Growing Foxes

Dynamic thinkers for a dynamic world. Developing the art of strategic thinking through education and business training programmes.

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21 August 1986: Lake Nyos in the Cameroon, one of the few lakes in the world saturated with carbon dioxide, releases a large cloud of the gas - a limnic eruption - which tumbles down into surrounding villages, killing thousands of people and livestock. #scenarios #livelearning

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20 August 1977: Nasa launches the Voyager 2 space probe. In addition to standard data collection technology, it carried a golden record with information, images and audio messages from Earth in case the probe was ever discovered by intelligent alien life. #scope #livelearning

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19 August 2017: Thousands of non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington state in the US, when the pens they were contained in collapsed. One of the #rulesofthegame of salmon farming: keep your pens maintained. #livelearning

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18 August 2019: Activists and dignitaries hold a funeral for the Okjökull glacier in Iceland. Once covering an area of over 15 sqkm, the glacier had completely melted - a consequence of climate change. Remember: #context changes #livelearning

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17 August 1998: After weeks of denial, US president Bill Clinton admits on nationwide TV that he had 'an improper relationship' with a White House intern. It later emerged senior Republicans who led his impeachment trial also had affairs. #ethicalcompass #livelearning

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16 August 2012: Police open fire on mineworkers in Marakana, Rustenburg, in South Africa, killing 34 of them. It was the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since the Soweto uprising in 1976. #ethicalcompass #decisions #livelearning

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15 August 1965: The Beatles perform in front of 55,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York as part of their second concert tour of the US. The event broke concert attendance records and signalled the start of what would become 'stadium rock'. #context #scope #players #livelearning

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14 August 2003: A software bug triggers a massive power failure across most of northeast North America for up to 4 days. In South Africa, such wide scale power failures are scheduled and euphemistically called 'load shedding'. #rulesofthegame #livelearning

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13 August 1964: Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans become the last criminals to be executed in the UK for murder. The death penalty remained a legally defined punishment for treason until executions were finally abolished in 1998. #rulesofthegame #ethicalcompass #livelearning

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12 August 1990: American explorer and fossil collector Sue Hendrickson discovers one of the largest, most extensive, best preserved, and most famous Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found. It is named Sue, in her honour. #scope #meaningofwinning #livelearning

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11 August 1984: During the 3000m women's event at the Los Angeles Olympics, South African Zola Budd, running barefoot, and local hero Mary Decker collide, sending Decker tumbling to the ground. It's one of the most controversial races in Olympic history. #players #livelearning

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10 August 1977: New York police arrest David Berkowitz for a series of random killings over a year that terrorised the city. Dubbed 'The Son of Sam', he taunted police through a series of letters the media published, helping elevate his notoriety. #scope #decisions #livelearning

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9 August 1986: Freddie Mercury completes his final live performance with Queen at Knebworth in England before a crowd of 200,000. He continued recording with the band until shortly before his death in 1991. #players #scope #livelearning

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8 August 1969: Scottish photographer Iain Macmillan shoots one of the most iconic images in rock music - the cover of the Beatles album 'Abbey Road'. He had 10 minutes, and there were several outtakes. Is this one of them or the actual cover? #meaningofwinning #livelearning

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7 September 1974: French high-wire artist Philippe Petit does an unauthorised 400m-high performance between the two towers of the World Trade Centre in New York. He made eight crossings before being arrested. #scope #decisions #livelearning.

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8 August 1945: The United States drops an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. What is less known is that the US had to secure the UK's permission to do so as per the terms of a secret pact known as the Quebec Agreement. #rulesofthegame #ethicalcompass #livelearning

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5 August 1962: Actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in California, officially through suicide by overdose, but her alleged romantic links to President JF Kennedy and his brother, Attorney General Bobby Kennedy, fuels theories she was 'silenced'. #players #livelearning

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4 August 2019: A 24-year-old man shoots at patrons outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio, in the US, killing 9 people. He was shot and killed by patrolling police officers within 32 seconds of his first shot. It was the second mass shooting in the US in 24 hours. #context #livelearning

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3 August 1977: The Tandy Corporation releases the TRS-80 personal computer. It boasted an eye-watering 4KB of RAM. Up to four external hard disks could be daisy-chained for 20 MB of storage. Up to 1982 it was the best-selling PC line. #players #livelearning

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2 August 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait and starts a 7-month-long occupation until military intervention by a UN-mandated coalition force led by the US triggers the Gulf War. That war was the first to be covered live by the media. #rulesofthegame #scenarios #livelearning