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Q: RubyMotion - Duplicate symbols when linking? I've added a 3rd party library (Tesseract) to a project. The library builds and runs with no errors when used in an XCode project. My RubyMotion project builds, but fails when linking:
duplicate symbol _main in:
vendor/Tesseract/build-iPhoneSimulator/libTesseract.a(svpaint.o)
./build/iPhoneSimulator-5.0-Development/objs/main.o
duplicate symbol _selCopy in:
vendor/Tesseract/build-iPhoneSimulator/libTesseract.a(sel1.o)
/Library/RubyMotion/data/5.0/iPhoneSimulator/libmacruby-static.a(id.o)
duplicate symbol _selWrite in:
vendor/Tesseract/build-iPhoneSimulator/libTesseract.a(sel1.o)
/Library/RubyMotion/data/5.0/iPhoneSimulator/libmacruby-static.a(id.o)
ld: 3 duplicate symbols for architecture i386

I've tried adding Tesseract two different ways, as a :static library and as an :xcode project. Same error both ways.
Given that I'm able to build and run a normal Xcode project which uses this library, I'm pretty sure I'm doing something wrong with RubyMotion.

A: I solved this issue by building Tesseract with the --disable-graphics option for configure, as mentioned in their FAQ.

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Trump, Democrats spar over shutdown with no deal in sight
President Donald Trump and top Democrats in Congress sparred over the partial shutdown of the U.S. government on Monday, with no sign of tangible efforts to reopen agencies closed by a political impasse over Trump's demand for border wall funds.
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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, accused Trump of being under the sway of conservative House Republicans and blasted the White House for saying "different things about what the president would accept or not accept."
Trump, Democrats spar over shutdown with no deal in sight.
"It's Christmas Eve and President Trump is plunging the country into chaos," Schumer and Pelosi said in a joint statement as the shutdown dragged through a third day.
"Meanwhile, different people from the same White House are saying different things about what the president would accept or not accept to end his Trump Shutdown, making it impossible to know where they stand at any given moment," they said.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Late on Monday, in a White House appearance where he talked with children by telephone about Christmas and Santa Claus, Trump was asked by reporters if there had been any progress in talks about funding the government.
"Nothing new," Trump said. "We need border security."
Trump, who canceled plans to go to his Florida resort on Friday for Christmas because of the shutdown, was scheduled to discuss border security with U.S. homeland security officials on Monday afternoon.
Afterward, Trump said in a Twitter message: "I am in the Oval Office & just gave out a 115 mile long contract for another large section of the Wall in Texas."
He gave no details, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request to comment on what he meant.
Earlier the president said on Twitter that he was "all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security."
Each side has blamed the other for the shutdown, with no sign of renewed negotiations between lawmakers on Capitol Hill or between lawmakers and the White House.
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The Regiment was formed during 1755-56 in North America initially as the 62nd and then as the 60th Royal American Regiment. The Regiment recruited from colonists and volunteers from other British Regiments with the purpose of adopting an 'Indian system' of forest warfare with lighter equipment, more mobile and open formations. This was because the European method of mass volleys launched in unison proved to be ineffectual when fighting in the dense woodland of North America. The Regiment formation was in direct response to 'Braddock's Defeat' in 1755 when a British military expedition failed to capture the French Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War.
The 1st battalion was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Henri Bouquet and his ingenuity led to the Regiment being more lightly equipped and camouflaged and focused upon certain attributes such as independent action and swift initiative enforced with firm discipline. The Royal American Regiment played a distinguished part in establishing British power in North America.
The Regiment became an invaluable part of any campaign therefore were present at most actions of the British Empire including; The Conquest Of Canada 1785, The Peninsula War 1808-1814, The Indian Mutiny 1857–1859, The Zulu War 1879, The American Civil War 1861–1865, Afghanistan, Manipur & Burma 1878–1898 and South Africa 1899–1902. Following the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 the Regiment was awarded the new title of The Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps when His Royal Highness Frederick, Duke of York became colonel (and later Commander-in-Chief) until his death in 1827. This was changed to the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) in 1830 when King George IV ascended to the throne and his brother His Royal Highness Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge became colonel.
In 1948 the Regiment was merged with The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) to form The Green Jackets Brigade, further amalgamations followed with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in1958. In 1966 these three Regiments became the three battalions of the Royal Green Jackets and in 2007 were further merged with the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, The Light Infantry and The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry to become The Rifles.
King's Royal Rifle Corps during WW1
Since 1815 the balance of power in Europe had been maintained by a series of treaties. In 1888 Wilhelm II was crowned 'German Emperor and King of Prussia' and moved from a policy of maintaining the status quo to a more aggressive position. He did not renew a treaty with Russia, aligned Germany with the declining Austro-Hungarian Empire and started to build a Navy rivalling that of Britain. These actions greatly concerned Germany's neighbours, who quickly forged new treaties and alliances in the event of war. On 28th June 1914 Franz Ferdinand the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated by the Bosnian-Serb nationalist group Young Bosnia who wanted pan-Serbian independence. Franz Joseph's the Austro-Hungarian Emperor (with the backing of Germany) responded aggressively, presenting Serbia with an intentionally unacceptable ultimatum, to provoke Serbia into war. Serbia agreed to 8 of the 10 terms and on the 28th July 1914 the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia, producing a cascade effect across Europe. Russia bound by treaty to Serbia declared war with Austro-Hungary, Germany declared war with Russia and France declared war with Germany. Germany's army crossed into neutral Belgium in order to reach Paris, forcing Britain to declare war with Germany (due to the Treaty of London (1839) whereby Britain agreed to defend Belgium in the event of invasion). By the 4th August 1914 Britain and much of Europe were pulled into a war which would last 1,566 days, cost 8,528,831 lives and 28,938,073 casualties or missing on both sides.
The Regiment raised 22 Battalions in total during the course of World War I and saw action on the Western Front, Macedonia and Italy, winning 60 battle honours including 7 Victoria Crosses. The regiment lost 12,840 men who were killed during the course of the war.
1st Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Aldershot at the outbreak of war as part of the 6th Brigade of the 2nd Division.
13.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Rouen and were engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1914
The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres during which B, C and D, companies were surrounded and overwhelmed losing a total of 1.027 men either killed, missing or wounded in just 6 weeks.
Battle of Givenchy, The Battle of Festubert, The Battle of Loos.
13.12.1915 Transferred to the 99th Brigade of the 2nd Division.
The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of the Ancre, Operations on the Ancre.
Attack on Vimy Ridge, The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Battle of Cambrai.
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras 1918, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Capelle N.E. of Solesmes.
2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Blackdown, Aldershot at the outbreak of war as part of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division.
13.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various action on the Western Front including;
The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres.
Winter Operations 1914-15, The Battle of Aubers, The Battle of Loos.
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval.
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bethune, The Battle of Drocourt-Queant, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Fresnoy le Grand.
3rd Battalion
04.08.1918 Stationed at Meerut, India at the outbreak of war.
16.10.1914 Embarked for England from Bombay arriving in Plymouth and moved to Winchester to join the 80th Brigade of the 27th Division.
21.12.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The action of St Eloi, The Second Battle of Ypres.
18.11.1915 Moved to Salonika embarking from Marseilles and arriving 05.12.1915 and engaged in various actions against the Bulgarian army including;
The capture of Karajakois, The capture of Yenikoi, The battle of Tumbitza Farm.
The capture of Homondos.
The final offensive in Salonika, The capture of the Roche Noir Salient, The passage of the Vardar River and The pursuit to the Strumica valley.
30.09.1918 Ended the war in Macedonia, Robrovo south of Kosturino and N.W. of Lake Dorain.
4th Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Gharial, India at the outbreak of war.
Dec 1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
June 1918 Embarked for France arriving in Serqueux early July and transferred to the 151st Brigade of the 50th Division and once again engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes.
11.11.1918 |Ended the war in France, St. Remy-Chaussee, N.W. of Avesnes.
5th and 6th (Reserve) Battalions
04.08.1914 Stationed at Winchester at the outbreak of war and then moved to Sheerness were they remained.
7th (Service) Battalion
19.08.1914 Formed in Winchester as part of the First New Army (K1) then moved to Aldershot to join the 41st Brigade of the 14th Division.
Nov 1914 Moved to Grayshott then Bordon and back to Aldershot.
19.05.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and ended in various actions on the Western Front including;
The Action of Hooge, The Second Attack on Bellewaarde.
The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First and Third Battles of the Scarpe, The Battle of Langemark, The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele.
02.02.1918 Transferred to the 43rd Brigade of the 14th Division
25.04.1918 Reduced to training cadre.
16.06.1918 Transferred to the 16th Division and then return to England where it was absorbed into the 34th Battalion of the London regiment.
Nov 1914 Moved to Hindhead then Bordon and back to Aldershot.
May 1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and ended in various actions on the Western Front including;
16.06.1918 Transferred to the 34th Division
03.08.1918 Disbanded in France, Desvres.
Aug 1914 Formed in Winchester as part of the First New Army (K1) then moved to Aldershot to join the 42nd Brigade of the 14th Division.
Nov 1914 Moved to Petworth and then back to Aldershot.
10th (Service) Battalion
14.09.1914 Formed in Winchester as part of the Second New Army (K2) then moved to Blackdown, Aldershot to join the 59th Brigade of the 20th Division.
Feb 1914 Moved to Witley and then to camp near Stonehenge.
The Battle of Mount Sorrel, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Guillemont, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Cambrai Operations.
05.02.1918 Disbanded in Belgium at Dickebusch south of Ypres.
Sept 1914 Formed in Winchester as part of the Second New Army (K2) then moved to Blackdown, Aldershot to join the 59th Brigade of the 20th Division.
Feb 1915 Moved to Witley and then to camp near Salisbury Plain.
The Battle of St Quentin, The actions at the Somme crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Jenlain north of Le Quesnoy.
21.09.1914 Formed in Winchester as part of the Second New Army (K2) then moved to Cowshot, Bisley to join the 60th Brigade of the 20th Division.
Nov 1914 Moved to Blackdown and then to Larkhill, Salisbury Plain.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Caudry
14th and 15th (Reserve) Battalions
Oct 1914 Formed in Sheerness as a service battalion as part of the Fourth New Army (K4) then moved to Westcliff-on-Sea to join the 92nd Brigade of the 31st Division.
10.04.1915 Became the 2nd Reserve Battalions of the 4th Reserve Brigade and moved to Balhus Park, Purfleet and then on to Seaforth.
01.09.1916 The 14th battalion absorbed into the Training Reserve battalion and the 15th became the 18th Reserve Battalion of the 4th Reserve Brigade.
16th (Service) Battalion (Church Lads Brigade)
19.09.1914 Formed by Field Marshal Lord Grenfell (Comdt.) in Denham, Bucks.
Mar 1915 Moved to Essex, back to Denham and then to Clipstone to join the 100th Brigade of the 33rd Division.
01.07.1915 Taken over by the War Office and moved to Salisbury Plain.
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The attacks on High Wood, The capture of Boritska and Dewdrop Trenches.
The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe, The actions on the Hindenburg Line, Operations on the Flanders coast, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood.
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bailleul, The defence of Neuve Eglise, The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, The Battle of Cambrai, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle.
17th (Service) Battalion (British Empire League)
16.04.1915 Formed by the British Empire League in London.
July 1915 Moved to Padockhurst, Sussex to join the 117th Brigade of the 39th Division.
01.08.1915 Taken over by the War Office and moved to Hursley Park, Witley, Aldershot and then back to Witley by Jan 1916
The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre.
The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
16.05.1918 Reduced to training cadre and then transferred to the 197th Brigade of the 66th Division to defend the Lines of Communication.
18th (Service) Battalion (Arts and Crafts)
04.06.1915 Formed by Major Sir Herbert Raphael at Gidea park, Essex.
04.09.1915 Taken over by the War Office and moved to Witley to join the 122nd Brigade of the 41st Division.
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of the Menin Road, Operations on the Flanders coast
Nov 1917 Moved to Italy to strengthen the Italian resistance.
Mar 1918 Returned to France and once again engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Arras, The Battles of the Lys, The Advance in Flanders, The Battle of Ypres, The Battle of Courtrai, The action of Ooteghem.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in Belgium, Nukerke south of Audenarde.
19th (Reserve) Battalion
Oct 1915 Formed from the depot companies of the 16th and 17th battalions at Bexhill as a local reserve battalion.
Nov 1915 Moved to Andover and joined the 24th Reserve Brigade and then to Banbury and on to Wimbledon to join the 26th Reserve Brigade.
01.09.1916 Became the 109th Training Reserve battalion at Wimbledon.
20.08.1915 Formed by the British Empire League in Green Park, London.
Feb 1916 Moved to Wellingborough attached to the 23rd Reserve Brigade.
30.03.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and joined the 3rd Division as a Pioneer Battalion and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of the Ancre.
The First, Second and Third Battles of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Cambrai.
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Arras, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bethune, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Ruesnes N.W. of Le Quesnoy.
21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles)
Sept 1915 Formed from companies of farmers from Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham, Lincoln, Leicestershire and Norfolk.
Jan 1916 Moved to Aldershot and joined the 124th Brigade of the 41st Division.
04.05.1916 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of the Menin Road.
Nov 1917 Moved to Italy to strengthen Italian resistance.
Mar 1918 Returned to France landing at Sombrin and disbanded in France on 16.03.1918.
22nd (Reserve) Battalion
Sept 1915 Formed from the depot companies of the 20th battalion as a local reserve battalion.
Oct 1915 Moved to Andover and joined the 24th Reserve Brigade and then to Banbury and on to Wimbledon to join the 26th Reserve Brigade.
23rd (Reserve) Battalion
Autumn 1915 Formed from the depot companies of the 18th battalion as a local reserve battalion.
Oct 1915 Moved to Banbury and joined the 26th Reserve Brigade and then to Wimbledon. 01.09.1916 Became the 111th Training Reserve battalion at Wimbledon.
April 1916 Formed from the depot companies of the 21th battalion in Skipton as a local reserve battalion.
May 1916 Moved to Blyth and joined the 21st Reserve Brigade and then to Cambois. 01.09.1916 Absorbed into the Training Reserve Battalions.
25th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers)
13.05.1918 Formed in France from the Provisional Garrison Guard Battalion and joined the 59th Division.
16.06.1918 Became the Pioneer Battalion of the 59th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in Belgium, north of Tournai.
51st (Graduated) Battalion
27.10.1917 Formed at Canterbury from the 284th Graduated Battalion (previously the 17th Training Reserved Battalion) as part of the 202nd Brigade of the 67th Division and then moved to Colchester.
52nd (Graduated) Battalion
27.10.1917 Formed at Canterbury from the 285th Graduated Battalion (previously the 22nd Training Reserved Battalion) as part of the 202nd Brigade of the 67th Division and then moved to Colchester.
53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion
27.10.1917 Formed at Northampton from the 20th Young Soldier Battalion (previously the 15th Rifle Brigade) as part of the 4th Reserve Brigade.
WW2 Battalions of The King's Royal Rifle Corps
1st Battalion:
03 September 1939: The Battalion was part of Pivot Group, near Wadi el Nagamish, Egypt. They fought almost to the last at Sidi Rezegh, with only 55 men of all ranks escaping the battle where the regiment's 23rd VC was won. It served with 7th Armoured Division throughout the North African Campaign until 4th Armoured Brigade was detached from the Division after El Alamein.
January 1943: It left 4th Armoured Brigade. It then served in Italy as part of 2nd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division.
October 1944: 2nd Armoured Brigade became an independent Brigade. It joined 61st Infantry Brigade, 6th Armoured Division with which it served until the end of the war, with 2nd Battalion The Rifle Brigade, with which it had started the war with in 7th Armoured Division.
9th Battalion:
September 1939: This unit was 1st Rangers, The King's Royal Rifle Corps stationed in London as part of 3rd London Infantry Brigade, 1st London Division.
March 1941: It was renamed 9th Bn. (The Rangers) KRRC it fought a desperate rearguard action in Greece, as part of 1st Armoured Brigade attached to 6th Australian Division. It caused heavy casualties on the Germans, before the battalion was evacuated to Crete. There it served in the Suda Bay area south of Canea attached to 1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment. What was left of the poorly equipped battalion was overwhelmed during the German invasion of the island with only 14 members escaping to Egypt.
1942: It briefly served with 7th Armoured Division during the Gazala battles with 7th Motor Brigade, where as part of the Garrison of the Retma Box it was overrun.
August 1942: They briefly served with 2nd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, before being taken out of the line. Later that month it was decided to disband the Battalion in order to reinforce the other KRRC Battalion in North Africa.
December 1942: The Battalion had been put into suspended animation and its personnel assigned to 1st Bn. and 2nd Bn. KRRC to make up for loses in them.
December 1947: The battalion was finally disbanded.
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LaVern Marx
March 21st, 1917 to July 9th, 2007
LaVern E. Marx, 90, of Port Huron died July 9, 2007 following an extended illness. He was born March 21, 1917 in Port Huron and has lived here all his life. LaVern married Helen Henn on July 20, 1942 in Brown City. He was a 1936 graduate of St. Stephen High School. LaVern served in the U.S. Army during W.W.II as a Sergeant in the Signal Corp. in England, France and Germany. He worked as a supervisor at Chrysler Corporation, Ainsworth, and Prestolite before retiring from Marx Agency which he owned and operated. LaVern is survived by his wife, Helen of Port Huron; sons, Gary (Mary Anne) of Highland, MI, Richard (Pamela) of Fort Wayne, IN and Dennis (Deborah) of Port Huron; grandchildren, Shannon and Steven Marx of Highland, Christine (Kevin) Espeset of Minneapolis, MN, Deanna Marx of Chicago, Brian and John Marx of Fort Wayne, IN and Heather (Richard) Whitford of Grofton, MD. Several nieces and nephews also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents Edward and Lena (Judge) Marx and his brother David Marx. Funeral services are 10 a.m. Friday in St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Rev. Brian K. Cokonougher, Pastor will officiate. Burial will follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery with military honors under auspices of the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Council. Visitations will be 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday in the Karrer-Simpson Funeral Home and 9:30 a.m. Friday at the church. A rosary will be recited at 5 p.m. Thursday. Memorials may be given to Blue Water Hospice.


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Career Advancement at Melaleuca: One Employee at a Time
editor | March 19, 2017 | Culture, Melaleuca Stories, News Releases | No Comments
A few years ago, Wayne Billman worked as a technician in Melaleuca's Idaho Falls manufacturing plant. Recognizing Wayne's raw talent, work ethic and willingness to take on new challenges, the company has promoted him 13 times across several departments. Today, he oversees more than 1,000 employees as a global director.
Because Wayne keeps advancing so rapidly, some joke that he can't hold a job at Melaleuca for long. But Wayne's story is far from unique. Last year alone, there were 380 internal promotions at Melaleuca.
"We've had cooks become analysts, forklift drivers develop into scientists and team members from the call centers rise to become vice presidents," said Melaleuca Chief of Staff Cole Clinger. "Their stories are not the exception. Melaleuca actively trains and develops employees for and then promotes them to different positions based on their talent and potential."
In fact, many of Melaleuca's top managers actually started in the Rexburg and Idaho Falls call centers and manufacturing plants before accepting full-time positions at the global headquarters.
"When employees work in the call center, they gain remarkable insight into our business," said Melaleuca's Director of Customer Care Ben Sweetwood. "Then, when they advance into leadership positions, they are extremely valuable because they apply what they learned. They contribute at a higher level and make better decisions because of their experience and interaction with our customers."
This kind of culture, one that nourishes employee growth and advancement, doesn't happen by accident. Although the company acknowledges how difficult it is to make the team, it invests heavily in the growth and development of each individual it hires.
One of the many ways the company does this is by ensuring every employee is in a position that best suits their talents. Recently, Melaleuca held an internal career fair to inform employees about career opportunities within the company. The two-day career fair, held in both Rexburg and Idaho Falls, connected supervisors from every department with interested employees from all throughout the company.
Melaleuca's internal career fair was an ideal way for its 2,000 Idaho employees to learn about the numerous opportunities that each department offers. The event provided exposure to those looking for a career growth within the company.
Several attendees were surprised to learn just how many different career paths exist within Melaleuca.
"I walked in expecting to find maybe one or two jobs that I might be qualified for, but I left with a whole list of jobs that really interested me that I can apply for now," said Dani Uptergrove, a receptionist at the Melaleuca fitness center. "And I realized that with a little more development, the opportunities available to me right here at Melaleuca are nearly endless."
When an employee saw a particular job that interested them, they learned what skills would be required, job responsibilities, the career ladder and salary range. Managers spotted prospective talent and held initial interviews during the event.
"At Melaleuca, we want to hire the best and the brightest employees available and then work with them to ensure that they reach their full potential," said Clinger. "Part of this process is helping them find the right position where they can truly excel."
Melaleuca's employees are exceptionally loyal. Nothing illustrates this more than the hundreds of employees who walk the stage each year at Melaleuca's Employee Meeting to receive their Loyal & Longevity Bonus. Employees receive this bonus every 5 years as a reward for their contribution and dedication. At 5 years, employees receive a $5,000 check, at 10 years a $10,000 check and so on. Melaleuca has paid over $20 million in Loyalty & Longevity Bonuses to over 1,200 employees in the last 10 years.
"I'm just one example of an employee who's been recognized, rewarded and promoted. There are hundreds more just like me," said Billman. "Every day, I look around and see how much Melaleuca does for its employees, and I'm forever grateful for the opportunities I've been given and that they took a chance on me"
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For many people, e-mail is the bane of their professional life. Despite the fact that it's one of the oldest Internet technologies (it's been around since the 1970s), many people still struggle with managing it effectively. It's not unusual to see e-mail in-boxes with hundreds – and sometimes even thousands – of messages, which causes the owner stress, frustration and hours of lost productivity each week. Some people simply give up and declare "e-mail bankruptcy", deleting everything and starting again, assuming that if something was important, the sender will follow up anyway. However, this is only a short-term solution, and before long the empty in-box fills up again.
The most important first step to managing your e-mail is to change your mindset. Rather than seeing it as a necessary evil that's inevitably going to harm your productivity each day, treat e-mail as a powerful communication tool that can improve your productivity.
We receive some e-mail that's unnecessary, unwanted, inappropriate, unproductive and unimportant – and that gets in the way of the worthwhile e-mail.
We often perceive e-mail as being more urgent than it is, and that means we don't get our important work done.
We don't have techniques to manage it, so we feel stressed and overwhelmed by it.
1. Don't let your in-box set your priorities.
Your in-box represents other people's priorities, not yours. So never use it to decide how you'll plan your day. Be clear about your priorities first, and don't vary from them unless absolutely necessary.
2. Use e-mail for important, not urgent, issues.
E-mail is a deferred communication tool, which means you shouldn't expect others to read your e-mail immediately, and they shouldn't expect it of you. Use it for important issues, but use other communication tools for urgent issues.
3. Treat e-mail as just one of many communication channels.
There's no law that says you have to do everything by e-mail, and there's no law that says a conversation that starts by e-mail has to continue that way. Be flexible and willing to switch to other communication channels as needed.
This article is a brief extract from my book "Out of Office: Using the Internet for Greater Freedom in Your Work Life".


...is up and runnin' at Deo Omnis Gloria. This is actually my first post to the Carnival in quite some time. I gave it a break after a post I had sent got omitted. This time it got included. My contribution is the Don't Blink post about the early arrival of Septuagesima.
While reading the Carnival, I discovered the newest contributor to the Chabanel Psalms Project - one of the best in the west, Fr. Jeffrey Keyes.


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Today in World War II Pacific History
Day by day chronology
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, five B-24s fly fuel to Kamaing; 2 B-25s hit a bridge at Banchaung; and 8 A-36s and 3 P-40s attack targets at Myitkyina. In India, 13 B-25s supply ammunition to Imphal; 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, based at Kisselbari, ceases operating from Dinjan with P-40s; and 315th Troop Carrier Squadron, 443d Troop Carrier Group, moves from Sookerating to Moran with C-47s.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In the Yangtze River-Tungting Lake area of China, about 120 B-25s and fighter-bombers again attack a wide variety of targets, pound river shipping at numerous points, hit villages and supply lines in the Pinkiang area, and bomb the towns of Changsha, Pingsiang and Ikiawan; in the Salween River area 24 B-25s pound Lungling and 16 P-40s hit troops and positions at Tengchung and Chenanso; in the Yellow River area 8 P-40s pound railroad yards and strafe about 75 trucks, destroying20+ of them; 3 B-24s over the S China Sea attack shipping, claiming a 5,000-ton commercial ship sunk; and a detachment of 26th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, moves from Liangshan to Kweilin with P-40s (squadron is based at Kunming).
USN: During the Battle of the Phillippine Sea, F6F Hellcats claim almost 300 Japanese aircraft shot down.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): B-25s from Makin strike Ponape. B-24s from Kwajalein bomb Truk. HQ 318th Fighter Group and 19th Fighter Squadron move from Bellows Field to Saipan with P-47s that are launched from USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62).
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: A-20s, P-39s, and RAAF aircraft, pound areas along the coast in the general area of Wewak and B-24s bomb Kamiri Airfield; and 82d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves from Biak to Owi (squadron is operating from Saidor with P-39s). B-24s attack Woleai and Dublon. B-25s, P-38s and other Allied aircraft, including some of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, blast AA positions S and SW of Rapopo.
RNZAF: Corsairs from 15 Squadron fly a mission over Rabaul. Shot down by anti-aircraft fire is F4U Corsair NZ5274 (MIA).