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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

lunarchick - 11:58pm Jul 4, 2001 EST (#6615 of 6623)
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Pyramids are for climbing.

lunarchick - 11:59pm Jul 4, 2001 EST (#6616 of 6623)
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Even July 4 comes to a close :)

rshowalter - 12:03am Jul 5, 2001 EST (#6617 of 6623)
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I'm turning in. God Bless America.

lunarchick - 12:06am Jul 5, 2001 EST (#6618 of 6623)
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Attention Patriots !! Your flag has 365 days to grow full size! :)

rshowalter - 12:11am Jul 5, 2001 EST (#6619 of 6623)
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http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/regsys/maslow.html Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Written by William G. Huitt

"Maslow posited a hierarchy of human needs based on two groupings: deficiency needs and growth needs. Within the deficiency needs, each lower need must be met before moving to the next higher level. Once each of these needs has been satisfied, if at some future time a deficiency is detected, the individual will act to remove the deficiency. The first four levels are:

1) Physiological: hunger, thirst, bodily comforts, etc.;

2) Safety/security: out of danger;

3) Belonginess and Love: affiliate with others, be accepted; and

4) Esteem: to achieve, be competent, gain approval and recognition.

"According to Maslow, an individual is ready to act upon the growth needs if and only if the deficiency needs are met. Maslow's initial conceptualization included only one growth need--self-actualization. Self-actualized people are characterized by: 1) being problem-focused; 2) incorporating an ongoing freshness of appreciation of life; 3) a concern about personal growth; and 4) the ability to have peak experiences.

" Maslow later differentiated the growth need of self-actualization, specifically naming two lower-level growth needs prior to general level of self-actualization (Maslow & Lowery, 1998) and one beyond that level (Maslow, 1971). They are:

5) Cognitive: to know, to understand, and explore;

6) Aesthetic: symmetry, order, and beauty;

7) Self-actualization: to find self-fulfillment and realize one's potential; and

8) Transcendence: to help others find self-fulfillment and realize their potential.

" Maslow's basic position is that as one becomes more self-actualized and transcendent, one becomes more wise (develops wisdom) and automatically knows what to do in a wide variety of situations.

The Golden Rule helps at all these levels, helps with all these needs, in the world people actually live in, if we deal with the complexities that the real world has.

LIES hurt at all these levels.

How is the Bush administration moving America? Ever lower -- ever in the direction of degradation, and dishonorable and unsafe conduct.

lunarchick - 12:14am Jul 5, 2001 EST (#6620 of 6623)
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And of course Maslow worked from University of Wisconsin .. now a patron saint ?

rshowalter - 12:15am Jul 5, 2001 EST (#6621 of 6623)
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Tolerated. Sometimes more.

lunarchick - 12:16am Jul 5, 2001 EST (#6622 of 6623)
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Take time to 'dream of America' Showalter !! :)

rshowalter - 12:16am Jul 5, 2001 EST (#6623 of 6623)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Nite !

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