Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse

Microsoft is clearly pushing itself to appear more innovative. This is pretty clear with Windows 8, but just as clear with Microsoft's Windows 8 peripherals, like the ultra-portable Wedge Mobile Touch Mouse. It crams all of the touch functionality of the Editors' Choice Microsoft Touch Mouse ($79.95 direct, 4.5 stars) into a tiny mouse with Bluetooth connectivity. The tiny size and extra functionality won't do much for deskbound users or systems running Windows 7, so it's tough to recommend to a broad audience.

Design and Features
The Wedge Touch Mouse is tiny, weighing 2.08 ounces (0.13 pound) and measuring 1.1 by 2.3 by 2.0 inches (HWD)?about the size of a thick stack of Post-it Notes, but with a distinctive wedge profile. As wireless mice go, it's the polar opposite of the HP Wi-Fi Touch Mouse X7000 ($59.99 direct, 3 stars), which boasted Wi-Fi connectivity, but was a whopping six ounces and too big for comfortable use.

The Wedge Mouse takes compact design to a new level, chopping off the entire back half of the traditional mouse, leaving only the right and left buttons. But these aren't your usual mouse buttons, either, as the two clickable buttons are actually part of a single clickable surface, and the entire surface also functions as a touchpad. Your first inclination may be to grab it with the tapered end facing toward you, but that's backwards. The downward slope serves as the two buttons for your mouse. With no palm rest, however, your hand will either rest on the desk or tabletop being used, or held just off the surface, which I can't imagine will do good things ergonomically.

The design isn't simply compact, it's made for portability as well. The small mouse features "Backpack Mode," which senses when the mouse has been lifted from the desk surface and inactive for a while, switching power off automatically. Microsoft's BlueTrack technology, allows the Wedge Mouse to be used on virtually any surface that doesn't have a mirror finish, meaning that you can use it nearly anywhere?on the back of a book, across the leg of your pants, on the arm of a couch. It's nearly as versatile as the Logitech Couch Mouse M515 ($49.99 direct, 4 stars).

Scrolling (both vertical and horizontal) is simple and intuitive, done by simply dragging a finger on the touch surface. Horizontal scrolling becomes all the more important in Windows 8, because the Start Screen stretches out to the sides whether in portrait or landscape orientations.

Setup and Performance
Setup is simple: Insert an AA battery and power on the mouse. Press the Bluetooth Connect button for 3-5 seconds, and then add the mouse using your Control Panel under Add a Device. Within moments, you'll be up and running.

Once you're connected, all of your usual cursor control and left- and right-clicking functions will work without any trouble. The one area you might find troublesome is scrolling, as the mouse uses its touchable surface for both vertical and horizontal movement. While vertical scrolling is pretty simple, horizontal scrolling might take some getting used to, as it means swiping your finger side to side, a move that isn't as ingrained for longtime mouse users. You'll also need to grow accustomed to scrolling without clicking, as the same finger used for clicking is the same one you'll be swiping side to side.

The Wedge Mobile Touch Mouse is easily one of the most portable and versatile mice we've reviewed?it's certainly the smallest?and the addition of four-way scrolling is indispensable for Windows 8 users that may not have a touch screen to work with. However, the super-compact design may be a bit further outside of the box than some users want to go. It's definitely the mouse to grab if you need both portability and Windows 8-friendly four-way scrolling, but for deskbound users and other operating systems, there are better, cheaper mice available. For similar four-way scrolling in a more traditional form-factor, check out the Editors' Choice Microsoft Touch Mouse, which is getting a Windows 8 upgrade.

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Art Speak: Irma Cavat Talks Recycled Robots with Tal Avitzur - 1 ...

Two California-based artists talk about the inspiration for a line of scrap metal robots called Talbotics.

Talbotics: ?Jigsy,? ?Arghh,? ?Primo? and ?Conqueror.? All photos courtesy of Tal Avitzur.

?Talbotics,? a collection of artist Tal Avitzur?s scrap metal robots conceived from found objects, are a sight to behold. Shiny faces and limbs, gleaned from salvage yards, yard sales and other sources, are pieced together intricately by Avitzur because, well, he simply likes to do so.

Utilizing only his metallic finds, Avitzur has become known as a robot-minded Dr. Frankenstein, searching for perfect chunks of metal to form his next creation.

In this interview, Avitzur sits down with his long-time artistic inspiration (and California neighbor), Irma Cavat. Avitzur credits Cavat with inspiring him to start down an artistic path, and all these years later, Cavat wanted to pose some questions about the inspiration behind all these little robotic friends.

As Avitzur recalls, ?In 1983, I moved from Allentown, PA, to Santa Barbara, CA, and lived in Irma Cavat?s house while attending University of California at Santa Barbara to get a Master?s in Mathematics. There was a constant stream of artists coming and going in her large communal artists? compound.?

The two convened in Santa Barbara in October 2012 to talk all things Talbotics.

Tal Avitzur (left) and Irma Cavat in Santa Barbara, CA

Irma Cavat: What got you started making robots?
Tal Avitzur: I was visiting scrap metal yards in search of materials for home improvement projects. Little did I know I would find all kinds of treasures hiding in huge piles of aluminum, brass and copper. They were on their way to the smelter and would be gone forever, unless I brought them home with me. That?s how it began.

IC: Where else do you get your materials?
TA: Auto and marine salvage yards, garage sales, university and military surplus? and now that the word is out about what I do, I often find parts dropped off for me at my front gate.

IC: What challenges do you encounter in making your art?
TA: Sometimes I?ll find a great part, say a robot arm or leg, but only one. Finding a mate for the arm or leg can be difficult. I thought of making some with missing limbs and dangling wires, but that seems a bit sad.

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IC: Your robots seem happy. Did you set out to make cheerful robots?
TA: Actually that was not my intention, but the words ?cheerful,? ?happy? and ?cute? have been used a lot to describe them. Guess I?m just a happy guy.

IC: I?ve known you for 30 years, and yes, I?d say that you are happy. What is the process you go through in making a robot sculpture?
TA: A piece always starts with a found object that looks like it would make a good robot head or some other body part. Then it?s like a puzzle, playing around and matching other body parts that seem to be in the right proportions and fit with the initial piece.

IC: How long does it take you to make a piece?
TA: It varies. Depends on whether or not I have all the parts on hand. A few days if I have the pieces; months if I have to scavenge for missing parts.

IC: Are you trying to make a statement with your work?
TA: It?s pretty simple. No hidden meanings, no statements. Just robots meant to make you smile.

IC: Any plans for the future?
TA: Bigger robots. Thanks for the interview, Irma. It?s really because of you that I am doing something creative, as you were my first art teacher and the person who opened up the art world to me. So, thank you!

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For more information on Tal Avitzur?s Talbotics,? see talbotics.com.

About Irma Cavat

A native of Brooklyn, Cavat became a professional artist in her early 20s. She studied with Ukrainian sculptor Alexander Archipenko and modeled for Belgian surrealist painter Ren? Magritte. She also studied at the New School for Social Research in New York. Cavat designed the windows of FAO Schwartz toy store on 5th Avenue in New York, illustrated science-fiction books and designed her own jewelry. As a young artist in the early 1950s, she worked with Willem de Kooning and became part of the Abstract Expressionist group, which included Jackson Pollack and Larry Rivers.

Cavat?s awards include residencies at Yaddo in New York, the McDowell Colony in Maine, the Djerassi Foundation in Northern California and a Fulbright Grant to Rome. Cavat resided in Rome from 1955 to 1964, where her daughters were born. She then moved to Santa Barbara and became a Professor of Art at UCSB from 1965 to 2000.

From the mid-1980s until the time of his death in 2002, sculptor George Rickey used Cavat?s California home as a winter studio. In 1995, in collaboration with landscape architect Isabelle Greene and Walter Kohn, a Nobel laureate in theoretical physics, Cavat helped create the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation?s Sadako Peace Garden on the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima tragedy.

Cavat has lived for extended periods of time in Paris; Provence, France; Athens, Greece; and London. An avid traveler, she has also journeyed to the open markets of Morocco, Tiananmen Square in China, the Taj Mahal in India, and throughout parts of Turkey, Japan, Hungary, the Baltic States and Russia. Each country she visited offered bountiful inspiration for her paintings. Cavat continues to reside in Santa Barbara.

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'42nd Street' the place where dreams of stardom come true | dorothy ...

While much of it has become so overused as to be hackneyed, when the 1933 movie musical "42nd Street" was released, it was fresh, new and exciting.

The show was one of Hollywood's earliest valentines to that all-American creation, musical theater, replete with the unabashed hype that is the hallmark of show-biz.

Julian (Damon Kirsche) and Peggy (Tessa Grady) lead the entire company in the joyous song-and-dance scene "Lullaby of Broadway" during Musical Theatre West's staging of "42nd St."

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Producer David Merrick and director Gower Champion's 1980 stage adaptation, written by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, holds true to all of the above. Like the film, it showcases the great songs of Harry Warren and the equally timeless lyrics of Warren partner Al Dubin.

Based on both the 1933 film and the Bradford Ropes novel, the show pulls in a few more Warren songs, lyrics by Dubin and others, from other films.

The show's demands pose difficulties to any theater company, meaning Musical Theatre West's current production will probably be your last chance to see "42nd Street" until, oh, the year 2035.

Director and choreographer Jon Engstrom and musical director Michael Borth clearly have an affinity for the material. Working from the 1980 original (and not the 2001 revival), cutting extraneous songs and reprises, they've both tightened the show and improved upon it.

The result, to use the parlance of the show itself, is socko and boffo, an exhilarating evening of heady song and dance.

At the height of the Depression, legendary Broadway producer Julian Marsh (Damon Kirsche) is determined to launch a huge new musical extravaganza called "Pretty Lady." Backers are scarce, so he's forced to give the leading role to aging star Dorothy Brock (Tracy Lore), whose sugar daddy is keeping the production afloat.

At best, Julian's relationship with Dorothy is testy and unpleasant. Things only get worse with the arrival of Peggy Sawyer (Tessa Grady), a fresh-faced newbie from the boondocks (well, Allentown, Pa.).

Peggy is by no means worldly, but she isn't dim ? just wholesome and goodhearted. While Julian finds her amusing, Dorothy simply finds her annoying. When Peggy accidentally causes Dorothy to slip, breaking her ankle and forcing her out of the new show, Dorothy becomes convinced that Peggy has it in for her.

Naturally, the only person who can take over for Dorothy last-minute is Peggy, who becomes that clich? of all show-biz clich?s: the unknown chorine rocketed to stardom overnight.

Engstrom's staging starts with a bang ? nearly the entire cast tap dancing in precision ? and never looks back.

The show's framing device is ingenious, and it helps justify many of the songs, presented ostensibly as scenes from the fictitious show "Pretty Lady," while the rest exist as numbers that express what's going on with the various characters struggling to keep "Pretty Lady" alive.

All of Warren and Dubin's greatest hits are here ? "Young and Healthy," "Lullaby of Broadway," "You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me," "About a Quarter to Nine," "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" and, or course, the title song, which expresses the irresistible lure of the Broadway musicals.

While each song scene has its own hook, the "Shadow Waltz" number and "We're in the Money" are just as visual as they are melodic or rhythmic. "Money" is the great showstopper, with its huge prop 1933 Mercury dimes, green-and-silver costumes and backdrop, and Engstrom's elaborate dances, which salute the famed routines of Busby Berkeley.

The big finale is also socko, as the entire company sings the title song, "Forty-Second Street" while tap dancing to it. Through this number, Engstrom, Borth and the entire MTW company communicate the jubilation of the song and the exultation felt by the characters.

The tall, rangy Kirsche is aptly sharp-edged as the tough, cynical, irritable Julian, his voice dripping with acid. The producer is a tense, hard-driving taskmaster, force-feeding Peggy to prepare her for the opening night of "Pretty Lady."

Grady's Peggy is ingenuous and self-effacing ? a jittery, excited human dance machine overjoyed at being in New York. Lore's Dorothy avoids caricature, her actions and emotions, whether unseemly or noble, coming from the heart.

Zach Hess shows the cocky yet generally bland charm of Billy Lawlor, the juvenile lead for Marsh's new show. Jamie Torcellini, Barbara Carlton Heart and Caitlyn Calfas shine as, respectively, two longtime Marsh cronies and a veteran chorus girl. The huge ensemble is, in a word, stellar.

The sets, courtesy Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, are bright and simple, using the famed "42nd Street" logo from 1980 to represent "Pretty Lady." The costumes, by The Theater Company (of Upland, Ca.), are eye-catching and colorful.

Rarely do the musical theater stars align so perfectly, so tap dance your way over to "42nd Street" while you still can.

Online: www.musical.org

Contact the writer: emarchesewriter@gmail.com

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?Man in Moon? created by asteroid the size of Austria

The "Man in the Moon" may have been created by a giant asteroid (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science??The famous flattened image across the surface of the moon, long dubbed the "Man in the Moon," appears to have been created by a giant asteroid the size of Austria.

A new study published in the British journal Nature Geoscience says the flattened, 1,800-mile-wide section of the moon's Procellarum basin was caused after the large asteroid crashed into the moon's surface.

"The nearside and farside of the Moon are compositionally distinct," reads the introduction to the study. "The detection of low-calcium pyroxene around large impact basins suggests that the huge Procellarum basin on the nearside may be an ancient impact structure and a relic scar of the violent collision that produced the lunar dichotomy."

Scientists at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology studied the distribution of minerals on the moon's surface using data collected by Japanese moon exploration orbiters, the Asahi Shimbun reported.

The size of the asteroid is estimated to have been 180 miles in diameter, hitting the moon's surface 3.9 billion years ago.

"The latest study explains why the moon's two sides are so different," said Junichi Watanabe, a professor of astronomy at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. "It helps unravel the mystery of the moon's history."

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Good reads: a 'hidden' nuclear crisis, how China sees the US, and 'Chilecon Valley'

This week's long-form good reads may change your perspective on which country is rolling out the welcome mat for foreign entrepreneurs, the 'end' of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and how China views the US.

By Allison Terry,?Correspondent / October 19, 2012

Jeremy Melul is a Stanford grad and creator of Jogabo, a social network for amateur soccer players. Here he hangs out at Start-Up Chile, a government sponsored program whose seed money was a major reason why Mr. Melul left France to grow his career.

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The world thought that the Cuban missile crisis ended in October 1962 when the United States lifted its quarantine around Cuba and the Soviet Union withdrew its medium-range missiles. However, ?the secret crisis still simmered? through November, writes Svetlana Savranskaya in Foreign Policy?. Unknown to American intelligence, the Soviets had also delivered almost 100 tactical weapons including 80 nuclear front cruise missiles, 12 nuclear warheads for dual-use Luna short-range rockets, and 6 nuclear bombs for IL-28 bombers.

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Allison Terry is national news intern for the Christian Science Monitor. She previously worked on the cover page desk and contributed to the culture section of the Monitor.

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?Even with the pullout of the strategic missiles, the tacticals would stay, and Soviet documentation reveals the intention of training the Cubans to use them,? writes Ms. Savranskaya, a senior fellow at the National Security Archive.

Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Anastas Mikoyan was tasked with handling the delicate negotiations with Cuba and an angry Fidel Castro, who found out about the US-Soviet agreement on the radio. Savranskaya includes a transcript from the Nov. 22, 1962, meeting between Mr. Castro and Mr. Mikoyan in which Castro expresses his humiliation: ? ?What do you think we are? A zero on the left, a dirty rag. We tried to help the Soviet Union to get out of a difficult situation.?

?In desperation, Castro almost begged Mikoyan to leave the tactical warheads in Cuba, especially because the Americans were not aware of them...,? Savranskaya writes. ?But Mikoyan rejected Castro?s pleas and cited a (nonexistent) Soviet law proscribing the transfer of nuclear weapons to third countries.

Castro had a suggestion: ?So you have a law that prohibits transfer of tactical nuclear weapons to other countries? It?s a pity. And when are you going to repeal that law?? Mikoyan was non-committal: ?We will see. It is our right [to do so].??

Understanding China?s perspective

China?s economic, cultural, and security goals do not need to be at odds with those of the West. When US policymakers understand how Beijing policymakers perceive US words and actions, a more polite and positive relationship could result.

In their essay ?How China Sees America,? Foreign Affairs writers Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell examine the perspectives of Chinese analysts and political strategists in order to understand how China perceives US actions and promises. The US, according to Beijing, is omnipresent in both its internal and external affairs, bullying it on cultural issues, trade agreements, and security issues. Chinese analysts also see the US through the Marxist political thought, ?which posits that capitalist powers seek to exploit the rest of the world,? they write.

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Insurer subsidiary lifts Loews Corp. 3Q profit

NEW YORK (AP) ? Loews Corp. said on Monday that its third-quarter net income rose 9 percent as improving performance at the diversified holding company's CNA Financial insurance subsidiary offset lower earnings at deepwater driller Diamond Offshore Drilling.

Loews reported net income of $177 million, or 45 cents per share, for the three months ended Sept. 30. That was up from earnings of $162 million, or 40 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Excluding a $166 million charge writing down the value of a subsidiary's natural gas properties because of declining natural gas prices, Loews earned $339 million, up from adjusted earnings of $177 million a year ago.

Revenue rose 8 percent to $3.72 billion from $3.44 billion.

Loews, which is controlled by New York's Tisch family, reported net income of $195 million at CNA Financial, more than double the $84 million that CNA reported in the year-ago period. That subsidiary, 90 percent owned by Loews, reported higher net investment income and lower catastrophe losses.

But at the Diamond Offshore Drilling unit, about half of which is owned by Loews, earnings fell 31 percent to $83 million from $121 million.

Loews also owns a 55 percent interest in Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, and HighMount Exploration & Production and Loews Hotels are wholly-owned subsidiaries.

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Luggage seller Tumi's Q3 net income up tenfold

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. (AP) ? High-end luggage seller Tumi Holdings Inc. said Monday that third-quarter earnings increased nearly tenfold as its sales grew beyond travel merchandise and its overseas markets expanded.

Net income was $10.5 million, or 15 cents per share, in the three months ended Sept. 25. That compares with $1.6 million, or 3 cents per share, a year ago. The number of outstanding shares increased to 67.9 million in the latest quarter from 52.5 million last year.

Sales jumped 22.3 percent, to $95.9 million.

Tumi, known for its premium suitcases and business cases, sells products in more than 70 countries. It became a publicly traded company in April.

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Hurricane Sandy Live Streams Tracking East Coast Storm | The Web ...

As a New Yorker, I will be confined to my apartment all day today for fear of stepping out into the heavy rains and whipping winds of the ? Frankenstorm ? , which is mainly composed of the incoming Hurricane Sandy . Luckily, the Internet is well prepared for the storm, with several outlets offering rained-in Easterners live stream and video coverage of the storm. Livestream.com is hosting an event on its website offering an event with live cameras and up-to-the-minute storm warnings

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72-Hour Emergency Preparedness Kit ? Vancouver Blog Miss604

October 28th, 2012 @ 1:09am (PT) by Rebecca Bollwitt

Last night a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Haida Gwaii and led to tsunami warnings up and down the coast. Rolling aftershocks hit while everyone was looking for information about our coastal communities. Fortunately our warnings in our area were downgraded to ?advisories? however places like Hawaii were still on guard hours later in anticipation of a tsunami-like event, of whatever size.

It?s times like these that make us think about preparedness. If you grew up in the Lower Mainland like me you?ve probably participated in drills for the last few decade but during my recent trip to the Canadian Red Cross? Emergency Response Unit (?ERU?) practice facility, the idea of being prepared for a disaster scenario really hit home. In an emergency situation you want to be sure to have enough supplies for you and your family for 72 hours, packed away in an easy-to-carry container like a suitcase with wheels or a backpack.

Here is a list of recommended emergency kit items from the Canadian Red Cross:

• Water: During an emergency, tap water can become polluted or supply may be cut off. Store two litres of drinking water and two litres of water for washing per person, per day, keeping a 72 hour supply on hand for your family and any pets. Listen to public announcements about treating the water in your area after a disaster. Once per year, make use of your water supply and add fresh water to your kit.
• Food: Store at least a 72 hour supply of non-perishable food for each person. Select foods that are compact and lightweight, non-perishable and require no refrigeration, cooking, preparation or added water. Once per year, check the expiration dates of your food items. Ensure that there is enough for each member of your family.
• Manual can opener
• Crank or battery-operated flashlight, with extra batteries
• Crank or battery-operated radio, with extra batteries
• Extra keys, for house and car
• First aid kit
• Cash in small bills
• Special needs items ? medications, baby formula and diapers, and equipment for people with disabilities. Learn more about plans for people with disabilities.
• Copy of your emergency plan

There is much more information available on the Red Cross? website and during an event like this in the future, you can follow @EmergencyInfoBC on Twitter, the Government of BC on Facebook, and Emergency Info BC online.

Source: http://www.miss604.com/2012/10/72-hour-emergency-preparedness-kit.html

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The Reference Frame: Galileo's 1633 trial: a tragic hero

I was pleased that virtually all the media criticize the recent manslaughter verdict against the Italian seismologists.

Many outlets compare the trial to the 1633 trial against Galileo Galilei. So I decided to find a video explaining some details about that event in particular and Galileo's life in general ? and the 52-minute Chicago talk by Rocky Kolb (whom I hosted once at Harvard) from 2011 turned out to be a very informative choice although I clearly disagree with many sentiments that Kolb expressed during the talk.

Some people say that Galileo has overreached, he was arrogant because throughout his life, he enjoyed to point out why idiots around him were idiots, and all this stuff.

Galileo wasn't arrogant when he explained that the difference between him and the stupid folks around him was greater than the difference between humans and animals. He wasn't arrogant because his statement was clearly true and very important. It was very important from the viewpoint of the abstract truth; it was very important for the civilized character of the present, too.

Off-topic: Decay: Something truly unexpected has been discovered at the LHC! By young Oxford employees at CERN.

At the beginning of the talk, Rocky Kolb tells us various things about Galileo's ability to get the maximum out of the telescope (that he "devised" but didn't invent ? but he deliberately used the ambiguous verb "devised") and he describes other events from Galileo's CV.

Kolb says that astronomy had been a part of the mathematics (and not physics) departments because astronomers were only supposed to find "kinematic fits" for the observed trajectories but they were not trying to find the "physical or dynamical causes". And he reminds us that the Catholic Church hadn't had an official position on Copernicanism: they would say it's just some models that didn't say anything direct about the reality (they were agnostic in the disagreement between Ptolemy and Copernicus). Galileo's own effort to codify his understanding of the astronomy (he only became a Copernicanist at some point when he studied this problem at depth) is what forced the Church to adopt an official position (unfortunately, one chosen by theologians and incompetent astronomers according to a literal interpretation of the Bible) and to bring him into trouble and impose a sort of a ban of Copernicanism for him.

I am extremely grateful to Galileo for having done what he has done and he was just right about these scientific and political issues. Let me mention some of the aspects discussed by Kolb.

For example, Galileo was being implicitly criticized for claiming to be able to correctly interpret the astronomical statements in the Bible. Was he overreaching? I don't think so. Because Christianity was such a universal and omnipotent part of the culture of that epoch, it was virtually impossible to convince anyone of anything if you outright denied the tenets of Christianity such as "the validity of the Holy Scripture (at least in some sense)".

Another fact, and it is a related fact, was that the Church bureaucrats had a monopoly to "interpret the reality". Everyone else was doing just some "details" that were not allowed to influence any "greater questions". But Galileo Galilei clearly had the insights that were going to substantially change some "greater questions": he was giving birth to the scientific method as we know it and it is no detail.

Because of this reason, it seems totally obvious that he simply had to struggle to overtake the competency to determine what is true about the deepest cosmic questions from the Church bureaucrats. After all, as Kolb admits, Copernicus himself wrote just a cryptic text filled with complicated mathematical expressions and jargon that didn't even attempt to reach a broader readership, so his work became a hobby for a small group of astronomers only. Thank God, Galileo didn't want to be satisfied with a similar outcome. If he were satisfied, the Western civilization could be as unscientific and unenlightened in 2012 AD as the Islamic anticivilization is. The religious leaders could dictate what to think about the motion of celestial bodies ? and all other fundamental enough questions ? even today.

So the statement "I am able to properly interpret the biblical astronomy" was simply saying "I know how the things actually work" translated to the Latin of the time in which the "power to define the truth" and the "power of Church bureaucrats to preach" were considered synonymous. The Bible was considered true by definition, so of course that given this assumption, the ability to explain how the Solar System actually worked was the same thing as explaining how it worked according to the Bible.

For the very same reason, Galileo ? who wanted to become a monk but (because of the pressure from his father) tried to become a physician for a while ? ultimately grabbed the credentials as a mathematician as well as a philosopher. He realized that the "philosophers" of his time were just doing rubbish ? and they were mostly parroting and uncritically celebrating folks like Aristotle which meant that there was almost no potential for genuine progress. At the same time, these deluded people had lots of influence so Galileo realized that he needed to be considered a philosopher as well in order to gain the capacity to correct many of the unscientific misconceptions that were spread by the "philosophers".

Much of this stuff that Galileo was doing was politics but Galileo was the good guy who actually possessed the truth.

In 1632, Galileo wrote The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. It is a fictitious discussion between Salviati, a hero named after Galileo's friend and presenting many of Galileo's positions, and Simplicio, a guy described as an idiot who presents the opinion of some stupid people of the time such as Ludovico delle Colombe (1565-1616?), Galileo's fiercest detractor, and Cesare Cremonini (1550?1631), a colleague who rejected all the observations based on telescopes as a matter of principle. And of course another stupid guy, the Pope (Urban VIII, reign 1623-1644). The discussion is moderated by a smart laymen called Sagredo who is neutral at the beginning.

Kolb says that "he had no idea" why Galileo would write a text in which an idiot looked like he was the Pope. Well, I have some idea. It's because this was exactly what was happening in the real world, too. The Pope was one of the idiots of Galileo's time and it was totally necessary for any progress to challenge this particular idiot, too. Again, I think that if Galileo hadn't had the courage to challenge the Pope, the Western civilization wouldn't really change and the scientific revolution couldn't begin because obsolete dogmas and their champions would continue to have the power to stifle any important scientific development.

Galileo's "Dialogue" quickly made it to the bestseller lists. At some moment, the book was banned. Of course, the book became even more popular because of that. Soon afterwards, the Pope complained to the Inquisition. In 1633, Galileo arrived for the trial to Rome (his clever attempt to relocate the trial to friendly Florence was denied). See a 5-minute cartoon version of the trial. Galileo faced a possibility of Giordano Bruno's fate ? whose tongue was (after an 8-year-long trial) glued to the mouth so that the politically correct assholes of his time didn't have to worry that he would say something "dangerous" before he is burned at stake.

All the materials from the trial became publicly accessible ? despite the obvious Catholic Church's efforts to keep them secret ? thanks to Napoleon Bonaparte. He visited Rome and kindly asked them, with a minor help of this army, to hand out the materials so that they may be kept in Paris. ;-) In 1845, the French agreed to return all the materials to the Vatican but there was a condition: everything must be published.

But back to 1633. The Pope was the clear driver of attempts to harass Galileo. So the court was filled with Galileo's enemies. But what could have they accused him from? The book actually had signatures of several Catholic officials who authorized the book as OK for all audiences. So how could they punish him if they had allowed him to write it?

The trial was pretty short: about five pages. Four depositions. First one: Do you know why you're here, Dr Galileo? It's probably about my book. Do you recognize it etc.? Were you in Rome in 1616? Yes, I came to learn about the geocentrism vs heliocentrism debate. The Church had banned him from promoting heliocentrism, at least the possibly fake official documents suggest so. Galileo argued he didn't really remember what he wasn't allowed to do ? defend, teach, study, promote, whatever. Galileo argued that he didn't even defend heliocentrism; instead, he was promoting both sides of the debate, including the imbeciles, mental pygmies, dumb idiots, people hardly deserving to be called human beings, people too stupid to recognize their own limitations (these are Galileo's actual words but yes, great minds think alike), in a fair and balanced way. But the Church said he wasn't allowed to teach it in any way.

To defend himself, Galileo said an incredible lie: he said that the book defended the geocentrists (called the "imbeciles" etc.). An attorney would probably stop him from making such an implausible claim but he was defending himself.

Next time, Galileo said that he suddenly understood why they were thinking he was defending Copernicanism. He actually was so smart and nice that he described the Copernican interpretation ? so obviously wrong ? in a way that actually looks much more plausible than it is. :-) He offered them to fix the things in another edition of the book.

Galileo got 8 days to prepare a defense. He said he didn't remember any ban on "teaching" heliocentrism. And he said he believed that he didn't have to inform the censors about the injunction. My only error was the ambition to appear smarter than everyone else, he said. And Galileo complained about his health, old age, and good name.

The Inquisition asked him a simple question: Had he ever been a Copernican? Galileo said he was uncertain until 1616 but since the official position was taken, he believed Ptolemy. Clearly a lie. He denied being Copernican. The Church said they didn't believe him.

On June 22nd, 1633, Galileo had to listen to the sentence in humiliating clothes. He's suspect of the heliocentric heresy, he was told. Galileo saved his life by a verbal self-destruction. There is no way how he could have said "it is moving, anyway" during this scene. The life in prison was signed by 7 of the 10 cardinals only. It's not clear to me whether the remaining 3 wanted a tougher or milder punishment, however. The Pope ? who orchestrated the trial behind the scenes ? later changed the verdict to a "life-long house arrest" in order to look magnanimous.

Galileo died in 1642. His remains were soon moved to a more prestigious place but as recently as in the 19th century, his "Dialogue" could imperil your immortal soul even if you just read it.

Kolb asks whether Galileo was a classical tragic hero. My answer is Yes, he was. But he was much more than that, too. He was a man who opened the doors to scholars' ability to challenge the opinions held by the entire hierarchy of Church bureaucrats (the Christian churches became able to reform themselves and compatible with the modern world as a result of that), who established the scientific method, and who was still able to save his life by a sequence of tricks and lies. His achievements included the highly technical and experimental ones, conceptual and theoretical ones, as well as political ones, and all these three groups were very important.

Source: http://motls.blogspot.com/2012/10/galileos-1933-trial-tragic-hero.html

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Bombing near market kills 3 people in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) ? Iraqi authorities say twin bombings near a market southeast of Baghdad have killed three people and wounded eight others.

Police officials say the simultaneous attacks Sunday morning took place in Madain as shoppers started to arrive.

Madain is 20 kilometers (14 miles) southeast of Baghdad.

Medics in a nearby hospital confirmed the casualties. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

The blasts followed a string of attacks that killed 40 people in the Iraqi capital. Saturday was the deadliest day in nearly six weeks.

Violence has ebbed in Iraq, but insurgent attacks are still frequent.

Associated Press

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F.D.A. Finds Unsanitary Conditions at New England Compounding Center

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The agency said its inspectors found mold, bacteria and dirty equipment at the company where the drug implicated in the national meningitis outbreak was manufactured.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/health/fda-finds-unsanitary-conditions-at-new-england-compounding-center.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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My conversations with Malala Yousafzai, the girl who stood up to the Taliban (+video)

Pakistani journalist Owais Tohid recalls his conversations with Malala Yousafzai, the outspoken 14-year-old girl whose shooting by the Taliban has outraged the world.

By Owais Tohid,?Former Monitor correspondent / October 11, 2012

An activist from non-governmental organisation Insani Haqooq Ittihad hold a picture of Malala Yousufzai during a demonstration in Islamabad, Pakistan, October 10, 2012.

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"Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, otherwise I will shoot you all," a hooded, bearded Taliban militant asked a bus full of schoolgirls on their way home earlier this week. "She is propagating against the soldiers of Allah, the Taliban. She must be punished," the Taliban militant shouted louder. Then, recognizing her, he shot her at a point blank range.

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Amnesty International condemns the shooting by the Taliban of a 14-year-old school girl in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Travis Brecher reports.

Malala Yousafzai gained fame when it came out that she was the girl who was highly critical of the Taliban's ban on girls' education in the Swat valley, and blogging about her views and about the atrocities of Islamic militias controlling the valley from 2007-2009. The BBC blog, which was written in Urdu under a pen name, was nominated for several awards.?

"I wanted to scream, shout and tell the whole world what we were going through. But it was not possible. The Taliban would have killed me, my father, my whole family. I would have died without leaving any mark. So I chose to write with a different name. And it worked, as my valley has been freed," she told me when I invited her for an interview for the TV station I am heading now, ARY News.?

Doctors treating Malala now say bullets have been removed from her head and neck, but her condition is still critical. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have claimed responsibility for the attack and have a $100,000 government bounty against them. ?

Malala's friend, Shazia, who was also injured that day, recounted the event to me as her eyes filled with tears.

"They stopped our school van. They were riding on a bike. The masked man kept pointing guns at us and the other was shouting ?where is Malala?!? I froze with a flashback to the old dark days: I remembered the headless bodies, slaughtering of rivals ? merely on dissent or slightest doubt of spying ?the grotesque violence."

Just a few moments before, she said, the girls had been singing a traditional Pashtun folk song on their way back from school, its lyrics professing to sacrifice life for motherland, the beautiful valley of Swat.

"With a drop of my sweetheart's blood, Shed to defend the motherland, I will put a beauty spot on my forehead, Such would put to shame the rose in the garden," they sang. The song was made famous by Malala?s namesake, Malalai of Maiwand. The 19th century national folk hero fought against the British troops in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

What's in a name?

The first time I met Malala, a couple of years ago, I asked her what her name signified. She answered:?"Probably, a hero like the Afghan heroine Malalai [of Maiwand] or Malalai Joya. I want to be a social activist and an honest politician like her," she said, smiling. Ms. Joya, a 30-something activist, politician, and writer who was bitterly critical of both the Taliban and the Karzai regime, was at one point dubbed the bravest woman of Afghanistan.?

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In novel move, NYC campus gets US patent officer

NEW YORK (AP) ? A new technology graduate school aimed at smoothing the path between research and entrepreneurship can boast a new distinction: the country's first on-campus patent officer, officials announced Monday.

A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office staffer already is working at the Cornell NYC Tech applied sciences school's temporary locale at Google's Manhattan office, where the school is set to enroll its first class next year.

The patent office has recently unveiled plans for satellite offices in places ranging from Detroit to California's Silicon Valley. But the "innovation and outreach coordinator" at Cornell NYC Tech is a novel effort to help innovators on campus ? and in the city at large ? get advice on capitalizing on their ideas, Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank and patent office Director David Kappos said.

"For the first time, by stationing personnel on the ground of a major graduate research institution, the USPTO will tear down the walls between university research and the federal support that has the power to help move that research from the lab to the marketplace," Kappos said at a news conference.

The staffer may consult one-on-one and give classes on such topics as how to best to write a patent application, what financial help might be available and what commercial strategy to pursue, Blank said.

Beyond advice on navigating the nuts and bolts of entrepreneurship, the plan aims to foster discussion on one of tech's touchy subjects: the balance between protecting intellectual property and fostering the public benefits of innovation, such as making computer code publicly available for others to adapt and build on.

"That dialogue is something that the United States has to have," Cornell President David J. Skorton said. "This is a conduit for the U.S. government to be working directly with the innovation community ... to figure out: What's the right place for intellectual property in one of the areas of our economy that's growing like crazy right now?"

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration has been striving to cast New York City as an up-and-coming competitor to Silicon Valley, partly by offering free land and an estimated $100 million worth of infrastructure improvements to lure a state-of-the-art applied-sciences school. Cornell and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology won a competition that drew seven proposals last year.

About 20 students are to be admitted to a master's degree program that starts in January in the current space, donated by Mountain View, Calif.-based Google Inc. The school's permanent home on Roosevelt Island, now a mostly residential enclave on the East River, is to open in 2017.

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I it's pretty damn good there was trust me our -- made my share of mistakes so. You know you you have to deal continue to build up against a team. -- showed a lot yesterday. You know going to buffalo. Division game coming off two losses and the one main thing and it really -- about Justine yesterday was we kept our composure who was poised. We you know we stayed even -- most halftime like. There was a moment after you know -- just -- and nor does continue to play opportunity execute. And -- you played thirty more good football for thirty more minutes that we would be prepared to do it. And I think you know we're not second half and we do -- everybody played together all three phases. Wants to do you know a great team win and you can't pinpoint. One personal -- people are thinking this was a great team we forced him.

How wondered what. What was your mentality right before the Spiller play you wound up with the fumble were you looking. We looking that create a fumble and a situation or -- the ball just pop into your hands just just give us a replay of what happened in turn you down there.

Now we know -- don't to a touchdown in the making it feel sort of our mentality was that. And you know it is always do when you -- leave would eternal you don't have only capitalize. He nor Girardi and spikes those guys came in he would mayor grieve over the goal line in the ball popped out of his land you know. Where our laws. And are just recovered you know what those guys immediately every everybody when their plea. A home -- a -- perfect you know everybody so. He's not just me trust me to see him and pat myself on about which no way out here. Without you know -- loans are -- or they could do it short Chandler. DBs in the being in the position they're needed to be in on that they wouldn't that episode I would just -- good football play.

We always hear horror stories about the bottom of the pile and recovering a fumble. What are some of the challenges. Of recovering a bubble and how typical wasn't hold on to doubt it wasn't because topping our problem was on the one. Sought differs in Specter's own you know -- he was coming forward. But it Orioles kind of fear what happened on notable -- I was a pro football. And my instinct to go and he you know right -- you know the run you know. Now you can go and let let let some cases leads off it would and so -- sort of -- but in some cases are doing all cuts aren't you. A lot of things there are a lot of things -- it's a problem it's. It's you know fight. Like coma with the ball -- you know. -- yours that you Q do you follow material when you get out of the -- the replacement officials it's anybody's ball presented. -- Somalia for a conversation was when pepper was vote on the policy for for. Congress over the conversation. App. Do you Wear -- you have a giant us you know. What better reporters. He was the topic at that he was threatened with -- the other way around government. The other. That you talk about that -- avoid spikes. Reaching fumbles that were -- a home Euro. Arm on the ball -- ball lose the animals look like one little.

That's where he got beat you dubbed him a shot in the head and his -- went loose ball came out because it was such a clean shot their lives but he gave. From -- we saw it was. -- one aside in the O'Connell sorry boasting. Just collided in right on the ball in it was side. -- a ball just came -- so. You know it. Yeah I was like -- right in the right place to get the ball but you know it. These ghastly hello ball OK I mean this whole team -- the aggressive -- is a great great great team win because of you know especially with the field position all freeze movement -- scored. We corner and in creating turnovers I mean those type of thing you knew you talk about each week you know you can -- to remains. Hope you beepers is just use your -- so -- In in good spark when a ball game and we --

He had a hit on Jones he still probably wondering where he is today this team has been very physically talked about spikes and he's been hitting argument -- How does it change the mentality of a game. When another team looks at what you guys are doing. And is physically you're becoming deep -- do you see that there's a tendency especially with the offense kind of look up a little bit more to be. Maybe -- notch as short as they normally are when guys are hitting as part of a -- innings.

some terms Agassi you know our opponents are looking for -- or become -- arms kids from all over the middle whatever. Home what what do. Our goal his defense and be aggressive. -- And we could go to film that's what we want people to see that we won't ignore repeatedly when one of these fields we going to be aggressive you have to match. Counsel we don't do it we struggle you know but his team are built like our team is due to be physical football team in the end we can play physical. We like our chances.

You first your first tip led to it Jerod Mayo interception. It's just instincts taken over to see a quarterback or -- some guys them you know when her parents took the ball like that new and tip drill that can. Get -- tip and a certain way the ball hang up in the air for one of my guys you know way there. And I and I hear all term you know we have on our coaches. A man. -- always talk about different quarterbacks. These guys have to do this released his character a lot of memos is guard duties to his pastor and his receivers OK once they gain. Kind of felt that we are could've gone -- his -- balls -- which we didn't move a couple of -- as being they would -- to see a quarter career quarterback just like a -- a reason zone. Same thing you know just following his us. You know it is known the way he released the ball that you know -- can get one so. Is just being alert you know instincts just just. Going through. -- fear and additional rooms just put in play for real this aspect where mentally because I wouldn't say you lead to an awful lot on the.

I don't think gravity was work or don't have to -- Hollywood. Thrown out of basketball. Lot of friends who go to the two halves. You just put together and assume that there was some crazy cuteness speeches at halftime -- Belichick three pointers and people going nuts. What was going on halftime you know it resident we went in normally have to say these things that we -- to -- to do. Execute our game and we were actions which is is -- there. Complete thirty more minutes of good football and that -- what we -- it and we went after we do that we put her over here we we. All three phases of the game we play together as a team and when you go through here as a -- Compliment each I'm telling you what you would do some special things yesterday. We did so we got to be more consistent now we've we've shown we can do it we do have a connecting -- to get better and it's -- way.

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As great. A strategy gets above to send out their coach -- for this code zero CC. You know pepper Johnson knows who he thinks about the -- to boy that's that's wild. As well go to Leo which is sitting there in the lives of sitting there you -- no place like buffalo they can be. They start drinking and about 4:5 AM I don't know when they start but that can be a rough rough place. That division to the fans you know -- mark I'm hoping she never had a problem. In where. And then thereafter they coach you never have a problem because you know my wife who -- you know -- tells -- sit -- look at the football gamble when you made a great agent Jones would tell you -- she jumped out of the chair. And so the people around her or were like Buffalo Bill paraphernalia. They they know that that was probably not necessarily assume you know she's okay yeah she's a whole long -- You have to zero you don't mean Wilfork household I wanna -- I what does this like this weekend. Part of this team you're familiar with can you played Denver in the playoffs but they are so different now. When you have Peyton Manning back here and it looks like a lot of the offense they're running to their running the football a little bit more. The new Indianapolis and a lot of the -- is -- stuff so they've incorporated a lot of his stuff. What what problems does he present here.

Mystery I mean -- get -- straight from Makiko he's gonna run an offense to -- north. And -- play -- does it won't get the ball down he's just more court so we we know exactly. How we need to plays there -- some guys that you can rush -- you just know they don't know their way out of the pocket and they're in trouble. This is a guy. That knows his way around -- and cannot find an extra half foot here how do you deal with him do you do them differently in that respect -- know we know. -- he -- mr. park and the -- you know he he won't be in the pocket if you have figured out. You know he figured out where he's -- and -- We notice. So we we have the real good job of four. I'll make sure he'll have the -- line where he still book and removable because he can -- little ball was so Marge is weaving them and they. He's a tough quarter east and it's all in their pocket he would deliver -- tickets. You do so. The scooby -- crucial for just this week is to make sure we. Can give them all this -- on comfortable on the active what he's doing real good job -- previously. He's governments who are the rules sees. He's won on the basis -- in I don't ever missed a electorate -- like based -- your comments that sound like them this season from the volcano is affecting you at all on in terms of preparation he's he's a great quarterback he's he's he is one basis. Did it ever done so. We know we have right here for the game you know good thing we have to calmness. In order and hope we can start if an announcer for the they've been around here so.

What what do you take -- pre snap the reads 'cause he reads. He obviously. Points out the Mike in many renewables off a bunch of other kids get caught up -- so what are we what is that did you figure and is there any rhyme or reason to a decent -- try to figure out what I try not to.

We're too much are not too because he's doing so many different things sometimes -- sometimes so real so I just choose not to even give it to win you know home. We just have to its Q well let us as we know how to play. You know Peyton with a lot of you know -- here. I was not a Tina -- I've put -- over the -- that issue we played them twice in them decrease in the -- you look different book. Would do have office McSweeney with them you know. What he boring for me in the we can't have an idea how we wanted to so we just have to -- doubly risky debt that there's going to be key it's cunard apron for something different we wanna do. Which original silent but we have to have a great week of preparation you know in the start today. The running game. Is something that. But they've always pride themselves on is -- the same as -- was Lester Lester they almost had to have their running game -- with fuel there but. I was a look through this yourself I -- is still. Brian piccolo and run the ball and they run a bar and if they're successful run the ball on some different summed things they've done last year bush. So we can't falsely -- right audacity. They have and offerings as very -- to to put some points. So we have -- real good job wolf you know it's cumulative replete with it can't be. Couple please we have to be -- for sixty minutes with these guys -- we -- everything because democracy they come on some different that we didn't go over. They'll have to make adjustments arms. Think it shakes and move forward but. --

Yeah I'm not sure there was a lot of play action with Tebow went there just -- it. With Peyton Manning -- a monster game yesterday Vince congratulations and good luck next week we'll see you back your Monday brickyard have a -- that's that Vince Wilfork right here. On a big shown patriots on the.

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