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Subpart H - Capital Adequacy
§ 615.5201 Definitions.
For the purpose of this subpart, the following definitions apply:
Allocated investment
means earnings allocated but not paid in cash by a System bank to an association or other recipient.
means an institution that:
Engages in the business of banking;
Is recognized as a bank by the bank supervisory or monetary authority of the country of its organization or principal banking operations;
Receives deposits to a substantial extent in the regular course of business; and
Has the power to accept demand deposits.
means any arrangement that legally obligates an institution to:
Purchase loans or securities;
Participate in loans or leases;
Extend credit in the form of loans or leases;
Pay the obligation of another;
Provide overdraft, revolving credit, or underwriting facilities; or
Participate in similar transactions.
Credit conversion factor
means that number by which an off-balance sheet item is multiplied to obtain a credit equivalent before placing the item in a risk-weight category.
Credit derivative
means a contract that allows one party (the protection purchaser) to transfer the credit risk of an asset or off-balance sheet credit exposure to another party (the protection provider). The value of a credit derivative is dependent, at least in part, on the credit performance of a "reference asset."
Credit-enhancing interest-only strip
The term credit-enhancing interest-only strip means an on-balance sheet asset that, in form or in substance:
Represents the contractual right to receive some or all of the interest due on transferred assets; and
Exposes the institution to credit risk directly or indirectly associated with the transferred assets that exceeds its pro rata claim on the assets, whether through subordination provisions or other credit enhancement techniques.
FCA reserves the right to identify other cash flows or related interests as credit-enhancing interest-only strips. In determining whether a particular interest cash flow functions as a credit-enhancing interest-only strip, FCA will consider the economic substance of the transaction.
Credit-enhancing representations and warranties
The term credit-enhancing representations and warranties means representations and warranties that:
Are made or assumed in connection with a transfer of assets (including loan-servicing assets), and
Obligate an institution to protect investors from losses arising from credit risk in the assets transferred or loans serviced.
Credit-enhancing representations and warranties include promises to protect a party from losses resulting from the default or nonperformance of another party or from an insufficiency in the value of the collateral.
Credit-enhancing representations and warranties do not include:
Early-default clauses and similar warranties that permit the return of, or premium refund clauses covering, loans for a period not to exceed 120 days from the date of transfer. These warranties may cover only those loans that were originated within 1 year of the date of the transfer;
Premium refund clauses covering assets guaranteed, in whole or in part, by the United States Government, a United States Government agency, or a United States Government-sponsored agency, provided the premium refund clause is for a period not to exceed 120 days from the date of transfer;
Warranties that permit the return of assets in instances of fraud, misrepresentation, or incomplete documentation; or
Clean-up calls if the agreements to repurchase are limited to 10 percent or less of the original pool balance (except where loans 30 days or more past due are repurchased).
Deferred-tax assets that are dependent on future income or future events
Deferred-tax assets arising from deductible temporary differences dependent upon future income that exceed the amount of taxes previously paid that could be recovered through loss carrybacks if existing temporary differences (both deductible and taxable and regardless of where the related tax-deferred effects are recorded on the institution's balance sheet) fully reverse;
Deferred-tax assets dependent upon future income arising from operating loss and tax carryforwards;
Deferred-tax assets arising from temporary differences that could be recovered if existing temporary differences that are dependent upon other future events (both deductible and taxable and regardless of where the related tax-deferred effects are recorded on the institution's balance sheet) fully reverse.
Direct credit substitute
means an arrangement in which an institution assumes, in form or in substance, credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an on- or off-balance sheet asset or exposure that was not previously owned by the institution (third-party asset) and the risk assumed by the institution exceeds the pro rata share of the institution's interest in the third-party asset. If the institution has no claim on the third-party asset, then the institution's assumption of any credit risk is a direct credit substitute. Direct credit substitutes include, but are not limited to:
Financial standby letters of credit that support financial claims on a third party that exceed an institution's pro rata share in the financial claim;
Guarantees, surety arrangements, credit derivatives, and similar instruments backing financial claims that exceed an institution's pro rata share in the financial claim;
Purchased subordinated interests that absorb more than their pro rata share of losses from the underlying assets;
Credit derivative contracts under which the institution assumes more than its pro rata share of credit risk on a third-party asset or exposure;
Loans or lines of credit that provide credit enhancement for the financial obligations of a third party;
Purchased loan-servicing assets if the servicer is responsible for credit losses or if the servicer makes or assumes credit-enhancing representations and warranties with respect to the loans serviced. Servicer cash advances as defined in this section are not direct credit substitutes; and,
Clean-up calls on third-party assets. However, clean-up calls that are 10 percent or less of the original pool balance and that are exercisable at the option of the institution are not direct credit substitutes.
Direct lender institution
means an institution that extends credit in the form of loans or leases to eligible borrowers in its own right and carries such loan or lease assets on its books.
Externally rated
means that an instrument or obligation has received a credit rating from at least one NRSRO.
Face amount
The notional principal, or face value, amount of an off-balance sheet item;
The amortized cost of an asset not held for trading purposes; and
The fair value of a trading asset.
Financial asset
means cash or other monetary instrument, evidence of debt, evidence of an ownership interest in an entity, or a contract that conveys a right to receive from or exchange cash or another financial instrument with another party.
Financial standby letter of credit
means a letter of credit or similar arrangement that represents an irrevocable obligation to a third-party beneficiary:
To repay money borrowed by, or advanced to, or for the account of, a second party (the account party); or
To make payment on behalf of the account party, in the event that the account party fails to fulfill its obligation to the beneficiary.
Government agency
means the United States Government or an agency, instrumentality, or corporation of the United States Government whose obligations
fully and explicitly insured or guaranteed as to the timely repayment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the United States Government.
Government-sponsored agency
means an agency, instrumentality, or corporation chartered or established to serve public purposes specified by the United States Congress but whose obligations
are not
fully and explicitly insured or guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government, including but not limited to any Government-sponsored enterprise.
means a Farm Credit Bank, Federal land bank association, Federal land credit association, production credit association, agricultural credit association, Farm Credit Leasing Services Corporation, bank for cooperatives, agricultural credit bank, and their successors.
Nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO)
means a rating organization that the Securities and Exchange Commission recognizes as an NRSRO.
Non-OECD bank
means a bank and its branches (foreign and domestic) organized under the laws of a country that does not belong to the OECD group of countries.
Nonagreeing association
means an association that does not have an allotment agreement in effect with a Farm Credit Bank or agricultural credit bank pursuant to
§ 615.5207
means the group of countries that are full members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, regardless of entry date, as well as countries that have concluded special lending arrangements with the International Monetary Fund's General Arrangement to Borrow, excluding any country that has rescheduled its external sovereign debt within the previous 5 years.
OECD bank
means a bank and its branches (foreign and domestic) organized under the laws of a country that belongs to the OECD group of countries. For purposes of this subpart, this term includes U.S. depository institutions.
Performance-based standby letter of credit
means any letter of credit, or similar arrangement, however named or described, that represents an irrevocable obligation to the beneficiary on the part of the issuer to make payment as a result of any default by a third party in the performance of a nonfinancial or commercial obligation.
Permanent capital
subject to adjustments as described in
§ 615.5207
, includes:
Current year retained earnings;
Allocated and unallocated earnings (which, in the case of earnings allocated in any form by a System bank to any association or other recipient and retained by the bank, must be considered, in whole or in part, permanent capital of the bank or of any such association or other recipient as provided under an agreement between the bank and each such association or other recipient);
All surplus;
Stock issued by a System institution, except:
Stock that may be retired by the holder of the stock on repayment of the holder's loan, or otherwise at the option or request of the holder;
Stock that is protected under section
of the Act or is otherwise not at risk;
Farm Credit Bank equities required to be purchased by Federal land bank associations in connection with stock issued to borrowers that is protected under section 4.9A of the Act;
Capital subject to revolvement, unless:
The bylaws of the institution clearly provide that there is no express or implied right for such capital to be retired at the end of the revolvement cycle or at any other time; and
The institution clearly states in the notice of allocation that such capital may only be retired at the sole discretion of the board of directors in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements and that no express or implied right to have such capital retired at the end of the revolvement cycle or at any other time is thereby granted;
Financial assistance provided by the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation that the FCA determines appropriate to be considered permanent capital; and
Any other debt or equity instruments or other accounts the FCA has determined are appropriate to be considered permanent capital. The FCA may permit one or more institutions to include all or a portion of such instrument, entry, or account as permanent capital, permanently or on a temporary basis, for purposes of this part.
Preferred stock
means stock that is permanent capital and has dividend and/or liquidation preference over common stock.
Qualified residential loan
The term qualified residential loan means:
A rural home loan, as authorized by
§ 613.3030
, and
A single-family residential loan to a bona fide farmer, rancher, or producer or harvester of aquatic products.
A qualified residential loan must be secured by a separate first lien mortgage or deed of trust on the residential property alone (not on any adjoining agricultural property or any other nonresidential property), must have been approved in accordance with prudent underwriting standards suitable for residential property, must not be past due 90 days or more or carried in nonaccrual status, and must have a monthly amortization schedule. In addition, the mortgage or deed of trust securing the residential property must be written and recorded in accordance with all state and local requirements governing its enforceability as a first lien and the secured residential property must have a permanent right-of-way access.
Qualifying bilateral netting contract
means a bilateral netting contract that meets at least the following conditions:
The contract is in writing;
The contract is not subject to a walkaway clause, defined as a provision that permits a non-defaulting counterparty to make lower payments than it would make otherwise under the contract, or no payment at all, to a defaulter or to the estate of a defaulter, even if the defaulter or the estate of the defaulter is a net creditor under the contract;
The contract creates a single obligation either to pay or receive the net amount of the sum of positive and negative mark-to-market values for all derivative contracts subject to the qualifying bilateral netting contract;
The institution receives a legal opinion that represents, to a high degree of certainty, that in the event of legal challenge the relevant court and administrative authorities would find the institution's exposure to be the net amount;
The institution establishes a procedure to monitor relevant law and to ensure that the contracts continue to satisfy the requirements of this section; and
The institution maintains in its files adequate documentation to support the netting of a derivatives contract.
Qualifying securities firm
A securities firm incorporated in the United States that is a broker-dealer that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and that complies with the SEC's net capital regulations (17 CFR 240.15c3-1); and
A securities firm incorporated in any other OECD-based country, if the institution is able to demonstrate that the securities firm is subject to supervision and regulation (covering its direct and indirect subsidiaries, but not necessarily its parent organizations) comparable to that imposed on depository institutions in OECD countries. Such regulation must include risk-based capital requirements comparable to those imposed on depository institutions under the Accord on International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards (1988, as amended in 1998) (Basel Accord).
means an institution's retention, in form or in substance, of any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with GAAP) that exceeds a pro rata share of the institution's claim on the asset. If an institution has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. A recourse obligation typically arises when an institution transfers assets in a sale and retains an explicit obligation to repurchase assets or to absorb losses due to a default on the payment of principal or interest or any other deficiency in the performance of the underlying obligor or some other party. Recourse may also exist implicitly if an institution provides credit enhancement beyond any contractual obligation to support assets it has sold. Recourse obligations include, but are not limited to:
Credit-enhancing representations and warranties made on transferred assets;
Loan-servicing assets retained pursuant to an agreement under which the institution will be responsible for losses associated with the loans serviced. Servicer cash advances as defined in this section are not recourse obligations;
Retained subordinated interests that absorb more than their pro rata share of losses from the underlying assets;
Assets sold under an agreement to repurchase, if the assets are not already included on the balance sheet;
Loan strips sold without contractual recourse where the maturity of the transferred portion of the loan is shorter than the maturity of the commitment under which the loan is drawn;
Credit derivatives issued that absorb more than the institution's pro rata share of losses from the transferred assets; and
Clean-up call on assets the institution has sold. However, clean-up calls that are 10 percent or less of the original pool balance and that are exercisable at the option of the institution are not recourse arrangements.
Residual interest
The term residual interest means any on-balance sheet asset that:
Represents an interest (including a beneficial interest) created by a transfer that qualifies as a sale (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) of financial assets, whether through a securitization or otherwise; and
Exposes an institution to credit risk directly or indirectly associated with the transferred asset that exceeds a pro rata share of the institution's claim on the asset, whether through subordination provisions or other credit enhancement techniques.
Residual interests generally include credit-enhancing interest-only strips, spread accounts, cash collateral accounts, retained subordinated interests (and other forms of overcollateralization), and similar assets that function as a credit enhancement.
Residual interests further include those exposures that, in substance, cause the institution to retain the credit risk of an asset or exposure that had qualified as a residual interest before it was sold.
Residual interests generally do not include interests purchased from a third party. However, purchased credit-enhancing interest-only strips are residual interests.
Risk-adjusted asset base
means the total dollar amount of the institution's assets adjusted in accordance with
§ 615.5207
and weighted on the basis of risk in accordance with
§§ 615.5211
Risk participation
means a participation in which the originating party remains liable to the beneficiary for the full amount of an obligation (
, a direct credit substitute) notwithstanding that another party has acquired a participation in that obligation.
Rural Business Investment Company
has the definition given in 7 U.S.C. 2009cc(14).
means the pooling and repackaging by a special purpose entity or trust of assets or other credit exposures that can be sold to investors. Securitization includes transactions that create stratified credit risk positions whose performance is dependent upon an underlying pool of credit exposures, including loans and commitments.
Servicer cash advance
means funds that a mortgage servicer advances to ensure an uninterrupted flow of payments, including advances made to cover foreclosure costs or other expenses to facilitate the timely collection of the loan. A servicer cash advance is not a recourse obligation or a direct credit substitute if:
The servicer is entitled to full reimbursement and this right is not subordinated to other claims on the cash flows from the underlying asset pool; or
For any one loan, the servicer's obligation to make nonreimbursable advances is contractually limited to an insignificant amount of the outstanding principal amount on that loan.
means stock and participation certificates.
Term preferred stock
means preferred stock with an original maturity of at least 5 years and on which, if cumulative, the board of directors has the option to defer dividends, provided that, at the beginning of each of the last 5 years of the term of the stock, the amount that is eligible to be counted as permanent capital is reduced by 20 percent of the original amount of the stock (net of redemptions).
Total capital
means assets minus liabilities, valued in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, except that liabilities do not include obligations to retire stock protected under section
of the Act.
Traded position
means a position retained, assumed, or issued that is externally rated, where there is a reasonable expectation that, in the near future, the rating will be relied upon by:
Unaffiliated investors to purchase the position; or
An unaffiliated third party to enter into a transaction involving the position, such as a purchase, loan, or repurchase agreement.
U.S. depository institution
means branches (foreign and domestic) of federally insured banks and depository institutions chartered and headquartered in the 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and United States territories and possessions. The definition encompasses banks, mutual or stock savings banks, savings or building and loan associations, cooperative banks, credit unions, international banking facilities of domestic depository institutions, and U.S.-chartered depository institutions owned by foreigners. The definition excludes branches and agencies of foreign banks located in the U.S. and bank holding companies.
70 FR 35348, June 17, 2005
, as amended at
70 FR 53908, Sept. 13, 2005
77 FR 66375, Nov. 5, 2012
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The Los Angeles Kings tonight claimed the first Stanley Cup in their 45-season history, winning the championship of the National Hockey League by defeating the New Jersey Devils, 6-1 at Staples Center, winning the best-of-seven final, four games to two.
The Kings scored three goals during a five-minute power play in the first period and Jonathan Quick stopped 17 of 18 shots to lead the Kings to the victory.
Quick was named as the recipient of the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player during the playoffs.
New Jersey defenseman Steve Bernier was assessed a five-minute major for boarding Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi 10 minutes, 10 seconds into the first period and received a mandatory game misconduct.
Dustin Brown scored the Kings' first goal 53 seconds after the penalties off assists by Drew Doughty and Mike Richards. Unlike a two-minute minor penalty, the Devils remained short-handed and Jeff Carter scored the second goal at 12:45 of the first period, with Brown and Richards being credited with assists.
Trevor Lewis scored nine seconds before the expiration of the major penalty, off assists by Dwight King and Doughty .
Carter increased the Kings' lead to 4-0 1:30 into the second period, with his eighth goal of the playoffs. Brown and Kopitar received the assists.
Quick's bid for a shutout ended at 18:45 of the second period on Adam Henrique's goal off Petr Sykora's assist.
Lewis added an empty net goal with 3:45 left. New Jersey goaltender Martin Brodeur then returned to the game, giving up an unassisted goal to Matt Greene scored 15 seconds later.
The Stanley Cup capped one of the unlikeliest of playoff runs. The Kings were the eighth and lowest seeded team among the eight Western Conference playoff teams. They upset top-seeded Vancouver in the first round, second- seeded St. Louis in the second and third-seeded Phoenix in the third.
The Kings won each of the first two games of the final, 2-1, in overtime in Newark, N.J. and Game 3 at Staples Center, 4-0. They then became the first team to win the first three games of the final, then lose the next two since the 1945 Toronto Maple Leafs, by losing 3-1 in Game 4 and 2-1 in Game 5.
The championship came during the season when the Kings fired coach Terry Murray on Dec. 12 in the midst of a four-game losing streak which dropped their record to 13-12-4, replacing him eight days later with Darryl Sutter, a former coach of the San Jose Sharks, Chicago Blackhawks and Calgary Flames.
The Kings had made just one other appearance in a Stanley Cup final, losing to the Montreal Canadiens in 1993, winning the first game, then losing the next four.

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We now have two posters available on the homepage of our website, www.pilotsnpaws.org for your use for the "Pilots N Paws 5000!" One is aimed towards pilots and the other is to show rescues and shelters that it is easy to get on board with this event!
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ok, so my summer is coming to a close, and i was recently offered an interview at circuit city. they want me to go in next monday (17th) to interview, however a month from that date i go back to school, so basically i would only be working there for 3 weeks before i go back to school, and i dont think circuit city knows that. i worked at best buy for nearly a year before, so i think i would require at best 2 days training, and thats just to learn the computer systems and some product.
so basically, what do i tell them during the interview? that they called me right before i was about to go back to school? i filled out the application nearly 2 months ago, and they just contact me now, so i dont know what to say to them.
i could tell them that i could come back and work 3 day weekends once to twice a month, though the 3 hour drive would suck. also i think they have a circuit city 45 minutes from my school, so maybe i could transfer for the school year and come back for holidays and whatever else. anyways, what would you guys do? you leave for school in 5 weeks and just now got an interview at a job you would really like. do i tell them at the interview or do i not say anything if i get the job and just tell them before im about to leave?
wow. worst post of all time.Originally Posted by markdk86
We can't tell you what will make you happy. Only you can decide and you already listed the possible options.
1) Work, quit in three weeks or ask to be transfered
2) Decline the interview
Not too freaking hard. Either you need money or you don't. This isn't bipass surgery.
Also if you work and leave in three weeks, it isn't going to cause the company problems for a palce like Circuit City.
Originally Posted by markdk86
or maybe im asking because i want to know different ways to approach this to still get the job and let them know that i am going to school soon as well?
How about telling them at the interview?
If they can work with it they will hire you, it is that simple.
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call them up and ask if leaving in 3 weeks is going to be an issue, theres no point in wasting time for an interview when a simple phone call would suffice and unless this is a management or higher position (which I doubt), dont offer to do the twice a 3 day weekend bit, it'd be a college job and in retail its not worth the loyalty to them when they have no loyalty to you
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I have to disagree. They will still be spending time and effort to complete new hire paperwork and conduct orientation/training, which could last a few days. If they need someone longer than 3 weeks, then they're going to be pissed when they have to do the same thing with another new hire 3 weeks down the road.Originally Posted by markdk86
If it were me in your shoes, I'd call the interviewing manager and let them know your situation. They will no doubt appreciate you being up front and giving them the opportunity to decide if hiring someone for 3 weeks will fit their needs and/or be worth their time.
If you get hired without telling them, then there's a really good chance they will be pissed when you clue them in. What are you going to do, work 1 week and then give them 2 weeks notice? That's no good.
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Originally Posted by -TIM-
so you guys think i should tell them at the interview about my situation and going back to school? then they could hire and train me and i would be available to work for thanksgiving and christmas breaks, its one less temporary employee they would have to hire and train.
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Interview. Tell them. Let them decide. You have no guilt about it.
Screw the interview
Lift more.
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:withstupi Just make sure you wear your Chuck Taylors.. b/c Mr Elwood wouldn'tOriginally Posted by mrelwooddowd
But, in the realm of life, each interview you participate can benefit you in the long run.. getting ready, answering question intelligently and being honest. Tell them nothing but the truth, let them decide if you are valuable enough and worth training for 3 weeks. They may be deperate and need immediate fill in the gap help, they may be looking for long term...
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the thing is i wont need any training. hardly any, actually, i worked at best buy for nearly a year and was one of the best sellers in the store, so i know how to sell and i know the products very well, the only thing they would have to train me on is the computer systems they use their, and that cant take more then a day.
Right.. so maybe you are a worthy 3 week gamble for them if they need IMMEDIATE help..Originally Posted by greathuskie
But, I was talking about you.. interviews are great learning experiences.. if you go in knowing that.. especially at a young age (<25).. winning a job - it builds confidence... loosing a job - it build character and knowledge..
As with lifting & diet.. you don't always get things right the 1st time.. but as you gain the experience, you become better.. more efficient.. etc..
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i dont think im going to tell them at the interview...
i think im just going to take the job and tell them 2 weeks in (hopefully i will be doing very good at this point) that ive decided to go back to school, but i would appreciate it if they could keep me on for holidays and breaks, and will tell them it would be good for them because then they dont have to train someone else etc...


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House committee OKs film incentives bill
The measure, sponsored by House Minority Leader Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, and Rep. Tom Massey, R-Poncha Springs, passed the committee Thursday by a vote of 10 to 3.
The bill would increase incentives from 10 to 20 percent of the total amount of a production company's qualified local expenditures. It also requires Colorado production companies receiving incentives to employ at least 50 percent Colorado residents, up from the current 25 percent requirement.
"Encouraging more film production in Colorado brings good jobs, good paychecks and notoriety to Colorado for our state's natural beauty," Rep. Ferrandino said. "This morning's decision to fund our film incentives program is a great example of Democrats and Republicans working together to keep Colorado's economy going and get more Coloradans back to work."
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Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Brake Problems
I have an 06 CTS with 75,000 miles and having issues with warning lights about ABS, TC, brake assist and system stability. I was told it was my front passenger wheel hub, replaced it and still codes were there. They diagnosed it and said software needed to be replaced. Took it to dealer n delear says the electrical module needs to be replaced. I'm very frustrated bc this should be a top of line car n has just given me problems. Same issue happened last year, but they were able to reset it. To repair is going to cost me $1500 and I've already spent $600. Does anyone know of any recalls for this vehicle?? Who can I contact about recalls? I'd appreciate any info. Thanks!
I Am having issues with my 06 CTS. Brake assist, system stability, abs and tc. Front wheel passenger hub has been replaced but no luck to codes being removed. They say its the module, but from reading these forums I've had a lot of the same issues like everyone. Is there any recalls? My car is no longer under warranty, it has 75k miles. Please help. Same issue happened last year.
If I owned a vehicle that gives symptoms like this (and I do) - I would consider to pull the ABS fuse. This will prevent the ABS system from "misfiring" at low speed. But with no ABS in some conditions it might require knowledge/sense of how/when to drive old-school by "feathering" the brake or actually manually pulsing the brake pedal when necessary.
My 2005 GM vehicle has had apparently the same intermittent ABS failures for years - sometimes a diagnostic failure - sometimes felt at low speed hot weather when one of the 4 brakes is released - it does increase slightly braking distance and is alarming but increasing pedal pressure does function properly.
For my car, the issue is basically known to be wheel speed sensor, especially when heated. It's so intermittent and imho is not safety related, because it only occurs on *one wheel* at a time. Always the same one. Right front.
I understand that in some (all?) vehicles the speed sensors are especially sensitive to damage from road debris or mild corrosions.
b_fishr Posts: 1I almost crashed while pulling into a parking spot, brakes were grinding (as if ABS was freaking out) and the car would not stop ( I was going about 2mph). Finally I was able to get it to stop about 1 inch away from another vehicle. This is on a 2007 CTS. I have not taken it to a dealership yet, but I know for a fact that there are no problems with my brakes, they operate normally in other situations. The symptoms are almost exactly the same as comment #42 by j1nce. I did not get a service indicator today, but I have had it show up after restarting the car (turn off to go in store, come back to notification). Are there any recalls dealing with this issue, as it doesn't seem severe enough to produce a code, and I don't have the $2000 others have spent on a potential fix.
coastsidefog Posts: 12As you know from reading this thread, we had multiple replacements of our wheel hub, speed sensor, EBCM, etc. (among other parts) to try and fix the very serious problem of a car that would intermittently have its brakes fail at slow speeds (ie, in a school parking lot with children).
We had multiple communications (in person, via email, letters, phones) with GM during that time. GM never showed much concern about the potential liability/risk of morbidity and mortality associated with this problem. The dealership replaced the speed sensor/EBCM 4 times in an attempt to repair the problem (although it never did). We paid out of pocket quite a bit of money once the car was out of warranty, but the problem did not resolve.
Eventually, an intelligent mechanic fabricated a new harness with new terminal grounds from the EBCM to the left wheel speed sensor and rerouted the harness away from any possible sources of inductive voltage. Once that was complete, we have not had a problem.
The mechanic (who works for our dealership) said to us that anecdotally he has run into this problem more than once and that there seems to be a failure in the design or workmanship in some of the wiring harnesses connecting the EBCM to the speed sensors that causes the brakes to fail. (Separately, he recommended the next time we buy a car, we not buy a Cadillac, because he felt that the fix -- rerouting the harness -- was not a time- or money-intensive fix, but that GM didn't seem interested in letting car owners know that, despite the potential and obvious dangers).
We spoke with our representative to Congress who asked us to file a report to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), who with enough examples is able to force GM to notify owners or issue a recall.
I would STRONGLY encourage all of you who have had this problem to 1) have your mechanic check the wiring harness for sources of inductive voltage, and 2) to report the problem to your congressional representative and to the NHTSA.
You can find your congressional representative here: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
You can report to the NHTSA here: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/
For us, as a family with small children, this has never been about getting any reimbursement for the large amount of money we've given to attempt to fix this problem. This has always been about making sure that the cars on the road are safe (thinking about driving this car in my children's school's parking lot started this process).
We have been truly disappointed by what seems to be GM's lack of concern about the potential safety hazards. I try very hard to be a fair-minded person, and I have been so dismayed by GM's lack of interest in responding to these concerns. Shame on you, GM, for letting the dollar or just plain laziness stop you from getting information to car owners that could potentially prevent a serious accident.
Please let the NHTSA know about your issues, in the hopes that they might be able to convince GM to do the moral thing and let its owners and dealers know about the relatively simple repair to this issue (which, if you Google, you will find occurs in other GM cars besides Cadillacs), before a child loses a life by being hit by a car that can't brake in a neighborhood parking lot.
After reading mutiple posts on the "won't stop (ABS kicks in) when parking" especially when turning hard, like a normal parking lot! AND the obvious reluctance of Cadillac to acknowlege it as an issue, I thought I'd do my own work.
I replaced the wires from the wheel/speed sensor, splicing and soldering near the radiator. The parts for both sides were less that $100. with the right clip! I later tested both of the old wiring harnesses, 4 wires with an OHM meter. initially looked like a waste of time until I moved the wires around***simulating a hard right turn*** OHM meter pegged!
In my Non-Professional opinion problem is the OEM wire routing....causing repeated kinking of the wires on hard turns. I routed my new harnesses along the sway bay where this kinking is less likely.
I joined your forum yesterday and have read thru the various posts on the breaking situation on a 2004 Cadi CTS. I took title recently on this car from my elderly Mother. The car has 21,214 miles and in the past three weeks I've had about 4 or 5 incidences with the breaks vibrating and sort of grinding at very slow speeds—the car not wanting to stop.
In your opinion what was the definitive resolution to this problem? I'm about to contact the GM dealer in my area and do not want to pay for diagnostics or repair if this was a manufacturer's issue. In reading the posts it seems the problem may have been a wiring issue or a hub speed sensor code or something to do with the differential. I also noted a Technical Bulletin -- 03-05-25-009A JUL 04 Brakes - Low Brake Pedal/Air in System. Is this correct?
I know nothing about the mechanics of automobiles, and feel I'm in a death trap. Many, many thanks for any assistance you can offer.
Hi Luckyodds,
As I said in my post ;
I replaced the wires from the wheel/speed sensor, splicing and soldering near the radiator. The parts for both sides were less that $100. with the right clip! I later tested both of the old wiring harnesses, 4 wires with an OHM meter. initially looked like a waste of time until I moved the wires around***simulating a hard right turn*** OHM meter pegged!
In my Non-Professional opinion problem is the OEM wire routing....causing repeated kinking of the wires on hard turns. I routed my new harnesses along the sway bay where this kinking is less likely.
With the OEM set-up, the wires kink every time the wheels are turned. That is why I re-routed the new wires in a manner that less kinking can occur. I CAN NOT reproduce the braking problem therefore I am calling it fixed. Good Luck!
Dear Mr. or Ms. Sirpontiac,
Thanks so much for your response! I called two GM dealers about my CTS breaking problem to see if they had any knowledge of this issue. Absolutely not a clue -- never heard of such a problem. They were not interested in referring to the suggested Tech Bulletin - (air in system.) Was told had to bring car in to see if they could replicate, then maybe fix. At least $100.00 + for the effort, and God only knows if/when the replication would occur and what the cost would be. My own angle mechanic will take the car for a while to see if the problem occurs while he has it. I will give him all of the info gathered here. Again, many thanks. I will post when I have any new information.
dj816 Posts: 1Thanks for the info. I too have an 06 CTS that has a braking issue when pulling into a parking space. I had originally thought that I would have to replace a wheel sensor since it was the most logical source of the problem. I had not had the code checked yet, and I have adjusted my parking habits so that I would not have a difficult time stopping. Your solution makes more sense as the problem is intermitent and only occurs during a sharp right hand turn. By the way I normally only get the error codes when I am backing out with the wheels turned sharp right, but it might be that the error code comes on when I pull into the space and I turn off the ignition before I notice the code. I will be checking the wiring to see if that is the source of the problem.
Sarah @ GM
Since it is apparent that GM monitors this site, why is there not even a technical service bulletin out regarding a possible fix instead of dealerships resorting to thowing parts at the problem hoping it goes away? Based on the posts, it is not a new or isolated issue It would seem to be in your best interest to help technicians find a permanent solution, especially since the wiring solution would be a quick and inexpensive fix. At the very least they could check the wiring for continuity.
Good morning dj816,
Thank you for your feedback, and I can certainly understand your perspective given our frequent posts on the forum.
We are customer service and we do take note of concerns when a thread begins to grow (usually 5+ people having the same concerns with the same model year of a vehicle), and this information is passed along. However, where it goes from there it is difficult to say.
Christina and my primary objective is to help individuals get their individual concerns addressed if they choose to work with our dealerships.
Good, bad, or otherwise, this is where we're at. I can say that we do get visitors to our location from other departments within GM and we are able to draw attention to forums like Edmunds.
Again, thank you for your feedback and patience. I hope that the fix proposed by sirpontiac works for your CTS if you decide to go that route!
Sarah, GM Customer Service
at CTS-V driving experience a few weeks ago, during the portion where we learned what 100% braking could do with the car, OnStar called one of the drivers to indicate they were sending emergency crews because the car notified them that it had been in a collision.
That's how good the brakes are, capable of that much G impulse-force to seem like a collision to an accelerometer.
The driver responded, "I'm too busy driving to talk right now, we are on a racetrack. We did not crash, do not send EMTs or fire crews."
Personally I was disappointed that I somehow did not brake the rented CTS-V enough to get a call from Onstar.
I tested the wires with an Ohm meter, once off the car. At first it looked like the wires were okay until I manipulated the harness to simulate the approximate position it would be in while turning. Readings went from zero to the meter being pegged.
Most important; I have no issues any longer!
Hope this helps!
brendak1 Posts: 2I have a 2007 CTS with 56k miles. I have had my brakes pulsate, grind, and fail while pulling into a parking space 4 times in the last 12 months now. Luckily no damage has been done, yet. I talked to a Cadillac service writer about this and he told me he hadn't heard of any recalls. I don't want to just throw parts at the problem. In the meantime, I try not to park in spots where I have to make a hard right.


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By Denis House
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LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
MANCHESTER—Two bad hops.
That was the difference in North Laurel's 3-2 loss to Clay County Friday night in the battle for the top seed in the 49th District.
The first came in the bottom of the third, which resulted in Clay County tying the game. The second came in the bottom of the fifth that scored the eventual game winner for the Tigers.
"That's the game," North Laurel coach Darren McWhorter said. "When you get in a big game like this a hop here or there can be the difference."
The Jaguars held a 2-0 lead going into the bottom of the third as starting pitcher Marcus Carson was not only holding the Tigers scoreless, but he also accounted for both North Laurel runs. He singled to led off the game and scored on a balk by pitcher Tanner Hoskins, then led off the top of the third with a solo home run to right.
After retiring the first two batters he faced in the bottom of the third, Carson ran into a little control problem as he walked Dylan Garrison and hit Tanner Smith.
With two on and two out, Tyler Allen singled to right that scored Garrison to cut the lead to 2-1. The next batter, Austin Carnahan, hit a grounder to short that popped up right as Cole Lewis was fielding it, causing him to bobble the ball, which allowed Carnahan to be safe at first and Smith to score the tying run.
It stayed 2-2 until the bottom of the fifth where the Jaguars were victims of another bad hop.
With one out, Allen lined a single past first and into right field, where Austin Thompson was in perfect position to field the ball until it popped up and over him, rolling to the fence and allowing Allen to make it to third. Will Sexton came in as a courtesy runner and scored on a single by Nathaniel Huff for the 3-2 lead.
"There was nothing either one of our guys could do on those bad hops," McWhorter said.
Hoskins picked up the win, going seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out seven and walking three.
"Their kid threw a good game," McWhorter said. "I thought our pitchers threw well, also." Carson took the loss. In five innings of work, he allowed three runs on four hits. He struck out seven, walked three and hit one. Zach Hurley came in to pitch the sixth and allowed one hit.
North Laurel had several opportunities to score in the game, leaving eight runners stranded, including two in the third and the seventh.
"We had our chances and let it slip away," McWhorter said. "We gave ourselves a chance to win, and that's what you want. We just never had that one person step up and get a hit when we needed one."
After Carson homered to give North a 2-0 lead in the third, the Jaguars were looking to add to their lead as with one out, Thompson walked and Hurley singled. But both runners were left stranded when Hoskins retired the next two North batters.
In the bottom of the sixth, Trevor Sams doubled with one out for the Tigers. He advanced to third on a wild pitch, then when Hurley uncorked another wild pitch, he tried to score, but catcher Ethan Maxey got the ball back to Hurley, who tagged out Sams to keep the Clay lead at one.
Now North was down to its last at bat in the top of the seventh. Carson led off by reaching on a error. After Maxey flied out to right, Thompson grounded to third, where Allen fielded the ball, but his throw to first pulled Tanner Smith off the bag.
With two on and only one out, Hoskins got Hurley to foul out to first, then Logan Mallory to fly out to center to end the game.
"We wanted to win this game," McWhorter said. "The winner of this game was guaranteed a place in the region tournament. Clay has a good squad and are real similar to us. They had a good catcher, as do we, and that shut down both running games. In the end they made the plays and we happened to be on the short end."
The Jaguars were scheduled to travel to Lexington on Saturday to play Bryant Station and South Oldham at Bryan Station. North will return home tonight to host Knox Central.


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A recent e-mail contained a football team photograph and a note asking if I could identify any of the people in it.
I wrote back that I could, considering that the tall, skinny kid at the far right end of the back row was me — 50 years and close to 100 pounds ago.
We were Keyser High's 1963 football team. At 6 feet tall and 130 pounds, I was a manager and the team sportswriter.
Fred (Tack) Clark was the coach, and he knew I loved sports but was too small to play football. People who know me today have a hard time believing this.
So he asked if I would be the team's sportswriter. I kept statistics and called in results after the game to the old Cumberland News, and sometimes I wrote stories for the Mineral Daily News Tribune in Keyser.
Many of us on that team went by nicknames. Mine was "The Camel," bestowed upon me by the other guys on the track team. If you have to ask why they called me that, shame on you.
There were at least two Jakes, and some of the others we called Bo, Greek, Stud, Granny, Scooter, Streak, Porky, Bucky, Goose, Butch and so on.
Three fellows had nicknames which, although appropriate at the time, they came to despise as adults — and nobody needs to be reminded about them. That, plus the fact that two of these guys are still bigger than I am.
Others had more pedestrian monikers like Charlie, Chuck, Denny, Ronnie, Rick, Louie, Erv, Marv, Mel or Jack.
Several of us — including me — dressed in wigs, tights and our moms' brassieres to perform a ballet dance for the Sophomore Variety Show. The biggest and less-maneuverable members of our company stood guard outside the auditorium when we rehearsed, so we could keep it a secret.
A ballet student coached us, and we were great. Not one of us even cracked a smile through the whole routine.
People who were there said they'd never heard a crowd reaction like it — even at Keyser-Piedmont basketball games — and, in fact, we did most of it without being able to hear our music, which was cranked up to the maximum on loudspeakers around the stage.
Several of those boys went to Vietnam. All but one — Jim Bosley — came back alive, but in varying degrees of mental and physical well-being.
A few others have died without benefit of war. Some are still healthy as horses, others not so much. Fact is, that picture could have been the last ever taken of me, because I myself almost died three months later.
Some I see at Swingin' Sixties reunions and have to ask their names, others I recognize instantly.
One I ran into on occasion at The Royal Restaurant in Keyser, and we always spoke to each other. Finally, I said to him, "I know you. Who are you?"
I grimaced when he told me, for he and I had been good friends ... but more than 40 years had passed, and we hadn't seen each other since.
We both asked the obvious question: What have you been doing all this time?
Part of his life had been spent on a destroyer that sailed up and down the coast of Vietnam.
I shook his hand and said, "Welcome Home."
The look on his face puzzled me, but I've seen the same expression so many times since then that I now recognize it for what it is.
A couple of weeks later, we met again, so I asked him about that.
"All these years," he said, "you're only the second person that ever welcomed me home." Our friendship took up where it left off.
One of my buddies on that team was a kid I tried to strangle when we were in first grade. Why, I have no idea, but I had him down on the floor and was choking the you-know-what out of him when Miss Knott grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and whaled the tar out of me.
Teachers could do that, back then.
Say what you want about corporal punishment, but for all the times since then that I have been tempted to throttle another human being, not once have I ever tried to do it.
After high school, most of us went our separate ways, but a few hung around town long enough to continue our friendships.
The time we paid a late-night visit to what used to be called a greasy spoon, one of my buddies off that team looked at his hamburger and hollered at the top of his voice, "This (hideously unprintable term) is GRAY!"
He threw it against the wall, where it stuck.
You never in your life saw two cars full of guys in various states of sobriety throw money on the table and scramble for the door that fast. (I might add that when we used to play touch football, the hamburger-heaver did so wearing flipflops.)
One of my former teammates sat next to me in freshman biology at Potomac State College.
We had been friends since first grade and sat near the back of the room, which was large enough to hold a hundred or more students.
The textbook was the same I'd used in high school biology, and class was at 8 a.m.
I told my buddy that each time I fell asleep and started to snore, I would buy him a beer if he woke me up.
We drank many beers together.
He came home briefly a year or so ago after a death in his family, and I went to pay my respects at the funeral home.
It was like we'd never been apart. He remembered saving me from myself when I started to snore, and the time we took the hood off an old junk car and towed it to Coach Lough's farm to use it for a sled. He also remembered me trying to strangle our friend.
He reminded me about some things I'd forgotten, and I returned the favor.
I probably could tell you at least one story about almost every guy in that photo — including, especially, Coach Clark.
Most I will keep to myself, for a variety of reasons. Some stories are actually too good to share. Others wouldn't be understood by those who weren't there when they happened. A few are just too close to the heart.
Besides, most of those guys are still alive — and they could tell you stories about me.


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Amy Winehouse is an accident waiting to happen. Luckily, she's documenting her downward spiral with some of the finest soul music to come down the pike since Dusty Springfield went to Memphis, and yes, I'm including Macy Gray in that grand, sweeping statement. Winehouse is wowing them in Britain, and should do the same here with her bad-girl beauty and impeccable classic soul run through a modern filter.
"Rehab" -- as in "Don't even think I'm going there," according to Winehouse -- is Ronnie Spector and the Shangri-Las, all girl-group sugar and realist's spite. "I told you I was trouble/You know that I'm no good," Winehouse laments during "You Know I'm No Good," old-school soul with a hip-hop beat. Even a ballad like "Just Friends" avoids overblown sentimentality, particularly when it moves effortlessly from molasses soul to skanky ska without batting a false eyelash.
Winehouse knows her history, and producer Mark Ransom has certainly served his time pondering Phil Spector's impenetrable wall of sound. But never on "Back to Black" do any involved stoop to rehashing cliches or going for the easy -- and obvious -- pop glory. Winehouse has crafted a remarkably fresh soul record in a world largely bereft of such. Outstanding.


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Celebrate Christmas, 1860s style, at Lincoln Log Cabin. While Christmas would not become an official holiday until 1870, during the Civil War, soldiers both north and south found ways to celebrate. Join us as we welcome our Civil War era Santa Claus, whose image once graced the front page of Harper's Weekly as he distributed gifts to Union soldiers. Let's hope they won't be any hardtack under your tree this year! 10am-4pm
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Arcola Broom Corn Festival
Arcola celebrates its heritage as the "Broom Corn Capital of the World" with this renowned festival held in downtown. Visitors can see broom activities, arts/crafts, great food, free entertainment, National Broom Sweeping Contest on Main Street and gigantic parade featuring the famous Lawn Rangers.
CITY: Arcola
Arthur Amish Country Cheese Festival
This 3-day outdoor family street festival features 75-80 craft and food vendors, live entertainment all three days, a ceremonial cutting of a 300 pound wheel of cheese, 700 pounds of cheese given away, a 60 foot sub sandwich given away, antique tractor show, kiddie tractor pull, camel rides, stagecoach rides, buggy rides. Also a parade on Monday, and a kid-zone with games, inflatables, pony rides, rock climbing wall, 5K/10K run, car show and much more.
CITY: Arthur
Arthur Amish Country Christmas Kickoff
The Christmas lighted parade steps off at 5:30pm and will showcase Santa & Mrs. Claus through downtown Arthur. Immediately following the parade, Santa will visit with children and parents in Knights Court downtown to start collecting those early Christmas requests. Complimentary hot chocolate and cookies will be served during his visit. Throughout the day, businesses in the downtown area as well as the countryside will feature early Christmas bargains and host Open Houses.
CITY: Arthur
Bluegrass in the Gardens
Rockome Gardens hosts its annual bluegrass music event with some of the Midwest's most talented bands. Featuring Bankesters, Tommy Brown & County Line Grass, Trinity River, Potters Wheel, Chris Talley Trio, Cornfields & Crossroads, Burie Family and Dog 1. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the outdoor stage shows. In case of rain, concerts will be held in the Big Red Barn. Free Camping- no services. Lodging at Best Western motel in Arcola; ask for 'Bluegrass Festival' rate.
CITY: Arcola
Bob Galloway Memorial Amish Country Bike Tour
Hosted by the Decatur Bicycle Club and the Arthur Association of Commerce, riders can choose from up to 100 miles of rides around scenic Illinois Amish Country. Well marked routes with little traffic and Amish country shops along the way and the Great Pumpkin Patch too. Rest stops with snacks, fruit, and drinks along the routes. All routes are sagged. Nearly 600 riders register, making this one of the biggest bicycle tours in Illinois. Starting point is the Arthur Community Building.
CITY: Arthur
Central Illinois Braggin' Rights KCBS BBQ Competition
Some of the top KCBS and backyard BBQ teams in the Midwest compete for $14,000 in cash prizes. Featuring BBQ equipment and BBQ food vendors, kids activities, and close up looks at some of the big time BBQ teams you have seen on the Food Channel.
CITY: Arthur
Charleston Challenge 40 Mile Relay
Are you looking for a new and exciting race? Check out the 40 Relay covering the Southeast corner of Coles County! The 40 mile loop course can be run individually or with up to 4 runners.
CITY: Charleston
Chili Fest
Nearly two dozen businesses will host either a complimentary chili tasting stop or other treats and refreshments throughout the evening. Festival goers will be given ballets to vote for their favorite chili. Live entertainment will be provided throughout the night.
CITY: Effingham
Coles County Fair
Visit the oldest continuous fair in Illinois. Enjoy the carnival, animal shows, Little Miss and Queen pageants, harness racing, truck/tractor pull, demo derby, live music, Gospel show and more!
CITY: Charleston
Corvette Funfest
Join Corvette enthusiasts at one of the largest car shows in the nation! Over 14,000 Corvettes are expected to be on display at this event hosted by Mid America Motorworks. Activities include a live Corvette auction, burn-out competitions, technical seminars, live musical entertainment, celebrity autographs and much more! Saturday's concert at the Funfest Amphitheater will feature 38 Special.
CITY: Effingham
Cowden Pioneer Days
This family friendly festival is set in the city park with plenty of carnival rides, craft vendors, flea market, foods, etc. There is also an IPRA sanctioned rodeo that takes place Friday. A demolition derby takes place on Saturday. You can also enjoy the arm wrestling. There will also be a large parade Saturday morning. Tour the historical cabins set in the park along with collections.
CITY: Cowden
Effingham Farmer's Market
Effingham Farmer's Market provides our community with fresh, locally-grown food, art, live music and quality artisan goods, produced right here in downtown Effingham, on the Courthouse Museum lawn. Come on out and support our community and your health! The market will continue every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. from April to October. Enjoy our beautiful downtown square with the best live entertainment, artisans and locally grown food right here in Effingham
CITY: Effingham
Effingham Farmer's Market
Effingham Farmer's Market includes tons of fresh and local foods, handmade crafts and live music each SATURDAY from 8 a.m. to noon. Buy local and help support our community!
CITY: Effingham
Ham City Jam
The Effingham skate park will be home to this year's Ham City Jam. Open skate will be from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and the competition starts at 1 p.m. $10 pays to enter all of the competitive events for the day including intermediate and advanced levels, best trick and more.The first twenty skaters to register will receive a free t-shirt. Music and food will be at this event as well as decks for sale.
CITY: Effingham
Harvest Frolic Fall Celebration
Celebrate the arrival of autumn with Lincoln Log Cabin's annual Harvest Frolic on Saturday and Sunday, September 27-28 from 10am to 4pm daily. Activities will take place at both the Lincoln and Sargent farms including children's games, doll making and hearth cooking. There will also be a three-legged race, a cast iron skillet toss, two-man saw contest and a "dipping cup race" and a special scavenger hunt will be open to children 12 years of age or younger. Visitors are encouraged to take part in these period games and activities. Demonstrations, food, period music and entertainment along with our featured visiting artisans will round out the weekend programing.
CITY: Lerna
Hometown Christmas
Start the Christmas season off right, head downtown to the City of Effingham and Central Business District's Small Town Christmas and Christmas tree lighting event! Santa will arrive downtown around 4:00 p.m. to officially light the "City of Effingham" Christmas tree on the Courthouse square lawn. Be downtown to see Santa arrive with all of his elves and make sure you get in line to give him your Christmas list! There will also be Christmas Carolers serenading you with songs throughout the event, along with other goodies. Step back in time and take a ride on a horse drawn carriage through the downtown area. Bring the whole family downtown to kick off the holiday season right!
CITY: Effingham
Legally Blonde: The Musical
Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside-down, however, when her boyfriend dumps her so he can start getting serious about his life and attending Harvard Law School. Determined to get him back, Elle, uses her charm to get into Harvard Law. At school, she struggles with peers, professors and Warner Huntington. With the help of Paulette and Emmett, though, Elle quickly realizes her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.
CITY: Sullivan
Old Settler's Reunion
The Old Settler's Reunion will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will include ribbons for Effingham County residents of over 30 years, awards, historic costumes and exhibits, live music, food and more. The Courthouse Museum will be open during this time.
CITY: Effingham
Scarecrow Daze Festival
During the 18th Annual Scarecrow Daze Festival, the entire city of Shelbyville is decorated with scarecrows. With a different theme every year, entrants decorate their homes and businesses to the theme. There is also a large parade on Saturday, kids' games, a beer tent, music, a quilt show, and plenty of food and crafts, in downtown Shelbyville. Held in conjunction with Touchstone Energy Balloon Fest.
CITY: Shelbyville
Shelbyville Festival of Lights
Come to Shelbyville and take a drive through Forest Park as it is lit up for the Holiday season. These lights are put in place each year by volunteers and new lights and themed areas are added yearly. Candy Cane lane is to honor loved ones. Come enjoy the Victorian Village, Santa's Shop, the North Pole, Bethlehem, and others.
CITY: Shelbyville
Sullivan Area Arts "Cruisin' The Cornfields" Bike Ride
Bike ride fundraiser for the Sullivan Area Arts. The route departs from Sullivan's beautiful Wyman Park with a rest stop at Okaw Valley Orchard. Great ride through the lush cornfields.
CITY: Sullivan
Take the scenic drive to visit Teutopolis during the Terquasquicentennial Celebration to celebrate 175 years of Faith, Family and Community. Enjoy the historical architecture of over 30 homes and businesses; at least 100 years old, in this quaint little town of 1,600 residents, during the Historical Homes and Businesses self guided tour. Or, gather on Main Street on August 1 for a hilariously good time at the Bed Races starting at 6:00 p.m. The Historical Play is also a must see event and will explain the unique history of Teutopolis and the heritage of its German ancestry. Traditional German music entertain the crowds of festival goers while brats, sauerkraut and beer will be some of the many food and refreshment items available during the celebration. Whether it's old fashioned youth games, the car show, a trip through the Teutopolis Monastery Museum or the Grand Finale Celebration Parade; there's something for everyone in Teutopolis during the Terquasquicentennial Celebration.
CITY: Teutopolis
Torchlight Halloween Hike and Weenie Roast
Join us for a torchlight hike around the historic site then return to the Visitor Center for a Barn Dance and weenie roast. Lincoln Log Cabin is the last home of Thomas and Sarah Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's parents. It shares the site with the Sargent farm, an 1840's living history farm.
CITY: Lerna
Touchstone Energy Balloon Fest
Come and enjoy watching as these balloons are filled and then take off for various areas. Friday night is a launch from Forest Park, Saturday morning, they will launch from various locations and try to hit their targets as they float through the air. There will be a Balloon glow and basket burn at the Dam Spillway area Saturday night with food and entertainment. You can meet the pilots on Friday evening. Sunday morning will be another opportunity to watch. These colorful balloons will be launched daily (weather permitting) and you can watch as they fly and do tasks around the Lake Shelbyville area.
CITY: Shelbyville
Tower Hill Fall Festival
Held in the Village Park. This is the 28th year for the festival which has unique activites such as the Produce "500" which features vehicles made from produce from as small as a grape to as large as a watermelon. It also has a car and motorcycle show, garden tractor pulls, a tractor show, plenty of kids games a parade Saturday at 4:00 pm and entertainment along with the annual demo derby on Sunday.
CITY: Tower Hill
Windsor Harvest Picnic
Come and enjoy this family-friendly festival which is in its 118th year. Entertainment comes to you in gospel, country and rock, with entertainers from as far away as Australia.. Fountain City Amusements provides a carnival atmosphere with plenty of food as well as the Ice Cream Social. There is also a 5K run/walk, a pedal tractor pull, parade, and a raffle drawing. This year for one show only is Country Legend Marty Stuart.
CITY: Windsor
Wonderland in Lights
Each year, the City of Effingham and the Effingham Convention and Visitors Bureau turn Community Park into a winter wonderland! Wonderland in Lights, a drive-through light display, features a variety of lighted holiday scenes including reindeer flying, Santa coming down the chimney and a Nativity scene. We continue to add new lighting displays each year to grow the display. Santa visits the Wonderland in Lights every Saturday to bring special presents to the children. Come drive through the light display and stick around to talk to Santa and listen to your favorite Christmas carols! The Wonderland in Lights is free, but donations are welcome.
CITY: Effingham
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The trial for ex-president Mubarak has been tumultuous. In September, violence broke out in the courtroom when plaintiffs and their lawyers clashed with Mubarak supporters. In August, presiding Judge Ahmed Rifaat decided to end live TV broadcasts [JURIST report] of subsequent proceedings amid protests from the families of victims and praise from several courtroom lawyers who opposed the broadcasts. Officials chose a new location for Mubarak's trial for security reasons after reporting [JURIST reports] that the trial would take place at a convention center in downtown Cairo. In July, an Egyptian criminal court postponed the trial [JURIST report] of former interior minister Habib el-Adly, who also faces murder charges in relation to the pro-democracy demonstrations, so it would coincide with Mubarak's trial. If convicted, Murabak could face the death penalty.
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