe or chisel to it to try and take some outside volume off. It only has one knot spot that really worries me (seen in the first pic), I'm hoping slow and steady will win the race.
Side question: Is there a better way to hold the log in place than with a tenon? I've seen jigs where people screw directly into the wood but I don't have one. Any recommendations would be appreciated!
#11 posted 08-31-2016 08:12 PM
You can use the screw that came with chuck and tailstock support. If log too long for using chuck & screw just use faceplate & screws with tailstock support. Just don't use wood or dryway screws, sheet metal screws work the best.
If were me would use a forstner bit to drill a hole/recess in one end so log to fit my chuck. I would mount my chuck into the log off the lathe, then mount log/chuck on the lathe then bring up the tailstock.
You could trim the log lot better with an electric chain saw so toolrest will work. I bought this one last year to replace one that I wore out for triming blanks. This is first electric I have that doesn't have a plastic socket. They also have cordless version but have no info on that one. You can find a lot of inexpensive electric chain saws for less than $50 designed for light duty work. Take your time and will find pretty safe verus high powered gas models.
I prefer to use my two prong drive center with tailstock support for roughing out logs. Reason being once get the bark & high spots turned away can decide whether want a recess or tenon, and some Idea on design look at what the wood is telling me!
-- Bill
#12 posted 08-31-2016 11:18 PM
Go for it, but set up the video camera first ;) Honestly? I would do it. I've done a lot of things on my 10" Shop Fox I probably shouldn't have, but if you take it slow, small cuts, it'll get there. I've also done things on the Nova that's made it walk around the garage, but no risk, no reward. Wear the shield.
-- Scott, Irmo SC
#13 posted 09-01-2016 01:30 AM
DRAT! I encountered my first potential game-stopper… The log is a bit wetter than I had thought :/.
I'm planning on continuing to make the basic shapes/hollowing it out, but leaving a good inch/half-inch to play with on all sides… Then I guess letting it sit for a month :/... I have heard of a few ways of accelerating the drying process, but one in particular stood out to me. What are your thoughts?
The process I heard of is putting the piece in boiling water for a few minutes, then submerging the piece in alcohol. The theory, as I understand it, is that the alcohol would force the water from the wood. After that, the alcohol dries on its own fairly quickly?...
#14 posted 09-01-2016 10:38 AM
Think you might want to do some reading on both alcohol and boiling procedures as well as other drying methods. Both boiling & alcohol procedures as well as other methods require rough turning first.
You don't say whether end sealed your logs and may well be to late to do it now don't know but I always end seal as I process a log. Remember water leaves end of a log twelve time faster from the end than sides! Wood drying to fast creates an imbalance which leads to checking & splitting.
Well go luck with it!
-- Bill
#15 posted 09-01-2016 01:25 PM
Oh yes, tons to read up on for that method. I've only seen it done once in a video and it was a pretty basic example w/out specifics.
Thanks for the link, I'll dive into it right now!
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|Wed, Jan 30 2008
|The Thin Difference
You look thinner.
You mean I looked fatter?
The math wizes would say its the same thing.
Freud would say its the opposite.
Ha Hevdel Ha Dak
|Mon, Dec 03 2007
|Who Are You
How do you know what you know?
How do you know math?
How do you know English?
How do you know Drums?
Where does your name come from?
How do you like your Music?
How do you know about the swimming pool in the middle
of the water at Gordon bay?
|Tue, Oct 09 2007
|Heisenberg and Prokofiev
Each sees their own image of reality.
One sees facts and mathematical proofs
that show that the reality of the other is elsewhere.
The other sees emotions and perceptions.
And what kind of bird are You - said duck - if you can't swim.
|Sun, Jul 15 2007
Gauss was six years old when,
one day the teacher was fed up
with the paper airplanes, so she told the kids to
add up all the numbers from one to a hundred
while she is going out for coffee.
5050, he said, before she left for the door.
How did you know? she panicked.
Its simple really:
Add the first to the last, you get 101.
Add 99 to 2, still 101.
Add 98 to 3...
Add all the way to 50+51.
Counting 50 times 101 in all.
1+ 2 + 3 +...+ n = n*(n+1)/2
|Fri, Jul 13 2007
|The Origin of Racism
A true disbeleiving Jew can mathematically prove the Protocols of Zion from The Origin of Species.
|Fri, Jul 13 2007
His true genious was to connect mathematics and reality,
by prooving and classifying from reality,
the true axioms of mathematics.
In math, we first take axioms for granted to be true.
If we use a system of logic where the axioms are not true,
then the system can only be used for teaching logic:
What is true then, in an axiom, if we can not proove it is true,
to make it different from the axioms that lead to
no Aristotelian logic constructs that we will ever use?
This is in fact the difference. They pertain to reality,
and Gauss has shown us that,
through mathematics.
In complexity theory -
a field in computer science theory that deals with
the complexisty of computer programs -
there is this set of very complex problems called
NP complete.
These are defined by means of a concept called Reduction.
A reduction is a logical transofrmation of one problem
to another.
If one can reduce problem A to problem B,
then B must be a harder problem or equal,
and if B were soleved,
then A is considered solved,
because it is reducible to a solved problem.
Computer science theorist have collected a large set
of such problems, showing reductions in both directions,
thereby establishing equivalence of the problems,
without ever solving any.
They are too complex, probably, to be actually solved.
But if one is ever solved in the future,
then automatically all others are solved too.
From a theoritical standpoint,
this concept is very powerful.
A world of logic consturcts with many reductions
after long research, has been built,
atop a foundation yet to be discovered.
Reduction is a mathematical construct, not just a concept.
It is a methemtical description of what logically
constitutes what is termed by this, and proof
of why it is logically correct.
Gauss connects math to reality. It is implied
by looking at his conclusions from the mathematical point
of view of reductions, and follow aristotelian logic.
The primary concept is obvious:
Reality can be counted,
and pure mathematical deductions can be drawn.
But if a certain demographic of reality can be
prooven statistically to be correct,
whereas we know this fact also to be correct
from other observations of reality,
then we can take the statistical conlusion from Gauss
to be inhetrently correct, because we know it to be true
from other sources.
This being the case we start a process of reduction
that will in the end up saying the follwing:
The axioms are prooven to be true, (in as far as reality is true,)
in all cases where the conclusions regarding reality,
which we otherwise know to be true somehow,
where the axioms are used in mathematically
arriving at the same known conclusion.
The details of the reduction process itself are not important
in this case, but it is worth noting
that the same can probably be prooven
by other means, even though mathematical proofs
in general do not necesserily work if you reverse
the order of deduction.
"A prooves B" does not necessarily imply "B prooves A",
and so a reversal may or may not be logically correct.
In other words, Gauss has classified the axioms
of mathematics that were used for prooving the central
limit theorem as correct.
The axiom, and the thorem are equivalent,
to the extent that conclusions from the theorem,
can be shown from other means to be correct.
For example, if election poles match statistical predictions,
then it is proof that A+B always equals B+A.
|Fri, Jul 13 2007
The blending function is that which takes an apple
and turns it into apple juice.
You can also use the blending function on strawberries
and get strawberry juice.
But you can't blend oranges.
For clarity, we will call this function "blended()".
We use parenthesis, (brackets),
to show that a function acted on something
by writing like this:
and then we can write down the result:
blended(apple) = appleJuice
blended(x) = xJuice
but only if x is in the universe where blended() operates.
the function:
double(x) = 2x
can be drawn easily on paper:
Make a horizontal line from one side of the paper to the other.
Divide it into 21 parts by drawing short vertical lines
across the line, and number them from -10 to 10.
Lets call this drawing "The X axis".
The Y axis is vertical, and is otherwise the same.
Once you draw it, we call the drawing, "The Axis System".
If X is 5, than double(x) is 10,
so we draw a dot above the 5 on the X axis, (where x=5),
at the height where y=10.
double(-6) = -12 and is not on the paper,
so we draw all the dots from x equals -5 to 5,
and connect the dots with a ruler.
Together with the axes, we call this drawing now:
"The graph of y = 2x".
What would you blend to get absolutely nothing?
Well, if you put nothing in, you'll get nothing back,
that's for sure.
But is it that obvious that you cannot put a few ingredients
that would cancel each other out and you'll still get nothing.
For example if you put in the blender
matter and anti matter in just the right quantities?
The root of a function is the value of X where the value of Y is zero.
So at least one root of blended() is also zero.
Finding the root of a function is like solving an equation:
blended(x) = nothing.
What is x?
y = double(x)
what is X if y is zero?
y = 2x
0 = 2x
2x = 0
x = 0
But with the function:
y = 2x - 2
the root is 1.
So what is the root of y = x*x?
y = x*x -4 ?
2, right.
Well if we look carefully, -2 is also a root of this function.
The equation:
square(x) - 4 = 0
Is the equation to find the root of the function:
y = square(x) - 4
If in an function definition x is squared,
but no higher powers are there,
we call the function a Quadratic function,
and the equation a Quadratic equation.
I you draw the line of the function, the roots of the equation
are those where y=0, or when the line crosses the X axis.
We also use letters for the numbers in the definition itself,
and not to be confused with the numbers from the axes,
we take the letters A,B and C for the Constants in the equation,
and X,Y for the variable numbers from the axes
we originally marked X and Y in our drawing of the graph.
y = a*sqaure(x) + b*x + c
The quadratic equation to find the roots of
the quadratic function is:
a*sqaure(x) + b*x + c = 0
If all this down to earth mathematics
was a bit stressful,
remember at least that quadratic is not Quadruped,
nor Aquatic, which is more on the Oceanic side,
that math can predict the future,
that the suns will rise tomorrow,
in a galaxy, far, far, away....
Keep Up the Good Work.
|Wed, Dec 06 2006
Three years of irrelevant truths.
Ten years later,
Kathleen Turner reaches forty and teaches you that
the university was in highschool,
so you start studying politics.
Its really all about communication and psychology,
and that, nobody knows,
so you study evolution in animals for eight years,
and then you are happy for some lingering memories
of a small collection of irrelevant truths called math.
|Wed, May 24 2006
|Video Processing - TAU
Short association break in the flow,
(and yes, I know it doesn't seem like flow to you just yet):
I just remembered in accuracy the event where another student caught a professor
in a mistake, it was hilarious, it went like this:
the students said, "you are wrong, because this and that, etc"
the professor, being very smart and quick, immediately replied,
"you are right of course, I had just thought of it three seconds before you said it",
the student, most instinctively replied
"and I thought of it six seconds before I said it"
almost as if saying,
"get real, we're all mathematicians here,
Freud doesn't count or knows how to,
only numbers do"
and every student in class was literally laughing out loud, and so was the professor.
incidentally, this was also in the first semester, when none of us can
be even thought to be named mathematician later in life,
so the entire conversation was in fact totally Freudian.
anyway, where was I:
|Wed, May 24 2006
|Video Processing - Heisenberg take 2
Turns out it takes ages of CPU time to compress and decompress the files,
as compared with the near zero amount of work done by most filters.
So it goes like this, (Tir'eh):
you can due a step, saving a new file with just the resizing stage done,
which will take about 2 hours of cpu time, and once you got this part
over with, you are safe past that stage and can continue to the next, You do the math.
Heisenberg said:
You will grow old before your computer does, and die at young age of hunger so don't argue with me, please,
it can be fatal.
of course, if you have a culture of your own like I do,
you do argue of course,
and end up being convinced anyway,
after a long period of still excruciating mental pain,
when you don't have time to eat,
and later when you wake up from this nightmare
you smile and say:
"Yeah, but look how much more I know now"


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On Tuesday 5th December, Year 8 went on a reward trip to the amazing Theatre Royal to watch Peter Pan, this year's pantomime. Peter Pan was played by the brilliant (and very funny) Danny Adams, who is the star of the Theatre Royal pantomime every Christmas.
The story follows the children, Peter Pan and the magical fairy Tinkerbell on their wondrous journey across the magical realm of Neverland. They encounter the evil Captain Hook (and we also meet his crocodile enemy thanks to some very special effects!).
The pantomime featured many amazing stunts including jumping over fire, limbo and an amazing water-tank stunt. This involved Peter climbing into a tank full of water and being locked in there. Then, in a flash of light he was gone!
The whole performance was thoroughly enjoyed by all pupils. This was due to many different reasons including the hilarious comedy, amazing action and dramatic performance. It's not to be missed!
By Alfie and Dan (Year 8)