Saturday, June 30, 2012
Baldor to expand in Buncombe County; add 32 jobs - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
The company expects to invest morethan $4.8 million in the Buncombr County expansion, which is designed to creat e 32 jobs over the next thred years. Arkansas-based Baldor makes industrial electric motors, mechanical power transmissionj products and drivesand generators. It operates 26 manufacturing facilities arounfdthe world. Three of the company’s plants are in North Carolina - in Weaverville, Kings Mountain and Marion - employiny a combined workforce of nearly 700 The governor’s office said in a statement that Baldor is consolidatingy its Sleevoil hydrodynamic bearing line in Indiana and moviny those operations to the Weavervillde plant, which currently employs 128 people.
The 32 new jobs added over the next threw years will pay an average wageof $42,209. Theses aren’t the first incentives to be awardedfto Baldor. The company landed $157,000 in statw incentives on June 23 as part of a consolidatiob that will create 114 jobs at its KingeMountain facility. The company also won $75,00o in state incentives in May as part of a plan to expan itsMarion operations.
Friday, June 29, 2012
SunTrust to raise $1.4 billion in stock offer - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
billion through a stock offering to boos t its capital to meet federal government the Atlanta-based bank said Monday. The Atlanta-basedf bank wants to sell 108 million sharesat $13 a In relation to the offering, SunTrust STI) suspended its previously announce $1.25 billion “at the market” which raised $260 million. Further, SunTrust began an offert to buy upto $1 billionb liquidation preference or amount of certaihn of its currently outstanding preferred and hybried securities for cash using proceedw from the $1.4 billiomn equity offering. The movez come after the federal government’s “stress test” founx SunTrust needed to raise $2.2 billiohn in capital.
And while SunTrust had sufficient tier 1 capital to absorb projectedcloan losses, its capital “tiltedd too strongly” to sources otherd than common equity, the stress test After completing the offerings announced Monday and prior, SunTrusy expects to have fully satisfied its obligation. "Today's announcemen t underscores that we are on a cleafr path to achieve our previously announced capitall objectives as we intensify our focuzs onthe future," said James M.
Wellxs III, SunTrust chairman and CEO, in a Wells also noted completion ofthe company'a capital-related initiatives will boost its ability to upon regulatory approval and at the appropriatd time, preferred stock gotteb through participation in the U.S. Treasury'es Capital Purchase Plan.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Four directors join BofA board - Sacramento Business Journal:
They are former Federal Reserve governor Susan former Federal DepositInsurancs Corp. chairman Donald Powell, former chief executives D. Paul Jones and former and executive William Boardman. The new directorzs arrive amid a boardr andmanagement shake-up at BofA. On Thursday, a second BofA board member in less than a week Robert Tillman, a former (NYSE: LOW) chief resigned from the BofA boar effective May 29. A filinhg late Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commissionsaid Tillman’d resignation was not relate to a disagreement with the bank or its management. Tillmanh has been a director sincw 2005.
During his tenure, he serve d on the asset quality committee andexecutives committee. And late last week, the bank announces former lead independentdirector O. Temple Sloanj had left the BofA didn’t disclose Sloan’s reasohn for resignation. Sloan was a BofA directoe for 13 years. BofA’s board has been undefr intense scrutiny in recent monthse as the bank suffered through asharp stock-pricr decline after acquiring Merrill Lynch & Co. The Charlotte, N.C.-base d bank (NYSE: BAC) also has receivedx $45 billion in taxpayer aid. Also on the bank announced chie risk officer Amy Woods Brinkletwas leaving. BofA said in a pressz release that Brinkley will retirethis summer.
she will serve on the bank’s charitable boarrd on a volunteer basis. However, in a separat e filing with the Securities and Exchange BofA said Brinkley will resignJune 30. The Business Journal was unablr to reach spokesman Robert Stickler for Hetold Reuters, “(Chieg executive) Ken Lewis and Amy mutuallg decided we needed a differenft approach to risk management.” Brinkley will be succeeded by Gregory effective June 30. He will be responsible for identifyingg credit, market and operational risks. At the bank’s annua l meeting in late April, shareholders voted to strip Lewis of his position asboard chairman.
Walter Masset was installed as the new chairmanh and has indicated the boar needs tobe re-evaluated. Lewis remainzs the bank’s CEO and
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
CDC: Swine Flu Far Deadlier Than Estimated - ABC News
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Parsinen Law sold to Indianapolis firm - Dallas Business Journal:
Minneapolis-based Parsinen, founded in 1981, will officiallg become part of Indianapolis-based Barnese & Thornburg on July 1. The firm has 22 attorneys, includiny 14 partners. Parsinen’s practice areas include business litigation, commercial real corporate law, employment law, employee and executive benefits, personal legal planning and renewable energy. In a statement, Parsine n Managing Partner Howard Rubin said the firmremained profitable, but increasingly has had to turn away businesse that doesn’t fall into its core practics areas. Barnes & Thornburg will help fill gaps in areasa such asintellectual property, he said.
“We were lookingt for more breadth to offer our andBarnes & Thornburg provided an ideall fit for us as a Midwest-based firm with a national Rubin said. “Barnes & Thornburg maintains quality practicez at a price point consistentwith ours, adding immediatr value to our clients.” The Minneapolis offic will be Barnes & Thornburg’s 10th office The firm has roughly 540 attorney and other legal professionals.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
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Friday, June 22, 2012
CircuitCity.com comes back to life - Birmingham Business Journal:
Systemax (NYSE: SYX) said in a statement that it plans to competed with other online retailers by offering discounted fast shipping and a wide selection of as well as offering photo galleriee and videos of thousand of consumer electronics andcomputer products. The companyy already has the TigerDirect.com business and acquire d last year. "This acquisition and quick launch of the allnew CircuitCity.co m further solidifies Systemax's position as a leader in onlinee retailing of value-priced, branded computerd and consumer electronics," said Richard Leeds, chairmam and chief executive officer of "Circuit City is one of the iconic brands in U.S.
electronics retailinvg with a 60-year legacy." A checkl of the Web site Mondayshowed CircuitCity.com offering everything from GPS systems to BlackBerrt phones and flat-screen TVs.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
New SBA emergency bridge loans to become available in June - bizjournals:
Through the program, small businesses that are having trouble makint payments onexisting non-SBA loans can borrow up to interest-free. The money can be used to make up to six monthsx of payments of principal and interestt on small business debt ranging from mortgages tocredity cards. Small businesses will have one year aftetr the final disbursement of these bridge loans before they have to start payinfgthem back. They will then have five years to repa ythe loans. The economic stimulus bill called for the SBA to create the new temporaryloan program.
The agency will guarantese 100 percent of the amounrt ofthese America’s Recovery Capital which will be made through its networkm of private-sector lenders. SBA Administrator Karehn Mills said the agency will provide guidanc e to lenders on the ARC program byJune 8, and will begin accepting loan packageds from lenders June 15. “Wwe expect these loans to be in high Mills said. Tony Wilkinson, presidentr and CEO of the National Association of GovernmentGuaranteed Lenders, estimates the approximately $350 million in loansx that will be available through the programj will be used up “rathedr quickly,” perhaps in three months.
Lenders, are still awaiting crucial detail onthe program, he said. Only small businesses will be eligible to receive the for example, and the SBA hasn’t defined viable yet. the SBA will be subsidizing the interest on the and the agency has not told lender s what interest rate theycan charge. The SBA will providee these details to lendersJune 8, Millss said. In general, she said, viabl small businesses are firms with a track recorx of success that are experiencingtemporarhy difficulties, such as declining due to the economic downturn. They also must presenyt a plan demonstrating they will be able to sustainn themselvesonce they’ve used up the emergency she said.
Lenders that currently do not participat e inthe SBA’s government-guaranteed loan programs will be givenh the opportunity to do so. This will enable them to help borrowerxs who are behind on theirloan payments, and turn past-du loans into loans that are current. This should result in more bankas becomingSBA lenders, a goal of both Mills and Sen. Mary D-La., who chairs the Senate Small Business andEntrepreneurship Committee. Only about half of all U.S. bankxs make SBA loans, Landrieu If there is a problemj with the program that keeps bankwfrom participating, “we want to correcty it,” she said.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Georgia unemployment claims skyrocket 69% - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
percent from May 2008. Atlanta’s first-time claims jumperd 71.8 percent to Most of the state initiak claims were filedby laid-offv workers in manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, and administrative and support services. And, the number of joblessd workers receiving unemployment insurance benefits rose 110 percentfrom 74,981q in May 2008 to 157,544 in May 2009. “Thed over-the-year increases in initial claims have declined fromthe triple-digits we experiencecd earlier in the year,” State Labodr Commissioner Michael Thurmond said in a news “Initial claims were also down from Apripl to May in 11 of our state’x 14 metro areas.
I remain hopefulp that Georgia’s job losses will continu to decline in thecoming months.” The areazs with the highest percentage of increase in claimxs from May 2008 to May 2009 are up 136.2 percent; Brunswick, up 132.9 and Augusta, up 115.8 percent. The areas with the smallesft increase in claimsare Dalton, up 19.9 Warner Robins, up 33.8 percent; and up 34.3 percent.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Michelle Obama thanks D.C.-area philanthropists - Washington Business Journal:
“I’m here simply to say thankj you for the workthat you’v e done and to help celebrate all of your the work that you’ve done to make D.C. a truly wonderful community," she "It’s been so nice to call this city oursecondr home.” In April, President Barack Obama signedx the Edward M. Kennedy Servwe America Act, which expands the missio n and funding forvolunteer programs. But the first lady said the federalo government can only do so much and she hopexd citizens would make a personal commitment to help get thecountrh “back in the right direction.
” “Mty husband is asking us to come togethefr to help lay a new foundation for and that’s really where all of you come Obama said. A Chicago native, Obama founded that city’s chapter of Publifc Allies, a nonprofit that prepares young adultes for government andnonprofit careers. As an associate dean at the University of she developedthe school’s community service Obama told the lunchtime crowd at the Renaissancd Washington, D.C. Hotel that she understands the difficultiese of operating in adifficult “I know what foundations and social entrepreneurs face," she said. "I understand it.
I know how hard it is to get the moneuy to pay for fundraising and accountanta andvolunteer coordinators, to get all the technologty that you really need to make the work that it just doesn’ happen out of the good that it takes real resources to move thingx forward.” Soon after her husband was inaugurated in Greater D.C. Cares provided the first lady with a list of locao nonprofits that she could consider according to spokeswomanSarah Fleischer. That led to her visitf to the in April, on the 100th day of the Obamq administration. Greater D.C.
Cares CEO Madyer Henson attended the signinv ceremony for the Serve America Act at the White Henson said there was no better speaker to help the organizatio n celebrate its 20th year than whois “totally committee to making a difference.” In former first lady Hillary Clinton helped launchy the organization’s first philanthropy summit. The event was formerlyu held in conjunction with the WashingtonnBusiness Journal. This year Greateer D.C.
Cares partnered with Washington Post a unitof
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Gators LB Neiron Ball medically cleared - ESPN (blog)
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Friday, June 15, 2012
Michael Irvin says accusers defamed him - Nashville Business Journal:
Irvin denies that any contract existed between him and the plaintiffs and also filed a counterclaim inthe case. Irvi accuses the plaintiffs of defamationand slander, civip extortion and duress, tortious interference with currengt and prospective business relationds and civil conspiracy, among other causeas of action. About a month ago, the original plaintiffs Jordabn Bealmearof Thermal, Calif., and Shannon Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Ky.
, alleged Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and was their idea, but one that had been intercepted by Irvin during negotiations to work together on the The plaintiffs in Irvin’s response also are referred to as The Bealmeard Group. Irvin’s court filing accuses The Bealmearf Group of fraudulently representinbg themselves as producers who had the appropriate connectionxand know-how to put such a show together. Irvin also accuses the group of defamingh him when he decided not to pursu e further communicationswith them.
The plaintiffs, in a lawsuit filedc in Dallas County earlierthis year, accused Irvinh of fraud, fraud by nondisclosure, breacg of contract and unjust enrichment. However, in a responswe to the suit filed late last Irvin says he had the idea to producwean "American Idol”-type reality show about football try-outsz years before he met the plaintiffs. The counterclaim filed by Irvin also contends that Irvin told his attorneh about the idea befors meeting any ofthe plaintiffs.
In Irvin’s response, he allegesw that a friend of his, Bonnie-Jill knew of Irvin’s interestt in producing such a show and connected him with one of the defendantsz Shannon Clark who also had mentioned creating a show with asimila concept. Irvin says without the friendship with the plaintiffs never would have been able to secure a meetingfwith him. In addition, Irvin said he told Laflinb he would meet with the but already had the idea for the program and did not make a commitmen t to them atany time. His filing also states that themeetin wasn't exclusive and that Irvin had meetingz with others, including former Cowboys Coach Barry Switzer, about doinhg a TV show.
Irvin also said he learned thegroupp “had nothing to and the show discussed was not based on proprietaryy information, but rather on a commo n business plan that many in the entertainment industryh were pursuing after the success of American Idol-type realitg shows, according to court documents “After beinhg rejected for this projecgt by Irvin, the Bealmear Group, in much the same mannetr as one would expect of a spurned or a spoiled child, began and continues to wage a campaign to publisj false, misleading and/or defamatory remarkw about Irvin, his reputation and his methodd and manner of doing business," alleges the filed on Irvin's behalf by Dallas attorney Larryy Friedman.
The plaintiffs in the original lawsuit claimed they developedx the concept behindthe show, which they were calliny “Guts to Glory” and ended up in contact with Irvi n and his representatives to invite Irvin to be the show’es host. The plaintiffs said they offered a deal in which Irvin and his agent wouldx receive 25 percent of the proceeds and the plaintiffs would receiver75 percent. They later struck a deal in which Irvinn would take 75 percent of the aggregatse executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffs would share the remaininy 25 percent and that adaptionw of the show for other sportxs would involve a 50-50 split, according to the lawsuit.
Durint the negotiation process, the three say Irvinb was provided withmarketing tools, includinv a story board, to present to Dallas Cowboyxs executives and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jonea with the intent of getting the team involved. In the the plaintiffs said they were escorted out of aMarcgh 10, 2008, deal signing meeting at the Dallas law officese of Friedman & Fiegler LLP in whicjh Larry Friedman was present. Their attorney, Larry was attending the meeting via aconference call.
When they were brough back intothe meeting, the plaintiffs were told that Irvim would have to review the deal memo before Days later, they learned that Irvin woule only agree to a 95-5 percent split with Irvinb taking a 95 percent cut, and five days after that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clarik stating that he had never used the storyboard in his presentationj to Jones, according to the In response, the attorney for the plaintiffs, Mark Taylotr of Dallas, originally told the Dallas Businesas Journal that the issue is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreeed to enter into a deal and then reneged on the terms of the Taylor was unable to be reached for comment on Monday to responc to Irvin’s counterclaims.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
N.C. high in self-employed company starts - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
The Census Bureau calls such businessesnonemployetr businesses, which are typically self-employex individuals operating a very small, unincorporatecd company. North Carolina’s growth rate for nonemployer businessesswas 6.7 percent from 2006 to the most recent data available. Georgia led the nation with a 6.9 percen t increase, followed by Alabama at a 6.8 perceng gain. The economic sectors represented by nonemployerr businesses include real estate services and specialty trade The United States added nearly 1 millioh nonemployer businesses from 2006 to totaling 21.7 million enterprises. The nationwidr growth rate was 4.5 percent.
Receipts for nonemployer businesa in the United Statedtotaled $992 billion in 2007, up 2.2 percent from $970 billiom in 2006. North Carolina receipts totaled $27.5 billion in 2007, a 4.5 percent increase over 2006 receipts.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Sprint brings mobile broadband network to laptops - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
WiMAX-based Intel notebooks can be bought online at and Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) said in a The so-called fourth-generation wireless broadband service, branded launched last month in Baltimore. The Xohm distributiohn strategy lets consumersbuy WiMAX-capable devices independent of Xohm subscriptions, then activats their devices to WiMAsX service. Sprint envisions a multitude of WiMAX-compatible products as manufacturers add embeddedc chipsetsto computing, portable multimedia and Internetr devices. When Xohm launched, a Express aircard and device, and servicd offers were available.
Xohm productss first will be available at six stores in with sales kiosks open inseveral Baltimore-areas malls, the release said. Items also will be sold on the Web andby phone. The company listede several products available or inthe (Nasdaq: INTC) is shipping its first combined WiMAX/Wi-Fi module as part of a seriess that’s an optional feature for Intepl Centrino 2-based laptops, the releaswe said. Later this Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will sell a new WiMAX-compatible Nokia N810 Internet tableft witha wide-screen display and keyboard at certain independent Baltimore retailers and on its Web Also in October, will begij offering a Xohm USB device.
Duringb the fourth quarter, Sprint will launchb a device compatiblewith third- and fourth-generatiojn networks, the release said. Personak computer equipment manufacturers — including , , and — have said they plan to delivefr IntelCentrino 2-based notebooks featuring a processor with (Nasdaq: DELL), (NYSE: PC), Ltd. and plan to support WiMAX in their laptops beginning next therelease said. , Sprint announced a $14.5 billionj deal to combine its Xohm unit with the WiMAs unitof (Nasdaq: CLWR), forming the new The deal, which includesx $3.2 billion in strategic investments from an arrayt companies such as Intel, is expectedf to close during the fourth quarter.
the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, has almostg 52 million customers.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Layne Christensen misses analysts
In a release Monday, the Mission Woods-basex company (Nasdaq: LAYN) reported a loss of $11.35t million, or 59 cents a share, for the quarte r that ended Jan. 31. This compares with earningds of $9.6 million, or 50 centsa a share, the prior The company said the impairment charge resulted from lower oil and gas reservd valuationsat year’s end causer by lower natural gas prices. Eight analysts surveyecd by reported a consensus earningsa estimate of 40 cents a sharew for the quarterand $2.35 a share for the full fiscapl year. Revenue for the quarter was $229.4 million, up 2.6 percenr from $223.6 million the priord year. For the fiscal the company reported earningsof $26.5 or $1.
37 a share, down 29 percengt from $37.3 million, or $2.20 a share, the prior fiscalo year. Revenue for the year was a recorxd $1.01 billion, up 16 percenr from $868.3 million the prior The company’s stock closed on Monday at down $2.85, or 14.7 on volume of 808,661 shares, according to . The stock’s average daily volume the past thres monthsis 263,316 shares. “The first quartef will be tougher as we stair step downfrom fourth-quarter revenues while trying to get costs in line with a lowert revenue base,” CEO Andrew Schmitt said in the Layne Christensen provides products and services for the mineral and energy It ranks No.
17 on the Kansasd City BusinessJournal ’s list of area publix companies.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
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Friday, June 8, 2012
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Garmin CEO Kao gets 37 percent raise in 2008 - Kansas City Business Journal:
In a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Olathe-based company (Nasdaq: GRMN) said Kao’s tota compensation in 2008 was $580,215, up from $422,899 in 2007. Kao’ss base salary in 2008 was $500,011. He received a cash bonus of $203 and othet compensation of $80,001. In 2007, Kao’s base salarg was $320,201. His cash bonus was $25,000, and othere compensation was $77,698. Garmin said in the SEC filing that all its othee named executive officers each receivexa $203 cash bonus for 2008, “ths same bonus that was paid to all employees of Garmin’s principakl U.S. subsidiary.
” “The executives did not receive any other cash incentive awards or cash bonusesein 2008, in part because for 2008 Garmin did not have a formalizedf annual incentive program for the executives,” the filinb said. “Current macro- and micro-economic conditionse and the factthat Garmin’s performance in 2008 did not excees its performance in 2007 by as much as was expected at the beginninf of 2008 also factored into the executives not receivin a cash incentive award or larger cash bonus in 2008.” Garmin manufactures and markets communicatione devices using satellite-aided global positioning It ranks No.
7 on the Kansas City BusinesseJournal ’s list of area publicc companies.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Study: Dallas-Area Managers Expect Stable or Growing IT Budgets - Dallas Business Journal:
Utah-based , a technology and engineering staffinhg provider, announced the study’s results on Wednesday. It revealw that despite the recession, therer will be a strong demand for experienced informationjtechnology workers, according to ConsultNet. · A majority of the Dallas-ares companies surveyed, 72 percent, expect no change – or increases in their IT budgets in the nextsix · 27 percent of hirinfg managers expect an increase in their IT budget in the next six slightly down when compared to the past six · 45 percent of survey respondents expecty their IT and engineering headcountr to stay the same over the next six compared to 25 percent who expect an and 30 percent who anticipate a decrease in “This stabilization is good news for the IT and engineerinhg industries in Texas,” said Spencer Shaffer, president of ConsultNet.
ConsultNet is also experiencingf a growing number of orders fortechnologu professionals, he said. Go to www.consultnet.com to see the complet e report.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Navy nails stimulus funds for $10 million project in Millington - Memphis Business Journal:
The project, which will be built by Nashville-bases , and designed by Memphis-based , was originally planne for 2014, but the Navy was askedc by the federal government for projects that could be pushed forward with funding from the Americajn Reinvestment andRecovery Act. Lt. Cmdr. Sean Dalton, assistant operations officer for facilitiexs in theMidwest division, says the Millington project is one of 13 that were funded this The new child development center will serve up to 200 childrenm on the base. The projectg will include demolition of the existing administrationm building onthe base, which will move to a renovatec building that currently houses the children’ s development center.
The new project will be LEED silver Since the project isa design-build project, the exactf LEED features of the project haven’t been determined, but Daltonb says the silver certification is required of the The design should be completedx in the next two months.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Ohio Swine Flu cases continue ascent - Dayton Business Journal:
Twenty-five Ohio counties have reporterd residents diagnosed with the flu virus known as swine flu including three counties in the Dayton Montgomery County hasthree cases, Clark County has six casesa and Butler County has two. In Ohio, Cuyahog a County has the most diagnosedc caseswith 24. There are also 43 suspectedc cases throughout the state and three probable The virus was declared a globa pandemic two weeks ago bythe . The last in 1968, originated in China and killed 1millionb people. There are now about 60,000p cases of H1N1 globally, with the U.S.
havinyg the most with 21,449 cases and 87 Every state, as well as Washington, and Puerto Rico have had diagnosed according to thefederal . where the strain originated, has 8,279 cases but the most death swith 116. In the United the most deaths have occurred in New Yorkwith 35, followedx by California with 16 and Texas and Utah with 10. Butler County – 2 (30-year-old 13-year-old female) • Clark Countyy – 6 (15-year-old male, 25-year-old 12-year-old male, 15-year-old female, 13-year-oldr male, 14-year-old male) • Cuyahoga County 24 (41-year-old female, 9-year-old male, 14-year-old 13-year-old male, 13-year-old 14-year-old male, 26-year-old 20-year-old female, 16-year-old female, 12-year-old male, 8-year-oldc female,13-year-old female, 14-year-old male, 14-year-olx male, 14-year-old male, 14-year-old 14-year-old male, 16-year-old male, 9-year-oled female, 11-year-old male, 56-year-old male, 2-year-old male, 11-year-old 22-year-old male) &bull ; Fairfield County – 2 (27-year-old 3-year-old male) • Franklin County – 19 (31-year-olde male, 33-year-old male, 18-year-old male, 20-year-old female, 19-year-olc female, 21-year-old male, 20-yeat old male, 22-year-old female, 23-year-old female, 19-year-olcd male, 11-year-old female, 13-year-old 35-year-old female, 44-year old 8-year-old male, 41-year-old male, 31-year-old male, 29-year-olc male, 15-year-old female) • Fultonn County – 2 (10-year-old female, 11-year-olx male) • Hamilton County – 3 (21-year-olrd male, 57-year-old male, 55-year-old female)