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"Elite: Dangerous" is the latest installment of a long series of epic space games, starting with "Elite" - one of the most successful games of the 1980s.
If you cannot use Kickstarter to pledge then visit our website to pledge via PayPal.
The £80 pledge tier and higher now also includes free expansions for Elite: Dangerous! For more information on likely expansions check the Development Plan video further down the page.
We have announced a stretch goal for a Mac version of the game. If we reach the stretch goal of £1.4 million through the Kickstarter we will release a Mac version approximately 3 months after the Windows PC release.
New stretch goal announced, if we reach £1.5 million then we'll add another 10 playable ships to the game.
Our galaxy. Its an awe inspiring, beautiful, vast place; with billions of star systems, planets, moons and asteroid fields just waiting to be explored, and exploited. The triumverate superpowers of the Empire, Federation and Independents dominate their core system volumes and constantly skirmish to outmaneouver one another on their frontiers. Outside their influence, in the vast majority of the galaxy, anarchy reigns supreme and spectacular discoveries await the bold.
Its dog-eat-dog out there – you need to keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
Whether you want to trade for profit between systems, take part in multiplayer co-op mission alliances, free-for-all group battles and team raids to bring down planetary economies, even tip the balance of power in the galaxy (for your own advantage, of course..), or simply explore the wonders of the galaxy (and who knows what you'll find out there..) is up to you.
Your second-to-second actions could have you taking the roles of trader, pirate, bounty hunter, leader, team player, opportunistic assassin, grand schemer, and more. You are at the centre of the action any time, any place and any way you choose – each action has a consequence, and influences the galaxy around you.
Starting with a few credits and a basic starship, carve your own path through the richest, largest gaming sandbox ever created, set against a backdrop of raw anarchy, galactic powerplays and intrigue. Do whatever it takes to upgrade your ship's hull, engines, weapons, defences, cargo hold; constantly improve your capabilities and influence on your journey towards the most coveted rank in the history of gaming - 'Elite'.
Fight, trade, hunt your way across a giant galaxy of billions of star systems, starting with a basic starship and a few credits. You can make money from trading goods between the many star systems, by destroying pirate ships (and collecting bounty), or even by attacking traders and collecting their cargo (which in turn will get a bounty on your head!). There will be missions too, and exploration. Most people will do some combination of these things. Upgrade your ship and specialise in one activity - have a trader with a huge cargo bay, or use the space for weapons and maneuverability.
Real Freedom - Go where you like, be what you like - pirate, bounty hunter, trader, assassin, or some mix of all of these.
Trade - Buy low, cross dangerous space lanes, evade or destroy pirates en route, then sell high, if you make the journey!
Fight - Take on the pirates or be one yourself
Progress - Get your pilot rating all the way from "Harmless" to "Elite"
Explore - Head out to the far reaches of space and discover amazing sights
And the best part - you can do all this online with your friends, or other "Elite" pilots like yourself, or even alone. The choice is yours...
In "Elite: Dangerous" you fly a spaceship using a first person from-the-cockpit view, building on the elements from the previous games, with sumptious graphics enabled by the performance of modern PCs - all made possible using procedural techniques (see video on 'Procedural Generation' below).
Scavenger Hunt Teaser
Dev Diary Video #1: Multiplayer - showing unedited work-in-progress gameplay footage:
Dev Diary Video #2: The Galaxy and How it Evolves:
Dev Diary Video #3 - More multiplayer footage and discussion of player roles in the game:
Dev Diary Video #4 - Trading
Elite: Dangerous Development Plan
Podcast Part 1- Gary Whitta interviews Chris Roberts and David Braben about Kickstarter, Star Citizen, and Elite: Dangerous:
Podcast Part 2:
Podcast Part 3:
Podcast Part 4:
Pledge upgrades are unlimited and available to all tiers of £30 or more. Simply up your pledge by the total of the items you would like (including additional postage if you are outside the UK), but keep the same tier on the "Manage my Pledge Screen".
Please note: each of these items is separate – it does not include all the previous items.
Once the Kickstarter campaign for Elite: Dangerous has completed successfully we will ask you how you want the additional funds allocating (ie the amount over and above your selected tier), and then provide the additional items as described on the dates described.
+£5 Have a digital copy of the official sequel to "The Dark Wheel" (Delivery March 2014)
+£5 Have a digital copy of the Elite: Dangerous soundtrack (Delivery March 2014)
+£5 Pick one of the ship decals, at least 10 will be available, they can be used as the decal to access the Founders' World (Delivery March 2014)
+£15* Have a physical paperback copy of the official sequel to "The Dark Wheel" (Delivery March 2014)
+£20* Have a physical CD of the "Elite: Dangerous" music (Delivery March 2014)
+£20* Have an "Elite: Dangerous mug" (Delivery February 2013)
+£20* Have a quality A3 concept art print (Delivery February 2013)
+£25 Have an additional digital copy of the game
+£35* Have a signed (by David Braben) quality A3 concept art print (Delivery February 2013)
+£50* Have an "Elite: Dangerous" mug and "Elite: Dangerous" T shirt with "I backed Elite: Dangerous" on the back shipped to you (Delivery February 2013)
+£50* Have a signed (by David Braben) physical hardback copy of the official sequel to the Dark Wheel (Delivery March 2014)
+£80 Have an additional Digital Download Pack. This is effectively the same as an additional £80 pledge tier and includes any future expansions (Delivery March 2014)
+£90 Have an additional Premium Boxed Edition. This is effectively the same as an additional £90 pledge tier and includes any future expansions (Delivery March 2014)
+£500* Have a physical 3D model of a Cobra Mk III to scale (approx. 15cm) shipped to you (Delivery March 2014)
+£700* Have a physical 3D model of an Anaconda to scale (approx. 35 cm) shipped to you (Delivery March 2014)
+£400* Have a physical 3D model of a Viper Mk II to scale (approx. 10 cm) shipped to you (Delivery March 2014)
+£700* Have a physical 3D model of a partial cut-away (revealing the interior) of a Cobra Mk III to scale (approx. 15cm) shipped to you (Delivery March 2014)
+£950* Have a physical 3D model of a partial cut-away (revealing the interior) of an Anaconda to scale (approx. 35cm) shipped to you (Delivery March 2014)
+£550* Have a physical 3D model of a partial cut-away (revealing the interior) of a Viper Mk II to scale (approx. 10cm) shipped to you (Delivery March 2014)
*UK shipping is included, please add an extra £15 for international shipping.
Gift Pledges
Gift pledges can also be made for any pledges that are not limited in availability (for example the £20 pledge cannot be pledged as an gift). To add a gift pledge follow the same procedure as for the pledge upgrades.
We have announced a stretch goal for a Mac version of the game. If we reach the stretch goal of £1.4 million through the Kickstarter we will release a Mac version approximately 3 months after the Windows PC release.
New stretch goal announced, if we reach £1.5 million then we'll add another 10 playable ships to the game.
The initial release of Elite: Dangerous doesn't mark the end of development. We intend to continue expanding the game both with new content and new features. A good example of this is planetary landings. We have an ambitious goal for landings to include new gameplay and a rich variety of worlds to explore. To achieve our goal we want the planets to come to life. We also want to add leaving the ships so you can explore space stations or board enemy vessels or even just to look around your own.
The main reason for treating these as expansions is so we can approach these with the proper development resources that we require to do them well. We don't plan or desire to just tick a box, we want to make these additions something significant.
Another avenue we intend to explore is other platforms, but for now the focus is very much on the Windows PC release. Only once the initial game is done will we start to look at other platforms.
Really big expansions are likely to be paid for while we also intend for some smaller free updates. If you have pledged to to £80 tier or above you will receive all expansions for free.
Press Links
The POD Delusion (Podcast)
BBC News:
PC Gamer:
http://www.incgamers.com/2012/11/credits-cobras-and-crowd-funding-david-braben-tells-us-about-elite-dangerous/International Press Links
Developer Diary 3:
Developer Diary 2 / Interview part I:
Developer Diary 2:
Intro video:
http://www.golem.de/news/frontier-developments-david-braben-stellt-elite-dangerous-im-video-vor-1211-95630.htmlBooks Set in the Elite: Dangerous world:
"Elite - Reclamation" by Drew Wagar. It was the first to reach its funding level through Kickstarter and funding is still open:
"The Cost of Exploration" by Commander Boz. It has been funded through Kickstarter, and successfully reached its funding level on December 2nd, just before funding closed:
"...And Here the Wheel" by John Harper. This has reached itsfunding on www.indiegogo.com, here:
"Elite: Dangerous - Out of the Darkness" by T. James. This has been successfully funded on Kickstarter here:
"Elite Anthology: Tales from the Frontier" by Chris Booker. This is currently part funded on Kickstarter here:
"Survivor - An Elite: Dangerous Gamebook" by Nathanael Page. This has been funded on Kickstarter here:
"The Space Farer's Tale" by Sean A Curtin. This is currently part funded on Indiegogo here:
"Supermassive" by Andre Czausov. This is currently part funded on Pozible here:
"Elite Chronicles" by C L. This is currently part funded on Kickstarter here:
Mostly Harmless.
"Elite" has gone down in history as one of the most successful games of the 1980s. It was the first 'open world' game in which the player can freely roam a vast space. It was the first true 3D game too, and set many other benchmarks. Ian Bell and I set out to make a game for ourselves rather than for some imagined market. We were sick of games with three lives then a new life every 10,000 score; we wanted something new.
The original "Elite" fitted into around 22K of memory, out of a total of 32K on the BBC Micro Model B computer on which it was launched (8K was needed for the screen, 2K for the system). This is less than a single typical email today. In it were eight galaxies each with 256 star systems. Each planet in those systems had its own legal system, economy and so on. Clearly some magic had to happen to fit it into 22K, and that magic was procedural generation.
"Frontier" followed in 1993 on 16 bit computers, and pushed these procedural techniques further. In it I made a model of the whole of the Milky Way galaxy with all 100,000,000,000 or so star systems, and many more planets and moons, each of which you could visit. It is something I am really proud of, as it was as scientifically accurate as I could make it, and provided a great backdrop for a game. I loved the richness of the galaxy, but with the benefit of hindsight I think the way the ships flew detracted from the joyous immediacy of those in "Elite".
Imagine what is now possible, squeezing the last drop of performance from modern computers in the way "Elite" and "Frontier" did in their days? It is not just a question of raw performance (though of course these elements will make it look gorgeous), but we can push the way the networking works too – something very few people had access to in the days of Frontier.
Frontier Developments, the company I founded in January 1994 (and whose first product was a version of the "Frontier" game for the CD32 console), is now a very well established game development company with 235 people in the UK and Canada, with its own technology and tools and a great team of game developers. We have a long track record of delivering high quality games on time and to budget, both published by ourselves and through big publishers like Microsoft, LucasArts, Atari, and Sony.
Elite: Dangerous is the game I have wanted Frontier to make for a very long time. The next game in the Elite series - an amazing space epic with stunning visuals, incredible gameplay and breath-taking scope, but this time you can play with your friends too. I want a game that feels more like the original "Elite" to fly, and with more rapid travel (to allow for the multi-player nature of the game) – so you travel quickly using local 'hyperspace' travel rather than by fast-forwarding time – but with the rich galaxy of Frontier – and more, so much more.
I'll be frank - we have had a couple of false starts on this over the years, where progress wasn't as good as I wanted. Also, understandably, other projects have been prioritised – projects with announced dates or other commitments. Up to now "Elite" has been worked upon by a small team as a 'skunk-works' activity in the background as availability permits. Nevertheless, we have been preparing; laying the technology and design foundations for when the time is right. And that time is now.
We're using Kickstarter both as a means of test-marketing the concept to verify there is still interest in such a game that extends beyond the individuals who regularly contact me about the game, and raising the funds to do so. There is also the fact that as long as we hit the threshold, it commits us to making the game. From where we are now, $2M/£1.25M will get us the minimum game, but I am hoping we can get more than that as it will allow us to be more ambitious with content and platforms; something the design decision forum members (the £300 reward tier and above) will be part of a discussion about.
We will rely heavily on artist-directed procedural generation, using techniques that are a logical expansion of what was done in the previous "Elite" and "Frontier" games. This will greatly reduce the required budget – bringing it to within reach of Kickstarter. It also means it becomes a viable project to avoid the conventional publishing route – something that I don't believe can deliver a game like this successfully.
Procedural generation of content is a technique where content is generated from rules. It abstracts repetitive or arbitrary elements of content creation in a very efficient way. Imagine a medieval landscape. Laying out towns, roads, castles, farm land, forests and so on can be done by a system of rules – putting castles widely spaced out on vantage points, towns near rivers but under the protection of such a castle, roads between them, then with farm land to support them all. An artist can still design the castle, the houses in the towns, but this approach greatly magnifies the content that can be created. "Frontier" did this for the star systems, and planets, and with Elite: Dangerous, we will go further.
For those who are interested in further information on procedural generation, here is a video talking some more about it. It is not everyone's 'cup of tea' as it is quite detailed, but there is some more game footage in the background...
In the game, you will of course begin with a spacecraft and a small sum of Credits. You will be able to trade, pirate, bounty-hunt, explore, and salvage your way to wealth and fame, building on those key elements of the previous games, and with sumptuous graphics only now possible with the performance of today's machines. Only this time some of the ships out there will be other players like yourself – other members of a secret 'Elite' group of space-farers…
· Multiplayer: you will be able to control who else you might encounter in your game – perhaps limit it to just your friends? Cooperate on adventures or chase your friends down to get that booty. The game will work in a seamless, lobby-less way, with the ability to rendezvous with friends as you choose. This technology is already working, using a combination of peer-to-peer (to reduce lag) and server connections.
· Play it your way: Your reputation is affected by your personal choices. Play the game your way: dangerous pirate, famous explorer or notorious assassin - the choice is yours to make. Take on missions and affect the world around you, alone or with your friends.
· Trade: Buy low, sell high and discover the most profitable trade-routes. Keep an eye on the markets, supply and demand may create opportunities for quick profit. Unscrupulous players may even try distorting those markets.
· Fight: take on the pirates, or become one yourself. Engage in combat missions within a rich and dynamic simulation to earn a reputation, or perhaps you want to become a famous bounty-hunter – feared by those that you chase, but staying the right side of the law.
· Travel: Travel across star systems and between them. Risk leaving the relative safety of the Corporate-run space station to explore distant planets or stars. Space is big and you never know what you might find; perhaps a salvageable freighter wreck or some valuable asteroids? There are secrets and startling beauty waiting to be discovered by the intrepid explorer.
· Ships: save your credits and upgrade your ship. Get new weapons, engines and equipment and customize your ship the way you want it. Check out the body-kits and paint jobs on offer, give your ship that personal touch.
The game is planned to be released on the PC in March 2014. Make no mistake – this is a massive game, but by using procedural techniques that we have been cultivating over the years, a new approach to multiplayer, and bringing the raw power of today's machines to bear, it is astonishing what is possible. This is your chance to help make it happen. Become one of "The Elite" once more.
David Braben
Concept Art
Please note: the Kickstarter system reduces the resolution of these images. They can be found at higher resolution here:
*All names must not be offensive, trademarks, or in any way problematic for us to include in the game, and must follow our naming guidelines.
Risks and challenges
Stating the obvious, all projects, whether building a bridge, making a film, studying for an exam or whatever, carry risk. Projects can run out of time or money, people can leave, assumptions that were made at the start may prove to be mistaken, or the results may simply not be as good as expected. Games development is no different.
Looking at all the high quality games we at Frontier have produced, from RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 to Kinectimals to LostWinds to Disneyland Adventures, I think the risk of non-delivery is small. We already have a large team who are very experienced at delivering complicated projects, and the key high-risk components (like networking) are already in place. If necessary then we will delay the release beyond March 2014, but I do not believe we will need to do so.
Fundamentally this is the game I want to make and have wanted to make for a long time. I want to make this game for myself – it is the sort of game I want to play. There are many more like me at Frontier that want this for themselves too, and, I hope, out there in Kickstarter-land. Right at the start, Ian and I took that risk when making the first "Elite" amidst cries that it needed three lives and a score – but we took the risk that others wanted what we wanted – and the result was a great success. If Elite: Dangerous is something you also want, then let's all take that risk together and help make the fantastic freedom of the "Elite" series return to our screens, in current state-of-the-art glory!
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Liberty County woman killed by dog she had adopted
A 63-year-old woman was found dead in her Liberty County home with dog bite wounds covering nearly every inch of her body - and a hunt mounted for the large black-and-white stray whom she'd adopted and is believed responsible for the attack.
The aggressive dog, described as a "Labrador retriever" mix, twice charged at investigators who were trying to rescue the woman, Linda Oliver, officials said. A deputy was only able to stop the animal by repeatedly firing his weapon and eventually wounding it before it escaped under a fence into the surrounding Woodland Hills subdivision near Dayton.
The stray had appeared hungry when it wandered onto their property about two weeks ago, Oliver's husband, Leland Oliver, told police. The couple started feeding it.
But then Monday morning, authorities say the stray attacked the couple's other small brown "wiener" dog. When Linda Oliver tried to rescue it, the stray turned on her.
"She was pretty ripped up, but managed to somehow crawl from the yard into the house to telephone her husband that she'd been bitten," said Liberty County Sheriff's Office Capt. Ken DeFoor. "He said she sounded real weak and then the phone went dead."
When investigators arrived, they found the stray in the front yard with blood on its body. The dog charged at them, refusing to let anyone enter, until a deputy fired his weapon at the dog.
Charged a second time
The dog then backed off and ran to the far side of the yard as the deputy and a medical worker approached the front door. The dog then came charging back a second time. The officer fired again, believing the dog was hit at least twice, before it escaped under the fence.
Linda Oliver was found on the living room floor.
Nervous residents in the subdivision have reported several sightings of the bloody dog roaming in the area. However, the animal had not been found as of Monday night.
"We don't want anybody to approach this obviously aggressive dog if they see him," said DeFoor. Families were also warned to keep their pets and children indoors until the stray is found.
Anyone with information about the stray should contact the sheriff's dispatcher at 936-336-4500.

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Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook Sketches: July/August 2012 Digital Template & 24 Bonus Sketches
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Whether you are scrapbooking about your family vacation, a holiday celebration, or just good ol' summertime fun, this adaptable sketch will fit all your scrapbooking needs.
Summer Reading by Shelly Jaquet, as seen in the July/August 2012 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine, page 23.
Sketch Tip: Use visuals other than photos, like a menu, coloring page, or reading tally sheet in one of the designated photo spaces to accommodate additional memorabilia on your layout.
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Flitcraft: I'd do housing survey for $100
Seventy-two thousand dollars to figure out for planning purposes what Summit County's demand for housing will be assuming an estimated job market? How many rentals versus for-sale housing must be made available? How about affordability estimates? Of course these estimates can be revised as the situation unfolds.
This is a problem with an infinite number of variables and zero constants. Under these conditions I'd do the job for $100, save the tax payers a ton of money and do a job at least as accurate. My report wouldn't have full color graphs nor near as many pages. But what the hay, you get what you pay for. The saving might even help reduce the deficit.
Wouldn't it benefit the economy more if seventy grand were to remain with the taxpayers to distribute as they wished to support and sustain the local economy? After all how much surveying did it take to develop and sustain the folks in Massachusetts nearly 500 years ago?
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PULASKI - Sarah K. Jackson, 80, of Mount Pulaski passed from this
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Sarah K. Jackson, 80, of Mount Pulaski passed from
this life Saturday June 14, 2014 at St. John's
Hospital, Springfield.
Sarah was born January 5, 1934 in Clinton, the
youngest child of Claude W. and Louise Thorp. She
attended Thorp School and graduated from Wapella
High School in 1952. She married James R. Jackson in
1952 and they had four children: James Alan (Judi)
of Kalamazoo, MI; Linda D. Stanfield (Rich) of
Henderson, NV; Douglas K. (Janet, deceased) of
Philo; and Katherine L. Boward (Dean, deceased) of
Mount Pulaski.
Sarah was blessed with five grandchildren, Valerie
Cooper (Alex) of Seattle, WA, Jaime Snyder (Rob) of
Henderson NV, Matthew Stanfield (Mary Jane) of Las
Vegas, NV, Bryan Jackson (fiancée Lindsey) of
Sterling VA, and Hannah Boward of Mount Pulaski. She
had four great-grandchildren, Owen and Esther Cooper
and Chase and Gage Snyder. She was preceded in death
by her parents, a half brother Carl Thorp, and half
sisters Evelyn Thorp and Mary Alice Moberly.
Surviving are her brother, Ernest Thorp (Helen) of
Clinton, Andrea Miller (Phillip, deceased) of
Winston-Salem, NC, Ruth Lutz (Elmer, deceased) of
Dewey, and Norma Wedekind (Gerald) of Raymond.
Sarah was a loving wife, mother, and homemaker who
also worked at various jobs during her life. Family
and church were always important to Sarah. She
attended Prairie Center Methodist Church in her
youth and became a member of Mount Pulaski First
United Methodist Church. Sarah was very active in
her children's activities as a room mother, Cub and
Girl Scout leader, Sunday School teacher and "taxi"
driver. Sarah had several lifelong passions: she
loved to bake and try new recipes. She was an active
gardener and could always find room for another
plant. She loved and cared for her pets and strays.
She liked to shop and collect a variety of things.
She was a breast cancer survivor. She is now in the
care of her Savior and with friends and family who
have passed.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on
Saturday, June 21 at the Methodist Church in Mount
Pulaski, with Pastor Rachel Stockle officiating.
Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton.
Visitation will be from 4 –7 p.m. on Friday June 20
at the Fricke –Calvert- Schrader Funeral Home in
Mount Pulaski.
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Mount Pulaski First United Methodist Church, the
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I'm sure this has happened to all of us: You're out driving, and you pull up to a stoplight. In the SUV next to you is a bloodied, unconscious woman, face on the steering wheel. Rolling your eyes at the senselessness of it all, you call 911, reporting an apparently shot woman, dead in her car. The cops come, and pull out not a blood-drenched corpse, but a fake-blood drenched very drunk woman dressed as a pregnant zombie.
Then, everyone has a good chuckle, hugs are exchanged, and everyone promises they HAVE to get together next week and get a bite or bowling or something.
That's never happened to you? Really? Because it happened yesterday morning in Birmingham, AL. Well, except for that last part. The woman, in full pregnant zombie costume (she was neither really pregnant nor a zombie) was actually cuffed and arrested on a DUI charge.
Luckily, no one was hurt (they think the fake zombie baby fetus should recover from the alcohol poisoning fine, being a zombie and fake) and the woman seemed to be fairly undaunted, saying "It's all good."
She may want to Google "good" at some point soon.
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Tuberculosis Outbreak Hits LA Homeless
(LOS ANGELES) -- Tuberculosis appears to be on the rise among Los Angeles County's vulnerable homeless population, prompting the county health department to seek federal help.
In the last five years, the county health department reported 78 people with the bacterial disease in or around the skid row neighborhood. Sixty of them were known to be homeless.
"It's a well-defined population and a relatively small geographic area with a difficult population to work with, so we're putting a concentrated effort into making sure these individuals who are already vulnerable are getting attention," Dr. Jonathan Fielding, who directs the LA County Department of Public Health, told ABC News.
Fielding's department has called upon the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and people who work in the homeless shelters to help identify and test people with tuberculosis symptoms, which include a cough that lasts more than three weeks, coughing up blood, weight loss, night sweats, fatigue and fever.
This particular strain of the disease is sensitive to drugs, so treatment is effective if the patient is able to get help and follow up with it, Fielding said. However, eight people who got the disease also had HIV, rendering their immune systems less able to fight it off. Of those, six died.
"It's a very bad combination, especially if it's not being adequately treated," Fielding said.
Fielding said 4,650 people frequent the local homeless shelters from time to time and could, therefore, have been exposed to tuberculosis. The disease is airborne, but not as contagious as the cold or flu. It spreads by "fairly close contact" with infected individuals over an "extended period of time," he said.
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Rove: GOP must offer health care alternative
DETROIT -- While opposing the Affordable Care Act, Republicans must offer an alternative, GOP strategist Karl Rove told the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference on Saturday.
"We're really good at describing what's wrong with 'Obamacare,' " Rove said. "But there's one thing that we're lousy at and we need to get better at and that is describing what we are for."
Rove delivered a detailed critique of the legislation, saying it will explode the federal deficit and cause employers to convert full-time employees to part-time and still leave 30 million Americans without health insurance.
Rove, a political consultant who was a senior adviser to former President George W. Bush, said 60% of independent voters oppose the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare."
Independents also favor Republicans over Democrats on issues such as budget deficits and job creation, Rove said.
"Independents right now think and act like us," he said.
But health care is a critical issue to independents and all voters and Republicans must talk about what they are for while tearing Obamacare down, Rove said.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, considered a likely GOP presidential candidate in 2016, told the same luncheon meeting at the Mackinac Island conference that the party needs to talk about issues that are more relevant to average voters.
Republicans should emphasize education and jobs, not fiscal cliffs and sequesters, Walker said.
He also called for a message of optimism and said Republicans need to have the courage of their convictions to do what they say they will do.
Walker, governor since 2011, fought back a 2012 recall effort after he backed legislation that restricted the collective bargaining rights of public employees. The legislation sparked protests that included an occupation of the state Capitol in Madison in early 2011.
Walker said the media and others are often dismissive of Republicans on the public education issue, but he said important reforms have been made in Wisconsin by changing the system so teacher merit is favored over seniority.
He said as much as Republicans want changes federally, real change happens at the state level. He credited Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder with improving the state's business climate and state finances by putting about $500 million aside in the state's Rainy Day Fund.
Similarly, welfare reform started at the state level through Republican Govs. John Engler in Michigan and Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin, Walker said.
Other possible 2016 presidential contenders speaking at the Republican conference are Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and John Thune of South Dakota and Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana.


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Democratic lawmakers, tearful Trayvon Martin's mother demand repeal of Stand your Ground law
Flanked by lawmakers, the mother of Trayvon Martin fought back tears Tuesday as she called for the repeal of the Stand Your Ground law, which she believes has been used as a shield by the man who shot her son.
"How many times are we going to bury our loved ones and not do something about it?" asked Sybrina Fulton at a press conference in Tallahassee. "We need to get rid of the law."
A handful of Democratic lawmakers have filed bills to repeal or scale back the self-defense statute that allows people who fear for their lives to use deadly force. While Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday that reviewing gun laws was "the right thing to do," the proposals face an uphill battle in the Republican-led and gun-friendly Legislature.
Fulton's plea from the halls of Florida's Capitol occurred at the same time that in Washington President Obama was pitching sweeping new restrictions on guns, including universal background checks for gun buyers, a new ban on assault weapons and a 10-round cap on ammunition magazines.
While states like New York and Colorado are moving to pass significant new gun restrictions, legislative leaders in Florida have not made gun control a priority this year. Some leaders in the Republican Party, which holds most of the decision-making power in the Legislature, have reaffirmed their support for the Second Amendment in the face of calls for gun control reform and none have filed bills on firearms.
The pitch to repeal the Stand Your Ground law is a long shot proposal from Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami and Rep. Alan Williams, D-Tallahassee. Both said that incidents like the death of Trayvon, an unarmed teenager shot to death in Sanford last year, is evidence that Florida's Stand Your Ground law should be repealed.
"These tragedies renew the argument that Stand Your Ground laws make ordinary citizens feel empowered to shoot first and ask questions later," said Williams. "We owe to not only Trayvon's mother, who's here with us today, but we owe it to future generations, we owe it to the citizens of the state of Florida, to ensure that these laws will not bring harm to their families or to our streets."
The Florida Legislature passed the Stand Your Ground law in 2005, making Florida the first of two dozen states to pass similar legislation.
The law drew worldwide media attention last year after Trayvon was shot by George Zimmerman, who claimed self-defense and was not initially charged. After public outcry, Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla, was eventually charged with second-degree murder. His trial is pending.
Zimmerman insists that he was jumped and pummeled by the 17-year-old Michael Krop High School junior, whom Zimmerman had followed after finding him suspicious.
In response to the shooting, Gov. Rick Scott created a 19-member task force to review the law. The task force, which spent six months traveling the state and taking public testimony, concluded there was no need to overhaul the controversial self-defense law.
Critics charged that the task force was dominated by Stand Your Ground law supporters and Bullard called it a "dog and pony show."
In a draft report to be presented to the governor, the task force states that: "all persons have a fundamental right to stand their ground and defend themselves from attack with proportionate force in every place they have a lawful right to be and are conducting themselves in a lawful manner."
"The governor commissioned a task force to submit recommendations," said Bullard. "I want to emphasize the word 'task.' As in they had a job to do and they failed their job."
Marion Hammer, a former National Rifle Association President who helped write the Stand Your Ground law, said the law was working fine.
"This legislation was about real people, real problems, real injustices and real tragedies," she told the task force in October. "This law was right when it passed, and it is right today."


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Sarah van Gelder on a record season of corporate-funded political advertising and what it means for the 99 percent.
Campaign season is in full swing, especially in key states, where residents may see twelve political campaign ads in an hour of television viewing—many of them attack ads aimed at the sponsoring party's opponent. It is estimated that in 2012 $3.5 billion will be spent on political advertising.
Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine's executive editor, was interviewed on Free Speech TV's new show Occupy the Media about the effects of Citizens United on corporate spending, political advertising, and what it all means for the 99 percent.
Check out 9 Strategies to End Corporate Rule, the Spring 2012 issue of YES! Magazine for more about fighting back against corporate power.
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Emily led the
group of five into the Mule Barn, through the coffee shop itself and
into what is known locally as "the banquet room" when it isn't being
used for storage. Fraternal groups representing several animals used
it monthly, and the Rotarians and Kiwanians weren't unknown there,
The favored few were
Doc, Mrs. Doc, Anita Campbell, Steve the cowboy and Delbert McLain,
our chamber of commerce.
Loretta came in with menus. Her mouth dropped open when she saw
Dewey was wearing a necktie.
"I'm so glad you could make it ... today," Dewey said. "You order
whatever you like for lunch while we talk about manure and worms."
His girlfriend, Emily Stickles, stood up quickly from her seat at
the other end of the table. "Thank you, Dewey, hon. Maybe I should
explain." She motioned for him to sit down. He did.
"This ..." she said, brightly, spreading her arms out to
encompass all five of their friends at once, "is a focus group. You
were handpicked by me and Dewey to help us with the spring
[to top of second
"You're running for office?" asked Steve.
"Of course not," she laughed. "The spring advertising campaign.
For Dewey's business. The soil amendment division ... (she looked
down at the puzzled look on Delbert's face) —
that's the fertilizer, Delbert —
is always good. It seems plants just need it in order to do their
best. But one of our new divisions needs some help. Some advice.
That would be the vermiculture division ... worms, Delbert. Red
wigglers. Fishing worms.
"And we've asked you to share your lunch hour with us to get your
ideas on how we can sell more worms. So just enjoy your lunch and
then we'll talk worms afterward, OK?"
Dewey looked through his friends, over his necktie, down the
table, all the way to the woman of his dreams, the one with the
unbelievable cheekbones. Emily, he thought, I couldn't raise a worm
without you.
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Slow Food Seattle Book Club - Upcoming Meetings
Interesting in chatting with fellow food and book lovers? Come to the Slow Food Seattle Book Club! Scheduled every other month on the second Thursday, it's free, open to members and non-members alike, and a great way to connect with other people who also love the intersection of the literary and culinary world.
Here's the schedule for the next three meetings. Location details for May and July yet to be determined, but this will give us all time to start reading the books!
Thu, March 13, 7pm: Feeding a Yen by Calvin Trillin. We are meeting at Roy Street Coffee and Tea in the small room. The book is a collection of food essays previously published in the New Yorker. So, not sure if you have time to read a whole book in time? Just read the ones you have time for and we can chat about what each of us got to. This collection contains one of the Slow Food's board member's absolute favorite pieces of food writing ever, "Don't Mention It" about Shopsin's in NYC. Really pressed for time? Just read that essay and come talk to us about it! We will be in the small room at Roy Street Coffee and Tea. RSVP here!
Thu, May 8, 7pm: The Mushroom Hunters by Langdon Cook. Just in time for morel season! We will be reading THE MUSHROOM HUNTERS by Langdon Cook for our May book club. And! Special bonus! Langdon Cook has graciously agreed to come join our chat (scheduling permitting). A great chance for us to support a local author and read a book that's been getting critical raves since it came out. Join us! Location TBD. RSVP here.
Thu, July 10, 7pm: Growing a Feast by Kurt Timmermeister. We are planning a Slow Food Seattle member visit to Kurtwood Farms this summer (more on that TBA later this year) and so this summer will be a perfect time to read his latest book! Location TBD. RSVP here.


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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- The front door disintegrated into small, wooden shards and burning embers as the explosive charge ripped a hole in the building and showered the line of Marines with debris.
Six combat engineers with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group poured into the building as another team shattered a window at the rear of the building during the unit's demolition and breaching exercise here, Jan. 18.
The detonations were the result of a week of training and preparation completed at Engineer Training Area 3, where approximately 50 of the company's Marines prepared for the unique challenges of urban assault.
"It's a little nerve wracking at first," said Lance Cpl. Brandon T. Rowland, a combat engineer and native of Warren, Ohio, who participated in the training. "You'll feel that wave, and it sends a shock through your whole body."
The structure of modern, city environments poses special challenges to combat engineers. Urban breaching techniques allow the troops to pass through doorways, walls and blocked passageways, which can restrict their movements on the battlefield.
To defeat these challenges, the servicemembers learned how to form into a tightly packed squad. They placed specially designed charges on their training facility's doors and walls, punching holes in the structure for their assault teams to enter.
"I'm gaining a lot of knowledge," said Rowland. "I've never done urban breaching before. I've learned about making expedient charges, how to set up urban breaching charges, and where to put them."
The training prepared the Marines to create their own demolition charges with materials they might find in the field.
They huddled behind protective shields only a few yards from the blasts. Clouds of fire and smoke lurched from the building as explosives tore through doors and shook dust from their uniforms.
"It teaches them how to safely and effectively utilize military demolitions," said 2nd Lt. Cullen G. Tores, a platoon commander with the company. "A lot of Marines don't get this until they get to [more advanced training courses]. For the younger Marines, this is something that puts them ahead of the game with their peers."
The Marines planted chains of demolitions in holes dug into the fresh mud and slid long tubes of explosives called Bangalore torpedoes beneath lines of barbed wire. Tentacles of severed wire and twisted metal flew through the air as the troops took shelter in nearby bunkers.
The servicemembers also learned how to use the M-1014 Joint Service Combat Shotgun to blast through door locks. The training lasted nearly four hours and scarred the ground with wide craters that turned into pools of water in the field.
"With engineering being such a broad field, it lets them expand upon what they typically do," said Tores, a native of Dallas. "They can be functional across a broad range of engineering. [All in all], it makes them more competent, knowledgeable Marines.


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[UPDATE: This story was originally published on September 18.]
The thought of 9-to-5 dressing often stirs up images of mellow, business-appropriate attire — blazers, pencil skirts, button-ups, etc. And while we get that with every gig comes a different set of sartorial requirements, we don't think outfitting for work needs to be a total yawnfest.
So, we've tapped two ladies who know a thing about smart, on-the-job styling to prove this point. The Hayes Valley powerhouse duo of Catherine Chow and Corina Nurimba own not one, not two …but three of S.F.'s top shopping haunts and are beyond well-versed in stellar work style. We trailed them around their three boutiques (Azalea, Rand + Statler, and Welcome Stranger) to catch them in action and peep the cool and versatile wares they're sporting Monday through Friday. Peep their guide to totally working it, right here.
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