Nexus - 1605 - New Times Magazine-pages

Page Content (OCR)

© Le VE? INCOMING SPACE ROCKS NOW CLASSIFIED INFLUENZA-VACCINATED CHILDREN AT RISK OF HOSPITALISATION Aw US military policy ~ decision now explicitly states that observations by ush-hush government spacecraft of incoming bolides and fireballs are classified Secret and are not 0 be released. The satellites’ main objectives include detecting nuclear bomb tests, and heir characterisations of asteroids and_ lesser meteoroids as they crash hrough the atmosphere has been a byproduct data bonanza for scientists. The upshot: space rocks that explode in the atmosphere are now classified. "It's baffling to us why this would suddenly change,” said one scientist familiar with the work. "It's unfortunate because there was this great synergy...a very good cooperative arrangement. Systems were put into dual-use mode where a lot of science was getting done that couldn't be done any other way. It's a regrettable change in policy." Scientists say not only will research into the threat from space Tic inactivated flu vaccine does not appear to be effective in preventing influenza-related hospitalisations in children, especially ones with asthma. In fact, children who get the flu vaccine are more at risk for hospitalisation than their peers who do not get the vaccine, according to new research presented in May at the 105th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in San Va be hampered, but public understanding of sometimes dramatic sky explosions will be diminished, perhaps leading to hype and fear of the unknown. “The fireball data from military or surveillance assets have been of critical importance for assessing the impact hazard," said David Morrison, a Near Earth Object (NEO) scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center. He noted that his views are his own, not as a NASA spokesperson. . (Source: Space.com, to June 2009, http://tinyurl.com/ng3798) Diego. The research shows that children who had received the flu vaccine had hree times the risk of ospitalisation, as compared to children who had not received the vaccine. In asthmatic children, there was a significantly higher risk of ospitalisation. Source: ScienceDaily.com, 20 May 2009, http://tinyurl.com/o3h7t8) great CCTV DOESN'T CUT CRIME At senior police officers suggested a few years back that CCTV had no substantial impact on crime, a research group funded by he UK Home Office has established hat vast spending on systems is almost certainly unjustified. The review of 44 research studies on CCTV (closed circuit television) ound that it does have a modest impact on crime in carparks, but the idea that CCTV has any special power to reduce crime generally is clearly flawed. It is now becoming clear that the £500 million spent by ocal councils on CCTV in the decade up to 2006 has been on surveillance of the innocent public rather than on crime prevention. Source: Guardian.co.uk, 20 May 2009, http://tinyurl.com/o4xusz) AND WHEN WE TAKE OVER THE WORLD TRE FIRST THING WE DO 1S DEmoLisH EVERY SINGLE ROOM THATS BIG ENOUGH To SWING ONE OF US IN, —— e . to merville 6 ¢ NEXUS www.nexusmagazine.com AUGUST — SEPTEMBER 2009