Quality Audits for Improved Performance

Dennis R. Arter

	Quality Audits for Improved Performance
	Published: 01 December, 2002
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	Author: Dennis R. Arter

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Quality Audits for Improved Performance

Wikipedia Turns To Gutenberg-Era Tech

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is going to be printed in a hardcover edition. Beate Varnhorn, of Bertlesmann Lexicon, says the single-volume edition will be about 1,000 pages and carry around 50,000 most-requested entries and definitions.

Scholar Believes Israel Will Strike Iran Nuclear Sites

An Israeli professor believes that Israel will attack Iran's nuclear program within the next four to seven months. He bases that timeline on unsuccessful diplomatic efforts and Iranian tehnological advances.

Janis Ian Recounts Her Renegade Teen Years

Janis Ian wrote "Society's Child," a song about an interracial couple in the 1960s, when she was 15 years old, a song that she says everyone hated her for. In a new memoir, Ian recounts her life as an activist and musician.

Senator Leaves Politics for Food

Former Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun gives her insights about the latest race for the White House. Braun, who also served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, explains why she left politics to become a purveyor of Organic food.

Lodi Gyari: Standing With The Dalai Lama

With the Olympics in Beijing less than a month away, the global spotlight is on China — and its treatment of Tibet. The Dalai Lama's chief negotiator, Lodi Gyari discusses the protests, the Olympics, and the best way for Tibet to push for autonomy.

Sarajevo Survivor Celebrates Karadzic Arrest

Radovan Karadzic has been charged with the massacre of Muslims during the siege of Sarajevo. Ria Kulenovic, who survived the three-year-long siege, was a freshman in college when the siege began in 1992. She calls news of the arrest exciting.

Gymnast Darling Hill Shares Trials, Triumphs

Darling Hill's powerful jumps and tumbles made her a favorite at the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials. But shoulder injuries and a sprained ankle dashed her hopes of going to Beijing to compete this year. Hill still has plenty of fans in the world of athletics — and she shares what's next in her life.

Journalists Of Color To Gather At UNITY

The UNITY Convention, considered the largest annual meeting of journalists around the world, kicks off tomorrow in Chicago. UNITY President Karen Lincoln Michel joins Farai Chideya to talk about the gathering and the importance of diversity in the newsroom.

Expert Weighs In On Guantanamo Trial

Osama bin Laden's driver Salim Hamdan is the first prisoner to face a U.S. war crimes trial since World War II. Professor Scott Silliman, executive director of the Duke Law School's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, says the trial will be very similar to a regular criminal trial.

On The Brink: The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited

Though much was made of the conflagration between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis, Michael Dobbs, author of One Minute to Midnight, says the two leaders were actually of like minds when it came to the threat of nuclear war.

Nolan, Bale: 'Batman' Franchise's New Dynamic Duo

The Dark Knight is the most successful film of the summer. Director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale can take much of the credit: They've revived a flagging franchise, offering a fresher, darker look at a legend.

Carol Levine, Championing The Caregiver's Cause

Health care advocate Carol Levine has looked out for the interests of the housebound both at work and at home. For 17 years, she cared for her husband, who had been seriously injured in a car accident. He died recently, and Levine is left coping with a renewed sense of loss.

CNN's Soledad O'Brien Details 'Black in America'

Last April, CNN started a series of special reports on the black experience in America. The next installment of the series called, "The Black Woman And Family," airs this Wednesday. Soledad O'Brien anchors the series, and she joins Farai Chideya with highlights.

For Former MI5 Head, Real Life Inspires Spy Novels

For Stella Rimington, the author of Illegal Action, secret intelligence is second nature; for nearly 30 years, she worked for MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, rising through the ranks to become the first woman appointed director general.

A Mystery Of Science And Nature: 'Madapple'

Host Liane Hansen speaks with first-time novelist Christina Meldrum, a litigator and Harvard graduate. In Madapple, readers enter the lives of a mother and daughter, in which questions about faith, science and religion abound.

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