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                        [Arthur Andersen Letterhead]
 

                                                                Exhibit 18.2


October 7, 1996


Waxman Industries, Inc.
24460 Aurora Road
Bedford Heights, Ohio 44146


RE: Form 10-K Report for the year ended June 30, 1996



Gentlemen:

This letter is written to meet the requirements of Regulation S-K calling for a
letter from a registrant's independent accountants whenever there has been a
change in accounting principle or practice.

Effective July 1, 1995, the Company changed its method of accounting for
procurement costs. Procurement costs represent the amount paid in connection
with a customer's commitment to purchase products from the Company for a
specified period. The amount capitalized is the consideration paid by the
Company to the new or existing customer (i) for the right to supply such
customer for a specified period and (ii) to purchase competitor's merchandise
that the customer has on hand when it changes suppliers, less the salvage value
received by the Company. The Company believes that amortization in the fiscal
year incurred for such costs is consistent with the Company's strategic review
of Consumer Products and is preferable due to the uncertainty of today's
competitive retail environment. Previously, the Company amortized these costs
over the period deemed to be benefited.
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                        [Arthur Andersen Letterhead]


Waxman Industries, Inc.
Page 2
October 7, 1996


A complete coordinated set of financial and reporting standards for determining
the preferability of accounting principles among acceptable alternative
principles has not been established by the accounting profession. Thus, we
cannot make an objective determination of whether the change in accounting
described in the preceding paragraph is to a preferable method. However, we
have reviewed the pertinent factors, including those related to financial
reporting, in this particular case on a subjective basis, and our opinion
stated below is based on our determination made in this manner.

We are of the opinion that the Company's change in method of accounting is to
an acceptable alternative method of accounting, which, based upon the reasons
stated for the change and our discussions with you, is also preferable under
the circumstances in this particular case. In arriving at this opinion, we have
relied on the business judgment and business planning of your management.


Very truly yours,

[Arthur Andersen LLP signature]
EXHBIT 24(b)(8)
                                Amendment No. 12
                                       to
                  THE FIRST AMENDED CUSTODIAN CONTRACT BETWEEN
                            THE AAL MUTUAL FUNDS AND
                              FIRSTAR TRUST COMPANY
                      (f/k/a FIRST WISCONSON TRUST COMPANY)

Effective December 29, 1997, the First Amended Custodian  Contract  ("Contract")
dated  October 29, 1987,  between The AAL Mutual Funds and Firstar Trust Company
(f/k/a First Wisconsin Trust Company) is amended as follows:

1.  Schedule A (Custodial  Agent Fee  Schedule) to the Contract  effective as of
January 8, 1997, is amended to add The AAL Balanced Fund.

An amended Schedule A, effective December 29, 1997, is attached hereto

All  other  provisions  of the  Contract,  as  amended,  and all  Sub  Custodian
Agreements, shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  have  caused  this  Amendment  No. 12 to the
Contract to be signed by their duly authorized officers.


ATTEST                                       FIRSTAR TRUST COMPANY



By ____________________________              By______________________________
   Robert G. Same, Secretary


ATTEST:                                      THE AAL MUTUAL FUNDS



By ____________________________              By______________________________
   Robert G. Same, Secretary                    Ronald G. Anderson, President


<PAGE>


                                   SCHEDULE A
                                       TO
                  THE OCTOBER 29, 1997, FIRST AMENDED CUSTODIAN
                    CONTRACT BETWEEN THE AAL MUTUAL FUNDS AND
                        FIRSTAR TRUST COMPANY, AS AMENDED

                              FIRSTAR TRUST COMPANY
                           MUTUAL FUND CUSTODIAL AGENT
                                  Fee Schedule
                            Effective January 8, 1997


I.   Annual fee based on aggregate market value of all AAL Mutual Funds

     .00005 (.5 basis points) on all assets.

II.  Fees for  transactions  (purchases,  sale,  exchange,  tender,  redemption,
     maturity, receipt, delivery)

      $6.00 per book  entry  security  (depository  or Federal  Reserve  System)
      $25.00 per definitive  security  (physical) 
     $75.00 per Euroclear 
     $8.00 per principal reduction on pass-through certificates 
     $35.00 per option/futures contract  
     $12.00  per  variation  margin  transaction  
     $10.00 per Fed wire deposit or withdrawal

III.   Other fees

Variable rate notes: Used as a short-term  investment  variable rate notes offer
safety and prevailing high interest rates.  Firstar charge,  which is 1/4 of 1%,
is deducted  from the variable  rate note income at the time it is credited to a
Fund's account.

Extraordinary expense:  Based on time and complexity involved.

Out-of-pocket expenses:  Charged to the account.

Fees are  billed  monthly,  based on prior  month-end  market  values  and prior
month's transactions.
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 07-7119
TYRONE LORENZO ROBINSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Sol Blatt, Jr., Senior District Judge. (2:07-cv-01329-SB) Submitted: November 15, 2007 Decided: November 26, 2007 Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Tyrone Lorenzo Robinson, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.- 2 - PER CURIAM: Tyrone Lorenzo Robinson appeals the district court’s order accepting the result recommended by the magistrate judge and dismissing Robinson’s petition for a writ of mandamus. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Robinson v. South Carolina , No. 2:07-cv-01329-SB (D.S.C. June 27, 2007). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED
II 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 353 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent unjust and irrational 

criminal punishments. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2015 

Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. LEAHY) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent unjust 

and irrational criminal punishments. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice Safety Valve 

5 Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE A SENTENCE BELOW A 

7 STATUTORY MINIMUM. 

8 Section 3553 of title 18, United States Code, is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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2 

•S 353 IS

1 ‘‘(g) AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE A SENTENCE BELOW A

2 STATUTORY MINIMUM TO PREVENT AN UNJUST SEN3 TENCE.— 

4 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any 

5 provision of law other than this subsection, the court 

6 may impose a sentence below a statutory minimum 

7 if the court finds that it is necessary to do so in 

8 order to avoid violating the requirements of sub9 section (a). 

10 ‘‘(2) COURT TO GIVE PARTIES NOTICE.—Before 

11 imposing a sentence under paragraph (1), the court 

12 shall give the parties reasonable notice of the court’s 

13 intent to do so and an opportunity to respond. 

14 ‘‘(3) STATEMENT IN WRITING OF FACTORS.— 

15 The court shall state, in the written statement of 

16 reasons, the factors under subsection (a) that re17 quire imposition of a sentence below the statutory 

18 minimum. 

19 ‘‘(4) APPEAL RIGHTS NOT LIMITED.—This sub20 section does not limit any right to appeal that would 

21 otherwise exist in its absence.’’. 

Æ 


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| Corporate Name                                                                 | State of Incorporation |
| World Acceptance Corporation                                                   | South Carolina |
| World Acceptance Corporation of Alabama                                        | Alabama |
| World Finance Corporation of Colorado                                          | Colorado |
| World Finance Corporation of Georgia                                           | Georgia |
| World Finance Corporation of Illinois                                          | Illinois |
| World Finance Corporation of Indiana, LLC                                      | Indiana |
| World Finance Corporation of Kentucky                                          | Kentucky |
| World Finance Corporation of Louisiana                                         | Louisiana |
| World Acceptance Corporation of Missouri (includes Paradata Financial Systems) | Missouri |
| World Finance Corporation of New Mexico                                        | New Mexico |
| World Acceptance Corporation of Oklahoma, Inc.                                 | Oklahoma |
| World Finance Corporation of South Carolina                                    | South Carolina |
| WFC of South Carolina, Inc.                                                    | South Carolina |
| WFC Services, Inc. (SC)                                                        | South Carolina |
| World Finance Corporation of Tennessee                                         | Tennessee |
| WFC Services, Inc. (TN)                                                        | Tennessee |
| WFC Limited Partnership                                                        | Texas, but not Inc. |
| World Finance Corporation of Texas                                             | Texas |
| World Finance Corporation of Wisconsin                                         | Wisconsin |
| WAC Insurance Company, Ltd.                                                    | Turks & Caicos Islands |
| Servicios World Acceptance Corporation de México, S. de R.L. de C. V.     | Mexico |
| WAC de México SA de CV, SOFOM, ENR                                        | Mexico |

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May 28, 2015

JUDGMENT

The Fourteenth Court of Appeals

CITY OF BRAZORIA, TEXAS, Appellant

NO. 14-14-00322-CV V.

WALTER ELLIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF CHRISTIAN 

ELLIS AND MAKAYLA ELLIS, MINORS, Appellee

________________________________

This cause, an appeal from an order denying appellant, City of Brazoria’s 

plea to the jurisdiction, signed March 31, 2014, was heard on the transcript of the 

record. We have inspected the record and hold the trial court did not err when it 

denied the plea to the jurisdiction. We AFFIRM the order of the court below and 

remand this case to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this 

opinion.

We order appellant, City of Brazoria, Texas, to pay all costs incurred in this 

appeal. 

We further order this decision certified below for observance.
Exhibit 32.1

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended August 1, 2009 of Stein Mart, Inc. (the Form 10-Q), I, David H. Stovall, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:



|1. | The Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
|-- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|2. | The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|                        |  |                                      
|----------------------- |  | -------------------------------------
|Date: September 9, 2009 |  | /s/ David H. Stovall, Jr.            
|                        |  | David H. Stovall, Jr.                
|                        |  | President and Chief Executive Officer



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<F2>INVENTORY INCLUDES HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION $16,804,000, MODEL HOMES &
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Nicor Gas
Company


Form
10-K


Exhibit
32.02





CERTIFICATION





Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned
officer of Nicor Gas Company (the “Company”) hereby
certifies, to such officer’s knowledge, that:





(i)           the
accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the twelve month
period ended December 31, 2009 (the “Report”) fully
complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable,
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and





(ii)          the
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.








Dated:  February
      24, 2010
            
            /s/
      RICHARD L. HAWLEYRichard
      L. HawleyExecutive
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 05-6747

JOSE LOPEZ,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

S. K. YOUNG, Warden; RICHARD PHILLIPS; D.

GREER, a/k/a Officer D. Greer, a/k/a Greek;

SERGEANT BURTIN; LIEUTENANT RAYNOLDS, a/k/a

Lieutenant Reynolds; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER

KING; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER BUCHANAN; MAJOR

YATES; COUNSELOR YEARY; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER

BELLAMY; SERGEANT COLLINS; MICHAEL FLEMING,

Correctional Officer, a/k/a Correctional

Officer Fleming; TOMMY JACKSON, Correctional

Officer, a/k/a Correctional Officer Jackson;

PAUL OHAI, MD, a/k/a Doctor Ohai; TAMMY

THOMAS, Nurse, a/k/a R.N. Ms. Thomas; DONNIE

LESTER, Lieutenant, a/k/a Lieutenant Lester;

SERGEANT BENTLEY; SERGEANT ANDERSON; F.

WILLIS, Investigator; TERESA L. JOHNSON, a/k/a

Medical Director T. Johnson; MR. PHILIPS,

Assistant Warden of Programs; MS. BAKER,

Counselor; KENNETH SLATER, MD, a/k/a Doctor

Slater; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER BLILEY; BRIAN

KISER, a/k/a Correctional Officer Kiser; R. A.

YOUNG, Regional Director,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

SHERRY STAFFORD, Nurse; VICKY HARPER, Nurse,

a/k/a Nurse Harper; MS. MCCURRY, R.N.; MS.

BERRY, R.N.; DOCTOR SMITH; MEDICAL DEPARTMENT;

GRIEVANCE DEPARTMENT; INSTITUTIONAL
- 2 -

ADMINISTRATORS, Wallens Ridge State Prison;

MS. MULLINS, R.N.,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western

District of Virginia, at Roanoke. James C. Turk, Senior District

Judge. (CA-01-876)

Submitted: October 18, 2005 Decided: October 20, 2005

Before WIDENER, MICHAEL, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jose Lopez, Appellant Pro Se. Pamela Anne Sargent, Assistant

Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia; Edward Joseph McNelis, III,

John David McChesney, RAWLS & MCNELIS, P.C., Richmond, Virginia,

for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).
- 3 -

PER CURIAM:

Jose Lopez appeals the district court’s order denying

relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) complaint. We have reviewed

the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm

for the reasons stated by the district court. See Lopez v. Young,

No. CA-01-876 (W.D. Va. filed Mar. 30, 2005; entered Mar. 31,

2005). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the

court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED
# rj ORIGINAL IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA CARL M. ANKENY,

Petitioner, v. OP 23-0245

PETER BLUDWORTH, Warden Crossroads Correctional Center,

Respondent. 

# FLLED MAY 

## 0 9 2023 Bowen C3r (Ierivvood Clerk of Suprerne Court State Of Montana ORDER

Carl M.Ankeny has filed a Petition for Writ ofHabeas Corpus, indicatingthat he is entitled to more credit for time served than he received. Ankeny requests credit ofthirtytwo months from July 2, 2012,the date ofthe arrest warrant,toMarch 2,2015. The Ravalli County District Court awarded no credit for time served when it sentenced him in three criminal cases on January 14, 2015. Upon review, we deem it appropriate to require a response to his Petition. Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that that the Attorney General or counsel for the Department of Correction is GRANTED thirty days from the date ofthis Order in which to prepare, file, and serve a written response together with appropriate documentary exhibits. The Clerk is directed to provide a copy ofthis Order to counsel ofrecord and to Carl M. Ankeny personally.



# a441 DATED this A ' day ofMay, 2023.
Justice 05/09/2023
Case Number: OP 23-0245
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals 

for the Federal Circuit ______________________ 

CHRISTOPHER SCOTT BARKSDALE, AND ON 

BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES,

Defendant-Appellee.

______________________ 

2014-5108

______________________ 

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal 

Claims in No. 1:14-cv-00066-TCW, Judge Thomas C. 

Wheeler. 

______________________ 

ON MOTION

______________________ 

O R D E R

Christopher Scott Barksdale moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 

This court notes that the United States Court of 

Federal Claims permitted Barksdale to proceed in forma 

pauperis. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate ProceCase: 14-5108 Document: 9 Page: 1 Filed: 07/24/2014
2 BARKSDALE v. US

dure 24(a)(3), Barksdale may proceed in forma pauperis 

on appeal without further authorization. 

Accordingly,

 IT IS ORDERED THAT: 

The motion is denied as moot. No fee payment is required for this appeal. 

 FOR THE COURT

 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole 

Daniel E. O’Toole 

Clerk of Court

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Case: 14-5108 Document: 9 Page: 2 Filed: 07/24/2014