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... GLOBAL NEWS ... NEWS caster from having to defend the truth in court as well as suffer the ire of irate advertisers. Fox argued from the first, and failed on three separate occasions, in front of three different judges, to have the case tossed out on the grounds there there is no hard, fast and written rule against deliberate distortion of the news. The attorneys for Fox, owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch, argued that the First Amendment gives broadcasters the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on the public airwaves. The Court of Appeals, in its six-page written decision, held that the Federal Communications Commission's position against news distortion is only a "policy", not a promulgated law, rule or regulation. Fox aired a report after the ruling was handed down, saying that it was "totally vindicated" by the verdict. (Source: Sierra Times, March 1, 2003, http://www. sierratimes.com/03/02/28/arpub mg022803.htm; also see the website hitp://www.foxBGHsuit.com) ed. By placing electrical filters in every room, the RF waves instantly smoothed out, he said, and the electromagnetic fields were restored to harmonic balance. (Source: Melrose Chronicle, Wisconsin, USA, February 28, 2003, via http://www. strayvoltage.org) Hansen plans to "bathe" tubs full of apples and cherries with radiowaves to determine exposure times that will kill codling moth larvae without affecting the fruit's quality. And at the ARS San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center in Parlier, California, entomologist Judy A. Johnson is testing the use of this technology to rid walnuts, almonds, pistachios, figs and raisins of the wiggly larvae of the navel orange worm, Indian meal moth and codling moth. (Source: Agricultural Research Service, Feb 11, 2003, http:/www.ars.usda.gov/) RADIO FREQUENCIES USED TO KILL DESTRUCTIVE PESTS Ithough the effectiveness of using radiowaves to kill destructive insects in agricultural products has been known for 70 years, the technique has never been applied on a commercial scale. For several decades, methyl bromide has been a main- stay treatment to kill a wide array of quar- antined pests. A recent cooperative effort by four Agricultural Research Service laboratories and two universities aims to overcome the technical barriers to the use of radiowave heating to control pests on a commercial scale in places such as orchards, packing houses and food plants. Electromagnetic waves of radio frequen - cy (RF) can make molecules vibrate and heat up, in the same way that microwaves heat food. The trick is to kill pest insects without killing the taste or texture of the food they infest. At the Kika De La Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center in Weslaco, Texas, ARS entomologist Guy J. Hallman is investigating the use of RF treatment of citrus against the Mexican fruit fly. At the ARS Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory in Wapato, Washington, entomologist James D. GLOBALISATION CITED AS A THREAT TO US SECURITY lhe heads of the main US intelligence agencies warned on February 11 that globalisation, which has been the driving force behind the expansion of the world economy, has become a serious threat to US security. The Senate intelligence committee was told, in what was a bleak assessment of the threats facing the US, that nuclear prolifer- ation, failing economies, rising anti- Americanism and terrorist-recruiting pose grave dangers. "Under the right conditions, globalisa- tion can be a very positive force, providing the political, economic and social context for sustained progress," said Vice-Admiral Lowell Jacoby, director of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency. "But in those areas unable to exploit these advantages, it can leave large num- bers of people seemingly worse off, exac- erbate local and regional tensions, increase FILTERS NEUTRALISE HARMFUL ELECTROPOLLUTION lectrical "pollution" at the Melrose- Mindoro Elementary School at Mindoro, Wisconsin, has been making staff members ill, according to District Administrator Ron Perry. Several teachers and other staff mem- bers have complained of headaches, fatigue, facial flushing, numbness, sensi- tivity to light and sound, tingling and loss of taste and smell. But since a contractor has installed electrical filters, the staff's symptoms have gone away. "I was somewhat sceptical at first, but now I'm convinced because of what the people have said to me," Perry said. The problem has been with RF (radiofrequency) electromagnetic fields, which are out of balance, sending microwaves into the rooms and through walls, ceilings and people. Stetzer Electric of Blair had been updat- ing some electrical wiring when they mea- sured the RF waves in the Mindoro school with a "Fluke" meter. The meter showed that there were considerable amounts of electromagnetic energy in each of the rooms, especially in the computer lab, Perry said. Workers with Stetzer claimed the neutral wires were too small, therefore electricity came back into the buildings to be ground- “~., og pod Fro we fost / ARE, TACE, GUT OSLESE Te ) eer at (tPeeeyTiod Dil \ Teeeotiser Spor wits Tie PS ee a “ ” _ APRIL — MAY 2003 NEXUS +7 ees! 2 www.nexusmagazine.com