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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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mazza9 - 12:53pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3961 of 3973)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

lchic:

Now let's see. The court rebuffs the Justice Department's submissions in which "lies" were evident. For the record, these submissions were made on or before Sept 2000. lchic, who were the President and Attorney General in Sept 2000?

Today's NYTimes headlines speak of German Intelligence that chronicles the training activities of the 911 Terrorists. The training occurred in 1999 and 2000 in Afghanistan. Who was President in 1999 and 2000 and what did he know?

Of course you either don't know or won't answer but that is to be expected.

LouMazza

lchic - 02:25pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3962 of 3973)

Wasn't America responible for the rise and rise of the Taliban - Wasn't it America that left Afghanistan in a vacuum for decades ....

Almarst says 'OIL' has framed the events of the past century.

Wasn't OIL and 'POWER' plays a factor of Afghanistan's externally influenced history C20?

Very simplistic of you 'The Poster' above to try to push 9/11 into the Clinton basket.

America can be proud of ONE American who helped to shape and improve the world over the second half of C20 ....

lchic - 02:30pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3963 of 3973)

Deming Method:

W. Edwards Deming developed and applied a 14-point management system called the Deming Method to improve production efficiency, increase productivity and reduce costs. Business and industry has applied this method of total quality management since it was first introduced in the mid-20th century ... http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/d_index.htm

Standards ISO 9000:2000

http://www.kwaliteg.co.za/glossary.htm

Glossary of Quality Improvement Terms
http://www.aafp.org/x3848.xml

Glossary of Continuous Improvement Terms
http://www.howardcc.edu/hcc/cqi/CQIglossary.htm

lchic - 02:48pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3964 of 3973)

W. Edward Deming's 14 management practices to help companies increase their quality and productivity

1. Create constancy of purpose for improving products and services
2. Adopt the new philosophy
3. Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality
4. End the practice of awarding business on price alone; instead, minimize total cost by working with a single supplier
5. Improve constantly and forever every process for planning, production, and service
6. Institute training on the job
7. Adopt and institute leadership
8. Drive out fear
9. Break down barriers between staff areas
10. Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the work force
11. Eliminate numerical quotas for the work force and numerical goals for management
12. Remove barriers that rob people of pride of workmanship and eliminate the annual rating or merit system
13. Institute a vigorous program of education and self-improvement for everyone
14. Put everybody in the company to work to accomplish the transformation.

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Reader backtrack - re-read this list with attention to words format-bolded

Keep in mind Showalter's advocacy of an improved process for beginner reading instruction

Adopting as automatics the High Frequency words of language then the initial part of the reading process can be accomplished

effectively (achieved)

efficiently (at least cost to a national economy)

take the FEAR and trauma out of learning to read

give more people 'success'

get more through the first hurdle of reading

improve literacy

improve the level and skills of new entrants to modern workforce

So rather than deride Showalter for his advocacy of system improvement for the USA
see
NYT Readers Opinion Science Missile Defence rshow55 - 10:04am Aug 23, 2002 EST (# 3922 of 3933)
it would be in the national interest to look to quality improvement

:)

http://www.kwaliteg.co.za/glossary.htm

Showalter said he would post cognitive background ...

mazza9 - 02:51pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3965 of 3973)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

lchic:

You proved my point. You cannot/will not answer a direct question. This means that your lies and fabrications cannot be anything more than that. I thought that you and Robert were joined at the hip, regarding truthfullness, but maybe it was just hypocrite!

LouMazza

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