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Strangers, I have always heard, are friends you haven't met before. Please let me introduce the Wampus Cat Report. And myself as its originator.
Strangers, I have always heard, are friends you haven't met before. Please let me introduce the Wampus Cat Report. And myself as its originator.
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(Reprinted on the occasion of Veterans Day)
By EUGENE PRICE
For some people things never work out. Take D.J. Jenkins. His father died when he was three. Nine years later, he lost his mother. And D.J. died, too – at the age of 41.
He was the man two little boys found dead under a warehouse. The brief newspaper account mentioned something about an empty bottle…
Another derelict had checked out. That was the impression left by the understandable detachment with which a reporter handled a "routine story."
But had the reporter looked beyond the shadows that surrounded all that was left of D.J. Jenkins, he might have found for his story a human being instead of a just another cadaver.
D.J. was one of those men for whom World War II did not end with the flag-waving and snake-dancing and church bell ringing that warm day in August of 1945.
He was among the riotous young men who lined the decks of the returning troop ships.
But not all of him quite made it.
There had been too many days and nights smashing holes in Hitler's Fortress Europe at Normandy; and too many weeks and months slugging across France and into Germany.
The newspaper maps showing a wide black invasion arrow looked far different up close – over the parapet of a fox hole or through the tangle of a hedgerow.
To 22-year-old D.J. Jenkins it was pock-marked with the bodies of friends as it stretched out behind all the way to the English Channel.
For D.J., for whom the war did not end soon enough, the terrifying echoes of splintering shells never stopped ringing. The smell of death and the taste of fear stayed on through the years.
Even before the shooting stopped and the shouting started, it was becoming apparent to D.J. that life, for him, could never be serene again.
They talked of sending him home after he was wounded the second time. And again after his feet froze during the bleak episode history calls "The Bulge." He had far more "points" needed to warrant his rotation. But D.J. insisted on going back to the front to be with those of his friends who were left.
For one man, possibly living somewhere in the world today, it was good that D.J. didn't buy a ticket home with his Silver Star and his Purple Hearts. That man lay wounded 100 yards from the American lines. His agonized cries competed with the crack of rifles and the staccato of machine gun fire that defied anyone to come to his assistance.
But that night, D.J. did. He crawled all the way. Whoever and wherever he is, that man will remember D.J. Jenkins as a tough, nerveless fellow soldier who saved his life.
Back home, friends remember him as an orphan who had just grown into early manhood when the war came – and as a man who came back aged far beyond his years, his chances of finding peace blotted out by heartbreaking and terrifying memories.
Perhaps in time only the two little boys who discovered the body will remember only as the man they found dead under the warehouse.
(This story and many others are found in Gene Price's book, Folks Around Here.)
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Don't pay the ransom! Wampus has "escaped."
Actually, my son Charles (Chuck) out in California bailed me out. I had let my "contract" with the computer folks lapse. But Chuck arranged to have me reinstated. My heartfelt thanks to him. And here goes!
Election season is approaching and that time brings some old stories to mind. Like the Wayne County fellow who ran for a local office and found himself wiped out at the polls.
He showed up the day after the election packing a pistol on each hip.
"Why the guns?" a fellow citizen asked.
Responded the unsuccessful candidate:
"A man with no more friends than I have can't afford to go around without protection."
He could have been the same fellow who received only one vote. All the folks he met assured him that theirs was the vote cast for him.
The fellow fired back: "You're lying. I received only one vote and it was mine. Not even my wife voted for me."
But perhaps the most surprised and disappointed candidate in history was the fellow in Seven Springs many years ago. He ran unopposed. And was defeated by a write-in candidate.
He reportedly wagged his head and commented: "It'd be tough to be beaten by anybody. But to be beaten by nobody is something else again."
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By Eugene Price
According to my favorite afternoon newspaper, there is a question about where to put that F-86 fighter plane that has graced courthouse property since 1970.
The F-86 Sabre was the U.S. response to the Russian-built MIGs during the Korean war. Among '86 pilots was my long-time friend and neighbor Phil Kemp.
If the present location of the Sabre poses some problem demanding an answer, please let the city of Goldsboro not use the one imposed under the reign of former City Manager Page Benton.
In those days, Herman Park boasted a P-47 of World War II fame. It was an impressive, powerful-looking aircraft. Our highly respected veterinarian Dr. Bill Plummer had flown it during "The War."
Visitors to the park – and especially their children – always looked with awe over the great old aircraft.
Then, one day, it was gone.
Apparently to the junkyard –either ours or the Air Force's.
In my view, that was the most memorable action that city
manager made during his tenure in Goldsboro.
Hopefully, our present city manager will leave a more appreciated legacy when it comes to the great old aircraft now resting proudly on in our midst..
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Joyce Price Johnson, 69, of Goldsboro died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital.
For many years she served as executive assistant to Weil Enterprises managing hotel properties in Goldsboro, Raleigh, Wilmington and Beaufort. She was a former member of the Wayne County Social Services Board and the Goldsboro Planning Department.
Ms. Johnson is survived by her parents, Eugene and Gloria Price of the Sleepy Creek community, two sisters, Susan Johnson of Raleigh and Bonnie West of Charlotte, and two brothers, Charles Price of San Jose, California and John Price of Raleigh.
Funeral services will be held…
The family requests that instead of flowers, contributions might be made to the Joyce Price Johnson Scholarship Fund at Wayne Community College.
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Wampus has long been a Fox fan. This not to agree entirely with its claim to be "fair and balanced." But Fox at least balances off the consistently liberal other networks.
Among my favorites on Fox has Neil Cavuto. He seems always to sincerely do his best to be fair to everyone and on all issues. Our family feels comfortable listening to him.
But no one can be perfect. Hence this notation:
A few moments ago, I cut off my TV in the midst of a Cavuto program.
He had asked a guest – a woman, as it were – a question.
The lady was beginning what seemed to be a sincere response. Then, in her midsentence, Cavuto interrupted with a challenging comment. And without allowing her to continue, he then dominated the program with his own observations.
It was unfair. It was rude. It was ungentlemanly.
It was far from what we had come to expect from Neil Cavuto.
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"Poiticians." Far too often the word conjures up a negative reaction: One of scheming elected officials looking after their own or special interests.
It is an unfair and unwarranted impression.
There are, of course, a few who end up with their hands in the till or feathering their own nests or those of special interest groups.
But by and large those who run for public office – and especially those who are elected – are people of integrity and goodwill.
Consider for a moment people like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan – and all those in between and after them. And bring it down to the local level.
Not only do we elect good people but we usually return them to office as long as they are wiling to serve.
And they all are "politicians."
Almost invariably newcomers to the arena will insist "I am not a politician." That's because over the years, in the minds of many, "politician" has an unfavorable connotation. But, of course, the moment an individual puts his or her name on the nomination form, he or she forfeits the claim of not being a politician.
Thank goodness for those courageous enough and sacrificial enough to offer themselves for public service. And that gratitude should go for those who win elections and those who "fail to make the cut." The latter also make a contribution: They make voters take stock, to examine the records and qualifications of those running – and make informed decisions.
Politicians? Quite frequently they come from the best among us. It is a mantle that may be worn proudly.
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Many years ago the "brothers" were sitting around in the lounge of the Elks Lodge talking about things the brothers talk about while sitting around at the Elks Lodge.
We were working our way through the various "sins" and had come to Lying,
One senior member from Snow Hill sipped his "soda" and declared: "I don't think a person should tell a lie unless it is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!"
That generated some thoughtful silence.
Finally, a younger member of the lodge asked: "Under what conditions might you consider it 'absolutely necessary' to lie?"
The senior member responded with, "If I were to see you at the beach with a woman other than your wife and later ran into your wife and she asked if I had seen you at the beach, I would feel it absolutely necessary to tell her that I had not."
To which the younger member said: "Thank you, my good friend!"
Call your next case…
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Captain Vince Ward for many years ran a party boat out of Swansboro. He took folks out for inshore bottom fishing as well as offshore trolling. Capt. Vince was father of Goldsboro's highly respected automobile repair shop operator Dan Ward – and grandfather of today's boat motor repairman Craig Ward.
At a time when Captain Vince and his boat, the "Jean Ann," both were getting along in years, the captain put the vessel in for overhaul.
A few weeks later, after rather extensive hull and engine repairs, the boat was ready to go.
Captain Vince looked the craft over and asked the repairman:
"How long do you think she's good for?"
The response was: "Vince, she'll last as long as you do – if you die when you 'orter."
And as I recall, they both made their last voyage at about the same time – many years later…
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It was during the Hall of Fame induction in Chapel Hill. A former associate who had moved on to greater things asked: "What in your half a century-plus in journalism stands out most in your memory?"
What, indeed!
My first "newspaper" - one pencil-printed page on lined notebook paper - was "published" when I was around 12. I don't even recall its name. But I'll never forget the streamer headline: "MIGHT SNOW TONIGHT!"
That was based more on wishful thinking than any meteorological insights. But my proudest contribution to weather forecasting was the one we ran in virtually every edition of the old Elizabeth City Independent: "Partly cloudy, possible showers, Rain in the mountains." (We had no AP or UPI to provide us authentic forecasts.)
No one ever complained, perhaps because our "forecast" could apply to any day of the year locally. And nobody thereabouts ever went to the mountains – where, obviously, it rained all the time.
But there have been more serious experiences as a journalist. Shortly after becoming editor of the Goldsboro News-Argus, I adopted a policy of not using the names of rape victims. My feeling was that many victims failed to report the crimes for fear of embarrassment. And why further punish these poor individuals by subjecting them to public humiliation?
To my knowledge, I was the first editor in the state to adopt such a policy. And today I am pleased to read in newspapers, wire services and other publications across the country: "It is the policy of this publication not to print the names of rape victims."
And long before it was a state law, I refused to print the names of youngsters charged with crimes.
When I came to the News-Argus, the paper routinely reported in detail the estates of deceased citizens. Then editor, the widely revered Henry Belk, justified this because estates had to be recorded in the court house and hence became "public records." My subsequent decision not to print them was based on my view that a person's wealth and possessions were his private business and his death should not strip him of that privacy in the interest of some people's morbid curiosity.
Our exposure of the misconduct of high public officials sometimes led to state and national attention and even changes in laws to protect the public. We did not always rejoice in the attention. There were times when the perpetrators were friends.
We once ran a campaign to reduce highway fatalities. It included publishing on page one the names of anyone charged with a moving violation. It worked. Perhaps contributing to its success was the word widely spread among ladies of the community: "Don't get a ticket – they'll put your AGE on the front page of the News-Argus!" The News-Argus was nationally recognized for the campaign.
Then there was a story that resulted in the release of an innocent man from prison. And many stories that raised money for worthwhile causes. For years I secretly maintained a personal account I called the "Good Guys Fund." It was used to help people in situations for which there were no other resources available.
My policy as an editor was to encourage letters – especially from those who might disagree. For those rebutting editorials, I allowed equal space plus 10 percent. And didn't quibble even if they went over 25 percent or more. The only letters I refused were those considered libelous which could be costly to the paper as well as the letter writer.
Things change over the years. When I came to town, the News-Argus was regarded as a respected voice of liberalism in the east. During my tenure our point of view shifted more to the conservative. And so did the state and county. In the early days, one had to be a Democrat to enjoy the freedom of franchise. Today, our people predominantly case votes for Republican candidates from the local to the state level.
Have the changes been for the good or bad? That's up to our fellow citizens to decide.
Thank goodness we live in a nation, state and local community where we can make such decisions. And one in which we are big enough to live with – and respect and enjoy – those with whom we disagree.
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The job mortality rate for city and county managers probably is second only to that of point men in combat infantry companies.
The managers serve at the pleasure of the boards that appoint them. They can be fired for any reason – or for no reason. Fortunately, it takes a majority vote of the appointing bodies.
Wayne County Manager Lee Smith recently survived such an effort by an impressive margin.
Commissioner Joe Daughtery – "out of the blue" – moved that Smith's services be terminated. Forthwith!
Although no reason was required, Daughtery accused Smith of lying, dishonesty and misleading commissioners and the public.
When asked for specific instances of such behavior, Daughtery was unable to do so. Instead he said this information would be provided later.
Daughtery was slapped down with a six to one vote against his motion.
As well he should have been.
If he had any reasons to justify his actions, he should have shared them with fellow commissioners in executive session or private conversations prior to the meeting.
There was some suggestion that Daughtery had mentioned getting rid of the county manager during his campaign for office. Daughtery denounced this as an unfounded rumor.
That notwithstanding, the "rumor" was out there during the campaign season and this is the first time it has been publicly refuted.
Perhaps the commissioner has some substance to back up his allegations of untrustworthiness on the part of Lee Smith. If so, he should share this with his fellow members and possibly the public.
If not, he should limit his comments to apologizing to the county manager and the people of Wayne County.
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Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission").
Notice of an application for an order under sections 6(b) and 6(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") granting an exemption from all provisions of the Act, except sections 9, 17, 30 and 36 through 53, and the rules and regulations under the Act (the "Rules and Regulations"). With respect to sections 17(a), (d), (f), (g), and (j) of the Act, sections 30(a), (b), (e), and (h) of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and rule 38a-1 under the Act, applicants request a limited exemption as set forth in the application.
Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants, Four Times Square, New York, New York 10036.
Marilyn Mann, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-6813 or Mary Kay Frech, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6821 (Division of Investment Management, Office of Investment Company Regulation).
The following is a summary of the application. The complete application may be obtained via the Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or for an applicant using the Company name box, at
1. The Existing Funds are Delaware limited liability companies formed pursuant to limited liability company agreements. The applicants may in the future offer additional pooled investment vehicles identical in all material respects (other than form of organization, investment objective and/or strategy) to the same class of investors as those investing in the Existing Funds (the "Subsequent Funds" and, together with the Existing Funds, the "Investment Funds"). The applicants anticipate that each Subsequent Fund will also be structured as a limited liability company, although a Subsequent Fund could be structured as a domestic or offshore general partnership, limited partnership or corporation. The operating agreements of the Investment Funds are the "Investment Fund Agreements." An Investment Fund may include a single vehicle designed to issue interests in series ("Series") or having similar features to enable a single fund to function as if it were several successive funds for ease of administration. Each Investment Fund will be an employees' securities company within the meaning of section 2(a)(13) of the Act. Skadden Arps LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership, and any "affiliates," as defined in rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), that are organized to practice law are referred to collectively as "Skadden Arps" and individually as a "Skadden Arps Entity."
2. In light of the community of interest that exists between Skadden Arps and the Eligible Investors (as defined below), the Investment Funds have been, and will be, established and controlled by Skadden Arps, within the meaning of section 2(a)(9) of the Act, so as to enable the Eligible Investors to participate in certain investment opportunities that come to the attention of Skadden Arps. Such opportunities may include separate accounts, registered investment companies, investment companies exempt from registration under the Act, commodity pools, real estate investment funds, and other securities investments (each particular investment, except any investment that is a "Temporary Investment,"
3. Interests in an Investment Fund ("Units") will be offered and sold in reliance upon the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") contained in section 4(2) of the Securities Act or Regulation D under the Securities Act. Units will be offered only to persons ("Eligible Investors") who meet the following criteria: (a) Current or former partners of, or key administrative employees and lawyers employed by, Skadden Arps (collectively, "Eligible Affiliates"), the immediate family members of Eligible Affiliates, which are a person's siblings, spouse, children, spouses of children, and grandchildren, including step and adoptive relationships ("Eligible Family Members"), or trusts or other entities the sole beneficiaries of which consist of Eligible Affiliates or their Eligible Family Members ("Eligible Trusts"); and (b) who are "accredited investors" as that term is defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act. Prior to offering a Unit to an individual, the Investment Committee (as defined below) must reasonably believe that the individual is a sophisticated investor capable of understanding and evaluating the risks of participating in the Investment Fund without the benefit of regulatory safeguards.
4. Each Investment Fund will have an investment committee ("Investment Committee"), which will consist of not less than two persons who are Eligible Affiliates and who may but are not required to be Members. The chief function of the Investment Committee will be to review possible Investments for the Investment Fund for submission to the Members for approval or disapproval. Members of the Investment Committee are selected by the executive managing partner of Skadden Arps, and typically include partners and key administrative employees of Skadden Arps knowledgeable in operation, taxation and regulation of Investments and of the Investment Funds. The Investment Committee may select Temporary Investments for the Investment Fund. No Investment will be made by an Investment Fund unless the Investment has been "Approved by the Members," which means (i) with respect to any matter relating to the Investment Fund, the approval by Members representing at least a majority of the capital commitments of such Investment Fund and (ii) with respect to any matter relating to a particular Series, the approval by Members representing at least a majority of the capital commitments attributable to such Series. No Members will make or have the right to make an individual investment decision with respect to any Investment submitted to the Members for approval or disapproval. The Investment Committee will consider whether it or any other person involved in the operation of the Investment Fund is required to register under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the "Advisers Act"). Such persons will register as investment advisers under the Advisers Act if such registration is required under the Advisers Act and the rules under the Advisers Act.
5. Each Investment Fund will have an administrator (the "Administrator") who is selected by the executive managing partner of Skadden Arps and who is knowledgeable in the operation and taxation of the Investment Funds. The Administrator may, but is not required to be, a Member in the Investment Fund. The Administrator will not recommend Investments or exercise investment discretion. No management fee or other compensation will be paid by any Investment Fund or the Members to the Administrator.
6. Applicants represent and concede that each of the Administrator, the members of the Investment Committee and the Tax Matters Partner (as defined below) are, as applicable, an "employee, officer, director, member of the an advisory board, investment adviser, or depositor" of the Investment Funds within the meaning of section 9 of the Act and an "officer, director, member of any advisory board, investment adviser, or depositor" within the meaning of section 36 of the Act and are subject to those sections.
7. The specific investment objectives and strategies for a particular Investment Fund will be set forth in the Investment Fund Agreement and an information memorandum relating to the Units offered by the Investment Fund, and each Eligible Investor will receive a copy of the information memorandum and Investment Fund Agreement before making an investment in the Investment Fund. The terms of an Investment Fund will be disclosed to each Eligible Investor at the time the investor is invited to participate in the Investment Fund.
8. The value of the Members' capital accounts for the purpose of filing tax returns will be determined at such times as the Administrator, in consultation with the Tax Matters Partner under section 6231(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Tax Matters Partner") deems appropriate or necessary; however, such valuation will be done at least annually at the Investment Fund's fiscal year-end. Tax Matters Partner for the Investment Funds is selected by the executive managing partner of Skadden Arps, and typically will be a partner or a senior administrative employee of Skadden Arps responsible for the preparation or administration of tax reporting in connection with the Investment Funds. The Administrator will value the assets of an Investment Fund at the current market price (closing price) in the case of marketable securities. All other securities or assets will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Administrator.
9. Administration of the Investment Funds will be vested in the Investment Committee, Tax Matters Partner and the Administrator. Each Investment Fund Agreement provides that the Investment Fund will bear its own expenses or that such expenses shall be borne by Skadden Arps. No separate management fee will be charged to an Investment Fund by the Investment Committee or the Administrator. No compensation will be paid by any Investment Fund or its Members to the Administrator, Tax Matters Partner, or the members of the Investment Committee for their services in such capacity.
10. Whenever Skadden Arps, the members of the Investment Committees, the Administrator, the Tax Matters Partner or any other person acting for or on behalf of the Investment Funds is required or permitted to make a decision, take or approve an action or omit to do any of the foregoing in such person's discretion, then such person shall exercise such discretion in accordance with reasonableness and good faith and their fiduciary duties (if any) owed to the Investment Funds and their Members.
11. Each Investment Fund Agreement and any other organizational documents for and any other contractual arrangement regarding an Investment Fund will not contain any provision which protects or purports to protect Skadden Arps, the members of the Investment Committee, the Administrator, the Tax Matters Partner, or their delegates against any liability to the Investment Fund or the Members to which such person would otherwise be subject by reason of such person's willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of such person's duties, or by reason of such person's reckless disregard of such person's obligations and duties under such contract or organizational documents.
12. Each Investment Fund will send its Members an annual report regarding its operations as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year. The
13. Members will not be entitled to redeem their respective Units. A Member will be permitted to transfer his or her Units only to Eligible Investors and only with the express consent of the Investment Committee or the Administrator. No fee of any kind will be charged in connection with the sale of Units of the Investment Fund.
14. Each Investment Fund Agreement provides that the Administrator may require a Member to withdraw from the Investment Fund if the Administrator, in its discretion, deems such withdrawal to be in the best interests of the Investment Fund, including in instances in which the Member is no longer an Eligible Investor or affiliated with Skadden Arps. Upon withdrawal, a Member will be entitled to receive at a minimum the lesser of (i) the amount actually paid by the Member to acquire the Units, plus interest, less those amounts returned to the Member as distributions, or (ii) the fair market value of the Units, determined at the time of withdrawal, as determined in good faith by the Administrator.
15. To provide flexibility in connection with an Investment Fund's obligation to contribute capital to fund an Investment, and the associated obligation of the Members to make capital contributions with respect to their capital commitments, each Investment Fund Agreement provides that the Investment Fund may engage in borrowings in connection with such funding of Investments. All borrowings by an Investment Fund will be debt of the Investment Fund and without recourse to the Members. The Investment Funds will not borrow from any person if the borrowing would cause any person not named in section 2(a)(13) of the Act to own any outstanding securities of the Investment Fund (other than short-term paper). If Skadden Arps makes a loan to an Investment Fund, it (as lender) will be entitled to receive interest at a rate no less favorable to the Investment Funds than the rate that could be obtained on an arm's length basis. Skadden Arps may in its discretion advance funds to Eligible Investors for the purpose of making their capital contributions. Skadden Arps will charge no interest with respect to such loans.
16. An Investment Fund will not acquire any security issued by a registered investment company if immediately after the acquisition, the Investment Fund would own more than 3% of the total outstanding voting stock of the registered investment company.
1. Section 6(b) of the Act provides, in part, that the Commission will exempt employees' securities companies from the provisions of the Act to the extent that the exemption is consistent with the protection of investors. Section 6(b) provides that the Commission will consider, in determining the provisions of the Act from which the company should be exempt, the company's form of organization and capital structure, the persons owning and controlling its securities, the price of the company's securities and the amount of any sales load, the disposition of the proceeds of any sales of the company's securities, how the company's funds are invested, and the relationship between the company and the issuers of the securities in which it invests. Section 2(a)(13) defines an employees' securities company as any investment company all of whose securities (other than short-term paper) are beneficially owned (a) by current or former employees, or persons on retainer, of one or more affiliated employers, (b) by immediate family members of such persons, or (c) by such employer or employers together with any of the persons in (a) or (b).
2. Section 7 of the Act generally prohibits investment companies that are not registered under section 8 of the Act from selling or redeeming their securities. Section 6(e) of the Act provides that, in connection with any order exempting an investment company from any provision of section 7, certain provisions of the Act, as specified by the Commission, will be applicable to the company and other persons dealing with the company as though the company were registered under the Act. Applicants request an order under sections 6(b) and 6(e) of the Act exempting applicants from all provisions of the Act, except sections 9, 17, 30, 36 through 53, and the Rules and Regulations. With respect to sections 17(a), (d), (f), (g) and (j) and 30(a), (b), (e) and (h) of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and rule 38a-1 under the Act, applicants request a limited exemption as set forth in the application.
3. Section 17(a) of the Act generally prohibits any affiliated person of a registered investment company, or any affiliated person of an affiliated person, acting as principal, from knowingly selling or purchasing any security or other property to or from the company. Applicants request an exemption from section 17(a) to permit an Investment Fund: to invest in or participate as a selling security-holder in a principal transaction with one or more affiliated persons (as defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Act) ("First-Tier Affiliates") and affiliated persons of such First-Tier Affiliates ("Second-Tier Affiliates," and together with First-Tier Affiliates, "Affiliates") of an Investment Fund.
4. Applicants submit that the exemptions sought from section 17(a) are consistent with the purposes of the Act and the protection of investors. Applicants state that the Members will be informed in an Investment Fund's communications relating to a particular Investment of the possible extent of the dealings by such Investment and its sponsors with Skadden Arps or any affiliated person thereof. Applicants also state that, as experienced professionals acting on behalf of financial services businesses, the Members will be able to evaluate the risks associated with such dealings. Applicants assert that the community of interest among the Members and Skadden Arps will serve to reduce the risk of abuse in transactions involving the Investment Fund and Skadden Arps or any Affiliate thereof.
5. Section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act prohibit any affiliated person of a registered investment company, or any affiliated person of such person, acting as principal, from participating in any joint arrangement with the registered investment company unless authorized by the Commission. Applicants request an exemption from section 17(d) and rule 17d-1 to the extent necessary to permit an Investment Fund to engage in transactions in which an Affiliate participates as a joint or a joint and several participant with such Investment Fund.
6. Joint transactions in which an Investment Fund could participate might include the following: (a) A joint investment by one or more Investment Funds in a security in which Skadden Arps or another Investment Fund is a joint participant or plans to become a participant or (b) a joint investment by one or more Investment Funds in another Investment Fund or any other investment vehicle sponsored, offered
7. Applicants assert that compliance with section 17(d) and rule 17d-1 would cause an Investment Fund to forego investment opportunities simply because a Member, Skadden Arps or other Affiliates also had or contemplated making a similar investment. In addition, because attractive investment opportunities of the types considered by an Investment Fund often require that each participant make available funds in an amount that may be substantially greater than that available to the investor alone, there may be certain attractive opportunities of which an Investment Fund may be unable to take advantage except as a co-participant with other persons, including Affiliates. Applicants believe that the flexibility to structure co- and joint investments in the manner described above will not involve abuses of the type section 17(d) and rule 17d-1 were designed to prevent. Applicants acknowledge that any transactions subject to section 17(d) and rule 17d-1 for which exemptive relief has not been requested in the application would require specific approval by the Commission.
8. Section 17(f) of the Act designates the entities that may act as investment company custodians, and rule 17f-2 under the Act allows an investment company to act as self-custodian. Applicants request an exemption to permit the following exceptions from the requirements of rule 17f-2: (i) Compliance with paragraph (b) of the rule may be achieved through safekeeping in the locked files of Skadden Arps or of a partner of Skadden Arps; (ii) for the purposes of paragraph (d) of the rule, (A) employees of Skadden Arps will be deemed employees of the Investment Funds, (B) the Administrator will be deemed to be an officer of the Investment Funds, and (C) the members of the Investment Committee will be deemed to be the board of directors of the Investment Funds; and (iii) instead of the verification procedure under paragraph (f) of the rule, verification will be effected quarterly by two employees of Skadden Arps each of whom shall have sufficient knowledge, sophistication and experience in business matters to perform such examination. Investments also may be evidenced by partnership agreements or similar documents. Such instruments are most suitably kept in Skadden Arps' files, where they can be referred to as necessary. Applicants will comply with all other provisions of rule 17f-2.
9. Section 17(g) and rule 17g-1 generally require the bonding of officers and employees of a registered investment company who have access to its securities or funds. Rule 17g-1 requires that a majority of directors who are not interested persons of a registered investment company ("disinterested directors") take certain actions and give certain approvals relating to fidelity bonding. Paragraph (g) of rule 17g-1 sets forth certain materials relating to the fidelity bond that must be filed with the Commission and certain notices relating to the fidelity bond that must be given to each member of the investment company's board of directors. Paragraph (h) of rule 17g-1 provides that an investment company must designate one of its officers to make the filings and give the notices required by paragraph (g). Paragraph (j) of rule 17g-1 exempts a joint insured bond provided and maintained by an investment company and one or more parties from section 17(d) of the Act and the rules thereunder. Rule 17g-1(j)(3) requires that the board of directors of an investment company satisfy the fund governance standards defined in rule 0-1(a)(7).
10. Applicants request an exemption from section 17(g) and rule 17g-1 to permit the Administrator to take actions and determinations as set forth in the rule. Applicants state that, because the Administrator will be an interested person of the Fund, the Fund could not comply with rule 17g-1 without the requested relief. Specifically, each Fund will comply with rule 17g-1 by having the Administrator take such actions and make approvals as are set forth in rule 17g-1. Applicants also request an exemption from the requirements of rule 17g-1(g) and (h) relating to the filing of copies of fidelity bonds and related information with the Commission and the provision of notices to the board of directors and from the requirements of rule 17g-1(j)(3). Applicants believe the filing requirements are burdensome and unnecessary as applied to the Investment Funds. The Administrator will maintain the materials otherwise required to be filed with the Commission by rule 17g-1(g) and agrees that all such material will be subject to examination by the Commission and its staff. Applicants also state that the notices otherwise required to be given to the board of directors are unnecessary in the case of the Investment Funds. The Funds will comply with all other requirements of rule 17g-1. The fidelity bond of the Investment Funds will cover all employees of Skadden Arps who have access to the securities or funds of the Investment Funds.
11. Applicants request an exemption from the requirements, contained in section 17(j) of the Act and rule 17j-1 under the Act, that every registered investment company adopt a written code of ethics and every "access person" of such registered investment company report to the investment company with respect to transactions in any security in which such access person has, or by reason of the transaction acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the security. Applicants request an exemption from the requirements in rule 17j-1, with the exception of rule 17j-1(b), because they are burdensome and unnecessary as applied to the Investment Funds and because the exemption is consistent with the policy of the Act. Requiring the Investment Funds to adopt a written code of ethics and requiring access persons to report each of their securities transactions would be time-consuming and expensive and would serve little purpose in light of, among other things, the community of interest among the Members of the Investment Fund by virtue of their common association with Skadden Arps. Accordingly, the requested exemption is consistent with the purposes of the Act because the dangers against which section 17(j) and rule 17j-1 are intended to guard are not present in the case of the Investment Fund.
12. Applicants request an exemption from the requirements in sections 30(a), 30(b), and 30(e) of the Act, and the rules under those sections, that registered investment companies prepare and file with the Commission and mail to their shareholders certain periodic reports and financial statements. Applicants contend that the forms prescribed by the Commission for periodic reports have little relevance to the Investment Funds and would entail administrative and legal costs that outweigh any benefit to the Members. Applicants request exemptive relief to the extent necessary to permit the Investment Funds to report annually to their Members. Applicants also request an exemption from section 30(h) of the Act to the extent necessary to exempt the Administrator, the members of the Investment Committee, and any other person who may be deemed to be an officer, director, member of an advisory board, or otherwise subject to section
13. Rule 38a-1 requires investment companies to adopt, implement and periodically review written policies reasonably designed to prevent violation of the federal securities laws and to appoint a chief compliance officer. Each Investment Fund will comply with rule 38a-1(a), (c) and (d), except that (i) because the Investment Fund does not have a formal board of directors, the Investment Committee will fulfill the responsibilities assigned to the board of directors under the rule, and (ii) because the Investment Committee does not have any disinterested members, approval by a majority of the disinterested board members required by rule 38a-1 will not be obtained. In addition, the Investment Funds will comply with the requirement in rule 38a-1(a)(4)(iv) that the chief compliance officer meet with the independent directors by having the chief compliance officer meet with the Investment Committee.
The applicants agree that any order granting the requested relief will be subject to the following conditions:
1. Each proposed transaction, to which an Investment Fund is a party, otherwise prohibited by section 17(a) or section 17(d) and rule 17d-1 (the "Section 17 Transactions") will be effected only if the Investment Committee determines that: (a) The terms of the Section 17 Transaction, including the consideration to be paid or received, are fair and reasonable to Members of such Investment Fund and do not involve overreaching of such Investment Fund or its Members on the part of any person concerned; and (b) the Section 17 Transaction is consistent with the interests of the Members of such Investment Fund, the Investment Fund's organizational documents and the Investment Fund's reports to its Members.
In addition, the Administrator will record and preserve a description of such Section 17 Transactions, the findings of the Investment Committee, the information or materials upon which their findings are based and the basis therefor. All such records will be maintained for the life of such Investment Fund and at least six years thereafter, and will be subject to examination by the Commission and its staff. All such records will be maintained in an easily accessible place for at least the first two years.
2. If purchases or sales are made by an Investment Fund from or to an entity affiliated with the Investment Fund by reason of a member of the Investment Committee (a) serving as an officer, director, general partner or investment adviser of the entity, or (b) having a 5% or more investment in the entity, such individual will not participate in (i) the Investment Committee's determination of whether or not to submit such Investment to the Members of the Investment Fund for approval and (ii) the vote of the Members to approve or disapprove the Investment.
3. The Investment Committee will adopt, and periodically review and update, procedures designed to ensure that reasonable inquiry is made, prior to the consummation of any Section 17 Transaction, with respect to the possible involvement in the transaction of any affiliated person or promoter of or principal underwriter for such Investment Fund, or any affiliated person of such a person, promoter, or principal underwriter.
4. The Investment Committee will not make available to the Members of an Investment Fund any investment in which a Co-Investor, as defined below, has or proposes to acquire the same class of securities of the same issuer, where the investment involves a joint enterprise or other joint arrangement within the meaning of rule 17d-1 in which the Investment Fund and the Co-Investor are participants, unless any such Co-Investor, prior to disposing of all or part of its investment, (a) gives the Investment Fund sufficient, but not less than one day's, notice of its intent to dispose of its investment, and (b) refrains from disposing of its investment unless the Investment Fund holding such investment has the opportunity to dispose of its investment prior to or concurrently with, on the same terms as, and on a pro rata basis with, the Co-Investor. The term "Co-Investor" with respect to any Investment Fund means any person who is (a) an "affiliated person" (as defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Act) of the Investment Fund; (b) Skadden Arps; (c) a partner, lawyer, or employee of Skadden Arps; (d) an investment vehicle offered, sponsored, or managed by Skadden Arps or an affiliated person of Skadden Arps; or (e) an entity in which Skadden Arps acts as a general partner or has a similar capacity to control the sale or other disposition of the entity's securities.
The restrictions contained in this condition, however, shall not be deemed to limit or prevent the disposition of an investment by a Co-Investor: (a) To its direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, to any company (a "Parent") of which the Co-Investor is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, or to a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of its Parent; (b) to immediate family members of the Co-Investor or a trust established for the benefit of any such immediate family member; (c) when the investment is comprised of securities that are listed on a national securities exchange registered under section 6 of the Exchange Act; or (d) when the investment is comprised of securities that are NMS Stocks pursuant to section 11A(a)(2) of the Exchange Act and Rule 600(b) under the Exchange Act.
5. Each Investment Fund will send to each person who was a Member in such Investment Fund at any time during the fiscal year then ended audited financial statements with respect to those Series in which the Member held Units. At the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator will make a valuation or have a valuation made of all of the assets of the Investment Fund as of the fiscal year end. In addition, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year of each Investment Fund, the Investment Fund shall send a report to each person who was a Member at any time during the fiscal year then ended, setting forth such tax information as shall be necessary for the preparation by the Member of his or her federal and state income tax returns and a report of the investment activities of such Investment Fund during such year.
6. Each Investment Fund will maintain and preserve, for the life of such Investment Fund and at least six years thereafter, such accounts, books, and other documents as constitute the record forming the basis for the audited financial statements and annual reports of such Investment Fund to be provided to its Members, and agree that all such records will be subject to examination by the Commission and its staff. All such records will be maintained in an easily accessible place for at least the first two years.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority.

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LILBOURN - Rueben Archie Marsh Sr., 58, died Sept. 18, 2007, at the Barnes-
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Born May 18, 1949, in Lilbourn, to the late Percy and Mildred Gardner Marsh, he graduated in 1969 from Lilbourn High School, where he was a member of the basketball team. He was formerly employed by Delta Growers of Lilbourn and QMI of Parma as a fertilizer distributor.
On March 20, 1970, he married Margaret Johnson, who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: two sons and and a daughter-in-law, Thomas Marsh Sr. and Darius and Andrea Marsh of Lilbourn; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Vanette Maxwell of Howardville, Tomorro Marsh of Malden, Renada and Justin Thomas-Cotton and Margaret and Tracy Ranson of Lilbourn; two brothers, Alvin Marsh of Jacksonville, Fla. and Richard Marsh of Fort Wayne, Ind.; six sisters, Freddie Lee King, Mildred McBride, Lucille Anderson, Brenda Jean Marsh and Lois Jean Phillips of Fort Wayne, Ind. and Rosetta White of Denver; and his mother-
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Three brothers, three sisters and one son, Rueben A. Marsh Jr., preceded him in death.
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"And because they're five days a week for six and a half weeks, they're gonna shoot him in his neck, he's gonna have a horrible sore throat," he continued. "So, if you think about sore throat and you can't taste anything, it's kind of hard to eat and keep stuff like that. So, that's gonna be tough on him."
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Well after being 10 days late with my period my work colleague persuaded me to take a preg test so I did and it was positive!!!! I didn't really believe it so did one of the clearblue digital ones and it said i'm definitely pregnant!! Have done another two since which have both been positive also. And now I can't sleep as i'm so excited!!
Good luck to everyone trying to get their BFP's. If it can happen to me it can happen to anyone!!
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Congrats Kizz, I'm really happy for you, just out of interest how long were you ttc.
Me and my partner been trying and this is month 5 now. I'm not due til the 18th which would mean i was ovulating this tuesday if i was only a 28day cycle but my cycle has been so messed up these last 4 months that i don't know when i'm ovulating. I want get ones of those kits to tell. I have been late for the last three months each cycle getting lengthier than the last and every month i get my hopes up only to have them dashed.
Would love to know how long it took for you o conceive. Would be reassurance that maybe me and my partner will finally get our bundle of joy.
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I came off the pill at the end of august so been trying for 3 months. I honestly thought it would take me forever to conceive as I was on the pill for over ten years and had done an ovulation predictor test last month and was sure I hadn't ovulated.
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This is a discussion on Re: primary/secondary configuration - DNS ; Barbara Nowak wrote: > Hi, > > I need to configure 2 nameserver but it not easy. > Network looks like this: > > Public_IP1 ->Firewall/Router MZ -> 192.168.0.1 > Public_IP2 ->Firewall/Router MZ -> 192.168.0.100 > > now I have ...
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> Hi,
> I need to configure 2 nameserver but it not easy.
> Network looks like this:
> Public_IP1 ->Firewall/RouterMZ -> 192.168.0.1
> Public_IP2 ->Firewall/RouterMZ -> 192.168.0.100
> now I have domain DOMAIN.COM with registered Nameservers NS1 i NS2 with above Public_IP[1|2].
> Above Firewall/Router have 2 another networks connected to other ports: 192.168.1.x/24 and 192.168.2.x/24
> All networks are visible to others.
> Now I need configure primary nameserver. I've created 2 ZONE files for local and for public access. In named.conf simly use "views". Its seems to be easy. But how I sould configure slave nameverver to receive NOTIFY from primary for both zones (local and public) ??
> I newer did it before, so I dont know how to make above configuration on slave NS...
The main challenge here is to differentiate views, so that when the
slave gets a NOTIFY for the "local" zone it knows to do a refresh from
the view that contains "local", and when it gets a NOTIFY for the
"public" zone, it knows to do a refresh from the view that contains
"public". Likewise, when a refresh is performed, the master needs to
match the "local" refresh to the view containing "local" and the
"public" refresh to the view containing "public".
There are two basic approaches to this.
1) You can differentiate views by TSIG key. This requires some up-front
work in generating, installing and configuring the keys, and setting up
the "server" statements in the respective views to enable signature
generation and validation. Once you've invested that effort, though, it
also enhances your security, so it's something you may wish to implement
anyway. The big downside of this approach is that if you want to add
*more* nameservers/resolvers to the mix, you might have to configure
them all with TSIG keys as well, or come up with some confusing mixture
of key- and source-address-based ACLs.
2) You can differentiate views by address. If your master and slave are
not already configured with multiple network interfaces, you'd have to
add more network interfaces to make this work. They can be "virtual"
interfaces if you don't have multiple physical interfaces in each box,
although this might complicate your network configuration. Once you have
those interfaces, then you can use query-source, transfer-source and
notify-source to differentiate views. E.g.
Master has addresses M1 and M2, Slave has addresses S1 and S2
Master's public view: S1 in "match-clients" and "also-notify";
Master's local view: S2 in "match-clients" and "also-notify;
Slave's public view: M1 in "match-clients" and the "masters" clause;
query-source=S1and transfer-source=S1
Slave's local view: M2 in "match-clients" and the "masters" clause;
query-source=S2 and transfer-source=S2
Other variations of #2 are possible, e.g. using match-destinations
instead of match-clients, etc. but I think the above formulation is the
most straightforward.
Note that, with either solution, you'd need to set "also-notify"s to the
private addresses if the public ones are unreachable, and, in that case,
you'd also want to set "notify explicit" to prevent NOTIFYs from also
being sent wastefully to those unreachable addresses.
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July 12, 2011 – Wilmington, NC – Founded in 1982, Operation Smile is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides reconstructive surgery for children and young adults born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities. "Most people do not realize that cleft lips and palates are the fourth largest birth defect with an estimated 200,000 children born with the abnormality each year," stated Beth Marshall, Founder of Operation Smile Carolinas. "Thousands of children are left untreated each year, so we appreciate the financial support we received from Live Oak Bank. In just 45 minutes and with only $240 per patient, a single surgery can forever change a child's life."
"The statistics are staggering," commented Keith Merklin, Sr. Loan Officer at Live Oak Bank. "The bank wanted to contribute to the dental community and back the volunteers who use their specialized skills to operate on these children. Along with performing the surgeries, we appreciate that Operation Smile also pushes education and research. Aside from the physical scars, these children suffer socially so to be granted the surgical procedure is a life-changing opportunity. Our relationship and commitment to Operation Smile is one we hope to foster for years to come."
By the end of 2010, Operation Smile had treated 160,000 total patients across 51 countries and transformed the lives of 13,000 children in that one year alone. Through the help of companies like Live Oak Bank, they hope to beat that record in 2011.


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Why Don't Black Folk Tip?
I decided to begin the series with the episode that inspired me to do the series in the first place. Here's what happened. One day I was having a conversation with a group of black woman of various ages. The older black woman was telling us about a massage she had just gotten that sounded(…)


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Muhammad Syed and Sarah Haider wrote: The idea that FGM is concentrated solely in Africa is a huge misconception and bandied about by apologists with citations of an Africa-focused UNICEF report which showed high rates of FGM in African countries. Apologists have taken that to mean that it is *only* Africa that has an FGM problem even though FGM rates have not been studied in most of the Middle East or South and East Asia. Is it an academically sound practice to take a lack of study as proof of the non-existence of the practice? Especially when there is record of FGM common in Asian countries like Indonesia (study) and Malaysia? It is also present in the Bohra Muslim community in India and Pakistan, as well as in the Kurdish community in Iraq Are they to be discounted as African problems as well?
We do not yet have the large scale data to confirm the rates of FGM around the world, but we can safely assume that it is quite a bit more than just an African problem. It is very likely that FGM *did* originate in the Middle East or North Africa, but its extensive prevalence in Muslim-majority countries should give us pause. We are not attempting to paint FGM as only an Islamic problem but rather that Islam does bear some responsibility for its spread beyond the Middle East-North Africa region and for its modern prevalence.
So is there any credence to the claim that Islam supports FGM? In fact, there is. To name two, the major collections of the Hadith Sahih Muslim 3:684 and Abu Dawud 41:5251 support the practice. Of the four major schools of thought in Sunni Islam, two mandate FGM while two merely recommend it. Unsurprisingly, in the Muslim-majority countries dominated by the schools which mandate the practice, there is evidence of widespread female circumcision. Of particular note: None of the major schools condemn the practice.
Muhammad Syed and Sarah Haider wrote: We believe that Islam badly needs to be reformed, and it is only Muslims who can truly make it into a modern religion. But it is the likes of Reza Aslan who act as a deterrent to change by refusing to acknowledge real complications within the scripture and by actively promoting half-truths. Bigotry against Muslims is a real and pressing problem, but one can criticize the Islamic ideology without treating Muslims as themselves problematic or incapable of reform.
There are true Muslim reformists who are willing to call a spade a spade while working for the true betterment of their peoples but their voices are drowned out by the noise of apologists who are all-too-often aided by the Western left. Those who accept distortions in order to hold on to a comforting dream-world where Islamic fundamentalism is merely an aberration are harming reform by encouraging apologists.


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AVON PARK - South Florida State College will remain alcohol free with the board of trustees dropping its consideration of allowing alcoholic drinks to be served on a limited case-by-case basis.
With some event sponsors asking about serving alcohol at functions on campus, the board took a look at possibly changing the college's complete ban on alcohol.
The board tabled a proposed alcohol policy, for review by the board attorney, at its September meeting.
At its January meeting, the board agreed to drop the issue for now.
Board Chairman Joe Wright said the alcohol issue may come up later, but the board will not pursue it at this time.
"I think once we started to look at it we realized it's a lot deeper, and maybe a broader issue, than we thought it was," he said. "We just have other priorities right now."
Some of the issues with an alcohol policy include, would it be served at just one location or others and what are the implications and potential liabilities? he said.
"If and when we take it up again we would really need to devote more time to it," Wright said. Currently the college and the board are putting their energy into the two new bachelor degree programs.
Also, there is a focus, with new President Thomas Leitzel, on the planning process for the college's 50th anniversary, Wright said.
So it would take a lot more work than anticipated to change the alcohol policy and the college has other things that are more important to address at this time, he said.
Vice President of Administration Services Glenn Little said the alcohol issue was not pursued with the understanding that staff, through the president, could propose a new policy or change in the future.


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I was recently reading a report issued by the Ohio Department of Taxation regarding ways to fix the backlog of cases experienced by the Board of Tax Appeals (the "BTA") and it raised some thoughts about narrowly tailoring laws to fit goals and the potential role of data in decision-making. In short, Ohio cut funding to the BTA just when the economic downturn, the collapse in the housing market, and the rise in anti-tax sentiment conspired to give the BTA a record number of taxpayers appealing the valuation of their property (and therefore the amount of their property taxes) — smart move Ohio. The report attempts to offer solutions to this problem.
The report offers up a number of recommendations you might expect — such as the use of technology to be more efficient. My problem with the report is that its centerpiece solution is a "small claims" process for residential valuation appeals, which eliminates many due process protections (e.g., right to appeal, discovery, introduction of new evidence) in exchange for expediency. The report claims this is nothing new, citing the similar practice of treating claims differently based on a specific dollar amount (e.g., claims disputing less than $50,000) but the department is overlooking a very important difference.
I am not a due process expert but it would seem that a statute discriminating against taxpayers with smaller amounts in dispute is closely related to the goal of directing simple claims to a streamlined process (it assumes small amounts correlate to simple claims). However, discriminating against taxpayers with residential taxpayers in favor of commercial or industrial taxpayers is not as focused in that it makes the assumption that residential valuations claims are less complex (an assumption which I think is less well-grounded). For example, a taxpayer disputing a millions of dollars in valuation or a controversial new tax law will have less rights than a taxpayer with a commercial property who is disputing $5000 in valuation.
This is also an example where good legal data and metrics could aid in decision-making. Assuming a due process challenge was made and a court needed to decide which statutory method is a more closely tailored to to the government's goal (i.e., sort claims by dollar amount or sort claims by property type), actual data showing what factor most closely correlates with complex legal issues would be enormously useful to the court. My own sense that dollar amount is a safer assumption is itself an assumption — I would rather see real statistical evidence to back this up.


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Davis, Lee (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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within mode changes and mode additionsPetersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S.; Nielsen, Kim V. (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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The Contingent Role of Managerial Ties in New VenturesMa, Yucheng; Li, Peter Ping (New York, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Focusing on how resource structuring mechanisms and managerial ties influence organizational ambidexterity of new ventures in emerging economy, this study explores the effects of resource structuring mechanisms (i.e., resource acquiring and resource accumulating) on organizational ambidexterity. It further examines the moderating effects of managerial ties, (i.e., ties with other firms and ties with the government) on the above relationships. Survey data from China¡¯s 202 new ventures demonstrates that the resource acquiring has an inverted U-shaped effect whereas the resource accumulating has a U-shaped effect on organizational ambidexterity in new ventures. Further, because of the traditional culture and economic transition characteristics, new ventures actively leverage managerial ties as key social relations to obtain special resources or nurture business transactions. We propose that ties with other firms and ties with government can differently strengthen the effects of acquiring and accumulating on organizational ambidexterity. The results support our propositions URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8957
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Stakeholder Sensing and Predictions of Emergent Strategic IssuesHallin, Carina Antonia; Juul Andersen, Torben (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We construe a conceptual framework for responding effectively to true uncertainty in the business environment. We drill down to the essential micro-foundational capabilities - sensing and seizing of dynamic capabilities - and link them to classical strategic issue management theory with suggestions on how to operationalize these essential capabilities. By definition true uncertainty represents environmental conditions that are hard to foresee, which can catch the unprepared by surprise while presenting opportunities to the conscious organization. We demonstrate that organizations relying on aggregation of stakeholder sensing and predictions of emergent strategic issues can positively influence the two capabilities and help the firm adapt in the face of uncertainty and unpredictability. Robust measures predicating performance based on information from key stakeholders involved in the firm's core operations provide faster, more accurate, and updated insights about environmental developments identifying important strategic issues and solutions to them. This provides corporate decision-makers with a proactive tool in the quest for timely and effective strategic responses. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9019
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Why Central Management Should Rely on Peripheral SensingPedersen, Carsten (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In dynamic environments, competitive advantage lies in developing useful knowledge from continuous streams of unstructured and ambiguous data. Frontline employees and certain groups of customers are often the first to sense emerging issues of strate-gic importance due to their experiential insights of the firm's daily operations. Yet, they are rarely asked to provide updated information about critical issues. The present paper seeks to conceptually develop the notion of responsive innovation, by drawing on literary streams concerning collective sensing, strategic issue diagnosis and integra-tive strategy within a micro foundations perspective. It is posited that companies should root their innovation processes in the collective sensing of frontline-employees and customers that operate around the organizational periphery. This frames the con-cept of responsive innovation, where individuals engaged in the firm's ongoing busi-ness activities collectively identify issues that central managers can resolve. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8940
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Inderstanding the Dual Processes of the Human Mind and Human Interaction in Strategy MakingJuul Andersen, Torben; Fredens, Kjeld (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Modern cognitive science identifies a dynamic system of interacting fast and slow processes as essential to human thinking. The fast system observes and reacts to environmental stimuli and the slow system interprets events and reasons about future actions. When the fast and slow processes interact they form a dynamic system that enables individuals to respond effectively to changing conditions. We project this dynamic perspective onto human interaction in organizations where observations and experiential insights gained by employees and operating managers are linked to forward-looking planning considerations that take place around the top-management echelons. This identifies the responsive organization that is able to observe and react to frequent and often abrupt environmental changes and thereby adapt organizational activities to the changing reality. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8789
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Munar, Ana María (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Tourism is often linked to ideas of escapism and release from everyday duties and obligations. Modern societies are characterized by highly complex systems of social and cultural control, and citizens of these societies find forms of liberation in travel (Jafari 1987). Tourism destinations act as magnetic spaces of leisure and relaxation that can be visualized as the realm of 'touristhood'– a theatrical arena in which individuals adopt different masks and conduct themselves according to expectations and norms that differ from those that rule their everyday lives. The consumption and enjoyment of alcoholic drinks constitutes a relevant element of the scenery of touristhood. In touristic spaces the beer product is socially transformed and constructed; tourists enact beer tourism through drinking practices and rituals performed at the destination. Alcohol, and in this case beer consumption, is constitutive of socio-cultural traditions in many national cultures (such as those in Northern Europe). National and local beer cultures are however being transformed and re-shaped in tourism destinations. This study examines the interrelation of beer cultures, more specifically German beer culture, and tourism. It examines how beer culture, combined with touristhood, produces extreme and novel forms of consumption transforming both tourism practices and the world of beer. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8570
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The Role of Knowledge Embeddedness in the Process of Creation of Synergies in International Strategic AlliancesBernhard Nielsen, Bo (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper develops a conceptual model, based on a structural equation approach, for empirically investigating the role played by relational embeddedness in the process of creation of synergies of knowledge related capabilities in international strategic alliances. The theoretical model identifies an underlying latent construct; knowledge embeddedness and its antecedents: complementarity, compatibility, tacitness, trust, protectiveness, coordination, and cultural distance, which needs to be explicitly recognized and integrated in the theory of creation of synergies in international strategic alliances. While the individual importance of most of these variables has long been recognized in both strategic alliance and social exchange literature, their simultaneous effects have thus far been ignored. Embeddedness is hypothesized to be a full mediator of these effects on creation of synergies. Furthermore, alliance longevity, absorptive capacity, network capacity, and collaborative know-how are proposed to moderate these effects. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6547
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wherefrom and whereto?Petersen, Bent; Pedersen, Torben; Sharma, Deo (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
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the case of India's software industryPatibandla, Murali; Petersen, Bent (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
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Strøjer Madsen, Erik; Jensen, Camilla; Drud Hansen, Jørgen (Aarhus, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Abstract: With reference to the discussion about shareholder versus stakeholder maximization it is argued that the normal type of maximization is in fact stakeholder-owner maxi-mization. This means maximization of the sum of the value of the shares and stake-holder benefits belonging to the dominating stakeholder-owner. Maximization of shareholder value is a special case of owner-maximization, and only under quite re-strictive assumptions shareholder maximization is larger or equal to stakeholder-owner maximization. Broad stakeholder maximization is the sum of the returns to all stake-holders also including the shareholders of a company. Although it may be the ultimate goal for Corporate Social Responsibility to achieve this kind of maximization, broad stakeholder maximization is quite difficult to give a precise definition. There is no one-dimensional measure to add different stakeholder benefits not traded on the mar-ket, and therefore there is no possibility for practical application. Broad stakeholder maximization instead in practical applications becomes satisfying certain stakeholder demands, so that the practical application will be stakeholder-owner maximization un-der constraints defined by other stakeholders' interests. These constraints vary for dif-ferent stakeholder owners and new standards for Corporate Social Responsibility and more active political consumers will strengthen these constraints. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6613
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Ooi, Can-Seng; Gomez, James (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
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Gregoric, Aleksandra; Kosak, Marko (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper investigates bank-borrower relationships in an advanced transition country. The empirical analysis is based on a unique dataset of 121 privatized small and medium-sized Slovenian corporations in the first years following the end of the banking sector's reorganization (1998–2002). The results reveal the strong dominance of bank funding for small and medium-sized enterprises. Despite this, the firms included in the study are characterized by a small number of bank relationships. The specifics of the transition are moreover reflected in the substantial role of fixed assets that can be put up as collateral. However, the number of bank relationships relates to similar factors that have been proven to influence the number of firm-bank relationships in developed countries. We thus expect that the number of bank relationships in Slovenia will increase with the progress of restructuring and privatization of the enterprise sector and with the integration of financial markets following Slovenia's entry to the European Union. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6562
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A Philosophical PerspectiveLi, Xin; Worm, Verner; Xie, Peihong (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Organizations face all kinds of paradoxical problems. There exist various solutions to organizational paradoxes. We develop a typology that lists nine possible logical approaches to understanding the relationship between paradoxical opposites, out of which we identify five types of solutions to organizational paradox. Four of the five solutions are explicitly associated with four prominent philosophies. We show the relevance of the five solutions to the real world by applying our scheme to understand different solutions to the generic strategy paradox. Finally, we address the question whether there is a superior solution and point out the paradox of paradox resolving, namely, paradoxes cannot be resolved once for all and we have to live with them. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9320
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A Meta AnalysisMeyer, Klaus E.; Sinani, Evis (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The extensive empirical literature analyzing productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment to local firms provides inconclusive results. Some studies find that foreign presence has a positive impact on the productivity of domestic firms, while others find no evidence or a negative effect. Differences in the results may be attributable to contexts, such as the structural differences between developed, developing and transition economies. However, results may also vary due to different empirical methodologies, notably the use of aggregate versus firm-level data and cross-section versus panel data analysis. We conduct a meta-analysis to investigate reasons for these conflicting results, and provide a revised interpretation of earlier research and its policy implications, and new priorities for future research. Our analysis suggests that the hypothesized spillovers are not confirmed for industrialized countries in the 1990s. Transition economies may experience spillovers, but these have been declining in recent years. Keywords: developing countries, transition economies, spillovers, foreign direct investment, technology transfer, meta-analysis URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6540
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Hallin, Carina Antonia; Lind, Anne Sofie (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Successful decision making depends on the ability to identify relevant strategic environmental issues availa-ble to decision makers [Eisenhardt 1989, March and Olsen 1976, Vroom and Yetton 1973]. Crowd predictions are widely recognized for producing accurate predictions about the future [Hallin 2015, Hill 1982, Hong and Page 2004, Surowiecki 2004, Thompson 2012]. Strategic foresight and updated information about the future to support strategic decisions can be achieved by tapping into the collective wisdom of crowds [Berg and Rietz 2003, Mannes, Soll and Larrick 2014, O'Leary 2011, Wolfers and Zitzewitz 2004]. This paper introduces two empirical case studies on the identification of strategic issues for crowd pre-dictions performed in large international organizations, Copenhagen Airports and Maersk Training. The methods include interviews with key decision makers and crowd testing in order to identify relevant envi-ronmental, industrial, and firm uncertainties that are expected to affect the future financial performance of the firm over the next year. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9327
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a research agendaNielsen, Bo B. (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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Subsidiary Brands as a Resource and the Redistribution of Decision Making Authority following AcquisitionsDieng, Sebastian; Dörrenbächer, Christoph; Gammelgaard, Jens (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper analyses the moves global brewery companies undertake towards the distribution of decision making authority in their multinational organization and the likelihood of newly acquired subsidiaries to influence these moves. In this consumer goods industry, brands are suggested to be the primary subsidiary specific resource to influence these distribution processes. Empirically this paper explores three European acquisitions of the Dutch brewery corporation Heineken in Switzerland, Slovakia, and France. We explore whether differing brand value (regional/international, standard/premium) has had an impact on the subsidiaries" ability to maintain a certain degree of decision making authority after the take-over. The results of our case studies show, however, that the ownership of valuable brands may not be considered as a critical resource for subsidiaries here. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6601
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a case of not learning from AsiaNarula, Rajneesh (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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