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'Twas the mine before Christmas, when all through the base Not a creature was stirring, not even dear Ace; The stockings were hung by the teleporter with care, In hopes that St. Chief soon would be there; The raiders were nestled all snug in their beds; While visions of sandwiches danced in their heads; And Le in his bow-tie, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long miner's nap, When out in the base there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bunk to see what was the matter. Away to the comms panel I flew like a flash, Tore open the cameras and threw up a hatch. The light on the breast of the newly-mined Rock, Gave a look of hard work done ('Twas quite a shock), When what to my wondering eyes did appear, But a miniature ship and eight tiny mine-ers, With a little old pilot so lively and neat, I knew in a moment he must be St. Chief. More rapid than rockwhales his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name: "Now, Ben! now, Fush! now Xiron and Lair! On, Jamie! on, Will! on, Cirevam and Cyrem! To the top of the base! to the top of the wall! Now post away! post away! post away all!" As rocks that before the wild rock monster fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky; So up to the teleporter the coursers they flew With the sleigh full of crystals , and St. Chief there too— And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the base The cursing and blinding of Cirevam's dear face. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the hatch St. Chief came with such sound. He was dressed all in teal, from his head to his foot, And his suit was all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of crystals he had flung on his back, And he looked like a miner just opening his pack. His eyes—how they twinkled! his armour, how merry! His life support flashing, bright red like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up in a mock, And the beard on his chin was as grey as a rock; The stump of a ciggy he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his suit like a wreath; He had a broad beard and a robotic left arm That whirred when he laughed, prepared to do harm. He was thin and miserable, a right stroppy old elf, And I hid when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know that he wanted me dead; He swore to himself, then went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And flicking his finger up (the middle one too), And giving a yell, up the chimney he flew; He sprang to his ship, to his team swore a little, And away they all shot like the down of a thistle. But I heard him yell, ere he drove out of sight— “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good mine!”

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It's safe to say that landslides occurring aren't just a fad. They're here to stay. Many are calling them the new frontier of the disaster world. With each passing year more and more Chief's are finally convinced that it's time to give landslide prevention a try. But as is always the case when launching a mining plan in a new channel, there are many pitfalls that Chief is unaware of. Because landslide prevention encompasses so many different channels, the number of possible mistakes are huge. No Rock Raider team will ever create the perfect landslide prevention campaign without making a few mistakes. But here is a look at three particularly rubble-creating mistakes and how to avoid them. Failure to enlarge for equipment For several years now mining equipment has been steadily increasing in size up to equipment for building the LMS Explorer. It's projected that within the next year, mining equipment size will surpass LMS Explorer repair equipment. Think about that for a moment. That means that more than half of the Rock Raiders working will be driving some type of enormously large mining equipment. Unfortunately, most Chiefs still haven't come to grip with this fact. Tunnels that aren't optimized for new mining equipment will have landslides occurring on half the Rock Raiders in that tunnel. Of course many of those will drive on through to collect the energy crystal they want by shoveling rubble and driving over lava. But it's impossible to know just how many new Rock Raiders Chief is not recruiting by failing to enlarge for new mining equipment. Fortunately, there is an easy solution to this mistake. GPS is a type of technology that automatically tells the Rock Raider the correct newly built tunnel to enter for the equipment being used to drive around in. Rather than having to operate one single tunnel for all traffic, GPS and new tunnels allows you the convenience of building multiple tunnels for different sized mining equipment that all lead to the same destination. No priorities When you're thinking as Chief, it's easy to just assume that Rock Raiders will know what you want them to do in the event of a landslide as a result of an order. The best orders are those that include priorities. By expressly stating what task you want the Rock Raiders to perform, you give priority and purpose to your order. While priorities are important for all mining operations, they are especially crucial for landslide prevention. A good priority will be very clear and impossible to misunderstand. Your priority should be short, demanding, and as overly detailed as possible. The right priority is often the difference between a safe reinforcement and a Rock Raider teleported safely. Failure to target area workers Most Chiefs, when asked who their intended Rock Raiders for their order was, would say, “all of them.†In an ideal world, all Rock Raiders would hear and be influenced to obey your order. But in the real world, trying to order everybody to reinforce walls through an order will result in reaching almost everybody eating sandwiches. A good landslide prevention order will be tailored for the Rock Raiders in the landslide area. Make sure you spend sufficient time choosing your desired Rock Raiders and coming to understand their incompetence and hunger cycles. With this information you'll be able to create a landslide prevention campaign that is much more likely to prevent that audience from getting covered in rubble. Rock Raider Activity News brought to you by rockraiderSMSer.com Source: priorities4rockraiders.com/landslides/landslide-prevention-mistakes-every-chief-avoid-713001#!LR7EERU

Imagine if you will that someone has stolen your sandwich. How would you like to have prevented it? In the first scenario, Chief notices some suspicious behavior from a fellow Rock Raider and teleports you safely aboard the L.M.S Explorer and asks to watch out for this Rock Raider. The crime is suspected early on and never occurs. In the second scenario, you only become aware of the stolen sandwich several minutes later when you open your sandwich bag. You drop whatever you were doing and stubbornly insist on being fed a replacement sandwich. Most likely, you would prefer the pressent scenario over the second one. That's because in the preventive, Chief reacted proactively to prevent the crime. In the second, your response was reactive. This example highlights an important truth about Sandwich marketing: hungry Rock Raiders prefer a proactive marketing. Why Rock Raiders like proactive marketing According to the field of plastic psychology, everyone has a need to eat sandwiches. The reason most of us would prefer the first scenario above is that Chief made us feel like a valued and important Rock Raider. When a boss, or any other individual for that matter, handles a situation proactively instead of reactively, it makes our job easier. Rather than pitching a stubborn fit when there's been a food emergency, they reach out and feed us sometimes before we realize we might go hungry. It's much easier to trust an old man who's been your boss for 14+ years when they take the proactive approach. Why Chief likes proactive marketing Rock Raiders aren't the only ones who appreciate proactive marketing strategies. Chief likes them too. For one, they reap the benefits of having not as incompetent Rock Raiders as a result of his proactive approach. But even more importantly, a proactive approach gives Chief the ability to take charge of a situation. When a monster emerges, a proactive approach involves activating Action Stations and using laser guns. A reactive approach involves waiting around for the monster to destroy the entire mining operation or for the Rock Raiders themselves to do enough jumping jacks to scare it away. A proactive approach gives Chief some control over the mining operation, a reactive approach does the opposite. The key to proactive Sandwich marketing When it comes to Sandwich marketing, there are a number of ways to be proactive. It's not a strategy limited to Chief and black holes. The goal is to use sandwiches to handle problems and make Rock Raiders' stomachs fuller. To maximize the effectiveness of Sandwich marketing, businesses need to think about how sandwiches can be used to benefit Rock Raiders. Don't make it all about Slimy Slugs and landslides occurring. Make it about never-go-hungry employees and the meager progress will come. Rock Raider Activity News brought to you by rockraidersmarketing.com Source: sandwiches4rockraiders.com/sandwiches/proactive-marketing-strategies-effective-713001#!LR7RU