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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
- 04:05am Jan 24, 2003 EST (#
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WAR ARTISTS
http://www.awm.gov.au/aboutus/artist_profiles/dadswell.htm
http://www.awm.gov.au/aboutus/artist_profiles/heysen.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/s220126.htm
Lybia WWII http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23565193-v
I painted abstracts, first as a student, which was natural
because of my classical upbringing as a post-impressionist,
and then again, in London and Paris before the war, I painted
quite a number... Let’s say it acted like a good dose of
bi-carb. It did allow me to sort out and stick to the
fundamentals. After all painting abstract pictures makes one
very aware of the principles of design. It...made me think -
Russel Drysdale/NON-WAR artist
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/drysdale/drysdale.htm
lchic
- 04:13am Jan 24, 2003 EST (#
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Glossary - ART : http://www.ackland.org/tours/classes/glossary.html
lchic
- 04:16am Jan 24, 2003 EST (#
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Nuke - Art
lchic
- 04:23am Jan 24, 2003 EST (#
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CIVILIZING EVENTS AND CHRONOLOGY
"" The sequence “discovery - invention - new technology
- new anthropogenic production” constitutes a civilizing
event providing a new product or a new level of production
for a user. Thus, civilization presents a wave-like
process: evolutional periods (replication and reproduction of
goods by means of conventional technology and experience)
alternate with revolutional ones (when a certain technological
burst takes place). Here the term “technological burst” is
applied not only to engineering and manufacturing but also to
culture, i.e. art, music and any other humane activity. So, in
the widest sense, the term “civilizing event ” seems to be
more appropriate than the “technological revolution” when
applied to a sharp rise of civilization upon a higher level.
scroll down for | Civilizing events and their interval
of realization
lchic
- 07:51am Jan 24, 2003 EST (#
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Russia has it wrong wrong wrong on Chechnya says UK Lord
JUDD of EUROPEAN Parliament. It's mainly a political matter
requiring political settlement.
A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe led by Lord Judd visited Chechnya
russiajournal-ru
lchic
- 08:00am Jan 24, 2003 EST (#
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South Korea | North Korea --- nuclear-weapon talks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2686543.stm
lchic
- 08:02am Jan 24, 2003 EST (#
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730 million people around the world are either
- overemployed
- underemployed
- unemployed
- More existing on under a dollar a day
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