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iGeneration traits, including:
•Early introduction to technology.
•Adeptness at multitasking.
•Desire for immediacy.
•Ability to use technology to create a vast array of "content."
Many researchers are trying to determine whether technology somehow causes the brains of young people to be wired differently. Based on some research related to multitasking, Rosen says, he's inclined to believe some "rewiring" is going on.
"They should be distracted and should perform more poorly than they do," he says. But findings show teens "survive distractions much better than we would predict by their age and their brain development."
They're just smart in different ways, Small says. "In some ways (technology) is hindering, in some ways it's advancing" education, he says. "It teaches our brain a different way of processing things."
That creates a barrier between the old and new generations, Small says. The new generation may be good with technology but weak in face-to-face communication. "This may create a need for multi-generational work teams so they can help each other," he says.
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Transition to school eased by planning matrix
Starting school is an exciting yet daunting time for any family, but with two young children diagnosed with ASD, Trish Edwards was beginning to feel overwhelmed by the questions and concerns she had about her childrens education.
"I wasn't sure of the best way to communicate with the school and education departments" Trish told us.
"I was worried about who to approach regarding education placements, what to do if we were having difficulty with the school, and my daughter transitioning to kindergarten".
Trish and her husband Joseph are the proud parents of Ella, 5 and Thomas, 3, both diagnosed with ASD in 2014.
"Ella loves art and craft, but drawing in particular. She has a very special interest in cats" Trish says of her daughter, who began kindergarten at Canberra Girls Grammar this year.
"Ella is very creative and has an amazing imagination. She is a perfectionist and likes everything in order; she has lots of routines and rituals and does not like changes in routine. She is also hypersensitive to lights, sounds, touch and is very sensitive to smell, making mealtimes difficult" she continues.
With the start of school approaching, Trish registered for our Parent/carer workshop in South Canberra last year to assist with the transition.
"I attended the one day Positive Partnerships workshop and found it very useful. I have read through all of the information in the manual, and found the information and tips on the website very helpful, particularly the information about sensory profiles and the planning matrix" she said.
The planning matrix was an especially useful tool for Trish, when communicating with the school in the lead up to Ella beginning kindergarten.
"I found it to be a wonderful tool that I could use with the school that would actually get read." Trish said about the matrix.
"It provides a nice summary of the main difficulties a child has, and what strategies can best be used to address these challenges."
"I had a meeting with Ella's teacher the week prior to school commencing, and discussed the planning matrix with her. It provided some useful strategies to use if difficulties arise with behaviour or sensory sensitivities" she explained.
On some of the strategies that resulted from the matrix, Trish reflects that "there were hand dryers in the bathroom, so I am glad we could develop a strategy to deal with this, and show Ella the bathroom prior to school starting. It was also useful to show Ella some calming strategies, such as quiet spaces."
These strategies have made the transition to primary school much smoother and according to Trish "Ella has actually transitioned to school very well."
"The biggest things that have been helpful, were meeting with the teacher prior to school starting and discussing strategies using the planning matrix. Ella attended preschool at the same school, and had plenty of practise going to the junior school, and using the various rooms there"
"It was also helpful to buy Ella's school uniform and shoes early, and practice wearing it to get used to them. We also put a cat name tag on Ella's bag, lunchbox and drink bottle" she recalls.
When asked if she has any advice for other parents in similar situation, Trish stresses that "it is useful to make the environment as familiar and structured as possible, to have a good communication strategy with the teacher, and to use special interests as motivators. It is also very important to make sure that a child's sensory sensitivities are taken into consideration in order to maximise their learning and chances of success at school."
As for her son, 3 year old Thomas, Trish plans to use the planning matrix prior to him starting pre-school next year.
Trish has a positive outlook when it comes to her hopes for her children, "I believe that Ella will continue to do well, she is a happy child and enjoys school" she says.
"I hope that she continues to develop friendships and can keep her anxiety under control, as she is such a perfectionist. I hope she continues to be happy and enjoy school, and continues to be successful with her learning."
"I hope that Thomas can attend a mainstream preschool and school. I hope that he can learn to read and write, and make a friend. Long term I would love for him to get a job and be able to live independently."
Learn more about the planning matrix here, or find out about our upcoming workshops.


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Ah... finally the book's title is uncovered. The chapter is no euphemism, it means exactly what it reads :). What if you meet a pig that wants you to eat him?
Charles has been a vegetarian all his life, for not wanting to kill or hurt animals. But he had always wondered how meat tasted, and of late he'd been craving to try and have at least one meal of meat. Of course his principles forbade him, so he stopped himself. Imagine you're in a world where animals can talk. Or perhaps Charles just happened to meet one special pig that could talk. The pig tells Charles that his/her life time's ambition is to be eaten by someone else. The pig was reared comfortably and was not ill treated in any way. As a matter of fact, the pig has been looking forward to his day at the butcher's place. Oh so crushed would be the pig's soul if no one ate him.... and Charles wondered if it's unfair to disappoint such an animal's lifetime wish....
If that's not enough, Charles comes to know of a genetically modified chicken that was born in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). The chicken was no much aware of itself than a carrot would be of itself. Eating the chicken was no different than eating a carrot. Charles argues if it's against his principles to eat such a chicken. (Source: The Restaurant at the the end of the Universe, Douglas Adams)
If Charles's principle is towards saving the animal from trauma, and nothing more, then I guess both the animals will face no trauma (the pig will go through painless execution, and both animals were not cruelly reared). If I did meet such a pig or a chicken what would I do? Well, to make matters a little more interesting (and weird) why not consider this - what if Charles meets a man who wants to be eaten? I think I've heard of such a man/case somewhere sometime in an article. Cannibalism is frowned upon, because we humans associate value and dignity to our lives even if we lose all state of awareness and get into a state of PVS. Therefore meat is not just seen as meat. So herein comes the main question -- how different do we consider animals from humans? Animals can't think as much, lack a lot of human emotion and behavior and many many more characteristics due to the current state of evolution. What then are the principles behind our principles on ethical treatment of animals?
I'm a vegetarian myself, so this puzzle is a good one for me. The reason why I don't eat meat is because I consider animals to have a certain dignity. They are living beings who can feel pain, have the right to live, and who obviously don't want to be killed. With all the vegetables and fruits around, why try to kill an animal? I also like pets, and I think all animals are alike. Why be prejudiced against salmons and chickens when I would treasure a gold fish in the tank and an adorable doggy play mate. But as I write these sentences I'm aware of all the "prejudices" within me, and I know I don't act completely true to all those statements.
If I really considered animals to have a certain dignity, then I shouldn't be using any animal product -- milk, cheese, eggs, leather, fur, silk, certain oils, gelatin etc. Although I do abstain myself from leather, fur, gelatin, animal oils, I can't say the same about the rest. For half the time I don't realize what goes inside packaged foods (which is another issue by itself) and I have NO IDEA about how the cows and chickens were treated to get all the milk and eggs.... they are probably kept in miserable conditions.
I also am aware that I wouldn't mind getting certain animals killed --- rats for one (especially if they try to pay a dear visit to my kitchen), lizards for another, cockroaches (the numerous ones I have swatted through my life...), spiders, bees and others that fit into the subset of pests. If I were cornered by a cobra, and I had a spear in my hand, I wouldn't worry about saving it. And if mice were used for cancer research, I don't complain.
So why these "prejudices"? I would take on a Utilitarian stance on this problem. The law of "greater good". If I were to form an equation of the consequences of each scenario, from two different perspectives (if the animal is spared, and the animal is used) and I weigh the outcomes in terms of the "good" generated by the two, I will be convinced if I picked the one that led to the greater good to the majority. I can therefore argue killing snakes, tigers, bees, spiders and bugs for self-defense, rats and cockroaches to ward off diseases, and using mice in experiments to help save millions from cancer. I can argue that milk and cheese provide necessary nourishment for me, which is otherwise very hard to be substituted with. If one day, chickens became endangered, then eating them will be clearly forbidden to save the ecosystem. But today, killing a cow/chicken that never did any harm to me, and will likely do no harm to me, when I can eat other things, is an unbalanced equation. But I do see loopholes... what is "good"? Can we really quantify suffering and good to balance out such equations? It's not something that can be clearly defined all the time.
Everything said and done, will I substitute humans to be used in such an equation of "greater good"? This borders on issues like euthanasia, capital punishments, wars, abortions etc. So the truth is, we do consider animals to be lesser than us and hence assume rights over them, which we probably shoudn't... but oh well it's the survival of the fittest.
The pig that wants to be eaten, will invariably be consumed by so many other people, if not by Charles; and the same holds for the chicken. So Charles is not obliged to eat the pig to save it's life-long wish. If his principle is centered only on ethical treatment of animals before execution and a painless execution, then he does not violate his principle in any way by eating the animals. But If he associated some amount of dignity to the animals, then eating them for the only "good" of satisfying his temptation and hunger violates his principle.


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Great posting, so interesting to learn something of what makes another artist tick!
Great to learn about where you get your images.
It was nice to read the stories behind the images.
Very interesting article. I love reading and learning about something so creative. My grandmother worked in the silk industry around th 1920's. She has a beautiful book on the making of silk. I have to keep it well preserved after so many years, so this was of a great interest to me.
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The Mueller report will confirm everyone's bias regardless of what it says
Spoiler alert: I know what you're going to find in the Mueller report hours before Attorney General has his press conference and long before it gets released to the general public. Do you want to know what it says? It's easy. Whatever you think it says is exactly what it will say.
That's not some sort of political newspeak or existential philosophizing. It's just the truth. If you are a Trump-hating leftist or NeverTrump former-Republican, the report will give you days, perhaps weeks of ammunition you can hurl at your Trump-supporting friends and across your social media profiles. Your wildest dreams will be confirmed by whatever mainstream media outlets you love the most, and you will feel both vindicated for thinking the President has always been a lawbreaking bad guy who stole the election and deserves to be impeached before checking into jail.
If you're a Trump supporter, the Mueller report will tell you exactly what AG Barr said it was going to tell us a few weeks ago when he released his four-page summary. It said no collusion, His press conference will say no collusion. Fox News hosts will say no collusion. Therefore, all the pain and #FakeNews suffering we've had to endure for two years will finally be put to rest as the nothingburger it always way. Your only question will be to wonder when Hillary Clinton's investigation gets started.
How many of the millions of people waiting for the Mueller report will actually read the 300+ pages? How many journalists and talk show hosts will actually read it? Perhaps the best question will be how many interns will read it and report back to their politician or media bosses with bullet points for them to regurgitate? That's the right question, and the answer is, "As many as it takes."
Today's the day when millions of Americans get access to a 300+ page document that will confirm their bias no matter what it is. They will wait for media personalities they trust to tell them what their interns said was in the report. No matter what, minds were made up long ago.
— JD Rucker (@JDRucker) April 18, 2019
The reality of the situation is we're not going to get closure on the issue once the report is released. This is going to continue to drag out for days, weeks, or even months. Meanwhile, multiple committees in Congress, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), and the kitchen sink will all continue to investigate Trump. Members of these teams will be among the few who comb through the full report multiple times looking for information they can use in their own investigations. The Mueller report will be fodder for other investigations to explore similar paths of inquiry. This will go on until President Trump resigns, is voted out of office, or gets impeached. As long as he's in the Oval Office, he and his staff will be the subject of ongoing investigations in perpetuity.
As plenty of Americans wait for the Mueller report to be interpreted for them by their favorite news personalities (who had it interpreted for them by lawyers and interns), just about every single interested person has already made up their minds.
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Right is the opposite of wrong. Right is the opposite of left. Coincidental? Perhaps! But NOQ Report needs you to write the right in both senses of the word.
Publisher JD Rucker has extended the opportunity to join the small but growing cadre of dedicated contributors to this website which counteracts the best efforts of the spin masters on both sides of the political aisle.
"Share your voice: Conservative writers wanted"
"We only accept original content. Our mission is to promote a conservative and/or Judeo-Christian message online where the majority of the news is left-leaning."
NOQ report is gaining due attention ~ but moreover due credibility ~ nationally and I would daresay internationally. Our goal is to reach both decision-makers and the voters who can replace them if they don't do their jobs right.
There is a need everywhere in the United States of America to get the right message to the right people in the right way at the right time. But I can personally vouch for the fact that nowhere is this more desperately needed at this juncture than here in Hawaii.
When I retired from a 42-year career in public service on January 3, 2015, after taking some personal time including a long-overdue holiday in Australia, I turned my attention toward helping end the Democrat one-party monopoly here at America's mid-Pacific Frontier.
Because good national conservative leadership is a prerequisite to establishing good local conservative leadership, I first volunteered in the presidential campaign of Ted Cruz. Then in the midterm elections, I volunteered first in the primary campaign of John Carroll for Hawaii Governor. Then I offered my services as a volunteer in the general election for the senatorial campaign of Ron Curtis.
Everybody in the country obviously knows that Ted Cruz fell short. But for those of you outside Hawaii, I will mention that neither of the candidates that I supported in 2018 prevailed.
But each successive campaign was a learning experience for me. The most difficult aspect was trying to get the message to the voters while all the local Hawaii media were doing their best to squelch the conservative agenda while running defense for their Democrat puppet masters.
I will offer you one prime example of that fact. After interviewing John Carroll and working closely with him to ensure that his recollections were accurately conveyed, I wrote an article entitled "John Carroll Rates Every Hawaii Governor Since Statehood". This was submitted on June 24, 2018 by Mr. Carroll himself to a local online media outlet whom I won't do any favors by naming here. They refused to publish it and would not even give the courtesy of an explanation though they claim to provide coverage of all political candidates.
With a brief introduction, that article was reproduced verbatim here on NOQ Report on March 7, 2019 under the title "A case study in getting the conservative message to the voters". Because its historical value persists despite its political value now being moot, we believed the people of Hawaii deserved to be able to read it for themselves.
I bring up that anecdote to confirm that NOQ Report is truly a godsend to the conservative voters of Hawaii. JD Rucker has published 28 articles from yours truly within the last two months, including the one you're reading right now.
Research, analysis, synthesis, formulation, articulation and dissemination to appropriate parties of pertinent timely data comprise much of what I did for most of the last half-century. That's why I greatly appreciate the opportunity to reach relevant persons in this objective online forum.
I encourage other conservatives to take Mr. Rucker up on his offer. This is your opportunity to overcome the Democrat media blackout of all things conservative here in these islands.
I particularly encourage Ron Curtis as he deliberates whether to make another run for office, to put his well-thought-out and admirably-prepared platform for his conservative agenda going forward, into original articles for NOQ Report. I'm sure not only myself but others will help to ensure that they are shared far and wide with our families, friends and neighbors in Hawaii.
This isn't so much a "Vote for Me" thing as it is a conduit for conveying conservative analyses to others, which includes any fair-minded Democrats still living, along with Republicans. That's why I'd like to see others apply your writing talents to a worthwhile objective.
Unfortunately, the term "Prominent Republicans" is virtually an oxymoron here in Hawaii. It's going to take a lot of people whose names are not well-known to get involved.
Along with Ron Curtis and John Carroll with whom I have worked closely in the past, I would like Sam Slom who lost his longtime seat in the Hawaii State Senate, as he tries to regain it again next year, to consider NOQ Report as a conduit for his immense knowledge of the Hawaii political landscape.
We have had some talented people who previously carried an [R] after their name find that the grass is greener on the Democrat side of the fence. Identity politics is a major problem which we must all acknowledge and avoid. It's hard to get elected in Hawaii when you're under the GOP brand which Democrats have so successfully discredited over the years. But we need people with stick-to-itiveness.
The emphasis of what I personally have written thus far for NOQ Report has revolved around national security / border security and/or politics. But we need Subject Matter Experts [SMEs] in many other fields of knowledge. Academia. Economics. Social science. Meteorology. Military matters. Managing political campaigns. Indigenous affairs. Environmental issues. That's a suggestive rather than exhaustive list. So much more.
This article has admittedly been directed at trying to recruit qualified people here in Hawaii to avail yourselves of this unique opportunity which JD Rucker has put before you today. But if anybody outside Hawaii is still reading at this point, I also hope you will consider the urgency of the needs in your own home state and join us at NOQ Report also.
Please contact JD and tell him who you are, where you are and something about the conservative vision which you would like to share. As he says, this is strictly volunteer. I almost said it's an unpaid gig. But it's not really unpaid. You just won't get any funds in your bank account. But you will get the satisfaction of knowing that you have expressed your sincere thoughts to decision-makers and those who will determine whether to replace them with other decision-makers.
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Why does the national socialist-left overreact to the proper labeling of the Nazis as being far-left?
A recitation of basic historical facts will bring forth all manner of vitriol and condemnation from the left. Why is this the case?
Properly labeling the Nazis as a far-left National Socialist German Workers' Party will bring forth a stunning overreaction from the nation's socialist-left. Why do they overreact denying their past? Why is this one of the worst aspects of the cultural civil war being waged by the left?
Overreacting to history
The past few years have seen the Left become increasingly detached from reality with logical arguments verging further and further from their grasp, seeing them having to compensate for their abilities and lack of practical solutions with ad hominem attacks or childish invective. The worst examples being of the genre of the 'debunking' article or video of the statement of the facts of the Nazi party, with most beginning with vitriol unworthy of a 5-year-old. In many cases their circular logic has devolved down to there is no reason to debate those of us on the pro-liberty right because we are essentially wrong.
A debate on the biggest historical lies in modern history does bring forth a question in why the left overreacts to the discussion. Why do they care about the base ideology of a group of socialists that were only around for a mercifully short time, over 70 years ago? Are they terribly worried that the Nazis will be correctly identified as part of an ideology that has oppressed and deliberately murdered millions of people, thus tarring their reputation?
Leftists never directly explain why certain groups are 'right-wing'
While they will often assert that fascism is some manifestation of extremism of the political right, they fail to explain why this is the case. They simply assert the presumption and quickly 'move-on' to issue further insults against the pro-liberty right. The best they can offer is that 'fascist states practiced business-friendly economic policies' or that certain people voted for them. Or it's the shop-worn 'rivalry' talking point often trotted out by the left. The problem for the left is that none of those items even come close to proving the case no matter how many times they repeat them.
This is after all, the biggest lie in modern history and a complete reversal of the meaning of common words. Those kinds of extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, but leftists never even get up to the starting block. Leftists begin with the presumption that the Nazis were 'right-wing' and they simply repeat the charge ad nauseam, despite not having any to proof this is the case. It could just be a coincidence that historic falsehood just happens to absolve their side of the political spectrum of the worst horrors of WWII.
Leftists presume the Nazis were 'right-wing' since they were 'right-wing', simply because they were 'right-wing'. With the magic of circular logic, anyone can be 'right-wing' because they are said to be 'right-wing'. Start off with a one-line editorial and simply build on the presumption, never mind proving the case with facts.
Why does the Left tar their opposition as 'right-wing' no matter how it defies basic logic?
Stalin was the originator of casting his political opponents as fascists and supposedly 'right-wing' despite a dearth of evidence. So it's not without the least bit of historic irony that one of the 'reactionary' articles on the issue makes the stunning revelation that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics under good old Uncle Jo was in fact a 'right-wing terroristic totalitarian regime'. Yes indeed, in an article on the admittedly leftist site 'Wrath-Bearing Tree' in a piece entitled: No, Nazis were Not Leftists: Or, How to Debunk Right-Wing Propaganda. The author makes this stunning revelation – without evidence –overreacting to an article on the subject in The Federalist.
For those who shout "What about Stalin?!", the answer is that the Soviet Union, especially under Stalin, was also a right-wing terroristic totalitarian regime, despite the supposed "leftism" of Communist ideology that could be traced back to said Enlightenment values. The Soviet Union was never really Communist in anything but name, but from the beginning governed as just another kleptocratic oligarachy much more authoritarian than any Tsar ever dreamed of. Vladimir Nabokov, in his memoirs, calls the Bolsheviks (who assassinated his father, by the way) "fascists." So the answer is that the Nazis weren't "leftist," but that the Soviet Union was actually "rightist."
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It would seem that the nation's socialist-left doesn't tire of going to the well in trying to foster the 'that wasn't really socialism' lie. A lie, they insist on maintaining with the socialist nation of Venezuela.
Who knew that Bernie Sanders was 'Right-wing'?
Lest anyone consider those previous revelations to top the heap of the illogic of the Socialist-Left, we present this piece from World Socialist Web Site entitled: Bernie Sanders silent on Assange, vocal in promoting nationalism at Michigan, asserting that socialist Bernie Sanders is really 'Right-wing':
Seeking to attack Trump from the right and outdo the president's appeal to chauvinism and xenophobia, the Vermont senator declared: "The NAFTA treaty that Trump renegotiated with Mexico will still allow companies like General Motors to send our jobs to Mexico.
Sanders' silent support for the persecution of Assange and his promotion of nationalism arise from his pro-capitalist, pro-imperialist political orientation. These right-wing positions demonstrate that his real aim is not, as he claims, to lead a "political revolution" against the "billionaire class," but to misdirect, disorient and suppress opposition among workers and young people by channeling it behind the corporate-controlled, pro-war Democratic Party.
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Leftists will brand anyone they consider to be the opposition as 'right-wing' at the drop of a hat, just as they will overreact to any challenge to their 'That wasn't really socialism' mythology. They maintain these tactics and outright lies for two closely related reasons. This is to protect their base ideology, and to balance out the butcher's bill.
Protecting the ideology of socialism
An ideology based on ancient ideas enslaves, oppresses and has deliberately murdered over 100 million people with a track record of 400 years of failure somehow tends to get a bad reputation. So it only follows that its current votaries in trying to foist it on a new generation would seek to make it sound like something other than what has brought on the horrors of the past. It's akin to a car dealership that at one was called Robert Francis O'Rourke's used cars is now Beto's better deals in trying to take in a new class of suckers.
Balancing out the butcher's bill
Even worse than keeping their base ideology 'pure' by insisting that it's never really been implemented correctly is their use of these lies to try to absolve its blood soaked history. The presumption being that even though various sundry Communists have killed millions, they can point to the Nazis in one of history's more perverse forms of 'whataboutism'.
It is for this reason that the national socialist left overreacts with such vehemence to the recitation of the truth. Given these facts from history, it is clear that the organized evil of the modern age redounds mostly to the left. They are the one with blood on their hands, even though they attempt to project it on others.
The Dangerous mystique of Nazism
There are two very dangerous effects of leftist attempts of constantly trying to rewrite history. One is that it provides a certain level of 'mystique' to the Nazis, Lending itself to those of a certain disaffected status to emulate this horrid ideology. This would be far less likely if the truth about this party wasn't undergoing constant obscurement by the nation's socialist-left.
Shedding some of the dark side of socialism
This leftist mythology also keeps the full horror of the record of socialism under wraps. Leftists will always insist on the 'that wasn't really socialism' lie. But with the Nazis as part of their own, they can't palm off some it horrors on the 'right wing'. Thus new adherents aren't repulsed by the horrific past of the left's base ideology. There would be far fewer new minted socialists if they were apprised of the full truth of the collectivist 'faith'.
The Takeaway
There is a very good reason the national socialist-left overreacts to anyone daring to bring up certain historical facts. While it's a part of the 'that wasn't really socialism' lie, it also provides them with a convenient excuse for the deprivations of those nations that are at least for now acknowledged as leftist by the left. Soon enough they will try to work their magic in rewriting history to somehow term failed socialist nations to be somehow 'right wing'. So at least in their minds, their base ideology will be left unsullied by oppression and deliberate mass murder.
For everyone else, the truth is becoming manifest, that the myriad variations in collectivism have all failed with horrific results for millions of people. We have reached the end of the age of experimentation in government. Those predicated on individual liberty and economic freedom are vastly superior to those based on collectivism and economic slavery. The truth of the matter will bare this out, leaving the socialist-left out in the cold as they deserve.
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Oliver W. Lewis
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Oliver W. Lewis, 70, a retired Air Force major general who was vice president of the American Defense Preparedness Association, died of cancer May 16, 1994 at the hospital at Andrews Air Force Base. He lived in Arlington. General Lewis began his military service during World War II, when he was a bomber pilot in the Pacific. He later served in Japan, in Korea during the Korean War and in Thailand and Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
A resident of the Washington area off and on since 1953, he served in research and development assignments at the Pentagon and commanded four squadrons and four bases. After he retired in the mid-1970s as director of the Air Force Personnel Council, he was vice president of the defense association until 1992.
General Lewis was born in Knoxville, Alabama.
He attended the University of Alabama and was a graduate of George Washington
University. His military honors included two Distinguished Service Medals,
the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, two
Air Medals, three Air Force Commendation Medals and two Army Commendation
Medals. He was a member of the Army Navy Country Club. Survivors include
his wife of 48 years, Catherine T. Lewis of Arlington; two children, Air
Force Lt Col Gregory W. Lewis of Montgomery, Ala., and Kathy L. Leighton
of Herndon; and four grandsons.
On Friday, April 2, 1999, CATHERINE LEWIS SOWLE,
wife of Donald E. Sowle and the late Oliver W. Lewis, Major General, USAF
(Ret.); mother of Gregory W. Lewis, Col., USAF, Kathy A. Leighton and Mary
C. Pruitt, Col., USAF; step-mother of Lisa Cahill and Maryann Messing.
She is also survived by 15 grandchildren. Friends may call JOSEPH GAWLER'S
SONS, 5130 Wisconsin Avenue at Harrison Street, NW, on Thursday from 6
to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at Fort Myer Chapel
on Friday, April 9, at 12:45 p.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Wilmer Eye Institute
at Johns Hopkins, Development Office, Wilmer 112, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore,
MD 21287-9015, attn.: Marcia Boyl (Please attach a note to read: In memory
of Catherine Lewis Sowle and for Research for Shannath Merbs, M.D., Ph.D.)
Courtesy of the United States Air Force
Major General Oliver W. Lewis was director of the Secretary of the Air Force Personnel Council, Washington, D.C.
General Lewis was born in 1923, in Knoxville, Alabama, and graduated from Greene County High School, Eutaw, Alanama, in 1941. He attended the University of Alabama until he entered the military service in December 1942. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and received his pilot wings upon completion of flying training at Altus Army Air Base, Okla., in 1944. During World War II, he trained in B-17, B-24 and B-29 bomber aircraft.
In July 1946 General Lewis went to the South Pacific area where he served as a B-17 and B-29 pilot, aircraft maintenance officer and staff officer. From September 1948 to August 1949, he was a training command instructor pilot at Perrin, Texas, and then Williams Air Force Base, Ariz. During this assignment, he was an instructor in the first jet trainers in the U.S. Air Force, the F-80 Shooting Star.
In August 1950 he was assigned to Headquarters Far East Air Forces and flew 27 combat missions in the B-26 bomber aircraft during the Korean War. In December 1951 he was transferred to Headquarters Japan Air Defense Force in Nagoya, Japan, where he was a project officer in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air Installations.
In July 1953 General Lewis was assigned to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Development, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., where he served four years in research and development.
General Lewis attended The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., from July 1957 to October 1958 and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in business administration and advanced management. He next went to Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and was assigned to the 96th Air Refueling Squadron. There he became a KC-135 aircrew commander and later the squadron commander. After a tour of duty as chief of operations in the Atlas-F strategic missile unit at Altus in 1963, General Lewis was assigned from January 1964 until July 1965 as commander of the 26th Bombardment Squadron, which was equipped with B-52E aircraft.
In July 1965 he assumed duty as deputy base commander and later was commander at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. During this period, Grand Forks Air Force Base became a Minuteman II operational base.
General Lewis went to Southeast Asia and assumed command of the 355th Combat Support Group at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, in April 1967. He was reassigned in July 1968 as commander of Norton Air Force Base, California.
He went to Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, as wing commander in August 1969 and became deputy chief of staff, personnel, for Headquarters Military Airlift Command in April 1970.
General Lewis was assigned duties at Headquarters
U.S. Air Force, as director of personnel programs, in the Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, in June 1972, and on July 1, 1975 he
assumed the duties of the director of the Secretary of the Air Force Personnel
Council. In this position, he assures proper administration
His military decorations and awards include
the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal,
Air Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Army
Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Ribbon, and the Republic of Korea Presidential
General Lewis was promoted to the grade of Major General on Sept. 20, 1972, with date of rank July 1, 1969.
General Lewis was buried with full military
honors in Section 7A, Grave 112, Arlington National Cemetery.
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Senate Republicans have little room for error as they push forward with a budget resolution that is key to tax reform.
They scored a small victory on Tuesday, when 50 senators agreed to start debate on the fiscal blueprint despite GOP Sens. Thad Cochran (Miss.) and Richard Shelby (Ala.) missing the vote.
After the initial vote, Cochran announced he had returned to Washington and would be "taking part in the debate on the budget and tax cuts," giving Republicans more breathing room.
But GOP leadership is still facing demands from key holdouts, giving them a narrow path to get the budget through the Senate this week. With a 52-seat majority, Republicans can only afford to lose two GOP senators and still let Vice President Pence break a tie.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is threatening to vote against the budget if spending levels are not scaled back and is blasting demands from Republican defense hawks to boost military spending.
"Senators [John] McCain and [Lindsey] Graham are torpedoing the budget by insisting on busting the budget caps for more spending," Paul said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Paul said during a conference call with reporters that he is asking leadership to stick to the budget caps. He said boosting defense spending through the overseas contingency fund — a war account that isn't subjected to the rules — is a "charade."
"I've told my leadership, I've told the president … and I said look, I'm all in, I want to be supportive, I'm a yes vote, but we have to obey our own rules," he said.
The budgetary caps imposed in the 2011 Budget Control Act were intended to force cooperation between Republicans and Democrats by strictly limiting both defense and nondefense discretionary spending.
Paul said the $43 billion in contingency funding should be removed from the budget, arguing it violates the spirit of that agreement.
The Kentucky senator voted to start debate on the budget, but he said that was largely "out of respect for the president." He has been locked in negotiations with the White House over the resolution.
Graham (R-S.C.) and McCain (R-Ariz.) fired back at Paul.
"Rand's wanting everything. … I don't know how long it takes to figure out where this guy is coming from. … He's never getting to yes. He's always got a reason to be no," Graham said.
Graham in a tweet warned Paul that he better not "screw up" tax reform.
McCain, who once called Paul a "wacko bird," dismissed the Republican as speaking only for himself.
"I don't know anybody who pays any attention to him," McCain said. Paul himself was unable to name another senator who was prepared to vote against the budget over the same issues.
McCain announced on Tuesday evening that he would support the budget because it sets up tax reform, but he urged the White House and Congress to get a larger deal to boost defense spending.
"At the end of the day, we all know that the Senate budget resolution will not impact final appropriations. To do that, Congress and the White House must negotiate a budget agreement that will lift the caps on defense spending and enable us to adequately fund the military," McCain said in a statement.
Republicans are optimistic they will ultimately pass the budget because their members want to move on to tax reform. The budget will allow Republicans to pass a tax bill through the Senate on a majority vote.
"I think people understand that it's more about tax reform than the budget, and it's a necessary step so we can move to tax reform," said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.).
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) added, "No one should be confused about this: that a vote for the budget is a vote for tax reform. Conversely, a vote against the budget is a vote against tax reform."
Tuesday's vote kicked off 50 hours of debate followed by a marathon voting session, known as a vote-a-rama.
Under the freewheeling process, senators can force a vote on any proposal they want.
A vote on the budget in 2015 wrapped up after 3 a.m. despite pleas from leadership to speed things up. Voting on the fiscal 2017 budget in January, which was used to let ObamaCare repeal avoid a Democratic filibuster, lasted until after 1 a.m.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) suggested that their efforts in the budget debate would largely be focused on messaging against the GOP tax bill, instead of a free-for-all.
"We'd like to focus our amendments … and not have a whole Christmas tree of everything," Schumer said when asked about the party's floor strategy.
The amendments, according to Schumer, would largely fall into four buckets: that the GOP tax plan would create a "huge hole" in the deficit; that the tax plan would hurt the middle class; that it would cut Medicare and Medicaid; and that it would provide tax cuts to high-income earners.
"Rest assured, Democrats will use the process to put our Republican colleagues on the spot here. How can they support such a plan?" he asked.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said he would file an amendment to keep Senate pay-as-you-go rules in place for tax reform. Republicans need to bend those rules, which are meant to limit deficit spending, to ensure that Democrats don't block their tax reform efforts.
"Pay-go is one of the ones that, for anyone who claims to have any fiscal responsibility, we've got to keep those rules in place," Warner said.
Senate Democrats are also planning to offer an amendment to block the GOP from using the budget process to more easily allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
But Democrats, echoing Schumer, predicted they would keep their amendments focused on the tax debate.
"The point we want to make is not terribly complicated. … I'm not sure this will be amongst the longer vote-a-ramas in the history of the Senate," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).


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Across BP, our aim is that our workforce reflects the local communities in which we operate. Angolan nationals represent approximately 70% of our total workforce based in Angola, and the BP Angola leadership team includes five Angolan nationals. Our business in Angola continues to grow with great opportunities for people to develop their careers.
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To develop the required pool of skilled labour, we run a scholarship programme which supports students through university, typically in engineering disciplines. We support students during their studies, carrying out regular visits by the early development team and tracking and monitoring progress. Since 2009, 32 people have joined BP in Angola having graduated from our scholarship programme in chemical, electrical, mechanical, structural and petroleum engineering fields from universities in Turkey, South Africa, US and the UK. In addition, approximately 80 other BP-supported students are at various stages of their four-year degree programmes in engineering disciplines, expected to graduate by 2017 and to contribute to our graduate recruitment. We have also supported engineering students studying in Angola.
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This programme offers routes for study and vocational training to young nationals looking to develop a career in the oil and gas industry. Trainees attend a 12-month intensive English language course followed by two to three years vocational training at BP facilities in the UK, South Africa or on BP ships. About 90% of the current Angolan technician population on the two BP Angola production facilities, Greater Plutonio (in Block 18) and PSVM (in Block 31) came from the BP technician programme pool. More than 200 trainees have graduated from the programme since it began in 2001.
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In 2013, BP's Upstream Challenge programme celebrated 20 years as the company's longest running graduate development plan. Aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates with less than three years' work experience, the programme was created in 1993 to help graduates develop their technical and professional skills. The highly-structured, competency-based programme covers a range of disciplines, such as engineering, finance, subsurface and wells. It provides graduates with practical experience and formal training to build strength in their chosen discipline. Each graduate undertakes two to three job rotations over a period of three years, with each rotation providing appropriate field or operational experience where needed. Graduates also receive up to 20 days of formal training every year, along with support, coaching, assessments and feedback. Once the three years are complete, graduates can go on to pursue a range of career opportunities, from technical specialists to leadership roles. We currently have a total of 75 Challengers working in the Angola region.


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Dark Chocolate Cookies with Sour Cherries
These cookies get their intense flavor from bittersweet chocolate and cocoa; dried cherries lend an unexpected tartness.
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jillmizen14 MAY, 2018Amazing cookies. So easy. They will be gone in hours so double the recipe. I make these every holiday and everyone asks me where the recipe is from.Reply
13235560DW22 DEC, 2017I love this recipe. They are delicious and the type of dried cherries do matter. They are amazing.Reply
LindaDeoG9 MAR, 2014These are amazing, the only issue with the recipe is the butter. 1 1/4 cups is not 2 1/2 sticks. Have made them many times using the 1 1/4 cups and only realized this baking the error.Reply
jennbrazil14 DEC, 2015Which is the correct amount of butter?
kaeleewill549837121 SEP, 20161 1/4 (US) cups of butter is equal to 20 tablespoons, or 2 1/2 sticks. The recipe is correct.
MS1095432723 DEC, 2015Hello...yes, 1 1/4 cups of butter is 2 1/2 sticks. Each stick of butter is a 1/2 cup. As for the size of cookie...measure out a heaping Tablespoon and bake at 350 F for 8 minutes. Do not overbake because it will be hard to tell if you have burnt them with the colour of the cookies being so dark. Better to underbake...at least they're salvageable if too soft. Hope this helps.
epicsnerd27 JUL, 2011The sour cherries will cost you more, but this is a fabulous recipe. I include these in my Christmas gift packages and they're always a hit. I have to hide them from my husband or they are devoured before they can be given away. Do not overbake, whatever you do. They will look undercooked, but firm up nicely, don't be tempted to leave them in longer. The recipe easily yields 3 doz., many more if you make there a more conventional size. I love this recipe, thank you Martha!Reply
blumoonmolly28 NOV, 2010The dough for these cookies is to die for -- unfortunately, my first batch just sort of melted rather than baking, so I ended up with chocolate cherry mess. Should the dough be refrigerated first? Any other folks having the same issue?Reply
SuperSpeechie13 NOV, 2010Love, love, love these cookies! I just used regular cocoa and Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips. My fiance doesn't usually like rich, chocolately desserts, but he loved these because of the balance with the sour cherries.Reply
bakedbytreats27 OCT, 2010I'm confused about the use of Dutch-processed cocoa powder and baking soda. I thought the two did not react to each other. Could it mean baking powder?Reply
turquoise6730 SEP, 2010I loved these cookies and it is great that dark chocolate is used in the recipe. It is very easy to make and they taste deliciouse. I will make these cookies again for sure. Thank you Martha!Reply
mykele3 MAY, 2010It is too bad that this site gives a cookie for the day in such a drawn out method over, in this case, two years so that the comments take for ever for any of us to get answers in fact unless you check in everyday for acouple of years, you never will know if a fellow commentor has answered you.....oh yes, 2 eggs, olay??? MykeleReply
pmaupin3 MAY, 2010I form these into 3 logs and freeze for future use. Since they are super chocolatey and not so sweet, they make fabulous ICE CREAM SANDWICHES!Reply
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Approximately these micro-PK results, Patanjali may need stated, "Of direction brain interacts with subject. Haven't you learn the Yoga Sutras? " in regards to the macro-PK results mentioned in yogic lore and in different historic anecdotes, Patanjali may need acknowledged, with a touch of annoyance, "Well, there are a number of infrequent yogis who can practice the large results, yet as you recognize they're counseled to not show them publicly. Why now not specialize in the common siddhis, like clairvoyance? these are effortless to illustrate. " bankruptcy thirteen Clairvoyance i used to be a peripheral visionary.
That might be linked to dilation of the scholar, so we expected that we'd locate higher scholars prior to emotional occasions than prior to calm occasions. We additionally speculated, in accordance with ameliorations in info processing within the mind hemispheres, that presentiment details could be processed extra within the correct mind hemisphere (in right-handed humans) than within the left hemisphere. We additional assumed that simply because eye activities replicate psychological imagery, then those that confirmed major presentiment results of their student may additionally express correlations among their eye routine recorded ahead of as opposed to whereas viewing a stimulus picture.
Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill; 2012. 6. Lama D. Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama. San Francisco: HarperOne; 1990. 7. Gross PR, Levitt N, Lewis MW, eds. The Flight from technology and cause. long island: long island Academy of Sciences; 1996. Annals of the recent York Academy of Sciences; No. 775. eight. Clay A. toes of Clay: A research of professionals. manhattan: loose Press Paperbacks; 1996. nine. large WJ. The technological know-how of Yoga. ny: Simon & Schuster; 2012. 10. Criswell E. How Yoga Works: An advent to Somatic Yoga.
Yet let's commence our research by way of contemplating macro-PK goals. Macro-PK Mentally bending cutlery or aluminum bars has been informally verified again and again in so-called PK events, a lighthearted get together video game initially designed through Jack Houck, an aeronautical engineer. those events have been initially influenced by means of screens of obvious psychokinetic "spoon bending" within the Seventies by means of the Israeli psychic Uri Geller. This phenomenon has been studied a couple of times lower than quasi-controlled situations, and for my part, it kind of feels like whatever fascinating could be happening.
We envisioned that the mind could exhibit alterations in electric task prior to unpredictable audio tones as opposed to mild flashes (because the mind approaches those stimuli in numerous areas, therefore developing assorted destiny mind states that will "ripple" backward in time). the result of the test indicated that the nonmeditators confirmed no major modifications in mind job ahead of they bought audio tones as opposed to mild flashes (see determine 5). yet within the meditator team, 5 of the thirty-two EEG electrodes confirmed statistically major changes ahead of receiving audio as opposed to gentle stimuli (each electrode with odds opposed to probability of 20 to one) one moment earlier than the stimuli.


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When in fact we've been able to clean the body of toxins on our bodies. So need not to use a detox program are manifold.
To optimize the performance of the body in ridding toxins, there are some foods that can be consumed. The food is as follows:
Although avocados have a high vegetable fat content. However, avocados contain antioxidants including glutathione complete. This will help mengelurakkan content of harmful toxins from the body.
Cranberry is excellent for preventing urinary tract infections as well get rid of toxins in the body.
Do not underestimate the benefits of cabbage. The content of sulfur in the cabbage role pushing out chemicals that are not needed by the body. There is also a sulfur content in cabbage to rid the body of material that is commonly ingested pesticides in vegetables or fruit.
This fruit does have a variety of health benefits, especially if regularly consumed. Lemon is rich in vitamins and antioxidants that are useful to protect liver function and get rid of chemicals in the body.
Easily available and have many benefits, one of which heal the damage that is in the body through a natural antibiotic in the benefits of garlic.
There is no cost if you use a beet in a smoothie recipe. Pectin content of betaine and serves to protect the liver and gastrointestinal tract. The venom was reduced in the body by eating beets.
Fruit with delicious flavor is able to help cleanse the digestive system and prevent developing kidney stones.
Sunflower Seeds
Do not underestimate snacks commonly eaten these kids because if consumed regularly can get rid of harmful toxins which circulate in the body.


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