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bananas's JournalIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's full speech to Congress
PBS NewsHour
Streamed live on Mar 3, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint meeting of Congress in Washington, D.C. to say that the ongoing negotations between Iran and the United States would "all but guarantee" that Tehran will get nuclear weapons.
Fast forward 26 minutes to his speech.
This is an archive of their live stream, the first 25 minutes they're just waiting for him to arrive and get to the podium, everyone's just milling around in their seats.
Susan Rice on Iran Nuclear Negotiations: 'A Bad Deal Is Worse Than No Deal'
Source: National Journal
In a Hebrew-laden speech Monday at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Susan Rice interlaced personal anecdotes about her own visits to Israel with an unequivocal message about the nation's security: that the United States is "committed to ensuring that Israel is never alone."
A nuclear-armed Iran is a threat to not only Israel, she said, but also to the United States and the rest of the world. American officials are "keeping all options on the table" to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but they have limits. Rice insisted that Iran is further away from developing a nuclear weapon than it was a year ago and that the United States is looking beyond that country's promises to ensure the negotiations are taken seriously.
"We are not taking anything on trust. What matters are Iran's actions, not its words," Rice said.
"I want to be very clear: A bad deal is worse than no deal," Rice said to much applause.
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Read more: http://www.nationaljournal.com/defense/susan-rice-on-iran-nuclear-negotiations-a-bad-deal-is-worse-than-no-deal-20150302
Satellite Explodes After 'Catastrophic Event'
Source: Sky News
A Navy satellite used to provide real-time weather reports has exploded in space.
The US Air Force confirmed that the 20-year-old Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 13 (DMSP-F13) suffered a "catastrophic event".
It shattered into 43 pieces following a sudden temperature spike which triggered the loss of its altitude control.
The event happened on 3 February but the incident has only just came to light following questions from website Space News.
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Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/1436965/satellite-explodes-after-catastrophic-event
UN nuclear watchdog says Iran still withholding key information
Source: Reuters
The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Monday that Iran had still not handed over key information to his staff, and that his body's investigation into Tehran's atomic program could not continue indefinitely.
"Iran has yet to provide explanations that enable the agency to clarify two outstanding practical measures," chief Yukiya Amano told the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors in Vienna, echoing a report seen by Reuters last month.
The two measures relating to alleged explosives tests and other measures that might have been used for bomb research should have been addressed by Iran last August.
"The Agency is not in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities," Amano said.
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Read more: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/2/un-nuclear-watchdog-says-iran-still-withholding-key-information.html
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches debut dual satellite mission
Source: NASASpaceflight.com
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made its sixteenth launch Sunday, carrying a pair of commercial communications satellites in the company’s first dual launch to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
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The satellites aboard the Falcon 9 are Asia Broadcast Satellite’s ABS-3A spacecraft, and Eutelsat 115 West B for French telecommunications company Eutelsat. Constructed by Boeing Satellite Systems, both spacecraft are based on the company’s new BSS-702SP bus.
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The 702SP has a significantly reduced mass compared to its predecessors, enabling two spacecraft to be launched by rockets which would normally only be able to carry one.
The mass savings have primarily been achieved through the use of electric propulsion for orbit-raising manoeuvres which eliminates the need to carry a chemical apogee motor or the propellant which accounts for a significant portion of the launch mass of most geosynchronous spacecraft.
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Read more: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/03/spacex-falcon-9-debut-dual-satellite-mission/
Deadly bacteria release sparks concern at Louisiana lab
Source: USA Today
A dangerous, often deadly, type of
bacteria that lives in soil and water has
been released from a high-security
laboratory at the Tulane National Primate
Research Center in Louisiana. Officials say
there is no risk to the public. Yet despite
weeks of investigation by multiple federal
and state agencies, the cause of the
release and the extent of the
contamination remain unknown, according
to interviews and records obtained by USA
TODAY.
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Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/01/tulane-primate-bio-lab-bacteria-release/24137053/
The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction
Live stream and archive at http://totalwebcasting.com/view/?id=hcf
February 28 - March 1, 2015
A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading experts in disarmament, political science, existential risk, artificial intelligence, anthropology, medicine, nuclear weapons and other nuclear issues will be held at The New York Academy of Medicine on Feb 28- March 1, 2015.
A project of The Helen Caldicott Foundation
DAY ONE: Saturday, February 28
Morning Session
9am Opening Remarks
to be announced
9.15 – 9.30 Moderator Kennette Benedict
Executive Editor and Publisher Bulletin of Atomic Scientists – It’s 3 Minutes to Midnight.
9.35 – 9.55 Theodore Postol
Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and National Security Policy, MIT – Striving for Armageddon
10.00 – 10.20 Max Tegmark
Professor of Physics, MIT – Artificial Intelligence and the Risk of Accidental Nuclear War
10.25 – 10.45 Alan Robock
Distinguished Professor, Department Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University – Nuclear Famine and Nuclear Winter: Climatic Effects of Nuclear War, Catastrophic Threats to the Global Food Supply
10.50 – 11.20 Q&A
11.20 – 11:50 tea and coffee break
11.55 – 12.15 Steven Starr
Associate of Nuclear Age peace Foundation, Former Board Member and Senior Scientist for Physicians for Social Responsibility – An Unrecognized Catastrophic Extinction Event Waiting to Happen
12.20 – 12.40 Bruce Gagnon
Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space – The Ongoing and Dangerous Militarization of Space Nuclear War
12.45 – 1.05 Bill Hartung
Center for International Policy – Inordinate Power and Pathological Dynamics of the US Military Industrial Complex
1:05 – 1:30 Q&A
1:30 – 2:30 Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
2:40-3.00 Greg Mello
Los Alamos Study Group – The Role and Funding of the US Nuclear Weapons Labs
3.05 – 3.25 Seth Baum
Global Catastrophic Risk Institute – The Catastrophic Risk of Nuclear War
3.30 – 3.50 Bob Alvarez
Institute Of Policy Studies – Lateral Proliferation Could Trigger a Nuclear Holocaust
3.55 – 4.15 Robert Parry
Investigative Journalist, Consortium News – Ukraine and the Human Factor : How propaganda and passions can risk nuclear conflagration.
4.15 – 4.45 Q&A
DAY TWO: Sunday, March 1
Morning Session
9.00 – 9.15am Opening by Moderator Ray Acheson
Director of Reaching Critical Will – Report on Vienna conference
9.20 – 9.40 Holly Barker
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington – Medical, Teratogenic and Genetic Pathology Related to US Nuclear Testing in the Marshall Islands
9.45 – 10.05 Hans Kristensen
Federation of American Scientists – The Status and Trends of the World’s Nuclear Arsenals
10.10 – 10.30 John Feffer
Institute of Policy Studies – Comparison of Spending on US Military Industrial Complex and Prevention of Global Warming
10.35 – 11.05 Q&A
11.05 – 11.35 Tea and Coffee Break
11.40– 12.00 Janne Nolan
Elliott School of International Affairs – Hooligans at the Gate: The Checkered History of Arms Control
12.05 – 12:25 Mike Lofgren
Former congressional staffer and author of Anatomy of the Deep State – The Merger of Corporations and the US Government as an Underlying Cause of the Current Nuclear Situation
12.30 – 12.50 Susi Snyder
(PAX, the Netherlands), Author of the 2013 & 2014 DON’T BANK ON THE BOMB reports – Don’t Bank on the Bomb.
12.55– 1:25 Q&A
1.30– 2.30 Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
2:35– 2.55 Alex Wellerstein
Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Stevens Institute of Technology – Personalizing the Bomb
3.00 – 3.20 Hugh Gusterson
Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, George Washington University will describe his anthropological research over many years studying the culture of nuclear weapons scientists at Livermore and Los Alamos Labs.
3.25 – 3.45 Robert Scheer
author of Star Warriors – The Madness Persists
3.50 – 4.10 Noam Chomsky
Institute Professor and Professor of Linguistics MIT – A Pathology That Could Yield to Catastrophe if Not Cured
4.15 – 4.45 Q&A
4.45 – 4.15 Tea and Coffee Break
5.20 – 5.40 David Krieger
President Nuclear Age Peace Foundation –Nuclear Zero Lawsuits Brought By the Marshall Islands Against the Nine Nuclear Nations
5.45 – 6.05 Tim Wright
Campaign Director International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ICAN – Some New and Exciting Solutions
6.10 – 6.30 Dr. Helen Caldicott
President The Helen Caldicott Foundation– While There’s Life There’s Hope
Watch live - The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction - Symposium February 28 - March 1, 2015
http://totalwebcasting.com/view/?id=hcfVia http://www.save-children-from-radiation.org/2015/02/28/symposium-the-dynamics-of-possible-nuclear-extinctionfebruary-28-march-1-2015/
Flu vaccine is only 18 percent effective, CDC says
Source: NJ.com
Federal officials this week said this season's flu vaccine, already acknowledged to be not highly effective, is performing worse than earlier estimated.
The vaccine is only 18 percent effective against the dominant H3N2 strain of the flu in circulation, according to HealthDay, a National Institutes of Health online news publication. That's down from a predicted effectiveness level of around 23 percent, estimated in mid-January.
The vaccine's effectiveness is lower for children 2-8, who are more susceptible to harsher flu symptoms than adults with fully developed immune systems. The injected vaccine is only 15 percent effective this season for them, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement.
Even worse, the nasal spray vaccine showed potentially no benefit to young children, it said. "Neither vaccine worked well in protecting against H3N2 viruses this season" for children, it said.
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Read more: http://www.nj.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2015/02/flu_vaccine_is_only_18-percent_effective_cdc_says.html
Leonard Nimoy’s final tweet: 'Life is like a garden'
Source: WGN-TV
Leonard Nimoy’s last tweet before he died was very poignant.
On Feb. 22, the actor and director best known as Mr. Spock tweeted, “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP”
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP
— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) February 23, 2015
Nimoy signed all his tweets “LLAP” or “Live Long and Prosper,” his character’s catchphrase from the “Star Trek” series and films.
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Read more: http://wgntv.com/2015/02/27/leonard-nimoys-final-tweet-life-is-like-a-garden/
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