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Thinking of moving from ADSL2 to NBN?
My overall experience of Optus is very positive but here are a few issues which I have encountered and I would like to share them with you so you are better prepared for the switch from ADSL2 to NBN.
1. You may connect your NBN modem and phone with ease but no one warns you that you may not receive incoming calls for up to seven days (something to do with being 'actioned by the back end team'). Your callers will hear a ringing tone not an engaged tone and you will be blissfully unaware that someone is calling because your phone doesn't ring.
2. If you hate that anoying call waiting beep when you are in the middle of an important call make sure you request it to be removed completely because it comes free with the package by default. The second caller just thinks your not picking up and that your answering machine is switched off.
3. If you paid your ADSL2 by direct debit don't assume that your information will be carried over to NBN as they are handled by two separate departments and the NBN account will have a new account number. You will need to set up a new direct debit agreement so you don't default on the first payment.
4. Did you have paperless billing with your ADSL2? Again, don't think that this will carry over to NBN. My preference was reset to paper billing for the NBN account and I had to change it. You may even have to have your prefered email address re-recorded on the system.
5. You need to make sure that the new account is connected to your 'My Account'. You may find that you have no access to My Account when transitioning from ADSL2 to NBN and you will be told that it will become available again when the first NBN billing period starts....don't count on it, the likelihood is that you will have to chase it up. I thought I had sorted it on 'Optus chat' only to find several days later that nothing at all had been done at all. I finally spoke to someone conscientious on the end of the phone who fixed it.
6. All those privacy settings on your profile that you carefully browsed through and selected will be reset to Optus' default; so when you are finally able to re-access your account don't forget to go through them again.
7. When you receive that first NBN bill you will probably be slugged a month in advance as though you were a new customer. But if you are an existing Optus customer, didn't that happen to you when you started with ADSL2? You have just paid in advance for the second time and effectively been billed twice for the first billing period because no one thought to refund that first advance fee when your ADSL2 ended.
With regard to item 7.... because the first NBN bill had already been issued I have been promised a refund on my second billing period. Watch this space next month and I will tell you what happened!
Well worth pointing out the issues @Sputnik and I would like to add a few comments.
1) The installation leaflet that Optus supplies does inform you that they will need to activate the phone line and you will get an SMS to inform you when the line is active. This should take place with 30 minutes of you phone being connected to the modem. From comments I have read if you don't receive the SMS jump on online chat and they should be able to activate the line immeadiately.
2) I had none of the issues you had with the billing accept the first month's bill will show an extra charge and this was credited the next month. There is a blog from Optus explaining the reasons. I kept the same account number and the NBN service appeared in My Account and my all my settings remained the same. The only issue I had was both my NBN service and my old ADSL service showed in My Account and I did wonder if I would be charged for both services but that didn't happen. I would add that Optus accounts and billing are not the easiest to understand and some strange things seem to happen.
The advice I would add is if the NBN technician needs to install a connection within your house insist it goes where you need it.
I needed to be quite firm with the technician as I think they will try to install the connection where it is easiest for them.
I have written a couple of blogs on my experience of migrating to the NBN so if you are interested this is the link;
Nice post Sputnik. Might just add my 2 cents to a couple points as well.
1. I don't use my landline so didn't have this problem but definitely worth noting if you have FTTN or FTTC technology in your area (where they using existing copper landline for part of the way) you will likely find all but 1 of your homephone sockets stop working. I believe a licensed electrician can re-wire this at your own cost however I'd suggest getting a cordless phone set up where the base station can sit with the modem and have the other handsets around the house.
3. I also didn't have these problems. Sounds like you were signed up to NBN in the "new" system where as your ADSL was in the old which is the reason for all the changes. Still worth being told when you submit the application though!
4. Same as point 3.
5. This didn't actually happen to me. I had to use Live Chat to correct it.
6. Didn't even think of this, going to check now!
7. Back to point 3, I wouldn't be surprised if you get an invoice from your ADSL account with a credit on it for the first month in advance which will likely then be issued to you by cheque. Also quite annoying.
Hi Dave,
Thank you for your response. I did read your blogs back in December prior to making a commitment to change to NBN. I actually commented on your blog to my husband as you made a reference to Liverpool FC (I am a red and my husband is a blue). There are a lot of subscribers now wondering what I'm taking about, but I'm sure as a Liverpool supporter you are on the same page as me, LOL.
Our deadline was fast approaching and I left things as late as possible in the hope that all the negatives about NBN would have been ironed out. On the run up to our conversion we had to have our landline restored twice by Telstra (actioned by Optus) as the NBN technicians had disturbed our ADSL2 connection when working at the node point on other customers connections.
We didn't have issues regarding the placement of our phones as our connection is FTTN and our existing wireless DECT phones were compatable; this meant that no technician was required at the house and our modem and phones remained in their original locations.
Regarding the Optus installation leaflet; we did receive a text to tell us we were now NBN ready; and a phone number was provided if there were issues. It was at this point our saga with incoming calls started; possibly hampered by the Christmas period. Our NBN connection was on the scheduled date of December 27th, however it took an online chat session and three phone calls to get our incoming call connection sorted on January 2nd by the 'back end team' I refered to in my first post. The responses from the Optus operatives regarding the incoming call connection was a timespan of "three to seven hours", then "'two to three days" followed by "up to seven days'' the later proving to be a more accurate and truthful assessment.
With regard to billing, I was bounced back and forth between two departments NBN and ADSL2, who work independantly. I was assured that no direct debit was set up for NBN and as such I provided my bank account details. I sincerely hope that they haven't stuffed up on that one and double dip, as it is bad enough that they are already charging a month in advance.
It was irksome having to go through all the security details twice and explaining the problems twice. What to one department appeared irrelevant information was actually salient as it had an impact on the overall outcome. I was passed from NBN to ADSL2 to answer one question:- Did I pay one month in advance when I started ADSL2?; and when asked to explain why I required this information I informed them of the advance payment on my first NBN bill, to which they tried to bounce me back to the NBN team without an answer. This happened about five times and it was a bit like the Marx brothers sketch "who's on first base".
Eventually it was the ADSL2 department that stated that a refund would be provided on our second billing, so I hope I wasn't being fobbed off. On asking for a reference number from the ADSL2 department I was initially told there wasn't one however, by the end of my conversation a reference number was provided. A reference number was also provided by the NBN department without asking.
Thanks again for your response, I have left Kudo for you.
I do wonder how most of the time Optus gets things right but when they don't no one wants to take responsibility. They need to sort out the problem of when a support staff member doesn't know what to do they take the easy way out of transferring you to another Dept. It seems to me to be a lack of training and no desire by Optus management to take any responsibility.
On a lighter note I have seen you in previous posts and with a user name of Sputnick imagined a man of my age, how wrong could I be?
Edit. Meant to add the Reds have the best chance this year, a pity for their draw today
Staying on a lighter note Dave,
The draw was a disappointment; let's hope they get back to their winning ways soon. I've even started watching the games of their closest rivals and willing their opposition to score. It is fortunate we are both retired, as each week we are staying up till the early hours of the morning watching the English Premier League.
There must have been someone else using the name 'Sputnick', as I have always spelled it the correct way 'Sputnik'. It was a nickname given to my husband by his grandmother back in 1957.
Thanks for your input SamSam, very much appreciated and Kudo given to you
There was a little more detail in my reply to Davelew regarding items 1 and 7.
I hope you found your privacy preferences were in good order.
Kind regards
I have placed my NBN migration order on 18th Jan, it's been two weeks and no one contact me or messaged me. I have contacted them many times during this two weeks and they promised the time for confirmation was changed from 48 hours to 10 business days. Also they promised many times that they will call me back but this also never happened.
The terrible customer service is pushing me out of Optus. Lock-in contract with Optus is not recommended, think twice when you order.
Hi Spydery,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I think sometimes it is just luck of the draw who you get to talk to on the day.
I keep fairly good notes of all my dealings with utilities and telcos and I can see that my request was placed on the 10th December 2018. I failed to receive any updates for our transition from ADSL2 to NBN so I phoned Optus on the 24th December to be told it was scheduled for the 27th December; and I am pleased to say they were true to their word. They also gave me a 'plan reference ID number' and informed me of the new NBN account number.
I had expected some delay because we were close to the 18 month deadline for being cut loose from the copper network in our area, and as a result there where high demands on the NBN crews. I was messed around a little regarding the failure to receive incoming calls, but I eventually spoke to someone who knew what he was doing and he even called me on the 2nd January 2019 as promised to ensure that the issue was remedied.
Hope you can get things sorted soon.
Best wishes.


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U.N. Security Council meeting on 9/15/03
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Hello chan1607-ga, The United Nations does an excellent job of posting the transcripts of Security Council presentations shortly after they are given. A list of recent Security Council presentations -- including those made on September 15th, 2003 -- can be found here: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/scact2003.htm The actual texts of the remarks by the Palestinian and Israeli representatives can be found here: http://ods-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/PRO/N03/499/70/PDF/N0349970.pdf?OpenElement I have excerpted the first few paragraphs of their remarks below. Additional remarks made later that day at the same seesion can be found at: http://ods-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/PRO/N03/513/00/PDF/N0351300.pdf?OpenElement If you need any additional information beyond what I've provided here, just let me know through a Requestion for Clarification and I'll be happy to assist you further. pafalafa-ga search strategy: Visited www.un.org and clicked through to Security Council page ============================= Mr. Al-Kidwa (Palestine) (spoke in Arabic): I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month and to welcome you to the United Nations. I should also like to thank the sisterly delegation of Syria for its excellent stewardship of the Council the past month and to congratulate His Excellency Ambassador Fayssal Mekdad on assuming his new duties as Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic. Last Thursday, the threats of Israel, the occupying Power, against the Palestinian people and the Palestinian leadership reached a new level with the decision by the so-called Israeli security cabinet to remove Yasser Arafat and to request the Israeli army to draw up a plan for the expulsion of the elected President of the Palestinian Authority. At this critical juncture, it must be firmly and unequivocally stated that the land of Palestine and its people are not the property of the occupying Power and that to carry out such an action or even to constantly reiterate such a threat would be considered an assault on the Palestinian national dignity; it would mean the end of the Palestinian Authority and would signal the actual demise of any peace process between the two sides. In addition, it should be recalled that international law specifically the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 is clear in its prohibition of such a war crime.... ==================================== Mr. Gillerman (Israel): I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on you assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of September. Let me also wish you well in assuming the representation of your great country. Two days ago, on 13 September, we commemorated the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Principles on the White House lawn. That was a time of hope for the people of the region and of the world that the leadership on both sides was committed to a peaceful and negotiated resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At that time, and despite well-founded reservations, Israel was willing to believe that Yasser Arafat had abandoned the path of terrorism and embarked on the road to true reconciliation and mutual recognition. It was on the basis of that commitment that Mr. Arafat entered Palestinian Authority territory to implement his obligations under signed agreements....
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Address by Ambassador Dan Gillerman, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, to the Security Council September 15, 2003 http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0nsb0 also check http://www.israel-un.org/security/secur_idx.htm
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check http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/85255a0a0010ae82852555340060479d/cb894a44e584d13485256da3006289d1!OpenDocument
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I don't know if you will find the text of the Palestinian representative but for an Arab view of the world events certain sites are useful. I don't have the URLs on me (they're at work) but use Google, lol, for the following Dar Al Hayat - British Arabic language newspaper (English language site) The Lebanon Daily Star - excellent English-language online newspaper Al Jazeera - Has a permanent English-language site now There are several others based in places from Morocco to Saudi Arabia to the UAE, all with English-language websites I find them very useful to give a view of the world that is not coloured by the West's guilt regarding the Holocaust and its subsequent apparent requirement to be pro-Israeli in media bias Oh, and a good possibility for the Palestinian text would be the website of the Palestinian Authority itself, which is available in English - use Google or Yahoo to find this, its not so hard wolvies
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It's week 3 of Season 2 for Destiny 2, which means several things for players. Most importantly it is the launch of the Dawning holiday event, which introduces new cosmetic items for players to collect, adds the Mayhem mode for a limited time, and gives the landscape a wintery coating. But in addition to that, this is also the first week that players can complete all of the Lost Prophecy Verse weapons for Brother Vance and see if that unlocks anything.
As it turns out, the Sagira Ghost Shell that was uncovered when Curse of Osiris first launched is actually tied to the Lost Prophecy weapons. Once players complete all 10 of the Verses, plus the 'Another Verse' quest that unlocks the Perfect Paradox shotgun, they will be rewarded with that Sagira Shell as well as an emblem.
For most players, unlocking the Sagira Ghost Shell is still a few weeks away since the Lost Prophecy weapons require a significant grind to unlock. The materials needed to complete each verse are not easy to come by and they drop in very small numbers. Luckily, the Dawning event brings back the Mayhem Crucible mode, which should make grinding Paradox Amplifiers a little more tolerable.
As an exotic, the Sagira Ghost Shell has a little extra utility to offer players beyond the basics. For starters, the Ghost Shell's focus is on Mercury since that is the new destination added with the Curse of Osiris DLC. While on the planet players will be able to detect caches from 75 yards away (up from the usual distance) and have a chance at additional Mercury tokens from completing activities. On top of that, the Ghost Shell will generate weapon telemetry data from any elemental weapon kills.
Considering players don't spend too much time on Mercury it's hard to say how useful the Sagira Ghost Shell will be, but it certainly has a cool look and the telemetry data perk will help with those Gunsmith packages. So now that you know what is at the end of the tunnel for the Lost Prophecy weapons it's up to you how fast or slow you want to grind through all 11 of them.
Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.


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ROSEAU – Speaker of the house, Alix Boyd-Knights, is strongly denying that a journalist was kicked out of the House of Assembly on her instructions.
Addressing the house on Tuesday, she described the matter as a total lie and misrepresentation of what actually occurred.
"Nobody put him out, that is a total lie and a misrepresentation of what happened," she stated.
Editor of the Sun Newspaper, Charles James, is saying that he was unceremoniously excluded "from observing, reporting and photographing the proceedings of the Opening of Parliament on July 23rd, 2014."
In a letter to the clerk of the house, James said as main photographer of the newspaper he was taking photos of president Charles Savarin as he addressed parliament for the first time. He was then told by a police officer, Inspector Ulando Cuffy, that he was not allowed to do so and he inquired who told to give such instructions.
"I packed my equipment and sat near a cameraman of the Government Information Service who was video-recording the proceedings of Parliament for broadcast," James wrote. "I then saw Mr Cuffy talking to the Honourable Speaker of the House of Assembly, Alix Boyd-Knights. Shortly afterwards, Mr Cuffy came to me and told me I had to leave the chair on which I was seated. I asked whether I could leave via a door a few feet away from where I was sitting. He responded by ordering me to walk through the gallery in full view of all the attendees of the meeting of Parliament."
James said he has been taking photos of the opening of parliament for two decades and is not aware that taking photos or reporting "has been restricted to certain government affiliated media houses."
He further stated that a letter inviting the Sun to parliament clearly stated that arrangements were being made to accommodate a reporter and a dress code was pointed out which "also applies to camera crew."
"I can also assure you that my conduct was not in any manner disorderly or disruptive to the proceedings," he wrote to the clerk.
But Boyd-Knights said there are certain rules which must be followed when it comes to house proceedings.
"People cannot just do what they want," she stated. "There are rules and all of us must obey the rules."
She read from Standing Order 83 saying, "the speaker may grant a general permission to the representative of any journal to attend the seating of the house under such rules as he, meaning he the speaker not the reporter of course, may from time to time for the purpose. If such rules are contravened, such permission may be revoked."
"And we had that revocation before," she stated. "If I am not mistaken, it is still in operation in that particular case."
The speaker said James committed a number of errors including entering the house through the wrong door while carrying bags and sitting in the cameraman's chair.
"Why did he pass through that door and who gave him permission to do so?" she asked. "Did he pass that ways because he wanted to enter the chamber with his bags knowing full well that bags would have been excluded from him …"
She continued, "Why does he thinks he has to sit in the chair of the cameraman when in fact he was told in his letter that he would be given sitting …. the letter specifically said a reporter, why did he think that he could just transform that reporter word into cameraman and appear here with his bag of camera tricks?"
She said some people would say James, in essence, sneaked into parliament. "Because he didn't come through where he was not supposed to come and that is wrong," she noted.
Boyd-Knights stated that James left the house and then told the world "that the speaker put him out."
"Now for the life of me, I cannot understand, you never had a conversation with the speaker, it was done through an intermediary and therefore before you opt and ran you would have clarified things with the speaker …. most genuine people would do this but he opted to take the measure," she stated.
She also pointed out the James has been in the house on many occasions and he is aware of the rules better than most.
(Dominica News)


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For more information on design guidelines, see the "Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries" book by Krzysztof Cwalina and Brad Abrams, published by Addison-Wesley, 2005.
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Implementing Finalize and Dispose to Clean Up Unmanaged Resources
Describes the recommended design pattern to implement in class libraries to clean up unmanaged resources using the Finalize and Dispose methods.
Timeout Usage
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Elmer Lach, a durable, undersize Hall of Fame center who used every one of his 165 pounds in becoming one of the National Hockey League's most combative players and in helping the Montreal Canadiens win three Stanley Cups more than 60 years ago, died on Saturday in Montreal. He was 97.
The Canadiens announced his death on their website. Lach had been the oldest living former N.H.L. player.
Lach (pronounced "Lock") was a member of the Canadiens' fabled Punch Line, playing center between Maurice Richard, a right wing known as the Rocket, and Hector Blake, known as Toe. The three, who got their collective name because of their scoring punch, were all inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, Lach in 1966.
Lach spent his entire N.H.L. career (1940-54) with the Canadiens, playing in an era when the league had only six teams, which made it all the more competitive. His teams won the Stanley Cup in 1944, 1946 and 1953. He twice led the league in scoring, he won the Hart Trophy in 1945 as the league's most valuable player, and he was voted to the All-Star team five times.
In 664 regular-season games — N.H.L. teams played only about 50 a season then — Lach scored 215 goals and had 408 assists for 623 points, retiring as the league's career scoring leader. In 76 playoff games, he had 19 goals and 45 assists.
In his last season, 1953-54, Lach took the celebrated rookie Jean Béliveau under his wing and won his admiration. Béliveau, who went on to become one of the N.H.L.'s greatest players, described Lach in his 1994 autobiography, "My Life in Hockey," as "one of the finest passers in the league."
"He could give you a quick, soft pass that would nestle on your stick," wrote Béliveau, who died late last year. "It just seemed to settle on the blade without a bounce."
Lach's last game was a 2-1 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings in the 1954 Stanley Cup finals. He said years later, "I would have given five years of my life to have scored just one more goal."
In 1953, his overtime goal gave the Canadiens a 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins and the Stanley Cup. He and Richard leapt into each other's arms in celebration and crashed to the ice. Lach emerged with a broken nose.
For him, a broken nose was nothing. In the first game of his second N.H.L. season, when he tried to minimize the impact of skidding into the boards, he shattered an elbow, broke a wrist and dislocated a shoulder. His season was over.
In later years, a fractured skull put him in a hospital for two months, and his jaw was fractured so badly that platinum wire was needed to hold it together. The wire was never removed.
In 1950, Jack Adams, the Detroit general manager, called Lach "the meanest, shrewdest, nastiest so-and-so in the league."
But he quickly added, "There is nobody in hockey today I'd rather have on my club."
Bill Hollett, an opposing defenseman known as Flash, said of Lach: "He had a trick of coming in under your arms when you were carrying the puck and hoisting you up off your feet. He crosschecked at your face and head all the time, too, and I have no sympathy for the, ah, fellow."
Lach never apologized for his aggressive hockey. "It's no game for little gentlemen," he told The Saturday Evening Post in 1950. "Those guys take the bread and butter out of my mouth when they beat me. Injuries are a part of hockey, and I guess if you don't want to get hurt, I figure you better not play."
Elmer James Lach was born on Jan. 22, 1918, in Nokomis, Saskatchewan. At 17, he was earning $200 a month in a senior league. At a slender 5 feet 9, he had to be tough, and he was.
When Lach was 20, a Toronto Maple Leafs scout wanted to sign him and Doug Bentley, another prospect from Saskatchewan. Conn Smythe, who owned the Leafs, had to approve.
"The scout must have told the Leafs we were big," Lach told The Montreal Gazette in 2002, "but we were both pretty small. Mr. Smythe didn't like that. He was not happy and sent us home."
The Canadiens signed him soon afterward.
After his playing career, Lach coached hockey for two years and then worked in sales and public relations. He lived in Pointe-Claire, a suburb of Montreal. His first wife, Kathleen, known as Kay, died in 1985. His second wife, Lise, died in October. His survivors include two stepdaughters, Canadian news organizations reported.
Lach was the last surviving member of the Punch Line; Blake died in 1995 and Richard in 2000. At Richard's funeral, Lach said: "My right arm is gone. I'm the last one left."


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Published on The Ventura County Star in Business on March 19, 2016
Flight school OK'd to issue licenses
Camarillo-based Channel Islands Aviation Flight School has received examination approval from the Federal Aviation Authority, the family-owned business said.
FAA examination authority means flight school has the privilege to conduct end-of-course checks and testing for student pilots and to issue pilot licenses. An outside FAA-designated pilot examiner previously had to conduct the exam.
"One advantage of receiving examination approval is the scheduling end-of-course checks. We don't have to wait for an outside examiner's schedule to coincide with a test date," said David Koble, the flight school's chief flight instructor, who will be issuing pilot certifications. "We can streamline student activities and the test dates. It's more expedient."
Started in 1976, the Channel Islands Aviation Flight School offers private pilot, instrument rating, commercial single engine, certified flight instructor, and advanced ground instructor courses. A youth aviation academy is offered in the summer.


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After Henry Hill took his first pinch in Goodfellas, Jimmy Conway praised young Henry in the courtroom for learning and personifying the Mafia code: "Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut." While certainly one of the great bro-quotes in movie history, I don't think I'm venturing too far out on a limb to suggest that the SEC would take issue with that code. In fact, the SEC imposes its own code on its registrants, and that code can be found in SEC Rule 204A-1.
The code I'm speaking of is the code of ethics, and each federally-registered advisor is required to have one. Contrary to the mafia's code, the SEC's version requires supervised persons to always rat on their friends (and themselves), and never keep their mouth shut. In regulatory-speak, all supervised persons are required to promptly report any violations of the firm's code of ethics to the CCO. But what must a code of ethics include?
In principle, a code of ethics must hold all supervised persons to a fiduciary standard of business conduct and require compliance with applicable federal securities laws. "Access persons" (distinct from "supervised persons") must report their personal securities transactions and holdings, and somebody must be tasked with reviewing those transactions and holdings. Lastly, the code must actually be provided to all supervised persons who in turn must acknowledge in writing they've received it.
Before going any further, it's important to address the distinction between "supervised persons" and "access persons." The former is a broader category of folks that includes:
"any partner, officer, director (or other person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions), or employee of an investment advisor, or other person who provides investment advice on behalf of the investment advisor and is subject to the supervision and control of the investment advisor."
The latter includes anybody in the former category that also:
"has access to nonpublic information regarding any clients' purchase or sale of securities, or nonpublic information regarding the portfolio holdings of any reportable fund, or who is involved in making securities recommendations to clients, or who has access to such recommendations that are nonpublic."
All directors, officers and partners are presumed to be access persons if the firm's primary business is providing investment advice.
All access persons are supervised persons, but not all supervised persons are necessarily access persons. The distinction is worth a tailored analysis, because certain provisions of Rule 204A-1 are applicable only to access persons.
Most notably, only access persons are required to submit personal securities transactions and holdings reports. The reality is that many supervised persons will likely be access persons as well, but it is not a distinction without a difference.
The SEC is essentially calling for heightened scrutiny of supervised persons that also have access to nonpublic information or who make securities recommendations to clients… and therefore may be in a position to use that information for their own benefit instead of for the benefit of clients. All of the other required provisions of the code other than reporting, however, are applicable to all supervised persons.
The required contents of holdings and transaction reports are spelled out in the Rule, but remember that holdings reports must be provided by each access person within ten days of them becoming an access person and annually thereafter. Transaction reports must be provided by each access person no later than thirty days after each calendar quarter.
Reporting is not required for securities over which the access person has no direct or indirect influence or control, or for transactions effected pursuant to an automatic investment plan (e.g. dividend reinvestment or auto-rebalance, etc.). Participation in IPOs and limited offerings must be pre-cleared.
Two other definitions are worth noting: "reportable securities" and "beneficial ownership". The nuance of both determines what needs to be included in personal securities transactions and holdings reports submitted by access persons.
Reportable securities are essentially all securities with the exceptions enumerated in the Rule, the most impactful exception being open-end mutual funds not advised by the advisor or in a control relationship with the advisor. In other words, an access person investing solely in certain mutual funds (or other excluded securities) may not necessarily need to submit holdings or transaction reports. The beneficial ownership definition essentially results in reporting by immediate family members sharing the same household with the access person.
The good news is that there are several third-party vendors that will establish electronic feeds with your access persons' personal brokerage firms to receive automated transaction and holding data, and flag any code violations. This is certainly more efficient than manually reviewing paper copies of brokerage statements and trade confirms received in the mail.
A final point: Rule 204A-1 represents the minimum of what an advisor must adopt in its code of ethics. Many firms go beyond this minimum to address such controls as transaction preclearance, short-term trading prohibitions, and black-out periods. Each advisor's code will therefore be unique and should be tailored to the nature of the advisor's business.


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Resilient Foster is a new feature on Don't Die Afraid that highlights individuals who have a connection with the foster care system. These individuals will share with us their experiences as a foster child, parent, or advocate. This feature was spurred by a post about foster care on Monica's page (the Monica, as in The Boy is Mine Monica).
The comment section was filled with stories from those impacted by the foster care system. I instantly knew that their stories couldn't remain in the comment section, they needed a larger platform so people can read about their resilience and learn ways to get involved. After that, I reached out to all of them and a select view responded sharing their interest in my project; and that is how I gave birth to "Resilient Foster", these stories are truly dynamic and will be debuting on the blog soon.
If you know someone who has a connection to foster care that would like to be included in this feature series, please tell him or her to e-mail me at email@example.com
Q. Hi Genesia, tell me a little about your childhood.
A. I was born in Mobile, Alabama. Because of the lifestyle my mother lived I moved to Arlington, AL with my great-grandmother at the age of 2. I lived with my great grandmother until she died in 1999. At the time I was about 11 years old. After her death my cousin decided to take me in but I guess I was too much for her so one day she told me that we were going to Mobile, AL on vacation. When we got to Mobile I was dropped off at my uncle's apartment to visit. On Sunday I waited to be picked up, so I could go back home and little did I know, that was not happening.
The fact that they didn't even have a heart to tell me that I wasn't going back with them really hurt me. I felt abandoned and till this day I still deal with abandonment. My other grandmother lived in Mobile and had been taking care of my brother and sister. So I moved in the house with her but within two weeks there was a social worker at the door step to pick me up. I'm like wtf is going on here? Finally, my grandmother tells me that I will be going to foster care. Of course I was like why do I have to go? You keeping my brother and sister, why can't I stay? So then I ended up in foster care.
Q. Oh my, that's really messed up of your cousin and grandmother. The least they could have done was communicated with you their thought process. I deal with abandonment issues too so I totally connect with you on that. How was your foster care experience?
A. I think my foster care experience was different from most. I started out in a group home where I stayed for 30 days and then I went into my first foster home. That experience was horrible. She didn't really care if I ate, if I went to school, if I came home, or anything. All she cared about was her check coming every month. One night she left me outside overnight so I had to go to a neighbor's house and spend the night until I was able to contact my social worker. Of course I was moved from that home.
My second foster home only lasted a couple of months. I can't really remember what went wrong there. All I know is that she said she didn't want to be a foster parent anymore so I was moved. I went to my third home which was a white family. I was only able to stay there for 90 days. I loved them. It was a married couple with five kids of their own the oldest being 15. They were all on swim teams, which was exciting because that's how I learned how to swim. They treated me like their own; I really did not want to leave them but it was only a 90 day placement.
Q. Why was it only a 90 day thing? If that is the home that you felt the most comfortable, why couldn't you stay there permanently?
A. It's called a conditional home. It's to see how you react in a home with other kids. Their home is limited to 90 days for any child that stays there. When I was leaving another child was moving in.
Then I moved on to my fourth home. Gosh I don't know how to put this one into words. The first year I cried I almost every night. Going into the second year I just accepted that I was stuck with them and I just needed to make the best of it. I stayed with them for the longest.
Q. It just really blows my mind that you loved your third home but was only able to stay there for 90 days but then you hated your fourth home and you were forced to stay there for three years.
A. It depends on how many times you have been moved around. When I was moved there they said that was my last option. They didn't believe me when I said I wasn't happy living there. During my third year with them, an incident occurred and I never went back.One morning I was getting ready to go to school and my foster dad could not find his car keys. I was sitting on the couch waiting for him to take me to school. To make a long story short the keys ended up being in the couch I was sitting on. He flipped! And it went downhill from there. When I got to school that day I called my social worker and I told her I was not going back. If she didn't come get me I was going to run away. She came and got me from school that day and she could not believe what happened so I moved on to my fifth home.
My fifth home was a married couple with four kids of their own. I loved living there. I moved in with them my senior year of high school. So the stay wasn't long but it was great. After graduation I moved from Mobile to Huntsville to attend Alabama A&M University in Fall 2004. When I got to college I was determined to graduate and I proudly did in May 2011.
Q.How has your experience helped you grow and develop into the amazing person you are today?
A. My experience has made me a strong person. I learned that I have control of my life and I determine what I get out of life. It made me very open and comfortable to connect with other people. I can literally talk to anybody.
Q. That's a very profound outlook since you didn't have control over a lot of the situations you were placed in as a child. If you could share one treasure of advice/encouragement to children in foster care or parents raising a foster child, who are possibly going through what you went through, what would you say to them?
A. To a foster parent : don't give up on the child at any point. It's already hard trusting people because we have been let down by our own family members. We will come around eventually we just have to feel comfortable that you want leave is when it get hard.
To a foster child: no matter where you come from don't let anyone in the world hold your pen and write your story for you. You can do anything in this world you want to do!
"Don't let anyone in the world hold your pen and write your story for you."
Q. What are some other ways people can help make the lives of foster children safer and happier?
A. Love us and show us that you believe in us!
Q.From reading your story and hearing about all the instability you had to deal with growing up, it is clear that you are resilient and living the motto, "Don't Die Afraid", what motivates you to get through the difficult times?
I think about those nights I cried when I was younger and I look at how far I have come! I thank God every day I open my eyes! He has really bought me through my darkest times. I can't think of not one thing God has not delivered me from!


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When you're looking for the best places to buy tires, there's certainly no shortage of places you could shop. Your choices include warehouse clubs, online tire merchants, discount tire shops, independent retailers and more.
With all the choices out there, your head might be spinning at maximum revolutions per minute — just like your tires.
But don't worry: We've got some new guidance for you about the very best places to buy tires.
Where is the best place to buy tires?
Want the best experience and price when it comes to purchase and installation?
Consumer Reports polled nearly 50,000 of its subscribers who bought tires recently. They asked about who offered the best cost, selection, sales service and free perks.
Those free perks were defined as including tire rotation, tire balancing, tire mounting, road-hazard warranties and vehicle inspections.
Other metrics the magazine had its readers grade tire retailers on included the quality of installation, wait time for installation, cleanliness of the waiting area, checkout ease and return/exchange policies.
One note: Obviously, you won't get installation if you buy online from someone like Amazon. That metric wasn't figured in for the online retailers.
"Buying tires has never been so cost-competitive so it very important to comparison shop," money expert Clark Howard says. "Service after the sale is really important, especially if you live in city with lots of potholes."
These tire retailers do it best
The prices below reflect median price per tire when purchasing four tires at the same retailer. This number includes installation and balancing fees.
(N/A indicates that the sample size was too small to accurately calculate a median price.)
|Les Schwab Tire Centers
|Discount Tire
|Independent retailers
|Fountain Tire
|Tire Barn
|Belle Tire Distributors
Visit ConsumerReports.com to see the complete list with full rankings on more than 30 retailers.
Looking for the best deal on tires right now? Check out the latest tire discounts.
A deeper dive into a few of the best places to buy tires
Let's take a closer look at the three cheapest tire sellers in the Consumer Reports survey: TireBuyer.com, Costco Wholesale and Belle Tire Distributors.
We're purposely skipping independent retailers even though they're only $1 more expensive than Costco. That's because it's impossible to generalize about them as a group.
Likewise, we're also ignoring the cheapest quote from Amazon.com because it doesn't offer any sort of service; you would just buy tires and then have to put them on yourself.
Despite being an online seller, TireBuyer.com offers installation of tires through a partnership with 9,000 shops nationwide.
When it comes to variety, TireBuyer has a robust slate of 4 million tires for sale. The full lineup of brands includes Michelin, B.F. Goodrich, Uniroyal, Cooper, Continental, Hankook, Kumho, Firestone, Toyo and Bridgestone, among others.
In addition, here are some other top selling points for TireBuyer:
- Free delivery on all tires — usually same-day or next-day service
- Guaranteed installation rates
- 45-day easy returns
- Free return shipping
- Installation satisfaction guarantee
Costco Wholesale
With more than 530 warehouse club locations, Costco Wholesale offers the right combination of access and price.
Costco's selection may not be the largest, but there's a big emphasis on staple brands like Michelin, Bridgestone and B.F. Goodrich, among others.
Several times a year, the warehouse club will even discount select brands of tires by $70 to $80 and offer 1-cent installation per tire (regularly $15 per tire).
Plus, with every installation job, you'll get the following thrown in at no cost:
- Inflation pressure checks — free for the life of the tire
- Tire balancing — free for the life of the tire
- Tire rotations — free for the life of the tire
- Flat repairs — free for the life of the tire
- Five-year road hazard warranty — included with purchase
One drawback is that Costco will not do alignments, so that is something to consider. Here are 7 things you should know before getting new tires at Costco.
"I buy my tires at Costco when they offer the double discount of penny installation and an additional incentive for using my Costco Visa card," Clark Howard notes. "That works out to be a savings of $130!"
Clark.com readers share their experiences buying tires from Costco
Dan P. recently wrote in to share a tip gleaned from his years buying tires at Costco.
"Tire shops like to sell what they have in stock, Costco is no exception. I've started checking with the tire manufacturer to confirm their recommendation," Dan writes. "I have Costco special order my tires. You will get a better tire (road noise and handling). I found out after noticing my new tires did not perform as well and went to the tire maker's web page to research."
Meanwhile, remember that five-year road hazard warranty that we mentioned a moment ago?
Another reader named Ray W. wanted to share his experience with that. He likes to do his own tire rotations, but he cautions that will void the warranty.
"It has to be done professionally [along with] the associated costs. And if you use the free Costco service to rotate your tires, be prepared to spend a good one to two hours," Ray W. notes.
Have any other tips you want to share with us about buying tires at Costco or any of these other retailers? Leave a comment below!
Belle Tire Distributors
Belle Tire is a regional tire shop with more than 130 locations throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
The tri-state area tire shop offers a full line-up of tires and wheels, including Wagner, Voxx, Uniroyal, Monroe, Toyo, Sumitomo, Kelly, Goodyear and Michelin, among others.
Belle Tire is also a full-service shop. So in addition to doing your alignment, they also deal with suspension, brakes, auto glass, oil changes and other services.
Final thought
Though they weren't included in the Consumer Reports list, honorary mentions should go to Sam's Club and TireRack.com.
Sam's Club offers something no other shop offers to our knowledge — emergency roadside tire service with your purchase.
For three years from purchase, Sam's Club members have 24-hour toll-free access for emergency tire change service. Apparently, they will send a truck to come deal with your flat on the side of the road.
TireRack.com, meanwhile, has long been recommended by money expert Clark Howard as being among the cheapest places to buy tires.
Finally, if you're looking for the best tires to put on your vehicle, we've got suggestions broken down by type and price point — best all-season, best performance, best winter/snow tire and more — right here.


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A friend of ours had an opportunity that she couldn't pass up. A local shopkeeper was relocating and Anne jumped at the chance to takeover the space, rebrand the biz, launch her dream.
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In the early days of the NoDAPL resistance at Standing Rock, even before the official existence of Water Protector Legal Collective, National Lawyers Guild attorneys (who later became WPLC board members) Bruce Ellison, Rachel Lederman and Jeff Haas represented certain Water Protectors in connection with a civil suit filed by Dakota Access, LLC on August 15, 2016.
The lawsuit sought a judgement against seven named Water Protectors as well as an unspecified number of John and Jane Doe defendants that served as placeholders for future named defendants. Its aim was to permanently enjoin the defendants from "interfering" with DAPL's ability to build the pipeline. DAPL also sought the court's affirmation of its entitlement to construct the pipeline and asked for money damages, court costs and "any other relief the Court deems proper."
"When we arrived at Standing Rock in September 2016, DAPL was seeking to use the federal court to enjoin anyone from protesting at or near its worksite at Highway 1806," recalled Haas. "Our defendants did not agree to being restricted to a 'free speech zone' and we sought the lifting of the Temporary Restraining Order and denial of a preliminary injunction. The judge ultimately decided that the federal court could not be used to enforce a matter more properly brought before the state court, and dismissed the case."
The suit, successfully quashed by the three attorneys who now all serve on WPLC's board, was a classic SLAPP suit. SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, and is a meritless lawsuit brought to retaliate against citizens who speak on matters of public concern in order to intimidate or silence them. SLAPP suits are such a recognized tactic in suppressing dissent that a majority of states in the U.S. have enacted anti-SLAPP suit acts.
"SLAPP suits are a threat to the right to assemble and to engage in free speech, and have historically been used against strikers in a picket line, or demonstrators at a protest," Haas explained. "The entity that claims their functioning is being interfered with tries to get an injunction against everyone including unnamed parties as a quick way to try to stop people from effectively demonstrating. They sometimes add money damages as a way to bolster the claim of daily harm. But the main aim is to have the court enjoin the protestors from protesting, and jail them if they continue to do so in violation of the injunction. Our intervention prevented that."


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The first of the 'Burgh's two long-running festivals to return is the Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (www.plgfs.org), now in its 25th year. The fest runs Oct. 15-24, and will offer 22 full-length films. Opening night is a double-header, with the historical lesbian drama, Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, and a new Caspar Andreas film, Violet Tendencies, starring Facts of Life's Mindy Cohen. To celebrate its silver anniversary, the fest has programmed several classic gay-themed films, including The Killing of Sister George (1968), La Cage aux Folles (1978) and the 1990 AIDS weepie Longtime Companion.
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An officer taunted a criminal, who tried to kill him and his son during a traffic stop, as the offender was jailed for life.
Not in the ordinary way though, with jeers and calls, but with a tube of personalised lubricant, telling the 21-year-old convict he was going 'to need a lot of this'.
The convict in question, 21-year-old Kevin Rojas, was smug at his sentencing court appearance on Wednesday, after being convicted of multiple charges of attempted first-degree murder, attempted manslaughter, two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, grand theft auto and fleeing.
The crimes were committed when the officer in question – who's remained anonymous – was taking his son to school in March of 2016, when he noticed Rojas driving erratically, according to News4JAX.
The cop pulled Rojas over, but when Rojas got out of the car, he immediately opened fire on the cop.
The officer was struck in the face, stomach and hand, though his son was not hit.
He began to shoot back but the criminal fled in a nearby truck to his home, where he barricaded himself in.
Police officers shot through a glass door in his home, hitting him in the torso, leg and hand in order to get him to drop his gun.
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I will take those bullets instead of a fellow officer and an innocent bystander.
When I brought the fight back to you, you ran like a coward. Obviously that day changed my life, and it will never be the same.
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Rojas declined to speak in court and there were no character witnesses at his hearing to mitigate his sentencing.


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We are a complete vintage photography studio with our studio located near Phoenix Arizona. We have been creating pinups since 2007 and we have specifically crafted a unique look similar to the great pinup artists' of the 40's & 50's like Gil Elvgrn, George Petty and Art Frahm. We also take inspiration from Bunny Yeager, Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Ava Gardner, Jayne Mansfield and of course, Betty Page.
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Pride in our work and your satisfaction are always first and foremost here at the studio. All of our clients get the full glam experience including professional hair and makeup, access to our props, posing instructions during your shoot by our woman owned photographer, editing on your selected images at the end of your shoot along with our signature editing along with some digital finesse!
What about payment?
We only accept cash or credit/debit cards.
Can I bring alcohol?
If you feel the need to have some liquid courage to help you get in the zone, please be responsible! We will not offer a second shoot if you are unhappy with your expressions because you had too much.
How old do I have to be?
You have to be 18, so bring some ID or a parent/guardian!
How can I use my images?
We maintain all rights to all images taken at our studio. Your images are for personal use only! If you wish to use the images for self promotion or commercial use, you must contact us first so we can discuss commercial usage rights.
I am convinced, where do I sign up?
Call or email to see when we can set your itinerary up. We tend to book a month in advance, so book early! It is best to call us first to check availability.
What are your available time slots?
Please see our CONTACTS page for the time slots available. If you are interested in having one of the sessions, book early because they go quick!
Is being a little late okay?
Nope! Our shooting schedule is pretty packed, so if you show up late, you will make the next person late and so on down the list. If you are going to be late, you will lose time and that is no way to have fun. It may be better to reschedule. We do this because we want everyone to get the same amount of attention and it wouldn't be fair to the next person if they were on time. Sorry :\
What should I bring to the session?
We do request that you bring your own undergarments or black boy shorts, high heel shoes or cowboy boots, combat boots, and anything special that your significant other really likes. It also helps to bring along special shirts or uniform accessories that are specific to the look you are going for. Don't forget to bring some cash for TIPS!
How do I prepare for the session?
Once you place your deposit, we will send you our guide which is packed full of great tips from lessons learned. It is geared to make your time with us the best possible.
I have never modeled before, how will I know what to do?
Relax! All of the women on our website are just like you. They have never performed professional modeling either. Our staff is here to make you look your best and set you up for success. We have some favorite poses that we use and are always trying something a little different with each session so that it is unique to you. We would never ask you to do something that is impossible or downright crazy!
Do you photograph nudes?
Well, we do not take pictures with exposed genitalia. That being said, sometimes our clients like to expose their breasts occasionally, which is fine with us as long as it remains tasteful and beautiful.
I am not sure how to be a pin up model. Is there anywhere I can go to find out more information?
Yup. As we mentioned above, once you place your deposit with us, we will send you a link to watch a video on posing pin up style. You can also search YouTube for pin up posing and see scores of videos. They will help you get an idea of what to expect and you can also practice your favorite ones. This will help you get the most out of your session with us because the faster you move with poses, the more posing you can get on camera.
What about my stretch marks, moles, acne, scars or weight?
We use some very awesome software on our tip top computers to manipulate photos. Generally speaking, we can easily remove flaws if you would like. Some women prefer to keep them as "battle" wounds. We can shave a little weight off of you, but the best thing is to have a true representation of yourself.
How long will my session last?
Each package has a set amount of time built into them. They generally last about 3 hours because getting the hair & makeup usually takes about 90 minutes to complete before you get in front of our camera.
What about cancelling?
Excellent question. We ask that you notify us at least seven days before your session. Your deposit is non-refundable because of us reserving that slot for you, but what we will do is move that amount to your new date without any penalties as long as it is within 30 days.
How will you use my pictures?
In our contract, we inform you that we may use your images on our website or other promotional areas. We will never sell your pictures to a stock image warehouse or for profit somewhere else. If we do, we will cut you in on the deal! You can also elect to not have your images displayed publically as some of our previous clients have wished.
What if I want to print, sell or use my pictures somewhere?
We give you joint copyright of your images. What this means is that you can use them wherever you would like, they are yours after all. The only thing we ask is that you give us credit for the shoot. Tagging us on Facebook or some other credit is required. If you want to sell one of your pictures or someone wants to buy one, you must call us first so that there is no copyright infringement.
Do you have discounts if we want to throw a pin up party?
Of course! We will build a package for your group! Our studio is portable and we can come to your house, office, or to be really cool, get a hotel room for us to drag our stuff down to it! There is a travel fee involved if we have to drag our gear around though. Sorry :(