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Sean Schulich has played with the Funky Meters, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the New Orleans Suspects, Bernie Worrell, Meshell Ndegeocello and Zigaboo Modeliste. He's played Jazz Fest in New Orleans, at The Mint in LA, and at BB King's, the Brooklyn Bowl and the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Sean hails from Woodstock, NY, and after earning his Masters from Yale, he won Artists International, selling out his debut at Carnegie's Weill Hall. Being a multi-genre musician, he then went on to co-found the fusion group Alpha Mosaic, winning a Sony Jazz Competition.


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The McDonald Library is closing for renovation this summer, beginning Monday, May 9th. The project includes extensive interior remodeling and is expected to be complete by mid-August. The library and its print collections will be closed to the public during the renovation. The Conaton Learning Commons and the Connection Center desk, which includes reference, circulation and technical help services, will operate as usual. The OhioLink, document delivery and e-reserves service areas are relocating to CLC 423 for the summer. Digital collections, e-books and e-journals will remain available for use. For information on preparing for teaching and learning while the library is closed, visit the library renovation web page library renovation web page. For more information, contact the reference desk at 4808.

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J.P. Turner Fined $250,000 for Failing to Supervise Commissions Charged on Stock Trades
Washington, D.C. — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has imposed a $250,000 fine against J.P. Turner & Company, LLC of Atlanta, GA, for failing to have an adequate supervisory system designed to ensure that its registered representatives charged customers fair and reasonable commissions on stock trades.
As part of the settlement, FINRA ordered J.P. Turner to retain, at its own expense, an independent consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of the adequacy of the firm's policies, systems, procedures, and training relating to FINRA's Fair Pricing Rule.
"In order to establish a fair commission or mark-up, brokers must take into consideration all of the relevant circumstances and not just whether the commission is below a certain percentage of the total price of the transaction," said Susan Merrill, FINRA Executive Vice President and Chief of Enforcement. "In this case, J.P. Turner allowed its brokers to charge commissions of up to 4.5% on almost every stock trade without regard to the circumstances, such as the size of the transaction, the cost of executing the order, or whether the securities were readily available in the market."
FINRA requires firms to implement a system and reasonable procedures to ensure that customers are fairly charged for transactions, taking into consideration all relevant factors. FINRA's mark-up policy lists seven factors for firms to consider: the type of security involved; the availability of the security in the market; the price of the security; the size of the transaction; disclosure to the customer; the pattern of the firm's mark-ups; and, the nature of the firm's business.
FINRA found that between January 2002 and March 2005, J.P. Turner's supervisory system and written procedures failed to take these factors into account and failed to provide adequate guidance to its registered representatives to determine a fair commission or mark-up on equity securities transactions.
FINRA found that under J.P. Turner's system and procedures, representatives had discretion to establish the commission on such transactions, limited only by whether the price of the security was above or below $25 per share. On all equity securities transactions in which the price of the security was below $25, registered representatives were allowed to charge up to 4.5%, while they could only charge up to 3.5% if the price of the security was above $25. During the review period, 91% of the firm's equity securities transactions involved securities priced below $25 per share.
J.P. Turner's trading manager was responsible for reviewing and approving trades for fair and reasonable charges. Those reviews, however, were limited to reviewing the transactions to ensure that the commissions charged did not exceed the firm's 3.5% and 4.5% guidelines.
In concluding this settlement, J.P. Turner neither admitted nor denied the charges, but consented to the entry of FINRA's findings.
Investors can obtain more information about, and the disciplinary record of, any FINRA-registered broker or brokerage firm by using FINRA's BrokerCheck. FINRA makes BrokerCheck available at no charge. In 2007, members of the public used this service to conduct 6.7 million reviews of broker or firm records. Investors can access BrokerCheck at www.finra.org/brokercheck or by calling (800) 289-9999.
FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States. FINRA is dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient regulation and complementary compliance and technology-based services. FINRA touches virtually every aspect of the securities business-from registering and educating all industry participants to examining securities firms; writing and enforcing rules and the federal securities laws; informing and educating the investing public; providing trade reporting and other industry utilities; and administering the largest dispute resolution forum for investors and registered firms. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.finra.org.


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Man United's Juan Mata forces David De Gea to do the corner kick challenge with left foot [Video]
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea cleaned up at the Manchester United awards show last night.
The 23 year old Spaniard won the Players' Player of the Year and the Fans' Player of the Year.
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Reports have emerged that so-called "emo" teenagers are being methodically targeted and killed by religious radicals in Baghdad.
According to Al-Akhbar English, activists say at least 90 "emo" teenagers have been stoned to death in the last month following a statement from an Iraqi interior ministry that referred to the lifestyle as "devil worshiping."
The "emo" trend — an abbreviation of the word "emotional" — originated in the U.S. as a style of punk rock music, and subsequently developed into its own alternative subculture, including with specific clothing styles and behavior, primarily among young people. "Emo" youth generally have distinctive haircuts, piercings and other accessories.
"The 'Emo phenomenon' or devil worshiping is being followed by the Moral Police who have the approval to eliminate [the phenomenon] as soon as possible since it's detrimentally affecting the society and becoming a danger," a statement posted on the interior ministry's website said, according to Al-Akhbar English.
It continued: "They wear strange, tight clothes that have pictures on them such as skulls and use stationary that are shaped as skulls. They also wear rings on their noses and tongues, and do other strange activities."
Religious extremists reportedly heeded the statements and began targeting and harassing teenagers with "emo" appearances.
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A group of armed men dressed in civilian clothing led dozens of teenagers to secluded areas a few days ago, stoned them to death, and then disposed their bodies in garbage dumpsters across the capital, according to activists.
The armed men are said to belong to "one of the most extremist religious groups" in Iraq.
"First they throw concrete blocks at the boy's arms, then at his legs, then the final blow is to his head, and if he is not dead then, they start all over again," one person who managed to escape told Al-Akhbar.
Iraq's moral police was granted approval by the Ministry of Education to enter Baghdad schools and pinpoint students with such appearances, according to the interior ministry's statement.
Al-Arabiya English reported lists have turned up with the names of dozens of teenagers who have been warned that if they don't drop the "emo" culture they will be murdered.
The publication reported it's hardly the first time people in Iraq have been singled out for living different lifestyles, with gays having been brutally murdered before.
A man, Abu Sajat, told Sumaria News that gays were warned before they were killed then, too.
"There is no doubt that there are serious groups that are intending to kill the "emos.'" he said, according to Al-Arabiya.
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Keith Short has posted a teaser to an article that will appear soon in Software Development magazine:
This week I've been working on a paper that we'll publish in Software Development magazine that explains, at least very briefly, how Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) will support the first step forward for our concept of software factories. As soon as it's ready for publication, I'll post the link here. We've started to collect some material on the software factory concept on a website http://softwarefactories.com but due to my severely limited html skills, this website is still under development. I hope soon to have a real website developer improve it considerably .


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I propose, to steal Peter's wording, that we ditch the CHA shrine overboard and install a bright, shiny INT shrine. INT shrines have HD capability, a higher resolution, and furthermore, we only have two remaining CHA-based casters.
Favored Souls only use CHA for spell points and accessing spell levels; as long as they have 19 at cap, they can cast any spell in their book. They use WIS for spell DC, which is the important part.
As of now, we have 3 Artificers, probably along the same build plans mostly, and at least 4 active Wizards. All of these use INT for casting DCs. In Phydaux's case, it's also his Reflex save.
So all in all, I think the guild as a whole will benefit more from an INT Shrine than CHA. Of course, when/if we hit 55 and Peter uses his lottery winnings to purchase the next bigger ship
, we can easily fit in both. Even a DEX Shrine, for the two AAs we have. But that's not now, and I think the Wizards and Artificers who are building up in the guild have more playtime than a capped Sorcerer who only runs two raids, and a Bard who never runs at all.
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For awhile, the Monroe Town Council chambers resembled a courtroom. It happened when an attorney for the Prushko family was able to ask questions of the lawyer representing Stop & Shop on the supermarket chain's application for a gas station on Route 111.
Attorney Keith Ainsworth, acting on behalf of the Prushko family that owns the Shell station next to the proposed Stop & Shop site, had been granted the right to act as an intervenor on environmental issues in the case by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
P&Z members and audience members listened intently to the question-and-answer session, which resembled a mild-mannered cross examination in many ways.
Stephen Studer, attorney for Stop & Shop, would confer with his team of engineers and other experts before carefully answering Ainsworth's questions. Sometimes some of the experts provided the answers directly. Their answers generally were very brief.
Are petroleum hydrocarbons flowing off-site?
Wouldn't it make sense, Ainsworth asked at one point, that any petroleum hydrocarbons in the groundwater on the property would flow off-site as part of the natural flow of the groundwater?
"That would be speculation," Studer responded.
Petroleum hydrocarbons are compounds found in crude oil, including toxic ones.
Both sides acted calmly and there didn't appear to be any noticeable moments of drama. Ainsworth's questioning may not have lasted as long as some people had anticipated, but he appeared satisfied once finished.
Following Ainsworth's questioning and then the closing remarks by Stop & Shop representatives, the P&Z closed the public hearing on the application for 528 Monroe Tpke. but did not take a vote. The P&Z is likely to vote on the matter at its next meeting.
The Stop & Shop proposal
Stop & Shop wants to build a 10-pump gas station on Route 111, slightly north of Cross Hill Road. The 528 Monroe Tpke. site is not adjacent to the Stop & Shop supermarket but is just north of the Rite Aid.
The 1.9-acre property abuts the existing Prushko's Shell gas station. The Beardsley Brook passes through the property as well as an intermittent waterway.
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Two underground fuel tanks would hold 30,000 gallons and 10,000 gallons, with about one fuel delivery per day.
The station would require two curb cuts on Route 111. The southern one, toward Rite Aid, would be for both entering and exiting. The northern entrance, toward the Goodwill store, would be for exiting to the right only (to head north on Route 111).
Intervenor request is approved
Early in the P&Z meeting, the commission voted unanimously to allow Ainsworth to act as an intervenor. Ainsworth had made the request to be an intervener at the Jan. 3 meeting, which allows an outside party to participate in the proceedings. P&Z members concluded that Ainsworth met the conditions to be an intervenor on the environmental aspects of the application.
The proposed Stop & Shop gas station site was polluted when used as an unstaffed heating oil storage and distribution site from the 1960s to 1990s, and some remediation previously took place on the property. Different entities owned the property at that time. The land is now vacant.
P&Z Chairman Patrick O'Hara advised Ainsworth, before his questioning began, that he expected "proper decorum" to be maintained by the attorneys. He pointed out that a P&Z public hearing isn't a courtroom, and questions had to be asked through the chairman.
Proper decorum was maintained.
Ainsworth's line of questioning
Ainsworth's questions focused on contamination, groundwater flow, the two surface waterways on the property, and the impact of rainwater on gasoline spillage collection capacity.
He asked if all prior remediation was done with government oversight, if cleanup work continued after a consent order was lifted, and if state environmental officials ever indicated the remediation was completed.
Ainsworth asked about the level of petroleum hydrocarbons on the property, and if the groundwater flow was moving the petroleum hydrocarbons off the site. He asked if any measures were being taken to stop petroleum hydrocarbons from going off-site, and if placing underground fuel tanks would change the groundwater flow.
In addition, Ainsworth questioned the impact of rainwater filling the grooves being placed in the concrete surface near the fuel pumps. The grooves are designed to collect any spilled gasoline at the site.
Economic and traffic issues
The P&Z also allowed Ainsworth to speak briefly on economic and traffic issues, acting as a member of the public and not as an intervenor.
Ainsworth wondered if the Stop & Shop gas station was intended for "strategic" reasons to hurt Prushko's service station and the Big Y supermarket. He suggested the proposed Stop & Shop location could make it harder for customers to get in and out of both these competitors' retail locations.
Later, Studer said there was "no truth" to the charge that Stop Shop would provide unfair competition to Prushko's and Big Y. He said if Big Y officials agreed with that claim, they would have provided input at the P&Z hearing. "Competition benefits consumers," Studer said.
The two attorneys also debated whether the P&Z had to follow the federal flood plain map when interpreting the application. Studer and Stop & Shop representatives have said the map does not reflect the actual situation, and the P&Z has the flexibility to agree with that interpretation. Ainsworth has insisted the P&Z must work from the federal flood plain map unless it has been officially amended.
Why not put the station on the supermarket property?
Some opponents, including Ainsworth, have suggested that Stop & Shop should put the new gas station at the current supermarket site on Route 111.
Timothy Onderko, an engineer with Langan Environmental & Engineering Services representing Stop & Shop, said that the supermarket is zoned DB-1, which doesn't allow gas stations, while the proposed 528 Monroe Tpke. site is zoned DB-2, which does allow gas stations.
Onderko also pointed out that all DB-2 properties on Route 111 are in watershed protection areas, so "it is not possible" to put a gas station on Route 111 that is not in a watershed protection area.
Stop & Shop's reputation on the line
During his closing remarks, Studer said Stop & Shop would not put a gas station where it would cause environmental damage. "Its reputation is the one that's on the line," he said of the supermarket chain. "Its liability is also on the line."
Studer attempted to counter concerns by Aquarion Water Co. officials that if a major spill occurred involving a tanker truck during refueling, there could be damage to the public water supply. He said spills involving trucks are few and far between, and most happen when trucks are traveling on roads and not when they are refueling at stations. He said tanker trucks have separate compartments so an entire tanker-full of gasoline could basically never spill.
He highlighted all the state-of-the-art equipment, such as the double-lined underground tanks, emergency shut-off systems, 24/7 monitoring and spill retention capacity, planned for the new gas station.
Studer: Can't base a decision on speculation
Studer said the P&Z could not — and should not — base its decision on fears that a bad accident might potentially happen at the site. "It's pure speculation," he said. He said opponents have the burden to show that Stop & Shop's proposal would hurt the environment "based on facts, not conjecture."
The only expert testimony presented to the P&Z was by Stop & Shop representatives, who indicated there wouldn't be environmental damage, Studer said. He said other experts hired by the town for the Inland Wetlands Commission application agreed with Stop & Shop's environmental representatives.
Studer also said Stop & Shop had approached the Prushkos about purchasing their property, but were told by the owners they were "reluctant" to sell the property. Stop & Shop then pursued other parcels.
The applicant also has made adjustments to its sign, lighting and landscaping, based on P&Z comments.


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There are a large number of Android tablet devices starting to ship. In this webcast, the presenter discusses the new APIs and tools available to developers for use in constructing apps that work well on them, and provides guidance on creating good user experience for users of these devices.
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GramercyOne, Profitably, and Erply Carve Out Territory in Cloud-Based Management Services; VCs Follow
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process easier to convert people off their legacy systems," he says.
GramercyOne and its staff of 60 counts as its customers some 2,500 businesses that include fitness centers, spas, and salons in 56 countries. McCarter says the company began in 2007 as a branch of SpaFinder but soon found demand for its services in other sectors. "The intent was to create the OpenTable for spas," he says.
McCarter says GramercyOne also offers tools that work with location-based apps to manage how inventory is offered for daily deals. "The issue with group-buying deals sites is their proposition is all about demand creation," he says. The challenge, he says, is determining whether or not such deals lead to repeat customers and additional purchases. GramercyOne's software lets merchants track and control such special promotions. That way customers using deals won't flood the business at times when merchants already see large numbers of patrons, McCarter says.
Erply, another provider of point-of-sale software and inventory management via the cloud, is also growing. The company, whose subsidiary Point of Sale is based in New York, raised $2 million in March 2010 from Redpoint Ventures, Index Ventures, The Accelerator Group, and other investors.
Robert Jacob, the U.S. vice president of sales with Point of Sale, says that in addition to providing software from the cloud, the company has released a Windows-based application that lets merchants operate independent of an Internet connection and then update sales and inventory once the connection is reestablished. "People do not like to be 100 percent Web-dependent at the register," Jacob says. "[For some] it is too big of a risk to have registers go down for 20 minutes."
Sorting out the financial management of a business can be as challenging as minding the inventory that keeps shops open. One-year-old Profitably in New York has developed Web-based business planning and analysis software that startups and small businesses can use to walk them through the management process.
Profitably raised $1.1 million in March in a Series A round led by White Owl Capital. The money was used in part to hire two developers and to facilitate a move into office space at the General Assembly technology incubator. Previously, in August 2010, Profitably raised a seed round of $300,000 led by North Bridge Venture Partners.
Adam Neary, the CEO and co-founder of Profitably, says his company's software is designed to replace spreadsheets for such tasks as forecasting cash flow and creating analytics to show how companies have performed.
The Profitably platform asks questions about the users and then gradually fleshes out plans and forecasts based on their responses. "If you have an abrupt change in the way customers convert through the sale pipeline, it's very easy to model that out," Neary says. Users can also run scenarios such as what happens if the companies increase their pricing and conversion rates decline. "These are things businesses are dying to think through," he says.
Neary says Profitably, which has a staff of six, released a new set of forward-looking business planning tools in August. The company previously offered backward-looking analytics to enter past performance data into accounting software such as Intuit's QuickBooks.
Neary adds that his company is currently developing software for a future release that would let users automatically collect information to create what he calls one-click board presentations. "Most startups that I've talked to have investors who they need to report to on a monthly basis," he says. "That process is onerous to compile the cash flow and other financials."
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Just as your ability to carry the right merchandise and offer top-notch customer service can make your business, so, too, can your retail point of sale (POS) software. For best results, consider only retail POS software whose features allow it to help:
- Increase sales. Comprehensive customer loyalty and marketing programs go far toward keeping existing customers and attracting new ones, in turn boosting sales. That's what makes them an essential piece of any good retail POS software offering. Your retail POS software should also allow you to easily see what's selling in your store and what's not. When needed, you can adjust your assortment to suit customer preferences, kicking sales up a notch by ensuring that you have the right items in stock.
- Decrease order costs. Besides ensuring that your store carries the right product — in the right quantities, at the right time — and making it easier to control shrink, top-notch retail POS software lets you set optimum in-stock levels for each SKU.
This will help prevent over-spend on inventory orders.
- Optimize labor usage and staff scheduling. Next to inventory, labor is typically retailers' biggest expense. The best retail POS system features integrated time clock and labor scheduling functionality. It is configured so employees can't punch in and out for each other when they arrive late or take an unauthorized break. This component also allows you to base schedules on historical data and other parameters. Consequently, your store won't be under-staffed (putting you at risk of providing poor customer service) or over-staffed (taking too big of a bite out of your bottom line).
- Improve customer service. The right retail POS software improves customer service by making it easy for cashiers to handle sales, keeping lines short and minimizing wait time. Look for a solution that is intuitive, allowing cashiers to ring up items by simply scanning bar codes or touching an icon on a touchscreen. Your retail POS software should require just a few touches to complete the payment process, as well as enable gift card and credit/debit card payments to be processed via a quick swipe rather than a complex set of steps. Payment by all tender types — such as debit, electronic benefit transfer (EBT), and check — should ideally be supported for top-notch customer service.
Learn how pcAmerica's Cash Register Express ™ retail POS solution meets these requirements — and more. Contact a pcAmerica sales representative at 1-800-722-6374 or visit www.pcamerica.com.
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President Hugo Chavez is urging Colombia's largest rebel group to agree to a proposed cease-fire with the U.S.-backed government of Alvaro Uribe.
During a Tuesday meeting with Uribe, Chavez called on leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, to temporarily halt their activities as a goodwill gesture.
"I think it's fair and necessary that the FARC ... take note of what Uribe has said: Cease your activities for four months," he said. "Hopefully peace will be achieved in Colombia sooner than later."
Uribe said earlier this month that his government would be willing to begin exploratory talks with the FARC if they were to go four months "without a single terrorist action."
U.S. officials have long said the FARC use Venezuelan territory for refuge, to treat its wounded, to regroup and rearm – and to export cocaine. In September, Washington accused three security officials in Chavez's inner circle of aiding the FARC by supplying it with arms and drug-trafficking assistance.
Chavez denies supporting the rebels, but Colombia says documents found in a laptop belonging to a top FARC leader slain in March 2008 indicate he was preparing to give them an open-ended loan of several hundred million dollars.


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Berkman expects to come off DL on Friday
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Berkman, who began jogging again late last week, increased that work to full sprints on Tuesday. He felt no pull in his calf muscle and repeated the sprinting work again on Wednesday. If Berkman does come off the DL on Friday, the stint will have lasted 22 days. Berkman missed 21 days with the same injury in 2009.
When Berkman returns, it will mark the first time this season that the Cardinals have been at full strength with their position players. Skip Schumaker, Allen Craig and Berkman all spent various lengths of time on the DL through these first five weeks of the season.
That also means that manager Mike Matheny will have to get clever in divvying up playing time. The Cardinals want to keep Craig regularly involved, though that becomes more difficult when Berkman returns to his place at first base.
"It hasn't defined itself," Matheny said of Craig's potential playing time. "It's a good problem to have. We have that kind of roster where we're going to have to give guys days [off]. It's good to have that depth."
Berkman is not expected to play every day immediately upon returning, so that should open up some playing for Craig initially. Craig can also slide into the outfield when Matheny opts to give any one of his starting outfielders a break.


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I was attempting to evaluate some of the custom migration script options in SQL Source Control, and so installed the entire Developer Bundle trial. However, when I went to try the change deployment using the migration script I checked into source control and SQL Compare, I discovered that the trial version is only the Standard version and that feature is not available.
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First Regulus Missile Launched From A Submarine 1953Waring Hills Jul 15, 2011
On 15 July 1953, the USS Tunny SS-282 would become the first submarine to launch a Regulus cruise missile. The Regulus cruise missile development began in 1947 and it was built by the Chance Vought Aircraft company. The unmanned turbojet powered Regulus system was capable of delivering a thermonuclear warhead, either the 3000 pound (40-50 kiloton yield) W5 or the 2800 pound (1-2 megaton yield) W27 within a range of 500 nautical miles. Regulus would be carried as a nuclear deterrent aboard submarines in the United States Navy from 1953 to 1964. Watch the launch below…
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33 thoughts on "First Regulus Missile Launched From A Submarine 1953"
Always enjoy the "Call the Ball". I was REGUUS I Missile officer on the USS LOS ANGELES (CA135) 1959-1960. Durig that time we had five red birds and one blue bilrd sucessful launches. Besides the submarine the missle was also on several heavy curisers.
Have a great day,
Thanks Watt for your comments and long service to our nation!
I was stationed at Chincoteague NAS 1955/1956/part of1957 attached to GM GRP 2! I was a MA3! We flew the Reds with FJs! We lost a pilot that ejected over US 13 and the chute never deployed! He was still in the seat! LTJG Crouch was his name! I enjoyed my duty there!
I was aboard the Tunny after her Regulas deployments and during her conversion to APSS. I was always proud of my time aboard and earning my SS designation on her.
I reported aboard the USS Tunny SSG-282 in 1957 as a Seaman and was part of the launch crew. As soon as the missile comes out of the hangar, I would attach the RC antenna to the fuselage and I would jump out before it is raised to it's launch position.
My father may have been there during this time if not a few years earlier. His name is Edward N. Turenne he was a baker and would be turning 90 years old he just passed away on March 10, 2012. I am looking through his military paper work and learning more about this man then I could even imagine.
I was stationed at the USNAMTC, Point Mugu California during the early tests of the Regulus. (Rember the Regal as well???) Anyone out there who was stationed at Mugu during the early 50's?? I worked at the Director of Tests, building 36, as well as the metal shop as an Aviation Metalsmith.
Now at 80 years old, I wonder.
SSG 242 was my qual. boat in 1956 Made trips to Dutch Harbor and Pearl Harbor for simulated War launches. Left before she was moved to Pearl. Did lots of testing out of Port Hueneme. At night we would anchor in Wilson Cove on San Clementy Island and fish. Almost everyone had a fishing pole stored on board.
I work at NASA Wallops Flight Facility at the former Chincoteague NAS. I would be very interested in talking with any servicemen who were at Chinco. Please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I have talked to several former members of VU-4 and GMGRU-2.
My first duty station was Guided Missile Group Two in Chincoteague, Va. 1956- 1959. In 1959 we moved the squadron to Roosevelt Roads. Switched to Regulas II and F9F-6K drone. I was a bright eyed Yeoman. We stopped work to watch launch and landing. Great memories. We lost a few on launch and only 1 landing that verred to the left hit the grass and barely missed our flight line.
I was stationed at Chincoteague from 1956 – 1959 and finished my tour at Roosevelt Roads in April of 59.
I was in the control truck with Charlie Leveque during the launches for many a launch. Charlie was a nickname we enlisted gave him. He came on board as Ens & left as Ltjg I think. Do you know anything about him? Bob Rush
I work at NASA Wallops Flight Facility at the former Chincoteague NAS. I would be very interested in talking with any servicemen who were at Chinco. Please contact me at email@example.com. I have talked to several former members of VU-4 and GMGRU-2.
I was a AE3/2 with GMGRU-2 in 57-58. I worked on the FJ's and the TV-2's. Left Chincoteague and headed for NMC Pt. Mugu the last of December 58 when the NAS was closing down. I did make a deployment to Gitmo for a couple of months.
I was stationed on San Nicolas Island (Pt. Mugu detachment) in 1951-52. I witnessed the crash of an early Regulus as they attempted to land it on the Island. I was lying on a dirt berm just off the taxiway. The parabrake failed to fill up on touchdown. The missile ran off the end of the runway into the anchor chain barrier. The missile turned upside down and the jet engine raised a big dust cloud until it finally shut down. Exciting for a 19 year old sailor.
I was an ET, stationed at GMU-10, SubBase, PH, from August 1961 to November 1963. Some of our GMU-10 guys went to Bonham Detachment, Kauai, and witnessed an FTM landing; the Red Bird did a bit of a ground loop, as it came in fast–the chase plane pilot had popped the parabrake about five minutes early, and there was no retarding action. Still, the bird remained upright through slewing 270 degrees on the landing. Just saw what Bob D. wrote of the parabrake problem above… I would enjoy chatting with GMU-10 guys-post here, or email email@example.com, Marvin
I was an ET on the USS Carbonero SS 337 in1957. We were present and guided several missiles fired from the Tunny and the Hellena. The Tunny fired the missile and guided it until it was handed off to Carbonero then to Cusk or vice versa. From the launch until landing of the missile there were at least two boats doing the guidance. The guidance was with a PIX radar built by Stavid Electronics on Long Island.
Just spent a week May 2003 IN Port Hueneme and Poing Mugu.Found very few people there were aware of the subs there and the work they did in the 50s.Even the man at the SeeBee muzeam who had been there since 1956 did not no of the subs.
They would be glad to have a display about the events of that time.My wife and I are designing a quilted wall hanging with text and photos. I do not remember what the squidren number was. can any one help.Bill Jonker firstname.lastname@example.com
I was on Tunny SSG282 8/60 thru 9/63. Made 2 runs. Also, got to go on the shakedown cruise to Tahiti. Great times, good friends, fantastic leaders.
I was on the USS Tunny SSG282 from May, 1963 to Nov. 1964. I was on the sub when we made two deterent missions. One I remember was when the sub that was subpose to relieve us had to go back to Pearl Harbor, so we were told to stay out for another month. We had to go to Adake Island for refuel.
Were you on the sub during that timeframe ?
When I arrived at Mugu in 1952 I was assigned to the Director of Tests, building 36 as a draftsman. A little later I struck for AMAN (metal smith). Worked on the first German "buzz-bomb" that the US had obtained for tests. Had JATO bottles on it and it was controlled by a mechanic using a radio-control similar to those used today for RC planes. The Sec. of the Navy and a bunch of politicians were there for the test. The bird blasted off, but only one JATO fired and the thing turned upside down. The dude with the control, in a panic, pulled back on the joystick, which of course did not make the unit rise, but slashed down in the ocean. Everyone just turned and left!!!!!
I was stationed at GMU 10 in '63 and '64. Had good friends at the unit and from the boats. Transferred to Kauai in late '64 where we phased out the remaining birds for the next year and half or so.The last one fired splashed on launch….sort of a sad end to the program.
I was stationed at N.A.S. Chincoteague in 1953/54 with Guided Missile Group 2. A great experience coming from N.A.S., N.O.T.S. China Lake, California to witness the beginning of the Regulus to go into the squadron after it's development to R.A.M. GMGRU-2
I work at NASA Wallops Flight Facility at the former Chincoteague NAS. I would be very interested in talking with any servicemen who were at Chinco. Please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I have talked to several former members of VU-4 and GMGRU-2.
Does anyone know of the Navy guys in the metal shop at Mugu during Feb. '55.
I am interested in hearing from any former Navy servicemen who were stationed at Chincoteague Naval Air Station or Naval Aviation Ordnance Testing Station.
I join the Navy 05-31-51 and was discharged 07-07-55. I went to boot camp at Bainbridge, MD COMPANY 109. From there I went to VU-4 and was there until GMU-53 was assign to NAS Chincoteague and I was selected to transfer to this new unit and I routed all the SECRET information to the officers stationed in the Quonset hut. The day we launched the first one the secretary of the Navy and other big wigs came out of Washington to view it. I was assign as a j-tow bottle chaser and I was about 5 miles down in the woods across the highway to spot where the bottles fell so the ordinance crew could retrieve them for the next launch I lived in G-50 B on the base after we were assign to GMU-53. We had a daughter born 01-10-54 while we were station there. I have visited one time many years ago and got to drive thru the tunnel across the Cheasapeake Bay rather than take the ferry like we had to do in the 50's.
GMTU-3 Graduate of GMTU-U in 53 I think? I was 19 i think. Went to Chincoteague and GMTU-3 became GMU-3. Discharged 3 months before I turned 21 to go to school. I was with ZP-2 as a blimp catcher and VR-6 as an AT2 in 51 and 52. Went to 50th anniversary of Mugu in 200x? I never saw so much Brass. Admirals all over the place. Didn't see anyone from school.
Had to settle argument between two old pharts about Dove missile sensors and control system.
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I was one of those lucky ones stationed at GMU 10 Bonham Detachment from early 1962 to August 1964. What a great group of men and what a wonderful tour. Lots of successes and a few that were a little strange. Those of you that were there – remember we wired the bank control backward to make it easier for the GCL officer to control the missile coming in? Well, on one landing, the GCL officer did not believe us and refused to relinquish control of the bird to the chase plane until it was too late. We lost that one to the mountain between Kekaha and Mana. Greatest years of my life. I was fortunate to be able to return to Hawaii and taught at Kamehameha before retiring. There is a nice plaque and Regulus 1 at the submarine museum dedicated to us.
TEU (Tom Umscheid) was running a search on Bondet and saw your note. I occasionally run into someone from there on the internet. My guess is that TEU got in touch. Endo is in San Diego but doesn't do the internet thing, or at least didn't last time I checked, and we haven't written in a few years. He stopped by when I lived in VA long ago. He was working on a doctorate (double doctorate?) at MIT as I recall and came through with a woman (older, of course). Hope you are doing splendidly.
Tony Deas
I served aboard the U.S.S. NEREUS AS-17 From late 1951 through April 1955. We stood by for the launching of the Regulus Missle from the submarine in 1953, but I don't remember the name of the submarine, could very well of been the USSTunny. It was quite an event for a young farm boy from Chanute, Kansas.


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U.S. senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), who has been criticized for recent remarks about gays and lesbians, sent a letter to donors shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks soliciting donations for a nonprofit group lobbying against same-sex marriage. "I know it may sound like a huge exaggeration, particularly in light of the attack on America, but this may truly be the most important letter I ever write you," Santorum wrote.
The letter endorsed Alexandria, Va.-based Alliance for Marriage and its campaign for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages. The mailing sought money so the nonprofit could flood Congress with petitions to "protect marriage between a man and a woman against the attacks of the homosexual activists."
Mark Mead, spokesman for the gay political group Log Cabin Republicans, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the letter raises doubts about Santorum's priorities. "There are far more important issues for families in Pennsylvania than this--education, a fair tax code, safer streets, prescription-drug medicines for those who don't have coverage," Mead said. "He has an unhealthy obsession with this, overlooking more important issues."
The revelation about the letter is the latest development in an ongoing storm of controversy surrounding Santorum's public comments on homosexuality. In an April 7 Associated Press interview, he brought up the pending Supreme Court case regarding Texas's sodomy law and said, "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything." In an April 22 statement, Santorum said his comments should not be misconstrued as a statement on individual lifestyles and that he is a "firm believer that all are equal under the Constitution."


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Even in a tough job market, employers are struggling to keep their key talent. In many cases, these key employees are lacking some of the benefits they have come to expect, such as merit increases, bonuses and work-life benefits, which is causing them to look for employment elsewhere, says Rose Stanley, work-life practice leader at WorldatWork, a nonprofit human resources association focused on compensation, benefits and work-life.
However, by creating an engaged workforce, employers can prevent voluntary turnover, and a large part of doing so is offering a flexible work environment.
"There are jobs out there even in this tight market, and those who are getting those jobs are the good employees," Stanley says. "The key-talent employees know they have more options than those who are less engaged."
In fact, according to a WorldatWork survey on workplace flexibility, there is a direct correlation between voluntary turnover and flexible work arrangements. On the left are the employers that offer no flexibility, Stanley says, while employers on the right offer an entirely flexible work culture. Most employers fall somewhere in between.
Of the employers that offer flexible work arrangements, those that train managers as well as employees tend to have the most success, Stanley says. Employees often work different hours in remote locations as part of flexible work arrangements, and managers must be prepared to oversee these situations, just as employees need to know how to handle themselves if they are to be successful. When both sides understand how to manage a flexible work environment effectively, they can improve their trust and working relationship with each other, creating a more engaged work force.
"When managers are trained, it develops a trust relationship between the manager and the employee, and those employers have better success at keeping employees," Stanley says. "If an employee were to leave, an employer can always throw money at them, but that has diminishing return. You can still move to another organization, get a raise and even get a flexible culture, but the monetary amount usually stays the same at least until another year, but a flexible work environment is all the time and fits within their schedule."
These successful employers also brand their flexible work environments by highlighting them during the recruitment process and promoting them internally, Stanley says. For a flexible working environment to be truly engrained in corporate culture, employees must feel comfortable talking to managers about creating this type of arrangement and see leadership embrace it.
Along with a flexible work environment, employers should offer career development paths to encourage engagement, Stanley says. Engaged employees are always looking to better their careers, but if the opportunities are not available, they are likely to turn to another employer. A career development path doesn't necessarily have to lead to higher positions; lateral positions also allow employees to improve upon other skills while still finding success.
"Especially in this economy when you have compensation issues and benefit issues, employees want to know they have movement capability," Stanley says. "They do not want to be stagnant; they want to be engaged with their work and feel challenged."
While wellness programs have been a popular method for improving engagement over the past few years, more employers are transitioning to well-being programs, which not only incorporate physical health but mental and financial health, as well, Stanley says. Stress is one of the top problems employees face; thus, employers are offering ways to cope, such as yoga classes and on-site massages. To manage employees' financial health, more employers are going beyond the traditional retirement financial class and providing seminars on how to get out of debt and how to make a budget.
Employers should also take the time to conduct surveys on the corporate culture and engagement, but it doesn't stop there, Stanley says. Once an employer finds out what its employees want, it should make an effort to provide some of those elements into the corporate culture.
"Employers need to show they will act on what they find out if they can," Stanley says. "You can't please everyone, but you want to make the best match possible to keep that critical talent."


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In any given year an analysis of the products featured on the pages of this magazine that generated the most reader inquiries will most undoubtedly reveal a few bombshells. But our look back at the response to designs showcased in Residential Lighting between October 2006 and September 2007 exposed a particularly explosive revelation. This year's runaway victor? The aqueous Splash bowls from California manufacturer Eastern Breeze. No, not a pendant bowl; an accessory bowl. Not a lighting product at all.
First highlighted in October 2006's feature on glitzy accessories to spice up sleepy show-rooms, the category coup d'état-causing vessels point to a continuing shift in the way today's lighting retailers approach their businesses. Savvy store owners know that a well-appointed set-up makes lighting look — and sell — better. Even the American Lighting Association [1] is getting on board; the organization plans to include a merchandising-focused "retail strategies" seminar at its next annual conference in Washington, D.C.
While the number one position reflects the importance of accessories to the illuminated world, the products that fill in the remaining top-tier spots focus, befittingly, on fixtures. And whether acknowledging the abiding allure of contemporary design, an invigorating infatuation with the natural world or the longing to reach beyond borders for inspiration, they remind us that lighting hasn't lost the ability to captivate.
Here, we pay special tribute to last year's top five products, and we reintroduce you to the entire list of the 25 best-loved creations from last year.
|Splash Bowls, Eastern Breeze
|Abbey and Cloister pendants, Architects & Heroes
|LogLamps, CP Lighting
|Bocci, Bocci
|Autumn Leaves wall torchiere, Classic Lighting
The Top 25
In alphabetical order
[1] http://www.americanlightingassoc.com


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Identity Theift and Phishing
What is Phishing?
Phishing - pronounced fishing - is the latest form of identity theft. It's when thieves act as if they are representing a legitimate company and try to "hook" you into providing personal information. Once you're "hooked", they can trick you into providing your name, social security number, account number, credit card numbers, PIN numbers, and passwords.
How does Phishing work?
By E-mail:
Criminals will use e-mail to try and "hook" you. You may receive an e-mail that says it is from Central State Bank, asking you to "reconfirm" your personal information. This e-mail is not from us, but from a phisher pretending to be a representative of our organization.
Typically, the e-mail contains a link to a web site that looks like a near-replica of our site. If you click onto the link and add your personal information, that information goes right into the hands of identity thieves. It's important not to respond to these e-mails.
By Phone:
Phishers also use the phone to "fish" for personal information. Using automated calling, they make mass phone calls trying to get someone to give out their personal information by pretending to be from the bank or the credit card company, and asking you to verify your account number and other personal information. With today's technology, they can even alter the name and number that shows up on your caller ID – it can look like a legitimate call! Neither Banks nor credit card companies will call you to ask you for your personal information, so don't fall for this scam.
By Text messaging:
Yes, even your cell phone can be used by these criminals. A text message, like E-mail, appears to be from a bank or credit card company and will state that you need to update or verify your personal info. Again, do not be fooled. Neither Banks nor credit card companies will contact their customers using text messaging.
Central State Bank is doing everything we can to counter this type of criminal activity. Your account protection is our top priority. If you receive an unsolicited e-mail or phone call that seems suspicious, and is allegedly from our organization, please do not reveal any information. In fact, please call us at 205-668-0711 to report any suspicious request.
For more information to help you guard against and deal with identity theft please visit the Federal Trade Commission Website and the Free Annual Credit Report site. Both of these links are available on our resources page.
Contact Information to Credit Bureaus and local law enforcement are available on our contact page.


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Voters in the San Dieguito Union High School District will decide in November whether the district can borrow $449 million dollars to pay for technological upgrades, campus renovations and a new middle school.
District trustees voted 4-1 to put the bond measure on the November ballot, saying that, if approved by voters, the measure will pay for important work that the district won't be able to do otherwise.
"We can't wait around for someone else to throw money at us and help us improve our facilities," Trustee Barbara Groth said.
Trustee John Salazar voted against the proposition, which he said asks for too much money at the wrong time.
"There's many, many people out there in our district who are not financially doing well," he said. "Many of these people cannot afford all of these additional taxes."
The bond would increase property taxes by an estimated $25 for every $100,000 in assessed value.
Four people spoke before the board vote, all of them encouraging the trustees to approve the proposition.
"This is a very important step in the future of the district, and it's time," said Mark Bath, president of the Torrey Pines High School Foundation.
The proposed projects include $88 million to renovate Torrey Pines High School, $76 million to rebuild San Dieguito Academy, $71 million to purchase land and build a middle school in the Pacific Highlands Ranch neighborhood of San Diego, and about $18 million for districtwide technology upgrades, among other projects.
"It's not just a wish list; it's a need list too," Trustee Beth Hergesheimer said.
District officials have said they are optimistic that voters will approve the measure, pointing to a recent survey that showed 64 percent of respondents support the proposition. It will require 55 percent approval in order to pass.
Salazar said Thursday that he didn't think it would pass because there are other nearby school districts asking for money this fall, including two that share some boundaries with the San Dieguito district. The district runs from southern Carlsbad to Carmel Valley.
Trustees with the Del Mar Union School District voted Wednesday to put a $77 million bond measure on the ballot. MiraCosta College board members expect to vote next month on whether to go forward with a $538 million bond measure.
San Dieguito Trustee Amy Herman said she thinks voters will understand that the districts are asking for money because of similar circumstances.
"We're all in this position together, having had our budgets cut, and we've cut and cut, and we've said there's no place else to go," she said.
The district has been planning the project list for nearly four years, beginning in late 2008 when groups of parents, employees and students began meeting to recommend upgrades to campuses.
District officials said they expect it to take six years to complete all of the projects and about 30 years to repay the debt.


text: > In C, it wouldn't be, since there, unary ops always bind tighter than infix > ops, and the precedences used in C are also used in C++, Java, C#, > Javascript etc, and even ISO Prolog obeys the rule that unary minus binds > tighter so making unary minus have the same precedence as infix minus just > makes Haskell syntax difficult to parse for anyone coming from one of these > other very popular languages. Imho, for better or worse, C has established a > kind of de-facto standard that unary ops always bind tighter than infix ops > in programming languages ;-) ... in **programming languages that don't have infix exponeniation**. You missed Ruby, Python, Matlab, Mathematica (not generally a good inspiration for syntax but it has a rather large following and almost 20 years of usage), and TI calculators. These all have ^ or ** bind tighter than unary - to go along with math, not C. Since it didn't happen we will never know **if C had had infix exponentiation, what would the precedence have been relative to unary ops** or indeed if they dropped infix exponentiation, preferring pow(x,y), for exactly that reason, or what. All this talk is a design choice and folks will naturally disagree and the "right" balance for *everything*, especially since all their conflicting interactions yield so many mutually exclusive possible outcomes. I suppose I just disagree that C has said the last word about infix/unary ops because C never spoke up on the problem of unary negation and exponentiation. (And if it had, would I agree anyway? :-) I still get tripped up by unary negation in Haskell, especially with sections, parenthese, etc. But that's what hugs or ghci are for. > Also, it's a good example of why we should *not* have unary minus, since the > above could be written with no ambiguity as: > negate (4 ^ 2) > or better still: > negate (expNat 4 2) > because this would free the ^ symbol for some more widely applicable use, True. I would much rather be forced to type negate (4 ^ 2) than have -4^2 return 16 instead of -16 because the - got lexed into -4. Alternately, if you want unary ops to bind the tightest, then just eliminating ^ and replacing it with expNat, etc. would solve any precedence problems with unary minus. Jared. -- http://www.updike.org/~jared/ reverse ")-:"


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2009 Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights - Bolivia
|International Trade Union Confederation
|Publication Date
|11 June 2009
|Cite as
|International Trade Union Confederation, 2009 Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights - Bolivia, 11 June 2009, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4c52caffc.html [accessed 24 November 2017]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Population: 9,240,700
Capital: Sucre
ILO Core Conventions Ratified: 29 – 87 – 98 – 100 – 105 – 111 – 138 – 182
Strikes and stoppages continued during 2008, aggravated by the wave of dismissals in the mining industry and public sector. The disputes arising from the separatist movement in the Media Luna prefectures caused the deaths of 16 rural workers and left dozens injured. Trade union organisations also rallied in support of the constitutional changes proposed by the ruling Movement for Socialism party (MAS), in particular the reform of the pensions system and labour legislation.
Trade union rights in law
Freedom of association: The Constitution recognises the right to organise as a means of workers' defence, representation, assistance, education and culture. The General Labour Act, dating back to 1942, contains many restrictions on this right, however, as it requires prior government authorisation to establish a union and permits only one union per enterprise. Some categories of agricultural workers are denied the right to organise, as they are excluded from the scope of the law. Company or branch unions can only be formed if there is a minimum of 20 workers, while industrial unions need the support of at least 50% of the workforce in order to be established. The law also denies public servants the right to organise, with the exception of health, education and oil industry workers.
The law provides for labour inspectors to attend union meetings and monitor union activities, and allows for trade union organisations to be dissolved by administrative means. Members of trade union executive boards must be Bolivian by birth and must work for the same company as the workers they represent. Both requirements restrict the right of workers to elect their representatives freely. The law does not allow trade unions to join international organisations.
Supreme Decree no. 29539 of 1 May 2008 stipulates that the trade union immunity referred to in Law no. 3352 applies from the date the union leader is elected, replacing the previous rule that made immunity subject to recognition from the Ministry of Labour and thereby removing the risk that union leaders could be dismissed during that procedure.
In October 2007, the government reported on the outcome of consultations on the preliminary draft of the Procedural Labour Code, which was submitted to workers' and employers' organisations for their observations. The law – which has yet to be approved – establishes the incontrovertibility and protection of workers' rights, and that labour justice should be genuinely free of charge. It imposes sanctions on civil servants in the event of delayed justice, unfair collection of payments and other practices contrary to labour justice.
The new Constitution, whose text was approved in a Constituent Assembly on 26 December 2007 and was due to be submitted to a referendum in January 2009, extends the right to organise and to collective bargaining, ensuring greater protection for trade unions and trade union leaders. It also recognises the right of rural workers and self-employed workers to strike and to form and join unions.
Collective bargaining: Public sector workers not employed in the administration of the State and agricultural workers are amongst those who are still denied this right.
Right to strike: Strikes in public services, including banks and public markets, are banned by law. For other workers, the right to strike is subject to strict conditions. In order for a strike to be declared legal within a company, the strike must be supported by three quarters of the workers. Compulsory arbitration may be imposed in order to put an end to a strike in sectors that are not considered essential by the ILO. General strikes and solidarity strikes are totally prohibited. Where a strike is declared illegal, those who took part in it may be sentenced to prison terms of one to five years, with forced labour as an additional punishment, in line with the Bolivian Criminal Code (art. 234).
Trade union rights in practice and violations in 2008
Background: In 2008 Bolivia's domestic agenda focussed on the referendum that ratified the position of Evo Morales as President of the Republic, against a background of conflict with the National Democratic Congress (CONALDE), composed of the "separatist" provinces of Santa Cruz, Tarija, Pando, Beni and Chuquisaca. On the labour front, the principal subject of debate was the Compulsory Social Security Act, which establishes a system of individual distribution. Unemployment in the mining sector, a result of the world economic crisis, led to angry labour disputes in the last few months of the year. There was an increase in strikes and other protests about the denial of workers' rights and company level collective agreements.
Social and political repression: Harassment and violence against trade union leaders and social movements continued in 2008. The most serious events took place during the week of 11 to 16 September when, following the rallies and demonstrations to support or oppose the CONALDE's separatist movement, 16 rural workers were murdered in the Tres Barracas region near the town of Porvenir. According to the Bolivian Permanent Assembly of Human Rights (APDHB), the murders were carried out by paramilitary forces linked to the prefect of the Pando Department, Leopoldo Fernández. The final toll of the "Pando massacre" included 15 arrests, over 30 wounded, and over 100 disappearances, mostly rural workers who supported the MAS..