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Other General Expenses (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Other General Expenses |
Schedule of Other General Expenses | Other general expenses are included within General and administrative expenses and primarily consist of the following (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended
|  | March 31, |  |  | April 1,
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018
Starboard option valuation (a) | $ | 5,552 |  | $ | -
Provision for uncollectible accounts and notes receivable (b) |  | 24 |  |  | 1,187
Loss on disposition of fixed assets |  | 289 |  |  | 161
Other |  | (413) |  |  | 969
Other general expenses |  | 5,452 |  |  | 2,317
Special Committee costs (c) |  | 5,067 |  |  | -
Administrative expenses |  | 40,616 |  |  | 37,679
General and administrative expenses | $ | 51,135 |  | $ | 39,996
| (a) |  | A one-time mark-to-market adjustment from the increase in the value of the Starboard option to purchase Series B Preferred Stock that culminated in the purchase of $50.0 million of preferred stock in late March. See Note 8 for additional information.
| (b) |  | Bad debt expense recorded on accounts receivable and notes receivable.

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