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I'm at the hottest, driest place on the continent, and I'm looking for fish.
At first glance, the rocky canyons and salt pans of the Mojave Desert seem the very last place to seek out aquatic life.
But Nature Conservancy ecologist Sophie Parker, who is showing me conservation projects here, asks me to envision an earlier California and Nevada.
"It's hard to imagine now, but in the Pleistocene this area once would have had large lakes and river systems connected to each other," says Parker. "There would have been ground sloths and mammoths. And there would have been pupfish."
Pupfish are killifish — small, knuckle-sized fish found on three continents. They're known for surviving harsh environments. Once, pupfish in the Southwest probably consisted of only one species.
As the climate became hotter, the lakes and rivers began drying up, leaving only isolated springs, pools and rivers.
The pupfish became isolated in these little pockets of remaining water. Essentially desert springs became habitat islands.
"The islands here are not land in the middle of the ocean; they're wetlands in the middle of the desert," says Parker. "In the Mojave, you can think of these spots of water as similar to the Galapagos. They have unique species and a unique ecology."
As happens on small islands, species rapidly evolved to adapt to specific conditions. About 30 pupfish species are now found throughout the Southwest, many surviving in isolated, harsh environments.
Think salty streams and warm water temperatures – conditions that would turn a trout belly up in minutes.
The Salt Creek pupfish, for instance, lives in water three times as salty as the ocean. They can be easily viewed along a boardwalk in Death Valley National Park.
In the summer, much of this fish's habitat dries up as daytime temperatures soar to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. And still it thrives, as it has for thousands of years.
The little fish chase each other, darting around the riffles. Early biologists compared this behavior to that of playful puppies (which is how the pupfish got its name). But the fish weren't playing: they were fighting over breeding territories.
Another species, the Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish, lives in waters up to 92 degrees and can survive in water only a half-inch deep.
They're tough. They can handle anything.
Well, almost anything.
Pupfish can survive in all sorts of difficult conditions, but ultimately they still need water. And when people come to the desert, they use a lot of it – for their homes, for agriculture, for mining, for energy development.
Will that prove too much for the pupfish?
From Big City to Wildlife Refuge
We're driving along a dusty desert road when we pull up to a trailhead. Within a few minutes, I'm staring into a crystal blue spring where one of the endemic pupfish species, the Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish, swims.
Clear springs like these dot the area known as Ash Meadows in southwestern Nevada. Bubbling up from the desert, they're certainly one of this country's overlooked natural wonders.
These springs seem all the more remarkable when you learn the history of the area. For a time, it looked like they would disappear under a sea of homes. Disappear forever.
In the early 1970s, The Nature Conservancy purchased one pool in the Ash Meadows area to protect the Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish. It became a small nature preserve for this species.
But that preserve protected only a small portion of the area. The surrounding 12,000 acres were owned by a real estate developer. In the late 1970s, he released plans to create a development featuring 30,000 homes, shopping malls, golf courses and an airport – essentially a new city in the desert.
The water for that city would come from those crystal-clear springs. After all, they naturally produce millions of gallons a day.
Of course, using that water would destroy a unique desert habitat. And it would mean extinction for the endemic species. Pupfish and other wildlife would disappear under a network of roads and homes and green, green grass.
The development was approved, but when an heir took control of the property, he chose to sell it rather than proceed.
The Nature Conservancy was there to negotiate the purchase. It became the foundation of the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, protecting the unique springs and the wildlife they support. The refuge is home to 26 endemic species – the greatest congregation of unique species in the United States.
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a really excellent restoration plan in place," says Parker. "They have outlined what needs to happen for each individual spring. And they have taken areas where habitat was destroyed and returned them to a condition so that pupfish and other wildlife can thrive."
We visit one such site, known as Longstreet Spring. This area had been hammered for decades, by peat mining, irrigation diversions and unmanaged grazing.
That's hard to tell now. Pupfish dart around a clear pool producing water at 16 gallons a second, a pool lined with native grasses that harbor wetland birds.
The refuge continues to undertake restoration efforts, undoing damage done by unmanaged grazing and stream damming and channelization. There are trails and boardwalks bringing visitors up close to pupfish and other interesting species.
The refuge has even created a cadre of pupfish fans: during my visit, I see a young boy sporting a pupfish hat and a vehicle with a PUPFISH vanity plate.
A conservation victory? Absolutely. Mission accomplished? Not quite.
Rachel Carson once wrote "Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we say, 'our work is done.'"
Especially not here, where conservationists continue to work to balance the water needs of people and fish.
A Future for Pupfish
Ash Meadows may be protected by a wildlife refuge. But the water that feeds those springs flows deep beneath the ground, where it can be tapped by other users.
With increasing demand for water, springs can start to drop in level – something that has happened periodically at Ash Meadows, most notably at Devils Hole – the sole habitat for the Devils Hole pupfish, one of the rarest species on earth (more on this special case in a future blog).
The refuge has established water rights to maintain fish and other wildlife. But as often is the case in arid states like Nevada, those water rights are often over-allocated.
"With water rights, you have to prove that what someone else is doing is having an effect on your water," says Bill Christian, the Conservancy's Amargosa River project director. "It's often difficult to know how groundwater pumping at one location will affect a spring far away until it's too late."
The latest threat comes from what some might consider an unlikely source: renewable energy projects. Big solar farms in particular require considerable amounts of water. "Unlike agriculture, solar farms need water all year long," says Parker.
"In addition to the water needs of the solar farms themselves, the development attracts other industry and home development," adds Christian. "That all increases the demand for groundwater."
The Conservancy has been involved in advocating for groundwater for desert wildlife. Most recently, it's been heavily involved in the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, a planning effort for siting green energy including wind and solar around the Mojave.
The Conservancy advocates for siting energy where it will have the least impact on wildlife, water and habitat connectivity.
The demands of water will likely only increase. Will desert pupfish survive the changes?
They survived a dramatic change in habitat thousands of years ago. They've adapted to hot, salty water. At Ash Meadows, they still persist despite a proposed city and demands for groundwater.
They can survive—but they'll need help from pupfish fans, people who recognize them as unique and special, a vital part of the Mojave Desert.
And they'll need conservationists who take a long view – who recognize that while wildlife refuges and other protected areas are important, they are often only the first step in effective conservation.
"You can never relax and think that you've protected a place by acquisition, so you've solved the problem," says Christian. "You're not finished. There is always a new challenge, especially when you're talking about water in the desert."
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Comments: Pupfish: Conserving a Mojave Desert Survivor
Wonderful insightful article. It is inspiring each and every time to see a child excited about rare and beautiful places.
This story serves as a reminder that nothing works as well to protect endangered species and their habitats as their full acquisition by organizations whose missions are to protect them.
this is exactly the reason i am so happy to make the conservancy the recipient of a my christmas gift budget. a gift i can make to everyone.
I was at Crystal Lake yesterday. The water level has sunk dramatically since last year. What has caused this?
It is great to know that there are organisations out there willing to invest so much for the conservation of rare and fragile creatures.
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MOUNT VERNON, Ohio -- Pastors and district superintendents from across the Mount Vernon Nazarene University educational region gathered with the MVNU School of Theology and Philosophy faculty and representatives from the Church of the Nazarene's Global Ministry Center on October 15 and 16 to address five key strategic priorities for the USA/Canada region. The event was designed to allow each of these Nazarene leaders to explore opportunities for partnership and collaboration.
The five key strategies were developed under the direction of Bob Broadbooks, USA/Canada Regional Director, after extensive discussions with district superintendents, pastors, and faculty from each of the Nazarene colleges and universities. The strategies include: Intentional Leadership Development, Vibrant Church Renewal, Clear and Coherent Theological Identity, Passionate Missional Outreach, and Multi-faceted New Church Development.
"I am greatly encouraged by this opportunity to discuss these strategic priorities in collaboration with so many church leaders from across the MVNU educational region," said Dr. Henry Spaulding, MVNU's Provost and Interim President. "A significant aspect of MVNU's unique mission is to be a partner and resource for every church, pastor, and leader on our region."
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Blinn College baseball coach Harvey McIntyre has been named the American Baseball Coaches Association/Diamond Sports Company NJCAA Division I Regional Coach of the Year after leading the Buccaneers to the NJCAA World Series for the first time in 22 years.
McIntyre's Buccaneers placed fifth at the World Series, defeating Cochise (Ariz.) 7-4 in the tournament opener, then topping No. 1-ranked Chattahoochee Valley (Ala.) 10-2. Blinn qualified for the World Series by defeating Alvin in the Region XIV Conference Tournament championship.
"This is a reflection of our players and what they accomplished, as well as our assistant coaches, Jonathan Ogden and Jordan Kopycinski," McIntyre said. "It's a group effort. Our kids did a great job taking this next step and putting this program back among the nation's elite."
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During a phone briefing with Microsoft's Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of Global Marketing, we asked about the Xbox 360's oft-maligned D-pad. Repeatedly. While Mr. Bell didn't seem to be as acutely aware of the D-pad's tragic shortcomings as many of us are, he did make it clear that, regardless of what controller you use to make it to the championship (MadCatz XBLA stick, perhaps), once there you'll be required to use the Xbox 360 gamepad. If you don't have the gaming chops -- or if that D-pad precludes any you may have had -- don't worry. There's one last chance for you to make it to the finals in New York City: the Pac-Man FANatic contest.
Pac-Man fanboys from the US or Canada can make a video demonstrating to judges why they (and not those other nerds) are in fact, the (North American) world's biggest Pac-Man fan. We're really hoping these end up on Xbox Live Marketplace ... we'd pay almost anything. The winner of the Pac-Man FANatic contest will join the other nine winners to compete for the title of "Pac-Man World Champion."
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Obituaries for Jan. 21, 2014
Sam Reid
Sam A. Reid, 88, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Jan. 18 at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care. Sam was born July 18, 1925. He was a faithful member of Clover Baptist Church and the Andrews Sunday School Class. Retired fireman of Sawmills Fire Deparment and board member. He was also a WWII Army Veteran.
Those waiting to Welcome him home are his father and mother, Thomas and Hattie Coffey Reid; his first wife, Mary Elizabeth "Lib" Smith Reid; one son, Samuel E. Reid Sr.; four brothers, Harold, Boyd, Jack and Perry; and two sisters, Pearl R. McRary and Hazel R. Keller.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 25 years, Helen Medford Reid, of the home; one daughter-in-law, Bertha Reid of Granite Falls; one grandson, Samuel E. Reid Jr. and wife Karen of Lenoir; and two sisters, Shirley Winter and husband Danny of Toms River, N.J., and Cleo Clark and husband Hoke of Sawmills.
He is also survived by his extended family, two stepsons, David Medford of Whitevill and Tracy Medford of Concordia, Mo., five step-grandchildren and five step great-grandchildren, a number of nieces and nephews, and special friends of the Breakfast Bunch of Hardee's.
The family will received friends tonight, Monday, from 6:30 until 8:30 at Clover Baptist Church in Granite Falls. The funeral will be held at Clover Baptist Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. Officiating will be the Revs. Keith Childers and Jim Hamby. Burial will follow the funeral with full military honors at Sunset Hills Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, 902 Kirkwood St. NW, Lenoir, NC 28645, or to the building fund of Clover Baptist Church 100 Pinewood Road, Granite Falls, NC 28630.
Serving as pallbearers are Larry Roberts, Dorman Winkler, Wade Yount, Jim Evans, Tommy Simmons and Wayne Wilcox. Honorary pallbearers are Andrew S.S. Class and retired and serving Sawmills Fire Depart. Firemen and wives.
Military honors will be provided by DAV Chapters 84 and 6.
Mackie Funeral Home is serving the family.
You may view the obituary online at www.mackiefh.com.
Betty Bower
The world is a little less bright with the loss of our sister, aunt, niece, and friend, Betty Lee Bower, who left us on Jan. 15, 2014. Betty was a spirited, determined, creative soul. She loved gemstones, the beach, birds (esp. Keet), singing, her kitty Dali, playing the piano, the mountains of North Carolina, and her family.
Born and raised in Ohio, she also made her home in Florida and California before coming "back home" to N.C.
She was an artist, a doting aunt, a loyal sister, and a beloved partner and friend.
She was "big sister" to David Bower of Charlotte, John Bower (wife Laura) of West Jefferson, Marguerite Moltz (husband Ray) of Blowing Rock, and Virginia Bower of Asheville; and partner to Orion Levi, Blowing Rock. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Betty and Dave Bower, and her sister Kathy Bower (1952-1969). She is also survived by her uncle David Barnes of Lenoir, her aunt Sally of Mountain City, Tenn., and several nieces and nephews: Johnny and Addie Bower; Rachel, David and Jenny Moltz; Nola and Marin Bower-Smith; Sarah and David (IV) Bower; Tilley Bower, grand-neice; and Ira Paterni, grand-nephew.
A remembrance gathering is planned for friends and family with that date to be determined. We love you Betty and miss you greatly!
Online condolences may be left at www.greer-mcelveenfuneralhome.com. Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Dale Starnes
Dale Starnes of Granite Falls passed away Saturday, Jan. 19, 2014.
Arrangements will be announced by Bass-Smith Granite.


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In Dundee, Mich., 10 people are recovering from injuries caused by the tornado that touched down in the region early June 6.
Officials said Dundee was hit hard, with winds blowing at more than 100 miles per hour. More than 200 electrical poles were destroyed.
The tornado produced 772 power outages in Dundee township and 1,800 in the surrounding village. Molly Luempert-Coy, a regional manager for DTE Energy, said the company hopes to fix several hundred of the outages in the township by June 7, since it is working to restore a main power circuit that goes through the area.
The company also repaired 40 poles the tornado snapped along M-50.
"That was just amazing, to get it done in that time frame," Luempert-Coy said.
Dundee Baptist Church announced the church had electricity, and it quickly became the hub of volunteer efforts. At 2 p.m. June 7, 17 leaders from the Red Cross, Salvation Army, United Way, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, Michigan Department of Human Services and other groups met to assess damages and pool resources.
After the meeting, attendees said 15 Dundee houses were destroyed, 304 had minor damage and 162 had major damage.
"Most of us haven't gotten too much sleep," said Laura Shultz, chief executive officer of Monroe County Red Cross.
Red Cross and Salvation Army leaders said they would be on site at least until the power is back on.
Salvation Army has three mobile canteens which can be driven around the area or stationed to pass out food and water to victims and volunteers.
Win Williams, the Michigan state director for Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, said his crew is focusing on clearing trees out of people's yards. Many of the people they helped are unable to clear their yards on their own because of medical disabilities and cannot afford to hire anyone else to remove debris from around their homes.
He said upon offering to help, crew members have been told several times, "Well, I don't have the money." When they told tornado victims that they wanted to help them for free, their faces were flooded with relief and some grew misty-eyed.
"They need to feel comfortable again," Williams said. "They were scared to death."
From 1 to 5 p.m. June 8, the Salvation Army and the Red Cross will be at the Dundee Baptist Church to offer aid to storm victims.
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Shorey is available on a free transfer after leaving Reading earlier this summer and he is looking for a new club.
Brighton are in the market for a new left-back having seen Wayne Bridge join Reading after a successful spell on loan from Manchester City last season and also allowing Marcos Painter to leave the club.
Ironically Brighton were believed to be keen on Shorey last summer before they signed Bridge and they have now rekindled their interest in the full-back.
Shorey will spend this week training at Brighton in the hope of securing a move to the club, but any deal is being held up while the Seagulls begin their search for a new manager following the sacking of Gus Poyet on Sunday.


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WASHINGTON, April 29, 2004 The government's new plan to counter a bioterrorism attack on the United States was announced at an April 28 news conference here.
The announcement came as part of President Bush's directive to integrate anti- bioterrorism efforts across all government agencies.
"We've done a good job so far, but you haven't seen anything yet," said Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson, after he gave reporters a tour of the department's new mobile command center.
Thompson, who was joined by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, told reporters the "highest priority" of the government is to safeguard the American people.
The three leaders met earlier with other agency heads to discuss biodefense for the 21st century at the Health and Human Services building here.
"One of the fundamental requirements of a good plan of action for biodefense preparedness is that we in the federal government start coordinating closer with one another," Thompson said. "This is a responsibility that President Bush takes extremely seriously, and he wants us to make sure that we are prepared, and he has delegated that responsibility to us."
On the health front, Thompson said his department now spends 12 times as much on bioterror preparedness as it did three years ago. "And when you look at our shared responsibility with DHS, the increase is even more," he said.
Between 2001 and 2004, HHS funding has gone from $305 million to $3.9 billion, he said. "And we have requested $4.1 billion for next year," he added. "On bioterrorism related research alone, we've gone from spending $53 million in 2001 to $1.6 billion in 2004. That's more than 30 times as much for bioterrorism research."
Thompson noted that HHS has almost 10 times as many staff members working on bioterrorism readiness as it did in 2001. The department has increased food- imports inspections from 12,000 in 2001 to 60,000 in 2004, "and will do over 100,000 in this fiscal year," he added.
The HHS secretary said his department has dramatically improved its ability to respond to the threat of smallpox. In 2001, the department had only 15 million doses of smallpox vaccine available. Today, he said, there is enough vaccine for every man, woman and child in America, if necessary. The secretary also noted strides in anthrax vaccine research that he expects to be available by mid-2005.
Ridge reported several initiatives Homeland Security has implemented against a bioterrorism attack, a plan he also said begins with "better coordination within."
He said under the president's new national biodefense directive, all bioterrorism projects and programs will fall under a coordinated and focused strategic plan that will help "maximize resources, ensure a common unified effort across all federal agencies, and address any deficiency that we discover."
Ridge added that his department's plan for a robust bioterrorism defense includes the creation of a biological attack warning system and an improved distribution system for critical antibiotics and vaccines.
A biological agent detection program called BioWatch has been tested in most major cities, he said. BioWatch can deploy environmental sensors in major urban areas to sample the air for biological agents. The department tested the system earlier this month in Washington. Ridge said the president's budget this year contains $118 million to support and expand the program, including the development of improved environmental monitors.
In addition, Homeland Security has established a new National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center to study biological agents and to track down the source of any release that might occur, he said.
Ridge acknowledged that the bioterrorism threat is "too great for any single government entity to address," adding that, "all government agencies are working diligently together not just to meet the threat, but to defeat the threat as well."
Wolfowitz said the Defense Department has been the primary biodefense organization in government. He noted that DoD has heavily invested in facilities and science to protect service members against anthrax, smallpox and Ebola threats.
One of the most important efforts by DoD to combat bioterrorism, Wolfowitz said, was the establishment of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md. For decades, he said, the laboratory has been in the forefront of researching, developing and fielding medical and nonmedical defenses against biological weapons. Wolfowitz said the institute is expanding its research base with the establishment of the National Biodefense Campus, now under construction at Fort Detrick.
He said the new lab and will work with Health and Human Services and Homeland Security to help the government respond to potentially catastrophic threats.
The Defense Department is spending $1.1 billion for the Installation Protection Program, which will provide chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection and defense capabilities for 200 DoD installations in the United States and overseas, Wolfowitz said. nother $800 million will be spent on new and emerging technologies in protection, detection, decontamination and medical countermeasure development against current and emerging threats.
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Bethlehem, Pa., August 15, 2013—Moravian College has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to fund a teacher-education institute, providing classroom teachers with methods and tools to introduce the music of Johann Sebastian Bach into elementary, middle school and high school classrooms. The grant marks the fifth time since 2005 that Moravian has received NEH support to provide the program.
Moravian College's Summer Institute for Teachers 2014 is a four-week institute for K-12 classroom teachers that will take place in the German cities Eisenach, Leipzig and Potsdam, from July 7 to August 1, 2014. With a theme of "Johann Sebastian Bach: Music of the Baroque and Enlightenment," the program will highlight J.S. Bach, widely regarded as one of the greatest musical geniuses in the entire Western tradition.
"Johann Sebastian Bach is the quintessential composer from the Baroque period," said Hilde Binford, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Music at Moravian and organizer of the institute. "There is a real timelessness to his music. You'll find that his music has been adapted and reworked in lots of different genres, from gospel to hip hop. There is real accessibility to his music, and it reaches all generations."
In celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the second surviving son of Johann Sebastian, the institute will also touch on the music and career of the younger Bach. A chamber musician in the court of Frederick the Great, C.P.E. Bach and his work will serve as a window into the music of the Enlightenment period.
The summer institute also will put a special emphasis on the works of 1747 because that was the year J.S. Bach wrote A Musical Offering for Frederick the Great. Additionally, the institute will be "bringing back to life" a 1747 opera by Johann Adolf Hasse, which has not been performed since 1748. One of institute's faculty members, opera coach David Boothroyd, will lead several of the institute participants – known as summer scholars – ¬in a highlights version of the opera.
Among the other scholars who will present lectures and workshops are Larry Lipkis, the Bertha-Mae Starner '27 and Jay F. Starner Professor of Music and Composer in Residence at Moravian College. Lipkis will lecture on Bach's use of text painting and rhetoric, providing an in-depth analysis that will anchor the contextual backdrop for much of the institute's discussions. He will also introduce the institute's participants to the world of Baroque dance, essential to understanding much of Bach's music.
The summer institute examines Bach's life and works in such a way that it provides the summer scholars with a rare opportunity to explore how political and cultural ideas and changes were reflected in music. "It also gives an opportunity for K-12 teachers, from many different disciplines, to enrich their subject knowledge while learning with world-class scholars," added Binford. "They especially benefit from working with each other, as the 25 teachers chosen come from a very competitive field from all over the country."
In past years, nearly two-thirds of the summer institute scholars have come from disciplines outside of a musical setting, teaching various subjects from English to history. The educators, who are provided a stipend from the NEH to defray travel costs, will then develop curriculum plans including J. S. Bach and his works for their K-12 classes.
The deadline for the Moravian College's Summer Institute for Teachers 2014 is March 1, 2014. For more information on the program, visit www.bachforteachers.org
Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college. Moravian partners with students to build a strong foundation for their future. Visit the College's Web site at www.moravian.edu.


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A last-minute glitch appears to be holding up the signing of the coalition agreement that would put Israel's next government in place in time to greet President Obama next week. According to reports, Prime Minister Netanyahu's attempt to deny Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett the largely symbolic title of deputy prime minister has jeopardized the deal. While minor issues such as this one have the potential to cause big problems in any political setting, the real clue to the seriousness of this dust-up is the fact that most people seem to be blaming it on, of all people, Netanyahu's wife, Sara.
If true, it points to the fact that while the Netanyahu, Lapid and Bennett have much to gain from cooperating with each other, at least one of them hasn't been able to rise above the personal feuds that seem to characterize relations between Israel's leaders. That means that although all of the four parties (Netanyahu's Likud-Beitenu, Lapid's Yesh Atid, Bennett's Habayit Hayehudi and Tzipi Livni's Hatnua) that have united to form Israel's 33rd government since the first Knesset was elected in 1949 have every reason to keep it in office for a full four-year term, the jealousies, lack of trust and downright antagonism between the major players may cause its premature demise. Netanyahu's ability to transcend petty tiffs in the coming days may tell us a lot about whether his second consecutive and third overall term as prime minister will last as long as he'd like.
Netanyahu's been in a downward spiral as he went from a position of unchallenged strength last spring to his current ridiculous predicament as he must embrace a trio of political rivals that he (and apparently his wife) abhor. The prime minister has made a series of political blunders in the last year that resulted in his party getting a far smaller share of the vote than it might have won only a few months before. While that didn't prevent his re-election, it did create a situation where he had to find common ground with partners who were in a position to exact a high price for their cooperation.
But the curious thing about the abnormally long coalition talks and the arguments between the leaders that are obviously not fully resolved is that none of this really has anything to do with the key foreign and defense policy questions facing the country that remain at the core of the prime minister's agenda. Nor is it related to the economic and social issues on which the election was largely fought.
While the rest of the world interprets everything that happens in Israel through the prism of the debates about the peace process with the Palestinians or the Iranian nuclear threat, there isn't much difference on them between Netanyahu, Lapid and Bennett–or even Livni, despite her claim to be the avatar of peace. Nor do the members of this fractious quartet have any real disputes about the need for a more equitable draft system or the need to avoid a retreat from the progress the country has made under the free market model that replaced the old socialist approach that once governed the nation.
Instead, their problem is mainly with each other. Netanyahu not unreasonably fears the ambitious and charismatic Lapid's plans to supplant him at the next election. The prime minister and his wife also seem to hold a grudge against Bennett, who was once his chief of staff but bolted as a result of an as-yet-unspecified quarrel that may not have been directly related to policy disagreements. Livni is still seething over her failure to defeat Netanyahu in the 2009 election and her foolish decision to stay out of his government. Netanyahu is deeply distrusted by the other three and all–except perhaps for Bennett, who seems to have risen above the personality clashes to be the broker who made the deal–think Lapid is a vain television-created celebrity devoid of substance.
How can these four people live with each other and keep a government going? No one's sure about the answer to that question as Israel appears to have elected itself a government that seems more like a reality show than a political coalition.
After his 2009 victory, Netanyahu appeared to have learned from the mistakes he made in his first term as prime minister in the 1990s when he seemed to have alienated every friend and political ally he had by the end of his three years in office. But he seems to have forgotten these lessons in recent months as he finds himself with a Likud filled with resentful members who think the prime minister has slighted them and a cabinet full of rivals who don't like him either.
As I wrote yesterday, this government has an opportunity to do great things. The absence of the ultra-Orthodox parties means it can, among other things, go a long way toward creating a more equitable draft system and make much needed education reforms. It should also be equipped to hold the country together in the face of the Iranian threat as well as pressure to make concessions to a Palestinian Authority that isn't interested in peace. But it will do none of these things and may crash and burn long before its term is up if the quarrelsome foursome can't learn to get along.


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Willamette Professor Seth Cotlar became a historian as a child. Sitting in his grandfather's black leather chair, he spent hours poring over old photos in shoeboxes.
Unfortunately, in the Allegheny Mountain mining town where he grew up, college-bound kids were discouraged from taking "soft" subjects like history, and were instead pushed toward the sciences so they could get into "above ground" jobs -- running the mines as engineers rather than working them.
Cotlar shifted through five majors in college before settling on history; it took him that long to realize people can get paid to do what they love.
The fledging historian soon discovered that he had been born in a remarkable year. In 1968 America seemed poised on the edge of rethinking and recreating society. Against the backdrop of what seemed like a senseless war, draft-age students marched for peace. Thousands of African-Americans boycotted for equal rights, the women's movement was born, and spiritual enlightenment seemed possible if only one meditated long enough.
"I was 12 during the election of 1980, and when my parents turned on the TV, Ronald Reagan was spewing invective against the long-haired hippies with their deviant lifestyles," Cotlar says. "He was explicitly running against the legacy of the '60s, saying that 'ordinary' Americans should take the country back, that these ideas are dangerous. He pointed to the extremist fringe of the movement and said, 'All you have to do is look at the Weather Underground to know what kind of people these are.'"
Cotlar was fascinated by the cultural and political tumult of the '60s and '70s, and his upcoming book, Making America Safe for Democracy: The Rise and Fall of Trans-Atlantic Radicalism in the Early American Republic, focuses on a parallel time in American history. During the 1790s, he says, the trans-Atlantic world was in foment over ideas put forward by Thomas Paine, whose celebrated treatise, The Rights of Man, was the most widely read pamphlet in America and Europe.
Paine's definition of democracy would have broadly expanded the rights of individuals, in accordance with the ideals of the French Revolution. America's experiment with democracy was still a work in progress, with different political factions arguing over how democracy should be defined.
"But just as America's 1960s antiwar movement became associated with drugs, loose lifestyles and violence, the political ideas behind the French Revolution were eventually thought to be dangerous and their promoters discredited," Cotlar says.
The man whose ideas had been embraced on both sides of the Atlantic took a hard fall. During Paine's 15-year sojourn in Europe, American leaders constructed a more moderate, non-revolutionary vision of democracy, one more limited in scope.
They discredited Paine's ideas by discrediting Paine, Cotlar says, branding him an atheist anarchist on the radical fringe. Attacks were ratcheted up in intensity to counter the broad appeal and influence of his ideas. By the time Paine returned to America, he was hard-pressed to find a single tavern owner who would take him in, and when he died, only six people attended his funeral.
Cotlar's book will be on bookshelves next year, and he's already begun work on his next book, about nostalgia in pre-Civil War America. "During the aggressive modernization of the past 150 years, Americans have consistently expressed nostalgia about a disappearing past," Cotlar says. "The idea of something being 'old fashioned' can only exist when the world is changing rapidly, losing its past. It's not just a psychological phenomenon, but also a historical phenomenon. People still have trouble talking about the costs of change."
Cotlar recently received a Millicent C. MacIntosh Fellowship, one of five awarded in the nation, to further his research. He'll also co-organize a 2009 conference on "Antiquities and Ruins in the Nineteenth Century," to be held at the Huntington Library in California. In addition, Cotlar serves on Willamette's Council on Diversity and Social Justice. "A vibrant intellectual community requires a wide range of perspectives," he says. "But diverse communities do not just emerge spontaneously. They must be built with some degree of intentionality."
Of course, none of these activities will interfere with Cotlar's other life -- political media junkie, father to a five-year-old son who drums to Beatles songs, and gardener of "things I can eat." History moves on, repeats itself, and doubles back, but some things never change.


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Strategic edits made to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services response to an audit critical of the state's Medicaid program raises questions about whether key facts were withheld to make the program appear worse off than it really is.
Gov. Pat McCrory has used the January audit to make a case for privatizing the state's $13-billion Medicaid system.
The audit edits made by then-Medicaid Director Carol Steckel were first reported Tuesday by the non-profit website North Carolina Health News.
Steckel resigned this month to take a job with a for-profit managed-care company that may bid on running the state's Medicaid system.
DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos told legislators Tuesday she stands by the audit response. Wos says she sees no conflict of interest with Steckel's new job.


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#46: Mayhem (3D UI, New Environment Art, Ship Configurator)
There's a hell of a lot of new stuff crammed into this one so expect a full debrief on the blog early next week.
Essentially though apart from the obvious Ship Configurator:
- We have the 3D improvements to the UI, spheres show ranges (Green - deep scan radius, Red - weapons radius, Yellow - status effects radius.)
- Status effects (more info) and scan ranges added.
- A new artist makes his mark with some beautiful background artwork.
- optimizations to turrets go in and fixed weapons get a rewrite - both now using completely simulated projectiles (more info.)
- All factions (all 9 of them) now represented as entities in the alpha.
- Drag selection box rewritten to allow Battlegroup formation moves and grouped Corvette wing moves.
- Enhancements to the fleet UI to support drag selection groupings.
- Game ported to Unity 5.1
Crank it up and enjoy!! (I know my hearts still racing...)
Star Horizon
Looks like a basic on rail space shooter that's made the jump from mobile to PC http://store.steampo...com/app/352960/
From the website http://tabascointeractive.com/
- Take part to intense and immersive space battles thanks to a dynamic and intuitive handling ability of your spaceship
- Choose your side: fight for the Federation or the Rebels
- Write your own galactic story and master your destiny
- Upgrade your ship and weapons to finish your enemies in multiple astonish ways
- Follow the relationship between the man and the machine spiced up with absurd and dark humor
- Discover a wild variety of Spaceship and fleet
- Use your handling ability to unlock achievements
And a short review of the PC version here.
Another space combat game with no reticle.
Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine
Boy can't wait to see this, looks like it will the biggest lump of cheese since StarCrash.
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Endless Space 2
Didn't see a post about this on the front page yet, so I thought I'd add one.
By anecdote, I find Endless Space (the first one) to be the single most divisive 4X game ever made. Many people seem to love it, many people seem to passionately hate it. Ironically, Endless Legend, which is quite similar in many key ways, is almost universally acclaimed.
I, personally, am damn excited. To me 4X is not a genre that anybody ever gets completely right, and I have some pretty big and specific mechanics-related complaints about both the first Endless Space and Endless Legend. Since I can say that about every 4X game I can think of, I don't mind also saying that I thought both of those games were damn good. I'd say, and I think many would agree, that Endless Legend was one of the most unique and creative games of any strategy genre in recent years. I can't wait to see what parts of it they incorporate into ES2.
My main hope right now is that they will GET RID OF THE DAMN STARLANES AND LET ME PUT SHIT IN DEEP SPACE OR FLY IN STRAIGHT LINES. (That was my biggest complaint about ES1, granted some significant changes will have to accompany such a major modification of core game mechanics.)
I know a lot of people are pretty fixated on having a full blown tactical combat. I personally find it to be too big of a digression and an annoyance more often than not, so I can do without it, and I think that even if it's included that it's absolutely necessary to have some satisfying way of abbreviating it, without sacrificing all tactical choice. I don't really think anybody has gotten this right to date. I will join the majority opinion and say that I didn't like the combat system in ES1, but I will also be very controversial and say that I think something similar could potentially work quite well.
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FFED3D-AJ and Windows 10
Having taken the plunge today and upgraded to Windows 10, I can report that the latest build of FFED3D-AJ seems to work quite happliy. Which makes me happy
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Lost my mods - need help with links!
Hi, unfortunately I've initiated a formating on a disc, don't know exactly how, and pufff....All my Freelancer stuff is lost together with some other game patches, mods and notes. The disk is corrupt and won't read anymore.
Will have to make a hard disk scan on my older laptop to maybe retrieve some files but I better go play lottery...
All I have left is a Editor note in german. A sort of mod manager espcially for FL (don't recall the exact name) and necessary for some mods to run is also gone.
Thanks very much for providing me with some links to download for FL !!
FL Data Storm, I don't recall for what it is ? luckily I found the FLD20DSetup.exe 3.629 kb. Is this the installer?. == I think this one is needed for some mods.
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Fallout Anthology
Think I may have to get this http://www.rockpaper...gy-october-2nd/
This Fallout collection includes:
• Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
– The Pitt
– Operation: Anchorage
– Broken Steel
– Point Lookout
– Mothership Zeta
• Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition
– Dead Money
– Honest Hearts
– Old World Blues
– Lonesome Road
– Gun Runners' Arsenal
– Courier's Stash
• Fallout Tactics
• Fallout 2
• Fallout
I have only played Fallout 2 and tactics as 3 never worked on Windows 7, wonder if they have fixed that?.
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Killjoys TV-show
Sort of reminds slightly about Firefly in the story telling. Nice overall show so far.
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Dark Matter TV-show
Abit slow start but shapes up nicely in the coming episodes.
Lords of the Black Sun
Hi everyone,
Has anyone played this 4X game? I picked it up today from my favourite local game shop having never heard of it.....but now I'm starting to regret it because the reviews look awful
I may take it back to the shop unopened, but thought I'd ask for opinions from SSC folks first!
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Pleiades Light Corvette
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New space combat game from the maker of Galaxy on fire http://everspace-game.com/
Not saying much about it on the site.
ROCKFISH is offering you a chance to be involved in our new project – EVERSPACE – a rogue-like PC space shooter with top-notch visuals and audio and a captivating non-linear story.
Also will be running a kickstarter soon.
Looks pretty standard from the video and not much different to what we have seen 50 times before although it may have one thing going for it if it turns out to be more a sandbox shooter than a level one.
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Space mining (our new top secret engine) and solar system...
What if... Pioneer in Space Engine
Good day to you all,
What if the Pioneer open source game was made in Space Engine...?
Just a brianfart and would like to know what others would think about it.
Basically: the universe + graphics are already in Space Engine; the basic gameplay is already in Pioneer.
Personally I would really like to see this hybrid happen because:
1) Spaceships are controlled via Newtonian physics (except the unproven 'hyperdrive')
2) Spaceships are quite realistic in design
3) Spaceships can be controlled through commands and manual control
4) Space Engine graphics are gorgeous (!) (I'm actually freaked out by travelling to close to a star/black hole (good thing))
A lot of options are possible but this hybrid (and maybe even more) are possible before I die of old age! Exploration would actuallty mean exploring the surface. Land on the surface to take a sample and scan it.
Oculus Rift/HTC Vive + this kind of spacegame = instant buy (= real life lost )
Let me hear your opinions/ideas/brainstorms/fantasies because who knows what'll happen....
P.S.: Don't know what pioneer is? Check this link: pioneerspacesim.net
P.P.S.: Definetly keep Space Engine music included when this magic happens
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of Terrain in the Void and Status Effects
But how will these areas affect the ships and combat? How can we shape the void into a meaningful area of operations? Find out in the latest article 'of Terrain in the Void and Status Effects...'
An extract from the latest post:
"To further complicate the mechanic different classes of ship will be affected differently by terrain. So a wing of Corvettes might traverse the expanse of a dense asteroid cluster far quicker than a Flotilla lead by a capital ship which has a severe penalty to movement to avoid damage. The player will be able to see the effects of a piece of terrain by hovering over the the representing icon in the macromap after they have scanned it."
Also, work has been progressing on the Ship Configuration screen. It's exciting to be able to expose more of those variables we've been relentlessly preening in the background and we're further excited by the fact that this forms another solid section of the spine of the game (and it's great fun slapping modules on those hulls!)
Head over to the gallery to check out the latest imagery.
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Wings of Dawn
Another standalone game based on the immortal FreeSpace 2 engine. I'm surprised nobody has posted about this yet.
Forum release post with download links and instructions
MODDB page with pictures
It's amazing what people can do with this engine!
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Anno 2205
I suspect this may steal some of your thunder when launched - https://youtu.be/r-FqRLYFge4
Great visual at the end though - really awe inspiring.
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Galaxy4D : New Multiplayer Space Sim
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The perk delivery and name collection system is now activ...
If you've already preordered check your e-mail for an automated message from backers AT shallow DOT space which will contain a username and password for logging into the website.
All ranks have received some bonus stuff right to their portal so do check your e-mail not to mention that we really need those names! So be sure to login and submit them.
Captains be sure sure to upload those photos via the instructions in that e-mail. In case you've forgotten a hand drawn sketch of a face of your choosing is going to feature in-game!
For more information, see the latest blog post.
Star Elite - multiplayer space sim
Star elite is my new project which is in very very early open beta now. It is compleatly free, so you can download it every moment from it's webside.I have only few major systems three ships and it is just not tested. Main problem is I do not know if server connection system works so first testers may encounter major probems.
Game is sandbox space simulator working on multiplayer server. It is created to be something similar to X series or EVE online (but much less complicated for now). Players may fly starships, built space stations, explore galaxy with over 10 000 sectors (it is realy huge ). I hope you will enjoy the game.
NOTE: Because I can't have server online all the time if you want to play just ask for server activation from game interface. It should get online in few minutes. An important message: I am in time zone GMT + 02:00, and I need sleep .
Link to project website: http://kenlin.pl/starelite/
Fell free to comment and report errors. This will be helpfull for me. All bugs pleace report on email@example.com
Special thanks for TrueVision3D for free for non-comercial use 3D engine
And some screenshots:
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On Oct. 16, the Sheehan Gallery at Whitman College opened an exhibition titled "The Art of Collecting: The Works of Emile Lahner from the Collection of Mr. And Mrs. John A. Peterson." The exhibit features an extensive collection of Lahner's works that the Petersons have acquired over the last 45 years, and on Friday the college will host a question-and-answer session with John Peterson.
Emile Lahner was born in Hungary in 1893. After World War I, he resettled in France, where he became a part of the School of Paris, a collection of artists who worked in the city from 1900 to 1940, famous for their talent and creativity during the period. Throughout his career, Lahner showed his works in cities around the world, but he did not feel comfortable with the commercial side of the art world, and he chose not to become closely tied to contractors or dealers. Therefore, he had freedom to experiment with his artwork.
"Lahner was always enchanted by color and line, but he had a huge range of style over time," John Peterson said.
According to Dawn Forbes, the director of the Sheehan Gallery, this is one of the things that makes his work so unique.
"Lahner painted primarily because it was his passion, not necessarily for popularity, so he experimented, and moved and developed," she said. "You can see the way in which he was responding to all of the artistic movements of the times in Europe. That's not something you get to look at often."
John and Janet Peterson graduated from Whitman in 1954 and currently live in Spokane, but through the years, they have also called Europe, New York and San Francisco home. While living in San Francisco, the Petersons became aware of Lahner's work through one of his art dealers based in nearby Carmel.
"We were charmed by his work and started buying smaller pieces, then bigger pieces," Peterson says. "We are not art experts, but we liked what we saw."
When asked about the title of the current exhbition, "The Art of Collecting," Peterson said, "I don't really know what the art of collecting is. But it has to do with being attracted to a style of art and getting to know the work of the artist, and being entranced by it somehow."
Forbes said, "The reasons people collect are very diverse, but there is an art of collecting. It's intriguing to look at collectors and the way they pursue the artists they're interested in."
The Petersons showed their collection at Whitman in 1979 as a part of the larger "School of Paris, the 20th Century" exhibit. Forbes decided that 30 years later, the Petersons' collection should be shown at the college again.
"A whole generation of people that wasn't there before can now see the collection," she said. "In this day when so many images are from mass media, it's very different to see a collection of original art. I hope [the Petersons] can encourage students and others to start their own collections."
The question-and-answer session with John Peterson will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Olin 130, and it will be followed by a reception in the gallery. The Petersons' Lahner collection will be on display through Nov. 20.
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