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[Johnny: Current as of 1/24/04] - Tandem Writing
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[Johnny: Current as of 1/24/04]
Jan. 24th, 2004 @ 05:44 pm
Ah. This is the life... A sunny beach, a drink in hand, gentle winds, and a blue sky. A few birds flew across the sky, dropping pieces of paper. Johnny got out of his folding chair in curiosity. What the hell?
As he walked closer to those pieces of paper Johnny noticed that he was walking quite slow, slower than usual. He took no noticed of it, even though it was getting annoying. Johnny felt dizzy; something is strange but he couldn't quite put a finger on it. Again, he was annoyed by how slow he was walking. He tried to hurry but to no avail - it was almost as if his body had this strange inertia.
After a bit of a struggle he finally got to those pieces of paper, now resting on the sand. Johnny picked up one of them. It looked like one of those slips of paper that come with fortune cookies.
"Today, you die." it said.
Suddenly there was a loud ringing sound. The burning sun glares off of the paper, further emphasizing the damning words. The ringing continued and Johnny was startled out of his sleep.
"Shit," Johnny muttered, "...Thank God."
He stumbled out of his bed and answered the phone.
"Hello," he said and was greeted by the pleasing sounds of a familiar voice - his mother. What she proceeded to tell him however brought his complexion to a displeasing milky green tone and made his heart flutter. "I just had a terrible dream," she said. "You were walking down the street when a truck spun out of control and hit you. I awoke paralyzed in fear, unable to convince myself you were alright, so I called." Masking his true inner feelings to spare his mother's heart, he feigned a chuckle and uttered some consoling words. "The worst part," she said, "the truck that hit you was full of fortune cookies-- how's that for fate?" John laughed again and bid his mother good night, however he himself was unable to get back to sleep. "This is too weird to be a coincidence," he thought "could this have been some sort of omen, perhaps a warning so that I may avoid an early and somewhat ironically amusing death?" Even in this moment of tension, John was evidently able to see some humour in the idea of perishing via a cargo of fortune cookies.
Actually, I guess they'd be
fortune cookies,
he thought to himself, feeling some of the ominousness seep away the more he made fun of the situation.
Still..that was a pretty big coincidence...
Johnny didn't remember falling back asleep, and woke with a start to the raucous meowing of his cat, Sneaker. He pushed Sneaker off the bed, but it would not be put off. Finally he threw off the covers and followed the mewing Sneaker to his bowl, absently watching the cat eat, head in his hands at the kitchen table. In his sleep-deprived mind the fish-shaped cat morsels swam in front of his eyes and Johnny shook his head to bring himself back to reality.
Sighing, he stood to make a cup of tea, then decisively changed to coffee.
drink tea,
he reminded himself darkly.
Johnny turned on the TV for some morning traffic, but was surprised when the program was not the traffic report but news regarding a death at the beach. At this time in the morning there's usually traffic report. Johnny looked at his watch.
"Oh damn, I'm gonna be late for work!" He had forgotten all about the time when he was slowly sipping his coffee and spacing out. Johnny dashed downstairs to his car and went off to work. At the traffic signal for the highway on-ramp he waited impatiently for an old man to cross the crosswalk. Just as the light was about to turn green, an old woman started crossing the crosswalk.
"What are you doing?!" Johnny exclaimed incredulously in his seat as the light turned green. The old lady slowly made her way across the crosswalk while the cars behind Johnny honked furiously.
The noise became rythmic. They honked. And honked...and honked...and honked...slowly Johnny's eyes came into focus as he realized the honking was actually the chiming of an ornate old grandfather clock. He looked around and noticed he was in a small, dignified room. Sitting across from him at the dark, highly polished wooden table was a man in a three-piece pinstripe suit, the chain of a gold pocketwatch visible across his vest, unconcernedly sipping at a steaming mug. Thick, soft area rugs in rich shades of maroons and browns were strewn artfully over the dark wooden floor. Heavy drapes with gold ties were drawn over floor to ceiling windows, pitching the room into a darkness lessened only by the fire crackling in the elaborate fireplace.
The man watched Johnny over the rim of his cup.
"Where am I?" Johnny asked nonchalantly, as if he didn't particularly care, nor was frightened out of his mind.
"Dead," the man said simply, sounding a trifle surprised. "Didn't you know?"
"What the hell?" Johnny said. The man looked at him with a strange smile, one that would be given to small children from grandparents. It could also be a snake leering at a hapless frog, it's hard to tell in the dimness of the room. Whatever the expression was, Johnny didn't like it one iota. "Ah, this is not hell my friend," the old man chided, "this is the Waiting Room."
Johnny swallowed a "what are you talking about" and instead quipped, "I'm not your friend, whoever you are-"
"Samuel," The man replied, "You can call me Sam."
"Uh... yeah... Sam," Johnny was throughly unconvinced, though he mentally admitted that from his car seat to this room was quite a leap indeed. Maybe he got knocked out or something and brought here. It's a conspiracy! Yeah, that must be it!
"I see that you are not convinced." Samuel picked up an ornate knife from the top of the wooden table and walked towards him.
"Hey-hey-hey what are you doing? ARGH!" Johnny screamed as Samuel threw the knife right at him.
It was like a scene form The Matrix. The knife floated in slow motion, aiming for the spot right between Johnny's eyes. He cringed (in slow motion), turned his head to the side (in slow motion), and raised his hands to cover his face (also in slow motion.) He let out one of those deep rumbly bellows that only people in slow motion make.
Time regained its proper rhythm as the knife quickly and cleanly skewered Johnny's left hand, then his right hand, and lodged itself in his right eye socket. All in all, a very good throw by Samuel. Effectively immobilized, Johnny yelped "OW!"
When the shock passed, there was no rush of pain. At all. Johnny tried to pull his hands away from his face, and thereby the blade from his his eye, but when he tugged he found it was quite stuck. Utterly confused, he meekly asked, "A little help?"
Samuel shook his head with a smile and crossed the room. He took a firm grip on the knife handle and with a satisfying squelch, removed it from Johnny's eye. There was no blood on the blade, it was dry to the touch, and Johnny's vision was clear.
"So I'm dead. Huh," he said with the calm that precedes hysterical panic.
"Indeed," said Samuel "And, I believe, the afterlife will see you now."
The room began to fade out, warping and pulling, the colors marbling and rearranging themselves to a busy city intersection.
"Dude! Hey!" Johnny screamed, noticing through his rising alarm the absence of vibration where his vocal cords should be. "How did I die?"
A few passersby turned their heads unconcernedly. No answer came; there certainly was no more paneled room, no more Samuel. Everything looked as normal as a sunny city day can, but this was emphatically, dreadfully not the world he knew.
Okay, okay
he thought to himself, fighting down the sense of fear mingled with confusion that was quickly threatening to take over his last shreds of sanity,
there's got to be a logical explanation..
Absently, he sat down on a nearby bench, head in his hands, thinking.
I died. That's what they said. And this is my world, and it isn't.. WHY isn't it?
Johnny couldn't put his finger on it. All that he knew was that it was very clear beyond a shadow of a doubt to him that he
died, and that this world
familiar, but was all slightly askew. Everything seemed frightfully normal, except that it wasn't. It was as if Johnny had grown up in a Picasso painting, and suddenly seeing the world had right angles and order was as shocking and hard to understand as if all these normal people were suddenly transported to a Cubist planet. No, he had definitely died. But he was definitely back. This thought occurred to Johnny and he thought with a modicum of alarm that maybe he
really back. Very cautiously he poked his arm. It was solid. Cautiously he tested the pavement with his foot. It didn't move.
This doesn't look like hell,
he thought, looking around.
But it's certainly not my heaven, either.
"No, Johnny. Your heaven was at the beach. That's a touch blasphemous, you know."
Johnny jumped and fell off the bench in surprise. He looked around for the voice, but no one on the streets was paying attention to him; walking to work, to their cars, or about on errands.
A plump, greasy street vendor in jeans and a stained white tshirt looked at him sideways, apparently thinking he was crazy. Johnny stood up and brushed himself off.
"Lemminade?" the vendor asked in an unfamiliar combination of accent and speech impediment, holding up a clear cup of light blue liquid with magenta ice cubes. Johnny stared at it. He shook his head, as if to clear it, and stared again. The liquid was pale yellow, the ice cubes clear. The guy was apparently still waiting for an answer. "It's real, man, not that powdred junk. Have a cup, help clear your mind. You look like you gots some troubles today."
"Err..how much?" Johnny asked.
"Buck sevenny-fie."
Johnny's nerves shot, he reached still-shaking hands into the pocket of his trousers, scrounging for money.
So Johnny is digging down deep in his trousers, wondering if being dead somehow affected the five bucks he thought should be down there. All he felt was a lint ball stuck in the pocket seam.
That's strange,
he thought,
I never leave the house without a couple of bucks...
He tried the other pocket.
Ah, here we go. I must've put everything in my other pocket.
He grabbed what he assumed was a crumpled five, maybe a ten, but at least a one, and was very suprised when he that what he held in his hand was a pink parking ticket.
Johnny didn't own a car.
He put his hand back in his pocket to scrounge some more and pulled out a sock, a lamp shade, a bullet, a pink plastic barrette with a bunny on it, a football, a cordless telephone, four left-foot nike sneakers, a magnifying glass, a flashlight thing worn by miners, and a big smiley chinchilla.
And when I say smiley, I mean it. Like, chesire cat smiley.
But meanwhile, the vendor was
-ing anxiously for payment. Johnny stared at the pile of useless crap at his feet.
*several seconds tick by*
"JEEEEZUS FRICKEN CHRIST JUST GIVE THE GUY THE GODDAMN PARKING TICKET!" exclaimed a very irritated, no-longer-smiley chinchilla.
Johnny stupidly gave the parking ticket to the street vendor.
"Ah, I see," said the street vendor after taking a look at the parking ticket. "This way." He pressed a button on the lemonade cart and a door popped open. Suddenly, Johnny was standing in front of the door. Somehow, the door wasn't around waist-level anymore but had became this huge gate towering over him ominously. He looked up some more. The even more huge lemonade cart was nowhere to be seen. There was no more lemonade cart and no more delicious color-morphing lemonade but just that doorway.
The man lead the way. There was some sort of passage inside that stretched into the darkness beyond. It was a completely featureless darkness, save for this road of some sort that was lighter than the surroundings.
Eventually they came upon a pedestal. On it sat a small box with a red button on it. There were some chit-chattering noises.
The street vendor motioned to the box. Johnny looked into the dim darkness and he saw some movement in the direction of the chit-chattering. There were hundreds of chinchillas.
"Now Johnny, I give you a choice. You can either press the RED BUTTON and kill one little chinchilla out of all of these and save the rest of them, or you could do nothing and have all of them except one die."
Johnny stared at the chinchillas, probably in shock. Or perhaps just a regular stupor because he's dumb, who knows.
"So Johnny, what would it be?" The vendor asked.
The chinchillas kept on chattering incoherently. Appearently THESE couldn't talk in human.
Johnny gaped at the street vendor.
He hoped the chinchillas wouldn't come any closer, wouldn't start creeping around his feet close enough for him to start recognizing features, appealing to him on that obnoxious, innate cuteness level. damn.
the chittering grew louder, to the level of a dull roaring.
The street vendor pulled Johnny's lemonade out of his pocket. "Here, man. no charge. Just try not to take all day, aright? I got a business to run up there."
Johnny shook his head. "Why do I have to do this, huh?"
The vendor just gave him a look, rolled his eyes. Kept silent.
"Are they important? I mean, significant?"
"Dude, all the questions are yours. All the answers are yours, too. Jus' get on with it."
Johnny hesitated, his finger poised above the button.
He pressed it.
There was a small
from somewhere far back in the crowd of small furry bodies, and then Johnny's mind was flooded with information that wasn't his own. The chinchilla's life and memories and impulses and feelings and ..thoughts? but not thoughts, just the entire content of the small dead creature's brain.
But i'm dead, too,
Johnny remembered, a piece of his own psyche surfacing in the confusion. He opened his eyes, not having realized that he had closed them. The vendor smirked and walked away. Johnny stood still, not knowing whether to follow or stay, to try to find the dead (exploded, he suspected) chinchilla, or to walk on further into the darkness.
The lemonade vendor - Bill, he liked to call himself, proudly thinking that it sounded so very normal - had not so much sneaked off, as just pointedly walked away while Johnny was busy. He took a different route back, and was climbing a heavy, thick, rusted metal ladder, emerging next to a display of woman's shoes in a large, trendy department store. Around him, shoppers stared at the man who had just appeared out of nowhere, and looked as if he belonged rummaging under the hood of a car. He left quickly. Shoes made him uncomfortable. Especially shoes with no feet in them.
Back out on the sidewalk, Bill took a breath, enjoying the smell of exhaust fumes and ocean water. He heard uproarious laughter across the street. Familiar laughter. He glanced over, and there, near the park gate, was the laughing man. Bill thought he shouldn't have been surprised, but scowled a little nonetheless as he crossed the street and said hello.
"D-d-do you rea..realize," the man said amidst gales of laughter, "t-that he doesn't even l-l-l-like chinchillas?" he took a deep breath, still laughing. "The morals!" he burst into a new wave of laughter.
Bill grunted noncommitally. He didn't see what was so funny, but he didn't want to be rude. The man was, after all, the devil.
Today, he was dressed for the public, decked out in what he thought of as his most devilish-looking clothing, finding people far less likely to believe you're the devil if you look too much like him. Today, he wanted no trouble or delays, did not want to mingle or bring people to his side; if he had to tell people who he was, he wanted to be able to smile handsomely, tell them the truth, and be disbelieved with a smile, letting him on his way.
Someone had once decided that black and red were awfully devilish colors, and the devil had been delighted. He'd never thought to put the two together before, but was proud of just how dashing he looked in black. He'd heard it was very slimming, though he hardly needed that. Today, he wore a jet black tailcoat with a deep red pocket square, jet black dress pants stitched with crimson red thread, a black vest over a black dress shirt, with a silver pocket watch, a straight black cane that was less for walking and more for gesturing wildly with, and black and white dress spats; he'd become fond of the shoes years ago, and had been horribly disappointed when they'd gone out of style, resulting in several wars to avenge his anger. He even allowed his small, tasteful dark red horns to peer out from beneath his slightly disheveled black hair. His eyes were red, squinty, and held both the good and evil of centuries. But mostly the evil.
Yes, he certainly looked like the devil. Well. The devil, or a particularly villainous used-car salesman.
"Anyway," the devil said, laughter reduced to the occassional giggle, "you didn't tell him about me, did you?"
"I didn' tell him anytin," Bill said shortly. "But I'm sure he knowed annway. He's prolly hearda you before."
The devil waved his hand dismissively. "All he knows is that crap that they spew, which you should know is hardly true. But I have it a lot easier than that perfect matyr they've created of God. Hah! God." He shook his head and laughed again.
"The real reason I'm here, I have something for you." The devil reached into the breast pocket of his jacket. He pressed something into Bill's hand, not letting him see what it was. "I really must be off," the devil said, shaking Bill's hand. "All kinds of appointments, you know. I have to see him tonight, if you know who I mean," the devil said with a combination of wink and scowl. Bill didn't know who he meant, though he thought perhaps God.
"Enjoy," the devil said, and vanished in a rather impressive cloud of dark grey smoke tinged with scarlet.
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I'm just gonna jump into these critiques of the winning and honorable mention Wiggi World games:
1. $4,000 - Stigg's Veggie Matic ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
392545 ): This game was very polished in all respects, good menus and graphics, good voice-acting, and very addicting, fun, varied, and balanced gameplay. Plus it won some bonus points for having a wacky, semi-educational storyline that kids loved. The concept wasn't anything too new, but the execution more than made up for it. Everyone who played this one had a rocking good time and came away with a giant smile on his or her face. An additional note is that this game had some of the most organized and efficient code out of all the contest entrants.
2. $1,750 - Bushy's Cleanup Crusade ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
391805 ): The gameplay concept of this game is what made it really shine, it's very megaman, puzzle-solving-through-unique-tools-es que. It had good instructions, and sufficient graphics to make it engrossing, along with lots of varied levels and entertaining puzzles to solve. It had educational and values-based concepts woven in and featured a really interesting character. It's real shining point was its novel-ness though.
3. $750 - Wiggi Dance Academy ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
392457 ): This one screamed "polish" with excellent character models that took the Wiggies to a new level as well as well-done menus, animation, and voice-acting. The tutorial is straight out of a console game. The game-play concept itself was really fun, but the reason it didn't take #1 is because some of the timing feels off, I was able to beat "hard" but couldn't beat "easy" even after trying 6 or 7 times. It also didn't have quite the depth that some of the other games had either...but definitely the best graphics IMO of the competition.
4. $500 - Adventures of Pop-Up Blocker Man ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
392262 ): This one is another one with outstanding graphics and animation. Really simple and fun to play, with some variety of gameplay to spice things up like the different power-ups. One of the really good things is that it addresses an internet safety issue (malicious pop-ups) in a fun and engaging way. The kids really got a kick out of this one.
5. $500 - Wiggi Walk ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
392563 ): The mechanics and coding of this game are near flawless, the only thing really missing was some more depth to the levels and more levels, and some uniqueness to the traditional platformer-type game. High kudos though, for addressing the "personal information divulsion" issue and doing it with good info and effectiveness. I just wanted more at the end of this one.
6. $500 - Wiggi Fire Mission ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
389337 ): This game takes a familiar premise (mouse avoider games) and breathes some new life into it. There are lots of nice touches like the moving fire that helped make it engaging, plus there are a ton of levels which kept everyone interested for quite a while. Some lacking parts were character and environment animation.
7. $500 - Galactic Mediator ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
392616 ): This was also a very novel idea, and had some really interesting and fun gameplay mechanics like latching onto planets with a tractor beam and dragging them to other planets to solve their disputes. It did a good job of meshing fun arcade-style gameplay, with a more quiz-style question and answer genre. The downfall though, was a lack of animated parts, and a learning curve that tended to eliminate 90% of players from completing the game. It did score well however because of its fulfillment of many of Wiggi Worlds values-based goals.
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$100 - Wiggi World Rescue (AKA: Fire Stomp) ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
392572 ): This game had a great and unique premise, that was fun to play around with for a while, but the difficulty escalated a little too fast, and there wasn't a lot of variety in the gameplay once you got used to the concept.
$100 - Wiggi Recycle ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
392460 ): This was a really cool idea for a puzzle game, something that I haven't seen before. There was obviously a very intelligent mind behind the idea. I did however feel like the graphics were a bit lacking, menus and instructions were sparse, and the gameplay environment felt cluttered and messy. Also, the first iteration was a bit slow, and once you got used to the fresh ways to play, it didn't have a lot of variety to keep you interested.
$100 - Wiggi Rescue ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
387531 ): This one has a simple concept, but somehow you tend to just keep playing it until it gets too fast. Sometimes these simple ideas are the most addicting, and the gameplay in this one had just enough variety, like edge grabbing, and the rockets to keep you pasted to the screen. It did lack a bit in art and animation, and also didn't have much of an educational application that we were looking for.
$100 - Stigg's Veggie-Matic: (See above)
$100 - Wiggi Walk: (See above)
Honorable Mentions:
Cryptic Cave ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
392496 ): If I had my way, this one would have won. I loved the concept, it was so fresh, and so truly educational without stealing the fun factor. It really takes a good mind to meld math and videogames in a way that doesn't feel contrived, and this succeeds very well.
Wiggi Jump ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
390046 ): This one really appealed to kids, but its simplicity, lack of a truly educational premise, and a few graphical things kept it from hitting top 7 IMO. It's another one that is simple, mindless, entertainment that makes for an addicting web-game.
Super Wiggi Ball ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
390111 ): I was sad to see that this one didn't score better in our judging. It was actually a very vast and complete game, but I think the gameplay learning curve and some graphical touches held it back.
Wiggi Woods ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
389384 ): This is another one I was impressed with, but didn't end up scoring well. It's a fun game. Very polished with lots of levels, but it was missing that certain something to set it apart as more than just a maze game.
Bacteria Bash ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
390924 ): Great fun little arcade game, I think some of the gameplay mechanics and some graphical things kept this from scoring higher.
Gunther Wiggi ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
392627 ): Wow, some of the concepts pulled off in this game rival fancy pants man, the real downfall was in-efficient coding because it lagged like a mutha making anything past the 1st level almost un-playable, also the graphics while not terrible, didn't seem to fit the Wiggi World style very well, they were a little raw rather than feeling polished.
Joey's Day out ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
392634 ): This one was a favorite with the kid judges, they really liked the feeling of going out and completing missions and getting the instant gratification/fulfillment that comes with that. I think it suffered with the adult judges because the gameplay seemed a bit mundane, and the graphics were slightly below par.
Wiggi Rush ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
392278 ) I didn't like this one too much, it seemed quickly thrown together to me and the engine was a little kludgy, but it played well with lots of the other judges so it ends up in honorable mentions too.
Wiggi Who? (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /392354) This was a really interesting idea, and it's a lot of fun for the kids. It came up short in the graphics department though, and the replayability is lacking since it's the same process of elimination over and over again and the "computer" always plays the same. Overall it was a solid game, but just didn't have that certain uniqueness (in the gameplay or art departments) nor the fun-factor to put it up in the winners list.
That's it! I hope no one was too disappointed with the results, we really did try to be fair based on the rules we laid out at the beginning of the contest.
I put together this page just because I know in contests that I've entered, I always want to see some in-depth feedback and the reasoning behind the judges' decisions, and I rarely get that, so I thought I'd try to give that to the people who were kind enough to participate in this contest.
We're currently getting all these games ready for the arcade in Wiggi World, where you're all invited to come and see your game in lights when the arcade launches September 1st. Once again, thanks to EVERYONE who took part in the contest!
Anyone in the top 7 or with a front page bonus, send me a PM with your name, address (city, state, country, zip, etc), same for anyone you're splitting money with, and instructions on the amount to send to each of you.
Today is the final day of the Wiggi World competition. I'm extrememly pleased with the quality of some of the games that have been submitted, and I'm grateful to everyone who took the time to make something.
For those wondering the "official" deadline is 12:00 AM pacific time, which is 3:00 AM EST. Submissions that come in after that will not be eligible for the contest.
On one hand, I'll be very relieved that this competition is over because I've been stressing to keep track of all the entries and make sure that they'll work in our arcade. On the other hand, I'm DREADING having to judge these submissions. Especially in the last week, a lot of GREAT games have come in, and it's gonna be hard saying x game is better than y. I mean, how can you say that art is better or worse than gameplay? Not to mention that we need to factor in the appropriateness of the game for kids and evaluate how well the concept meshes with Wiggi World's mission to teach kids values and internet safety.
To try and avoid my personal bias (which tends toward good art :P), I'll be writing up an evaluation form for each of our judges which range from kids in our target age-range, business men, artists, programmers, and just plain gamers, where they rate each game based on certain categories, then I'll compile the scores and divvy up the prizes.
I really hope that no one is too upset with the results. Everyone can take comfort that they are contributing to something that is actually trying to make a difference for good in the world. I personally wouldn't be involved if I didn't really believe that.
I returned from my trip out to San Diego for Comic-Con this morning at 4:00 am. It was a really nice break from work and a great getaway for my wife and I. We booked a hotel late so were 50 minutes away from the convention center and ended up just spending a few hours on Fri and Sat cruising around the booths and chatting with all the NGers at the NG booth. We also went out with a group of NGers Fri night.
I guess I'm a bit shy because I only chatted briefly with a few folks...every place we went had super loud music playing which also hampered the ability to converse.
Anyway, I ended up doing people watching a lot so I thought I'd give you my run-down on the personalities of all your favorite Newgrounders!
Tom Fulp:
The funniest thing about Tom is that he strikes poses. He'll just be standing there and then push his chest out awkwardly and stand on one leg, or fold his arms behind his back while spinning in circles. You have to see it to appreciate it. Overall I got the impression that he'd much rather be doing about a thousand other things than standing at the booth. To his merit though, he was very kind to everyone who mobbed him as a fan and treated them kindly and respectfully. I was a little awkward around him because of the "celebrity" status I've built up in my mind, but really he's just your average down-to-earth guy who obviously has a ton of talent and drive, but isn't cocky or conceited about it.
Stampers first words to me were "finally, someone who's not a total douche." He was chugging pepto bismol in the booth on Fri cuz apparently he was sick. He was real cool, and invited me to lunch which I had to turn down cuz my wife and I were headed out to the beach and had just eaten. I think he's lived a pretty tough life, and therefore has a really well-rounded outlook on life notwithstanding all his antics in the forums.
He was a bit of a surprise to me because I expected some hard-nosed street thug ex-gangster, but he was really kind and had a really innocent countenance that exuded kindness. He was very open and inviting and seemed grateful to be a part of all the fun that was the NG booth.
Dan Paladin:
He was a little ball of energy and probably the most "social" of the people I met. Very good at small talk and covering lulls in the conversation. He was very outgoing and really tried to make everyone feel welcome at the booth.
Super Flash Bros. Tom:
I love talking to people with british accents. He was very un-assuming and chatty, though very focused on promoting his own stuff. He had a nice quirky british sense of humor too.
Super Flash Bros. Dim:
Younger than Tom, and his "artsy" half. He seemed pretty innocent to the world and I sensed a small inkling of a temper lurking beneath the surface. But overall super congenial and quite funny.
Luis was pretty much exactly how I'd imagined...probably because I've seen lots of tutorials, pictures, and such from him. Even though he says Tom is his father figure, I got a real parental vibe from him...he kind of sees things from a broad perspective and takes joy in the progress, influence, and success of NG and the NG members.
Jeff Bandelin (JohnnyUtah):
He seemed a bit uncomfortable being in such a public venue with so many people. In fact, he wouldn't even take a photo with me ("I think I'm gonna pass on this one"). He hid out behind the NG booth walls a lot too. But overall, despite all that I think he's a pretty good guy, just a bit of a rough exterior...I'd like to see him in an environment where he feels more comfortable.
He looked exactly like I imagined he would look...kinda like the lead singer of Metallica when he's in a particularly angsty mood. Despite that, he showed lots of signs of having a real responsible and self-controlled side. I'd say he's like extreme right-wing...very big gun and knife fan, but pretty supportive of family values also...he's from Colorado so go figure.
He kind of hung out in the BG a lot. I got the impression that he's a lot like me, more of an observer than a "walk up and shake your hand with a big smile" kind of guy. Very ninja-like :P
Cool young kid who's humble and kind. I chatted with his dad quite a bit. What a cool dad to support his son's hobby so completely and to recognize the benefits that being a member of NG can have for his son's future.
Rog (Mockery):
I saved the best for last cuz I felt like Rog treated me the most like a friend. He was very kind and easy to talk to and went way out of his way to involve both me and my wife in whatever he was doing and to make us feel comfortable. I was really grateful to him because I felt like a bit of an outsider trying to break in on a clique. My wife came away liking him and his wife best too. He's just a really genuinely good person. I felt like he was as happy to see me as I was to see him.
Well, there you have it, my first impression collection...I'm sure I'm way off on a lot of these, but I thought I'd share anyway. I met lots of other NGers, but these were the ones that I had extended exposure to.
On this day 27 years ago I chose to grace this good earth with my presence.
I'll be traveling most of today to Cali for Comic Con...I'm very pumped. My t-shirts have been printed and they turned out dandy, special friends will receive one at the Con...others may buy one from my website when I get around to posting them. Sorry I can't give everyone I know one, I dropped a heavy dime having them made.
Newgrounds (and Armor Games) gave me a great B-day present: I got 2 top ten spots in the Rockout Competition! Thanks to Glaiel and Saxmaestro who I worked with on Incubus Pulsum and BoM Beat Battle.
Here's a little known fact: I made a 3rd game for the competition called Hungry Hungry Wiggies. It also served as an example game for the Wiggi World Competition which will end on August 10th!
I'm really grateful to Tom for supporting the WW competition. It's something that is way different than stuff he's supported in the past, and he doesn't even know me very well...he's showing a lot of love for the NG community and a lot of trust in me by putting the heavy weight of NG behind it. I just hope we get some good games produced for it...most of the stuff up to now has been a bit disappointing...come on NG rally and make something that blows me away!
Anyway, if you read this leave me some birthday e-hugs!
Now that I've got you here...
This post is to show you the T-shirt I've got in production to give away to people I like at Comic-con next week...Yes it's only 1 week away!
I'm really looking forward to meeting some NG regs like Luis, and the NG staff since everything went haywire for the planned meetup at Slamdance earlier this year. It will also be a nice vacation from the stresses of Wiggi World and BuilderHelper.
Anyway, please comment and let me know what you think of the design:
Just posting to say thanks to the NG community for making BoM Beat Battle the 1st daily feature of the redesign! We worked really hard on the game and are quite proud of it. We hope to add more characters and moves for a sequel!
I'm really impressed with the NG redesign...they stayed oh so true to, what I've come to see as, the NG image, while really updating the feel. Great job Tom and Co. you did awesome.
In other news, the Wiggi World contest is still running, so make sure you submit a great game for a chance to with the 1st place prize of $4,000!


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Emilia Kay Pattavina entered this world Sun., March 12 at 1:01 a.m., two days before her due date. We were truly blessed with a smooth (though not easy!) labor and delivery and she was safely born at home as we had been planning. Below is her full birth story. It is long and may be too descriptive for some so a fair warning.
Early Friday morning around 2 a.m. I woke up to go to the bathroom and when I went back to bed I started having mild contractions. They were spaced about 10 minutes apart and were uncomfortable but not too painful. I was so tired I just kept trying to fall back asleep. I got up for a little bit, ate a snack and was able to sleep through some of it but by 6 a.m. they had completely stopped. I went and saw my midwife that morning and she said it was normal to have false labor contractions with a second baby and didn't necessarily think I'd have the baby that day or even over the weekend. By that night around 5 p.m. I started having the same type of contractions that were uncomfortable but didn't completely stop me in my tracks. They lasted off and on until about 10 p.m. and some throughout the night.
I woke up again around 2 a.m. Saturday morning with the same thing but I was able to mostly sleep through these ones. I just kept telling baby I was too tired to go into labor right then. I wanted to sleep! Around 7 a.m. that morning I lost my mucous plug but still wasn't confident that things were for sure happening. Joe and I had planned on going to see a movie Saturday early afternoon and I was really determined to take advantage of our date since we knew it wouldn't be too much longer before baby arrived. I was still having contractions all morning long but they were so sporadic and still not very intense. We decided to go see the movie (Logan – which was actually really disappointing though it was nice to get out). My contractions pretty much stopped though I had a few during the movie.
We got home that afternoon and they were still happening at the same intensity. It was getting somewhat frustrating because I either wanted it to be the real thing or for the contractions to stop…it was getting exhausting. I was talking with my midwife throughout this time and she had me try walking the neighborhood (Enzo and I got poured on!), take a bath, take a nap and eat to see if they would pick up. They still hadn't and she said I could either try using the breastpump or wait until the sun went down to see what happened. I opted for waiting.
By 6-7 p.m. my contractions were starting to get more intense and I wasn't able to really ignore them and felt I had to start focusing/working through them. Enzo was home and I decided it would probably be a good idea for him to go to our neighbors for the night just in case. Good decision on our part! By around 8 p.m. or so the contractions were closer to 5-6 minutes apart and the intensity had increased some. My midwife decided to start heading over though it was still early. From about the time she arrived until around 11 p.m., the intensity of my contractions had increased but they were still not that close together.
The pain (or sensations as my midwife kept calling it) was shooting across my lower abdomen and low back. I was trying lots of different positions (yoga ball, squats, leaning over the bed or on a wall) and Joe was there every time I needed him massaging my back and reminding me to relax as I was having trouble not tensing up during each one. The birth pool was ready around 10 p.m. or so and I hung out in there for a while. Again, intensity still strong but not close together. My midwife had me start tracking them again and at one point they were 8 minutes apart. She decided to check to see how far dilated I was and said the baby was really low which was why my contractions were so intense. She was about to tell me my dilation and I wouldn't let her. I knew if I found out I was still really far, that it would get in my head. She thought it would be a good idea for me to lay down for a while and try to rest/sleep between contractions to see if that would get things moving. She gave me some herbs to relax and Joe and I laid down for an hour or so. The contractions were getting more frequent and more intense during this time.
She came back to check on me around midnight and tried to remind me to relax and surrender during the contractions and imagine things moving down and opening up. I'm pretty confident the reason I was "stuck" and not progressing as quickly earlier was because I was scared to let go. With Enzo, I had an epidural around 4 cm dilated and I never experienced what full labor felt like. I was scared, and though I wanted to be done, I didn't want to go through it.
My midwife then suggested trying to sit in the shower on a birthing chair with the water hitting my back. I think that position, being alone and focusing on relaxing through contractions (so counter-intuitive!) truly helped move things along very quickly. The contractions were getting much closer together, lasting longer and were the most intense they'd been. After I got out of the shower (not sure how long I was in there) I was alternating between sitting on the yoga ball and kneeling on the floor over the side of the bed. At this point, my midwife and midwife's assistant were in the room with Joe and I (previously they had really been leaving us alone except for a few checks here and there). I was really out of it at this point but I knew if they were all in the room, I had to be getting closer.
For the last few contractions I was still kneeling on the floor leaning over the bed and I honestly think it was the worst pain I've ever felt. They were so intense and just kept going and I couldn't catch a break. The last full one before I was ready to push caused my lower back to spasm and that was almost worse than the contractions themselves. My back just wouldn't release and my midwife had Joe squeeze my hips together from behind which was really helpful. All of a sudden I knew I needed to push and I wanted the baby out right then.
I told them it was happening and they quickly covered the floor and got ready to catch baby. I started pushing as hard as I could but my midwife kept telling me to slow down and wait for the contractions. I did not want to listen and just wanted it out. Very quickly I felt what people have described as the "ring of fire" when the baby's head passes through and that's basically what it felt like. My water never broke during labor and my midwife broke it while I was pushing. Within 5-6 minutes Emilia was out and laying on a pillow in front of me (I'm still on my knees on the floor at this point). It is crazy to me that you can go from screaming in terrible pain to feeling a complete release and satisfaction when it's finally over. As soon as she was out the pain was gone. They were going to try and get me up onto the bed with her still attached but the cord was pretty short. As we were moving, the placenta just came out on it's own and I didn't have to deliver it separately.
I managed to get up on the bed with Emilia on my chest but I ended up having more cramping/pain that I couldn't relax through. Joe took her for a bit so I could sit in the bath to try and calm everything down. I was really sore and felt a lot of throbbing/cramps that took a while to fully subside. I also ended up needing about 7 stitches from tearing which was my least favorite part. Once the stitches were done I could finally rest with Emilia and try to latch her on for the first time. They did her newborn exam and cleaned her up all at the foot of the bed. The midwife and assistant cleaned up everything, prepared my placenta and went over postpartum instructions for me and baby. They were gone around 4 a.m. and it was just us. I was still on an adrenaline high and in shock and I didn't fall asleep until 6:30 a.m. or so.
I'm so incredibly happy with how everything went. I've been praying about the birth for a long time and God fully came through for us. Early on in my labor I went to the Bible app on my phone for some verse or inspiration that might help me and the verse of the day was Psalm 16:8 – "I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken." I kept picturing Jesus literally at my right hand and supporting me. With that verse, Joe's support and prayers, prayers from family and friends and my midwife, I felt lifted up and supported throughout. Joe also paused to pray with me periodically throughout which was amazing. Though it took me a little while to get over my mental block of letting labor fully happen, I feel that everything went so smoothly.
I think I'm still on a high and emotionally am feeling really good though I know with sleep deprivation and changing hormones, that can change very soon. Enzo is also with Joe's sister for the week so we're able to take this time to really get to know our little one and relax. I feel pretty confident that if I had given birth in the hospital I would have gotten an epidural. I'm not suggesting there's anything wrong with it. I had one with Enzo and it helped me relax and get my labor to progress. But I was hoping for a different experience this time. In the hospital, knowing I had an option of taking the pain away, I probably would have done it. But being at home gave me no option in that moment and I was able to work through it.
I'm so thankful to everyone who has prayed and lifted us up during this pregnancy and specifically for labor and delivery. Also, very thankful for those who I know will continue to support us during the postpartum period as we adjust to being a family of four. Welcome to the world our little rainbow! 🙂


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Teacher Evaluation in New York State. . . . and what it means for teachers of non-tested subjects Johanna J. Siebert, Ph.D. NAfME Symposium on Assessment June 24-25, 2012. NYS Initiatives. Common Core Standards. What do we want our students to know and be able to do?. APPR
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Johanna J. Siebert, Ph.D.
NAfME Symposium on Assessment
June 24-25, 2012
Annual Professional Performance Review
Inspired by Race to the Top Legislation
NY – districts can make individual decisions regarding:
Other States:
Select a teacher practice rubric from the State-approved list or apply for a variance
Collective Bargaining considerations
Agree on the definition of "classroom observation" and any additional measures in the 60 point category (40 pts must be multiple observations)
Choose one or more of the following other measures of teacher practice:
Observation = 2 learning walks (15-minute informal walk-through, follow-up conversation)
A formal class-length observation
Multiple "observations" needed (2)
Could be
WCSD selects 9 components from the 4 Domains
Teachers select an additional 5 components
"The governing body of each school district and BOCES is responsible for ensuring that evaluators have appropriate training—including training on the application and use of the rubrics—
before conducting an evaluation. The governing body is also responsible for certifying a lead evaluator as qualified before that lead evaluator conducts or completes a teacher's or principal's evaluation. "
NYS Commissioner's Regulations
Responsible for carrying out observations, summative evaluations
Must be trained and calibrated across each school district in selected model
Districts design a plan for:
Develop Professional Learning Plan (PLP)
Attention to multiple professional areas (4 Domains)
Student-Centered Aspects
More frequent interactions between teacher/supervising administrator
Districts are choosing specific models, scheduling and implementing administrator training
Administrators, teachers at various stages
To begin in September, 2012
Student Learning Objectives
A student learning objective:
Teachers' scores are based upon the degree to which their goals are attained.
For Growth, Start with EVIDENCE
Teacher sets individual student baseline using
Teacher predicts individual student growth in his/her course
There are
Regional BOCES are sponsoring writing sessions to design SLOs and assessments in the arts
Local districts design, implement their own
… are using ELA and/or Math state test scores
assessment data in non-tested subjects
(the district-based SLO model)
Due to:
Local Achievement Assessment
. . . Between SLO and Achievement measures?
SLO involves setting a target for students based upon previous performance data, i.e. measuring students' growth; applied to 50% of student load
Achievement does not measure "growth" over the length of the course, but teacher needs to set group target; applied to one other course
Addition of Value-Added Growth Model
Inclusion of other data in targeting growth
Planned for 2013-2014 school year
Plans to release individual teacher evaluation ratings to the public (HEDI)
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'Already Free,' Derek Trucks Rolls On
Friday, May 29, 2009
Twelve years ago, backstage at New York's Beacon Theatre during the Allman Brothers Band's annual March fling, a baby-faced, 17-year-old Derek Trucks noticed I was wearing a John Hurt T-shirt. He was waiting to sit in with the Allmans but stopped and amazed me with a disquisition on the Mississippi blues man's life and guitar technique.
When I reminded him of the incident this spring, Trucks laughed. "You have to respect the past," he said. "I've always been drawn to people who spend their whole lives trying to improve, to raise the bar. With Coltrane, Miles, Duane or Ali Akbar Khan, you sense that everything they were, every ounce of their beings, goes into their music."
The same could be said of Trucks. Music is in his DNA.
He was named after the legendary super group Derek and the Dominoes. His uncle is Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks. As a teenager, Derek Trucks jammed with Buddy Guy, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Joe Walsh and Stephen Stills. He became a full-fledged member of the Allman Brothers at age 20. Three years ago, Rolling Stone put him on the cover and christened him a "guitar god." In the past two years, he has toured with Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton. This spring the Derek Trucks Band's new CD, "Already Free," debuted at No. 19 on Billboard's Top 200 and ascended to No. 1 on the blues chart.
It's no wonder Santana calls Trucks "the anointed one."
But if your notion of rock stardom conjures images from "Almost Famous," forget it. Derek and his band mates are another breed.
Classic literature, books on history, the arts and politics circulate among them. The liner notes on their CDs feature quotes from poets, philosophers and cultural historians. When touring they study the regions they visit, frequent museums and track down forgotten musicians whose work they admire.
"Last time we played South America," Trucks recalls, "I got into Gabriel García Márquez and read four or five of his novels. In Shanghai, I read an 800-page biography of Mao. When we were playing Memphis and Oxford, Mississippi, in the late '90s, I picked up Robert Palmer's book, "Deep Blues," visited the crossroads and looked up Junior Kimbrough. I told him I was just a fan. . . . He passed away two or three weeks later. I was fortunate to get to speak with him. Those direct links to the past can't be replaced. With art, it's so much about the conditions in which a person is brought up, about life and times. "
"Everything I absorb affects my music," he continues. "I love books, sports, nature, Italian painting, especially the old masters. Exploring local cultures led me to different forms of roots music, to what people call world music."
Lead singer Mike Mattison is a Harvard graduate with a degree in English and American literature. "Studying poetry," he says, "helped shape my songwriting. It taught me how to compress language and get as much as possible out of a few phrases."
On stage and in the studio the band's passions transform into a potent blend of rock, blues and jazz infused with rhythms from India, Africa, Latin America, Aboriginal Australia and the Far East.
Unlike most electric guitar players, Trucks shuns a pick and uses his thumb and fingers to harvest notes and chords that soar, slice and glide, sounding like a cross between Duane Allman on a '61 Gibson Les Paul and John Coltrane on tenor sax. John Mayer has likened it to a "female singer from the '50s or '60s, just belting it out."
"Already Free," recorded at Trucks's home on Jacksonville, Fla.'s swampy outskirts, features a gritty cover of Dylan's "Down in the Flood" and several compositions by Trucks and Mattison. Guitar virtuosos Doyle Bramhall II and vocalist Susan Tedeschi, Trucks's Grammy award-winning wife, spice up several offerings with guest appearances.
Trucks and Mattison form a particularly formidable duo. Before Mattison's arrival, guests such as Tedeschi, Gregg Allman, Rubén Blades and Solomon Burke provided lead vocals on the Derek Trucks Band's recordings. On "Songlines" (2006) and "Already Free," Mattison's gravelly, soulful crooning adds a distinctive zest to Trucks's signature guitar. On several songs Mattison's vocals and Trucks's blues-based licks engage in a dynamic call-and-response structure that recalls slave spirituals.
"Derek is very democratic in his tastes and in the way the band runs," Mattison says, "and he's very loyal." With the exception of Mattison, the rest of the crack sextet has played together since the 29-year-old Trucks was a teenager.
Trucks has consistently refused music industry overtures to join or form a more mainstream band and laments the direction of much contemporary music. "Even with a genre as young as rock and electronic music," he says, "there used to be more attention to perfecting craft, to learning your instrument inside and out. Now so many songs seem to be about banging out three chords, having an attitude and getting your 15 minutes of fame. We're chasing something different."
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TORBA - untitled (3") - After a ton of splits with the likes of Vomir, Luca Sigurtà, Zebra Mu and other fine noisy acts, our Berlin-based friend Mauro Diciocia and his hyper-pitched "harshdrone" project Torba gives us a taste of his always-evolving genius...Last spring we also shared a couple of gigs together here in Italy, and was good to see him working hard behind his mixer. This baby consists of a deep declaration of love for VHS: we got two compositions, originating from Werner Herzog's and Carmelo Bene's VHS samples and loops, which seems to generate a never-explored colorless parallel dimension. Lo-fi rumbling utter emptyness.
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There is no denying the fact that sewage backups can produce very serious cleanup problems for any business or residential property in Las Cruces. Getting a fast acting team to help you is key when it comes to sewer cleanup. Our team of contractors can be at your home generally within 60 minutes from the time you call us. Sewage water is fundamentally the same to dark water from surges and can be hazardous and dangerous. Sewage water needs to not only be extracted and dried out, but also needs to be cleaned and sanitized properly. Instead of letting the problem fester, our trained crews get to the heart of the problem and provide immediate sewer damage restoration in Las Cruces, Nm.
Typical sewage problems include:
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Never try to clean up any sewage issues on your own, it can be hazardous to your health. Sewage backflows are considered to be unhealthy to be around and can contain a different amount of contaminants like: blood pathogens, fecal matter, bacteria, viruses and urine to name a few. For instance, this type of water is often full of e.coli, which is something only highly trained remediation professionals should address while using safety equipment. This threat is not something to take lightly and the sewage needs to be cleaned and disinfected. Cleaning up sewage when you have a cut on your arm, for instance, is an invitation to a week-long hospital stay while doctors flood your system with antibiotics.
Water Damage Causes Within The Las Cruces Area
A source of water damage comes about when water pools remain unnoticed over a long period of time. A slow but steady dripping faucet may be tuned out by home owners until mold appears or the first signs of structural damage becomes apparent. Ongoing drips may be the result of a damaged pipe, a leaky roof, broken air conditioners, compromised water heaters or maybe some storm damage. Specialized equipment can help to detect the leaks and deliver a great restoration experience to customers when we are called in.
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After a heavy downpour in Las Cruces, NM, many homeowners can experience flooding in their homes and you may need to hire water removal and dry out experts. With our customers we work to prevent further water damage using commercial grade water extraction and high powered drying equipment. Our group of highly trained experts in Las Cruces have the essential equipment and knowledge to aid you with emergency water extraction in your home or business. The faster you put experts like the Action 1 team on the job, the sooner you'll have a dry home again and avoid additional secondary damages.
If a pipe broke in your home, turning off the main water line is one of the first steps you should take to stop the water from entering your home. In most cases we use high powered truck mounted equipment to remove the water from your home or building. Some of the equipment you may see is the Mega 3, Flood King, or Dri-Eaz for water removal and air movers, dehumidifiers or ozone generators for the dryout process. Once we finish extracting the water and drying out the property, we will use the best equipment to test the moisture levels in the air. It is imperative to ensure that the water is removed and dried out in order to prevent further damage from the flood waters.
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Any time after you have sustained a large amount of water in the home from a leaking pipe or a natural disaster, you should have a mold inspection completed. If mold is found to be present, our team can start the remediation process immediately. Warmth and moisture are ideal living conditions for these microscopic fungus. A freshly-flooded home is a virtual paradise for harmful micro-organsims. Unless your home is subjected to a thorough and professional restoration, mold can pop up months or even years down the line. Mold spores are bad news, seriously degrading the quality of the air in your home and posing serious health risks to your family. In the Las Cruces area, Action 1 Restoration is always ready to help concerned homeowners tackle mold. Our partners perform accurate and fully-certified mold inspections and we can provide a thorough, effective remediation treatment if we confirm the presence of mold.
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When we get a call for water damage, our customers always want to know the cost. Usually, most water damage disasters turn into insurance claims, but we offer free water damage restoration estimates so we can assess the damage. When you are checking on the damage, room by room, make a detailed list of all damaged items to submit to your insurance company. List every piece of water damaged property and make sure you get capture all the details of the item. Item details: cost, when you purchased it, how its damaged and the serial number. If you have receipts or pictures that go along with you damaged items, you should attach them with your itemized replacement estimate.
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If you have recently been victimized by a fire in Las Cruces, New Mexico, rest assured that the Action 1 Restoration team is prepared and available to get the situation under control for you. Our experienced and trained team will work with your insurance company and we are available 24 hours a day. On every emergency call needing fast attention, we provide an immediate response. No matter what clean up task is required, our experienced team knows how to get your home or building cleaner correctly. Unlike other firms, there are no appointments needed. We are an emergency response team with fast response times. Calling our local Las Cruces office will get you immediate emergency assistance for any fire damage disaster you may have.
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The Action 1 Restoration team provides emergency smoke and soot damage restoration in Las Cruces for both residential and commercial buildings. The Action 1 Restoration team is trained to use the very best equipment for cleaning the smoke and soot in your home. If it is possible to use our restoration techniques on any of your belongings, the utmost care will be taken. After that, we will remove any items that need to be taken from the premises and continue with cleanup. Fire and smoke damage can leave residue that is itself potentially flammable. Action 1 will thoroughly go over each and every inch of the area that has been affected to ensure that it is safe and remains safe!
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If your house has been affected by fire, you are going to need specialized help for emergency fire damage cleanup in Las Cruces. Action 1 is the best option if you are in this situation and you reside in the Las Cruces area. We will assist you with cleaning up any fire damage your home has suffered as if it were our own home.
Kinds Of Smoke Damage:
• Soot: if you have a gas furnace, you can expect fuel oil soot damage after a fire
• Wet Smoke Residues: These residues are left on your property by the fire department when they use water to put out the fire.
• Protein Residue: you can't see it, but this type of residue doesn't go away on its own and has an extremely unpleasant smell.
• Dry Smoke Residues: The extremely high temperatures that occur during a fire can cause a large amount of damage to the walls, or to the building's structure.
Kitchen Fire Damage Restoration And Cleanup
The Action 1 Restoration team has assisted many homes and families after a kitchen fire in Las Cruces. Kitchen and electrical fires can cause some significant damage to your home that has high costs for repair and restoration. Generally we have to completely clean, renovate and remodel when there is a severe kitchen fire. Most of the time, kitchen fires are covered by your homeowners insurance plan. You should check with your insurance company on the exact coverage you have. Usually the kitchen is the central area of the house, which allows smoke and fire to travel easily to other rooms in the home. Here at Action 1 Restoration, our team knows precisely how fire moves and causes soot, smoke and fire damage to the kitchen as well as other rooms in the house.
Here are some service you will need after having a kitchen fire.
• Your cabinets cleaned, repaired or even replaced
• Cleaning, repairing or replacement of kitchen appliances
• Kitchen counters may need full replacement, or at a minimum cleaning.
• Control over odor
• Inspection and reconstruction of electrical wiring.
• Replacement of drywall
• All flooring cleaned
We will attempt to clean the appliances, cabinets, counters and flooring, but depending on how severe the fire damage is, many of these may need to be replaced. After the clean up is done, you will be given a detailed breakdown of which cleaning and deodorizing methods have been used during the restoration process. A kitchen fire can have high costs for restoration, which is why we work with your insurance company to restore your home back to its original condition. Your home may take some time for a full recovery, which is why we work with your insurance company and to help you file the insurance claim.
Professional Smoke And Odor Control Services
It's commonly known that a fire is one of the most severe disasters that can affect a property. You will need a trained team to remove smoke and odor after the fire. It can be very hard to remove the odor and smoke left behind, so you need to have trained professionals in fire damage cleanup. The team at Action 1 is highly skilled and ready to help you get rid of the odor and remove all traces of smoke damage from your property. We work hard to find and partner with the most reputable fire damage companies in Las Cruces that are IICRC (Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certified) certified.
Fire damage restoration is absolutely critical when it comes to getting an outstanding cleanup crew for smoke and soot. It's essential that you choose the best quality team to help you. The Action 1 team is prepared to help you with smoke and odor cleaning in Las Cruces, so call us right away if you have any problems.
Biohhazard Cleanup & Restoration Services in Las Cruces
There are multiple reasons a business or home in Las Cruces may need a qualified biohazard restoration expert like Action 1 Restoration. Our team has experience in several areas that involve environmental biohazards that need to be handled right away. The latest equipment and environmental cleaning strategies are utilized to help provide a proper restoration to your home or business.
Some of the services we offer include:
Removal And Inspection of Asbestos
We can inspect your space for asbestos, removing any asbestos that is found and sanitizing the area afterward. Asbestos is known for causing mesothelioma or also known as asbestosis. It is a very dangerous substance to be around or to breath in.
Crime Scene Restoration
In many cases, crime scenes need to be completely sanitized and items destroyed, especially if any sitting blood has been involved. If the sitting blood is in the carpet, usually the carpet will need to replace it. Simple carpet cleaning will not get this clean enough.
Call your local Action 1 Restoration office in regards to crime scene cleanup. Not all our local offices provide this service.
Meth Lab Cleanup And Restoration
Cleaning up after a meth lab is another expertise area for our team. Meth labs can severely damage the interior of a home requiring: new drywall, paint, flooring, ventilation systems and much more.
Not every single local office provides meth lab cleanups. Call your local Action 1 Restoration office for more details.
Sewage Backup And Cleanup
Sewage backups can have bacteria, germs and pathogens carried by blood or other substances. You need to make sure the affected areas are sanitized and cleaned properly. Our team not only utilizes the proper equipment to sanitize and clean sewage damage, but we also use the proper protective gear to ensure our safety as well.
Cleanup And Restoration For Chemical Spills
Chemical spills, whether on a small or large scale, are another situation we provide superior restoration and cleanup services. We mainly see this in an industrial environment, but it can happen in other areas like home or medium sized businesses.
Not every single local office provides chemical spills cleanups. Call your local Action 1 Restoration office for more details.
Hoarding Restoration, Cleaning And Remodeling
Hoarding is something that can damage a home and is dangerous to let get out of hand. It can create a living environment that is filled with contaminants that are not safe for you or your family.
Any one of these types of biohazards can cause severe health issues to you or your family and the Action 1 Restoration team in Las Cruces takes them all very seriously. We can provide you affordable restoration services and we work with your insurance company to get as much of the work covered by your insurance as possible. If you're trying to get restoration services for asbestos or crime scenes in the Las Cruces area, give our team a call today!
Save $$$$$ With Action 1 Restoration Services in Las Cruces
To help decrease your expenses it is best to employ an expert repair work and restoration company in Las Cruces as soon as the problem emerges. By acting quickly on a water or sewage system damage problem, this helps minimize the possible damages that could embedded in. Most of the times, water extraction and damage should be dealt with by an expert company that has the proficiency, understanding and equipment to handle any size disaster you could have. Get in touch with the Action 1 Restoration in Las Cruces, Nm group today. Inquire about our water damage restoration deductible insurance assistance program in Las Cruces.


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