FINRA: Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change to Adopt a Supplemental Liquidity Schedule, and Instructions Thereto, Pursuant to FINRA Rule 4524 (Supplemental FOCUS Information) (Release No. 34-92561; File No. SR-FINRA-2021-009)
https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/finra/2021/34-92561.pdf
tl:dr of section: This was already punted once for comment, but the commission has what it needs now and is approving the rule change.
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tl:dr of section: FINRA names information they are going to require collected (total available collateral in the member’s custody, margin and non-purpose loans, collateral securing margin loans, etc.) of any member with $25 million or more in free credit balances and each member whose aggregate amount outstanding under repurchase agreements, securities loan contracts and bank loans is equal to or greater than $1 billion, as reported on the member’s most recently filed FOCUS report, as required to file the SLS and provide this information. Oh, this is on a monthly basis now...
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TL:DR - New reporting rule on collecting information about total available collateral in the member’s custody, margin and non-purpose loans, collateral securing margin loans, etc. for 85-100 broker-dealers FINRA is decidedly worried about in a liquidity stress event...
It will be an expensive hobby if no one ever finds your AirTag, but it’s going to happen, perhaps first among trust fund kids.
I was digging through an old hard drive and found this poem written by Douglas when he was 17. A quick internet search reminded me that it was actually found back in 2014 when an archivist found a series of books featuring poems written as part of the initiation to the uppper-sixth's literary society, Candlesticks. The poems were written between 1950 and 1983 which spanned the years Douglas attended the school and she managed to find his. Here is an article on the finding of the lost poem.
"A Dissertation on the task of writing a poem on a candle and an account of some of the difficulties thereto pertaining"
by Douglas Adams, January 1970
.
I resisted temptation for this declamation
To reach out to literary height
For high aspiration in such an oration
Would seem quite remarkably trite:
So I thought something pithy and succinct and clever
Was exactly the right thing to write.
.
For nights I sat musing
And musing ... and musing
Whilst burning the midnight oil;
My scratchings seemed futile
My muse seemed quite mute, while
My work proved to be barren toil.
.
I puzzled and thought and wrestled and fought
'Till my midnight oil was exhausted,
So I furthered my writing by dim candle lighting,
And found, to my joy, this of course did
The trick, for I flowered,
My work - candle-powered –
Was inspired, both witty and slick.
.
Pithy and polished, my writing demolished
Much paper, as I beguiled
Myself with some punning,
(My word play was stunning,)
I wrote with the wit of a Wilde.
.
At length it was finished, the candle diminished,
I pondered and let my pride burn
At the great acclamation, the standing ovation
Its first public reading would earn.
.
But lost in the rapture of anticipation
And thinking how great was my brilliant creation
I quite failed to note as I gazed into space
That incendiary things were about to take place:
That which had ignited my literary passion,
Was about to ignite what my passion had fashion'd.
.
And - oh! - all was lost in a great conflagration
And I just sat there and said 'Hell and damnation',
For the rest of the night and the following day.
(My muse in the meantime had flitted away
Alarmed, no doubt, at the ornamentation
My language acquired with increased consternation.
.
So unhaply the fruits of my priceless endeavour
Are lost to the literary world forever.
For now I offer this poem in
... keep reading on reddit ➡Last paragraph of chapter 3...such a great line.
Age 13:
Cause of almost death: anaphylaxis due to drug allergy.
Emotional affect: panicked.
Almost last words: "Please help me, I don't want to die!"
Internal reflections in perceived final moments: "I bet there isn't a heaven. I bet it's reincarnation. I'm going to forget everything I've learned. Or I'll just stop existing. I'm never going to see my sisters again."
Witnesses present: Grandmother, Mother, military hospital doctors and nurses.
Statements of witnesses "Pray, mijita!", "SOMEBODY HELP MY DAUGHTER CAN'T BREATHE!" "Hold her still for the injection."
Age 20:
Cause of almost death: manual strangulation
Emotional affect: Neutral
Almost last words: "Why do you want to kill me? ...I don't think it's a good idea. You'll get in trouble. *retching sounds* Sorry."
Internal reflections: Sense of disappointment and pity. "So. This is how it ends. I wish I could tell the jury that I don't believe in the death penalty. Poor guy. I feel bad for his parents. I guess it's my roommate who will discover my body. I hope he doesn't kill her too. I wish I could live more. I wish this could be accomplished without me making those embarrassing dry-heaving sounds."
Witnesses present: Boyfriend (now husband)
Statements of witness: I'm going to kill you. I'm really going to kill you...Because I love you. ...I don't care. I'm serious, I'm really going to kill you. I'm really going to kill you. I'm serious. I'm serious, I'm seriously going to kill you. ...Hahaha. That was a prank. ...That was weird, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to carry it so far. You need to stand up for yourself. I would have stopped if you acted just a little bit scared. ...That was your fault, your reaction was really weird.
Age 31:
Cause of almost death: Car wreck.
Emotional affect: Angry
Almost last words: Fuck!; No! I'm not [okay]!
Internal reflections: I told him to stop driving so recklessly with his pregnant wife in the car...
Witnesses present: Husband
Statements of Witness: Are you ok are you ok are you ok are you ok?
Age 31:
Cause of almost death: undiagnosed condition resulting in sudden extreme localized pain in lower right abdominal quadrant, and profuse vomiting, in first trimester of pregnancy.
Emotional affect: inconsolable
Almost last words: [Screaming], [groaning] + Something is really wrong with me. It really hurts. I can't move. Please take me to the hospital. Please. Please get out of bed. Please call an ambulance. Please help me. Can you take me to the h
... keep reading on reddit ➡Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP0]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP0] is a member of the committee.
Throwaway in an effort to keep this post as diplomatic and unbiased as possible; and, no, I'm not an Auvik employee.
We recently reached out to Auvik as a potential suitor for a more robust NMM platform to replace our existing PRTG instances, and after about two weeks of toy box time with the product, we are quickly approaching the end of our trial.
My team and I have been quite pleased with the product, its support, and the transparency of both our sales person and his managers and directors. Auvik does exactly what it is advertised as being capable of doing, it is well-documented, and support is incredibly responsive - so much so that we were able to get nearly ten sites turned up and fine-tuned in just a few days' time with no more than a "oh yeah, duh..." moment here and there.
Therein lies the premise to my question.
Something that came to light during final contract negotiation was a $500 on-boarding fee. Although not a significant amount of money relatively speaking, I wanted to reach out to the hive to see if anyone else has been through Auvik's on-boarding process, and if so, what your experience has been. We've been through our fair share of on-boardings in the past with other products - some great, while others quite lacking. It seems all companies (ITGlue, Autotask, Connectwise, N-Able, etc.) charge some sort of on-boarding fee, but with Auvik being so straight-forward and easy to implement -- almost 'off-the-shelf,' if you will -- what was your overall takeaway from the 'on-boarding' you received after you signed on the dotted line? Was it worth the cost?
Discuss.
I will try to make this as brief as possible, but I need to get this all out and hope people can provide me some advice/guidance based on their past experiences.
I started dating my wife in November 2005. I had just graduated college and she was just finishing up. It wasn't love at first sight, but once we got going, we moved fast. After several months of dating I moved out of my parents' home and we moved into an apartment together. When we were great we were great; but when we fought, we fought hard (never physically). We are both very passionate, strong-willed persons, me probably more so then her. As for more of me, I'm like I think a lot of men in that I get jealous at time, possessive at times, and this has led to issues. I also have probably an older mindset as to relationship appropriateness. I don't think its okay for my girl to go to a club and dance with other men. I think its not appropriate in that sense since its essentially her grinding on some guys junk. But I digress.
I have always had "trust issues." I am not a just believe sort of person. I have little faith (in people or the divine) and I am a very factual person. Essentially, I am a cynic who needs hard evidence. One of my earliest memories is me recounting to her how my ex-girlfriend had cheated on me. My wife, then-girlfriend, unequivocally told me that she had never cheated on anyone before and would never cheat on me. That was an amazing pronouncement to me.
So about a year after we moved in together we got engaged. At the time, we were both working as non-lawyers in different law firms since it was our goals to go to law school and become lawyers (shocking right?). We entered law school (same school) in the fall of 2007 and were married in summer of 2008. During law school we were in a competition together and we had several coaches. One of these coaches and my wife became closer then I would like, and I began calling her out on it. She kept trying to convince me I was crazy, possessive, and controlling. But I continued as I felt shady shit even in my presence, but still nothing overt. Long story short on that end, they apparently fooled around at our school and met at a hotel once for sex.
I found out about this because nothing felt right to me and so I started digging around. Thanks to BigGoogle, I uncovered conversations she had with her friend recounting the affair. The "S" hit the fan, but we were just about to hit our 1 year anniversary and she was asha
... keep reading on reddit ➡
Just signed up for Bumble, which is similar to Tinder (i.e., a "swipe" site as opposed to question and match like OKCupid), with the interesting catch that once you get a match, the woman has to initiate the conversation first, within 24 hours, or the match is discarded. (There are other provisions for same-sex matches.) I guess the idea is to cut down on the number of unsolicited dick pics women tend to get in these places.
I like it, seems to have a lot more users in my area in the burbs than OKCupid does. One very obvious difference between the two is the focus on body image and wealth in Bumble. Every profile has a professional shot or carefully crafted selfie in soft focus, followed by a pic of them fully made up doing aerial yoga while on a boat off the coast of Santorini. So, so many investment bankers and PR directors. I wanna say, don't any of you women not give a shit about working out, and/or not have full makeup on all the time? Seems like question and match sites attract a more diverse array of lifestyles. Maybe that's just the nature of swipe sites.
