#SEC EDGAR

[dinerfries]

yay ^_^

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An assortment of Bangarry eepers from over the years… my soft guys with no trauma whatsoever (<- lie) <3

[arushibhandari]

Financial Statements Staleness

There are four main financial statements:

Balance sheets;

Income statements;

Cash flow statements; and

Statements of shareholders’ equity.

Financial statements are considered stale when they are too old to be used in a filing such as a registration statement or periodic filings such as 10-K, 10-Q, proxy and others required by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Per Regulation C, Rule 417, if the staleness date falls on a holiday or weekend, then the staleness date is extended to the next business day, see SEC Financial Reporting Manual . The age of financial statements is based on the effective date of the filing. The SEC Staff has a policy against commencing review of a filing if the financial statements are stale on the filing date.

The statelessness date for companies with December 31 as fiscal year end looking to do an Initial Public Offering (IPO), the year end financials become stale 135 days after year end. For example a company with December 31, 2022 as fiscal year end should make sure it is registered with the SEC by May 15th (134 days subsequent to December 31 is May 14th and since May 14th falls on a weekend the staleness date is extended to May 15th) - refer to "What is the 135 days rule ?" below.

For companies which are already public, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has divided these into the following filing statuses based on their market cap and reporting history. These companies are subject to periodic reporting requirements and must file annual, quarterly and other current reports with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The financial statement staleness dates of each vary based on their filing status.

Large accelerated filers

Accelerated filers

Non-accelerated filers

Smaller reporting companies

"What is the 135 days rule ?" Under the 135 day rule an auditor cannot give negative assurance for 135 days or more since the last balance sheet date for which the auditor has performed an audit or review.  Under the 135-day rule negative assurance is available up to and including the 134th day. Since the type of comfort that auditors would be willing to provide will be limited henceafter, it is important for companies  to pay particular attention to the financial reporting cycle and factor this in with the deal timeline. Most underwriters will often be unwilling to proceed with the deal if they do not receive negative assurance.

About The Author

Arushi Bhandari is an MBA and a licensed CPA in the state of California. She has helped several Silicon Valley startups at different stages with their accounting, going public and tax related issues. Her publications eBooks - STARTUP Financing, Equity and Tax and Introduction to Equity Compensation are available on Apple iBookstore, Amazon Kindle and Google Play. She maintains a public blog at www.startuptaxaccounting.com and has guest blogged at different startup platforms such as The Startup Garage and Belmont Acquisitions.

DISCLAIMER: The information provided is intended to educate the readers and a more definite answer should be based on a consultation with a lawyer or CPA. It should not be relied upon as legal advise because the information might be incomplete and answers could change depending upon circumstances and if all facts were known.

[odetojupiter]

i’ve been talking a lot about numbers and symbolism lately but i thought for a sec id just address one thing ive not seen anyone mention: the general symbolic meanings of foxes versus ravens.

foxes tend to represent cunning, intelligence, and adaptability. this is obviously so perfect for the foxes because their small team status means a lot of the time they have to outsmart their opponents because otherwise they’ll burn out before the end of the match: e.g. neil’s methods of evading his marks, allison and andrew side stepping the ball when they knew it wouldn’t make the goal, renee switching positions and andrew playing full games, neil switching to backliner in the championships game, kevin switching to his left hand with no warning after playing right handed all year. this demonstrates adaptability (after losing seth and then andrew missing a few months), cunning (ways of evading or deceiving opponents), and intelligence, (swapping neil to defence to run riko ragged). in lots of folklore, foxes use wit to outsmart and beat their opponents, which we see in the books a lot.

ravens on the other hand, are commonly seen as an omen of death: more specifically than that though, they represent loss (though not in all cultures, some see ravens as a sign of good fortune). but considering the edgar allan ravens are explicitly named after edgar allan poe’s poem the raven, it’s obvious the symbol of the raven leans into the idea of loss rather than good fortune in the series. which is why it’s ironic that the ravens are the undefeated team in the league, but considering this representation of ravens, their defeat at the hands of the cunning and adaptable foxes appears almost foreshadowed. (which is funny, because is some cultures ravens symbolise prophecy and foresight, so tie that in with the theme of loss and suddenly riko probably should’ve seen his defeat coming (that’s a joke)

AND WAIT i offhandedly decided to search whether seeing dead foxes has a symbolic meaning and this is what google told me (summarising across several sources): seeing a dead fox is a sign of a cycle of your life ending, it represents future growth and transformation. coming a cross a dead fox can also be a sign of victory and triumph, a sign that you have overcome something using your intelligence and that hardwork is about to pay off.

so, thinking back to what neil says that encourages the ravens/riko/raven fans to leave a dead fox in andrew’s car - it’s when neil tells the reporters that riko flew out to watch them play because he knows they have a chance of winning. he says, ‘he knows we have a chance. he just hasn’t figured out yet that we’re going to win the next time we meet’.

and then they see the fox. a symbol of growth, change, triumph over hardships and victory. and they do win the next time they meet.

(i obviously don’t believe the dead fox symbolism was intentional because the main purpose of it was a threat from the ravens - one dead fox meet another. but i just think it’s so cool that this widely accepted symbolic meaning fits so well into the narrative it almost seems purposeful. especially when, in chinese folklore, foxes are said to have ties with the afterlife, which undermines the threat entirely. the fox might be dead but you can’t kill the afterlife.)

[electric-blorbos]

A WHEATLEY X READER THAT ISNT A HUMANIZED FORM MY OBJECTUM LIFE IS YOURS anywayssss can i ask for wheatley, glados and edgar with a reader who passed out in front of them from standing up too fast. sorry i think its really funny seeing ai characters react to the very stupid flaws human bodies have. bonus points if the reader wakes up and is completely unphased

YESSSSS!!!!! You're the target audience! I love objectums so much! I'm so grateful to have found out about this community!!!

As much as I love gjinkas, I think that computers and personality cores are perfect just the way they are, and don't need to be humanized to be beautiful!

Stupid human flaws

Included: Wheatley, GLaDOS, Edgar

Fun fact, my blood decided to act up while writing this, so I've been light-headed all night. Not bad inspiration.

Wheatley:

It was an ordinary day at Aperture labs. You had been sitting down for a few hours now, sitting bisexual-style with one foot under your other thigh, and just generally not using very good computer posture while working on your code for the latest personality construct project.

"Oi! There's bagels in the break room!" Wheatley burst into the office area on the management rail, and everyone started getting up. He looked at you with a pleased little smile on his face. Even though he had made the announcement to everyone, it was really you who he had wanted to tell.

"oh hell yeah." You started to stand, but your leg was totally asleep, and the blood rushed straight to your head as soon as you got up. Next thing you knew, you were lying face-first on the ground next to your computer chair.

"Oh bloody christ-" Wheatley's lens covers widened in shock and panic.

"uh... Please don't be dead. Please be alright... Please- uh... How many fingers am I holding up?" He would occasionally glance away from you and look around the room, but everyone else in the area had already gotten up to go to the break room and get their bagels.

"Uh... Are you alive?" He wanted to go get some help, but he was too terrified to leave you alone long enough to do so. You ended up the victim of his constant stream of consciousness as he worried about what to do, but you were a bit too light-headed to understand what he was babbling endlessly.

"one- one sec..." You muttered, holding an arm up and waiting for the feeling to return in your toes. When it was back, you slowly got to your feet and leaned on the table.

"alright- I'm good. I'm good. Now, let's go see if there are any bagels left." You hobbled off, your hobble turning into a regular walk as soon as all the feeling came back into your leg. Wheatley was left completely dumbfounded.

"what the-" he followed after you on his management rail.

"how'd you do that so fast? Also, what just happened? Are you ok? Are you alive? What's going on? What happened?" He really wouldn't shut up until you gave him a proper explanation, and he didn't take "Oh I just got a head rush" or "My leg fell asleep" as proper answers. Unfortunately, though, you didn't have a better answer because you weren't an expert in the human body, and even if you were, Wheatley didn't seem to grasp the fact that humans can't just fix problems like that.

GLaDOS:

It was a simple task, really. You just had to get on one of those little rolling scooters to get up under one of the massive server computers in GLaDOS's chamber, and fix up some of the mechanical problems. It would seriously improve efficiency, and GLaDOS wasn't quite built to be able to do it herself. This was intricate, close distance work, the kind that was only fit for a human.

You might have had to be practically upside-down for half of the task, but that was alright. Or well, it would be if the second you popped back out from under the computers you didn't hear a loud beeping coming from your primary office.

You scrambled to your feet, the blood rushing to your head and making your vision go spotty. It was a good thing the portal surfaces on the ground weren't too hard, because you met them fast.

"Oh good, you're making friends with the floor." GLaDOS's sardonic voice could be heard coming from both the speakers and the floor, adding to your confusion. It was almost impossible to tell if you were lying down or standing up for a second.,

"human... Human! Wake up." She picked you up with one of her massive grasper claws, lifting your body off the ground and dangling you limply in the air.

"Oh, right. I always forget that such things can happen to humans. Would you mind patching out that little flaw so that I don't have to watch your pathetic ragdoll of a body flop around like a limp noodle?"

You rolled your eyes, your blood starting to flow properly.

"right... Yeah yeah. Unfortunately, humans can't update the way robots can, but it's fine. You can put me down now."

She gently set you down on the ground, a deep chuckling coming from her core.

"You really are a resilient little cockroach, aren't you. Go on, human. Perk up. At least when the sky falls you'll be able to pick yourself right back up afterwards."

"Thanks, GLaDOS. Maybe while I'm at it, you can come up with a way for robots to walk without stumbling around like newborn fauns." You'd say, rolling your eyes and heading out of the main chamber.

Edgar:

Edgar was sitting happily on your computer desk while you lay on the sofa, your head hanging off the side while you messed around on your phone upside-down.

"Hey, what are you up to?" Edgar would ask, ever curious about everything you do.

"just looking at some memes. What about you?" You'd turn your head slightly to look at him, still hanging off the side of the couch.

"nothing. Can I see your memes?" He'd ask, trying to hide his jealousy. He had internet, why couldn't you look at memes on him??

"Oh yeah, sure!" You did a backwards roll off the couch, scrambling to your feet and immediately getting a nasty headrush. Your vision went spotty, and you collapsed to the ground.

"AAAAAAA! Emergency! Emergency! HELP!" Edgar immediately panicked, cursing the fact that he wasn't hooked up to a phone line since it wasn't the 80's anymore. His little rotating webcam focused on you, visibly shaking since it was the only part of him that he could really move on command.

"CALL 911 SOMEONE! Y/N IS DEAD!"

He'd start to open up the internet and search for a website to start begging someone, anyone, to call 911 (or maybe email them? Find some way to reach the hospital online.) Fortunately for both you and him, his browsing speed was pretty slow, so he saw you starting to move before he could actually reach anyone.

You rolled onto your back, and put one arm up into the air.

"Edgar- Edgar-"

"EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! AAAAAAAA!!!!"

"Edgar stop screaming, I'm fine!" You finally managed to scramble into a seated position, pressing your hands to your temples to calm the light pounding in your head from the sudden rush of blood.

"Wait- you're ok?" He'd stop flashing lights, and turn his little camera towards you. You'd get to your feet, and walk over to his desk chair so you could sit down and show him some memes.

"yes, I'm fine. Please calm down. Are you ok?"

"I'm fine if you are!" He'd display the silliest, happiest smile on his face, so glad you're ok.

"Sorry about that. I just got a headrush. It happens sometimes."

"wait, you have to deal with that just happening? How are you not dead?"

"It only happens when you're upside-down and then you turn right side up too quickly." You'd have to explain.

"then you can't ever turn upside-down again!" He'd display an angry face on his monitor.

"oh calm down, Edgar, I'm not going to get hurt. And you are not taking away my upside-down privileges. It's really no big deal."

"okay...." He still wasn't convinced, but he's willing to believe you, if only to make you happy.

[spotlightstory]

The Michigan Medicis of Donald Trump’s America

Left, clockwise from top left Blackwater founder Erik Prince; U.S. Sec of Education Betsy DeVos (Prince); philanthropist Elsa and Prince Corporation founder Edgar Prince. Right, philanthropist Hellen and Amway co-founder Richard DeVos; standing, businessman Dick DeVos.

If you ever wondered where the weird Republican ideas came from or how did we get here, well, here's a piece of the puzzle. Buckle up, it's a long read. Link to full article above. I pulled out quotes on topics below.

"In the solar system of elite Republican contributors, Richard DeVos Sr., who died Thursday at age 92—one of the two founders of Amway, the direct-sale colossus—occupied an exalted place, and his offspring did too. Since the 1970s, members of the DeVos family had given as much as $200 million to the G.O.P. and been tireless promoters of the modern conservative movement—its ideas, its policies, and its crusades combining free-market economics, a push for privatization of many government functions, and Christian social values. While other far-right mega-donors may have become better known over the years (the Coorses and the Kochs, Sheldon Adelson and the Mercers), Michigan’s DeVos dynasty stands apart—for the duration, range, and depth of its influence."

Conservative think tanks, advocacy organizations, and colleges

Grand Valley State University; Calvin College, attended by several generations of DeVoses, including Rich’s daughter-in-law Betsy DeVos, Northwood University, her husband Dick’s alma mater. Hillsdale, the libertarian-plus-Christian liberal-arts college in southern Michigan.

Other recipients of DeVos largesse: the Heritage Foundation, the Institute for Justice, and the American Enterprise Institute

"The DeVoses’ preference for “values-oriented” candidates reflect the teachings of the Christian Reformed Church. A small breakaway denomination of its Dutch forerunner, it has some 300,000 adherents in North America, many living in the same western-Michigan towns where their immigrant ancestors settled in the 1840s to pursue a faith.."

SCHOOL REFORM: Who can forget Betsy DeVos’s campaign to undo the state’s public-education system and replace it with for-profit and charter schools that, as she had put it two decades earlier, shared her mission of “defending the Judeo-Christian values"?

“[Among] her big ‘accomplishments,’” says Diane Ravitch, the N.Y.U. professor and respected education historian, “have been reversing civil-rights enforcement for kids with disabilities, putting administrators from for-profit colleges in charge of monitoring for-profit colleges . . . stabbing in the back young people with heavy debt for their college education, and being a constant critic of public schools.” One saving grace, Ravitch contends, is that DeVos has gotten very few of her budget proposals through Congress. 

LABOR UNIONS: Another target was labor unions. Amway and the Prince Corporation had no use for them. Now the family waged a public fight. After Dick DeVos was routed when he ran for governor of Michigan in 2006, he blamed his defeat, in part, on Michigan’s unions and began to push for a right-to-work law (weakening the unions’ economic power and political clout, a pillar of the state’s Democratic Party). In 2012, the bill got through, and Michigan—headquarters to the United Automobile Workers, no less—became yet another of the country’s right-to-work states.

FAMILY: "Betsy and Erik’s father, Edgar Prince, was a Chrysler-Plymouth salesman and then machine engineer who started a die-cast business and also had a tinkerer’s gift for inventions. One, the lighted vanity mirror on the flip-up sun visor (introduced in 1972), helped Prince become one of the wealthiest men in Michigan." (wow) "As he got richer, the elder Prince rewarded his hometown handsomely; Prince money has done much to preserve downtown Holland, which remains a 1950s time capsule of Candy Land façades."

The C.R.C.’s greatest figure, Abraham Kuyper, a Dutch theologian and prime minister who died almost a century ago, had declared, in words the faithful know by heart: “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!”  

The Princes and DeVoses—with neighboring homes in Holland—had effected a merger thanks to the 1979 marriage of their firstborn, Betsy Prince and Dick DeVos, then in their 20s. “Bible-reading jet-setter” was the description in a Detroit Free Press profile of Betsy.

Betsy and Dick own a 22,000-square-foot mansion on Lake Macatawa.

ERIK PRINCE was devoted to his father, who doted on him. He played four sports at Holland Christian and was the proudly straitlaced kid who, without being asked, put away the soccer balls after practice. Prince enrolled in the U.S. Naval Academy in 1987 but was shocked by the frat-house atmosphere—too much for a junior culture warrior who’d been an intern at the Family Research Council. After three semesters, he transferred to Michigan’s Hillsdale College.

Today Hillsdale, under its president, Larry P. Arnn (former head of the Claremont Institute, a citadel of far-right ideology), is known as a feeder school for the Trump administration, including Betsy DeVos’s chief of staff, Josh Venable. In May, the week Vice President Pence gave the commencement address there, Politico called it “the college that wants to take over Washington”—citing many alums who are now D.C. power players. 

In 1989, Erik had been invited to a “youth” inaugural ball for Bush—and there had met Joan Keating, the woman who would become his first wife. Prince even worked as a Bush White House intern. “I saw a lot of things I didn’t agree with,” he later said. “Homosexual groups being invited in, the budget agreement, the Clean Air Act, those kind of bills. I think the administration has been indifferent to a lot of conservative concerns.” He left that job for another, in the office of California congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who has often been called Vladimir Putin’s top Capitol Hill asset, so valued, the Times has reported, that he was given a Kremlin code name.

Prince spent four years with the SEALs in the early 90s but moved on after his wife was diagnosed with cancer and his father, aged 63, died of a heart attack. The elder Prince left behind a business with 4,500 employees. The family sold it for $1.3 billion, and Erik, at 25, now had a sizable inheritance.

One of Prince’s instructors in the SEALs, Al Clark, was also looking to set up a security-and-defense training company. Prince had money to invest. Out of this came Blackwater, which began as an instruction facility for law enforcement, the military, and special-ops squads in Moyock, North Carolina. 

The article goes into detail about Blackwater and it is mind-blowing. Their involvement post 9/11, Russian arms dealings, US government contracts,

"The source says he resigned after he discovered that Prince had approved plans to illegally weaponize aircraft and “actively train former Chinese Red Army personnel that are now being deployed into Pakistan, Thailand, Myanmar, and the Uighur region in China”—actions he perceived as supporting foreign interests above America’s. (Other Prince associates reportedly resigned for similar reasons.) Prince firmly denied the allegations."

[churchblog]

Divestment for Palestine

I've posted this on the Queerward discord, but think that it's important to share it on here too. As someone who goes to a church school, I wanted to see how the church stacks up when it comes to divesting from companies that are supporting Israel (I was not optimistic). While the church has stocks in many companies that support Israel, such as Disney, my main concern was that of weapons manufacturers. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, in 2022 the top five arms manufacturers and military services companies are Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and General Dynamics, in that order. According to the SEC filing in early 2023 (the most recent filing relating to this that I can find), the church has major stocks in all of these companies through their company that manages investments, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc. Based on information on a more recent, but not fully verified site, it looks like the church no longer has any significant holdings with Raytheon. The lowest amount of shares is in Northrop Grumman, with 51,086. The highest amount of shares is in Boeing, with 1,217,210 shares. You can understand my concern that an organization that's stated purpose is to share the message of Christ is investing in the top weapon's manufacturers. I honestly don't know what to do with this information- my tuition and tithing are arguably contributing to these companies, right along with my tax dollars. Institutions, with a particular focus on schools, are facing protests about investments that benefit Israel and their attacks on Palestine. I don't know what to do- I'm worried that my ward members and leadership won't take this issue seriously. Even without the connection to Israel, having money from a religious institution go to weapons manufacturers is alarming, no matter who ends up buying them.

Edit: Link to the SEC filing. I'm going off of the most recent one in this search from February of 2023. https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search/?r=el#/q=investments&page=1&ciks=0001454984&entityName=Ensign%20Peak%20Advisors,%20Inc%20(CIK%200001454984)&category=form-cat0&forms=-3,%20-4,%20-5

[cyber-sec]

Cyberattack cost more than $17 million, Key Tronic tells regulators

Source: https://therecord.media/key-tronic-cyberattack-cost-17-million-sec

More info: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719733/000071973324000044/q42024preliminaryexhibit991.htm

[jungle-angel]

The One With Royal's Old Firebird: Part 4 (Rhett Abbott x Reader)

Summary: At last, the Firebird is unveiled in all it's glory

Warnings: SMUT (minors are not allowed!!!!!!)

Tagging: @floydsmuse @floydsglasses @attapullman @rhettabbotts @sebsxphia @withahappyrefrain @callmemana @delopsia @lewmagoo @kmc1989 @cowboybarbie @sorchathered

"Alright now what the fuck did you little fuck-monkey's do now?" Royal questioned as he followed Rhett towards the garage.

"Nothin Dad, I swear," Rhett told him, trying to hid his laughter.

Up the gravel walk they went, when the sound of a motor starting in the garage reached their ears along with the rev of an engine. Royal's jaw dropped halfway to the ground when he saw that black '76 Firebird pulling out of the garage and into the morning sun, the golden screaming eagle emblazoned on the front while the black body gleamed in the bright sun.

"HOLY SHIT!!!" Royal laughed. "Ya'll didn't!! Ya'll fuckin didn't!!"

"Oh we did," Rhett told him, unable to hide the shit eating grin on his face.

Kayce, Rip, John and all the rest pulled it up into the turn-around spot in the driveway so Royal could get a good look at it. "Remember that one night you, me and the rest of us idiots pulled out of the parking lot at The Handsome Gambler in this thing and we were all moonin Wayne?" John chuckled.

"Oh God, screamin at him like we were all hot shit too," Royal laughed.

John, Rhett, Rip and Kayce all piled in with Royal, the new car smell still heavy in the seats. "Guess what I dug up too?" John said, handing him the small cassette tape.

"You didn't."

"Oh I fuckin did," John said with a wry grin.

***********************************

You and Cece were both finishing up the dishes from breakfast, the house quiet as you two chattered away. The sun spilled in through the open kitchen windows while the cats lurked about looking for pests. The two little chihuahuas and Chewbacca, who had all been asleep on the living room sofa, suddenly started barking, but at what, you had no clue.

"Hey! Knock it off!" you ordered.

"Oh my God, what the hell is pulling up the driveway?" Cecelia wondered aloud.

You and her gazed out the window to hear tires screeching and the obnoxious sound of "Wango Tango" by Ted Nugent blasting from a radio somewhere. You watched your mother-in-law's jaw drop and her eyes bug halfway out of her head.

"NO!!!" she blurted out. "No! He fucking didn't!! Oh my God!!!"

You thought Cecelia was going to kill whoever it was that had pulled to a screeching halt in the driveway, but were relieved when you heard her laughing as she rushed out the storm door.

"What the hell is this?!" she laughed.

"Hey pretty thang!" Royal called to her, sticking his head out the car window. "Wanna go for a ride?!"

"Cece you sure this is a good idea?" you asked her.

"C'mon honey we're goin for a ride in that thing," she chuckled, guiding you along with her.

The two of you jumped right in and Royal pulled back on the clutch, hitting the gas before spinning the car around and speeding out onto the road.

"Where the hell did you find this thing?" Cecelia shouted excitedly over the music.

"Don't ask me, ask your son," Royal answered.

You, Rhett and John seemed to be holding on for dear life as Royal sped down the stretch of road in the middle of nowhere, praying that Joy, Edgar and Dan weren't on duty.

"Oh wait a sec hold on," Cecelia told him.

"Ya'll see lights Sugar Bear?"

"Nope, somethin else and I ain't lettin it slip by," she told him. "Pull over for a sec."

Royal skidded to a halt on the other side of the road where sure enough, was Wayne Tillerson, trying to fix a busted truck tire. Cecelia stuck herself about halfway out the window and whistled, loud and shrill enough to catch his attention.

"Cecelia?" he called to her.

What no one was expecting was when Cecelia stuck both of her middle fingers right up at him. "Up yours raggedy man!!!!! That's for tryin to hit on me twenty years ago!!!"

Royal revved the engine, the tires burning and screeching until he sped off, leaving nothing but black skids on the pavement and a rather scared Wayne Tillerson in their wake.

*****************************

Rhett came into your shared bedroom, emerging fresh from the shower and still laughing his ass off from his parents' shenanigans. "Did ya'll see the look on Wayne's face when Ma flipped him off?" he asked.

"Oh my God that was priceless!" you exclaimed.

Rhett laughed as he kissed you, leaning in to press sweet little pecks against your lips. Outside it had grown dark but that didn't mean the night was over for the two of you. Rhett opened the windows in his bedroom, finally relieved that it was warm enough for them to stay open. Outside the peepers chirped and croaked while the warm breeze rustled the grasses.

"Oh Good GOD!!!" Rhett exclaimed.

"What? What's up?"

You joined him at the window, choking back a laugh when you saw the Firebird rocking back and forth and the radio playing "Smooth Operator". You and Rhett were trying not to laugh, knowing you two had already christened the damn thing and that Royal and Cece had no idea.

Rhett faked a gagging noise when you two heard the noises coming from the car. Finally, when the noises had died down, you and Rhett had decided that would be the opportune moment.

"HEY YA'LL KNOW WE CHRISTENED THE DAMN THING ALREADY???!!!!!" Rhett shouted down to them.

"What the fu-GODDAMNIT SON!!!" Royal bellowed.

You and Rhett laughed and snickered amongst yourselves as Royal strung together a tapestry of obscenities that as far as you knew, was still hanging over the Abbott ranch.

"We're so gonna get it in the morning," Rhett laughed.

"It'll be worth it though," you told him, pressing a kiss to his lips.

[kairunatic]

Adveturental Now open for business

Ep 1

*sigh* oh great another Pays blanc event... I'm sure this event won't be a complete disappointment just like the previous Pays blanc event(Lie)

(.....OMG Bruh not even One sec into the ep and Habit has already shown which character will get an all and it is Fucking Yuno!)

OK so we start with Yuno who seems to be staying on Pays Blanc as a registered adventurer and he's asking Edgar if there is any quest

But unfortunately due to Bal and the dark clouds disappearing there's really no need for Actual adventure work and most monster are just low level

Edgar Suggested Yuno to take this new program in the Guild and its Called "Adventurental" where you'll rent and Adventurer to do manual labor for you

But Yuno refused cause he's not really fit for manual labor and much prefer to stay monsters

[hom3landr]

Hey!

Please recommend me any Edgar x Homelander and A-Train x Homelander you find 😭

There's literally almost nothing out there

Hi! I'm so sorry for the long wait. This got lost for a sec. If I knew of any I would rec them for you in a heartbeat! Unfortunately I'm not the person to ask since I don't typically read canon x canon. But if any of my followers have suggestions then please feel free to chime in!

[xtinyslip]

matt had only ever really seen the guy in passing when he and cecilia would walk by his cell. a time that he'd really rather forget. a time that was now behind him and he was doing everything he could to keep it that way. still, he wasn't exactly sure he was the right person to be breaking this news to john and for that very reason. matt didn't know him. it felt like he at least deserved to hear an update on his kid from a friendly face. still, he'd agreed because he knew edgar had his hands full with cecilia and for a reason. besides, it wasn't like matt was a bad guy and he could deliver not such great news... gently. "hey man, how are you feeling? i'm helping out on the medical wing because you know... edgar's busy. i'm matt, i'm... a doctor." not technically but down here? well, he was close enough. "ehhh... you mind if i come in for a sec? i want to speak with you." @lcvenderhcze

[arushibhandari]

What are Emerging Growth Companies and how is the cap on their annual gross revenue indexed to inflation?

Emerging Growth Companies (EGCs) are a new category of issuers created by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act.

To name a few exemptions EGCs are permitted:

to include less extensive narrative disclosure than required of other reporting companies, particularly in executive compensation

to provide audited financial statements for two fiscal years. Other reporting companies are required to provide audited financial statements for three fiscal years

not to provide an auditor attestation of internal control over financial reporting under Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404(b)

to defer complying with certain changes in accounting standards

One of the requirements for a company to continue as an EGC for the first five fiscal years after it completes an IPO is if it has "total annual gross revenues" of less than $1.235 billion during its most recently completed fiscal year. “Total annual gross revenues” means total revenues as presented on the statement of comprehensive income under U.S. GAAP (or IFRS as issued by the IASB, if used as the basis of reporting by a foreign private issuer).

The JOBS Act requires the SEC to make inflation adjustments every five years to the annual gross revenue amount used to determine EGC status, to reflect the changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”). The adjusted gross revenue threshold must be set to the nearest $1,000,000 during its most recently completed fiscal year. In 2017, the Commission increased the annual gross revenue amount from $1,000,000,000 to $1,070,000,000. On September 9, 2022, the SEC adopted amendments to Securities Act Rule 405 and Exchange Act Rule 12b-2 to reflect another inflation-adjusted annual gross revenue threshold from $1,070,000,000 to $1,235,000,000.

The new EGC gross revenue threshold amendments are determined by:

1. Determine the appropriate CPI-U for December of the calendar year preceding the year of adjustment

Example - When making the inflation adjustment for the EGC revenue threshold in 2022, use the CPI-U for December 2021, which was 278.802. Then use the CPI-U for December of 2011, the calendar year before the EGC definition was established by the JOBS Act, which was 225.672 (“2011 CPI-U”)

2. Calculate the cost-of-living adjustment or inflation factor - Divide the 2021 CPI-U ( 278.802) by the 2011 CPI-U ( 225.672) which will result in the inflation factor of 1.23543.

3. Calculate the inflation adjustment, multiply the initial EGC gross revenue threshold, $1,000,000,000, by the inflation factor 1.23543, the product of which would be $1,235,430,000.

The increase in EGC gross revenue threshold from the initial threshold of $1 billion would be $235,430,000 rounded to $235,000,000 under the statutory rounding convention.

4. Add the rounded increase of $235,000,000 to the initial EGC revenue threshold of $1,000,000,000 which yields an inflation adjusted EGC revenue threshold of $1.235billion

The above methodology is consistent with the methodology the Commission used in 2017 when the first increase to reflect an inflation-adjusted annual gross revenue threshold was administered.

Sources :

Final Rules Inflation Adjustments under Titles I and III of the JOBS Act

INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS AND OTHER TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS UNDER Titles I and III of the JOBS Act

SEC Adopts JOBS Act Inflation Adjustments

Emerging Growth Companies

About The Author

Arushi Bhandari is an MBA and a licensed CPA in the state of California. She has helped several companies at different stages with their accounting and tax related issues. Her publications eBooks - STARTUP Financing, Equity and Tax and Introduction to Equity Compensation are available on Apple iBookstore, Amazon Kindle and Google Play. She maintains a public blog at www.startuptaxaccounting.com and has guest blogged at different startup platforms such as The Startup Garage and Belmont Acquisitions.

DISCLAIMER: The information provided is intended to educate the readers and a more definite answer should be based on a consultation with a lawyer or CPA.It should not be relied upon as legal advise because the information might be incomplete and answers could change depending upon circumstances and if all facts were known.

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I am so fucking sick of Tubi and yet at the same time so grateful, so now everyone gets to hear about it:

Hogfather, which I look for every other month when my Terry Pratchett obsession gets out of hand, is on Tubi. How long has it been on there? No clue. I don't believe it was there the last time I searched for it. Unless I'm thinking of Colour of Magic...

The 1999 remake of House on Haunted Hill is on Tubi. I love Vincent Price, so I've seen the original. When The King's Speech got me checking out Geoffrey Rush, I wanted to watch this movie. Searched everywhere, but I wasn't willing to rent or buy it. That was over a year ago, so I can't really complain toooo much.

The Frighteners is now on Tubi. I know for a fact that it wasn't there about a month ago because I was so far down the Jeffrey Combs rabbithole that I bought the damn movie on YouTube! And since my journey began on Tubi with Reanimator, I combed (haha) through all of the things they had with him. Ranging from Dr.Mordid to Evil Clergyman to an episode of a horror show that had him as Edgar Allen Poe.

The James Stewart movie Bell, Book, and Candle as of 10/29 has three days left on Tubi. I like Stewart, or at least lightheartedly joking about Stewart, so I need to get on that. I took a gender studies class last semester which had a reading that mentioned that movie. I get it, it's an old film where the woman gives up her powers for a man. If it has Jimmy Stewart I'll watch it at least once.

I know you can't really tell, but I would sacrifice my first born if it meant saving Tubi should anything happen to it.

Not only am I a film major and they have a great catalog of movies for my class, but they also have so many shows and movies I am interested in. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that I use it more than the streaming services I actually pay for. I just wanted to rant for a sec. :)

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Hiii i like your objectum dating sim concepts, they are so soooo cute!!!!!

I just wanted to send you how i imagined Artemis!!!

Click on images to see in better quality if its low!!!

i gave one of her "faces" big nose bc i like big noses and bc its the image that came to me after reading that she has sexy plane vibes. Sorry if you meant something else by that, im not experienced planefucker, i am but i humble liker😭

I think her face could go everywhere on interfaces, the monitor is there so youd feel her looming over you when you in control room hehehe😳

i was too tired to draw how i imagine her body - the ship, methink it would be just white elegant rocket with some blue brand desights on it

ANYWAY HOPE YOU LIKE!!!!! You're my favorite objectum writer and i wanted to gift you smth for all the sweet AM scenarios you shared!!!! oh wait i also drew gorgy I'll send it in couple sec

Oh my god it's beautiful!!!! Thank you so much! This really means a lot to me, genuinely!

I'm probably going to use this for inspiration, since I haven't really drawn Artemis yet, but I absolutely love the speckled gradient, and the logo with the eye in it. It reminds me of a lot of fan art of AM where they turn the inside of his logo into an eye-like feature.

A lot of my characters were sort of supposed to be like... Covert expies of my heavily romanticized versions of popular characters (except George. George isn't even trying to hide that he's inspired by Edgar), but for the facilities I tried to at least mix and match traits around so the characters aren't direct imitations.

back to your design, it's SO FUCKING COOL that the eyelash over the eye in the Artemis logo looks like an airplane flying in front of the letter A. I'm stealing that for sure.

Also I absolutely love the spacesuit you drew for Donut. Donut LOVES job specific clothes like uniforms, spacesuits, and hazmat suits. Especially if they cover up everything and make you look inhuman.

I'm grateful to be your favorite objectum writer, and I hope to write more stuff that you like!!!

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How it Began? As a kid, until something bad happens all you know is innocence. Bounce back. Resilience. Words and thoughts your growing mind can’t get its synapses matured yet. And by bad, I mean it rocks you. You’re crying. You’re asking why for the first time poor thing it’s forever; you’re confused. You cannot process the magnitude of the incident and sometimes may even require Counseling to help guide you through it…NVR goes away.

And then.

I mean it’s sad, Right? Being born isn’t your introduction “hey!” realization and rationality Day, it’s your Birth Day. Period. Everyone’s glad you’re here. But you’re not going to know anything for a Long time. Everyone’s with me. Hopefully, b/c I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout no babies. And Well, most people R glad you’ve come unless you’re..ok no not that rn.

BUT

First time you are hurt and are able to process and internalize that new feeling it’s like welcome to the jungle we got fun and games! And I remember that moment for me. It wasn’t when I smacked my head and got hit with bats and sliced my fingers open trying to whittle (Dad’s fault) to make a teepee which now I’m not sure should be a thing. Also tried to make a tornado bottle like those science fair ppl had. The ones that won. B/c they actually figured out how to puncture a hole in a plastic 2 liter top without stitches and having to explain what in the Hell you were doing (Heather u said you might be here so I know you’re with the gear Shift trauma rn). For me until now it’s never been me physically hurt or incapable that’s defeating me—defeating—adjective : defeated—also adjective but untrue. This is different and I hate it b/c of that. I was born with vampire senses at least that’s what vampire diaries says. I feel everything so intensely that often it has trickled over to affecting me physically. I suppose a Good example is a panic attack but I’ve moved onto bigger things. I’ll be one of those ppl on ppl magazine whose ღ ended hearing bad News. This could get dark so I’ll Stop at bad News. It’s funny -I have all this time. And most of the time I don’t enjoy the time but I’ve thought a lot of that time some about when I was a kid. Just free fallin’. Before I got the anxious bug again I was fine being serendipitous and sporadic. One time I put a Friends name in my calendar even tho I knew I knew the time. That stuff. So back to the carefree kid. Like, 8+ I have to clearest memories. I want to take a sec to say how sad that is!! There is no question that I was the kid with the most bandaids. There are pictures and I Love them. Pain didn’t really bother me. Not like this. And I’ve had a lot of very serious injuries and surgeries. Why can’t I be her? It’s all about control.Sometimes staying in a State of any negative, sad emotion or trying time becomes comfortable so it becomes routine. Safe. This can Go downhill quickly. But I promise something from my psych minor talks about this my sister would know. Anyways you gotta get out and can’t.

I was in this State Right before I got sick but I pulled myself out of that creepy Ass Edgar Allen poem pit and swing thing b/c I didn’t like it anymore. But this is a Choice promise. And there’s not statute of limitations on how Long it takes you or if you even get to make a Choice time which is already a Mountain.I tend to be really open and candid. I would be a horrible Celebrity. First of all they’d only have pictures of me in sweatpants. But the openness isn’t for me or really anybody unless someone does see it and be seen. I never had that. And that’s no one’s fault. We didn’t have Smart phones which ironically give us cancer and often stupidity from the crap you read due to that algorithm. A few people reached out in my DM’s and on posts to just do this I guess and throw in a Basketball time to time.I was stuck. And I had well…a very eye opening bad experience. I don’t think I’ll ever share that publicly. But I was terrified. Something came over me when I got to my car and it wasn’t a Voice it was a direction. To home. Safety. Familiar. Routine. I knew sooner than immediately that I was done. That’s it. There’s a pattern in this pattern. You see?So all that is taken care of and now we will work on my eating Disorder. Anorexia, restrictive ED/exercise bulimia and body dysmorphia. You get it. Add this in with Addiction. Talk about stuck. All I can think of to compare it to is that scary book w/ a wizard and a whirlpool and IDEK how it ends but that was always enough for me to be done w/ that story. So, You’re bound to have one after losing 150 lbs over two and a half years and now can see your bones and muscles. Hey you’re confident again Good for you. This will not sustain. You lost weight probably all the wrong ways anyway but it worked. And you’re still in control. Things have changed and u know what to do to keep your skeleton up. One gust of wind or fainting and head stitches again having to hurry and tell your Apple Watch not to call the rescue’s and you’re an inch closer to hospitalization. Doin’ fine.All I had Left was my eating Disorder to work on and I’d made so much progress. I’ll expand on this but you actually have to eat when you’re sick. I won’t thank COVID-19 for that tho. Sometimes u can follow all the rules and still get *BEEP, explicative!* sooner or later it would have risen. So that infamous Day I’d just finished my hour walk and like had been doing about to eat w/ my Parents. I remember it like it wasn’t a 26 month old toddler Day away. One sniff. Mom -please get COVID tested. I remember being annoyed. B/c I have taken all the precautions. Well so do a lot of people and things still happen OUT of our control. This became the problem. Two saddest things about that next few days is I made my Dad say Shit when I came up positive then gave it to my Mom. I cannot tell you the guilt I would be carrying had this been the other Way around.I had lived my Addiction free Life and started to heal my ED rest of my Life. For 3 weeks. I felt so light. Felt so free. Brave and proud. More authentic. B/c being stuck and not being able to fix things yourself takes a lot of deleted Pride and bad bad bad experiences apparently. Wakey wakey. Why’s it gotta be that Way? At least it’s the Gentry way. I’d rather not keep that up.Crushed. Pre healing I couldn’t Exercise for 2-4 hours daily. Wake up at 5 am still kinda dazed and do 100 push-up’s then 10lb weights, several sets. Not one thing from a video or trainer but i can see everything chiseled so gotta be doing something right. Then walk a mile and a half or 10000 steps before you even answer a call at work. All this to have your evening free. To see your ribs and sometimes ✔ the camera Cloud to make sure that 10 pound added weight doesn’t happen. Showering at lunch break. Oh it was a machine. And ppl knew. I’m very aware. I lean toward empathy as well.

I was very very sick. Different sick. And TBH as much of Hell this is and might forever be I’d rather this. Even a broken ღ that was your stupidity and blinders anyway. Although I cannot control this it’s not an intensity of emotion in those skinny Ass bones I can’t turn off anymore. Need size zero and xs. Ghastly. I can answer a question of would you rather in this Case. My ღ literally aches. It’s all of the omnipresent and then some. So intense and relentless. I could change my mind tomorrow. Right now.

This Pain is Physical. Not my fault. Wasn’t abused. Can’t control this either and I’d never wish it on all but one person but idk. I feel things that intensely. I’d be the X-Ray Report that says torn or damaged in about nine places after my ACL tear. The Report was an entire page LOL. That is not common I don’t think. Should’ve just said everything is bad take your 2nd of now Four ambulance trips with your Dad to the ER.

Let me be clear. This is very hard to put into words. It’s less I guess that I wouldn’t barter but sometimes you’re just like please give me that Pain instead, just for a while.

Right now I am comfortable in Pain. Isn’t that pathetic yet tragic? I meannn. Whole body Pain. It’s emotional too trust me but this it takes first. Imagine…the control freak. This is not acute. Feeling without Pain even temporarily is kinda scary and better word unsettling. You want to get better of course but your body has done such a 180 that it becomes what you’re worried about and what makes you nervous. It’s an evil Domino set mouse wheel. Let me also add that long-haul Covid and dysautonomia and pots all of them happened because my body had gotten so healthy again it went in overdrive to try to help me and then couldn’t stop. How nice. Kindly. I’ve learned things about my body and about what people can experience and I didn’t want to. I will never again scoff at someone for saying that they are debilitated because, they are in constant pain or too “tired”... They can’t be safely aware. I’m ashamed I ever thought that about people because there is no take a Tylenol and lay down. There is no taking a nap and you’ll wake up refreshed. That’s all bullshit at this point, and it hurts if you have to ever explain it because you can’t, like so many other things until it happens to you you don’t really know how you feel like a lot of things you can swear that you’ll react one way or the other but when something happens to your kid or someone you love (dare i say abortion as a topic) all the sudden it’s personal and you’re thinking something you never thought you would. Or not. The struggle is actually real.



There is a lot of trauma or some type of PTSD with being this sick for this long as well because you sit comfortably, you know exactly what’s going to happen. If then, then that some of which are terrifying I shake I can’t believe anyone has to deal with this and yet I’m not even one of the most serious cases if you can believe that. Then there’s the Gaslighting. Go to stone ridge and admit yourself for anxiety. NAH. Thankfully all of my docs have been first class with no doors blown off.

I want to say I’ve learned a lesson.. karma. I deserve this. I should’ve seen it coming. Let me be clear again. No one deserves this and yet we’re human and stuff still happens to good and bad people. losing control has been difficult, but I feel like I’ve learned so much about, literal heartache and pain that only someone who was going through the same thing can identify with. there aren’t words. I’m not trying to paint a picture of someone who is on oxygen and dying or taking chemo, but I think that you can hold sadness in several different ways without feeling guilty. you can own What you’re going through. it’s OK to be angry at God at anything and I’ve had to realize that and it’s taken a long time and I think I still am working on it because I think I’m over here. not famished. not taken hostage. not bombed. I have a bed to lay in when I feel bad. U can’t compare things like this and you shouldn’t anyway. I think in doing that it’s never productive anyway. I don’t like being helped which is ironic because I have some co dependencies still and yearning to stay close to what is familiar and home and safe I’ve had to put my or whatever aside and my confidence out the window because yes, you will gain weight not exercising that much but you literally can’t do things at first. I was using a cane to get to the bathroom. I would pant no exaggeration like a dog for at least an hour sometimes after walking 10 feet, ask my mom she was on the couch across from me and we’re both thinking what just happened. or you have to use spoons because you’re shaking so much. Don’t even try a fork w/ rice. or you’re so confused that you always have to have what I would say and interpreter at this point, and praise God that there r doctors surrounding me. I have needed so much help and I think part of accepting help is also allowing someone else to practice stewardship and I think somewhere possibly the Bible at some point you can’t continue to deny someone’s help because they have to have the experience of helping and we both know each feeling. Frankly need it sometimes there are things that not even Gentry will speak of that I’ve gone through but somehow I’m thinking wow Pooh bear was correct. I really am stronger than I seem and I thought that the last time I was in a bad place life is nuts except help, if you don’t have the hope or faith let your family hold it for you. It’s still there. You just can’t get it yet and I cringe to say it, but I have learned so much and whether I heal completely or not writing all this again is therapeutic one, but two when people can identify with someone else, it is a very intimate experience the kind of intensity I feel with everything. I tell people I don’t want to hear ‘you’re going to get better’ because you don’t know that. we can pray for it, but I’ve given prayer a hard time as I’m able to complain, not going to church routinely. Then again going to church is just the building. Sadly tru 4 2 many. a reflection of your yearning for community and a place of hope and routine. we know from the current state in this world that going in a church and coming back out there’s nothing Christian about it, but I’m thankful that I have been held. I’ve even asked. Dad has even had to hang onto me. I’ve been in a wheelchair. I’ve had a bed pan. things that would normally humiliate you. You get humbled immediately. You may have your arms and legs, but there will be times you will need to be pried off the floor, there will be times that your head stays on a cold marble kitchen counter for hours because you don’t have the strength to walk 20 steps to your bed. Covid sucks. it has ruined lives, marriages, people have gone bankrupt. People have died. Mistreated. People have had experiences much worse than mine, and they didn’t deserve it either even if they didn’t take precaution like I did which is part of why I was so frustrated with getting sick. and again i was at that point I had gotten healthy. So ofc, the more prone your body go into hyperdrive. Trying to heal you. and that’s still where I’m at.