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Question Criteria
A potential EPFAQ should be a question addressing issues where the regulatory guidance may not be sufficiently clear, or where consistency in application would benefit both the NRC and licensees. To be considered as an EPFAQ, the initiator shall apply the following criteria:
The question must be sufficiently generic (e.g., Does it affect more than one licensee or plant without consideration or evaluation of site-specific information?).
The question does not involve unresolved inspection issues, enforcement actions, allegations, or other situations covered by existing regulatory processes.
The question does not involve classified, safeguards, or official use only information.
The question does not request interpretation of NRC regulations, clarification of guidance not yet published as final, or NEI/Industry documents submitted but not endorsed by the NRC.
The question relates to guidance applicable to licensees. Questions related to the development, implementation or evaluation of offsite emergency plans and preparedness are the responsibility of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), per the FEMA/NRC Memorandum of Understanding contained in Appendix A to 44 CFR 353, and will not be accepted under this EPFAQ process.
The question does not request clarification of on-going licensing activities or issues processed by the licensee in accordance with 10 CFR 50.54(q) or Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.
- The question does not pertain to the EP Performance Indicators, Baseline EP Inspection Procedures, or Appendix Manual Chapter 0609 (EP Significance Determination Process).
If all of the above criteria are met, then an EPFAQ is appropriate.
Disclaimer: The information in any response to an email sent to this address is provided as a public service and solely for informational purposes and is not, nor should be deemed as, an official NRC position, opinion or guidance, or "a written interpretation by the General Counsel" under 10 CFR 50.3, on any matter to which the information may relate. The opinions, representations, positions, interpretations, guidance or recommendations which may be expressed by the NRC technical staff responding to an inquiry are solely the NRC technical staff's and do not necessarily represent the same for the NRC. Accordingly, the fact that the information was obtained through the NRC technical staff will not have a precedential effect in any legal or regulatory proceeding.
Final FAQ Resolution may be considered as part of the revision process for applicable EP guidance.
If you are reporting a safety or security concern, please see our Report a Safety or Security Concern page.
Submitted EPFAQ Status
The following table summarizes the current status of EPFAQs submitted to date. To submit comments, see the listed Docket ID in Regulations.gov and follow the guidance provided on our Documents for Comment page.
|EPFAQ No.
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|EPFAQ No. 2013-009
|Retracted Per Industry Request
|EPFAQ No. 2014-001
|Retracted Per Initiator Request
|EPFAQ No. 2014-005
|EPFAQ No. 2014-006
|EPFAQ No. 2014-009
|EPFAQ No. 2014-010
Completed EPFAQ's
|EPFAQ No.
|Question Submitted
|Final Resolution
|EPFAQ No. 2012-001
|When I submit a scenario to the NRC by 10 CFR 50.4, how do I ensure that the scenario won't be entered into ADAMS as a public document until at least after the conduct of the exercise?
|EPFAQ No. 2012-002
|Why has the NRC added inspection criteria to the offsite emergency declaration Classification/Notification process?
|EPFAQ No. 2012-003
|Clarify the acceptable means for documenting discussions between licensees and OROs on the development of mutually acceptable PAR logic using Supplement 3 to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1.
|EPFAQ No. 2012-004
|Question: How may an applicant comply with the A.9 requirement by December 31, 2013 when:
|EPFAQ No. 2012-005
|What is the timeline for the implementation of protective action recommendations per the revised NUREG-0654, Supplement 3 following the ETE 180 day review period?
|EPFAQ No. 2012-006
Section 2.1.2 "Transient Population" of NUREG/CR-7002, Criteria for Development of Evacuation Time Estimate Studies, states "Large employers, defined as those with 50 or more employees working a single shift, should be listed and include the number of people per vehicle." Section 1.1, item b in Appendix B to NUREG/CR-7002 "ETE Review Criteria Checklist" reads, "Sources of demographic data for schools, special facilities, large employers, and special events should be identified."
Higher population-density sites (e.g., Catawba, McGuire, Indian Point, Turkey Point, St. Lucie, Diablo Canyon) may have hundreds of large employers. Phone calls to these employers have been less than fruitful in terms or producing employment data useful for an ETE analysis.
|EPFAQ No. 2012-007
|Question relating to NSIR/PR-ISG-01 Section IV.G, Challenging Drills and Exercises.
|EPFAQ No. 2013-001
|For many sites, the "longest evacuation time estimate (ETE) value" is likely to be based on a special event, adverse weather, or roadway impact scenario. In addition, the 100% would be the "longest ETE value." What scenarios should be considered?
|EPFAQ No. 2013-002
|Since the rule established a new requirement for licensees to develop an evacuation time estimate (ETE) analysis based on most recent decennial census data and submit its results between 12/23/2011 and 12/22/2012 (365 days later, 2012 being a leap year), when must the first estimate of evacuation planning zone (EPZ) permanent resident population changes be completed?
|EPFAQ No. 2013-003
|Five questions are posed related to the revised emergency preparedness (EP) regulation associated with coordination with offsite agencies.
|EPFAQ No. 2013-004
|Eight questions concerning the implementation of NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Supplement 3, "Guidance for Protective Action Strategies".
|EPFAQ No. 2013-005
|Question relating to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section I.E.8.d, Alternative Facilities Capability of Performing Offsite Notifications.
|EPFAQ No. 2013-006
|When implementing Appendix E to Part 50, Section IV.A.7, is it acceptable to acknowledge that 10 CFR 73.55(k)(9) addresses the identification of and the description of assistance provided by applicable law enforcement agencies for the on-site response to hostile action?
|EPFAQ No. 2013-007
|If FEMA issued a letter confirming that a backup ANS system approval existed on December 23, 2011, does the licensee need to revise their ANS design report in 2013?
|EPFAQ No. 2013-008
|A confusion over the On-shift Staffing Analysis concerning evaluation of the Fuel Handling Accident has produced inconsistent OSAs. If the FSAR DBA chapter includes a Fuel Handling Accident it cannot be analyzed using only the Emergency Plan minimum on-shift staffing. Fuel movements involve quite a number of additional personnel for the evolution.
|EPFAQ No. 2014-002
|Is it acceptable to use this evaluation to support licensee amendment requests (LARs) asking for NRC approval for changes to on-shift staffing assignments and/or delays in the license's emergency response organization (ERO) augmentation?
|EPFAQ No. 2014-003
Is it appropriate to change emergency action levels (EALs) for Permanently Defueled (PD)-AU1 and PD-AA1 as follows?
|EPFAQ No. 2014-004
|Since the emergency preparedness function associated with the fire brigade will be maintained by meeting 10 CFR 50.48 objectives for a decommissioned site, can the changes to the fire protection plan associated with brigade staffing and offsite fire protection support also be reflected in the emergency plan without NRC preapproval using the 10CFR 50.54(q) process?
|EPFAQ No. 2014-007
|In the period between when the scheme is submitted and approval of the EAL scheme is received from the NRC, may the licensee eliminate from its scheme EAL statements and fission product barrier status thresholds that are no longer applicable to the station?
|EPFAQ No. 2014-008
|May a licensee that has submitted certification confirming cessation of operation and removal of fuel from the reactor vessel (Ref. 10 C.F.R. 50.82) remove certain emergency plan implementing procedure (EPIP) statements/process/steps/actions that do not implement programmatic elements described in the emergency plan?
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The Enforcement Section of the Missouri Securities Division (the "Securities Division") alleges that during the period from at least 1995 to August 2005 Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Morgan Stanley DW Inc. (collectively, "Morgan Stanley") failed to maintain adequate systems to reasonably ensure compliance with Blue Sky laws and which resulted in the sale of unregistered securities in violation of Section 409.3-301, RSMo. (Cum. Supp. 2007).
The Securities Division alleges that Morgan Stanley failed to reasonably supervise its agents or employees, in violation of Section 409.4-412(d)(9), RSMo. (Cum. Supp. 2007)
Morgan Stanley and the Division stipulate and agree that the Commissioner has jurisdiction over Respondent and these matters pursuant to the Missouri Securities Act of 2003, Chapter 409, RSMo., et seq.
Respondent and the Division stipulate and agree that the Commissioner has authority to enter this Consent Order pursuant to Section 409.6-604(h), RSMo. (Cum. Supp. 2007), which provides:
The commissioner is authorized to issue administrative consent orders in the settlement of any proceeding in the public interest under this act.
Morgan Stanley waives its right to a hearing with respect to this matter
Morgan Stanley waives any right that it may have to seek judicial review or otherwise challenge or contest the terms and conditions of this Order. Morgan Stanley specifically forever releases and holds harmless the Missouri Office of Secretary of State, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Securities and their respective representatives and agents from any and all liability and claims arising out of, pertaining to or relating to this matter.
Morgan Stanley and the Securities Division stipulate and agree to the issuance of this Consent Order without further proceedings in this matter, agreeing to be fully bound by the terms and conditions specified herein.
Morgan Stanley consents to the Commissioner's Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law as set forth below solely for the purpose of this proceeding and any other proceeding that may be brought to enforce the terms of this Consent Order.
Respondent agrees not to take any action or to make or permit to be made any public statement creating the impression that this Order is without a factual basis.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ("MS&Co") is a broker-dealer registered in the State of Missouri.
Morgan Stanley DW Inc. ("MSDW"), formerly known as Dean Witter, Discover & Co. ("Dean Witter"), was a broker-dealer registered in the State of Missouri.
On or about August of 2005, Morgan Stanley notified the North American Securities Administrators Association ("NASAA"), that it learned that certain order entry systems in place at its primary retail broker-dealer, MSDW, did not check whether certain securities transactions complied with Blue Sky law registration requirements. The Blue Sky Surveillance problem included most fixed income securities and certain equity securities sold to customers in solicited and non-exempt transactions, from at least 1995.
Morgan Stanley discovered the Blue Sky issue in late May 2005. Shortly thereafter, Morgan Stanley commissioned an internal investigation to determine the origins and reasons for the oversight. Morgan Stanley discovered that its surveillance systems were deficient for the following reasons:
Broker workstations, the automated trading system used at Morgan Stanley, did not have any type of Blue Sky block, or other exception report, for trades involving fixed income securities;
Morgan Stanley's Blue Sky surveillance system covered only securities contained in its Blue Sky databases, which were maintained separately for MSDW and MS&Co. As such, if the surveillance system did not locate a particular security in the Blue Sky database, the systems would allow the transaction to proceed without further checking or creating any exception report noting the inability to locate Blue Sky registration confirmation;
Morgan Stanley did not adequately stock its Blue Sky database with sufficient information, either by way of internal research or outside vendors research, to properly review all transactions for Blue Sky compliance;
Morgan Stanley did not direct enough resources and personnel during the ten-year period to adequately manage the Blue Sky issues.
The result of the surveillance failures was that thousands of securities transactions, particularly fixed income securities, during the time frame January 1997 - May 2005, were approved and executed without first confirming Blue Sky registration status.
History of the Blue Sky Issue at Morgan Stanley
Blue Sky Compliance Pre-1995
Before 1995, Dean Witter brokers entered customer transactions using paper order tickets and the internal electronic wire. Dean Witter's Blue Sky surveillance system compared orders (by CUSIP number) with information in its internal Blue Sky database, known as BSKS.
If the system detected a possible problem, it would allow the order to be filled out, but it would list the trade on a next-day T+1 exception report. Dean Witter's Blue Sky Manager then reviewed the report and contacted branch officers involved to determine whether particular trades had to be cancelled.
BSKS contained information on equities in which Dean Witter made a market, a total of about 1,200 to 1,500 stocks. BSKS did not regularly contain information on fixed income securities unless the Blue Sky Manager was asked to manually enter such information by the fixed income trading area.
Where Dean Witter's Blue Sky system could not locate a security in BSKS, it did not reflect its inability to find the security in a "security-not-found" or other exception report.
As a result, before 1995, Dean Witter had no surveillance system in place that would check for possible Blue Sky violations for most fixed income securities or equities in which Dean Witter was not making a market.
Automation of Trading Systems in 1995 Did Not Correct
Blue Sky Compliance Issue
In 1995, Dean Witter began developing its automated order entry system, called the Financial Advisor Workstation ("Workstation"). In addition to using the Workstation to enter customer orders, Financial Advisors ("FAs") could use it to look up the Blue Sky status of securities in BSKS. After a customer order was entered on the Workstation, the system compared securities (by CUSIP number) with information in BSKS and automatically blocked trades not meeting specified requirements, including transactions that potentially posed Blue Sky issues.
However, the Workstation design team noted that the system was not designed to block fixed income securities and noted that such a feature would be added in a later phase:
.As previously discussed, the Order Entry System will perform the Blue Sky validation on-line. Initially, the Blue Sky and Compliance edits will be built into the Equity Ticket, while Blue Sky validation in Fixed Income Ticket will be added in a later phase. (emphasis added)
Until May 2005, no one on the Workstation design team or anyone else at the firm followed up on whether or when fixed income securities would be added to the Blue Sky validation process.
FAs using the Workstation to research the Blue Sky status of fixed income products did not receive either the requested Blue Sky information or a warning message to contact Compliance which resulted in the processing of fixed income transactions without the performance of proper Blue Sky checks.
In response to early complaints about the Workstation's slowness, MSDW programmed the system to execute an order for equity securities regardless of whether the system had completed Blue Sky screening. However, the system compared all such trades at the end of the day to BSKS and listed possibly violative transactions on the T+1 exception report.
In addition, MSDW did not include surveillance for Blue Sky compliance in the various trading platforms that it subsequently built out to support MSDW's managed account business. Although MSDW initially built and revised these systems over time, it failed to incorporate Blue Sky surveillance into these systems.
During the automation process in 1995, MSDW's Blue Sky Manager advised the Compliance Director and the Deputy Compliance Director that the new automated system would require her to monitor more than 15,000 equity securities, rather than about 1,500 equity securities which she previously monitored.
During this time, the Firm, the Compliance Director and his deputy, failed to recognize the significant compliance issue that existed due to the pre-automation system not providing Blue Sky checks on many equities or fixed income securities.
The new BSDC equity feed resulted in a substantial increase of information (from 1,500 to 15,000 covered equities) causing the volume of possible Blue Sky violations appearing on the daily T+1 exception report to increase substantially, which overwhelmed the Blue Sky Manager.
Blue Sky Problem Not Detected Following The Merger
The predecessor Morgan Stanley Group, Inc., had conducted a retail business, including Blue Sky checking, through its relatively small Private Wealth Management Group ("PWM"), which served ultra-high net worth clients.
After the merger, the combined firm kept the two predecessor firms' trading systems (including the corresponding Blue Sky systems) running in parallel-one for MSDW and the other for PWM. Beginning in 1998, Morgan Stanley assigned MSDW's Blue Sky Manager to monitor the PWM Blue Sky system as well, even though the Blue Sky Manager had difficulties with the increased review responsibilities created by the MSDW T+1 exception reports.
The two Blue Sky systems produced different, but similar, exception reports that identified transactions with possible Blue Sky violations. For PWM this included all such trades, and for MSDW this included trades that had not been stopped by the front-end block then in place.
Morgan Stanley's Blue Sky databases contained only a small amount of fixed income Blue Sky information entered manually over the years and did not cross-reference the information they each separately contained.
Beginning sometime in 1997, BSDC began offering a fixed income Blue Sky information feed, and on December 15, 1997, BSDC contacted Morgan Stanley to solicit the new fixed income feed. Morgan Stanley elected to add BSDC's fixed income feed to the PWM Blue Sky System, but not to MSDW's Blue Sky system.
For the next eight (8) years, although some of Morgan Stanley's employees in its compliance department were aware that MSDW did not have an adequate fixed income Blue Sky registration verification system, neither Morgan Stanley, nor any of its employees took any action to rectify the situation.
Blue Sky Violations Not Detected By Internal Audit
Morgan Stanley's Internal Audit Department commenced an audit of Blue Sky surveillance in the Fall of 2002. Internal Audit noted that the "objective of the audit was to assess whether adequate internal controls and procedures exist[ed] to ensure that Product Surveillance activity for .Blue Sky.[was] properly performed, documented, and monitored, in accordance with [Morgan Stanley] policy, applicable laws and regulatory requirements."
The audit workpapers stated that a control objective was to assure that the Blue Sky unit monitored "equity security trading activity" and "market maker securities and those securities recommended by Morgan Stanley's Research Department," but they did not mention the need to monitor fixed income trading activity nor securities beyond those where Morgan Stanley made a market or provided research coverage.
A review of the Internal Audit revealed that fixed income, as well as other types of transactions, were reviewed. In particular, workpapers show an October 29, 2002 trade in a particular bond which noted: "Bond originally was not blue sky available," but found this trade was appropriately resolved, from a Blue Sky perspective, by "Signed Solicitation letter obtained from client acknowledging unsolicited order."
Despite the fact that some fixed income transactions were reviewed, the Internal Audit failed to recognize that there were no hard blocks when a security was not found in the Blue Sky database.
While the workpapers from the Internal Audit concluded that Morgan Stanley's performance was "adequate" for most Blue Sky surveillance activities, the workpapers also concluded that performance was "inadequate" in the area of communicating Blue Sky surveillance findings to management and commented that "there is no evidence of analysts/supervisory review over Surveillance Reports."
In its final report dated July 31, 2003, the Internal Audit concluded, in part, that there were "[n]o control deficiencies noted" in the areas of "Exception Reporting" ("Review of daily exception reports") and "Management Oversight / Monitoring" ("Supervision of Compliance analyst activities to ensure the adequacy of investigation and corrective action").
After noting that the audit "evaluated the existence and the adequacy of the design of the monitoring mechanisms employed to ensure that key controls are operating effectively," the report concluded that there were "[n]o findings.that warranted discussion with the Board Audit Committee."
The State Of Blue Sky Systems Existing In Early 2005
At the beginning of 2005, MSDW had in place an up-front order entry block, but it covered only transactions involving equities, certificates of deposit, mutual funds, managed futures, insurance, and unit investment trusts. The block did not cover fixed income securities, apart from certificates of deposit.
MSDW's Blue Sky system did not contain information for all securities (especially fixed income) and failed to include any sort of "security-not-found" exception report to flag transactions in securities not contained in the Blue Sky database, resulting in no surveillance for such transactions.
MS&Co's PWM Group operated on a different platform that never included any automated block to prevent execution of transactions possibly violating Blue Sky requirements. Instead, MS&Co's PWM system automatically generated a T+1 exception report covering both equities and fixed income securities containing possible Blue Sky violations.
At the beginning of 2005, MSDW's Blue Sky policies and procedures had remained fundamentally unchanged for a decade. While the policies articulated the obligation of individual FAs and branch managers to check for Blue Sky compliance, MSDW did not provide the FAs and branch managers with the proper tools to assist them in fulfilling their Blue Sky responsibilities, and did not require adequate monitoring systems to check for Blue Sky compliance.
Moreover, Morgan Stanley did not adequately staff the Blue Sky Manager's office with sufficient resources and personnel to assist and supervise all security transactions.
Recognition Of The Blue Sky Surveillance Problem,
Morgan Stanley's Self-Reporting To Regulators And Remediation Efforts
At the end of 2004, Morgan Stanley hired a new Compliance employee in the Policies and Procedures Group. The employee came with considerable experience in Blue Sky and other surveillance related matters and soon was charged with managing certain surveillance functions.
On or about May 23, 2005, during a review of MSDW's Blue Sky compliance surveillance, the employee learned that while MSDW had an equity Blue Sky feed from BSDC, it received no similar feed for fixed income securities. The employee reported the situation to MSDW's new Head of Compliance the following day.
Upon hearing the report, the Head of Compliance directed the employee to have MSDW acquire the fixed income feed from BSDC as soon as possible. MSDW began receiving the fixed income feed from BSDC on May 30, 2005.
Morgan Stanley then took steps to assess the significance and extent of the gaps in surveillance. A team of persons was formed in June 2005 to examine the issues and worked through the balance of June and July in an effort to identify the deficiencies and to begin to immediately correct the problems. In doing so, the team created a list of Blue Sky compliance requirements for all trading platforms and identified a list of Blue Sky compliance gaps.
Upon receiving the fixed income feed from BSDC, MSDW made necessary system enhancements and conducted testing of the system enhancements, resulting in MSDW putting the fixed income feed into production on June 20, 2005. The changes permitted a daily updating of MSDW's internal Blue Sky database and allowed fixed income exceptions to appear on the daily T+1 report.
On or about July 15, 2005, MSDW developed a "security-not-found " report to address instances where the BSDC feed may not contain data for a particular security. This report, generated on a T+1 basis, identifies all transactions in securities (by CUSIP number) not recognized by the Blue Sky database that could potentially violate Blue Sky laws. Currently the security-not-found report covers both equities and fixed income transactions entered though the equity and fixed income order entry platforms on the Workstations.
On a daily basis, Compliance personnel analyze the security-not-found report to ascertain the Blue Sky registration or exemption status of the flagged transaction and make a determination regarding the Blue Sky status of the identified transactions prior to settlement date. If they discover a transaction that violated Blue Sky restrictions, they instruct the branch that effected the transaction to cancel it. When analyzing the report, Compliance personnel also update the Blue Sky database to include relevant information about the securities they research.
On or about July 29, 2005, MSDW programmed a hard block - i.e. a block an FA cannot override-that prevents the entry of fixed income transactions that could violate Blue Sky regulations.
MSDW has also refined the process to filter out transactions that qualify for certain exemptions that span all Blue Sky jurisdictions. By eliminating the covered transactions, the system yields a smaller and more manageable pool of securities with potential Blue Sky issues for manual review by the Compliance Department.
Additionally, MSDW directed its IT Department to examine all of MSDW's trading platforms to determine the nature and scope of the Blue Sky compliance problem.
The review uncovered a gap in Blue Sky coverage for MSDW's managed account platforms to the extent that such platforms include affiliated money managers or accommodate broker discretionary trading. MSDW has taken the necessary steps to close the gaps in the managed account platforms, and has incorporated trading in the managed account platforms into the securities-not-found report.
By the end of 2005, Morgan Stanley remedied all of the previously identified Blue Sky compliance gaps in both MSDW and PWM systems.
Morgan Stanley hired additional Compliance Department employees to staff its Blue Sky function. In particular, the new personnel include a new Blue Sky manager who is dedicated exclusively to Blue Sky compliance. A full time temporary employee was hired to assist the Blue Sky manager and Morgan Stanley has subsequently hired that individual as a permanent full time employee. Morgan Stanley also assigned a back-up person to cover the Blue Sky Manager's responsibilities in the event of absences.
At great expense, Morgan Stanley conducted a review of millions of historical transactions and identified those which were executed in violation of the Blue Sky laws as a result of the system deficiencies and offered rescission to customers with terms and conditions that are consistent with the provisions from the state securities statutes which correspond to the state of residence of each affected customer.
The Commissioner, after consideration of the stipulations set forth above and on the consent of Morgan Stanley and the Securities Division, finds and concludes that the Commissioner has jurisdiction over Morgan Stanley and this matter pursuant to the Missouri Securities Act of 2003, Chapter 409, RSMo. et seq.
Morgan Stanley's failure to maintain adequate systems to reasonably ensure compliance with Blue Sky laws resulted in the sale of unregistered securities in violation of Section 409.3-301, RSMo (Cum. Supp. 2007).
Morgan Stanley failed to reasonably supervise its agents or employees, in violation of Section 409.4-412(d)(9), RSMo. (Cum. Supp. 2007).
This Order is necessary and appropriate in the public interest and for the protection of investors, and is consistent with the purposes fairly intended by the policy and the provisions of Chapter 409, RSMo. et seq.
Pursuant to Section 409.5-509, RSMo. (Cum. Supp. 2007), Morgan Stanley is liable to investors for any sales of securities that are conducted in violation of Section 409.3-301, RSMo. (Cum. Supp.2007)., unless among other defenses, Morgan Stanley offers and completes rescission to investors as set forth in the Act.
On the basis of the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, Morgan Stanley consents to the entry of this Order, for the sole purpose of settling this matter, prior to a hearing and without admitting or denying the Findings of Fact or the Conclusions of Law,
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby Ordered that:
Morgan Stanley will cease and desist from violating the Missouri Securities Act of 2003 in connection with the sales of unregistered securities as referenced in this Order and will provide reasonable supervision as necessary to comply with the Missouri Securities Act of 2003.
This Order shall become final upon entry.
As a result of the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law contained in this Order, Morgan Stanley shall pay a civil penalty of eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-three dollars ($8,993.00) made payable to the State of Missouri, and delivered to the Securities Division, and the Secretary of State shall forward these funds to the state treasury for the benefit of county and township school funds as provided in Article IX, Section 7 of the Constitution of Missouri. This civil penalty constitutes the State of Missouri's proportionate share of the state settlement amount of 8.5 million dollars ($8,500,000.00), which shall be payable to the State of Missouri within ten (10) days of the date on which this Order becomes final.
As a result of the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law contained in this Order, Morgan Stanley rescinded one hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred and eighty-four dollars ($118,784.00) in transactions with Missouri investors.
If payment is not made by Morgan Stanley, the Commissioner may vacate this Order, at his sole discretion, upon ten (10) days notice to Morgan Stanley and without opportunity for administrative hearing and Morgan Stanley agrees that any statute of limitations applicable to the subject of the Investigation and any claims arising from or relating thereto are tolled from and after the date of this Order.
This Order is not intended to subject any Covered Person to any disqualifications under the laws of the United States, any state, the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico, including, without limitation, any disqualification from relying upon the sate or federal registration exemptions or safe harbor provisions. "Covered Person," means Morgan Stanley or any of its affiliates and their current or former officers, directors, employees, or other persons that would otherwise be disqualified as a result of the Orders (as defined below).
This Order and the order of any other State in related proceedings against Morgan Stanley (collectively, the "Orders") shall not disqualify any Covered Person form any business that they otherwise are qualified, licensed or permitted to perform under applicable law of the State of Missouri and any disqualifications from relying upon this state's registration exemptions or safe harbor provisions that arise from the Orders are hereby waived.
For any person or entity not a party to this Order, this Order does not limit or create any private rights or remedies against Morgan Stanley or create liability of Morgan Stanley or limit or create defenses of Morgan Stanley to any claims.
This Order and any dispute related thereto shall be construed and enforced in accordance, and governed by, the laws of the State of Missouri, without regard to any choice of law principles.
The parties represent, warrant and agree that they have received legal advice from their attorneys with respect to the advisability of executing this Order.
Morgan Stanley agrees not to take any action or to make or permit to be made on its behalf any public statement denying, directly or indirectly, any finding in this Order or creating the impression that this Order is without factual basis. Nothing in this Paragraph affects Morgan Stanley's: (i) testimonial obligations or (ii) right to take legal or factual positions in defense of litigation or in defense of a claim or other legal proceedings which the Securities Division is not a party.
This Order shall be binding upon Morgan Stanley and its successors and assigns. Further, with respect to all conduct subject to Paragraph 4 above and all future obligations, responsibilities, undertakings, commitments, limitations, restrictions, events, and conditions, the terms "Morgan Stanley " as used here shall include Morgan Stanley's successors or assigns.
Morgan Stanley, through its execution of this Consent Order, voluntarily waives its right to a hearing on this matter and to judicial review of this Consent Order.
Consented to by:
Nathan Soendker
Chief Registration Counsel
Missouri Securities Division
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ("MS&Co"), on behalf of itself and as successor to Morgan Stanley DW Inc. ("MSDW"), hereby acknowledges that it has been served with a copy of this Order, has read the foregoing Order, is aware of its right to a hearing and appeal in this matter, and has waived the same.
MS&Co, on behalf of itself and as successor to MSDW, admits the jurisdiction of the Securities Division, neither admits or denies the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law contained in this Order, and consents to entry of this Order by the Commissioner of Securities as settlement of the issues contained in this Order.
MS&Co, on behalf of itself and as successor to MSDW, states that no promise of any kind or nature whatsoever was made to induce it to enter into this Order and that it has entered into this Order voluntarily.
Eric F. Grossman represents that he is a Managing Director of MS&Co and that, as such, has been authorized by MS&Co to enter into this Order for and on behalf of MS&Co.(for itself and as successor to MSDW).
Dated this 15th day of July, 2008
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated


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Jeranimo Aims to Defend Citation Victory
Grade I winner Jeranimo will try to win the Citation Handicap (gr. IIT) a second straight year when he starts in an expected field of eight Nov. 23 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Like last year, Jeranimo enters the Citation, a 1 1/16-mile turf race, off an off-the-board finish in the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT). After finishing seventh in last year's Mile at Churchill Downs, Jeranimo rolled to a 2 3/4-length victory in the Citation.
This year Jeranimo, a 6-year-old son of Congaree , did not have to leave his Southern California base for the Breeders' Cup World Championships, where he finished sixth in the Mile at Santa Anita Park. Winner of this year's Shoemaker Mile Stakes (gr. IT) on the Hollywood turf, B.J. Wright's Jeranimo will try to secure a third graded stakes win at Hollywood and sixth graded stakes win overall.
Jeranimo is owned by Wright and trained by Michael Pender. Those connections also will send out grade I winner Ultimate Eagle in the Citation.
Ultimate Eagle, a 4-year-old by Mizzen Mast —Letithappencaptain, by Captain Bodgit, won the 2011 Hollywood Derby (gr. IT). He makes his first start here since a 10th-place effort in the March 3 Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I).
Stuart Janney III's Data Link also enters the Citation after starting in the Breeders' Cup Mile, where he finished fifth. The 4-year-old War Front colt won the Maker's 46 Mile (gr. IT) earlier this season at Keeneland.
WinStar Farm's Doubles Partner, a graded winner on turf the last three years, heads west off a fourth-place try against Wise Dan in Keeneland's Shadwell Turf Mile (gr. IT).
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Clara Gonzales has spent the past 13 years known by hundreds of thousands of people as "Aunt Clara", the face, camera and voice behind Aunt Clara's Kitchen (DominicanCooking.com), the award-nominated, and award-winning food blog. Her photos, articles and recipes have appeared in magazines, books, newspapers and TV from Moscow to Denver. Read more >>
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What made you choose Industrial Designer as a career field? What does an Industrial Designer do?
Initially I wanted to be an architect, but my preferred university did not offer it, so I enrolled in my second choice: Computer Engineering. Halfway through it my university became the first and only in the country to offer Industrial Design, it seemed more fitting to my interests, so I switched.
The shortest definition of an Industrial Designer I've come across is "somebody that solves problems", which really doesn't clarify much. An Industrial designer creates products that will be produced in an industrial setting (from cars to orange juicers). It's a highly technical career that includes knowledge of industrial processes, materials, etc, all tied up by an aesthetic sensibility, knowledge of ergonomics, marketing and design trends.
What inspired you to create DominicanCooking.com? How has your experience as an Industrial Designer prepared your for your role at DominicanCooking.com?
I love cooking (if that isn't clear already), and my friends all knew it. Because I later worked in International Commerce I ended up working for companies which I compare to the Babel Tower. Friends, coworkers and friends online (before social media!) would ask me for traditional Dominican recipes, so I decided to put them online where they could access it. I also wrote weekly about Dominican culture, life in the DR and my experiences cooking these recipes. Basically a food blog before the platforms for them even existed.
My training as an Industrial Designer, I would like to believe, refined my knowledge of aesthetics. It also introduced me to photography. My first camera came from a pawn shop, bought to keep track of my university projects. These were the days of film, so it was a much more involved and expensive hobby for a simple student. But it was the advent of digital, and my first digital camera in 2002, that really awoke my love for food photography.
How has your work at DominicanCooking.com impacted your life or career?
It allowed me to quit a highly stressful career where I was already burned out, and gave me the freedom to do what I love. I carved out a new career for myself, in which I am able to put my child and family first. The experience has also introduced me to hundreds of people (including Ilana, my friend and blogging partner!) that I would otherwise have not met, and my life would be much poorer for it.
In what ways have you created innovative solutions to common challenges within your industry?
Frankly I am not sure everything hadn't been invented when I came around. What I did first, and I hope well, was create a food blog with a persona at the center: Aunt Clara. I was much younger (and somehow still am!) than people thought I was, but by giving them a sense of familiarity, presenting myself as an unassuming, humorous, somewhat-loopy older relative I was able to create a sense of community and pride around our vernacular cuisine that has served us well. At the time it was common to go for "professional-looking", believing that it would add credibility to a website.
My success — such as it is — can be credited to applying the maxim taught to me by one of my marketing professors: "Sell what you are (or wish to be), not what you do".
What is one piece of advice that you would share with Latinas who are pursuing a similar venture?
Sell what you are. Make it personal. People like people, they want to relate to you.
Be professional. Do the absolute best you can. Right now your blog might have 5 readers, including your mom, but if you don't take yourself seriously, nobody will.
Networking is key. Helping others pays off, in the short, or in the long run.
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I've gained more than I could have ever expected!
We're amazed daily at the attention we have gotten and continue to get. We — and by "we" I probably just mean "I" — are really very private people. Sometimes the attention is a bit overwhelming, and so far we've rejected TV and Radio invitations because of this. We are also a bit isolated where we live, so that makes it a great excuse. What we never reject is an invitation to wax poetic about the greatness of Dominican food! We can't shut up about it.
How has your culture or unique life experience impacted how you innovate in your career or business?
Dominicans are all about family. Even if your family sucks — and I hasten to say that mine definitely does not! — you are still loyal to them and they'll be loyal to you. In a country where the social safety net has so many holes, it is family that protects you, supports you, and are your biggest cheerleaders. While my family is very disconnected from this whole project (they are even more private than I am), our noms de plume hint at the connection that we wish to create with our readers. We can't compete with Mom, or Grandma when it comes to food, but we can be the auntie that teaches you how to cook those dishes you love.
Another thing that has influenced our work, and the tone of our blog, is that Dominicans are generally courteous to a fault. While Ilana and I have a wicked sense of humor, and greatly enjoy some acerbic writers, we try to keep a friendly tone, and try to be courteous even when our patience is tried. That's what an "auntie" would do.
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WORCESTER, Mass. – Navy junior guard Alix Membreno scored a game-high 16 points and hauled in six rebounds to help propel the Midshipmen to a 60-47 triumph over Holy Cross in Patriot League women's basketball action on Wednesday evening at the Hart Center. With the win, the Mids improve to 9-8 overall and 2-0 in the conference, while the Crusaders slip to 8-9 on the season and 0-2 in the league.
Navy jumped out to an early 15-4 lead at the 14:27 mark of the first half as it connected on three treys during the spurt. The Mids pushed the lead to as many as 15, on two occasions, as they held the 24-9 advantage with 10:27 on the clock.
Holy Cross was able to ignite its offense as it went on an 11-2 run over the next seven minutes to trail Navy 26-20 with 3:25 left in the first. Holy Cross junior guard Alex Smith (Delran, N.J.) scored five points during the rally. However, Navy was able to score six straight points, including a buzzer-beater by Kara Pollinger from mid-court, to give the Mids the 32-20 lead at halftime.
After the intermission, the Crusaders came out strong as they began the second half on an 11-3 rally to cut the deficit to four points (35-31) with 15:21 on the clock. Holy Cross kept the score close over the next two minutes, before Navy began to pull away.
The Mids went on a 13-4 burst to gain the 48-35 lead (10:07) and then increased their margin to 17 points (58-41) with 4:45 left in the second half. Navy held on the margin as it would go on to win, 60-47.
Smith scored a team-best 12 points and had four assists for Holy Cross, while senior forward Amy Lepley (Norfolk, Mass.) tallied 11 points and six rebounds. Junior forward Christine Ganser (Needham, Mass) chipped in with five points and a team-high seven rebounds, as third-year guard Brisje Malone (Springfield, Mass.) netted nine points. In addition to Membreno, Navy junior forward Jade Geif hauled in a game-high 16 rebounds to go along with five points.
Navy shot 37 percent from the floor (23 of 63), while the Crusaders were limited to 17 of 59 shooting (29 percent). The Mids cashed in on 10 of their 34 attempts from beyond the arc (29 percent), as Holy Cross only shot 22 percent on the night from downtown (4 of 18).
Holy Cross held slim advantages in points in the paint (22-20), steals (8-7), fast break points (10-4) and blocks (4-3).
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Poland is to increase its air force fleet of Airbus Military C295 medium transports to 16 aircraft, under a new five-unit deal worth 876 million zlotys ($262 million).
"Deliveries will start at the end of this year and continue into 2013," says Airbus Military, which signed the contract on 2 July. "The aircraft will be used to support the Polish air force in its national and international operations."
Polish sources say the first two aircraft will be delivered this year.
Flightglobal's MiliCAS database records Poland as having received an initial batch of eight C295s between 2003 and 2005, with four more having entered use in 2007-2008. Its fleet was reduced to 11 by an accident involving one of the type in January 2008, which killed 20 air force personnel.
The Polish air force's current aircraft are assigned to its 8th Air Transport Base at Krakow-Balice, with one permanently deployed in Afghanistan to perform transport, airdrop and medical evacuation tasks.
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Air force commander in chief Lt Gen Lech Majewski says Warsaw had considered buying another Lockheed Martin C-130 to join its five ex-US Air Force E-model Hercules already in use, but instead opted for the "more cost-effective" C295.
Warsaw's first eight C295s will be overhauled at the EADS PZL Warszawa-Okecie facility in Poland between this year and 2014.
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Poland's repeat order takes the total number of C295s sold to 113, Airbus Military says, with 85 of these having already been delivered.
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A grocery sells apples $1.79/lb. How much will it cost to buy 250 oz worth of apples.
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To find the cost of 250 oz of apples, we need to convert the ounces to pounds then multiply by the cost of the apples in pounds. There are 16 ounces in one pound.
This means that 250 oz = 250/16 = 15.625 pounds.
The cost is then 15.625 x 1.79 = 27.97
The cost of the apples is $27.97.
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Start Fresh Ceviche--fresh seafood cured in citrus--boasts lively, bright flavors along with a low-fat, high-protein healthiness. In this revised edition of "The Great Ceviche Book," award-winning chef Douglas Rodriguez reminds us why he is the foremost Latin chef in America. You'll find straightforward instructions and confidence-building advice to walk you through all the ceviche fundamentals: its basic formula of six ingredients, the four safety commandments, helpful kitchen equipment to have on hand, and serving suggestions to create beautiful presentations. Rodriguez's passionate take on the subject offers more than forty diverse ceviche recipes, from traditional dishes originating in Central and South America such as Chilean Sea Bass with Lemon Oil and Ecuadorian Shrimp, to recipes that draw on diverse ethnic influences such as Gingered Toro Tuna with Soy and Sesame. Chapters on tasty side dishes and helpful basics round out everything you need to know to make this simple yet sophisticated cuisine in your own kitchen. Rodriguez's streamlined preparations allow home cooks to focus on the virtues of freshness and pure flavors. "The Great Ceviche Book" is the definitive, authentic guide to this vibrant cuisine.
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DOUGLAS RODRIGUEZ is regarded as the creator of Nuevo Latino cuisine. Throughout his extensive professional career as a chef, he has received numerous accolades for his remarkably original cuisine. He won the Chefs of America Award (1991), Culinary Master of North America and New York awards (1994), the James Beard Foundation Rising Chef award (1996), and received a nomination for the James Beard Foundation Best Chef: New York award (1999). In 2009, he was nominated for the James Beard Foundation Best Chef: South award for his restaurant OLA and starred in the first season of "Top Chef Masters" on Bravo TV. Rodriguez also owns the restaurants D. Rodriguez (Miami), Alma de Cuba (Philadelphia), and Deseo (Scottsdale). He is the author of the groundbreaking cookbook "Nuevo Latino," as well as "Latin Ladles" and "Latin Flavors on the Grill." Rodriguez resides in Miami. LAURA ZIMMERMAN is a freelance food researcher and writer. After several years in strategic consulting, she turned her career toward the food industry, specializing in marketing and research and development. She lives, eats, and writes in Chicago.
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contents ix Acknowledgments xi Foreword 1 Introduction 17 Chapter 1: tiraditos 57 Chapter 2: mixtos Chapter 3: side dishes 83 Chapter 4: basics 97 Recommended Sources of Seafood and Specialty Items 117 Glossary 121 Index 125


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Chapter 980 of the Wisconsin Statutes relates to the control, care, and treatment of sexually violent persons. Under Wisconsin law, a person may be subject to a civil commitment when the person has been convicted of a sexually violent offense, has a mental disorder, and is dangerous to others because the mental disorder makes it likely he or she will commit further acts of sexual violence. A civil commitment is defined in Wisconsin law as commitment to the custody and care of the Department of Health Services for control, care, and treatment until the person is no longer considered sexually violent.
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