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By George Chen and Michael Flaherty
HONG KONG, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The allure of raising a Chinese currency fund is strong for private equity firms.
But setting up a yuan fund risks alienating private equity's most prized stakeholders: U.S., European, and Middle Eastern pension funds and fund-of-funds, which have committed billions of dollars to the buyout industry over the last decade.
These investors expect exposure to China deals. Yet they won't get it through a yuan fund because only Chinese investors are allowed access under current Chinese rules.
While this issue is in its early phases, and may well be smoothed over, it is surfacing with certain investors, including such names as the Blackstone Group (BX.N) and Microsoft's (MSFT.O) Bill Gates.
The development may complicate China's moves to draw foreign private equity investors, an effort that has included tax incentives for fund managers who set up in Shanghai, which aims to catch up with Hong Kong, New York and London as a new global financial centre before 2020.
Private equity executives have promised their investors, known as limited partners (LPs), a slice of China's red-hot economy, either through global funds or Asia-focused funds.
A yuan fund is seen as allowing easier access to Chinese deals and faster closure, but Beijing forbids non-China investors from taking part.
So if you're The Blackstone Group, which has a global buyout fund active in Asia and is raising a yuan fund, it's possible for a non-Chinese LP to wonder: Are you going to use my money to invest in China or will you use Chinese money?
Partly to help internationalise its financial centres, Beijing is encouraging global funds such as Blackstone and The Carlyle Group [CYL.UL] to launch yuan funds and set up offices in Shanghai and Tianjin. Neither the LPs nor the private equity fund managers, known as general partners (GPs), want to miss the hot investment opportunities in China.
"Usually the most convincing way to deal with conflicts of interest between RMB and offshore funds is to align their investment scopes and target returns," said John Fadely, a partner specializing in fund formation at Clifford Chance.
"So that they always invest together, pro rata to their capital commitments, unless that wouldn't be feasible for some objective, readily understandable reason," said Fadely.
Fadely acknowledged that China's regulatory hurdles make this difficult today.
The yuan is also known as Renminbi, or RMB, and was introduced by the Communists and literally means "people's money".
In August, Blackstone said it aimed to launch a 5 billion yuan ($732.3 million) fund, one of the first Shanghai-registered yuan private equity funds by a foreign investor. [ID:nN14292761]
An LP source close to Blackstone told Reuters that some investors in the United States had raised concerns about Blackstone's plan to launch the yuan fund.
The LP source declined to be identified as the source was not authorised to speak to the media.
Blackstone Senior Managing Director Ben Jenkins addressed the issue when asked about it by Reuters at the AVCJ conference in Hong Kong last month.
"First of all, to clarify, we don't have it (the yuan fund) yet. We are in the process of raising it. We view it very much as additive and complementary to what we are already doing in Asia and China specifically," Jenkins said.
Foreign limited partners in other dollar funds face the same issue.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, part of the Gates foundation, decided not to invest in a newer Hony Capital fund partly due to concerns about Hony's plan to raise money domestically for a yuan fund, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Hony is an influential China fund backed by Legend Holdings, the world's No.4 PC maker. Despite efforts by its founder John Zhao to clarify that Hony's yuan fund and its dollar fund would focus on different industries in China, the Gates foundation decided to walk away from Hony's second dollar fund, said the sources, who were not authorised to speak to the media.
"The foundation doesn't have information about specific investments as our focus is on grantmaking," said a Gates foundation spokeswoman, in an emailed response to Reuters inquiries on Hony Capital.
The Gates foundation was a major LP in Hony's first fund.
For Blackstone, Jenkins' explanation was on similar lines -- different focuses for its dollar fund and yuan fund in terms of deal size.
"The fund, if we are successful, will be 5 billion renminbi, roughly $750 million equivalent, so that is a relatively small fund compared to our current $20 billion global fund," Jenkins said. "The RMB fund will be making investments in the $25 million to $50 million range, so those are really too small for us to pursue out of the main fund," he said.
Jenkins also said that for deals worth over $75 million in the mainland and for overseas deals, Blackstone's dollar and yuan funds would look to invest jointly.
For the first time, the amount of yuan funds exceeds that of dollar funds raised this year for investment firms focused on China, according to the Centre for Asia Private Equity Research (CAPER) in Hong Kong. (Click here for a graphic: here)
Of the money raised so far this year for investing in China, nearly 60 percent were yuan funds, worth nearly 20.4 billion yuan ($3 billion), according to CAPER.
"I think it is a mixed feeling," said Kathleen Ng, managing director at CAPER, referring to the yuan, U.S. dollar fund dilemma.
"As time goes by, most LPs have come to terms with this reality and accept the fact that an RMB fund is part of the landscape in China's private equity," she added. ($1=6.828 Yuan) (Additional reporting by Farah Master; Editing by Don Durfee and Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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text: Policy Blog NH tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-78092700073105164 2014-11-14T15:45:46-05:00 Here we welcome a free and open exchange of opinions and commentary on the public policy issues facing New Hampshire. Our mission is to raise new ideas and improve public policy debates in our state through quality information and analysis. TypePad A blast from the public policy past tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a011570deb900970c01b8d090015c970c 2014-11-14T15:45:46-05:00 2014-11-14T15:45:46-05:00 In the course of a new research project, we've been digging through some old studies of New Hampshire's education system. These earlier analyses help provide historical context for the public policy discussions the state tends to revisit time and again. And this kind of stroll through the archives also reminds you that many of the challenges New Hampshire is now facing aren't necessarily new. Take, for example, a 1966 study of New Hampshire's network of school districts. The report, written by a Harvard professor at the request of the New Hampshire Department of Education, notes the demographic and economic changes... Policy Blog NH Study -- abroad and in New Hampshire tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a011570deb900970c01b7c6f40c27970b 2014-10-15T13:36:23-04:00 2014-10-15T15:13:23-04:00 We've been looking lately at data on immigrants to New Hampshire for a new research project we're engaged in. In addition, we've had a long-standing interest in understanding how well New Hampshire's education system provides for its young people. Recent numbers from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey allow us to draw connections across these two, seemingly separate issues – with some interesting and important findings. First, let's look at rates of educational attainment for the New England states, with each state's population broken into three categories: those born in that state, those who moved from another state in the... Policy Blog NH The Saskatchewan Advantage? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a011570deb900970c01b7c6ee71ce970b 2014-10-06T16:18:35-04:00 2014-10-06T16:19:49-04:00 Which has the edge: Michigan or Ohio? Does Texas outrank North Carolina? Has Florida lost its lustre? For college sports fans, such state-based comparisons are the stuff of heated debate. But economists and demographers have been getting in the game lately, too. In fact, there's been a recent boom in efforts to rank states according to measures of economic prosperity, health, safety and other measures -- rather than college bowl games. To be fair, we're no strangers to this pursuit ourselves: The Center last year developed, in conjunction with the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, a methodology for... Policy Blog NH A new tool for improving Manchester's schools tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a011570deb900970c01bb078f8458970d 2014-09-30T12:00:30-04:00 2014-09-30T17:09:46-04:00 The Union Leader today published an op-ed column by Center Deputy Director Daniel Barrick, explaining the goals of our recent study of the trends shaping Manchester's school system. As the column says, the report has two aims: to identify the most critical areas of need in Manchester's public schools; and to engage outside parties — including city businesses, nonprofits, higher education leaders, health care providers and others — to collaborate in discussions about how to set goals and measure progress for students and the district. It is a resource to improve public understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing the... Policy Blog NH Schools, community and progress tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a011570deb900970c01b8d06fbe99970c 2014-09-24T11:57:21-04:00 2014-09-24T11:57:21-04:00 How are the schools in your community doing? And what are the factors that shape success for a school district? Unless you're willing to put in a lot of time digging through data sets and talking with educators, you probably don't have many objective tools at your disposal to help answer those questions. Our latest report is meant to help address this gap for the largest public school system in New Hampshire. "Manchester's Education Benchmarks: Using Data to Map a Path to Success" combines data from multiple sources, over several years, to examine the various factors shaping Manchester's schools: shifts... Policy Blog NH New poverty, income, migration data paints mixed picture for NH tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a011570deb900970c01a73e18c282970d 2014-09-18T13:02:02-04:00 2014-09-18T13:02:02-04:00 The U.S. Census bureau released a slew of new economic data earlier today, detailing state-by-state numbers for median household income, poverty and cross-state migration. We're still poring over much of the data, but a cursory glance reveals mixed news for New Hampshire. First, the good news. After a sharp rise over the course of the Recession, New Hampshire's poverty rate fell last year, from 10 percent in 2012 to 8.7 percent in 2013. That's obviously good news, and, in fact, only one state (Wyoming) witnessed a bigger decline in its poverty rate. By contrast, the national poverty rate was essentially... Policy Blog NH Where We All Came From tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a011570deb900970c01a73e028fe0970d 2014-08-15T14:23:20-04:00 2014-08-15T14:24:04-04:00 Where did we all come from? It's an interesting question, isn't it? No, we're not getting metaphysical on you. We're talking about demographic change – how New Hampshire's population is changing, and why. Demographic shifts, particulary the patterns of migration into and out of New Hampshire, run through nearly every state public policy issue. And a new graphic from the New York Times provides a fascinating visual interpretation of that phenomenon. The Times produced a series of charts that document patterns of domestic migration within the country, with one chart for each state. Each illustration breaks down that state's population... Policy Blog NH Child well-being in NH: Where we rank tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a011570deb900970c01a73df2438a970d 2014-07-22T16:51:20-04:00 2014-07-22T16:51:20-04:00 New Hampshire has long enjoyed the top spot in the annual Kids Count index, which ranks the relative health, safety, and education of children from state to state. But in the most recent ranking, released earlier today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, New Hampshire fell from first to fourth among the states for child well-being. What's behind this drop? First, let's look at the workings behind the rankings. The Kids Count index is broken down into four categories: economic well-being; education; health; and family and community. Each category contains four measurements, and the index compares each state's 2014 data... Policy Blog NH FY 2014 revenues come into focus tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a011570deb900970c01a3fd2ad87d970b 2014-07-03T16:18:06-04:00 2014-07-03T16:18:06-04:00 With the end of June comes the close of New Hampshire's fiscal year. It's a time when budget bean-counters (including us) examine revenues and try to determine what they mean for the current budget as well as future expectations. State revenues finished up in FY14 about $37 million ahead of last year (after adjusting for one time revenues in both years), and $5.8 million above the adjusted forecast for the year. That's pretty good news, overall. But if you look beyond the bottom-line, things are a bit more nuanced. For instance, while state business taxes were slightly higher in FY14... Policy Blog NH NH's grade for business: What does it mean? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a011570deb900970c01a73de0db3b970d 2014-06-26T12:55:56-04:00 2014-06-26T12:56:33-04:00 A recent ranking by CNBC of the "Best States to Do Business" had New Hampshire tied for 30th place, out of the 50 states. That's doesn't exactly sound like the spot you want to find yourself, if you're looking to ensure future economic growth and prosperity. But what does that ranking mean, exactly? The CNBC study was similar to other periodic rankings of state business climates, grading each state on factors like tax policy, regulatory environment, business costs, quality of life, education, infrastructure and healthcare. Where did New Hampshire do poorly, according to CNBC's analysis? The state fared worse in... Policy Blog NH


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April 1%35- A. E. KEPPLER 3,996,965
DISPLAY BOX Filed Nov. 8, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 vV/ TNESS E) HTTORNAE'X .April 9, 1935. A. E. KEPPLER DI SPLAY BOX -Filed Nov. 8, 1955' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 w/ TNESYS Patented Apr. 9, 1935 UNITED STATES.
PATENT OFFICE 1,996,965 DISPLAY BQX Albert E. Keppler, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to Brown & Bailey Company, Philadelphia, Pa., a
corporation of Pennsylvania Application November 8, 1933, Serial No. 697,103 8 Claims. (Cl. 229-16) Certain classes of articles such as link sausage, rubber tubing and the like, are usually put up by the manufacturer in coils of considerable length from which the retailer cuts off relatively short pieces from time to time as required by his which are to be packaged in the box after it is properly set up and which, after receipt by the retailer, may be readily placed by him in condition to effectively display the goods within the box.
A still further object of the invention is the provision of such a box, the component parts of which are preferably of cardboard or the like, which may be readily set up from knockdown condition in a minimum of time and with a minimum of difficulty by girls or other relatively unskilled labor; which is effective to preserve its contents from damage ,while in transit; which in its preferred embodiment is of rectangular form when in condition for shipment and may thus be packed snugly in crates or the like without loss of space, and which, because of its struc-' tural characteristics, is comparatively firm and rigid not only when in condition for shipment, but also when in display position.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of design, construction and arrangement comprehended by the invention are hereinafter more particularly pointed out or will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description of certain boxes constructed in accordancetherewith and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig; 1 is a perspective view of-on'e of said boxes in display position with certain parts broken away to show internal construction; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal centralsection thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the retainer which forms a component element of the boxfiand Fig. 4 isa planview on a somewhat smaller scale of the cut and scored blank from which the other component element of the box is formed. In Figs. 5-7. inclusive, respectively corresponding to Figs. 1, 3 and 4, I have shown another slightly different box also constructed in accordance with the invention which, under certain conditions, may be preferred to that shown in the preceding figures. Throughout the 5 drawings the same symbols are used to designate corresponding parts in the several figures, those employed in connection with the box shown in Figs. 5-7 being distinguished by a prime Generally speaking, the box of my invention 10 comprises when in condition to receive the goods to be packaged therein, a bottom bounded by front, back and side walls, apolygonal retainer resting on the bottom and having sides, respectively in engagement with the several walls and means bridging the spaces between the other sides of the retainer and the corners of the box in such manner as not only to obscure said spaces from view but also to adequately support the adjacent portions of the retainer and thus maintain the latter in a substantially true polygonal shape against the pressure exerted thereon by the goods contained within it. Preferably, also,
the box is provided with a top hinged to the back wall and, in the ordinary manner, the top may be cut and scored and provided with a flap which can be tucked either adjacent the front or rear wall depending on whether the top is in closing or openposition whereby when bent up to the latter the top provides an attractive display fea- 3 ture, but as the particular arrangement and configuration of top form no part of the invention, they may be varied as desired and, in fact, in some instances, it may be preferred to omit the top entirely, the box then serving as*an open con- 3 tainer which can be temporarily wrapped in a suitable, preferably transparent, covering mate-.- rial for shipment after the goods are placed within it.-
More particularly, and referring now to the 40 blank shown in Fig. 4 which is of cardboard or other suitable material, it will be noted that it comprises portions designed to form the bottom I, front 2, back .3 and sides 4, 5, all attached to and surrounding the bottom, and defined therefrom respectively by the scored lines a, b and 0-0. of these several parts, the bottom is square and the others rectangular, the width of the latter measured normal to the scored lines being of 'course determined by the desired depth of the box. A panel 6 of substantially the same size and contour as the front 2 extends outwardly from the latter, being defined therefrom by the scored line (1, and carries at its extremity a narnow locking flap' 1 adapted to engage beneath a tab 8 defined by an arcuate cut in the bottom of the box in the customary way. At the front ends of the sides 4, 5 are tucking flaps 9, 9 defined therefrom by scores ce, while looking flaps 10, ll defined from the sides by scores ,f-,f extend rearwardly therefrom; these flaps are respectively provided with a slot l2 and a cutout I3 defining a tab Ila whereby the said flaps when folded to position may be locked together in the ordinary way. From the back 3 a portion I5 is extended to form the lid, being defined from the back by the score g and provided at its outer extremity with a tongue l6 beyond the score h; desirably, the part l5 approximates the shape and size of the bottom I so that when folded parallel thereto it will cover the latter to form a closure for the box. It is also preferably provided with a staggered out a: and scored transversely at i-z' at the extremities of this out but, if desired, the latter and the scores i--i may be left out or the whole top portion 15' omitted in case, on the one hand, the top is not to be used as a display medium or, on the other, not to be used at all as hitherto suggested.
The various parts of the blank to which reference has heretofore been made are commonly found in substantially similar form in numerous types of display boxes constructed from single blanks of material, and it will thus'be readily understood that when the box is to be assembled, the front and rear walls are folded up along the scores cb and the sides along the scores cc, the tucking flaps 9, 9 then tucked between the parts 2, 6 and the locking flap I inserted beneath the tab 8, thus holding the front in substantially vertical position with respect to the bottom. The
locking flaps I0, I l are then brought around be-.
hind the back 3 and locked together through the medium of the slot I 2, cutout l3 and tap Ha is inserted in the slot, thus completing the formation ofthe outer part of the box. The top can then be bent forward on the score g and the flap l6 bent down on score 71. and inserted behind the front, now formed by the panels 2, 6, thus closing the box which, in the absence of other parts now to be described, would thus form a rectangular container open, when the top is turned up from parallelism with the bottom, throughout the entire area bounded by the front, back and side walls.
The blank, in addition to the parts heretofore described, is provided with a retainer flap adjacent each -outer corner of the side panels 4, 5 defined therefrom by a scored line is extending parallel to the scores 0-0 for a distance approximately equal to the width of the retainer flap measured normal to score 70. From the inner end of this score another score 7' is extended outward at an angle of to meet the score 1 constituting a prolongation ofthe score e or f, scores k, 7' and'l thus defining in the flap an isosceles triangle of which 7' is the base. Each of the flaps 20 adjacent the front of the blank is extended beyond the score 1 and terminates just short of the score (1 if prolonged, being separated from the adjacent tucking flap 9 by a cut m while, in a similar way, each of the flaps 2| adjacent the back of the blank is likewise extended alongside the locking flaps [0, ll, being separated therefrom by a out n, and terminates at a point just short of the score 9 if prolonged. The inner end of each flap is also cut on a line normal to its score 9' to provide an edge adapted to engage the adjacent side panel when the blank is folded, and is beveled on a line preferably parallel to said score at the corner adjacent the proximate flap. Each retainer fiap may therefore be considered as embodying three parts ,or zones respectively designated as 22, 23, 24, which when the blank is bent up respectively occupy certain positions and perform certain functions as hereinafter more fully described. Mention has already been made of the retaine which forms a component element of the completed box. This retainer 25 consists of-a strip of cardboard or like material in width approximating that of the panels of the blank designed to form the walls and surrounding the bottom I; it is transversely scored at intervals so it can be bent up to polygonal shape as best shown in Fig. 3, and is provided at one end with a narrow flap 26 which laps over the opposite end and is secured thereto by a suitable adhesive. The retainer can therefore be readily pressed down to approximately flat condition by collapsing it oppositely inwardly and, when so collapsed,- takes up but little room during transit from the box maker to the goods manufacturer by whom it is bent out to normal position as shown in Fig. 3 preparatory to assembly with the folded-up blank to form the completed box. The particular retainer to which reference is now being made is octagonal, but retainers having a greater number of sides may also be employed as hereinafter described.
When the blank and the retainer are to be assembled to form the completed box, the sides, front and back walls of the former are bent up and the tucking and locking flaps arranged in the manner to which reference has already, been made. The retainer flaps are'then respectively bent transversely on scores 9' and Z and downwardly on scores is so the parts 22 lie against the front or rear wall as the case may be, the parts 23 extend vertically downward from the scores 7' with the edges thereof which, in the flat blank, were normal to said scores engaging the adjacent side walls, and the triangular portions 24 defined by scores 7', 70, Z extend parallel to the bottom, being sustained and braced by the parts 22, 23. The retainer is now inserted in the space bounded by the parts 23 of the retainer flaps and the front, back and side walls in such way that four of its sides lie respectively adjacent said parts and its other four sides, alternating therebetween, lie adjacent said walls, the retainer resting on the bottom I, thus placing the box in condition to receive the goods which are to be packaged in it. After the goods are inserted, the cover, if provided, is brought forward and the fiap I6 is tuckedin between the front wall, the retainer and the parts 22 of the adjacent retainer flaps thus placing the package in condition for transit to the retailer who, on its receipt, throws the cover back, bends it transversely forward on the scores i-i, assuming the top is provided with them, and tucks flap l6 between the back wall, the retainer and parts 22 of the adjacent retainer flaps, thus putting the cover in display position.
It will be noted that when the retainer is in place, it bounds a polygonal cavity in which the goods can be readily coiled and that it is firmly supported on its several sides either by the side and back walls or by the retainer flaps, the parts 24 of which are snugly seated in the corners of the box and in turn supported by the depending parts 22, 23, the former abutting the adjacent side walls and the-latter seating on the bottom adjacent the rear wall or on the locking flap I, in turn resting on the bottom, adjacent the front wall. Moreover, this support is afforded not only cause of their aforesaid engagement with the side walls, while of course the latter as well as the front and back walls are firmly attached to the bottom'. It therefore results that even though relatively heavy goods such as rubber tubing are enclosed in the box, the latter as a whole, as well as the retainer per se, adequately preserves its shape under normal conditions of service while as the spaces between the walls of the box and the diagonally extending sides of the container are obscured from view by the parts 24 of the retainer flaps, the box presents a very attractive and neat appearance and affords a desirable medium for the display of the goods which at any time can be drawn therefrom in such lengths as may be required.
While under usual conditions a box having an octagonal retainer as heretofore described will generally be preferred, a box embodying a con tainer having a greater number of sides may sometimes be deemed desirable for packaging of certain classes of goods or for other reasons such, for example, as one having a twelve-sided retainer as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, as a retainer of this type naturally more nearly approximates an annulus than one having but eight sides.
In the construction of a box of this character, I employ a blank generally similar to that to which reference has alr'eady been made save that the retainer fiaps are formed somewhat differently from those of the blank of Fig. 4. More particularly as shown in Fig. 7 each retainer flap comprises an outer end part 22' but instead of its part 24 approximating an'isosceles triangle in shape and thus having a straight base score :i, the base score in the blank of Fig. 7 is in two sections pp defining an included angle of approximately l50 with its vertex directed toward the intersection of the scores k, Z'. From the vertex of this angle, the retainer flap is cut on a line q bisecting the angle, thus forming two separate flaps 30, 3|, the first of which is bounded by cut q, adjacent score p and edges r, s respectively normal and parallel to said score, while the second is bounded by cut q, adjacent score p, an edge normal to said score and an edge u disposed at an angle suflicient to insure the end of the flap clearing the bottom of the box when the blank is set up.
In this form of the invention the retainer 25' is provided with twelve instead of eight sides and with the usual gumming fiap 26', and when the box is to be assembled the blank is folded up in the usual way to form the walls and top. Thereupon, the retainer fiaps are respectively bent over on the line It and the parts 22, 30, 3| thereafter bent in and down on the scores I, pp so as to bring parts 22' against the front or back wall as the case may be, the edge t against the adjacent side wall and the edge r against the back or front wall, the parts 22', 30, 3| thus affording firm support to the part 24. and retainer 25' after it is placed in position. The box as a whole now presents a distinctly rigid assembly while the spaces between the corners of the walls and the retainer are obscured from view as in the case .of the preferred embodiment.
Under most conditions it is desirable to form the retainer flaps 20, 2| unitarily with the rest of the blank, but it will be obvious from an inspection of Fig. 7 that such construction entails a considerable wastage of material in cutting the blanks from stock, a condition which is equally true though to a lesser degree with the blank shown in Fig. 4. Therefore, if preferred, instead of making the retainer flaps integral with the blank, they may be cut from separate pieces of stock, desirably in pairs designed for disposition adjacent each side panel 4', 5', the flaps of each pair being connected by a narrow gluing strip approximating the length of the side panel. This strip is indicated by the dotted lines 3 in Fig. 'l. The gluing strips are then respectively attached by a suitable adhesive to the appropriate side panels so that the fiaps in effect form an operatively unitary structure therewith just as though they were cut from the same piece of stock. Such construction is equally applicable, of course, to the blank shown in Fig. 4 but is less likely to be deemed desirable in connection therewith since there is normally less waste of stockin cutting these blanks as an integral unit.
While I have herein described with considerable particularity certain boxes formed in accordance with my invention, I do not thereby desire or intend to specifically confine myself thereto or to any precise details of design, construction and arrangement of the various component parts as the principles of the invention may readily be embodied in boxes of other types and/or modifications made in various particulars with respect to said parts if desired, without departing from the spirit and scope of the inven-' 2. A display box comprising a rectangular bottom, and front, back and side walls extending vertically therefrom, a polygonal retainer seated on the bottom having a side in contact with each .wall and other sides out of contact therewith adjacent the corners of the box, and flaps attached to certain of the walls, each having a part extending horizontally over the space between the retainer and the adjacent corner and other parts depending substantially vertically therefrom and respectively engaging one wall and the bottom of the box to support said first mentioned part.
3. A display box comprising a rectangular bottom, and front, back and side walls extending vertically therefrom, an octagonal retainer seated on the bottom having alternate sides engaging said walls and other sides extending diagonally across the corners of the box, mean carried by the walls interposed between each of said last mentioned sides and the adjacent corner of the box forming a closure for the space therebetween, and means integral with said last mentioned means forminga support for the inner edge thereof and engaging said diagonally extending walls of the retainer.
4. A display boxcomprising a rectangular bottom, and front, back and side walls extending vertically therefrom, a polygonal retainer seated on the bottom having opposed sides engaging said walls and other sides extending substantially diagonally across the corners of the box, means respectively hinged to a wall adjacent each of said last mentioned sides and forming closures for the spaces between said sides and the adjacent walls, and means integral with and supporting each closure means substantially parallel to the bottom.
5. A display box comprising a rectangular bottom, and front, back and side walls extending vertically therefrom, an octagonal retainer seated on the bottom having alternate sides respectively engaging said walls and other sides extending diagonally across the corners formed at the junctions thereof, and a flap carried by one of the walls adjacent each corner having a part extending across the corner substantially parallel to the bottom and engaging the adjacent parts of the retainer and other parts depending adjacent the proximate walls forming supports for the first mentioned part.
6. A display box comprising a rectangular bottom, front; back and side walls, a polygonal retainer seated on the bottom having alternate sides engaging said walls and other sides extending substantially diagonally across the corners formed at the junctions thereof, and a flap hinged to each side wall adjacent each of said corners, each fia'p comprising a substantially triangular part fitting in the space between the proximate portion of the retainer and' the adjacent portions of the walls and parts depending adjacent the walls providing vertical support for the substantially triangular part.
7. A display box comprising a bottom and front, back and side walls, a twelve-sided retainer seated on the bottom within and having sides respectively contacting said walls and other sides adjacent the corners formed by the intersections thereof and in spaced relation therewith, and
flaps carried by certain of said walls adjacent said corners, each flap comprising a part extending to the proximate sides of the retainer in substantial parallelism with the bottom and other parts respectively depending adjacent the walls and supporting said first mentioned part.
'8. A display box comprising a polygonal retainer, and a unitary enclosing structure therefor, said structure providing a bottom supporting the retainer and front, back and side walls respectively in engagement with the retainer with their comers spaced therefrom, substantially triangular flaps respectively hingedly connected along an edge to one of said walls and bridging the spaces between the retainer and said corners, and other flaps depending therefrom each engaging one of said walls and afiording vertical support to the adjacent substantially triangular flap, said retainer being freely insertable in and removable from said enclosing structure.
ALBERT ll KEPPLER.
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Dr. Ben Desper, along with his wife Laura, are looking for a home here during regular work trips the new superintendent of schools for Pickens County makes from his current residence in Bartow County.
The new superintendent must work through June in Bartow's school system before starting here full time in July.
Desper, who is mixing house hunting with work to familiarize himself with the local schools, said his new home will preferably be near the school system's central office.
In Floyd, Habersham and Bartow counties, where Desper has worked previously in education, he looked for "places where you can see the school from the house when the leaves are off the trees."
Read the rest of the profile of the county's new superintendent in this week's print edition now on sale.
Organizers of a community assessment on families in Pickens County speculate that employment and job issues will be the number one need identified for the forthcoming five-year plan.
At a public input meeting Monday, representatives from different social agencies discussed the 2013-2018 Comprehensive Plan for the Advancement of Families and Children in Pickens County.
This effort will identify the top "barriers" families here face and will work to develop strategies to address these barriers over the next several years.
Pickens Family Connections is hoping for a broad range of input, setting a goal of 500 completed surveys from all areas of the county.
"This thing can go in any direction people want," said Matt Moore, director of Pickens Family Connections. "It just depends on the input."
Update: Woman who reported kidnapping arrested for filing false report
Lisa Bode, 44 years old of Ball Ground, who reported that she was kidnapped on Interstate 575 Monday afternoon was located overnight in Fannin County. After interviewing Bode investigators charged her with False Report of a Crime and Giving False Statements. She is currently in the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center with an $11,880.00 bond.
It appears Bode was dealing with numerous personal problems which lead to her fabricating the abduction story, according to a press release from the Cherokee Sheriff's office.
Cherokee County Sheriff Office Press release
Cherokee detectives are asking for assistance from the public in locating a kidnapping victim. Lisa Bode, 44 years old of Ball Ground, called Cherokee 911 at approximately 2pm today and told dispatchers she had been kidnapped after her car broke down on Interstate 575 near the Cherokee – Pickens County line.
Bode stated she was put in the trunk of a gold car by a white male who then drove her south on Interstate 575.
Bode's black Ford Explorer was located on Interstate 575 southbound just inside Cherokee County. Anyone with any information is urged to call 911 or investigators at 770-928-0239. As this is an ongoing investigation, the 911 tape will not be released at this time.
Pickens High held graduation ceremonies Saturday morning at the football stadium ending with the usual tossing of the caps into the air.
See more photos by PHS teacher Steven Wilkie and Chandler Cook, the editor-in-chief of the high school yearbook for the coming year.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Friday signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011, which passed both houses of the Georgia Legislature by overwhelming margins.
"Georgia is a welcoming state with vibrant immigrant communities and a highly diverse population," Deal said. "These are strengths that enrich the culture of Georgia and expand our economy. There's no better way to promote the quality of life of all who live here and no better way to protect taxpayers than upholding the rule of law.
"This immigration reform measure fulfills my promise to Georgians to crack down on the influx of illegal immigrants into our state. Georgia has the sixth-highest number of illegal residents, and this comes at enormous expense to Georgia taxpayers. Those who claim that this law will have a negative financial impact on Georgia completely ignore the billions of dollars Georgians have spent on our schools, our hospitals, our courtrooms and our jails because of people who are in our state illegally.
"In Georgia, we learned from the state laws elsewhere that raised objections from the federal government. We do not wish to go to war with the federal government. We wish to partner with the federal government to enforce the current law of the nation. Let's remember: It's already illegal on every inch of U.S. soil to hire someone who is in this country illegally. What we've done in Georgia is create a level playing field for all employers. The use of E-Verify means everyone plays by the same rules – and it protects employers by giving them a federal stamp of approval on their workforce. This also protects workers because those who live in the shadows of our society lack legal protections and they're vulnerable to fraud and abuse. This legislation was expertly crafted by state Rep. Matt Ramsey to assure that our state protects the constitutional rights of all who live here. Rep. Ramsey knows, as I do, that there's no better way to promote the rights of individuals than by protecting the rule of law.
"Illegal immigration is a complex and troublesome issue, and no state alone can fix it. We will continue to have a broken system until we have a federal solution. In the meantime, states must act to defend their taxpayers."