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Here is the weekly review of Bug and Monkey's week in the Montessori room!
Have a great week everyone!
Here is the weekly review of Bug and Monkey's week in the Montessori room!
Have a great week everyone!
Monkey is 4 years 6 months old
This week has been a rather interesting week for Monkey, primarily outside of the schoolroom. As you might remember, Monkey has been diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder with Selective Mutism. As you also might remember, we had noticed several cognitive difficulties popping up that were making learning difficult for her. Well, this past week, we took her back to her former therapist (who happens to be Jedi's autism therapist), and he has decided to have her assessed for an autism spectrum disorder as well. If she does have a form of ASD, we would not be surprised, given how similar symptoms of RAD are to ASD. What does make it surprising is that Monkey will not only have the exact same allergies as the other kids, but will also have the same developmental issues…keeping in mind, Monkey is not biologically related to our other children, this is quite interesting (and somewhat concerning…). Anyhow, these evaluations should take several weeks, but hopefully we'll have a better idea of how to help Monkey soon.
In the mean time, we're doing a lot of trial and error with her. Since Jedi has autism, we do have several resources under our belt to help academically, socially, and emotionally–it's just a matter of pinning down what the exact issues are.
And on to what you really came to see….Monkey's week in review.
As always, comments are welcome, either here or on our facebook page. Let me know you're reading along!
Monkey is 3 years, 11.5 months old, Bitty Bug is 24 months old
I'm a bit late posting our review this week….not only have we been really busy, but the weather's been pretty bad so we were dealing with the weather issues as well. But everyone's safe, we have electricity & heat, and all's good. 🙂
Our two main school things this week were a field trip with our homeschool group to complete a gingerbread themed unit and then our Vietnamese culture day we hosted for the homeschool group. Those two things kept our girls quite busy!
The gingerbread unit was really fun, and was put together by our local friends, who write the blog The Attached Mama. There were several books available that had a gingerbread theme (including my favorite, Gingerbread Baby!). The kids also decorated a foam gingerbread boy, and of course, afterwards, they ate their own gingerbread boy! The craft was very good for fine motor skills–both of my little ones loved designing their gingerbread boy, and then putting all of the decorations on piece by piece.
The second event was the Vietnamese culture day. This week is Tet, or the Vietnamese New Year (which is the same day as the Chinese New Year). Because Monkey was born in Vietnam, we decided to host a lesson on Tet, as well as bringing out our items we bought in Vietnam so that the kids can explore, experience, and use various items to help them develop an awareness and appreciation for Vietnamese culture.
Here are some pictures of our fun learning week!
Bitty Bug is 23 months old
This week, Bitty Bug was finally able to enjoy the snow. I'm pretty sure this is her first winter where she can actually go out and play and enjoy the season–last year, she was still a little baby and wasn't walking well. This year though…she's out digging in the snow, and sledding, and of course, having her first taste of freshly fallen snow. That was one of the highlights of the week…she took one bite, gave an odd look because it was so cold, and then started shoveling fists full of snow into her mouth. That girl…
Here's a review of the week…
Monkey is 3 years 8 months old
Last week, we weren't in the homeschooling room very much at all, due to a very busy week. However, that doesn't mean Monkey wasn't learning!
Monkey is 3 years 8 months old
This week, Monkey started her venture into beginning reading. She's nowhere near ready to actually start reading, but we introduced 3 part cards. With 3 part cards, she had to match words (without actually being able to read what it said). She was very fast with this–should could match words just by looking at them for a second! It was really impressive to watch!


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I think we all need to hear from time to time that we are doing a good job as being a parent/teacher/role-model for our children. So, I'm here to let you know that you are doing a good job. I know that teaching a foreign language to your children is difficult because you, like me, have a ton of things you have to do around the house like landry and making dinner.
Just try to do the best you can and run with it. Be proud of the results you see. If your child says 'Merci' after you give them their dinner, know that you made that happen!
Look at your French wall or your child's French journal and know that you are expanding their knowledge in a foreign language, YOU! So, now pat yourself on the back and keep on teaching.
And remember my secret for days when you are sick and you can't teach any French. Throw in a DVD with a French track and let them watch that while you rest. You have to take care of yourself!


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NATO Won't Cite Iran in Missile Defense Plan
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010
NATO this week does not intend to explicitly make the connection between its proposed missile shield and fears of an Iranian missile strike, alliance head Anders Fogh Rasmussen told the Financial Times (see GSN, Nov. 16).
The move is intended to win the support of Turkey, which could host part of the system and which has voiced strong reservations against singling out its neighbor.
"We do not want to single out particular countries," Rasmussen said. "More than 30 countries already have -- or are aspiring to acquire -- missile technologies with a range that can hit NATO territory. So there is no need to single out or name specific countries, because this is an evolving threat."
Leaders from the 28 NATO nations are meeting tomorrow and Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal, to consider a new mission statement that would address strategies for dealing with modern-day security challenges. The heads of state are anticipated to determine whether to officially include missile defense among NATO objectives, paving the way for an initiative to integrate and augment the protective systems of member states.
An Obama administration plan to gradually field land- and sea-based missile interceptors around Europe would be incorporated into NATO missile defense plans. A draft of the organization's new mission statement reportedly calls for shield infrastructure to be deployed in Romania, Poland and Turkey.
Even if Tehran is not specifically identified as a missile threat, Ankara might still oppose allowing a radar base to be located on its soil while giving its backing to missile defense as a core NATO objective, alliance diplomats said. That could require further talks down the line (James Blitz, Financial Times, Nov. 17).
Ankara wants the missile shield's command-and-control architecture to be established on Turkish soil, Politico reported today.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this week if command-and-control was not located in Turkey then it would be impossible for his government to agree to host the radar base.
Obama administration officials, however, do not want wish to see foreign nations hosting the command infrastructure. They anticipate instead it would be situated at U.S. military installations in Germany.
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How to delete Facts Right
Summary about Removal methods
2. Manual Deletion
2.1 Uninstall from system (Windows XP/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10/Mac OS)
2.2 Removing from browsers (Chrome/Firefox/IE/Opera/Safari)
2.3 Video guide how to reset browser (optional)
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How to uninstall Facts Right from Windows 7 and Windows XP
1. Uninstall Facts Right from Control Panel
- Start
- Control Panel
- Programs
- Programs and Features
- Uninstall a program
- Select Facts Right and press Uninstall
2. Delete elements that stayed after uninstalling from Control Panel
- C:\Program Files\Facts Right
- C:\ProgramData\Facts Right
- C:\Users\YOUR_USER\AppData\Roaming\Facts Right
3. Clean registry:
- Click Start
- Type Regedit.exe
- Search for "Facts Right" and delete these elements
How to uninstall from Windows 8
1. Point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and tap Search.
2. Enter control panel in the search box, and then click Control Panel.
3. Under View by:, select Large Icons, and then click Programs and features.
4. Click the program, and then click Uninstall.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
6. Remove elements like on Win7.
Instruction for Windows 10
1. On the field Search Windows type 'Control Panel'
2. Click Uninstall a program
3. Select Facts Right and press Uninstall
How to uninstall Facts Right from Mac OS
1. Click Applications in the Finder sidebar
2. Drag unwanted program to the Trash
3. Empty Trash
How to delete Facts Right from different browsers
How to uninstall Facts Right from Google Chrome
Remove add-on:
- Customize and Control Google Chrome
- Tools
- Extensions
- Remove Facts Right
Change homepage:
- Customize and Control Google Chrome
- Settings
- On startup
- Set pages
- Put "about:blank"
How to remove Facts Right from Internet Explorer
Disable add-on:
- Tools
- Manage add-ons
- Remove Facts Right
Change homepage:
- Tools
- Internet Options
- General
- Home page
- Put "about:blank"
To change new tab:
- Tools
- Internet Options
- General
- Tabs
How to uninstall Facts Right from Mozilla Firefox
Delete add-on:
- Tools
- Add-ons
- Remove Facts Right
- Tools
- Options
- General
- Put "about:blank" into homepage field
To change new tab:
- Put "about:config" into address bar;
- Confirm the suggestion;
- Search for "browser.newtab.url";
- Reset this field (right-click and choose reset).
How to delete Facts Right from Safari
1. Start Safari browser
2. Display a menu of General Safari Settings
3. Reset Safari...
4. Press "Reset"
How to delete Facts Right from Opera browser
Disable add-on:
- Open Opera;
- Customize and Control Opera;
- Extensions;
- Choose Facts Right and press button "Remove from Opera"
Change homepage:
- Open Opera browser;
- Customize and Control Opera;
- Settings;
- On Startup;
- Open a specific page or set of pages;
- Press button "Set pages" and change Homepage to your favorite one.
Video how to reset browser and remove all extensions
Advantages of different removal methods
How Facts Right infects the computers
Despite the fact, that Facts Right is greatly harmful, and can create lots of troubles to the user, its spreading is lawful. This is so, for the reason, that Facts Right cannot install itself, it is necessarily to confirm the installation. Often, the menu to confirm the installation is putted amongst lots of different windows, which arise, when man installs any program. Operators hate to read the installation prompts, so they try to fastly close all these windows by checking all "ok", and not looking. Such tactic permit viruses infest thousands of PCs each week. If user looks for an opportunity to increase the level of PC's protection, he needs to be more thoughtful.
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- It's unfavorable to review the web sites with unacceptable content. In most cases, the adwares infect a PC from websites, that distribute porn material, goods "for adults", or sites where one can download an free programs.
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- You should not immediately open email messages from unknown users. Many of these letters can consist of the whole spectrum of undesired software, covering anything from spyware and hijackers, towards more extreme forms of dangerous program.
And first and foremost, never forget the anti-virus software package. Your antivirus will certainly guard your personal computer from many threats, and will definitely perceive the trojan that you'll miss.


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You might have heard of the terms planning and observations, but what do they mean in the context of a nursery?
Here at Flying Colours nursery we are always coming up with new and exciting activities to help the development of our children. To achieve the best possible outcome for every child, we go through a planning process designed to develop new skills and build confidence.
When we first meet a child, we get to know their interests. If a child is particularly interested in dinosaurs, we plan relevant activities so the child's natural curiosity helps them learn and grow. Every member of staff creates a weekly plan containing three to four activities each day. This will be planned with age, ability and interests in mind. Each activity should have an objective, for example, 'to learn to respect others'. While doing the activity, the staff will take notes on what the child is doing, how they are reacting and what next steps can be taken to further the child's knowledge. For significant moments, next steps will be documented in an observation.
Observations let staff and parents know how a child is progressing. They will include; a link to the curriculum, if the child achieved the aim or how well they took part in the activity and any any next steps. Everyone has different strengths, and we take this into consideration when planning our activities for the different abilities and ages. Ensuring a wide range of different activities allows children to build important life skills and develop their emotional intelligence.
A well planned activity allows children to progress, build relationships and gives them the freedom to express themselves through play. By observing their behaviour, practitioners can continue to support children to develop into confident individuals.
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LOS ANGELES – Rock On has introduced its new Rock On Daily supplements for Him and Her, which according to the company, is designed to take sexual vitality and enhancement to a new and premium level while appealing to the ever-growing sexual health and wellness consumer.
The new 30-count, once-a-day, sex supplement includes vitamins, electrolytes, energy and "nutra-boosts" such as testosterone optimizing for males and female mood enhancing ingredients.
While prescription sexual enhancement drugs are designed to work on just one principle, Rock On says its collection of herbs and ingredients are designed to work over time to optimize the body for multiple benefits including: natural hormone production, sexual libido, desire, blood flood, sensation, stamina, energy and full body vitality.
"The truth is natural herbal ingredients work best when they are taken over time to build up levels in the body," Rock On President Keith Caggiano said. "Sexy is a confidence that comes from a feeling of wellbeing mentally, physically and sexually and that is how we are designing the Rock On brand."
According to Caggiano, he is not new to the field of nutritional and physical fitness, spending much of his youth as a fitness instructor, nutrition coach and even competitive body builder, winning the prestigious title of "Mr. Teenage Great Lakes" championship.
"I've carried this passion and knowledge throughout my life and have applied it to the sexual health and wellness industry with redevelopment of Rock On," Caggiano said.
Much like its situation-specific counterparts, Rock On "Pre-formance" Capsules and the Rock'n Shots, Rock On Daily includes the use of "vitality" ingredients such as essential vitamins, electrolytes and "nutra-boosts" in a holistic full body approach to sexual supplementation.
Available in 30-capsule bottles, the Rock On Daily for Him once-a-day formula boosts stamina, sexual performance and testosterone levels with a blend of natural herbs electrolytes, energy & vitamins. Rock On is a daily natural male enhancement supplement with a proprietary herbal formula that promotes longer, harder erections, performance, vitality, libido and healthy testosterone levels. Taken daily with a men's multivitamin, the company says it is a safe and natural way to improve sexual performance, help revive and rejuvenate the male body's natural ability to product testosterone.
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Young Alum Chemistry: The Elements of a Major Campus Gift/
Earlier this year, I covered a big gift at Texas A&M University to support an entrepreneurial training program for students interested in working in the oil and gas industry. Some ingredients behind this story weren't surprising, like the fact that a school in an energy center would be interested in cultivating future energy leaders. One thing that stood out, though, were the donors—entrepreneurs Anthony Bahr and Jay Graham, who graduated from Texas A&M in the early 1990s.
The lesson? Don't ignore younger alums.
In fact, that's precisely what Texas A&M Foundation President Tyson Voelkel told me when I spoke to him. One piece of advice he gave for cultivating this particular subset of donors was patience, as these donors can have a lot on their plates. Embrace the idea of developing a relationship that lasts a decade or more. But stay the course: Relationships with these donors can reap big rewards.
Related: How Texas A&M Landed Big Grants In Music, Engineering, and Business
As another example, let's take a nice score at University of Florida in Gainsville. New York-based alumnus Joseph Hernandez recently gave $10 million to endow the university's chemistry department, as well as support research, financial aid, and a new chemistry building that will be named in his honor. Hernandez clocks in at just 43 years old, the youngest donor in University of Florida's history to make a gift this large.
The son of Cuban immigrants, Hernandez graduated with a bachelor's degree from University of Florida, before earning an M.S. and an MBA from the school. Armed with these degrees, Hernandez worked at Merck before co-founding several biotechnology and health-related companies including Microlin Bio.
Hernandez speaks to the strong influence UF has had on him, echoing a theme we hear all the time as we track alumni gifts: gratitude. "The University of Florida changed my life," he said. "I'm grateful for the knowledge I obtained there and for the great memories that have shaped my life... I'm forever indebted to this great institution and hope my minor gesture helps future students and the faculty who will change those students' lives."
Now, we wouldn't really call $10 million a "minor gesture," and Hernandez's large gift is a good reminder of the kind of wealth that younger alumni can be working with, which can be directed toward philanthropy. It's also worth noting the alignment of Hernandez's gift with his academic and professional work. He's a serial biotech entrepreneur whose gift now aims to cultivate future entrepreneurs in the sciences.
As Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences David Richardson puts it, "Joe's gift will seed innovation and accelerate the entrepreneurial spirit within the department of chemistry... Joe is a model for the application of broad scientific knowledge in business, and he is the kind of UF graduate students can emulate as they look to their futures."
The gift at Texas A&M had similar elements—donors with engineering and entrepreneurial backgrounds supporting a program to foster a new generation of innovators in that field.
This brings us back to another lesson that Texas A&M Foundation's president imparted: "Words like 'charity' and 'gift' may not be relevant to younger donors. A word like 'investment', on the other hand, might be more exciting." So consider Hernandez's commitment to his alma mater another investment by a younger alum on campus.


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I believe that what you say and how you say it matters deeply to people, and I love supporting beautiful experiences.
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Three years after graduating from an (expensive) private Christian college, I have finally thrown off the shackles of debt. It feels wonderful. Tomorrow I will have a few people over to eat grilled lamb, drink cider, and smoke cigars in celebration.
Therefore, it is time to start contributing to my new (Biblical) retirement plan.
I have contacted a few people directly looking for places to put this money to work, but I'd like to open this up to readers' suggestions as well. At least for now, I'd like to avoid established, professional ministries and charities. I don't care about tax write-offs, and I'm looking to give a boost to laypeople who have a significant ministry that they are bearing the cost of personally. I'm willing to consider various ways of doing this, but at least for now I would like to limit my funding of people I do not personally know to people who could set up Patreon accounts, which would allow both them and I to remain anonymous.
If you have suggestions of people who are deserving of investment, please mention them in the comments. Self-nominations are welcome. Feel free to nominate someone already nominated, as it will give me an idea of the reach of their ministry if they have multiple nominations. I promise to at least review all nominations for worthiness.
Also, I intend to post information on those I choose to support, so that you can support them as well. Fill the comments with suggestions.
Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. —Matt 6:19-20 (NET)


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you're doing a live interview during the draft???
It is hard to keep up with podcasts...who are the dungeon crawlers?
you're doing a live interview during the draft???
To be fair, the Vikings don't pick until 11
Draft??? ...did someone leave a window open?
I can't stand their banter, but the interviews are often good.
Is that one interviewer drunk?
Is that screeching woman Vox's or theirs?
They're keeping on topic. I don't think they're particularly skilled at speaking but they seem interested in the game and not politics.
Is that one interviewer drunk?
Vox: Something interesting about First Sword
Interviewer: ........huh.......
Can't get in....buffers for 30 seconds, plays for 3.
"Is that screeching woman Vox's or theirs?"
The hosts are at a charity event of some kind that is running a raffle with a DJ behind them. Vox is dialed up.
Dealing with the suits sounds like what LucasArts dealt with talking to George Lucas. Idiots.
Dreamcast was originally called the "Katana" ?!? They should have kept that.
I remember playing the original arcade Pong! at the bar. Good times.
I listened for a bit. Those during the interview didn't seem to know what Vox was talking about. I don't "game" at all. I did not know what Vox was talking about.
And the interviewers didn't seem to either.
I meant to say "doing"
Well, the female sounding voice can't be a woman because she hasn't talked about her relationships, her kids, her pets, and she hasn't yet disagreed with VD, let along refused to have sex with him.
Not sure I agree with Vox that better graphics equals more passive gaming experience.
I DO agree that MP teamwork in most gameplaying really sucks. I hate how little my co-players on Destiny involves ACTUAL teamwork, especially considering the way the different colour guns take down shields and such.
Everything is RUN-N-GUN and no thought whatsoever.
I always wanted to be in a clan, the kind that DISSECTED me & my friends in Halo 2. The dudes that butchered us methodically and surgically.
And who is this chick? I'm falling in love with her.
Better graphics past a certain point don't necessary make for a better gaming experience. Amen.
I disagree with Vox on stories in games, though. Halo: CE is probably my favorite game ever because of how seamlessly the story works with the gameplay.
@Mike M.
I think they key is "past a certain point".
tobtr.com? Throne Of Bones Talk Radio???
And who is this chick? I'm falling in love with her.
I'm guessing the one on this page?
Assuming she's not a random guest. I didn't catch any introductions.
Man..I've been pronouncing vox popoli wrong for literally the last ten years.
That's what I assumed gamer oriented media sounded like.
Dangit... she don't SOUND Alabamian.
I was trying to call in. Kinda irritated they didn't let me talk - wanted to chat with you about the multiplayer aspects and the gameplay - story thing you brought up.
Oh! I also wanted to talk about the slow decline of Sega, also a favorite talking point of mine.
Hosts seemed unprepared with questions. They weren't able to keep the conversation going, Vox did an admirable job inserting insights and offering up softballs to consider talking more about. I wonder how much of that is because of how fundamentally different gaming is from regular human interaction, being action based. With three different hosts they should have kept up a much better flow, but I guess it is what it is, glad to have been able to listen in.
The only games where I care about the story and expect it to be well thought out are the Halo games. The story is an integral aspect of the franchise and gameplay since they've added so much depth and backstory to it without ruining it; they've kept it fresh and interesting.
Eh... cut some slack. It sounded like they may have had trouble hearing, with all the ambient noise.
"Dreamcast was originally called the "Katana" ?!? They should have kept that."
I loved that system when it came out. It's a da,n shame it didn't go anywhere. Going from ps1 and n64 graphics to the dreamcast was an experience.
I loved the way the original Conker's Bad Fur Day told it's story.
There was one game I played mostly because of the story: Planescape: Torment, and in that game the story is entirely optional.
@dw. My brother in law kept his Dreamcast and batch of games for years...only recently selling it.
Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for my minion badge. Someone tell that bitch with the whips and the tits to get cracking!
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I remember playing the original arcade Pong! at the bar. Good times.
Your beard is grey, is it not, ancient mariner?
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"Gunn then said when she broke the news to the students that all these people were gay, instead of them reacting positively as she had hoped, the students began to shout out "'gross' and 'disgusting' and 'these people are sick.'"
At this point Gunn said she realized she would have to come up with a more creative way to get her students to think differently. That's when she and a few like-minded teachers held a meeting to determine how they could weave the promotion of homosexuality into the curriculum, beginning with math."
If Sue has 5 dildos and Mary has 3 double dildos how many teaching awards do they have?
Moslems now allowed to use toilet paper.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3030041/Islamic-fatwa-decrees-toilet-paper-halal-Directorate-Religious-Affairs-says-wiping-acceptable.html
> If Sue has 5 dildos and Mary has 3 double dildos how many teaching awards do they have?
1.Those people should either be arrested or shot down in a hail of bullets.
2. I am guessing eleven.
It started out slow but ended up being a great interview. If anyone listening wasn't familiar with Vox I think they walked away thinking he sounded very professional, well spoken, knowledgeable...specifically about gaming. He is insanely knowledgeable about gaming in general and it shows. Interesting to me was how Vox's personality ends up dominating the conversation. He becomes THE authority. In a world of scazified re-re's I'm sure people find his deep theory, meta-gaming, insight...very...refreshing.
You ain't the only one bud.
The comments about the low value of story may apply far more to 1st person shooters and perhaps a limited number of others.
Leisure Suit Larry or Monkey Island wouldn't have had a game without the story. They were definitely not movies either.
Your scope may be a bit too narrow.
The other factor left out is that some of us don't want to have to always play in hard core mode, yet we still want to play games to have fun. Many games often forget that.
Michael Maier: And who is this chick? I'm falling in love with her.
That's the whole purpose of the token radio chick in these shows.
Four teaching awards!
Leisure Suit Larry or Monkey Island wouldn't have had a game without the story. They were definitely not movies either.
Did you miss the bit about Day of the Tentacle? My scope is obviously not too narrow. The games you are talking about are similar, in one case from the same company and built on the same engine, and successfully integrated story with gameplay.
Also, Leisure Suit Larry was a joke game. It wasn't a very good game series in its own right, even though it was funny due to the subject matter.
Now we can please get a gamergate video like this? They didn't interrupt you, they didn't preempt you, you got to speak for long periods about what you were doing and everything flowed smoothly.
I'm not much of a gamer anymore but as soon as you began speaking about Warlords (which I played for hours in my misspent youth) all my attention was on the podcast. Sad to say I never played Day of the Tentacle but I was hoping for an Erik the Unready, Spellcasting 101, or Leather Goddesses of Phobos plug. Oh well maybe next time. You've actually made me want to check out First Sword which I was not interested in - ho hum - another game with orcs and elves. I've gotten Orcs and Elves through Fantasy General, Warlords, Warlords 2, Warlords 2 Construction set, Warcraft 1-3, any game based on Tolkiens Middle Earth, and any fantasy game PERIOD since Ultima. I am Orc'd out.
The game you were describing however is sounding more like Blood Bowl than a simple RPG fighting click fest game. I'm sure you've discussed this already at length on this board but I tend to read the political and gamergate articles only and I honestly didn't think much about your game production. Picking teams of fantasy characters for gladiatorial combat.... hmmm... well that is a different spin and something fresh. One wonders will there be greater than one on one contests available? Larger group matches where the proper mix of characters is more important rather than just the standard "Pick the largest and strongest - give him the most expensive stuff - go". I can see Goblin skirmishers distracting the all powerful Ogre/Troll/Large Orc at a critical time allowing a fast moving Chiu to get in a critical strike. That sounds like fun and certainly different than the I can click faster than you plus I'm Korean so don't bother you lose present environment. Now I am genuinely curious. The click fest of "create more stuff faster and send it towards the enemy base" has gotten pretty old for me at least. Managing a Blood Bowl team however or doing something fantasy football like but with all sorts of bizarre races that has some appeal.
> I remember playing the original arcade Pong! at the bar. Good times.
Pong was OK, but Space Invaders was the real time killer.
So Vox... if you were going to make a first person shooter... it would be be like what Bungie did with Destiny
Nate, sleep it off. You're drunk.
For the record, I am one of those people who was looking forward to those weird Japanese launch titles for the Dreamcast. I was also disappointed that some of them were delayed over and over and over. I'm talking about Shenmue, specifically.
Also, I had no idea that western devs were told to piss off by Sega of Japan. That's... bad. And kind of surprising given the popularity of the Genesis/Mega Drive in Europe. Do you have any more info about their reasoning? I'd love to hear more about this, and I'm honestly surprised nobody has talked to you or any other Dreamcast devs who got screwed back in those days.
Although I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I remember when Hardcore Gaming 101 wrote up an overview on Christian themed FPS games. They talked more about Vox in their brief summation on The War in Heaven than they did about the game itself. Did this guy even bother to contact you for an interview on it?
I have not made it all the way through the interview, but it was indeed going very well. (Especially after that awkwardness at the beginning). Way to go, holding forth on this one, Vox.
Did you miss the bit about Day of the Tentacle?
That was a very short part and one off.
My scope is obviously not too narrow.The games you are talking about are similar, in one case from the same company and built on the same engine, and successfully integrated story with gameplay.
Your other examples were FPS games, not any other genre. Empire building games or even tablet games where you are working through things have some story involved.
I never argued that LSL was a good game, just that it would not exist without some story.
How much is store "theme" is an open question as well. I would guess you would completely eliminate the two while I would tie them closer together.
I would have to think about other games more, but doesn't something like Command and Conquer or Age of Empires benefit more from a strong story/theme? Yes, you are repeating the same task, but doing it with a light theme is better than none at all.
I did play Startergy a lot on my iPad, but that was the rare exception of something very repetitive. (It is a well designed simple Risk clone I wish I could get on Android.)
Even World of Warcraft had significant story, though I would agree that it was the exception since no other MMO is as successful, something that has allowed Blizzard to do very poor work with their franchise. A lack of competition breeds complacency.
" I can see Goblin skirmishers distracting the all powerful Ogre/Troll/Large Orc at a critical time allowing a fast moving Chiu to get in a critical strike."
Agreed. I was thinking of the same thing. A single goblin on a Troll? Jelly. 10? Like a pack of wolves and a buffalo - could be interesting. Of course the dynamics would be very different on some levels but if I understand the concept behind it, it would be possible.
I do admit I *still* play the original Warlords and my favorite starting force is the Horse Lords. Fast, strong, and they own the dwarves and later the giants. Lord Bane is perhaps the last to fall after I declare "Off with their miserable heads!!" :D
HORSE LORDS! I love the Horse Lords. They rule.
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The Horse Lords had a temple on the way out of their area - getting everybody blessed was dirt simple. Quickly run up to the North and West and grab the cities there. You smash the Selentines first then drive the Gray Dwarves back into the mountain pass. The Selentines don't get any good units unless you count the mighty Jessarton light calvary. You can own the North West part of the map quickly, fly or boat over and grab the little island, then begin the massive war in the South against the Giants, Elves, and Orcs in East. Memories....
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Neymar planned Alves' banana eating anti-racist protest
The forward had the idea after being racially abused in Cornellà.
Neymar and Daniel Alves were sick to the back teeth of being racially abused in various Spanish stadiums and so together, and with the help of the ex-Santos striker's team of advisers, they came up with a plan to respond to the ignorant abusers.
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After the game against Espanyol, when Neymar was the victim of monkey chants, the Brazilian met with his father and advisers to discuss a way of responding to the racist abuse.
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The Brazilian wing-back had already made several statements against the racist abuse he'd suffered, but according to Ketzer, "the angrier you get, the more they tease you". "The best way to beat prejudice is to take the sting out of the racist action so it isn't repeated. We created #somostodosmacacos #weareallmonkeys, with the gesture of eating a banana, and it has been turned into a movement", said the publicist to Meio e Mensagen, a Brazilian web specialising in marketing and publicity.
As soon as Alves 'launched' the campaign in Villarreal, Neymar's team put up his photo eating a banana on social networks and the response was immediate. Footballers and celebrities the world over copied the gesture and put up their own banana eating photos, including Brazil's president Dilma Roussef.
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8. Shop around the corner-Jimmy Stewart, "you have mail" was a re-do of this, this one much better, tho the other was sweet too.
9. Ever After -just beautiful and sweet, Angelica Houston was hilarious.
10. Jeeves & Wooster -of course!! Hubby says should be at top of my list! -introduce yourself to the Hugh Laurie we all knew before he had a t.v. show here.
11. Mr. Blandings builds his dream house- another Cary Grant, several re-do's of this-"the money pit" is one I can think of..this is better.
12. The Thin man - Any of them, they are all good, black& white-Myrna Loy I think
13. Princess Bride - " As you wish.../ Never start a land war in Asia/and never mess with a Sicilian when death is on the line!!" The ultimate classic and the ultimate quoteable!
it's getting chilly here in So. Ca, I'm thinking of a good movie to cozy up with...
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The news last month that Microsoft has decided to discontinue Tag, its proprietary alternative to QR Codes, has sparked a fresh debate as to whether there is really any future in them at all.
For anyone who hasn't heard of QR (Quick Response) Codes – you're not alone, based on the lack of success being achieved incorporating them into campaigns. In short they are the little square maze-like icons that you may see on press ads, posters, or product packaging that smartphone users who have downloded a relevant App can use to open a related webpage simply by snapping a photo of the code.
Sounds great! Just one-click from a press ad or poster to your website – what could be better for things like emergency appeal donations? That's certainly what I had hoped when I first blogged about these neat little response icons back in 2008.
However, five years on QR Codes really haven't caught-on with smartphone wielding consumers and are more often the focus of ridicule than the basis for great campaign results. Just last week Econsultancy commented on how hard it was to find any recent success stories to update their list of QR Code case studies.
This really is a great pity. As the idea of users being able to respond online through their phone to any physical advertisement without the need to type a URL into their mobile web browser remains a good one – especially with so many people now carrying smartphones. Unfortunately, a couple of key issues have combined to seriously restrict successful QR Code adoption to date.
Firstly, there is the issue of the user having to download a QR Code reader app and open it before they can scan a code. If only the in-built Camera Apps pre-installed on smartphones made scanning them easier then adoption would have been far faster.
Secondly, for those consumers who have bothered to equip their phones with an App the experience of using QR codes has generally been very far from satisfactory. The ease with which the codes can be created and linked to existing websites has led to them generally being thrown in to campaigns as an afterthought – often placed in stupidly unscannable places (from the top of buildings to footballers heads) or linking to non mobile-optimised websites. The end result being that many of those who did bother to adopt the technology have now generally given-up on it.
Recent research by Global Web Index apparently showed "Scanned a QR Code" as the mobile behaviour showing the greatest increase from Q2 2012, with 30% of respondents globally saying they had used them. So perhaps there is a future in them – if advertisers and fundraisers start to use them properly.
But, for now, I see no evidence of any successful fundraising application of the technology at all – while the use of good old SMS response on advertising has seen such a resurgence in the UK that it has led to restrictions on the number of charity ads being allowed on London trains.
Anyone out there seen any successful examples of QR Codes in fundraising? Do leave a comment to let me know.


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Yammer CEO David Sacks will shortly face a bunch of angry employees with a lot of questions about the Microsoft-owned company's recent layoffs.
TechCrunch reported Thursday that Yammer, a maker of social-collaboration tools that Microsoft acquired for $1.2 billion last year, laid off 20 employees in sales and marketing this week.
What has employees particularly upset, according to one source we spoke to, is that they read about the layoffs in the press first—and then saw that the company confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch, before any internal announcement was made.
A Yammer employee tells us the restructuring was addressed in an announcement at 1 p.m. on Friday, days after the layoffs happened.
Yammer has, or had, a culture of "radical transparency"—news like this is supposed to be shared through posts on Yammer's internal Yammer network.
"This isn't Yammer anymore," one employee put it in an internal Yammer post.
That perception of a cultural change is affecting not just employees in sales and marketing, but engineering as well. And Microsoft has been particularly keen on retaining Yammer's engineers, to learn the secrets of how they write and ship code for Web-based software and apps so quickly.
Now those restive engineers will have a chance to vent through Yammer's Yammer Time meeting, a periodic all-hands gathering where Sacks answers employees' questions.
Yammer had about 100 employees in sales and marketing before the layoffs.
In a reorganization proposed by Yammer executives, Microsoft recently took over Yammer's marketing department, as we reported last week, prompting layoffs as separate marketing functions were consolidated. Yammer's top marketing executive, Viviana Faga, now reports to a Microsoft executive rather than to CEO David Sacks.
At the time of the deal, Microsoft said Yammer would continue to operate as its own business and report to David Sacks, albeit as part of the Microsoft Office division.
A Yammer representative did not immediately respond to our inquiry. We spoke to a Microsoft rep who declined to comment on the record beyond pointing to Yammer's statement about the layoffs.
Update: We described the frequency of Yammer Time meetings incorrectly. They do not occur every week.
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I hope this finds you well. Thought I would pop in to say Happy Australia Day! I hope you have all had a wonderful time with wonderful people. Wheather you threw a snag on the barbie, held a thong throwing game or just sat and ate lots of Lamingtons with fresh cream, I hope you had time to relax and enjoy this great land we all call home. Feeling very lucky and proud to be an Australian. Where ever you are in the world Happy Australia Day.
We have a busy week ahead with our children starting back at school and one starting for the first time, so it will be an exciting and exhausting week for some.
I will be back in studio the second week of February finishing off all the delicious bezels I have in stock.
I have so many new ideas and pieces I want to make, my hands cant possibly keep up. Write it down I keep reminding myself, write those ideas down. I am very much looking forward to getting started and being able to bring you more regular posts here and on INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK. Pop on over let me know you were there, I would love to see what you have been up to.
You may even catch me doing a challenge or two. Such an exciting year ahead, I cant wait.
Have a fabulous day wherever you are ;)


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by Elizabeth Liner
While the rest of America has been mired in economic volatility, the prison-building industry has been holding steady. As of 2011, the U.S.'s correctional system incarcerates one of every 107 adults1 and contains the world's largest prison population.2
With an in-prison population of more than 133,000, California has the nation's third-largest number of people incarcerated. This population size, compounded with a 65.1 percent recidivism rate, has led to huge overcrowding in California prisons. Consequently, courts have ruled that the state failed to deliver adequate mental or physical health care to the prisoners. In an effort to address overcrowding, in 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a three-judge ruling3 that California should reduce the prison population to 137.5 percent of capacity by this June. In response, the state passed Assembly Bill 109, giving local governments more responsibility for an estimated 30,0004 lower-level felons slated to be transferred into local jails. However, these local facilities are already operating at full capacity.
Renewed legal attention to prison overcrowding has created an opportunity for the for-profit prison industry to unburden local government institutions, as the industry has gained momentum over the last 30 years since the first private prison contract was awarded in 1985.
These numbers are still increasing. From 2000 to 2005, an additional 151 prisons were built nationwide, growing the total number of prisons to 415. As of 2005, private prisons accounted for 23 percent of penal institutions and housed approximately 7 percent of the nation's average daily prisoner population. Most were under contract to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
In California, the prison inmate population decreased by 27 percent from 2000 to 2005. However, the number of prisons rose 8 percent, and the confinement center – a set of institutions that includes "prisons, prison farms, penitentiaries, correctional centers, work camps, and reformatories" – saw a 74 percent spike from 50 to 87 facilities.5
In particular, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has become the market leader for for-profit prisons, owning and operating 65 facilities in 19 states. Capturing 44.3 percent of the market in 2011, CCA earned $1.7 billion in revenue. It had assets exceeding $3 billion and net income of $162.5 million.
In San Diego, approximately 11,896 prisoners account for 7.3 percent of the overall state prison population. For the last decade, CCA has held contracts to operate the San Diego Correctional Facility, located in East San Diego County in rural Otay Mesa. As one of four correctional facilities in the area, CCA's Otay Mesa location, run by Warden Fred Lawrence, operates as an all-male, minimum-to-medium-security prison. The facility has 1,154 beds, which helps to alleviate the overcrowding of low-level offenders from the nearby Richard J. Donovan State Correctional Facility and the George Bailey Detention Facility.
CCA has also sought validation for many of its sites, including the San Diego facility, by obtaining American Correctional Association (ACA) accreditation to promote a national and international image of authority for corrections. While the ACA is a nonprofit government institution, the accreditation process is completely voluntary and does not pose a barrier to entry. But CCA does invest in this accreditation process such that 90 percent of its facilities have received accreditation. Overall, 749 public and private prisons and jails have been accredited through the ACA.
Buyers of Prison Services
CCA attributes its success to an ability to obtain large government contracts. According to CCA's 2011 annual report, the U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) together accounted for 32 percent of total revenue. These federal agencies have their own separate $240 million budget for detention and deportation; under the federal State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, $96 million goes to California.
With a steady stream of illegal immigrants, CCA has benefited tremendously from this partnership with ICE. The San Diego Correctional Facility, in operation since 2000, is no exception. ICE pays CCA's San Diego facility a per-diem fee of $89.50 for every person held there.6 In 2008, a Syracuse University report indicated that at least 4,201 detainees were transferred by ICE from the San Diego facility in Otay Mesa, staying for an average of 11 days,7 a single action that translates into $4.1 million in additional revenue for CCA. With $1.7 billion in total revenue and 65 locations, CCA earns $28 million per location annually. Although the facility's current capacity is only 1,150 beds, a newly planned facility would have 2,880 beds, doubling capacity.8
Meanwhile, California currently spends $285 million on contracted facilities.9 However, in June of 2012, California announced that the state will not be renewing its contracts with CCA when they expire in 2015-2016. As a result, CCA had to renegotiate a reduced prison contract for the upcoming 2012-2013 fiscal year. In previous years, the state has had very little buyer power. However, by reducing its annual inmate prison population and meeting the three-judge ruling, the state is now no longer dealing with as many capacity constraints and is regaining control as a buyer.
Barriers to Entry: Zoning
Meanwhile, ICE is CCA's primary contractor for San Diego. Under the provisions of the company's ground lease with the county of San Diego, ownership of the site will revert back to the county on Dec. 31, 2015. Thus, the corporation will need to build a new facility by 2015 if it wants to keep its contract with ICE.
Despite the uncertainty, CCA has decided to move forward with its plans to build a new mega prison in Otay Mesa, investing $44 million to buy real estate, conduct environmental studies, obtain building permits, and complete additional requirements. According to Rob Hixson, chairman for Otay Mesa's Planning Group, the land itself was not zoned for prison use. CCA had to get the land rezoned.
While the cost to re-zone, according to the city of San Diego's planning department website, is only $12,000, re-zoning creates the risk of community outcry and other negative stakeholder reactions.10 However, the location that the private prison corporation selects is crucial, Hixson explains; the property is still far away from residential units but still close enough to plug into public utilities. Thus far, there has been little pushback from any external groups. CCA estimates that the total construction cost of the new mega facility will range from $142 million to $150 million. Without a guarantee that it will be able to renew the existing ICE contract, this is a very risky decision for the company. To the extent that CCA has the capability to accurately assess and mitigate these risks, it carries a significant knowledge advantage over would-be competitors.
Supplier Power: Unions
At the same time, a key supplier to the U.S. correctional system has been the California Correctional Peace Officer Association (CCPOA). The union represents 30,000 correctional peace officers working inside California's prisons and in years past has been regarded as one of the strongest and most influential labor groups. California has the second-highest mean salary for correctional officers in the nation. There are a total of 42,410 correctional officers in California. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, California correctional officers have a mean hourly wage of $31.99 and an annual mean salary of $66,540.11
This means with 33 state prisons, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) spends approximately $2.8 billion on correctional officers alone.12 Nevertheless, CCA does not have the same pay rate as the CDCR, although it claims that it does not cut corners regarding treatment of its guards. As of 2011, CCA has approximately 16,750 employees. With $770 million of its operating expenses going toward salary and benefits to correctional officers (64 percent of its operating expenses)13 and adjusting for the 5 percent belonging to labor unions, the average compensation for a CCA employee in 2011 was approximately $45,000, which is comparable to the annual national mean salary of $43,76014 at local, state, and government-owned prisons outside of California.
CCA's salaries are in the 10th percentile for California, and the company employs very few unionized workers, suggesting the company carries an advantage over a key supplier despite the presence of unions.
Meanwhile, rival firms face similar industry trends. CCA's main rival is GEO Group. The GEO Group also operates a facility in San Diego; the Western Regional Detention Facility has a capacity of 770 beds and contracts with the U.S. Marshals Service. Yet, the CDCR canceled its contracts with the GEO Group in 2011, and the state will not renew its contract with CCA after 2015. Both face diminished power to operate in California since the federal government will be the only customer.
The for-profit prison industry has faced significant challenges over the past decade. However, as long as it is able to service the federal government through contracts with the Bureau of Federal Prisons, ICE, and the U.S. Marshals Service, the sources of profit for the private prison industry are stable. In September 2010, CCA was able to negotiate a 15-year contract at the California City Correctional Center (guaranteed 95 percent occupancy). Considering the high fixed costs involved in building prisons, the for-profit model still offers a promising way for government agencies to address immediate prison population issues. While there are still opposing forces, the most significant of which are government budget cuts, there are still a number of political drivers that are in play in favor of the for-profit prison industry. The recent upholding of the death penalty via Proposition 34 and the passage of harsher sentencing to human traffickers via Proposition 35 reveal the continued political appeal of legislation that is tough on crime. The private prison industry can remain profitable as long as it can continue to capitalize on the government as its main source of income. In the case of California and specifically CCA's mega prison in Otay Mesa, once the mega prison is operational, securing another government contract will be essential for the firm's continued presence in San Diego.
Elizabeth Liner (Full-Time Class of 2013) is a marketing professional with experience in the biotechnology sector. She focuses on marketing strategy, marketing communications, and community outreach.
- Glaze, Lauren E and Erika Parks. 2012. "Correctional Populations in the United States, 2011." Bureau of Justice Statistics. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4537.
- Roy Walmsley. 2011. "World Prison Population List." International Centre for Prison Studies. http://www.idcr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/WPPL-9-22.pdf.
- Coleman v. Schwarzenegger, et al. No. Civ S-90-0520 LKK JFM P; Plata v. Schwarzenegger, et al., No. C01-1351 TEH, http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/News/Press_Release_Archive/2009_Press_Releases/docs/tentative_ruling.pdf.
- Magnus Lofstrom and Katherine Kramer. "Capacity Challenges in California's Jails." Public Policy Institute of California. http://www.ppic.org/main/publication_quick.asp?i=1034.
- Census of State and Federal Corrections Facilities. 2005. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/csfcf05.pdf.
- Leslie Berestein. 2008. "Detention Dollars: Tougher Immigration Laws Turn the Ailing Private Prison Sector Into a Revenue Maker." The San Diego Union-Tribune, May 4. http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080504/news_lz1b4dollars.html. (Berestein 2008)
- Syracuse University TRAC (forthcoming)
- North County Times http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_19eb296c-469f-52dc-8103-50621a30c43a.html
- California E-Budget. 2012. "Corrections and Rehabilitation Budget 2013-2014." http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/StateAgencyBudgets/5210/5225/department.html. (California E-Budget 2012)
- San Diego Government Site. 2012. "City of San Diego Fee Deposit Schedule for Development & Policy Approvals Permits." http://www.sandiego.gov/development-services/pdf/industry/infobulletin/ib503.pdf.
- Bureau of Labor and Statistics. 2011. "Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2011: Correctional Officers and Jailers." http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes333012.htm.
- California E-Budget. 2012. "Corrections and Rehabilitation Budget 2013-2014." http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/StateAgencyBudgets/5210/5225/department.html. (California E-Budget 2012)
- Corrections Corporation of America. 2011. "CCA Annual Financial Statement 2011." http://ir.correctionscorp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=117983&p=irol-reportsannual.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2012. "Occupational Employment Statistics." http://www.bls.gov/oes/oes_dl.htm.


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|Henri Nouwen shows us the importance of overcoming our fear of God:
"Jesus came to us to help us overcome our fear of God. As long as we are afraid of God, we cannot love God. Love means intimacy, closeness, mutual vulnerability, and a deep sense of safety. But all of those are impossible as long as there is fear. Fear creates suspicion, distance, defensiveness, and insecurity.
"The greatest block in the spiritual life is fear. Prayer, meditation, and education cannot come forth out of fear. God is perfect love, and as John the Evangelist writes, "Perfect love drives out fear" (1 John 4:18). Jesus' central message is that God loves us with an unconditional love and desires our love, free from all fear, in return."


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Communities across the county were put through their paces last week as disaster after disaster struck in the national pilot of a mock-emergency excercise.
Anderby's Voluntary Emergency Response Team (AVERT) and communities in Wyberton and Suttons on the Wash took part in Excercise Barnes Wallis, a fake disaster designed to test the groups' responses.
The theoretical excercise revolved around the aftermath of a large explosion - with the AVERT team taking part in a practical challenge to inform their residents what was happening, set up and manage places of safety, evacuate people from their homes and communicate with the emergency services.
Wyberton and the Sutton on the Wash groups both completed 'tabletop' exercises.
All three were supported by Lincolnshire Police, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, the British Red Cross, Lincolnshire County Council and other voluntary and statutory organisations.
County emergency planning staff revealed the full horror of the task as they gave details, at pre-programmed intervals, of the developing scenario.
It began with an explosion of uncertain origin, and developed into a fire, the death of a builder and then the discovery in the footings of the construction site of the bomb.
In an incident such as this, local emergency planning groups can prove vital as they are likely to be first on the scene before the assistance of blue light professionals arrives.
As the groups waited for emergency services to arrive they were faced with moral dilemmas around rescue and recovery that might endanger others and the practicalities of assisting in warning and informing, and then the evacuation of near neighbours including dealing with the distraught wife of the dead builder, assisting with the evacuation of care homes and a school and keeping people away from danger.
David Powell, head of emergency planning for Lincolnshire County Council, said: "With any emergency you might expect that the police or fire and rescue will just take care of it, and most of the time you would be right.
"But if there was another emergency elsewhere in the county, we might need the help of community groups. This is about improving our resilience.
"Community groups can play a really important part by informing other residents what is happening, encouraging them to take action and by offering support.
"The local knowledge they have can also be extremely useful."
During the tabletop exercises groups were tasked with setting up cordons, evacuation centres and using local knowledge to figure out local resources such as defibrillators and defy changes to the plans.
Anderby's excercise lasted 40 minutes, whereas Wyberton and the Suttons took three hours each.
Sue Whitton, senior emergency planning officer, said: "Those who took part in the Anderby exercise found it not only enjoyable but thoroughly worthwhile.
"It was a fantastic opportunity for the community groups to test aspects of their plans and to liaise with the emergency services as they would in a real life situation.
"Using feedback from those on the ground, we will now put together an exercise report which will allow us to review the Community Plan and make any necessary amendments."
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