Panfu

Panfu was a massively multiplayer online game for children aged between 6 and 14, involving a virtual world where players could create their own panda and explore the island of "Panfu". Players were able to complete quests, play mini-games and chat with other pandas. According to creators about 15,000 players registered daily on the German Panfu. Panfu was made available to the general public on December 1, 2007 – after a beta-testing-phase.
The servers were taken offline in November 2016 after Goodbeans GmbH filed for bankruptcy in 2015.
History.
The two founders of Young Internet, Kay Kühne and Moritz Hohl, first published "Panfu" in December 2007, after 3 months of development and a month of public beta-testing. "Panfu" is a name composed of the words "panda" and the Chinese word for happiness, "fu". Only 6 weeks after launch, Panfu had more than 300,000 registered members. "Panfu" hit one million users in April 2008. In June 2009, the website had 10 million users worldwide and became the biggest children's virtual world in Europe.
In the meantime, the number of users grew to over 15 million and the game was translated into 12 languages. In April 2012, Young Internet was renamed to Goodbeans and shifted their focus to mobile gaming. With the new focus on mobile-only, their focus slowly drifted away from "Panfu". The last team-members were laid off in December 2014, and in February 2015 there were only two employees left. In January 2015 Goodbeans filed for bankruptcy, after "Panfu" had not been updated since December 2014. Instead of shutting "Panfu" down completely, the creators decided to let it stay up until it ran out, and thus never properly announced that they were closing. "Panfu" finally closed in November 2016.
Security in Panfu.
According to the creators, security was the biggest priority in "Panfu". The chat was closed from 3 AM to 8 AM on weekdays and from 8 PM to 11 AM on weekends. A word filter prevented verbal attacks and warned players when they didn't follow the rules. At the same time, the chat was strictly moderated by moderators from all over the world who watched over the chat. Parents could also opt-in to allow their child to only see the high security-chat. It allowed the child to select chats from a menu of premade greetings, questions, phrases, feelings, and options for action.
In July 2009, the first Panda sheriffs were introduced to help the moderators keep "Panfu" safe. They could mute other players for 30 minutes or freeze them, so they could not do anything for a minute. This worked only a few times, after which the sheriffs had to bring another sheriff or a moderator to help. Players could tell which pandas were sheriffs by the star-badge they had on their profiles.
Membership.
For some features in "Panfu", players had to purchase a membership known as "Gold Panda" in order to gain access to them. "Gold Panda" gave players the opportunity to decorate their treehouse, purchase clothes, adopt a pet and visit the "Underwater School". 

John R. Norton III

John R. Norton III (April 10, 1929 – April 17, 2016) was an American farmer and politician who served as United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture in the Reagan Administration.
Early life and career.
Norton was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Stanford University for one year and graduated in 1950 from the University of Arizona with a degree in agriculture. Norton served as a First lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1953 to 1955.
After serving in the military, Norton founded the J.R. Norton Company, which operated cattle ranches and farms in California and Arizona. During this period, Norton served on the boards of the Western Growers Association and United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association.
After the 1980 United States presidential election, Norton worked on the transition team of President-elect of the United States Ronald Reagan.
In 1985, Norton was appointed by President Reagan to serve as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture. He was responsible for the Trust provision reforms to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
Norton later served on the boards of the Goldwater Institute, Hoover Institution, Smithsonian Institution, and Phoenix Art Museum.
Philanthropy.
The Norton family endowed the Norton Gallery at the Phoenix Art Museum and the John and Doris Norton Healing Garden at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix. Norton endowed a Chair at the University of Phoenix in the School for Fathers, Parenting and Families with the John Norton Endowed Chair for Prostate Cancer Research. He also established the Norton Scholarship Endowment Fund at Creighton University School of Medicine.
In 2014, Norton's gift to the St. Joseph's Foundation established the John and Doris Norton Cardiothoracic and Transplantation Institute. The Norton family also established the Norton Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.