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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 - 08:04pm Jan 27, 2003 EST (# 8192 of 8219)
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'The Poster' posing first as Cooper then as CommonData in the two posts above .....

uhmm ... in conversation with himself in posts yesterday he offered himself self-congratulations with respect to his authorship/Jonhson of a book ... did he realise this?

The ego streak got stroked – it seemed that way !

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The Poster.... omits to ask himself this question

"Why, if i'm such a great columnist and author ... why don't i work at it, rather than sit on the Science threads and MD thread under multi-moniker labels posting, what for the most part is banal obnoxious tripe?"

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Your Cooper re-post above this time around omits your supposed 'position' with this company, that you first said you had, and then denied --- when i advised Showalter to call in and 'check' for your photo in the company's foyer - hall of fame - as he went through Chicago

http://www.cedmagazine.com/ced/9711/9711c.htm

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Ask yourself other questions:

"What is ‘The Poster’s’ relationship with the NYT?

What is ‘The Poster’s’ relationship with the 'Shadow'?

What is his ‘The Poster’s’ relationship with the Republican Party in Texas/Federally?

What is ‘The Poster’s’ relationship with his own head and body ... is there Harmony or Dissonance? "

Raises the point what, if any, is the triangulation between the NYT the CIA and ‘The Poster' -- isn't this something which if it exists, the guy should declare at the top of each post and at the top of each article he writes.

If ‘The Poster’ is being paid, to double-helix Showalter down the MD thread, which one has to assume he is ... jumping in and out of all those monikers has a time cost ...then WHO's paying ‘The Poster’ - What? And more importantly WHY? Is there some HOW a hidden agenda here that should be brought into the open?

Is ‘The Poster’ being used HERE to deflect from current issues that aren't favouring the political status quo?

lchic - 09:44pm Jan 27, 2003 EST (# 8193 of 8219)
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Perspective triangulation

The goal of perspective triangulation is to identify areas where the opinions of different constituencies converge . At DePaul, we used triangulation to gather the results of all three surveys into one overall assessment of quality.

We compared the results of the three groups by category, and identified where the groups agreed—either positively or negatively—about how the campus was performing in specific areas. We found, for example, that most faculty members, students, and alumni agreed that DePaul makes teaching a priority and that its urban location offers valuable career opportunities, arts access, service learning opportunities, and social options.

Just because we attempted to identify areas of consensus does not mean that we ignored diverging opinions, however. Rather, the benefit of perspective triangulation is that when several constituencies agreed on an issue, we could feel confident that it was a commonly held perception. Then, whether the perception was positive or negative, it provided a common ground for initiating discussion that included any diverging opinions.

Campuses that use perspective triangulation can do a better job of incorporating stakeholder values into institutional planning and promotion. At DePaul, for example, our surveys discovered that the faculty felt—and students agreed—that students do not see the benefits of a liberal arts education and instead concentrated on courses that directly affect their ability to secure a job. To address that problem, we started a mentoring program in which alumni help educate students on the value of general education classes.

http://www.case.org/currents/1999/September/pisani.cfm

lchic - 09:49pm Jan 27, 2003 EST (# 8194 of 8219)
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"That's it --- the smoking Gun" (IRAQ) 28Jan

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/cartoon/

lchic - 09:52pm Jan 27, 2003 EST (# 8195 of 8219)
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Australia to be US-N-Korea mediator | By John Kerin | January 28, 2003

"" AUSTRALIA will play a supporting role as a mediator between the US and North Korea as part of a long-term plan to stabilise the Korean peninsula.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell has asked Australia to be part of a regular negotiating group that includes the US, Russia, China, Britain and France, along with Japan, the two Koreas and the European Union.

The aim is for the forum to mediate between the US and North Korea without the Americans having direct one-on-one negotiations with the rogue state.

Washington has refused to deal directly with North Korea while it indulges in nuclear blackmail.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,5901339%5E2703,00.html

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