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New to TIG and getting decent with easy stuff on a bench using foot pedal. (I'll be welding Aluminum sheet, angle, and pipe (SCH 40) and some SS tube).
In my reading and research I've noticed many welders using a pulseing technique and I'd like to learn this. I've praticed with pulseing the foot pedal (and using the pulser of the machine), but in the end I won't be able to use a foot control, so I'd like to start using a torch mounted control, thus my question:
What torch mounted control do ya'll use?
I see 2 offered from Miller -
A- BRMS-14 Remote On/Off Control (14-pin plug)
Momentary-contact switch for contactor control. Rubber-covered pushbutton dome switch ideal for repetitive on-off applications.
B - RMLS-14 Remote Switch (14-pin plug)
Momentary and maintained-contact rocker switch for contactor control. Push forward for maintained contact and backward for momentary contact.
But my local LWS guy was clueless to the following questions:
Q1-do you have to hold down the button on the BRMS-14 switch? or is it a toggle - push it once for on-release and it stays on/then push again for off/etc. How exactly does it work.
Q2-on the RMLS-14 I assume the 'momentary' is spring loaded and it has to be held down for 'on', can anyone confirm? What happens if you just hold it down?
Q3-on the RMLS-14 if I push forward will the switch 'lock on'? So that to turn off I would push backward gently (else it would be 'momentary' on?).
Q4-what are the advantages/disadvantages from any of ya'll with real world expierience?
Thanks much
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If I remember right your
(A) Momentary is just that when you push it it closes contact. When you release it breaks contact. Think of the trigger on a MIG torch. they are mainly used for a pre programmed sequence. Every time you bump it it goes into the next step.
(B) Rocker type Momentary side functions like (A) Above. rock other way it latches in to a maintained contact, stays on till you rock it back to center.
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on off switch
i just got the rccs-14 #043 688 from cyberweld .com for $169.15
no tax no shipping it works great just roll the knob forward for more
What you call the on-off switch I lovingly call "the button". It is a production @$$ kickin' setup!!
I learned to use from knowing people who welded aluminum in factories and hearing them go on about it so much. I just went to my local LWS and picked out the cheapest one I could find ($40) and wired it into my old Airco with plain old "lamp cord" from the hardware store. It transformed that old machine into a whole different way of welding. It is basically a manual pulser.
Then I went to work in a factory (boat) that used it and kept right up.
You set the machine to whatever you think is as hot as you would ever want it and GO. Then if it is a little too hot you can just let up a second. At the end of a weld you can "flutter" it if it is thin material that will burn away.
It can fill gaps like nobodies bizness.
It is the ultimate weapon when welding anodized aluminum because it can blast away all anodize to the edges of the weld and lay down a bead superior to any other method for making marine fixtures...many factories do this making it possible to weld pre-anodized material.
All that said I presently have the east-west fingertip controller on my Dynasty and like it also because it is hard for me to crawl out from under boats all day to reset all the time. I will get the "button" next before the "pedal"
I have used all 4 methods a bunch ( nothing..just live, pedal,ie ball and chain IMO, button, and fingertip both east-west and north-south) they all have their place....master them all and you will never want for work.
All of this was on aluminum BTW. HTH
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With her second podium of the weekend, Anna Fenninger almost made it a triumphant return to St Anton for the HEAD World Cup Rebels. It took a herculean effort from Tina Maze to dislodge Fenninger from the top step of the podium. Fabienne Suter took third just ahead of Lindsey Vonn, Maria Hoefl-Riesch and Julia Mancuso as the HEAD World Cup Rebels packed the top 6 places!
After the race Fenninger explained, "I know I can ski fast in Super G, the difficulty is to keep the pace all the way down. I skied out in St. Moritz and now I am second here. I am really happy with the result but hopefully I will manage to ski a little faster next time and be 0.04 seconds ahead and not behind."
Fenninger was happy with her "really good run," although satisfied she felt that fortune has been lacking, "but maybe it comes back again so soon," she said afterwards. Fenninger had taken the lead from Vonn when she came through the finish and it looked as if she might hold on for her first win in a speed event. "The run has been good for me, I have a lot of chances and it worked out," said Fenninger.
Lindsey Vonn missed out on the podium by the slenderest of margins, 0.01 seconds, Maria Hoefl-Riesch in fifth and Julia Mancuso in sixth, this made it four HEAD World Cup Rebels in the top six! "I could have gone better, but I am satisfied but lack self-confidence a little bit," said Vonn, who has not decided on a starting slalom in Flachau. Vonn won her 8th and 9th races of her career in St Anton (she now has 57 wins) back in 2007 but after the recent injury, 4th place was a great result for her she felt.
Having taken the decision not to race the Downhill, Lizzi Goergl was back on track she felt in taking 14th in the race: "I think I'm on the right track," said Goergl: "I have trained well and now wants to take the next steps to regain the old form."
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Beyonce and Jay Z have released what can only be described as a star-studded movie trailer promoting their upcoming joint tour, and it features some of the biggest names in entertainment. The three-and-a-half-minute video first posted on YouTube just happens to involve the likes of Jake Gyllenhaal, Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Blake Lively, Emmy Rossum and many more.
What's more impressive about the aforementioned video? It contains gunfights, explosions, dancers and excerpts for several different songs. A closing screen also showcases the director, the producers and various behind-the-scenes roles like editor, sound designer and wardrobe stylist. In the middle of it all are both Jay Z and Beyonce, whose first collaboration on such a project was 2002's "03 Bonnie & Clyde," and its 2013 sequel "Part II (On the Run)."
The hooplah couldn't have come at a better (or worse?) time for the power couple, who have been in the headlines on a near 24/7 cycle after video surfaced of Beyonce's sister punching and kicking Jay Z in a hotel elevator at a Met Gala after-party. The Internet was abuzz for days after TMZ published the footage, eventually prompting a joint statement from the trio saying, "We love each other and above all we are family. We've put this behind us and hope everyone else will do the same."
The 16-city "On the Run" tour will mark the first time Beyonce and Jay Z have toured jointly. The trek kicks off June 25 in Miami. It will visit cities like Atlanta, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle before wrapping August 6 in San Francisco.
Love is in the air for Destiny's Child (Updated July 12, 2013)
Was it their 'destiny' to reunite? The start of 2013 saw the solo career of Beyonce Knowles take a back seat to Destiny's Child as the group released "Love Songs," a compilation album of romance-themed songs from their previous works and the newly-recorded "Nuclear." And the fan fervor it sparked was a much bigger PR score for Knowles than the debacle of her lip-synching performance of the U.S. national anthem at President Barack Obama's second inauguration in Washington D.C. on January 21st.
Beyonce was quick to move along, because only one other event can upstage a Presidential inauguration. Try the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show, held at the Mercdes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The event not only allowed Knowles the chance to recover from her Presidential faux-pas, but she marched on to the 55th Grammy Awards and won for Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Love on Top" on February 10.
The ball kept rolling for Beyonce when her feature-length documentary, "Life is But a Dream," aired on HBO on February 16. The film, which she directed and produced herself, featured footage from throughout her life, straight through the birth of her first daughter. Following its premiere, she signed a global publishing agreement with Warner/Chappell Music, which will cover her future songwriting and upcoming studio album.
Of course, what would Beyonce be without controversy? She created plenty of it when she and Jay-Z visited Cuba for their fifth wedding anniversary – a trip that came under fire by two U.S. congressmen. It was followed by the start of Knowles' "The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour," which kicked off on April 15 in Belgrade, Serbia and runs 92 dates worldwide until December.
Beyonce's fifth studio album is scheduled for release later this year. It was recorded in 2012 in the Hamptons, New York, and features production from Timbaland, Pharrell, The-Dream and Justin Timberlake.
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She is a singer, songwriter, actress, fashionista, and -- according to People magazine – "World's Most Beautiful Woman." Call her what you will, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, known simply as Beyoncé, is a multitalented woman and true entertainment magnate.
Born September 4, 1981, in Houston, the superstar-in-training was just 9 years old when the groundwork was laid for the early beginnings of the group Destiny's Child. The quartet signed with Columbia Records in 1997, scoring its first No. 1 a year later with "No, No, No" – the first single from the act's self-titled debut album.
The success was just a microcosm of what Beyoncé would experience as an individual artist. When the group disbanded in 2005, she had solo projects already recorded (including 2003's "Dangerously in Love.") Her second studio album "B'Day" was released in September 2006 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Two years later came the emergence of her musical alter ego, formally introduced on the 2008 album, "I Am…Sasha Fierce." The album spun a string of hits: "If I Were a Boy," "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," "Halo," "Ego" and "Sweet Dreams." The project also earned six Grammys, smashing the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night.
Beyoncé's fourth solo project, "4," bowed on June 24, 2011. It became her fourth consecutive No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, making her just the third artist in history to have her first four studio albums debut atop the chart.
To her name, Beyoncé has more awards and accolades than one can count, among them 16 Grammys, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, and the Billboard Millennium Award. She has sold 75 million records worldwide, has been ranked first on Forbes list of the "100 Most Powerful and Influential Musicians in the World," and has been involved in countless philanthropic projects, marketing initiatives and entrepreneurial activities. Alongside husband Jay-Z, her greatest accomplishment may be the birth of a daughter, named Blue Ivy Carter, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York on January 7, 2012.
Beyoncé has since begun work on two new albums, and took the stage at Revel Atlantic City's Ovation Hall (May 25-28, 2012) to celebrate the resort's grand opening. In August it was announced she will produce, direct and star in a documentary about her life and career.
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Whiplash can occur with any sudden, violent, backward jerk of the head or neck.
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Symptoms often develop in the hours after the injury although they can develop in the days after the injury.
Symptoms may include:
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
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En español | Only months ago the nation teetered on the "fiscal cliff" until Congress and President Obama reached a deal to stave off calamity.
Here we are again. You probably recognize a number of factors in the latest fiscal crisis, which so far hasn't gotten a clever moniker like "fiscal cliff."
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The 3 Major Trigger Points
- Oct. 1: Funding to continue running the country expired, meaning that much of the government is shut down.
- Mid-October: Uncle Sam has more bills than cash to pay them; the U.S. Treasury, unable to borrow more money, can no longer pay all of its obligations and reaches the point of default.
- 5 days after this session of Congress ends (late December to mid-January): The second round of sequestration, the 10-year series of automatic spending cuts that pared the 2013 budget by about $85 billion, takes a similar bite in 2014.
What does all this mean for you? We take a look at 20 questions and the possible answers.
1. How could Washington have prevented a government shutdown?
Congress could have funded the government past Sept. 30, the last day of the 2013 fiscal year. Lawmakers could have passed a temporary funding bill, called a continuing resolution.
2. How long might a shutdown last?
The 15 shutdowns since 1977 have ranged from three days to 21 days.
3. Is the entire federal government closing?
Not all of it. By law, essential government services relating to public safety and national security must continue. This means that the military, air traffic controllers, the Border Patrol, the FBI, prison guards and many other U.S. government employees will remain on duty. But many facilities will close and many services will be unavailable. In a five-day shutdown in 1995, 800,000 federal employees were told not to report to work. Several weeks later, 240,000 employees were furloughed in a 21-day shutdown.
4. Will Social Security benefit payments stop coming?
Social Security recipients will probably be largely unaffected by a shutdown. Checks for seniors, those with disabilities and survivors will go out as usual. But Social Security Administration employees could face furloughs.
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In The Mist (2007), a white fog covers a small town, and a number of residents take refuge in the local supermarket. But the fog stops at the glass windows, never seeping through the cracks around the doors, or later in the movie, through the broken windows or the opened garage door. Why?
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I'm going to speculate that it's because the fog was not necessarily supernatural in nature and the supermarket had a climate control system.
Buildings in San Francisco don't get filled with fog even if they're surrounded by it.


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Nov. 6, 1999.
Outlaw poet Waylon Jennings and his Cadillac turned right into a suburban cul-de-sac, and then right again into a small driveway, stopping in front of a cinder and wood garage.
"It was very unclear, what he was there to do," says Robby Turner, who served as Waylon's most-of-the-time steel player, some-of-the-time bass player and all-of-the-time acolyte on tour and in the studio from 1990 until Jennings' death in 2002.
"He'd called me and booked my garage studio, and said, 'I want to do some songs.' When he got there, he was decked out, with his dark shades and his hat and boots, like he was going to a gig. I said, 'I feel like I'm under-dressed.' He said, 'Well, you are.' "
Over three days that November, Jennings sat on a stool in Turner's garage studio, played an acoustic guitar and sang songs, for reasons unclear to Turner. Some of the songs were brand new, and some were ones Jennings thought he could do better than he'd initially done on an album. He was only 62, but already dealing with shortness of breath and with other health problems to which he would succumb fewer than three years later.


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|Women's Cross Country » News » Schedule » Roster » Coaches » Statistics
Cross Country Prepares for 2001 Season
Wednesday, July 25, 2001The East Tennessee State University Cross Country team has high hopes for the coming season. After the men finished eighth and the women finished ninth at the 2000 Southern Conference Championships, assistant coach Matt High is expecting both teams to improve upon last year's performance. In addition to the talented returning runners, the program will get a boost from its new signees. The men's best finish last season was third in Blacksburg, Va. at the Virginia Tech Invitational. "I believe that our men's will finish in the top three in the Southern Conference," said Coach High. The team's two seniors will provide leadership. Greg Sprowl, an All-Conference honoree last year, returns to lead the team. Sprowl earned three top-10 finishes last year. He posted a season-best 20:02 at the Catamount Classic and placed seventh at the conference championships. Mitchell Thompson will return for his senior year and is expected to contribute a great deal. Last season, Thompson ran a 27:13 at the Blue Ridge Open and 21:18 at the Catamount Classic. Sophomore David Haefner will continue what he started last season. Haefner placed 12th at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a 27:36 and ran a season-best 20:19 at the Catamount Classic. Freshman Bradley Yewer will be a factor in this program early on in his career. "Brad is a great addition to our team," said Coach High, "He is a little bit older than the typical freshman and he will do well." The women's team lost one All-Conference runner, Emily Campbell, from last season but signed five talented freshmen. Last season the team's best finish was second at the Virginia Tech Invitational. "The women can finish in the top half of the conference this season," said Coach High. The lone senior on the team is Lauren Campbell. Campbell ran a 21:09 at the Blue Ridge Open in Boone, N.C. hosted by Appalachian State University last fall. The 2001 ETSU Female Athlete of the Year, Roseline Addo, will lead the women in the coming season. Addo, a junior from Newbury, England, will be a strong contributor to the Buc squad. Last fall she ran a 19:27 and placed 22nd overall at the Blue Ridge. "Roseline finished 14th at last year's conference championships," said Coach High, "Her goal is to run better this fall." Junior Jennifer Howard ran a 23:56 at the Catamount Classic and 23:04 at the Furman Invitational. Howard ran her season-best time with a 22:19 at the Blue Ridge Open. "Jennifer Howard is capable of finishing in the top five in the conference," said Coach High. Sophomore Emily Chaney, a transfer from Tennessee Tech, finished second at the Austin Peay Invitational last year with a time of 12:30. She finished among the top-10 three times as a freshman. Grace Ridge returns for her sophomore season. Ridge earned a season-best 23:10 at the Furman Invitational. At the Blue Ridge Open, Ridge ran a 23:10 and a 14:03 at the Catamount Classic. Sophomore Charity Roberts ran her best at the Catamount Classic in 20:44. She also ran 22:48 at the Catamount Classic and 22:03 at the Furman Invitational. The cross country season begins at Western Carolina on September 8, 2001. The schedule consists of trips to meets hosted by Winthrop University, Appalachian State University and Furman University. The Southern Conference Championships will be held on November 19, 2001 held in Charleston, S.C.
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WEATHERFORD — Poteau's Tyler Tustin won the 132-pound title at last weekend's Weatherford Tournament.
As a team, the Pirates were seventh.
Besides Tustin, five other Pirates placed in the two-day event. Devin Anderson was third at 113 pounds, Tanner Sanders (145 pounds) and Derek Francis (170) were fourth, Kyle Kingery was fifth at 160 pounds and Chevy Galetka was sixth at 182 pounds.
WILBURTON — Some hardware came home to Howe Saturday night.
The Howe Lady Lions handled the Hartshorne Lady Miners 51-30 to win the Wilburton Tournament Saturday night at the new Wilburton Gym after they got past the Wright City Lady Lumberjax 44-38 in Friday afternoon's championship semifinals.
The Lions also won a trophy as they defeated the host Wilburton Diggers 50-38 to win the third-place game to bounce back from Friday's 62-34 semifinal loss to the Okemah Panthers.
POCOLA — I guess it was only appropriate that fans of both the Heavener and Pocola high school basketball programs were left with something to cheer about to end the 2011 portion of their seasons.
The Lady Wolves rallied from a 12-point deficit to down the Lady Indians 54-52, but the Indians gained a split for Pocola in the doubleheader as they tamed the Wolves 66-40.
ARKOMA — The Arkoma Lady Mustangs entered Christmas Break in fine fashion as they routed the McCurtain Lady Bulldogs 66-42 Friday night at the Arkoma Gym.
The Arkoma Lady Mustangs junior high team also won, beating McCurtain 32-20.
Roland 63, Spiro 58: In Spiro, the Lady Rangers (5-1) jumped out to a 21-13 lead after one period, but the Lady Bulldogs (3-2) outscored them 32-25 over the next two quarters to cut the deficit to 46-45 going into the final period.
ARKOMA — The McCurtain Bulldogs spoiled the Arkoma Mustangs' hopes to win their second straight game to enter the Christmas Break as the 'Dogs prevailed 53-40 Friday night at the Arkoma Gym.
Roland 77, Spiro 49: In Spiro, the Rangers (7-0) jumped out to a 27-13 lead after one period en route to a 48-20 halftime advantage.
Stigler 44, Talihina 42: In Stigler, the Golden Tigers (0-5) almost completed the comeback, but two chances to either tie or win the game in the final six seconds did not connect.
Former Carl Albert State College Vikings basketball player Jaron Jones, now playing at Eastern Kentucky University of the Ohio Valley Conference, will be coming pretty close to home tonight.
Jones and his Colonel teammates will play the Arkansas Razorbacks at 7 p.m. tonight at Barnhill Arena.
The Colonels are 7-5 overall, and Jones is a major reason why. He is leading his team in scoring, 13.3 points per game, is shooting 55.9 percent from the field, 42.1 percent from 3-point range and is hitting 74.5 percent of his free throws.
All of LeFlore County's spotlight will be centered on one location on this night.
For starters, the only games involving a county school take place tonight when the Talihina teams entertain Broken Bow at Ray Henson Gymnasium.
However, there will be more than just hoops taking place there tonight. In between games, former Talihina Boys Coach Chris Gillespie will be honored by having the court named in his honor.
When I went down a couple of weekends ago for the Choctaw Nation Tournament, I saw the ensignia on both sides of the court — it has his signature above the word "Court."
The Poteau High School Choir has been invited to perform at the world famous Carnegie Hall in New York City in May of 2012, and one local doctor is doing her part to help her local high school choir. Dr. Myra Gregory hand made quilt features the names of the Poteau Pirate Football team from Freshman to Seniors. The quilt is on display at Dr. Gregory's office at 2202 North Broadway in Poteau.
Monday evening members of the LeFlore County Emergency Medical Services board meet to discuss a pending investigation or action against LeFlore County EMS. The board took no action on the matter nor did they confirm what the investigation was about. However, Former EMS director Bob Hawley attended the meeting and made a public statement which eluded that the investigation was in regard to the Federal Labor Board.
Thomas Edward Strock, 63, of Wister died Dec. 6, 2011, in Fort Smith, Ark. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, in Evans Chapel of Memories in Poteau under the direction of Evans and Miller Funeral Home.


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Our thanks to Ballantine Books for sending us a review copy of this novel.
Romancing Miss BrontëThe title of Juliet Gael's novel might sound strange to modern readers with little knowledge of the Brontës' lives. 'Romancing Miss Brontë'? They must think, picturing old maids, huge skirts, strange hairdos, dainty teacups and the like. Old things all of them not conducive to romance in their eyes. And yet that is the apt title of Juliet Gael's novel in which she tells the story of the adult Charlotte Brontë with special attention to her love life, which was more intense - though at times somewhat one-sided - than meets the eye. Highly varied too.
A Novel
Written by Juliet Gael
Random House
Format: Hardcover
On sale: April 27, 2010
Juliet Gael begins her narrative with the arrival of the new Irish curate in Haworth, a Mr Nicholls, and interestingly enough allows the reader only a few glimpses into the most important - at least in literary terms - love story in Charlotte's life. M. Heger, Brussels, her letters to him, his (few) letters to her are all summed up quite briefly, though intensely, drowned as they were by Branwell's affair with a married woman and his subsequent all-absorbing despair. So rather than being told the Brussels story, it is sort of assimilated into Charlotte's character.
It is the Charlotte with this emotional baggage that reads Emily's 'rhymes' without permission and the one who becomes the driving force behind their first literary efforts. The turmoil outside matches the secret, shared turmoil inside, and Juliet Gael has done a great job of bringing to life the Parsonage during those hectic months. Tabby, Martha, John Brown and the curates, with Arthur Bell Nicholls among them, are given plausible voices and personalities that can only be the result of much reading and research on Ms Gael's part. The Brontë family is quite well re-created, with Patrick and Anne as perhaps the two most stereotypical. Patrick is not Mrs Gaskell's(1) Patrick, thank goodness, but neither is he the father reclaimed by modern biographies. And his limited income is a tad too exaggerated towards poverty.
Juliet Gael doesn't dwell on the past except for what's absolutely necessary and even then, the flashbacks - if flashbacks they can be called - are brief and factual. Their imaginary worlds, their mother, their aunt, their sisters Maria and Elizabeth, etc, are all explained away rapidly and hardly ever mentioned. These seemingly important pieces of the Brontë chess turn out to be quite expendable pawns here, which has a refreshing effect. Readers unfamiliar with the Brontë story won't notice anything is missing and readers well acquainted with Brontë biography will simply and effortlessly fill in the gaps. What's important is that Gael's threedimensional characters are infused with them, though the reader may not know it.
This concise way of putting characters on the stage means that hardly anyone needs to be left out: Charlotte's friends and their families, Charlotte's literary acquaintances, local people from Haworth (some of them created ad-hoc, though), etc., are all there because of Juliet Gael's offhand way of introducing them. The author herself admits in the Author's Note that, 'it was tempting to omit some of the characters who impacted her life [...] but it would have meant sacrificing a deeper and more complex portrayal'. And she does seem to have taken it to heart, given how well it works.
That's why we have sorely missed James Taylor in the narrative, particularly when the narrative pays special attention to details pertaining to Charlotte's love life with a particular focus on her relationship with Arthur Bell Nicholls and with her publisher, George Smith, but her relationship with this employee of Smith, Elder is totally omitted when it would have made for an interesting complication. Charlotte Brontë exchanged familiar letters with James Taylor but was repulsed by him (especially his nose) when face to face. James Taylor was sent to work in India for Smith, Elder but before he left he sort of proposed to Charlotte, asking her to wait for him until he returned five years later. What's surprising (or not(2)) is that Patrick Brontë - so set against her marrying Arthur - was totally in favour of this. In our opinion, Charlotte's refusal, Patrick's attitude, etc, would only have enhanced the story being told, rather than take from it.
Another unexploited mention would be Arthur's 'Irish fiction'(3). Nothing is known about what Charlotte meant there or if it had anything at all to do with a lover, but this being a fictional account, Arthur Bell Nicholls might have been given a sweetheart - or even his own cousin Mary Anna, whom he married after Charlotte's death and which Juliet Gael depicts as adoring Arthur - something to enliven things further. As it is, the letter is quoted and no explanation given, thus confusing the reader.
Instead of those two, we have a fictional Miss Dixon who doesn't really work as a character, and indeed all she seems to do is look tenderly at Arthur. While we understand that she is meant to make Arthur seem all the more constant and true and loyal, we would have much preferred either seeing this story a bit more developed or the above-mentioned reality-inspired detours.
But what's important about this novel is the way Juliet Gael depicts Arthur Bell Nicholls. Long time readers of this blog might have noticed that this half of BrontëBlog has a soft spot for Arthur Bell Nicholls and is always trying to vindicate him. That's why reading Juliet Gael confess in the Author's Note that she 'took enormous pleasure in bringing Arthur to life and giving him his due in the story' almost made us cheer. And while relatively little is known of Arthur's personality, Juliet Gael seems to have done pretty well fleshing him out and bringing him to life. This is not to say that we are given a decaffeinated or rosy version of the man because his well-known traits such as his religious intolerance or his stiffness with strangers are there, as are his goodness, his respect for Charlotte's work(4) and first and foremost his love for Charlotte. Juliet Gael doesn't make the mistake of turning him into a Brontë-novel character, which we know he wasn't, but she tries to be as accurate as possible and as coherent with the image she has of him.
She is also very accurate when it comes to historical details. While the book is easily readable and not heavy on unnecessary descriptions, Juliet Gael seems quite at home with the rituals, conventions, etiquette and daily life of the 19th-century. All, no doubt, due to much research and used not to overwhelm the reader with it but to help him understand the context. The scenes with the conventional Smith family are a joy to read because of their richness and their - paradoxically enough - simplicity. Haworth and the surrounding and all-important moors are just as well described and we laughed out loud at the following tale-telling description of Ellen Nussey's arrival in Haworth for a visit:
'She carried a new parasol the shade of pale mint, although she knew the wind might well ravage it on the walk back to Haworth.'An effort seems to have been made in order to let the Brontës do the talking. Parts of the dialogue are taken straight out of letters, prefaces, novels, etc. carefully so that they don't contrast too much with the rest of the dialogue. And while we appreciate this for obvious reasons, we also feel it's somewhat awkward, particularly for the Brontëite able to spot these quotations. It's as if the Brontës tended to repeat themselves. At other times, though the message is correct, the way of speaking is too unnatural. Timid Charlotte blurting out , 'perhaps you confuse virtue and convention, gentlemen. Conventionality is not morality, and self-righteousness is not religion' (from the preface to Jane Eyre) in a dinner full of literary critics after the publication of Shirley is strange both because it sounds like written language and because the critics would have already read that in the second edition of Jane Eyre.
The letters quoted - with the exception of those from Arthur Bell Nicholls, which are made up, as Juliet Gael clarifies in the Author's Note - are quite true to the originals; edited and added to minimally, with sadly one disastrous instance(5).
The book is told in the third person by an all-seeing narrator that initially seems to belong to the same time as the story being told but at times sounds too much like an oracle from the future. We could have done without the - fortunately scarce - instructive commentaries such as these:
But we mustn't judge Charlotte and Branwell too harshly for their fantasies. They lived in a time of straitjacket morality when the slightest quiver of the flesh gave cause for outrage. A time when the most lauded novels of the day portrayed repentant heroes who, in moments of deep remorse, vowed to never again watch a game of billiards! Denial of human desire was the battle cry of the day.
With characteristic determination and insight far ahead of his time, [Patrick Brontë] spent hours poring over medical journals. . .It's like a voiceover coming from somewhere else and it belittles the reader a bit to be spoken to thus.
In spite of that - or even because of that - Romancing Miss Brontë is the perfect middle ground between more fictional retellings of the Brontës and fact-full biographies. It tells the Brontë story with a profound respect for reality but makes it lively enough that it can be read curled up on the sofa with a good cup of tea at hand.
(1) Elizabeth Gaskell is mostly referred to both in the main story and the epilogue as 'Lily' or 'Lily Gaskell', which we found somewhat ennervating. As far as we know, only her husband and - at a stretch - very intimate friends addressed her that. She is often referred to as 'Mrs Gaskell' even today, so the term of endearment at this point wasn't really to our taste.
(2) Much has been said and written about Patrick's favourable attitude to James Taylor's proposal, especially as opposed to his furious attitude towards Arthur Bell Nicholls's. His pride and social class awareness may have come into it, but also Charlotte's age and the fact that five years later she would have had fewer chances of bearing children, which Patrick was (correctly) afraid her constitution wouldn't stand.
(3) Charlotte to Ellen Nussey, 18 December 1852:
You must understand that a good share of Papa's anger arises from the idea--not altogether groundless-- that Mr. N. has behaved with disingeniousness in so long concealing his aims--forging that Irish fiction &c.(4) While it is impossible to tell and while it is known that Arthur was highly respectful (and proud) of his wife's literary achievements, the attitude and dialogues seem at times a little forced. But that is fine by us, since this is Juliet Gael's perception of Arthur. What surprised us, then, is the fact that the epilogue says,
When George [Smith] expressed an interest in publishing The Professor--which he had resolutely refused to publish in Charlotte's lifetime--Arthur and Patrick rejected the idea on the grounds that the same story had been sucessfully told in Villette. But forces conspired against them, and Sir James [Kay-Shuttleworth] swept down on the parsonage one day and in his determined, insensitive manner managed to wrest the manuscript from Arthur's hands.It is true that Sir James took the manuscript when on a visit with Mrs Gaskell (who had invited him along in the first place for his 'determined, insensitive manner') but it was Arthur who gladly edited The Professor for publication, neither he, Mrs Gaskell or George Smith wanting to allow Sir James to edit it in keeping with Charlotte's opinion of the man. Arthur only edited out a few things and Mrs Gaskell - who was trying to wash Charlotte's image - privately complained to George Smith that he could/should have edited it more.
So when Arthur's attitude to his wife's literary status is so highlighted we wonder why this is told so misleadingly.
(5) Charlotte's letter to Robert Southey of 16 March 1837 says,
My Father is a clergyman of limited, though competent, income, and I am the eldest of his children. He expended quite as much in my education as he could afford in justice to the rest.Juliet Gael as edited the letter to say,
I am the eldest daughter of a clergyman who has sacrificed his small means so that I might be educated in Brussels.Which is a bit of a blunder given that Charlotte and Emily wouldn't leave for Brussels until 1842.
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Lost Nation Beer Dinner at Solstice Restaurant
Recently, our Food and Beverage team here at Stowe Mountain Lodge hosted a truly special night for Vermont beer lovers. As I mentioned in my last blog, the main purpose behind wanting to do a beer dinner in Solstice was to be able to reach out to a local artisan, highlight their skill and hard work, and showcase it alongside our culinary teams skill and innovation.
The "Study Of" Braising
Braising is by far my favorite method of cooking. Watching the transformation of ingredients into a wonderful meal is something that I never get tired of. New England has a long history with this cooking method, but before we get to our regional specialty, a little facts about braising:
Stowe Mountain Lodge and Audubon International: Two Minds Think Alike
"In recognition of the need to preserve the world in which we operate and serve our guests, Stowe Mountain Lodge is dedicated to practices and programs that pay respect to, and lessen our footprint on, our changing environment."
A vital part of our success has been the relationships we have formed with like minded organizations, all with a common goal of uncompromised environmental stewardship.
Vermont Microbrew Beer at its Best
A group of us from the culinary team recently visted and took a tour of the Lost Nation Brewery in Morrisville, Vermont with Allan and Jamie (the brew master's and co-owners).


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Under the Skin of the City (Zir-e Poust-e Shahr)
Any woman with a bedridden husband is going to fret more than the average female, but Tuba's spouse is low maintenance, compared to the rest of her problems. Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into trouble due to his burgeoning career in radical politics; and an older son who goes to great lengths--such as attempting to sell the family's meager house--in order to get an engineering job in Japan as a means of getting out of Iran.
Cast: Baran Kosari, Golab Adineh, Mohsen Ghazi Moradi, Mohammed Reza Forutan, Ebrahin Sheibani
Produced by: Rakhshan Bani Etemad, Johangir Kosari
Directed by: Rakhshan Bani Etemad
Written by: Rakhshan Bani Etemad, Farid Mostafavi
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Drive screws with a drill/driver more simply and easily by adjusting the clutch, predrilling, using a bit holder, using good bits, and other helpful tips.
By the DIY experts of The Family Handyman Magazine:March 2008
A self-centering bit helps you mount hardware more accurately.
A self-centering bit has a spring-loaded retracting shaft, which keeps the hole centered.
Even with a steady hand and a sharp eye, it's
tough to drill a perfectly centered pilot hole for
hardware installation. And if the hole is off-center,
the screw won't seat properly. But there's
an easy solution. Self-centering bits ($8 to $20)
drill a centered pilot hole, resulting in perfectly
centered screws. There are several sizes of
self-centering bits available. Choose
one to match the size of screw
you're using.
Adjust the clutch to prevent overdriving or screw breakage.
At times, drills can provide too much
power, causing screw heads to snap off
or strip, especially with small brass or
aluminum screws. Most newer cordless
drills are
equipped with
a clutch, which
can eliminate
this problem.
Set the clutch
by twisting the
ring near the
chuck to the smallest number. Try driving
a screw. If the clutch releases (you'll
hear a ratcheting noise) before the
screw is fully driven, move the setting to
a higher number. Choose a setting that
drives the screw fully before the clutch
Tip: Using square or
star-drive screws
and bits reduces the
tendency for the bit
to slip off the
screw head.
Align the bit squarely in the screw head, apply pressure to keep it firmly seated and drive the screw slowly.
Driving screws with a drill can be tricky until
you master the technique. The most common
mistake beginners make is applying too little
pressure. Coupled with bad alignment, this
spells trouble. If the bit is skipping out of the
screw head and you already know that the bit
isn't worn, then improving your technique will
help. First, be sure the driver bit is aligned with
the screw shank. If the bit's sitting crooked in
the screw, it won't engage firmly and will slip.
Then, with the bit firmly seated, start the drill
slowly (assuming you have a variable-speed
drill) while pushing hard against the screw.
Apply extra pressure with a hand on the back of
the drill body. The combination of correct alignment,
pressure and slow speed will ensure that
the screw goes in without bit slippage, which can
damage the screw head and driver bit.
Bits mounted
directly in the
chuck are hard
to use and more
difficult to change.
A bit mounted in a magnetic bit holder is easier to change and holds screws better.
Magnetic bit holders are so handy that it's surprising they're
not included as a standard accessory with every cordless
drill. Bit holders are readily available wherever cordless
drills are sold ($3 to $8). Some have a sliding sleeve that
keeps your fingers safer by allowing you to drive long screws
without holding the screw shank. Here are a few other
advantages of using a bit holder:
Start the bit at a right angle to
the piece you're fastening.
Tip it to the correct angle
and drill the hole.
Driving screws at an angle (toe-screwing)
is a common technique
for making right-angle connections.
But if you simply angle the screw in
the desired direction, it will usually
just slip down the board. The key to
successfully driving screws at an
angle is to use this two-step process
to create an angled pilot hole.
Choose a drill bit with a diameter
equal to the screw shank, not including
the threads. First, estimate the
entry point based on the length of
the screw. Then start the bit at a right
angle to the wood at this point
(Photo 1). As soon as the drill bit
engages the wood, tilt the bit to the
desired angle and finish drilling the
pilot hole (Photo 2). Now drive
the screw into the angled pilot hole
to complete the job.
Countersink bits provide a clean hole for the screw head.
Countersinking bugle head screws so they
are flush or slightly recessed leaves a neat
appearance. You can drill a pilot hole and a
countersink in one step with a combination
countersink and drill bit. For straight-shank
screws, the less expensive ($3
to $5) straight-bit design works
fine. For tapered-shank wood
screws, use a countersink fitted
with a tapered-shank bit
($10 to $15).
Countersink bits are
available with or without
stop collars. An adjustable
stop collar lets you
set the maximum
depth of the countersink
for more consistent
results. Also, you can hide the
screw by drilling a deep countersink,
called a counterbore, and
gluing a plug into the hole.
Countersink drill bits are available in sizes to
match screw sizes. If you're an avid woodworker,
it's worth buying a full set. Otherwise,
a No. 7 or No. 8 will cover the most
common screw size.
This worn bit
should have been replaced
with a new one before it
got this bad.
Using worn driver bits is a common mistake.
If you're using the right technique and the bit
is still skipping in the screw head, it's time
to replace the bit.
The trick is to
have spare bits
on hand so you
can replace them
at the first sign
of wear. The next
time you're at
the home center,
buy a 10-pack of
No. 2 Phillips
bits and you'll
always have spares. Don't forget to
get a few of the other sizes and
shapes too.
Tip: Match the driver bit
size to the size of the
recess in the screw
head. The three common
sizes of Phillips
bits, smallest to
largest, are No. 1,
No. 2 and No. 3. Can't
tell by looking? Pick
the bit with the
tightest fit.
The clearance hole allows
the screw to spin until the
boards are tight together.
Have you ever screwed two
boards together but not been
able to pull the two pieces
tight together? This happens
when the screw threads
engage in both pieces of wood
while there's still a gap
between them. One solution is
to clamp or nail the boards
together before making the
permanent screw connection.
If you don't want to mess with
clamps or nailing, you can
drill a clearance hole through
the first board to solve the
problem. Choose a clearance
hole bit that's large enough to
allow the screw to spin freely.
Even cupped or twisted
boards are easily drawn tight
with this method.
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
You will also need a magnetic bit holder, phillips bit and a self-centering bit.
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time. Here's a list.
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