"The mediation will try to reach as many stake-holding groups as possible -- Afro-American and white leaders, business people, politicians, police rank-and-file and administrators," said Scott Greenwood of the A.C.L.U., noting that it would involve veteran mediators from the Middle East crisis and the dispute over flying the Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina Capitol.
However many stakes there are, nothing's at stake.
Too many staked their fortunes on dot.coms and ended up swallowing unpaid bills and worthless equity.
They hold so many stakes it's easier just to sell than invest the necessary resources to challenge poor management.
Although a subsequent law ruled that stakes without caps or crimps would no longer be recognized as valid boundary markers, nothing was done about the many stakes remaining in the environment from old or abandoned claims, bird advocates say.
"In the trading chain between the oil well and the gas station," Ms. Omarova said, "Morgan Stanley is clearly accumulating as many stakes along the way as possible because that is what gives them the most flexibility of control".
It is Vittorio Colao's stated strategy to tidy up his company's many stakes in mobile operators all over the world meaning mainly that Vodafone intends to sell minority stakes, but also tries to increase its interest in cases in which it holds the majority of shares.
At stud, Awesome Again has sired many stakes winners including Ghostzapper, who was 2004 Breeders' Cup winner and 2004 Horse of the Year, and two-time Santa Anita Handicap winner Game On Dude, another Bob Baffert-trained horse.
At stud, Awesome Again has sired many stakes winners, including Paynter, who placed second in the 2012 Belmont Stakes and won the 2012 Haskell Invitational; Ghostzapper, who was 2004 American Horse of the Year and a 2004 Breeders' Cup winner; and Game On Dude, two-time winner of the Santa Anita Handicap.
In addition, knowledge of each stake-holders role and responsibility has not been clearly imparted and many stake-holders (parents, teachers, and children) are unsure of their role and, in many cases, unaware of systemic reform efforts and their societal implications.
