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Permanent Secretariat of the Conference of American Armies
COLONEL Juan Bautista Medina Mateo, ERD
Permanent Executive Secretary of the Conference of American Armies
Dominican Republic Army
Colonel Juan Bautista Medina Mateo was born in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on February 1st, 1968. He joined the National Army as a Cadet Candidate, in the Infantry branch, on the 9th of January of the year 1989, at the Military Academy of the Armed Forces "Batalla de Las Carreras", Dominican Republic, where he obtained the rank of Second Lieutenant, with a Bachelor's Degree in Military Science of the National Army, in 1992.
He has been assigned to the following units and positions:
Head of the Operations Department of the Permanent Executive Secretariat of the Conference of American Armies (PESCAA); Commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade, Dominican Republic Army (ERD); S-3, Planning and Training Officer, 1st Infantry Brigade, Dominican Republic Army (ERD); instructor at the School of Graduates in Military Studies, Dominican Republic Army, ERD.; Commander of the Military Training Battalion, MGFAS., ERD.; Commandant of the Infantry School for Officers; Commander of the Commandos Battalion, ERD.; S-3, Planning and Training Officer, 4th Infantry Brigade, ERD.; Disciplinary Deputy Director, Army Headquarters, ERD.; Deputy Director of Planning, Operations, and Training, G-3, ERD.; S-3, Planning and Training Officer, 5th Infantry Brigade, ERD.; Head of the Operations branch, G-3, ERD.; Liaison Officer between the Army and the Center for Emergency Operations (COE); Personal Assistant to the Army Commander; Executive Officer of the 15th Infantry Battalion, ERD.; S-3, Planning and Training Officer, 6th Infantry Brigade, ERD.; Head of the Transfers Branch for Officers, G-1, Army Personnel, ERD.; Inspecting Officer of the "Cacique Enriquillo" Fortress, Pedernales; "A" Company Commander, 15th Infantry Battalion, ERD.; S-4, Logistics Officer of the 5th Infantry Brigade, ERD.; S-3, Planning and Training Officer, 6th Battalion of "Cazadores" "GGL", ERD.; Platoon Leader, "A" Company, 6th Battalion of "Cazadores" "GGL", ERD.
Infantry Officer, Military Academy of the Armed Forces "Batalla de las Carreras".
Training Course for Cadets "C-23", School of the Americas.
Training Course for Instructors, School of the Americas.
Seminar on the Protection of Human Rights and Refugees.
Course-Workshop on Human Relations and Communication.
Course on the Prevention of the Inappropriate Use of Drugs.
Course on Crisis Management in Airports.
Course for Experts in Mountain Operations "CAZADORES", 6th Battalion of "Cazadores".
Course on Operations in Border Areas "IGUANERO", 5th Infantry Brigade, ERD.
Course in Tactical Operations in Urban Areas "MONTEROS", Special Counterterrorism Unit, Ministry of Defense.
Course on Close Combat and Advanced Marksmanship, Special Counterterrorism Unit, Ministry of Defense.
Advanced Counterterrorism Course, Special Counterterrorism Unit, Ministry of Defense.
Basic Course for Snipers, Special Counterterrorism Unit, Ministry of Defense.
Intermediate Course on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
Intermediate Infantry Course, DGECEM, ERD.
Advanced Infantry Course, DGECEM, ERD.
Advanced Course on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
Joint Command and Staff Course, School of Graduates in Command and Staff "EGCEMC", Ministry of Defense.
Joint and Combined Operations Course, School of Graduates in Command and Staff "EGCEMC", Ministry of Defense.
Seminar on Joint Operations, WHINSEC.
Seminar on Joint Operations, Puerto Rico National Guard.
Course on the Planning and Analysis of Intelligence, School of Graduates in Command and Staff "EGCEMC", Ministry of Defense.
Seminar on Drug Trafficking Control, National Drug Control Agency of the Dominican Republic (DNCD)- Puerto Rico National Guard.
Seminar on Successful Response to Terrorism, Colombia National Army.
Course on Command and Joint Control in Operations Against Drug Trafficking, Colombia National Army.


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dancing lives – Shane Ohmer
By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-02-07T02:21:05-08:00May 8th, 2012|
Shane Ohmer has been performing with Bad Boys of Dance as a lead dancer in Rock the Ballet. He has the buff body and stern/dangerous, almost sulky James Dean look you'd expect in that role. In person, however, he is very polite, eager, enthusiastic and friendly. And he can dance. He moves smoothly and intently, with skill and conviction, and learns readily. For Approaching Ecstasy (May 18-20 at Intiman Theatre) he will need all these characteristics. There are 18 separate pieces for the 18 poems by CP Cavafy (music by Eric Banks) some still being choreographed by Whim W'Him artistic director Olivier Wevers, of which Shane has to learn 8. Certain particular movements thread through several sections, but are used in different combinations and variations that could make committing them to memory trickier if anything. Only in town a few weeks for this show, he's the latest dancer to join Whim W'Him and the last to arrive for AE rehearsals.
In fact, Shane is no stranger to Seattle or to other Whim W'Him dancers. Although in recent times he has been touring widely with Rock the Ballet (from Europe to Kazakhstan), he has had Northwest connections for about a decade. The fourth child of six in a lively and supportive Cincinnati family, he started to dance at an unusually early age, especially for a boy. In second grade, a neighbor girl invited him to watch her practice with a drill team ("I thought it was a wood working shop, drills and things— honestly!" says Shane). But after he'd seen what it really was, he joined up and has been dancing, more or less, ever since. In Cincinnati he attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts, where at 14, in the 8th grade, he started ballet classes.
During high school, he enrolled in Pacific Northwest Ballet's summer course, where his potential was noted at once and he was put on the list as an understudy and professional division student. He felt "so loved and cared for as at PNB," he says. "The teachers were very careful with their students, so full of care." Although, as it turned out, he left for Chicago before the end of his second year—having seen Hubbard Street Dance perform Jiri Kylian's Petite Mort and been offered a position in one of their troupes—he says he says he feels "eternally grateful" to PNB and considers Seattle his second home.
Chicago was an adventure for a restless soul, but not an unqualified success. Hubbard St. didn't work out; another, jazz dance company wasn't fulfilling (though he did get to tour the US, including Hawaii). "Fed up," as Shane put it, he went to Canada to dance with Les grands ballets canadiens de Montréal, where he performed choreography by Balanchine, Forsythe, Mats Ek, Nacho Duato and more.
Among those who have most strongly influenced Shane, in both dance and life, is Israeli choreographer and artistic director of Batsheva Dance Company, Ohad Naharin, whose conviction that "Anything is possible and nothing is permanent," seems a fitting motto for Shane Ohmer's life so far. After a time in Montreal, Shane was off to New York where he didn't dance for two years, but worked at a milliner's and was scouted as a runway model, along with other jobs. A friend who had recently auditioned for Rock the Ballet suggested that he should do so too. Although at the time he was considered too tall, he was later called back to perform as a principal dancer and has been on the road since.
His current tour with Bad Boys of Dance ends in August. What comes next?
"I haven't any idea," says Shane.
But after scores of shows in the same role, he now revels in the challenge of learning a lot of new material for Approaching Ecstasy and being in the middle of its creation.
The first piece I've seen Shane dance is a duet with Jim Kent, still being choreographed by Olivier. One of the few purely narrative segments of AE, the poem describes a chance encounter.
At the tobacco shop
They stood in the window of the tobacco shop,
Under the bright lights, and among several other men.
By chance, their glances found each other,
And expressed the forbidden desires of their flesh,
And their fear, and their hesitation.
After a few anxious steps along the sidewalk –
They smiled and nodded to each other, faintly.
Finally, the carriage came, and they closed its doors…
And sweet desire drew their bodies together;
And their hands, and their lips.
The two men tap their feet, shoot each other sidelong glances (smoldering in the case of Shane, cool and enigmatic from Jim), and sidle sinuously into their approach. An intriguing and recurring aspect of Olivier's choreography is how it picks up on the vernacular of everyday movements. He must observe people continually in all sorts of situations, taking in, whether consciously or not, their small gestures and looks, how they transmit emotions, how they keep them bottled up. The resulting works are clearly danced, not just mime or pedestrian imitation of the daily grind. For one thing, a non-dancer would have nothing like the strength, stamina, flexibility, grace, or physical awareness of the music to transmit Olivier's choreographic subtleties! In keeping with his very personal sense of the world, which expresses a colloquial, contemporary quality while also reaching out to the universal, Olivier has chosen a group of highly distinctive dancers. Shane Ohmer is a great match for this unique company.
For the tobacco shop poem, one of the cleverly designed boxes by Casey Curran serves first as the tobacconist's backdrop and then as the carriage. Next Tuesday's post will give a glimpse of Casey's work-in-progress and some insights into his ideas for the show.
Coming up before that, on this Friday: In the theater—dancers and singers meet for the first time, and try out the stage together.

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The hotel below is in downtown, Omaha, Nebraska. I know very little about these locations and would love more information.
I would like to take some photography abandoned buildings, bridges, and house.
Start driving around, Edward. These places are everywhere! If there are any in particular you are curious about, just private message me.
I know this is going to sound weird but are there any abandoned buildings you've visited that you remember having fire sprinklers in?
Not off the top of my head. Most large places would have them I would think.


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"A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri," December 1839–October 1840
Installment 1, December 1839 Page 17 Installment 2, January 1840 Page 33 Installment 3, February 1840 Page 49 Installment 4, March 1840 Page 65 Installment 5, April 1840 Page 81 Installment 6, May 1840 Page 97 Installment 7, June 1840 Page 113 Installment 8, July 1840 Page 129 Installment 9, August 1840 Page 145 Installment 10, September 1840 Page 161 Installment 11, October 1840 Page 177
"A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in
," in Times and Seasons (Commerce/Nauvoo, IL), vol. 1, nos. 2–12: Dec. 1839, pp. 17–20; Jan. 1840, pp. 33–36; Feb. 1840, pp. 49–51; Mar. 1840, pp. 65–66; Apr. 1840, pp. 81–82; May 1840, pp. 97–99; June 1840, pp. 113–116; July 1840, pp. 129–131; Aug. 1840, pp. 145–150; Sept. 1840, pp. 161–165; Oct. 1840, pp. 177, 184–185; edited by
. The copy used for transcription is currently part of a bound volume held at CHL; includes light marginalia and archival marking.
Each segment in the eleven-part series begins on the first page of its respective number of the Times and Seasons. Each issue comprises eight leaves (sixteen pages) that measure 8⅝ x 5¼ inches (22 x 13 cm). The text on each page is set in two columns. At some point, the editors of the Times and Seasons reset and reprinted the December 1839 and January 1840 issues of the Times and Seasons; based on textual analysis, the version used for transcription appears to be the earlier typesetting of both.
See Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:94–95.
It is unknown how long this volume has been in church custody.
While incarcerated at
Located in western Missouri, thirteen miles north of Independence. Settled 1820. Clay Co. seat, 1822. Incorporated as town, May 1829. Following expulsion from Jackson Co., 1833, many Latter-day Saints found refuge in Clay Co., with church leaders and other...
, Missouri, in March 1839, JS addressed a letter to the Saints, and to "
Bishop [Edward] Partridge
27 Aug. 1793–27 May 1840. Hatter. Born at Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of William Partridge and Jemima Bidwell. Moved to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio. Married Lydia Clisbee, 22 Aug. 1819, at Painesville. Initially a Universal Restorationist...
in particular," in which he called for the Saints to gather up "a knoledge of all the facts and sufferings and abuses put upon them" in
that they might publish the records "to all the world" and "present them to the heads of the government."
JS et al., Liberty, MO, to the church members and Edward Partridge, Quincy, IL, 20 Mar. 1839, in Revelations Collection, CHL [D&C 123:1, 6]. An edited and slightly shortened version of the letter was published in two parts in the Times and Seasons, May and July 1840. The instruction to record the Saints' Missouri history was part of the July installment. ("Copy of a Letter, Written by J. Smith Jr. and Others, While in Prison," Times and Seasons, May 1840, 1:99–104; "An Extract of a Letter Written to Bishop Partridge, and the Saints in General," Times and Seasons, July 1840, 1:131–134.)
Revelations Collection, 1831–ca. 1844, 1847, 1861, ca. 1876. CHL. MS 4583.
Apparently in response to this assignment, Edward Partridge wrote a history that became the first three installments of "A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri," an eleven-part series published in the church's
Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...
newspaper, Times and Seasons, between December 1839 and October 1840. This series gave the first extended account of the Missouri period to be printed in the Latter-day Saint press. The editors of the Times and Seasons,
, announced in its first issue that the newspaper would "commence publishing the history of the disturbances in Missouri, in regular series,"
"A Word to the Saints," Times and Seasons, July 1839, 1:12. After the first copies of the first number were printed in July, publication of the Times and Seasons halted for several months because both editors fell ill amidst a malaria outbreak in the Commerce, Illinois, area. The first number was reissued under the date November 1839.
and the first installment appeared in the second issue.
"A History, of the Persecution" begins with
's account of the
conflicts in the early 1830s. Partridge was a bishop of the church in Missouri, first in
, then in
Settled ca. 1800. Organized from Ray Co., 1822. Original size diminished when land was taken to create several surrounding counties. Liberty designated county seat, 1822. Population in 1830 about 5,000; in 1836 about 8,500; and in 1840 about 8,300. Refuge...
following the Latter-day Saints' expulsion from Jackson, and finally in
Located in northwest Missouri. Settled by whites, by 1831. Described as being "one-third timber and two-thirds prairie" in 1836. Created specifically for Latter-day Saints by Missouri state legislature, 29 Dec. 1836, in attempt to solve "Mormon problem." ...
after the Saints relocated from Clay. By the time he wrote this account of the Mormons' experiences in Missouri, the Saints had been exiled from the state and had relocated to
. Partridge lived first at Pittsfield, then at
Located on high limestone bluffs east of Mississippi River, about forty-five miles south of Nauvoo. Settled 1821. Adams Co. seat, 1825. Incorporated as town, 1834. Received city charter, 1840. Population in 1835 about 800; in 1840 about 2,300; and in 1845...
. In July 1839 he settled in the
Located near middle of western boundary of state, bordering Mississippi River. European Americans settled area, 1820s. From bank of river, several feet above high-water mark, ground described as nearly level for six or seven blocks before gradually sloping...
area, where he served again as a bishop in the new Mormon community being established there.
Edward Partridge, Miscellaneous papers, CHL. This collection of Partridge papers includes other autobiographical writings about Missouri events.
Partridge, Edward. Miscellaneous Papers, ca. 1839–May 1840. CHL.
Partridge's narrative is based on firsthand observations and may also have relied on other records he kept. The manuscript version of the history begins, "In presenting to our readers a history of the persecutions," indicating that Partridge wrote it for publication purposes.
Partridge, History, manuscript, Edward Partridge, Miscellaneous Papers, CHL. Significant differences between the first three installments of "History, of the Persecution" and the Partridge manuscript are described in footnotes herein.
He may have intended to tell the entire Missouri story himself, but he fell ill shortly after publication of the "History of the Persecution" began, and he died 27 May 1840.
The fourth installment of "History, of the Persecution" provides a brief transition from
's account, which ends in 1836 as the Saints were settling in what became
, to the conflicts in Caldwell and adjoining counties beginning in 1838. Though the source or author of this portion is not known, it may have been written by editors
. Perhaps prompted by Partridge's illness, the editors sought elsewhere for source materials to continue the series. In April 1840, the fifth installment reprinted passages from
Parley P. Pratt
12 Apr. 1807–13 May 1857. Farmer, editor, publisher, teacher, school administrator, legislator, explorer, author. Born at Burlington, Otsego Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Traveled west with brother William to acquire land, 1823....
's History of the Late Persecution Inflicted by the State of Missouri upon the Mormons (Detroit: Dawson and Bates, 1839), and the sixth in May excerpted
's An Appeal to the American People: Being an Account of the Persecutions of the Church of Latter Day Saints; and of the Barbarities Inflicted on Them by the Inhabitants of the State of Missouri (Cincinnati: Glezan and Shepard, 1840).
No manuscript is known to exist for Pratt's published pamphlet. Rigdon is not named as the author on the title page of Appeal to the American People, but he is credited as such in the "History, of the Persecution" series and in advertisements for the pamphlet in the Times and Seasons. A manuscript version of Rigdon's Appeal to the American People, titled "To the Publick" and inscribed by George W. Robinson, is found in the JS Collection at the Church History Library. Many textual differences exist between the manuscript and Appeal to the American People, and the editors of the Times and Seasons clearly used the published pamphlet, not the manuscript, as their source. ("History, of the Persecution," May 1840, 1:99; Advertisement, Times and Seasons, 1 Jan. 1841, 2:272.)
In June the editors again excerpted Pratt's History of the Late Persecution, and in the three articles published from July to September they reprinted more of Rigdon's work. The series concluded in the October 1840 issue with a reprint of the speech that
John B. Clark
17 Apr. 1802–29 Oct. 1885. Lawyer, politician. Born at Madison Co., Kentucky. Moved to Howard Co., Missouri Territory, 1818. Practiced law in Fayette, Howard Co., beginning 1824. Clerk of Howard Co. courts, 1824–1834. Appointed brigadier general in Missouri...
, a major general of the Missouri state militia, made to the Latter-day Saints at
Originally called Shoal Creek. Located fifty-five miles northeast of Independence. Surveyed 1823; first settled by whites, 1831. Site purchased, 8 Aug. 1836, before Caldwell Co. was organized for Latter-day Saints in Missouri. William W. Phelps and John Whitmer...
, Caldwell County, on 5 November 1838.
The "History, of the Persecution" is representative of the many histories and individual petitions written at the time to document the Saints' experiences in
. Its excerpts from
's History of the Late Persecution and
's Appeal to the American People provide a useful sampling of two published histories of the period and demonstrate that documenting these events was a widespread effort.
Earlier published accounts of the Jackson County conflicts from Latter-day Saints include the broadside "The Mormons," So Called, dated 12 December 1833, and its reprint in The Evening and the Morning Star, Extra, Feb. 1834, [1]–[2]; a series titled "The Outrage in Jackson County, Missouri," published in The Evening and the Morning Star, Dec. 1833–Mar. 1834 and May–June 1834; John P. Greene's pamphlet Facts Relative to the Expulsion of the Mormons or Latter Day Saints, from the State of Missouri, under the "Exterminating Order" (Cincinnati: R. P. Brooks, 1839); and John Taylor's eight-page work, A Short Account of the Murders, Roberies, Burnings, Thefts, and Other Outrages Committed by the Mob and Militia of the State of Missouri, Upon the Latter Day Saints (Springfield, IL: By the author, 1839).
Publication in the church's periodical lent credibility to the series and ensured that it was the source from which many new Mormon converts learned the details of the church's history in Missouri. What they read was not the work of neutral historians detached from the events described. When
, Pratt, and Rigdon wrote their histories, the persecutions and injustices against them were still fresh in their memories. All three authors suffered personally during the Missouri hardships, and as they and other Saints undertook to write about their experiences, their primary focus was to fulfill JS's directive—to obtain redress by making known the "nefarious and murderous impositions that have been practiced upon this people."
JS et al., Liberty, MO, to the church members and Edward Partridge, Quincy, IL, 20 Mar. 1839, in Revelations Collection, CHL [D&C 123:5].
Installment 3, February 1840
Times and Seasons, Feb. 1840, 1:49–51. This is the third installment of the series. The first three installments were based on a manuscript in the hand of
Edward Partridge
Partridge, History, manuscript, Edward Partridge, Miscellaneous Papers, CHL.
The Governor,
D[aniel] Dunklin
, was disposed to bring the mobbers to justice; consequently, ten or twelve, witnesses were subpoened to attend the February term of the circuit court
Capt. [David R.] Atchison
11 Aug. 1807–26 Jan. 1886. Lawyer, judge, agriculturist, politician, farmer. Born at Frogtown, near Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of William Atchison and Catherine Allen. About 1830, moved to Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri, where he became a prominent...
was ordered to guard them over to
, and back, with his company of Liberty Blues.
The Partridge manuscript incorrectly identifies Atchison's troops as the "Liberty grays."
The attorney Gen. was also ordered, or requested, by the
Gov.
to attend the court, to assist the
circuit attorney
2 Dec. 1800–29 Jan. 1886. Lawyer. Born in Winchester, Frederick Co., Virginia. Moved to Clay Co., Missouri, by 1830. Married Judith B. Trigg, 15 July 1830, in Liberty, Clay Co. Prosecuting attorney for Clay Co., 1831–1834. Prosecuting attorney for Missouri...
, in the investigation.
The Missouri attorney general was Robert W. Wells; the circuit attorney was Amos Rees. This criminal investigation was to be undertaken by a grand jury empaneled in Jackson County. ("Mormon Difficulties," Missouri Intelligencer and Boon's Lick Advertiser [Columbia], 8 Mar. 1834, [1].)
Missouri Intelligencer and Boon's Lick Advertiser. Franklin, MO, 1819–1827; Fayette, MO, 1827–1830; Columbia, MO, 1830–1835.
The witnesses were guarded over to
, and after having been there a short time, they were visited by the
, accompanied by the attorney General. They informed the witnesses, that such was the excitement prevailing there; that it was doubtful whether any thing could be done to bring the mobbers to justice; that if any should be convicted, they would only be fined in some trifling sum, not to exceed $5, at most, just enough to answer the law.
"Just enough to answer the law" does not appear in the Partridge manuscript.
And they advised the witnesses not to go before the grand jury, intimating at the same time, that they might be in danger.— The witnesses replied, that they had been ordered there by the court, and they supposed, that they were still subject to the court, or to them, the attornies. As to the danger, in going before the grand jury they feared it not: they were ready and willing to go and testify to the truth. The attornies left them, and in a short time after, they were informed by
Capt. Atchison
, that the Judge,
Mr. [John F.] Ryland
2 Nov. 1797–10 Sept. 1873. Teacher, farmer, lawyer, judge. Born in King and Queen Co., Virginia. Son of Joseph Ryland and Rosamiah Molly. Moved to Richmond, Madison Co., Kentucky, 1809. Attended Forest Hill Academy in Washington Co. (later in Marion Co.),...
, had sent him word, that the witnesses and guard, were not wanted there any longer;
Capt. A.
paraded his men, as soon, and as well as he could for the crowd, and immediately marched off, the witnesses following him.
William W. Phelps reported that the Latter-day Saint witnesses learned from Amos Rees and Robert W. Wells "that all hopes of criminal prosecution, was at an end," after which Atchison and his men, who had been ordered by Ryland to return to Liberty, escorted the Mormons back to Clay County. The Missouri Intelligencer reported that Ryland, Rees, and Wells found "it was entirely unnecessarry to investigate this subject on the part of the State, as the jury were equally concerned in the outrages committed it was therefore not likely that any bills would be found." ("The Outrage in Jackson County, Missouri," The Evening and the Morning Star, Mar. 1834, 139; italics in original; "Mormon Difficulties," Missouri Intelligencer and Boon's Lick Advertiser [Columbia], 8 Mar. 1834, [1].)
Daily Missouri Republican. St. Louis. 1822–1869.
All hopes were now given up of ever bringing that people to justice; their hatred towards the saints, appeared to be unabating; they frequently sent over word to
Clay co.
that they were coming over to drive them from that place; they even went so far, as to circulate a paper in
, the object of which was to obtain volunteers there, to assist them in driving the saints away.— In
however, they had but a few friends, (for some time,) and could not obtain many signers.
A wealthy farmer, by the name of
[Michael] Arthur
19 May 1800–8 Aug. 1884. Farmer. Born in Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Married Amanda M. F. Martin, 24 May 1822, in Jessamine Co., Kentucky. Moved to Clay Co., Missouri, by 1830. Befriended and employed many Latter-day Saints after they were expelled ...
The Partridge manuscript does not name the farmer. Arthur was described in the church newspaper as "a respectable and wealthy planter of Clay county." ("The Outrage in Jackson County, Missouri," The Evening and the Morning Star, May 1834, 159.)
, who was then friendly to the saints, and who was in the habit of sending flour and whiskey into
to sell, (it generally being higher there than in
, in consequence of the Indian trade,)
The Partridge manuscript does not have "in consequence of the Indian trade."
sent over one of his negroes and team with a load, sometime that fall or winter,
"Sometime that fall or winter" does not appear in the Partridge manuscript.
they were stopped on the road by some of the good people of
, who mounted the load, and with axes cut the barrels to pieces, and wasted the flour and whisky upon the ground.
In 1834, if we mistake not, an inoffensive Br. by the name of Ira J. Willes went into
to hunt for a lost cow; he was taken by some of the ruffians residing there, who, after stripping off his clothes, whipped him unmercifully. For the credit of
, we would state that he was taken from the house of a Justice of the Peace; this is an ensample of upper
peace makers.
The previous sentence does not appear in the Partridge manuscript.
The same year, Br.
Lewis Abbot[t]
14 Dec. 1795–26 Aug. 1851. Farmer. Born at Wayland, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Amos Abbott and Lydia Moore. Married Ann Marsh, 12 Oct. 1829. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, May 1831. Migrated to western Missouri, 1832....
, a very peacible man, went to
to see a man who owed him; on his way he was discovered, and overtaken by some of that lawless banditti, who beat him with handspikes, no doubt with an intent to kill, for that was what they swore they would do; but his life was preserved, and he escaped out of their hands.
"For that was what they swore they would do" does not appear in the Partridge manuscript. Abbott later testified that his assailants "nocked me dow[n] and beat me as they supposed near unto death." (Lewis Abbott, Statement, Adams Co., IL, 25 June 1839, photocopy, Material Relating to Mormon Expulsion from Missouri, 1839–1843, CHL.)
Material Relating to Mormon Expulsion from Missouri, 1839–1843. Photocopy. CHL. MS 2145.
Thus have that people, unceasingly abused, and persecuted the saints whenever they could get an opportunity.
Gov. Dunklin
appeared willing to guard back the saints to
[p. 49]
Capt. David R. Atchison
Mr. John F. Ryland
Lewis Abbott


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In addition to staying active and breathing fresh air as much as you can it can help to focus on some specific vitamins and minerals that are known to balance the effects of winter on the body.
I am first and foremost a proponent for nutrients in whole food form, but a supplement can also help ensure you're getting adequate amounts since none of us are perfect.
Vitamin C offers protection against immune system deficiencies - especially helpful in preventing cold and flu- while also helping our bodies detox, nourishing the skin, maintaining bones and teeth, and healing wounds. And that's just to name a few of its benefits!
Foods that have it: peppers, dark leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, strawberries, tomatoes, and many other vegetables and fruits.
Check out my Mango & Turmeric Vitamin C Immune Boost Smoothie Recipe!
Most of us become deficient in Vitamin D during winter because we generally get it from the sun, and that's much more challenging during the cold weather months. But without it, our health suffers. Vitamin D helps us absorb and metabolize essential minerals, promotes proper cell development, and regulates the immune system, all crucial for disease prevention and basic life functions.
What you can do: whenever possible step outside during mid-day sun for at least 15 minutes. You can also get Vitamin D in food through butter, milk, eggs, mushrooms, cod liver oil, and fatty fish.
Not only does iron help keep your immune system strong throughout cold and flu season, but it also helps with keeping your energy high despite the shorter days and decreased physical activity. Iron also helps to carry oxygen throughout the rest of your body, nourishing all of your organs so they'll continue to functioning optimally.
Foods that have it: beans, dark leafy vegetables, red meat, poultry, seafood.
Zinc acts as an antioxidant in the body, fighting free radical damage, helping repair tissue, balancing hormones, and supporting healthy immunity and digestion. Without it you're likely to feel sick and tired, a pattern already all too common in winter!
Foods that have it: spinach, beef, beans, seafood, pumpkin seeds, and nuts.
Folate is the nutrient naturally found in foods, while folic acid is a synthetic version that is similar but slightly less bioavailable. Either way, it's not just for when you're pregnant! Both versions are a mood regulator, which means having enough could help you beat the winter blues. It can also help prevent heart disease, diabetes, and certain forms of cancer, and it supports healthy cells growth.
Foods that have it: dark leafy greens, beans, peas, lentils, avocado, nuts and seeds, and broccoli.
Additional nutrients to boost in winter are Vitamin E and Omega-3's to keep your hair, skin, and nails healthy and strong. Eating a variety of wholesome natural foods is the best way to get adequate amounts of all the nutrients you need, but a good quality supplement can also help make up for any gaps in your diet.
How do you ensure you're getting enough nutrients during the winter months?


The Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia has developed a new B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences undergraduate program that provides specialized training for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry through academic and laboratory course work. Micromeritics has been asked to participate in the Drug Development Laboratory section of this program by participating in the training laboratories for a number of materials testing techniques used in the pharmaceutical industry.


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Q: Can't start container through JDBC url with Spring boot (No XA DataSource class name specified) I'm trying to run testContainer with specified url in app.yml:
   datasource:
      driver-сlass-name: org.testcontainers.jdbc.ContainerDatabaseDriver
      url: jdbc:tc:postgresql://hostname/databasename
      username: user
      password: password

but always get exception
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'dataSource' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/XADataSourceAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [javax.sql.DataSource]: Factory method 'dataSource' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: No XA DataSource class name specified
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:599)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1173)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:208)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1138)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1066)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveAutowiredArgument(ConstructorResolver.java:835)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:741)
... 51 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [javax.sql.DataSource]: Factory method 'dataSource' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: No XA DataSource class name specified
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:189)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:588)
... 64 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No XA DataSource class name specified
at org.springframework.util.Assert.state(Assert.java:70)
at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.XADataSourceAutoConfiguration.createXaDataSource(XADataSourceAutoConfiguration.java:88)
at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.XADataSourceAutoConfiguration.dataSource(XADataSourceAutoConfiguration.java:72)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:162)
... 65 more

If I do the same things manually in the bean everything works fine.

A: The root cause is Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No XA DataSource class name specified
The XADataSourceAutoConfiguration is conditional on XADataSourceWrapper.
See github src
@ConditionalOnBean(XADataSourceWrapper.class)
@ConditionalOnMissingBean(DataSource.class)
public class XADataSourceAutoConfiguration implements BeanClassLoaderAware {

Check where the XA configuration comes form.
Usually the candidates are Narayana, Bitronix or Atomikos jta providers.

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Stroll along the lanes and banks of the river, stop and take in the atmosphere of this little city with a prestigious heritage. There is always something happening in Amboise all year round, with flea markets, beautiful boutiques and tea houses all clustered in the historical centre of the city.
Château Royal d'Amboise: The panoramic view of the Loire Valley from the imposing gothic balconies is unrivalled: no wonder the Kings of France elected the Château as the premier residence of the French Renaissance!
Léonardo Da Vinci Park: A guest of François Ier in 1516, the illustrious inventor and architect settled at Clos Lucé. Plans, writings and reproductions of these fabulous machines are on display each spring in his residence surrounded by a Renaissance park.
The Chanteloup Pagoda, a Chinese-inspired creation, was built by the Duke of Choiseul in 1775. This unique monument is an ideal place to relax and enjoy traditional wooden toy games.
Miniature Châteaux Park: 44 Loire Valley Châteaux over 2 hectares of parkland, reproduced with extraordinary precision. Step into Gulliver's shoes.
Sound And Light Show "Life at the Court of Roy François" at the Château d'Amboise - July and August.
Traditional Wines Fairs - From Easter to 15 August.
International Brass Band Festival - June.


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Learning to lead; learning to serve
Diocesan staff, parishioners, graduate from
two-year 'Tending the Talents' program
By DAVID MYERS
Southwest Kansas Register
To be a better servant, one must learn to be a better leader.
Two years ago, the Diocese of Dodge City embarked on a journey called "Tending the Talents," designed to help participants recognize how they could be stronger leaders, and thus better servants.
The program culminated Aug. 2 with a ceremony at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dodge City in which dozens of participants received a certificate of graduation. The program was presented by the Catholic Leadership Institute, which had recently completed the program for priests, "Good Leaders, Good Shepherds" in the Diocese of Dodge City. Bishop John Brungardt, who had been named bishop but not yet installed when the program began, said he was thrilled when he learned that the diocese was utilizing the program. He and several other priests had recently taken part in "Good Leaders, Good Shepherds" while serving in the Diocese of Wichita.
"This intensity, this sacrifice has paid off to help you help us as a diocese, as a people of faith," he told those gathered, "with our leadership, with our following the model: the image of Jesus Christ the good shepherd, the top leader, our example of leading as a servant."
The program included several day-long classes held throughout the nearly two-year period in which participants, including the staff of the Catholic chancery, Catholic Social Service, and parishioners and staff of local parishes, were asked to look deeply at their personal strengths and weaknesses. Participants were taught, often through group activity, to begin to understand character traits of those around them, so that they could react with more empathy and better leadership skills.
With the help of CLI staff, as well as Bishop Brungardt and Father Robert Schremmer, Vicar General, participants listed their Key Responsibility Areas for their specific job, and realized -- some for the first time -- just how many hats they wear.
Were they wearing too many hats? Should they be delegating responsibilities to others? Are they managing their time wisely?
"When Father Jim Dieker read all of my key responsibilities, he told me, 'You must delegate!'" said Sister Rocio Malonado, MCMI, in her delightful Latino accent. "And then I started delegating! And that's a good job," she said with a broad smile. "And it saves time and work."
Participants took part in exercises designed to teach them to create an ideal team and an ideal environment for accomplishing sometimes daunting tasks in their parish or Catholic
Amy Falcon, a social worker with Catholic Social Service, found herself utilizing the training in her office long before she graduated from the program.
"It was very beneficial for my role because, somewhere along this journey we were divided into teams at our office. … We've had to write our KRAs and goals for our teams," she said. "It has really helped us to gain focus and see where we need to work on things so that we can keep our programs growing, keep them alive. Because, in the end, if we are able to do that, we can serve more people -- which is what we're there to do."
"…As Tending the Talents continued," noted Deanna Jones, pastoral minister at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, "I think I really learned a lot more not only about myself -- that God really did entrust me with particular gifts and abilities -- but also the realization that the parish that I work for is amazing. And the staff which I work with is incredible. And the diocese that we are all a part of is bearing so much fruit and there's so much excitement to be found here.
"…Beyond the KRAs and the Smart Goals, sponsoring a team and all of those formalities, the more important thing that I got from this program was that God gives us exactly what we need, exactly when we need it," Jones said. "And there are a lot of wonderful things ahead. And realizing that, and being able to surrender that into God's hands really means that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. It just makes me very thankful to be here and to see where God leads us in the future."


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Marina Whitman
Economist & Professor
My husband has a succinct description of how I've leaned in and leaned against strong winds throughout my career: 'You use sharp elbows to propel yourself forward, but always with a smile on your face.'
A major obstacle to my education and career has repeatedly been the absence of ladies' rooms in strategic places. When I graduated from Radcliffe (now Harvard) in the mid-1950s, I moved to Princeton with my new husband who was an instructor in English at the university. I was enthusiastically welcomed by the faculty of the Economics Department when I expressed an interest in pursuing a PhD there, but they told me that because Princeton did not admit women to either undergraduate or graduate study, I would have to persuade the president to make an exception in my case.
That interview did not go well. President Dodds expressed his regret at being unable to accept a student of my caliber (I had graduated first in my class), but said there was no housing for female students. No problem, I assured him; I was already living with my husband in the left-over World War II barracks Princeton used to house its most junior faculty. Repeating his regret, the president said that, unfortunately, there were not sufficient facilities for women on campus.
Only briefly daunted, I managed to get that PhD via a daily two-hour commute to Columbia University. Years later, when I took a leave from my professorship at the University of Pittsburgh to serve as the first woman on the President's Council of Economic Advisers, I was invited, along with the Council's chairman and the other member, to monthly luncheon meetings with the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. When I asked where the ladies' room was, I was told I'd have to go to the nurse's office; there had never been a need for such a facility on the floor with the Board's dining room.
My riskiest career move came when I left the comfortable familiarity of the academic world to become a vice-president and chief economist of General Motors. Within a few years, a promotion made me the most senior woman in the U.S. auto industry. By then I had learned to speak up in the endless meetings that occupied most of the executives' days, and managed to persuade the company that it needed to broaden its economic horizon beyond the United States to encompass the now-global scope of the automobile industry.
But I rapidly became the company's resident Cassandra, unable to persuade top management of the fate that awaited the company if it didn't pull its collective head out of the sand, only to see my most dire predictions come true, and some of my most out-of-the-box suggestions finally implemented years after I had left the company.
In my memoir, I recount these experiences, and many more like them, along with the most valuable piece of advice my husband of more than 50 years ever gave me: "The kids and I can adapt to whatever decision you make about your career, but what we can't handle is when you spread your guilt all over us." He also has a succinct description of how I've leaned in and leaned against strong winds throughout my career: "You use sharp elbows to propel yourself forward, but always with a smile on your face. "
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We all make decisions every moment of every day of our lives. These decisions can range from banal, 'I should have another cup of tea' to life-changing, 'I've decided to ask Mary to marry me' and everything in between.
When we make these decisions, consciously or not, we consider a lot of different values in our minds; 'Do I have milk or would I need to go to the shop?', 'Do I think Mary would say yes?'. Our ultimate decision is generally a judgement deriving from these values weighted against relevance and potential outcomes. After all, deciding to propose is usually a bigger decision than whether or not to have another cup of tea.
While emotions and potential outcomes play a role in our decision making, information is fundamental. Information is the foundation from which we build our options, the skeleton from which we sculpt our model.
In this post, I would like to show you a glimpse of collecting and utilising this information from A/B testing in regards to software, specifically mobile apps, and using it to influence our decisions. It is the information we gather through A/B testing that helps us form a good decision-making strategy.
Strategy plays a part in most, if not all, decision making in business. And information plays a big part in knowing what strategies are available to you, and which strategies work for which situation.
So let's say you want more engagement on your app and you decide to change your app icon. But before you do this, you want to test your new icon to see if it will have any impact on your engagement rate.
Changing an app icon is not a decision to be taken lightly. Your app icon is your brand ambassador. It acts as the entry point for your user. It's the first thing they see on their home screen. It should do everything from neatly and concisely suggesting your design principles to inviting users to tap into it and keeping the app in your users mind when they aren't using it. A/B testing is a really simple and useful tool when considering changing your app icon.
By gathering data of course.
For the purposes of this post, we will look at Android A/B testing. Google Play has an extremely powerful suite of tools for just our type of data gathering.
iOS A/B testing is a bit more involved but also possible.
A/B testing hinges on a simple concept, show some of your users one thing (A) and some of your users another thing (B), and then collect data on both and compare the difference.
If your A group opens your app more than your B group, that suggests that your A changes resonated more with your users.
I use the term "suggests" because data can sometimes be viewed through a biased perspective or be missing crucial contextual data.
Without further ado, let's take a look at setting up our A/B store listing test in Google Play.
Generally, the first stage of A/B testing is deciding on what you would like to test. This sounds obvious, but remember that at least some of your users will be in the testing group. If your test is not well thought out you may end up driving them away from the app by testing an unneeded, unwanted, or poorly implemented idea.
A/B testing should begin with a hypothesis, in our case "We would get more engagement from users if we changed our app icon". This helps us narrow our scope to just the app icon and not a huge overhaul of the app which should be tested more carefully and with smaller testing groups.
Now that we have our hypothesis, we should begin creating our test. On Google Play, this is under the term "Experiment".
The two types of store listing A/B testing within the Google Play Store.
Read Google's support document on running A/B tests on your app store listing here.
So in our test, we will be showing 50% of users who see our store listing our "A" app icon, and 50% our "B" icon. Tweak this as you see fit in your own experiment. It might be prudent in riskier experiments to have a lower percentage of the audience testing your variants.
After a couple of days, maybe even a week or two, you can check the results.
The Google Play Store will tell you which variant is winning and even allow you to apply that variant to all users.
An example of the results screen in the Google Play Store.
This is a high level overview of testing one thing on the Google Play Store, it can get a lot more detailed and involved if needed.
Data driven decision making is very popular these days, and for good reason. Customers generally know what they want. Or should I say, they know what they don't like.
When it comes to decision making, playing the odds can be relatively safe compared to trusting your gut (or your marketing team's gut) but it also has downsides.
Chasing data is akin to chasing trends, you will always be behind unless you can read the data in ways no one else can. In other words; read between the lines.
Another potential problem with data is the conclusions drawn from it can vary based on our interpretation.
Someone might see a user spending a long time on a page and think the user is engaged. While another sees a user spending a long time on a page and wonders if it's an issue with unclear navigation.
There's an art to data interpretation.
In saying that, A/B testing is a powerful tool in your arsenal of information gathering. It could put you ahead of competitors who rely on instinct or outdated preconceptions. Don't be afraid to use it.
And remember: Information is power.


The Honest Kitchen was ranked in the 2016 Entrepreneur 360™, our annual list of the best entrepreneurial companies in the U.S. Founder and CEO Lucy Postins will make an appearance on a panel at the Entrepreneur 360™ Conference.
The original interview by Matt McCue appears in the November 2016 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe now.
Company: The Honest Kitchen makes dog and cat food with high-quality, human-food ingredients (like coconut, spinach, and quinoa).
Impact: In 14 years, the company has grown to 49 employees, and it's on track to double its revenue inside of two years, from $20 million in 2014 to a projected $40 million in 2016.
How did you decide there was a market for high-quality pet food?
My dog was suffering from chronic ear infections, and I was spending a fortune at the vet on steroids and antibiotics that never brought a true cure. So I researched and started making my own food for him. It cured his earaches—and made a huge mess in my kitchen. That led to the idea of dehydrated food, to still feed him healthy foods without the mess. I had a background in the conventional pet food industry, and I was aware of some of the unsavory things that go into good old-fashioned pet food, so I began to think about how to make my product different. Human-grade pet food was the most obvious way.
To clarify, "human grade" means food fit for human consumption and produced in a facility that makes human food?
Correct. The Honest Kitchen is the only nationally recognized kitchen allowed by the FDA to say "human grade" on the product label. We literally taste every single ingredient we use.
We're growing, on average, 35 percent to 45 percent a year. Last year our revenue was $30 million, and this year our goal is $40 million.
Have you always been profitable?
My husband lent me $7,000 to get started, and we remortgaged our home several times to finance the company in the early years. That forced us to be profitable. When we got more formal banking relationships, they had covenants about being profitable. But then when we brought on investors in 2011, we were able to spend like drunken sailors—no, not really. That investment allowed us to focus on our top-line growth. Now we're starting to turn around toward profitability again.
How have you been able to achieve a 30 percent year-over-year revenue growth rate 14 years in?
We've hired a new chief marketing officer who came to us from a sports-and-outdoor-equipment background, and he helped elevate how we think about marketing. We put in a huge investment in our marketing campaigns, how they live both at the store level and have a social component. We recently did one that drove people to stores to take pictures with their pets in a photo booth and sample our products at the same time.
When you're already in about 4,500 retail stores, where do you go next?
There are between 10,000 and 12,000 pet food and pet supply stores in the U.S. and Canada that would be potential candidates for our product. Some of them are on the lower end of the spectrum—more grocery-level standard—so it will take them some time to catch up with what we are offering.
You've turned down the chance to be in PetSmart and Petco. Why?
Our product takes a bit of explaining, so we rely on the specialty pet store owner, manager, or well-trained employee to do it. I don't think the environment you find in a typical PetSmart or Petco store, which is generally staffed by teenage kids who don't care what you walk out with, is a good home for my brand.


Fair enough, it takes up a lot more of my time, but I get to spend fab time with lovely people, our loopy nut-job muppets - that's the Guides - and doing activities that I ought to have grown out of but actually haven't. And probably won't.
Anyway, I've completed my 60 hours for my Queen's Guide Award service now. At an hour a week, that should have been over a year. It's taken less than three months.* 60 hours very well spent, I reckon!
I'm working on pages to go in my Guiding album, partly because of Shimelle's class Cover to Cover, partly so I'll have something to show for it at the end of the Queen's Guide award, and partly because it's fun to put together pages about something I've not scrapped very much about.
This page came together with stuff from the Studio Calico kit 35mm, and was assembled in part at the weekend. I figured what the heck, and tried out a few new things on this page. I thought the numbers stamp would reflect the counting of hours quite nicely, and I like how it blurs in and out. I also had a bash with the letter stickers; you mist them and then the letter resists so you wipe over the top and your word is revealed. I'm honestly not 100% convinced by them, but I'll give them a shot.
Loving the arrow-style paper clips though. Classy! Also the wooden buttons. And note to self: get one of those pin-badge makers and make zillions of dinky pin badges, because I LOVE them.
Anyway, that's enough obsessing about stash. Now to play with some more!
"Thanks for being so... erm...weird. Great times!"
As long as it was great, then.
When we're on camp, it helps if we can take the Guides out at night to run off the cake they had after dinner. It means they have room for their bedtime cake. They love to play making torch pictures, but being muppets, aren;t very good at it. After a frustrating 20 minutes trying to convince them that writing has to be backwards to them to be forwards to me, or that to make smiley-face eyes you have to switch the torch on and off, Laura stepped up and executed a perfect trefoil. Score!
And that's the first page finished from my scrapping with my new kit. It's only taken all weekend. And a bit of tonight. Hmmm. Actually, there are other bits and pieces on the go too. What's next?
P.S. Glitter normally not my thing at all, but I make an exception for these lovely Thickers by Amy Tangerine.
The kit is in progress.
Actually, it was easy to do when I flicked through my Guiding photos and realised how many stories I really have to share!
P.S. This picture is as of yesterday afternoon. More progress updates to follow throughout the week!
Our flights to Armenia are all booked! We even got some decidedly non-stupid-o'-clock times. And of all the GOLD teams, ours was the first to be booked. It turns out that there was a little competition between each GOLD team leader to get their team's details in first, and Team Armenia were totally in there! We were therefore dutifully awarded a prize: a little jacket for our team mascot to wear. To help keep her warm in the 45 degree HEAT!!!!
I should point out that our team mascot is a bear and therefore perfectly happy to submit to such treatment.
I went for lots of cool, calming colours with this page, and the red/white/blue airmail theme seemed to fit the subject. I LOVE the airmail twine too, and the Jenni Bowlin Alphabet stencil helped add a bit of focus and interest to the background.
Thought I'd try something a bit new for the journalling, although the jury's out as to whether I adore it or am underwhelmed by it. We'll see.
And now, I shall return to the scrapbooking. I helped out of a school Duke of Edinburgh expedition this weekend and as a consequence, my face is a giant, sunburned blister. At this point, if my face doesn't fall off, it will be a bonus. I am walking lesson as to the dangers of ignoring suncream. Pointed this out to my students today.
In my defense, I did pack lots of waterproofs and warm clothes after hearing a somewhat dubious weather forecast. But not a drop of rain did we have - just relentless sunny times and no shade. Hence the burning. I also don't think it is fair that I should both be sunburned and have to wake up with a film of ice over my tent that fell through the tentflap first thing in the morning when I peeked out to check the students were still there. One or the other, ice, or sunburn, but both?
That's probably enough about the weather, but I am NEVER going anywhere without suncream again.
What better place to catch up with a friend that in a tea shop with Banoffee cupcakes. Banana and Chocolate chip sponge, caramel, banana jam, banana frosting and banana chips on top. We eavesdropped on the owner and she was telling someone about how she supplies fruitcake for Fortnum and Mason at Christmas. Sadly we were so full from all the catching up over lunch that we had to share one.
Peggy Porschen is London tea shop find - another one ticked off from the Tea and Cake London book! And I'm going to try and make pages about each one I visit! For this page, I layered up some paint lines and confetti punched in grey, pink and yellow. I love how the little punched shapes stand out against the darker woodgrain. I sewed down some vellum behind the photo to wash out the colours a little and provide a mat for the photo.
P.S. I'm also taking Shimelle's class Cover to Cover at the moment. I'm totally excited to sit down and start putting albums together!


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Breaking down the stigma faced by people with disabilities is a passion for disability champion Hayden Walsh.
Hayden has cerebral palsy but it doesn't prevent him from making a contribution in the workplace and giving back to his community.
He currently enjoys work as a casual employee at Woolworths in Kyneton where he feels valued as part of the team. He is seeking additional work to further support his young family and desire to become a homeowner.
"I like to go out and earn a day's work, feel valued in the community and pay my taxes like everyone else," he said. "I want to be a role model for people with cerebral palsy and other people with disabilities and show them that anything is possible."
Community-minded, Hayden is senior time-keeper at Kyneton Football Netball Club, helps out at training and even had a seat on the committee in 2018 and 2019.
CVGT Bendigo manager Jennifer Richards has been assisting Hayden in the workforce for the past two years and is on track to helping him secure his next job, but she acknowledges there are still some barriers.
"If it's a physical disability, employers often think it's too hard to modify workplaces to suit their needs, which is far from the truth," she said. "There are programs like Job Access that will come out and make modifications that are paid for by the government, so it's not actually a financial burden for the business. There are also wage subsidies available."
Ms Richards said CVGT continued to provide support once people found work, including additional training, transport, equipment, arranging workplace assessments to remove physical barriers ad making sure they felt comfortable.
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Chinese News Coverage of Latin America — February (Part 2)
Date: March 8, 2012Author: chinaandlatinamerica 0 Comments
1.中石化巴西收获原油
Sinopec finds oil in Brazil
本文来源于《第一财经日报》2012年03月07日
Sinopec has claimed discovery of 5,000 barrels of crude oil and 810,000 cubic meters of natural gas 2.4 kilometers below sea level in the Campos Basin, Brazil. The Spanish oil company Repsol's affiliate in Brazil was originally active in the Campos Basin, but in October 2010, Sinopec bought a 40 percent share in the company for USD $7.1 billion. Repsol is the third-largest oil supplier in Brazil. Sinopec's overseas production during the first three quarters of 2011 was approximately 12.7 million barrels. The newly discovered oil deposits will account for 14.3 percent of Sinopec's overseas crude oil production.
2.中巴高层协合委第二次会议成果
Results of the 2nd meeting of China-Brazil High-level Coordination and Cooperation Committee
本文来源于《拉美贸易网》2012年02月20日
The China-Brazil High-Level Coordination and Cooperation Committee meeting was held on the March 13 in Brasilia. Both sides achieved a total of 22 results in the meeting. Among these was the initiation of a 10-year project for Sino-Brazilian work on economic and human issues. The two sides also agreed to maintain open dialogue on bilateral trade and currency issues, to welcome foreign businesses and financial institutions, to promote bilateral exchanges and cooperation on intellectual property and innovation, and to launch China-Brazil satellites in November 2012 and August 2014. In addition, both countries agreed to strengthen cooperation on agricultural trade and research.
3. 巴西食品公司计划进入中国市场
Brazilian food company plans to enter Chinese market
Brasil Foods SA has signed a joint venture with Hong Kong distributor Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd. to expand sales of frozen poultry, pork, and beef products to the Chinese market. The company hopes to achieve sales of 140,000 metric tons of food in the first year of the venture, and 300,000 metric tons by the end of the fifth year. The Chinese market currently accounts for 10 percent of the total sales of the Brazilian food company. A company official said that the best way to enter the Chinese market is through joint ventures.
4. 中墨两国领导互致贺电庆祝建交40周年
40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Mexico
On February 14, Chinese President Hu Jintao exchanged messages with Mexican President Felipe Calderon to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. Hu indicated in his message that two countries have maintained close and friendly exchanges and carried out fruitful and pragmatic cooperation since first establishing diplomatic ties. The two countries have also maintained good communication and coordination in international and regional affairs, he said, adding that bilateral relations between China and Mexico are continuously strengthening. The China-Mexico Permanent Bi-National Commission and the China-Mexico Joint Action Plan have been useful mechanisms for strengthening bilateral ties. In his message, Calderon said that the two countries have established a strategic partnership, strengthened political dialogue, and expanded trade and economic exchanges over the past four decades. China and Mexico have also frequently cooperated in multilateral and regional organizations. The Mexican government, according to Calderon, will adhere to the one-China principle and work toward strengthening the China-Mexico strategic partnership.
5. Wang Qishan meets with Brazilian President Rousseff (English version)
本文来源于《中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国大使馆》2012年02月13日
On February 13, 2012, Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia. Rousseff said Brazil-China ties have witnessed strong growth in recent years and that political mutual trust has been enhanced amid frequent high-level exchanges. Rousseff said Brazil views its ties with China from a global perspective and believes in the strategic importance of bilateral ties.
6. 哥伦比亚外长:欢迎中国投资基础设施
Colombian Foreign Minister welcomes Chinese infrastructure investment
Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin said in a press conference in Beijing that Colombia has plans for a variety of infrastructure, energy, and resource-related projects, and welcomes involvement by Chinese enterprises. Holguin's visit to China was coordinated in preparation for Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos's visit in May. Holguin said Colombia's foreign policy has a clear focus on Asia, and specifically on China. She also explained that improved security in recent years has allowed Colombia to expand its productivity, but that there is an urgent need to develop national infrastructure. Holguin added that Colombia's 6 percent average annual growth rate should be very appealing to Chinese investors. In 2011, total trade between China and Colombia reached USD $9 billion and China is now Colombia's second largest trading partner.
7. 金风科技开发智利高海拔风电项目
Goldwind to develop high-altitude wind power project in Chile
Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it signed a strategic agreement with Mainstream Renewable Power in Ireland to jointly develop the Ckani farm project in Chile's Antofagasta region. Each side will hold 50 percent equity and the project will begin in 2012. The Ckani wind farm project will initially generate approximately 70 MW. Goldwind will provide 47 high altitude direct-drive permanent magnet wind turbines. Goldwind previously won a contract to work on Chile's Negrete wind farm project.
8. 百度寻求国际化 试水巴西
Baidu seeks opportunity for internationalization through Brazil
Baidu, one of the biggest Chinese web services companies revealed recently that it would expand its mobile communications business in Brazil. The company believes that Brazil could be a springboard for Baidu's entry into the global market. Baidu hopes to recruit local talent in Brazil and develop a Portuguese version of its search engine. In 2011, Baidu's fourth quarter net profit was approximately 2.054 billion yuan, an increase of 76.9 percent over the same period in 2010.
9.中国工商银行成功收购阿根廷标准银行股份
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China successfully acquires shares of Standard Bank of Argentina
Argentina's Central Bank announced on February 23 that it approved the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's plans to acquire 80 percent of Standard Bank of Argentina and its affiliates. Argentina's president and the head of the Central Bank met with representatives from ICBC during the negotiation process. The deal means that ICBC will become the first Chinese state-sponsored financial institution to enter the Argentine market. With respect to its assets, Standard Bank of Argentina is the twelfth largest bank in Argentina.
10. 2012年中国成阿根廷第六大葡萄酒进口国
China becomes the 6th largest destination for Argentine wine in 2012
According to the Argentina Wine Association, China has replaced Mexico as Argentina's sixth largest wine export market. The Chinese market accounts for 2.2 percent of the country's total exports of bottled wine. The United States is Argentina's largest wine export market, followed by Canada, Brazil, Britain, the Netherlands, and China. Argentina's exports to China have increased by 68 percent, now totaling approximately USD $1.6 million. Over the past two years, Argentina's bottled wine exports to China increased nearly16 fold, from USD $110 thousand in 2009 to USD $1.6 million in 2011. The Argentina Wine Association set up offices in the Argentine Embassy in Beijing in 2012 to further develop the Chinese market.
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Jean Patrick dreams of running in the Olympics, and with gruelling training he soon beats a world qualifying time. But his chances of success are threatened by the ethnic tensions erupting all around him. When Hutu violence against Tutsis finally crescendos and his homeland Rwanda is wracked by unforgivable atrocities, Jean Patrick, a Tutsi, has no choice but to run for his life abandoning fatherland, family, and the woman he loves. Finding them again will be the race of his life.
Following a decade in Rwanda's history through the eyes of one boy, Running the Rift is a wrenching tale of a people's collective trauma, of lives lost, and loves salvaged.
Naomi Benaron teaches at Pima Community College Arizona and online through the Afghan Women's Writing Project. An advocate for African refugees in her community, she has worked extensively with genocide survivor groups in Rwanda. She is also an Ironman triathlete.


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Metallica played a surprise show at a small club in their hometown of San Francisco last night, much to the obvious delight of all 150 patrons. Producer Bob Rock played bass for the performance — the band's first in two years — filling the vacancy created by the departure of Jason Newsted last year.
According to a spokesperson for Rock, the producer himself called up the club, Kimo's, to ask to take advantage of the room's seventy-five-dollar pay-to-play policy. When the club's owner asked the name of the band, Rock, off the top of his head, said "Spun."
According to a post on Metallica's Web site, when the group, billed as an opening act, began loading its equipment, the bartender was heard to say, "Damn, I have not seen that much gear being loaded in to this place before." At the end of the night, he still seemed unaware of the band's true identity.
The group — Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett — hit the stage at 11 p.m., introducing themselves as "Bob's band." They kicked off the set with four Ramones songs — "Commando," "Today Your Love Tomorrow the World," "53rd and 3rd" and "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." The band has recorded these songs for possible inclusion on a Ramones tribute album being organized by Johnny Ramone and Rob Zombie.
The forty-minute-set also included older Metallica songs "Hit the Lights," "Leper Messiah," "No Remorse," "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "I Disappear" as well as the gig-ending cover of the Misfits' "Die, Die My Darling." The band also debuted one new song, which they described on their site as "heavy."
According to Rock's spokesperson, at the end of the night, the club manager did hit the band up for the seventy-five dollars.
Although Rock has been playing all the bass parts on Metallica's in-progress new album, he is not interested in touring, and thus the hunt for a Newsted replacement will begin in earnest once recording is done.
In This Article: Kimo's,	Metallica,	Spun


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Q: Heroku H12 Request timeout when running Ruby Anemone I have a Ruby app hosted on Heroku that runs Anemone (Ruby web spider / crawler) on user-specified domains. When the user picks a medium-to-large sized domain, it crashes and the logs show an H12 error (Request timeout).
This is because Anemone takes a while to run (>30 seconds), and there is no feedback to the user while it's running. Is there a way I can get Anemone to show updates to the user, or a way to incorporate a status bar? Some way to prevent the site from crashing? I didn't see anything in the Anemone docs to allow a "piece by piece" way of spidering a domain, but there must be something I can do.
https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/error-codes#h12-request-timeout
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A: Can you just run it in the background and send the user an alert when it is ready? I've used delayed_jobs and sidekiq for things like this in the past. Take a look at some of the background job gem.


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Alcohol and Drug Prevention Policy
As a recipient of federal grants and contracts, the following policy has been developed to ensure compliance with both the Drug-Free Work Place Act of 1988 and the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989. Students are herein notified of the standards of conduct which shall be applicable while on Western Kentucky University property, and or participating in University-sponsored activities. Conduct which does not comply with this policy poses unacceptable risks and disregard for the health, safety, and welfare of the University community. Students may be subject to disciplinary sanctions up to and including expulsion and /or referral for prosecution for violation of this policy.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Policy
Western Kentucky University prohibits the unlawful use (or as restricted by university policy), possession, manufacture and distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol by its students and employees on its property or as part of any of its activities. Persons who violate this policy may be subject to campus disciplinary action and referral to law enforcement agencies. Students found to have committed a violation of this policy may be subject to University sanctions that may include: probation, suspension, or dismissal. The level of sanction will be determined by assessing the seriousness of the breach of policy, effect the conduct has on the institution, and the assessed probability that other violations will not be committed by the person(s) in the future. The minimum sanction for illegal sale or distribution of drugs includes separation from the University and referral for prosecution. Referral to treatment programs will be mandated when appropriate.
Distribution of Policy
At least annually, Western Kentucky University shall inform students of the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse on campus, the existence of this policy statement, its penalties for violations and of available drug and alcohol counseling, rehabilitation, and assistance through the following actions:
1. Appropriate publication, at least annually, of this policy in appropriate student publications and distribution to students in WKU's international programs and to study abroad participants;
2. Insertion of this policy in future editions of student class schedules and/or registration materials, student handbooks, and student catalogs;
3. Dissemination of this policy and related information at student orientation events and distribution of information concerning assistance programs and available rehabilitation programs; and
4. Continuation, and expansion, of the drug and alcohol awareness program and publication of pamphlets and other materials.
Health Risks Associated with Alcohol and Drug Abuse
1. Alcohol: Effects
Information concerning alcohol and its effects appear on the WKU Student Wellness website.
2. Controlled Substances: Effects
There are many serious and potentially irreversible or life-threatening effects from the use of controlled substances. A summary of these effects is available on the WKU Student Wellness website.
Information regarding appropriate responses to students perceived to be under the influence of alcohol and/or illicit drugs while engaged in University activities or on University premises is available on the Student Conduct website.
Penalties and Sanctions
Under University regulations, students who violate the standards of conduct relating to alcohol and other drug use may be subject to Student Conduct Action under student conduct process. Sanctions include, but are not limited to, warnings, restricted University participation, parental notification, suspension from the University or probation, suspension or termination of employment. Students who reside in Western Kentucky University housing are subject to additional disciplinary action which may vary from a warning to termination of their housing contract. Specifically defined sanctions for conduct violations appear in the Student Handbook.
In addition to University sanctions, individuals may face prosecution and imprisonment under state and federal laws which make such acts felony and misdemeanor crimes. Under University regulations, and state and federal drug laws, the gravity of the sanction depends on the classification of the controlled substance, the particular activity (possession or trafficking, which includes manufacture, sale, and possession with intent to sell) and amounts involved, and whether it is a first or multiple offense or conviction.
Charts detailing Federal Penalties and Sanctions for Illegal Possession of a Controlled Substance and Penalties of Kentucky Law for Driving under the Influence (KRS 189) appear on the Student Conduct website.
Additional information pertaining to federal penalties for certain drug-related offenses by the federal government appears on the U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration web site.
Resources for Education and Treatment
Education and treatment resources are available to Western Kentucky University students including: 24-hour emergency numbers; self-help groups and alcohol and drug treatment programs. Not all resources have been screened by Western Kentucky University and as such the University makes no specific endorsement or recommendations to any one program.
Review of the University Program and Policy
Biennially, the University shall review its "Alcohol and Drugs Prevention Program and Policy on Alcohol and Drugs" to determine effectiveness and to ensure that the University's disciplinary sanctions are consistently enforced. In order to accomplish this, Western Kentucky University will review the number of drug and alcohol related disciplinary actions; drug and alcohol related treatment referrals; drug and alcohol related incidents and/or vandalisms recorded by campus police and by measuring student attitudes and perceptions concerning drug and alcohol use through various assessment instruments.
Required Reporting for Drug Related Convictions
Under the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, as a condition of continued employment and in addition to the other requirements of this policy, any employee who works in any capacity under a federal grant or contract must notify his or her University supervisor, department head or the Department of Human Resources, in writing, of his or her conviction for a violation of any criminal drug statute occurring in the workplace or on University business no later five days after such conviction. Within 30 days after receiving such notice, the University shall take appropriate action and remedies within its policies. If the employee is under a federal contract or grant, the University shall notify the contracting or granting agency of the conviction within ten days. This section is also applicable to students who receive a Pell grant (federal grant). The University will continue make a good faith effort in continuing to maintain a drug free work place through implementation of the requirements of this act.


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So here I am, my central location. Where you can come & see who I am. Since I haven't written anything that's been published (except some poetry and some songs that a lot of people have heard and think are pretty cool (they told me so, that's how I know!) but none of my stories yet, so you can't see what I've written 'cause it ain't finished yet. Where I'm going to be is right where I'm at, because since I haven't published anything yet, no publisher wants me to be somewhere somewhen to sign whatever or anything. As to my whiskey? Cutty Sark, by choice. In a Rusty Nail with Drambuie, by preference. But I'm more a Coke Zero girl right now, 'cause alcohol costs money, and I'm a starving artist just yet.
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UnitedHealth Group reported first quarter earnings from operations growth of 18.8 percent year-over-year, driven by a strong performance in the Medicare Advantage and Medicaid markets as well as double-digit percent increases in its Optum segments.
UnitedHealth Group reported $4.1 billion in Q1 earnings from compared to $3.4 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2017. First quarter net earnings grew by 28.7 percent over the previous year.
Based on first quarter results and the business outlook for the balance of the year, UnitedHealth Group has increased its outlook for 2018 net earnings.
UnitedHealth Group looks very different from five years ago, said CEO David S. Wichmann during Tuesday's earnings call. Today clinical and technical professions are the first and third largest job categories across UnitedHealth Group. Five years from now the company will also be different.
"Within 10 years, we expect half of all Americans will be receiving their healthcare from physicians operating in highly evolved and coordinated value-based care designs," Wichmann said.
UnitedHealthcare, the company's insurance arm, reported earnings from operations for the quarter of $2.4 billion, compared to $2.1 billion the year before, a 12.5 percent increase.
The insurer serves 2.2 million more consumers quarter-over- quarter, but as forecasted, the employer and individual market served 195,000 fewer people in commercial group plans.
This was due to employers shifting their retirees from self-funded offerings to group Medicare Advantage plans and lower retention due to pricing to cover the full cost of the health insurance tax.
The Medicare Advantage and Medicaid markets are growing. UnitedHealthcare grew to serve 375,000 more seniors with medical benefits during the first 90 days of this year, including 330,000 more in Medicare Advantage, according to Steve Nelson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare.
Medicare Advantage enrollment grew 10.6 percent year-over-year.
The Medicare Advantage market has always been competitive, said Brian Thompson, CEO for UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement, to a question on other insurers jumping into the space.
But the Medicare Advantage market is also under-penetrated, he said. It has 33 percent of senior citizens in plans today, but the company sees a path to over 50 percent in the next 5-10 years, he said.
"In Medicaid we continue to expect strong revenue growth in 2018, and that includes ongoing national growth serving dual special needs members, providing them aligned benefits and comprehensive service to address their often times more complex care needs," Nelson said.
The insurer closed gaps in care through simple preventative measures such as flu vaccines, to serving more complex needs. The social determinants of health such as lack of affordable housing, food insecurity and isolation weigh heavily on gaps in care.
Social investments are the next frontier to serving the whole person, executives said.


Fort Morgan High School administrators are making plans for beginning in August the random drug testing program that was proposed to the Re-3 School Board last December, according to FMHS Principal Kyle Bules.
He told the school board April 2 that the high school was "moving forward" with including such a program in the school's 2018-19 athletics and activities handbook, which is currently being updated. That handbook will set out all of the policies and rules for school sports and activities and student participation in them.
A big difference for next year is the inclusion of activities in this handbook, Bules said. Previously, it was only the athletics handbook.
"We merged in an activities policy," he explained. The goal is for the athletics and activities portions of the handbook to "be as congruent as possible."
The handbook also would establish new student fees to help pay for the drug testing program, the principal said. Funding for the program was one of the concerns the school board had previously expressed.
"There will be a $5 (fee) increase per student per activity to help offset the cost," Bules said.
Once the handbook updates are completed, it then would go before the school board for a decision on whether to approve the handbook and an included random drug-testing program.
Such an approval decision on next school year's athletics and activities handbook could come in either late May or early June, according to Karen Temple, the superintendent's administrative assistant and secretary to the school board.
Current indicators are that the board would be OK with starting such a random drug testing program, as there was support expressed for it in December and no questions or negative comments were offered by board members during Bules' update.
The principal indicated that much of what was presented in December is what is still included in plans for the program, although a "discipline matrix" for participants in activities has been added to the handbook. Such a matrix already existed for athletics.
The activities discipline matrix "outlines specifically" for the various student activities what types of offenses or problems would warrant discipline and of what level and type. Bules said it was more complicated than the athletics discipline matrix because of how many different types of activities the school offers.
"The athletics piece, that one's pretty cut and dry," the principal said.
When a student signs up to participate in a school sport or extracurricular activity, he or she would be included in the pool of students subject to the random drug testing.
The way Bules explained it to the board in December, those students would be assigned numbers in the pool, and then around 20 of those numbers would selected each week for testing. This would not be anything the students and their parents or guardians did not know was possible, since they would be required to sign a consent form upon joining a club, activity or sport.
"Both activities and athletics will be in the pool for the random drug testing," Bules affirmed to the board at the April 2 meeting.
And once a student gets included in the pool, it likely would be for the entire school year, not just the time period when the activity or sport was particularly active.
The board directed Bules to keep going with making the updates to the athletics and activities handbook, including adding the random drug testing program in it.
"We do appreciate your support with this," Bules told the board. "Hopefully it will pay dividends and keep kids from having adult problems."
Re-3 School Board President Derek Gerken previously expressed support for the random drug testing program.
"The drug-testing policy, I think it's a good move," he said. "It could be a helpful tool for parents and the community."