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While Laura Ingalls grows up on the western prairie, a boy named Almanzo Wilder is living on a farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Time for fun comes when the jolly tin peddler visits, or best of all, when the country fair comes to town.
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By Tarissa 23 Jan 2013
Almanzo Wilder is a farmer, who wants to be just as hard a worker as his father is. He helps his family by working with their crops of hay, selling the potatoes, hoeing carrots, planting corn & pumpkins, and picking berries. He learns how to do everything else on the farm too, like dealing with the sheep & pigs, to training the young oxen & horses, to gathering the sap from the trees.
Almanzo also does things that other children do, like going to school, or sledding on a winter day, and sometimes he gets in trouble, whether he's in it by himself or with his older brother & sisters. There's usually something exciting going on, like the County Fair, or a holiday like Independence Day. When Mother & Father leave for a few days, what do you think the children do in their absence?
He's a hungry growing boy and it seems that the Wilder's table is always overflowing with good home-cooked food, so there's plenty, even for Almanzo's very large appetite.
"Farmer Boy" is the third book in the "Little House" series, but since Almanzo's story isn't connected to the other stories in the series, you can read this book at any time, even if you haven't read any of the other books.
A few years ago, my family read this book aloud, and I've read it again myself since then. I enjoy reading the "Little House" books, and this one is a definite favorite. I think anyone, boys or girls, would like reading this story.

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Brittany's Hope Foundation
Rating: 4.99 stars 92 reviews
Issues: Children & Youth
Location: 1160 North Market Street Elizabethtown PA 17022 USA
Results: As of April 1st, 2014, Brittany's Hope has helped united 667 special children from around the world with loving families in the United States. Every year, our Orphan Care programs nourish, clothe, shelter and educate over 1,400 children and provide them with the fundamentals that break the cycle of poverty and grants them control of their own future.
Target demographics: abandoned children live healthy and happy lives.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 102 special children come home to loving families and thousands more by providing food, clean water, shelter, clothing and an education
Geographic areas served: Viet Nam, Ethiopia, Kenya and around the world
Programs: Brittany's Hope Foundation recognizes that for every child who finds a loving family, there are many more who are left behind. Brittany's Hope works to improve the quality of life for those children. We build and repair orphanages and living centers worldwide. We develop and implement nutrition programs to deliver protein-rich food to undernourished children. We provide livestock and crop plantings to initiate far-reaching self-sustainable efforts within impoverished orphanages. Our Brittany's Cribs project provides cribs for children who spend their days in broken cribs without mattresses or blankets. The Emily Cane Project gives canes, mobility instruction, and independence to the blind. By providing an education, through college or vocational school, we break the cycle of poverty and empower young adults to take control of their own future. Our work is possible because of generous personal and corporate donations.
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We were so blessed at the end of our journey to be blessed with this seedling grant.It is awesome that we were able to pay it forward while being blessed.This is an awesome grant program that truly cares for the family and is very simple to navigate the process.Thanks so much for your hard work towards helping families be united.
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My husband and I recently received a matching seedling grant from Brittany's Hope and it was a great help to us in the final steps of our adoption of four sisters from Costa Rica. They were really great in helping us get all the administrative work done to qualify for the grant.
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Brittany's Hope Foundation provided my family resources needed to adopt an older child with serious disabilities to have a forever family through adoption. Brittany's Hope Foundation is a wonderful organization. Thank you Brittany's Hope.
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Brittany's Hope was one of the very first fundraisers we used to help our international adoption. The staff was very responsive and courteous to all of inquires pre and post funding of our grant. The Brittany's Hope Grant really was a God send when we needed it most. This grant helped our family more than we can express in this review.
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We started our adoption journey August of 2013 through Building Blocks in Medina Ohio, and Children's house international in Washington, we found our son and finished the home study as well as all the paperwork. I never thought we could do such a big dream! But God sent a positive letter stating we received a grant with Brittany's Hope and it made us so happy knowing God was watching over us and He would take care of us every step. Big thank you to all involved with help us bring our son home...this donation was a big step to our airplane tickets to flight and pick up our son. Thank you again.
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Brittany's Hope was a huge help in the adoption of our second child from Ethiopia. They couldn't have been more supportive and the Seedling Gift Program matched donations, helping to offset our significant travel costs. Our family appreciates all that they were able to do for us during this difficult process. I'd highly recommend them to anyone wanting to help adoptive families.
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Brittany's Hope is the most incredible grant organization. We have three adopted children and were blessed with a grant for our last adoption- and hands down, Brittany's Hope was the most fantastic organization that we had the pleasure of working with during all of our adoptions. What sets them apart is their personal attention to your family. Not only did the staff know our adoptive daughter's name, but they knew our entire family. They took time to care for us, to reach out to us, and to encourage us in our wait to bring her home. Their personal service is just a small window into the BIG BIG hearts of the people at Brittany's Hope!
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Brittany's Hope Foundation is full of compassionate and caring individuals. They really value your family and invest not only financially in your adoption process but also emotionally. We are beyond blessed to say Brittany's Hope is part of our family forever now . Thank you for loving us, and our sweet blessing from China, as your own! -- The Watson Family
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Most recently, our already large family began the adoption process to bring home special needs twins from China. Our budget being already stretched, we were concerned about how to finance this adoption. We began holding fundraisers and such, but we were still short on our funding. At the prompting of our agency, we applied for a Brittany's Hope adoption grant. Brittany's Hope is a unique organization, in that they have a seedling program, so money we raised was used to support other families who were closer to traveling. And then when our time came to travel, the money we raised was matched, by this amazing agency. Communications with this agency were excellent. The staff I met and talked to were very professional and courteous. I am very, very impressed with this agency, and cannot tell you how much we appreciated their assistance. Our boys are now HOME! In part, due to the grant assistance from Brittany's Hope!!!
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Health assessments of military members are conducted during active military duty service on a yearly basis, as well as pre- and postdeployment. Health assessment could be considered a prevention strategy to the extent that the provider discusses SUD risk factors or the service member raises questions about risk factors or strategies for preventing SUDs, but its primary focus is on screening.
DoD's pre- and postdeployment health assessments have three stages. Stage 1 is based on self-report and has the objective of defining high-risk groups. The first three questions of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) are used to detect risky drinking as part of Stage 1. Stage 2 collects additional information if Stage 1 screening is positive for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression. If Stage 1 screening with AUDIT-C is positive, Stage 3 consists of a provider interview in which brief intervention for risky drinking is administered or a referral is made. The provider training for the deployment health assessments instructs the provider to do the following in the brief intervention: bring attention to the elevated level of drinking; recommend limiting use or abstaining; inform about the effects of alcohol on health; explore and help/support in choosing a drinking goal; and follow up and refer for specialty treatment, if indicated (Vythilingam et al., 2010). Referral is recommended when the service member requires further evaluation of use, has tried and has been unable to change on his/her own, has had prior treatment, has had a recent problem with alcohol that resulted in counseling or referral to treatment, or has an AUDIT-C score equal to or greater than 8. Referral options vary with the service member's status, and include emergency behavioral health referral and referral to a provider in a military treatment facility, a TRICARE purchased care provider, a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center, a Veterans (VET) center, or Military OneSource (DoD, 2010; Vythilingam et al., 2010).
The committee finds that the use of AUDIT-C for pre- and postdeployment health assessments is an appropriate means of screening for excessive and hazardous alcohol use; AUDIT-C is well known and has been well validated for use in a variety of settings. Unfortunately, the only service branch to require the use of AUDIT-C in periodic health assessments is the Air Force. The other branches recommend screening by a clinician but do not identify specific screening tools to be used. The committee would prefer to see AUDIT-C used uniformly across all the branches and in all health assessments, independently of whether they are related to deployment.
A second important consideration in evaluating screening in both periodic and deployment-related health assessments is that positive screening should lead to further intervention depending on the severity of the condition being screened for. In the case of alcohol, identification of excessive


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I'll be damned if I publish you
If your name is Amy, Freya or Tiffanie, publishers will snap you up. But when your name is Nicholas and you're in your seventies, they become decidedly cool
Growing pains
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Mommie dearest
Hélène Thornton, estranged mother of Paula Yates, still lives in hope of meeting granddaughter Tiger Lily Hutchence, and is mystified by the DNA test proving that Hughie Green was Paula's father. She discusses life and her new book, Cat Chat
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Is celibacy the best sex?
Lots of people don't have sex - but for a growing number, celibacy is a matter of choice. For them, failing to score is the right result
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California's dream team
This year's box-office triumphs from DreamWorks - founded just six years ago by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen - include the Oscar-winning American Beauty, Gladiator, Chicken Run and a new Woody Allen. So how do they outsmart the Hollywood establishment?
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He's a real character...
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Steve Coogan is sitting in a bar in Glasgow. He wears a floppy hat that comes down almost over his eyes and an open shirt with the tails out over a T-shirt. He looks very much like Kevin's younger brother on the way to do a bit of largin' in Ibiza.
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Seeing is believing
A blind boy listens to woodpeckers and tries to catch the wind. In Iran, brilliant movies are made of such small moments
Gone in 60 Seconds, forgotten in the blink of an eye
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And the beak shall inherit the earth
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A gilded youth frozen in time
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Seuss's other hat
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Rough and unready
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Let's kill all the lawyers
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When Quakers became movers and Shakers
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Mexico Claims Another Blow Against Cartels
Mexico claimed another capture of a long-fugitive cartel kingpin Oct. 9, when Vicente Carrillo Fuentes AKA "El Viceroy" surrendered without a shot after being recognized by federal police at a checkpoint in Torreon, Coahuila. A bodyguard in the car was...
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Supporters of José Manuel Mireles Valverde, the imprisoned leader of the "community police" self-defense forces in Mexico's violence-torn Michoacán state, are holding a protest mobilization to demand his release.
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Here we go again. Francis X. Taylor, under-secretary for intelligence and analysis at the Department of Homeland Security, testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security on Sept. 10 that operatives of the extremist jihadi movement variously known as ISIS, ISIL...
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A record-breaking cocaine bust on Peru's Pacific coast points not only to the country's booming production, but also the increasing role of the Mexican cartels in the Andean narco economy.


text: Greenfield Bridge Public Works to Host Meeting about Upcoming Greenfield Bridge Closure, Implosion By Jessica Nath • Feb 2, 2015 Google maps / Google.co An estimated 19,000 vehicles cross the Greenfield Avenue Bridge each day, but commuters will have to find a new route later this year. That's because the bridge is being demolished and the replacement won't be open until 2017. Prep work for the demolition is expected to begin in in mid-October. The City's Department of Public Works is hosting a public meeting Tuesday in which officials will reveal the new bridge's official design. With Fixing The Greenfield Bridge, Funding's Not The Biggest Problem By Josh Raulerson • Oct 29, 2013 Ryan Loew / 90.5 WESA City of Bridges: The following report is the second is a three-part series examining the status of Pittsburgh bridges as the Pennsylvania Legislature considers funding for transportation infrastructure. Hundreds of bridges in Allegheny County alone are overdue for repairs or upgrades, and whatever happens in the final weeks of the legislative session, it's unlikely lawmakers will approve funding for all of them.


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The proliferation of traditional extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) tools, along with their inability to handle certain data-related processes, has led to the emergence of data integration. This white paper offers a high-level overview of enterprise data integration. You will learn how to move toward enterprise data integration and which technologies are required for success, including connectivity and metadata, data quality, data warehousing, data migration and more.
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North Fork
Restaurants in North Fork
"Farm to table" is a pretty short trip at many of the restaurants in the North Fork, some of whom neighbor the fields where their fruits, veggies and herbs are grown. Here are some of the best restaurants in the North Fork:
Located in the Greenporter Hotel, Cuvée Bistro and Bar is a stylish North Fork restaurant offers French-New American cuisine. Try the lobster dumplings steak frites, or the sautéed bay scallops. North Fork Table and Inn is helmed by award-winning chef Gerry Hayden and has gotten raves for taking good advantage of the vineyards and farms of the region.
The Frisky Oyster is one of the most popular restaurants in North Fork. The spot in downtown Greenport attracts a stylish bar crowd; if you're ready to eat, though, don't miss the seared scallop risotto. Located on the shoreline, Noah's is among the top North Fork restaurants for small plates—such as fresh oysters and clams from the raw bar. Ask to sit on the terrace overlooking the water.
New American in a renovated 1863 mansion.
The restaurant is owned by Gerry Hayden, who was the chef at Aureole in New York, and his wife, Claudia Fleming, who worked with Tom Colicchio at Gramercy Tavern restaurant. The duo turns out New American dishes, such as raw hamachi and seared Hudson Valley foie gras.


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2nd Street Music
2nd Street Music has a wonderful selection of music and collectibles.
A Buck or More
A Buck or More offers flowers, gift baskets, parcels, party favors, supplies, and services.
Abraham Lincoln Pageants
Dramatizations and pageants will be along the walking trail at Rogier Park portraying citizens and dignitaries of the Capital Era. There will be Civil War re-enactors, camp sites, drill and reviews both days. Don't miss the many tents with local Indian artifacts and more on display as well as activities for children.
Adams Brother's Coffee House
Adam's Brother's Coffee House offers a variety of tasty American classics.
American Farm Heritage Days
Heritage Days include tractor displays featuring Case and Leader tractors, as well as makes and models of tractors for viewing. Includes 4-corners tractorade, parade, car show, games, Hill's Fort, crafts, food, train ride, plowing demonstrations, blacksmith, kids' pedal pull, petting zoo, live music and more.
American Farm Heritage Museum
Farm implements, tools, tractors, and other equipment are featured that date back 100 years. The museum is open for special events including the Outhouse Festival in the fall.
Americas Best Value Inn - Litchfield
Conveniently located near Antique Mall 66, Litchfield Park District, Lake Lou Yaeger, and within walking distance of the Ariston Cafe and new Route 66 Visitors Center. 65 rooms facility located by many nearby restaurants. Cable TV with HBO provided.
Annual Ribfest
This Annual Event starts at 9am with rib-cookers firing-up the grills and Tour de Donut bicycle racers riding through the main street. Ribfest is 50+/- rib cook-off that is full of fun, music, food and fun. The cook-off winners will receive cash prizes for their art in grilling. The ribs will be available at 5pm for purchase. However, local food and drinks will be available all day.
Archway Skydiving Center
Averaging over 10,000 skydives annually, more than 1,200 students make their first jump each year with high quality, USPA-rated instructors.
Ariston Cafe
The Artison Cafe in Litchfield, IL is believed to be one of the oldest restaurants on Route 66. With an eclectic menu of dishes from western favorites, south of the border food, and ocean catches; there's even Baklava –a delicious sweet and gooey Greek dessert. Come for the history, stay for the food.
Ariston Café
The Ariston Cafe was founded by Pete Adam, a Greek immigrant, in Carlinville, Illinois in 1924. The original cafe was located on Route 4, the predecessor of Historic Route 66. In 1929, the Cafe was relocated to Litchfield, Illinois and moved into its present location on Route 66 in 1935. Since 1966, Pete's son Nick and wife, Deme, continue to offer the traditional service expected of a family-owned and operated restaurant. The cafe is believed to be one of the oldest restaurants on Route 66 and has been inducted into the Route 66 Hall of Fame and is placed on the National Registry of Historic Places.
Bear Grove Cabins
Reserve this beautifully decorated log home (1450 sq. ft.) with black bear decor all to yourself. Maximum occupancy is 8 people. Included when you check in is your evening crock pot meal on the kitchen counter with homemade bread, and a complimentary bottle of wine. The candlelit table will be set with place mats, cloth napkins, water glasses and your complimentary Bear Grove Cabin wine glasses.
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Bentley's Country Kitchen
Bentley's Country Kitchen has delicious food served in a cozy, casual dinning atmosphere by a helpful, friendly staff.
Big Dawg Dare
I double dawg dare you to try this Extreme 5K run at Litchfield's Big Dawg Dare. You will run over obstacles that will challenge the biggest of the Dawgs
Bock Sculpture Museum
The museum, located in the original college building on the campus of historic Greenville College, features hundreds of sculptural pieces by Richard Bock, best known for his work with famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Bond County Courthouse
Surrounded by shops and restaurants on the square, the 19th-century courthouse offers a great view of the town's hundreds of flower and fruit trees in season.
Bond County One Room School Museum
This museum is a living monument to the more than 72 one-story schools throughout the nation that served to educate children and host community gatherings.
Bottomley-Ruffing-Schalk Baseball Museum
This small museum honors professional baseball players from the surrounding area, including Cooperstown Hall of Famers Sunny Jim Bottomley, Charlie "Red" Ruffing and Ray "Kraker" Shalk.
Brazle Haus Bed and Breakfast
Modern Alpine home reflects heritage. View beautiful scenery. Fireplace, TV, VCR, books, and games in common areas. Full breakfast. Twenty minutes from Vandalia.
Bremer Sanctuary
Trails for bird watchers and nature lovers; 200 acres.
Bur Oaks Camp Ground
Open all year, swimming and fishing, handicap access.
Bur Oaks Camp Ground
All year overnight camping facility
Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
As a major stopping point for migrating ducks and geese, this 9,486-acre area offers excellent public waterfowl hunting opportunities.
Carnegie Public Library
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- Enter to Win the 50/50 Raffle, Take a Tour of the Victorian House & More
Get an eyeful of pre-1980s, classic, and modified classic cars and more at the 8th Annual Camarillo Ranch Car Show & Brewfest. This event features live surf rock, beer tastings from local breweries, and docent-led house tours of the historic Queen Anne Victorian home on the beautiful Camarillo Ranch grounds. Use this deal to enjoy beer tastings and access to all the shiny hotrods, including specimens from the The Corsa West Corvair Club.
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Fine printREFUND POLICY: This event is nonrefundable. No full or partial refunds are given to customers who miss the event. In the event of a cancellation, your voucher will be fully refunded • Must be 21+ to drink alcohol • The deal is valid only for tickets on the date of the event as listed and may not be exchanged or redeemed for any other dates • Purchaser may change the name of the individual retrieving tickets up to 24 hours in advance of event via the LivingSocial website event details section; no name-changes or alternate pick-ups permitted without notice at venue • Entire value must be used in a single visit
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I've been working with some colleagues in my team on something we're calling the Development Foundation Assessment, or DFA.
The DFA is a short test that takes about 10 minutes or so and aims to assess your 'basic health' as a software development team or organisation. The idea is to target the parts of your process that are missing and that could have the greatest impact on your delivery capability. We wanted the test to satisfy a number of criteria that we mandated:
We're just putting the finishing touches to our first set of questions and I've been building a WPF client to help us administer the tests. In fact, yesterday I was lucky enough to spend some time on a Microsoft Surface device and create an interactive version of the assessment - we put together a short video explaining the concept, check it out:
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In a future post I hope to talk about some of my learnings in building for Microsoft Surface and how I achieved a huge amount of code-share between the Surface and Desktop versions. Also, I think this might be the first Prism app on Surface and it will be fun to discuss why.
Alternatively, if you're an existing ADC customer and you'd like to have a shot at the pilot assessment, mention it to your ADC. If you're not an ADC customer and wish you were - find out more about the service here and/or drop me a line.
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Feliz seria que hora
in order to deal with the endgame issue. this one is also a no brainer. simply put the game into monthly (or weekly etc depending on the feel the devs are going for) cycle. let it happen in somthing close to real time, where the begining of the story happens, people are thrown into disarray and scattered, and must find eachother and organize to survive. let there be several ke key events that happen, like a supply drop, or a dam exploding (perhaps these could be somewhat random) and the whole time, the zombie NPC's are increasing steadily, and being long distance aggro pulled towards the greatest number of humans near to them.
this would create a race to build whatever survival station you and your clan wanted to build or use (you could board up a building, hide in the sewers, survive as a small nomadic band of zombie killers, or solo alone and try to gather items and hide)
each cycle would end in a grande finally, which was extremly difficult to survive. whatever players die, suffer permadeath, but the ones that live get to persist with all their gear into the next cycle and begin again. with random city generator, this would have enormous replayability, as various clans fought over resources and space, and just plain warred with eachother as a zombie horde grew all around them.
surviving characters shouldnt be able to be that powerful, as you dont want some killer elite taking over the game. perhaps a few weapons, and single plus 1 to a stat. enough to reward the player without creating unbeatable bulwarks. perhaps players that die become NPC zombies to add realism
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Horror for me is the anticipation of suffering without any hope of relief. I can jump out of my chair for a bit but unless it's different everytime, it will become mundane.
And as for WoD RP games...
I played Vampire, Mage, Werewolf and even Trinity. The most pressing issue for most seemed to be getting their black makeup correct and being very witty. More like Metahuman 90210.
There is NO miracle patch.
95% of what you see in beta won't change by launch.
Hope is not a stategy.
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Joined: 10/29/06
Also you would see a werewolf in a pink tuxedo and orange hotpants called "mashed potatos".
People would, sadly, ruin it.
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Zombie appocalypse sandbox game. It would rock!
I don't care about not being scared in a horror mmo because I don't scare easily after all these years of scary movies. And monsters in bikinis or named IDIDURMOM would make me laugh. Comic relief is always welcome, especially in the horror genre when you need a respite from the nail biting.
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Feliz seria que hora
why dont people get that a monster faction would suck? are werewolves going to craft? are zombies going to head over to the auction house?
people imagin a stupid idea (monster player characters) and conclude that a horror mmo would suck.
subtract the bad idea and you end up with an amazing game.
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I was thinking about PERMADEATH and maybe there is an alternative... We had back when I was a kid what we called "the circle of death" the mecanic was simple when yhou entered the game you were given an ID and a target ID which you didn't know who it was in RL (the game was similar to LARP) but it was your ennemy and sometimes you also were his but not always.
at some point there were so many players that we had to "graduate" some of them to a highr circle, those who won would go up and those who lost would go down.
I an horror MMORPG, this mechanic could look like: you succeed in your PvP task, you go up one ring, you fail you go down... by death 3 rings down or by conceding victory 1 ring down. Of course, the top players would boast having kept their characters in the upper rings for months while lesser players would keep trying.
So your mission tonight could be: kill the zombie lord of town X... whils the zombie lord (a player) would have as an objective to obliterate the resistance in the school of the same town X using his minions... inside the school, another player could be tasked to protect the innocents hiding in the school with a success treshold. This is how players could group up or maybe you could piggyback on a friends task... the mechanic needs to be thought through but you could have hundreds of mission templates randomly distributed to players of the same circles of death.
how to include PvE in this game... well, some tasks could be PvE, those would not make you climb up the ranks but give you the supplies you may need for PvP or you could set-up shop and sell the supplies to PvP players... do some crafting, I need to sit down with ArenaNet or Btehseda and brainstorm this whole thing with them.
Anyone got their phone number?
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Great write up once again. <3
Originally posted by warmaster670
The still gory stuff is just about insane serial killers and similar stuff. I don't think I seen a scary monster movie since "The thing". Even Bruce Campbells funny but not cute movies are a thing of the past now.
Don't bad mouth garbage, all the really great horror movies are garbage, but great gargabe. The problem is that all the stuff now is either pathetic Scy fy movies (don't ever see "Mouthman") or stuff for teenage girls.
There was a time when people like Carpenter and Craven knew how to make nice and bloody movies, now we at best get Joss Whedon...
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See no evil...
in all honesty, the steve jobs zombie would've made me lol if i had seen it in a horror mmo.
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I know this is not what the topic is about but since others are giving ideas of how it could work ill share mine
players as only humans (not the zombies) skill based system.
i think permadeath IS needed, it has to happen this way for players to actually fear going into a fight.
resources need to be extremely rare, ammo, clean food and water should be hot commodities. ammo should be so rare that in most cases players would rather hide/run from zombies rather than blast them.
food/water is needed to be consumed
a dread system - you may be sitting behind your computer eating nachos loling at the zombie horde running your way ... but your character isn't. it should make your camera shake, throw your shooting off and other actions.
basically overall is this game wouldn't be about leveling and grinding, it should be about surviving and more often then not getting resources without direct contact of the zombies.
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An excellent article. But every problem can eventually be overcome with some effort, ok a hell of a lot of effort.
Those morons with names like L33thaxor and crap like that.
Random name generator for all players, giving everyone a unique first and last name that sounds like a human being's name. (Can be options based on your gender/race/nationality.) No player made names.
Story/Atmosphere being lacking due to large numbers of asshats, or watered down due to too many people. (Aka respawning mobs, quests/missions with no notable impact.)
Large scale instances. (Yes I know I used the evil word, let me explain.) I don't mean 1-24 man instances. I mean several hundred players instances over a very large area. Say for example you have this city that acts like a quest hub of sorts. A mission sends you out on a insatnced quest zone where the story involves that quest hub being partially destroyed. After the quest you return to a seperate instance of that same quest hub, but where half of it is actually destroyed, and you can never go back to the old one, giving you and anyone else that's done this mission a sense of progression and lasting effects, at least somewhat. Want a friend to help you but toof ar apart? They can still travel to other zones with you, just not the same hub.
Not exactly solved I know, but it's a bit better, keep in mind this was just off the top of my head, I'm sure several developers with time on their hands can come up with better.
Finnaly trying to give a real sense of danger/fear in a MMO is indeed impossible unless you limit the number of players to just a handful. There isn't a damn thing thats frightening about a zombie apocolypse where humans are all armed, trained, experienced, and utterly unafraid of death or pain. As well as numerically evenish to the zombies.
Let's face it, if a real zombie apoclypse happened today, it would be over rather quickly with modern weapons/military.
You want to make a horror MMO REALLY SCARY? add Permadeath, poof! Now it's scary. :P
To find an intelligent person in a PUG is not that rare, but to find a PUG made up of "all" intelligent people is one of the rarest phenomenons in the known universe.
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Originally posted by Cruoris
I have an IDEA! You have to pay to play to be a human but free to play players can be zombies. Faction restricted chat so they can see what each other are saying but the other faction only sees meaningless gibberish.
Free to play players would unlock other creatures as they level up instead of leveling up their toon they would be leveling up their account to get access to bigger and badder creatures.
This way pay to play players get plenty of pew pew fodder and those that want to play as a creature get to and those unable to pay a monthly fee can still get in on the action.
Originally posted by NMStudio
Once upon a time there was a pen and paper RPG made by Chaosium called "Call of Cthulhu".
It was very different from other RPGs in many ways. Players were playing investigators who fought cultists and foiled the plans of the evil old gods (In the city of Rlyah dead Cthulhu awaits dreaming), all based on Lovecrafts Mythos.
The players were not powerful and while you could fight the minions of the gods you had to outwit the main bad guys instead of fighting them because that would lead to either you going insane (which would be cool in a MMO, you seeing stuff that ain't there and so on) or die.
So there were times where the only way to survive really was to run away instead of pulling together a raid and kill the bad guy.
CoC were usually set in the 1920s new England and most players were scholars, teachers, dectectives and other rather regular people even if some soldiers and cops also appeared. In the game I fought cultists at the pyramids, found a frozen city with really old evil in antarctica, hunted a vampire killer, joined an evil cult and evil fought a dragon god in the djungle of Kambodja (that was set in the 60s though, and we wiped but it was a lot of fun).
No other RPG system have really been so full of horror, triumph and fear as that one and many old P&P players remember it in a way that would make the most rabid UO follower to blush, it is really the greatest RPG game ever made to any medium.
And I believe you could put it into a MMO, even though it would be a very different MMO compared to anything made so far.
Chaosiums original mechanics is leveless, you have a load of skills with a percentage chance, the higher you have the harder is it to increase in them. Combat is dangerous so strategy and wits are very important even if you just fight lowly cultists. The minions of the old gods are a lot worse but in most case possible to take down.
Sanity is however more important than hitpoints. And I could see a real cool sanity mechanics for a MMO where the game really turns creepy if you are low on it. :)
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The concept of a horror MMORPG would work just fine. It will not work as a WoW/EQ clone. It would have to be something different. Think to yourself, when was the last time you were scared playing a video game? For me it was Dark Souls, because the game punishes you. A horror mmorpg would need a brutal death penalty. Honestly, this would be a perfect candidate for permadeath. With Permadeath you don't need an endgame. The actual game becomes the end game. And dying would sure as hell scare you. In a zombie game, seeing how long you survived would be the goal. You could implement a food/drink/weather system, where players would be forced to scavenge to surivive. It would be great.
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Include Perma-disfigure, perma-dismember and perma-death with your horror game and now you got something scary.
Originally posted by sullivanj69
That game is in the making right now. It is called "Class 4" and the lead designer is Jeff Strain (founder of ANET, lead designer of Diablo and WC3).
Read about it here: http://undeadlabs.com/
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as much as i wanted to disagree with you.
i cant
youre right
we would ruin it
hell in swtor early access the other day, i ran across a jedi named azeroth
i rest your case
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pointless and incorrect
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In a zombie MMO I would have players as human, with crafting and economy etc, trying to survive against zombie NPCs, when they died they would be regenerated as zombies (unable to communicate in game) getting double xp but needing to feed on humans regularly to avoid death, if they die or are killed they lose a set percentage of their xp before being able to start a new character as a human( with the xp of the dying one) so the game would become a circle of human/zombie characters in opposition.
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Current MMO dev teams = Keystone cops.A pure comedy of errors,sadly its not as intentional.
Players "ruin" an atmosphere of a game becuase the game lets them.The solution is ungodly simple,create the game that doesnt let them.
childish names -easily handled.Game auto assigned names.
childish behavior-again easily handled.
* limited actions adjusted by char status
* limited text "talk" options,again adjusted by char status.No different than when players talk to npcs.
Holding the piss poor designs of the current mmo industry as the "be all and end all" of what can and cant be done in mmos is beyond silly.
You want strong emotions and "fear" to be felt by the player ?Give the player the sureness that he will lose something important when things go bad.Item loss,permanent char injury,and permanent char death are enough to scare most players with just talk of implementing such.


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Chozos, N.; Sheridan, J.G.; Mehmet, O.; Naghsh, A.; Lee, K.C.; Blandford, A.; (2006) Supporting values other than usability and performance within the design process. In: Gilroy, S.W. and Harrison, M.D., (eds.) Interactive Systems: Design, Specification, and Verification: 12th InternationalWorkshop, DSVIS 2005 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, July 13-15, 2005 Revised Papers. (pp. pp. 262-263). Springer Verlag: Berlin / Heidelberg, Gernany.
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When we design computerised systems, we mainly focus on meeting values such as efficiency, reliability, usability and performance among other obvious design requirements. However, computer technologies have evolved to such a level that they have redefined the way humans, companies, organizations, and even society operate, a fact which suggests design has to consider more than just achieving usability and performance. Through experience it has been realised that the way in which technology intertwines with the social and human elements requires that design focuses on supporting human and social values as well.
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|2 , beaten
|2 Tablespoon
|Quick cooking rolled oats
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1 Small, chopped
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Shredded orange peel
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1 Dash
|Ground lamb
|1 Pound
|Frozen peas
|10 Ounce (1 Package)
|Frozen onions
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Frozen orange juice concentrate
|1 Tablespoon
|Orange marmalade
|2 Tablespoon
|Soy sauce
|2 Teaspoon
|Ground ginger
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Canned mandarin orange
|11 Ounce, drained (1 Can)
In a mixing bowl stir together eggs and 2 tablespoons water.
Stir in oats, chopped onion, salt, orange peel, and pepper.
Add lamb; mix well.
Place a 6-ounce custard cup, open side up, in the center of a 9-inch pie plate.
Shape the meat mixture into a ring around the custard cup.
Cover with waxed paper.
Micro-cook on 100% power (HIGH) for 6 to 8 minutes or till meat is done, rotating the pie plate a quarter-turn every 3 minutes.
Remove custard cup.
Spoon off the fat.
Cover the meat with foil; set aside.
For vegetable mixture, in a mixing bowl combine peas, small whole onions, 2 tablespoons water, and orange juice concentrate.
Cover with clear plastic wrap; vent by leaving a small area unsealed at edge of the bowl.
Micro-cook on 100% power (HIGH) for 5 to 7 minutes or till tender, stirring twice.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, for the glaze, stir together orange marmalade, soy sauce, and ginger.
If desired, transfer meat to a nonmetal serving platter.
Spoon glaze over meat.
Fill center of ring with some of the vegetable mixture.
Arrange mandarin orange sections around outside and on top of meat.
Cover with waxed paper.
Micro-cook on 100% power (HIGH) for 1 to 2 minutes or till heated through.
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News articles on peatlands
Mongabay.com news articles on peatlands in blog format. Updated regularly.
Singapore chokes on haze from deforestation fires
(06/17/2013) Singapore and Malaysian officials have asked Indonesia to take 'urgent measures' to address forest fires in Sumatra that are sending choking haze northward, reports AFP.
Indonesia's first REDD project finally approved
(05/30/2013) Rimba Raya, the world's largest REDD+ project, has finally been approved by the Indonesian government and verified under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), a leading certification standard for carbon credits.
Paper giant APRIL to restore peat forest in Sumatra, but green groups say it continues to deforest
(05/14/2013) Pulp and paper giant Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) has launched a $7 million ecosystem restoration project to restore and protect over 20,000 hectares of peat forest in Indonesia's Riau province, Mongabay-Indonesia reported last week.
Palm oil company violated RSPO standards, evicted from sustainability body
(05/13/2013) The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has evicted Indonesian palm oil giant Dutapalma Nusantara for violating key principles for sustainability.
Indonesian palm oil giant cutting deforestation from supply chain
(05/13/2013) Indonesian palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) is continuing to reduce deforestation under its 2011 forest conservation policy despite ongoing forest destruction by other palm oil producers in the sector, finds a new assessment by Greenomics, an Indonesian activist group. However the report finds GAR's operations are not completely deforestation-free.
Court rules for palm oil company in controversial deforestation case
(05/05/2013) Court orders Aceh governor to reverse decision to cancel palm oil concession in protected peatlands. An Indonesian court has ruled in favor of plantation company PT Kallista Alam in a lawsuit brought against the governor of Indonesia's Aceh province for revoking the company's license to develop palm oil plantations in a protected peat swamp forest.
Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests
(05/02/2013) What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely different environments. A new paper in Folia Primatologica theorizes that some 60 primate species and 20 wild cat species in Asia and Africa may be relying more on less-impacted environments such as swamp forests, mangroves, and peat forests.
Environmentalists unhappy with new palm oil standard
(04/25/2013) Environmentalists are unhappy with Thursday's approval of new criteria for the world's leading palm oil certification standard. After members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in a special assembly approved the body's new 'principles and criteria' (P&Cs) for palm oil certification, several groups voiced concern that the rules won't protect against conversion of carbon-dense rainforests and peatlands for oil palm plantations.
Indonesian palm oil giant clearing peat forest despite its RSPO membership, alleges Greenpeace
(04/25/2013) A major Indonesian palm oil producer continues to clear rainforests in Sumatra despite being a prominent member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), casting doubts on the body's effectiveness in limiting deforestation, alleges a new report from Greenpeace.
Indonesian palm oil industry would support land swaps to protect forest, while expanding production
(04/19/2013) Indonesian palm oil companies would support land swaps as a means to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation while simultaneously expanding production, representatives from the country's largest association of palm oil producers told mongabay.com in an interview last month.
Fighting deforestation—and corruption—in Indonesia
(04/11/2013) The basic premise of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program seems simple: rich nations pay tropical countries for preserving their forests. Yet the program has made relatively limited progress on the ground since 2007, when the concept got tentative go-ahead during U.N. climate talks in Bali. The reasons for the stagnation are myriad, but despite the simplicity of the idea, implementing REDD+ is extraordinarily complex. Still the last few years have provided lessons for new pilot projects by testing what does and doesn't work. Today a number of countries have REDD+ projects, some of which are even generating carbon credits in voluntary markets. By supporting credibly certified projects, companies and individuals can claim to "offset" their emissions by keeping forests standing. However one of the countries expected to benefit most from REDD+ has been largely on the sidelines. Indonesia's REDD+ program has been held up by numerous factors, but perhaps the biggest challenge for REDD+ in Indonesia is corruption.
Nordic energy giant launches 'no deforestation' policy
(04/07/2013) Neste Oil, a Finnish energy giant, has announced a new 'no deforestation' policy for sourcing palm oil. The company, which is one of the world's largest buyers of palm oil, had faced criticism from environmentalists for purchasing palm oil potentially linked to rainforest and peatland destruction in southeast Asia.
Investigation clears APP of deforestation allegations in Borneo
(04/04/2013) Two logging companies that supply Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) with timber have not violated the Indonesian forestry giant's new zero deforestation commitment, according to a field investigation by The Forest Trust, a conservation group. The investigation was a direct response to allegations raised in a report published last week by Relawan Pemantau Hutan Kalimantan (RPHK), a consortium of local NGOs in West Kalimantan, the western-most province in Indonesian Borneo. The RPHK report found evidence of active clearing within two concession areas linked to Asia Tani Persada (ATP) and Daya Tani Kalbar (DTK), companies that supply APP with timber for its pulp mills.
Jumping the gun? Confusion over APP deforestation report
(03/29/2013) On Thursday AFP reported that green groups have accused Indonesian forestry giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) of breaking its commitment to stop clearing natural forests and peatlands. But that's not entirely accurate. What the coalition of environmental groups in Indonesian Borneo actually reported was clearing by two companies that supply APP with fiber, not deforestation by APP-owned companies.
Conservation scientists: Aceh's spatial plan a risk to forests, wildlife, and people
(03/22/2013) A group of biologists and conservation scientists meeting in Sumatra warned that potential changes to Aceh's spatial plan could undermine some of the ecological services that underpin the Indonesian province's economy and well-being of its citizens. After its meeting from March 18-22 in Banda Aceh, the Asia chapter of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) issued a declaration [PDF] highlighting the importance of the region's tropical forest ecosystem, which is potentially at risk due to proposed changes to its spatial plan.
APP conservation policy came after it pulped most of its forests
(03/19/2013) Asia Pulp & Paper's widely heralded forest conservation policy came after the forestry giant had already cleared nearly all of the legally protected forests within its concessions in Sumatra, alleges a new report published by Greenomics, an Indonesian environmental group.
Deforestation, wetlands loss in Brazil and Indonesia generated 45b tons of CO2 in 20 years
(02/22/2013) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a global set of statistics on carbon emissions from deforestation, agriculture and other forms of land use for the 1990-2010 period.
Palm oil, paper, biofuels production on peatlands drive large GHG emissions
(01/31/2013) Degradation of peat swamps for oil palm and timber plantations is a substantially larger source of greenhouse gas emissions than previously believed, finds a new study published in the journal Nature.
Dead tigers, dead people: logging by paper industry worsens human-tiger conflict in Sumatra, alleges report
(01/10/2013) Destruction of rainforests and peatlands on the Indonesian island of Sumatra by the pulp and paper industry is worsening conflict between tigers and humans, including fatal encounters, alleges a new report published by a coalition of environmental groups in Riau, Sumatra. The report looks specifically at five concessions operated by companies that supply wood to Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and its corporate parent, the Sinar Mas Group (SMG). The report says that the majority of human-tiger conflict incidents in Riau between 1997 and 2009 occurred within these concessions.
Paper giant breaks pledge to end rainforest logging in Sumatra, says group
(12/26/2012) Pulp and paper giant Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) continues to destroy large areas of rainforests and peatlands despite a commitment to end natural forest logging by 2009, says a new report issued by a coalition of Indonesian environmental groups. The Eyes on the Forest report finds that APRIL and its suppliers cleared at least 140,000 hectares (346,000 acres) of natural forest between 2008 and 2011 in Riau, accounting for 27 percent of all forest loss in the province during the period. Some of the area cleared by APRIL and its subsidiaries consisted of deep peat swamp forest, which stores massive amount of carbon.
Indonesian NGO voluntarily joins lawsuit as co-defendant in palm oil deforestation case
(12/14/2012) An Indonesian environmental group has taken the unusual step of asking to be named as a co-defendant in a case brought against the Aceh government by a palm oil company over the governor's decision to cancel a controversial concession in a peat forest on the island of Sumatra.
Reducing the risk that REDD+ will shift conservation funding away from biodiverse forests
(12/10/2012) One of the major concerns about the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degrdatation (REDD+) program is that it could prioritize conservation of high carbon ecosystems like peatlands over high biodiversity landscapes, effectively shifting conservation funding away key wildlife-rich areas. A new paper, published in Tropical Conservation Science, analyzes the issue and suggests approaches that could reduce the potential detrimental impacts of REDD+ on biodiversity.
Tropical deforestation emissions were 3 billion tons/yr from 2000-2005
(12/03/2012) Two prominent groups of researchers have reached a consensus estimate for emissions from tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2005.
World has lost half its wetlands
(11/29/2012) Half of the worlds wetlands have been destroyed in just the last 100 years, says a new report. Published by the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), the report found that of the 25 million square kilometers of wetlands that existed in 1900 just 12.8 million square kilometers now remain. The rate of destruction varies geographically with notable loses in East Asia running at 1.6 per cent per year. In places where aquaculture, over-exploitation (e.g. unsustainable harvesting of fish) and storm damage have been severe, the rate of destruction can be as high as 80 percent.
90 percent of oil palm plantations came at expense of forest in Kalimantan
(10/08/2012) From 1990 to 2010 almost all palm oil expansion in Kalimantan came at the expense of forest cover, according to the most detailed look yet at the oil palm industry in the Indonesian state, published in Nature: Climate Change. Palm oil plantations now cover 31,640 square kilometers of the state, having expanded nearly 300 percent since 2000. The forest loss led to the emission of 0.41 gigatons of carbon, more than Indonesia's total industrial emissions produced in a year. Furthermore the scientists warn that if all current leases were converted by 2020, over a third of Kalimantan's lowland forests outside of protected areas would become plantations and nearly quadruple emissions.
In eco-pact, will controversial paper giant APP turn over a new leaf?
(09/26/2012) Over the past decade-and-a-half there has arguably been no paper supplier as controversial as Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), an umbrella brand for several Indonesian forestry companies. The paper giant has been dogged by allegations that is destroying key wildlife habitat, driving substantial greenhouse gas emissions through the conversion of peat forests, dispossessing local communities of land, and engaging in a heavy-handed campaign to undermine its critics within Indonesia and abroad. Its reputation hasn't be helped by its financial record — in 2001 it defaulted on $13.9 billion in debt, making it difficult for APP to raise money for expansion.
APP establishes deforestation moratorium in Jambi; greens remain skeptical
(09/06/2012) Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has established a moratorium on natural forest conversion in Jambi province on the island of Sumatra, according to a report issued by the Indonesian forestry giant.
Rainforests decline sharply in Sumatra, but rate of deforestation slows
(08/28/2012) The extent of old-growth forest in Sumatra shrank by 40 percent over the past 20 years, while overall forest on the Indonesian island declined by 36 percent, finds a comprehensive new satellite-based assessment published in Environmental Research Letters. The research, conducted by an international team led by Belinda Arunarwati Margono of South Dakota State University and Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry, reveals the dire condition of Sumatra's once extensive rainforests. Overall Sumatra lost 7.5 million hectares of forest between 1990 and 2010, of which about 2.6 million hectares was primary forest. The bulk of forest loss occurred in secondary forests that had been previously degraded by logging.
Burning forests in Southeast Asia increases mortality rates in the region
(08/13/2012) Clearing forests and other vegetation with fire in Southeast Asia can kill, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change. The research found that fire-induced air pollution, including fine particulates and a rise in ozone, could be linked to thousands of deaths during El Nino years when dry conditions worsen human-set fires. The pollution was found to be worst over Malaysia and Indonesia, the latter where the vast majority of the fires are set.
APP's new 'sustainability roadmap' won't spare unprotected tiger habitat in Sumatra
(07/27/2012) Asia Pulp & Paper's new sustainability commitment represents a scaling back of earlier environmental pledges and does not offer new protection for natural forests in Sumatra, alleges a new report from Eyes on the Forest, a coalition of green groups based in Riau, Sumatra.
Indonesia to investigate palm oil company's alleged breach of deforestation moratorium
(07/23/2012) Indonesia's top official charged with implementing the country's moratorium on new concessions in peatlands and primary forest areas is calling for an investigation into alleged violations by a palm oil company operating in Central Kalimantan, reports the REDD+ Task Force.
Indonesia green news: 70% of Indonesia's coral reefs damaged; Authorities exploring corruption charges in Tripa
(07/15/2012) 70 percent of Indonesia's coral reefs have some degree of damage found an assessment by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia or LIPI). Coral reef monitoring carried out in 77 regions across Indonesia found only 30 percent of the archipelago's coral reefs are in good condition. 37 percent have low levels of damage, while a third are severely damaged. Reef damage is caused by a variety of factors including explosive fishing, mining waste, and bleaching driven by global warming.
KFC-Indonesia suspends purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper due to deforestation, says Greenpeace
(07/13/2012) The Indonesian arm of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has suspended purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) due to concerns over deforestation, says Greenpeace, which is campaigning to reform the paper giant's forestry practices and fiber sourcing policy.
Despite moratorium and investigation, fires rage in key Sumatran peat swamp
(06/29/2012) Several fires are burning in a contested concession within Aceh Province's Tripa peat swamp raising questions about the efficacy of a high-profile investigation by Indonesian authorities, say environmentalists.
Palm oil giant moves forward on zero deforestation initiative
(06/05/2012) One of the world's largest palm oil companies has become the first to identify and disclose high carbon forests and peatlands in its concessions. Golden Agri-Resources Limited (GAR), the owner of Indonesia's palm oil giant PT SMART Tbk, on Monday published a carbon assessment of its holdings in Indonesian Borneo. The report is an important milestone under GAR's forest conservation policy, which prohibits conversion of land with more than 35 tons of carbon per hectare and moves the company toward a zero deforestation target.
Another red herring from Asia Pulp & Paper on its deforestation problem
(05/29/2012) In a press release issued last Thursday, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) asserted that the presence of mixed tropical hardwood fiber (MTH) in its products 'does not come from the felling of virgin tropical rainforest trees in Indonesia'. The embattled paper giant goes on to say that 'the presence of MTH fiber says nothing about whether the product is sustainable or not" and that "MTH can be found easily in recycled paper.' All these points are true. But what APP doesn't tell you is that its response is yet another facade in its effort to deflect criticism from its forestry practices.
Norway: Indonesia's forest moratorium isn't enough to meet emissions reduction target
(05/23/2012) Indonesia's moratorium on new forest concessions will not be enough to meet its 2020 emissions reduction target says the largest backer of the country's forest and climate action plan.
Indonesia revises moratorium map; makes contested orangutan forest off-limits
(05/22/2012) Indonesia is making 'encouraging' progress on its push to reduce deforestation by improving governance over its forests and peatlands, but still needs to do more to enforce environmental laws, said the head of the country's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) task force speaking at a press conference Monday in Jakarta. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Head of the Indonesian President's Delivery Unit for Development Monitoring and Oversight (UKP4) and Chair of the REDD+ Task Force, said an effort to develop a map of Indonesia's forests and forest concessions has been completed, although the Ministry of Forestry has yet to deliver the map to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, missing last Friday's deadline. The map serves as the basis for a two-year moratorium on new forestry concessions in primary forests and peatlands had been completed.
Asia Pulp & Paper to temporarily suspend rainforest clearing in Indonesia
(05/16/2012) Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a forestry giant that has been heavily criticized for destroying rainforests and peatlands in Indonesia, will temporarily suspend clearing of natural forest areas until conservation assessments have been conducted.
Global wetlands shrink 6% in 15 years
(05/14/2012) Global wetlands declined by six percent between 1993 and 2007 due to conversion for agriculture, drainage, and water diversion, reports a new satellite-based assessment published by European researchers in Geophysical Research Letters.
Regency head calls for stop to palm oil development in contested peat forest in Indonesia
(05/11/2012) The acting head of Nagan Raya Regency — the location of Tripa peat swamp — on Thursday demanded a stop to a controversial palm oil development project that conservationists say threatens a population of endangered orangutans, reports Serambi Indonesia.
Palm oil is a major driver of peatlands destruction in Indonesian Borneo
(04/27/2012) Developers in Indonesian Borneo are increasingly converting carbon-dense peatlands for oil palm plantations, driving deforestation and boosting greenhouse gas emissions, reports a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research concludes that nearly all unprotected forests in Ketapang District in West Kalimantan will be gone by 2020 given current trends.
Picture: Orangutan rescued from peat forest endangered by palm oil, fires
(04/18/2012) Conservationists today rescued an adult male orangutan from a pocket of forest in Tripa, an area of deep peat that is at the center of battle over Indonesia's commitment to reducing deforestation.
Indonesia's Environment Ministry to probe destruction of protected peat forest for palm oil
(04/17/2012) Indonesia's Environment Ministry will investigate a permit issued for an oil palm plantation in heart of Tripa peat forest on the island of Sumatra, reports The Jakarta Globe. The decision comes after the head of the country's REDD+ Task Force called for a probe into the concession, which spurred international outcry led by orangutan conservation groups and local environmental NGOs.
Indonesia to investigate contested oil palm concession as governor loses election in Sumatra
(04/12/2012) A high ranking Indonesian official is investigating the controversial grant of an oil palm concession within an area of protected peat forest in Aceh on the island of Sumatra, reports the Jakarta Globe.
Green groups may call for boycott of Indonesian palm oil over forest destruction in Sumatra
(04/11/2012) Environmental groups are escalating their battle over an area of peat forest in Tripa, Sumatra that has been granted for oil palm plantations.
Featured video: the battle for Tripa is about people too
(04/05/2012) Environmentalists have largely focused on the plight of orangutans as fires burn in Aceh, Sumatra to clear rainforest for a hugely controversial palm oil plantation, however as the video above highlights, local people will also feel the impacts of the destruction of forest for palm oil.
Environmentalists, orangutans lose court case over palm oil
(04/03/2012) Environmentalists were handed a set back in a dispute over a palm oil plantation granted in a protected peat swamp that is home to a population of critically endangered orangutans, reports the Aceh Globe and the Sydney Morning Herald.
NASA imagery confirms fires burning in orangutan hotspot
(03/27/2012) Satellite data from NASA confirms that fires are burning in an orangutan hotspot slated for conversion to oil palm plantations.
Fires raging in peat forest at center of legal case in Indonesia
(03/27/2012) Fires are burning in a peat forest that is the center of contentious court case.
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Three canoes left Kake this morning; a week from now, they'll land in Juneau ten canoes strong. The week-long trek to Celebration 2014 is organized by the One People Canoe Society. Paddlers from Kake, Ketchikan and Wrangell will be joined by canoes from Sitka, Angoon, Hoonah, Yakutat and Haines. So what prompts people to pick up a paddle? It's about "getting back to their roots," says Alicia Chilton, who is skippering the Wrangell canoe. "Or maybe finding them."
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Two of greatest living scholars on Sitka's Russian and Tlingit past were in town last week to train National Park rangers on the historic battles that took place here. Park rangers give programs, of course, but sometimes they'll interact with visitors for only a few minutes at a time. So the challenge is: How do you teach visitors about the culture in a way that will have impact - when the most commonly-asked question is "Where's the bathroom?"


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hirnlego on Jul 8, 2011 at 15:09:05
This has always been one of my favourite designs on Threadless (if not the very favourite). I just requested a girly reprint - but I'd love to have a different colour of the t-shirt (too bad the request form doesn't have a space for some notes) - black is always a safe choice... or creme, maybe? (to stay on topic) It's just that I can't stand yellow colour. Not that there's any chance it could change, I just had to mention it though.
Love it to pieces till the end of all times.
Dark_Magic on Nov 24, 2010 at 22:15:42
Lol, that IS a belly-button...right?
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king awesome on Sep 30, 2010 at 19:45:01
great scene, but few people can pull off yellow.