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Part 3
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Return to the general
Im about to turn 24 years old and im returning to that same building that I always thought I was going to die in from some horrible and painfull freak accident. the fryer would sometimes leak boiling grease, there were electrical explosions, black grease would drip on us from the ceiling which originated from who-knows-where, our pot washer carried hepatitis and constantly had open wounds which he didn't cover. The union drove manager apart from worker, we had staff drop unconscious from heat stress, there were gaping holes in the floor we covered with plywood and garbage cans and our staff fucked like rabbits in every empty room we had, whether it be a closet, office or vacant hotel room. I walked in on a dude catching a blow job in the smoke room.
I was indeed back at the general.
She told me to leave combovers restaurant and I did. I needed to anyway, I needed to start making money again. I left combover to make a seven dollar raise, per hour, which is a huge jump in our field.
Things were kinda different at the general; nacho was here, Floyd the drunk was running the line, there was a new chef, sous chef, chef de partie, the whole line up was different and strange. Coming back after a year absent, I was the new guy all of a sudden, even though I had more seniority than those guys. The new guys came from the posh town of Niagara on the lake, they cooked for famous chefs in famous restaurants. They had fancy knives, tools and embroidered aprons. They spoke in terminology and drank nice wine. It was intimidating, until I heard them whine a lot about the conditions they worked in.
When I opened the convection oven and caught a lung full of black smoke, I backed up and coughed just like the rest of the general veterans, when these guys caught a lung full, they threatened to quit and phoned maintenance complaining how it needed to be fixed(nothing ever got fixed here – no exaggeration). The new chef was simply promoted from sous chef when the other management crew decided to go to the new casino that just opened up. he decided to bring in some old buddies, which was about to prove fruitless.
Mass, we'll call him, was just a big cocky fuck. He was my new sous chef and I think he liked me; he would often pull me aside and show me old photos of food he cooked, tell me about old def leopard concerts he attended(I didn't care), complain about our product we worked with and make fun of jp, the new chef de partie. Jp was a nickname for this guy. Jp stood for 'jack in the park'. the story goes that jp was caught jerking off in a public park a couple times and it was pretty well known throughout the food and beverage industry around here. Matter of fact, it was so well known, jp had to move to a different province and start a new life.
We were a small crew, the older vets of the general worked the day shift sending out a half ass buffet of stinky mussels, saline packed chicken, dry potatoes and old stuffed hake. We didn't see much of the day shift, just a 'how ya doin? Ya wanna get the fuck off my station now?' kinda greeting. We saw each other for ten minutes a day and the day shift hated night shift. The afternoon shift came in, consisting of myself, Floyd the drunk, nacho, jp and mass would supervise us. The old pantry used to be in the dishwash room, but was now moved into the main kitchen which became even more cramped now. Our dining room held 150 people and we now pumped out 150 – 250 meals instead of the old 400 we used to crank out. We had a decent menu consisting of sterling silver beef, capon breast, pork tenderloin, and a lamb rack with a tomato/mint compote. We still had these 'pop-up' visitors from japan who were brought in via limousine to tour our local parks and try our restaurants. Right in the middle of the night we would get a phone call saying 'we just got a kintouki. 4 top. 15 minutes.' What does that mean? Well, it means at your busiest moment, our restaurant manager would inform us that we had to prepare and serve a 5 course dinner for 4 really wealthy people that we didn't even have product prepared for because nobody bothered to inform us ahead of time. This was typical of our management system in the general; the reservations team may or may not inform the dining staff that we have reservations. Ultimately, the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing. Sometimes, we wouldn't even get a call, just have a waitress yell at us 'you got my fucking grilled squid yet?!'. That's when we would cut our fingers trying to bone out quail on the fly while cooking for 200 other people at the same time.
i would bleed quite a bit those days.
Our crew fell apart fairly quickly at the general. Mass left within a couple months, our dishwashers refused to show up and nacho was verging on insanity. Jp was sexually harassing everything in sight to the point he was asked to stop talking to the waitresses about their personal life, so he just walked down ten flights of stairs(elevator was always out of operation) to the hotel reservations office and sexually harassed those girls instead.
One day, I was sweeping our production line when I noticed a stray mussel shell between our low fridge and steam table, so I swept it up. I noticed another, which I swept and I looked in the crack between the fridge and steam table when I saw a mass, or even a legion of steamed, old mussels that fell in between the two appliances and effectively built a wall. When I jammed the broomstick in to jostle the shells a cascade of old, moldy mussel shells swarmed my feet. Without exaggeration, I could have filled 5 or 6 plastic grocery bags with the discarded shells I had found. I never ate a staff meal there again.
Things were going well at home: I just moved in with my new girlfriend, the vegetarian. I had to prepare two different meals from what I ate most days and try to remedy her anemia(lack of iron due to not eating meat). Since she was too sick to work anything other than a serving shift, consisting of 24 hours in a week, 'her' and I agreed it was time to make some ends meet, so I picked up another job.
Big bush-
I walked into a newly erected, not-quite-finished hotel and dodged some construction workers in safety gear and hard hats while I tried desperately to find some back of house passage to the kitchen upstairs at the brand spanking new big bush hotel. A couple workers yelled at me for not wearing safety gear while others ignored me until I finally found a huge scottish man with a long grimace. He had these gigantic mitts that engulfed mine when I shook his hand. That's the chef.
Lets call this guy ian. Ian was the executive chef at big bush and I was courting him with some cute humor and some confident cooking terminology. I pulled out my nicest clothes, brushed up my résumé and put on my greatest act as the worlds best employee while interviewing for the big bush. I wanted that job so bad I could taste it. I only heard stories of this guy, he was the real deal. He replaced heeb, the world culinary Olympian that I worked for a couple years prior.
Ian was a tall man, who was slender and lanky. He was balding, with short hair and big features. His ears were big, his nose was big and he wore a lot of wrinkles in his face. He reminded me of the food critic from ratatouille with his long, drawn grimace of despair. As we interviewed I peered over his menu specs. He took a phone call while I was reading and immediately started firing on all pistons in an angry Glasgow accent, 'she's a server, she knows NOTHING! Price the menu how I've stated.' Click. I looked up to meet eyes with my new prospect, he just smiled. 'working out some kinks.' He said, smiling for the first time since I met him. His humor was very dry and sarcastic. He knew I realized his smiles were always fake, he was just trying to keep an appearance. He didn't seem to care if I knew he was a grumpy old man or not.
A few days later I picked up the phone to hear from ian. 'gary?' he said.
'speaking…' I replied. I was nervous to hear my verdict from the Scotsman.
'I spoke to franz, from shmagglishmack. I asked if he remembered you and he told me that you weren't a complete waste of time, which is pretty flattering coming from that old nazi. Come on down for a coffee whenever you can. We'll discuss wages and sign HR stuff. See you soon.' Click. That was it. no goodbye, nothing. Just come on in, whenever. I was there the next morning.
It was the next day and I was given instructions on how to enter the hotel, the safe way, without having to confront angry construction workers or falling tools. to keep it short, I became one of the newest cooks at the big bush hotel.
Life at the big bush was pretty good. I worked whenever they could fit me in the schedule, meaning I would work mornings before I went to the general and long shifts on my days off from the general. Money was coming in, but at the expense of my body; I became ill quite often, run down, pulled muscles and pinched nerves. The spasms in my back were returning, but what do you expect from working 60 hours a week?
The food was excellent at big bush. The staff was ok too. We served fresh sea bass on spinach with a mustard sauce, pork tenderloin wellington with a Cumberland sauce, a really nice chicken with an incredible mushroom sauce. The food was arranged beautifully and garnished with pea shoots, or local berries. We cut living micro herbs right from the soil. Our sauces were crafted a la minute(to order) from deglazing our frying pans with squeeze bottles of wine, gin, sloe gin, brandy, sauternes or vodka and reducing stocks. We had fresh citrus zest in our mise. We ground our pepper, we used only fresh herbs. The chef would make us dump out a 2 liter container of dried mushrooms, pick out the chantrelles and trumpets, make us fill it back up again, and call the distributor complaining there weren't any chantrelle or trumpet mushrooms in the mix. He would return it and have it replaced for free, with a couple extra freebees.
Part of our tool kit was to have the chefs compendium so we could all make the exact same classic French items, perfectly, every time, with no deviation from cook to cook. I was finally reaching my potential in this place, the challenge pushed me to be better than the rest of the staff. I spent my free time reading about classic French cuisine. The challenge engulfed my life.
Back at the general, things were getting stale. The food was getting worse, the staff was quitting, our safety was challenged more and more every week and that fucking hole in the floor took two pieces of plywood and two garbage cans to cover(which is highly illegal by the way).
We just accepted a new sous chef, Kramer to replace mass. I was weary of Kramer. I never spoke to him for a week after he introduced himself. One day he overheard me talking about going to a show, but I was unable to drive there – enter Kramer.
'hey man,' Kramer started off. 'I heard you need a ride to the dayglo abortions show.'
I nodded, 'yeah but its in st. kitts….'
'ha. No problem. Ill give you a lift. Its ten minutes from my place. I hope you don't mind if I smoke.' I shook my head in response and thanked him. I never did go to that show, because my girlfriend couldn't make it there, but Kramer did give me a ride home.
'look, I don't know you, but I think I have a pretty decent idea of who you are.' Kramer started saying. We were driving towards my home after work. Kramer was rummaging around his middle compartment in the car when he pulled out a reefer the size of a babys arm. He sparked it up and passed it to me. 'we don't need to let anybody know about THIS, right?'
We've been very good friends since then.
Kramer and I became pretty tight over the next few months. We stuck up for each other and talked food quite a bit. He was always full of ideas. He was also very hyperactive and very, very stoned all the time. I was envious of his imagination, it was endless. He was enthusiastic and driven. We would argue playfully about classic techniques and try to stump each other with music trivia. The guy was a real character, but he could have been successful in whatever he wanted to do. He had some real unexposed latent talent.
Things were getting rough at home, with all my working, her not working and just some everyday girlfriend/boyfriend problems that happen when two people move in together after falling in love with each other after knowing each other for only a couple months(duh). I spent a couple nights on my buddy franks couch, before I could make a plan of action.
My plan was to transfer out of the general and work at big bush, full time. Which, was all successful. Everything worked out fine. I had put in 3 weeks notice, which switched to 5 weeks notice because nacho ended up losing it; nacho had a run-in with a manager, which turned into an argument that escalated to becoming a fight. A couple guys almost needed to break it up. nacho, cooled down and went to get changed into his civilian clothes, where he could regain his composure and go home for the rest of the day. On his way out, though, he took the entire rack of chefs uniforms, threw them into a dumbwaiter down two stories, pissed all over the clothes, walked downstairs to our large production kitchen, where he took all the knives and put them in a giant insert, filled the insert with water and put the insert into a freezer, where the knives turned into a 40 pound block of ice. He turned on a convection oven and threw the staff radio in there and walked away. he drove home, phoned his doctor and received a 6 month long stress leave, where he took the time to practice with his band and smoke weed.
My transfer was successful and was no longer working two jobs, just one with a lot of hours at big bush. I wouldn't start at my transferred job for months.
At the big bush, I was able to drink all the grapefruit juice I wanted and smoke whenever I felt the need. I love cigarettes and I went through a pack a day back then.
The crew at big bush was starting to switch a bit; a couple guys were fired for trying to introduce a union. We had a girl we called jafakin. We called her jafakin because she told us she was from the islands(she was starch white) and sometimes added a touch of patois to her speech. So instead of Jamaican, it was jafakin, like an imposter. A friend of hers told us she grew up in a gated community in Toronto, when I asked her about it, she fucking quit. No kidding. Right there on the spot, she just fucking quit.
Chef Ian and I were pretty tight. He would invite me to the restaurant on my days off to sit in the dining room and drink root beer floats(which I despise) and we chatted 'life' while we watched various hookers and johns enter and exit a house across the road. That house was soon condemned and turned into a Korean restaurant on that plot of land. One afternoon, while we were hooker watching, ian promoted me to chef tournant.
Chef ian liked me. He would throw shit, like plates or just random pieces of food at cooks if they pissed him off, which was easy. Chef ian was known to throw utensils so hard, he would chip the walls or dent appliances. He never threw stuff at me, though, not yet. He was stern and yelled, but he never hit me, yet. I sent out a venison rack that was overcooked(once) and I watched the look on his face turn to rage when the server approached him with the dry meat and complaint about the food. I knew exactly what happened too. Before he could give me shit, I turned and punched a fridge door and started swearing at myself. After service, he said to me 'I was going to yell at you, but you beat yourself up worse than I ever could.'
The food was getting better and better. Different seasonal vegetables, unusual cuts of meat, and items nobody else made. Quail with blackberries, lamb rack with prune sauce Robert and get this; a pear poached in mint liqueur and smeared on a crusty baguette with red currant jam and blue cheese. Sound gross? It was! People ordered it though. I was really quite proud to walk in that place.
Our crew was small, but tight. We knocked off over 150 meals on Saturdays without a hitch. We rocked that little kitchen. In the days, we made lunches, prepared for dinner shift. We broke down whole poultry, big bins of veggies, built sauces and pureed soups, kept the place spotless. We infused oils and segmented citrus. Ground up our spices and roasted bones. Some days, we would work dinner service, then run over to the other line across the kitchen, slam out a wedding, bat mitzvah, business functions, whatever, then go run over to slam out the rest of service. Prep, serve, coffee, serve, smoke, serve, prep, clean, leave.
Home was tough. We fought a lot. Her parents hated me and I hated going home. We fought more than we talked. We fought over the stupidest shit, too. It was time for us to split, but what we felt for each other was immeasurable. Ive never loved somebody like I loved her. When we split, I lost everything. I went back home to my parents place in chippawa and left her my cash, my books, some furniture, my heart, my mind.
At work, I simply couldn't function. Ian was getting pissed off with me because I could hardly pull it together long enough to have a successful service. If I fucked a plate, he would throw it at me. He threw tongs at me, spoons with salty sauce on them, squeeze bottles of broken vinaigrette, once he even threw a head of kohlrabi at me. Those things fucking hurt! I remember staring at this platter I was supposed to dress with cold seafood for a wedding we were about to feed and I couldn't think about where to place the food in an artful way. I was absolutely mindless. When I went for a cigarette, I had to wash tears off my face before I went back inside. I was a mess. A clusterfuck. I started drinking.
I would finish a shift and go drink. Drink until I was blackout drunk, grab a coffee and a bottle and sit in a motel knocking off whatever whisky I could get from the lcbo before they called the cops on me for public intoxication. I drank to die. I would wake up in my chefs uniform, checkout of the motel and stumble into work, on time, of course. I was dirty, unshaven and numb. This would continue for weeks on end.
Chef ian and I sat down to chat. He wanted to know just what the hell was going on. Why the drastic change? Why he was all of a sudden concerned for my health? Why was he concerned about my food service? What happened to good 'ol reliable gary?
I sat across from the guy and cried. I shook, trembled and sobbed. He asked if he could help in anyway. Did I need money or a doctor? No. I needed to die. I was at the lowest point in my life, I was a puddle of scum, living in shitty motels, avoiding my friends, family. I was drunk, fucked up. I only thought about what could have possibly gone so bad between us. I was dead on the inside, I was simply shattered. I crumbled.
After all the time he spent with me, all the concern he gave, I gave nothing back in my last month at big bush. I was simply a walking shell.
Chef lectured and interrogated me for an hour, the only response I could muster up was, 'I quit, chef. I fucking quit. Im so sorry…' I stood up and walked out. I could hear him as I walked away, he said, 'you make good and fucking sure you come see me again, gary. You don't ever leave me and never come back.'
He was the best chef I ever worked for. He was the single greatest thing to happen to my career. I respected him more than anybody I ever knew.
I never saw him again.


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10 Secrets of long-term couples who truly satisfy each other in bed!
How do sexually compatible couples succeed at keeping the fire burning in the bedroom? Here are 10 ways, according to real long-term couples!
Keeping the excitement alive in the bedroom proves to be more challenging as time goes by, but for these couples, intimacy just becomes sweeter with age.
What are their secrets?
1. They're not afraid to act like teenagers
"We've been married for 11 years and have three children, but my husband and I still have fun, just like we did when we were dating," Caroline*, 39, tells Prevention.com. "We still 'do it' on the floor, even though we have a California King. Every now and then when he's working from home, I'll interrupt him in stilettos and a robe, or I'll quickly flash him when we're out and no one's looking. When he tries to playfully grope me I don't swat him away—it keeps the spark alive."
2. Schedule intimacy
More than just sex, you have to set aside time for intimacy or one-on-one time. This makes romance even more exciting.
"Attempt to set aside a scheduled day and time for intimacy. Notice I said 'intimacy' and not just sex. For women, it is important to have time to connect with her partner, to help her feel more amorous," writes Vanessa T. over on theAsianparent Community. "And for any guys reading this: helping with the laundry and letting the new mom take a nap is the BEST form of foreplay."
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Be bold and open to new ways to please each other, like role playing. Mary Jo Rapini, in an article on HuffPost, shares how her sex life with her husband evolves and changes along with their marriage. Sex for her, now that she's been married for many years, is much more satisfying, fulfilling, and intimate as compared to the so-called "honeymoon stage."
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In the same article, Rapini stresses the importance of being "connected" and in tune with one another. Understanding one another in a profound way helps you satisfy each other in ways no one else can.
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Taking turns initiating sex is what helped Alyssa (not her real name) and her husband maintain their sexual chemistry. You can come up with a schedule or play it by ear. Either way, it's important that the "burden" to initiate and to lead during sex doesn't fall on one person.
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"Sex should not be a chore," says Hsieh N. Keep it fun and take turns initiating intimacy. There are times when you both aren't feeling up to it, and that's okay. Don't be disheartened.
"Quantity has nothing to do with quality," 50-year-old Patricia, who has been married for 14 years, tells Prevention. "My husband and I continue to find new levels of intensity. For us, it's about treating sex as an opportunity to discover something new. The key to having a fulfilling long-term sex life is to shift your focus away from excitement, and focus instead on the richness and texture in every experience. There's always the potential to be surprised."
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Satisfying sex has no age limit. It's even been known to offer many health benefits, keeping couples happy and energetic. Some studies even say it boosts brain activity, keeping the elderly attentive and sharp. Embrace the changes in each other's bodies and do not be embarrassed because sex is an expression of love, no matter what season of life you're in.
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In an effort to spice things up in the bedroom, don't expect too much from yourself or your partner. Take it one step at a time. Remember: it's not about the number of times you do it; it's more about the quality of your intimate encounters.
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"If you or your husband has a higher sex drive, it's either you slow down or you speed up. If one of you have lesser interest to have sex, and even rejects too often. It might upset the other," writes Charmaine K. "It's hard to find someone that has the same pace as you. It's about making it work."
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Showering each other with compliments counts as foreplay and reassuring your spouse you only have eyes for them through words and gestures will truly strengthen your bond and make sex more exciting and meaningful.
"I remember gaining 40 pounds with my first pregnancy and feeling so unattractive," recalls Sharon (not her real name), "but my sweet husband still wanted to have sex with me, and always made a point of telling me how sexy and beautiful I was."
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If Americans celebrate July 4 as Day of Declaration of Independence from Britain, July 3 is commemorated by Iranians every year as the Day of Eternal Shame for the US Administration.
The current crook in the White House, Donald Trump, might be gloating over his breach of the 7-nation international accord on Iran's peaceful nuclear project by withdrawing the US from the JCPOA and subjecting the Islamic Republic to a new set of economic sanctions.His crime is nothing new. It is the latest in the 65-year long criminal record of the US against Iran, beginning with the coup in 1953 that ousted the government of Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mosaddeq and restored to power the fugitive British-installed Shah.Although all American crimes are unpardonable, and will remain so long after the United States of America ceases to exist on the map of the world, perhaps the most unmanly one was the July 3 shooting down of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes in 1988 - a blatant act of state terrorism meant to encourage Saddam to continue his war crimes against the Iranian nation.It is now 30 years since the cowardly Captain Will Rogers, on orders from the rascal in Washington, Ronald Reagan, fired two missiles at the regular four-days-a-week Iran Air Flight 655 from Bandar Abbas to Dubai, around 10 AM local time, as it was ascending its designated Commercial Corridor 59.No amount of apologies - although Washington has offered none nor Tehran expects any - will ever wipe out the bitter memories of this dastardly deed that sent 300 innocent passengers and crew, including 57 women and 53 children, aboard the Airbus to a watery grave in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran's Hengam Island (Iranian territorial waters into which the Vincennes had sneaked in violation of international laws).Today on the 30th anniversary of this crime, committed to prevent a resounding Iranian victory in the face of chemical bombardment and all other violation of international norms in the war that Washington had imposed on the Islamic Republic through its surrogate Saddam, the question being asked is: Has the US has succeeded in its goals?The answer is a big NO.As a matter of fact the arrogantly ignorant Americans have been miserably enmeshed in their own trap, with the curse of the martyrs of Flight 655 all set to haunt them to their impending waterloo - into which Trump is about to fall.True, Iran has offered great sacrifices since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and may have yet more price to pay as it successfully scales the peaks of progress to master nuclear, space, medical and other sophisticated technologies, as part of the resolve to safeguard Islamic values and national independence, and to spread the message of peace, justice and regional solidarity against foreign hegemony.But a review of the blind US hostility towards the dynamic developments in Islamic Iran shows frustration writ large on the US face despite its intrusions into the Persian Gulf, its occupation of Afghanistan, its illegal military presence in Syria, its assistance to the Saudi-Emirati invasion of Yemen, its massive support to the illegal Zionist entity and its feverish manipulation of the UN, especially the Security Council.The result is all too obvious and not at all in the favour of Uncle Sam, whether in the region or at international forums.The 8-year war and its untold atrocities topped by the downing of the Iranian passenger plane were intended to undermine the Islamic Republic System and check the impact of the Islamic Revolution on the Muslims of Iraq and beyond, have badly backfired.Washington has been forced to hastily hang its head in shame despite the threats and theatrics of Trump. It has eaten the humble pie in Iraq, where the people are profoundly influenced by the values that Iran espouses, as is evident by the emerging coalition government.In Lebanon, the people have again rallied behind the legendry anti-terrorist movement, the Hezbollah, in the parliamentary elections, to enable formation of a broad-based government.Among the Palestinians, the US has lost all credibility by shifting its embassy to the occupied Islamic city of Bayt al-Moqaddas, while freedom movements such as Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, inspired by the Islamic spirit of the Iranians are setting the stage for the popular struggle that could eventually end the illegal existence of the Zionist entity.Today, thirty years after the terrorist downing of Iran Air Flight 655, the voice of the Islamic Republic, which Washington so criminally sought to stifle, not only rings out loudly in the lands of the Arabs, the Turks, the Africans, the Balkans of Europe, and the South, East and Central Asians, but reverberates in Latin America as a reminder of the transient nature of the USA, which with its trampling of the most basic humanitarian values, including Trump's forced separation of crying children from the laps of their aggrieved parents, stands today as the symbol of Satanism even for its traditional allies, the Europeans and the North American Christians yearning for freedom from the Jewish yoke.Source: Kayhan International (Tehran-based English newspaper)


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Dear Ross Students and Families,
On Monday, April 20, 2020, Governor Mike DeWine officially closed Ohio public schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Sending this letter on behalf of the Ross Local School District is sobering for our staff, our students and our families. If there's one thing I have learned in almost four years as Superintendent, the Ross Local Schools are a wonderful place to be and we will miss each other.
With this information in hand, our district will develop plans for the remainder of the school year as well as begin planning for 2020-2021. Our District Leadership Team will be meeting soon to discuss a whole host of items including distance learning, meal distribution, time for students to pick up items left in the buildings, and rescheduling activities such as prom, graduation, and other student recognition events.
News of the closure may be emotional for many of our students since they thrive in their school environment, including the structures and the connections they make with their peers and the adults in their lives. Some students will miss athletics, plays, field trips, science experiments, music programs, etc. Some of our students will miss the smiles and heart-felt interactions with their friends, teachers, and coaches. The staff of the Ross Local School District is here for you to support conversations about this closure as well as your child's emotional and mental well-being so please contact us if you need assistance. Please contact us as we can lend a listening ear to your concerns and challenges.
On a personal note, I am finishing my 22nd year in Educational Administration and this is one of the hardest letters I've had to write. I'm already anticipating the sunrise on the first day students are able to come back to school at Ross. I'm already anticipating hearing the Ross Band of Class practicing and playing on a cool Friday evening. I'm already anticipating watching the students at Elda and Morgan leap off the bus so excited for school. I'm already anticipating watching the Ross Cross Country Team running the steps of my office building. I'm already anticipating teaching about coral reefs to the RMS fifth grade. I'm already anticipating the future. Let's stay positive and forward-thinking as we meet this challenge head-on.
Our staff will continue to grow relationships with you and your children even through distance learning. Please continue to monitor the Covid19 HQ on the district website, communication from your child's buildings, and your child's distance learning platform for more information.
We are #RossBetterTogether. We will Discover, Aspire, Relate. Every Day. We will Win the Day, but most importantly, we will all be Ross Rams.
Most Sincerely,
Scott Gates, Superintendent


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Nogales police say the Mariposa port of entry was closed for several hours for southbound traffic into Mexico because of an incident being investigated by federal authorities.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said shots were fired at the Nogales Port of Entry as a driver tried to flee into Mexico around 2 p.m.
Officials said a Customs and Border Protection officer and a U.S. Border Patrol agent were involved in the shooting while working at the Mariposa Crossing.
Officials said a person tried to evade agents while they were driving south through the port. The vehicle the subject was in swerved, officials say this was done in an apparent attempt to hit the officers who were working.
Officers then fired their weapons at the driver multiple times. The driver was struck and was taken to a Tucson hospital for treatment of multiple gunshot wounds.
Officials said a passenger was also traveling with the subject; the passenger was is currently in custody after sustaining non-life threatening injuries.
Officials are investigating the incident; anyone with information can contact officials at 1-877-872-7435.
Traffic traveling southbound into Mexico was closed off at the port but was later reopened.
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20 Mar 2019 to 21 Mar 2019
Lightbulb Improv is Canberra's premiere improvised comedy troupe, performing monthly since 2016.
In Truth or Dare, two teams square off in this seriously silly game show. Will skeletons be unleashed from the closet or heads dunked in water? Which team will reign supreme in this feast of theatrical combat? Canberra hasn't seen this level of uncertainty since the last leadership challenge!
Known for crafting comedy moments in an unscripted, lively and daring manner, the Lightbulb Players are tellers of stories and singers of songs. Their motto? To create fearless theatre that frees the mind, delights the intellect, and distills the meaning of life. Or, they'll at least suck on lemons… literally… just to make you laugh.
Featuring: Amy Crawford, Angela Ford, David Woodgate, Helen Way, Jeremy Strasser, Katherine Berry, Laura Griffin, Lou Maconachie, Luke Atchison & Michael Carter.
Presented as part of the 2019 Canberra Comedy Festival.
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A lot of HVAC contractors dismiss the importance of social media. They see Facebook as a place where their employees go to waste time. But social media sites are fundamentally changing the way people making buying decisions and communicate–much in the same way email and texting have.
From Angie's List and Yelp to Facebook and Google+, today's consumers have a variety of channels through which to express their satisfaction–and dissatisfaction–with your company. Increasingly, the expectation is that, if you have a presence on one of these sites, you're listening–and will respond.
Recently, I was blind copied on an exchange of messages via Facebook between a local HVAC and plumbing company and one of their new customers. According to the customer, she'd chosen this particular local company because they were "Carrier qualified" and she felt that if they were on Facebook, they "understood and respected social media and great customer service."
All of us in the digital marketing space have long speculated that this is how consumers think about companies active on social media sites like Facebook, but until this message exchange, I'd never had any proof.
According to statistica.com, Facebook has 1.35 billion active monthly users. Practically every person I know is on Facebook. This makes Facebook an incredibly powerful amplifier for news and opinions about your company–good and bad. No longer can it be written off as a place where people go to goof off and waste time.
Facebook is a vibrant online community filled with your customers and prospects. If all you've done for your business is create a Facebook page and share a blog post or weather update here and there, you're missing out on an enormous opportunity. Next to Google, Facebook is the second most popular website in the world. It deserves to be part of your digital marketing strategy (you DO have a digital marketing strategy, don't you?).
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I have to admit I'm a bit confused. Kidult (artist-activist-graffiti creator) struck again. Last week, taking advantage of Paris Fashion Week, the adult-kid painted Chanel's windows with a big "50% OFF – CRISIS SALE". So I, along with many other people, questioned myself: is Chanel responsible for all this? Is Kidult making such a naïve protest that it in fact results in him doing a favour for the brand? This summer he painted a Marc Jacobs shop with a big "686", hinting to the exaggerated prices of his T-shirts. Marc Jacobs then came back with a series of T-shirts that had the "686" logo printed on them. Tut, tut… Kidult, you'll have to think of a better way not to benefit them.
Month: October 2013
Paint and color artists. Minna Gilligan.
I'm not doing it out of bad will, nor am I jealous, I swear. Minna Gilligan considers herself an artist, and that is perfectly respectable. Her technique is extraordinary. And when I say extraordinary, I'm really saying 'extraordinary for someone older than a six-year-old'. Felt pens, glue, old magazines and poetry, and here you are! Apparently stupid but with psychedelic and nostalgic touches that make me think there's a place for her in the art market. Simple and sentimental. And I tell myself: Fuck! I should have thought of that in the first place.
Starwin – Boys Noize
This morning we woke up in a party mood (and I was particularly in need of a good "candela") so we decided to go directly to Venice Beach, California. This sunny, palm-tree paradise, filled with people still living in the '80s, and still bearing fanny packs unsurprisingly has a lot of fans, us included. Boys Noize also had their mind set on it, especially on a local tribe: roller-skaters. Watch the video (check out the prehistoric American hippie –min 1:25– and the mysterious rubber man –min 2:12–) and try to answer this question: Who best represents genius in its true form? Madonna with her skates and neat choreography in "Sorry", or those two men putting it together on the beach? We think fame should be divided better (and also that Madonna should have long been placed in formalin).
Collecting dishes. Artefacto.
In every respectable Spanish family the best dishes are well hidden, and mother takes them out of the hideout only when mother-in-law (that is, your granny on father's side) is invited, or when she has to clean the cupboard they're in. Meanwhile, you just have to get used eating from those faded and cracked dishes year after year, and you can call yourself lucky if there are two identical dishes in the service. Yet, stay calm: we actually take care of everything, and we suggest to you a totally kitsch and surrealist way out. Here are some dishes that are authentic artworks to fight boredom during family meals. Thank you Artefacto!
Things with face
It seems we are not the only ones who see faces everywhere, and this makes us feel better. Welcome to the bizarre world of faces on inanimate objects. They are everywhere: from a rancid cucumber to a big-jawed pepperoni. As you can see, life as an unemployed can offer a lot.
It's quite obvious that we're going through hard times and nothing seems to be easy. Loads of Spanish youngsters run away from the country to try and find (sometimes luckily) new opportunities. Standing out in the world of design has become something nearly impossible, and finding commissioned work, a result of alcohol fuelled prayers. This time, our pleas have been listened by Patricio Binaghi, audiovisual producer and the one behind the new project "Atelier des Jeunes". With an impeccable commissary work and a jury with names such as Juan Gatti, Rafael Doctor Roncero, Luis Venegas, Enric Pastor and Lucas Arraut, Binaghi has gathered 33 young Spanish artist and created an online platform where their exclusive work will be sold. Also, the price will be affordable: 150€. Like, the website will be on fire!
The future of the Made in Spain art is promising. This time, thanks to Patricio Binaghi, we'll be able to discover, follow and buy something from these 33 artists chosen by the Spanish emerging arts guru. Moreover, the project will soon be exhibited in galleries around the country and beyond the borders. You're welcome to have a look, and, why not, make a purchase!
Mikel Pascal, Cesar Segarra, Javier de Riba, Lara Costafreda and Unaitxo
In the vacuum you live better. Flesh Love.
"Flesh is flesh, and what's better than to store it in a vacuum?" This must have been the thought process of Japanese photographer Hal, when he initiated the concept for his project Flesh Love. In order to get these colorful portraits, he simply squeezed some couples into a plastic vacuum pack, showing how poetic butchery can be. Next time we fear he will present to us "Life in a Tupperware: how kitchen receptacles take their revenge on mothers all over the world".
Yugoslavia's Musical Industry
You know how much we love freaky things with a bit of rancid to it. As you surely are aware from our commentaries on South America's peculiar music style or Japan's curious inventions, bad taste knows no barriers or cultural boundaries. This time, in order to show a new insight on bad taste culture, we decided to focus on Eastern Europe, and more precisely on former Yugoslavia. We didn't know anything about the musical tradition of this extinct country, and how interesting his crappy aesthetics could be. Here we show you a collection of CD covers, which compete directly (in a sort of rancid festival) with the CDs we could find at any gas station in our country: from a country lady showing the goods on an ancient Soviet car to a Santa Klaus showing signs of multiple drug addictions. In Yugoslavian musical industry there's a bit for everybody's taste, just come and see!
PS. A video that can show you that the quality of the collection is really something of a kind.
Let's have a bite of Karsten Wegener's Wurst Art
The sentence "Darling, don't play with food" echoes in everybody's ears here at La Monda, a cruel reminder of when our parents tried to repress our first artistic impulses that drove us to make castles with cookies, games with Mikados, frescos with beet juice on the walls… Luckily, it seems someone else had a much easier time playing with food during his childhood. That's the case of German photographer Karsten Wegener, who reinterprets some classics of contemporary art with a local, iconic product: Frankfurters! So in the pork meat section we get Edvard Munch's Ham Scream, Jeff Koons' Sausage Caniche, Van Gogh's Mortadella Sunflowers, Damien Hirst's Sausage Mother and Son… Is that homage or jest? In each case… Enjoy your meal!
You, beloved readers, know that in La Monda we are honest people that aren't easy to cajole with a few cocktails and some sweets (at least, not for this). And that we always tell you our most sincere opinion. In this case, a very positive opinion. Yesterday we had the opportunity to go to the Pretty Little Thing online store new collection launch party held at the Disco Club in London, where we had a preview of their new clothing pieces. Inspired in the 90s decade and mixing it up with a punk twist, we saw lot of long dresses, studs, sequins and velvet and all designed to be really stylish (heaven of hipsters, Dalston is cheering!). But, above all, what caught our eye was the affordable price of the items; let's face it, we are all very cool, but also rather poor. So, totally up for it. The funny moment of the night happened when we were apparently surrounded by X-Factor celebs and our Editor, due to her absentminded general tendency, didn't even notice.


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The newest entry in the Warhammer 40,000 RTS series by Relic, Dawn of War III, just got a brand new story trailer, with in engine graphics as well. Looks like we have Eldar, Space Marines, and Orks going at it over a magic stick. It seems like Dawn of War III is going to combine all the good of the older entries into one game. Battles look as large as they were in Dawn of War and units seem to have their own unique abilities as they did in Dawn of War II. If that is the case, then this one could be the best in the series.
Currently I am not sure how the shift to only three factions is going to work, especially when by the end of all the originals expansions there were about nine. Less factions would allow for the three of them to be more finely tuned, however I am going to miss all those different Warhammer 40k factions, especially The Imperial Guard. Luckily the three factions thing works perfectly for story, as it seems that every 4ok game contains the plot twist of "It was actually Chaos all along!", so it will be interesting to finally let another faction be the baddies. Well more of the baddies than everyone else, it is Warhammer after all. Speaking of the campaign, Dawn of War II, and it's expansions, had a very interesting way of presenting the campaign that should definitely be carried over into the sequel. Picking your battles, and suffering consequences for the ones you lose, added weight to the missions, even more so when you could see how much more powerful the enemy was getting while you faffed about else where.
Relic has gotten Real time strategy right, and they have gotten Warhammer 4ok right. If anyone can sort a Doctor Frankenstein style stitching of squad based tactics and large scale strategy, they can.
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Sherina Maye Edwards featured in article "Top Female Executives in Energy Offer Wisdom on the Industry"Media Planet- Future of Business and Tech 06/08/18
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"The key to a successful career is the skill of building and maintaining a strong professional network. I often say that your network is your 'net worth,' and I truly believe this."
How did you become involved in the energy sector? How would you recommend women break in to the industry in the current moment?
I was appointed to the Illinois Commerce Commission in February of 2013 by then Governor Pat Quinn. I am an attorney by trade and, at that time, I had no exposure to or concept of the vastness of the energy industry and what my role as a regulator would entail. However, as relayed to me by the Governor, I was recommended by someone who witnessed my work ethic and thought I'd be great for the role — and the rest is history.
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Children at public schools in Massachusetts will be evaluated for the body mass index and the information mailed to parents, thanks to a new state policy.
My question is what will parents do with the information? A child's weight is a sensitive topic. Changing eating habits and losing weight is challenging for most of us.
Children are products of their environments: when one parent is obese, children have a one-in-two probability of being overweight. If both parents are obese, it's almost certain the children will mirror their parents: 80 percent of children of two fat parents will also be fat.
Between 16 and 33 percent of children are obese. Some 26 percent of Massachusetts teens are overweight. Obese children are prone to adult diseases such as Type II diabetes, heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure.
The solution to the obesity epidemic starts with awareness and a commitment to taking baby steps towards change.
To influence children follow three steps:
1. Children's motto is if it's fun, I'm comin'. Divide your family in teams and have a contest to find every food in the kitchen with high-fructose corn syrup in it. Cook whole foods together. Grow a cucumber or tomato plant this summer. Make a habit to do something together outdoors every week — go sledding, walking, biking, play frisbee or soccer.
2. Children respond to education and information about risky behavior. After my children met a guest speaker at school who spoke through a tracheotomy because of years of smoking, they refused to touch cigarettes. Educate your children on the dangers of childhood obesity and what it's like to have diabetes, heart disease and hypertension.
3. Monkey see, monkey do. Children observe what we do and copy us. We parents must be the change we want to see in our children. I guarantee that losing weight will make you feel better, look better and be healthier. It will also influence your children.
Hold a family meeting to formulate a plan to eat whole foods that come from the ground. Serve hot air popcorn with a tablespoon of butter and seltzer water spiked with one-fourth fruit juice. Start small and build on success.


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Hurry Sundown (1967)
"Land lasts: you take care of it, and it'll take care of you."
Interestingly, the film itself is not really as bad as its reputation warrants — and its inclusion in the Medved brothers' The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (1978) seems highly suspect. By focusing on the intersecting fates of three "representative" southern households — one white and monied, one white and poor, one black and poor — the film does make (perhaps unintended) "statements" about class and race in the South, but the primary characters themselves are reasonably nuanced (though not all are provided with enough screentime for full development). Most impressive is Jane Fonda, giving a compelling performance in a pivotal role as an unhappily married woman forced to confront her husband's deception and malpractice; the film eventually becomes her story, and she does a fine job investing viewers in the discomfort of her character's increasing cognitive dissonance. Diahann Carroll is also noteworthy in a small role that should have been fleshed out more fully.
However, the film most definitely has its share of "bad movie" moments and performances. Both Burgess Meredith as a bigoted lawyer and George Kennedy as a buffoonish sheriff are laughably one-dimensional; Caine's southern accent falters a bit too often (though he IS, naturally, believable as a caddish heel); and Richards (in a tiny, underdeveloped role) gives a sensitive, heartbreaking performance — up until the moment her heart LITERALLY "breaks", and she melodramatically pantomimes an attack. Meanwhile, Fonda and Caine's emotionally disturbed son (John Mark) is never convincing (nor is the lame back-story attempting to explain why he suddenly "became" the way he is), and a number of essential plot elements — such as Law's unconvincing friendship with Hooks (why does he slip in and out of bigotry?) — are handled sloppily. Finally, Hugo Montenegro's energetic film score is ultimately inappropriate (it sounds better suited for a western), and egregiously misused at times.
With all that said, this is one you'll have to watch for yourself to determine whether you consider to be an entirely skippable clunker, or a flawed but well-intentioned and occasionally compelling misfire.
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A tentative must – as its own kind of guilty pleasure.
I can't just always recommend movies that are genuinely worthwhile for one reason or another. I don't think my appreciation of film would be what it is if it weren't also for those peculiar movies that…took me to a different place, so to speak.
The story behind the making of the…uh, anomaly that is 'Hurry Sundown' is probably best put at Wikipedia (so I direct you there for more of behind-the-scenes). It is not a great or even good film – but it's intriguing enough, for me anyway, to watch while being a bit transfixed (which has now been twice).
The novel (which I don't know) was adapted by Horton Foote, who was let go and replaced by Thomas C. Ryan. Foote had, of course, adapted 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and would go on to write 'Tender Mercies'. Ryan followed his 'HS' assignment with his commendable adaptation of 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter'. So, these are quality writers – apparently dealing with less-than-quality source material.
Place a director in obvious decline on top of a dubious script and what does 'HS' leave you with?: a rather large, A-list cast attempting some kind of dignity, with or without the director's help.
At one point, Preminger entered a period in which he started listing about 10-12 big names alongside a film's title. I was always fascinated seeing a particular group he had gathered together and would think, 'Hm, now what are all these people doing together in one film? The mix of them playing off each other may be interesting, if nothing else.'
In that sense, 'HS' is no exception. I honestly can't fault the acting all that much (aside from what seems obvious directorial intrusion – i.e., Richards' heart attack). [I can say, though, that I can't BEAR Fonda and Caine's WHINY WHINY WHINY kid! That whole thing is just plain WRONG!] Preminger clearly 'encouraged' the melodrama and, it seems to me, the cast tries to…adjust themselves by staying within some kind of reasonable veracity.
What 'HS' also has in its favor is that it's part of Preminger's long-standing penchant for hot button topics. 'HS' is only one example of the director's mission to throw controversial issues onto the big screen. Regardless of what you think of him or his films, that aspect of his career has always been an admirable one.
Preminger made a number of decent films. Late in life, he started to flounder (sometimes very badly – i.e., the nightmare that is 'Skidoo'). 'Hurry Sundown' falls somewhere in-between. It's somewhat sloppy. It probably deserved to be received poorly overall. Nevertheless, I (hesitantly) recommend it to ffs. I can have reservations myself, but I can't honestly call it a bore.
Fave scene: During the trial, Carroll confronts Fonda in the ladies' room and urges her to face the truth about Caine.
Fonda's scene with Carroll *is* truly noteworthy, and shifted the film into a different, more positive light for me — temporarily. Then, it was back to "dubious" melodrama.
Your points about Preminger all seem fair and true. Yes, his selection of "hot button" topics IS admirable, and his intentions seem always sincere. It's odd how his work really is all over the place — some films truly admirable and compelling, some merely middling. I have yet to watch "the nightmare that is 'Skidoo'" but now am perversely looking forward to it!
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OverviewΟne of the most luxurious and exquisite properties in the Chora, Villa Amalia blends beautifully to its medieval surroundings.
Transposed back in the Byzantine period, its high yard walls, conjoined with those of other grand houses, form part of a wall around the Chora, erected by the residents of Patmos/Patmians to protect the island from the invasion of pirates. Old manors and stone houses, narrow alleyways and small courtyards, all offer a dramatic setting for a unique property.
Today, Villa Amalia, designed by internationally-renowned jewelry designer Ms. Ileana Makri, exudes understated luxury with a bohemian feel. The graceful interiors are accentuated by the choice of furniture, the blend of fabrics, and the soft lighting reflected on elegant objects and works of art. The traditional, high ceilings, further add to a sense of tranquility and serenity.
Recently and expertly renovated, the property offers up-to-date amenities, while preserving Patmos's local color and aesthetic. Its magnificent terrace is enticing, as it affords breathtaking views of the imposing Monastery of Saint John, the sea on the south and west, and the old town.
A beautiful courtyard, emblematic of the island's fine architecture, is ideal for entertaining friends or simply enjoying a glass of wine. Due to the Villa's central location, stepping out is effortless. The Chora, an UNESCO world heritage site (together with the Monastery of Saint John) is gloriously revealed, in all its attractive scenery, historical significance, and unspoiled environment.
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MY little sisters Compaq Presario S5000NX an the bios settings keep reseting when the computer is unplugged causing date/time and everying to go back to default messing everything up.
Anyone know if there is a jumper that stops this from happening? I remember the same thing happening on my Dell and it was a jumper pin that was taken out that caused the problem. Or hear of this problem on this computer
I have changed the motherboard bios battery with a few extras I have and still same results, just keep getting my bios settings reset back to default when unplugged and power is not given to it. Would like to fix this problem.
I am also trying to get windows on to the system but when its installing I keep getting errors that say file not bound and have to click try again before it will accept the file, once it is installed it will not boot into windows anyway, I had this problem lots times before caused by bad ram but I tested the ram and it works fine well no errors so I am thinking it is the hardrive but I would like to get the bios problem fixed before i swap out the hardrive and start trouble shooting everything else and redo the install as without the bios part fixed theres no point in moving on.
I would really like to fix this problem as its my sisters only computer and cant afford to build a new one right now.
Any sugestions on the bios problem or jumper question?
Thanks in advance for all your help and any answers you can provide on this system.
P.S. if you need anymore info please feel free to ask I will get it for you.
Replace the motherboard battery.
Or leave the computer plugged into an active outlet. The permanent solution is to replace the CMOS battery but the above solution will keep the settings until then.
Even when shut off the computer has some power going to parts of it. That is unless you shut down all power to it by means of a power strip or similar.
Yes I know if it is kept plugged in the computer will keep its bios settings, but it gets moved around, also I have changed out the battery, it doesnt seem to be helping for some reason.
That is why I asked if the motherboard that is in this computer has some sort of jumper that if removed resets the bios if unplugged or something I had that problem before once I put the jumper back in the right place it went back to normal.
Could this be the case with this or is there no such jumper on this brand computer's motherboard?
Like I said i put in a couple different batteries and none will allow the bios to keep its settings. IDK its really wwierd, I thought maybe I put the battery in wrong so tried each one both ways.
Anyone know about the bios reset jumper when power is loss?
Thanks again guys
Be sure the polarity is correct (not upside down). Also make sure the contacts aren't bent away and not touching.
Are you saving when exiting the BIOS?
Yes I am saving the settings when I leave because they stay until i unplug it to move it again. What do you mean by make the polarity is correct? Do you mean make sure the battery is in the right way? If so I actually tried the battery both ways to make sure, that is one thing I should watch for before pulling the battery out as it is not flat on the motherboard its one that sticks out and u slide the battery in a slot and it sticks out from the motherboard.
For example a laptops ram compared to a desktops ram , one sticks out the other when in correct place is kinda flat, as for the contacts I took the battery out and bent them inwards to make sure they were not bent out a bit from when I took the battery out to put a new one in, I just forgot to remember what was the battery was facing when I pulled it out.
There is actually only one time I had this same problem with a computer and I thought it was the battery or the battery connector was on a HP it was doing the same thing, it turned out someone moved a jumper on the motherboard which was causing the bios to reset when it was unplugged.
Is there any actual way to tell if a motherboard is getting power from the battery? and if so what would be the best way to do it to know for sure besides unplugging the power and seeing if the bios resets, could prob use a multi meter but how would I go about with the battery in it where would the best two places to test the battery/motherboard's bios actual getting the power from the battery?
If you do not understand something I wrote here please just let me know as I wrote it fast I am on my way out.
Thanks again guys
Just replace the battery. $3 part.
Got a multimeter? Check the CMOS battery voltage.


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Anybody preordered this yet?
Here's a link to the Forumini Newsletter where WotC discusses A20 game mechanics and pilot skill. It looks pretty good.
I am so excited about this coming out. The wing spans range from 3 1/2 to 4 inches. I plan on buying a case of booster packs and the starter kit.
Ive got a starter and 4 boosters coming to get acquainted. I'm really curious about it. WotC usually does a good job of rule and game mechanics for their other games so it will be interesting to see how smoothly it plays.
Have you seen any of the pics yet?
….and welcome!
No, I haven't seen any pics yet of the planes. I did read that the game was going to use altitudes and speed and that the airplanes lean and swivel on their base in order to show banking and climbing.
Here's a quote from an article published today on the Forumini on the game mechanics. http://aaminis.myfastforum.org/about31390.html
Seriously, the game is actually (surpringly) really good.
Disclaimer: No I dont work for WotC. My gaming group was lucky enough to be asked to demo A20 at CANCON as we run the WaS touney at the Con. We got starters a week ago and have been playing since.
A WW2 dogfight game needs to give you the feel of planes zooming around, manouvering and firing - A20 does this really well. The system is easy to learn but quite complex to enact, the random comes in with dice and skill based manouver rolls. The three dimensions make it remarkably challenging to fly to the piece of sky you want to be in. The stats on the cards work well and the combat system is intuitive and realistic (within the scope of such a game). Yes, the figures are big - but solid plastic molds with a reasonable paint job. They are well mounted with a ball joint and the base doubles as an altitude indicator. The beauty is that you get the feel of a dogfight game, in three dimensions, that rewards good flying tactics and use of your plane's abilities.
Good: Great dogfight feel, clever rules, good enough figures.
Bad: Figure scale makes bombers unlikely, balance and playtesting not as good as it should be.
Now on to more specific comments and thoughts…
The Rules
Work really well and are similar to WaS etc. Initiative determines moving and firing. A number of mods come into play, both special abilities and if you are trailing your enemy. The winner of inititative gets to choose to move first or second. Movement alternates (though abilites can change what moves when) - so moving first is generally bad as your opponent can get on your six. The 'balance' comes in the firing phase, shooting alternates, with effects applied immeadiately and if you moved first you shoot first. The rules also deal with mis-matched numbers of planes as well.
Movement is based on declared aircraft speed and mediated via hexes. You can turn 60 degrees for free. If you want to do something special, like a split S or barrel roll, then you need to roll two dice, add you aircraft ability and beat a number depending on your speed. This is a really clever mechanic and adds lots of uncertainty to the game. We have found that failing a speical manouver usually means you can't fire (as you end up in the wrong spot or pointing the wrong way) and/or the enemy then gets to jump on you more easily - don't stuff the roll! The plane and pilot quality all help/hinder this.
Shooting is check the range, work out the angle of attack, apply some basic modifers (pilot quality, cripple, diving/climbing) and roll (preferably '6s'!). Damange is straight away. Simple, quick but reflects 'reality' well.
There are six altitude bands marked on the base (but no reason you couldn't play 10 if you wanted). The maps can 'float' or you can play on map only. We found that two starter set maps together worked really well to fly around.
Some basic typos in the rules are disapointing, also there are some abilites that will need errata/clarification.
The Figures
I expected the paint job to be better, especially given how big they are. In particular the canopies are a bit ugly. I don't mind the no-prop decision - and you could easily mod them on if you wanted (and having played a bit, props would just further entagle the figures). The 109 Ace is the best paint job. The plastic is hard so no risk of bendy planes like we got/get with the ship version. The ball joint base is really clever as it allows you to angle how the plane is flying and affects combat and moving. The fundamental problem with the scaling is that the 110 is about as big as you can get on the maps they have. As a WW2 air combat game, I want bombers in the game. I'd really like to have a dozen Lancasters under attack from the Luftwaffe - but that would require a huge amount of space. The Lancaster has twice the wingspan of the 110… In short, the scale decision is a wierd one - I hope they give us an explanation.
The Cards
Yes, you do get them all in the starter - another odd decision and the only explanation we can come up with is that it is cheaper for them to do it that way. Everything you need is on the card, the layout works fine. One thing pointed out by one of our group is that the pilots should be separate. This is really an obvious idea that we wish they had done. Planes should have been just an airframe then you add a pilot on with another card - more cards, more choice, better mix of points. Sadly you are now locked with the pilot quality on the card with the points costed in. The costings are … well … interesting. I had better not give away the stats for the other planes, but rest assured the US v Japan quality/stat argument will continue… Simply, I suspect there was not enough playtesting of some planes and abilites to balance things out well (sound familiar?!?).
Will the game succeed?
I hope so. Two starters is good for anyone who wants to play the game as you get plenty then. I expect that the starters will sell well. However, I am less convinced of the value of the boosters, especially as you already have the cards. The singles market will probably be really big for the planes in the boosters, with people wanting a few specific planes and not wanting to buy boxes to get them.
These look great!
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Sorry DFA I forgot you can't post photos here. I can't wait or the forum upgrade thats coming so we can have more freedom.
Thanks for posting that, an interesting read. I think the paint job looks good and the canopy does not look bad. We will have to post photos of what planes we get. Do we know how many planes are going to be in the set yet? Are they going to be all fighters? It seemed like from the article that the heavy bombers, B-17, B-29, and Halifax will not be in the set. I wonder if they will have the fighter/bombers like the Avenger, Hellcat, Stukas, Zekes, etc.
They have said it is a air combat game and will not include bombers. So its up to us to proxy their use I guess. It mostly fighters with some fighter/bombers mixed in seems to be the direction they are moving in. The scale they choose pretty much limited the use of bombers from the beginning.
This is roughly what we know so far:
- Air-to-Air combat game
- 1:100 or 15mm scale
- will be compatible with ground game but will have it's own unique ruleset (ground game stats will be in starter rulebook)
- Starter set is "fixed" (each starter has same aircraft)
- Starter is "Battle of Britain" themed: Six miniatures: 2 Hurricanes, 1 Spitfire, 2 Bf 109s and 1 Me 110C.
- boosters: 3 miniatures each
- 30 Miniatures
- 20 Unique sculpts
- fighters only, no bombers (though some fighter-bombers like Me 110)
- Set "leans toward" early war period '39-'42
- a full set of the stat cards will be included in the starter
Unique sculpt breakdown:
2 French
2 Soviet
5 German
2 Italian
3 Japanese
Other nationalities represented (with repaints):
South Africa
Set List:
China (Nationalist)
American Volunteer Group Flying Tiger P-40
I-16 "Abu"
Soviet Union
Tomahawk II
United Kingdom
Hurricane Mk.I
United States
F4F-3 Wildcat
USAAF P-40B Rookie
Bf 109E
Bf 109F
Me 110C
A6M2 Zero
From: http://axisandalliesunderground.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=92
Looks like a pretty good list so far. I guess I will have to wait for the Corsair, one of my favorites.
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Principal Becky Ashe was sitting on the plaza of the L&N STEM Academy wearing goggles. Her head moved in response to the virtual reality she was experiencing. The University of Tennessee Center for Transportation Research was on campus with simulators to promote safe driving. And the principal was checking it out.
The only principal the L&N STEM Academy has known is retiring this spring.
We had two questions: why and what's next.
Ashe doesn't have great answers for either.
The retirement incentive plan offered by Knox County Schools was designed to ease out higher-paid senior staff. Who thinks this is a good idea?
Ashe is not the only one leaving the L&N. Three teachers with a century of experience are retiring as well:
- Jill Robbins, social studies teacher with 42 years
- Kathy Coley, who taught at Cedar Bluff, Bearden and for a time at South College
- Brad Crattie, Latin
Ashe recruited many of her staff and hand-picked the others. She was science supervisor for Knox County Schools when she envisioned a science and math high school in the old L&N train station on Henley Street.
STEM opened in 2011 as a magnet school focused on the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math. World's Fair Park is its campus. The University of Tennessee is just over the hill, and students frequently take a class or two. Professors join students for lunch. (The school's got a chef!)
In fact, according to its website, STEM partners with more than 215 community businesses, organizations and institutions to provide real-world internship experiences for the students.
These internships and cooperative education experiences are not designed to polish specific vocational skills that will likely be obsolete soon after graduation, Ashe says. "But to equip and prepare graduates for higher education and careers we cannot even imagine today."
She said retirement was "on the horizon" for her, perhaps five years out. But she did the math on the incentive plan. "I made this decision (to retire now) with my head, not my heart."
She's quick to say she's not quitting work – just retiring from Knox County Schools.
And she's also adamant about the L&N continuing as a special place. She told administrators, "If you let the vision die with me, it will break my heart." She calls herself the "spark of electricity that got it started," but says it's time for another leader, one not limited by her imagination.
In a world of rules and high-stakes testing and pressure to conform, Becky Ashe and her team have created an oasis of creativity and excitement about learning. From the grandeur of the building itself to the quirky flying gryphon mascot, L&N STEM Academy is a school for scholars.
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