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Ender's Game

Opens Friday, Nov 1, 2013 Synopsis: A brilliant young strategist rises to the top of his class in Battle School while training to defend Earth against hostile aliens intent on exterminating the entire human race in this sci-fi epic based on the celebrated novel by Orson Scott Card. In the not-too-distant future, our planet has come under attack from a hostile race of aliens known as the Formics. Incredibly, fearless International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) sent them fleeing back into the stars, becoming a living legend in the process. But decorated Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) knows that the Formics will soon return even stronger than they were before, and he's determined to find a new hero who can meet them head on. Enter Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a modest young man with vast untapped potential. Upon being recruited into Battle School, Ender partakes in a grueling series of simulations, effortlessly mastering ever challenge presented to him. Celebrated by his peers and respected by his superiors, Ender is quickly promoted to Command School, where the one and only Mazer Rackham provides him with the knowledge and tools needed to save mankind from certain extinction. As the final battle approaches, Ender prepares to embrace his destiny as one of the greatest heroes in the history of planet Earth. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Brendan Meyer Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Beluga stocks show no big increase

...ANCHORAGE - The beluga whales that swim in Cook Inlet off Alaska's largest city are continuing to struggle and appear headed for extinction if nothing changes, a government official said Friday.A survey done in June found the whales "are not recovering," said...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-01-05/beluga-stocks-show-no-big-increase
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http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2012-12-06/refuge-notebook-bison-in-our-bac
Outdoors
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http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2012-11-01/trumpeting-success-trumpeter-swa
Outdoors
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http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/042007/news_0420new001.shtml
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Language council seen as hope for Native culture

...potential to bring threatened languages back from the brink of extinction, say experts in the field. "Our hope is that we can really...that is own Inupiaq language was one of those threatened by extinction. Data provided by Twitchell show about 2,100 Inupiaq speakers...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-06-11/language-council-seen-as-hope-for-na
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Visitors highlight the need to protect our treasures

...House Interior Appropriation Committee has passed a spending bill that would mean fewer protections for species at risk of extinction, more pesticides in our waters and less funding for our national wildlife refuges and other crucial conservation priorities...

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...flushed out before taking on new cargo. It has been a major cause of catastrophic biological invasions worldwide, causing extinctions and billions of dollars in economic damage. At least 7,000 different species get hauled across the ocean every day inside...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/111101/ala_111101alapm0020001.shtml
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Meteor explodes over Russia; about 1,100 injured

...believe that a far larger meteorite strike on what today is Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula may have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago. According to that theory, the impact would have thrown up vast amounts of dust...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-02-15/meteor-explodes-over-russia-about-11
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Web helping tribe to save language

...one of the most difficult parts of revitalizing it. Boraas said a lot of people know the language, but because of language extinction policies in place as recent as the 1960s, some were severely punished for speaking it. "Children, if they spoke the Native...

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