Nuclear Imminence in Contemporary Indo‐Pakistani Conflict

November of 2008 saw frightening attacks on India’s foreigners. Over the course of three days, hostages had been taken, hotels and restaurants in India’s busiest city of Mumbai were burned and English, American and Canadian citizens lay among the nearly 200 dead. Pakistani terrorists were arrested and held accountable for this act of brutality. However, it seemed that tensions had just begun. The upset of peace in Indo-Pakistani relations fuelled the international communities’ fear of a nuclear war between the two nations. This paper will address this concern and discover that such acts of terrorism do not reflect nuclear imminence due to tensions between the Indian and Pakistani states. However, they do reflect unrest within Indian and Pakistani civil society; a civil society that is both tied and fragmented by ethnic and religious identity. The fear of nuclear war in this historically conflicted region of South East Asia may aid in the plight for peace by forcing these states to accept international norms and treaties on nuclear proliferation

Development of the Posttraumatic Play Screening

With exposure to potentially traumatic events occurring at high rates (Norris & Slone, 2013), many counselors will inevitably work with children who have experienced trauma. Researchers and clinicians have repeatedly found children who have experienced trauma often demonstrate specific behaviors and themes through their play (Gil, 2017; Chazan & Cohen, 2010; Schaefer, 1994). The combination of a child’s affect, play themes, and play behaviors can indicate possible posttraumatic stress (Cohen et al., 2010). The Posttraumatic Play Screening instrument (PTPS) was developed with the aim of providing clinicians a screening instrument for posttraumatic play following a single play therapy session. The PTPS underwent 4 phases of instrument development prior to this study including a thorough review of the play therapy and childhood trauma literature, an external expert reviewer, a focus group, and a pilot administration. Six domains, each with subitems, were identified to be included in the instrument: (a) Play Behaviors, (b) Play Themes, (c) Extreme Negative Affect, (d) Relational Themes, (e) Relationship with Play Therapist, and (f) Behaviors Displayed in Session. Initial criterion validity was established following a pilot administration. The aim of the current study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Posttraumatic Play Screening (PTPS). Instrument reliability was obtained by calculating Cronbach alpha to determine the instrument’s level of internal consistency. Findings revealed satisfactory levels for the measure overall and when calculated for the experimental and control video recording separately. Discriminant validity was established by comparing previously video recorded play therapy sessions of a child with a known trauma history and a child with no history of trauma. The traumatized child’s play received a significantly higher overall score on the PTPS. Additionally, the traumatized child’s play was rated significantly higher for the Play Themes, and Extreme Negative Affect domains, as well as the Negative Play Is and Unhelpful Relational Themes subcategories. Results indicated evidence of reliability and validity for the use of the PTPS as a screening measure to identify a posttraumatic response within children’s play

A survey of children's interests from grade IV through grade VIII in the fields of active recreation, entertainment, reading, school subjects, and vocations.

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Developing Men/Fathers As Spiritual Leaders In The Home In Kitsap County, Washington

Problem The Adventist church, along with most religious organizations today, struggles to develop a multigenerational faith vision and practice among its believers. Fewer Adventist youth and young adults appear to have an Adventist worldview or share the churches core values. They are often absent from general church life and worship. The research that has led to this project addresses men/fathers as being a primary solution in faith transmission and spiritual nurture of the next generation. Yet, the current vacancy of fathers in the homes and churches has created some of the greatest social needs in American society today. Literature is replete with information regarding the absence of men/fathers. However, literature is sparse on why men are absent from their roles both in the church and in the home. This project seeks to address the issues of why youth and young adults are leaving our churches by focusing on the spiritual role of men/fathers in the transmission of faith, core values and spiritual experience to their families. Method The task of this project is to develop a strategy to inspire, train, and empower men/fathers in Kitsap County, Washington to be the spiritual leaders in their home and church. The initial method employed was programmatic in nature, but it was soon abandoned in favor of a focused one-on-one approach. This second more personal approach proved more effective in inspiriting and nurturing men/fathers as a key leadership influence in the transmission of faith, core values, and spiritual experience to his family. Results The initial methodology utilizing programming as a key component in developing men/fathers as spiritual leaders has proven significantly less productive than did the one-on-one mentor/coaching that this project shifted towards. As a result, many men/fathers who experienced only the initial programming stage of this project missed altogether the individualized attention that has proven most effective in both inspiring and nurturing men as a spiritual leader in their homes. Each of the men/fathers who kept engaged long enough to experience the one-on-one focus, demonstrated improvement in both their personal and family’s spiritual growth. Conclusion This project led to four conclusions: a) a programmatic approach to nurturing or men/fathers proves ineffective; b) a personal one-on-one method evidences significant personal faith development and spiritual leadership vision on the part of men/fathers; c) Men/fathers need both factual information and continued one-on-one personal inspiration to make a life altering decision; d) all men/fathers need a mentor/coach to succeed in a spiritual transformation. There might be a few exceptions, however there is still an external driving factor in their lives (i.e. money, wife, friend, passion for something, learned discipline, etc.). The topic of developing men/fathers as positive spiritual leaders is not popular in the American culture. There is a general diminishing of the male role and identity as well as a negative portrayal of weak men/fathers and the problems they create especially in the home. Why? Why are men disinclined to be a spiritual leader in the home? Is there a unique natural tendency or personality in men to facilitate this condition? There are many ideas and timelines as to when man/fatherhood began to decline. Yet, few authors both religious and secular indicate a reason for the decline of men/fathers

Symplectic No-core Shell-model Approach to Intermediate-mass Nuclei

We present a microscopic description of nuclei in an intermediate-mass region, including the proximity to the proton drip line, based on a no-core shell model with a schematic many-nucleon long-range interaction with no parameter adjustments. The outcome confirms the essential role played by the symplectic symmetry to inform the interaction and the winnowing of shell-model spaces. We show that it is imperative that model spaces be expanded well beyond the current limits up through fifteen major shells to accommodate particle excitations that appear critical to highly-deformed spatial structures and the convergence of associated observables.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figure

Mega-gifts in American Philanthropy: Giving Patterns 2001-2003

The researchers collected data on more than 8,000 gifts of $10 million or above in order to compile this report. Higher education, health, and cultural arts organizations receive the lion's share of the largest gifts that individuals, foundations, and corporations contribute to American philanthropy