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oday is the anniversary of the Armistice which was signed in the Forest of Compiegne by the Allies and the Germans in 1918, ending World War I, after four years of conflict.

t 5 A.M. on Monday, November 11, 1918 the Germans signed the Armistice, an order was issued for all firing to cease; so the hostilities of the First World War ended. This day began with the laying down of arms, blowing of whistles, impromptu parades, closing of places of business. All over the globe there were many demonstrations.

n November of 1919, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Armistice Day proclamation. In Emporia, Kansas, on November 11, 1953, instead of an Armistice Day program, there was a Veterans' Day observance. Ed Rees, of Emporia, was so impressed that he introduced a bill into the House to change the name to Veterans' Day. After this passed, Mr. Rees wrote to all state governors and asked for their approval and cooperation in observing the changed holiday. The name was changed to Veterans' Day by Act of Congress on May 24, 1954.

lease take a moment to remember or veterans today. They have given so much so that we can live free.

Feature Article

If The Result Is Inevitable!

by: Ken Darby The Pebble

Early in my flying career, I had my first night flight. Looking down into the darkness, I asked my instructor what we would do if the engine failed.

"Get the plane gliding in a controlled descent," he said, "then attempt to restart the engine and make a 'Mayday' call. The only difference between day and night flying is that the terrain below will not be clearly visible, so you should point the aircraft toward whatever looks like a clear area and it should be pointing into the wind."

"Then what?" I asked.

"Conserve your battery, so don't turn on your landing lights until you're close to the ground. If you like what you see, land."

"Okay, but what if I don't like what I see?"

My instructor gave me a compassionate look inside that dim cockpit, then said softly, "Turn off the landing lights."

I fly, and I'm not sure I like what I see in the joke above. It does bring out a point, however, and that is that if something is inevitable you might as well sit back and enjoy it.

The meaning is that when things are going to happen, and you cannot stop them, then relax and let them happen. Your involvement can begin again when things settle down.

I know some of you are saying, "How can I relax when what is going to happen is wrong?"

You will notice I didn't say you had to pass judgment on it so you stressed yourself into a heart attack. Just the opposite is what I am recommending. I know you think some things are wrong, yet you must clearly understand that is only your opinion. There are others who obviously think it to be right.

The whole point is that if something is going to happen, and you can do nothing to prevent it, then LET the chips fall where they may. You will have another day and time to get things straight.

All of life offers times and places where these types of circumstances come up. If you are a parent, you will find the most difficult thing in the world is keeping quiet when your children are raising their children. You will see them doing lots of things you would never dream of doing, yet you must remain silent. Your job at this point is to deliver love, nothing else. So let your kids do as they might. Just love your grandchildren, and show it.

Another time and place where things might happen that you don't like is on the job, when you are beginning to entrust a new employee with certain tasks. You can always coach them, work with them before and after a task, but if you picked the employee, you picked them because you thought they could do a task. Once you turn them loose to do it, stay out of their way. If they do something wrong you can discuss it later, not in public while they are doing it.

There are lots of times when you must consider the serenity prayer. "God grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to Know the difference."

If The Result Is Inevitable!

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Second Article

Problems with Floppy Disks

by: Stephen Bucaro Bucaro TecHelp

With the advent of the rewritable CD (CD-RW) many people are predicting the demise of the venerable floppy disk. Today's computers can even boot from the CD drive. But if your computer is not connected to a network, there is no quicker way to back-up or share a file.

Problems with the floppy drive are rare, but that is not the case with floppy disks themselves. Floppy disks are made super cheap and are very unreliable. Also, floppy disks are sensitive to magnetic fields. If you place a floppy disk on top of your monitor, your computer case, or any metal object, you risk corrupting the disk. If you have a problem reading a floppy disk, it is almost always a bad disk.

Use the following troubleshooting guide:

Can't read a floppy disk

If you have another system, check to see if the drive in that system is able to read the disk. If the disk works in a different drive, begin by checking for obvious problems. It is not unknown to find an object like a Post-It note or the metal slide protector from a previous disk stuck inside a drive.

Can't write to a floppy disk

Again, begin by checking for obvious problems. Make sure the floppy disk is not write protected. On a 3.5" disk you should be able to see through the hole in the upper-right corner of the disk (looking at the labeled side of the disk). If there are no files already on the disk, try to re-format it.

Can't boot from a floppy drive

If your operating system is Windows 2000, or Windows XP Professional, you can't boot from a floppy disk with these systems. Otherwise, make sure the disk you have is a bootable disk. It needs to have been created as a "startup disk" or formatted with the "copy system files" option button selected.

More complex problems

In order to start faster, today's systems are usually set in the BIOS to boot from the hard disk drive first. Check the boot sequence in the BIOS setup. If the boot sequence starts with the letter of a hard disk drive (like C:), and that drive is having a problem, the system will never even attempt to boot from the floppy disk drive. Go to BIOS setup, and set the boot sequence to start with A.

In some companies, the floppy drives are disabled for security reasons. This is done by either disabling the onboard FDD controller in the BIOS setup, or by removing the power cable or data cable from the drive inside the computer.

Weird problems

Sometimes when a technician is working inside a computer, they will temporarily remove the data cable from the floppy drive in order to get easier access to another component. They may fail to replace the cable properly, or put the cable on backwards. If the floppy drive's LED is always on, the data cable may be reversed.

Sometimes a floppy disk can be read on the system that it was originally formatted on, but cannot be read on another system and vice versa. This is usually caused by the fact that the head of the floppy drive on one system is out of alignment.

As with all Windows(tm) systems, sometimes the operating system gets confused. If your system can't recognize the floppy drive or can't read any floppy disks, try rebooting the system.

If you are having a problem with a floppy disk, remember they are made super cheap and are not meant to be reliable, but they can still serve a very utilitarian purpose.

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