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I like being nice and friendly, but I don't have any problems with ruling by fear either
Name: Yamato
Nickname: Tenzo | The Wood Guy
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Clan: N/A
Yamato has short brown hair and large, almond-shaped, black eyes. When he débuted, Yamato wore the standard attire of a member of the ANBU, with a sword strapped to his back, a mask that resembles a cat's face covered in green and red markings and the ANBU tattoo on his left shoulder, When he meets up with Naruto, Sakura, and Sai for the first time, however, he has changed into a variation of the standard attire of a Konoha-nin, with a flak jacket. The differences between his attire and that of the standard one is that his does not have the Uzushiogakure crest on the shoulders of the sleeves, and the neck of his shirt is form fitting and goes up to his chin. He also still retains two hip pouches strapped to his lower back instead of just one, something typical of an ANBU. In addition to that, he has a mask style forehead protector that frames his face, similar to that of Tobirama Senju.
Yamato is a very discreet, cautious, careful and well prepared person. He projects a calm, stoic demeanour in stressful situations. Despite this, he can also be quite laid back when not on duty, and is not above using his Wood Release techniques for creating comforts, such as making a house to "camp out" in. While he has been good-natured so far, Yamato claims to be a different sort of leader than Kakashi, one who is not above "ruling by the use of terror" when his team misbehaves. Aside from his obviously intimidating skills as a ninja, however, this "terror" has so far primarily consisted of casting a creepy "ghoul-eyes" expression at his charges, which seems more humorous than terrifying. Naruto, however, is easily terrified by it, and stated that it felt like Yamato was controlling him with fear. He is, however, also prone to being a victim of a cruel joke when given misleading information, as witness his visible fear and subsequent annoyance when Killer B maliciously joked about the dangers of a jinchūriki trying to control their tailed beast.
Yamato is somewhat reluctant to pay for things unless he has to, as he initially protested at having to pay for lunch at Ramen Ichiraku, stating that Kakashi should pay, being the senior ninja, but was flattered into paying when Kakashi said he considered Yamato an equal.
- Village of Birth: 木ノ葉隠れの里 Konohagakure
- Village of Alliance: 雲隠れの里 Kumogakure
- Ninja Rank: Sannin
- Specialty:Wood Release- Needs Training
- Elements:
Fire→ Mastered
Earth→C Ranks
Water→B Ranks
Wind→B Ranks
Lightning→S Ranks
Wood→Needs Training
- Your Ninjutsu:
Ninjutsu→D Ranks
Genjutsu→D Ranks
Taijutsu→D Ranks
Otter Summonings→Mastered
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Sasuke and Sai Arc
Yamato was assigned to lead Team 7 in meeting with one of Sasori's spies within Orochimaru's ranks. Naruto and Sakura found it difficult to work with their newest team member, Sai, and much of Yamato's time was spent trying to get them to cooperate. Upon arriving at the arranged meeting place, Yamato went ahead dressed as Sasori, to make meeting with the spy easier. After the spy arrived, who turned out to be Kabuto Yakushi, Yamato was able to learn a great deal of information until Orochimaru showed up. Just as Yamato started to contemplate how he would fight Orochimaru whilst keeping up his act as Sasori, Kabuto cut off the head of the Sasori costume, having hoped to kill the real Sasori.
Faced with a combined attack from Kabuto and Orochimaru, Yamato created a wood clone to escape, causing Orochimaru to realise that one of his test subjects had survived. A battle between Orochimaru and Naruto ensued, and Yamato spent much of his time protecting Sakura. When the battle was over, Sai was found to be missing, although a wood clone that Yamato had following Sai revealed that the latter had joined with Orochimaru. As the clone followed Sai to Orochimaru's hideout, the rest of Team 7 followed the clone. Once they arrived, Yamato used his Wood Release abilities to infiltrate the base. When they eventually found Sai, they restrained him, and were able to learn about Sai's real mission: to join forces with Orochimaru on behalf of his organisation, Root, in an attempt to destroy Konoha.
Sai was eventually freed by Kabuto, who in turn was restrained by Sai. Sai, touched by Naruto's words about Sasuke Uchiha, rejoined Team 7 in their other mission of retrieving Sasuke. When the group split up again, Yamato discovered a Bingo Book whilst going through some of Sai's belongings. In doing so, Yamato learnt that Sai once again had an ulterior motive: to kill Sasuke Uchiha. In desperation, Team 7 went looking for Sai, hoping to stop him from fulfilling his mission. Sai, however, had actually had a change of heart, and attempted to convince Sasuke to come back to Konoha on Naruto's behalf. Sasuke however ended up overpowering Sai.
Due to an explosive attack from Sasuke, Team 7 was able to find Sai and learn that he had really allied with them. Upon failing to persuade Sasuke to return to Konoha, the team decided to use force instead. Sasuke's growth, however, was too much for the four's joint effort, and he was able to repel them all. After a brief confrontation between Naruto and Sasuke, Yamato attempted to capture Sasuke with his Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall, although Sasuke was able to escape. As an answer to this, Yamato declared that he had no intention of getting too rough on him in front of Naruto and Sakura, but had no choice. Despite this, Sasuke prepared what appeared to be a finishing move. Orochimaru and a freed Kabuto arrived to stop him, however, and they disappeared, leaving Team 7 defeated which made them unsuccessful in their mission.
Twelve Guardian Ninja Arc
Yamato led Team 7 on a mission to the Fire Temple. Upon arrival, Chiriku informed them that the tombs belonging to a former member of the Twelve Guardian Ninja had been robbed of its corpse. While Yamato pondered the motive for this, word reached them which had reached the Fire Temple that the graves of three other former Ninja Guardian members had also had their corpses stolen. Yamato, his team, and Chiriku went to investigate and find the four coffins. While Yamato knew it was clearly some sort of trap, he knew they had no choice but to play along if they wished to retrieve the bodies.
As they neared the coffins, the trap was sprung, and the team became trapped in a rocky cavern. While searching for the way out whilst dodging more traps, Yamato was approached by one of the thieves, Fudō. Caught off guard and completely unprepared for an opponent such as this, Yamato was overpowered by Fudō's unique earth-technique prowess and indestructible body, forcing him on the defensive. Eventually, Fudō caught him in a rock-crushing technique, but deceived Fudō by merging with the rocks. Yamato regrouped with his team and, having failed to recover the stolen corpses or capture the tomb robbers, returned to Konoha with Sora.
ater, when the tomb robbers emerged again to attack Konoha, Yamato was one of the few jōnin still available to defend the village. He was then sent out to stop one of the resurrected Ninja Guardians from completing the Limelight technique, but was intercepted by Fudō. After figuring out Fudo's attack patterns, Yamato used Fudō's blunt attack methods to set up the area for a water technique to trap Fudō in mud. He then proceeded to finished off Fudō by crushing him with a wood ninjutsu. He went to join Asuma and the others in stopping the bandits' leader, Furido, who released Sora's Nine-Tailed Demon Fox chakra. Because Yamato's wood release was not as refined as the First Hokage's, he couldn't suppress Sora's spliced demon chakra. Yamato instead used his wood technique to protect his allies from Sora's attacks.
Hidan and Kakuzu Arc
Kakashi recruited Yamato to help with Naruto's training in creating a new technique. In addition to being able to create training devices for Naruto with his Wood Release abilities, Yamato was also able to subdue Naruto if he lost control of the Nine-Tails' chakra. Once Naruto completed the initial stages of his training, he moved onto perfecting his pre-existing Rasengan. Kakashi, however, was not able to oversee Naruto in these final stages, due to his volunteering to help Team 10 in the fight against Akatsuki. As such, he left Yamato in charge of the technique's perfection. Yamato was able to give advice in the technique's creation, and eventually bore witness to the fruits of Naruto's training
Once Naruto had perfected his technique enough to be used in battle, Yamato, Naruto, and the rest of Team 7 joined Kakashi and Team 10. After teaming up with Naruto to stop an attack by Kakuzu, Yamato convinced Kakashi to allow Naruto to fight Kakuzu alone. Once Naruto was successful in defeating Kakuzu, Yamato joined everyone else in returning to Konoha.
Three-Tails Arc
Team Kakashi was sent to provide back-up for Team 8 and Kakashi. When they located the team, Yamato assisted in rescuing Hinata. They pursued the opposing Team Guren to a lake, where they located the Three-Tails. The two teams shifted objectives and, once back-up from Konoha arrived, began trying to seal the beast. Yamato was put in charge of a team meant to stop any attempted interference, but ultimately proved unsuccessful. He made a hideout for the teams to regroup in, and later facilitated in Naruto's rescue from the Three-Tails. After another failed sealing attempt, Yamato returned to Konoha with the others.
Itachi Pursuit Arc
When Kakashi received permission from Tsunade to lead a special team to capture Itachi Uchiha in order to bait Sasuke, Yamato joined him as acting head of Team 8, with the pregnant Kurenai remaining behind in the village. Following a confrontation with Sasuke's cohorts in Hebi and members of the Akatsuki, the group was forced to abandon the mission and return to Konoha.
Tsuchigumo Kinjutsu Arc
In the anime, on their way back to the village, Katsuyu appears and gives the team orders for a new mission, to help the Tsuchigumo clan protect their infamous and forbidden technique from being taken by ninja bandits. While Kakashi returns to the village for more information, Yamato is put in charge of the team. Yamato and his team unfortunately arrive at the clan's base too late, as the bandits had already broken through its defences and forced the former clan leader's granddaughter, Hotaru to retreat into the woods. Upon finding her, they discover that she was travelling with a stranger named Utakata who seemed indifferent to Hotaru's well-being as he decided to leave her in Konoha's care. After successfully bringing Hotaru to her village, despite the mission being completed, Naruto refused to leave yet as he felt something was wrong from how the village was so hesitant to let Hotaru return. Upon investigating, it was discovered that the bandits tracked Hotaru down and drove her back into the woods.
While searching for her, they discovered Utakata had returned and was being attacked by Kirigakure ANBU hunter-nin who were holding Hotaru hostage. After managing to calm Naruto down, Yamato tried to talk with the ANBU, explaining the situation and asking them to release Hotaru. The ANBU initially agreed under the condition they hand over Utakata, Yamato refused as he knew Hotaru would refuse to go with the Konoha-nin if Utakata didn't come along. Suddenly, the ANBU's squad captain appeared to make a deal with Yamato, not wanting things to become a war between the two villages. It was then agreed that the ANBU would release Hotaru and not pursue Utakata until the Konoha-nin's mission was complete, as long as the Konoha-nin agreed not to interfere with their pursuing of Utakata afterwards.
Later, the shocking truth is revealed that Hotaru has the clan's forbidden technique embedded in her back. After learning that Hotaru asked for this to help restore the clan, it is acknowledged that the technique will only cause more harm and preparations are made to safely remove the technique from Hotaru's back and destroy it. Not wanting to give up just yet, Hotaru insists they find a man named Shiranami who should be able to help protect the technique, who Naruto goes off to find. Unfortunately, Hotaru runs off when Utakata suddenly leaves. Yamato has Sai track her down back to her clan's village, which has been taken control of by Shiranami himself, who is also the bandit's leader. Yamato and the others arrive in time to hold off the possessed villagers while Naruto and Utakata goes on to save Hotaru.
Invasion of Pain Arc
When the invasion began, Yamato was away on a mission with Sai and Anko Mitarashi, trying to locate and capture Kabuto. Just when they located Kabuto, Yamato detected that Naruto had broken the seal he had placed on the First Hokage's Necklace, and was about to completely release the Nine-Tails. He rushed back to Konoha to try and stop Naruto, but was informed by Shikaku that Naruto was able to suppress the Nine-Tails' power on his own. He was later seen using his Wood Release to help rebuild Konoha, putting a lot of strain on him.
Five Kage Summit Arc
When Naruto states that he wants to meet with the Fourth Raikage, Yamato advises against it; leaving the village is forbidden because of the Kage Summit, Yamato can no longer suppress the Nine-Tails because of the First Hokage's Necklace's destruction, and Yamato needs to help with the village's reconstruction. However, Naruto manages to convince Kakashi, who forces Yamato to go too. Yamato plants a wood clone seed on Team Samui, allowing him, Naruto, and Kakashi to follow them to the Raikage in the Land of Iron. When Naruto is unable to sway the Raikage, the three of them rest at a local inn. Tobi confronts Naruto while there and Yamato and Kakashi, having expected him, try to restrain him. Their attempts do not work and, after telling them the truth about the Uchiha clan and Sasuke's current motives, he leaves.
Yamato repairs the damage he and Kakashi did to the inn. Soon afterwards Sakura arrives with Sai and tells Naruto that she loves him, shocking Yamato. He tries to ask why she would say that, but was stopped by Kakashi before he could. As he watched and listened to Sakura's talk to Naruto, he could tell she wasn't being sincere, and like Kiba, looked upon it both questioningly and disapprovingly. She leaves when Naruto says he doesn't believe her, after which one of Sai's ink clone's approaches them and tells them Sakura's plans to kill Sasuke. Before Kakashi can go to stop her, Gaara appears and tells them about the outbreak of the Fourth Shinobi World War and Danzō Shimura's actions during the Kage Summit. Because the other Kage would prefer Kakashi were Hokage, Yamato encourages him to comply. Naruto passes out shortly afterwards and Yamato is left in charge of looking after him while Kakashi finds Sakura.
When Naruto finally awakens, he tries to go after Sakura, but Yamato stops him and insists that they return to the village. Naruto asks to rest some more and Yamato lets him, unaware that Naruto is sneaking out, leaving a shadow clone behind so that he wouldn't notice. In the anime, it is shown that after realising that Naruto had escaped he hunts him down to the Samurai Bridge and captures him, but later releases him and returns to the village on his own.
Adventures At Sea Arc
Yamato is assigned to a team consisting of Aoba, Might Guy, Naruto, himself, and three unknown shinobi to travel to the Land of Lightning to confine Naruto in an isolated location in preparation for the Fourth Shinobi World War. Tsunade ordered the team to take the longer route to the Land of Lightning, so they head to the Land of Fire's harbour. While there, they are warned by fellow Konoha shinobi about a sea monster. After choosing a small inconspicuous boat, the team is attacked by the sea monster, which turns out to be a Giant Marlin that was summoned during the Third Shinobi World War. As Naruto helps Yūsuke, a fisherman who was attacked by the marlin, and is left open, Yamato shields Naruto from the attack as Aoba distracts the marlin, which allows them to escape.
Back at Yusuke's hut, the Konoha shinobi are told by Yūsuke that he want's to avenge his father who had died trying to capture the fish by capturing the fish himself. After Naruto says he wants to help Yūsuke, everyone agrees and Yamato creates a new boat and fishing rods.
As the team sails through a thick fog, Yamato tells Aoba and Naruto about the "Ghost Ship" to pass the time but suddenly meet another ship that fits the description of the "Ghost Ship". After exploring the ship, they come across Hishaku and his crew, who are revealed to be "souls" who cannot rest because of guilt about their ship being attacked by a Giant Corpse Crab. After defeating the crab with the help of his team, setting the ship free, they continue sailing.
Yamato's team is later attacked by pirates who want to sink their ship and loot the wreckage but thanks to Yamato's fast thinking and the early warnings by one of the sensor-type shinobi, the ship was saved.
Yamato is seen again with Naruto on an island searching for Guy, who had been kidnapped by a giant bird. After searching the island and encountering many giant creatures they find Guy babysitting the bird's chicks. The bird takes Naruto, Aoba, and himself to the volcano where they encounter Aoba and a beast who goes on a rampage. Yamato then protects Naruto while he enters Sage Mode and defeats the beast.
The group stops for supplies to prepare for an area devoid of fish that takes two weeks to cross. Yamato's chakra is absorbed by a poisonous mushroom that Naruto purchased which multiplies and fills the boat. As the mushrooms cause Naruto and Guy to act in a violent manner, Naruto asked Gamatatsu to bring them some of Shima's food, which helps them regain the strength needed later to defeat the pirates that sold Naruto the mushroom.
Confining the Jinchūriki Arc
In the anime, Yamato is seen in a bar with Shikamaru, telling him that since the First Hokage's Necklace was destroyed, he could no longer suppress the Nine-Tails. Yamato is one of the Konoha ninja sent to an isolated island in the Land of Lightning as Naruto's bodyguard. When Naruto expresses an interest in finally taming the Nine-Tails, Yamato and Motoi accompany him to the Falls of Truth in order to defeat his dark side. After a brief encounter with the Giant Squid again, B instructs Naruto on how to enter into his subconscious and face the Nine-Tails. When the Nine-Tails starts gaining the advantage and a chakra cloak develops around Naruto, Yamato tries to suppress it. It eventually stops on its own, surprising him. Naruto soon informs them of his victory, explaining the particulars to B through a fist-bump. Being left out of the loop irritates Yamato, but he is left amazed when Naruto begins demonstrating his new control over the Nine-Tails and the advantages it allows him. Among the advantages is the ability to sense Kisame hidden within B's Samehada. Naruto pursues Kisame when he tries to flee, but his inexperience with his new strength and speed causes him to lodge himself in the wall. Yamato helps Naruto while B goes after Kisame.
Yamato splints Naruto's sprained ankle and warns him to exercise restraint until he can gain better control over his powers. They rendezvous with B and find that Kisame has been captured. Yamato fortifies Kisame's wooden restraints while Aoba Yamashiro reads his mind. Before Aoba can learn anything of real value about Akatsuki, Kisame breaks free and commits suicide. They try to examine the intel Kisame wanted to escape with, but it is booby-trapped and they are trapped in water prisons while the the intel makes its way to Akatsuki.
Fearing that Naruto may grow suspicious about their reasons for being on the island given his dominance over the Nine-Tails and the incident with Kisame, Yamato and the others convince him to take a survey of the island's native animal population to keep him busy. Akatsuki, meanwhile, launches an assault on the island, and Yamato looks after Naruto and formulates explanations for any signs of the battle that Naruto notices. When things calm down, Yamato, Aoba, and Motoi go outside to investigate. They come across Kabuto as he is captured by Kurotsuchi. Yamato creates a wooden beam that Aoba can walk on to approach Kabuto and read his mind like he did with Kisame, but Kabuto sheds his body to free himself. He goes after Yamato and, before being captured, Yamato pushes Motoi out of the way.
Kabuto escapes to the Mountains' Graveyard where he and Tobi gather information from Yamato about the Allied Shinobi Forces. Kabuto also studies Hashirama's DNA within Yamato to strengthen the White Zetsu Army. Rather than kill Yamato when he has fulfiled his usefulness, they suspend him opposite Hashirama's clone for future use.
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Otter Summoning
Yamato while traveling through the Mist Village. He meant a group of very strong shinobi. There strength was based off of there amazing summoning contract. So Ymato signed there contract and developed a bond with the summoning animal and the group of shinobi.
Yamato has mastered fire to its highest capability. Due to his amazing control of chakra and understanding of the nature of fire. Yamato can perform all fire jutsu with 1 handseal.
Like all ninjas Yamato caries various weapons and tools on him. So inside Yamato's ninja puch he has.
- Kunais
- Shuriken
- Explosive Tags
- Smoke Boms
- Large Shuriken
- Thin Wires
Yamato is highly intelligent and has no trouble deducing an opponent's abilities. Almost to the point where he can predict, through educated observation what his opponent will do next.
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Just as RIAs owe a duty to diligently protect their clients' privacy and guard against identity theft, firms also play a vital role in customer identification. Although RIAs are not subject to an anti-money laundering (AML) rule, and nothing has been implemented by the SEC, securities regulators expect investment advisors to address these issues in their policies and procedures.
The SEC has issued no-action letters that impact RIAs and broker-dealers. No-action letters written by SEC staff members do not have the force of law, but they help explain the Commission's interpretation of rules and regulations. RIAs are in a good position if they rely on no-action letters when challenged by examiners during an audit. On February 12, 2004, the SEC issued the first string of no-action letters, permitting broker-dealers to rely on RIAs to perform some of their Customer Identification Program (CIP) obligations.
The SEC extended its no-action position on January 11, 2011, but added new conditions that must be satisfied if a broker-dealer relies on an RIA for customer identification. These conditions, which took effect on May 12, 2011, were not imposed on broker-dealers in prior no-action letters addressing this issue. This no-action relief is available until January 11, 2013.
Why Broker-Dealers Need the Relief Granted by the Latest No-Action Letter
Intermediary and shared business relationships are quite common in the securities industry. In the relationship between a broker-dealer and an RIA, both parties may agree that the advisory firm will be responsible for performing customer identification of shared customers. After an agreement is reached, RIAs could be expected to perform this function.
Generally, reliance is allowed if the responsible financial institution is subject to an AML rule and is regulated by a federal functional regulator. Reliance must be reasonable under the circumstances. Under the Bank Secrecy Act, however, broker-dealers fall within the definition of "financial institution," while RIAs do not. Broker-dealers are subject to an AML rule, while RIAs are not. Although an AML rule for RIAs was proposed, it was later withdrawn by the SEC. Therefore, without a no-action letter, a broker-dealer's ability to rely on an RIA for customer identification is limited.
Impact of the Latest No-Action Letter
The latest no-action letter only affords relief to broker-dealers on three conditions.
- If reliance on an RIA for customer identification is reasonable under the circumstances
- The RIA is SEC-registered
- The parties have entered into a reliance contract. In the contract, the RIA must agree that:
- the firm has implemented its own AML program which meets the requirements applying to broker-dealers;
- the program will be updated as is necessary to comply with new laws and regulations;
- the firm or its agent will perform the necessary broker-dealer CIP duties in the manner stipulated by section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act);
- the firm will promptly notify the brokerage firm if suspicious or unusual activity occurs, so the broker-dealer can file a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) if warranted;
- the RIA will annually certify statements made in the reliance contract to maintain compliance, continuity, and accuracy;
- the firm will promptly provide its CIP books and records to the SEC, a self-regulatory organization with jurisdiction over the broker-dealer, or authorized law enforcement agencies.
The books and records request may come directly or indirectly from the broker-dealer.
Although an RIA must provide prompt notice if suspicious activity occurs, nothing in this no-action letter relieves a broker-dealer of its duty to establish policies and procedures reasonably designed to detect and report suspicious activity. Reliance on an RIA is only reasonable if the broker-dealer undertakes appropriate due diligence on the RIA commensurate with the risk. The broker-dealer must assess the risk of money laundering posed by the RIA and the advisory firm's customer base. An investigation must be conducted at the beginning of the broker-dealer's relationship with an RIA and additional due diligence must be conducted at appropriate intervals. The no-action letter does not stipulate how frequently a broker-dealer should update its due diligence of an RIA.
The type of due diligence conducted by a broker-dealer depends upon the circumstances. It might encompass actions such as:
- obtaining a copy or summary of the relied-upon RIA's CIP procedures;
- requesting responses from the RIA to a questionnaire relating to its CIP program; and/or
- documenting that the RIA attests to fully complying with its CIP program.
The no-action letter seemingly does not permit broker-dealers to rely on state-registered RIAs for customer identification. Many federally-registered RIAs will be shifting to state registration as the threshold for assets under management is raised from $25 million to $100 million. Therefore, a broker-dealer may not be able to rely on a particular RIA once the firm is no longer SEC-registered.
A broker-dealer may choose to rely on an RIA for customer identification, even though the relationship does not satisfy the conditions established by this new no-action letter. The no-action letter does not prohibit the broker-dealer from entering into a reliance agreement and contractually delegating its CIP responsibilities to an RIA. If that occurs, however, the broker-dealer will remain solely responsible for ensuring compliance with the CIP rule. As a result, it must actively monitor the RIA's customer identification efforts and make certain they are effective.
AML Policies and Procedures
Although RIAs are not subject to an AML rule, they should still implement policies and procedures to detect and deter money laundering. If an RIA has entered into a reliance agreement with a broker-dealer, the firm's policies and procedures should be tailored to the AML obligations owed pursuant to that contract.
Even if an advisory firm has not entered into a reliance agreement with a broker-dealer, it is a best practice for RIAs to implement AML policies and procedures addressing potential risks in the RIA's client base and business model. Certainly, an RIA doing business with clients from across the globe would need extensive policies and procedures preventing those risks from occurring. Policies and procedures should always be customized to address specific risks facing the firm.
The Big Picture
RIAs play a significant role in the fight against money laundering, even though they are not subject to an AML rule. In most advisory relationships, IARs come to know their clients quite well. Whether they are engaged in financial planning or conducting a suitability analysis before recommending investments, IARs know intimate details about a client's financial situation. Furthermore, IARs learn a great deal about their clients as they work together throughout the years. In contrast, a broker-dealer may only be providing custody and clearing services. Usually, the RIA has the primary relationship with the customer.
The SEC's most recent no-action letter allows broker-dealers to continue relying on RIAs for customer identification. Nevertheless, they must update their reliance agreements, ensuring these new conditions are included. They must also revise their policies and procedures to satisfy the conditions set forth in the no-action letter.
In fulfilling their obligations under reliance agreements, RIAs must also implement policies and procedures to ensure that their AML program fully satisfies the requirements of Section 326 of the Patriot Act. Aside from the contractual and regulatory reasons for complying with these requirements, an RIA's reputation may be damaged forever if the firm becomes entangled in a scheme to launder money, and it won't matter if the advisory firm is an unwitting accomplice.


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Chipper enjoying retired life as spring approaches
Braves icon doesn't feel 'the itch' to return, will make five-day visit to camp
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
ATLANTA -- As Chipper Jones picked his sons up from school on Thursday afternoon, he seemed quite comfortable with the reality that Spring Training will go on without him for the first time in more than two decades.
Heeding the messages being sent by his aching 40-year-old body, Jones progressed through his farewell season in 2012 without any regrets. Four months later, the iconic former Braves third baseman seems content with the memories of a career that included eight All-Star selections, a National League Most Valuable Player Award and a World Series title in his rookie season of 1995.
"Quite frankly, I have not had the itch whatsoever," Jones said. "I actually think it's been nice to go through an offseason without having to schedule an hour-and-a-half workout into each and every day to get ready for Spring Training. That lets me know I made the right decision. I don't have the urge to work at the game the way I used to."
If following the same schedule he had the past few years, this would have been the week in which Jones made an early arrival to the Braves' Spring Training complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. This year, Jones seems content to be in Atlanta as Jason Heyward, Freddie Freeman and some of his other former teammates make early arrivals.
Per the requests of team president John Schuerholz, general manager Frank Wren and manager Fredi Gonzalez, Jones will come to Spring Training on Feb. 15. During his five-day stay, he plans to catch up with his teammates, play some golf and experience Spring Training in a different light.
"I don't want to take anything away from the guys on the team," Jones said. "I don't want to be a distraction. To be honest, I don't want to deal with it. We've got to let those guys get their work in. I just don't feel that it is right for me to be down there right now."
While it might take Jones some time to get used to being around baseball during his post-playing days, there is no doubt many of his former teammates will enjoy seeing him back in the clubhouse for a few days.
The visit also will give Jones a chance to spend some time with the team's key offseason acquisitions -- B.J. Upton and Justin Upton.
"If Justin Upton returns to the form of two years ago, there is nobody as dynamic as he is when he is right," Jones said. "B.J., the same way. If those guys can motivate each other to take it to the next level, the sky is the limit. The promise is there."
While Jones sees the tremendous upside of having an outfield that consists of the Upton brothers and Heyward, he was among those who did not like the fact that the Braves had to include Martin Prado in the seven-player trade to acquire Justin Upton from the D-backs.
"If [the Braves] stay healthy, they will be competitive," Jones said. "I think they're missing a leadoff hitter, and I think they're going to miss Martin Prado, to be honest with you. I think when they're on, they're going to be exciting to watch. They're going to hit a lot of homers and they're going to strike out a ton. That is what they're going to miss about Martin. Martin was a guy who went out and threw up really good at-bats time after time after time."
Now instead of Prado replacing Jones as Atlanta's third baseman, there is a chance the responsibility will go to Chris Johnson, who was also acquired in the trade with Arizona. The Braves will enter Spring Training planning to look at both Johnson and Juan Francisco at third base.
Jones got to know Johnson while the 28-year-old was playing collegiately at Stetson University. Jones' father served as an assistant coach at Stetson. His godfather, Pete Dunn, is the school's longtime head baseball coach.
"I think [Johnson] is going to make it tough on Fredi to platoon him," Jones said. "The Braves do not have a lot of left-handed thump off the bench. Francisco could certainly provide that. But if he starts, you don't have him on the bench. I think Chris is a guy who has gone out and hit .280. He's got a .300 batting average year under his belt. He's a guy that can help you. In the long run, he's probably going to be a little more consistent than Francisco."
While Jones will keep tabs on the Braves and continue to communicate with many of his teammates, he plans to take advantage of the opportunity to see what it's like to be a full-time father from February through October. He enjoyed serving as an assistant coach on one of his son's football teams. But he says he'll likely remain in the background while guiding his boys through baseball season.
"I have other things that I enjoy doing," Jones said. "If I didn't have anything to replace the void [of baseball], I would have trouble adjusting. I think if you were nothing but a baseball player and you retire, you're going to have trouble adjusting. If you're not happy at home and you're retired, you're going to have trouble adjusting. I don't have any of those problems. I have other stuff to fill the void. I wasn't just a baseball player."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sure he's in a little pain but he'll still make more when he's injured than most make in 20 years. For a guy who puts in no effort to help this team, were not going to pity his injury. His life isn't over, he didn't die, he just won't play, and still make more than anyone posting on this site.
With that said, again not speaking for anyone else, you have the bold confused.
I'm unhappy he is injured but happy he is not playing. I would have much rather Casey to have benched him or taken him out of the starting lineup. For all the accountability talk, there has little to none. I am very happy ED is getting more minutes because of it but not at the expense of Bargnani being injured (or Amir suspended for that matter) rather because ED rightfully earned the minutes (which he has) and was rewarded by the coach.
The way the Raptors fought tonight is not a coincidence either, in my opinion. That has nothing to do with happiness of Bargnani injured and everything to do with Bargnani not playing - despite the reason.
His influence won't be plaguing the team that's why people are happy not because he's hurt. Sure sucks that he's in pain but really you can't feel sorry for everyone who has a hurt elbow. Especially when they're a multi millionaire.
by the time he comes back hopefully Ed has solidified himself as our starter and we got some Ws under our belt with a rise in rankings defensively. Should REALLY shine a light on Bargs is a major problem.
btw GODDAMIT LOWRY STAY HEALTHY but you know thats just what being on the Raps does to a guy people get away with injuring our guys.
i dont feel bad not because i want him gone, but because his sucking got him injured. he ran over yet another charge with his head down instead of taking the pull up
I will say this. I use my name openly when I comment and I stand by my opinions and when I get new information I change them accordingly. I am not happy specifically that Bargnani is hurt. I am happy Casey does not have the option of playing him. I also 99 percent of the time would not say something about someone behind their back I wouldn't say to their face. If Bargnani was in the room and asked my opinion I would say flat out, you aren't right for this team, Ed Davis needs a chance to shine. I hope you get traded somehwere that needs a stretch 4 chucker.
The End.
Yes .... Ed played well tonight. As did Jonas. Even Erin Gray (somewhat). But this was not a good test. Brooklyns' Bigs were Bench equivalents. Dwill has been in crap mode of recent, but wthout Lopez, this team is f**ked.
I agree that Ed should've got more minutes before AB went down, but I'm not the Coach. I still don't see Ed as a Starter - at this point. Real Bigs eat him up. Casey knows that, hence why he hasn't started Davis unless required.
This is where - and I've said this before Matt - I lost some respect for your opinion. Always considered you level-headed, but your "flip" threw me, along with a few others. Yes - I know Andrea has disappointed you. This whole f**king team has disappointed me, including Bargnani. While he has been the lightening rod for this crazy season, objectivity has lost ground with some, including you.
Relatively speaking, no one seems to want to address the Lowry situation. This team should've been better then last season. With Lowry at the helm, we've played in a dysfunctional way for most games. Our Bigs - including Andrea - haven't played up to their capacity. And while AB has to shoulder some responsibility for our record, I get a sense he's frustrated like many other players. Bargnani's problem is, he has very little lattitude to be frustrated.
That goes with being drafted 1st overall, and fans not allowing anything less than a franchise persona. He's not, yet we still crucify him for being treated as such. I agree - he's been coddled at times. But that's not his doing. Players with skills like his need a firm Coach .. Not a crazy one like Smitch, or a loosey-goosey one like Jay. Give him the right environment, and a Coach who holds him accountable - something Casey has been lacking in this season ALL AROUND - and you have that AB13 playing for you.
However things do go, when Bargs does return as an opponent, he will treated like other former players - he will be taunted and disrespected in the same way some are rejoicing now. Then he'll proceed to show his anger, as Vince used to - exacting that anger to our detriment.
I may be too optimistic at times; too unicorn-ish for some; a fanboy to others.
But ... I'm a fan - come hell or high water. And I certainly hope I never succumb to the bi-polar style that seems too prevalent when times get tough. I want a good team. Desperate for one, might be a better term. But flipping isn't in my DNA.
I think we have a massive case of pot and kettle. 20 games isn't a slump. It is a 1/4 of the season. Look at his stats. Look at his effort. Look at the last 5 years of playoff success. Look at Casey's interviews regarding accountability and what transpired. Look at the morale of the team and the number of games the team has excelled/collapsed when Bargnani left/returned. Bargnani is a leech to this team.
Was BKN a good test? Well, what was the test? If it was a full team effort, then yeah, it was. The Raptors, if you have not seen the standings, are the 2nd worst team in the league past the 1/4 season mark and have appeared to not give a shit of late.
You've called me out now and before. Good for you. I hope you feel good knowing you are a superior Raptor fan than I. But that respect is a 2-way street. You've essentially said because my opinion is different than your own now you no longer respect it. You say I am not objective? Look in the mirror. You just blame everyone and everything except where it squarely belongs. If I am lacking objectivity, I think we can say the same about you. We are talking about a 27 year old professional athlete who is paid $50M over 5 years. Even his TEAMMATES have had it with him!! His freaking teammates are yelling at him!!! Yet you still are handing out the tissue box.
The Lowry situation is disappointing. His decision making has been poor and his demeanour is disturbing. But do you know what a major difference is? The 6'0", 205lb pudge PG plays balls out at all times and gets 5.8rebs per game. The 7'0", 250lb enigma PF barely bothers and gets a measly 4.3 rebs per game. That is disgusting on every level imaginable.
I'm glad flipping is not in your DNA. Unfortunately the capacity for rationale thought and admittance of being wrong does not also appear to be present either. It is time to put your big boy pants on and deal with the reality of Andrea Bargnani and the Toronto Raptors.
I don't know much about elbows, but ligament damage is never good anywhere, and it's in his shooting arm. I feel like if we had a chance to get something of value back for him before, that chance is now gone. Any deal that happens now is bound to just be a dump where we'll be lucky to get anything useful.
I just hope that we dont have the same situation we had with Demar. Everyone all excited but then Defenses start realizing that he's no slouch and key in on him, ED will probably start seeing some double teams coming from parts of the floor that hes not used to. ED hasnt had that kind of attention yet. Patience with him there must be, or doomed we are.
I find it funny when fans defend players like they know them personally. Classic case of not being able to separate fantasy from reality.
"Stop talking about so-and-so, you're hurting his feelings!". Precious stuff.
"Don't throw popcorn at the movie screen. Tom Cruise deserves better!"
.Bargnani is gone indefinitely. The good news? Hell be back before the Feb. 21 trade deadline if they have to push him out on the court with one arm taped to his chest.
If ever there was an excuse for a rollover, Wednesday night was it. When you call all hands to the pump, thats when they tend to start slipping.
Yet from the start, there was real fire in this tier-two group. They fought out to a 45-37 first-half lead. Whenever the Nets tried to slip through the Nets, they ran into Ed Davis and Jonas Valanciunas. The pair of them were trying out something new for this team. They were trying to defend.
There wasnt much to Wednesday nights Raptors. On aggregate talent, this was barely an NBA team. But this was something new if youve been watching all season long. It was a bunch of guys who appeared to care about what they were doing. Nobody loafed. Nobody sulked. Nobody stood around ball-watching or getting caught on the switch. These guys moved with purpose.
Casey saw it. He was careful with his words about it, but he saw the difference.
I thought tonight there was sustained effort. We competed, Casey said, putting particular emphasis on the last word.
If this team wants rid of Bargnani and they should the other side of that decision is who fills his role.
I don't really understand people who call out a person for 'not being a fan' because they criticized a player, coach or GM. That does not compute. I think it's time to revisit the definition of what a fan is, and perhaps differentiate it with another word -- fanboy.
Fanboy of X: A person who unequivocally cheers for X regardless of good/bad. Through thick and thin. No criticism required because X is perfect in every way.
Fan of X: A person who loves X and wants to see it do well.
An analogy would be "FAN" is like a parent of a child. The parent's goal is to help the child reach their full potential. The parents points out the child's mistakes and corrects them. "FANBOY" is Uncle Ned on the father's side 3 times removed.
When Uncle Ned approaches the child, he is happy and gives him a hug and a big teddy bear. When the parent looks at the same child he/she notices that the child still doesn't know how to clean up after himself after pooping his own diaper, and that he's 35 years old.
Are you a fan or a fanboy?
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An End Times Auto Loan
The $42 million Latitude 32 Credit Union said it is taking advantage of the end of world predictions centered around the Mayan calendar.
The Charleston, S.C.-based cooperative is running an End of the World promotion that will forgive any auto loans made between Dec. 3 and Dec. 21 - if the world ceases to exist.
"Many believe that the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, or Mayan Calendar predicts the end of the world to be Dec. 21," said Brad Rustin, CEO of Latitude 32. "We don't totally believe it at Latitude 32. But just in case, for those superstitious enough to believe it, we're offering the [promotion]."
The tongue in cheek offer has another benefit, Rustin noted.
"You'll still owe the balance on the loan, but you'll have peace of mind knowing that you got a great rate on your auto loan from Latitude 32 Credit Union" Rustin said.
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OS X "Lion" (10.7) will only be delivered via the Mac App Store (and pre-installed on new Macs), and will retail for $30.
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OS X is looking a lot more iOS-like these days
Today was the kickoff keynote at Apple Inc.'s (
) annual
Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011
. Apple doesn't do anything small, and WWDC is is no exception. Every rumor and leak is scrutinized in painful detail for
weeks leading up to the conference
. And every detail from the conference will certainly be scrutinized. With a thirst for brevity, let's jump into the meat of this major event.
[For a companion piece on iOS 5,
jump here.
I. OS X Lion
i. Multi Touch Dominates UI Changes
After a brief introduction by an extremely gaunt Steve Jobs, apparently trying to maintain his CEO responsibilities despite
being on medical leave
, Apple's Senior VP Phil Schiller took the reins, presenting OS X 10.7 "Lion".
Mr. Schiller started with some metrics -- Apple claims Mac sales have grown 28 percent year-to-year for the last five years, on average, while the PC market contracted 1 percent a year. Apple says that three quarters of its sales are now notebooks.
Without pause Mr. Schiller then jumped into the Lion introduction, commenting, "Next up in OS X is Lion, a major release with over 250 new features. If you'd like we can go over every one of them today."
As we've discussed in past posts, OS X Lion is shaping up to be a more major release than the standard short-cycle Apple operating system update. One of the major reasons for this is that Apple is trying to introduce
more iOS-like elements into OS X
, much as Microsoft Corp. (
) is trying to introduce
more Metro UI elements into Windows 8
The first new feature unveiled for Lion-powered notebooks is multi-touch gestures. Using the touch pad, Phil Schiller showed tap-to-zoom, pinching, two-finger swiping, and scrolling "all with an incredible, physical realism that's never been possible in a PC operating system before."
That's right, pay attention Apple fans, Apple's SVP called Macbooks "PCs"!
The proprietary Safari browser is now equipped with touch-equipped "momentum scrolling" and page swipe animations for articles in a compatible web format (the presenter used a
Apple showed off some of these touch gestures in action, which include windowing controls, that looked like a slightly more touch-driven version of Windows 7's various Windowing advances. A feature called "Mission Control" lays out your various app windows in a organized format for easy selection. Apps go to the right, widgets go to the upper-left, and "spaces" are laid out up top.
"Spaces" are a new creation in the OS, which act a Window storage site. To make a new space you can hover over the upper right. You can then drag as many Windows as you want into it to unclutter your desktop. To delete a space, simply click the 'X' that appears when you hover over it, and the windows inside will fly out.
ii. Mac App Store
Aside from multi-touch Apple was also going hard at plugging its
new Mac App Store
, which it claims has become the "#1 channel for buying PC software". With Lion the company will introduce several new features into the store, including in-app purchases, push notifications, and a new app sandboxing mode to boost security.
They showed off the "Launchpad" feature, which acts as a storehouse for your purchase apps, along the lines of the app pages in iOS.
Apple dropped a bit of a bomb, announcing that Lion itself,
as rumored
, was going to sell exclusively through the Mac App Store. It claims no physical media (e.g. DVDs) will be shipped to customers.
The App Store download weighs in at 4 GB. Apple dropped the price of an OS upgrade from $129 with Snow Leopard to $29. And once you buy Lion, you can install it on as many of your "authorized" Macs as you want.
iii. Odds and Ends
While apps and multi-touch were the big ticket items, there was other interesting features demoed.
Apple showed off an improved "Resume" function, which restarted the computer in its same configuration as before. It also demoed a slightly creepy "Auto Save" feature, which now saves documents regularly -- even if you don't. You can explicitly instruct programs not to do this via a menu option, but be vigilant -- Lion is watching you.
The feature has been integrated with slick version control that lets you copy and paste between versions of a document. The feature was shown of with Apple's document editor "Pages", but expect these changes to be rolled into Microsoft Office for Mac, as well.
Apple also showed of "Air Drop", a peer-to-peer wireless file transfer technology, which includes auto discovery. You can transfer documents to an OS X equipped cohort by searching for local users and then dropping files/folders into their Air Drop box. The transfers are "fully encrypted", though Apple leaves the nitty gritty details of what encryption scheme it used unknown.
The company also showed off a new mail client, with built in search tokens, and new comment thread modes. The search tokens allow you to find emails much easier.
Aside from these odds and ends, Apple also teased at a host of other features, including Windows migration (transfers files from your Windows install), FileVault 2, FaceTime, and more.
iv. Release Date
OS X Lion will ship in July. Apple has not specified an exact date. A developer preview is currently available, complete with 3,000 (!) new APIs, for your developing pleasure.
II. iCloud
i. Services
Steve Jobs was back to present iCloud. He seemed in good spirits, quipping, "You like everything so far? I'll try not to blow it."
Mr. Jobs summarizes the new service, stating, "Some people think the cloud is just a big disk in the sky... We think it's way more than that. iCloud stores your content in the cloud and wirelessly pushes it to all your device. It automatically uploads it, stores it, and pushes it to all your devices. Everything happens automatically and there's nothing new to learn. It just all works."
The first round of features of iCloud, the
pricey new Apple domain-cum-service
will mimic Android's long-standing Sync services, and also transfer music, à la the new Google Music service from Google Inc. (
previous versions of his company's Mobile Me services
("not our finest hour"), Mr. Jobs doled out praise for the "new" iCloud-driven Mobile Me.
The new service will go from a $99 annual subscription to the much more attractive price of "free". Apple says it will not vend ads via iCloud services.
It will push mail and notification via the platform to Macs, iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches, connected to your iCloud account. Even non Macs PCs can access the service. The cloud also allows for "automated daily backups" and plays host for your "camera roll" -- an online pictures account.
Apple has new iCloud Storage APIs that allow documents and more to be uploaded to its cloud, cross-platform. Photo Stream-ing from your PC to your iCloud will give you an album that is then accessible inside your Apple TV box -- not bad (though not much of a reason to buy Apple TV, still). Cloud photos will be stored for 30 days, automatically, though you can elect to save some longer. Connected Macs and Windows PCs store all your photos (synced courtesy of the cloud), while iOS devices like your iPhone store the last 1,000 photos to save memory.
Apple also offers users 5 GB of free storage in their iCloud for "other stuff" besides music and photos (e.g. emails and documents).
ii. Music
And finally, we come to Apple's long await streaming music offers -- the meat of the iCloud.
iTunes will now sync
purchased songs
(stored as 256Kbps AAC) across the cloud, allowing multiple downloads of the same media at no extra charge. Mr. Jobs makes the dubious claim, "This is the first time we've seen this in the music industry -- no charge for multiple downloads to different devices."
Cough*, Zune pass, anyone?
So what about pre-existing songs? Mr. Jobs comments, "With 15 billion songs, that's a lot of songs out there. But, you may have some that you ripped yourself. There's three ways you can deal with that."
Those three ways are:
Sync your iPhone/iPad etc. via wire or Wi-Fi.
You can rebuy the song (ha, nice try, Apple).
Use iTunes match to get copies of the ripped music in your library via iTunes.
iTunes Match? Ah, so here we finally come to Apple's "subscription" service -- sort of, at least. Apple is offering for $24.99 USD a year (
as rumored
) the ability to match any music you have in your iTunes on your PC/Mac (including items from *cough* questionable sources). The new iTunes 4.3 automatically finds and matches your songs and generates legal, happy, magical Apple copies of them. The advantage her is the sound quality will be upgraded to 256 kbps AAC (vs. your pirated 192 kbps mp3, likely, unless you're one of those audiophile torrent pirate types...).
Songs that don't match are uploaded, so your bootlegs are safe. But Apple has 15 billion songs.
The company showed off a brief picture show of its new data center in North Carolina, which will be playing host to the iCloud service. States Mr. Jobs, "It's as eco-friendly as you can make a modern data center, and we're pretty proud of it."
III. Analysis
When Lion launches in June it will have arguably the most advanced PC user interface design of any major OS. It will also have one of the busiest designs of any operating system UI-wise. How these features balance out will ultimately largely come down to personal preference. In other words, Lion could be the best thing sliced bread, or the biggest headache since your teenager started driving.
As for iCloud, the free part of the service largely matches Google's slick offerings from Android OS and
the browser Chrome
, in a slightly different, but equally slick package. For Google fans there's nothing particularly compelling to switch, for Apple fans there surely will be.
When you come to streaming options, you arrive at arguably the most compelling argument to embrace Apple's new products.
Google Music is debuting with similar features
, but it merely uploads your library, so sound quality and multiple copies remain a problem. With Apple's service for a small premium $24.99, you'll get an ostensibly organized library (though it remains to be seen how well this works in practice). If the process is well coded, that could make this a huge hit for Apple.
More importantly, access to Google Music is currently limited, as the service is in "beta". Apple's service should be broadly available for the masses when it launches shortly.
Apple doesn't exactly
this, but its system essentially promotes a new kind of quasi-piracy. Go, download a song via p2p/bittorrent, load in iTunes, and iTunes Match it. Just like that you will have a "legal" copy. Surely
labels won't be entirely happy
with this -- but hey, they're getting something.
The concept is attractive and it may "just work" when it comes to luring in customers.
"If they're going to pirate somebody, we want it to be us rather than somebody else." -- Microsoft Business Group President Jeff Raikes
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There have been a variety of posts discussing various PG's that the Raptors should get. From drafting Walker or Knight. To trading for Flynn, Jennings, Felton, or even Sessions.
I would like to see a Flynn/Bayless combo. I actually really like Calderon, and he makes others around him better. But since we are a team that is rebuilding, his contract is just too much of a problem for me. I like Flynn's game, and can see him improve once he moves to another team. I'm not so high on either Walker or Knight personally either.
Felton is great too, but I'd rather just keep Calderon then.
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The sage grouse endangered species listing was to be discussed at the Dove Creek town hall on Jan. 31.
It was a town hall meeting like so many that take place throughout the nation, and which have taken place throughout the nation's history from early colonial times. So important and entrenched is the idea of neighbors meeting to discuss and argue out decisions that our country's founding fathers enshrined the right in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That amendment reads, in part, "Congress shall make no law ... abridging ... the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
A cold shadow of threat to our heritage of liberty was cast when two Homeland Security personnel showed up in, as the Dove Creek Press reported, full body armor and rifles. Rifles in a room full of people are not very practical, unless meant to intimidate.
The decisive action by Sheriff Jerry Martin in escorting the unexpected and uninvited Homeland Security people out of the room helped keep the indignation they aroused from overheating.
This is not about just the sage grouse, as Boggy-Glade was not just about keeping roads open. It is all about government intimidation. In the Boggy Draw dispute, Sheriff Dennis Spruell stepped into the breach left by other county officials to protect his constituents, keeping a potentially explosive situation from igniting when inserting himself between the two factions.
The states are empowered generally, by the Tenth Amendment, with "police power." The states through their local representatives, and not the "king's" agents, are the proper authority for keeping order and peace.
A Russian saying goes, "Do not think. If you must think, then do not speak. If you must think, and speak, then do not write. If you must think, and speak, and write, then do not be surprised."
Are armed federal agents intruding on our communities a portent? Are those who disagree with federal government actions to be viewed as terrorists should they speak out? I wouldn't be surprised.
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So, now that the season is over, we can look at the stats and say: who worked better with the starting unit: Jack or Calderon?
And the answer is: Calderon by a mile.
Calderon played 334.8 minutes with Derozan, Turkogulu, Bargnani and Bosh. In that time, the unit was outscored by 8, with an offensive rating of 114 and a defensive rating of 114.
Jack played 369.7 minutes with the same group of players. In that time the unit was outscored by 99 points, with an offensive rating of 102 and a defensive rating of 115.
Meaning that basically, the starting unit with Jack was NOT better defensively (slightly worse, actually), but it was much, much, much worse offensively. Which if anyone thinks back to some of our terrible first quarters with Jack leading the offense, should not be too surprising.
Of course, people like how Jack drives to the hoop, so I doubt that this will convince anyone, but there it is.
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The SONY's lawyer asked me why I'm doing what I'm doing, because of my hatred for SONY? He cannot understand why I'm doing it, because he is paid for what he does. I'm not. I don't hold a grudge against SONY even now Hatred clouds your mind, keeps you from more important things. I have a better use for my mind and knowledge.So, SONY you failed again, you took my equipment but my mind is still free and you canot control it. You failed again. They are just tools, I can get new ones and will continue my HV reversing and bringing back PS3 Linux which you took from us. If you want me to stop then you should just kill me because I cannot live without programming, HV and Linux kernel hacking You know who am I and where I live, so come and get me !!!
Hi guys, no money left anymore. Going to jail soon probably because I cannot pay court costs.But I'm ready to stand up for everything I said and go to jail for that too. It's not important to win, more important is to show them that we are ready to fight, that they cannot scare me off easily. Yeah, I'm ready to go to jail for my believes and my principles.Most of people probably think that all computer and kernel hackers are weak kids, hiding in a cellar, eating pizza whole day, writing software and looking for attention Maybe, but that's NOT me. And I will get out eventually and continue my work. My work means very much to me.


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The cost to adopt a pet in Cortez just became more expensive after the Cortez City Council approved a new ordinance to increase fees at the Cortez Animal Shelter.
The council, in December, discussed the proposed rate increase and decided to move forward - thinking that if a resident could not afford the extra fees he or she probably would not have the funds to provide adequate care for the pet.
Beginning Jan. 1, the adoption rate for dogs increased to $85 plus a mandatory $15 microchip fee. Cat adoptions are now $45 plus the mandatory $15 microchip fee. City licenses for pets increased to $10 for spayed/neutered animals and $25 for unaltered animals in the city limits.
Fees to reclaim impounded dogs increased to $50 for the first offense, $60 for second offenses, $75 for third offenses and $100 for fourth offenses.
City Manager Shane Hale said one reason for the increase was to recoup the veterinarian fees that the city was incurring. The Cortez shelter does not have a veterinarian on staff.
"The shelter is not a place where the city makes money," Hale said.
The fees for adoptions were slightly more expensive in most cases than what the La Plata County Humane Society in Durango charges when the extra charges are added in.
The Durango humane society charges a $100 adoption fee for puppies that are 6 months old or younger, while adult dogs up to 7 years of age cost $85 to adopt. Dogs older than 7 years of age and dogs that have been at the shelter for more than 45 days can be adopted for $60.
However, the Humane Society charges a $200 adoption fee for small breed puppies under 20 pounds and 6 months of age, and $150 for an adult small breed dog up to 4 years of age.
A small breed dog more than 4 years of age costs $85 to adopt from the Humane Society.
The Humane Society fees include spay and neutering, the first set of shots, a free wellness check with one of the participating veterinarians and microchipping. It does not include rabies vaccinations.
The Cortez Animal Shelter does not have different fees for different types of dogs.
The cost to adopt a cat is almost identical between the two facilities when taking into account the Humane Society's free microchipping and the $15 charge at the Cortez Animal Shelter.
Jennifer Crouse, kennel supervisor for the Cortez Animal Shelter, said she does not think the higher fees will discourage residents wanting to adopt pets.
She said the new fees are still some of the lowest in the state, and added the fees at the Durango facility would be higher if they didn't have a licensed veterinarian on staff.
Crouse said the Cortez shelter, which averages 30 dog and 20 cat adoptions a month during the summer, wants to make sure people are committed before adopting.
"Hopefully, this will make people more responsible," she said. "Adopting an animal is a 10- to 15-year commitment."
The price structure is not set in stone, she said mentioning if a shelter animal has already been spayed or neutered that fee may be waived.
Crouse said the increased fees came at the request of the shelter because of the additional costs being absorbed.
The kennel supervisor said the shelter was not breaking even, so something had to be done.
"We have to recover the costs," she said.
Crouse said the adoption fees have not increased in more than 12 years, and animal costs have dramatically gone up in that time.
"We are trying to keep up with the times," she said.
For more information, call the shelter at 565-4910.


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Chevrolet Volt is undeniably the most high profile project going on
at General Motors these days. The vehicle was first
unveiled as a concept
back at the Detroit Auto Show in January of 2007 and since that time
has gone through a long gestation period.
version of the Volt
is unrecognizable from the original concept that debuted in 2007, but
its mission remains the same: to provide 40 miles of electric-only
propulsion and an additional
300 miles
when the 1.4-liter gasoline engine/generator kicks in.
GM has announced official pricing for its Chevy Cruze-based vehicle.
The vehicle will be priced at $41,000
net of full federal income tax credit). Fully loaded, the vehicle will run you $44,600 before the tax credit. It will also be available for a 36-month lease ($350 per month with
$2,500 due at lease signing)."The Chevrolet Volt will be the best vehicle in its class… because it's in a class by itself," said Joel Ewanick, vice president of U.S. marketing for General Motors. "No other automaker offers an electrically driven vehicle that can be your everyday driver, to take you wherever, whenever. The Volt will be packed with premium content and innovation, standard."
When it
comes to "mainstream" electric vehicles, the pricing of the Volt
puts it a few pegs above Nissan's Leaf electric vehicle (EV). The
Nissan Leaf has a base MSRP of $32,780 before the $7,500
federal tax credit
for EVs. Depending on what state customers live in, the final price
of the Leaf can drop down to around $20,000 after local and state tax
to GM's
Online Order/Reference Guide, the Volt rides on a 105.7"
wheelbase and measures 177.1" x 70.4" x 56.6" (L x W x
H). Cargo capacity for the vehicle is listed at 10.6 cubic feet.
Standard features for the Volt include a GPS navigation system (7"
display), 30GB hard drive for audio storage, XM Radio/XM NavTraffic,
OnStar, MyVOLT.com Vehicle Connectivity, and Bluetooth.
Volt's 1.4-liter engine/generator also inexplicably requires premium
fuel to operate. The gasoline generator is rated at 80 hp while the
electric motor is rated at 74 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque. Total rated
system power is 150 hp according to GM. The Volt's battery pack will come with an 8-year/100,000 warranty.According to Green Car Advisor, the Chevy Volt can accelerate to 60 mph in about nine seconds. Top speed for the vehicle will be 100 mph.When it comes to charging the vehicle, GM had this to say:
While the Chevrolet Volt will come standard with a 120-volt charge cord that will provide owners with the ability to charge their Volt directly from a standard home electrical outlet, a total of 4,400 Volt buyers in launch markets could be eligible for a free 240-volt charging station, including home installation. The installations are part of a program developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to install approximately 15,000 240-volt home charging stations across the U.S.
Chevy Volt will be available in Silver
Ice Metallic, Black, Crystal Red Metallic Tint,White Diamond
Tricoat, Cyber Gray Metallic, and Viridian Joule Tricoat.
customer-ready production models of the first generation Chevy Volt
have yet to hit U.S. streets, GM is already brainstorming about
it will make to the second generation model.
The current Volt uses an off-the-shelf engine that it shares with the
Chevy Cruze. Such a large and complex motor that is merely serving as
a generator is both wasteful and expensive. GM instead wants to look
at other options such as a smaller two-cylinder gasoline engine,
rotary engine, or a small displacement diesel engine.
Volt will also get a larger sibling in the form of the Volt
The Volt MPV5 trades the rather restrictive 4-passenger sedan
configuration of the standard model for a crossover configuration
that seats five and offers a more generous cargo area (62 cubic feet
with the rear seats down). Due to the more compromised aerodynamics
and heavier body, the Volt MPV5 can achieve a battery-only range of
32 miles instead of the Volt's 40 miles.


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This past week, the draft of an academic paper that focuses on the 2008 birth of Sarah Palin's son, Trig Paxson Van Palin, and the various theories that surround his birth, was made public prior to publication through a university newspaper and then exploded, quite predictably, on the Palin-centric blogosphere, where Trig's birth remains a cause célèbre and the source of considerable controversy. It has now spilled over into the mainstream media as well.
"Palin, the Press, and the Fake Pregnancy Rumor: Did a Spiral of Silence Shut Down the Story?" written by Bradford W. Scharlott, Ph.D., an associate professor at Northern Kentucky University, comes to two primary conclusions: 1) that Palin "likely" staged "a hoax" concerning the birth of her son Trig; and 2) that "a spiral of silence" prevented the mainstream U.S. media from adequately investigating the circumstances of Trig's birth.
As both a life-long journalist and an academic--and perhaps most importantly, as the author of the forthcoming book, The Lies of Sarah Palin: The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for Power--I read Scharlott's draft thesis with considerable interest and anticipation.
Scharlott's initial contention that Palin orchestrated an elaborate "hoax" around the birth of Trig does not hold up to close scrutiny. It remains a premise, not a fact. That said, his second assertion about "the spiral of silence" raises several issues about Palin, her birth story and the mainstream media that must be scrutinized fully as Palin continues to position herself for a run in the 2012 Republican primaries.
In the end--as is the case with virtually all things Palin--the most troubling scenario regarding Trig's birth is the one proffered by Palin herself--a scenario that has been largely muted, or disregarded, by the focus on Trig's birth as being a "hoax."
Let me acknowledge that while researching my book I spent a considerable amount of time and resources trying to sort out the facts of Trig's birth. As with many elements of Palin's life story, there are disquieting discrepancies between what actually happened and Palin's version of events. Her capacity for deceit simply knows no bounds, and this duplicity has contributed significantly to the atmosphere of doubt regarding the details of Trig's birth. Contrary to Palin's contention otherwise, the rumors that Trig was not her son originated long before she was named as John McCain's running mate, commencing immediately upon her public acknowledgment, in March of 2008, that she was pregnant.
Palin, by her own account in Going Rogue, did not tell anyone but her husband Todd that she was pregnant with what would be the couple's fifth child. She kept the news from her parents, siblings, children and her closest staff--odd behavior under any circumstances. Moreover, she did not tell members of her family that the child she was carrying had been diagnosed with Down syndrome. So when Palin announced being seven months pregnant--to a handful of reporters in Juneau on March 5, 2008--the rumor mill went into overtime.
Hoping to disprove the conspiracy theory when I initiated work on my book--and to put the story to bed once and for all--I interviewed several close associates of Palin's, including her friends and political allies. I was anticipating, perhaps even hoping, that they would tell me conclusively that Trig was her child.
I was shocked by the response. One close friend of Palin's--a widely respected woman who had given birth to several children as well and who had close contact with Palin in Juneau up until the time of Trig's birth--told me that "Palin did not look like she was pregnant. Ever. Even when she had the bulging belly, I never felt that the rest of her body, her face especially, looked like she was pregnant." When I asked her point-blank if she was certain the baby was Palin's, she said, "No. I don't know what to believe."
The news of Palin's pregnancy came as a complete surprise to Palin's State Trooper security detail Gary Wheeler, a well-liked, 26-year veteran of the Alaska State Troopers who worked under several administrations in Alaska state government, both Republicans and Democrats. Only two weeks earlier, in late February of 2008, Wheeler had accompanied Palin back to Washington, D.C. for a Republican Governors Association Conference, where she had just met John McCain and his campaign manager Rick Davis, who was to be in charge of the vice-presidential nomination selection process. Wheeler remembers that Palin had changed into jeans upon her arrival in Washington, with no apparent revelation of pregnancy.
Wheeler also said that his wife, Corky, actually made fun of him when the news came out because he was supposed to be a "trained observer." Wheeler simply shakes his head: "I had nary an idea she was packin'."
As Wesley Loy of the Anchorage Daily News reported it at the time, Governor Palin "shocked and awed just about everybody around the Capitol" with her announcement.
This is at seven months.
More significantly--and thus begins the troubling nature of even Palin's own account--according to Wheeler, Palin did not tell the Alaska State Troopers who were assigned to protect her that she was pregnant, even though her age and the fact that she was carrying a child with Down syndrome presented potential health complications. All of this both foreshadows and serves as an important prelude to Palin's troubling journey from Texas to Alaska, during which she was experiencing--again by her own account--early signs of childbirth, including the so-called breaking of her waters.
Palin was scheduled to make a speech at an RGA energy conference in Dallas on April 17, slightly less than eight months into her pregnancy. At the last moment before her trip to Texas--which involved a stopover in Seattle--Wheeler says that Palin made an "out-of-the-ordinary" announcement that she wouldn't be needing a Trooper to accompany her on her junket, and that her husband Todd would be traveling with her instead. An email written by Palin--obtained through a Alaska Public Records Act request--confirms Wheeler's recollection. At 9:26 on the morning of April 14, 2008, only a day before her scheduled departure, Palin sent the following email to her administrative assistant, Janice Mason:
J- instead of rga paying for staff, and/or rga (or state) paying for Security on this Texas trip, pis let them know First Spouse is available to travel instead - they can pay for Todd. Pls chk on flt availability for him (on my flts). [sic] Thanks
I cover the ensuing details of Palin's so-called "wild ride" from Texas back to Alaska in considerable detail in my book, but in short--according to information she gave at a news conference immediately following her return--Palin claimed that she called her physician in the middle of the night from her hotel room in Texas to discuss what Palin referred to as "amniotic fluid leaking." Despite the presence of this fluid--a strong indicator of impending birth and which potentially exposed Palin and her child to infection--Palin stayed in Dallas and delivered her speech later that day.


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Blizzard Entertainment has announced that its hugely successful World of Warcraft MMORPG title has surpassed another historic milestone for subscribers. The new high was reached shortly after the launch of the second expansion pack for WoW called Wrath of the Lich King.
WoW now counts 11.5 million subscribers worldwide. DailyTech reported in late October that WoW had reached the 11 million subscriber mark. The huge success of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion pack boosted the subscribers to the game by half a million in slightly more than a month.
Wrath of the Lich King set an all time 24 hour sales record for PC video games, besting the previous top selling PC title for the same time period -- the first WoW expansion pack. Blizzard says the expansion pack has now sold over 4 million copies after moving 2.8 million the first 24-hours it was available.
CEO and cofounder of Blizzard, Mike Morhaime said in a statement, "We're pleased to welcome the new and returning players who have helped World of Warcraft reach these new milestones, and we appreciate the enthusiasm and support that the game's global community has continued to show. We look forward to providing all of them with an excellent entertainment experience for a long time to come."


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Like a well known seasonal generic chocolate egg slogan, how do you eat yours? It's a very tenuous link, but I was just curious to see if you carefully unwraps these blogs, taking the time to read the words before savouring the video. Or do you dive straight in and greedily gorge on the video, paying attention to the wrapper later? On this occasion I would recommend watching the video now. The rest of the View will make more sense if you do.
What did you all make of Lady Ga Ga's Poker Face cover or the short clip from one of the new songs? It's quite an epic one and will sound absolutely amazing live. For knowledge boffins amongst you, the ivories in the clip were being tinkled by Mr. John Ashton of The Last Shadow Puppets fame, and long standing front of house guru for the Monkeys over the past four years.
The rehearsal space has a good vibe, plus there is a great little coffee shop up the road which does a mean Tuscan bean soup. This particular rehearsal studio seems to be a popular place to be if you're in a band. It's a friendly musical community, where bands busily beaver away and pop in to each others studios for a chat.
With songs finely honed and flight cases packed, team Monkey moves camp to New York to record the last bunch of tracks for the 3rd album. Excited? I am. I'll be chatting to the band via I-Chat when they are out in New York over the next few weeks to find out how things are going, and report back to you all. Hopefully as the album goes into the mixing and mastering stages we'll get some juicy titbits for you.
Anyways, I have to go now. I have to climb over the fence and recover those crocs that Matt binned. Turns out he had Cookie's pair on and he went spare when he found out.
Bye for now.


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First, The Shadow executes a deadly chess game with The Crime Master, an underworld kingpin whose amazing superbrain rivals his own. Who will have the last laugh? Then, the Master of Darkness seeks to unmask The Fifth Napoleon, the master plotter who commands New York's four most powerful crime lords.
This instant collectors' item features both classic cover paintings by George Rozen, the original interior pulp illustrations by Tom Lovell, historical commentary by popular culture historian Will Murray plus a biographical article by Anthony Tollin on Frank Readick, "The Man with The Shadow's Laugh."
Softcover. 7x10. 128 Pages. Black & White.
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National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP): Wave 1 (ICPSR 20541)
Principal Investigator(s): Waite, Linda J., University of Chicago. Department of Sociology; Laumann, Edward O., University of Chicago. Department of Sociology; Levinson, Wendy, University of Toronto. Department of Medicine; Lindau, Stacy Tessler, University of Chicago. Pritzker School of Medicine. Departments of OB/GYN, Medicine (Geriatrics); O'Muircheartaigh, Colm A., University of Chicago. Harris School for Public Policy Studies, and NORC
The health of older adults is influenced by many factors. One of the least understood is the role that social support and personal relationships may play in healthy aging. The National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) is the first population-based study of health and social factors on a national scale, aiming to understand the well-being of older, community-dwelling Americans by examining the interactions among physical health, illness, medication use, cognitive function, emotional health, sensory function, health behaviors, and social connectedness. It is designed to provide health providers, policy makers, and individuals with useful information and insights into these factors, particularly on social and intimate relationships. The National Opinion Research Center (NORC), along with Principal Investigators at the University of Chicago, conducted more than 3,000 interviews during 2005 and 2006 with a nationally representative sample of adults aged 57 to 85. Face-to-face interviews and biomeasure collection took place in respondents' homes. The following files constitute Wave 1: Core Data, Marital/Cohabiting History Data, Social Networks Data, Medications Data, and Sexual Partners Data.
Included in the Core file (Part 1) are demographic characteristics, such as gender, age, education, race, and ethnicity. Other topics covered respondents' social networks, social and cultural activity, physical and mental health including cognition, well-being, illness, medications and alternative therapies, history of sexual and intimate partnerships and patient-physician communication, in addition to bereavement items. In addition data was collected from respondents on the following items and modules: social activity items, physical contact module, sexual interest module, get up and go assessment of physical function and a panel of biomeasures including, weight, waist circumference, height, blood pressure, smell, saliva collection, taste, and a self-administered vaginal swab for female respondents. The Core file also contains a count of the total number of drugs taken, and a variable for each observed therapeutic category, indicating whether the respondent reported taking one or more medications in that category. These variables are derived from the information in the medications file, and thus are guaranteed to be consistent with it. The Marital/Cohabiting History file (Part 2) contains one record for each marriage or cohabitation identified in Section 3A of the questionnaire. The Social Networks file (Part 3) contains one record for each person identified on the network roster. Respondents who refused to participate in the roster or who did not identify anyone are not represented in this file. The Medications file (Part 4) contains one record for each item listed in the medications log (including alternative medicines and nutritional products). Respondents who did not report taking any medications or who refused to participate in this module are not represented in this file. Lastly, the Sexual Partners file (Part 5) contains one record for each sexual partner identified in Section 3A of the questionnaire.
Access Notes
One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions ; consult the restrictions note to learn more. Additional information can also be found in the Use Agreement.
Users interested in obtaining these data from NACDA must request and complete the NSHAP Restricted Data Use Agreement form. Users can download this form from the download page associated with this dataset. Completed forms with original signature(s) should be mailed to: Director, National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research, P.O. Box 1248, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248.
Any public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
This study is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).
Study Description
Waite, Linda J., Edward O. Laumann, Wendy Levinson, Stacy Tessler Lindau, and Colm A. O'Muircheartaigh. National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP): Wave 1. ICPSR20541-v6. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-04-30. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20541.v6
Persistent URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20541.v6
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This study was funded by:
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging (5RO1AG021487)
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: aging, anxiety, attitudes, body height, body weight, demographic characteristics, doctor visits, drugs, ethnicity, family size, health attitudes, health behavior, health problems, health services utilization, health status, illness, intimate partners, life satisfaction, medical evaluation, medical procedures, medications, menopause, mental health, morbidity, nutrition, older adults, quality of life, sexual behavior, social networks, social support
Smallest Geographic Unit: None
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 2005-07--2006-03
- 2005--2006
Unit of Observation: individual
Universe: Community dwelling individuals ages 57-85 in the United States.
This collection is being released in six parts: Parts 1 through 5 contain the ICPSR-processed files; Part 6 contains the original Stata data files with extended and nonextended missing values provided by the P.I. in a zip file package.
Please refer to the related data collection ICPSR 34921, National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP): Wave 2 and Partner Data Collection for further information regarding the NSHAP project.
For further information about the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), please see the NORC at the University of Chicago Web site.
Respondents were randomly assigned to one of 6 interview paths, with the path determining which modules were received during the main interview or in the leave-behind questionnaire. Please see the included questionnaire for an in-depth description of the individual paths, which can be found within the ICPSR Data Collection Instrument PDF. In cases where a particular question appeared in the interview for some and in the leave-behind for others, they have been combined into a single variable to facilitate analysis. For more information on study design, users should refer to the Original P.I. Documentation in the ICPSR Codebook, as well as visit the NORC at the University of Chicago Web site.
A complex, multistage area probability sample was used of community residing adults born between 1920 and 1947, which included an oversampling of African-Americans and Hispanics. The NSHAP sample is built on the foundation of the national household screening carried out by the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) in 2004. Through a collaborative agreement, HRS identified households for the NSHAP eligible population. A sample of 4,400 people was selected from the screened households. NSHAP made one selection per household. Ninety-two percent of the persons selected for the NSHAP interview were eligible. Researchers wishing to compute design-based variance estimates may use the variables STRATUM and CLUSTER. These variables were constructed from the original sampling units for the purpose of variance estimation; the former may be treated as (pseudo) strata and the latter as (pseudo) Primary Sampling Units (PSUs). For more information on sampling, users should refer to the Original P.I. Documentation in the ICPSR Codebook, as well as visit the NORC at the University of Chicago Web site.
The data are not weighted, but contain two weight variables within the Part 1 Core data file, which users may wish to apply during analysis. Respondent-level weights representing the inverse probability of selection are contained in the variable WEIGHT_SEL. A second set of weights incorporating a non-response adjustment based on age and urbanicity is contained in the variable WEIGHT_ADJ. Both sets of weights are scaled to sum to the final sample size (3,005). For additional information on weights, please refer to the NORC at the University of Chicago Web site.
Mode of Data Collection: computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI), computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI), coded on-site observation, face-to-face interview, mixed mode, self-enumerated questionnaire, telephone interview
Response Rates: The weighted sample response rate was 75.5 percent for in-home interviews, including a brief self-administered questionnaire, in-home collection of a broad panel of biomeasures, as well as a leave-behind questionnaire. The response rate for the leave-behind questionnaire was 84 percent.
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Standardized missing values.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Original ICPSR Release: 2007-09-19
- 2014-04-30 The data and documentation were updated.
- 2010-07-28 The data and documentation were updated.
- 2010-05-17 The Restricted Data Use Agreement has been updated.
- 2008-12-08 Additional documentation has been provided.
- 2008-07-01 The data producer has supplied additional data for the Core and Medications files. A new Sexual Partners data file has been added. Two new technical reports -- Salivary Assays and Vaginal Swabs, which contain information from salivary specimens and vaginal swabs are now available.
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