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Amidon Column: Katrina, Dogs and Communityby Jim Amidon • September 7, 2005 Share:
When Chris, Samantha, and I took our "flood bucket" collection to the United Methodist Church last Thursday, we were amazed to see the large number of volunteers and equally impressive room full of donations to be taken to the victims of hurricane Katrina.
In Friday's paper I saw that the First Christian Church is collecting donations for first aid and health buckets. Great idea! I hope all of you will join me in reaching out this way.
I've said it a thousand times and I will continue to believe it with all my heart: this community sees problems and reacts in ways that never cease to amaze me. Whether it's our local agencies or far away disaster relief, the people of West Central Indiana know how to roll up their sleeves and help folks out in times of need.
As I chatted with my brother, who lives in North Florida and experienced the wrath of hurricane Dennis, we got to talking about the uncertain days that lie ahead. He used to work as a fund-raiser, so he knows the ins and outs of philanthropy and social service.
We both agreed that times will be tough for all of us in the coming months — not just those directly affected by Katrina. Anybody else have a $45 gas fill-up last week? (And my tank holds only 13 gallons!) Now think about the trickle down: it will cost Pace Dairy 30-40 percent more to take cheese to grocery stores; Nucor's steel hauling costs could easily double; it won't be long until we have another postage hike. And then there are insurance costs!
So we're all going to have to pinch pennies and look for shortcuts for the foreseeable future.
And that's what concerns me most.
Will we continue to donate to the Christian Nursing Service's Well Baby Clinic, the Family Crisis Shelter, and FISH Food Pantry? Will we continue to dig deep in our pockets and make necessary sacrifices so that our churches and schools don't suffer?
I have no doubt that this community will stand tall; that we'll not only reach out to those suffering in the southern states, but we'll look after each other, too.
Which is why in the face of the worst natural disaster this country has ever faced, we at Wabash are sticking to our plans and focusing our Community Day fund-raising efforts on a local agency.
This Saturday Wabash will once again host Community Day. We'll serve free hot dogs, chips, and cookies on the College mall beginning at 11:30 and everyone is then invited to watch the Little Giant football team host Kalamazoo in our season-opening game. No admission will be charged.
But (you all know there is no such thing as a free lunch or football game) we are hoping you'll make a donation to the Animal Welfare League, which runs our local animal shelter.
If you read this paper regularly, you know that the Animal Shelter is a bare-bones operation (no pun intended). They have in recent years been forced to shut down because of funding. The cages and kennels are full of cats and dogs. This is an agency in need of local support.
In past years we have raised money on Community Day for 9/11 relief and the FISH Food Pantry. This year we hope you'll stop by one of the two tables that will be set up and manned by AWL staff to talk about the agency and lend some support.
If you don't have the money, talk to them about volunteering. Cleaning kennels and walking dogs doesn't sound like fun, but the AWL relies on local volunteers to sustain itself.
If you're a pet lover, make a monetary donation or bring some toys for the pooches that are sheltered.
Please join us for Community Day this Saturday. We promise a good lunch and exciting football game, and of course you are more than welcome to tour the campus and meet our students, faculty, and alumni.
And remember that as things get tight in the coming months and our nation is forced to rebuild entire cities, our back yard philanthropic efforts must not cease.
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Nintendo has now announced its new next-gen console - the Nintendo Wii U - at E3 in LA and Pocket-lint was on hand to have a play, behind closed doors after the event. What do we think, should you be excited, and will it change the way we all game? Read on to find out...
The Wii U isn't just a controller that you bolt on to your current Wii console, it's part of a whole new games machine that is in two parts. The first is a brand new box that sits under your TV, powering everything, and the second is the amazing new Wii U Controller, which looks suspiciously like a tablet.
The idea is that the controller talks to the box, allowing you to see other elements of a game, share content, or interact with your TV in ways that you haven't really thought about yet.
Only basic tech specs of the Wii U have been detailed, because they're subject to change as the console isn't out until 2012 - sometime between April and December, Nintendo tells us helpfully... Ahem.
Those specs include HD video playback, the promise of Xbox 360 / PS3-quality graphics, internet connectivity, and the ability to play current Wii games via a slot-loading disc drive (DVD?).
We thankfully know more details of the Wii U controller, however.
Central to the proceedings will be a 6.2-inch 16:9 touchscreen display that you can draw on with a stylus, much like with the Nintendo DS. Around the edges of the screen, the controller takes on the Classic Controller button scheme with two analogue Circle Pads, +Control Pad, A/B/X/Y buttons, L/R buttons and ZL/ZR buttons.
Around the back are yet more "trigger" buttons and there's shoulder buttons too. You aren't going to be short of them in your gaming.
But it's not just buttons, there's a Wii Sensor too so it can detect older Wiimotes - up to four.
In addition to the 6.2-inch screen, the new controller also features an accelerometer and a gyroscope, a rumble feature, an inward-facing camera, a microphone and speakers.
It's light in the hand, but is something that you definitely need to use two hands for most of the time, and Nintendo showed us a series of demos to highlight some of the possibilities of the new controller (and console itself). None of them are confirmed games, and the games giant says it is too early for games as of yet.
Oh and it's white. Nintendo white.
As we've said, Nintendo hasn't demoed any finalised games at E3, although has hinted at some of the titles that will be available come launch day next year.
Titles confirmed so far include Lego City Stories, Super Mario Bros Mii, Tom Clancy Ghost Recon Online, Darksiders II, Dirt, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Tekken, Ninja Gaiden 3, Batman: Arkham City, Assassin's Creed, Metro: Last Light, Super Smash Bros 4, and possibly Battlefield from EA.
While we can imagine and hope that the above titles will be exciting and compelling enough for the new machine, we were able to play a series of "proof of concept" demos to get our minds racing as to what the Nintendo Wii U will be able to achieve come launch day.
Japanese Garden Tech Demo
This demo has been created to prove the graphical power of the Wii U, and had us watching a bird fly around a Japanese garden. Aside from move the camera while a video of a computer animated bird flies around, there is very little to this demo. The graphics look good. Not PS3 or Xbox 360 good, but certainly better than the current Wii offering - although that's not really hard is it?
Here, the tablet isn't that much more than a bigger Wiimote. However, we did notice that while playing it, the area we were in was displayed on the Wii U controller.
Measure Up
This demo is designed to show how you could interact with the Wii U controller and then have those actions measured up on a different screen on the television at the end.
It asks players to complete a number of tasks, such as drawing a squiggly line to a set length with the included stylus.
And it's pretty good fun, showing an interesting new perspective on home gaming along the way. Microsoft might be trying to rid you of the controllers completely, but here Nintendo is making sure that it is centre stage.
Shield Pose
This demo shows that the Wii U controller can be used as not only a shield when objects are virtually thrown at you, but to see into an imaginary world within your living room.
Imagine holding the Wii U controller up in front of you, or to the left or right of you, or even above you and being able to see different things beyond what is on the television.
In the case of this demo, that meant pirate ships and the moon, with a crew happy to fire arrows that you've got to deflect at the right time to survive.
It's very clever. It also means that games developers will be able to create a virtual environment outside the realms of your television for the first time. Pseudo AR.
Chase Mii
Here, the Wii U controller is designed to give gamers a different perspective on the game. In this case, that means the player with the Wii U controller playing Mario, trying to hide from four other players using the standard Wii remote.
Because the Wii U controller has the 6.2-inch screen, instead of using the television to see what is going on, we were able to see a special screen on the controller instead.
So, on Chase Mii, it shows a close up of what we're doing, and a map that shows where those that are hunting us are so we could do better job of evading them.
It's great fun and any game that embraces this approach is likely to be a big hit when playing with friends.
We can easily see this being in a game where you play the dungeon master or a quiz master, while your friends try and solve the problems you give them.
Battle Mii
Battle Mii has a similar premise to Chase Mii, except it's a tad more violent. This time the player uses the Wii U controller to control a spaceship that is trying to kill two Mii Avatars of your mates.
The Wii U controller player, of course, gets the view from the spaceship, while the other two players get the view from the group looking up wondering what's happened.
New Super Mario Bros Mii
This demo was really to highlight three things: fun graphics; our favourite plumber is going to be involved with the new device; and that you'll be able to start playing a game on the console on your TV and then switch in to the Wii U controller if Mrs Pocket-lint wants to watch something else. As you would expect Mario looks as cute as ever.
The Wii Controller doesn't offer HD graphics, but when it comes to basic gaming looks and feel, the new Super Mario Bros Mii is a cracker.
HD Experience
In an attempt to prove that Nintendo really has improved the console's graphical prowess, it has created a HD experience demo with a suped-up fight sequence between Link from Zelda and a giant spider.
And, to show what the new system will be capable of, during the sequence, we were able to dynamically change lighting effects and camera angles.
Furthermore, we could even pull the action from the TV screen to the Wii U controller. You'll also be able to use the secondary screen on the Wii U controller for inventory items, maps and other treats.
We are nowhere near a verdict on this one. As tablets become more and more about being a companion device for the television, this thrusts Nintendo straight into the firing line, suggesting that this play is more about Nintendo taking on Apple rather than Sony or Microsoft.
The Wii U controller is a considerably better experience than we were expecting, giving us a different perspective on gaming in the living room.
That might sound crazy, it might sound complicated, but if anyone can put it off it will be Nintendo.
The only catch we can see, however, will be the price. While Nintendo has said nothing about pricing, you have to start to worry, based on the cost of other devices on the market, that it's going to be expensive.
Based on Sony's 250 euro ($249 USA) price point for the PlayStation Vita, and Nintendo's own RRP of £230 for the 3DS, you've got to think that this will come in at much, much more. The handhelds have smaller screens, and the console unit will be HD and Internet-ready. We can't realistically see the Wii U coming in under $500.
That might be enough to scare away the casual gamer that's signed into the whole Wii eco-system.
However, for now, the big question is - have we enjoyed our hands-on play?
The answer is an emphatic "yes". It's not as fluid as the Microsoft Kinect, but certainly not as pointless as the Sony Move controllers either.
We're not too sure about some of the features demoed so far, but love others. The idea of using the screen on the Wii U controller as a scope for when it's in sniper mode is genius, for example, and we really like the ability to get a different perspective on games - beyond the confines of a TV - as well.
It's definitely going to be an interesting year ahead. Well, 2012 anyway.
Don't forget to check out the rest of Pocket-lint's E3 coverage, reported live from the show floor by our man on the ground.
What do you think? Crazy or one to watch? Is it what you'd hoped for? Let us know in the comments below...


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Jim L. McMurtry, 82, of Scottsbluff, died Thursday, October 11, 2012, at his home.
His memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel in Scottsbluff with Pastor Ron Nuss-Warren officiating. Cremation was at Sunset Memorial Park Crematory. Military Honors will be provided by the Nebraska Army National Guard. The family has requested you wear casual attire in honor of Jim.
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James L. McMurtry was born March 27, 1930, at Sweetwater, Nebraska to Claude and Ferne (Fellows) McMurtry. He attended Hastings High School. Jim married Bessie Pomplun on January 1, 1950. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict from 1952 to 1954. He worked for Scotts Bluff County as a heavy equipment operator and mechanic and for Cornhusker Tractor and Equipment Company as a mechanic and later as a salesman.
Jim was a member of Presbyterian Church and a life member of the VFW.
Survivors include his wife, Bessie McMurtry; son, Monte (Melody) McMurtry of Madison, North Carolina; daughter, Peggy (Rocky) Robinson of Scottsbluff; grandchildren, Dustin (Elizabeth) McMurtry of Holly Springs, North Carolina, Tobin McMurtry of Summerfield, North Carolina, Clinton McMurtry and Haley McMurtry of Sargent; Elisa (Cody) Garton of Scottsbluff; Kelli (Robert) French of Morrill; and Melinda (John) Macias of North Platte; great-grandchildren, Caden, Caleb and Carter Garton of Scottsbluff, Reegan and Bailee French of Morrill, and Anthony, Alicia and Austin Macias of North Platte; brother, Gary (Judy) McMurtry of Scottsbluff; sisters, Ruth Hauschild of Ravenna and Mellie McKinney of Alliance; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Pete and Barb Pomplun of Oconto; and many nieces and nephews.
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Nearly half a million New Zealand drivers' licences are expired and thousands of motorists are apparently unaware they are breaking the law.
Figures released to the Herald on Sunday show 488,781 licences on the national register have an "expired" status.
It is illegal to operate a vehicle on our roads with an expired licence. Insured drivers who let their licences lapse also risk being declined cover by their insurance companies .
New Zealand Transport Agency spokesman Andy Knackstedt said it wasn't possible to know how many of the expired licences were in current drivers' wallets and purses.
"We don't know if people have forgotten or if they have left the country or they're deceased or too frail to drive - there's a whole lot of caveats around it," he said.
It's estimated about 29,000 people die each year in New Zealand - only a fraction of our three million motorists.
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"If they get caught driving a motor vehicle before they've got their licence renewed then they run the risk of further prosecution and having their car impounded," he said.
Police can use discretion when someone has genuinely forgotten to renew a licence, but they will be banned from driving until it is updated.
McKennie said there was a proportion of motorists who refused to update their licences. "They're probably more of a concern for us. Some of those drivers have got no real intention to go and get it updated, and some of the people are perhaps a risk to other road users."
Insurance Council of NZ chief executive Tim Grafton was surprised at the sheer number of expired licences.
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From my earliest youth the name Chortkov was for me like magic. My father, a Jew, a rich man, and a scholar had suddenly heard that the Harnastipeler Rebbe had made Aliyah to see the aged Chortkover Rebbe. Rev. David Moshe was the youngest son from Rizshiner. My father used to return each time an elated and fortunate for a visit by the Rebbe. I have in my childhood seen many Rabbi's - the Tsharnabiler, the Makaraver, the Rachmastrikivker, the Skvarer, the Staliner - and they were to me human beings, born of women. But the Chortkover to me shines in a special light, how from a distant, undreamed world, in deeds without legends for the Rizshiner and their children.
My father has once told that the Rizshiner said that one of their sons would bring the messiah (Mashiach). Thus from all the Rizshiner their remained only one son, The youngest, Reb. David Moshe from Chortkov, and it was clear that he would bring the Mashiach. My father used to also tell about the great wealth of the Chortkover (Hoif), from the "Agroud" (kindergarten), from the shteibel with its cheder, from the Rabbis chamber which was entirely gilded. It is clear that when my father decided to take me to the first time to Chortkov, and thus warned me about the bad influence of the freethinkers with the Mishkalim, and Zionists and it was for me,for a 12 year old youth, was a great experience.
The Journey alone was for me amazing, but beyond my wonder was revealed before my eyes when I saw the Chortkover yard, which was truly a palace and the entire spaciousness and opulence of it. There was no limit to my enthusiasm.
In Chortkov I saw the old Reb David Moshe, who appeared like an angel transparent and pure spirituality. I also saw Reb Yisraelitze, Reb David Mashas son, who had already had a wonderful stately appearance and a pleasant self understanding. Reb Yisraelitze had previously himself many admirers. I remember very well to this day how the "young" Chortkover received my father and me , in his salon and engaged in tasteful (or meaningful) conversation with my father and different subjects and he looked with affection at the youth who had come from Kiev to the Rabbi's yard.
I was once in the Chortkover Hoyf and the Chasidim called me "the old Chasid" after my third trip to the Rabbinate., when I came upon a story and I became eye witness , the Chasids said "the youngster once saw a strong light, which harmed him!"
Years have passed, the Old Chortkover didn't wait for the Mesheach and went directly to Israel. Afterwards came years of the first World War and the audacious Chortkover Hoyf where thousands of Jews dovined and danced with abandon became filled with Cossacks and in the Hoyf and the Shteibel they installed horses.
The Rebbe and his family moved to Vienna in exile.
Several years ago (the article was published in the "Chortkover Yarein") - I was in Vienna for the "Pan Club" Congress and I decided to go to see the Chortkover. The Rebbe had really not received anyone while he was not in the best of health, but when he heard the son of Reb Israel Meisel wanted to see him, he had me brought in to see him.
We sat for half an hour and conversed about affairs of the world. I was astounded at the proficiency with which the Chortkover expounded on every aspect of Jewish and secular living.
How the years fly by!
So soon the "young" Chortkover is 77 years old, also in the way we cannot go back!
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Laura Catena has a vision of creating a new breed of Argentine wines: small quantities, artisan quality, and true to their individual terroirs. She starts with some of Argentina's best fruit from low-yield, high elevation vineyards. State-of-the-art winemaking and oak aging (primarily French) elevate the wines to a quality level demanded by true wine connoisseurs. The final varietal blends deliver power along with complexity and finesse. They are the ultimate expression of rigorous vineyard management, viticultural experimentation, strict irrigation controls, skilled winemaking, and a quest for quality at any cost. Her current releases include Syrah, Beso de Dante, Malbec, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay.
"Named for her oldest son, Luca is the first brand dedicated to showing the potential of Argentina's old vines. The country has a wealth of old vineyards, "but for forever they were only used to make bulk wine," says Laura. "Everyone thought that to make fine wine, you needed to plant your own vineyards, because the farmers would never be trusted to cut yields and prune enough to make great wine. I thought, I don't have 50 years, and I want old vines." So she found a way to persuade some growers to cut crops and produce better grapes. The results are the amazing wines of Luca, which have become hot commodities here, in Argentina, Brazil and, of all places, Denmark. Under the Luca label, Laura makes several different varietal wines, all with impeccable balance, excellent concentration and extraordinary grace. They may be the finest wines coming out of Argentina today."
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In this book—part wine primer, part cultural exploration, part introduction to the Argentine lifestyle—discover where to eat, what to see, and how to fit in with Laura Catena, the Argentina-born, United States-educated, globetrotting wine star. The world's fifth largest producer of wine, Argentina is home to malbec, the country's best-known indigenous grape and the fastest growing wine import into the United States. More than 400,000 Americans visit Argentina every year to experience the mighty malbec, taste unparalleled grass-fed beef, trek the wide-open country, and tango all night long in Buenos Aires, "the Paris of South America." These visitors travel with Laura in Vino Argentino, the only travel journal that provides insider access to the unique wine regions, wineries, shops, bars, galleries and restaurants of vast, beautiful Argentina.
Laura Catena belongs to the fourth generation of an Argentine-Italian winemaking family and serves as president of Bodega Catena Zapata, her family's winery. An emergency room physician, she splits her time between San Francisco and Mendoza. She is also owner and winemaker for LUCA Winery, sourced from small family owned vineyards in Mendoza.
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Friday, 5 August 2011
Cosmic Rays from Across the Universe
And... we're back.
After a somewhat protracted absence, I'm slowly getting things back on track here at Exquisite Things. To get things rolling again, I've got a wonderful selection of comics courtesy of Emix Regulus and Frater Alarph of Microcosmic Comics. Frist up is, 'Deadtime Stories' which collects together a number of short comics and a prose piece by Frater Alarph. The opening comic, 'You Find Yourself Standing on a Lunar Beach' has a free flowing narrative quality; slipping from frame to frame in dream like fashion, etching out those liminal moments between sleep and wakefulness with a graceful fluidity. Nothing is boxed in, with panel boundaries existing only as a wash of brush strokes; suggesting scenes far removed from reality.
The protagonist finds herself on the moon overlooking a lunar sea populated by hundreds of doppelgangers, appearing as both younger and older incarnations of herself, her many faces pasted onto amorphous black bodies. Each has a unique voice of its own, a lifetime of memories forming a sea of opinions that threatens to swamp her. Only when these separate entities begin to merge back together, becoming one with the observer, does she finally find the peace that she seeks.
This phantasmagoric, mystical tone is something that emerges very strongly in all of Emix's comics. Her work ranges from quasi-serious deliberation of spiritual matters to outright silly flights of cosmic fancy. 'Oryza Sativa', for example, sees the author awaken as a grain of rice amongst a bag of 'starchy brethren'. As one grain amongst many, she struggles to assert her individuality but when this is finally achieved, she ends up being cooked into a bowl of rice pudding.
The tone is light and humorous but the end result is strikingly similar to that of the opening comic. Both conclude with the individual finding some sense of unity, even if it is in form of rice pudding! It's thoughtful, sometimes abstracted material, but that should hardly come as a surprise when 'Deadtime Stories' deals primarily with dreams and the afterlife.
Frater Alarph contributes a prose piece 'Psychic Club', which relates his experience of attending a psychic group whose aim is to make contact with the dead. Alarph, like Emix draws on similarly ethereal subject matter, but does a fine job of contrasting it with the cold realities of the material world. His bleak urban bus journey to the club, set alongside his ghostly experiences thereafter does much to highlight the strange intersection of inner life versus the outside world. The story is a heady mix of the observational and the haunted, told in a conversational and honest tone that reads like a personal journal. It ads weight and variation to an already accomplished collection of work.
Next up is 'Textrs', a beautifully presented little package of seven miniature illustrated cards. A collaborative effort by Emix and Frater, it's intended as "a symptomatic and acausal machinery to remove ego-self from the constant flow of time". Each separate card is a different pattern or texture to get lost in. Many of the cards bearing mandala like designs, inviting subconscious exploration and self induced trance states.
There are subtle nods to Austin Osman Spare's system of sigilisation, but more than anything 'Textrs' is a visual invitation to clear your mind and do a little inward exploring. Like any artefact of this sort, it's imbued with a certain power as a result of the artist's intent. Whether or not you ascribe to this particular aesthetic will depend greatly on your own magickal leanings, but even if you don't connect with these aspects of 'Textrs', you still have six very pretty pieces of card to marvel at.
On the more humorous side of things, Emix's solo comic 'Strassman Forever' is just as beguiling as her other work. The presentation is beautiful, with an ornate wrap around cover concealing equally well rendered comics within. 'Strassman Forever' chronicles the adventures of an immortal fabric toy named 'Strassman' who transcends the physical form, explores the horrors of the internet and quests on an inter-dimensional Manta Ray to save the Spirulina Crystal.
Emix's art is loose and flowing yet highly detailed, with some truly exceptional forays into the realms of dense fractal forms and symmetrical patterns. In much the same way that her art veers from free flowing to taut symmetrical forms, so too does the content of 'Strassman'. Emix weaves in strands of her own life in the form of short autobiographical snippets. It's equally off kilter stuff, but gives the reader a valuable insight into the overactive imagination that spawned Strassman's adventures.
These mini comics are first class examples of small press publications with high production values, but what makes them really interesting is their preoccupation with the internal world. Behind the flights of fancy and off kilter humour, there's an engaging emotional core at the heart of everything. Whether it's Strassman's spiritually tinged high adventure or 'Textrs' sidelong glance at sigil magick and meditation, there's an ongoing interest in finding spiritual peace in an increasingly chaotic world. Both Emix and Frater strike a good balance between fiction, autobiography and humour. Their comics are insightful and honest, delighting in the absurdity of life and reveling in the little mysteries that sit outside of conventional wisdom and rational thought.
These are deeply lovely early offerings and I sincerely hope there's something more expansive waiting in the wings that will offer a more prolonged glimpse into their beguiling internal worlds.
Review by Matthew Dick
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Cardinals announced Tuesday that they are putting running back Ryan Williams on injured reserve with a left shoulder injury, officially ending his season.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt had said Monday that Williams' injury would put him out for the remainder of the year.
Williams' injury, the result of a hard hit during Thursday night's loss at St. Louis, was another blow to an already struggling running game. Arizona was already without Beanie Wells until at least Thanksgiving weekend because of a severe turf toe injury.
The Cardinals rank 31st out of 32 NFL teams in yards rushing per game at 63.4. Only Oakland's 60.8 is worse.
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SACRAMENTO — Man goes to work. Woman visits a mall. Child sits in class. Couple attends a movie. All have one thing in common. They are vulnerable to being shot and killed by some "innocent law-abiding citizen."
Anyone who owns a firearm is law-abiding and entitled to be armed, if you listen to the gun lobby.
Then suddenly the person's not law-abiding. He goes berserk and mass kills.
The National Rifle Assn. and its sidekicks simply are shills for the firearms industry, scaring people into buying expensive weapons before President Obama, they ominously warn, bans their sales. Maybe even confiscates them. Like the Nazis did.
Laughable if it weren't so tragic.
Now we have another mass shooting.
A guy has repeated disciplinary problems in the Navy. He's arrested three times over a decade, twice for gun-related incidents. He tells Rhode Island police that voices are speaking to him through the walls, floor and ceiling.
A few weeks later he buys a riot shotgun — short barrel, large magazine — from a Virginia gun shop and takes immediate possession after an instant so-called background check. (In California, there would have been a 10-day waiting period — maybe it would have been a cooling-off period.)
Two days later, he carries his riot gun to a Navy yard in Washington, D.C., and kills 12 people.
What's missing here?
A comprehensive, nationwide background check system that could flag the likes of mass killer Aaron Alexis. But the gun lobby and its Republican minions — some cowardly Democrats, too — will have none of it, blocking such legislation in Congress.
That's particularly the case since the lobby orchestrated the recall of two Colorado state legislators — one the Senate president — who helped pass bills requiring universal background checks paid for by gun purchasers and a 15-round limit on magazines. (In California, the limit is 10 rounds.)
The gun lobby seems to believe that all these mass killings are the price we must pay for freedom.
Never mind that the United States has the embarrassing distinction of having the highest rate of firearm-related murders among all the developed countries.
Yes, we have a 2nd Amendment. But it doesn't guarantee that any person can own any weapon he chooses. That conservative hero, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in a 2008 opinion affirming the right of individuals to own firearms, wrote that "the right secured by the 2nd Amendment is not unlimited....
"The right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose."
Fortunately in California, most legislators long have recognized that a modicum of gun control makes common sense.
Inspired by last December's massacre of 26 — including 20 children — at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the Legislature recently passed more than a dozen gun-control bills.
They're now on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk awaiting his signature or veto. It's anyone's guess how he'll act. Probably sign some, veto others — that's his MO.
Brown was asked by reporters Monday — the day of the Navy yard shootings — about the volley of gun bills fired his way. His cautious reply:
"First of all, California has the toughest gun laws in the country and we're proud of that achievement, which has been done over many, many years. And I think we want to look very carefully and not just react to events of the day.
"When we pass laws, it's not a decision of the moment. It's a decision for the decades. And we want to look very carefully at what it is we're setting in motion."
Translation: He'll need some convincing before any of these measures become law. But some definitely should.
A no-brainer is SB 755 by Sen. Lois Wolk (D-Davis) that would add repeated alcohol and drug offenses as reasons for denying gun ownership. Two DUIs within three years and you couldn't possess a firearm for 10 years.
"Research shows a really strong relationship between alcohol abuse, multi-DUI convictions and the risk for committing violent crime," says Garen Wintemute, director of the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program.
Like most gun bills, this one basically was passed by Democrats and opposed by Republicans.
Responding during the debate to a GOP opponent — whose argument essentially was incoherent — Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla (D-Concord) said: "How many times have we heard the argument that 'guns don't kill people, people kill people.' You just can't have it both ways" by providing guns to people at risk of becoming killers.
But in order to become a mass killer, someone needs a weapon capable of a mass killing. Like a rapid-reloading rifle. SB 374, by Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), would ban the sale of semiautomatic rifles capable of accepting detachable magazines.
"Do law-abiding citizens need guns that can shoot 50 or 100 or 200 rounds at one time?" Steinberg asked during the floor debate.
Clearly not. Brown should sign that Steinberg measure — along with AB 48, by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), which would ban the purchase of "repair kits" allowing legal magazines to be converted into those holding more than 10 rounds.
Another must-sign: SB 127 by Sen. Ted Gaines (R-Rocklin), which would require psychotherapists to quickly report to law enforcement any patient who makes a threat against someone. Politicians of both parties supported that bill. It passed unanimously.
None of these bills will end gun violence, but they'll reduce it. They may be inconvenient to some, but conserving lives — being able to go shopping or to a movie at less risk — is a higher priority.


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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
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On Thursday we made our second free flight attempt with the Morpheus prototype vehicle. As you can see in the video below, shortly after liftoff we experienced a hardware failure and lost the vehicle. The root cause is still under investigation, but what we do know is that at the start of ascent we lost data from the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that supplies navigation updates to the flight computer. Without this measurement the vehicle is blind and does not know which way it is pointing or accelerating. Since this data is needed to maintain stable flight, the vehicle could not determine which way was up and began to tumble and impacted the ground about 50 feet from the launch site. No one was injured, no property was damaged besides the vehicle and we have been able to recover significant data, which will give us greater insight into the source of the problem.
We have said it before and will continue to say, this is why we test. We have already learned a lot from this test and will continue to learn as we recover data and evaluate the hardware. No test article should be too precious to lose. A spare vehicle was planned from the start and is just a few months away from completion. The basic development approach is to quickly build, test and redesign the hardware to achieve many design cycles and maturity before building flight articles.
These types of incidents are expected during hardware development. We have been reminded by many of Space Shuttle Main Engine tests during early engine development where a very expensive test asset ended up in the flame trench at Stennis or of the lunar lander training vehicle at Ellington that Neil Armstrong bailed out of during training prior to Apollo 11. Both of those Programs found the problem, implemented a solution, and moved on to be extremely successful. We will do the same. We appreciate all the well wishes and encouragement. The team is in good spirits and eager to be back at KSC as soon as possible with unit B.


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After announcing our first Keynote Speaker last week (Chris Dixon, Investing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz), I am excited today to announce our second Keynote Speaker: Keith Rabois, Investor at Khosla Ventures.
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Meet Angus McPhail's Jade Warrior. You ride it lying flat on your stomach, your face staring past a tire from a scooter as you rocket up to 200 miles per hour. Like you're riding a technicolor bullet.
The engine is a four-cylinder of unknown origin, built in partnership with Cosworth, using some of their technology from Formula Two and Formula One. And it's supercharged. And it used no nitromethane. And it still made an estimated 400-500 horsepower. Holding the bike to the ground were ground effects designed by McPhail himself.
Back when the Jade Warrior was running in Belgium back in 1985, it could do the quarter mile in 7.92 and it could cross the line at 189mph. It is sheer, utter madness.
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OK D-Day 2011, June 6 to June 12
The service to ones country is something that is profoundly important and the oath of allegiance is not taken lightly. We, as a nation, are strong because we are free and this freedom serves as a powerful example to people all over the world. During these troubled times, we are constantly reminded of something that every generation knows; the hard truth that there is evil in the world. That sometimes there is a clear difference between right and wrong. The military is central to the continuation of that freedom and provides a means of force to ensure that freedom for the common wealth of its people. With that in mind, I have ordered the commissioning of an Expeditionary Force to assist our allies in ridding the world of this evil. May your hardships be few and your victories be swift.
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Do you like to sling paint? Do you like the excitement of facing nearly overwhelming odds? Do you enjoy CQB (Close Quarters Battle)?
Then come join the CEF 3rd ID, as we rid the country of the Germans. The 3rd ID is looking for troops that arent afraid of a little paint in the face. With support from the 13th/18th Royal Hussar tanks and the Royal Air Force fighters, theyll assault Sword Beach from their landing craft, then go on to liberate the city of Caen and support the British 6th AB in securing Pegasus Bridge. We have openings in the 41 Royal Marines Commando, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, East Yorkshire Regiment, Canadian Scottish Regiment, 13th/18th Light Dragoons (Mech Infantry-Dismounted) and the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Armour).
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Here's the Cover of J.K. Rowling's first Post-Harry-Potter Novel, The Casual Vacancy
Little, Brown and Company this morning unveiled the cover of J.K. Rowling's first post-Harry-Potter novel, The Casual Vacancy.
Aimed at adults, the highly anticipated 512-page "blackly comic" book will be Rowling's first since the Harry Potter series formally concluded in 2007, and her first to feature a plot set outside the Harry Potter universe since 2008.
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
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Lady Gaga Hits 18 Million Twitter Followers, Joins Google+
It's been a busy week in the social media sphere for Lady Gaga. While she and Rihanna duke it out over Facebook "Likes" (RiRi is currently atop that heap) and YouTube views (another battle won by RiRi in the social media war), Gaga cruised passed a whopping 18 million followers on Twitter over the weekend.
Seriously, that is just an insane amount of followers. 18 million people tune in to enjoy her 140-character tweets –that's a stat that has gotta make the Mother Monster feel pretty damn good about herself.
The Twitter queen tweeted a note, acknowledging her latest social media feat. She posted: "Can't believe I have 18,000,000 TwitterMonsters, really rad, was just a few years ago I had barely any."
Gaga is on pace to get to 20 million followers. It's obvious that Twitter is her domain and no one will ever come close to catching her in terms of followers.
In other Gaga social media news, she has joined Google+, adding another outlet to her social media network. Lady Gaga's page can be found here, so if you use this service, look her up!


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François Rabelais, pseudonym Alcofribas Nasier, (born c. 1494, Poitou, France—died probably April 9, 1553, Paris), French writer and priest who for his contemporaries was an eminent physician and humanist and for posterity is the author of the comic masterpiece Gargantua and Pantagruel. The four novels composing this work are outstanding for their rich use of Renaissance French and for their comedy, which ranges from gross burlesque to profound satire. They exploit popular legends, farces, and romances, as well as classical and Italian material, but were written primarily for a court public and a learned one. The adjective Rabelaisian applied to scatological humour is misleading; Rabelais used scatology aesthetically, not gratuitously, for comic condemnation. His creative exuberance, colourful and wide-ranging vocabulary, and literary variety continue to ensure his popularity.
Details of Rabelais's life are sparse and difficult to interpret. He was the son of Antoine Rabelais, a rich Touraine landowner and a prominent lawyer who deputized for the lieutenant-général of Poitou in 1527. After apparently studying law, Rabelais became a Franciscan novice at La Baumette (1510?) and later moved to the Puy-Saint-Martin convent at Fontenay-le-Comte in Poitou. By 1521 (perhaps earlier) he had taken holy orders.
Rabelais early acquired a reputation for profound humanist learning among his contemporaries, but the elements of religious satire and scatological humour in his comic novels eventually left him open to persecution. He depended throughout his life on powerful political figures (Guillaume du Bellay, Margaret of Navarre) and on high-ranking liberal ecclesiastics (Cardinal Jean du Bellay, Bishop Geoffroy d'Estissac, Cardinal Odet de Châtillon) for protection in those dangerous and intolerant times in France.
Rabelais was closely associated with Pierre Amy, a liberal Franciscan humanist of international repute. In 1524 the Greek books of both scholars were temporarily confiscated by superiors of their convent, because Greek was suspect to hyperorthodox Roman Catholics as a "heretical" language that opened up the original New Testament to study. Rabelais then obtained a temporary dispensation from Pope Clement VII and was removed to the Benedictine house of Saint-Pierre-de-Maillezais, the prior of which was his bishop, Geoffroy d'Estissac. He never liked his new order, however, and he later satirized the Benedictines, although he passed lightly over Franciscan shortcomings.
Rabelais studied medicine, probably under the aegis of the Benedictines in their Hôtel Saint-Denis in Paris. In 1530 he broke his vows and left the Benedictines to study medicine at the University of Montpellier, probably with the support of his patron, Geoffroy d'Estissac. Graduating within weeks, he lectured on the works of distinguished ancient Greek physicians and published his own editions of Hippocrates' Aphorisms and Galen's Ars parva ("The Art of Raising Children") in 1532. As a doctor he placed great reliance on classical authority, siding with the Platonic school of Hippocrates but also following Galen and Avicenna. During this period an unknown widow bore him two children (François and Junie), who were given their father's name and were legitimated by Pope Paul IV in 1540.
After practicing medicine briefly in Narbonne, Rabelais was appointed physician to the hospital of Lyon, the Hôtel-Dieu, in 1532. In the same year, he edited the medical letters of Giovanni Manardi, a contemporary Italian physician. It was during this period that he discovered his true talent. Fired by the success of an anonymous popular chapbook, Les Grandes et inestimables cronicques du grant et énorme géant Gargantua, he published his first novel, Les horribles et épouvantables faits et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel, roy des Dipsodes (1532; "The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Renowned Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes"), under the pseudonym Alcofribas Nasier (an obvious anagram of his real name). Pantagruel is slighter in length and intellectual depth than his later novels, but nothing of this quality had been seen before in French in any similar genre. Rabelais displayed his delight in words, his profound sense of the comedy of language itself, his mastery of comic situation, monologue, dialogue, and action, and his genius as a storyteller who was able to create a world of fantasy out of words alone. Within the framework of a mock-heroic, chivalrous romance, he laughed at many types of sophistry, including legal obscurantism and hermeticism, which he nevertheless preferred to the scholasticism of the Sorbonne. One chapter stands out for its sustained seriousness, praising the divine gift of fertile matrimony as a compensation for death caused by Adam's fall. Pantagruel borrows openly from Sir Thomas More's Utopia in its reference to the war between Pantagruel's country, Utopia, and the Dipsodes, but it also preaches a semi-Lutheran doctrine—that no one but God and his angels may spread the gospel by force. Pantagruel is memorable as the book in which Pantagruel's companion, Panurge, a cunning and witty rogue, first appears.
Though condemned by the Sorbonne in Paris as obscene, Pantagruel was a popular success. It was followed in 1533 by the Pantagrueline Prognostication, a parody of the almanacs, astrological predictions that exercised a growing hold on the Renaissance mind. In 1534 Rabelais left the Hôtel-Dieu to travel to Rome with the bishop of Paris, Jean du Bellay. He returned to Lyon in May of that year and published an edition of Bartolomeo Marliani's description of Rome, Topographia antiquae Romae. He returned to the Hôtel-Dieu but left it again in February 1535, upon which the authorities of the Lyon hospital appointed someone else to his post.
La vie inestimable du grand Gargantua ("The Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua") belongs to this period. The second edition is dated 1535; the first edition was probably published in 1534, though it lacks the title page in the only known copy. In Gargantua Rabelais continues to exploit medieval romances mock-heroically, telling of the birth, education, and prowesses of the giant Gargantua, who is Pantagruel's father. Much of the satire—for example, mockery of the ignorant trivialization of the mystical cult of emblems and of erroneous theories of heraldry—is calculated to delight the court; much also aims at delighting the learned reader—for example, Rabelais sides with humanist lawyers against legal traditionalists and doctors who accepted 11-month, or even 13-month, pregnancies. Old-fashioned scholastic pedagogy is ridiculed and contrasted with the humanist ideal of the Christian prince, widely learned in art, science, and crafts and skilled in knightly warfare. The war between Gargantua and his neighbour, the "biliously choleric" Picrochole, is partly a private satire of an enemy of Rabelais's father and partly a mocking of Charles V, the Holy Roman emperor, and the imperial design of world conquest. Gargantua commands the military operations, but some of the exploits are carried out by Frère Jean (the Benedictine). Though he is lean, lecherous, dirty, and ignorant, Frère Jean is redeemed by his jollity and active virtue; for his fellow monks are timorous and idle, delighting in "vain repetitions" of prayers. Gargantua's last major episode centres on the erection of the Abbey of Thélème, a monastic institution that rejects poverty, celibacy, and obedience; instead it welcomes wealth and the well-born, praises the aristocratic life, and rejoices in good marriages.
After Gargantua, Rabelais published nothing new for 11 years, though he prudently expurgated his two works of overbold religious opinions. He continued as physician to Jean du Bellay, who had become a cardinal, and his powerful brother Guillaume, and in 1535 Rabelais accompanied the cardinal to Rome. There he regularized his position by making a "supplication" to the pope for his "apostasy" (i.e., his unauthorized departure from the Benedictine monastery); the pope issued a bull freeing Rabelais from ecclesiastical censure and allowing him to reenter the Benedictine order. Rabelais then arranged to enter the Benedictine convent at Saint-Maur-les-Fossés, where Cardinal Jean du Bellay was abbot. The convent was secularized six months later, and Rabelais became a secular priest, authorized to exercise his medical profession.
In May 1537 Rabelais was awarded the doctorate of medicine of Montpellier; and he delivered, with considerable success, a course of lectures on Hippocrates' Prognostics. He was at Aigues-Mortes in July 1538 when Charles V met the French king Francis I, but his movements are obscure until he followed Guillaume du Bellay to the Piedmont in 1542. Guillaume died in January 1543, and to Rabelais his death meant the loss of an important patron. That same year Geoffroy d'Estissac died as well, and Rabelais's novels were condemned by the Sorbonne and the Parlement of Paris. Rabelais sought protection from the French king's sister Margaret, queen of Navarre, dedicating to her the third book of the Gargantua-Pantagruel series, Tiers livre des faits et dits héroïques du noble Pantagruel (1546; "Third Book of the Heroic Deeds and Words of the Noble Pantagruel"). Despite its royal privilège (i.e., license to print), the book was immediately condemned for heresy by the Sorbonne, and Rabelais fled to Metz (an imperial city), remaining there until 1547.
The Tiers livre is Rabelais's most profound work. Pantagruel has now deepened into a Stoico-Christian inerrant sage; Panurge, a lover of self and deluded by the devil, is now an adept at making black seem white. Panurge hesitates: Should he marry? Will he be cuckolded, beaten, robbed by his wife? He consults numerous prognostications, both good Platonic ones and less reputable ones—all to no effect because of his self-love. He consults a good theologian, a Platonic doctor, and a Skeptic philosopher approved of by the learned giants, but his problem is not treated by the judge Bridoye, who—like Roman law in cases of extreme perplexity—trusts in Providence and decides cases by casting lots. Panurge trusts in no one, least of all in himself. It is therefore decided to consult the oracle of the Dive Bouteille ("Sacred Bottle"), and the travelers set out for the temple. The Tiers livre ends enigmatically with a mock eulogy in which hemp is praised for its myriad uses.
From 1547 onward, Rabelais found protection again as physician to Cardinal Jean du Bellay and accompanied him to Rome via Turin, Ferrara, and Bologna. Passing through Lyon, he gave his printer his incomplete Quart livre ("Fourth Book"), which, as printed in 1548, finishes in the middle of a sentence but contains some of his most delightful comic storytelling. In Rome Rabelais sent a story to his newest protector in the Guise family, Charles of Lorraine, 2nd Cardinal de Lorraine; the story described the "Sciomachie" ("Simulated Battle") organized by Cardinal Jean to celebrate the birth of Louis of Orléans, second son of Henry II of France.
In January 1551 the Cardinal de Guise presented him with two benefices at Meudon and Jambet, though Rabelais never officiated or resided there. In 1552, through the influence of the cardinal, Rabelais was able to publish—with a new prologue—the full Quart livre des faits et dits héroïques du noble Pantagruel ("Fourth Book of the Heroic Deeds and Words of the Noble Pantagruel"), his longest book. Despite its royal privilège, this work, too, was condemned by the Sorbonne and banned by Parlement, but Rabelais's powerful patrons soon had the censorship lifted. In 1553 Rabelais resigned his benefices. He died shortly thereafter and was buried in Saint-Paul-des-Champs, Paris.
In 1562 there appeared in Lyon the Isle sonante, allegedly by Rabelais. It was expanded in 1564 into the so-called Cinquiesme et dernier livre ("Fifth and Last Book"). This work is partly satirical, partly an allegory; the Sacred Bottle—the ostensible quest of the Quart livre—is consulted, and the heroes receive the oraculous advice: "drink" (symbolizing wisdom?). This work cannot be by Rabelais as it stands. Some scholars believe it to be based on his (lost) drafts, while others deny it any authenticity whatsoever.
Gargantua and Pantagruel.
Rabelais's purpose in the four books of his masterpiece was to entertain the cultivated reader at the expense of the follies and exaggerations of his times. If he points lessons, it is because his life has taught him something about the evils of comatose monasticism, the trickery of lawyers, the pigheaded persistence of litigants, and the ignorance of grasping physicians. Rabelais was a friar with unhappy memories of his monastery; his father had wasted his money on lengthy litigation with a neighbour over some trivial water rights; and he himself was earning his living by medicine in an age when the distinction between physician and quack was needle-fine. Though it is an entertainment, therefore, Gargantua and Pantagruel is also serious. Its principal narrative is devoted to a voyage of discovery that parodies the travelers' tales current in Rabelais's day. Rabelais begins lightheartedly; his travelers merely set out to discover whether Panurge will be cuckolded if he marries. A dozen oracles have already hinted at Panurge's inevitable fate, yet each time he has reasoned their verdict away; and the voyage itself provides a number of amusing incidents. Yet, like Don Quixote's, it is a fundamentally serious quest directed toward a true goal, the discovery of the secret of life.
Intoxication—with life, with learning, with the use and abuse of words—is the prevailing mood of the book. Rabelais himself provides the model of the exuberant creator. His four books provide a cunning mosaic of scholarly, literary, and scientific parody. One finds this in its simplest form in the catalog of the library of St. Victor, in the list of preposterous substantives or attributes in which Rabelais delights, and in the inquiry by means of Virgilian lots into the question of Panurge's eventual cuckoldom. But at other times the humour is more complicated and works on several levels. Gargantua's campaign against King Picrochole (book 1), for instance, contains personal, historical, moral, and classical points closely interwoven. The battles are fought in Rabelais's home country, in which each hamlet is magnified into a fortified city. Moreover, they also refer to the feud between Rabelais the elder and his neighbour. They also comment on recent historical events involving France and the Holy Roman Empire, however, and can even be read as propaganda against war, or at least in favour of the more humane conduct of hostilities. On yet another level, Rabelais's account of this imaginary warfare can be taken as mockery of the classical historians: Gargantua's speech to his defeated enemy (book 1, chapter 50) echoes one put into the mouth of the Roman emperor Trajan by Pliny the Younger.
Despite these complex levels of reference, Rabelais was not a self-conscious writer; he made his book out of the disorderly contents of his mind. As a result it is ill-constructed, and the same thoughts are repeated in Gargantua that he had already set down in Pantagruel; the nature of an ideal education, for example, is examined in both books. Moreover, the main action of the story, which arises from the question of Panurge's intended marriage, only begins in the third book. The first, Gargantua, throws up the enormous contradiction that has made the interpretation of Rabelais's own intellectual standpoint almost impossible. On the one hand we have the rumbustious festivities that celebrate the giant's peculiarly miraculous birth and the "Rabelaisian" account of his childish habits; and on the other a plea for an enlightened education. Again, the brutal slaughter of the Picrocholine wars, in which Rabelais obviously delights, is followed by the utopian description of Thélème, the Renaissance ideal of a civilized community. Pantagruel follows the same pattern with variations, introducing Panurge but omitting Frère Jean, and putting Pantagruel in the place of his father, Gargantua. In fact the characters are not strongly individualized. They exist only in what they say, being so many voices through whom the author speaks. Panurge, for instance, has no consistent nature. A resourceful and intelligent poor scholar in Pantagruel, he becomes a credulous buffoon in the third book and an arrant coward in the fourth.
The third and fourth books pursue the story of the inquiry and voyage, and in them Rabelais's invention is at its height. The first two books contain incidents close in feeling to the medieval fabliaux, but the third and fourth books are rich in a new, learned humour. Rabelais was a writer molded by one tradition, the medieval Roman Catholic, whose sympathies lay to a greater extent with another, the Renaissance or classical. Yet when he writes in praise of the new humanist ideals—in the chapters on education, on the foundation of Thélème, or in praise of drinking from the "sacred bottle" of learning or enlightenment—he easily becomes sententious. His head is for the new learning, while his flesh and heart belong to the old. It is in his absurd, earthy, and exuberant inventions, which are medieval in spirit even when they mock at medieval acceptances, that Rabelais is a great, entertaining, and worldly wise writer.M.A. Screech John Michael Cohen The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Michael German ran for a 1-yard score with 8 seconds remaining in the game to keep Tennessee State unbeaten, propelling the Tigers to a 23-20 win over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday.
German, who threw for 228 yards with a score and an interception, capped a 68-yard Tigers (6-0, 2-0 Ohio Valley Conference) drive in less than three minutes with his only rushing score of the contest. On the ensuing possession, Harold Watson intercepted Eastern Kentucky's T.J. Pryor on the game's final play to seal the win.
The Colonels (4-2, 2-1) turned the ball over on downs inside the Tennessee State 35 to set up the game-winning drive, opting to go for it on fourth-and-9 rather than punt or attempt a field goal that would have put them ahead by a touchdown. Pryor's pass attempt to Tyrone Goard fell incomplete, turning the ball over to the Tigers for their final march.