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Apparently, Angela Bassett's feature directorial debut is still very much alive, according to the above tweet, which was posted by the Angela Bassett News Twitter account, and then retweeted by Bassett herself, suggesting that she confirms what's been said.
This might be old news, although I'm just learning that, T.D. Jakes has come on-board to produce Bassett's directorial debut, which I also recently learned is currently titled Book Of The Year, with the latest update on IMDBPro stating that, as of February of this year, the project is still in the script stage.
It's been a good 1 1/2 to 2 years since we last posted a update on this project, which I thought was likely dead.
If you've been reading this site long enough, you'd recall that Angela Bassett was to make her directorial debut, with a film called United States, previously titled Erasure – an adaptation of the popular novel of the same name by Percival Everett.
In late 2011, I checked in with the screenwriter (Dwayne Johnson-Cochran) who's adapting the book into screenplay format, and he told me that there really wasn't anything new to report on it, and that I should reach out to him again after time had passed, which I most certainly will.
It's been suggested in the past by some that Erasure, the novel, was a scathing critique of Push, the novel by Sapphire, on which Precious, the movie, was based. Others have argued that it's actually a critique of Richard Wright's Native Son. And still there are those who say that it's a criticism of writers like Terri McMillan and the whole idea of Oprah's book club.
I'm sure Ms Bassett is aware of all the above, as she embarks on adapting the fiery novel, and the conversation that will likely accompany the film's release – whenever it's made.
Erasure focuses on Monk Ellison, a prominent black writer – the hyper-literate son of middle-class suburban parents, who writes obscure post-modern novels reinterpreting Greek classics. With his most recent manuscript receiving its 17th rejection from a publisher, frustrated with the publishing industry's interest in releasing certain kinds of black-themed books by black authors (I'm sure you can guess which kinds), Monk, under a pseudonym, writes a parody of the "ghetto-fiction" genre, which he calls Ma Pafology (a title he later changes to simply, Fuck). Fuck is an autobiography told from the perspective of an illiterate black man, and much to his surprise, the book garners lots of critical and commercial acclaim, and soon becomes a possible contender for the National Book Award, leaving Monk in a crisis of conscience – to choose between telling the truth or being famous.
In a sample sequence within Erasure, which some say supports above arguments about the novel's intent, Monk sees a poster announcing a reading by an author named Juanita Mae Jenkins, described as "author of the runaway bestseller 'We's Lives in Da Ghetto'," a novel that begins: "My fahvre be gone since time I's borned and it be just me an' my momma an' my baby brover Juneboy."
Also, in another sequence, Monk reads reviews that praise Jenkins' novel for its "haunting realness;" he watches Jenkins on a talk show whose black female host has chosen the novel for her book club; and more…
Bassett's film has been "in development" since 2006. A long journey to production. But it's clearly still alive, and I suppose it's a matter of when, and not if. It's not clear when TD Jakes came onboard, but he definitely wasn't attached when we last wrote about the project in 2011, so he must have signed up in the last 12 months or so.
Maybe with Jakes' presence, and clout, he might be able to push the production forward finally. And I should mention Courtney B. Vance is also a producer.
But I think it'll be interesting to see what kinds of conversations the film inspires whenever it's eventually released.
From Erasure, to United States and, now, Book Of The Year is the film's title.
Looking forward to casting…
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Unless that AE-1 already had a CLA by someone who was a Canon tech (at one time or another), $80 even for the kit is too much money. If you're willing to wait until you find a deal at some thrift store or yard sale, keep looking, assuming the price of a look-over by a tech is part of the purchase cost.
Another option might be to buy from either a local camera store (if your area still has any; they'll weed out the troublesome ones or at least warrant them for a while) or from an outfilt called KEH (obvious URL). KEH prices by the condition of the item, but even their "BGN" (Bargain) level is trusty, even if it looks like it's been through a war. I've bought BGN lenses from them and been very happy with them.
bae, anything with the red Leica dot on it is $$$$. It's wonderful gear to use, but it does not take a better picture than a properly-operating AE-1. That's up to the person pushing the button. On the other hand, the Leica gear will forever be worth far more than the AE-1 (unless it was Canon's "Job 1" AE-1, I suppose).
And, yes, B&W film is out there. So is processing, though most places don't do B&W locally anymore because of the lack of demand.
Have fun hunting, Williamsmith!
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Canon AE-1 is what I used, although I haven't used it in a while. When the original one I had died, I got a replacement off of Ebay and that worked fine - but definitely buyer beware on older cameras on Ebay.
I am in and out of antique stores often. Yesterday, I happened to be in one and I happened to be standing in front of a display that included the third Canon AE-1 of the day. It felt like I was destined to take it home. Upon examination, it appeared to be in near perfect condition and it came with a 52mm lens and strap. I hemmed and hawed around so much that the wife finally reminded me how long I have been shopping for one and gave me the incredulous eye when I told her I wasn't sure. At $50, it was the best price I had seen.
I settled on the AE-1 due to the ease of finding compatible accessories. And it can be used in the manual mode or programmable for auto exposure. But it is definitely not a computer and belongs to the analog revolution. So begins my journey. I don't have any great expectations for artistry. I simply want to capture images that in and of themselves evoke a feeling for me. Whatever that means....I'm not sure yet but I believe portraits can be in that class and some of the most powerful images I've seen .....are faces.
One more step back from the digital world. I was listening the an interview with Neil Young regarding digital music. It is fascinating to me how much of the analog sound is lost in the digital universe. I wonder if photography is similar?
Congratulations! It should be a fun project. From what I know, digital can capture more detail than analog, but there is a unique richness and depth with film that is hard to match.
But digital optics improved very rapidly, and, a few years ago, digital passed film in dynamic range. Used to be that pushing film to ASA 400 gave you a grainy picture -- but at least an image you got in low light. Now DSLR users routinely bump ASA to 1600 or higher with pretty much no ill effect -- and the option of denoising software to use afterward. I also remember when the brand of film chosen depended on whether you preferred Kodacolor's reddish cast or Fuji's bluish cast or Agfa's relative lack of saturation. Some people liked the pop of Kodachrome over other slide films; others found it garish. I can argue about the quality of Canon's JPEGs out of camera and my preference for Nikon's JPEGs. But that is arguing over trivial things compared to color cast and saturation. And I can fix that in post-processing, too.
I sometimes wonder how much of the fond comparison, though, is ... well, romantic. The sound-equalization curve used on most records -- RIAA -- only covers frequencies between 30 Hz and 15,000 KHz -- not near the limits of human hearing then or now. Except that most of the people who are old enough to have used a record player to listen to current music back in the day probably have hearing now that's no better than 30-15KHz.
How much of "that good old analog sound" came from sound engineers who had had 70-80 years to perfect recording and playing back that sound; how much of that declaration is from people who like real mac-and-cheese but are just "okay" with it because it doesn't taste like the definitional "blue box" of their childhood; and how much of it comes from acoustic factors we cannot yet measure definitively?
Full disclosure: I still have a few hundred LPs I enjoy listening to and, in cases of a duplicate LP and CD album, have kept the LP. Most of what I listen to, though, is digital -- either my own stuff, streamed, or Internet radio.
William, congratulations on re-acquiring an AE-1. Great camera and just as good at images now as it ever was. Have fun with it!
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Alchemy refers to a range of philosophies and ancient practices which seek to prepare or develop the "elixir of Life" or "immortality" or "longevity" using the philosophers' stone, accomplish the transmutation of base substances into gold, and attain ultimate wisdom. Many alchemical sources treat the various substances, equipment and processes used in alchemical workshops in an allegorical sense, as metaphors for a spiritual discipline. Alchemy, in its physical procedures and investigations can be viewed as a protoscience, the precursor to modern chemistry, having provided many procedures, equipment and names of substances which are still in use.
- Alphonse: Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only truth.
- Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist, (2003)
- The great libraries of Paris, Rome, Venice, Milan, Escurial, Cracow, Gotha, Munich, and Cologne preserve a large number of Greek alchemical manuscripts of unknown authorship and uncertain date. Hoefer... refers them to the third and fourth centuries, but other authorities with greater probability place them not earlier than the tenth and eleventh.
The most celebrated of these essays are attributed to Zosimus, of whose history nothing is certainly known, and bear these titles: "On Furnaces and Chemical Instruments," "On the Virtue and Composition of Waters," "On the Holy Water," "On the Sacred Art of Making Gold and Silver." In a treatise attributed to Synesius, we find a description of a hydroscopium or hydrometer which was re-discovered as long after as the sixteenth century.
In these manuscripts chemistry is called the "sacred Art," and the exceedingly obscure and figurative language in which they are written makes it well nigh impossible to separate fact from fancy; Hoefer has indeed attempted to discover modern chemical conceptions in the allusions to Egyptian myths and the chaotic collections of spagyric arcana. ...[E]ach author seems to have aimed to write treatises intelligible only to himself, and we greatly doubt his success in even this respect.
- Henry Carrington Bolton, "An Address Delivered before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Montreal," (August 23, 1882) The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, p. 115, Vol. 46, No. 1190 (Sept. 15, 1882).
- What a lovely afternoon
On a cloudbusting kind of day.
We took our own 'Mystery Tour'
And got completely lost somewhere up in the hills.
And we came up on a bee-keeper,
And he said "Did you know they can change it all?"
They got alchemy.
They turn the roses into gold
They turn the lilac into honey
They're making love for the peaches.
And they'll do it,
Do it for you.
- Kate Bush, in "You Want Alchemy" (B-side of "The Red Shoes" single) (4 April 1994)
- The matter lies before the eyes of all; everybody sees it, touches it, loves it, but knows it not. It is glorious and vile, precious and of small account, and is found everywhere... But, to be brief, our Matter has as many names as there are things in this world; that is why the foolish know it not.
- The Golden Tract concerning the Philosopher's Stone in the Musaeum Hermeticum
- Why should I use many words unto you? For this thing is extracted from thee, and thou art its ore; in thee they find it, and, to speak more plainly, from thee they take it; and when thou hast experienced this, the love and delight of it will be increased in thee. And thou shalt know that this thing subsists truly and beyond all doubt. … I have not known any Stone which might be likened to this Stone, or which may have the effect of it. For in this Stone the Four Elements are contained, and it is likened to the world and the composition of the world.
- "The Interrogations of King Calid, and the Answers of Morienus" in De Transmutatione Metallica
- The alchemical tradition assumes that every physical art or science is a body of knowledge which exists only because it is ensouled by invisible powers and processes. Physical chemistry, as it is practiced in the modern world, is concerned principally with pharmaceutical or industrial research projects. It is confined within the boundaries of an all-pervading materialism, which binds labor to the advancement of physical objectives.
- Manly Palmer Hall, in Meditation Symbols in Eastern and Western Mysticism
- It is a mistake to confound Alchemy with Chemistry. Modern Chemistry is a science which deals merely with the external forms in which the element of matter is manifesting itself. It never produces anything new. We may mix and compound and decompose two or more chemical bodies an unlimited number of times, and cause them to appear under various different forms, but at the end we will have no augmentation of substance, nor anything more than the combinations of the substances that have been employed at the beginning. Alchemy does not mix or compound anything, it causes that which already exists in a latent state to become active and grow. Alchemy is, therefore, more comparable to botany or agriculture than to Chemistry; and, in fact, the growth of a plant, a tree, or an animal is an alchemical process going on in the alchemical laboratory of nature, and performed by the great Alchemist, the power of God acting in nature.
- Franz Hartmann, in In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom, containing the History of the True and the False Rosicrucians (1890), p. 129
- These are not fables. You will touch with your hands, you will see with your own eyes, the Azoth, the Mercury of Philosophers, which alone will suffice to obtain for you our Stone. … Darkness will appear on the face of the Abyss; Night, Saturn and the Antimony of the Sages will appear; blackness, and the raven's head of the alchemists, and all the colors of the world, will appear at the hour of conjunction; the rainbow also, and the peacock's tail. Finally, after the matter has passed from ashen-colored to white and yellow, you will see the Philosopher's Stone, our King and Dominator Supreme, issue forth from his glassy sepulcher to mount his bed or his throne in his glorified body... diaphanous as crystal; compact and most weighty, as easily fusible by fire as resin, as flowing as wax and more so than quicksilver … the color of saffron when powdered, but red as rubies when in an integral mass...
- Heinrich Khunrath, in Amphitheatrum
- The alchemical operation consisted essentially in separating the prima materia, the so-called chaos, into the active principle, the soul, and the passive principle, the body, which were then reunited in personified form in the coniunctio or 'chymical marriage'... the ritual cohabitation of Sol and Luna.
- Carl Jung, in Mysterium Coniunctionis
- Everyone knows Newton as the great scientist. Few remember that he spent half his life muddling with alchemy, looking for the philosopher's stone. That was the pebble by the seashore he really wanted to find.
- Fritz Leiber, in "Poor Superman" (1951), also in the anthology Tomorrow (1952) edited by Robert Heinlein
- If by fire
Of sooty coal th' empiric alchymist
Can turn, or holds it possible to turn,
Metals of drossiest ore to perfect gold.
- John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), Book V, line 439, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 19
- Few would defend a small view of Alchemy as "Mother of Chemistry", and confuse its true goal with those external metal arts. Alchemy is an erotic science, involved in buried aspects of reality, aimed at purifying and transforming all being and matter. Not to suggest that material operations are ever abandoned. The adept holds to both the mystical and physical work.
- Jim Morrison, in The Lords and the New Creatures: Poems (1969), The Lords: Notes on Vision
- They can picture love affairs of chemicals and stars, a romance of stones, or the fertility of fire. Strange, fertile correspondences the alchemists sensed in unlikely orders of being. Between men and planets, plants and gestures, words and weather.
- Jim Morrison, in The Lords and the New Creatures: Poems (1969), The Lords: Notes on Vision
- Cinema returns us to anima, religion of matter, which gives each thing its special divinity and sees gods in all things and beings. Cinema, heir of alchemy, last of an erotic science.
- Jim Morrison, in The Lords and the New Creatures: Poems (1969), The Lords: Notes on Vision
- The starving chemist in his golden views
Supremely blest.
- Alexander Pope, Essay on Man, Epistle II, line 269, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 19
- Alchemists knew the coiled serpent as Uboros. ...it represented the highest goal of their quest: the harmonious union of opposites, especially the masculine and the feminine sides of the personality. The motto that usually accompanied it was "From the One to the One."
- Theodore Roszak, The Gendered Atom (1999)
- You are an alchemist; make gold of that.
- Timon in William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens (date uncertain, published 1623), Act V, scene 1, line 117
- I had discovered, early in my researches, that their doctrine was no mere chemical fantasy, but a philosophy they applied to the world, to the elements, and to man himself.
- William Butler Yeats, in Rosa Alchemica
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- SHAC: Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
- ESSWE: European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism
- Association for the Study of Esotericism
- The Alchemy Website · Adam McLean's online collections and academic discussion
- Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Alchemy
- Book of Secrets: Alchemy and the European Imagination, 1500-2000 · A digital exhibition from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University


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Do you remember when I went to Paris? It was back in November, and I told you that I visited La Droguerie, a beautiful old-fashioned yarn shop. I bought some gorgeous wool, and here's what I made with it.
This shawl is for my Mum. I don't see her very often because she lives in England and I live in France, but I do try to go over at least twice a year. My next visit is planned for April and I'm looking forward to giving her this lovely soft shawl.
If you want to make one, the pattern is by the very talented Just-In on Ravelry. You can also find it on Just-In's website cuteandkaboodle.com.
I do have quite a lot of yarn left over and I'm thinking of making a little vintage baby bonnet. What do you think?


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Despite constant danger of losing the robot to the murk or grounding it in the perilous shallows, this mission was a fountainous success. Simply pondtacular.
Max depth: 1.2 feet
Visibility: nope
Flora and fauna: chip bag, bugs, diaper?
Intrigued onlookers: 6, plus dog
Post-mission robot care: thorough washing
Water bodies on UC Berkeley's campus are few and far between, but I found one! Hearst Mining Circle fountain was built in 1914 as part of the Hearst Memorial Mining Building, financed by Phoebe Apperson Hearst as a memorial to her husband George, a successful miner and U.S. Senator.
Once a vibrant watery hub for student lounging and mischief, this fountain has fallen into disrepair due to the California drought. Murky and green, we believed these mysterious depths may hold forgotten treasures, until an overheated dog confirmed a max depth of 1.2 feet.
After arriving at our intended destination, we discovered that the tide was super low- there was approximately 10-15 meters of much and marsh pretty much entirely across the coast line that we were planning on entering the water from, and we were ill-equipped for marching across marsh and muck. We quickly realized from a distance that a dive was not possible from this location.
We then drove back up to Islais Creek as before, and to our surprise the water line was also very low. We took a hike around the surrounding area, near some homeless encampments under freeway over passes, talked to some of the locals who lived in nearby tents and they gave us their account of the surrounding nature, wildlife and foot traffic in the area. We saw a cormorant, a seal and a robin during this hike.
After hiking to the other side of the creek we decided that it wasn't a good day for deploying the ROV. We headed back to OpenROV HQ to start our workday.
However we shall return to the area soon, and we will check tide charts before we leave next time.
One of the interesting things we got to see was the opening where the Islais culvert connected into the open creek. We've learned that the creek was once entirely above ground - running from Glen Park all the way over to the bay. Today most of it has been paved over, but the tunnel opening looked almost wide enough to walk through. It would be interesting to see how it looks during high tide!
Looks like some good swimming! Any good pubs close by?
Return to Islais Creek:
When I brought the ROV home from last weeks dives, it was packed up in a plastic garbage bag to keep it from contaminating the pelican case. As per your sanitization recommendations, I put it into the bathtub and washed it down with bleach, twice.
I was loosley concerned that the bleach would denature the acrylic pressure housing or cause it to take on a milky, opaque hue, but several days later, it still looks clear.
On our last sojourn to shit creek our little ROV 'Puck' threw off the port propeller. So I replaced it yesterday, secured both props with a drop of locktite and then tested it out in our test tank. All the systems were perfectly operational, so I packed it up and off we went!
Awesome. Glad to hear the weak bleach didn't hurt anything.
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Sunrise - 6:22 AM
Sunset - 7:52 PM
Wind - 7 mph
Temp - 54 degrees F
We are on the move again! It's a sunny, blustery day in San Francisco and we're prepping to send Puck back into the bay.
Things we are thinking about:
-Current: Last time, we had some difficulty with this. We are expecting the water to flow at around 1 or 2 knots. Our hope is that the addition of a new prop/ability to operate at a higher thrust factor will help counter it this time.
-The pipe: We're curious about the background of the terra cotta pipe we found. With a little more investigating, we want to be able to identify the time period it came from and what system it belonged to.
-Structures surrounding the water: We drove into the Dogpatch from a different direction this time, and were amazed by all of the abandoned warehouses! If we have time, we may try and pop the ROV into the water at the foot of these buildings. The only concern with this is entanglement, as we would have lots of old pilings and debris to contend with.
More updates to come!
Today we are heading out for our second dive in Hunters Point, San Francisco. This time we are diving in India Basin. Finding parking in this neighborhood is quite nutty, not to any surprise.
As recently as the early 1800's this area was prime hunting / foraging land for the Muwekma-Ohlone tribes, the wetlands covering 800 sq/km and flourishing with fauna, fish and wild edible plants. During the gold rush (mid-1800's) when the population of the San Francisco Bay significantly increased, the biological diversity of the region began to diminish, leading up to today (2015)- Where a fraction of the biodiversity still exists.
A few ways this region has been affected are:
-Hydraulic Mining: In the gold rush, this was the most popular mining method, as miners could simply wash away the sediment they were handling and it would carry downstream, affecting croplands and eroding everything in the path of the water stream.
-Blocking the estuaries from tidal action: Beginning in the early 1900's, private industry started blocking off estuaries from tides, calming the water for salt extraction.
-Synthetic Landfill Neighborhoods: Today some of the most expensive real estate on the planet (SF) is build on wetlands turned solid ground via rubble.
At any rate, we are going to explore the water in India Basin today- Hopefully see some native plant and animal species in their natural environment. I really wish we had a water sampling set with us, I'm having trouble finding any information on the water quality in the Bay.
More to come once we leave this coffee house, keep posted!
After reading about the history of the creek, we were initially surprised to see people braving the water without hesitation, but the more we spoke with our new friends the more we realized we had stumbled upon an invaluable source of information. They were able to point us in the direction of the old cannery location, give us some more background on the butchery, and corroborate some of the gritty details we had learned (even filling us in on some that we weren't aware of). Check out this development map of the Islais Creek area during the 1920's!
Last weekend got us really excited about the things we could find along the edge of San Francisco Bay. One of the highlights came from an encounter with some local kayakers. The timing couldn't have been better. Just as we were booting Puck up and running some preliminary tests, they slid up along the creek bank. With their guidance, we've got some ideas brewing for our next deployment.
Dive Two: Pipe Dreams. We scouted out another dive site across the creek at the Islais Creek Promenade--with even more invasive trash species! Since our noble Puck had lost a propeller, we positioned him right in front of a submerged pipe and powered forward to peer inside. Puck's lights revealed an encrusting mass of mussels and barnacles on one end--and the ubiquitous trash critters on the other. The most interesting part was the pipe itself--it's terracotta--so some chapter of Islais Creek's rich industrial history remains. Any guesses?
The Completely True and Pretty Crappy History of Islais Creek.
Islais Creek was originally the largest inland body of water, at 5,000 acres, in the San Francisco Peninsula. It was named after the abundant berries that Native Americans would harvest along the banks. Once a pristine creek, things have changed dramatically over the last 150 years.
1850s: Source for irrigation water spurred by the Gold Rush population
1870s: Butchertown dump site for cattle carcasses, human waste, and general garbage. Islais Creek picks up the colloquial name "Shit Creek."
1906: Filled with the city's debris from the Earthquake
1950's: The creek hosted the largest sardine cannery in the world, dumping processing waste into the creek.
1990s: Almost entirely filled in. There were discussions of how to clean it up, and a modest park was built.
2000: While drilling an electrical conduit for the Muni Streetcar, a giant sewer pipe, that carried 80,000 gallons of sewage, cracked. The park was flooded and had to be excavated in order to make repairs.
It now has the highest levels of PCBs, heavy metals, bacteria, and organochlorines than any other part of San Francisco Bay.
We're going to go deploy our trusty ROV "Puck" because frankly we wouldn't touch that water with a ten foot pole.
Is it possible to quarantine a robot? What about sanitizing it? We are open to suggestions.
Well it's definitely a job for an ROV! As for sanitation, I think I mild dilution of bleach may be in order after the dive is over an let it just soak for a few hours.
From reading a bit more on the creek, you might also want to invest in some industrial/commercial hazardous material equipment such as gloves, overalls and facemasks for launch and recovery. That stuff is going to be nasty.
Many cities are built up on waterways, tunnels, rivers, and wetlands. There's water everywhere! These are the missions to see what's happening in places we often overlook.


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We don't really care about our wheelie bins, after all, we just fill them with waste. But they can start to get smelly and nobody wants that. Of course they are going to get smelly and if your bin is kept right next to your home, you definitely don't want to be able to smell your bin every time you leave the house.
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It is best to do this exercise in the summer as there is a smaller chance of rain. Rain can cause the air to become humid, which is the perfect environment for bacteria to multiply and grow.
You should clean out of your bin. You only need to clean it out a few times a year. You could use soap to clean out your bin to get rid of any bacteria that might be lingering. Washing out your bin is one of the simplest solutions if your bin has already started to smell foul. Using Your Choice Wheelie Bin Cleaner is the best way to keep the inside of your bin clean and free of odors. Your Choice Wheelie Bin Cleaner has been specially formulated to tackle the strongest odors without masking them.
You will usually find that you can get your wheelie bins cleaned professionally. This is an effective way of keeping your bins clean but can sometimes be expensive.
Certain natural products can also be used to clean your wheelie bin. Baking soda is great to leave at the bottom of your bin to help neutralize odors.
You could also chop up some lemons and place them in your bin. Lemons help to neutralize the bad odors that build up in your bin, it won't get rid of your problem but it will definitely help your bin to smell nice.
Your Choice Wheelie Bin Cleaning Spray is for use on bins (external and internal) and other waste disposal areas it prevents insects, flies and larvae. Its special anti-microbial action not only cleans but protects. Your Choice Wheelie Bin Cleaner not only kills insects and insect larvae it also stops foul odors from developing in your wheelie bin.
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text: A Guide to choosing the right bra for you Bad fitting bra's can ruin your posture, confidence and the look of your clothing. Get fitted for bra's every 6 months - bodies fluctuate; weight changes and age can affect the bust. Always fit a bra on the first hooks - your bra will stretch with time and you need to be able to make the bra smaller (by working inwards along the hooks). Always ask a sales assistant regarding sizing of a lingerie brand that you haven't worn before. As with clothing, lingerie can be cut differently and the sizing can vary from brand to brand and from style to style. Try on a couple of bra sizes: Take into the fitting room a smaller back size and a larger cups size - for instance you want to try a 34B also take into the fitting room a 32C. You then can assess the fit of both sizes. (This is worth trying if you are purchasing underwear unassisted in the period between fittings) Some Top Fitting Tips from online experts: Susannah Perez Demonstrating where women go wrong with bras in some great pictures and with fabulously direct advice on what to do about it. TOP TIP "You've been buying a 36D since you were 16, but that definitely does not mean that your size has stayed the same." Simply Be TOP TIP "If the wires are pulling away from your body in the middle or sitting on top of your breast at the front or side, your cup size is too small..." Bravissimo TOP TIP "The back size relates to how the bra fits around your body. The band around your body provides most of the support so it should be firm but comfortable. It should be horizontal and not ride up at the back at all." Susan Nethero TOP TIP "If you have the dreaded back fat, you probably think your bra is too tight, but you're wrong - your bra is too big. Wearing the bra lower on your back with a smaller band size will completely eliminate the back fat." TOP TIP "We want to keep the back lean and small so we can lift the bust. [The bra band is] like a bridge - if it's properly planted at the base, it can lift." Colour In general always go for skin tone or black. Don't buy white as an alternative to skin tone (it won't look the same). Style For close fitting clothes go for seamless lingerie - avoid decoration such as bows or lace. Don't purchase or wear knickers/panties that are too small - this can be very uncomfortable and you can see the cut lines through garments. Bra Styles Full Cup Bras: Full coverage of the bust - giving shape and support. Great for big-busted ladies but not to be worn with low cut tops. Balconette or Balcony Bra: Lower at the front but the top of the bra cups can look straight across the bust (like a balcony!). Minimiser bra: Used to minimise the bust size by distributing the breast tissue. Useful for decreasing the bust for a top that may be just a little snug across the bust. Plunge bra or push-up: Designed to give uplift and cleavage. The low centre of the bra means you can wear a variety of low cut tops. Padded bra: Used to enhance your shape if you want to increase your bust size. Multiway bra: A bra designed to go under a multitude of top styles. The straps can often be changed into various positions to create a racer back, halter neck or cross back style. Strapless Bra: A bra designed to be worn with strapless dresses. Make sure the bra fits well to give adequate support. Often a strapless bra will come with detachable straps to give you more variety of use. Seamless bra: (or T-shirt bra): Often has moulded cups, designed for a smooth look under close fitting clothes. Bright Ideas - make seamless transitions between outfits with this type of bra. Sports bra: To be worn when doing sports, gym and fitness classes. The bra is designed to minimise the bust movement. They come in a variety of support levels - pick yours for the level of intensity of the sport you do. Underwired bra: Underwire is two pieces of covered wire curving under the bust. Underwire helps support the bust and create shape. Non-wired bra: This type of bra provides shape and support from the bra's structured cups.


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Section 8: Veterans Land Board Land Under Contract to a VeteranAnchor: #i1000631
At times, fee title, less oil, gas, and sulfur rights, will be acquired in land owned by the Veterans Land Board (VLB) and under contract of sale between the Board and a veteran. In these cases, the Board must convey its land interest to the veteran before the veteran can execute a right of way deed to the State. So that the veteran may pay the Board for its conveyance to him from monies received from TxDOT for his conveyance to TxDOT, arrangements exist between the Board and TxDOT for the ROW Program Office in Austin to simultaneously coordinate the closing of the two transactions.
When a right of way parcel consists of land from two or more tracts purchased by the VLB, separate conveyance instruments and property descriptions are prepared for each tract. An additional $40 statutory fee is required for each VLB tract.
Parcel property descriptions in this category vary slightly from those prepared for normal right of way acquisition. The outside tie reference necessary for partial takings must be an established corner of the veteran's property that he holds under Contract of Sale. Also, if discrepancies exist between the previous property description and the one prepared for the new right of way, the new description must reference and include the earlier data as "called" course data. Further, the Board requires that the new property description furnished by TxDOT and used for the fractional deed to the veteran include the original signature and professional seal of the surveyor, certifying acceptance of the description.
When TxDOT only desires an easement interest, the Board does not execute a fractional deed to the veteran. In this case, the veteran executes the easement subject to the Board's approval. To meet statutory requirements the approved easement must bear the signature of the Chairman of the Board.Anchor: #i1000658
TxDOT Appraisal Procedure
Property required for highway purposes that is owned by the VLB and under contract of sale between the Board and a veteran will be appraised by TxDOT in the same manner as any other parcel. Breakdown of interests between the veteran and the Board is not required.Anchor: #i1000668
Negotiations and Procedure for Fee Title
The Board's fractional conveyances are made for cash consideration based on the Board's reappraisal of the veteran's whole property, as affected by the fractional conveyance. There are statutory fees the Board charges the veteran for processing the fractional conveyance. These include a reappraisal fee of $120 and a fractional deed fee of $80. The veteran must pay these fees. However, they are reimbursable by TxDOT as incidental expenses for transfer of realty. See Incidental Expenses on Transfer of Real Property. All consideration paid to the Board for land is credited to the veteran's account with the Board, but the fee charges are not. If the veteran has been in possession of the land three years or less, notify the ROW Program Office in Austin in the original submission for parcel processing.
There is no way to predetermine the conditions and charges the Board will require before making its conveyance to the veteran. Therefore, after the district reaches a settlement with the veteran, it is necessary to enter into an ROW-N-8 Tentative Memorandum of Agreement for Land Owned By VLB , with the veteran.
The Department submits the Tentative Memorandum of Agreement to the ROW Program Office in Austin along with a letter from the veteran addressed to the Board, prepared by the district, requesting the fractional conveyance, and requesting the Board's notification of the conditions and charges for the fractional conveyance. See sample Letter From Veteran To Requesting Severance Approval. Copies of the tentative agreement and letter are prepared for the veteran, the Board, the Department, and the ROW Program Office. The submission includes two copies of the property description and two sketches showing the land involved.
After reviewing the submission, the ROW Program Office in Austin forwards the property description, sketch, veteran's letter, and agreement to the Board. Upon receiving the veteran's request, the Board makes an independent appraisal of the veteran's whole property to determine the consideration they will charge for the fractional deed. Then, the Board notifies the veteran of the required consideration and fees he must pay for the conveyance. The Board also states that a fractional deed will be issued upon receipt of payment. Copies of the Board's letter are furnished to the ROW Program Office in Austin and the Department. The veteran should understand that regardless of the outcome of the transaction with TxDOT, the veteran incurs an obligation to pay the Board the cost of an appraisal.
After ascertaining the consideration and fees required by the Board, negotiate with the veteran and submit a payment request to the ROW Program Office in Austin. The submission and handling of a pay request supported by an attorney's certificate is different from that supported by a title policy commitment, as set out in subsections Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), Attorney's Certificates, and Billing Assembly/Submission to the ROW Division/Closing following.
When the veteran executes the MOA, he is requested to sign another letter prepared by the district, requesting final severance, in quadruplicate. See sample Letter From Veteran To VLB: Final Request for Severance. This letter requests the Board to execute its fractional conveyance to the veteran in exchange for payment to the Board per the MOA. It also authorizes the deed to be delivered to the ROW Program Office in Austin if an Attorney's Certificate is used, or to the title company if a title policy is obtained.Anchor: #i1000727
Right of Way Deed
The right of way deed is prepared on standard TxDOT deed forms. No reference is made to the Board since they will have conveyed their right of way interest to the veteran before the TxDOT deed is executed.Anchor: #CEGIIAFD
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
Prepare the MOA in the usual manner and include the following clause:
"It is expressly understood that this agreement is subject to the herein described property being released to you by the VLB by Fractional Deed and/or the approval of your easement to the State signified by the Chairman of the Board's signature on the easement instrument. "
When an Attorney's Certificate is used, the disbursement breakdown on the MOA should show:
- the consideration payable to the VLB for the fractional deed;
- the specific fees payable to the Board, as stated in their notice;
- the fee payable to the County Clerk of the appropriate county for recording the fractional deed;
- the total consideration for the easement, if any, made payable to the VLB; and
- the remainder of the original TxDOT approved fee parcel value, payable to the veteran. Make an extra copy of the agreement for the Board's files.
When a title policy commitment is used, the MOA should show that the State warrant will be made payable jointly to the grantor and title company. See example of Form ROW-N-6, Memorandum of Agreement (for use when Title Insurance is Purchased).Anchor: #CEGEJFEJ
Attorney's Certificates
The general procedure and requirements set out in Attorney's Certificates: Title Examination, Escrow, and Closing are to be followed in preparing certificates with the following exceptions: (1) The first paragraph of Attorney's Certificate "A" is to show that the VLB has fee title in the parcel; (2) both the veteran and the Board are to be listed under "Owner and Claimant;" and (3) the phrase "Purchaser Under Contract of Sale and Purchase with the VLB" is to be inserted, in parentheses, immediately following the veteran's name.Anchor: #i1000799
Title Policy Commitment
In consideration of the letter from the Board promising to issue a fractional deed, the title company will be requested to furnish their usual commitment, as set out in Title Policy Commitments. The Board's interest should be considered a lien against the property that is cleared by delivery of the Board's deed to the title company.Anchor: #CEGHDIJG
Billing Assembly/Submission to the ROW Division/Closing
The billing assembly is the same as used for other State right of way acquisitions with the addition of the veteran's letter to the Board. Show only the veteran's name under "Name of Payee" on ROW-A-15, Payment Request.
When an Attorney's Certificate is used, the ROW Program Office in Austin delivers the appropriate warrants to the VLB as payment for the land and statutory fees in exchange for the Board's Fractional Deed and approved easement, if any. At the same time, the ROW Program Office forwards to the district the veteran's warrant, along with the right of way deed from the veteran to TxDOT. The ROW Program Office then forwards the fractional deed and easement to the district for delivery to the veteran. At closing, the fractional deed is to be recorded before recording the right of way deed to TxDOT. The recorded right of way deed must be returned to the ROW Program Office for permanent filing.
When a title policy commitment is used, all State warrants are sent to the Department in the usual manner. Upon receiving the State warrants the title company makes the proper disbursements, including sending separate checks to the Board for payment of the consideration and fees, as shown in the Board's letter to the veteran. The Board issues its fractional deed and easement, if any, to the title company for closing.Anchor: #i1000831
Negotiations for Right of Way Easements
Following are VLB requirements for easements.
- The veteran owner of land held under a contract of sale with the VLB may, with the Board's approval, grant easements for highway purposes. Under procedures established by the Board, the veteran is required to execute and acknowledge, in duplicate, TxDOT's easement forms. If the property is the veteran's homestead, his spouse is to join in executing the easement. In preparing the easement, the veteran and his spouse are grantors. However, a special clause must be inserted in the form that more fully explains the condition of ownership. This clause is to read as follows:
"The land herein described is under Contract of Sale and Purchase to grantor herein who will receive a deed to said land from the Veterans Land Board when all the terms of said Contract have been complied with. Grantors execute this instrument with the approval of the Veterans Land Board in accordance with the regulations of said Board, which approval is signified by the signature hereon of its Chairman."
- The recitation in the form relating to the consideration being paid must be explicit and in detail. A statement of purely nominal consideration is not to be made. All cash consideration paid for the easement must be remitted to the Board, and such consideration is applied in its entirety to the principal of the veteran's account, with the exception that any cash consideration paid for damages, such as injury to crops, may be retained by the veteran. However, a recitation specifically setting out the amount of this payment and its purpose must be made in the easement form. This must be set out in detail following the parcel property description.
- If the veteran is to be paid any money for labor, materials, or services for moving fences or other structures, this fact must be recited in the form and the money must be deposited with the Board. The Board will hold this money in a suspense account to be paid back to the veteran when the Board is satisfied that the veteran has accomplished the necessary work and/or supplied the necessary materials.
- If the veteran is donating the easement, the consideration clause in the form must show the following statement: "This easement is being donated. " In such instances the veteran should explain by letter the benefits to be received from the granting of the easement. Unless the veteran receives some benefit from the donated easement, the Board will not approve the easement.
- The veteran must pay a $40 statutory fee to the Board for servicing and filing each easement. Since all money paid for the easement must be paid to the Board, the veteran must pay this fee out of funds other than those paid by TxDOT for the easement; however, this fee is reimbursable as an incidental expense for transfer of realty. See General Payment Policies and Procedures for State and LPA.
- VLB approval is to be indicated on the easement by the signature of the Chairman or Acting Chairman of the Board, together with the seal of the Board.
- The standard retention clause used in TxDOT easement forms must be amended to eliminate the provision that the State will acquire title to improvements due to the failure of the seller to remove them within a specified time. This is required by the VLB for easements but is not required if fee title is being conveyed. Exercise caution in permitting retention of improvements when only an easement is being acquired since failure to remove the improvement means that the State can not remove the improvement, clear title is not obtained, and lengthy and costly litigation may be required to force removal. This is particularly important on LPA acquisition projects when only easements are acquired.
When only a drainage easement is acquired, only one submission is needed. It is not necessary to prepare the Tentative Memorandum of Agreement since it is known beforehand that the Board requires application of the total consideration paid the veteran to his account, less payment for damages.
If a memorandum of agreement or purchase agreement is used, it must contain the following clause:
"It is expressly understood that this agreement is subject to the herein described drainage easement being approved by the Chairman of the Veterans Land Board as signified by his signature and seal on the drainage easement instrument. "
The agreement must show the total consideration being paid to the VLB, with exceptions for damages as previously noted. Since the Board requires the whole consideration be paid to the veteran's account, it is necessary in instances where only a drainage easement is acquired that the veteran submit his personal check in the amount of $40 payable to the Board for servicing and filing such easement.
The Department prepares and requests the veteran to sign a letter in quadruplicate to the VLB requesting easement approval. See sample Letter From Veteran To VLB Requesting Severance Approval.
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Billing Submission to the ROW Program Office in Austin
Submit the executed easement, in triplicate and prepared as set out in the agreement, the ROW-A-15, Payment Request, the Attorney's Certificate or title policy commitment, and the veteran's letter of request, in duplicate, to the ROW Program Office in Austin.
The ROW Program Office in Austin forwards the easement copies, a copy of the agreement, and the veteran's letter and check to the Board. The Board notifies the veteran and the ROW Program Office that the easement will be approved and delivered upon receipt of the consideration and fee. When an Attorney's Certificate is used, the ROW Program Office exchanges the State's warrant for the approved and executed easement. The easement is forwarded for recording. When a title policy is used, the State's warrants are sent to the Department. The title company sends payment for the easement to the Board in exchange for the approved and executed easement.
If an easement is to be acquired together with a fee parcel, modify the Tentative Memorandum of Agreement to include an easement description in the exhibit attachment, and show the agreed consideration in the space provided. The sample letter accompanies the Form ROW-N-8, Tentative Memorandum of Agreement and is modified by deleting the parentheses bracketing the sentences pertaining to easements.
After the Board has reviewed the proposed easement and the fee parcel, the veteran will be notified of any condition of the Board's approval of the easement and of the amount of the required fee. The Tentative MOA is completed as discussed under the preceding Billing Submission to the ROW Program Office. Closing is as discussed for a fee parcel.Anchor: #i1000942
Eminent Domain Proceedings
If negotiations fail, the property is acquired through ED proceedings. Address the letter of final offer to the veteran and submit three copies to the ROW Program Office in Austin, one of which will be forwarded to the VLB.


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There's a horserace developing at Sony Pictures Entertainment after co-chairman Amy Pascal's announcement that she will be leaving the studio's number-one creative job. In the wake of the hacking scandal that left Sony's inner workings wide open to the eyes and ears of a curious public, Pascal's decision to make an early exit from the Sony brass has led to a number of front-runners under consideration for the influential and lucrative studio executive job.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, chief among those under consideration is Tom Rothman, who now works as head of Sony's revitalized TriStar label, but is perhaps best known as the former head of the 20th Century Fox feature film division. A veteran of the film industry who, like Pascal, enjoys strong relationships with the notoriously hard-to-please top talent Sony would like to recruit for its feature films going forward.
Rothman is certainly qualified for the position, but the Sony hacking scandal that may or may not have been perpetrated by the North Korean government has left him with some questions to answer for of his own. For example, in leaked internal Sony emails that were made public during the breach, Rothman was found to have mocked superstar Will Smith and his wife Jada for their decision to homeschool their children.
Rothman was reportedly in England at the time of Pascal's announcement of her moving toward a producer's role at Sony, leading some industry insiders to believe he is not being considered for the job despite his current ties with the studio and reputation for deft handling of large film budgets.
Other industry executives reportedly being considered for the job include Sony's own Jeff Robinov, formerly studio head at Warner Brothers, as well as film industry veterans Doug Belgrad and Michael DeLuca.
The new co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment will be officially announced sometime between now and May 2015, when Pascal is set to vacate her position. Be sure to check out Rothman's website to stay updated on any news regarding the new position.


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STATE v. JULIAN MARQUEZ, SC 17663
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Criminal; Whether Out-of-Court Identifications of Defendant Were Reliable under Totality of the Circumstances; Whether Identifications Resulting from Suggestive Procedures Should be Deemed Per Se Unreliable; Whether Supreme Court Should Issue Guidelines Governing Out-of-Court Identification Procedures. The defendant was convicted of felony murder and robbery charges in connection with a holdup that left one man dead. The defendant appeals, claiming that the trial court improperly denied his motion to suppress pre-trial identifications made by two of the robbery victims. In deciding whether the out-of-court identifications of the defendant were admissible, the trial court applied the standards adopted by the United States Supreme Court in Manson v. Brathwaite, 432 U.S. 98 (1977), and Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. 188 (1972). Under those standards, a court must determine whether the procedure that produced the identification was unnecessarily suggestive and, if so, whether the identification was nevertheless reliable based on an examination of the totality of the circumstances. The factors to be considered in gauging the reliability of an identification include the witness' opportunity to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness' degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness' prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation, and the length of time between the crime and the confrontation. Here, the trial court found that the photographic identification procedures used by the police were unnecessarily suggestive in that (1) the witnesses were shown the photographs simultaneously, rather than sequentially; (2) the lead investigator in the case administered the identification procedures; and (3) the lead investigator demonstrated bias by telling one of the witnesses that he had chosen the "right person" and that the other witness had also selected the defendant. The court nonetheless denied the motion to suppress on finding that the identifications were reliable under the totality of the circumstances. On appeal, the defendant contends that the court wrongly applied the Manson/Biggers factors in determining that the identifications were reliable in spite of the corrupting effect of the suggestive identification procedures. He claims, for example, that one of the witnesses testified that the lighting was poor in the room where the robbery took place and that he was not really looking at the faces of the robbers. Alternately, the defendant urges that, in light of studies casting doubt on the reliability of eyewitness identifications, identifications resulting from unnecessarily suggestive procedures should be deemed per se unreliable. Finally, the defendant asks that the Supreme Court exercise its supervisory authority to direct that (1) police use "double-blind" identification procedures, in which the officer conducting the procedure has not been involved in the investigation and does not know who the target is; (2) police use sequential photographic identification procedures, which involve showing the witness the photographs one at a time rather than simultaneously; and (3) police be prohibited from advising witnesses that they picked the "right" suspect.


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Has this ever happened to you? It happened to a friend of mine. You open a performance report, one that's been sent to your boss and all the top executives in your company, and it states that your group is failing to meet company mandated quotas and therefore its performance is poor. Your heart sinks and you think, "I don't need this."
Then, knowing how hard you and your team have been working in this particular area, you take a closer look at the numbers and realize that all the data points in the report are wrong. In some instances, the real-life numbers are multiples of what's stated in the report. The creators of the report are not willing to make any changes to their data sourcing or methodology. You understand the need for quotas and the drive to "move the needle," but the inaccuracy and apparent unfairness of the reports leave you feeling helpless and betrayed.
It's a side effect of data-driven decision-making. Data-based decisions sound so good, so democratic and fair. But much depends on what is being measured and how, and the soundness of the underlying data. Without solid and well identified data sources, numbers can easily be miscounted, misallocated and misattributed.
And methodologies are often flawed. In a recent New York Times article, Steve Lohr wrote, "The problem is that a math model, like a metaphor, is a simplification. This type of modeling came out of the sciences, where the behavior of particles in a fluid, for example, is predictable according to the laws of physics. In so many Big Data applications, a math model attaches a crisp number to human behavior, interests and preferences." The article quotes Claudia Perlich, chief scientist at online ad company Media6Degrees, saying, "You can fool yourself with data like you can't with anything else. I fear a Big Data bubble." That bubble, she says, would involve a rush of people calling themselves "data scientists," doing poor work and giving the field a bad name.
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- Vet the performance metrics. Are your key performance indicators the right ones? Say you measure employee performance by number of tweets posted per day. One person might meet the quota with irrelevant or poorly craft tweets that fail to advance the company's goals, or worse, an automated feed. Another might tweet three times a day but create engagement, generate followers and boost the brand.
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The project started on 01/01/2006. Thus, achievements obtained during eight months of the project are reported here. To obtain preliminary data supporting the formulated hypothesis, we have performed the experiment described in the proposal. Two subject groups were tested, idiopathic PD patients and age-matched controls. Each group included twelve subjects. All subjects were right-handed. All subjects performed pointing movements in different directions. The role of motion termination in the submovement emergence was addressed by including pointing movements in two modes, discrete and reciprocal. The discrete mode requires movement from the initial position to the target and stopping there, and therefore, it includes both subtasks, accurate target achievement and termination of motion. A reciprocal movement includes motion from the initial position to the target and a return to the initial position without dwelling on the target. In this case, pointing requires accurate target achievement similar to the discrete mode but it does not require motion termination because acceleration is not nullified at the target and motion continues in the reversal direction. The influence of the accuracy requirements was assessed with manipulations of target size (small and large target). Movements were performed with the tip of the index finger sliding on a table surface. Movements were recorded with Optotrack 3D motion recording system.
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An ode to my fallen leg hairs:
To shave, or not to shave. That is no longer the question.
Whether to suffer in the mind the pain of razor burn or road rash,
And to take the arm hair along with the rest? That is the most minor trouble.
To die; of embarrassment, and to sleep no more near your loved one,
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I never thought that I could use a wrench wrong. After several rounded bolts through my time, I googled "How to use a wrench" with several interesting results telling me how I had been wrong all my life. In this article, we will talk about the regular wrench, with one open, and one closed end.
Oh, and a TL;DR can be found at the bottom.
But lets start out with the basics. A wrench is used to apply more torque to a bolt or nut, than you could do with your bare hands. Always make sure that your wrench is fully seated on the bolt or nut before applying torque.
Push or pull?
I always pull wherever possible. This gives you more control of the operating environment, while pushing could lead to bleeding knuckles. Ask me how I know. The explanation is that pushing puts more a explosive force onto the wrench, and makes you unstable once the bolt breaks loose, or the wrench slips. Pulling is easier to control.
Do I use the open, or the closed end?
I had to think about this one for a while, but I had the theory that the closed end of the wrench would be in contact evenly over the bolt or nut, while the open end would only have contact with around half. My earlier experiences was that the open end would give away, and strip tight bolts more easily than the closed end. This was only my memory though, and further research was done.
In the book "I-Car Professional Automotive Collision Repair", by James E. Duffy, 1995. The following was stated:
"An open end wrench has three-sided jaws on both ends. This type of wrench is good if the bolt or nut is not very tight. The open jaws are weak. If a bolt is extremely tight, the open end wrench will bend or flex outwards and strip the bolt head".
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So, the conclusion is to use the closed end wherever possible, in order to avoid stripping bolt heads.
Open end
The open end has more information to it than you would believe. First of all, the open end usually has an angle. This comes in handy when working in confined spaces where you are unable to get a second grip on the bolt, and you can turn the wrench around to get a better grip.
As the open end is somewhat angled, one way is also better than the other to make the bolt less prone to slipping. This can be seen in the photo below.
12 sided and 6 sided closed end wrench
You might also have seen that some wrenches have a 6 pointed closed end, instead of a 12 point. The advantage found within a 12 point closed end is that you can fit the wrench on the bolt using a lot less movement than 6 point end. The 12 point will fit on a bolt in 12 different ways, with 30 degress between each, while the 6 point will fit in 6 different positions with 60 degrees between.
This is a photo of a 6 point vs a 12 point socket. Notice the difference in surface contact between the two.
However, the 6 point has the advantage of full surface contact to the bolt, while the 12 point essentially only has half . This allows more torque to be applied by the 6 point wrench, and should be used on tightened down bolts where the 12 point potentially could strip the heads.
Length of wrench
A short wrench will prove useful in tight areas, but will apply less torque than a long wrench. This essentially means that you might not be able to loosen some bolts and nuts with the short wrench. Applying enough torque to might also be a problem. Having a short, and a long one often proves useful.
The wrench has a curve
Yes, you probably have noticed that some wrenches are curved, or bent. I believe this simply is to get a grip on the wrench, while avoiding hurting you and your knuckles.
Seen here is the wrench being hold flat down on a plank to display how it is curved. This allows you to wrench without hurting your knuckles on the surface.
Using other tools together with a wrench
Using other tools together with the wrench can be done. Forexample a pipe on top of the wrench to create a "Cheater bar". This allows you to apply more force to the bolt or nut, but has the disadvantage of giving you less control.
Combining tools can be dangerous, and always make sure that safety is your number one priority.
What sizes exists, and which ones do I need?
You have wrenches based on the metric system, and the US that uses inches. You buy the wrenches needed for your application. I mostly work on BMWs, meaning that I need metric wrenches only. However, american cars or motorcycles would need wrenches that uses inches. The sizes I have range from 6mm-19mm, but I also have a 22mm and a 32mm that are used on special occations.
Nearly every auto shop sells wrenches. My experience is that sets of wrenches ranging from small to large are sold at a cheaper price than buying individuals.
-Used for tighetning/loosening bolts and nuts.
-Use closed end if needed on tight bolts to avoid stripping them, and preferrably 6 pointed if necessary.
-Pull, not push.
-More length = more torque
-Metric and inches
-Can be bought at almost every auto shop
– Do you agree with what I have written? I would LOVE your thoughts on the best way to use a wrench, and how this differs from mine.
– Wrenches can be used in many ways, such as combining two for more torque. What is your special trick?
Spanner, wrench
Everything written is based off my experiences from having used wrenches for 10 years, together with some literature written by professionals. I am simply trying to give others information and advice, and I will not claim that everything I write is 100% correct.
Everyone has their own preferred method while using wrenches, which is what works best for that person.