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- "Straight to the facts; I can't use your help unless I'm open with you about who I am and what I do. Let me re-introduce myself... I am the boss of the Mountain Cloud Boys."
- — Wu Zi Mu.
Mountain Cloud Boys is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas given to protagonist Carl Johnson by San Fierro Triads leader Wu Zi Mu from his apartment in the Chinatown district of San Fierro, San Andreas
Carl arrives at Woozie's apartment and is led upstairs by Guppy, a Triad, who informs him that Woozie is actually blind and blessed with unbelievable good fortune. Woozie "reintroduces" himself to Carl and says that he needs to meet a Triad who missed a meeting last time. Carl and Woozie drive over to the warehouse where the missing Triad is found. Upon arriving an usually locked gate is suddenly open and Woozie bumps into a dead Triad while the place is surrounded by flames. The door to a garage opens and the Triad inside informs Woozie about the Da Nang Boys having wiped out the Blood Feather Triads just as more of them arrive at the alleyway. Carl helps Woozie killing all the Da Nang Boys and after finishing everyone off, they escape in a Sentinel while two more Da Nang gang cars arrive and start attacking them. Woozie destroys both the cars and Carl drives him back to his apartment.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Take Woozie to the Tong meeting
- Stick close to Woozie
- Get out of the alleyway and protect Woozie from the attacking gang
- Let Woozie destroy the attacking cars
- Drive Woozie back to his place
- If you are using the PC version and have frame limiter disabled, a glitch may occur in this mission. When Carl and Woozie arrive at the warehouse, both exit the car, and Carl will not move. Make sure to enable frame limiter at the start of the mission, or else you will need to reload a game save.
- Only in this mission can you find an NPC using the sniper rifle.
- The Sentinel can take many bullets before being destroyed.
- Near the end of the mission it is possible for Woozie to get killed while driving. If that happens he will just sit there and not fall out of the car. It is even possible to start the mission again and see two Woozies on the screen at once, one dead and one alive. If you get into the car Woozie pulls his dead self out and gets in, prompting the dead self to disappear.
Completing this mission rewards the player with $5,000 and increased respect. The mission Ran Fa Li is unlocked.


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This winter, if you show up at Port Clyde Fresh Catch on the wrong day, you're likely to not find any shrimp at all. On a recent morning, workers drop lobsters and handfuls of crabs into plastic bins, tear open the shells, pull out the meat and set it aside for packaging.
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When he's not on the water, Cushman is usually down here, in his basement, working on a new trawling net. Cushmen, who owns one of the five remaining large trawlers in Port Clyde, says the combination he and others have come to depend is no longer a safe bet. The groundfish fishery has been in decline for years now.
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I'd say the biggest balance issue causer from what I've seen is the unit cap. In theory even though my units are weaker then the rare ones, I could mass more of my weaker ones to make up for it, but because of the unit cap, at some point I can't make anymore units, while my opponent can continue to stock pile his bigger more expensive units. There also seems to be an awful lot of AoE (Area of Effect) spells and abilities in this game that punish players for having larger amounts of weak units instead of a few stronger units, but I haven't seen enough of the cards to see if there are any single unit destruction spells as well that obviously punish the reverse.
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|TNG, Episode 1x11
Production number: 40271-105
First aired: 30 November 1987
|4th of 176 produced in TNG
|10th of 176 released in TNG
|115th of 728 released in all
| Teleplay By
Tracy Tormé
Story By
Tracy Tormé and Lan O'Kun
Directed By
Richard Compton
|41294.5 (2364)
Tensions mount as Counselor Troi's arranged marriage nears, and her mother takes a liking for Captain Picard. Meanwhile, a plague ship threatens the planet where they are meeting.
The USS Enterprise-D arrives at the planet Haven where Deanna Troi encounters her mother Lwaxana Troi and is compelled to submit to her late father's marriage arrangement. When she was a child, she was promised as wife to Wyatt Miller, who is now a handsome young medic. Deanna decides to fulfill this promise, although Commander Riker is very reluctant to this due to his feelings towards her.
In the meantime, Deanna's mother, Lwaxana and the Miller family arrive on the Enterprise to make the necessary arrangements for the wedding. However, Lwaxana's eccentric behavior causes friction as she demands the Betazoid marriage ceremony, during which all participants are expected to be nude, be respected. Additionally, Lwaxana has the gift of annoying almost everyone, including the calm and peaceful Captain Picard.
As Deanna finally decides to embrace her future life with Wyatt Miller, the latter is less inclined towards this perspective. Ever since he was a child, Wyatt had dreams about a mysterious young woman, whom he believes will be his future wife. Because he knew about his bonding with a Betazoid girl, he had always thought it was Deanna who telepathically projected those images into his mind. Naturally, he is a bit disappointed to see that Deanna was not the woman from his dreams, which she instantly senses and confronts him about.
He is afraid that Deanna would always know what he thinks, and she admits that sometimes this would indeed be the case. Nonetheless, he accepts the commitment. Even Lwaxana and the Millers reach a compromise, consenting the wedding be half-Human, half-Betazoid and only Lwaxana and Wyatt's father will go naked. So, everyone is happy except Riker who realizes this will mean unbinding his ties to Deanna.
In the midst of the wedding arrangements, an unknown vessel enters the Haven system. Picard recognizes the ship: a Tarellian ship, a surprising find, since the entire Tarellian civilization was wiped out decades ago by a devastating plague. All of the surviving Tarellians had tried to flee, carrying with them the infection which affected every planet they visited. It was very likely that this ship was carrying a plagued crew... and was heading directly towards Haven, probably due to the fact this planet was believed to have curative properties.
The Enterprise holds the Tarellian vessel with a tractor beam and Picard attempts to negotiate with the crew. Its captain replies that the eight people remaining on his ship wish to live their last days on an isolated beach. However, Wyatt is surprised to find out the woman from his dreams was aboard that vessel. Without any hesitation, he beams aboard the Tarellian vessel without authorization and decides to remain there, to try to cure the Tarellians. Everyone is shocked but they respect his decision. The Tarellians agree to move on, removing the threat to Haven, and are released to return to space.
Log Entries
- Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), 2364
- Captain's personal log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
Memorable Quotes
"Look at your father, Wyatt. He just can't wait to rip off his clothes for that barbaric ceremony!"
- - Victoria Miller
"Your mother relented. And I just caught my father practicing naked in front of his mirror."
- - Wyatt Miller, on how a compromise on the traditional Betazoid nude wedding was structured
"Actually, Bill was concerned that you might be upset that I care deeply for him, too."
- - Deanna Troi, referring to Commander Riker as "Bill" when explaining the Commander's outburst on the holodeck
"Thank you for the drinks."
- - Homn, to Picard, his only spoken line in the entire series
"Stop this petty bickering, all of you! Especially you, mother!"
"Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most intriguing."
- - Deanna Troi and Data
"That was meant as a joke, captain."
"I was not amused."
- - Deanna Troi and Picard
Background information
Story and script
- A working title of this episode was "Eye of the Beholder". The name had previously been used for Star Trek: The Animated Series's episode TAS: "The Eye of the Beholder". This name was also later reused for an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation's seventh season.
- The original story for this episode by Lan O'Kun was titled "Love Beyond Time And Space". (Creating the Next Generation: The Conception and Creation of a Phenomenon, p. 49)
Cast and characters
- Michael Dorn (Worf) and Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) do not appear in this episode. The final script draft contained several lines for the characters that were either cut or reassigned to other characters.
- This marks the first appearance of Majel Barrett as Lwaxana Troi.
- Armin Shimerman's appearance as the Betazoid Gift Box marks his only non-Ferengi role on Star Trek (except the DS9 episode "Far Beyond the Stars") and his first role in the show, because "Haven" was filmed before "The Last Outpost".
- Director Richard Compton, in addition to appearing twice in Star Trek: The Original Series, later went on to produce and direct Sliders, which was co-created by the writer of this story, Tracy Tormé.
Props and effects
- The command chair on the bridge of the Tarellian ship was created by Peter Opsvik and was later re-used as a chair in Worf's quarters in the episodes "Peak Performance", "Family", "Reunion", "Redemption", "New Ground", "Cost of Living", "A Fistful of Datas", "Birthright, Part I", "Parallels", "Genesis", and "Firstborn". [1] [2]
- According to Robert Legato, 110 visual effects shots were used in this episode. ("Departmental Briefing Year Five" ("Visual Effects"), TNG Season 5 DVD special feature)
- This is the third and last time in which Commander Riker is referred to as "Bill." He was previously called "Bill" in "Encounter at Farpoint" and "The Naked Now".
- This is the one and only time that Homn speaks.
- The MSD in engineering is replaced with a wall and a fake cargo bay-type door in this episode, to give the illusion of a corridor lounge.
- Curtains made of pearl strings, as seen in Lwaxana Troi's quarters, appear only in this episode.
- Dennis McCarthy, who composed the score for this episode, noted that Rick Berman strongly disliked his approach to the episode – so much so that McCarthy was certain he would be fired. [3] The score was recorded on 1 October 1987, at Paramount Stage M. [4] The complete episode score appears on Disc One of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection, Volume One.
Production history
- Revised final draft script: 13 July 1987
- Second revised final draft script: 15 July 1987
- Filmed: 27 July 1987 – 4 August 1987
- Premiere airdate: 30 November 1987
- UK premiere (BBC2): 14 November 1990
- This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series (Richard Sabre).
Video and DVD releases
- Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6, catalog number VHR 2397, 1 October 1990
- UK re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 1.4, catalog number VHR 4645, 15 June 1998
- As part of the TNG Season 1 DVD collection
- As part of the TNG Season 1 Blu-ray collection
Links and references
Also starring
- LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
- Denise Crosby as Lt. Tasha Yar
- Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
- Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
Guest Stars
- Majel Barrett as Lwaxana Troi
- Rob Knepper as Wyatt Miller
- Nan Martin as Victoria Miller
- Robert Ellenstein as Steven Miller
- And
- Anna Katarina as Valeda
- Raye Birk as Wrenn
- Danitza Kingsley as Ariana
- Michael Rider as Transporter Chief
Uncredited co-stars
- James G. Becker as Youngblood
- Jeffrey Deacon as a command division officer
- Nora Leonhardt as a science division ensign
- Tim McCormack as Bennett
- Lorine Mendell as Diana Giddings
- Rebecca Rose as a holographic harp (citation needed • edit)
- Armin Shimerman as Betazoid Gift Box
- Unknown performers as
- James G. Becker - stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
- Darrell Burris - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- Jeffrey Deacon - stand-in for Patrick Stewart
- Susan Duchow - stand-in for Denise Crosby
- Nora Leonhardt - stand-in for Marina Sirtis
- Tim McCormack - stand-in for Brent Spiner
- Lorine Mendell - stand-in for Gates McFadden
2356; Alcyone; Beta Cassius; Beta Cassius system; Betazed; Betazoid; Betazoid chime; Betazoid wedding; chameleon rose; Class M; Earth; First Electorine; Haven; Holy Rings of Betazed; hypospray; imzadi; medical doctor; Richard III; Sacred Chalice of Rixx; Tarella; Tarellian; Tarellian Civil War; Tarellian starship; Transporter Room 1; Troi, Ian Andrew; sign language; Starfleet Academy; stargate; turbolift; Xelo
External links
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- Haven (episode) at Wikipedia
- Haven (episode) at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
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Was playing Fallen Enchantress: Legendary heroes Then for some reason I thought about Folrart Spear Knights and decided that it would be nice to see them on the frontlines for once.... So I went and designed them into the game. Then went stabbing faces with them. They're gud for vanguards xD Fast, high level and plenty of damage if trained out of high level fortresses. Exactly what Vanguards need for main army to catch up. My only regret is that I cannot give them +10 defense while defending in battles. Because I'm limited to choosing three traits for designed units so I had to go with Plate armor, +1 lvl and +2 initative.
Disregard the point lead.... Expert difficulty is too easy for me. Those armies was massing up to railroad the Wolves faction.
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Most of us remember growing up watching The Munsters on TV. Well, our littlest Munster, Eddie (Butch Patrick) is all grown up. He's 57, to be exact, and ready to settle down with one of his long time fans, Donna McCall. Donna wrote him fan letters in the 60's to which he responded. They lost track over the years but have since reconnected with her perseverance. Once they met in person, the romance went full fire and the engagement came soon after. Love at first fright! (full story at TheExaminer.com)
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"Superior ability breeds superior ambition."
The Eugenics Wars (or the Great Wars) were a series of conflicts fought on Earth between 1992 and 1996. The result of a scientific attempt to improve the Human race through selective breeding and genetic engineering, the wars devastated parts of Earth, by some estimates officially causing some 30 million deaths, and nearly plunging the planet into a new Dark Age. (TOS: "Space Seed"; ENT: "Borderland")
Records from this period are fragmented, but what is known is that the wars' roots lie in a group of Human scientists' ambitious attempt to improve the race through selective breeding and genetic engineering. They created a race of "supermen," popularly known as the Augments, who were mentally and physically superior to ordinary men and women. They were five times stronger than the average person, their lung efficiency was 50 percent better than normal, and their intelligence was double that of normal Humans. They also had enhanced senses, including an ability to hear beyond that of Human capabilities. (TOS: "Space Seed"; ENT: "Borderland", "Cold Station 12")
One aspect these scientists overlooked was the personality of the Augments. Along with their superior abilities, the Augments were aggressive and arrogant; "flaws" which the scientists were unable to correct at the time, due to the infant stage of the science. One of the Augments' creators realized this, writing that "superior ability breeds superior ambition." That same scientist was ultimately killed by one of his own creations. (TOS: "Space Seed"; ENT: "Cold Station 12", "The Augments")
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The Augments rose to power and held dominance over a large portion of Humanity, beginning in the early 1990s. Among the most notorious of these superhuman conquerors was Khan Noonien Singh, who in 1992 became the "absolute ruler" of more than a quarter of the planet, from Asia through the Middle East. (TOS: "Space Seed")
The following year, a group of fellow "supermen" followed in Khan's footsteps, and simultaneously seized power in over 40 nations. Some people were treated as little more than slaves by the Augments. Khan considered himself a prince "with power over millions," and unlike some other nations ruled by Augments, under his rule there were no massacres and no wars of aggression until he was attacked; he was thus among the most admired of the so-called "tyrants" into the 23rd century, being called the "best of the tyrants" by James T. Kirk. (TOS: "Space Seed"; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; ENT: "Borderland")
Reports as to exactly how the wars began vary; some claim that humanity rose up against Khan and his fellow "supermen," while others believe the Augments began to fight among themselves. Regardless of how they began, or who started them, the Eugenics Wars had a devastating impact on Earth, as entire populations were bombed out of existence. (ENT: "Cold Station 12"; TOS: "Space Seed") As the wars raged, and many areas were devastated, others (including those of the United States of America) remained largely unaffected. (VOY: "Future's End")
Among the areas affected by the wars was North Africa. One conflict that occurred there involved a battalion of soldiers that included the great-grandfather of future Starfleet Captain Jonathan Archer. In this encounter, Archer's great-grandfather was able to convince the commander of his enemy's forces to hold their fire long enough to evacuate a school that was directly between them. (ENT: "Hatchery")
The Augments were eventually defeated by Humans not genetically enhanced, with Khan being the last of the tyrants to be overthrown, in 1996. Over eighty of the "supermen" (including Khan) went unaccounted for, a fact the governments of the time did not disclose to the public in order to prevent panic. In 2267, it was discovered that Khan and 84 of his followers had managed to flee the planet unattended aboard the early sleeper ship SS Botany Bay. (TOS: "Space Seed"; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
The official number of casualties from the wars was placed at 30 million, although some historians believe it to be closer to 35 million, with another figure established as being 37 million. Although the wars may have ended, Humanity's fear of genetically-engineered beings remained well into the 24th century. (ENT: "Cold Station 12"; TOS: "Bread and Circuses"; DS9: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume")
Following the wars, controversial debates ensued between Earth's governments regarding the fate of thousands of Augment embryos. Uncertain of how to handle the issue, the governments opted to have the embryos placed into cryogenic suspension. This fact was also kept from public knowledge. (ENT: "Borderland", "Cold Station 12")
The issue of genetic manipulation and Human genome enhancement continued to plague Earth into the 21st century, proving to be one of the causes of further conflicts that ultimately erupted into World War III in 2026. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" historical archive) In the 23rd century, the Eugenics Wars themselves were sometimes viewed as synonymous with the Third World War, and possibly regarded as its initial cause, much like how the Second World War is often seen as a result of the First. (TOS: "Space Seed"; ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
Genetic engineering of Humans was ultimately banned on Earth, as the concept was considered anti-Humanistic by Earth leaders. As a result of this, Doctor Stavos Keniclius was exiled from his community, which eventually led him to depart Earth permanently. The ban was placed primarily as an attempt to prevent another event like the Eugenics Wars, and to ensure that Humanity did not endure the wrath of another Khan Noonien Singh-type tyrant. (TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan"; DS9: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume", "Statistical Probabilities")
The ban on genetic engineering was challenged by the geneticist Arik Soong in the 2130s, when he stole some of the Augment embryos left over from the wars, which were being stored at Cold Station 12. Soong believed that genetic engineering was the key to improving Humankind and preventing illness, and that it should be given another chance. By raising the Augments himself, Soong believed he could prevent them from behaving like their brethren from the Eugenics Wars. His plan failed as the aggressive nature of the Augments took dominance, and they threatened to incite war and cause mass murder. Earth Starfleet's mission to hunt down and capture the renegade "supermen" ultimately led to the destruction of the Augments, as well as most of the embryos. (ENT: "Borderland", "Cold Station 12", "The Augments")
Not all of the embryos were destroyed, though. Some found their way into the hands of Klingons who, believing Humans were improving themselves in order to conquer the Klingon Empire, attempted to use the DNA from the embryos to enhance themselves. The end result was a mutation of a highly-contagious virus that caused massive changes in physical appearance, biological structure, and even basic personality traits of large portions of the Klingon race. (ENT: "Affliction", "Divergence")
Related topics
Both "Space Seed" and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan gave the dating of the Wars as the 1990s, but "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" was thought by some to have retconned that date with a reference to them having occurred two centuries prior to the events of that episode, placing the Wars in the mid-to-late 22nd century, which was inconsistent with Star Trek: First Contact. Episode writer Ronald D. Moore later admitted to having referred to the line from The Wrath of Khan, but accidentally forgot to account for the show being a century later. (AOL chat, 1997) The original dating of the wars was reaffirmed when Phlox stated in "Borderland" that Arik Soong's Augments were pretty sophisticated for 20th century genetics. Phlox later mentions to the Klingons that genetic engineering on Earth was "banned decades ago," likely meaning not more than a century ago; this could mean that genetic engineering was not banned until long after the Eugenics Wars, possibly after the formation of United Earth.
Also, in "Space Seed", Spock describes the Eugenics Wars as "the era of your last so-called world war," suggesting this conflict could be World War III. In TOS: "Bread and Circuses", it is stated by Spock that 37 million died in World War III – consistent with Phlox's assertion that over 30 million died in the Eugenics Wars (again connecting World War III and the Eugenics Wars) – but not Riker's claim that 600 million died in the nuclear conflict in the 2050s. As Spock was speaking in the context of despotism, and his numbers for WWI and WWII are not consistent with known total death-counts, the connection is less than conclusive. This is also possible given the enormous devastation a nuclear war is sure to have caused. In real life, the death tolls under Stalin, Mao, or Hitler have different numbers claimed, since records are so hazy - and what constitutes "responsibility" is usually open to interpretation. It would be doubly like this following a nuclear war.
Although TNG has never stated when World War III occurred until the movies, the problem is further complicated after further context established in TNG: "Up The Long Ladder". Data says that in the early 22nd century, they were still recovering from World War III. Given Riker's established end date of World War III as mid-21st century, and the continuation, even post-First Contact, of the post-atomic horror until at least 2079, it is not impossible to imagine that recovery from that massively devastating conflict might still be occurring in the early 2100s. Even TOS talks about wars in the early 21st century in TOS: "The Savage Curtain", indicating a potential link between the two conflicts through causal history in much the same way as World War I and World War II are linked by historians today.
The Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars books portray a different view on the Eugenics Wars as being a more covert hidden battle between the genetically engineered "supermen" rather than an overt one in an attempt to marry the original dates of the Eugenics Wars with the events of the present day. It also raises the quite logical hypothesis that Gary Seven was involved in the overthrow of Khan and the other tyrants since he conceivably was present on Earth at the time of Khan's birth and would have known or seen the advent of the eugenics movement. Numerous 20th Century Trek characters appear in the story, including Rain Robinson (who at the end of the second book becomes Roberta Lincoln's assistant), Ralph Offenhouse (an early financial backer of the genetic engineering program), Clare Raymond (her death is not an embolism but collateral damage from a nerve gas attack, Khan's assassination of Vasily Hunyadi, the fellow Augment secretly behind the Balkan conflicts of the early 1990s), Gillian Taylor, Flint (as "Wilson Evergreen"), and Jeff Carlson, who designed the Botany Bay - with Shannon O'Donnell and Walter Nichols involved in the project - primarily with technology reverse-engineered from Quark's Treasure.
In "The Rules of War", a short story from the anthology Strange New Worlds 9, the enemy commander whom Archer's great-grandfather Nathan Archer negotiated with in North Africa is Stavos Keniclius.
|Earth wars prior to the Federation
|Crusades • American Revolution • American Civil War • World War I • World War II • Brush Wars • Earth Cold War • Eugenics Wars • World War III • Earth-Kzin Wars • Earth-Romulan War


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Organic farming
Organic cultivation of mixed vegetables on an organic farm in Capay, California. (Source: Hajhouse (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)
Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on crop rotation, green manure, compost, biological pest control, and mechanical cultivation to maintain soil productivity and control pests, excluding or strictly limiting the use of synthetic fertilizers and synthetic pesticides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, livestock feed additives, and genetically modified organisms. Arguably, the term can be interpreted to include animal husbandry practices. Also, often there is confusion as to use of the term organic farming, especially since many food processors choose to use the term organic to induce consumers to purchase a food brand, even though all the standards of organic farming may not have been met.
Organic agricultural methods are regulated internationally and enforced legally by many nations, based in large part on the standards set by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), an international umbrella organization for organic organizations established in 1972.
IFOAM defines the overarching goal of organic farming as follows:
"Organic agriculture is a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects. Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair relationships and a good quality of life for all involved.."
Since 1990, the market for organic products has grown at a rapid pace, averaging 20 to 25 percent per year to reach $33 billion in 2005. This demand has driven a similar increase in organically managed farmland. Approximately 306,000 square kilometers (30.6 million hectares) worldwide are now farmed organically, representing approximately 2% of total world farmland. In addition, as of 2005 organic wild products are farmed on approximately 62 million hectares (IFOAM 2007:10).
The organic movement began in the 1930s and 1940s as a reaction to agriculture's growing reliance on synthetic fertilizers. Artificial fertilizers were first produced during the 18th century, initially with superphosphates and then ammonia derived fertilizers mass-produced using the Haber-Bosch process developed during World War I. These early fertilizers were cheap, powerful, and easy to transport in bulk. The 1940s has been referred to as the 'pesticide era'.
Sir Albert Howard is considered by many to be the father of organic farming. Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher, made important strides in the earliest organic theory with his biodynamic agriculture. More work was done by J.I. Rodale in the United States, Lady Eve Balfour in the United Kingdom, and others across the world.
Organic output has been small as a proportion of total global agricultural output since its beginning, but it has been growing rapidly in many countries, notably in Europe. As environmental awareness and concern increase, the originally supply-driven movement has become demand-driven. Standardized certification has brought premium prices, and in some cases, government subsidies have attracted farmers to convert to organic methods. In the developing world, many farmers farm according to traditional organic practices, but are not certified as organic farmers. Other farmers in the developing world have converted to organic farming out of necessity.
Methods of organic farming
"An organic farm, properly speaking, is not one that uses certain methods and substances and avoids others; it is a farm whose structure is formed in imitation of the structure of a natural system that has the integrity, the independence and the benign dependence of an organism"
—Wendell Berry, "The Gift of Good Land"
The term holistic is often used to describe organic farming, Enhancing soil health is the cornerstone of organic farming. A variety of methods are employed, including crop rotation, green manure, cover cropping, application of compost, and mulching. Organic farmers also use certain processed fertilizers such as seed meal, and various mineral powders such as rock phosphate and greensand, a naturally occurring form of potash. These methods help to control erosion, promote biodiversity, and enhance the health of the soil.
Pest control targets animal pests (including insects), fungi, weeds and disease. Organic pest control involves the cumulative effect of many techniques, including: allowing for an acceptable level of pest damage, encouraging or even introducing beneficial organisms, careful crop selection and crop rotation, and mechanical controls such as row covers and traps. These techniques generally provide benefits in addition to pest control—soil protection and improvement, fertilization, pollination, water conservation, season extension—and these benefits are both complementary and cumulative in overall effect on farm health. Effective organic pest control requires a thorough understanding of pest life cycles and interactions.
Weeds are controlled mechanically, thermally and through the use of cover crops and mulches.
The basic rule for organic agriculture is to allow natural substances and prohibit synthetic. For livestock like these healthy cows, however, vaccines play an important part in animal health—especially since antibiotic therapy is prohibited. Photo courtesy Pleasantview Farm, an Ohio certified organic dairy farm, 2012. (Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture (Flickr: organic cattle) via Wikimedia Commons)
Organic farming is distinguished by formal standards regulating production methods, and in some cases, final output. Standards may be voluntary or legislated. As early as the 1970s, private associations created standards, against which organic producers could voluntarily have themselves certified. In the 1980s, governments began to produce organic production guidelines. Beginning in the 1990s, a trend toward legislation of standards began, most notably the EU-Eco-regulation developed in the European Union. As of 2007 over 60 countries have regulations on organic farming (IFOAM 2007:11).
In 1991, the European Commission formulated the first government system to regulate organic labeling, setting the rules for 12 countries. Organic certification became mandatory and was also required for organic imports. The mandatory certification solidified consumer trust in organic products.
The international framework for organic farming is provided by IFOAM. For IFOAM members, organic agriculture is based upon the Principles of Organic Agriculture and the IFOAM Norms. The IFOAM Norms consist of the IFOAM Basic Standards and IFOAM Accreditation Criteria.
The IFOAM Basic Standards are a set of "standards for standards." They are established through a democratic and international process and reflect the current state of the art for organic production and processing. They are best seen as a work in progress to lead the continued development of organic practices worldwide. They provide a framework for national and regional standard-setting and certification bodies to develop detailed certification standards that are responsive to local conditions.
Legislated standards are established at the national level, and vary from country to country. In recent years, many countries have legislated organic production, including the EU nations (1990s), Japan (2001), and the US (2002). Also, non-governmental national and international associations have their own production standards. In countries where production is regulated, these agencies must be accredited by the government.
Since 1993 when EU Council Regulation 2092/91 became effective, organic food production has been strictly regulated in the UK.
In India, standards for organic agriculture were announced in May 2001, and the National Programme on Organic Production (NPOP) is administered under the Ministry of Commerce.
In 2002, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) established production standards under the National Organic Program (NOP) to regulate the commercial use of the term organic. Farmers and food processors must comply with the NOP standards in order to label their products organic. The materials used are tested independently by the Organic Materials Review Institute.
Current status
The markets for organic products are strongest in North America and Europe, which were estimated to have $6 and $8 billion respectively of the $20 billion market as of 2001 (2003:6). Despite the dominance of North America and Europe in the organic markets, as of 2007 organic farmland is distributed across the globe.
In recent years both Europe and North America have experienced strong growth in organic farmland. Each added half a million hectares from 2004 to 2007 -- for the US this is a 29 percent change (IFOAM 2007:11,27). However, the growth in these two areas has occurred under different conditions. While the European Union has shifted agricultural subsidies to organic farmers in recognition of its environmental benefits, the United States has taken a free market approach[3]. As a result, as of 2001, 3 percent of European farmland was organically managed compared to just .3 percent of United States farmland (Lotter 2003:7). By 2005 Europe's organic land was 3.9 percent while the United States' had risen to 0.6 percent (IFOAM 2007:14-15).
IFOAM's The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics and Emerging Trends 2007 lists the countries which added the most hectares and had the highest percentage growth in 2007 (IFOAM 2007:27-28). Among these, China is listed third in adding the most hectares behind the United States and Argentina. China jumped from approximately 300,000 hectares of organic land in 2005 to approximately 3.5 million hectares in 2006 -- an increase of over a thousand percent. This rise can be attributed to the certification of China's Organic Food Development Center in 2002 by IFOAM. The end of 2005 marks the end of the three-year transition period begun in 2002.
Australasia has 39% of the total organic farmland with Australia's 11.8 million hectares, but 97 percent of this land is sprawling rangeland (2007:35), which results in total sales of approximately 5% of US sales (2003:7). Europe has 23 percent of total organic farmland (6.9 million hectares), followed by Latin America with 19 percent (5.8 million hectares). Asia has 9.5 percent while North America has 7.2 percent. Africa has a mere 3 percent.
Besides Australia, the countries with the most organic area are Argentina (3.1 million hectares), China (2.3 million hectares), and the United States (1.6 million hectares). Much of Argentina's organic farmland is pasture, like that of Australia (2007:42). Italy, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Uruguay, and the UK follow the United States by the amount of land managed organically (2007:26).
As of 2001, the estimated total market value of certified organic products was estimated to be $20 billion. By 2002 this was $23 billion and by 2005 $33 billion, with Organic Monitor projecting sales of $40 billion in 2006 (IFOAM 2007:11). The change from 2001 to 2005 represents a compound growth of 10.6 percent.
Economic issues
The economics of organic farming, a subfield of agricultural economics, encompasses the entire process and effects of organic farming in terms of human society, including social costs, opportunity costs, unintended consequences, information asymmetries, and economies of scale. Although the scope of economics is broad, agricultural economics tends to focus on maximizing yields and efficiency at the farm level. Mainstream economics takes an anthropocentric approach to the value of the natural world: biodiversity, for example, is considered beneficial only to the extent that it is valued by people and increases profits. Some governments such as the European Union subsidize organic farming, in large part because of external benefits such as reduced water use, reduced water contamination by pesticides and nutrients of organic farming, reduced soil erosion, reduced carbon emissions, and increased biodiversity.
Organic farming is labor and knowledge-intensive whereas conventional farming is capital-intensive, requiring more energy and manufactured inputs. Organic farmers in California have cited marketing as their greatest obstacle.
Productivity and profitability
A 2006 study suggests that converted organic farms have lower pre-harvest yields than their conventional counterparts in developed countries (92%) and that organic farms have higher pre-harvest yields than their low-intensity counterparts in developing countries (132%). The study attributes the disparity to a relative lack of expensive fertilizers and pesticides in the developing world compared to the intensive, subsidy-driven farming of the developed world.
This study incorporated a 1990 review of 205 crop comparisons which found that organic crops had 91% of conventional yields. A major US survey published in 2001, analyzed results from 150 growing seasons for various crops and concluded that organic yields were 95-100% of conventional yields.
Lotter (2003:10) reports that repeated studies have found that organic farms withstand severe weather conditions better than conventional farms, sometimes yielding 70-90% more than conventional farms during droughts. A 22-year farm trial study by Cornell University published in 2005 concluded that organic farming produces the same corn and soybean yields as conventional methods over the long-term averages, but consumed less energy and used zero pesticides. The results were attributed to lower yields in general but higher yields during drought years. A study of 1,804 organic farms in Central American hit by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 found that the organic farms sustained the damage much better, retaining 20 to 40% more topsoil and smaller economic losses at highly significant levels than their neighbors.
On the other hand, a prominent 21-year Swiss study found an average of 20% lower organic yields over conventional, along with 50% lower expenditure on fertilizer and energy, and 97% less pesticides. A long-term study by U.S Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists concluded that, contrary to widespread belief, organic farming can build up soil organic matter better than conventional no-till farming, which suggests long-term yield benefits from organic farming. An 18-year study of organic methods on nutrient-depleted soil concluded that conventional methods were superior for soil fertility and yield in a cold-temperate climate, arguing that much of the benefits from organic farming are derived from imported materials which could not be regarded as "self-sustaining".
While organic farms have lower yields, organic methods require no synthetic fertilizer and pesticides. The decreased cost on those inputs, along with the premiums which consumers pay for organic produce, create higher profits for organic farmers. Organic farms have been consistently found to be as or more profitable than conventional farms with premiums included, but without premiums profitability is mixed (Lotter 2003:11). Welsh (1999) reports that organic farmers are more profitable in the drier states of the United States, likely due to their superior drought performance.
Environmental issues
Agriculture in general imposes external costs upon society through pesticides, nutrient runoff, excessive water usage, and assorted other problems. As organic methods minimize some of these factors, organic farming is believed to impose fewer external costs upon society.
Due to the increased concern for the risk to human health, as well as the recent and ongoing development of pesticide resistance, need to reduce use of pesticides is well recognized but implementation for reduction and elimination of pesticide is technologically very difficult. Most organic farm producers use reduced pesticide claims but very few manage to eliminate the use of pesticide entirely.
While organic farming can, with extra cost, easily substitute chemical fertilizer with organic ones, finding an alternative method for eliminating weeds as well as insects which feast on crops is difficult. Pest resistant GM crops are an alternative to pesticide use, but one which is unacceptable to many in the organic farming movement.
One natural method to control pests is to introduce a natural predator in place of the pesticide, though this approach has various control issues. Another method is crop rotation, which restricts expansion of the insect population. For weed elimination, the traditional method is to remove weeds by hand, which is still practiced in developing countries by small scale farmers. However, this has proven too costly in developed countries where labor is more expensive. One recent innovation in rice farming is to introduce ducks and fish to wet paddy fields, which eat both weeds and insects.
Pesticide runoff is one of the most significant effects of pesticide use. The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service tracks the environmental risk posed by pesticide water contamination from farms, and its conclusion has been that "the Nation's pesticide policies during the last twenty six years have succeeded in reducing overall environmental risk, in spite of slight increases in area planted and weight of pesticides applied. Nevertheless, there are still areas of the country where there is no evidence of progress, and areas where risk levels for protection of drinking water, fish, algae and crustaceans remain high".
Nutrient Leaching
Excess nutrient concentrations in lakes, rivers, and groundwater can cause algal blooms, eutrophication, and subsequent dead zones. In addition, nitrates are harmful to aquatic organisms by themselves. The main contributor to this pollution is nitrate fertilizers whose use is expected to "double or almost triple by 2050". Studies done by panels convened by the United States National Academy of Sciences found that that organically fertilizing fields "significantly [reduces] harmful nitrate leaching" over conventionally fertilized fields: "annual nitrate leaching was 4.4-5.6 times higher in conventional plots than organic plots".
Scientists believe that the large dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is caused in large part by agricultural pollution: a combination of fertilizer runoff and livestock manure runoff. A study by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) found that over half of the nitrogen released into the Gulf comes from agriculture. The economic cost of this for fishermen may be large, as they must travel far from the coast to find fish.
At the 2000 IFOAM Conference, researchers presented a study of nitrogen leaching into the Danube River. They found that nitrogen runoff was substantially lower among organic farms and suggested that the external cost could be internalized by charging 1 euro per kg of nitrogen released.
A 2005 study published in Nature found a strong link between agricultural runoff and algae blooms in California.
Soil conservation
In Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, geomorphologist David Montgomery outlines a coming crisis from soil erosion. Agriculture relies on roughly one meter of topsoil, and that is being depleted ten times faster than it is being replaced. No-till farming, which some claim depends upon pesticides, is regarded as one way to minimize erosion. However, a recent study by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service has found that organic farming is even better at building up the soil than no-till.
Soil carbon and Climate Change
Agricultural production in most parts of the world will face less predictable weather conditions to those experienced during the intensification of agriculture over the last century. Intensive agriculture was, and remains, a short-sighted option. Organic agriculture is fast emerging as the only sustainable long-term approach to food production. Its emphasis on recycling techniques, biodiversity, low external input and high level output strategies make it an ideal replacement for the petroleum intensive agricultural methods that are currently contributing to global warming. In The Organic Answer to Climate Change, Anthony Meleca explains that organic agriculture - with its emphasis on closed nutrient cycles, biodiversity, and effective soil management - has the capacity to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change.
Genetically modified organisms
A key characteristic of organic farming is rejection of genetically engineered products, including plants and animals. On October 19, 1998, participants at IFOAM's 12th Scientific Conference of IFOAM) issued the Mar del Plata Declaration, where more than 600 delegates from over 60 countries voted unanimously to exclude the use of genetically modified organisms in food production and agriculture. From this point, it became widely recognized that GMOs are categorically excluded from organic farming.
Despite this vehement opposition to use of any transgenic technologies in organic farming, such agricultural researchers as Luis Herrera-Estrella and Ariel Alvarez-Morales continue to advocate integration of transgenic technologies into organic farming as the optimal means to sustainable agriculture, particularly in the developing world. Similarly, some organic farmers question the rationale behind the ban on the use of genetically engineered seed because they see it a biological technology consistent with organic principles.
Although GMOs are excluded from use in organic farming, there is concern that the pollen from genetically modified crops is increasingly contaminating organic and heirloom genetics making it difficult, if not impossible, to keep these genetics from entering the organic food supply. International trade restrictions limit the availability GMOs to certain countries.
The actual dangers that genetic modification could pose to the environment or, supposedly, individual health, are hotly contended.
Food quality
Healthy soils equals healthy food equals healthy people is a basic tenet of many organic farming systems.
There is extensive scientific research being carried out in Switzerland at over 200 farms to determine differences in the quality of organic food products compared to conventional in addition to other tests. The FiBL Institute states that "organic products stand out as having higher levels of secondary plant compounds and vitamin C. In the case of milk and meat, the fatty acid profile is often better from a nutritional point of view. As far as carbohydrates and minerals, organic products are no different from conventional products. However, in regard to undesirables such as nitrate and pesticide residues, organic products have a clear advantage. A £12m EU-funded investigation into the difference between organic and ordinary farming has shown that organic foods have far more nutritional value. A recent study found that organically grown produce has double the flavonoids, an important antioxidant. A 2007 study found that organically grown kiwi fruits had more antioxidants than conventional kiwi.
A 2007 study found that consumption of organic milk is associated with a decrease in risk for eczema, although no comparable benefit was found for organic fruits, vegetables, or meat.
Health Risks
Organic farms use few pesticides, although they are allowed to use some natural ones. The main three are Bt, pyrethrum and rotenone. However, surveys have found that fewer than 10% of organic farmers use these pesticides regularly; one survey found that only 5.3% of vegetable growers in California use rotenone while 1.7% use pyrethrum (Lotter 2003:26). Nevertheless, rotenone has been linked to Parkinson's in rats and can be considered toxic to humans (Lotter 2003:26).
On the other hand, conventional farming uses large quantities of pesticides through techniques such as crop dusting. Studies have shown that people who work with pesticides have an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease. The pesticides examined in these two long-term studies, paraquat and dieldrin, are not allowed on organic farms. The herbicide paraquat and fungicide maneb together, but not alone, have been shown to cause brain damage in mice.
Around 31,000 tonnes of pesticides are used in the UK every year, and 40% of fruit, vegetables, and bread sampled in the UK were found to have pesticide residues in 2004.
Children's health
Some parents are concerned about the potential neurological health risks posed to children by trace pesticide residues in food. A 2001 study demonstrated that children fed organic diets experienced significantly lower organophosphorus pesticide exposure than children fed conventional diets. A similar study in 2006 measured the levels of organophosphorus pesticide exposure in 23 preschool children before and after replacing their diet with organic food: levels of organophosphorus pesticide exposure dropped dramatically and immediately when the children switched to an organic diet. Although the researchers did not collect health outcome data in this study, they concluded "it is intuitive to assume that children whose diets consist of organic food items would have a lower probability of neurologic health risks."
Organic farming and associated biodiversity
Benefits to biodiversity
Nearly all non-crop, naturally-occurring species observed in comparative farm land practice studies show a preference in organic farming both by population and richness. Spanning all associated species, there is an average of 30% more on organic farms versus conventional farming methods. Birds, butterflies, soil microbes, beetles, earthworms, spiders, vegetation, and mammals are particularly affected. Organic crops use little or no herbicides and pesticides and thus biodiversity fitness and population density benefit. Many weed species attract beneficial insects that improve soil qualities and forage on weed pests. Soil-bound organisms often benefit because of increased bacteria populations due to natural fertilizer spread such as manure, while experiencing reduced intake of herbicides and pesticides commonly associated with conventional farming methods. Increased biodiversity, especially from soil microbes such as mycorhizzae, have been proposed as an explanation for the high yields experienced by some organic plots, especially in light of the differences seen in a 21-year comparison of organic and control fields.
Impact of increased biodiversity
The level of biodiversity that can be yielded from organic farming provides a natural capital to humans. Species found in most organic farms provides a means of agricultural sustainability by reducing amount of human input (e.g. fertilizers, pesticides). Farmers that produce with organic methods reduce risk of poor yields by promoting biodiversity. Common game birds such as the ring-necked pheasant and the northern bobwhite often reside in agriculture landscapes, and are a natural capital yielded from high demands of recreational hunting. Because bird species richness and population are typically higher on organic farm systems, promoting biodiversity can be seen as logical and economical.
Farmers' benefits from increased biodiversity
Biological research on soil and soil organisms has proven beneficial to the system of organic farming. Varieties of bacteria and fungi break down chemicals, plant matter and animal waste into productive soil nutrients. In turn, the producer benefits by healthier yields and more arable soil for future crops. Furthermore, a 21-year study was conducted testing the effects of organic soil matter and its relationship to soil quality and yield. Controls included actively managed soil with varying levels of manure, compared to a plot with no manure input. After the study commenced, there was significantly lower yields on the on the control plot when compared to the fields with manure. The concluded reason was an increased soil microbe community in the manure fields, providing a healthier, more arable soil system.
Capacity building
Organic Agriculture is a very knowledge intensive production system. Therefore capacity building efforts play a central role in this regard. There are many efforts all around the world regarding the development of training material and the organization of training courses related to Organic Agriculture. Big parts of existing knowledge is still scattered and not easy accessible. Especially in Developing Countries this situation remains an important constraint for the growth of the organic sector.
For that reason, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements created an Internet Training Platform whose objective is to become the global reference point for Organic Agriculture training through free access to high quality training materials and training programs on Organic Agriculture. In November 2007, the Training Platform hosted more than 170 free manuals and 75 training opportunities.
There are contentions that organic farming is unsustainable. One study from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency found that, area-for-area, organic farms of potatoes, sugar beet and seed grass produce as little as half the output of conventional farming. Findings like these, and the dependence of organic food on manure from low-yield cattle, has prompted criticism that organic farming is environmentally unsound and incapable of feeding the world population. Among these critics are Norman Borlaug, father of the "green revolution," and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who asserts that organic farming practices can at most feed 4 billion people, after expanding cropland dramatically and destroying ecosystems in the process. Yet, organic agriculture can reduce the level of negative externalities from (conventional) agriculture. Whether this is seen as private or public benefits depends upon the initial specification of property rights.
One study published in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems argues that organic farming could produce enough food per capita to sustain the current human population; the difference in yields between organic and non-organic methods were small, with non-organic methods resulting in slightly higher yields in developed areas and organic methods resulting in slightly higher yields in developing areas.
Urs Niggli, director of the FiBL Institute contents that the wave of newpaper articles like 'Organic food exposed' or 'The hypocrisy of organic farmers' are a part of a global campaign against organic farming that take their arguments mostly from the book 'The truth about organic farming', by Alex Avery of the Hudson Institute.
In 1998, Dennis Avery of the Hudson Institute claimed the risk of E. coli infection was eight times higher when eating organic food rather than non-organic food, using the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as a source. When the CDC was contacted, it stated that there was no evidence for the claim. The New York Times commented on Avery's attacks: "The attack on organic food by a well-financed research organization suggests that, though organic food accounts for only 1 percent of food sales in the United States, the conventional food industry is worried."
In the UK, some of the debate has been summarized in an exchange between Prof A. Trewavas and Lord P. Melchett, and published by a major supermarket, concerned about examining the issues. Trewavas contests the notion that organic agricultural systems are more friendly to the environment and more sustainable than high-yielding farming systems.


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Horse LTRs
2500 Points
Fearless Foals
Removes the debuff applied to foals who are outside visual range of their mother. This lifetime reward can be applied to the foal or the mother to work.
4000 Points
Friend of the Herd
Increases the chance that wild horses will hang out on the home lot.
Atomic Grazer
Allows the horse to graze on any surface.
Steel Bladder for Pets
Locks the Bladder meter at maximum.
Lucky Mount
Increases the performance of the horse during racing and cross-country competitions, especially when the racing strategy is set to Take Risks or Go For Broke.
5000 Points
Gardener's Delight
Increases the amount and quality of fertilizer created in a stall that this horse occupies.
Beloved Animal
Increases the gain rate of the Social meter when this horse interacts with human Sims.
Desert Pony
Greatly decreases the loss rate of the Thirst meter.
6000 Points
Equine Zen
Increases the gain rate of the Exercise meter.
7500 Points
Attitude Adjustment
Allows you to change the horse's traits. This reward is repeatable.
Super Smart Pet
Greatly increases the XP gain rate for skills and behaviors.
10,000 Points
Celestial Salt Lick
Adds an object to the household inventory, a special salt lick that will never run out. Unlike conventional salt licks, this one refills both the Hunger and Thirst meters. Any horse can use this as often as they want. This reward is repeatable, but there's probably no reason to do so.
12,500 Points
Self Cleaning Box Stall
Adds an object to the household inventory that's pretty self-explanatory.
15,000 Points
Clone Voucher for Pets
Adds a voucher to let you clone this pet to a younger version of itself at the Science Facility. This reward is repeatable, but you can't buy it if your household count is maxed out.
20,000 Points
Young Again Potion for Pets
Instantly makes your pet young again while retaining his traits and skills. This reward is repeatable.
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Able's Garage
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Able's garage is a local repair shop in Argon City. It resembles a very large hangar. Inside there are many different types of vehicles, such as tanks and light cycles. It includeds a breakroom, an area for repairs, and a welding room in the back. General Tesler commissions repairs and special vehicles for his armada there, and has, in person or through his lieutenants, frequently threatened its workers with death or the Games.
Known employees at the garage include Beck, Mara, Zed, Link, Copper, and Dash.
Main Floor
This area of the garage is the largest. It includes a wide open floor facing the entrance to the garage. Cables hang down from the ceiling to hold light jets and light copters in suspension until they can be worked on. The employees do most of their repair work in this area.
This section is located on the side of the garage. It has white walls, seats, and a refreshments area throughout the room.
Laser Room
The high-power laser is located in this room: a large white bean-shaped object which fires a red beam. The laser is operated from behind a glass door on a control panel. Objects are placed on a round white table against which the beam fires, either fusing two things together or destroying unnecessary objects. The laser welder was used by Beck (as the Renegade) to destroy the weapon created by Shaw.
Able's Office
This area next to the garage's entrance has a round desk in the middle and a view of the lot and harbor which front the garage. Able keeps various relics from the old days in his office, including an ENCOM 786 baton, a Bit, and an old-style white light suit in a display case.


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Men's coach Tony Jasick and women's coach Chris Paul each briefed fans on their upcoming seasons and introduced their players, some of whom also spoke.
The women open their season at Wichita State this coming Friday,and the men open at Dayton a day later on Saturday.
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Retailer of the Week
Silverfly's managing partner Fidel Montoya
03 Jan. 2013
Fidel Montaya, Managing Partner, Silverfly, North CarolinaSilverfly is a brand new 1,400-sq.-foot (130-sq.-meter) men's multibrand boutique that had its grand opening on November 3, 2012. Created by managing partner Fidel Montoya and co-owner Keith Alyea, the shop carries brands such as DL1961, Joe's Jeans, Hudson Jeans, Silver Jeans, Chadburry, Alternative Apparel, Ben Sherman, Penguin, Vince, Andrew Christian, Richer Poorer, R. Cooper, Civic Duty, Shwood and Hex, among others. Here, Montoya discusses how he buys, how he reaches customers and how being the new kid on the block has been for Silverfly thus far. Interview by Christopher Blomquist
Silverfly's managing partner Fidel Montoya and co-owner Keith Alyea (right)
What is your background and what prompted you to open Silverfly?
I have a BA from New Mexico State University and have worked in business development and sales for over 15 years and for different technology and medical technology companies. I like building things and saw a good opportunity.
What is the overall purpose of the store?
Simply put, a store for the guys. There are lots of great boutiques for women but not many choices for men. I wanted to bring some great lines all under one roof, in a modern and comfortable environment. The purpose is to bring clothing to the intentional dresser but also to help the guys that may not know a lot about fashion. We help style them. Fly defines the style!
What have been your bestselling brands and specific items thus far?
We carry denim and everything to dress up the denim and dress it down. Ben Sherman and Penguin have some great shirts, jackets and outerwear that has done exceptional. Those are my two major recognizable brands. Then I brought in other lines that people are not as familiar with–like Chadburry, Vince and others–to expand guys' options in fashion.
Where do you find new merchandise and brands?
I've been to the markets in Atlanta, New York and Las Vegas and established relationships with several vendors. The other way I choose items to bring in is based on what my customers ask for. In the first week of business, I had five guys ask me if I was going to carry Raleigh Denim. I had established the account but had not placed an order. I placed an order with Raleigh Denim Workshop soon after.
What is the retail scene like in Charlotte and who are your typical customers?
We have a lot of bankers in Charlotte. Typically the dress is pretty conservative with suits and ties. Even the casual dress is brown khakis and blue shirts. I offer khakis and shirts, but khakis and shirts with style. I would hope the guys want to get noticed and stand out from the rest. Fashion is a great way to help get noticed when those promotions come along. There are several stores that offer suits, Silverfly offers everything else!
What denim trends or looks are selling the best?
Denim is interesting and very personal. Some like denim they need to break in, like Raleigh. Others like a softer denim like Joe's and Hudson. Some like a tapered fit, others like relaxed. It really depends when they are wearing them. If used for work, they go with a more relaxed darker fit and color. As far as the wash, the lighter blue denim has done the best. Silverfly also offers other washes like Bourbon from DL1961 and Cigar from Hudson. My favorite is maroon from Joe's. The vintage jeans are coming back in style.
What is the breakdown of the merchandise in percentages?
Silverfly has about 25% denim, 40% shirts, jackets and outerwear, 5% shoes and about 30% accessories. The accessories include wood glasses made in Portland, iPhone cases, bags by Ben Sherman and Hex and men's grooming products by R. Cooper.
Where does the name come from?
Silver from the zipper of denim, FLY from the zipper or button fly of denim, but also FLY as in (Adj): cool in style.
What is the most expensive item in the store? And the least expensive?
Used to be a Plectrum Melton Crombie Jacket for $495, now it's the awesome 2(x)ist watches I brought in. The least expensive item is the underwear by Andrew Christian for $13. I also have very soft cotton T-shirts from Alternative for $40.
It has been steady. No major rushes but nice and steady. The word is getting out that Silverfly has opened.
How do you stay in touch with customers?
We are doing a lot of event marketing. We have an event with Osso restaurant planned in January. Our customers can sign up for our b-FLY customer loyalty program and received 5% off everything in the store anytime and also get invited to special events.
You have only been open a few weeks. What have you already learned in that time or what has already surprised you?
I had a guy from Miami come in and told me how much he liked the store. I was surprised that coming from Miami I would think there would be lots of stores for men. He explained that there are lots of designers that have stores, but none that offer many, many different lines under one roof. The other thing that surprises me is that people ask: Where else are there Silverfly stores?
Store's contact:
1111 Metropolitan Avenue, Suite 150
Charlotte, NC 28204
+1 980 819 7216
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Harrion Karstark
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- "I lost one son fighting by your son's side."
- ―Rickard Karstark to Catelyn Stark
Harrion Karstark is an unseen character mentioned in the second season. Harrion Karstark is a son of Rickard Karstark, Lord of Karhold and head of House Karstark. He is fighting alongside his father for King Robb Stark in the War of the Five Kings. He is killed during the war.
Season 2
Rickard tells Catelyn Stark that Harrion was killed fighting by Robb's side.[1]
Family tree
Lady Karstark
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In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Harrion Karstark is the eldest son of Lord Rickard, and also joins his father and brothers in the War of the Five Kings.
Harrion however, takes part in the Battle of the Green Fork and taken as a hostage, while it is his brother Eddard who is killed by Jaime Lannister during the Battle of the Whispering Wood. Eddard serves alongside his brother Torrhen as part of Robb Stark's personal bodyguard. When Jaime realizes that his army is lost during the Battle of the Whispering Wood, he makes a final push to single-handedly carve his way through the Northern army in an attempt to kill Robb Stark in single combat. Jaime manages to reach Robb's personal bodyguard and kill several of them, including Eddard and Torrhen, before being knocked unconscious.
Harrion is kept hostage at Harrenhal until the northern prisoners are released by Arya Stark and Jaqen H'ghar and Brave Companions turn on Ser Amory Lorch and deliver the castle of Lord Roose Bolton. Later Roose sends him, Robett Glover and Helman Tallhart to take Duskendale. They are defeated by the Lannisters. Harrion is taken captive, and his current whereabouts are unknown.
Following his father's execution by Robb Stark, Harrion becomes Lord of Karhold. It is unknown whether Harrion is aware of that, and if he is still alive.
Eddard Karstark was apparently switched with his brother Harrion Karstark (or at least, the names were switched) so TV viewers who haven't read the books would not be confused that more than one character named "Eddard" exists, even though George R.R. Martin made it a point in the books to re-use certain names for minor characters, i.e. to emphasize that "Robert Baratheon" isn't the only person named "Robert" in the entire continent of Westeros.
See also
- Harrion Karstark at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
- Eddard Karstark at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (spoilers from the books)
|Harald Karstark
|The North
|Lord of Karhold
|Brandon the Builder · Rodrik Stark · Karlon Stark · Beric Karstark · Mara Karstark · Commard Karstark · Regan Karstark · Berrican Karstark · Petyr Karstark · Laurence Karstark · Jon Karstark
|Deceased members:
|Rickard Karstark · Torrhen Karstark · Harrion Karstark
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Teen Face: Holley Maassen of Piner High
By DEREK MOORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Holley Maassen's dream is to become a forensic pathologist and unravel the mysteries of how a person died. It's an interesting goal, given that the 17-year-old Piner High School senior describes herself as a sunny person who enjoys nothing more than being around other (live) people. It's also noteworthy given the teen's experience with her father's untimely death. Kim Maassen took his own life in 2010 when Holley was just a freshman. Wouldn't she… Read More »


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State of Rhode Island
Department of Health
The Office of Facilities Regulation ensures that nursing homes are operated in accordance with State Laws and regulations regarding the operations, quality of care and quality of life for patients living in the facilities. We conduct unannounced on-site inspections annually and unannounced follow-up inspections when a facility has been cited for non-compliance or based on consumer complaints. We document problems found, if any in a "Statement of Deficiencies" (SOD) report. We provide access to inspection reports and facility correction plans to the public upon request.
State law has placed a moratorium on the licensing of new nursing homes.
Most nursing homes in the state accept Medicare and Medicaid payments. The Office of Facilities Regulation is the organization in the state the certifies that these facilities meet the federal standards associated with Medicare and Medicaid programs. As part of the certification process we perform unannounced inspections every nine to fifteen months and short inspections to follow-up.
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UNDATED (21 Alive) - Former Norwell baseball star and current San Diego Padres minor league infielder Josh VanMeter has left for four weeks of baseball work in the Dominican Republic.
VanMeter, who hit .289 for the AZL Padres in 44 games after being drafted in the fifth round in June by San Diego, is looking forward to getting more baseball instruction from Padres coaches.
The Padres invited 50 of who they consider top prospects to this workout period, including 2013 TinCaps Max Freid, Hunter Renfroe, and Joe Ross, along with 2012 TinCap and former Leo and Indiana Tech star Brandon Alger.
VanMeter is also eager to learn more about the Latin American way of life so as to better understand his teammates from that part of the world.
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A senior al-Qaida leader and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden has pleaded not guilty to plotting against Americans in his role as the terror network's spokesman.
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith entered the plea through a lawyer to one count of conspiracy to kill Americans in federal court in New York on Friday.
Prosecutors say Abu Ghaith praised the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and warned there would be more.
Abu Ghaith was born in Kuwait. Authorities say he was captured in Jordan over the last week.
President Barack Obama's administration has sought to charge senior al-Qaida suspects in American federal courts instead of military tribunals, but Republicans in Congress don't want high-threat terror suspects brought into the United States.
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In Set 12, we have new dual sphere lvl5 5* character Evil God Elgandi.
Wow, dual sphere lvl5 Hero
wait wtf is that status?
It just have same status point as Highland-born Hunter, which is a lv2 unit!!
What 20ATK could do?
We know that he have good trait, but what 20ATK and RNG1 would just let Elgandi able to remove
lvl1 Great Spirit (and opponent have to put them on front line too)
with a conditional 3SP close skill that just allow him to get 30ATK and 5AGI.
And his action skill need 3SP to attack 2 units, much more than normal 1SP or 2SP cost.
With so many sphere and sp invested, it seems New Evil God Elgandi can't do much for the game.
What exactly does New Evil God Elgandi suppose to do?


text: While browsing the Pottery Barn catalog recently, Joy from Thrifty Parsonage Living came across their beautiful metallic bay leaf trees. Joy was drawn to the silver tree since she's decorating with silver, blue, and a winter wonderland theme this year. She was disappointed to find the trees were no longer available, but, in true DIY spirit, decided to make it herself. The shimmery tree cost Joy a whopping $2.50, which has to make her happy they were sold out in the first place!


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Father, I'm praying for (name one or more) and those who are serving with him/her, and for their families...
The Bible tells us You're our rock, our fortress, and our shield—
and these people on my heart need You to be all these things
and more! They don't have to be in the heat of battle to be
in danger; the world is a dangerous place wherever they are.
(Psalm 18:2)
Grant them new life, that they may run under Your wings
when they face danger of any kind; cover them with Your
feathers. Help them stay in constant touch with You, living
in Your presence. Then send Your angels to surround them
and guard them wherever they go! ( John 3:3, 5; Psalm 57:1; 91:1–2, 4, 9, 11; 2 Kings 6:17)
Help them turn to You as their refuge and strength, always
ready to help in times of trouble. Go before them and protect
them from behind. Be their shade from the heat, their shelter
from the storm, their hiding place—protect them from
trouble. Watch over them, for You never sleep. Their lives
are in Your hands; may they trust in You and not be afraid.
(Psalm 46:1; Isaiah 52:12; 25:4b; Psalm 32:7a; 121:4–5; 31:15; 56:11)
In Jesus' name, amen.
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22 U.S. Code § 2387 - Detail of personnel to foreign governments
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Whenever the President determines it to be in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, the head of any agency of the United States Government is authorized to detail or assign any officer or employee of his agency to any office or position with any foreign government or foreign government agency, where acceptance of such office or position does not involve the taking of an oath of allegiance to another government or the acceptance of compensation or other benefits from any foreign country by such officer or employee.
Source(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 627,Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 452.)
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The Power of Independent Thinking
The Supreme Court and the Battle for Second Amendment Rights
Recorded: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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In 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark ruling on the Second Amendments individual right to keep and bear arms in Heller v. District of Columbia. Now the question remains whether this right must be recognized by the States and their political subdivisions.
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook, Nelson LundType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Culture/ Society, Gun Control, History (U.S)
Eminent Domain: Abuse of Government Power?
Recorded: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
In June 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kelo v. New London that local governments may force property owners to sell out and to make way for private economic development, even if the property is not blighted. In response, many states have passed legislation and proposed amendments to their state constitutions to block this unprecedented government assault on the rights of property owners.
Experts: Steven Greenhut, Timothy SandefurType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Housing, Land Use, Property Rights