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What are stem cells?
Stem cells serve as the starting material of the body and are the precursor to all other cell types. Stem cells are unspecialized cells capable of transforming into a range of other cell types but also able to replicate themselves to produce more stem cells. The body uses stem cells to heal and regenerate tissues by activating the stem cells to mature into the type of cell needed by the body.
What are vaPS cells?
Vascular- associated pluripotent stem cells (vaPS cells) are at the core of tissue regeneration. They have the potential to develop into cells of all three germ layers (mesoderm, ectoderm, and endoderm) and are distributed throughout the body's blood vessels. vaPS cells are suspected to be the precursor of all stem cell types found in the adult body and give rise to various progenitor cells that further differentiate into the mature cell type in need of regeneration.
Like the phrase "stem cell" itself, "stem cell therapy" is often used to describe a variety of different medical therapies that utilize stem cells in some form to treat a patient. Sometimes the term is used incorrectly to refer to platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections. The term is also used to refer to stem cell transplants, also known as bone marrow transplants.
Most commonly "stem cell therapy" is used to describe a procedure where the patient's adult stem cells and other potentially regenerative cells are harvested from a tissue sample of either fat or bone marrow taken from the patient. These regenerative cells are then used to treat specific injuries typically by injecting them into the affected area. It should be said that this type of stem cell therapy is currently not FDA approved and clinics performing these therapies in the US are doing so without regulatory oversight.
At InGeneron we use the term "regenerative cell therapy" since there are many different cell types and regenerative properties collected and used by our therapy along with adult stem cells. Importantly we do not treat patients outside of our approved clinical trials and we are dedicated to developing ethical FDA approved therapies through rigorous clinical research.
What is the difference between InGeneron's regenerative cell therapy and "stem cell therapy"?
At InGeneron we use the term "regenerative cell therapy" since there are many different regenerative cell types with different regenerative properties collected and used by our therapy.
There are many different variations of what is commonly called "stem cell therapy". More information about the differences and nuances of "stem cell therapy" can be found in the Cell Therapy page.
Importantly we do not treat patients outside of our approved clinical trials and we are dedicated to developing FDA approved therapies through rigorous clinical research.
Are stem cell therapies FDA approved?
The FDA has approved a very limited number of stem cell treatments as explained in the quote below.
"Currently, the only stem cell products that are FDA-approved for use in the United States consist of blood-forming stem cells (also known as hematopoietic progenitor cells) that are derived from umbilical cord blood. These products are approved for use in patients with disorders that affect the production of blood (i.e., the "hematopoietic" system) but they are not approved for other uses." (Source:https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/consumers-biologics/consumer-alert-regenerative-medicine-products-including-stem-cells-and-exosomes).
Aside from the few treatments listed above, there are no FDA approved cell therapies outside of FDA registered clinical studies and all clinics in the US currently offering "stem cell therapy" outside of those trials are in violation of FDA regulations.
At InGeneron we are dedicated to following the proper FDA approval pathway. We are currently conducting three FDA-approved clinical studies and are on track to become the first FDA approved regenerative cell therapy for the treatment of orthopedic indications.
What are adipose-derived regenerative cells (ADRCs)?
Regenerative cells are cell types that naturally promote tissue regeneration and homeostasis by facilitating the generation of new cells to replace old or injured cells in a particular tissue. Adipose-derived regenerative cells, also known as Stromal Vascular Fraction, are cells isolated from adipose (fat) tissue, where they are found in high concentrations. Regenerative cells include stem cells, notably vaPS cells, and MSCs, which can mature into multiple cell types, progenitor cells, macrophages, and other cell types that promote tissue regeneration and healing.
These cells work together by responding to inputs from their surrounding through a complex system of signaling, resulting in synergistic healing effects that are greater than the effect that any one cell type can have on its own.
Multiple studies show that ADRCs can be effective in treating a variety of soft tissue and bone conditions and have a high safety profile.
How do corticosteroid injections and pain killers compare to regenerative cell therapy?
Regenerative cell therapy has the potential to be an effective treatment for a broad range of medical conditions. At InGeneron our initial focus is developing therapies to treat patients suffering from orthopedic conditions.
The most common treatment options for patients experiencing pain and lack of function due to an orthopedic condition is to mitigate the symptoms using pain killers, and steroid injections, which only offer temporary relief and don't treat underlying tissue damage. For example the repetitive application of corticosteroids may actually weaken tendon tissue over time because of its known effect of blocking a key transcription factor (scleraxis) necessary for tendon regeneration.
Regenerative cell therapy has the potential to regenerate damaged tissue responsible for pain and lack of function eliminating the need for long term pain killer use and steroid injections, especially for less severe tissue damage where surgery is not recommended.
Surgical intervention compared to regenerative cell therapy.
Cell therapy aims to expand the treatment options for many indications by providing a minimally invasive alternative to orthopedic surgery and joint replacement. Cell therapies may not be the best treatment for all conditions but for many patients who are considering surgery to address an orthopedic condition, cell therapy may offer a valuable alternative with the potential to avoid surgical intervention in many cases.
For patients with minor orthopedic injuries the success of surgical intervention is often low and has the potential to do more harm than good by increasing inflammation and promoting the formation of scar tissue. Cell therapy aims to provide a minimally invasive treatment option for patients before they resort to surgical intervention.
Ultimately all surgeries rely on the body's natural regenerative processes to heal the tissue manipulated during surgery. Therefore, surgical outcomes vary widely for many patients. For chronic degenerative diseases where the regenerative potential of the damaged tissue is exhausted surgical intervention will not solve the underlying condition whereas cell therapy attempts to replenish the regenerative cells of the affected tissue.
What is platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) and how does it compare to regenerative cell therapy?
PRP introduces growth factors (GFs) to stimulate tissue regeneration but for many conditions, the underlying regenerative cells which are stimulated by the GFs are depleted and therefore PRP cannot be effective for many patients because it is like fertilizing a field that has not been planted. Cell therapy is more fundamental, generating similar GFs along with the necessary raw material for the GFs to act upon. Furthermore, cell therapy introduces cells that continue to generate GFs for a long period of time but PRP only introduces GFs in a onetime treatment that lasts as long as the GFs themselves and are not renewed.
InGeneron's Transpose® RT Cell Therapy Platform
What makes Transpose® RT different from other types of cell therapy?
Autologous vs Allogenic: InGeneron's cell therapy platform, Transpose® RT, utilizes a patient's autologous regenerative cells. Autologous means the cells are taken from and reintroduced into the same patient. Using autologous cells prevents the risk of transplant rejection reactions that can be associated with allogenic cell therapies, which typically utilize donor cells that have been cultured in a lab.
Living Cell Yield: Transpose® RT utilizes a proprietary enzymatic isolation process, resulting in the highest published living cell yield compared to other autologous adipose-derived cell processing systems.
Unmodified vs. Modified: Transpose® RT utilizes unmodified regenerative cells, which are isolated from the patient's own adipose tissue within two hours prior to re-introduction into the same patient for treatment. The cellular isolation process does not more than minimally manipulate the regenerative cells and maintains the composition of regenerative cells naturally occurring in the body.
Why use a patients adipose (fat) tissue?
Adipose tissue or body fat is an abundant and easily accessible source of regenerative cells. Harvesting adipose tissue and isolating ADRCs is less invasive than other stem or regenerative cell removal techniques such as bone marrow aspirations, and it yields significantly more stem cells per unit volume than bone marrow.
Treatment with autologous (i.e., the patient's own) ADRCs isolated from the patient's adipose tissue avoids common transplantation issues, such as the rejection of cells or the transmission of disease. Thus, the application of autologous ADRCs does not require any drugs that prevent transplant rejection reactions.
How does the Transpose® RT platform work?
Aging, disease, and injury can deplete the reservoir of regenerative cells in a specific tissue, limiting that tissue's ability to regenerate itself. InGeneron's solution to this problem is to take regenerative cells from tissues where they are abundant and provide them to the tissues where they have been depleted. InGeneron's cell therapy platform accomplishes this by isolating regenerative cells from a small sample of a patient's adipose (fat) tissue, where regenerative cells are numerous, and reintroducing them into the tissue in need of repair.
The Transpose® RT cell therapy platform isolates regenerative cells from a small sample of the patient's adipose (fat) tissue harvested by mini-liposuction. The regenerative cells are separated from the adipose tissue using a proprietary enzymatic process. Once isolated the regenerative cells are washed and filtered to remove any contaminants. The result is a cleaned and concentrated solution of living, autologous, regenerative cells that are not more than minimally manipulated and able to be locally injected to promote the patient's tissue regeneration at a specific site.
What is the Transpose® RT process?
A small sample of adipose tissue, containing regenerative cells, is taken from the patient using a mini-liposuction procedure. The sample is then transferred into a processing tube of the Transpose ® RT kit, and the proprietary Matrase ® enzymatic reagent is added to the sample before it is inserted into the Transpose ® RT Processing Unit. During the first run, efficient enzymatic extracellular degradation liberates the regenerative cells from their surrounding matrix. Subsequent washing and filtering steps prepare these cells for immediate therapeutic application. The entire procedure can be completed within a few hours in an outpatient facility.
Does the Transpose® RT platform only isolate stem cells?
Our platform isolates stem cells along with many other types of regenerative cells. Regenerative cells are cell types that naturally promote tissue regeneration and homeostasis by facilitating the generation of new cells to replace old or injured cells in a particular tissue. Regenerative cells include several types of stem cells, progenitor cells, macrophages, and several other cell types that promote tissue regeneration and healing. These cells work together by responding to inputs from their surrounding through a complex system of signaling, resulting in synergistic healing effects that are greater than the effect that any one cell type can have on its own.
Is the Transpose® RT platform FDA approved?
The Transpose® RT platform is being investigated in several FDA-approved clinical trials for premarket approval (PMA) and is currently available in the U.S. for research use only. More information on InGeneron's actively enrolling clinical trials can be found at www.clinicaltrials.gov under the identifiers NCT03752827, NCT03513731, and NCT03503305.
In the U.S., InGeneron's Transpose® RT platform is for investigational use only. In Europe, the Transpose® RT platform uses clinical-grade components and is registered under the CE mark for human use upon prescription by a European physician.
What are the benefits of using autologous cells vs. allogeneic cells?
Autologous vs Allogenic: InGeneron's cell therapy platform utilizes a patient's autologous regenerative cells. Autologous means the cells are taken from and reintroduced into the same patient. Using autologous cells prevents the risk of transplant rejection reactions that can be associated with allogenic cell therapies, which typically utilize donor cells that have been cultured in a lab.
Will this cell therapy be covered by insurance?
Currently InGeneron's Transpose® RT platform is being evaluated in several clinical trials and is not eligible for insurance coverage prior to FDA approval.
The American Medical Association's (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Editorial Panel has issued two new Category III CPT® codes for the company's autologous, adipose-derived regenerative cell (ADRC) therapy for partial thickness rotator cuff tears. The newly published codes (0717T, 0718T) went into effect on July 1, 2022, and mark an important step for future reimbursement of InGeneron's cell therapy platform.
The newly issued CPT® codes could potentially allow for reimbursement pending future FDA approval.
Upon market approval, InGeneron will continue to work toward converting the Category III codes to Category I to secure widespread coverage by payors and access for patients.
In the US InGeneron's Transpose® RT cell therapy platform is for investigational use only.
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Luke 15:11: And he said, "There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.' And he divided his living between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living. And when he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want. So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants."' And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make merry.
Everyone has heard this parable preached dozens of times, usually talking about the loving father or the jealous son, but this time let's take a look at it from the point of view of the prodigal son. These days it is an all too common event in society, a child (for one reason or another) decides home just isn't the place they want to be anymore, so they take off – the runaway child. The reasons for this are legion, but here we have a good look into his reason for wanting to leave – to party and enjoy life. As the younger son his life on the family farm would be one of endless hard work with little reward at the end (his older brother would inherit the bulk of the estate), so why not just take off and enjoy life. Dad was, obviously, very wealthy, son not too wise in worldly ways (especially the long term costs of partying) so probably figured his share would see him through in good stead. Kids today are not much different, they feel they're invulnerable and don't need a lot of money (ask any college kid living off of loans and partying with their friends), problem is that at some time reality kicks in (usually very hard); in the case of our friend here, that comes in the way of hard times, in the case of our kids that usually hits after graduation when the loan payments become due.
The story opens with our "hero" asking dad to give him his inheritance, the equivalent for most people of sonny asking you to cash in your life insurance policy and give him his half (yeah, he's saying "dad, you died and I want what's coming to me"), not a very nice thing in those times. Effectively this terminates any relationship between the son and the rest of the family, they are dead to him, and he is dead to them. In short time he packs up his belonging and heads off to seek his fortune.
It doesn't say where he goes, but the description is pretty close to what we would call "sin city." Everything was available to him, and it would appear he partook of it all. He found plenty of friends, friends who hung around until the money was gone and a famine arose in the country. At that point our hero is left holding the bag, an empty bag, with no way to pay his expenses, and no one around ready to lend a hand, so he does what anyone in his situation would do – he looks for employment. The problem is: all the good jobs have been taken. With no real marketable skills he ends up taking the only job he can find – a swineherd (something no self-respecting Jew would ever consider), he has given up not only his lifestyle, but his last tie to his religion, and his identity.
Life as any kind of a herder isn't easy, long days in the hot sun, not much to eat, rounding up wandering livestock without losing the herd itself, protecting it from invaders (human and otherwise), working 24/7 with no end in site. Additionally, it is during a famine, where the food supply for the lucky is hard to find, much less those at the bottom of the social scale…even the pigs are eating better than he. What he longs to eat is the carob pod, a highly nutritional food used widely in the ancient world for its many health benefits, yet he is to feed them to the pigs, not allowed to eat them himself.
Eventually he comes to his senses and realizes that the servants who work for his father are faring better than he is. He knows he has burned his bridges, but hopes that his father will take pity on him and take him on as a hired hand, so he heads back with what few belongings remain. Imagine how he must feel, having to go back to the father he called dead, the brother whom he knows despises him, hoping to work alongside people that he used to order around, fully realizing that his father may well turn his back on him and refuse to have anything further to do with this traitor to family and God (think of Tevye and Chava). Things cannot be worse in the young man's life.
Now, let's shift our attention to the father, still from the perspective of the son. We are told that the father sees his son returning home while he is still a long way off. Let's not just breeze through this, there is a lot going on in this short sentence, three things in fact. Let's look at each on individually.
The father saw him. That implies that he was looking for his son, watching every day for his return. Surely at the start and end of the day, and probably at various times throughout, and this went on for years. Every day looking out upon the horizon, ever hopeful that one day may be the day when he catches a glimpse of his lost child. Just as our Father in heaven awaits the day when we return to Him from our sinful life.
The son was quite a distance when he was spotted. Think about that for a moment. He's too far off to make out his face, too far off to see any of what we might think of as reconizable features. But his father recognizes him by things only a parent would notice – his build, his general shape, his gate as he walks. Thing no one but a loving, longing parent would recognize. As Jesus tells us, God knows even the hairs on our heads, no matter how far away we have strayed He will know us the moment we turn towards him.
The son was, most likely, caught totally by surprise. Not only did his father welcome him back, but he ran to meet him. Picture an elderly father, a dignified member of his society, breaking out in a run down a dusty road to meet his long lost child. Picture the king of any nation breaking out in a full-out run, as fast as he can possibly run, all to meet up with a child who disavowed himself of all relationship. That is what we do every time we sin against God, imagine this god, then, rushing at full force to meet reach us, hug us, and welcome us back into His household. Not just into His kingdom, but into that inner sanctom that only a beloved child could enter.
This is how things must have looked from the perspective of the Prodigal son, a far different view than that of the father or the loyal son.
The Prodigal Son from the view of the son.


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Strategic approaches to counter aggressive TP assessments in South Korea
Yun Heui Cho, Yong Whan Choi, Kyu Dong Kim and Jeremy Everett of Yulchon consider the possibility of pursuing a mutual agreement procedure, a domestic appeal, or both simultaneously, in the event of transfer pricing disputes in South Korea.
By Jeremy Everett
& By Kyu Dong Kim
& By Yong Whan Choi
& By Yun Heui Cho
With the emergence of the 2015 BEPS reports, the Korean National Tax Service (NTS) has been taking increasingly aggressive transfer pricing (TP) positions during tax audits, leading to greater uncertainty and the double taxation of cross-border transactions. When the NTS' intended assessment is unreasonable and too substantial to justify, it is common for taxpayers to turn to mutual agreement procedure (MAP) to avoid double taxation, but there are cases in which TP issues are mixed with other issues that cannot be addressed via MAP or that slow down the MAP process.
An example of this would be the increasingly frequent situation in which the NTS deems a foreign company as having a Korean permanent establishment (PE) to which substantial profits are attributed. In such a case, it is difficult to get the Korean Competent Authority (CA) to agree to reverse the decision of the NTS auditors to conclude that there is no PE.
As a result, a decision to go to MAP generally will result in the acceptance of the existence of a PE by both CA, with the amount of income attributable to the PE being the subject of the MAP negotiations. This may resolve double taxation issues on the corporate income tax assessment, but the greater concern is generally the VAT assessment, which cannot be addressed through MAP. If a Korean PE is deemed to exist, the VAT assessment will generally far exceed the corporate income tax assessment, and it may be extremely difficult to obtain a refund.
Accordingly, it is often more effective to pursue a refund through a tax tribunal or court appeal when PE issues or VAT are involved as well as for issues involving the characterisation of income for withholding tax purposes or other (zero-sum game) issues that do not easily lend themselves to compromise. Every tax audit presents a unique mix of issues that can most easily be resolved through MAP and those that require a domestic appeal, which requires careful strategic planning to maximise the chance of success and minimise the amount of required time.
This article looks at both options and the possibility of pursuing both MAP and a domestic appeal simultaneously.
Mutual agreement procedure
Mutual agreement procedure is most commonly utilised to resolve double taxation issues when a tax assessment involves TP issues. Both Korean and foreign companies and residents are eligible to file MAP applications with either the Minister of Economy and Finance or the Commissioner of the NTS, when a tax assessment is believed (based on the Law for the Coordination of International Tax Affairs (LCITA) – which governs cross-border transactions) to have been made in violation of relevant tax treaties.
The MAP application can be declined under Article 42(2) of the LCITA if one of the following conditions is met:
1) If a Korean court or foreign court has rendered a final judgment on the issues involved; (except in cases expressly prescribed by Presidential Decree of the LCITA, such as when a corresponding adjustment from the other contracting state is required);
2) When the applicant is not eligible to apply for MAP under the relevant tax treaty;
3) When the taxpayer intends to use MAP for tax evasion purposes; and
4) When three years has elapsed since the date the taxpayer became aware of the assessment (generally, the date the tax assessment notice was received).
The italicised amendment applies when a corresponding adjustment is required due to a court judgment requiring an adjustment to the arm's-length price. In such a case, the MAP will not be closed even if a final judgment has been rendered by a Korean court or foreign court.
Termination of MAP
The taxpayer is free to withdraw the MAP application at any time during the MAP process. Furthermore, if the CA for the countries involved are unable to reach agreement, the MAP is terminated in accordance with the LCITA five years after the commencement date, unless the CA mutually agree to extend the MAP discussions, in which case the MAP is terminated eight years after the commencement date.
The outcome of MAP neither establishes precedent for other cases having similar issues nor legally binds the taxpayer with respect to other tax issues.
Deferment of tax payments under MAP
Article 49 of the LCITA stipulates that a MAP applicant can request a payment deferment for taxes assessed (after receiving a pre-assessment notice and before receiving a final tax assessment notice) until the MAP is resolved. Once the deferment notice is accepted, tax will not become due until 30 days after the MAP closing date, at which point the taxpayer would be required to pay the revised assessment plus interest for the full deferment period.
However, requests for tax deferments are only accepted when the other contracting states involved also allow similar deferments (principle of reciprocity).
Domestic tax appeal
Within 30 days of receiving a pre-assessment notice, taxpayers can appeal to the regional tax office or district tax office that issued the notice in accordance with Article 81-15-(2) of the National Tax Basic Act (NTBA).
This procedure is called 'Review of Adequacy of Tax Imposition (RATI), and it rarely results in a substantial refund or adjustment to the tax assessment, as the tax audit team generally coordinates closely with NTS superiors, who are usually in full agreement prior to the issuance of the pre-assessment notice.
Once the RATI is completed or if the taxpayers should decide not to proceed with RATI, they may pursue a Tax Tribunal (TT) appeal. The TT is an independent tax appeal board reporting to the Prime Minister's Office with the authority to reverse and refund tax assessments and the authority to order the NTS to perform a second review or audit of the issues involved based on the TT's specific guidance. TT cases are assigned to one of five committees, each comprised of four members (including two government officials and two external experts). The government officials generally come from the NTS, so though the TT does not answer to the NTS, TT decisions are generally carefully coordinated with the NTS.
While taxpayers need not pay the tax assessment to pursue RATI, the tax assessment should be paid in full prior to pursuing a TT appeal (together with any interest and penalties due).
If the taxpayer decides to skip RATI and appeal directly to the TT, the tax appeal should be filed within 90 days of receiving the final tax assessment notice. TT decisions are generally rendered within six months to one year of filing, though cases involving substantial assessments may be reviewed by all committee members, resulting in a delay.
If the outcome of the TT appeal is favourable to the taxpayer, the NTS cannot appeal the decision, and it is final. If the judgment is unfavourable to the taxpayer, a court appeal can be lodged within 90 days of receiving the final TT judgment.
Under current law, a taxpayer cannot bypass the TT in favour of an immediate court appeal. Article 56(2) of NTBA requires taxpayers to first appeal to the TT or NTS prior to pursuing a court appeal (and an appeal to the NTS is generally counterproductive).
A court appeal begins with the District Court, and decisions can (and usually are) appealed by the taxpayer or the NTS to the High Court and the Supreme Court. Most court appeals are resolved by the Supreme Court, and the entire process (from the TT to the Supreme Court) typically takes three to five years. The judges at all three court levels are completely independent from the NTS and have a history of rendering very independent decisions that often favour taxpayers. This has caused the NTS to complain and reorganise its internal litigation team in recent years.
Utilising MAP and a domestic tax appeal in unison
Even if a domestic tax appeal is filed, the taxpayer remains free to apply for MAP within three years of the receipt of the tax assessment notice.
Once the MAP commences, the statutory 90 day window for requesting a TT appeal will be frozen until the MAP is completed. In practice, however, it takes time to file for and commence MAP (generally more than 90 days). As a result, it is best to file a MAP and TT appeal concurrently immediately after receiving a tax assessment notice.
If the MAP is initiated while the TT appeal is in progress, the TT generally suspends the review of the case until the MAP is concluded (although there are occasionally cases in which the TT has been unwilling to wait until a long-outstanding MAP is concluded, which could result in the TT decision being rendered prior to the MAP decision). In such a case, depending on the issues involved, the Korean CA may refer to the results of the TT decision (though they are not obligated to do so), and the taxpayer would remain free to seek a court appeal within 90 days of the issuance of the TT decision, which 90 day window would remain frozen if the MAP has commenced.
Figure 1 depicts the tax appeal options available to taxpayers.
MAP statistics
Historically it has taken four to seven years to complete a MAP in Korea, which is longer than the three to five years generally required to pursue a domestic appeal from the TT to the Supreme Court. In recent years, however, the NTS has been endeavouring to increase resources dedicated to MAP and advance pricing agreement (APA) filings, and has also been lengthening the time required for pre-filing meetings and consultations. This has resulted in a decrease in the official time required to complete a MAP (as counted from the date the MAP application is accepted to the date of completion).
Average time taken from start to end (months)
TP cases Other cases
Cases commenced before January 1 2016 55.05 80.82
Cases commenced from January 1 2016 20.81 20.96
Due to OECD oversight (peer review and monitoring process), the time required to complete MAP cases will likely continue to improve.
Figure 2 shows the outcome of recent Korean MAP cases involving TP.
Figure 2: MAP outcomes
Taxpayers often combine a MAP filing with a bilateral APA to achieve certainty for future years and unaudited past years (through a rollback). The same Korean CA team handles both MAP and bilateral APA filings, and combining the two can provide greater flexibility, efficiency, and consistency in resolving MAP cases.
While taxpayers have historically preferred MAP for TP disputes and domestic appeals for PE, VAT, withholding tax, and other disputes, an increasing number of TP cases being decided by the TT and court have been observed. In examining the 74 TP appeal cases decided over the past five years, 44 cases resulted in a decision that was favourable to the taxpayer (approximately 60% win rate).
Again, Korean tax law does not prohibit taxpayers from pursuing both MAP and a domestic tax appeal simultaneously, allowing strategic decisions to be made that maximise the chance of overall success.
When tax assessments involve PE issues, management service fees or headquarter cost recharges, withholding tax issues, or VAT, a domestic appeal may prove more effective and less time consuming than a MAP filing.
When pure TP issues are involved, MAP may prove more effective at eliminating double taxation and ensuring a rational outcome that is consistent with OECD TP Guidelines (although recent TP decisions rendered by the Korean TT and courts have often been favourable to taxpayers and resulted in refunds).
When a tax assessment involves multiple issues that need to be appealed, it may be worth opting for a domestic appeal covering all issues (including TP) or a dual track approach involving the simultaneous filing of a TT appeal and MAP with careful monitoring of the situation at both levels.
Click here to read the 2021 TP Special Focus guide
Yun Heui Cho
Yulchon
E: yhcho@yulchon.com
Yun Heui Cho is a partner and lead litigator in Yulchon's tax litigation group. He joined Yulchon in 2016 and previously served as a judge for over 20 years in various capacities, including as the presiding judge of the Seoul Central District Court and head tax researcher and presiding judge at the Supreme Court of Korea.
Yun Heui has assisted numerous foreign and Korean multinationals with successful tax tribunal and court appeals in every major industry.
Yong Whan Choi
E: ywchoi@yulchon.com
Yong Whan Choi is a partner primarily focusing on international tax matters and currently co-leading Yulchon's international tax team. Sitting in the Japan team, he assists numerous multinationals (particularly ICT, semiconductor companies, and investment funds) with issues associated with TP, permanent establishments, beneficial ownership, and restructuring.
Yong Whan has a long history of successfully representing clients in tax cases before the tax tribunal and Korean courts. He obtained his LLM in international tax studies from New York University and his PhD from Yonsei University. He also spent time in Japan, where he was seconded to a major Japanese law firm.
Kyu Dong Kim
E: kdkim@yulchon.com
Kyu Dong Kim is a partner primarily focusing on international tax matters and currently co-leading Yulchon's international tax team. He has extensive knowledge and experience dealing with the challenging tax issues multinational corporations face, including cross-border transactions and Korean tax matters, with a particular focus on global technology companies and financial institutions. He also specialises in structuring overseas fund investments into Korea and Korean fund investments overseas.
Before joining Yulchon, Kyu Dong worked with PwC in London and Seoul. He is a director of the Korean branch of the International Fiscal Association and serves as an advisor to the government committee on tax law amendments.
Jeremy Everett
E: jeverett@yulchon.com
Jeremy Everett is a partner in Yulchon's international tax group. He has lived in Korea for 26 years and has been advising foreign and Korean companies on inbound and outbound tax matters since 1994. He has extensive experience assisting a wide range of industrial and financial service clients with tax audits and dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), tax planning and effective tax rate optimisation.
Jeremy previously led two of the largest corporate tax departments in Korea. He was the first foreigner to serve as the global head of tax for a Korean conglomerate, Doosan Group, and also formed and led General Electric's tax team in Korea.
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Our Veteran of the Month is Mr. Keith Marshall. Thank you for your service.
The 2017 budget took up most of our time at our last commission meeting. The biggest item was the highway department. The proposed highway budget for 2017 is just over $7 million which nearly equals our highest highway budget ever of $7.1 million for 2016.
We will be replacing or repairing five bridges with monies from the state bridge fund. This is available to us because of the wheel tax and submitting a 5 year highway plan to the State. We plan on crushing $750,000 worth of gravel; it will take a while, but this should improve some of our roads. We also budgeted $65,000 to engineer the south part of New Underwood Road to the County line to straighten out the curve at the top of the hill. We will do this project at the same time Pennington County does their side.
Other 2017 budget items included allocations to Faith Library at $9,000, Piedmont Library at $15,000, and Sturgis Library at $24,231. Elk Creek Conservation District was budgeted $20,000 and Tri-County Conservation District at $10,000 with an additional $11,000 (one time opportunity) for equipment purchase. Sturgis Economic Development Committee was allotted $25,000, SDSU 4-H was budgeted $31,000 and the Meade County Fair Board at $8,500.
Highway Superintendent Lincoln Shuck is trying a new treatment for dust control and to stabilize the road bed on Avalanche Road. This is the road to the Sturgis city dump. If this holds up for more than two years as advertised, it could replace some of the mag water we now use. Hopefully, it will not be as messy on cars or as icy in the winter.
The highway department will be doing dig outs and repairs on the New Underwood Road. They will also be working with the State to begin weighing trucks at this location - so be aware. The Commission asked for bids on the Elm Springs Road to be opened on August 24th for the rebuild of the road on the north side of Alkali Creek. We will replace the deck of the bridge at the same time. These are just a few of the projects we discussed, more to come later.
FEMA presented a Community Rating System Certification Award to Meade County.
Meade County is the only county in the State of South Dakota that has qualified all residents in the floodplain for a reduction in their flood insurance rates. Deputy Director of Planning Bill Rich and Jennifer Williams did the GIS work to get this award. Good work Bill and Jennifer!
The Commission approved all the new/transfer of alcohol licenses for the Full Throttle Saloon & Campground LLC and to Pappy Hoel Campground. Both are owned by Mr. Ballard.
The Commission also designated Fort Meade Way as a Beautification Area. This will limit billboards to business property for self-identification.
And finally, we issued a Drought Disaster Declaration for Meade County. This is the first step for state aid for fire fighting and other programs.
Enjoy the cool weather while it lasts!


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AN ACT RESETTING THE REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR ELECTIVE OFFICIALS OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO TO COINCIDE WITH THE GENERAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF MAY 2001.
Section 1. The State asserts that peace is essential to elections and mandates the government to actively pursue the peace process in Mindanao.
Sec. 2. The regular elections for the regional governor, vice governor and members of the regional legislative assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) set forth under Republic Act No. 8753 on the second Monday of September 2000 is hereby reset to coincide with the general elections to be held on the second Monday of May 2001. Elections shall be held three (3) years after thereafter pursuant to Republic Act No. 6734 otherwise known as the Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Sec. 3. The term of office of the regional governor, regional vice governor and members of the regional legislative assembly shall commence at noon of the 30th day of June 2001 next following their election and shall expire at noon of the 30th day of June three (3) years thereafter.
Sec. 4. All incumbent officials of the Autonomous Region shall hold office pursuant to existing laws.
Sec. 5. If any of the provisions of this Act is held unconstitutional, provisions not affected shall remain valid and binding.
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The Padres will try to get in the win column for the first time this season as Clayton Richard toes the rubber tonight at Citi Field. Richard was the most reliable pitcher on the Padres staff last season, going 14-14 and not missing a single one of his 33 starts. The Padres will need more of that reliability after Edinson Volquez' performance on Opening Day.
Richard is coming off a strong Spring Training start last Thursday when he kept the Indians to one earned run on five hits, a walk, and six strikeouts. He ended his Spring with a 5.30 ERA over 18 2/3 innings. Against the Mets, Richard boasts a lifetime 2.84 ERA in five starts and tonight he will try to improve on a 2-1 record over them.
New York starter Matt Harvey hasn't had the same success against San Diego. He has only made one previous start against the Padres, giving up five runs in five innings during his rookie season last year. Tonight's outing will mark the beginning of Harvey's first season in the majors so he'll try to get off on the right foot.
In Harvey's start against the Padres last year, Yonder Alonso gave him a lot of trouble. He went 2-for-3, including a double and a two-run home run against Harvey. On Monday, he went 1-for-4 and hit a home run off Jon Niese. Hopefully that was just the start of a breakout year for Alonso.
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Back when Kevin Smith's Clerks first shook up indie cinema in 1994, there wasn't much of a place on TV for the film's high-conic duo, Jay and Silent Bob. (They did show up in 2000's Clerks: The Animated Series, but in far less offensive forms.) Here in 2018, though, there is a TV home for just about everything imaginable, and Kevin Smith is indeed working with Jay Mewes on a Jay and Silent Bob series for STX Entertainment. The really weird part? It'll be a virtual reality show.
Strange as it may seem, fans will get to enter Jay and Silent Bob's pop culture-savvy universe like never before, and it'll be from the relatively dialogue-free P.O.V. of Silent Bob himself. The untitled project will be both live-action and short-form, as not to overstay anyone's welcome, and Kevin Smith will be writing, directing and producing the episodes. No concrete plot details were given, but as the press release on Business Insider states, viewers can look forward to virtually hanging out with the weed-and-beer-loving Jay as the pair embarks on slacker-tastic adventures.
Part of me hopes that the entire VR experience is just standing in front of a brick wall outside of a convenience store. I mean, that'll definitely happen at some point during the series, because obviously. We'd also expect to see a few familiar faces from Smith's Askew-niverse flicks, though those names will probably be kept under wraps for now.
Kevin Smith's fans have been waiting patiently for the filmmaker to deliver a feature film return for Jay and Silent Bob, but this new gig might have to tide us over until they strike back on the big screen. Although we're still slightly wary about it all, since Smith's proposed Mallrats TV series fell through after months of small-scale hype. But this project does have the advantages of being short-form, with a limited cast, and outside of a major studio's iron grip, so there are less hurdles to jump over to reach completion. And we'll be leaping over those hurdles right along with Smith from within our VR helmets.
STX Entertainment, through their VR content banner STXsurreal, will be working on a host of other short-form VR series that were announced alongside the Jay and Silent Bob show. The Office's Ed Helms is producing a comedy about a Radio Shack employee who gets turned into a magical wizard. Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista will be working on an action-comedy project. Peter Berg has a paramilitary action-thriller called The Kiev Exchange. And finally, the John Wick films' writer Derek Kolstad has a currently untitled thriller centered around a mysterious aircraft crash in New Mexico in the '40s. We expect all of these to feature 100% fewer references to tonguing people's bungs.
There's no sign of when Kevin Smith's new Jay and Silent Bob project will hit...whatever services will end up offering it. But you can catch Kevin Smith popping up on The Flash for an episode he directed, which will air Tuesday, April 10, at 8:00 p.m. ET. To see all the other new and returning projects snootchie-bootching their way onto our TVs soon, head to our midseason premiere schedule and our summer premiere schedule.
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For Deadpool 2 and Tim Miller, it looked as though the stars had aligned.
Bolstered by the barnstorming success of the original, 20th Century Fox quickly issued the go-ahead on a Deadpool sequel, one which would expand the scale and scope to welcome both Cable (Infinity War's Josh Brolin) and Domino (Zazie Beetz) into the fray. So far, so good…until creative differences pushed Miller away from Fox's mutant-verse and toward The Terminator.
But it turns out Tim Miller always had one eye trained on the sci-fi series, after the filmmaker told The Hollywood Reporter that he fully intended to spearhead James Cameron's "three-film reinvention" regardless of whether he wound up directing Deadpool 2 or not. As for why he vacated the director's chair and sought out greener pastures, it seems Miller was seemingly on the hunt for a new challenge.
I felt like there was more stories to tell there, but I'm happy that somebody else is telling them. There was a sense of relief in that I get to do something new versus Deadpool 2. I think it would've been a great movie, but it was also going to be a continuation of what we had done. This really gave me a chance to do something new.
It's fascinating to hear Miller reflect on what could have been. But make no mistake, while the filmmaker always wanted to helm Deadpool 2, it seems The Terminator was beginning to poke its metallic head over the horizon regardless.
I feel like there was so much more to be done with these characters. I mean, I wanted to make Deadpool 2. I was going to do that, until I wasn't. So, there was that, which took up about seven months of my time. But even then, David [Ellison, who has the rights to the Terminator franchise] and I were talking, like after Deadpool 2, it was going to be this [Terminator].
Pitched as a Terminator reboot for the 21st century, Tim Miller and Co. will begin shooting the franchise's sixth instalment in the spring, presumably ahead of a theatrical release in 2019. Deadpool 2, meanwhile, has placed its crosshairs on July 1st, 2018.


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Brigitte Wachs was born in Graz in 1932 as Brigitte Welisch. After the Anschluss her father and her uncle were imprisoned in Dachau Concentration camp for a short period. After their release the family fled to the Philippines via Italy, where they experienced the Japanese occupation. In 1948, Wachs emigrated with her family to the USA. After completing high school, Wachs studied art at a college in New York. Afterwards she worked as a textile designer and later as an illustrator. At the time of the interview, Wachs was living in New Jersey.
KF: You mentioned earlier that you emigrated to the Philippines. Could you give us some further information about your emigration route and what you experienced during your emigration?
BW: Well, what was interesting is…as I said, my father and my uncle were at Dachau [Konzentrationslager Dachau]. And this was early in this whole set-up. So my aunt, my uncle's wife, went to Vienna, and she arranged…she was able to contact somebody who knew somebody in Manila, the Philippines, whom they had met at the world's fair. This man was a German, but he was opposed to the regime. He provided us with visas to go to the Philippines. He did not know us, we did not know him, so this was a very generous thing on his part. And then, at that point, we were told that if we were to leave immediately, then they would release my father and my uncle from Dachau, which happened. We left immediately with whatever we could. We went by way of Italy. We left from Genoa, on the Conte Biancamano, and it was, I think, a four-week-trip to go to the Philippines. Now mind you, my parents did not speak English, they did not even know where the Philippines was, and the only postcards they got from the Philippines showed backward areas with head hunters. But Manila was really a very nice city at that point. And when we got there…well, first of all, he did not have anything, and the clothing that he had…my father I am talking about…was European suits. And we arrived in the Philippines with a 100-degree weather. So when we got there…well, the first people who met us and tried to get us a place to live were American Jews who were active in this sort of thing. But the people who also were extremely helpful were the German Catholic Sisters of Santa Escolastica. They…first of all, they took my sister and me in and let us go to school there. They took my father and had a tailor make him a lightweight suit, so he could go look for a job. They were extremely, extremely helpful. So that was the beginning.
KF: Have you ever been back to Austria?
BW: Yes, once. In…when was it…1960-something, I think…65, something like that.
KF: How was it for you personally? How was the experience?
KF: How would you describe your relationship to Austria?
KF: But you feel as an American?
BW: Yes. I mean, I do feel, shall I say, my Austrian roots. I get very sentimental when I hear [Johann] Strauss music or the Radetzky-Marsch. Every New Year's Eve they have that program from Austria, which I do not miss and…things like that…and the food. So, in that respect, I feel Austrian, but in most other respects, I am American.
KF: How was it for you when you went back to Austria, maybe seeing…did you always think what people did in the war, and if they were involved with the Nazis?
BW: Only a little, only a little. I do not tend to feel that way, because…I go back…I have visited Japan a number of times, and I should feel just as bad about of some of the atrocities that the Japanese did, but I cannot. This is behind me and the only time that…for instance…not even so much in Austria, but I was in Germany, and I went to some of the museums and there was this old man and he was starting to tell me about his submarine experience. So then you have funny feelings, but generally speaking, no. I mean, this is past. I do not…how should I put it? I think it was terrible, but most of the people who were involved with all this are dead. You know? [Lacht.] That is how I feel.
KF: Do you speak German from time to time?
BW: I used to speak it more when my mother was still alive, and my sister and she and I would get together with her…we would speak German. But now I speak German, I understand German, but I have to think. It does not come as naturally, so I more or less have to think, and if you were to say to me: "How do you say such and such a word?" Forget it…then I cannot focus. But after I speak it for a while it comes back.
KF: This is an Austrian Heritage Collection interview, conducted by Klaus Fiala with Brigitte Wachs in [Übergang/Schnitt.] Englishtown, New Jersey. Miss Wachs, would you just tell me your life story please.
KF: Let us start with your family background. Do you have any recollections of your grandparents, what were their names, what did they do for a living? Could you just tell us a bit more about them?
BW: My mother's parents were Jakob and Hermine Loewy. They had a store that sold men's wear. Jakob died in 1938, but Hermine came to the Philippines with us. And then she came to the United States as well. So I have a good recollection of her. My other grandparents…my grandfather, Isador Welisch, he died before I was born, in a car accident. He owned a very elegant men's haberdashery store on the main street of Graz. His sons, my father, my uncles, ran this after he died. And my…his wife, Rosa Welisch, she died shortly after I was born, so I really did not ever get to know her.
KF: Could you give us further information about your parents, their names and their occupations in Austria?
BW: Sure. Well, my father's name was Albert Welisch, my mother's name is Margarete. They both ran that store on Hauptstraße. It was a very elegant men's store. So, they were both involved with that.
KF: Were they both Jewish? And their parents were Jewish too?
KF: So there was a long tradition of Judaism in your family?
BW: Yes, as far as I know, I have got some family trees going back to eighteen-something and it goes all the way back.
KF: Did you have any siblings?
BW: I have one sister. Her name is Susi.
KF: Is she older or younger?
BW: She is four years younger.
KF: Do you have any recollections if religion played a…what part did religion play in your family, and was there maybe a change before and after the Anschluss, or before and after your emigration?
BW: No. I…my parents were observant Jews, but I do not think they were overly religious. I mean, they were not orthodox. They were just…what everybody else was. They were just observant Jews. And nothing changed after that.
KF: How is your relation to religion nowadays?
BW: I am observant. I am not particularly…I do not go out of my way to go to services every week, but I observe the holidays and I try to have my children observe them.
KF: So you are passing the religion on to your children?
KF: Was your family a political family?
BW: No. Not at all.
KF: Do you have maybe…I mean, you were born in 1932…but do you have any recollections of the Anschluss, or maybe some specific event?
BW: Yes, definitely. I mean, I was just a child, but I do remember the night that the Gestapo [Geheime Staatspolizei] came to take my father and my uncle to concentration camp. Although I did not know what was happening, I was aware of the stress and the excitement in the family. And this may be humorous, but I had…my father's uncle was in the house, and he was sick. As a child, I went into the room and I got all upset, because I thought all his teeth fell out…well, he had false teeth and put them on the table. [Lacht.] These are stupid recollections, but it has been a long time and I still remember that.
KF: Do you maybe remember, or maybe your parents mentioned something, that your relationship to Christian Austrians…and how it changed after the Anschluss, or after the overtake of the Nazis, maybe in Germany or in Austria?
BW: Yes. Well, I was not aware of it, but I heard talk of…my parents. I had…there was a lady who was sort of a nanny to me, and all of a sudden she had nothing to do with us. The people in the store where my father worked, they took over the store and they sort of…he was nothing anymore. They just took it over.
KF: How big was the Jewish community in Graz? Was there an active community?
BW: Yes, very active. Very active.
KF: It was not too big?
BW: I could not say for sure, I do not have numbers.
KF: What was your parents' occupation in the Philippines, what did they do for a living?
KF: So your status of living did not really stay the same?
BW: No. I mean, we started out with nothing, but my father was very diligent and so was my mother, and they worked their way up to a certain degree, until the war caught up with us.
KF: Before the war…your personal experiences…how was integration for you in the Philippines, how did you do with the language, in school?
BW: I did okay. My parents struggled, but they learned the language and…kids do not have…I am sure you know, you speak an excellent English. [Lacht.] So, I did not have too much of a problem, and my parents made a point of speaking German at home, so that I would not forget that. And I went to the regular school, then…first I went to Santa Escolastica and then I went to the Filipino school…where they taught English. I mean, everything was in English in Manila. That was up until the Japs [Japanese] came. [Lacht.] Then everything changed again.
BW: --the Japanese made no religious differences. As far as they were concerned, we were Austrian…and the rest of the Jewish community there was German or Austrian. So the only ones that the Japanese interned were Americans, French and British. And they were interned in a place…Santo Tomas [Santo Tomas Internment Camp]. On the outside, at first…of course, during war conditions, everything is tense. You do live in different circumstances…you kind of watch through the windows when they have a death march, walking the American soldiers down the street, and you had to be very careful with everything that you do. But, except for shortages on everything, we lived a reasonably normal life for that part of the world. I mean, you went to an open market…I did not go to a normal school, I had…there was this man who had a school in his house and we had maybe fifteen kids, ranging from first grade to sixth grade, and he was teaching everybody more or less at the same time. And I went from my house to his house on a bicycle with my sister on the back…that sort of thing. So, at the beginning of the war we were…we had the Japanese bombing the place, and then as things got more hectic at the…towards the end of the war, you had the Americans bombing. What happened though was…the American strategy at that time was: They came in from the north and the south of Manila, and they came in as far as to liberate Santo Tomas, and then they stopped. And now the Japanese and the rest of the civilians were trapped in the middle. The Americans were shelling us, the Japanese were burning the place. In front of the house where we lived we had these big acacia trees…they had dynamite in the trees, so they could fell them. And for the last…maybe month, I cannot tell you the exact time…we were moving from one dugout to the next. I mean, when I say dugout…these were holes in the ground with some corrugated…the corrugated iron that they used for roofing on top and some dirt on top of that.
BW: No, it is like steel, but there was dirt on top of that, and the ground water…there was a very high level of ground water in Manila, so the water was coming from the bottom, the dirt on top…and that was the way we lived for a while, moving from one to the other. And as the Americans came towards us and the Japanese were burning everything, the only thing we could do was move from one dugout to the other towards the bay, because we figured at least there, there would not be any fire. Then, at one point, this one Filipino came and he started yelling: "The Americans are down the street!" So we picked up whatever we had left of our belongings, because each time we moved, we left something else. We just ran, and there was crossfire in the streets…you have to visualize this: My mother, my father, my grandmother, we had a little dog, my sister and I. At that point I was about fourteen. So we were running across all these crossfires and there were dead Japs in the street, all bloated up and black…in the sun, the bodies get all…and then we come across this first truck of Americans, and they do not even look like Americans, because they have just come from New Guinea and places like that, and they have been taking quinine and they were all yellow, but…anyway, we were very excited, and my father had kept a bottle of cognac. He gave it to these first Americans he saw. [Lacht.] Did you ever see the movie The Longest Day? Well, it is about the invasion of Normandy, and in that there is a Frenchman who gives the first Americans a bottle of cognac. Every time I see that, this whole thing comes back. But then, from that point again, my father had to start from scratch again, because everything was gone.
KF: How were your feelings towards the Japanese military or the American…if we put it simpler, which side did you support?
BW: Of course the Americans.
KF: But did you see the Japanese military as the enemy?
BW: Yes. I mean, you tried to keep on their good side, but they were the occupation army, and I mean, they were obviously the enemy, yes.
KF: In what year did you emigrate to the United States?
KF: Could you tell us a bit more about your emigration to the United States, about your emigration route and your arrival there? Or actually, also about how you got the visa for the United States?
BW: Well, at that point we really did not need a visa, because my father had been in business and he saw that…he could prove that he could support himself. He was in business with my mother's brother, and so he more…he did not really need a visa as far as that went. We went…we came from the Philippines to San Francisco, and then we moved to New York. That was uneventful, really. Then I started school here.
KF: Did your father build his own business in America, or what did he do?
BW: Well, he had more of a problem getting started here, because he was…he had been a self-starter and he had built himself up several times in the Philippines and all, and he thought that it would be the same here, but it was not. He ran into all sorts of problems and so, he had a number of different jobs here and he never really was able to establish himself here.
KF: What did your mother do?
BW: She was a saleslady in a ladies' dress shop.
KF: Where did you live in New York at first?
KF: It was still your mother, your father, your grandmother and your sister and yourself?
BW: Yes. Well, my grandmother died shortly after we came here, so it was basically my parents and my sister…and I.
KF: Then you went to high school here?
BW: I graduated high school in Washington Heights, and then I went to college in New York City.
KF: And you studied art?
KF: Could you tell us some more about your art and about your job here? What kind of art did you do?
BW: It was a commercial type of art. I did textile designing, and…at first I worked for a textile company that…I designed prints that went on fabric. Then, after my second child, I left that job and we moved to Connecticut, and then most of my artwork was involved with illustrations and stuff like that.
KF: What did your husband do, and what is his name, and you could you tell us some more about him?
KF: You told us that you have five children? This could take a while, but could you tell us their names and their professions?
BW: Sure. My oldest is Cheryl, and she…right now, she is the manager of a T.J. Maxx department store. Then there is Gary…Cheryl lives in New Jersey. Gary lives in Texas, and he is an officer at a bank. And then there is Diane, she lives in Rhode Island, and…she used to work with computers, but now she is busy raising her children. Then there is Douglas. He lives in New Jersey and he is also a computer programmer. And then there is Richard. He lives in New Jersey and he is a doctor. They are all married.
KF: Do you talk with your children about your story, and did you tell them and do they know what you went through?
BW: Yes. I have had…even written a little autobiography, and my mother did, and my uncle did. So they are aware of it. The grandchildren, sometimes they are a little surprised. They will come home with something from school, and I will say: "Well, I was there", or something like that. "Really?" But to them, this is ancient history.
KF: How many grandchildren do you have?
BW: Ten. And one great-grandchild and another one on the way.
KF: How do you, as a war refugee, feel about wars that are going on? I mean, for example the Vietnam War or the Iraq War? Is it just the same as for every other citizen, or do you think you have special feelings towards these wars, because you had to emigrate from Austria because of the war?
BW: Well, I think I am very anti-war. And there are certain things that still bother me that would not bother somebody else. Like for instance if there is a siren or a fire or something, and everybody else ignores it, I feel funny about it. And…I mean, I just do not think that there is any reason to have these wars altogether, and I think that…have the Olympics, have them fight it out in sports or something…that is my feeling.
KF: This is actually the last question. Is there anything you want to say? Do you think I have left anything out in my questions?
BW: I do not think so, I…the only thing I was wondering about is…I brought, from my attic, a bunch of things that are papers and documents and so forth, from my uncle and his parents. And I do not know if you want to look at any of them, or have any of them, because I feel that they are very important. I mean, some of the things that I have go back to World War I. I do not know, they are probably meaningless to a lot of people, but it just seems like history to me. But basically, I do not know. I am very happy that these things are documented. I am very happy that you are taking these interviews, because most of the people who went through all this are dying. I mean, obviously you only live so long. And there are people who say it never happened, and that is ridiculous. So it is important to get this all documented.
KF: Thank you very much.
BW: You are very welcome.
Wachs' grandfather Isidor Welisch, Graz 1925.
Wachs' parents Albert and Margarethe (née Löwy) Welisch, Graz 1929.
A duplicate of Wachs' birth certificate, Graz 1952.
Wachs (left) with her sister Susi, Graz 1937.
Wachs (right) with her sister Susi and her grandmother Hermine Loewy, Manila 1947.
A house destroyed in the war, photgraphed by the Wachs family in Manila at the end of the 1940s.
Letter of intent from Wachs (née Welisch), New York 1951.
Wedding photo of Wachs and her husband Norman, USA 1953.
Wachs' parents, Albert and Margarethe Welisch, USA 1960.
Wachs (right) with her husband Norman (second from right) and their children, USA 1991.
Wachs and her husband Norman, USA 2012.


The Gulf Coast Business Council has selected 28 Gulf Coast leaders to participate in the 2017 Masters Leadership Program (full list on page two of the release). The program was developed in 2007 to identify and develop emerging leaders of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, while also serving as a "think tank" to create strategies to enhance the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
"This year's class represents an impressive and diverse group of Coast leaders who have been recognized for their professional and personal achievements. We thank them for dedicating their time and expertise over the next year to finding solutions to elevate the economy of the Mississippi Gulf Coast," said Ashley Edwards, President & CEO of the Gulf Coast Business Council.
The 2017 Program theme is "Blueprint Gulf Coast". Through the Blueprint Gulf Coast initiative, GCBC Masters Leadership Program participants will create a roadmap to transform the economic landscape of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The 2017 Masters Program "Think Tank" will identify key economic pillars that will become the foundation for the Coast's future economic prosperity and viability. The Gulf Coast Business Council will convene future Masters Program think tanks around the key pillars identified by the 2017 Masters Class. Each year the group will visit a U.S. city that has demonstrated best practices associated with one of the key pillars. This year the class will visit Nashville, Tennessee to study how leaders there have put into place key components of their economic blueprint and learn how they have drawn upon their own regional assets to affect change in the greater Nashville Community.
The Gulf Coast Business Council engages top executives of businesses – large and small – to be the united voice on public policy issues important to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, to serve as a facilitating organization and help develop future leaders. The Gulf Coast Business Council champions common economic and business interests through identifying issues, convening resources, framing public policy and finding solutions for the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
 Roderick Mark Alexander, Jr.
Director, Operations | Huntington Ingalls, Inc.
Director, Production Control & Program Planning | Huntington Ingalls, Inc.
Manager Client Relations | Pickering Firm, Inc.
Senior Project Manager | Neel-Schaffer, Inc.


We Believe that everyone can experience the JOY of dance!
Our philosophy is to encourage each student to their very best effort, and to give, in return, the care and attention each student deserves. All students can experience the joy of dance and the benefits of disciplining the mind and body that this art form requires. Our primary goal is for the development of our students, their dance education, and the enrichment that comes from studying the Arts. Our family-oriented, positive atmosphere builds self-esteem and the love of this cherished art form.
With proper instruction, any child can learn correct technique and perform beautifully. We encourage each child's natural love of movement while providing essential dance education and proper, safe technique training. Building self-discipline, developing strength and stamina, and achieving grace in movement is the work of years of study; a process that really never ends.
Dance is a performing art and is meant to be shared! Performing gives students the confidence they need to succeed in a professional career of any kind. Stage experience is available to all performers throughout their training at Contemporary School of Dance, enabling them to develop confidence, poise and stage etiquette. Our full year students perform at our December Holiday show, and our annual production in June. Dancers are also given the opportunity to perform for examiners in RAD ballet and ISTD jazz and tap examinations. Love performing? Students can also try out for the CSD Dance Company for further performance experience!
Every child benefits from quality dance training, even though he or she ultimately may choose another career path. In Dance, children learn the cooperative teamwork necessary to produce a high quality work of art. They develop creative thinking skills and the ability to push themselves to higher achievements. These skills will enhance your child's academic performance as well as their physical well-being. Self-confidence and self-esteem continue to develop as each young dancer conquers new movements and grows more certain of his or her ability to apply themselves, work hard, and master any new steps. Growing through this artistic process helps a child find the pathway to personal integrity and self assured adulthood.
We believe that in building the students' self-esteem, we will not only enable them to take chances and reach higher goals, but we can help build strong confident people who will excel in everyday life. When you enroll your child at Contemporary School of Dance, she/he will develop a strong sense of self-discipline, self-motivation, a determination to meet new challenges, and valuable skills and attitudes, which become a vital part of their daily lives.
Dancing is fun and provides social interaction with peers who have the same interest. CSD offers a unique, friendly dance school environment where every student is valued and appreciated. We have a strong system of values at Contemporary School of Dance and insist that our students respect, support, and thank one another. When students give so much of themselves, doing what they love, it is comforting and meaningful to know that they are all among friends.
Quality teaching pays close attention to your child's artistic development, their health and safety, and their physical and emotional well-being. Contemporary School of Dance is committed to offering the finest in dance education available in a fun and supportive environment. All classes are taught by our professional faculty. Our teachers meet regularly to share ideas for the benefit of our school and all of our students. Many teachers can pass along steps, but a truly experienced, professional teacher can guide a young performer through the gradual process of carefully training their body; helping them achieve an instrument that is technically strong, allowing freedom of movement, and the capability of executing even the most rigorous exercises with grace and style.
Each of the teachers is dedicated to facilitating individual artistic development by providing a nurturing environment, which inspires each dancer to their best effort and greatest accomplishments. We deeply care about all of our students and want them to do their very best. That is why we demand a lot from them. CSD endeavors to help each student enjoy, cherish and treasure the hours devoted to their training encouraging them to love the art of dance for the sheer pleasure and sense of artistic fulfillment. At CSD, we aim to instill a love of dance, so that one day our students will have a greater appreciation either as an artist or patron.
Finally, We Believe in Making our Dance Training FUN and ENJOYABLE!
Our instructors take great time and care to plan lessons for our students that are not only educational and challenging but FUN! We believe the only way to encourage students to continue their study of dance is to make every moment highly memorable.


Well, it has finally happened. I have officially started a blog to share all of my wins, frustrations, tips, tricks, and part of our lives with the world. Or most likely just family, some friends and maybe a few people who accidentally arrived here!
You read right, my friends.
I met my husband senior year of college in Upstate New York. 9 months later we had graduated, became engaged and started out on our own. We made a cross country move to Austin, Texas with nothing but what we could fit in our two cars. I'm talking no job waiting for us kind of crazy that I think everyone should experience at some point in your life! I had always wanted to go there because of the all around awesomeness that was the Austin art scene and I had only heard about or lived through the computer screen. I told my future husband that I was going with or without him-- I believe my exact words were "I am going with or without you! Obviously, I want you to go with me but there is absolutely no pressure at all." (Little did I know, my loving father had already cornered him a few days before explaining in that terrifyingly calm tone I have only experienced twice in my life, that if Sean "thought he was taking his only daughter halfway across the country without a COMMITMENT he was sorely mistaken". My now husband responded with "I bought a ring a month into dating her, sir.") I guess we all have some form of a movie moment and mine was most certainly when I said "YES!" and we started our adventure.
Once we arrived in Austin, we lived at the Days Inn off I-35 for three weeks pounding the pavement trying to find work. After many sobering and soul crushing interviews that most certainly have NOT scarred me for life, (you other Graphic Designers know what I am talking about) I finally landed a job working for a higher education marketing firm and we moved into our third floor one bedroom apartment. After a few years, Sean decided he wanted to serve his country and be apart of something bigger than himself so he applied to for the United States Air Force. He was sworn in at San Antonio, Texas and that is where our military journey began.
After an elopement (something my mother still holds a grudge about even though we did have another ceremony for family and friends two years later. I get it though, especially now that I have a daughter) we headed to our first station: Nellis AFB, Las Vegas NV. That was the most amazing, stressful, eye-opening, adventurous fifteen months of our lives. But that is a story for another time! We have lived in four different locations in six years, had two children, started a business and somehow kept our sanity through it all--at least we think we have; well, we are trying our best!
My hope for this blog is to share our journey through transparency, laughter, learning and growth. If I can help others who go through similar experiences, then that's even better. So lean in friends, say hello and let's get through this crazy thing called life together.


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Q: How to organise my maven project I'm sure that this has been answered elsewhere, but I'm not sure if I'm understanding fully how to organise my project hierarchy.
So I've got a project that I'm working on, it holds lots of utilities that I use in various other projects.
lets call the main part of the project MyProject.org.utils
Underneath this I have a logical separation of parts for things such as
 - Logging and 'custom exceptions'
 - Calendar / time functions
 - string functions.
I'm using eclipse and have created each of these as 'packages' underneath MyProject.org.utils.
I want to be able to do 2 things for this project.
I would like to be able to release a single jar for each sub part, so one jar with all the stuff for the logging and another for calendar functions.
This would mean If I don't need to import these into another project I don't need to (particularly for my logging stuff, which I use in all my other projects, but often I don't use the calendar stuff).
I'm sure that this can be done in my Maven pom.xml but I'm not sure how to set it up for this.
I've read about parent poms, but I'm not convinced I understand how to get this to work in my situation, as I have only a single pom.xml in my workspace.
I would like to keep all of these parts within the same project in my eclipse workspace.
This is the current tree setup for this project, which I think helps better helps explain what I want to do (trimmed for brevity):
├── log4j2.xml
├── pom.xml
├── README.md
├── src
│   ├── main
│   │   ├── java
│   │   │   └── myproject
│   │   │       └── org
│   │   │           └── utils
│   │   │               ├── calendar
│   │   │               ├── logging
│   │   └── test
│   │       ├── java
│   │       │   └── myproject
│   │       │       └── org
│   │       │           └── utils
│   │       │               ├── calendar
│   │       │               ├── logging
│   │       └── resources
│   └── target
│       ├── classes
│
│...

So essentially I want a jar for :
myproject.org.utils.calendar
myproject.org.utils.logging
but how to modify my pom.XML to get this.
I think I need to have a parent pom.xml, but where do I then put the child pom.xml files for the 2 jars that I want to create?
Or am I going about this in the wrong way?
Short examples and links to tutorials, etc. would be perfect,
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
David

A: In general, you should create maven project (aka pom.xml) for each calendar and logging stuff. The packaging of the poms should have the default value jar. Note, that each of the projects (calendar and logging) has a separated physical location and there is no a common src folder, like in your snippet. This does not affect the name of packages or jars and you can use the common prefix for them.
I recommend to create the parent maven project for them and include calendar and logging projects as modules into the parent pom. The parent pom packaging should be pom. There is no target for the parent pom - since jars are produces by the modules. Parent pom makes easier managing dependencies, versions, plugins etc.
All that may be easily defined with eclipse (File->New->Maven->Maven project etc.)
You can see working example on git. Probably it worth to read maven manual for getting background.
Just for others who may come along, this is the better process.
 - create the initial maven project (using eclipse new -> maven project, or the command line).
 - to create the child package you should select new -> Maven module
This will result in a file structure of the following
├── myproject.org.utils.calendar
│   ├── src
|   │   ├── main
|   │   └── test
│   └── target
├── src
│   ├── main
|   │   ├── main
|   |   │   └── java
|   |   |   │   └── myproject.org.utils.calendar_old

You will notice how in the above tree the newly created maven module (myproject.org.utils.calendar) site in the root of the main project, rather than how a typical eclipse new->java->package sits under src\main\java.
This new module (myproject.org.utils.calendar) contains its own pom.xml and the outer 'parent' project now has this as part of the a <modules> section in its pom.xml

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namespace TfsWorkbench.TaskBoardUI.DataObjects
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    using System.Linq;

    using Core.Helpers;
    using Core.Interfaces;

    using TfsWorkbench.Core.Properties;
    using TfsWorkbench.Core.Services;
    using TfsWorkbench.TaskBoardUI.Helpers;

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    /// </summary>
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    {
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        /// The link manager service instance.
        /// </summary>
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        {
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Панфи́лово — посёлок во Владимирской области России, входит в состав городского округа Город Гусь-Хрустальный.

География
Расположен в 13,5 км к северо-западу от Гусь-Хрустального, в 46 км от Владимира.

Ближайшие населенные пункты: деревня Лесная в 250 м к северу, поселок Комиссаровка, деревня Ивановка.

Население

Транспорт
Проходит железная дорога, местные дороги.

Примечания

Населённые пункты муниципального образования «Город Гусь-Хрустальный»


A former unpaid contributor to my site, Lane Davis, stands accused of killing his father. My condolences go out to his family. The rush to score points against me, while completely expected, is also completely ridiculous. I'm only responsible for my own actions. I also lack the ability to predict future murders. This isn't Minority Report.
Obviously, as I've said before, I condemn unjustified killings and political violence of any sort. Mr. Davis will have to answer for his own heinous action in a court of law. I hope his family can one day move past this horrific tragedy. They have an incredibility difficult path ahead, one that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
This case is a reminder that sometimes we should take a step back, and remember that politics aren't everything. Don't let them ruin relationships with your friends and family. It's not worth it. Hug those around you that you love a little closer tonight, especially loved ones that you disagree with politically. Lord knows I wish I could embrace my wife and mother right now. So, don't take it for granted.
I expect the memes and attacks to continue. It's the internet, after all. By all means, enjoy it. I would be a hypocrite to say otherwise. But I hope some of you will spare a thought and/or a prayer for the Davis family.
I look forward to returning to my editor-in-chief duties on February 2nd. I know my wife does as well, especially on a day like today.