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SubjectRe: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable
Daniel Phillips wrote:
> On January 8, 2002 02:33 pm, Anton Blanchard wrote:
> > Andrea Arcangeli [apparently] wrote:
> > > So yes, mean latency will decrease with preemptive kernel, but your CPU
> > > is definitely paying something for it.
> >
> > And Andrew Morton's work suggests he can do a much better job of
> > reducing latency than -preempt.
> That's not a particularly clueful comment, Anton. Obviously, any
> latency-busting hacks that Andrew does could also be patched into a
> -preempt kernel.

Yes. The important part is the implicit dropping of the BKL across

> What a preemptible kernel can do that a non-preemptible kernel can't is:
> reschedule exactly as often as necessary, instead of having lots of extra
> schedule points inserted all over the place, firing when *they* think the
> time is right, which may well be earlier than necessary.

Nope. `if (current->need_resched)' -> the time is right (beyond right,

> The preemptible approach is much less of a maintainance headache, since
> people don't have to be constantly doing audits to see if something changed,
> and going in to fiddle with scheduling points.

Except it doesn't work. The full-on low-latency patch has ~60 rescheduling
points. Of these, ~40 involve popping spinlocks. Really, the only significant
latency sources which the preemptible kernel solves are generic_file_read()
and generic_file_write().

So preemptible kernel needs lock-break to be useful. And then it's basically
the same thing, with the same maintainability problems. And believe me, these
are considerable. Mainly because the areas which needs busting up exactly
coincide with the areas where there has been most churn in the kernel.

> Finally, with preemption, rescheduling can be forced with essentially zero
> latency in response to an arbitrary interrupt such as IO completion, whereas
> the non-preemptive kernel will have to 'coast to a stop'. In other words,
> the non-preemptive kernel will have little lags between successive IOs,
> whereas the preemptive kernel can submit the next IO immediately. So there
> are bound to be loads where the preemptive kernel turns in better latency
> *and throughput* than the scheduling point hack.

Latency yes. Throughout no.

I don't think the "preempt slows down the kernel" argument is very valid
really. Let's invert the argument - Linux is multitasking, and that has a
cost. There's no reason why certain bits of the kernel need to violate that
just to get a bit more throughput. If it really worries you, set HZ=10 and
increase all the timeslices, etc.

Now, there *may* be overheads added due to losing the implicit locking which
per-CPU data gives you.

The main cost of preempt IMO is in complexity and stability risks.

(BTW: I took a weird oops testing the preempt patch on an SMP NFS client.
The fault address was 0x0aXXXXXX. No useful backtrace, unfortunately).

> Mind you, I'm not devaluing Andrew's work, it's good and valuable. However
> it's good to be aware of why that approach can't equal the latency-busting
> performance of the preemptive approach.

There's no point in just merging the preempt patch and saying "there,
that's done". It doesn't do anything.

Instead, a decision needs to be made: "Linux will henceforth be a
low-latency kernel". Now, IF we can come to this decision, then
internal preemption is the way to do it. But it affects ALL kernel
developers. Because we'll need to introduce a new rule: "it is a
bug to spend more than five milliseconds holding any locks".

So. Do we we want a low-latency kernel? Are we prepared to mandate
the five-millisecond rule? It can be done, but won't be easy, and
we'll never get complete coverage. But I don't see the will around

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Jamie Lokier wrote:
> not being able to tell when a sendfile() has finished with the pages
> its sending.

(Except by the socket fully closing or a handshake from the other end,

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SubjectRe: [patch] IA64: suppress return value of down_trylock() in salinfo_work_to_do()
On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 12:08:08PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> >task A acquires sem
> >
> >task B tries to acquire the sem, fails
> >task B releases the sem that it didn't acquire
> >
> >task A releases the sem, falls down, goes boom?
> Cannot happen. See the comment above the function:
> This routine must be called with data_saved_lock held, to make the down/up
> operation atomic

... that requres one to know that salinfo_work_to_do() is the only place
which calls up() (and it always calls down_trylock first). This is a
really creative misuse of semaphores.

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operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
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SubjectRe: Compat 32-bit syscall entry from 64-bit task!?
On Friday 10 February 2012 04:37, Indan Zupancic wrote:
> > I read somewhere about a bug report where syscall-exit was seen after
> > attach, but I don't remember where now.
> Well, if you attach at a random moment you can get a syscall-exit first,
> I guess. I suppose you have to wait till you get the SIGSTOP notification
> before you can be sure that the next syscall event will be an entry one.

No. After PTRACE_ATTACH, next reported waitpid result will be either
a ptrace-stop of signal-delivery-stop variety,
or death (WIFEXITED/WIFSIGNALED). Syscall exit notification
is not possible (modulo kernel bugs). For one, syscall entry/exit
notifications must be explicitly requested by PTRACE_SYSCALL, which
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“. . . In the club, Infected Mushroom’s gig had become a trip in itself, with a hard metallic edge.  Driving home cross-country to Sant Llorenc as the sun was rising, I knew it was the last time in the year that I’d have the car roof opened up, letting in the morning breezes . . .”

HD motors home at the last dawn of a great year of clubbing.  It’s time to prepare for Ibiza 2009.

Finale 2008

Helen Donlon

One of the places I had to get to see before summer closed was Eden, the San Antonio palace where Pete Tong took up residency with his Wonderland night every Friday through the summer. The few times I had planned on making it there, I ended up not getting away from Privilege. The SuperMartXé night also being a Friday. I did, however, make it to Eden, but only once Wonderland had packed up for the summer.

Nonetheless, in the early hours of a late summer Sunday morning I found myself watching Israeli psy-trance performers Infected Mushroom whose gigs are known to cause frenzies among their loyal audiences. In Ibiza the audience they brought was eclectic but one could see the familiar local groups: some of the Benirras drum crowd, the San Antonio live music lovers, the last of the summer thrill-seekers. I left not long before dawn because I had another trip to set off on. In the club the gig became a trip itself, with a hard metallic edge. They performed a maximum energy set, very focused. Brilliant guitar. A terrifying frontman who reminded me of Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now! And Eden looked beautiful, the ceilings decked out to the max, the lights on psy-mode.  It took ages to get through the waves of fans still there as I left.

In the club, Infected Mushroom’s gig had become a trip in itself, with a hard metallic edge.  Driving home cross-country to Sant Llorenc as the sun was rising, I knew it was the last time in the year that I’d have the car roof opened up,  letting in the morning breezes . . .

December. At this moment the island is in winter hibernation. Xmas dinners are being planned, people coming, people going. The parties are small, intimate, and nights are as long as summer ones but come from the spontaneity only winter can afford here.  Ninety per cent of the summer people have gone, leaving the few of us whose commitment to the island is greater than our commitment to summer’s intensity to enjoy our much deserved rest.

The purple skies and the sunsets are of course still here, more intense in colour than at any point in summer. . . As the island breathes deeply, our batteries are being recharged, for the time when all will slowly start planning and visualising for summer 2009.

Wally Lopez

While my favourite weekly event this summer at Space was the Carl Cox and friends night on Tuesdays, the La Troya and Matinee weekly parties were very close runners-up, and certainly in the beautiful people department. But the one person I really wanted to talk to was young Wally Lopez, a Madrileño DJ very popular here. I only discovered him this year; in fact via his Ibiza Global Radio set live from the Space Opening Party. When I checked his website and saw the kind of work and touring schedule he’s involved in I was sure I’d never be able to pin him down. Performing in Seville with Madonna. Rock in Rio, Creamfields, worldwide club and festival appearances, umpteen recording sessions . . . but he’s a total pro and he got back to me immediately.

“This summer in ibiza has been my best one ever. To be a resident at Be Space was sooo good. Sharing a booth with Tenaglia has been a dream for me! I think the party will go on next year and I hope to be in it again cos I loved to be part of the Space family. Very easy to work with the most of them. One of the characteristics is that it is a club in the big sense of the word . . . amazing sound system, amazing line ups, amazing crowd . . . I loved playing the opening party but I more enjoyed doing the closing cos it was goodbye to a greeeeat summer! I really believe I was born for that club.”

“I worked five nights per week this summer and didn’t have many free nights in Ibiza this year. I think Guetta@Pacha, Carl Cox@Space and us, and Cocoon@Amnesia, they were the winning nights this year. Some big names need a change or need to let in new names in order to grow up. I think I will be back to Space for opening, closing and be@space but now is the time to think about my USA, Canada and Asia tours. And the Miami Winter Conference. I did more than 150 gigs this year. Ibiza is so special though because of the people, restaurants, beaches. There is a special vibe and energy there. I really want to set my roots down there. I have a lots of good Ibicenc friends. I’m a friendly guy!”

Lopez’s talents have made him hugely popular in Spain. So when the Queen of Pop arrived, he was called on to join her.
“It was a dream for me to be on the same stage and just right before Madonna. She’s been my hero for the last 20 years so I was sooo proud. I did my best but playing all my own vocals and songs, not an underground DJ set, but it was huge. It was also amazing to be part of such an amazing project like Rock in Rio, and mixed up crowds are always good for me. A chance to reach new audiences. Monegros was my best set this year or at least for the people, as I preferred one at Space Ibiza . . . but I honestly feel that the Monegros one was huge for everyone who was there . . . After that set all my gigs were people speaking about Monegros! Creamfields was great, to be part of such a big festival. I reckon that these three festivals were the biggest ones for a DJ in Spain this year so . . . happy with that! I love to play wherever where the people want a good fiesta.  I love to live in Spain, but wanna move to Ibiza (yes yes . . . it is Spain . . . but so different from Madrid!).  I begun to play as a DJ when I was only 13. My heroes were Danny Tenaglia, Westbam, Depeche Mode, And One, Information Society, and now Stuart Price a.k.a Jacques Lu Cont. Some pop artists like Alejandro Sanz or the Mexican Luis Miguel have had a place when I’ve been quite down.”

Lopez was born in 1976 during a time of great political change in Spain. His spirit is clearly influenced by the newly cherished freedom of the times, which effectively was greater than in London in the 1960s, a period which is so much more well documented as a time of change.

“I just begun in a moment where freedom was the most important thing in Spain . . . Also as I saw my country changing so much it reflected on my life I reckon. My parents used to listen to bands like Supertramp, the Rolling Stones. Spain has a past like a third world country and has become a very rich and European country. It is good in professional terms – contracts, invoices, even the respect we get from other countries, but we are losing the Latin vibe which is quite sad. I became a radio presenter because I had so many music ideas from my aunts and I loved to talk about music. Also as I had no money and wanted to go to a club for kids. I was PR for an afternoon club to get some money and drinks for free! So this club had a radio show in a very very very small radio station. I showed up with my records, and they gave me the show right away. There were three or four listeners per show!”

I ask him about the old guard: Van Dyk, Tong, Oakenfold, all of whom he has toured with in the past, and what their vision brought to the world DJ arena.  “Well, they were pioneers in the whole industry, within record labels, clubs or radio shows. I’m still very close to Darren Emerson and Danny Tenaglia, and I used to be with Tong but we haven’t spoken very often in the least years. I miss you Pete!”

In 2000 Lopez began working as a producer with his newly-formed Weekend Records, and opened La Factoria, a new label, in 2001. He has gone on to become a multi-award winning DJ and producer. “It’s a very exciting moment for us with the label. Releasing new stuff with original tracks or remixes by Funkagenda, Paul Thomas, Kamisshake, Ismael Rivas, Paolo Brazil, Zoo Brazil, Patric La Funk, René Amesz, Patch Park . . .  It’s all looking good.”
Lopez’s website has a blog and his very own “Where’s Wally?” in this case featuring his current tour dates.  His real name is Angel David Lopez.  “This book was also around in Spain, so it is something to do with my name change, but it is a long story which will be in my own book! I’ve just opened a fashion shop in Madrid with a new studio and offices for the label. In the coming months I have festivals in Dubai and Lebanon, and then I’ll be travelling through Holland, Spain, the USA, Canada, Belgium . . . always touring!

In the wine regions of Buscastell and Sant Mateu, the excellent Can Maymo and other popular small vineyards are at harvest. They’ve been making wine here since the Carthaginians introduced it in the 7th century B.C, and the Can Maymo tinto tradicion is my favourite of all Spanish wines. Filtered through frigola (bunches of thyme) it is the most excellent companion to any winter meal.  The harvest is one of the special parts of summer’s end in this region; an agricultural island hotspot, with rich fields and vines spread across the fertile soils just inland from the northwest coast. Fields, one or two charming country restaurants, farmers cycling or on tractor.  Fincas, hundreds of years old, dotted on hillsides. Rare birds. Citrus terraces built by the Romans. And, with a view over the Buscastell harvest, the legendary Pike’s Hotel.

Tony Pike on Freddie, George, Joan et al

Early November. Tony Pike is entertained by the new puppy who is the current welcoming face of the hotel; Marley bounds around the car park greeting the few friends, select guests and family entourage who are still around after summer has waned. Tony is in fine form, despite a long and, as ever, rousing season. Now in his seventies, Tony is sparkling and full of adventure. He has seen more than anyone’s fair share of it too. Everyone has a Pike’s story. This is the place Freddie Mercury had his 41st birthday party, would be mine.

“How I met Freddie I honestly have no idea! He just sort of evolved and became a part of my life. But this little hotel is like that. I mean it’s not really a hotel, it’s a little resort, and people come here and they fall in love with it. Sometimes when they fall in love with it, they fall in love with me. So I’ve used that to gain their confidence, their allegiance. And I do need their support. I never came here to make money, Helen. I came here to create a lifestyle. And I did. Some of the world’s most famous people: Julio [Iglesias], George Michael, Bon Jovi, all saying ‘Pikey, you have got a fantastic lifestyle!’. Well, that’s why I’ve done it.”

One of the most endearing qualities of the place is that it is has a pervasive atmosphere of fun with not a smidgeon of pomp.  It feels cosy and very lived in. The rooms are all unique, and filled with character. It is a great place for a party. And you can feel Pike’s piquant presence in every corner.

“Freddie was such an impressive person. He wanted 500 guests for his birthday party: 200 guests to dine and then for me to provide tapas for the rest. Well, we ended up seating 400 in the back terrace alone. I had three days in which to get the party together. They asked for the best private party they’d ever seen. I’ve got a very good friend here called Pino Sagliocco, actually they’ve just made him an ambassador for Ibiza, wonderful man. He started as a promoter when he was very young, grew a beard to make himself look older. My daughter’s five months younger than his. Anyway, I could not have done Freddie’s party without him. He was a very worldly young boy, having come here from Naples, and he learned Spanish immediately. He became so popular he had all the top stars here wanting him to be their sole agent. He first came here with Spandau Ballet.”

Sagliocco is the man behind the Ibiza 92 festival which ran over a few years and involved international star performances at Privilege (then called Ku), the island’s theatrical cathedral of performance, an alter to the rock ‘n roll heritage which brought so many people here in the 1970s and 1980s. You can still feel it inside the club. The energy dancing with operatic ghosts. Icons like Grace Jones,  Joan Baez, James Brown, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Suzanne Vega and of courseFreddie and Montserrat, for the Olympic games, all graced this stage.

“I had a bit of a mental thing with Joan,” continues Pike. “She said she wanted to sing me a love song, and she did. With fifty people watching. They loved it, all applauding. Then she got up and danced like Zorba the Greek. Everyone was dancing with her round the pool. She made me fall in love with her. I took her to lunch in Formentera. It was lovely. She’s a very interesting person. Wonderful. She did a drawing, a caricature of me sailing her back from Formentera. She was terrified of sailing. I convinced her to hold tight and trust me.”

“Grace Jones was such a wild person . . .” Pike recalls, twinkling. They have often spoken of each other with great affection. “All the stars that Pino brought in, this is where they stayed. Tony Curtis was here. And Wham was a total bit of luck. Some guy was looking out for a locale and he saw me. I was here working on the place and he asked me if I’d like to do a video here. I said no, I’m not ready for it, but he talked me into it. So out they came. Anyway, funny story, on the plane over George [Michael] was talking to the director and the guy realised he’d left all the cameras at Heathrow! It cost three and a half grand for a private jet to bring all the photographic equipment out, and they’re doing it on a shoestring budget. Twenty five thou for the whole deal. Well, George took over the direction and it got Best Video at one of the Awards. It also made me.” We’re talking of course about the immortal Club Tropicana video, filmed in Pike’s pool, and a bestselling single for Wham at the time. Pike is also in the video, all moustache and maracas.

Today the pool has hardly changed, the ambience as real as ever. Relaxed and self-confident, like Pike, like his hotel. I’ve heard enough stories to fill a book, but I will let Pike tell them himself in his forthcoming autobiography. Wild caribbean drug orgies. Sailing adventures with various wives, celebrities and titled friends that took him all over the world. He’s been in and out of one type of trouble or another several times over. One of his guests upsetting hotel regular Prince von Bismarck because of a party. The many women (his current wife is a practising Muslim). Busts. Jail on Ibiza. “It was like Midnight Express in there”. Gypsies catapulting hashish into the prison yard in Dalt Vila so the inmates could have a party. Prince Hanover and his then wife Chantal Hochuli getting “caught red-handed” by Pike’s benighted receptionist because he innocently raided the pool bar fridge late at night with the munchies. Connections, connections . . . Here’s to his promising autobiography then.

Meanwhile, in the quiet morning which has turned into mid-afternoon following our extensive on and off the record chat, I drive back via Privilege. It is now all closed up for the season, basking in the aftermath of its hugely popular closing party, and for which the management asked their summer sensation SuperMartXé to take over. The party went on till the following afternoon.  I was sorry now to be missing their much-awaited London premiere a few weeks later at the Coronet, and remembered the Privilege opening back in June when we were all floored by the instant magical alchemy that filled those Friday nights.  I was even sorrier when the reports came back in, “this is just what London’s been waiting for!”, “Best party of the year!” and dozens of other fan messages flooded their Facebook site the next day.

The Privilege closing party here almost ran into the great end of season party itself, the Space Closing Party, which as ever brought the summer season to an almighty climax. The line-up included Deadmau5, Danny Tenaglia, Fedde le Grand, Pete Tong, Groove Armada, David Guetta, John Digweed, Steve Lawler and Wally Lopez, as well as over a dozen local luminaries. The fallout could be felt for days afterwards. In other words silence, tranquility, the now familiar slide into party hibernation.

L O N D O N   G R I P                   .  .  .  M U S I C  /  IBIZA

Photo Credits

All pix by author Helen Donlon (snapping, right)

except for:

the two of Wally Lopez which are copyright;

the beautiful gogo by

Fabio Tamborrini

and the 1970s archive photo of Tony Pike and friends is copyrighted to Pike’s Hotel, Ibiza.

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Wally Lopez  and David Ferrero –

Ca C’est Paris

(Paolo Mojo Remix)

Wally Lopez –

Burning Inside

Grace Jones –

Libertango (I’ve seen that face before…)

Grace Jones –

Corporate Cannibal(new single)

Infected Mushroom –

Ratio Schmatio

Pink Floyd –

Ibiza Bar

(from the film More)

Duran Duran and Locomia @ Ibiza 92 –

Kevin Ayers –

Lady Rachel

Nico –

Frozen Warnings

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Peking O

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Visit to Newport Sports Museum

Armada skipper Garry Templeton and pitcher Sean Buller visited the Newport Sports Museum this morning to speak to Kindergarden through 5th grade students from Weaver Elementary School in Los Alamitos. Students got to ask questions and go on a scavenger hunt through the museum. Here's some of the pictures...

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Spirit/ Mind: Compassion

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I heard the song by REM that says "Everybody hurts" on my way home and decided to look up the lyrics. I think they are an anthem of compassion. We all need encouragement and Love! I think we should support each other and realize that EVERYBODY gets down and needs help sometimes.
Song by REM:
When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts...
Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. You are not alone

After reading the lyrics enjoy this version (by the Corrs) of this great song

WE should try to be more sensitive to the fact that other people can be hurting and trying to be strong.
Sometimes a shoulder to cry on and an ear to bend is the best gift you can give.
I plan on challenging myself to be more sensitive to others' pain. I believe that showing compassion is one of the most important works that a Christian can do and besides  --- EVERYBODY HURTS!

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  1. R.E.M.'s guitarist Peter Buck writes that "the reason the lyrics are so atypically straightforward is because it was aimed at teenagers", and "I've never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the idea that high school is a portal to hell seems pretty realistic to me. From Wikipedia.

  2. high school can be a brutal place- you are such a support to everyone Gabe! I know that you understand what the word compassion means!


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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Not A Banana?

I figure that a mid-weekly update is sort of fair. So here I am. Things are going pretty well.

We spent a quiet Shabbat at The Ranch. Sunday we went to the arnona office with Z's official 'release from the army' paper and got a nice little refund.

Yesterday was Z's first day of Uni - he left the house at 7:10 AM and at 10:50 PM he got back home. (Mind you, he left class early and caught a tremp - otherwise he wouldn't have been home until about 11:30ish.) Mondays are going to be fun - I can tell. Oh yeah, Thursdays are basically the same schedule so - there's lots to look forward to. As for me, I spent the morning in the kitchen baking chocolate cupcakes for TJ's birthday. I managed to make a HUGE mess in the toaster (when the cake overflowed and then quadrupled in size), explode the bag I was using to frost the cupcakes (twice) and re-learn how to make neat-o little piping cones out of parchment paper. Then I walked out to the office where said hi to the bosses and spent some time with the girls. My last stop of the day was also pretty exciting - the opticians place. It seems that vision in my left eye is improving which means that in order to wear contacts I need to get some in the new prescription. Luckily, the eyeglasses place is very accomodating and if you have an unopened box of lenses then they are willing to swap it for one in the right prescription. I'll have my contacts in about 2 weeks, so I'm pretty excited.

Today is day 2 of school for Z. Supposedly he'll be home between 19:00-19:30ish... I'm trying to decide what exactly to make for dinner. I'm thinking lasagna - but that means I need to go out and get some cheese. The makolet is just down the road, but it's raining pretty heavily. I suppose I DO still have a bit of time. I suppose I'll just procrastinate until the rain stops or isn't quite as heavy...

Want to procrastinate with me? I uploaded a bunch of pictures from Sukkot to Facebook and I suppose I could share them. CLICK HERE to see some of what we were busy with over Sukkot in Bet Shemesh.

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Name: Trung Quang Ngo

Missing From:  Katy, Texas

Missing since:  January 15, 2013

Age at time missing:  23 yrs old

Born: 1989

Height – 5’6″

Weight – 140

Race/Sex – Asian/Male

Hair Color:  Black  Eye Color: Brown

Tattoos:  Four – Trung on lower left leg in bamboo lettering; Ngo on arm; fish on one side of chest; three men with helmets and rifles on other part of chest

Transportation:- Gray 2004 G35 Infinity Sedan bearing Texas license plate number: BP2 L036

Police Agency:  Stafford Police Department , Detective Ousley,  2702 S Main St, Stafford, TX 77477

Circumstance:  Missing since Tuesday, January 15, 2013. His cell phone was found on the side of Fry Road in Katy, Texas. Trung loves his family and is loved by his family. They are extremely distraught and worried. They said that he would never vanish like this on his own. They fear something may have happened to him, whether an accident unseen or if someone may have caused him harm? They ask the public to please help look for him, his car and if anyone has any information to please contact authorities no matter how insignificant it may seem. It is unknown what clothing he was wearing.  If you have any information on Trung Ngo disappearance or his current whereabouts, please contact Stafford

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April 04, 2014 | Author: Thomas J. LoSavio
City of San Jose v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County (Ted Smith, Real Party)

Sixth District Court of Appeal, Action # H039498 (Filed Mar. 27, 2014) 2014 WL 1254821 ____Cal.App.4th____

The California Public Records Act, Government Code section 6250 and following (“CPRA”); has as its general purpose to require that public business be conducted under the hard light of full public scrutiny to permit the public to decide for itself whether government action is proper. To that end, disclosure, not secrecy, is the dominant objective. That general policy is also enshrined in the State Constitution, which provides at Art. 1, section 3, subd. (b)(1): “the writings of public officials and agencies shall be open to public scrutiny.” However, both the CPRA and the Constitution are also mindful of the right of individuals to privacy. This case required the Court to decide between the goal of publicity and the right of privacy in the context of a request for documents which asked the City of San Jose to produce “all voicemails, emails or text messages” sent or received on private electronic devices used by specified public officials or their staff “regarding any matters concerning the City of San Jose.” The Court concluded that the CPRA does not require public access to communications between public officials using exclusively private cell phones or email accounts.

Ted Smith brought an action for declaratory relief seeking a judgment entitling him to disclosure of the disputed information under the CPRA. The CPRA defines “public records” to include any writing relating to the public’s business if it is “prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency.” Smith maintained that communications prepared, received or stored on City officials’ private electronic devices were “public records” under the CPRA since local agencies can only act through their officials and employees. Smith argued that, since those officials and employees act on behalf of the City, their disclosure obligations are indistinguishable from those of the City. The City argued that messages sent from or to private accounts using private electronic devices are not “public records” under the CPRA and that individual officials and employees are not included within the definition of “public agency” under the Act. In their view, only those records “within the public entity’s custody and control” would be subject to disclosure under the Act.

The trial court agreed with Smith, noting that there is nothing in the CPRA that explicitly excludes individual officials from the definition of “public agency” and that a city is an artificial person that can only act through its officers and employees. Thus, a record that is “prepared, owned, used, or retained” by an official is “prepared, owned, used, or retained” by the City. The court further reasoned that, if petitioners’ interpretation were accepted, a public agency could easily shield information from public disclosure simply by storing it on equipment it does not technically own.

The Court of Appeal began by noting that judicial decisions interpreting the CPRA seek to balance the public’s right of access to information, the government’s need or lack of need to preserve confidentiality, and the individual’s right to privacy. The City argued that the Legislature has not expanded the reach of the Act to personal devices and accounts because it recognizes the privacy rights of this state’s citizens. Smith countered that officials lose any expectation of privacy when they choose to send and receive messages regarding public business from their personal electronic devices and accounts. The League of California Cities, as a friend of the court, acknowledged that public officials and employees have a diminished expectation of privacy, as illustrated by statutory duties to report certain personal financial information and the Brown Act requirement that legislative meetings be open and public. The League noted, however, that the Brown Act —which serves the same democratic purposes as the CPRA—permits private conversations about the public’s business by fewer than a majority of its members outside of a public meeting,and it does not apply to individual contacts or conversations between a member of a legislative body and any other person that do not violate the Act. Additionally, the League reasoned that the ability to discuss public issues privately and confidentially allows dissident members of a legislative body to air unpopular views and develop strategies for challenging the status quo or the powers that be. The superior court’s ruling, by contrast, would destroy “this carefully crafted private space” and “could have a chilling effect on citizens who wish to exercise their constitutional rights to instruct their representatives and petition government for redress of grievances.” The League also suggested that the trial court’s ruling is potentially incongruous with the Brown Act. For example, a meeting between a public official and a constituent that would not be directly subject to public review under the Brown Act could be indirectly subject to public review under the Public Records Act, if the public official made notes of the meeting. The League argued that the twin pillars of open government law in California, the Public Records Act and the Brown Act, must be interpreted so as to be reasonably consistent with one another. Finally, addressing the superior court’s concern that a city “could easily shield information from public disclosure simply by storing it on equipment it does not technically own,” the League contended that the Court must presume under Evidence Code section 664 that the public officials are conducting City business in the public’s best interest, and not willfully dodging applicable laws and regulations.

Both the City and the League supplemented their privacy concerns with practical considerations. The City suggested that if local agencies were required to search the personal electronic accounts of their employees, the burden and cost would be overwhelming. The City further suggested that, without the requisite custody or control of such records, it is difficult to imagine how the City would be able to implement such searches if employees declined to cooperate. The League likewise emphasized that, without access to and control over private messaging accounts and electronic devices, a public agency has no viable, legal means of searching for and producing private documents of its employees and officials. The superior court’s interpretation is unworkable, the League argued, because a records request would require the City to conduct an active search not only of devices and accounts stored in its system or under its control, but also of all private computers, phones, tablets, and other electronic devices of its employees and officials. And those searches, the League pointed out, would intrude into private conversations with family members or friends that happen to include some discussion of a public issue. As the League put it, “[n]either the Legislature nor the electorate has demonstrated an intent that the Act reach those purely private communications.”

In defending the lower court’s ruling, Smith and the various media friends of the court also relied on policy objectives. They emphasized that the CPRA must be construed broadly “if it furthers the people’s right of access, and narrowly construed if it limits the right of access.” The media suggested that petitioners’ interpretation of “public records” is unreasonable and arbitrary because it would allow officials to “conceal evidence of error or malfeasance on a whim by storing information relating to the public’s business on their personal accounts or devices. They could also distort the truth by storing only records that tell a favorable tale on accounts or devices owned by a state or local agency.” Smith added: “If petitioners’ interpretation were to hold sway, an email, text or other communication concerning the public’s business that was stored solely on a City Council member’s cell phone would be exempt from disclosure. And yet, if the same email, text, or communication were stored on a City computer server, it would be a public record. Smith argued that the City’s attempt to make the ‘public’ nature of a record dependent upon its storage location, rather than its content, was completely arbitrary and patently unreasonable.

The Court found none of the parties’ policy-based arguments helpful since it deemed itself bound to interpret statutory language as written and to avoid any encroachment on the province of the Legislature to declare public policy. The Court stated that the question whether personal accounts and devices of an individual are accessible for purposes of a CPRA request must be determined, if possible, by reading the language of the statute itself. After reviewing the respective arguments of the parties as to the language of the CPRA, the Court noted that close examination of Smith’s argument revealed its logical weakness. Even if the court accepted the first premise, that a local agency can act only through its officials, it does not follow that every act of an official is necessarily an act of the agency. Smith further asserted that any record required by law to be kept by an officer, or which he keeps as necessary or convenient to the discharge of his official duty, is a public record. The Court felt that this point merely begs the question of whether the information sought is a public record.

Determining the scope of “public records” is required in light of the constitutional mandate of article I, section 3, and the intent expressed by the Legislature in the statutory scheme, particularly section 6250. “When we interpret a statute, ‘[o]ur fundamental task . . . is to determine the Legislature’s intent so as to effectuate the law’s purpose. We first examine the statutory language, giving it a plain and commonsense meaning. We do not examine that language in isolation, but in the context of the statutory framework as a whole in order to determine its scope and purpose and to harmonize the various parts of the enactment. If the language is clear, courts must generally follow its plain meaning unless a literal interpretation would result in absurd consequences the Legislature did not intend. We remain mindful, however, of the ” ‘strong public policy of the people’s right to information concerning the people’s business and the constitutional mandate to construe statutes limiting the right of access narrowly.” Accordingly, if there is ambiguity in the meaning or intent of the statutory language, “the California Constitution requires us to broadly construe the CPRA to the extent it furthers the people’s right of access and to narrowly construe the CPRA to the extent it limits the right of access.”

Guided by these principles, the Court examined the language of section 6252. If a “local agency” and its officials are, as Smith portrayed them below, “one and the same,” then any writing prepared, owned, used, or retained by the official is deemed that of the agency itself. The statute’s definition of “local agency,” however, does not mention individual members or representatives of any public body; it refers to government bodies themselves, including counties, cities, any board, commission or agency thereof; other local public agency; or entities that are legislative bodies of a local agency pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 54952. The plain language of this provision thus denominates the legislative body as a whole; it does not appear to incorporate individual officials or employees of those entities. Had the Legislature intended to encompass such individuals within the scope of “public records,” it could easily have done so. And, in fact, it did so in defining “state agency” to include “officer.” (§ 6252, subd. (f)).

The Court, therefore, did not agree with Smith that individual city council members and their staff must be considered equivalent to the City for purposes of providing public access to their writings on public business. Because it is the agency—here, the City— that must prepare, own, use, or retain the writing in order for it to be a public record, those writings that are not accessible by the City cannot be said to fall within the statutory definition. The City cannot, for example, “use” or “retain” a text message sent from a council member’s smartphone that is not linked to a City server or City account. Thus, relying on the plain meaning of the language used in section 6252, subdivisions (a) and (e), the Court found that the CPRA does not extend its disclosure mandate to writings of individual city officials and employees sent or received on their private devices and accounts.

While the fact that city council members may conceal their communications on public issues by sending and receiving them on their private devices from private accounts is a serious concern, the Court reasoned that such conduct is for the Legislature to deter with appropriate legislation. It does not make a literal interpretation necessarily “arbitrary, unreasonable, and absurd,” as Smith and the media contended.

The Court also rejected Smith’s argument that the City has control over its employees simply “by virtue of the parties’ relationship.” Section 6252 contains no description of public records that includes the element of control. Any control the City has over its employees’ behavior is not equivalent to control over, or even access to, the text messages and e-mail sent to and from its employees’ private devices and accounts.

The Court observed that the question of when a privately transmitted communication made during a public meeting becomes that of a “public body”—or in this case, a public “local agency”— is not presented in this writ proceeding. Smith did not confine his request to writings exchanged during city council meetings, but sought all communications transmitted during an unspecified period regarding “any matters concerning the City of San Jose,” particularly those pertaining to the development of downtown San Pedro Square.

The Court found no reason to reject the plain language of section 6252 under the rules of statutory construction or parallel authority from other states. The writings sought by Smith were not “prepared, owned, used, or retained” by a “local agency” as called for by section 6252.

The First District, Division Two, reached the same conclusion recently in Regents of University of California v. Superior Court, (2013) 222 Cal.App.4th 383. The issue in that case was whether Reuters America LLC was entitled to confidential information regarding investments made by the Regents. The superior court recognized that the information was not directly owned, retained, or used by the Regents, but it nonetheless granted the petition of Reuters for fund-specific information because the Regents had not ” ‘demonstrated that the Fund Level Information does not relate to the conduct of the people’s business or that it does not have constructive possession of that information.’ ” The superior court ordered the Regents to make a reasonable effort to obtain the requested information.

The appellate court granted writ relief to the Regents, holding that a literal interpretation of section 6252, subdivision (e), is consistent with the purpose of the Act as a whole but also with the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), on which the CPRA was modeled. Just as in the FOIA, the court concluded, “no language in the CPRA creates an obligation to create or obtain a particular record when the document is not prepared, owned, used, or retained by the public agency.” Once the superior court decided that the Regents had not directly “prepared, owned, used, or retained” the requested information, it should not have gone further to require the Regents to produce records in its constructive possession.

The Court agreed with amici curiae from the media that Regents is not entirely comparable to the facts before it; the records sought in that case were held by private companies rather than parties to the case. But the reviewing court’s emphasis on avoiding judicial additions to the statutory language is one we endorse as well. And just as the superior court in Regents improperly bypassed the definition of “public record” by relying on the agency’s “constructive possession,” here too the Court rejected Smith’s argument that the CPRA permits disclosure of the requested communications on the theory that the City has “constructive control” over the records of its employees and officials. Moreover, there is no evidence in either party’s separate statement of undisputed facts that the City has actual or constructive control over the privately stored communications of its officials.

Smith also attempted to rebut a position not taken by petitioners, that their personal accounts and devices are protected from disclosure by one or more exemptions listed in section 6254. Petitioners did not invoke any of these statutory grounds. Consequently, the Court did not need to address Smith’s assertion that petitioners waived the issue of whether any section 6254 exemption applied, nor his contention that petitioners failed to meet their burden to demonstrate the applicability of a statutory exemption.

COMMENT AND EVALUATION: While the Court answered the immediate question before it, the opinion gives little guidance for factual situations other than the specific one addressed in the opinion. The immediate unanswered questions involve the “hybrid” cases: ones in which the account used was a local agency account, but the device was a privately owned phone; or where the phone was an agency-owned phone, but the account used was a personal account. The Court also explicitly avoided the question of the status of a privately transmitted communication made by a public official during a public meeting. It is likely that the result would be different in these hybrid cases because of the broad purposes of the CPRA and the extra element of control by the local agency in those instances.

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Scribner to publish remaining Hemingway book

YORK (AP) - For a quarter century, copies of Ernest Hemingway's last unpublished book, a fictionalized account of his 1953 safari to Africa, sat under seal in two libraries, read only by his relatives, publishers and a few scholars.

Now, "True at First Light," edited by the late author's 70year-old son Patrick, is ready for publication.

"This is it," publisher Charles Scribner III said Monday. "This is the last full-length book he left behind."

Scribner's family imprint, which published Hemingway when he was alive and is now part of Simon & Schuster, plans to publish the book next summer, in time for the July 21 centennial of Hemingway's birth.

The manuscript describes leopard and lion hunts, a tribal uprising and the author's efforts to live among the Wakamba people of east Africa. Among its maybe-they're-true, maybethey're-not tales is an account of the married Hemingway's nuptials to an 18-year-old African woman.

Patrick Hemingway, who was with his father and stepmother on the safari, has said he does not believe Hemingway was involved with the woman, but cautioned that he might not have been privy to such knowledge.

"There's always going to be that lingering element of ambiguity, and I think Hemingway would have absolutely adored the joke," Scribner laughed. "Hemingway loved tall stories. Who knows?"

Scribner said it would be unfair to compare the incomplete, posthumously edited work to Hemingway greats like "A Farewell to Arms" or "The Sun Also Rises."

Patrick Hemingway pared the 850-page "True at First Light" manuscript by about half, and took the title from a line in the text. Scribner said the editor tried to stay as close as possible to his Nobel Prize-winning father's original intentions.

"In Africa a thing is true at first light and a lie by noon and you have no more respect for it than for the lovely, perfect weed-fringed lake you see across the sun-baked salt plain," one passage reads.

Scribner praised the "fictional memoir" as a "rich, multifaceted work."

"This has the romance of Africa, ... (it) brings in reminiscences of Paris, of other writers, of relationships between husband and wife, of religion, of western civilization juxtaposed with African tribalism."

Susan Beegel, editor of the semi-annual scholarly journal the Hemingway Review, said even the unedited version was far more readable than "The Garden of Eden" and "Islands in the Stream," two Hemingway novels published since the author's 1961 suicide.

"It's much closer to a finished product," she said. "It should be a much cleaner, easier read and ... less confusing for people."

Hemingway began work on the manuscript in 1954, when he returned from Africa to his home in Cuba. He put it aside two years later when he was interrupted by the filming of "The Old Man and the Sea," Beegel said.

Poor health and the demands of celebrity kept him from completing the work before he killed himself in July 1961.

Hemingway's widow, Mary, went to Havana to retrieve the papers later that year, after President Kennedy helped her get permission for the trip. In return for Kennedy's assistance, Mrs. Hemingway deeded her late husband's papers to the John F. Kennedy Library in the 1970s, said Stephen Plotkin, the collection's curator.

The family kept the manuscript sealed because they planned to publish it someday. Some scholars read another copy that had been deposited at Princeton University, but that was eventually closed too.

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Welcome to Ljs a world wide community were there are great people,super projects and great woodworkers.Enjoy !

Because I often get asked questions by new members I’ve included the answers to the most( FAQ) along with my welcoming message to LJs.

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#2 posted 12-20-2012 06:13 AM

Welcome To LumberJocks.
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Glad to see that you have made LumberJocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome

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After my previous project (Jim’s Humidor), I had some ideas about this design and wanted to make it. Since I don’t smoke a lot of cigars, I simply made it a box that can be used for anything. It is made of Birds Eye Maple, Brazilian Walnut for the marguetry and the corner splines, and Mahogany liner. The marquetry was done by the Boule method and is the matching set from Jim’s Humidor. The bottom of the box is black felt. The finish is three coats of wipe-on polyurethane, rubbed with steel wool and paste waxed.
Now on to my next project, Avery’s Dresser.

-- JayDee from Woodstock, GA

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#1 posted 05-30-2010 05:22 PM

very nicely done

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#2 posted 05-30-2010 05:34 PM

very nice, walnut and birds eye maple is one of my favorite combinations. beautiful marquetry.

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#3 posted 05-30-2010 05:37 PM

very nice job

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#4 posted 05-30-2010 05:45 PM

very good craftsmanship
How I wish I coud do that using Philippine available wood.

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#5 posted 05-30-2010 05:57 PM

Wow Jay that’s one fancy box . I like the angled top the great woods and excelent marquetry it all spells out that it was made by a expert box maker.

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#6 posted 05-30-2010 06:17 PM

Beautiful “D” Box. Great job.

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#7 posted 05-30-2010 06:27 PM

Wonderful job JayDee!!
I like the lines of this piece – simple and elegant

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#8 posted 05-30-2010 06:57 PM

Beautiful job Jay Dee, superb craftsmanship and fantastic job on the marquetry.
Love the design and wood combo.

Can you describe the method you used to do the top frame? is it a flat panel glued on or what?...... thanks

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks,,

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#9 posted 05-30-2010 09:12 PM

Awesome crafsmanship on your box. I looked at the rest of you site and you do great work and have a beautiful shop.

-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.

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#10 posted 05-30-2010 10:12 PM

Fantastic box. Agree with all above. Love the slanted sides/lid on this. Superb workmanship!

Keep it up.

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

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#11 posted 05-30-2010 11:04 PM

That is an excellent looking box. The wood combination looks great. Are those the Brusso hinges you installed? I have been looking at some in the catalogues and want to try them…Not sure how they are installed.

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#12 posted 05-30-2010 11:05 PM

I love the design, and the real wide keyed miters….

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#13 posted 05-31-2010 03:08 PM

WOW… I really like this box. Very well done. I really love the color combination & how the work on the lid was done. Very inspiring.

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#14 posted 05-31-2010 03:33 PM

This is one classy looking box. Very, very well done.

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#15 posted 05-31-2010 11:37 PM

Nicely designed and made. I like the 2 different side angle cuts you made on it and then the marquetry work. I tend to make my comment first, then read others, so it doesn’t taint my feeling :-)

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Small table made of hard maple 22×34 28 high.
I was told by a couple members that my projests were copy/paste or purchased so I am posting photos.

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#1 posted 08-03-2010 01:54 AM

I don’t believe a word of it. Very nice table, GMman. Hope you are enjoying the summer. I got my wood in when my grandsons were home last week. They are a big help.

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#2 posted 08-03-2010 02:11 AM

Nice looking table GMman. Love the maple top.

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#3 posted 08-03-2010 02:14 AM

nice looking table…where do you use it for…i see the bottom rack..maybe kitchen…or maybe outside huh….

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#4 posted 08-03-2010 02:16 AM

I will have another photo as soon as I set it inside, it is made the same as I made my computer table except for the pull out for my key board I needed more room.
I will have a small table in between for my printer.

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#5 posted 08-03-2010 05:24 AM

That firewood makes a great table.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware soon moving to Virginia †

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#6 posted 08-03-2010 02:11 PM

Very nice! It looks really smooth!

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#7 posted 08-03-2010 04:25 PM

Slick. I have the capability to do pocket screw joints, but haven’t used it yet.

Kinda winding up my computer install, except for a bunch of small programs and details, so hopefully will get back in the shop. One computer task left… computer that I was using up till a month ago died as I was bringing this one on line! What timing. Have to investigate and see what it will take to make it go again. Fortunately I back up daily to an external drive, so no data lost.

Have to finish a project table top, then the miter arms on my super sled, and then a pocket screw and plywood computer cart for work. So that is the reason for my interest in the pocket screws here.

Have a good one….........51 deg at 0630 hrs here, clear skies. Hard work week, not much time for anything else…........

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#8 posted 08-03-2010 04:49 PM

I like what I’ll call the “interior stretcher” in the third photo. That’s an interesting way to keep the leg from twisting! I’ve not seen that done before. Thanks for sharing that.

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#9 posted 08-03-2010 04:57 PM

Nice looking table , you got talent. Thats nice you can work outside.

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#10 posted 08-03-2010 05:54 PM

Nice table GMman. I have the same router as you have. My trigger is acting a little funny but other than that it works well. Any complaints?

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

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#11 posted 08-04-2010 03:35 AM

Robb and All

Re the stretcher, I used a similar technique on a study desk I built for my son about 30 years ago, and it is still in use for one purpose or another….....

.....and a closeup….....

This apparently is a very strong construction techique, because, I guarantee this desk has been abused…........I did this without plans, just conjured it up myself…..........great minds think in the same circles, GMman…....(-:

Alaska Jim

-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska

#12 posted 08-04-2010 01:26 PM

Nice Job! I’m always looking for good ways to join a table’s top to the legs, and this way looks like a great option.

Keep it up!!

-- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses

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#13 posted 08-05-2010 12:41 PM

I too thought this was a great way to join table legs. I like it.

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#14 posted 08-26-2010 04:44 PM

Nice table! My brother build me a table over 20 years ago with legs constructed like the ones in the photos. That thing has been so abused from use in a preschool for 15 years and again on my front porch for about 7 years. It could use a refinish job but it is still perfectly level (I just checked) and it doesn’t wobble a bit. It is as sturdy as the day he built it for me. I am sure your table will serve you well for as many years! :)

-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."

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Project by AttainableApex posted 07-01-2011 06:27 AM 3876 views 3 times favorited 1 comment Add to Favorites Watch

Here is my chisel and plane blade sharpening station.
It holds a water stone and my diamond stone along with this, it has two stops for plane blades 25 and 30 degree and three stops for my chisels 25, 30 and 35. I use these in conjunction with a sharpening guide. I got this idea i think from fine woodworking, they had one similar.

In the first picture you can see everything on the board, which is an extension too a table that we no longer use and it has a nice poly finish so water doesn’t harm it. Also it has a round over at the bottom which is pretty good for the water to drain off of my bench.

Second picture, here we have the two stops for my plane irons. One you put facing the front and the other from the side.

Like the second picture here in the third picture we have the three stops for the chisels. also you can see a spring clamp which i use to help keep the water stone from sliding. It just barely holds the stone in, as to not gouge my stone.

Here we have my only diamond stone (60x) and my highest grit water stone. I use the diamond stone to flatten all my stones and to do initial flattening of tools. I wish i had a finer one as its a little rough on the high grit stones. But non the less it works great.

We can see the two screws i put in to angle the board slightly to help the water drain off the bench into the trash can.

Last but not least we have all my sharpening stuff: two water stones, nagura stone, really horrible oil stone, diamond stone and the ceramic carbide flattening stone, which is utter horrible. All of this is in a drawer with bubble wrap like 3-4 layers thick. I am very careful with these stones as sharp tools are amazing to work with.

If i could say two things about this thing is that it works great and never use or buy the ceramic carbide flattening stone, it doesn’t stay flat for long and hard to get flat again, diamond is the way to go.

-- Ben L

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#1 posted 07-03-2011 12:15 AM

Looks very functional. I made one similar to this but it only has one slot. I use a piece of 1/4” glass and mount sand paper to it in varying grits. Seems to work very well. Enjoy and I hope to see some of the projects you make with your Sharp tools ;-)

-- Docopac (a carpenter in a different medium)

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This week I managed to finish this Box. For the very first time in a life, I did finish it a couple of days before my wife´s Ines birthday.

I was able to overcome the mathematics issues involved in determining the measurements of the box sides and lid. , I made all measurements in inches which proved to be far more easier than using higher number in millimeters.

The box itself and the tray are made of Maple, as well as the veneering. While ¼” bandings are walnut.

Measures w x d x h 9.5” x 6,5” x 3,75”

Finished with lacquer.

It all starts in determining the size of each square. Then decide how many squares for the lid, and the height of the box.
My squares were ¾”, and the lid is 12×8 squares, and 4 squares height. Then edgings of ¼” were added.

The width of the box sides and lid is 3/8”.

Inspiration came from The Caver JC project posted a while ago

The first step was building the veneer.

Edited after David Patron´s comment.

Started with 2 pieces 13” long and 4” wide. Were planned one to a ¾” and other to 7/8”.

The ¾” piece was crosscut into 7/8” strips, while the 7/8” was crosscut to ¾”.

All the pieces were glued alternating ¾” and 7/8” thickness pieces rotating every other piece 90°, thus obtaining a 7/8” thick board piece.

So still you don´t have squares yet, but rectangles ¾” X 7/8”

After glue has cured for 24 hs, I passed through the thickness sander, to get a ¾” thickness on both boards. It took a while. But was safer than using the planner. (I didn´t even consider it !)

BTW, a couple of months ago I managed to build a thickness sander. I ´ve been playing with that idea for a while, and found StewartYorkshire blog including compendium of sanders very useful research. Thank you Stewart!! After building and using it, I couldn’t understand how I managed to work without it. (I didn´t post it since there are a lot of blogs in LJ about. Moreover, no one will be wiser after seeing my sander anyway)

Getting back on track, the board then is cut in thin strips (1/16”). I use the TS with a thin kerf 7 ½” blade.

Building the box is quite straightforward. Tongue and groove for the sides, and rabbets for the lid.

After my experience with chessboards, I decided to apply the veneer strip by strip. Time consuming indeed, but was the safer way to go for my WW level. I glued it with TB III.

To make things a little easier, I decided to miter all corners of the banding. I almost got it,

-- Back home. Fernando

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#1 posted 09-06-2011 07:04 PM

Gorgeous Box, Fernando!!

I think I must make one of those sanders. It sure would come in handy when making the filler strips on the rolling pins.

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the Universe's finest custom rolling pins.

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#2 posted 09-06-2011 07:08 PM

Hi Fernando, That is a Great Looking Box, Love all the details including the added lip to hold the lid, Your write ups are always great and easy to follow, almost makes it look easy, that’s a neat drum sander You have there, this and all Your projects are a real pleasure to view and admire, thanks Fernando for sharing

-- It's Mic Keep working and sharing

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#4 posted 09-06-2011 07:12 PM

Fantastic box, and a great tutorial as well!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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#5 posted 09-06-2011 07:19 PM

Hey Fernando – that is a great box – the details are exceptional – well done! Nice tutorial – I was just saying, I wonder how he did that – when I realized this is a project/blog…....thanks for the blog bonus!

And the drum sander secret… sweet is that. Everyone should build a drum sander… you also have a new router table you haven’t told us about?

-- Jeff .... Minnesota, USA

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#6 posted 09-06-2011 07:36 PM

This is a beautifull box Fernando.
You don’t do easy boxes do you?

The edges banding looks great.

I love the detailed pictures.

You did a great job my friend.

Ps: Happy birthday to your wife.

-- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

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#7 posted 09-06-2011 08:26 PM

A nice birthday gift for your sweetheart. And on time! Congratulations on your progress.

Un bonito regalo para el cumpleaños de tu amada. ¡Y a tiempo! Felicitaciones por el progreso.

-- Our lives are marked and bound together by concentric rings. Martín - Argentina

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#8 posted 09-06-2011 09:10 PM

Your precise and meticulous work has paid off in spades. This is a lovely piece of work, Fernando. Nice subtle shading that works really well.

I have to agree with you on the drum sander, they are invaluable. Stewart was also my inspiration for making one.

Good post

-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging.

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#9 posted 09-07-2011 04:43 AM

Excellent work, very unique box.

-- Tom D

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#10 posted 09-07-2011 06:10 PM

  • @ Lew. Thank you Lew.I encourage you to make one of this sanders. I´ll repeat Martyn Britbox

statement: I also think that it is one of my most invaluable tools, these days, and I don’t know

what I did without it.

@ itsmic. Thank you Mic, you´re too kind :)

@ rkoorman.. Glad you liked it. Thank you RIck

@Charlie. Hi Charlie, thank you. Next time I´ll replace the sander for a hand planning with a 1867 Stanley !!! Would you dare? lol

@JL7. Thank you Jeff. Yep. Still have a Flintstone Router table. I didn´t mention the sander since

was a high classified issue. :)

@lanwater. Thank you lan. Besides the box, now I am working on the dinner party.

Wow….exhaust by now.

@Marpintero. Thank you Martin. YEs, ontime this one. Started 3 months ahead !!

@Britbox. Thank you Martyn for the encouraing words.

@ @tomd. Hi Tom. thank you. This is my very first veneered box. I still have a way to

go. Fortunately with good company.

-- Back home. Fernando

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#11 posted 09-07-2011 11:43 PM

Wonderful work on that box, wife must be with a sweet smile.
Hope life is kind to you and the family.
I have to look into this thickness sander, it is one of my never ending to do projects that never make it to the top of the list.
Best thoughts Fernando,

-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

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#12 posted 09-08-2011 04:33 AM

Thank you Mads. Listen you should remain tied to your handplanes. big laugh. :)

-- Back home. Fernando

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#13 posted 09-08-2011 11:26 AM

Big laugh here also.

-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

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#14 posted 09-12-2011 05:12 AM

when i saw this box

i will admit the build stumped me

i spent time working the 5/8” and 3/4”
pieces out in my head

then in one of those AHA moments
it was all revealed

very clever
and very well done

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

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#15 posted 09-12-2011 06:40 PM

Hi David.

It seems I did not quite still manage the inch issue. After reading your message I went through the description and found out that I made a mistake in the writing.

It should read 7/8 and 3/4, instead of 5/8. . Because I ended with 3/4” squares.

I will correct the description now

The whole purpose of having a piece 7/8 width, and then crosscutting the other 3/4” board in 7/8” strips, is to have spare width to plane or sand after the glue ups.

I am sorry if I give you a headache bud. And thank you for drawing my attention

Best regards

-- Back home. Fernando

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As a Christmas gift a couple years ago, my father-in-law bequeathed to me a ShopSmith from the 1940’s. I guess it belonged to my wife’s great-grandfather.

I spent some time cleaning it up, and while i can’t bring myself to use the table-saw function, It’s worked great as a drill press, sanding disc and lathe.

Since I’d never owned a lathe before, i tried my hand at some turnings. First two bowls are made from 2×12 contractor grade pine. The “cup” is made from a small hunk of moldy/spalted oak i found in the leaves on a walk in the woods. Haven’t succeeded at anything larger yet.

Wifey was kind enough to provide hand-modeling services for the ‘baby-bowl’ :-)

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#1 posted 01-26-2012 05:50 PM

A cool bunch of turnings.

-- Custom furniture

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#2 posted 01-26-2012 05:58 PM

Nice turnings. You need to join this forum. They are a great and knowledgeable bunch and they’ll tune you up on all the ways to use your vintage machine.

-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fibreglass trees.

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#3 posted 01-26-2012 08:59 PM

Great turning work!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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#4 posted 01-27-2012 01:05 AM

Nice work. Dry pine is one of the toughest woods to turn.
Glad to see another shopsmith user around.
All the bowls I have posted here were turned on an old SS 10ER.

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When we redid he bathroom I took the mirror out. We installed one with different dimensions. The old one though was of excellent quality and just the right size for the bedroom. I decided to do two thing to it as it was just a plain beveled edge mirror without a frame. One, frame it, and two paint a decorative border right on the glass.￼
The frame is made of hard maple. The sides are fluted with a type of architrave top. The sill at the bottom has a bulge on the left with a bowl shaped depression for rings or when putting in earrings or whatever. The windows, like the one opposite the mirror have fluted sides so the mirror was designed to loosely mimic the windows in the room. ￼The painted design on the glass was done with acrylics meant for glass and porcelain. The design is a simple vine with thin leaves and tiny white blossoms. I kept it simple as the frame is busy enough. Anything too bulky would not have looked good I think. The hand carved heart in the divot at the top is merely an expression that the mirror was made for the love of my life, my wonderful wife. Overall it came out pretty good. Nothing overly fancy but something I wanted to try to see what would develop. I thought about the design for awhile then one day just when out to the shop and made it.

-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful.

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#1 posted 01-27-2012 09:39 PM

That is lovely… what is the little shelf on the bottom left?
Whatever it is, I like the detail!

-- "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." Voltaire

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#2 posted 01-27-2012 09:42 PM

beautiful work Dan. those extra detail are sweet.

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#3 posted 01-27-2012 09:47 PM

Ellen, it’s described in the text. The bowl shaped sill is for putting in earrings and such. The mirror is in the area of the bedroom where her closet is.

-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful.

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#4 posted 01-27-2012 09:56 PM

Super looking frame nicely done.

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#5 posted 01-27-2012 10:06 PM

Duh… I never saw that little sentence!

-- "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." Voltaire

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#6 posted 01-27-2012 10:24 PM

Great design from the heart on top to the earing tray on bottom.

-- Bob in Montana. Kindness is the Language the blind can see and deaf can hear. - Mark Twain

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#7 posted 01-27-2012 11:27 PM

Dan : A great design and build. Some thought went into it other than just making a frame for the mirror.

Nice job.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware soon moving to Virginia †

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#8 posted 01-28-2012 12:50 AM

Lots of great detail. Very, very nice.
If I may add one note of warning….Please be careful. Overtime you get complacent about placing things on that tray. As I did for 3 years every night I tossed my watch on my mirror tray. One time the toss was a little too hard and I cracked the glass. I know there were several other times I could have boken the glass with similar wild tosses but just got lucky it didn’t break sooner.

-- Directions are just the Manufacturer's opinion on how something should be assembled. ----Mike, Waukesha, WI

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#9 posted 01-28-2012 01:20 AM

dan that is a beautiful piece of work , i love the way you did the indentation on the bottom, the whole piece all flows together, great job..keep up the good work craftsman on the lake…grizz

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#10 posted 01-28-2012 01:21 AM

Beautiful mirror!

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Maple Butcher's Block

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This butcher’s block is made mostly of maple, but with red oak drawer sides, runners and drawer pull. This was my first attempt at a dovetailed drawer and also at chiseling all of the mortises for the aprons and two shelf supports into the legs.

I added a bead at the bottom of each apron (a bit difficult to see in the photos) by filing the profile into a card scraper and scratching it into the aprons. The top is attached by screws and maple fasteners to allow for movement, and so that I can remove the top to sand and refinish when needed. Thanks for looking.

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#1 posted 02-11-2012 02:55 AM

I like this little piece

-- It's made of wood. Real sturdy.--Chubbs Peterson

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#2 posted 02-11-2012 02:56 AM

Beautiful work.

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#3 posted 02-11-2012 03:05 AM

This is beautiful, a great addition to any kitchen, like mine, I’m all over it.

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

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#4 posted 02-11-2012 03:40 AM

I agree it is a beautiful table with very attractive lines. I’ll take one too!!!

-- I read it but I wasn't listening!!

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#5 posted 02-11-2012 05:54 AM

nice detail work on the bottom slats, I like the pillow curves. Using double-tenons a good strong joint. I must complement you if that is your first dovetailing on a drawer, the result is/was well worth the risk.

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#6 posted 02-11-2012 06:27 AM

great looking table , I like all of the super details.

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#7 posted 02-11-2012 09:03 AM

Great addition to the kitchen. Very clean and functional. Well done!!!!!!!!! Love the rounded dadoes on he bottom shelf! Nice touch.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

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#8 posted 02-11-2012 05:03 PM

Awesome work.

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#9 posted 02-11-2012 10:12 PM

Nice job! I want to make something like this on casters that can moved around the camper .

-- I'm Chuck and I wood not chuck wood cause I keep finding uses for it!

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#10 posted 02-12-2012 03:17 AM

Very nice. But a butcher’s block is something very different from this.

-- Wes Giesbrecht

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#11 posted 02-13-2012 12:07 AM

Great piece, and nice looking kitchen too, simple and open.

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