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Set in the heart of a sloping, private pine forest, this spacious and contemporary house has elevated scenic views from every room. It makes a fabulous holiday destination for extended families or groups of friends.
The first floor has a spectacular 100sq. metre open-plan lounge and luxury kitchen (with cooker and oven, dishwasher, deep freeze, washing machine/dryer). Large panoramic windows lead out onto a large terrace with dining facilities and a fully equipped 'summer kitchen' including sink, grill and barbeque. There is a shower room with toilet on the same floor.
The ground floor consists of three stylish bedrooms, each with a different theme. The elegant and spacious bathroom boasts an Italian-style power shower. The heated swimming pool can be either 'indoor' or transformed to 'outdoor' by opening the spacious windows on two sides of the pool.
All bed linen and towels are included in the quoted price. A cleaning service can provided at extra cost if required.
A local guide book complete with pre-set 'Sat Nav.' is available at no extra cost so that you may visit the main regional tourist attractions. WIFI is also available throughout the house.
A 'Welcome Pack', consisting of a basket of fresh local produce, wine and cheeses, is offered on arrival.
|Sleeps up to 10, 4 bedrooms
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|Nearest beach
|Saintes Marie de la mer 45 km
|Will consider
|Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car essential
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Nîmes 17 km, Nearest railway: Nîmes 17 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Private indoor pool, Log fire, Internet access, DVD player
|Private indoor pool
|Central heating, Air conditioning, TV, Video player, CD player, Pool or snooker table, Wi-Fi available
|Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 Shower rooms, Solarium or roof terrace
|Double beds (4), Single beds (2), Dining seats for 10, Lounge seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Private indoor pool, Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ
|Secure parking, Not suitable for wheelchair users
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Computer access - There is WIFI access and the owners will make their computer and internet access available to you on request.
You can take your meals in the sitting/dining aréa, in the kitchen or in the terrace.
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There is ample on-road parking in a quiet and usually safe road. The village is surrounded by vineyards and a good place to take an evening stroll. The village folk are very friendly and will help you with your French if you give it a try!
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Please 'No Smoking' inside the house.
To secure your reservation, a deposit of 50% at the time of booking. The remainder will be requested on your arrival.
We ask for a 'damage deposit' : 1 500 € per stay
Please note - we can accept credit card payments but you can pay bt card via PayPal.
The Languedoc-Roussillon region
The area rubs shoulders with Provence, the National Park of the Camargue and theArdeche and Cevenne mountains.
It has a dry climate and it is normally hot and sunny from April - October. Even in winter there is usually a blue sky.
We are surrounded by Roman and medieval towns - Nîmes, with its wonderful arena, is ten minutes away and the fabulous Pont du Gard is only 15 minutes away. The interesting towns of Arles, Uzes, Avignon can be reached within 60 minutes by car..
Events in 2013:
August - Thursdays in Nimes - music for every taste in every square, every Thursday evening
September Feria de Nimes for the grape harvest (folklore, corridas, flamenco, processions, bull running)
October - Nimes Jazz Festival
There is are river beaches at the 'Pont du Gard' not far from the village.The sea beaches at Les Staintes Maries de la Mer, Grau du Roi, Carnon and La Grand Motte are an hour away by car.
Set in the "Golden Triangle" of Avignon, Arles and Nîmes, intersected by the river Rhône and the Rhône-Sète canal, Beaucaire "Terre d'Argence" proudly proclaims its dual allegiance: to the Camargue and its immense plains stretching south to the sea; in the east, to Provence, the foothills of the Alpilles and the Luberon
When the garrigue awakes, the cicadas sing. This land of shepherds and poets - often both at the same time - incites the hurrying traveller to linger. In the shade of the windmills, even literature has a scent of lavender. And when the sun sets behind the hills, flutes and drums accompany the dances of the dark-haired Arlésiennes.
With its vast marshy plains and its reed fringed pools, shimmering like so many mirages, the Camargue, this daughter of the Rhône, invites the traveller in search of freedom, to dream and roam. Shy by nature, the Camargue opens her arms to those who approach her with humility. For them she displays all the treasures which nature has heaped upon her. Side by side, bulls and horses trample the sea grasses, while birds noisily take flight in an explosion of multi-coloured feathers, where flamingo-pink dominates.
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I've been working with this 6 year old quarterhorse mare a bit and she is a pleasure to ride....unless she's in heat. Then she will buck and rear and back up until she hits something. Is there anything I can do to calm this storm? Haha I'd prefer not to have to fight with her all the time and just get work done with her.
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Baldwinsville Walking and yoga at Lysander Park
Yoga is all about the union of the body, mind and spirit, and when you add the extra element of the outdoors, you can also make it about becoming one with nature. Enjoy and connect with the wonders of and freshness of the outdoors. The program consists of 35 minutes of walking and 40 minutes of yoga. Increases cardio fitness, helps with weight control, enhances core strength, and improves flexibility while relieving stress. Participants (16 and older) should bring sneakers, water and a mat (also consider sunscreen and bug spray). This program will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays from July 10 to Aug. 14 at Lysander Town Park.
Youth golf lessons
This beginner level golf clinic (for youth age 6 to 18) will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 10 to 19 (session two) and from July 31 to Aug. 9 (session 3) at Timber Banks Golf Course. Youth golf clubs are available through the Sticks for Kids program, which is a great way to let your child learn the game of golf without buying expensive kids clubs. Clubs are loaned on a first come, first serve policy with a security deposit of $50. Please contacts the Parks & Recreation Office for availability; kids clubs are limited to the first 10 golfers.
Tai Chi in the park
Tai Chi is a soft and gentle form of exercise primarily practiced for its health benefits, dealing with tension, stress and health recovery. This slow-moving series of movements enhances health and can be practiced by people of all ages and abilities. This five-week class (for participants 16 and older) will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays from July 11 to Aug. 8 at Lysander Town Park on Smokey Hollow Road.
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Location: Redmond, Wa-Thousand Oaks Ca.
Oddometer: 877
Konflict Motorsports & Suspension www.KonflictMotorsports.com
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Ten Sleep, WY
Oddometer: 1,068
Alex I just dropped you a couple bucks (embarrassingly little, in the middle of changing jobs) to help defray Dawna's costs. Would it be appropriate to start a separate thread regarding this effort?
Joined: Dec 2009
Location: Redmond, Wa-Thousand Oaks Ca.
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I appreciate the help KN! Yes I think a new thread for this would be appropriate. So far we are at $725.00 in donations with a few sending in checks as well. We have had a great start with 6 people donating so far.
All of these funds will be given directly to Dawna in a few weeks in the form of a check.
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Joined: Aug 2005
Location: Grand Junction, CO
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Godspeed Jimmy.
Dawna, you and your family are in our thoughts. I only just met you guys during this race but your kindness and enthusiam left an impression on me and my team.
Joined: Oct 2006
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24 hours,maybe 60 good years,it's really not that long a stay.........jimmy b.
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Joined: Apr 2007
Location: Camp Verde, AZ
Oddometer: 1,155
I just crossed back into the states. I came up on Jimmy's accident. I have been upset ever since. This has deeply saddened me and I am so very sorry for Jimmy's family. I was not able to help him. The only thing we could do was give Jimmy his last offroad ride out in the back of my suburban. If is ok with his family I am renaming the suburban Jimmy in his honor.
An Elefant never forgets.
NASA Rally Sport
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Raleigh, NC
Oddometer: 2,066
Thanks for helping, John.
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jun 2006
Oddometer: 315
I am sure that Dawna would be more than pleased with that . Thank You very much for helping with this and getting Jimmy out and everything else You, Buddy and everyone else there did to make his final minutes as easy as possible.
Baja Breaux
Joined: Oct 2008
Location: Del Mar CA
Oddometer: 398
This is the Michael Drotor referenced in the horribly inaccurate story posted on http://bajasafari.blogspot.com/. I would also ask that anyone capable of taking that site down, please do so. I was NOT on the scene of the accident when it occurred. I was waiting at the end of the stage with two of my team mates which happened to be certified EMT's and they had their gear with them. We heard from the NORRA guys that a rider had been hit and had a broken leg. They told us that it was going to be a while before a helicopter or ambulance would be able to help so we volunteered to go in and help if we could. We loaded up in our chase suburban and headed out to help as fast as we could. When we got to the scene which was eleven miles into the course, in a little under ten minutes, but it was too late but there was nothing we could have done anyway.
Again, not being present at the scene during the accident, this is as accurate as I can be. According to the people on the scene, including the co-driver of the 414 buggy, the 414 buggy was following Jimmy closely and Jimmy swapped ends after hitting a concrete vado. The 414 buggy was so close that they collided with him before he went down, causing broken bones and internal injuries. The driver of the buggy stopped and tried to render assistance along with a few other riders, including a doctor. They had been giving him CPR for a long time before giving up. Jimmy asked that his wife and son be told that he loved them and passed peacefully. When we got to the scene, the decision was made to load him up and transport him to the end of the stage. We met the ambulance about 5 miles from the crash scene and they checked his vitals and asked us to transport him the rest of the way out. We immediately agreed to do so and were honored to be able to help our fallen friend in any way we could. I had never met Jimmy before but my teammates had and any baja racer is a friend of mine. We were interviewed by the investigators and waited for the coroner to get there, then helped transfer his remains into their vehicle. It was a somber and sobering experience for everyone involved.
So that's what happened as far as I can tell. The course was extremely rough and tight and that buggy had no business being that close to him because there was no safe place to pass. The line of sight up the race course was clear for a long ways, probably half a mile, so I can see no excuse for that driver to have hit him. Again though, I was not there when it happened. My only advice for NORRA is to have an abmulance ready at the beginning and end of each stage and have a couple of heli's ready but other than that, they did a great job handling everything. I am however, extremely disappointed at the behavior of a lot of the buggy drivers as I heard stories of very inappropriate driving and scary passes from many motorcycle racers. I know people get excited when racing but it's just a race. I really hope that the driver sells his buggy and racing equipment and donates the proceeds to Jimmy's family. If he doesn't, I don't imagine he'll receive a warm welcome at future events to say the least.
All of that said, I never met Jimmy in person but from what I've read, I wish that I had. He'll always be a hero in my book and typing this all out is bring tears to my eyes. Someone has already said it, but he entered the next form of existence doing something awesome, something inspiring, and something that he loved. I believe that this is the path to heaven or whatever wonderful afterlife you believe in and I can only hope to go out in a similar fashion.
To Jimmy's friends and family, In my humble opinion, you have been extremely lucky to live in the presence of a true hero. My condolences go out to you. If there's anything I can do to help, with anything, say the word!
With permission of the family, we will be putting "Jimmy" badges on our chase Suburban and will be dedicating all future race/chase efforts in his honor. We will think of him and be inspired by him every time we bounce down the trails. "
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Such a tragedy to have a rider run over by a car and killed like that. I can understand a deadly single bike crash because that is a part of motorcycle racing on any level. But this was wrong somehow.
This year Norra tried to separate the bikes from the cars further, but it obviously wasn't enough for this event. While it is promoted as a 'fun' event, motor racing is racing. After this tragedy, a rider friend suggested to me that the bikes probably need to be fast enough to stay ahead of everybody on four wheels every day. At least not get caught by the amateur drivers. Most of those people are not Robby Gordon...
Seems like a good observation so I thought I'd post it.
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In this rally I believe that bikes could easily be ran after the cars being that the vintage cars/trucks are less apt to tear up the the course and it being ran mostly on such huge double laned dirt roads. I was involved with a really gnarly uncalled for pass in last years rally regarding common sense and lack of care for others lives, some of the car/truck drivers need to give bikes a break when overtaking but this has been talked about for years now.
This is the second bike racer death in 3 years I have been heavily affected by, my first was a fellow ironman racer Steve Thompson whom passed while racing at the 2010 parker 250 in a crash in a rocky section. I think they both would tell all of us to race on !
I wished I had the chance to meet you Jimmy S.
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I don't think running bikes after cars would be a very good solution. You'd end up with even more car/bike interaction as the faster bikes catch the slower cars. And you don't want the bikes racing in the dark if possible - we don't have nearly the amount of light that the cars run.
It's a tough situation. Due to mechanical problems, I was in the middle of the cars on the first special stage and running pretty slow. For the most part, I stayed off to the side of the course, and had my head on a swivel constantly looking around to see if anybody was running up behind me.
Due to problems on the first day, I started as the very last bike on the 2nd day. And it was a long day (2 very long special stages). I started getting caught by cars on the 2nd special. I gave them room to pass, and again once I knew cars were coming through I was constantly looking back behind me to see if cars were coming. I had no problems with the cars. Each one that passed me did so carefully. I understand that wasn't the situation for everyone, but the cars were as careful as I could expect for me.
I came across Jimmy shortly after his accident. There was two buggies and a motorcyclist tending to him, and I was told he had a broken leg. I was also told that a sat phone call had been made and assistance was coming, so I continued on and met the first assistance vehicle on the course and explained how far back Jimmy was. I learned later that night that Jimmy had passed, but didn't know the specifics of what occurred.
I think the best situation for this event would be to run bikes each day by themselves, and then run the 4-wheel vehicles the following day. I understand this complicates the logistics for the course workers and NORRA significantly, and makes it more expensive. Bump up the entry fee as required, and let's make this race as safe as possible.
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Joined: Sep 2004
Location: San Francisco
Oddometer: 345
I hate to weigh in too much on this, since I didn't even make the starting line this year, but I think cars first and cars on different days are both worse.
The roads we are racing on are public and open. I would much rather be out there the day that everyone knows the race is coming through than the day before or the day after and catch a work truck coming the other way. I'm not sure if D4SS1 used the same winding road cut into the side of a hill this year, but can you imagine what would happen? It wouldn't be good in the best case, let alone the worst.
I don't expect this will be a problem that will get solved and I would expect the race to be run the same next year, but I think they need to throw more people out of the race or not let them in in the first place. How about a race resume before you're allowed to tear up the desert with 400+hp?
Last year, Walker Evans was rumored to have buzzed a bike unsafely while on course, nerfed the pace truck and during my only interaction, sent his support crew of two raptors and a trailer up the course the wrong way while the race was hot. Thats just an example, but instead of not inviting him back, he's one of the featured drivers.
Also, how about a breathalyzer at every course in and out? You think the second half of the day no one has crushed a few tecate?
The unfortunate truth is that the best way to avoid danger from other competitors is to ride fast enough that they can't catch you.
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Joined: Aug 2005
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Oddometer: 328
Scotty's quote of Danny's above is accurate. The suburban was part of LAMEco's chase crew. Our rider Patrick Ditson stopped & talked to Jimmy about 5 miles before the accident. Jimmy told Patrick that he would shadow him in. Patrick said that he seemed pretty tired. Jimmy followed Patrick for awhile but then Patrick lost him. Patrick is pretty fast & I would imagine that Jimmy couldn't keep up with him. The ground in front of the vado was washed out & it was a pretty good hump to get over it. I can easily understand why he didn't get over it. It was totally inexcusable that the rock crawler buggy was that close. He had plenty of room to go around. Danny didn't mention that Bud Feldkamp was with him. He was worried about Buddy Jr. Buddy was the Doctor that had come up on the accident and had tried to save Jimmy. When Danny said he got there in 10 minutes he wasn't kidding. Jimmy(the suburban) has some pretty trick suspension. However Danny needs to learn to listen. When Bud Feldkamp suggests that you're running trophy truck speeds you need to slow down.
I talked to Marty the day we left Cabo. The current plan for next year is to let the really fast guys on bikes go first, then the cars And trucks and finally the rest of the bikes. Their desire is to increase the vintage and motorcycle numbers in this event. They realize that the only significant growth must come from the bikes.
We're all hurting right now and feel strongly for Jimmy and his wife and family. Jimmy was living the dream, the one we all aspire to. I pray that he is getting some tips now From Steve McQueen and Bud Ekins. God Bless you Jimmy.
Co-Flounder of LAMEco. When & if I get to Heaven, I hope all my dogs are there and the first to greet me.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. – Sophomore pitcher Teylor Schiefelbein of Concordia University (Texas) has been named the Louisville Slugger Division III National Player of the Week for games played Feb. 27-March 4.
The Houston, Texas, native posted a 2-0 record this week, with both of the wins coming against then-nationally-ranked opponents (#23 East Texas Baptist and #2 Texas-Tyler). In 19.1 innings pitched, she had a 1.09 ERA, giving up just three earned runs while striking out nine and allowing opponents just a .229 batting average against her.
In three appearances, Schiefelbein helped Concordia improve its record to a perfect 4-0 this season against 2011 NCAA tournament teams (3-0 in the circle in those four games). Her two complete game wins this week included handing Texas-Tyler its first loss of the season, which also snapped a 24-game winning streak at the American Southwest Conference First Pitch Tournament. Against the Patriots, the lefty gave up just one earned run and also contributed offensively with a hit and two sacrifices. Her contribution against ETBU was similar, giving up just one earned run in the 2-1 win, while hitting a double and scoring a run.
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10:15 AM — The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, the openly gay Conservative MP Nigel Evans, has said the men who have made rape and sexual assault allegations against him were until yesterday people who he regarded as friends.
25th April 2013
US: Attacker used dating apps to rob and rape gay men 4
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29th March 2013
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1:51 PM — A Spanish academic has come under fire for allegedly saying homosexuality is "curable" and that pregnancy through rape was effectively God's way of compensating the victim.
28th March 2013
UK Border Agency accused of trying to deport Ugandan female rape victim 3
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11:00 AM — A man who claims he became HIV positive as a result of sexual abuse by a "homosexual paedophile gang" had "violent fantasies" about causing a deadly poison attack on a bus in Surrey, a court has heard.
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17th March 2013
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12th March 2013
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8th March 2013
New LGBT inclusive domestic violence law signed by Obama 6
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19th February 2013
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The Camden Children's Garden has been an educational and fun destination for the region's children since 1999.
Created by the Camden City Council in times much like today, when a record number of murders and acts of violence scarred the city, it offers a safe place for children to learn and play - 10,000 Camden kids visit the garden annually, paying no admission. It is inconceivable that this safe haven for chldren would be eliminated right after another year of record violence in 2012.
Under the state's plan to "reduce the footprint" of the garden, all that would be left would basically be a greenhouse. The attraction part of the garden, including $12 million in improvements over the 4.5 acres, would be gone, sacrificed to some undisclosed "economic development" for that part of the waterfront.
This is the area that produces many of the seedlings for the city's 120 community gardens and provides jobs for Camden youths. More than 300 young Camden residents have received jobs and job training there, many working in the public part of the garden.
The 120 community gardens established across Camden have produced more than $2.2 million worth of fresh produce enjoyed by 12 percent of the city's residents. This kind of economic development, produced by an effectively managed nonprofit on a shoestring budget, is what is needed here, not the kind that results in the enrichment of out-of-state companies at the city's expense.
Recently in the Courier-Post, Camden spokesman Robert Corrales said Mayor Dana Redd is "working on a comprehensive and holistic approach to improve public safety and the overall quality of life in Camden." The Camden Children's Garden and Camden City Garden Club should continue to be an integral part of this effort. No nebulous promise of economic development could have the positive impact on the city they have had.


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How Did the Vertical Columns at Devil's Tower Form?
by John D. Morris, Ph.D.
Visitors often marvel at the beautiful columns of rock standing at places like Devil's Tower in Wyoming. There a mountain of rock rises from the ground in a series of regular, multi-sided columns, extending scores of feet into the air. Columns at the Giant's Causeway in Ireland and elsewhere seem so precise that fanciful legends have grown up around them.
These huge columns consist of once-molten igneous rock which was intruded into other sediments, or deposited and later covered with other sediments. As hot, molten lava cools and solidifies, it shrinks in volume and fractures along vertical planes, with geometric considerations often orienting the fractures into five or six-sided polygons. Hardened basalt is usually much harder than surrounding sediments whose erosion often exposes spectacular walls of columns.
Elsewhere, such horizontal layers of vertical columns cover extensive areas, far larger than similar layers which have formed in historic times. This seems to speak eloquently of past volcanic processes being regionally catastrophic, proceeding at rates, scales, and intensities far exceeding the ones we observe today. Surely Earth's geologic past was different from its present, particularly during the great flood of Noah's day. Evidence of catastrophic processes operating on a regional scale—that's what we would expect to find as results of the Flood.
A persistent scientific objection to the Biblical doctrine of the young earth has arisen over this issue, however, claiming that the necessary cooling time for such immense volumes of basalt would take far longer than mere thousands of years. Once again, good scientific research provides an answer, and it has to do with water.
While much heat is removed by simple conduction from the lava to the surrounding rock or air, a surprising amount of heat is removed by water. Water is present in any lava flow or intrusion, and as this superheated water flashes to steam and exits the lava, it carries much heat away with it. Furthermore, as rain or surface water penetrates to the hot layer, it too heats, turns to steam and leaves, cooling the lava. Experiments and observations have shown this convection of heat to be the key. Measured rates of cooling from the surface to the interior exceed several feet per month. The vertical joints which form the distinctive columns facilitate the migration of water in and steam out of the rock.
The next time you notice these interesting vertical columns, just think of the great Flood of Noah's day. Think of catastrophic events, on a large scale and at a rapid pace. And put it all in its "Back to Genesis" perspective.
See more on the formation of basaltic columns.
Cite this article: John D. Morris, Ph.D. 2003. How Did the Vertical Columns at Devil's Tower Form?. Acts & Facts. 32 (11).
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This week, Casual Play's Steve Wilson talks about the idea of certain games "lowering the bar" for what we expect from an MMORPG.
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Part of me completely agrees with this OP, especially as I get older and things like jobs, kids, and families get more important. It is ironic, though, that I just got through writing a piece on how the current MMO crop fails to "Capture" me emotionally as the earlier ones did. I don't know if it is possible to have a casual-friendly game that also engulfs the player into a different world, one that has real meaning and accomplishment... but I know that I long for such a world.
I have no problem with the bar being "lowered" by certain games... how many of us really enjoy constantly jumping over bars on a daily basis? I don't consider the bar lowered when my car automatically adjusts the windshield wipers or turns the headlights on when it gets dark. I consider that a good technological advance that lessens my workload.
The part of the bar that I miss is where the Players actually Impact the world in a lasting way. I don't mind killing 10 rats and bringing their tails back as proof... but man it would be nice to finally get a handle on this Rat problem and work on something else.
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Well, lowering the bar is definitely on the mark. Some of us, who have played for a long time, crave a hard game. I don't believe that just because you play long enough you are guaranteed to reach thelevel cap.
I would wager that a lot of the core to hardcore players want a game where it does take skill and time to play a class correctly. WoW really required very little skill, as evidenced by a 6 year old playing it. We (myself and the people I play with) want an adult game. I don't believe that is too much to ask for. The problem is that there really don't seem to be enough of us to constitute a main stream game. It is silly to say but yes we really do want a HARD game.
I guess the real question is, should video games be one-size-fits-all?
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It really is a double edged sword, though. As touching as it was to read about Steve adventuring with his 6 year old niece, a part of me wants children to remain children for as long as possible. I want games, especially social ones, to remain accessible, but to delineate more clearly the age ranges that it is appropriate for. There are too many things that a child can be exposed to in WoW that they do not need to see, and escorted or not, it seems grossly inappropriate to allow them to play such games, even if they are capable of mastering the game mechanics themselves. I am reminded of a young player who was essentially griefing me by spamming me over and over again with teaming invitations, until I finally got upset and reported the person, cursing them out in the process. A bit later, the parent of the player sent me a message apologizing for their child's behavior and explaining that it was a reward system they had set up for their child performing well in school. While, again, I thought the idea had merit, I did not consider the reward appropriate to a child not socially capable of understanding how "poking" a person over and over is a "bad thing."
It almost makes me lean to the opposite end of the spectrum, back to a time when the parenting types had no chance in a MMOG, that attempting one would elicit nothing but complete despair and a quick ending of their subscription, because then that time would be turned to more meaningful pursuits such as, oh.... raising their children, maybe? Seriously, all MMOGs are HUGE time sinks, no matter how much you dumb them down, and the easier it is to push the button and get your treat to drop into your food dish, the more often people are going to want to push that button. Since MMOGs have a social element, they need to be held to a social standard, as well, and that doesn't seem to be happening with any consistency. The pursuit of the almighty dollar seems to have minimized any real player base punishment that doesn't involve botting, gold farming, or other activities that might adversely affect their bottom line. Of course, I'm only speculating based on how the griefer population never seems to dwindle, since any harassment issues are always private and the outcomes are never reported to the harassed individual.
I have nothing against successful games like WoW, however. I don't find WoW at all entertaining, and I know I'm in the minority on that. What I do have a problem with is games that introduce a social element and then take no responsibility for it. Yes, we should be capable of self-monitoring our comments, and yes, there are going to be grey areas, but I think it's high time developers focus less on how many people a game will attract and more on making the overall game attractive, in EVERY respect. Speaking of respect, let's begin there, developers. Make it a focal point for the future of social gaming, and leave the undesirable behavior to scripted NPC dialog. Make a game that I never have to worry about Steve's niece being exposed to things that someone her age shouldn't see, and you can make the game as casual as you want. I don't need to crunch numbers to have fun.
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The column was spot on :)
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I hope it doesnt go even mm down more. Im one of those old school geeks and i miss those times. F U WoW
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Steve you really show me your ignorance when you mentioned SWG, lets see they changed the game to be more like WoW and guess what everyone left.
Not everyone wants games like WoW, in fact I'm sick of them. Just look at Vanguard everyone was pumped this is going to be a different type of game guess what they fell into the WoW trap.
Now look at Age of Conan 100,000 have signed up for the beta, lets see there must be a group out there looking for more than what WoW or its clones can bring the table.
SWG was a Adult game it was a very deep game and yes it took about 6 months just to be able to see how deep a game it was. But it had a 250,000 fan base to build on and they destroyed that. For a easier game that they froced on the SWG community and most of us left.
If you wanted to be a Calmari Swordsman you could be one, But a Calmari was really a made to be a Shipwright or a Armor Smith, actually he could be a Swordsman and a Shipwright !!!
So Stuff it please I am and many others are longing for a Game like SWG deep and with more content. That might be Pirates of the Burning Sea or it could be AoC, or maybe Gods and Hero's.
But I'm tired of of the same old same old EQ/WoW game play.
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Logic be damned!
I think the reason WoW is so popular is because of the learning curve.
Yeah, the game is really, really easy to pick up and start playing. And for people who only play a few hours here and there, the experience lasts a long time, progressively becoming more challenging.
Only us "hardcore" fools who spend the time/effort to rush up to max level really get a taste of the difficult content. Raids, heroic instances, PVP... all these things are but whispers to the casual player, they'll probably never experience these challenges the same way we do.
I don't think the bar has been lowered. At least not the bar for difficulty/immersion/gameplay. The only bar that has been lowered is that of "barrier to entry" and lowering this bar is one of the genius steps that has led Blizzard to have over 8.5 million subscribers world wide.
I've probably been lurking for way, way too long.
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Wow, Just wow. Not to speak ill of you Steve, the article was quite good but you have opened up pandora's box on that swg comment. Ye ole vets will surely not let you diss the holy grail so easily. I myself being a former triple melee fencer master blue Mon Cal. Some others have hit it right I think there is a place for the easier games but I think harder games have even more to offer.
You see the easier games lowers the bar on entry to the genre to the masses but to me its like playing checkers. Checkers is a really fun game to play with your siblings or friends when your a kid. When you get older you learn about chess and it takes a bit more skill to learn it and adapt to that play style of thinking and sacrificing before you move. When your finally get old enough and have practiced many years they might even call you master.
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Let's not forget that we're talking about games here, games are supposed to be fun. If you don't like one, try another. I don't feel it's right to point fingers at specific games. It's the industry that churns out the games. Send comments to the game developers.
I currently play 2 MMOs. I play them with different intents. I play WoW because it is "easy". I can play for 20 minutes or hours on end and have fun and feel acomplished. I don't have to worry about micromanaging stats and skills, I quest and raid and have a good time with friends. The game is colorful and the players diverse. I play WoW after a long day, when I'm just looking to relax.
I also play EVE Online. This game has the "number crunch". There are hundreds of skills a player can eventually learn, some skills even let you learn skills faster. Players who have been around a while will have many more skills and be able to fly and use more ships and items, thus giving them a pleasing social status. EVE is a balancing act in which the player has to try to train the fastest and most effectively. Like that massive battleship you just saw outside the station? We'll, be prepared to spend a month or two training to fly and equip it,and also save up that cash, they're not cheap. I play EVE when I am in the mood for a game, but one that will make me think and work harder.
I also happen to enjoy them because they are different genres. I enjoy the fantasy world of WoW and the sci-fi universe of EVE. Do I think the "bar" has been "lowered"? Mayhap in some regards, i.e. companies want more subscribers thus they want their game to be marketable to the widest audience possible. The almighty dollar is a powerful driving force. Who says that's a bad thing? The same thing that drives you from a game to take up another means that 1) You're not playing a game you dislike and bitching about it and 2) You're playing a game you do like, probably with others who are playing it for the same reasons as you!
No matter if you like the "deep numbers" games or the "shallow" games, there is a game for you. Just because you don't like a game, doesn't make it trash. Just research a game before you buy it. Hell, most even offer free trials. There's a game out there for everyone!
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I see where Steve was coming from, and WOW hits its target market pretty much spot on. And although its so easy a 6 year old can play it... a 6 year old will never master the raiding content found at the end game. So it appeals to a very broad audience, hence the great sales numbers.
But there is a market of games that aren't necessarily "harder"... because that word is hard to define, but contain more detail, require more player thought with regards to character development and generally permit the player to create his own gaming experience, rather than have one laid out before them.
Let's hope one or two of the upcoming titles offer such an opportunity for folks to enjoy the gaming style they prefer as an alternative to what WOW has to offer.
Arrogant, Condescending, Dismissive, Elitist, "Meany", you speak as if these are bad things?
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Some of you need to remember why SWG took a hit and was changed. Its playerbase had already took a nose dive and was headed further down. It may have peaked at 250K subscribers but most of the people from the closed beta knew it would not last with all the things missing out of it.
Someone nailed it on the head when they said the ability to lower the first part or entrance to a game is the key. The online game market is saturated with games and when people have to pick one the majority will pick one that has the elements they desire but are able to pick up on the game play from the get go vs. spending months to learn to do anything.
Dumbing down is not really appropriate either. A majority of the hardcore players in every game use macros to make doing things easier. If that isn't dumbing down a game I do not know what is.
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The comparison to the Star Wars movies is interesting but misses something. Star Wars was not a triumph of production -- it was a triumph of storytelling and (god help us, for the time) special effects. It created a believable consistent world, and a completely classic adventure story within it with strong characters. And it did it on the *CHEAP* as movies go.
So where *is* the parallel to WOW? WOW was, in fact, created on the accumulated lore of the Warcraft world -- of which you need know nothing to play the game. It has minimal storyline, no strong characters. It was expensive to produce.
Nah, you need to be comparing WOW to Mork and Mindy. A SF-themed TV show that was cheap to produce and made people smile. Lots of people. A show which didn't challenge anyone's brain, but included a few deep witty references to keep the smarter folks in the audience engaged. A guilty pleasure. A money maker. Not great, nor immortal, art -- but it brought in a lot of money for years.
This is the transformation we're seeing. MMOs have discovered that it's better for the producers to produce My Favorite Martian or Mork and Mindy than Babylon 5 or Firefly. It's that simple. Accessibility is not about making the genre "greater" -- it's about making the genre more profitable for the companies that produce the MMOs.
So, what's the state of the art? This year, it's not about art. It's not about storyline. It's about money.
To get an MMO -- a hugely expensive investment -- into production today, you have to pitch it in comparison to WOW. Your money people will expect it.
So to go back to the movie analogy -- you're unlikely to see a financially successful movie, statistically, that isn't a rip off, sequel, vehicle for an established star, or packaged exploitation film. At least, not with a decent budget.
So perhaps what we need to do is compare Sony to...uh...Sony. Sony Pictures. And CCP/Eve Online to IFC -- independents with an established track record. Turbine to...well...maybe Pixar? Every so often they hit it, and then they run it into the ground, but you pretty much know what to expect. Sometimes they produce somthing that makes you just shake your head...
But in movies, we hardly ever notice who's *producing* the movies. Do you excitedly watch a trailer because you see the WB or Sony logo at the start of the trailer? No, you look for story line, acting, and yes, special effects if it's that kind of movie. You think, will I like this experience?
MMOs will shake out eventually. Eventually it will be more folks that the folks here who may look for, say, folks involved in SWG's demise and treating them like poison, or looking for CCP alum as a sign of hope for a geek game.
My greatest hope is that, like TV, we will grow to a large enough market that diversity can be accommodated. When we are a big enough market for, say The Sopranos (CoV), soap operas (Sims), sitcoms (Maple), reality tv (SL), Battleship Galactica (Eve) -- and they all stop being compared to WWE (WOW) -- we'll know the genre has grown up a bit.
When an MMO producer can go to funders and say "We have a healthy financial model that will turn a profit with 750,000 subscriptions," then we'll be ok, and "accessibility" will stop meaning "a monster market dumbed down for an economy of scale based on millions of subscriptions and riches beyond your dreams of avarice."
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Considering the discussion topics that happen in WoW, I really don't think it appropriate for the under-teen crowd. Try an offline game like Fate where the brainless foul mouthed can't ruin the game for your child.
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Wow, wow, wow....and I don't mean WoW. Come on now you elitists have the wrong idea and personally think that this article was just simply missing a little something. You elitists are snobs and you might as well admit it. And as for this article missing something, its saying that its focusing on lowering the bar, so where is raising the other end of it?. Lets keep lowering the bar at one end and raising the bar at the other. Lets have that giant grey area...lets make it easy for people to start and be integrated into the new world. Lets keep slowly increasing it, and since everyone always has complaints about end game, lets make this very amazingly hard. And keep increasing it so. Everyone can join, everyone can be challenged. Hey in this set of circumstances you might have those immature persons by the butt load but then later on only the elite will be sticking around. You can still have your game.
I couldn't give any economic instances for you but at least you can get and idea of what I'm talking about here. In this article all they're really only talking about by lowering the bar you just have a larger grey area for people to feel more comfortable, you're still keeping the higher end the same.
So for you elitists booing WoW, I fart in your general direction. Its damn well talking MMO's in a different direction.
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While your main thrust in the story is that by simplifying / dumbing down WoW is bringing in new users, is 100% correct – I don't have to like it!
I'm one of those old Star Wars Galaxies players how loved the complexity and intricacy that the environment offered, as soon as the NGE came and dumbed it down, I gave it a try for a month, and then I was gone.
I'm perfectly content to wait for a game worthy of my time and mental investment, rather than play a game like WoW, and settle for less.
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This is a good illustration of why Casual Game play is working. Good job Steve.
The market needs WOW type games to capture the interest of the common public. There is definatly a need for that level of game play. I hope Blizzard's next MMO will be a little more complex to give current WOW players something to "graduate" to in terms of challenge.
The SWG comment was a little untrue but I understood what he ment. The best that "Hard Core" players can hope for is that each company can get its Casual Friendly MMO that can garner its whole share of the market. After that, the succesful or larger companies might "MIGHT" try to invest in more challenging offerings. Looking at this from an investors perspective, its easy to see how WOW hurt the market. Sad truth is investors don't play the "poisen" they are dealing and could care less. It only matters if the general public (or largest demographic) will buy into it in thier view.
What can other gaming companies learn from Blizzards example? Produce one finished quality MMO is better then five mostly functional games no matter the Intellectual Property.
BTW, to the posters so far, good jobs on your comments. Very Thoughtful.
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WoW hasn't lowered the bar when it comes to challenge. That bar was already as low as you could get. in 1999 EQ came out, and that game wasn't more challenging, it just too longer to get things done, took longer to get a party together, took longer to recover your corpse. The gameplay mechanics are exactly the same.
MMORPGs in general are not challenging games, not even in the guild leader /raid leader role (of which I have been both).
People are getting time confused with challenge.
If WoW lowered a bar, it was accessibility.
And before you say I haven't played the MMO you consider to be challenging, I probably have. I had a lot of free time on my hands at one point :p
Still waiting for your Holy Grail MMORPG? Interesting...
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Excellent article and I agree completely.


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Kristen Handsel is praying for a miracle child care solution.
The University of Texas junior had hoped her mother would care for her son Dutch while Handsel, 28, completed her bachelor's degree and her husband worked fulltime. But then her mother received a devastating diagnosis: neuroendocrine cancer.
Now Handsel and her five-month-old son are on the bottom of a 700-person waiting list for UT's campus Child Care Center.
"I'm constantly trying to reevaluate my priorities between going to school, providing for my child, not getting into worse debt, and working. So it's just a constant struggle between those things," said Handsel, who is majoring in neurobiology and also working as a radiology technologist.
Handsel represents one of 3.9 million student-parents pursuing post-secondary education. But according to a new report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research, only five percent of their child care is supplied on campus. In fact, it's estimated there are only 54,400 slots for the more than 1.1 million children under the age of 14.
The result?
"Without child care, a lot of these parents won't graduate," said Kevin Miller, the report's lead author.
And that's one of Handsel's concerns.
"You can get bogged down with the daily grind and just working to pay the bills and slowly lose the drive to continue with your education," she said.
Hara Cootes, director of the UT Child Development Center, said she does her best to provide referrals to the 700 families on the Center's waitlist.
"We absolutely recognize that while we are able to offer services that meet the majority of people on campuses needs, by no means do we realize that we can meet everyone's needs," she said.
An 'Invisible' Student Population
Student-parents are often erroneously associated with teen pregnancies -- especially now that teen moms are so often featured in the media. But the average age of the student-parent demographic is 33, and 50 percent are married.
"The link in people's minds is stronger than it should be," Miller said. "And this knee-jerk reaction that people have, that maybe we shouldn't be providing them with services, is just a form of victim blaming,"
Paired with this misconception is a lack of data on college campuses about student-parents, as most universities don't maintain records about the students' parental status.
"In terms of designing services and allocating resources, there are campuses where administrators are aware. But on some campuses, student-parents are an invisible population," said Miller.
Child Care Resources Vary Greatly Among Schools
Among the private Ivy League universities, half of them including Brown, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth do not provide on-campus child care for student parents, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
Miller suggested that the sheer size of public universities, which tend to be larger than the private ones, may account for the increased rate of child care centers at public institutions. But he also said, "I think it's also possible that the mission of public universities lends itself to a greater emphasis on serving nontraditional and/or disadvantaged students."


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PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- The first stop for Pope Francis when he visits Philadelphia the morning of Sept. 26 will be the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul to celebrate a special Mass for the people of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
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BOSTON —Hundreds of pro-life supporters turned out June 28 for the annual March for Life, organized by Massachusetts Citizens for Life (MCFL).
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With guests Kathy Freston and Michael Pollan, Oprah dedicated her full show yesterday to veganism and meat production. She and her staffers went vegan for a week, some of them have decided to continue the diet (or go "veganish") even
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While Ric O'Barry and the rest of the team behind "The Cove" continue their efforts to draw attention to the Japanese dolphin slaughter, they got a little help from a famous friend: Sting. The musician met up with O'Barry at
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After his most recent trip to the Sudan in an effort to draw attention to the war-torn nation, George Clooney came home with an unpleasant souvenir: malaria.Clooney's spokesman says that the actor is fully recovered from the
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In this economy, everyone's saving more, so much so that savings have hit a record high.
In addition to putting money away in a savings account for a rainy day, there are several other ways to save yourself money and vastly enhance your financial outlook for the new year.
Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments and "Good Morning America's" personal finance contributor, dropped by the show to share her five tips for starting 2010 on the right financial note.
Tip No. 1: Invest in the stock market, and do it long-term.
Since the stock market hit bottom in March, it's gone up an astonishing 57 percent, Hobson said, adding that she believes it will continue to climb. One of the reasons for this recovery is that there is a record amount of cash in money market funds, and Hobson said individual investors will return to the stock market as the economy improves.
"One of the reasons I am very encouraged is not only the continued economic recovery but the fact that so much money is sitting on the sidelines. $4 trillion in money market accounts," Hobson said.
So what does that mean for you? Get in on it now. According to Hobson, one of the easiest ways to start saving more is to increase your 401(k) contribution, even if it's only a few dollars. You should make it a practice to save more each year. Most employers match 50 cents for every dollar that you contribute, up to 6 percent. Since this is free money, Hobson says you should definitely take advantage of it.
But many companies have stopped matching their employees' 401(k) contributions because of the down economy. If your employer has done this, Hobson said it's a good idea to keep contributing. For one thing, many employers stopped matching contributions because business was bad, but they'll start matching again once things improve.
Also, contributing to your 401(k) -- even without the match from your employer -- is always a good idea because you're enhancing your own long-term financial security.
Your credit report is one of the most important items in your life, and its accuracy is of the utmost importance. Your credit score could mean bigger interest payments when it comes to getting a loan for a car or a home, or could make or break your bid for your dream job.
"The score is just a point in time grade. The accuracy of that report is extraordinarily important. 80 percent of credit reports have a mistake," Hobson said.
It's not the responsibility of the three main credit reporting agencies -- TransUnion, Equifax and Experian -- to ensure the information on your report is correct. That responsibility is yours, Hobson said.
Hobson suggested that you review your credit report the first week of every year. You can get a free report each year from all three reporting agencies at www.annualcreditreport.com. There are other sites that claim to offer free credit reports, but what they don't tell you is that you have to sign up for some service in order to get those reports, Hobson said.
Tip No. 3: Change is coming to credit card regulations, so know the new rules.
Hobson said you should read the fine print on all credit card agreements to understand the new rules, many of which are taking effect February 22.


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Game #66 Recap: LeBron James Overshadows Jeff Green's Career Night as Miami Extends Winning Streak to 23
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BOSTON -- They've won close games. They've won in blowout fashion. And on Monday night, against their arch-rival, the Miami Heat overcame a career night from Jeff Green to win their 23rd straight game. Five years to the day after the Boston Celtics ended the Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak, they came up just short against the Heat, falling 105-103 at home. 24 hours after St. Patrick's Day, Boston was still all about green on the night. Jeff Green that is. No player scored more against Miami in a single game this season than Green did tonight, who poured in 43 points; the most any Celtic has scored this season. It was a sensational performance from Boston's X-factor and most versatile offensive player. And yet it wasn't enough. After all, the Heat have LeBron James. The best player on the planet, who's in the midst of playing the best basketball of his career. In the same building James showed the world he was ready to win his first NBA Championship -- Game 6 in the Eastern C...
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Under the consent of Francis Slay, the Democratic Mayor of St. Louis, the police moved in to enforce the eviction of Occupy St. Louis from Kiener Plaza yesterday night. The occupiers attempted to stop the city from bringing an end to their peaceful assembly in downtown St. Louis by having lawyers file for an injunction against the city. The judge sided with Mayor Slay and within minutes of the decision the police began to make arrests and seize property.
About two dozen occupiers chose to stand their ground and remain in the plaza. Others stood on sidewalk outside of the park watching as police moved in to enforce a 10 pm curfew that the city all of a sudden decided it needed to enforce. (Occupy St. Louis began to camp in Kiener Plaza on October 1.)
Garbage trucks were brought in to destroy the tents, tarps, equipment and other items that remained in the plaza. Like with Boston, the city pit sanitation workers of the 99 percent against citizens, who had been out demonstrating in support of the 99 percent.
Occupy St. Louis posted the following statement:
On November 10, 2011 Occupy St Louis received notification from the city of St Louis that we have 24 hours to remove all structures and obey the city curfew laws before they would forcibly remove our non-violent occupation from Freedom Square (formerly known as Kiener Plaza). Since October 1st, we have maintained a peaceful occupation in this public space, founded on the principle that large corporations have too much influence in the actions of our government. Mayor Slay and his Senior Staff have once again validated this by bowing to pressure from the Downtown Partnership of St Louis to restrict our First Amendment Rights to peaceably assemble.
Anyone who reads the names of those who serve on the Partnership Board and the private interests those individuals represent will have no trouble understanding why the city could not tolerate the peaceful assembly in Kiener Plaza any longer [bold represents groups that were most likely against the occupation]:
Joe Ambrose, President, St. Louis Region, First Bank; Jeff Babinski, Vice President & General Manager, Lumiere Place Casino & Hotels; Vincent Bommarito, CEO, Tony's Inc.; Zack Boyers, Vice Chair, US Bancorp CDC; Paul M. Brown, Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP; Jim Buford, President & CEO, Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis; Yvette Butler, Managing Director, Client Solutions Team, Wells Fargo Advisors LLC; William M. Carson, Vice President, Operations Strategy, McCormack Baron Salazar; Christine Chadwick, Executive Director, FOCUS St. Louis; Rodney Crim, Executive Director, St. Louis Development Corporation; Clark Davis, Vice Chairman, HOK Group, Inc.; Bill Dewitt III, President, St. Louis Cardinals; Nancy Droesch, Treasurer, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP; John Eilermann Jr., CEO & Chairman, McBride and Sons; Tom Etling, CEO, St. Patrick Center; Todd George, Treasurer for National Blues Museum, Spinnaker Real Estate; Tory Goldson, Partner, Bryan Cave LLP; Stacy Hastie, Chairman & CEO, Environmental Operations Inc.; Craig Heller, Managing Partner, Loftworks, LLC; Al Kent, IV, Office Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Bruce Lindsey, Dean & E. Desmond Lee Professor of Community Collaboration, Washington University, College of Architecture & Graduate School of Urban Design; Mike McCarthy, CEO, St. Louis Blues; Tim McGowan, Principal, McGowan Brothers Development; Patricia Mercurio, President, Bank of America Missouri; Kevin Mowbray, President & Publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Gordon Myers, Regional President, St. Louis Middle Market, US Bank; Melinda Nichols, VP Store Manager, Macy's Downtown St. Louis, #660; Gordon Reel, Vice Chair, Asst. VP, Government & Legislative Affairs, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Michael V. Roberts Sr., Chairman, CEO, The Roberts Companies; Stephen A. Smith, President & CEO of The Lawrence Group Architects; John Sondag, President, AT&T Missouri; L. Cartan Sumner, Jr., Vice President, International Government Relations, Peabody Energy Corporation; Larry Thompson, General Manager & COO, Missouri Athletic Club; Sharon Tucci, President, Talent Plus; Henry Voges, Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle; David N. Wakeman, Vice President, Energy Delivery, Ameren Missouri; Dorothy White-Coleman, Member/Manager, White Coleman & Associates; Jim Woodcock, Senior VP & Partner, Fleishman-Hillard; John Wuest, President & CEO, St. Louis Equity Fund; Douglas H. Yaeger, Secretary, Chairman, President & CEO, The Laclede Group; Maggie Campbell, President & CEO, Partnership for Downtown St. Louis; Antoinette Filla, Community Policing, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept; Richard C.D. Fleming, President & CEO, St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association; Daniel Isom, Chief of Police, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept; Mark Mantovani, President/CEO, Ansira; Waller McGuire, Executive Director, St. Louis Public Library; Jack Pohrer, Chairman, St. Louis Parking Co.; Lewis E. Reed, President, Board of Aldermen; Francis G. Slay, Mayor, City of St. Louis [emphasis added]
The statement put out by Occupy St. Louis further declared:
On November 10, 2011 Mayor Slay stated in his personal blog that the city would be creating a space for a 24/7 public demonstration. On November 9th, senior members of the Mayor's staff attended our General Assembly to propose this space to us as a possible alternative to Freedom Square. This was not a proposal, but rather an ultimatum to Occupy St Louis. The City had already made up its mind on the course of action that it would be taking. This new space would not allow for tents or occupation, which we feel are a valid forms of political speech. This proposal was blocked by a consensus of our General Assembly. The General Assembly uses consensus as our decision making process. It allows for all participants to have an equal voice. Occupy St Louis maintains that just because one states they are using the consensus process, does not mean that they are actually using it.
This occupation was one of the stops on my Midwest Tour. It was one of the more memorable experiences simply because Kiener Plaza is an amphitheater with plenty of space to spread out a camp and also still have a significant area to hold rallies or meetings. (Firedoglake donated tarps and clothing, which probably were all piled into garbage trucks and destroyed illegitimately by the city.)
What I witnessed when I was there was how inviting and friendly occupiers were to the homeless. They allowed people who were not helping to grow the movement to stay with them. It almost seemed like the homeless were taking refuge because in other areas they usually were not able to setup a home (like a tent). It was very moving to see people reach out to people, who were angry, suffering and dealing with mental pain from being poor. After all, homeless people are some of the most dehumanized and marginalized members of the 99 percent.
In conclusion, this is but a reminder of what David Sirota argued recently—that American progressive cities are a myth. Occupy St. Louis is right to point to private interests serving on this Downtown St. Louis Partnership Board. They are right to single out how banks, real estate developers and other corporations played a role in encouraging Slay to evict the occupation. Slay is clearly captive to these entities, whose business and profits depend on the 1% gaining more control of the wealth in America.
One hopes this is not the end of Occupy St. Louis. Perhaps, they will look to occupations like Occupy Atlanta and begin to occupy foreclosed homes. Or, maybe they will find another tactic to use to keep the movement in St. Louis going. Whatever occupiers do (after bailing out everyone from jail), they will know where Mayor Slay and city officials stand: with the 1% who fears the rising tide of democracy.


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No suspects were in custody as of Wednesday morning, police said.


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New in version 2.9June 21st, 2010
- Option to overwrite existing records when importing data.
- New functions for programming: POW, SQRT, EXP and LOG.
- Quick search in reference field opens and searches in popup list.
- Sorting of virtual lists by clicking into a column header.
- Improved integration for MorphOS (install script, MUI)
- Several bug fixes.