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AAAS symposium to highlight potential of global nuclear test-ban monitoring system

Public release date: 17-Feb-2013
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Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear?Test?Ban Treaty Organization

Experts in the science behind detecting nuclear tests will be speaking at a symposium on 17 February 2013 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston, United States. The symposium will highlight the potential of the International Monitoring System of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), built to scan the globe for signs of a nuclear explosion. The system swiftly and confidently detected both the North Korean nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009 (on 12 February 2013 monitoring stations of the CTBTO detected a seismic event with explosion-like characteristics in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) see CTBTO Newsroom).

Symposium on the potential of the global nuclear-test ban monitoring system: Sunday, 17 Feb 2013, 10.00-11.30 AM, AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston, States, Hynes Convention Center, Room 204

The symposium on the "Unreasonable Usefulness of Test-Ban Verification for Disaster Warning and Science" will be moderated by Lassina Zerbo, who currently heads the CTBTO's International Data Centre, which receives and analyses data from the CTBTO's monitoring stations. Zerbo will take over the organization's leadership from 1 August 2013. The panellists are:

• Miaki Ishii, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
• Raymond Jeanloz, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science and of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
• David W. Strangway, Former Chief of NASA's Geophysics Branch and Founding Chancellor, Quest University

CTBTO experts ready to answer questions throughout the AAAS meeting at booth #901, Hall C

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Science and Technology 2013 Conference

Science journalists are also welcome to attend the CTBTO's Science and Technology 2013 Conference from 17 to 21 June 2013 in Vienna, Austria. The conference will explore how scientific and technological innovations can further enhance nuclear test detection and how CTBTO data can in turn benefit scientific research and disaster warning.

Background

The CTBTO's $1 billion monitoring system uses seismic, hydroacoustic, infrasound and radionuclide sensors to detect even the smallest of nuclear explosions. Over 85 percent of the 337 facilities in the International Monitoring System are already in place, see interactive map. CTBTO data (about 16GB a day) and analyses are provided in near-real time to around 1,300 institutions in 130 countries. The system also provides independent, first-hand information on a range of natural and man-made phenomena including the spread of radioactivity from nuclear accidents (e.g. Fukushima) and helps tsunami warning centres issue more timely and precise warnings.

For further information on the CTBT, please see www.ctbto.org your resource on ending nuclear testing.

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Public release date: 17-Feb-2013
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Contact: Thomas Mtzelburg
thomas.muetzelburg@ctbto.org
43-699-145-96375
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear?Test?Ban Treaty Organization

Experts in the science behind detecting nuclear tests will be speaking at a symposium on 17 February 2013 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston, United States. The symposium will highlight the potential of the International Monitoring System of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), built to scan the globe for signs of a nuclear explosion. The system swiftly and confidently detected both the North Korean nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009 (on 12 February 2013 monitoring stations of the CTBTO detected a seismic event with explosion-like characteristics in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) see CTBTO Newsroom).

Symposium on the potential of the global nuclear-test ban monitoring system: Sunday, 17 Feb 2013, 10.00-11.30 AM, AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston, States, Hynes Convention Center, Room 204

The symposium on the "Unreasonable Usefulness of Test-Ban Verification for Disaster Warning and Science" will be moderated by Lassina Zerbo, who currently heads the CTBTO's International Data Centre, which receives and analyses data from the CTBTO's monitoring stations. Zerbo will take over the organization's leadership from 1 August 2013. The panellists are:

• Miaki Ishii, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
• Raymond Jeanloz, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science and of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
• David W. Strangway, Former Chief of NASA's Geophysics Branch and Founding Chancellor, Quest University

CTBTO experts ready to answer questions throughout the AAAS meeting at booth #901, Hall C

###

Science and Technology 2013 Conference

Science journalists are also welcome to attend the CTBTO's Science and Technology 2013 Conference from 17 to 21 June 2013 in Vienna, Austria. The conference will explore how scientific and technological innovations can further enhance nuclear test detection and how CTBTO data can in turn benefit scientific research and disaster warning.

Background

The CTBTO's $1 billion monitoring system uses seismic, hydroacoustic, infrasound and radionuclide sensors to detect even the smallest of nuclear explosions. Over 85 percent of the 337 facilities in the International Monitoring System are already in place, see interactive map. CTBTO data (about 16GB a day) and analyses are provided in near-real time to around 1,300 institutions in 130 countries. The system also provides independent, first-hand information on a range of natural and man-made phenomena including the spread of radioactivity from nuclear accidents (e.g. Fukushima) and helps tsunami warning centres issue more timely and precise warnings.

For further information on the CTBT, please see www.ctbto.org your resource on ending nuclear testing.

Thomas Mtzelburg, Public Information Officer (at the AAAS meeting)
M +43 699 1459 6375
E thomas.muetzelburg@ctbto.org
I www.ctbto.org

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Florida fugitive who stabbed detective with eyeglasses during escape shot dead in Texas

GRAPEVINE, Texas A Florida prisoner who escaped after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses was shot and killed by Texas law enforcement officers early Saturday after police responded to a report of a home burglary, authorities said.

Alberto Morales was shot shortly after midnight when officers, with assistance from a police helicopter, spotted him in a wooded area near a lake in North Texas, Grapevine police Sgt. Robert Eberling said. Two hours earlier, officers responded to a report that jewelry and men's clothing had been stolen during a break-in at a home near where Morales was found.

Eberling declined to say whether Morales did anything to provoke the officers into opening fire, citing the pending investigation. He said the fugitive was still wearing part of his prison-issued jumpsuit as well as jogging pants, but Eberling said he couldn't comment on whether the stolen clothing and jewelry was found with Morales.

The residents arrived home around 10:30 p.m. Friday to discover the burglary at their home and called law enforcement officials, Eberling said.

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911 call: Alberto Morales allged stabbing victim

The 42-year-old Morales escaped Monday at a Wal-Mart store parking lot in Grapevine, a community near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Police said he used a sharp piece from his eyeglasses to stab a Miami-Dade detective who was transferring him by car to Nevada, where Morales was to serve a sentence of 30 years to life after being convicted of a sexual assault.

Det. Jaime Pardinas was expected to recover after being treated at a Dallas hospital for deep stab wounds to the neck, shoulder and back and a collapsed lung. It wasn't clear when he would be released.

Pardinas was accompanied by Miami-Dade Detective David Carrero during the transfer. They flew to Houston with Morales and then decided to drive the rest of the way after he became disruptive on the flight. They had stopped near the store while waiting for a third officer who was flying to the Dallas area to join them. Department policy requires three officers to be present for ground transfers of prisoners.

On a recording of a 911 call of the incident released Wednesday, Pardinas can be heard breathing heavily as he tells the operator that he's been stabbed. He described Morales' height, weight and appearance and then added, "He's a schizophrenic."

The escape set off a massive five-day manhunt in North Texas.

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Obama: Growth vs. deficit reduction a false choice

President Barack Obama speaks about strengthening the economy for the middle class and the nations struggle with gun violence at an appearance at Hyde Park Academy, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

President Barack Obama speaks about strengthening the economy for the middle class and the nations struggle with gun violence at an appearance at Hyde Park Academy, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama says the U.S. doesn't have to choose between growing the economy and shrinking the deficit.

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says no American who works full time should live in poverty. He's asking Americans to support his proposals to raise the minimum wage, pass comprehensive immigration reform and incentivize companies to create jobs in the U.S.

He says education, job training and benefits for the elderly shouldn't be sacrificed even as the government seeks spending cuts to reduce its future debt.

In the Republican address, Rep. Martha Roby of Alabama says Congress must protect the military from devastating cuts by averting the automatic spending cuts set to hit on March 1. She says Obama and Democrats want to use the so-called sequester to raise taxes.

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GOP address: http://www.youtube.com/HouseConference

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NBA All-Star Game Weekend 2013 - TV Schedule, Roster & Live Stream: Slam Dunk & Three-Point Shooting Contest, Skills Challenge And More

By Jean-Paul Salamanca | First Posted: Feb 16, 2013 12:24 AM EST

Tags nba slam dunk contest, NBA All-Star Game 2013, nba all star starting lineup, nba all star weekend, jeremy lin, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, dwight howard, Blake Griffin, Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler, Chris Paul, nba slam dunk contest 2013, kesha, b.o.b.

(Photo : Reuters) (Left to Right) Catch Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Jeremy Lin and Dwight Howard all in action this weekend as the NBA brings its best and brightest to Houston for the 2013 annual NBA All-Star Game Weekend.

It's time once again for the NBA's biggest weekend gala event of the year-the 2013 NBA All-Star Game Weekend, live from Houston, Texas.

The stars will be aligning at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas Friday through Sunday as the best and brightest from around the NBA come together to showcase their skills.

Before the big game on Sunday between the East All-Stars and the West All-Stars, Friday already featured the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game and the Rising Stars Challenge, where Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving and the rest of the league's up-and-coming young stars took each other on.

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Saturday will feature the next round of this year's festivities.

First at 3 p.m., the NBA's D-League will be holding their own All-Star Game?on NBA TV.

Then at 8 p.m., NBA All-Star Saturday night on TNT will be showcasing four star-studded events.

Sears Shooting Stars Challenge

First up is the Sears Shooting Stars Challenge, where four teams--two teams representing the East and West apiece--will compete against each other in a shooting contest.

From six numbered shooting locations, each one harder than the next, each team will try to make all shots in numeric order in the fastest time.

For the West, NBA All-Star Russell Westbrook will team with former Houston Rocket and NBA great Robert Horry and Maya Moore of the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx while Houston Rocket All-Star James Harden will pair along with NBA legend Sam Cassell and WNBA all-time leading scorer Tina Thompson in a shooting competition.

And for the East, Miami Heat All-Star Chris Bosh will team with Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins and WNBA star Swin Cash, while Brooklyn Nets star Brook Lopez will team with NBA legend Mugsy Bogues and WNBA Champion Tamika Catchings.

Taco Bell?Skills Challenge

All-Star Tony Parker, last year's Skills Challenge champion, will be facing a stiff set of point guard competition as Jeremy Lin, Damian Lillard, Jrue Holiday, Brandon Knight and Jeff Teague go for point guard glory in the Skills Challenge.

All the participants will be competing against each other in a two-round obstacle course run consisting of dribbling, passing and shooting locations in the fastest time. Whoever can dribble around the obstacle stations, hit their target with a pin-point pass and hit a jump shot at a specific mark in the fastest time over two rounds will be the winner.

Last year, Parker clocked the fastest time with 29.2 seconds in the first round and 32.8 seconds in the second round. But with Lin, rookie sensation Lillard and others gunning for him Saturday night, a repeat won't be easy.

Foot Locker Three-Point Contest

The best sharpshooters from around the NBA will face off in the annual three-point contest.

And what a crowd it will be as Indiana's Paul George, Cleveland's Kyrie Irving, New York's Steve Novak, New Orleans' Ryan Anderson, San Antonio's Matt Bonner and Golden State's Stephen Curry will step up and take aim to determine who is the best three-ball shooter in the NBA.

Each contestant will be firing from five shooting stations around the three-point arc and have one minute to hit as many threes as possible. Last year, Kevin Love outdueled Kevin Durant to win the contest. A new champion will be crowned this year; but who?

Sprite Slam Dunk Contest

The most anticipated event of the night, however, will be the contest that made Jordan's dunking image an icon for Nike, had Dwight Howard proving his "Superman" nickname true, and made Blake Griffin's jams famous.

Yes, folks, the 2013 Slam Dunk Contest will be taking center stage to close out the evening, with Houston Rockets legends Clyde Drexler, Dikembe Mutombo, Hakeem Olajuwon, Rudy Tomjanovich, and Yao Ming on hand to serve as the judges for the competition.

And this year's crop of challengers looks promising, as the LA Clippers' Eric Bledsoe, Utah Jazz's Jeremy Evans, Denver Nuggets' Kenneth Faried, Indiana Pacers' Gerald Green, Toronto Raptors' Terrence Ross, and New York Knicks' James "Flight" White will be bringing their most creative, flamboyant, rim-rattling jams and slams in a two-round competition.

In the past, some of the best slam dunks have included jumping over other players, jumping over cars, using capes, dunking two balls at the same time, and so on.

Past winners have included Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and Dominique Wilkins, among other famous luminaries.

And this year, fans can vote for the champion in a number of ways, including:

1.) SMS Text Message* - Text the player's last name to 38657 (DUNKS)

2.) Twitter - Tweet #SpriteSlam?with the player's last name

3.) Vote via the official NBA All-Star App (Available on iTunes, Google Play and at http://www.nba.com/allstarapp/)

4.) Log on to NBA.com from any computer or mobile device.

Fans helped defending champion Evans win the contest last year in a very tight three-way race between Evans, Houston's Chase Budinger and Indiana's Paul George.

Can Evans repeat as champion? Or will another superstar rise above the rim to take the crown as this year's dunking king?

TV Schedule, Live Stream

NBA All-Star Saturday Night coverage will begin at 8 p.m. EST on TNT. For live streaming of all events, go to NBA On TNT Overtime.

Sunday

And on Sunday, the gala event concludes with the Beasts of the East taking on the Best in the West as the East All-Stars and West All-Stars collide in the 62nd Annual NBA All-Star Game.

At 6 p.m., Ludacris and B.o.B will open the Sprint Pregame Concert for the game, with Ke$ha headlining the concert event at 7 p.m. during TNT's live telecast.

For the East, it will be LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade to start, taking on Kobe Bryant , Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh for the West.

James and Wade combined for a 60-point showcase, but it wasn't enough to stop game MVP Durant's 36-point night and the West, who defeated the East 152-149 in a thriller to secure the second straight win for the West in the gala event.

But with James playing at a record-pace this year and a crop of dominating superstars including New York's Tyson Chandler, Irving, and George, will the East come out on top over the West, armed with Harden, Parker and San Antonio's Tim Duncan? We'll find out this Sunday.

TV Schedule, Live Stream

The 62 NBA All-Star Game will begin at 8:30 p.m. EST on TNT. Coverage starts at 7 p.m. EST. For live streaming of all events, go to NBA On TNT Overtime.

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Sea slug amputates tip of its penis

Michael Marshall, environment reporter

(Image: Norbert Probst/FLPA)

After this sea slugs has sex, its penis drops off. Fortunately, it has a spare.

Like most sea slugs, Chromodoris reticulata are simultaneous hermaphrodites: they have both male and female sex organs. When two mate, each extrudes a penis into the other's vagina and transfers sperm (see photo below; the thin white organs can be seen stretching between the sea slugs).

(Image: Ayami Sekizawa et al/Royal Society)

Ayami Sekizawa of Osaka City University in Japan and colleagues watched the sea slugs after mating, and saw that their penises dropped off within 20 minutes. Or rather, part of them did: each penis was made up of three segments, and only the top segment was used for any one mating. This could be a tactic to reduce the chance that their partner?will be fertilised by another slug's sperm.

It then took 24 hours to get the next segment into working order, ready for another go.

Journal reference: Biology Letters, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1150

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Watching the Couples Go By

In honor of Valentine?s, we reprint a favorite from the archive: this classic meditation on love and human companionship. Herbert Stein, who passed away in 1999, was an original Slate contributor.

One of my persistent fantasies used to be of sitting at a sidewalk table at a cafe in Paris. I would be writing with my pen (la plume de ma tante) in a notebook (un cahier) while smoking a Gauloise. I would not be writing economics. One cannot write economics while sitting at a sidewalk cafe. Maybe that is why there have been so few distinguished French economists. I would be writing a novel, or perhaps poetry, or even a philosophical treatise. But I would frequently raise my eyes to watch the girls (les filles) go by.

I no longer have that fantasy. I do, however, eat from time to time at an outdoor table in front of a small restaurant on the street leading to the Kennedy Center. I don't try to write there. I can't write with la plume de ma tante. I am addicted to the word processor. I suppose I could use a laptop computer. But that mechanism would destroy the romantic illusion. Instead, I watch the passers-by.

I am not concentrating on the girls. I am concentrating on the married couples. How do I know that those men and women walking two-by-two up to the Kennedy Center are married to each other? Well, 75 percent of all men between the ages of 30 and 75 are married, so if you see a man in that age group walking with a woman to the Kennedy Center--which is not exactly Club Med?it's a good bet that the two are married, and almost certainly to each other.

I look particularly at the women in those couples. They are not glamorous. There are no Marlene Dietrichs, Marilyn Monroes, or Vivien Leighs among them. (It is a sign of my age that I can't think of the name of a single living glamorous movie actress.) Some of them are pretty, but many would be considered plain. Since they are on their way to the Kennedy Center, presumably to attend a play, an opera, or a concert, one may assume that they are somewhat above average in cultural literacy. But in other respects one must assume that they are, like most people, average.

But to the man whose hand or arm she is holding, she is not "average." She is the whole world to him. They may argue occasionally, or even frequently. He may have an eye for the cute intern in his office. But that is superficial. Fundamentally, she is the most valuable thing in his life.

Genesis says, "And the Lord God said: 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.' " And so, "made He a woman." It doesn't say that He made a pretty woman, or a witty woman, or an any-kind-of-adjective woman. He made the basic woman.

Why is this basic woman so valuable to the man whose hand or arm she is holding as I see them making their way up to the Kennedy Center? I think there are three simple things.

First, she is a warm body in bed. I don't refer to their sexual activity. That is important but too varied for me to generalize about. I refer to something that is, if possible, even more primitive. It is human contact.

A baby crying in its crib doesn't want conversation or a gold ring. He wants to be picked up, held, and patted. Adults need that physical contact also. They need to cuddle together for warmth and comfort in an indifferent or cold world. At least, they need to be able to do that. The plain woman and plain man I am watching do that for each other.

But conversation is also important. These couples may have been talking to each other for 30 years or more. You might think they have nothing left to say. But still they can talk to each other in ways that they cannot talk to anyone else. He can tell her of something good he has done, or something good that has happened to him, without fearing that she will think he is bragging. He can tell her of something bad that has happened without fearing that she will think he is complaining. He can tell her of the most trivial thing without fearing that she will think he is bothering her. He can count on her interest and understanding.

The primary purpose of this conversation is not to convey any specific information. Its primary purpose is to say, "I am here and I know that you are here."

Third, the woman serves the man's need to be needed. If no one needs you, what good are you, and what are you here for? Other people--employers, students, readers--may say that they need you. But it isn't true. In all such relationships you are replaceable at some price. But to this woman you are not replaceable at any price. And that gives you the self-esteem to go out and meet the world every day.

So this "ordinary" woman?one like about 50 million others in America?has this great value to this man she is going to the theater with. He surely does not make a calculation?doesn't mark her to market. He probably never says how much he values her, to himself or to her. But he acts as if he knows it.

Isee that I have written these views entirely from the point of view of the man. That is only natural for me. But I don't for a minute think that the relationship I have been trying to describe is one-sided. On the contrary, I am sure it is reciprocal.

I can hear you saying: "How do you know all this? You are only an economist, practitioner of the dismal science. You aren't Ann Landers." That is all true. But my wife and I walked up that hill to the Kennedy Center many times.

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