| 15.__Investment adviser. "Investment adviser" means a person  | 
| that, for compensation, engages in the business of advising  | 
| others, either directly or through publications or writings, as  | 
| to the value of securities or the advisability of investing in,  | 
| purchasing or selling securities or that, for compensation and as  | 
| a part of a regular business, issues or promulgates analyses or  | 
| reports concerning securities. "Investment adviser" includes a  | 
| financial planner or other person that, as an integral component  | 
| of other financially related services, provides investment advice  | 
| to others for compensation as part of a business or that holds  | 
| itself out as providing investment advice to others for  | 
| compensation. "Investment adviser" does not include: |