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Bayview-Hunters Point or The Bayview, is a neighborhood in the southeastern corner of San Francisco, California, United States. The decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is located within its boundaries and Candlestick Park is on the southern edge.
Redevelopment projects for the neighborhood became the dominant issue of the 1990s and 2000s. Efforts include the Bayview Redevelopment Plan for Area B, which includes approximately 1300 acres of existing residential, commercial and industrial lands. This plan identifies seven economic activity nodes within the area. The former Navy Shipyard waterfront property is also the target of redevelopment to include residential, commercial, and recreational areas.[5]
The Bayview-Hunters Point district is located in the southeastern part of San Francisco, strung along the main artery of Third Street from India Basin to Candlestick Point. The boundaries are Cesar Chavez Boulevard to the north, U.S. Highway 101 (Bayshore Freeway) to the west, Bayview Hill to the south, and the San Francisco Bay to the east. Neighborhoods within the district include Hunters Point, India Basin, Bayview, Silver Terrace, Bret Harte, Islais Creek Estuary and South Basin. The entire southern half of the neighborhood is the Candlestick Point State Recreation Area as well as the Candlestick Park Stadium.[3]
Primarily composed of tidal wetlands with some small hills, the area was inhabited by the Ohlone people prior to the arrival of Spanish missionaries in the 1700s. It was first surveyed in 1775 by Juan Bautista Aguirre,[6] a ship pilot for Captain Juan Manuel de Ayala who named it La Punta Concha (English: Conch Point).[7] Later explorers renamed it Beacon Point.[8] For the next several decades it was used as pasture for cattle run by the Franciscan monks at Mission Dolores.[7]
In 1839, the area was part of the Script error: No such module "convert". Rancho Rincon de las Salinas y Potrero Viejo Mexican land grant given to José Cornelio Bernal (1796–1842). Following the California Gold Rush, Bernal sold Bayview-Hunters Point property for real estate development in 1849. Little actual development occurred but Bernal's agents were three brothers, John, Phillip and Robert Hunter, who built their homes and dairy farm on the land (then near the present-day corner of Griffith Street and Oakdale Avenue) and who gave rise to the name Hunters Point.[7]
After a San Francisco ordinance in 1868 banned the slaughter and processing of animals within the city proper, a group of butchers established a "butchers reservation" on Script error: No such module "convert". of tidal marshland in the Bayview district. Within ten years, 18 slaughterhouses were located in the area along with their associated production facilities for tanning, fertilizer, wool and tallow. The "reservation" (then bounded by present-day Ingalls Street, Third Street, from Islais Creek to Bayshore) and the surrounding houses and businesses became known as Butchertown. The butcher industry declined following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake until 1971 when the final slaughterhouse closed.[9]
Shipbuilding became integral to Bayview-Hunters Point in 1867 with the construction there of the first permanent drydock on the Pacific coast. The Hunters Point Dry Docks were greatly expanded by Union Iron Works and Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation and were capable of housing the largest ships that could pass through the locks of the Panama Canal. World War I increased the contracts there for building Naval vessels and, in 1940, the United States Navy purchased a section of property to develop the San Francisco Naval Shipyard.[7] Beginning in the 1920s, a strong presence of Maltese American immigrants, along with Italian Americans, began populating the Bayview, focused on the local Catholic St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church and the Maltese American Social Club. They were a presence until the 1960s when they began moving into the suburbs.
The shipbuilding industry saw a large influx of blue collar workers into the neighborhood, many of them African Americans taking part in the Great Migration. This migration into Bayview increased substantially after World War II due to racial segregation and eviction of African Americans from homes elsewhere in the city.[10] Between 1940 and 1950, the population of Bayview saw a fourfold increase to 51,000 residents.[11]
The Bayview-Hunters Point district was labelled "Southern San Francisco" on some maps, not to be confused with the city of South San Francisco further to the south.
Until 1969, the Hunters Point shipyard was the site of the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL). The NRDL decontaminated ships exposed to atomic weapons testing and also researched the effects of radiation on materials and living organisms.[12] This caused widespread radiological contamination and, in 1989, the base was declared a Superfund site requiring long-term clean-up.[13][14] The Navy closed the shipyard and Naval base in 1994. The Base Realignment and Closure program manages various pollution remediation projects.[12]
From 1929 until 2006 the Bayview-Hunters Point district were home for the coal and oil-fired power plants which provided electricity to San Francisco. Smokestack effluvium and byproducts dumped in the vicinity have been cited for health and environmental problems in the neighborhood. In 1994, the San Francisco Energy Company proposed building another power plant in the neighborhood, but community activists protested and pushed to have the current facility shut down.[15] In 2008, Pacific Gas and Electric Company demolished the Hunters Point Power Plant and began a two-year remediation project to restore the land for residential development.[16]
By the 1960s, the Bayview and Hunters Point neighborhoods were populated predominantly by African-Americans and other racial minorities, and the area was isolated from San Francisco. The hyphenated name "Bayview-Hunters Point" became the official designation for the district.[3] Pollution, substandard housing, declining infrastructure, limited employment and racial discrimination were notable problems. James Baldwin documented the marginalization of the community in a 1963 documentary stating "this is the San Francisco, America pretends does not exist."[8][17] In 1966, racial tensions sparked a race riot at Hunters Point.[18] Closure of the naval shipyard, shipbuilding facilities and de-industrialization of the district in the 1970s and 1980s increased unemployment and local poverty levels.[8]
Building projects to revitalize the district began in earnest in the 1990s and the 2000s. As in the rest of the city, housing prices rose 342% between 1996 and 2008. Many long-time African American residents, whether they could no longer afford to live there or sought to take advantage of their homes' soaring values, left what they perceived as an unsafe neighborhood and made an exodus to the Bay Area's outer suburbs. Once considered a historic African American district, the percentage of black people in the Bayview-Hunters Point population declined from 65 percent in 1990 to a minority in 2000.[19] Despite the decline, the 2010 U.S. Census shows the African American population in the Bayview to be greater in number than that of any other ethnicity.
In the 2000s, the neighborhood became the focus of several redevelopment projects. The MUNI[20] T-Third Street light-rail project was built through the neighborhood, replacing an aging bus line with several new stations, street lamps and landscaping. Private developer Lennar Inc. proposed a $2-billion project to build 10,500 homes, including rentals, and commercial spaces atop the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, and a new football stadium for the San Francisco 49'ers, and a shopping complex for Candlestick Point. The stadium would reinvigorate the district, but the 49ers changed their focus to Santa Clara in 2006. A bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics in San Francisco that included plans to build an Olympic Village in Bayview-Hunters Point was also dropped.[21] Lennar Inc. proposed to build the stadium without the football team.[22] Local community activist groups have criticized much of the redevelopment for displacing rather than benefiting existing neighborhood residents.[8]
As of 2014[update], Lennar works on the mixed-use development, promising "12,500 new homes; 4 million-plus square feet of office, commercial and retail space; and 300 acres of open parks, trails and fields", although no rentals.[23]
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Bayview-Hunters Point (ZIP 94124) had a population of 33,996, an increase of 826 from 2000. The census data showed the single-race racial composition of Bayview-Hunters Point was 33.7% African-American, 30.7% Asian (22.1% Chinese, 3.1% Filipino, 2.9% Vietnamese, 0.4% Cambodian, 0.3% Indian, 0.2% Burmese, 0.2% Korean, 0.2% Japanese, 0.2% Pakistani, 0.1% Laotian), 12.1% White, 3.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (2.4% Samoan, 0.1% Tongan, 0.1% Native Hawaiian), 0.7% Native American, 15.1% other, and 5.1% mixed race. Of Bayview's population, 24.9% was of Hispanic or Latino origin, of any race (11.5% Mexican, 4.2% Salvadoran, 2.6% Guatemalan, 1.4% Honduran, 1.4% Nicaraguan, 0.7% Puerto Rican, 0.2% Peruvian, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Spaniard, 0.1% Colombian, 0.1% Cuban, 0.1% Panamanian).[24]
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Bayview-Hunters Point had the highest percentage of African-Americans among San Francisco neighborhoods, home to 21.5% of the city's Black population, and was the predominant ethnic group in the Bayview. Census figures showed the percentage of African-Americans in Bayview declined from 48% in 2000 to 33.7% in 2010, while the percentage of Asian and White ethnicity increased from 24% and 10%, respectively, to 30.7% and 12.1%. However the eastern part of the neighborhood had a population of 12,308 and is still roughly 53% African-American.
According to the 2005-2009 American Community Survey (ACS), the Bayview district is estimated to have 10,540 housing units and an estimated owner-occupancy rate of 51%. The 2010 U.S. Census indicates the number of households to be 9,717, of which 155 belong to same-sex couples. Median home values were estimated in 2009 to be $586,201,[4] but that has since fallen dramatically to around $367,000 in 2011, the lowest of any of San Francisco's ZIP code areas.[25] Median Household Income was estimated in 2009 at $43,155.[4] Rent prices in the Bayview remain relatively low, by San Francisco standards, with over 50% of rents paid in 2009 at less than $750/mo.[26]
A recent Brookings Institution report identified Hunters Point as one of five Bay Area "extreme poverty" neighborhoods, in which over 40% of the inhabitants live below the Federal poverty level of an income of $22,300 for a family of four.[27] Nearly 12% of the population in the Bayview receives public assistance income, three times the national average, and more than double the state average. While the Bayview has a higher percentage of the population receiving either Social Security or retirement income than the state or national averages, the dollar amounts that these people receive is less than the averages in either the state or the nation.
Since the 1960s, the Bayview-Hunters Point community has been cited as a significant example of marginalization.[8] In 2011, it remained "one of the most economically disadvantaged areas of San Francisco".[28] Root causes include a working class populace historically segregated to the outskirts of the city, high levels of industrial pollution, the closure of industry, and loss of infrastructure.[8] The results have been high rates of unemployment, poverty, disease and crime.[8][29] Attempts to mitigate the effects of marginalization include the city's building of the Third Street light-rail line, establishment of the Southeast Community Facility (SECF) as a response from the SF Public Utilities Commission to a community-led effort to balance environmental injustice associated with public utilities,[30] the Southeast Food Access Workgroup,[31] initially formed by the SF Department of Public Health as part of the SF Mayor's ShapeUp SF health initiative, and implementation of enhanced local hiring policy that recognizes that regulations requiring hiring for public projects prioritize City residents and contractors may not help specific neighborhoods where job seekers and contractors may still be overlooked. Place-based and asset-based community building programs networked through the Quesada Gardens Initiative began in 2002 adding direct grassroots public participation to the social and environmental change landscape with a goal of preserving diversity and encouraging longterm residents to reinvest in their neighborhood.
The Hunter's Point shipyard's toxic waste pollution has been cited for elevated rates of asthma and other respiratory diseases among residents.[28] Clean-up of the site is underway.
Gang and drug activity, as well as a high murder rate, have plagued the Bayview-Hunters Point district.[32] A 2001 feature article in the San Francisco Chronicle cited feuding between small local gangs as the major cause of the area's unsolved homicides.[29] In 2011, The New York Times described Bayview as "one of the city's most violent" neighborhoods.[33] Police have made the removal of guns from the streets their top priority in recent years, leading to a 20% decline in major crimes between 2010 and 2011, including declines of 35% in homicides, 22% in aggravated assaults, 38% in arson, 30% in burglary, 34% in theft, 23% in auto theft, and 39% in robbery. Lesser crimes have also declined by about 24% over the past year.[citation needed]
Until the late 2000s the neighborhood had no chain supermarkets, as many corporate chains could not afford to lease a retail space.[34] In 2011, a San Francisco official described the area as "a food desert - an area with limited access to affordable, nutritious food like fresh produce at a full-size grocery store."[35] A large swath of the southeast sector of San Francisco sits within a Federally recognized food desert.[36] A Home Depot was approved by the city to be built in the area, but the Home Depot Corporation abandoned its plans following the late 2000s economic crisis.[37] Lowe's took over Home Depot's plans, and in 2010 opened their first store in San Francisco on the Bayshore Blvd. site. In August 2011, UK supermarket chain Tesco, owner of Fresh and Easy stores, opened Bayview-Hunters Point's first new grocery store in 20 years, though this store will soon close as part of Fresh and Easy's larger corporate exit from the United States.[35][38]
The neighborhood was the subject of a 2003 documentary, Straight Outta Hunters Point,[39] directed by lifelong Hunters Point resident Kevin Epps, and a 2012 sequel, "Straight Outta Hunters Point 2," movies that expose the daily drama of gang-related wars plaguing a community already fighting for social and economic survival. The Spike Lee film Sucker Free City used Hunters Point as a backdrop for a story on gentrification and street gangs.[40]
Community activism
A number of community groups, such as the India Basin Neighborhood Association,[41] the Quesada Gardens Initiative,[42] Literacy for Environmental Justice,[43] the Bayview Merchants' Association,[44] and the Bayview Footprints Collaboration of Community-Building Groups[45] work with community members, other organizations and citywide agencies to strengthen and improve this diverse part of San Francisco.
Community gardening, art, and social history are popular in the area. The Quesada Gardens Initiative is a well recognized organization that has created a cluster of 35 community and backyard gardens in the heart of the neighborhood, including the original Quesada Garden on the 1700 block of Quesada Ave., the Founders' Garden, Bridgeview Teaching and Learning Garden (which won the 2011 Neighborhood Empowerment Network's[46] "Best Green Community Project Award," Krispy Korners, the Latona Community Garden, and the new Palou Community Garden. Major public art pieces honor unique hyper-local history, grassroots involvement, and the right of communities to define themselves.
Landmarks and attractions
Four buildings in the district are listed in the California Registry of Historic Places. The Bayview Opera House (previously South San Francisco Opera House), located at 4705 Third St., was constructed in 1888 and designated a California landmark on December 8, 1968. It was nominated for the National Registry in 2010,[47] and won the Governor's Award for Historic Preservation in 2011.[48] Quinn House, located at 1562 McKinnon Avenue, was built in 1875 and designated 6 July 1974.[49] The Albion Brewery was built in 1870 and opened as the Albion Ale And Porter Brewing Company. Located at 881 Innes Avenue, it was designated April 5, 1974.[50] Sylvester House at 1556 Revere was built in 1870 and designated on April 5, 1974.[51]
Bayview is home to two large parks: Bayview Park, located on Key Ave. just west of the San Francisco 49'ers stadium, offers sweeping views of the city; and The Candlestick Point Recreation Area, located just east of the stadium, is a popular attraction for kayakers and windsurfers. Heron's Head Park, located in the northern part of the neighborhood, is home to a recently resurgent population of Ridgway's rails[52] and the EPA Award-Winning[53] Heron's Head Eco Center.
Speakeasy Brewery, located at 1195 Evans Street, offers tours and beer and hosts live music at their "Final Friday" events.[54] Restaurants such as Chef Eskender Aseged's Radio Africa Kitchen,[55] Old Skool Cafe,[56] Limón Rotisserie,[57] and Brown Sugar Kitchen,[58] slated to move into the area by late 2011/early 2012, join an existing group of established restaurants up and down the Third St. corridor, including Sam Jordan's, Frisco Fried,[59] and Las Isletas, to name but a few.
The San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market,[60] located on Jerrold Ave., has been at the center of food distribution in San Francisco since long before moving to its Bayview location in 1964.
The Hunters Point Shipyard is home to the country's largest artist colony, "The Point".[61]
The Quesada Garden,[62] located on Quesada Avenue and 3rd Street in the heart of the neighborhood, is a landmark community open space on a public right-of-way. It is connected to a showcase community food producing garden (Bridgeview Community Teaching and Learning Garden) by two large murals produced with the community by artists Deidre DeFranceaux, Santie Huckaby, Malik Seneferu, and Heidi Hardin. Together, these projects have turned one of the most dangerous and blighted corridors in San Francisco into the safe route through the neighborhood, and have created a destination point for residents and visitors. Karl Paige and Annette Young Smith, retired residents, started planting on an urban median strip in 2002, and were quickly joined by neighbors to complete what is now a 650-foot by 20-foot focal point for flowers, food, art and community building. Thirteen mature Canary Island date palm trees on the block are on the San Francisco Registry of Historic Trees.
The Anna E. Waden Library, currently undergoing major renovations and improvements, is located at Third Street and Revere, where the Neighborhood History Preservation Project is housed.[63]
Hunters Point Shipyard is a redevelopment project by Lennar Corporation on the 702 acres at Candlestick Point and the San Francisco Naval Shipyard.[64] The plan calls for 10,500 residential units, a new stadium to replace Candlestick Park, Script error: No such module "convert". of commercial and retail space,an 8,000- to Script error: No such module "convert". arena; artists' village and 336 acres of waterfront park and recreational area.[65] The developers said the project would contribute up to 12,000 permanent jobs and 13,000 induced jobs.[66]
The approval process required developers to address concerns of area residents and San Francisco government officials. Criticism of the project focused on the large-scale toxic clean-up of the industrial superfund site, environmental impact of waterfront construction, displacement of an impoverished neighborhood populace and a required build-up to solve transportation needs.[65]
In July 2010, Lennar Corporation received initial approval of an Environmental Impact Report from San Francisco supervisors.[66][67] In September 2011, the court denied the transfer of property to Lennar Corporation prior to clean-up of contamination.[28]
Notable Residents
- Stevie Johnson (b. 1986), Professional NFL player, wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, born and raised in Hunter's Point before moving to Fairfield, CA
- Eric Wright (b. 1985) Professional NFL player, cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers
- Donald Strickland (b. 1980) Professional NFL player, free agent cornerback who played for the San Francisco 49ers, Indianapolis Colts and New York Jets
- RBL Posse, Gangsta Rap group from Harbor Road public housing projects in Hunter's Point
- 11/5, Defunct Gangsta Rap group from the Oakdale public housing projects in Hunter's Point
- Marcus Orelias,[68] Rapper, actor born in San Francisco[69] raised in Bayview-Hunter's Point
- Terri J. Vaughn (b. 1969) Actress born and raised in Bayview-Hunter's Point[70]
- Kevin Epps, filmmaker best known for the documentry "Straight Outta Hunter's Point"[71][72]
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External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bayview, San Francisco.
|Wikivoyage has a travel guide for San_Francisco/Bayview-Hunters_Point.
- Profile: Bayview-Hunters Point 2006 11-part series UC Berkeley School of Journalism
- Community-building through informal resident-led groups known as Quesada Gardens Initiative
- Community's user-generated calendar of events created by Footprints community network
- Bayview Merchants' Association
- Bay View Newspaper
- Bayview MAGIC - Community of color collaborative
- Historic Hunters Point in pictures
- India Basin Neighborhood Association
- Map of India Basin
- Islais Creek History Neighborhood Parks Council
- Hunters Point infant mortality rate is comparable to Bulgaria
- Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment
- 1966 Hunters Point riot
- Review of a documentary film about Hunters Point
- Alternative economic development for Bayview-Hunters Point
- Community Window on the Shipyard, an archive of Shipyard-related documents
- Literacy for Environmental Justice, a local organization working on Environmental Justice issues in Hunters Point
- Artists at Hunters Point Shipyard
- Department of the Navy BRAC Program Management Office
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Zack Oloo and Sam Agutu have been friends since they met at school 43 years ago. They followed similar career paths, working their way up Kenya's health insurance industry until each ran successful brokerage businesses in the sector. Then, a few years ago, they both quit.
With less than 10% of Kenyans covered by health insurance, whether by private companies or the mandatory national hospital care scheme for those in formal employment, most of the population potentially faces devastating out-of-pocket expenses if they fall seriously ill.
Oloo and Agutu decided there must be a better way. So in 2008 they launched Changamka Microhealth, a company that helps Kenya's urban poor access and finance healthcare through use of mobile phones, mobile money and smart cards.
While all employers are required by law to enroll their employees into the National Hospital Insurance Fund, membership is voluntary for the 77% of the working population who are self-employed or work in the informal sector. The scheme covers limited hospital care solely, and as of last year, only 800,000 people from the informal sector were enrolled. Other private insurance schemes cost upwards of 50-80,000 KES ($600-900) to cover a family. The average per capita income in Kenya is only $1,800 a year.
"For self-employed Kenyans [and those in the informal economy]… formal insurance mechanisms do not exist," says Oloo. And they are the ones who need it the most. Even malaria treatment, which costs as little as half a US dollar can cause financial difficulties for someone making just $2-$3 a day.
Dr. G. Mbugua, who has run a small clinic called Uhuru Prestige in a low-income area of the capital Nairobi for the past seven years, says that most of his patients are uninsured.
"In Kenya, we have a problem with saving for health care," he says. "Most of my patients pay out of pocket. They prefer to tackle health care when someone is sick. They'd rather buy food than save for health."
Christina Synowiec, of the Center for Health Market Innovations in Washington, DC, agrees. "There is lack of sensitisation to insurance, and, as part of that, pre-payment is a hard concept," says Synowiec. "The notion of paying in advance for access to health services is foreign, but can help in preventing financial catastrophes."
Synowiec adds that it can be difficult to identify uninsured individuals and their families, encourage enrollment and collect premiums.
Yet while a culture of saving among the poor is lacking because of low wages, fluid employment, and extended family emergencies, "saving is better understood than insurance," Oloo says.
So in 2009 Changamka launched a "smart card" that enabled Kenyans to save small amounts over time to cover the costs of outpatient services, drug prescriptions and consultations. Customers could buy Medi-Save cards in shops, and then add money whenever they liked using M-Pesa, the mobile money service that allows the nearly 75% of adult Kenyans who subscribe to it to use their phones to store money and make payments. Medi-Save users could then transfer extra money into an account linked to their card number simply by sending a text message.
When they attended clinics, hospitals and other healthcare providers, their cards were swiped and their accounts charged at point-of-sale terminals. Changamka pre-contracts prices with medical providers, and takes a 10% cut for services charged. Providers are happy to pay, since the system eliminates time consuming and expensive paperwork.
Life saver
Last month, the company introduced new E-cards, which work the same way as the previous system except now providers bill patients via a secure website, meaning they don't need separate point-of-sale devices.
Before the introduction of these cards, says Oloo, many women had no way to securely save for maternity care. "They would put their money under their pillow, but something would go wrong after a few months. For example a boyfriend would come and say there's an emergency and give me that money." To help women in this situation, the company launched a separate maternity card, to enable women to save for ante-natal, maternity and post-natal services at set prices. They also have a card for family health care.
Hellen Osteno, of Komarock, a low-income area on the edge of Nairobi, bought a family card in April. "I chose to get the card because many times I could not save," she said. "It's helped me because now I don't have to go to the bank to deposit money or check my balance. I can check it through my handset, even in the night, if I have an emergency." She saves "around 100 or 200 KES" ($1-2) daily when she can, she says.
With the new E-card system claims are submitted online, meaning they can be traced and processed more quickly. Changamka is also now able to start digitising the medical records of its clients, as diagnosis and treatment notes are also recorded.
In future doctors and other medical professionals could gain access to patients' digital medical histories thanks to M-Kadi and other systems like it, although just as similar schemes have provoked debate in some western countries, some Kenyans have expressed fears about privacy and security.
To date, the company has sold 12,000 family health plans, 3,000 maternity plans. However sometimes saving is not enough. "We found catastrophes could not always depend on savings," says Agutu, "so we designed an insurance product that would service the lower end of the market."
Changamka, in collaboration with one of Kenya's largest insurance companies British American Insurance and telecom provider Safaricom, launched a micro-insurance scheme called Lindi Jamii in November last year. Customers can simply dial *525# on a Safaricom line to sign up. A community health worker then visits to obtain a photo and take down other details such as a national ID number and family information.
Similar to their other services, customers save money via M-Pesa transfers. Once their account hits 12,000 KES, ($140), they are immediately enrolled in a family insurance scheme, covering two parents and unlimited children for 180 days. Besides covering typical medical expenses, the insurance also covers add on services such as income replacement during hospitalisation, funeral assistance, and dental coverage.
Changamka is doing its best to find new ways to extend coverage and facilitate payments for Kenya's uninsured, however it is still a long way from profiting from these schemes. Their Linda Jamii micro-insurance only has around 8,000 subscribers so far, and is currently still reliant on funding from NGOs and donor agencies. The company has shown it can use novel technologies to help insure the poor, but to be truly successful, and profitable, it will have to find a way to reach hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of uninsured Kenyans.
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Harley-Davidson officials aren't the only ones preparing for an invasion of cycle enthusiasts next weekend. Fire and police departments from around Milwaukee have also been brushing up on their cycle safety and emergency response.
Emergency responders in Greenfield have been preparing for Labor Day weekend for weeks, as Harley prepares to celebrate its 110th anniversary. Much of their focus will be around the House of Harley dealership on Layton Avenue.
"Greenfield fire and police have been working on an incident action plan," said fire chief Jon Cohn. "The No. 1 priority is to provide a safe event."
Part of the department's training is how to respond to a motorcycle crash. Everything from how to remove a helmet from a victim to how to lift a 1,000-pound cycle off a victim has been covered.
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Microfinance and Fertility Rates: My Quest for a Correlation
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Squished amid the forcibly vertical crowd of 45 some odd people in a Senegalese bus made for "15 maximum!" (or so the sign read…), arms glued to my sides and modeling a facial expression of utter discomfort, I overheard a jarring statistic shared in conversation between my neighbors: 25% of Senegal's population is living in .3% of the land in Dakar.
The mind visual these numbers provoked made me pause.
At first my heart sank a bit; "the chaos here in Dakar all makes a bit more sense…" I thought to myself. My perplexity and distress swiftly morphed into feelings of fear when the busy bus came to a halt. As I frantically managed to wiggle my way through the dozens of people who stood between me and bus's doors, I began thinking concernedly about the reality of a population which isn't growing smaller, and resources which aren't becoming any more abundant.
Poverty wracks the city of Dakar, and the gap between the rich and the poor is as stark as ever.
Using as my lodestar an experiment Jeffrey Sachs shared in The End of Poverty, I began my own personal journey to explore – through an admittedly small sample size — if there may be any relationship between fertility rate/population growth, and microfinance. Over a two week period in Dakar, I met with three groups of women (groups ranging in size from five to 11).
My conversation and the respective client responses were as follows:
- How many of you have more than five children?
- Before you began having children, did you have an ideal number in mind?
"Two" – shouted the first anxious participant, followed by many nods of agreement (concur?)
"One" – shouted another.
"Four" — shared one woman, rather timidly.
Many others sat silent, reflecting upon my question, trying hard to recall though to no avail.
- Why in the end did you have so many?
The general consensus was as follows:
- Hedging their bets out of fear of losing several children to sickness. (This unexpected response was an especially bitter pill for me to swallow.)
- Lack of access to contraceptives.
- "Why would I not have?" one woman chimed in with, appearing confused and skeptical.
The quizzical woman above received her first loan four months ago. I perhaps probed her with too many questions, however enough to reveal some thought-provoking findings for me.
With her own loan, and consequently her own personal income, she demonstrated a limpid sense of newfound empowerment and independence. At her age of 30 – 45 (I estimated), I imagine she is still in a period of child rearing potential. Be that as it may, she now uses contraceptives and instead of more children wants to have fewer in hopes of giving each an opportunity at a prosperous, healthy life.
I can't claim to conclude any findings through this informal, again small scale study, but my hope is that for you – as the findings have been for me – this can be food for thought.
Anna Forsberg (KF19) is a Kiva Fellow, working with UIMCEC in Dakar, Senegal.
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Thank you Anna – this was thought provoking indeed. And increases the pleasure of loaning to women in Africa.


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CAMP HALE, Colorado – The U.S. Forest Service has closed portions of Camp Hale after learning that asbestos likely left behind 50 years ago has been found in areas of the former military training camp.
Eagle/Holy Cross District Ranger Dave Neely said Friday the Forest Service first learned about the asbestos, which he refers to as "isolated surface deposits," from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sept. 25. The corps had contractors working in Camp Hale to remove other so-called asbestos-containing material when those contractors located the asbestos on the ground.
The material is located in the northern portion of the encampment area. Camp Hale, located between Red Cliff and Leadville off Highway 24, was once home to about 17,000 soldiers training for World War II known as the 10th Mountain Division. Neely said the site was deactivated as a military training area in 1965 and the federal government transferred it back to the U.S. Forest Service in 1966. The camp was broken down around that time and Neely said "it's likely the material is associated with that, but we can't state that for sure."
The areas where asbestos has been found are areas where warehouse facilities and other camp-related facilities were located, Neely said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working at Camp Hale as part of the U.S. Army Environmental Command's Military Munitions Response Program, said Adam Little, the Camp Hale project's manager. The work done under that program tries to address potential explosives safety, health and environmental issues caused by munitions-related activities at formerly used defense sites.
Little said the asbestos was actually discovered by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment last year shortly before winter, but the Army Corps of Engineers couldn't investigate until after the snow melted. He added that workers did air monitoring this summer and tests came back negative, meaning the asbestos is not likely breathed in through the air as it currently sits, although that possibility hasn't been ruled out.
"Next week we're looking to get a crew out there to some areas to spray an agent on there to reduce the potential for airborne fibers," Little said.
Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Kevin Quinn added that there's "good evidence" from the work that has been going on at the site that the air is safe.
The Forest Service enacted the closure in the northern portion of the encampment area, as well as a closure for areas in the southern part of Camp Hale, because "protection of public safety is our highest priority while we develop a long-term strategy for mitigation of the resource with our partners," Neely said.
Neely said the public safety risk is still being evaluated, but the Forest Service doesn't want to take any unnecessary chances.
The closure that restricts all entry to the northern encampment areas is year-round, while the second order limiting travel in the southern part of the valley to roads and trails is lifted once there is at least 1 foot of snow on the ground, Neely said.
Neely said the Forest Service closed the area to campers a couple of years ago to preserve the historical significance of the site, and earlier this summer the Forest Service implemented its new travel management plan which restricted motorized uses on several roads in and around Camp Hale.
With the first rifle season for hunters beginning today, Neely wants the public to know that travel is allowed through the main entrance of Camp Hale and on to other roads, but travel through the Camp Hale valley floor is restricted to specific trails. The Forest Service has also posted maps and closure information at the site.
As for any potential risk to local drinking water, Eagle River Water and Sanitation District spokeswoman Diane Johnson said that asbestos is a particulate, meaning the Water District already has a system in place for treating it.
"Just like any other types of particulates that would be in the river, the treatment process that we have at our water plants is actually the best treatment available to remove particulates, so we would continue doing the same type of treatment," Johnson said.
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emma_melbourne wrote:Fabulous - and side-track wise? Do people have recommendations on which side-tracks to incorporate. Sounding like Waterfalls day, but of the various other options on other days - are there any particular recommendations? If I was going to do say one of the mountain hikes? (Weather-dependent with a degree of flexibility, obviously.)
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Last madam of infamous Chicken Ranch has died
Edna Milton Chadwell, the last madam of the Chicken Ranch, an infamous La Grange brothel which inspired a ZZ Top song, a Broadway hit and a movie starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, has died in Phoenix. She was 84.
Robert Kleffman, one of Chadwell's nephews, said his aunt died on Feb. 25 of complications from injuries she received in a car wreck last October.
The Chicken Ranch, which received national infamy after the staging of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" on Broadway, reportedly was the oldest continuously operating brothel in the nation when it closed in August 1973, following an expose by KTRK consumer reporter Marvin Zindler.
Madam adept at PR
Miss Edna, as she was known, joined the staff of the brothel in 1952 when she was 23, but with the owner, Miss Jessie Williams, in declining health, soon found herself assuming more of the day to day managerial responsibilities of running the business, said Jayme Blaschke, who is writing a book on the history of the Chicken Ranch.
In 1961, after Miss Jessie's death, Chadwell bought the establishment for $30,000 from her heirs and ran it for the next 12 years with a firm hand, brooking no nonsense.
Chadwell proved as adept at public relations as she was at running a brothel. She established a good working and personal relationship with T.J. Flournoy, the Fayette County sheriff who put in a direct line to the Chicken Ranch so he could be easily apprised of any criminal activity, Blaschke said.
According to the Handbook of Texas, Chadwell also forbade any contact, other than that of a professional nature, with the citizens of La Grange, insisted on weekly visits by the girls to a doctor, shopped with local merchants on a rotating basis, and gave generously to local charities.
The business flourished. Generations of students at nearby Texas A&M University discovered that a visit to the Chicken Ranch was an established rite of passage for freshmen. Legend has it that a nearby military base ferried clients in by helicopter.
But in 1973, acting on a tip, Zindler aired an exposé that led to the brothel's demise.
"Action 13 received an anonymous complaint about two alleged houses of prostitution," was how Zindler opened his nightly segment in late July that year. "The complainant said the houses were operating openly in our neighboring towns of Sealy and La Grange. It's illegal to operate a house of prostitution in Texas. And past history shows they cannot function without someone in authority protecting them."
By Aug. 1, Zindler's pressure resulted in Gov. Dolph Briscoe ordering law enforcement to close the two "bawdy houses," as Zindler called them. The next day, Flournoy reluctantly complied.
8th of 11 kids
Chadwell was born in Caddo County, Okla., in 1928, the eighth of 11 children. The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression forced the family to move frequently between Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona.
Edna stopped going to school in the third or fourth grade, said her nephew, Robert Kleffman. At 16 she was forced into an unwanted marriage and had a son, who died soon after birth.
Penniless, she turned to prostitution as a means of support, said Blaschke.
After the Chicken Ranch closed, Chadwell moved to Gladewater and got married. After her husband's death, she married Clayton Chadwell and moved to Phoenix, where she lived in relative obscurity until she died.
In the late 1970s Chadwell sold the rights to her story to Texas writer Larry L. King, who wrote a piece for Playboy magazine and which was adapted by Peter Masterson for the stage as "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," in which Miss Edna played a small, non-speaking role as the former madam.
"It was strange," Masterson said. "She had no concept of acting. But we thought it would be a good thing publicity-wise to have her in the show. We didn't want to praise prostitution. I thought this was a story about people just doing the best they could in life."
The success of the show prompted the film of the same name starring Reynolds and Parton, which Masterson thought trivialized the story and which Chadwelll hated.
"She said the movie was a joke," Kleffman said. "There was nothing about it right except that it happened in a whorehouse."


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While that victor is the "frontrunner," Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) a preliminary-card bout between Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante (15-4-1 MMA, 0-1 SF) and Justin Wilcox (11-3 MMA, 5-1 SF) also could factor into his decision.
Saturday's event takes place at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Noons vs. Masvidal is part of the Showtime-televised main card while Cavalcante and Wilcox compete on the HDNet-televised preliminary card.
In recent weeks, Noons and Masvidal have both talked about how a victory hopefully will mean a shot at Melendez. Coker didn't confirm those plans, but he said it's quite possible.
"I always like to watch a fight first," HE told MMAjunkie.com. "We'll go from there.
"I think this is definitely the frontrunner. But we'll wait until after the fight to make that commitment."
In fact, he cautioned reporters not to sleep on the featured preliminary-card bout. Like Noons and Masvidal, both Cavalcante and Wilcox have made some waves at 155 pounds and could make a case for a title shot.
"I think the other fight, the one on the undercard – there's the 'JZ' vs. Wilcox fight – we'll take a close look at that too," Coker said.
All four lightweight contenders are gunning for a shot at Melendez, who's steadily moved up the 155-pound rankings while even cracking some top-10 pound-for-pound lists, including Yahoo! Sports media-voted poll. With teammate and Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz vacating his title to move to the UFC for a shot at Georges St-Pierre, Melendez also has expressed interest in making a similar move.
However, with Diaz's reworked contract largely cloaked in a veil of secrecy, Melendez may not get the same opportunity.
Instead, like Coker, he'll likely be watching Saturday's event very closely.
For more on "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum," stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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The Waning Art Of The Projectionist
Do you ever look up at the tiny window at the back of the movie theater and wonder who's up there? Photographer Joseph O. Holmes has followed the flickering light to find out.
"I've always had this fascination with private work spaces," he says on the phone.
For years Holmes has photographed the places where people are most productive — be it a cluttered desk with an inspirational corkboard, or a tidy cube with a bobblehead and Post-its. His most recent project gets a bit more specific, focusing strictly on the work spaces of the people who make movies happen.
This is one of many stories about machines replacing humans, as Holmes explains: "I'm working against the clock with the whole series because a lot of these theaters are converting to digital projection — which does away with a lot of the interesting stuff in a projection room."
Holmes started the series in and around New York City and has slowly branched out to surrounding areas. Many of the traditional theaters he has visited are family-operated businesses. Some of the projectionists are cinephiles, says Holmes; a few of them are younger. But for the most part, he explains, it's a job.
"All the projectionists who are still working ... are finding less and less work," he says on the phone. "The only real reaction is that they were all worried about whether they'd find enough work."
I can't help but think of pesky little Salvatore in Cinema Paradiso, learning the ropes from Alfredo, the veteran projectionist — and I can't help but get nostalgic. Salvatore grows up in that little room under Alfredo's wing, and eventually becomes a projectionist himself. In the end, though, Alfredo tells Salvatore to leave town to chase his dreams, and to never look back with nostalgia.
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Dirty Wars is a docu-drama that tells the story behind the rise of JSOC - the Joint Special Operations Command. Formerly the most secretive fighting force in US history, JSOC took the limelight willingly when it was successful in taking down Osama Bin Laden.
The man behind this feature is Jeremy Scahill, the same fellow who blew the lid open on Blackwater.
I think both NoB and Cullion will find this especially interesting.
An interesting piece of film-making that raises questions about the global war on terror, the limits of power and freedom and documents some of the perils involved in hard-core investigative journalism.
Scahill's inquiries lead him to Somalia, Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan; all while uncovering the scary truth about the president's mandate and how far the government is willing to go to wage its war on Islamic extremism.
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What's with all the people wanting to play MMOGs by themselves?
I got to the bit about hunters being a casual class and was just like O_o
I mean, i took out /warlocks/ with that thing, and warlocks are stupidly easy to play as in pvp.
Ever heard of Demon's Souls?
They took the idea of ''Single player MMOG'' and went with it in its online portion.
I actually bought Guild Wars with the intention of playing it all by myself, then I sort of stumbled upon the extended group of people I've been gaming on and off with for 3 years now.
Most of the time I'll still be by myself in the game though, as Guild Wars is exceptionally solo friendly - I use the guild/alliance channels to chat with people while I play the game by myself, just like most of the other folks I'm talking to are, heh.
You hit it on the nose. I play LoTRO in a kin full of casual, and largely solo, players. We do like to organize groups to go after raid content, from time to time, but since real life comes first, group-based play just takes too long to organize to be more than an occasional thing.
The other factor is the pain of pick-up-groups. I got spoiled playing with people who could at least run over a bridge without falling off and target a mob in the right group. It's gotten to the point that I'd rather solo what I can and skip the rest than join a PUG.
The comment about hunters is funny, too. A friend told me the other day that he always tells new players to roll a hunter first, because nobody actually expects hunters to know what they're doing.
I'm totally that guy. It's not because I have something against playing with other people (I used to run a MUD for several years, after all), just that it's hard a lot of the time to find specific people I want to play with. When you narrow it down to people I get along with who want to do the same kinds of things I want to in the game and are around at the same time I am, there's often no one left. I have a hard time justifying the subscription price to play by myself, though, so unless TOR or something like that is really amazing, I can get most of what I want out of single-player games.
This article makes me very sad for the state of MMOS. The whole point is the end game content, not the leveling, that's where the interesting groups happen. People solo in MMOS mostly because it's easier and more efficient if you know how to level better than your likely groups. You get to the end game faster and then you group up for raids.
I've done this in every MMO I've played because compared to a good end game the grind is a boring waste of time. The grouping later is what makes the soloing worth it.
you sir, have obviously never spent hours trying to shave a second or two off your expert score
Man...you must have been REALLY bored at the office one day.
Because most people online are twats and will more than likely stab you in the back to pick up a rare trash loot that sells for just above average gold... Or who will disconnect from dungeons (usually tankers or healers) ... sometimes its just fun to be alone and actually get somethig done xD
I just don't like looking for a group for several hours. Also I don't want to look like a noob in front of people.
personally I've been playing (or trying to) mmo's solo since everquest, the main reason being that other players muck up the game for me. griefers, beggars, spammers, gold farmers, elitist pricks etc. quite often if there is a way to turn off the chat window in a mmo I do.
for me this goes right along with my main gripe about team fortress 2. I've played the hell out of that game but I would have played it a lot more if there were single player bot matches like unreal tournament. makes me wonder why they chose to include single player modes for l4d and not tf2.
I love good games regardless, but encouraging one playstyle by punishing others is kinda lame in my book.
When I played MMOs, I used to hunt and gather on my own. I liked the exploration aspects and didn't feel the necessity to force everyone else to play the game at my pace. I still socialized with others though.
The largest barrier for participating in group scenarios is that, frankly, I don't like a lot of the players out there. If a game absolutely forced me to group with these people or weed through them, I wouldn't play it.
Of course, I don't understand the allure of facebook and twitter either so maybe it's just me.
Lone wolfing is cool but group stuff is great only if you have a good group.
just two days ago i started playing a mmorpg again (i blame you and Funk) and since my work schedule means that i wont get home before 22-23 i really miss high level solo options, i have been spending the majority of the time just farming gold since thats all you really can do, the smaller instances are fun but towards 02 it takes awhile to gather a group often it takes longer than the instance itself.
and during the 3 days i have been playing i have already encountered plenty people who where offensive and uncomfortable to playing with.
It's a bit of an ironic situaton, alright. You play MMORPGs because they've a massive amount of players... but, you will tend to want to play MMORPGs solo because dealing with the other players can be hassle.
It's mostly a design problem, really. Once you make a game solo (casual) accessible, the players don't have to go through the hassle of dealing with other players, and so they fall into the habit of playing alone. MMORPGs which make grouping easy and noticably more rewarding than soloing tend to get a lot more groups. Simple carrot and stick, really: the carrot being the rewards to group, the stick being the hassle in doing so.
Most MMORPGs don't spare the effort towards doing so because their designers can't figure out how to make a game that can be casual-accessible and yet still possess the incentives needed make grouping the primary mode of play. The rabbits need brave no sticks if they've more than enough carrot to tide them over.
Playing with other people tends to be an inconvenience. In my experience with WoW, it's nearly impossible to find someone who 1) is at your level, 2) needs the same quests as you, and 3) is generally not an ass. Once you've hit 80, of course, it's a completely different story, with nearly all level 80 players doing roughly the same things.
Even when playing with real-life friends, I've found leveling together to be an extremely annoying, frustrating and unsatisfactory experience. It requires coordinating schedules and an agreement to never play that character when the other isn't around: Something that, assuming you get any enjoyment from the character, can be singularly frustrating. My RL friends and I therefore tend to congregate on our 80's when we want to play together, but play alts independently when we'd prefer to simply talk.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is that it's nice to be social without necessarily having to work together. I love talking to people in guild chat, but at the same time having to gather groups for anything other than high-level dungeons can be truly frustrating. I think it's nice to be able to group together when needed, but one of the huge advantages WoW has over early MMO games is that it's not mandatory to group in order to advance.
Also, finally, I wouldn't exactly agree with the "hunter = casual" argument. Hunters are one of the most capable classes in the game, and can take a fair amount of work to master. More importantly, they're one of the few classes able to reliably solo the "elite" quests, which can be really enjoyable. Playing a hunter is somewhat a natural evolution of this whole "I don't want to be forced to group in order to progress" mentality.
I never said that Hunters SUCKED, or that they were over powered, or underpowered, and I can already see this thread is going to be nine miles of thin-skinned hunter hater / apologists. Sigh. Shoulda seen that coming. Honestly. This is why we can't have nice things.
It's simply possible to play a hunter while you're barely paying attention and they're the ultimate solo class. Yes, you can get more out of them if you learn to play them well, but they're forgiving in that you can get by with just the basics.
It's worth noting one of the reasons one might want to play solo, other than space/time constraints: people on the Internet are assholes, as demonstrated by the Penny Arcade Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory.
Every multiplayer game I played to date was dominated by the assholes, jerks, schmucks and generally unpleasant fellows of the Internet. This social circle is more than unappealing, it's downright repulsing. To speak for myself, I don't want to interact with this kind of crowd, and I know others who feel the same. Regardless of why one wants to play an MMOG, the mere presence of this yapping, whining, cursing, flaming, trolling, spamming (you get the idea) crowd can be almost insufferable. For me to actually actively seek out and play alongside them? Unthinkable.
Why not play single player? Some reasons were already said. And sometimes I do want to play with others, but others that I know and like rather than one of the anonymous masses. This is the reason I picked up Guild Wars, to play with a friend.
I see in the multiplayer crowd a deterrent against many potential gamers, or at least online gamers, who might take only a single look at an online game madhouse and decide "This is not for me". Unfortunately, I don't see online demographic changing anytime soon. With people as with many other things, I find that quality has largely gone underground and into hiding. The face of online gaming remains in its obnoxious form. This is as good a reason as any to stay away from it.
Just dropping in to offer my two cents.
I'd like to put forth something that may have been overlooked, and that's the people (admittedly like me) who enjoy the concept of playing multiplayer in theory, but have next to no comfort with the idea of initiating the multiplayer with other players. So I get this MMO, and end up hacking away at junk by my lonesome.
I'm an introvert at heart and find social interaction draining to a certain extent. Don't get me wrong, I'm not your stereotypical gamer shut-in, I go to parties and enjoy the company of other folks. It just drains me, and every once in awhile I feel the need to....well, shut myself in my room and read a book and avoid interaction completely.
Anywho, that's how I inevitably play my MMOs. Because playing with other people stresses me the hell out. It's fun, but it's stressful, and I eventually feel the need to recharge by just doing my own thing. Who knows, maybe I'm not alone?
One of the reasons I quit WOW was that I needed help for so many dungeons and all the groups I was in sucked. I don't mind failing because I agro-ed a really powerful beast but I would die because some one else screwed up. I play DDO online and just buy hirelings for the tough dungeons, I need no one else.
I don't play MMOGs, but I would imagine one of the factors involved is the fact that there are fewer and fewer single player games being developed and the ones that are are generally shit.
For myself, the answer is multi-faceted:
1) Many a time questing while fun with friends you know can be more efficient solo. sometimes I feel when parties have to wait up for me, or I have to wait for them to catch up, maybe re-equip, or get distracted by side items like mining an ore or something.
There's more, but there's a strating pint to chew on.
I used to play a couple MMOs, but I did it alone because every 999/1000 person was an ass.
I think you also missed out on discussing players looking for bite sized chunks of gameplay to digest at a time. Sometimes you just don't want to have to group up with 10 other people and set a block of 1-2 hours aside to run content in an MMO. Players who enjoy multiplayer in some games might shy away from intimidating hour long grindfests or even wipefests where that hour might stretch to two. You want something you can walk away from without a second thought and without the possibility of leaving someone in a lurch.
We got things like Battlegrounds and Public Quests to try and draw those "solo" players in. From my experience in WoW and Warhammer Online it did a fair job of it. I knew a lot of people who were enticed by the bite sized aspect of these encounters. People who had said they would never want to PvP or "Raid" because of the hectic or competitive nature of the experiences.
Perhaps it comes down to people self reflecting about how they feel about their own experience in gaming. Group gaming requires a lot of the people who you surround yourself with. It puts the burden of shaping your experience on them rather than the game itself. No one wants to feel beholden to others for their gaming experience and neither does anyone want to be responsible for shaping their style to the benefit of someone else.
My thought is that there is one very difficult overarching problem to overcome. How can you make a multiplayer game that rewards both teamwork and lone wolfing at the same time, while keeping the game challenging for both.
Thats because (at least for me) trying to PUG in WoW sucked and I wasn't wasting time with a crappy guild, I was waiting till 80 to get into a good raiding guild, but with patch 3.3 PUGing is easier and has rewards so I've done nothing but do instances for the last 3 days, I've leveled from 77 to 79.5 (so close) and I've replaced most of my gear. So yes doing instances is MUCH more rewarding, but I'll always miss solo questing :'(
.. i would add that working in these games with others isnt always fun; in multiplayer many others can just disconect (for xyz reason), go away and to do their own thing, or get too far ahead in power and get bored with the other slower players
And free time is a luxury for some people.
its largely cause most people are unreliable. partly from my loathing of every1 who proves themselves to be stupid. and finally, because noone wants to party with u in the first place
I'm short on time so I'll be brief.
I'm one of those severely antisocial hermits. Sure I'll chat you up, but I don't want any other actual involvement with you than that. There are three primary reasons I prefer MMORPGs over single-player games. They are:
Another reason I play alone, is because I enjoy watching the story unfold. It's hard to do that when shouting orders or following somebody else's lead in a group.
And I've reached the point that I actively avoid any game that forces me to party for any reason, for any occasion.
Shamus, is there something you want to tell us? I'm sensing a LOT of anger as of late; and hasn't that last paragraph just been rather mean to both groups?
I tend to solo-play MMOs mainly because I like to relax as I play. If I want to be in a team, then I'll go in a team, but most of the time I just like to wile away time crafting or something and a lot of people find that boring.
I can work efficiently in a team, I just choose not to; and I really get upset with the whole PvE idea that HAS to be stuck into every MMO now as it's just another method for Mister 24hour stretch to rub his e-peen.
When you're sitting in the camp and there's a guy 5 levels higher, on a mount, with full armour and pets up waiting for you to step across that line; then you just want to log out.
Equally with the screaming know-it-all who wants to do his missions on top level, or the berserker who just wants a heal-bot, or the lonely fanatic who just wants to give you free stuff so you'll chat to him.
Give me a game with a medium population, a solid world and no "SUPER NEW UPDATES" and I'm happy. The scrambled non-sequitur world of WoW or Champions just give me a headache.
Personally, I like MMORPGs a lot more when group play is optional rather than necessary. Because while the idea of a big, open world game that I can play with close friends is nice, I hate forming parties of people I don't know because 95% of the time they turn out to be total douchebags.
Even without being in a party you still have kill-stealers, bots, and people who gather up swarms of aggressive monsters only to dump them off on lower-level players. This is why instances are so nice; they let you enjoy the game with whoever you want without having to worry about other human beings ruining your good time.
Just like a lot of other things, that's a matter of opinion. To me, endgame raids are a terrible experience that I don't want to repeat ever again. By the time I reach the levelcap in any game, people know whatever the endgame in that particular game is by heart and just rush on. Yeah, in the right guild you'll get an explanation, but nobody takes time anymore. I like to enjoy the scenery, the fights, the quests, not the rush to the final boss and the bickering over loot afterwards.
I happen to like the leveling experience. It's the most enjoyable part of the game for me. I like quests, I like exploring and no genre gives me as much of that as MMORPGs do. Endgame consists of visiting the same locations over and over again in order to gain better equipment which is needed for other locations that you visit over and over again. Minuscula upgrades are not what make a game fun for me and the group dynamic in endgame is all but lost. No exploration, no discovering new things, new foes, new bosses - just rush, fight, loot, next. And that's if you are in an active guild. If you aren't, then have fun with random groups. All the problems of guilds and then some! No, thanks.
Oh, to me, the endgame is much more of a grind than the leveling in many games.
I liked this article alot although it seemed kind of cut off at the end. I'd of like to see you elaborate more on your thoughts, but maybe thats just me. All in all still a good article.
This actually came up at the perfect time. My girlfriend and I are looking at replacing guild wars with a new game once she finishes up her protector title, she's not interested in hard mode and I'm disenchanted after 3 years. Unfortunately, Guild Wars' instanced explorables seem to be unique since PSO went away. Any of you obscure game lovers know of games playable start-to-end by 2 people (or 2 people + AI like Guild Wars)? Free or subscription is fine (though free is always better, of course)
I like playing City of Heroes. It has a very strong solo game in there, there are team based activities but I like that they arn't mandatory, the missions can be tailored to either solo or teaming.
It's why I don't like WoW, all the best stuff requires you to be on teams, and said team require you to have the best possible gear.
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Biblical principles for stress
Proverbs 12:25, "An anxious heart weighs a person down, but a kind word cheers them up."
Anxiety is weighing down upon the hearts of men and women in our day. Peace seems to allude many, in this age of stress, anxiety, and worry. Fueled by the high paced lifestyle of the 21st century, we see the toll stress is taking on individuals, and families. Stress related illnesses are common place with many people living their lives in fear, worry, and unease. Our culture offers some solutions, exercise, diet, prescriptions from doctors – yet for many people anxiety dominates their lives and peace is far away.-
I have found some simple biblical principles for dealing with anxiety that are timeless and practical.
Submit your life to God.
1 Peter 5: 6-7, "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."
An anxious life, is a life that is not in a right relationship with God. God is the giver of peace, and he will carry your anxieties.– Have you humbled yourself before God? Once you do, he will provide for you loving care that carries your anxieties.
Pray with thanksgiving.
Philippians 4: 6-7, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
What a wonderful promise for all who trust in God. When you bring your anxieties to him in prayer, with thanksgiving, he will give you peace. A peace that's above human understanding, a peace that will put a guard around your heart, and your mind.-
Are you stressed out and anxious about much? Turn to God, have faith in Christ and as you develop a loving relationship with him, he will give you peace. The Scriptures go on and remind us that when you set your minds on the good things of God, and as you practice godly behavior, this too will usher peace into your life.-
Philippians 4:8-9, "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."
God gives us a supernatural peace even when things in your life are troublesome. So remember, "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."
Pastor Rich Lammay of High Sierra Fellowship is a member of Carson Valley Ministers' Association.


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Mayor Pro Tem Jan M. Flory was re-elected to the Fullerton City Council in November 2012, after a 10-year absence from the council. She previously served on the Fullerton City Council from October 1994 through December 2002. She was the city's Mayor in 1998-99, and Mayor Pro Tem in 1997-98 and 2001-02.
Mayor Pro Tem Flory serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Orange County Vector Control District and in January 2014, was appointed as a Board of Director for the Orange County Water District. She also serves on the Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency Board, a role she previously served in years earlier.
Previously, Mayor Pro Tem Flory served the citizens of Fullerton through a four-year stint as an Orange County Water District board member from 1998 to 2002. She also served on the City's Planning and Community Services commissions and with the Sister City Association.
Mayor Pro Tem Flory is a family law attorney and has maintained her law office in Fullerton since 1986. She believes that 30 years of working with families in distress has prepared her for being on the City Council. She was admitted to the practice of law in 1986 by both the California State Bar and the U.S. Court of Appeals. She is currently a member of the Orange County and North Orange County Bar associations, as well as the Family Law Section of the Orange County Bar. She was a licensed real estate broker for 15 years prior to becoming a lawyer, and she and her husband, Bill, owned and managed a new home sales business in Fullerton for more than 12 years.
Mayor Pro Tem Flory was born in New Zealand, and was brought to this country by her Kiwi mother when she was six months old to rejoin her U.S. Marine father. She grew up in Garden Grove where she still has several friends that she has known since kindergarten.
Council Member Flory and her husband Bill have been married for 50 years. They and their then three-year-old twins, Mike and Rob, moved to Fullerton in 1970. All four of them are graduates of CSUF. Council Member Flory completed her education at Western State University College of Law where she earned a juris doctorate in 1986. She currently practices family law in Fullerton.
Mayor Pro Tem Flory's sons followed in her footsteps and both became attorneys. Mike is a deputy district attorney for the Orange County District Attorney while Rob is a deputy public defender for the Orange County Public Defender.
Mayor Pro Tem Flory and her husband have three grandchildren who live close by allowing them to have close contact with them.
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