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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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lchic - 09:47pm Apr 23, 2002 EST (#1725 of 1737)
"Washington's values are not my values .." Karen HUGHES (Mine Neither!)

Change is a continual process. The redneck-backlash in France relates to people believing in the myth of a past Utopia ... rather than looking to the challenge of integrating and bedding into their community those new peoples - they need - to assist the progress of their economy.

Renewal and change are continuous:

Industry - renewal http://www.steelnet.org/archive/industry_renewal.htm
MarketingPromotion http://www.gov.ns.ca/cmns/msrv/nr-1996/nr96-04/96041703.htm
CommunityRenewal http://www.liscnet.org/resources/tools/
EU-ventureCapital http://www.eurochamberworld.com/ecci2/venturecapital.php

lchic - 09:55pm Apr 23, 2002 EST (#1726 of 1737)
"Washington's values are not my values .." Karen HUGHES (Mine Neither!)

VISION - the long term planning of a Nation or Organisational Entity (subject to change with changing environments) Usually secret planning (competitive advantages aren't if competitor knows too much - dependant on circumstances)
^{http://www.matsushita.co.jp/corp/vision/en/
http://www.edugate.org/vision.html
Organisations vision document http://www.nma.gov.au/aboutus/corporate.htm}

Strategic Partnerships and Alliances - terms used by Organisations that work in with Nations/otherOrganisations.

almarst2020 - 10:41pm Apr 23, 2002 EST (#1727 of 1737)

Lunarchic.

Your suggestions look correct. But not too many examples of success can be shown.

BTW. Sorry for the new identity. It's not my own choice;)

lchic - 12:46am Apr 24, 2002 EST (#1728 of 1737)
"Washington's values are not my values .." Karen HUGHES (Mine Neither!)

2020 - is VISIONary .. looking to the future with eyes focused; looking to 2020 over these coming decades - with the implicit promise that you are moving fowards/onwards/upwards via excellent strategic planning.

lchic - 12:47am Apr 24, 2002 EST (#1729 of 1737)
"Washington's values are not my values .." Karen HUGHES (Mine Neither!)

The idea was to put 'models' up .. the success relates to context via implementation almarst2020 4/23/02 10:41pm

lchic - 01:01am Apr 24, 2002 EST (#1730 of 1737)
"Washington's values are not my values .." Karen HUGHES (Mine Neither!)

April 24, 2002

What Day Is It?
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

But do we all understand the meaning of 'when' http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/opinion/24FRIE.html

""Someone should tell the European fools who now rush to protect Mr. Arafat that when this intifada started it was directed partly at his corrupt leadership, but he redirected it all onto Israel — ""

Does Friedman understand the meaning of 'when' !

lchic - 02:38am Apr 24, 2002 EST (#1731 of 1737)
"Washington's values are not my values .." Karen HUGHES (Mine Neither!)

FISK

The first body was hanging upside down, one grey left foot tied to the electricity pylon with wire, his right leg hanging at an obscene angle, his head lolling below what remained of a black shirt.

This was Moussa Arjoub of Doura village. The second body was infinitely more terrible, a butcher's carcass; again, hanging by a left leg, but this time his almost naked torso was riven with stab marks and holes ...

almarst2020 - 07:05am Apr 24, 2002 EST (#1732 of 1737)

"Isn't when actually june67"

Or 1933?

lchic - 07:52am Apr 24, 2002 EST (#1733 of 1737)
"Washington's values are not my values .." Karen HUGHES (Mine Neither!)

I see - those German Nazi's who predated the IS-US Nazi's !

rshow55 - 08:16am Apr 24, 2002 EST (#1734 of 1737)

You can always find more context -- in an endless regress. Questions of "what matters?" are important -- but to use them, the question "and how much do the things involved matter?" has to be answered, too. Language alone can't judge weights, because language, standing alone, isn't quantitative. A time comes where there has to be judgement.

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