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... GL@BAL NEWS ... NEWS WISCONSIN MIRACLE PROVES DIET AFFECTS BEHAVIOUR state of Wisconsin, has turned in some staggering figures since 1997. Drop-outs? Students expelled? Students discovered to be using drugs? Carrying weapons? Committing suicide? Every category has come up zero, every year. (Sources: Pfeiffer Pfacts, Illinois, USA, Summer 2002, http://www.hriptc.org; The Moore Report, http:/www.moorefoundation. con/newsletter4.html; Stratia Wire, October 14, 2002, http:/www.stratiawire.com) surveillance system" and a "rapid attack identification and reporting system". The GAO study explains that the US Air Force is the future "executive agent for space". As such, the Air Force is working towards cutting bureaucratic red tape. DoD anticipates that the new time- squeezing steps can cut key decision- making milestones from about 8 to 12 months to about 8 to 12 weeks. (Source: Space News, USA, October 15, 2002, http://www.space.com/news/space_ control_021015.html) quiet revolution has begun in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. It started at the Central Alternative High School. The children now behave. The hallways aren't frantic. Even the teachers are happy. The school used to be out of control. Kids packed weapons. Discipline prob- lems swamped the principal's office. But not since 1997. In 1997, a private group called Natural Ovens, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, under- wrote a Wellness and Nutrition Program at the school. A natural bakery founded by Paul Stitt, a food biochemist, and Barbara Stitt, who has a PhD in nutrition, Natural Ovens contributed over US$100,000 for the construction of a kitchen, provided two cooks and paid excess food bills at the high school. Teachers as well as students committed themselves to the program. And before implementing it, the staff removed all soda and junk-food vending machines from the buildings. The menu consists of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain breads, homemade soups, stews and entrées. One important item that is available to the students and teachers each day is the "energy drink", consisting of fruit juice, whole fruit and ground flax "energy mix". The flax contains omega-3 fatty acids that are known to provide important nutrients for brain functioning. The behaviour, stamina, attitude and health of the students and staff have improved for the better. Staff members report improved attention, improvements in attendance and cooperation among students and willingness to tackle complex concepts. Students report that they are also incorporating better nutrition outside of school. Grades are up, truancy is no longer a_ problem, arguments are rare, and teachers are able to spend their time & teaching. The program, now in its fourth year, has been an overwhelming success and is being adopted in other "“ Wisconsin schools. NUCLE Principal LuAnn Coenen, who files AH annual reports with the US MILITARY'S SPACE DOMINANCE STRATEGY lhe US Department of Defense (DoD) is drafting a space control strategy, with a sweeping review looking outward over the next 20 years. Concurrently, DoD is developing a national security space plan, spelling out broad objectives and priorities for a spectrum of space-based programs. Once put in place, the space control plan would assure freedom of action in space for America as well as her allies. Central to the space-control doctrine is denying an adversary's action in Earth orbit. Counter-strike skills could come through surveillance, protection of satel- lites, prevention of any enemy attack, as well as knocking out a hostile spacecraft. In a September 23 report, the General Accounting Office (GAO) notes that the US Air Force is the primary procurer and operator of space systems. That military branch is expected to spend about 86 per cent of some US$165 billion dedicated for space in fiscal years 2002 through 2007—a total far larger than the Navy, Army and other Defense agencies. Some space control systems are classi- fied. Other spacecraft networks or systems under development include a "space-based MOBILE PHONE RADAR SYSTEM WILL TRACK OUR EVERY MOVE ecret radar technology research that will allow the biggest-ever extension of "Big Brother"-style surveillance in the UK is being funded by the government. The radical new system, which has out- raged civil liberties groups, uses mobile phone masts to allow security authorities to watch vehicles and individuals "in real time" almost anywhere in Britain. The technology "sees" the shapes made when radio waves emitted by mobile phone masts meet an obstruction. Signals bounced back by immobile objects, such as walls or trees, are filtered out by the receiver. This allows anything moving, such as cars or people, to be tracked. Previously, radar needed massive fixed equipment to work and transmissions from mobile phone masts were thought too weak to be useful. The system works wherever a mobile phone can pick up a signal. By using receivers attached to mobile phone masts, users of the new technology could focus in on areas hundreds of miles away and bring up a display showing any moving vehicles and people. IASURANCE IN PROGRESS NUCLEAR PLAWT AHEAD NEXUS 7 WAR or TERRORIMA DECEMBER 2002 — JANUARY 2003 www.nexusmagazine.com