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Coming Soon: the new Irish Cultural Center library
The Irish Cultural Center, located at Hance Park, is expanding its facilities by adding a three-story library.
The Phoenix New Times has more:
A major addition is in the works at the Irish Cultural Center in downtown Phoenix. A flurry of construction has been taking place over the past few months on a castle-like, $3.5 million research library that will be located in the center.
Current plans for the castle-like project include such design features as plenty of ramparts, parapets, and bulwarks, giving the library the appearance of a medieval-style fortress. (No word on whether or not they're also planning on building a moat.)
The three-story building, which will be finished in January, will feature 15,000 square feet of space for research purposes and a variety of Irish-oriented classes and workshops.
Read more here. With the renovations coming to the remainder of Hance Park, this will be a very pleasant addition to the area.
A New Life for Downtown Phoenix's Deck Park?
[Source: Connie Cone Sexton, The Arizona Republic] Featuring a quotation from past DVC Chair, and current Secretary, Steve Weiss.
Work is under way to pump new life into a 32-acre park that floats above the Deck Park Tunnel near downtown Phoenix.
City officials are dusting off the late 1980s original master plan and hope one day to find the money to see envisioned projects become real.
Twenty years ago this month, Valley residents flocked to the opening of the tunnel, a marvel of transportation engineering that cut a hole through a half-mile of central Phoenix real estate.
It was the final puzzle piece to finish Interstate 10 and create an unbroken 2,400-mile-plus stretch between California and Florida.
But the tunnel was also one of the biggest bonanzas for the city of Phoenix: a chance to create a park atop the portion of the Papago Freeway between Third Avenue and Third Street, just south of McDowell Road.
Thousands of homes had already been cleared when initial plans called for the highway segment to be aboveground.
Officials and area residents had grand plans for a sort of mini Central Park: Visitors to the Deck Park would be able to stroll through a grassy picnic area, pass through a grove of trees into a bustling urban plaza, snap a few pictures by the park's fountains and carousel, then head for a concert at the outdoor amphitheater.
Since opening in 1992 as the renamed Margaret T. Hance Park, the site offers several amenities, including the Japanese Friendship Garden, the Irish Cultural Center and large expanses of grass, but it lacks the allure that city leaders hoped to see.
Downturns in the economy and constraints on the Phoenix budget kept the city from adding features like the amphitheater and carrousel. Although a handful of festivals are held outside the Burton Barr Central Library, which sits on the northern midpoint of the park, more are needed, observers say.
But with a resurgence of interest and activity in downtown Phoenix and new residents moving into surrounding historic homes, the time is right to take another look at the park, said Tom Bryne, a landscape architect for the city.
The potential for the site is great, he said, adding: "It has good bones but not a lot of attractions or things in the park to stimulate activity."
A task force reviewing the park and neighbors say they'd like to see better lighting, maybe a dog park, coordination among the cultural groups to expand activities, a bike-rental shop, food vendors and canopies of shade.
Joan Kelchner, a member of the neighborhood Roosevelt Action Association, is excited that the city is starting what she calls "a very aggressive attempt to update the park."
Kelchner, who moved into the Roosevelt Historic District adjacent to the park in 1984, hopes the new visioning of the park will spur the preservation of the city-owned Winship House, a historic building on the west side of the park.
She believes it will take private-public partnerships to truly ignite the master plan for Hance Park. Kelchner suggests a public outdoor market for the site and for artists' lofts to be developed, much like what the original plan envisioned.
"There has been progress at the park, but it's been spotty," she said.
Steve Weiss, secretary of the Downtown Voices Coalition, wishes Hance Park were used more frequently.
"The sad thing about some of the Phoenix parks is that they're either ignored or loved to death. Hance Park is falling into the former category."
Jim Burke, Phoenix assistant parks director, is encouraged by the activity he does see.
"There are a lot of folks who jog through or use it as passive recreation," he said. "But it's probably a little underutilized."
Jonathan Davis, a former landscape architect for Howard Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff, who was the project coordinator for the deck, said the park and the tunnel came about when the city was coming of age.
The tunnel and park project is an "incredible engineering marvel," said Davis, now president of SEMI North America. "It was a fantastic project that had a real hope to serve as a catalyst for growth."
He said the park was a terrific solution for easing an old wound after the homes had been leveled to make room for the freeway. Instead of a divide that separated neighborhoods, the park, he said, "could be the bridge."


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It's never too early to help your child understand the importance of saving money. Starting small is just fine-just start.
1. Get him or her a piggy bank
Kids will want some place to collect their change and watch it accumulate. A piggy bank offers a way to make saving fun and functional.
2. Ask your child to save for a future purchase
An item purchased with your own money is usually more prized. If your child wants something in particular, consider encouraging him or her to save for it. If the item is pricey, you could consider offering to pay half.
3. Consider setting up a savings account
For older children, a savings account may offer not only a safe place to keep money but also an opportunity to begin understanding the basics of financial literacy, including interest, deposits, withdrawals and the like.
4. Match your child's savings
Consider matching your young child's contributions dollar for dollar to encourage saving. For older children, the match may be more reasonable at 50 cents or 25 cents on the dollar.
5. Try to save money in front of your kids
Monkey see, monkey do. Consider setting an example for your children by taking them with you to the bank where you deposit your own money into a savings account. Similarly, you may want to set up a change jar at home where you can toss spare change and where they can see the pile grow. Once the change jar's contents have reached the top, ask your child to help you roll the coins for deposit in the bank.
6. Praise your child for saving
Positive reinforcement can go a long way. As your child contributes to his or her piggy bank or savings account, be sure to praise that decision. Express your pride in your child's efforts to save for the future rather than splurge in the present.
7. Encourage your children, even if they do splurge
Despite your best advice, your little ones will probably splurge on something other than what they were saving for. They may have regrets later and that's where you can play a role. Encourage your child to start saving again, after she or he has learned from the past rash decision making.
8. Share your own stories
Tell your children about the things you saved up for as a child or are saving up for now. Tell them the steps you're taking to save for their college fund or for a family vacation so they understand how saving continues in all stages of life, whether the planned purchase is small or large.
9. Use variety when paying allowances
If you're paying your child for chores done around the house or as part of an allowance, consider using a variety of change or bill denominations. For very young children, this process helps them understand the different monetary values. For older children, this may make it easier for them to put some away in savings while spending or donating the rest.
10. Help your child create a budget
Introduce your child to the concept of a budget by helping them to create one. Using their allowance, help them to allot some of their dollars for gifts, some for entertainment and some for savings. This can help reinforce the necessity of saving even if you must continue to spend.


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Last Frost Date Data for IndianaPosted on April 28th, 2018 No comments
Traditionally, the last frost date for NE Indiana where we live is 15 May but this is the simplistic date. One can get a better estimated date by following the link to this site. For those suspicious people the actual url is http://www.webgrower.com/regional/frost-pdf/IN.pdf . To use this chart correctly you must determine your risk factor and the 50 column means a 50/50 chance that a frost will occur.. If you plant seeds and the germination time is 7 days then the odds are greater than 50/50 and guesstimated to be 80/20. A 20 percent risk chance is reasonably low. Anyway study the chart and take the chance level you feel comfortable on taking. Cheers.


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Hold Team Meetings . Monitor and Evaluate Your Efforts . Sustain Your SART . Know Your Team . Critical Issues
Types of Evaluation
When SART agencies collaborate, "they engage in a range of activities. Some of these activities are internally focused and some are externally focused."9 Internally focused evaluations, therefore, would involve the inner workings of the team, such as the decisionmaking process, team membership, or leadership. Externally focused evaluations would assess factors that affect stakeholders beyond the team itself, such as the frequency of sexual assault reporting, victims' experiences with medical and legal professionals and advocates on your team, the number of community referrals, how your SART affects victims' recoveries, and prosecutorial outcomes.
Evaluating how your team functions and evaluating whether it is ultimately meeting its goals are both important. This section reviews these two types of evaluation and also reviews a third, which covers the overall impact of your SART:
- Process evaluation: How your team functions.
- Outcome evaluation: Whether your team meets its goals.
- Impact evaluation: The intended and unintended long-term impacts of your team's approach.
There are no hard and fast rules about when to collect data, but timing can be very important. If you want to examine change over time, ideally, you would collect initial (baseline) data during the planning stages and then again at various points once the SART is established. Always leave enough time between the first time you collect data and those that follow so that desired changes have a chance to occur. Not doing so could lead you to erroneously conclude that an activity or response is ineffective.
Examples of Data Collected for Evaluations
|Victim Characteristics
|Age, race, socioeconomic status, gender, and level of involvement with criminal justice
|SART Services
|Number of victims served and types of services
|Team Information
|SART membership, frequency of team meetings, and whether case reviews are performed
|SART Outcomes
|Victim satisfaction with services, cases investigated and prosecuted, and victim referrals
|SART Impact
|Changes in policies or resources
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- In This Toolkit: Collect Data, which describes methods of collecting data in more detail.
- SANE Program National Database, which collects national victim data to identify SANE programs' strengths and weaknesses, improve their evidence collection, and enhance prosecution rates in future cases.


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The ceremonial decommissioning of 145 MILF fighters and 75 firearms including 25 crew served weapons was conducted on June 16, 2015 at the Old Capitol of Maguindanao in Simuay Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, about 300 meters away from MILF's Camp Darapanan.
The weapons were placed in the middle of the gymnasium where the ceremonial decommissioning was taking place. These 145 MILF combatants volunteered to return into civilian life. The veterans of war will be given cash aid and socio-economic benefits from the government.
President Benigno Simeon C Aquino III graced the decommissioning ceremony that marked the beginning of decommissioning of arms and members of MILF under the Normalization Annex of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.
The Independent Decommissioning Body said that all decommissioned firearms are serviceable and that none of these weapons were from the Special Action Force of the PNP. Further, based on their press briefing, the firearms will be transported immediately to mutually agreed weapons storage in Camp Iranon (Camp Abubakar), Sitio Bombaran, Brgy. Tugaig, Barira, Maguindanao. The storage of firearms is a container van secured by double perimeter fences and with CCTVs. This will be manned and secured by the joint peace and security committees under the supervision of IDB's Joint Verification and Monitoring Team.
Decommissioned members of MILF-BIAF were also interviewed and photographed for documentation and issuance of individual IDs.
President Aquino III, Members of National Cabinet Secretaries, Local Officials from ARMM, North Cotabato, members of MILF Central Committee and members of the peace mechanism such as International Monitoring Team, Coordinating Committee on Cessation Hostility and AHJAG witnessed the symbolic event.
The Malaysian facilitator of the peace talks, members of the international contact groups and International Non-Governmental Organizations were also present.
Likewise, the PNP and the AFP officials also witnessed the first phase of the decommissioning process.
Meanwhile, the whole police force of the PRO was placed under full alert status a day before the decommissioning ceremony. Maximum deployment of the police officers along the national highway of Maguindanao was ensured to maintain peace and order during the ceremony. Moreover, security coverage in the place of engagement was provided.


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Man are y'all in for a garden update!
! Everything is growing so well! I'm definitely looking at planting some of these next year, especially given that some of them are doing so well for a first time gardener!
Without any further ado here is this year's plants!
Don't forget to click the picture to get a full view!
Somehow I lost the other pic of the whole crop. Here's the one though. The Rocky Top Mix is doing wonderful! I'm so excited and this will definitely be on my to-grow list for years and years to come.
I'm just so happy with it! I've snuck a taste myself and feed ones to both the babies and Lo!
I can't wait until harvest!
The Snow White carrots are the ones that litter the bottom of the photo in that very long row! They look so awesome! I'm actually going to try to transplant the ones that I have to get rid of so they'll grow right. We'll see how that goes. Look at all those carrot shaped tops! Did you know that carrot greens can be and are often eaten! We're going to see how they taste!
So the broccoli is coming in well. All of these plants need thinned, it makes me sad to do it!
Seriously, the Dragon Tongue in the middle have far and above over shadowed the Cantare and Henderson bean! I can't believe it! I even planted them early in the season, and I've already have to pull a few of them up!They are getting a little nibbled on by the Gypsy Moths, there aren't as many around as there was before, but I have got to figure out how to avoid them next year. Well, at least I can take solace in the fact that this has been one of the worst years in a long time.
Not as many of the spinach lasted past sprouting, so I'm going to have to keep a good eye on them. They have been getting too much water I think. Also, I think they're more delicate than I thought they'd be. I need to give them a little more attention.
Look at them all! I'm not sure which are which, lol, but it's going to be awesome! I'm going to move some of them around. They're looking so well!
I think there might actually be something growing!!!Look at that little guy!
Look! Mike got me some Trellis for the garden! They look so good! And my peas! They're doing amazing. I think I'm going to definitely try some pole beans next year!Such pretty plants! Every one of the peas I planted sprouted, which is great! I'm so very excited!
Tomatoes and something mysterious:
So most of them turned out to be tomatoes! Imagine that! Again they're big and strong! So many tomatoes!!This little guy, who isn't rooted very well, is Broccoli I think.
French Marigolds:
Now, aren't these marigold so pretty! I'm planting them as a deterrent to bugs and pests! They're a natural way to control bugs! I'm doing my best to not use any chemicals. Those blooms are amazing! I'm just so happy with their color!
Grape Vine:
Look at Lo's plant! Angelo is so very excited about it growing! I am too, since I'm the one taking care of it! 😅
These are the roses that Mike re-situated to the front yard last year! They have made me realize how much I still love roses, so I'm looking to plant some more. I want climbing roses for the front of the house, on the addition wall, and also a super early blooming bush out by the road to let me know that Winter is almost over.
Winter is turning out to be a pretty hard season for me. I'm so very excited!
Well, school is out in two days and Jenny will be leaving next weekend to go up to Mass for good! Talk about a whirl wind!!


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Jump-In: Building Better Bones
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00729378
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 7, 2008
Results First Posted : December 8, 2017
Last Update Posted : December 8, 2017
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|Tracking Information
|First Submitted Date ICMJE
|August 5, 2008
|First Posted Date ICMJE
|August 7, 2008
|Results First Submitted Date ICMJE
|April 24, 2017
|Results First Posted Date ICMJE
|December 8, 2017
|Last Update Posted Date
|December 8, 2017
|Study Start Date ICMJE
|April 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|April 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Bone density, geometry and strength from peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT). [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, one year; yearly thereafter for 4 years ]
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00729378 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Physical activity, soft tissue composition [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, one year, yearly thereafter for 4 years ]
|Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures
|Not Provided
|Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures
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|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Jump-In: Building Better Bones
|Official Title ICMJE
|Exercise and Bone Development in Young Girls
|Brief Summary
|The Jump-In study will prospectively assess the effects of impact exercise on skeletal development in young girls, including bone mass, bone mineral density, and bone geometry. We hypothesize that girls who regularly participate in impact loading exercise will accrue greater skeletal mass, increase bone density and undergo structural adaptations that in combination will improve bone strength compared to girls who do not participate in impact exercise.
|Detailed Description
|Jump-In is a school-based, block-randomized, trial of the effects of impact-loading exercise on skeletal development in prepubescent and early pubescent girls. Fourth (n=~200) and sixth (n=~200) grade girls in 14 Tucson (Arizona) schools with no contraindication to physical exercise will be enrolled. Girls in intervention schools will participate in impact activities 3 times per week at school, progressively increasing the number (up to 40) of jumps and their height (from 6 inches to 18 inches per repetition) over the initial 2 months. Thereafter, new activities will be introduced approximately every 2-3 months to maintain interest and motivation, and continually stress the skeleton in novel ways, over 2 years of intervention. Physical and behavioral assessments will be done in both intervention and control groups at baseline, end of the initial school year, and yearly thereafter for 5 years. Assessments include height and weight, selected skeletal lengths, fat, lean soft tissue, bone mineral content and areal density from dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and bone geometry (e.g., cortical thickness, periosteal circumference and cortical and trabecular density) and muscle area from peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT). Also, maturation will be assessed via the Tanner Stage (self-assessment against standardized drawings of stages of physical development), diet from the Harvard Youth Food Frequency Questionnaire, and physical activity using pedometers and standardized questionnaires. We hypothesize that girls in intervention schools will demonstrate enhanced skeletal development, including greater mineral mass and density, and enhanced bone geometry, leading to greater bone strength compared to girls in control schools. We further hypothesize that younger (Tanner Stage 1) girls will experience greater adaptations than older girls (Tanner 2 and 3), and that positive adaptations will be maintained throughout the 3-year follow-up period.
|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Phase ICMJE
|Not Applicable
|Study Design ICMJE
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Condition ICMJE
|Adolescent Development
|Intervention ICMJE
|Other: Skeletal loading
Impact activities, 3 times per week, increasing the number of jumps (up to 40) and increasing height (from 6 inches to 24 inches per repetition) over the initial 8-weeks (2 months). New activities will be introduced approximately every 2-3 months in order to continually stress the skeleton over 2 years.
|Study Arms ICMJE
|Publications *
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Actual Enrollment ICMJE
|Original Estimated Enrollment ICMJE
|Actual Study Completion Date ICMJE
|April 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|April 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE
Inclusion Criteria:
female; entering 4th or 6th grade at enrollment; and willing and able to undergo all of the testing requirements; no physical conditions that limit participation in physical activity/exercise; able to read and write English.
Exclusion Criteria:
Girls with severe learning disabilities (identified by schools), who are unable to complete questionnaires or otherwise comply with assessment protocols will be excluded. Any subjects (or potential subjects) suffering from medical conditions and/or disabilities that would limit their participation in exercise will be excluded from the study, following the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines. Further, any volunteers who are taking medications that would limit exercise and/or alter bone mineral accrual will also be excluded from the study. Girls with a positive pregnancy screening test at the time of the lab visit before DXA scanning will be excluded.
|Sex/Gender ICMJE
|Ages ICMJE
|9 Years to 12 Years (Child)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers ICMJE
|Contacts ICMJE
|Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
|Listed Location Countries ICMJE
|United States
|Removed Location Countries
|Administrative Information
|NCT Number ICMJE
|Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE
|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product
|Not Provided
|IPD Sharing Statement ICMJE
|Responsible Party
|Scott Going, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
|Collaborators ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Investigators ICMJE
|PRS Account
|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
|Verification Date
|December 2017
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Happy Winds-day, as Pooh likes to say! It feels good to get a chance to sit down and catch up here, and I look forward to catching up on all of your posts too, my blog friends. I have been busy gardening and playing guitar, as usual, including another recent jam with friends. There is something about playing in a small familiar group that is very nerve-racking to me! (Or nerve-wracking. I've seen both. But I digress.) The point being made is that, for me at least, it is often harder to do something so personal in front of very close friends than it is to do in front of a group of strangers. Playing is very personal. It is very exposing. Anyway, I am grateful for the group of friends I have who share this experience with me.
Then there is my garden. Oh, be still my heart, little places are coming alive in Lynnwood! I will share the most recent photos of the one fenced-in haven I have. I am very afraid the tomatoes won't get enough sun to produce fruit. They get, I think, about 4 hours of direct sun and then dappled light. We shall see. Jason and I are currently outlining new areas that get even more sun. Next year, or maybe later this season, we will have vegetables there. For now, we experiment with my one fenced-in spot. Meanwhile, the deer still visit and eat what they like where they can get to it.
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Centre for Culture, Media & Governance organized a symposium on Interdisciplinarity in Communication Studies on 6 November 2013 at Tagore Hall, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. The following scholars made presentations in the symposium:
1. Prof. David Deacon, Professor of Communication and Media Analysis and Head of Department for Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK
2. Dr. Laura Stein, Associate Professor in the Department of Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas, Austin, US.
3. Prof. Biswajit Das, Professor and Director, Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
4. Prof. Graham Murdock, Professor of Culture and Economy, Loughborough University, UK
5. Dr. Emily Keightley, Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies, Loughborough University, UK
6. Prof. John Downey, Professor of Comparative Media, Loughborough University, UK
7. Dr. Pradip Ninan Thomas, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Communication and Social Change, University of Queensland, Australia
8. Prof. Bishnu Mohapatra, Professor, Azim Premji University, India
The Indian Medialogue presents transcript of the proceedings moderated by Dr. Pradip Ninan Thomas. Below is the third part. (The first part can be accessed here whie the second here.)
Prof. Biswajit Das
Professor and Director, Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Thanks to Emily, David and Laura for giving such wide coverage and exposure to the topic of interdisicplinarity and communication in the US and England. There is, of course, a rich history and tradition in the US and UK to the way scholarship on communication and culture has emerged. But we are probably still struggling with the idea of interdisciplinarity in India. I will try to broadly posit it within three historical contexts, namely the intellectual, institutional and biographical in India. I will also try to assess the extent of contribution from these three contexts.
Historical contexts
To start from the lower end, that is, the biographical, I do not find much scholarship in the whole of the literature available in the field of biographical writing or critique. One mostly finds the memoirs of former administrators writing on their experiences and their association with mediums such as All India Radio. But rarely do we see scholarship where people have reflected on their own experience in order to explain communication as a field of inquiry or a discipline and to spell out how it emerged in the Indian context. So that is where there is a completely missing link. But at the same time, I think we had a very rich intellectual tradition of communication, but probably there is a re-use of imagination along with an institutionalisation of communication. I would like to emphasize the shift in our intellectual contribution: the day we tried to institutionalise communication, we probably made a complete re-use of imagination.
The idea of intellectual tradition was very vibrant and strong. We could probably go back to before 1947. In the 1950s, we find a sort of culmination which includes all the developmental programme schemes, and simultaneously disciplines like Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology and History reflect how scholarship came out with immense ways to contribute to communication. When we talk about caste and communication, or the networks of communication – subjects we talk about so much: aspects of communication in the social structure – you find there is a remarkable contribution that started with the planned developmental programme. But prior to that, I think it has been immensely written about during the colonial period, where you find scholars trying to write about the movements we talk about, which historians are currently rediscovering as they try to go back to this scholarship and writing. Probably this is where you find that interdisciplinarity has been on the rise in recent years, with scholars across disciplines contributing towards understanding how communication played a very important role, such as in the freedom movement. There is a lot of scholarship going on at the moment on the idea of history, which is very important and was a completely missing link along with the institutionalisation of communication.
Institutionalisation of communication
When I speak of the institutionalisation of communication, I mean the role of leading bodies such as the University Grants Commission, which try to define the contours of the discipline. It appears that we have shifted from Communication to Journalism to Mass Communication, and now we talk about new media, and so on. We seem to [have organised the discipline] according to mediums rather than the sort of themes Emily was speaking about. We never talk about thematic growth and development; rather, we speak of electronic media, print media and new media. With regard to new media, the term is highly contested. We do not have a very old history of the media: it is just 200 to 300 years old – so how can we use terms such as "old" or "new"? We have never debated or questioned this, but have just accepted terms that have been imposed on us. This is where we currently locate ourselves, and where you find how institutions in India have tried to demarcate the boundaries of the discipline. So that is where, from a larger interdisciplinarity we have moved towards the sense of a discipline trying to find its coherent boundaries. We have been caught within what you might call institutional academic trappings.
We have been trying to expand the discipline, and today, in the Eleventh Five Year Plan, the government is encouraging interdisciplinarity in India. They have probably realised that [the current organisation of the discipline], as seen in how courses are structured across universities, has not resulted in [theoretical] questions. Rather, everybody is talking about application. I tried to submit a report and my presentation is based on the findings of that report.
There are a few key questions which we must start with.
How do we address changes in the media-enabled environment within the existing discipline of media?
Is the discipline equipped to engage with the changing scenario within the existing pedagogical and research set-up?
What research questions are posed within the existing disciplinary set-up?
Is the teaching of media comfortable with an interdisciplinary orientation?
How do we visualise the transition from Mass Communication to Communication Studies as an interdisciplinary or a multidisciplinary query?
As I mentioned about the history of the field, programmes were short-lived and interdisciplinarity came about via committees rather than as an institutionalised effort to develop the interdisciplinary texture of the discipline. This also takes me back to the US where, as Laura mentioned, eminent sociologists flourished, but the day the discipline was institutionalised there was a complete re-use of imagination and of a sense of interdisciplinarity. I think that has an advantage as well as disadvantage: it has actually contributed to Mass Communication, but has also re-used our imagination of interdisciplinarity.
Culture was a missing link in communication programmes
But all throughout, we find that culture was a missing link in communication programmes. Culture was always in the front seat throughout the freedom movement, as we see in the literature generated from the movement. But suddenly, we realise, our plans for development are completely silent on questions of culture. That is where we delete culture, and as a result there is an alternative critique or movement which is completely side-lined in our entire debate on communication. Culture was completely side-lined. P.C. Joshi, an Indian communication scholar, talks about how culture, which was in the hotbed of the Indian freedom movement through literature and the Indian People's Theatre Association, suddenly found it could not contribute to planned development, and was completely side-lined. Rather, we started talking about development, and about how to reinforce the nation. That is also when we talk about the identity of the nation, and how communication can reinforce the nation as a community.
P.C. Joshi, an Indian communication scholar, talks about how culture, which was in the hotbed of the Indian freedom movement through literature and the Indian People's Theatre Association, suddenly found it could not contribute to planned development, and was completely side-lined.
In the 1960s, too, we find that as a growing nation we need more skilled manpower, and we see the UN recommending the building of more and more institutions, because a growing nation requires more manpower, and this includes film producers and journalists. We got caught up in a larger process of modernisation in our effort to move from the developing world to the developed one. And so the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) came up. It is a very strange paradox, but the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has nothing to do with education, so why then was it involved in introducing the IIMC and the Film and Television Institute of India? Its entire focus is on expanding the communication industry and market in India, and for this it is necessary to produce more and more professionals, but it should not handle academic institutions. That explains the state of affairs in these institutions today: they have not grown much. In recent years, there has been an effort to modernise them and raise them to international standards.
But the question with respect to all our institutions is this: we are still very sceptical as to their standards. Do they have the potential for us to even speak of internationalisation or international standards? They have never grown, except when it comes to teaching journalism, and even that did not result in true journalistic education. We never speak of journalistic education, but only about professional journalistic training. You get trained and are then thrown into the market. Where is the education? Our institutions have not contributed substantially enough to the country, and the last 60 years of compartmentalising the discipline have not resulted in the growth of knowledge. There is therefore a complete knowledge deficit in our institutions.
Policy engagements
Now, regarding policy questions, today we are quite serious about the way policies are moving. Policies are no longer controlled by nation-states in a world of transnational boundaries. Our policy engagement, which started in the 1950s, has not resulted in a policy community. Policy is no longer the preserve of social scientists, and has been thrown to management schools. MBAs and technocrats now address the issue of policy. I do not know how they do this, but we in social science are very comfortable with questions of culture because we do not think we can go beyond it. We think culture is our monopoly, and so we discuss media and culture. And so we find that in 30 years, we have not grown much. Even the way we understand culture has not grown much. We always take a protectionist stand and speak of an invasion by foreign media or satellite television – a metaphor we derive from Military Studies. What I am trying to say is that we have not seriously realised that culture is a dynamic concept. Gandhi said he wanted the winds of different cultures to blow about him, but at the same time he refused to be swept off his feet by any of them. I think we have suddenly become extremely protectionist about culture, even though we know that cultural exclusion has never worked in the world. French cultural exclusion, for instance, did not work. So we talk about more and more about diversity, and so on.
…we have not seriously realised that culture is a dynamic concept. Gandhi said he wanted the winds of different cultures to blow about him, but at the same time he refused to be swept off his feet by any of them. I think we have suddenly become extremely protectionist about culture, even though we know that cultural exclusion has never worked in the world.
With respect to the different traditions within the media or academia, let us consider the journalistic tradition: journalism has made its contribution but we have not recorded or sufficiently studied journalistic practices in the country. Broadly, there has always been a divide between practitioners and theoreticians. Similarly, the 1990s saw the advent of Cultural Studies – and these Cultural Studies are not the earlier brand of cultural critique of the 1950s, where there was at least a sense of literature created from looking at the resistance. But here everything becomes a popular culture icon. In the context of television, popular culture was a completely alien concept that was imposed. For instance, we speak of Indian Idol as an example of popular culture. The term needs to be grounded in an Indian context. I think historians have done amazing work.
Because we lack conversations with other disciplines, there is a complete missing link, and as a result there is more and more of a sense of ghettoization within the discipline. No one quotes you, no one reads your work – there is complete ghettoization. The field is fragmented: it is now an intellectual ghetto with a knowledge deficit. There is a lack of association, a lack of scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, and a lack of research training and collaboration. And so we find that there is lack of any link between the quantitative expansion of media courses and their ability to address challenges posed by various actors – the state, industry and civil society – to the expanding mediascape in India.
Proliferation of specialisation
The growth of the media has intensified the need for specialised practice-oriented courses. To suit the requirement of the industry, Media Studies now comprises capsules of practical skills in journalism, cinema or broadcasting, each demanding a separate curriculum based on skills specific to the medium. This has resulted in the fragmentation of knowledge and interdisciplinarity has been a casualty. As the field has expanding horizontally rather than vertically, its growth reflects the proliferation of specialisation. Media courses face a knowledge problem as they are caught between practitioners and academicians lacking theoretical engagement and reflection. The emphasis on teaching stems from the dynamics of demand and supply in the media industry.
Finally, I would like to dwell upon where we stand today in terms of research output and publications. I think we are at our worst. We do not contribute much by way of written scholarship. During the year 2010, only 17 Indian articles were published in 30 selected journals [refers to slide]. Indian scholars have published in 11 out of the selected 30 journals during this period. Very few of their papers have attracted citations. The conclusion one can draw from publication activity is that researchers from India are limiting their scope and are not communicating enough. That is what I would like to say. Thank you.
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It's only one week out until Thanksgiving, but turkey isn't the focus of national chain stores. It's money.
Many big companies are keeping their locations open on Thanksgiving in order to keep up with competition. Stores such as Macy's, Target and Best Buy have decided to get an early start on the deal and open Thanksgiving day.
The earlier hours have stirred controversy among employees who have to work holiday hours because their employers are opening shop for holiday deals early.
More than 155,000 people have signed a petition asking Target to change its hours for Thanksgiving Day – and the number of signatures is increasing.
Target Communications Manager Molly Snyder told NBC San Diego, "Black Friday is one of the busiest and most competitive shopping days of the year…By opening at midnight, we are making it easier than ever to deliver on our guests wants and needs."
Snyder said the employee who started the petition, Anthony Hardwick of Nebraska, "is not now, and has never been, scheduled to work on Thanksgiving or Black Friday at Target."
Another movement, Respect the Bird, has taken to social media asking families to take a pledge to "not let Black Friday gobble up Thanksgiving." The cooking website All Recipes has helped obtain about 2,200 pledges to keep Thanksgiving sacred.
Corona resident Penny Hanstad, a power user for All Recipes, said she has decided to make Thanksgiving dinner earlier this year in order for her 19-year-old grandson to go to work. More than 20 of her family members will eat early so they can all be together.
Hanstad also noticed that many supermarkets will be open on Thanksgiving Day. Hanstad said she thinks it's sad for the people who will be forced to spend time away from their families because they have to work.
"We have all different walks of life in our family," she said." This is a really rough time to be bombarded with 'you gotta buy, you gotta buy…I think consumers would still love deals if they happened on the Friday after."
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From the kitchen of Joanna (Marini) Dindinger: "This is a delicious, healthy soup I love in the Fall, especially, as a main dish with crusty bread and salad, or as an elegant first course before a roast chicken with potatoes, perhaps."
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Archive for April, 2018
The Secrets to Mowing Zoysia Grass
posted on April 24th, 2018 by SecureAdminZ
Amazoy Meyer Zoysia is a slow-growing grass. When planting at a foot apart, it can take up to 2-3 growing seasons for plugs to completely fill in. Bigger plugs or planting closer together will speed the fill-in process. Much depends on the length of your growing season. Also, the benefit to this slow growth rate is that you will not have to mow nearly as often as you would for other grasses. Zoysia actually only needs to be mowed one time for every three times many other grasses must be cut. However, we have some tips to help you achieve the healthiest Zoysia lawn whenever it comes to mowing.
To start off, Zoysia spreads in a lateral manner, putting its energy into growing thick and lush rather than just tall. This explains why you do not need to mow Zoysia as often as other grasses. However, the first step is to be sure that your mower blades are sharp. Dull blades tend to rip the grass ends, and they do not actually cut the grass. Whenever this occurs, your lawn may look a yellowish color. Ragged grass blades take up more water resulting in a possible increase in disease. The type of mower is less important. Sharp blades are the keys to success.
Whenever you are mowing, be sure that you do not remove more than 1/3 of the leaf blade. Zoysia does best whenever the grass is 1 ½" to 3" tall. It is possible to maintain your Zoysia lawn as low as ½", but you just want to be sure that you are not scalping the lawn.
Whenever you are mowing, you do not have to worry about picking up the grass clippings either. Studies have shown that the grass clippings add more nitrogen to your soil causing a decrease in fertilizer use. Whenever the Zoysia goes dormant for the winter months, it is not necessary to mow or to perform any other maintenance. Low-maintenance is one of the top reasons why homeowners prefer a Zoysia lawn.
Organic Products to Use on Zoysia
posted on April 24th, 2018 by SecureAdminZ
Have you been looking for ways to improve your Zoysia lawn, but are unsure of what products are safe? Zoysia Farms is a great source as they only sell Zoysia-safe products. They have many easy to use, organic products that can benefit your beautiful, established Zoysia lawn with a little help from your hose.
- Liquid Thatch Remover– Lawn thatch is the layer of (mainly) dead turfgrass tissue lying between the green vegetation of the grass above and the root system and soil below. Thatch prevents oxygen and water from reaching the root system. This product can solve your thatch problem in just 2-3 months. It turns the thatch in your lawn into a rich, organic fertilizer, which eliminates the need for power raking. The product itself however contains no fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides. This is safe for use around pets and does not interfere with other lawn treatments. One container will treat 5,000 square feet and should be applied three times per year if you have a thatch issue. Just be sure that the ground temperature is at least 45 degrees before applying. This product is not available for use in Arkansas, Oklahoma, or Minnesota.
- Turf Thrive– This product allows you to grow beautiful grass in dry areas or if you want to use less water. It strengthens the roots of your grass and stimulates growth. The increased root structure can then lessen evaporation, which results in less watering. It improves fertilizer effectiveness and is also pet-friendly. One container will cover 5,000 square feet and can be applied three times per year. For best results, you should apply the product in the evening followed by a light watering. Again, be sure that the ground temperature is at least 45 degrees. This product is not available for use in Arkansas, Oklahoma, or Minnesota either.
- Café Lime Organic Liquid Lime- Lastly, a common soil issue is too much acidity. This product reduces the acidity in your soil and acts as a quick soil pH buffer. For Zoysia, the best pH range is between 6 and 7, so this product should be used if the pH is below 6. It provides essential ingredients for increased photosynthesis as well. One quart represents 125 pounds of bagged lime and will treat approximately 16,000 square feet.
Overall, there are more and more organic products that are Zoysia-safe and can help improve your lawn within a short period of time. Feel free to check out Zoysia Farms' website for other organic products that are not listed in this blog, which can eliminate pests and fungi from your lawn as well.


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It turns out that size and brand value alone are not enough to assure the safety of your data when stored in the cloud. Last week, an outage at T-Mobile's Sidekick service, which is operated by a subsidiary of Microsoft, appears to have irretrievably wiped all user data.
So who can you rely on in the cloud, if you can't rely on two of the world's biggest IT and telecommunications organizations? Is this yet another illustration that cloud computing will never be dependable enough to trust with your most precious data?
I believe cloud computing will prove itself in the long term, but what this latest outage demonstrates is that most cloud providers can't be trusted. So how can you identify the minority that in my view can be trusted? There are three key questions to ask:
- Is cloud computing the provider's core competence? Clearly, in this case, neither of the main players rely for their core revenues on cloud computing. However huge the corporation, this should always throw up a big red flag for customers: most big, established software companies know diddly-squat about delivering on-demand applications. If cloud isn't a core focus of top management, then it won't get the investment it needs, further diluting an already weak culture of service delivery.
- Is the provider operating a truly cloud-scale infrastructure? Microsoft acquired the Danger subsidiary, which ran the Sidekick service, in February 2008, but there's been some speculation that the start-up's infrastructure has never been upgraded. Although start-ups can't normally afford their own cloud-scale infrastructure, there are plenty of third-party options out there these days. There's no longer any financial excuse for anyone putting customer data at risk in sub-standard infrastructure (Microsoft didn't ever have that excuse, of course, and is now paying a heavy PR penalty for failing to put Danger's infrastructure straight at the earliest opportunity).
- Does the provider adhere to this five-point code of practice? The lack of an option to download data from Sidekick for safekeeping elsewhere was a clear contravention of point 5 of the code, "Let customers leave whenever they like," and should have given any user signing up to the service pause for thought. Catastrophes do happen, and users of cloud services must always be sure they have access to a backup if the unthinkable happens.
The Sidekick disaster is, as many have said, a setback for cloud computing, even though it's a demonstration of 'how not to do it' that others will, I hope, heed and learn from. But it won't be the last such disaster because so many of the providers now starting to offer cloud services are doing so without the commitment and culture that is needed to do it right. Cloud services present enormous opportunities for buyers, but the risks of choosing badly are also high, and will remain so for several years yet.


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One of the biggest blessings in my life is that not only do I get to help women feed their creative passion, I also get to help women start their own business.
Many of these women never thought they'd be able to do it.
But they have. And they've been very successful doing it.
Because I believe that success is not about money, or titles, or things.
I believe that success is a feeling.
That feeling you get when you put a rubber stamp in someone's hand and the look in her eyes changes from a doe caught in the headlights to a "look what I did!" look of delight.
That feeling you get when someone who can't draw a stick figure creates a beautiful piece of art.
That feeling you get when you know you've helped someone touch a creative side they never knew they had.
That's success. And I sleep very well at night. *Ü*


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The Jesus and Mary Chain rescheduled their Denton appearance to this evening , and we thought it'd be fun to dig through the old, dusty filing cabinets in pursuit of old press photos. To our excitement (and maybe yours), we dug up a decade's worth. The "J-file" didn't include a press photo for 1985's Psychocandy, but we found a pic for each of the band's full-length albums. From 1987's Darklands to 1998's Munki, here are the 8x10s of the Reid brothers in the order the Observer received them.
In the above photo, they posed in an alley for 1987's Darklands. The Jesus "&" Mary Chain was all like: "We own this alley. Seriously. Did you hear Psychocandy? It went gold in the UK. We're going to be huge across the pond." For some reason the Reid brothers' first names printed under the photo read in alphabetical order instead of left to right.
This time with an "and," the boys pose in promotion for 1989's Automatic. Will now thinks sunglasses are cool, and Jim is all, "Crackers! I lost my shades. I'll hold my fingers up to block this damn studio lighting."
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Clearly, the Reids like alleyways better than studios. Will forgot his shades, but the names are correct.
The band poses for 1994's Stoned & Dethroned, with new member Ben Lurie. He loves sunglasses too.
A photo promoting the band's 1995 compilation, Hate Rock 'N' Roll.
"The" is missing from the band's name in this dateless press photo, but they are posing on an escalator and smoking indoors, which is pretty neat.


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Military needs to head off threats in other ways, according to Gen. James Cartwright.
The nation's second-ranking military officer on Thursday called for a broad reassessment of how to deter significant threats to the United States.
A future national military strategy should strike a balance between fielding conventional weapons and nuclear arms, with the latter viewed as less usable against most threats, said Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fresh planning should also account for the emerging roles played by missile defenses and cyber capabilities, he said.
Cartwright suggested, as well, that the future role of each leg of the nuclear triad -- bomber aircraft, ICBMs and submarine-launched missiles -- must be fundamentally re-examined so that desired capabilities and quantities are maintained, rather than determined by budget-cutting drills or political horse-trading.
"I'm advocating a conscious decision on: What is deterrence? How does it work?" the Marine Corps general told reporters at a breakfast Q&A session. A 21st century approach should also account for the role of nonmilitary forms of power and persuasion, such as economic and diplomatic tools, he said.
During the Cold War, the United States sought to balance its fielded atomic weapons against the Soviet arsenal in a standoff dubbed "mutual assured destruction," in which either side that initiated a nuclear war would risk a devastating response.
With the growing possibility today that the first modern detonation of a nuclear weapon could be at the hands of a terrorist rather than a foreign government, the game has changed, said Cartwright, who is slated to retire early next month after a nearly 40-year military career.
"Violent extremist organizations are very real" and have signaled interest in using weapons of mass destruction against the United States and its allies, he said. "It's not a nation-state you're dealing with [but] it's equally threatening. So we have to start to think about this a little more holistically."
Washington in the future might attempt, for example, to head off threats from major nuclear powers in one way, while using a different strategy to deter any smaller nuclear-capable adversary, he said.
"You may actually decide that you're going to stay [with] mutual assured destruction with one country, but the other one is not going to be that," Cartwright said at the event, sponsored by the Center for Media and Security. "You're going to have to have the capability ... to convince them that you are, in fact, capable" of hitting an adversary that contemplates using a nuclear weapon, and that such an adversary is "not going to win," he said.
The general is a longtime advocate of developing conventional "prompt global strike" weapons that could give the United States a capacity to respond to surprise threats without using strategic-range nuclear arms.
Missile defenses might someday become capable of intercepting an adversary's attacks for 24 or 48 hours, but that is still not long enough to deploy ground troops or even aircraft to many parts of the world, he noted.
"What is it that you do, when you get the president up in the middle of the night and you say, 'So-and-so is attacking. The only thing I've got that can get there for the next 24 hours or 48 hours is a nuclear weapon'?" Cartwright said.
"We have to find some way to get a range of action that allows us to be credible in those first few hours if we're not there" with military forces on the ground, and "allows us also to not have to start at the nuclear level," he said.
The Air Force is developing Conventional Strike Missile technology, said to be ready for fielding in roughly 2020, that could hit targets at hypersonic speeds anywhere around the world with just 60 minutes' notice (see GSN, June 24).
Whether the Pentagon can await the Air Force missile's long-promised debut before fielding some form of conventional prompt global strike capability "just depends on how the threat emerges," he said. "If you felt like it was necessary, you'd go sooner and then you could do it."
He hinted that, if needed urgently to address an emerging threat, ICBM rockets could launch simple conventional payloads at high speed against virtually any target.
To date the Pentagon has not fielded such a conventionally armed missile out of concern that foreign nuclear powers like Russia or China might mistake its launch for the onset of an atomic war. The conventionally armed, nuclear-look-alike option remains feasible, though, as a quick fix in a serious crisis, if needed.
"I mean, we use cement to test with today," Cartwright said. "It makes a very big hole."
Although the Defense Department completed a Nuclear Posture Review -- as well as a more sweeping Quadrennial Defense Review -- just last year, in Cartwright's view a full assessment of all U.S. capabilities versus anticipated threats has not yet occurred.
Taking emerging Pentagon capabilities such as long-range conventional strike, cyber warfare and missile defenses into account, "are those all just additive or do we put a balance in here that acknowledges that the number of countries now that we have to deter has gone up from one to more than one?" the general said. "And the deterrence for one is not necessarily the deterrent for the next?"
He added: "We haven't really exercised the mental gymnastics, the intellectual capital, on that yet. It's starting. I'm pleased that it's starting. But I wouldn't be in favor of building too much [more military equipment] until we had that discussion."
In terms of modernizing today's nuclear-weapon platforms, Cartwright acknowledged that he has been skeptical of Air Force arguments that a future bomber aircraft must include a wide array of highly technological capabilities and include a human in the cockpit.
"I'm known as a bomber-hater, I guess," said the general, who went on to explain why he thinks the caricature is not quite accurate.
"I think you have to have a bomber," Cartwright said. "I'm questioning what it is we're building, and what attributes we're putting against it."
The Joint Chiefs vice chairman -- who heads the Pentagon's top-level review panel with authority to determine all of the military's major hardware requirements -- said the nation should buy an affordable bomber to replace its aging fleet of conventional-only B-1s and nuclear-capable B-52s and B-2s.
"What I'm trying to understand is: What is it we're going to build it for? Is it the most exquisite, high-end, penetrating, go-anyplace anytime weapon system?" Cartwright said. "Or is it a truck that has today's state-of-the-art survivability attributes, can incorporate the next-generation attributes in a way that makes sense -- [including] sensors and whatnot -- and carry a reasonable payloads?"
The price tag to develop a new long-range bomber has been estimated at $15 billion or more, and total costs to both design and procure the new aircraft fleet could reach $30 billion to $40 billion.
A cheaper aircraft would allow the Pentagon to build a larger fleet, Cartwright said.
"If we're going to go out and spend billions of dollars to build something less than 20, then I question the investment," Cartwright said.
He also said he would "throw down the gauntlet" by asking whether the bomber truly requires a human pilot, or if instead all of them could be remotely controlled. Air Force leaders have called for a new bomber that could be flown either manned or unmanned.
"Nobody's shown me anything that requires a person in that airplane. Nobody," said Cartwright, noting that "the manned part of this does not necessarily drive the cost."
However, a manned bomber is typically designed to be more survivable and human-friendly, features that could be modified or jettisoned if the aircraft is conceived to be remotely piloted from the start, he said.
While the Pentagon has already started planning how it would modernize the nation's fleet of nuclear-capable bombers and submarines, studies on how to update today's Minuteman 3 ICBMs are only just beginning. The Air Force was said to be completing an initial assessment of its future-ICBM options late last month.
"The land-based deterrent [is] the last one to be recapitalized," Cartwright said. "The challenge here is that we have to recapitalize all three [triad] legs and we don't have the money to do it.
"What I'm worried about is ... that the [funding] trough should not determine which one we have," Cartwright added. "So we ought to make that decision now, and we ought to engender the discussion about what does deterrence look like when we get out to 2020 [or] 2030."


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While workers may take pride in doing what they can to support their employer, sometimes situations arise that cross the line. Being put in such a position is difficult and leads to questions about what to do. How can an employee maintain integrity without jeopardizing his career?
Unfortunately, there are no easy answers. But taking time to think and then presenting concerns in a professional manner may help. Consider these factors when confronted with an ethical dilemma in the workplace:
The Nature of the Problem
The severity of the situation undoubtedly will have an impact on the course of action. Leigh Steere, co-founder of Managing People Better, LLC, suggests reflecting on the following questions:
- Is this issue so bothersome to you that it occupies your thoughts and makes it difficult to concentrate on the work at hand?
- Is this a show-stopper for you? If you can't get it stopped or fixed, can you in good conscience remain a part of the company?
- Does the issue have the potential to take the company down? (Think: 2001 Enron scandal.)
- Would any employee, customer, shareholder or other stakeholder have cause to sue the company because of this issue?
- Is the company clearly violating environmental, consumer protection, employment discrimination or other laws/regulations?
The Meaning of Silence
Once you have a firm grasp of the problem and its potential consequences, the next step is figuring out what action to take. While keeping quiet is an option, remember that silence isn't golden, it's compliance.
"Doing nothing is still a choice," says Jennifer Lee, director of learning at JB Training Solutions. "If you choose to do nothing, you are still making a decision. News stories like those of Jerry Sandusky, Enron, and Madoff show us keeping quiet can lead to disaster."
The Chain of Command
Just as you wouldn't want people immediately going over your head if they had a problem with your behavior, your colleague or boss deserves the same consideration. "Have an honest conversation with the offender," Lee says. "Voice that you feel the behavior is inappropriate."
If you've been asked to do something objectionable, Steere recommends proposing something that is ethnically workable and achieves the asker's goal. "Say, 'I can do Y but not X. Would that be acceptable?'"
The hope is that once you state your reasons for feeling uncomfortable about something, the other party will see your point, rethink the matter and the issue goes away. If it doesn't, you'll need to alert someone higher. Steere suggests going to an HR rep or senior manager.
"Say, 'So-and-so has asked me to do X. I expressed concern that I believe X represents an ethics problem, but so-and-so insists that I do it. I do not feel comfortable participating in X. What is your advice?' "
Maintain professionalism and credibility by aiming for resolution, not retaliation. By focusing on issues, others can see that you are out to solve a problem, not get someone in trouble.
The Outcome
If a satisfactory outcome cannot be reached, it may be time to seek outside assistance. Attorneys, governmental agencies, and organizations such as the National Whistleblowers Center can help examine options. Ultimately, you may decide that removing yourself from the situation, either by transferring or quitting, is in your best interests.
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Williams Sonoma Chocolate Chip Pancake & Waffle Mix
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- Summary
Stacks of decadent chocolate chip waffles or pancakes are easy to prepare with our premium mix, enriched with lots of Guittard semisweet chocolate chips and a dash of pure Madagascar Bourbon vanilla.
- A premium mix made with fine Guittard chocolate and pure Madagascar Bourbon vanilla.
- Just add milk or water, butter and an egg.
- Can be used to make either pancakes or waffles.
- For an indulgent finishing touch, top your creations with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream and drizzle with chocolate or caramel syrup.
- 1 lb. 4 oz.
- Made in USA.
- A Williams Sonoma exclusive.
- Ingredients
- Enriched bleached flours (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], natural vanilla extract, milk chocolate chips sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, unsweetened chocolate, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], natural vanilla extract), yellow corn flour, sugar, canola oil (ascorbic acid and rosemary added to preserve freshness), sodium bicarbonate/baking soda (leavening), salt, egg yolk powder, buttermilk powder, sodium aluminum phosphate, acidic, monocalcium phosphate monohydrate, calcium carbonate (leavening), egg white powder, natural flavor, pure Madagascar vanilla powder.
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Orders received by 9:00 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday through Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Jst4Ava from Scrumptious pancakes My family love these pancakes. No syrup or whip cream needed. They are perfect. I add a little water after my mix has been sitting for about 5 minutes. It's a must have in your pantry!! It's a little pricey but worth it.Date published: 2018-05-12Rated 5 out of 5 by AndreaSpat from Chocolate chip heaven I bought this to make chocolate chip waffles and pancakes for my son. They turned out great. The chocolate chips are big and don't melt into a mess.Date published: 2016-03-29Rated 4 out of 5 by Beenie from A lot of chocolate! Of course my daughter loved these pancakes. Definitely is full of chips, perhaps a bit more than I would like. I ended up thinning the batter with additional milk. I think I'd get a better batter if I weighed instead of volume measured the mix. Good flavor and texture. I would buy this mix again for occasional special treat.Date published: 2015-01-12Rated 2 out of 5 by Cylceskier from Skip this mix We received as a gift and this product didn't meet our expectations. We have grown up eating chocolate chip pancakes or waffles and were looking forward to this. The texture is crumbly and dry when cooked. It was also too rich for our likening. Better to use your favorite pancake mix and stir in your own toll house chips. Would not purchase nor recommend.Date published: 2014-03-02Rated 4 out of 5 by BABS1 from Grand Kids' Fav Repeat offender oops buyer. Delicious! Only reason it didn't get a 5 star rating because to much chocolate for me. I can hear it now, "there can never be to much chocolate", and if you the reader are a chocolate lover you'll give it a 5.Date published: 2013-10-22Rated 5 out of 5 by tklovesws from Yummy Chocolate Chip Pancakes.. Bought as part of a Easter gift.. both my daughter and granddaughter thought the pancakes were yummy!!Date published: 2013-04-16Rated 5 out of 5 by Sunshine33435 from Absolute smiles These are the best pancakes...light fluffy and very yummy...my grand kids say so!!!Date published: 2012-02-15


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Sunday, 27 September 2015
21 comments:
- SmilynStef said...
Love this
- 27 September 2015 at 16:17
- Joyce said...
I adore this. Your zentangles are amazing, and what a clever and creative place to put them. I have tried zentangle before, and it is definitely not as easy as you make it seem--you have real talent. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology.
- 27 September 2015 at 16:41
- Anita in France said...
Wow, Karen ... such awesome detailing and gorgeous monochrome ... these fabulous leaves are just so striking! Amazing work! Anita :)
- 27 September 2015 at 16:49
- Susanne Vargas said...
Your zentangled trees look fantastic! Love them! I've been meaning to try this, too, but haven't gotten around to it yet! Another reason to get this tree set...
- 27 September 2015 at 22:38
- Donna said...
Very nice. Thanks for joining in the challenge this week at Little Red Wagon!
Donna (DT)
- 28 September 2015 at 01:21
- Suchi said...
This card is really beautiful Karen! I love the zentangle.. :)
Suchi xx
- 28 September 2015 at 01:46
- Gunilla/Nilla said...
I also wanted to try this and I think you´ve done a stunning card with this technique.
- 28 September 2015 at 05:05
- Unknown said...
Love your card, must have another play with zentangle! Karen x
- 28 September 2015 at 06:58
- Lee-Anne said...
This is absolutely amazing, Karen!
- 28 September 2015 at 09:47
- BożenA said...
Seemingly, I know these trees, but they are so new. Great look for these stamps, very innovative.
- 28 September 2015 at 10:51
- Gabby said...
Great-looking card, Karen! Fantastic doodling. I think doodling is hard and the actual "art' of Zentangle has more "rules" as in design objectives, so to me, it's even harder. Funny how waaaay back in early school days all of my notebooks were doodled but now I can't seem to make it look good. Hmmm. Looking forward to seeing more of it from you. :)
- 28 September 2015 at 10:54
- Daffodil Cards said...
WOW this is fantastic, I love your doodling, something else I haven't done. Beautiful result.
- 28 September 2015 at 11:36
- Diane Jaquay said...
This is AWESOME!!! I've played around a little bit with Zentangle but haven't used it on a card yet, I love what you did here!!
- 28 September 2015 at 12:46
- Hannelie said...
Are you serious... first attempt?! Looks A-Mazing!
Thanks for joining Casology Karen!
- 28 September 2015 at 13:10
- Verna Angerhofer said...
Fabulous example of zentangel art.
- 28 September 2015 at 13:30
- CherylQuilts said...
Oh, Karen, this is one amazing first attempt at Zentangles!! WOW! I love them and have taken a class and enjoyed taking my pens and done these on vacation. But, wow, you've done a fabulous job using the leaf stamp and Zentangling each leaf. And the shading is perfection! Totally in love with this card!! Hugs, sweet friend! (P. S. It's so relaxing, isn't it?)
- 28 September 2015 at 18:28
- Davi said...
You did a super job on the zentangles Karen!! Very fun ;)
- 28 September 2015 at 22:41
- froebelsternchen said...
Wow.. fab designed! Great with your zentangled feathers!
I scrolled a bit and can tell you that all your cards are unique and simply BEAUTIFUL!
- 29 September 2015 at 08:43
- Bobby said...
This is such a departure from your usual cards, Karen, and I love it. I've seen Zentangles before but never tried them. Your are wonderful.
- 29 September 2015 at 12:13
- Shelly said...
Awesome!! Thanks for joining us at CAS on Sunday!
- 8 October 2015 at 12:31
- Princess Judy Palmer said...
Love this! You can't go wrong with Zentangling as it is all just doodling.
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The DYO Symphony Orchestra comprises approximately 120 players. Many of our players came through the ranks of the Junior Strings, Intermediate and Concert Orchestras, and will have spent six years as a member of the DYO before joining the Symphony Orchestra.
Following two years in the Concert Orchestra each player must audition to become a member of the DYO Symphony Orchestra; however, we also welcome players from outside the DYO to audition at this stage. Our players are typically fifth- and sixth-year school students and many bring their experience in the DYO into third-level orchestras, cementing friendships established through many years of DYO.
Under the expert guidance of our conductor, Fergus Sheil, and the orchestra tutors, we have explored an interesting and varied repertoire. In the past few years we have performed Djvorak's "New World" Symphony No 9, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 and Sibelius' Symphony No 5.
The Symphony Orchestra has undertaken numerous successful overseas tours, most recently to Florida in 2010 and 2012. In 2013 the orchestra has broken new territory in a collaboration with the Irish National Youth Ballet, in performances of Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty, Danse Macabre by Saint-Saëns and A Night on a Bare Mountain by Mussorgsky.
Our conductor
Fergus Sheil
An alumnus of the DYO, Fergus is active as a conductor and creative producer of music and opera as Artistic Director of Opera Theatre Company, Wide Open Opera and Wide Open Music.
Fergus also has a strong relationship with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra; with Wide Open Music, he has taken the NSO on tour in Ireland on several occasions, and worked on major education and outreach projects withthe orchestra. Fergus has also conducted the Ulster Orchestra, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and many other groups. As further evidence of his commitment to youth music, Fergus conducts the Julianstown Youth Orchestra, which he founded in 2011. He has also worked for Opera Ireland, Wexford Festival Opera, NI Opera, Lyric Opera Productions, Scottish Opera and Welsh National Opera. Fergus is also active in the choral field and has appeared with numerous choirs. He has also undertaken engagements in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Estonia.
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