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- Ethanol waiver effect on corn prices uncertain
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- Corn prices pushed higher by the worst U.S. drought in half a century would not necessarily moderate if the federal government's corn ethanol mandate were temporarily suspended.
Corn prices pushed higher by the worst U.S. drought in half a century would not necessarily moderate if the federal government's corn ethanol mandate were temporarily suspended, according to a report by Purdue University agricultural economists.
The report, "Potential Impacts of a Partial Waiver of the Ethanol Blending Rules," suggests that corn prices could fall under some scenarios should the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant a partial waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard's corn ethanol provision - but only under certain market conditions. The EPA received a request by a consortium of livestock industry organizations to waive part of the mandate that effectively requires corn ethanol be blended with gasoline.
The Purdue report will be available Wednesday (Aug. 15) on the Farm Foundation website at http://www.farmfoundation.org/.
Farm Foundation NFP is an Oak Brook, Ill.-based not-for-profit organization conducting public policy education for food, agriculture and rural communities. The authors will discuss their report during a live webcast Thursday (Aug. 16).
A waiver could, under certain conditions, reduce the demand for corn and, thus, corn prices for livestock producers and other non-ethanol corn buyers. The ethanol industry and corn grower organizations oppose the waiver.
Under its normal schedule the EPA has until October to gather information on the extent of any economic harm done by the original Renewable Fuel Standard level and to decide if it will issue a waiver. For consumers, the decision could affect what they pay for fuel and food.
"The range of impact of an RFS waiver goes from zero to $1.30 per bushel for corn," said Wally Tyner, an energy policy specialist and the report's lead author.
With corn crops shriveling in the field and yield projections dropping almost weekly, corn prices have jumped 60 percent since June 15. A bushel of corn has topped $8.
The prospect of a diminished crop and even higher corn prices has livestock producers worried that corn might not be available or will be too expensive to buy. Corn is a feed mainstay for most livestock operations.
This year the RFS mandates oil companies blend 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol with the gasoline they produce. The mandate increases to 13.8 billion gallons in 2013. Because oil companies blended 2.6 billion gallons of ethanol with gasoline above what was required in previous years, they have built up blending credits - known as renewable identification numbers, or RINs - allowing them to count those gallons toward blending totals in this or future years.
In the Purdue study, Tyner, along with fellow agricultural economists Chris Hurt and Farzad Taheripour, looked at future corn and ethanol prices with and without an RFS waiver, how RINs and crude oil prices could factor in ethanol use, and what might occur if the drought worsens.
"If corn prices remain high, which seems likely, and crude oil remains at $100 a barrel or lower, then reducing the RFS could reduce the demand for ethanol and, consequently, the demand for corn," Tyner said. "If the waiver resulted in less demand for ethanol that would, in turn, lead to lower corn prices than would have existed without the waiver. It also could lead to more ethanol plant closings - at least temporarily."
Conversely, an EPA waiver could have little effect if crude oil moves beyond $120 a barrel and oil companies continue blending ethanol at current levels, Tyner said.
The severity of drought moving forward adds another layer of complexity to the issue, the Purdue economists said.


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Boy those Atlantic Division standings sure are pretty today.
We don't have much time on this Sunday, but we do have time to talk about how excited we are about the Rangers, who are now playing much closer to what we expected from them before the season started. Last night's 4-3 victory was fantastic on a number of levels. For one thing, the defensemen continued their stellar play -- and, come on now, when Jason Strudwick scores the overtime game-winner, you know things are going well. Coming back from a 2-0 first period deficit is a great sign as well. Many teams will fold, subconsciously or not, after digging that kind of hole.
Strudwick's presence can't be underemphasized this season; we thought he'd be a throwaway, someone who Tom Renney would banish to healthy scratches. But in light of Marek Malik's injury, Struds has been a stalwart stay-at-home defenseman. But this game-winning redirection is also, for one thing, evidence of how (surprisingly) important Strudwick has become overall, and further proof of how much -- as surprising as this is -- depth this team has on defense. John Dellapina talks more about that depth today. Sam Weinman adds his surpise that all four Rangers goals last night came from D-men.
Steve Zipay more specifically sings Strudwick's praises, while the Rangers.com recap focuses on the fifth victory in a row and ninth in 10 games. Jim Cerny's recap also features this accurate paragraph:
Over the long course of an NHL season the best teams not only receive clutch performances from their top line players, but also find ways to win when unlikely heroes step forward to provide timely contributions. That is what happened in the Rangers' 4-3 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday night at Mellon Arena.Meanwhile, Steve Zipay offers a column of miscellaneous notes, describing how the NHL is closer to making the Rangers open next season abroad and, more importantly, notes that Ryan Callahan is continuing his rehab.
Other than all this good news, we feel obliged to note Marty Brodeur's 500th victory (but we'll of course add that it took him four tries to win it). He may be a hideous rival, but 1) at least he's getting older and slower and 2) that means he's pretty close to retiring.
Next up for the Blueshirts are the Islanders at MSG tomorrow night. The Isles hold four games in hand, but are five points behind the Rangers. A win tomorrow would really solidify the Rangers' early Atlantic lead.


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September 6, 2009, 10:24 PM
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September 6, 2009, 10:33 PM
ehh...not a new rifle just a newly manufactured, STG44 look-a-like...pretty neat though...
ammo is too expensive...would be better if it was 5.56 or 7.62x39...
and the price is probably gonna be outrageously high...but all in all it looks cool
September 6, 2009, 10:38 PM
Too bad those are ~$4000.
September 6, 2009, 10:50 PM
I think know that is the greatest rifle developed since the kentucky rifle...bout dang time they brought that classic "assault rifle" (lets keep it high road...but that is the name of the dang thing) back. The ammo will be the biggest drawback IMO, should have went with 7.62x39, 5.45x39, or the like (5.56 is probably too long for the magazine). :)
September 6, 2009, 11:36 PM
I want one...soooo badly.....
Quite a few of my guns are a symbolic flip off to the CT AWB....what better weapon to cap that off then a recreation of the ORIGINAL Assault Weapon? haha
September 7, 2009, 12:40 AM
I do like that wood stuff version of the stg, and really like the round, but I have never seen a commercial or milsurp 8mm short round before, and I doubt anyone would start making it in quantities.
September 7, 2009, 12:45 AM
A local shop actually has HAD two boxes of Prvi Partizan 7.92x33 sitting on their shelves for....months now I think. I'm guessing it's still in SOME production....
Going there friday, picking up both boxes and seeing if I can be put on a waiting list for one of these...haha.
Edit: Still listed as available on the Prvi Partizan website...Sporting&Hunting>Rifle Ammunition> 7.92 x 33 Kurz
September 7, 2009, 01:03 AM
"ehh...not a new rifle just a newly manufactured, STG44 look-a-like...pretty neat though...
ammo is too expensive...would be better if it was 5.56 or 7.62x39..."
I know it's not a NEW rifle design, guess I should have been more clear but figured that would be obvious. As to the ammo, that was my thought as well. Those or 5.45.
Where did you get the $4,000 price tag PTK? PTR site says coming soon on msrp. I hope it's closer to the $2,000 range.
September 7, 2009, 01:37 AM
Apparently it's made by these guys:
I've read about them but haven't heard of a US distributor until now!
Also, since AIM sells them for $10.25/box, less than .308/7.62x51, it's marginally cheaper to feed than the PTR-91.
September 7, 2009, 01:49 AM
Where did you get the $4,000 price tag PTK? PTR site says coming soon on msrp. I hope it's closer to the $2,000 range.
From the manufacturer. The price is what I was quoted on asking when I was interested in importing one. A company turning them out to original specs simply can't make them much cheaper, not at the low rate of production. Tooling up to produce lots of them inexpensively would be foolish - there simply isn't a market. :)
September 7, 2009, 02:38 AM
Love to have one!
$4k.....No thanks:barf:
I could buy three quality AR's for that much! Maybe if it was priced in the $1200-$1500 range I would consider one.
September 7, 2009, 02:44 AM
The price is ridiculous, but it is a connoisseurs rifle, so they probably won't sell tens of thousands of them...I'd buy one...but not for $4k. IF it even makes it to market I bet it won't last a year. :)
September 7, 2009, 03:07 AM
Want...need winning lottery ticket NOW...
September 7, 2009, 04:43 PM
cool rifle. There are other better rifles so this is more of a niche market gun. I might buy one but that depends on what they are selling it at. Interesting that they got a scope mount on it. Smart move with the addition of the mount. I'm sure some purist won't like it.
September 7, 2009, 04:55 PM
Anybody who would spend $4,000.00 for such a thing won't be complaining about ammo costs.
Rich toys for rich boys.
I hope one of my rich friends buys one for me to play with.
ISO: rich friend who like to let me shoot their guns - please send PM
September 7, 2009, 04:59 PM
For that price might as well have an Ohio Ordnance BAR
Evil Monkey
September 7, 2009, 06:50 PM
4 thousand for a freakin stamped steel and wood rifle. Are you serious?? They're selling collectability, quite obvious of course.
This is a rifle that was designed to be mass produced......and they sell it for 4k.
September 7, 2009, 07:09 PM
The tooling for a stamped rifle is generally more costly than that of a milled solid steel receiver. That said production rates are typically much higher thus reducing the cost in the long run. If they lowered the price, raised the production capability, and changed the chambering (say to 7.62x39) then we (crazed gun nuts) would buy more and they (PTR) would profit more. Sounds like a win-win...and the replacement for the AK. :neener:
September 7, 2009, 07:46 PM
Well I'm not exactly sure on the price, are we going on what it would cost for a single rifle to be sold to and imported to an American?
I may be wrong, but wouldn't it also be cheaper if say the recievers were manufactured here and part kits shipped from the original company for them all? Import fees and all....
I'll wait to see the announced price personally....
September 7, 2009, 07:53 PM
PTR is an American manufacturer owned by JLD so no importation fees, et cetera.
I stand corrected...after looking at the manufacturer's product page...it seems that "manufactured for for PTR 91 Inc, by Sport Systeme Dittrich in Germany[sic]"...so as of yet the details of the rifle are unknown. :)
September 7, 2009, 08:12 PM
it seems that "manufactured for for PTR 91 Inc, by Sport Systeme Dittrich in Germany[sic]"...so as of yet the details of the rifle are unknown.
SSD has been making these for a while now. Another US company tried to get funding to import some last year and it fell through.
It was going to be $3995 then too so that price is probably right on.
They make an MP-38 too.
Prince Yamato
September 8, 2009, 01:16 AM
These are already imported into Canada. Marstar had them last year for around $3000 US. Folks, it is what it is. It's the closest thing you can get to the STG-44 without buying the real thing. Like the real thing though, this one is made in Germany. Also, if you want this or something like it in .223, consider the HK93 being imported by century.
September 8, 2009, 01:30 AM
Pretty neat, I'd rather see a price tag around 1500-2000$ but...I can swing 3000$...
And I fully intend on doing so haha.
September 8, 2009, 02:49 AM
something like that in 5.56 seems more practical.
September 8, 2009, 03:17 AM
I agree that the caliber is a problem...just not that caliber (unless it will fit the original size magazine), and not that rifle...made by Special Weapons :barf:, looks like a HK-93 with the exception of select parts, made by SW, the price is still to high, and it's made by SW. :)
September 8, 2009, 03:20 AM
Practical, sort of, lots of other 5.56mm rifles out there more practical and a LOT cheaper. But if that was the only way to get an MP44/STG44 clone, they would be close enough. The one offerred above for $4K is a LOT of money for a collectable, that's certain, but if that's what you want, as close to the original as you can without going over, ala Price Is Right, then that's the one for us.
As for Prvi Partisan making the ammo...hope that wasn't done at the factory that supposedly blew up...
Edit to add, if that one linked above is made by Special Weapons, keep it - I tried some of thier guns, and they are junk.
September 8, 2009, 03:24 AM
As for Prvi Partisan making the ammo...hope that wasn't done at the factory that supposedly blew up...Hadn't heard...that'll put a damper on things...but could (doubtful) be the push needed to seek other suitable calibers. :)
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Velez, who testified before the Assembly Budget Committee on her department's proposed $15 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, said she expected about 300,000 new Medicaid enrollees to be added to the 1.3 million who receive care under the program.
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Cabe named Mateo Landeros and Trevor Cordova the seventh-grade Braves' top offensive players. Jeremiah Johnson and Bobby Frank were the top defensive players, he said.
Cabe said Matthew Mendez and Jacob Martinez worked hard all year to be the most-improved players, and Jeremy Molinas and Christopher Contreras were the team's unsung heroes, the players who did whatever it took to help the team.
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The most-improved players were Jesse Lomeli and Devon Woods, Cabe said.
The players who were the unsung heroes of the team were Steven Candelaria and Andrew Roberts.
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To make a healthy long lasting non damaging acrylic nail I need to use 2 products together, these are commonly known as an acrylic powder and a monomer liquid EMA (ethyl methacrylate) . Unfortunatly there are a few salons still using a product known as MMA (Methylmethacrylate)
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Acrylic Nails are the most common form of nail enhancements in the salon due to their ease of use, strength and durability.
Acrylics are safe and non-damaging to the natural nail plate when applied, maintained and removed by a qualified Nail Technician using proper techniques.
You may hear people say, "Having Acrylic nails really damaged my natural nails... My natural nails were so sensitive and weak when they were removed..."
This damage can be caused by any of the following:
A nail tech that uses a file or drill that is too coarse for the natural nail, this removes layers of the nail plate resulting in a sensitive and thin natural nail. (No drills are used in my salon)
A nail tech that misuses 'primer' - a bonding agent used with acrylics, this can cause sensitivity if exposed to the surrounding skin (burning sensations) and possibly allergic reactions. (Acid free primers are only used in my salon.)
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A combined arms brigade is usually made up of infantry and armored elements.
"This week's visit is the result of many months of planning and is an important initiative to build Colombian interoperability from the inception of the new unit," Burgoyne added.
In July of this year, at the request of the Colombian army, Army South sent a Transformation Planning Assistance Team to Colombia. During the ten-day visit both armies worked closely together to optimize Colombian Army transformation planning efforts. One of the outcomes was an analysis, which laid the framework for the development of a Colombian combined arms brigade based on the Light Armored Vehicle III or Stryker platform.
"This trip is very important for us because the Colombian army is going through a force transformation process. The U.S. army has given us good advice and has been very helpful during this whole process", said Lt. Col. Norman Rey, commander, 3rd Light Armored Vehicle Battalion, Colombian Army.
"We are also hoping to transfer this enormous learning process. We want the technical, tactical and doctrinal changes to our army to take place in a smooth and efficient manner," Rey said.
For the last fifty years Colombia was burdened with significant internal security challenges, according to Burgoyne. However, over the last decade Colombia and the Colombian army have greatly reduced the threat and brought the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to peace negotiations in Havana, Cuba. With an end to narco-insurgency in its sights, the Colombian army is now looking to the future configuration of its forces.
"We are trying to help facilitate this positive transformation within our country and our army for the benefit our citizens and the region," said Rey.
"This new equipment will give us multi-mission capability and we look forward to future joint engagements and training exercises with the U.S. and our regional partners," Rey added.
As the Army Service Component Command to U.S. Southern Command, Army South works closely with partner nation armies throughout the western hemisphere to strengthen regional security. The command recognizes Colombia as an important partner and ally in the collective effort of combating transnational organized crime.
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Reactions charts the rise and fall of the New York Insurance Exchange, which opened for business in 1980 and closed down in 1987.
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everything had gone to plan, the New York Insurance Exchange
would have celebrated its 30th birthday at the end of March
this year. The exchange opened in downtown Manhattan amid high
hopes on March 31 1980. It was set up in response to demand for
more flexible insurance cover following a capacity crisis in
the US property/casualty industry in the mid 1970s.
It was originally conceived as a reinsurance exchange and
was set up at the same time as the New York Free Trade Zone,
which allowed licensed insurers to write hard to place risks
free from rate and form restrictions.
Under legislation enacted at the end of the 1970s,
syndicates on the exchange could write reinsurance, direct
insurance on risks outside the US, surplus lines on business
from outside of New York and risks rejected by New
York's Free Trade Zone insurers.
"The legislation that was enacted, which I remember very
clearly because I was practicing in New York at the time, I
thought was sound legislation and created the basis for a sound
platform," says Nick Pearson, partner in the insurance and
reinsurance department at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge in
New York.
But, from the start, the exchange had a number of things
going against it. The biggest problem was the timing, which
stunk. By the time the exchange was up and running a severe
soft market had taken hold.
"Unfortunately the timing was horrible because the market
was incredibly soft and the New York insurance exchange in
trying to put business on its books took business that in
retrospect it never should have written," says Pearson.
Don Kramer, chairman of Bermudian reinsurer Ariel Re,
recalls just how hairy the losses got in the 1980s. "I had what
a called a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ratio," he said at a Reactions US
business club in January. "I said if you wrote business in
1980, then you are going to have a 500% loss ratio –
or you were lying – 400% in 1981, 300% in 1982 and so
on. By 1986 it went just the opposite way. I remember in 1986
we put up about a 65% target loss ratio. With 20 years
hindsight it never developed past 28%."
The exchange never got the chance to benefit from the
resulting hard market.
It overwhelmingly wrote reinsurance. Peter Bickford, who was
vice-president, general counsel and secretary of the original
exchange and is now a consultant, says a study commissioned by
the exchange's board in 1982 predicted that the
exchange would become an important reinsurance player with
projected premiums of $1.2bn by 1986 and $5bn by 1991.
Business did grow quickly the first few years, with the
$346m of premiums written in 1984 making it the eighth largest
reinsurer in the US by premiums. The number of syndicates grew
to 35 active syndicates by the end of 1984 from 16 when the
exchange opened.
But in 1985 volume dropped to $310m from $345m, while loss
ratios increased rapidly. In November 1987 the writing of new
business on the exchange was suspended. A total of 50
syndicates wrote more than $1bn on the exchange.
Fatal errors
Aside from bad timing, the exchange had calamitous
structural issues. One problem was that syndicates were backed
by US insurers who had little need for the exchange.
"At the time we didn't have a non-traditional
insurance industry that we have today," said Kramer. "In those
days you had the big admitted companies and you had very few
offshore companies. Bermuda hadn't yet flowered
and Lloyd's was going through its time of
difficulties as well. So the people that joined the insurance
exchange were all the fully licensed companies that had access
to the market – it was Travelers, it was AIG, it was
INA, it was Reliance. It was all these companies and they
didn't need the exchange. They were licensed
everywhere and the exchange had no value to them."
He adds: "My own syndicate was a Machiavellian scheme on my
part to emulate Lloyd's. I created a corporation
that was taxed as a partnership so the underwriting losses
could be against ordinary income, which in those days was at a
higher rate. So I was trying to arbitrage the tax advantages.
None of which worked. We got clobbered."
Andrew Barile, a reinsurance consultant who worked as a
broker at the exchange, said syndicates were competing with
their own companies.
"You had a lot of friction," he recalls. "As a broker I
would bring business into that room or I could bring it out to
the street and have a competing firm that was owned by the same
parent. For instance, the AIG syndicates would compete with
AIG. You'd go to 70 Pine Street and work with them
or you would go into the exchange and you would get a different
quote from the AIG syndicates."
Barile worked at Lloyd's before the exchange.
He says Americans never got their head around the concept of
following markets.
"They had a lot to learn, it was a big learning curve for
Americans to understand the whole philosophy, especially the
ones that had never worked in London," he says. "We still had a
lot of problems in those days with following markets. They
would think that the lead is their competitor so they are not
going to follow him and don't like him. They
didn't have any of that kind of culture that
Lloyd's had."
The market came to be seen as a dumping ground for bad
"The board members at the exchange were all the top persons
in each of these entities and they all had syndicates on the
exchange," says Bickford. "That was considered part of the
problem eventually because it was viewed by many people outside
the exchange as these big players were just using the exchange
for the risks that they couldn't place anywhere
else. And that contributed to the undermining of the exchange
as a facility. I don't buy into that theory
totally but there are elements of it."
Bickford charted the rise of the fall of the exchange in a
white paper he put together in 2004 called What Ever
Happened to the New York Insurance Exchange (And Why Do We
Barile says brokers tried to get their bad risks written on
the exchange, and often succeeded. "Every underwriter knows
when they open the doors on a new operation they are going to
be inundated with stuff that could never get placed in the
first place," he says. "That's the heart of a
great broker, to say: 'Let's go in the bottom
drawer first, take the garbage out and see if they write
Bickford says the exchange needed more stringent oversight.
In August 1986 five syndicates were declared insolvent. Five
more insolvencies followed.
"You had a situation where the reaction to syndicates
overwriting their capital ability didn't occur,"
says Bickford. "It became clear to a lot of people that there
were syndicates that were overwriting their capital ability and
if steps had been taken to stop that from happening, by
shutting syndicates down or imposing what today would be risk
based capital requirements – those didn't
exist then – that the insolvencies would not have
gotten to the point they got to."
The exchange may have turned out differently if it had
written a broader range of business. New York's
insurance department is hoping that a revived exchange will
write surplus lines business as well as reinsurance. This
approach may have helped the original exchange, which
didn't get the full authority to write surplus
lines until the end of 1982.
"By the time the exchange started getting the approval as a
recognised surplus lines carrier the tide had started to turn
so that side of it never really got going," says Bickford.
"Whether it would have made a difference or not, who knows? I
tend to think it would have because the problem with the
reinsurance business was it wrote a lot of these high end
excess treaties for nothing on the idea that those layers will
never be hit. And of course we all know what happened to those
high layers. It even happened to Lloyd's.
"The surplus lines direct business is a much lower dollar
exposure per risk. So if it had ever got traction on the
surplus lines side it might have made a difference."
Peter Bickford, who was vice-president, general
counsel and secretary of the original exchange and is
now a consultant
Once things started going wrong, the exchange was quickly
shut down. Management was quick to throw in the towel. But
Bickford says not all syndicates were dong badly.
"There was a core group of syndicates that actually were
doing very well on the exchange," he says. "It is just that
when they had their problems of the insolvent syndicates they
basically folded their tent. They didn't try to
fight for it. Those that wanted to continue were a minority
voice and didn't have the ability to force the
board to continue the exchange."
Bickford says the syndicates that wanted to continue were
not the big name companies. They were more the entrepreneurs
and a few foreign companies that gave independence to their
managing company on the exchange.
"They were doing it he right way but there
weren't enough of them," says Bickford. "And in
the end it was the big guys who said: 'Well, this
didn't work. Let's shut it
Once the exchange was closed to new business, its
liabilities were swiftly dealt with. Seven of the 10 insolvent
firms were liquidated, while three were rehabilitated under
court-approved plans. The other syndicates withdrew from the
exchange with their liabilities being moved elsewhere.
"If they had run the exchange as efficiently as they closed
it down, it never would have failed," says Bickford. "Once they
decided to close the facility at the end of 1987 they managed
to get all the facilities to withdraw having their risk assumed
by other entities, either upstreamed or by some other entities,
by about the end of 1989."
The exchange management was quick to shut operations down
and they were quick to rid itself of troubled entities.
Syndicates tried to negotiate commutations and other
arrangements with cedants to avoid liquidation, to no avail.
One idea that appeared in similar form a few years later was
also mooted.
"There was a proposal put forth to the court in a couple of
the insolvencies suggesting a Syndicate 101 to wall off the old
liabilities of the insolvent syndicates so that the good ones
could continue in the market, with contributions from the
security funds and so on, which in fact with variations was
what Equitas ended up being at Lloyd's," says
Bickford. "But that was rejected by the exchange. They simply
turned everything over to the department for liquidation."
Given the short and messy life of the original exchange it
is easy to see why some are wary of moves to revive an exchange
in New York. Some may question the need to return the New York
market to a time when Michael Douglas was declaring 'Greed is
good' as Gordon Gecko in Wall Street.
However, just as Douglas is reprising that role this summer
in Wall Street 2, it seems another comeback after many years
may be possible. The result could be the rebirth of the New
York insurance market as a hub for business.
In the 1980s New York's financial district was
populated by many insurance firms. But since the exchange shut
down most left, either through acquisitions or moving to
neighbouring states and even further afield.
"When I first started to practice in the late 1970s,
downtown New York still had a fair number of insurance
companies headquartered there," says Pearson, "which is why I
think it would be really interesting if the exchange did
function from a single building and had underwriters available
and the brokers could go around and get their risks signed up.
I think it would be a great thing."
Ken LeStrange, chairman of Bermudian insurance and
reinsurance firm Endurance, also worked in New York then.
"When I started working in New York in 1980 down on William
Street, it was an insurance neighborhood, similar to what we
see in Hamilton in Bermuda and the City in London," he told
Reactions. "Within a few blocks there were dozens of insurers
and reinsurers. While it wasn't a market per se,
it functioned as a marketplace because there was a lot of
talent and a lot of capital in a tight geography. So if one
were to replicate that in downtown or midtown New York City, it
certainly would be good economically for the city as it would
draw people back that have been dispersed into the three states
around it.
"So for certain types of risk that are really talent
intensive, an insurance exchange would be good economically for
New York."
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Making the New York Insurance Exchange a reality
Big hurdles
lie in the way of New York achieving its goal of reviving the
state's insurance exchange. Reactions takes an
in-depth look at what the state must do to make an exchange a
The New York Insurance Exchange's threat to
One market
in particular may be willing the New York insurance exchange to
fail – Lloyd's of London. New York is
taking Lloyd's as a model for its
The NYIE failed because of poor staff. Jr.Underwriters were hired in lieu of Sr.Underwriters to save money. The shoddy Underwriting pratices leading to horrific losses prooved that. The Claims dept was the worse dept in ReIns history. Finger pointing and knee jerking responce to problems instead of solving them. A horrid computer system the key stone cops could have invented. One manager was an alcoholic. That person's 'lifestyle' took preference over career. The next in command started out there as a 'clerical diazo' processor. How did that person end up a Claims Coordinator?! The forever war cry to problems was What's The Reason? (How did this happen?) instead of lets correct and remedy and implement proceedure to assure it never happens again. The Exchange should have worked but BAD people will make a BAD corporation. If Nelson would have lived long enough to save it, the NYIE would have died again by the same people in important departments that destroyed it the first time. More than a score has passed and I still remember the hell hole dept I dealt with as the worse 'blue collar, back office rat trap in ReInsurance. Hell could not have been be so terrible.
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Protect Children, Report Suspected Child Abuse
Child abuse goes much further than a bruise or an unexplained injury it also can take the form of emotional or sexual abuse, or even neglect. Myrian Alea, M.D., pediatric emergency medicine physician, says, regardless of the form, suspected or confirmed cases of abuse must be reported to the Department of Children and Families.
In Florida, everyone is a mandated reporter of abuse, she says. It is important to note that reporting suspected abuse or neglect does not put a child at risk, rather, it could bring benefit to the child by protecting him or her from future harm.
Children who are abused may withdraw from friends, or may begin exhibiting changes in behavior like aggression, anger or hostility. Dr. Alea shares other examples of warning signs of abuse, including:
- Depression or anxiety
- Changes in self-confidence and school performance
- Rebellious or risky behavior
- Delayed or inappropriate emotional development
The signs and symptoms of neglect may be different and can include:
- Poor growth or weight gain
- Poor hygiene
- Lack of appropriate medical, dental or psychological attention even after parents are notified
- Frequent absences from school poor school attendance
- Basic needs are not met lack of proper clothing, shoes, etc.
- Emotional outbursts
- Indifference
If you suspect child abuse, there are four ways to make a report to the Florida Abuse Hotline, including:
- By telephone: 1-800-96ABUSE (1-800-962-2873)
- By fax: 1-800-914-0004
- Web reporting: https://reportabuse.dcf.state.fl.us/
- By TDD: 1-800-453-5145
Anyone making a report should expect to be asked questions and provide the child s demographic information, Dr. Alea explains. Once the report is submitted, your obligation as a mandatory reporter is complete. The Hotline counselor assesses the information, determines if the information provided meets statutory criteria to conduct an investigation, and will contact DCF or law enforcement, or both.
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Possibly, although if you are doing a sane activity (as opposed to, say, pro football or boxing) injuries are generally a signal that you're not doing it right. E.g. shoulder injuries from downward dog caused by using the shoulders incorrectly and taking the weight there rather than passing it through; moving in such a way as to create a shearing force across the knee instead of using it as a hinge as God intended; or trying to do internal exercises with a bunch of tension instead of using them to root out and release tension.
I think that's the rub. Injuries come from catastrophic, unexpected / unintended events, such as landing an otherwise perfect breakfall on top of a fellow student who happened to occupy your space a split second before you arrived there, or any of a number of zigs that should have been zags when practicing randori at or near full-speed. There are numerous opportunities for this in Aikido, and I don't think the shift towards internals in our art will change this much, unless we stop free style and multiple attacker practice. On the upside there will always be LESS chance for this than in football, boxing, or any non-cooperative, "live" discipline.
And injuries can also arise due to patterns of incorrect movement. But this is because correct movement is hard. Your body tries to tell you that you are doing something wrong, but it is not always clear how to fix it. Not every teacher is a physical therapist or osteopath, and every body is unique. In fact, I would go so far as to say that this type of injury - an incremental thing caused by inappropriate body mechanics - is something that every person practicing Aikido will experience to some degree.
So I wouldn't worry about the breakfalls just because some folks blame bad backs on them. I also wouldn't worry about suwariwaza because some folks blame shot knees on it. I'd worry about whether or not the student takes the time to warm up, stretch, and listen to their body tell them whether they are doing something right or wrong.
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Judging from letters to the editor and what friends are saying, the immense taxpayer expenditure resulting from the proposed Bills lease agreement should require a referendum. Taxpayers from the third-poorest city in the nation should not be stuck paying millions in welfare and diverted state aid for a losing professional football team owned by an out-of-state billionaire who has the option to move the team after seven years.
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Mack Brown To Start At RB For Florida
Mack Brown has waited three years at Florida for this opportunity, so though it has come at the expense of a teammate, Brown doesn't plan to waste his chance.
Brown will be the starting running back when the Gators host Toledo on Saturday. He takes over for Matt Jones (viral infection).
"It's big," Brown said of starting. "In the offseason I had been training hard for this opportunity. It's a blessing."
Brown, a four-star recruit who was Scout.com's No. 12 running back, said it has been tough up to this point.
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PINCONNING, MI — Bay County Road Commission officials and a candidate for Michigan's state legislature are teaming up to talk about how aging roads, bridges and streets.
A town hall meeting on the subject takes place from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at the Pinconning Branch Library, 218 Kaiser St. Jim Lillo, enginner-manager for the Bay County Road Commission, said he'll be part of a presentation covering where road commission funding comes from and how it's spent, touching on main roads, township roads and bridges in the county.
He emphasized that in recent years, funding has been tight.
"We're buying 2014 materials with 1998 dollars," Lillo said of the Bay County Road Commission's $7.5 million budget. "We can only expend so much on any of the roads, including our own primaries, because the revenues have not kept pace with general inflation or the cost of doing business, buying materials and the like."
Richard Gromaski, chairman of the Bay County Road Commission, is expected to be present as well.
Joan Brausch, a Democratic candidate for Michigan's 98th House District, is hosting the event. She said the meeting is an opportunity to help the public understand how the beleaguered road in front of their house fits in to broader issues around the state.
"I've been attending the township board meetings, and roads come up all the time and how difficult it is for the township boards to repair and take care of a little piece of road here and a little piece of road there," she said. "Since 2012 they've felt the pinch of not getting funds from the county, and the county has felt the pinch from not getting money from the state, and the state has felt the pinch of not getting funds from the federal government."
Brausch said that in addition to talking about failing roads, she hopes to help the public better understand bridge issues.
"I don't want to have a catastrophe happen before we address the safety of our bridges, and we have so many bridges that are weak in structure," she said.
Should Brausch win her State House bid in November, she would represent multiple townships in Bay County, including Gibson, Mount Forest, Pinconning, Garfield, Fraser, Beaver and Williams townships, as well as a portion of Midland County.
Brausch said she is facilitating Thursday's meeting.
"I'm not there as a politician or a campaigner. We're doing this specifically as a civic event," she said, adding she hopes to take results of the meeting with her to Lansing to help form policy as it relates to roads and bridges.
Brausch, who lives in Midland, is the lone Democrat seeking the 98th District seat. Republican challengers squaring off in the August primary are Gary Glenn and Karl Ieuter, both of Midland. The winner in November replaces Jim Stamas who is term limited in the state House.
The meeting comes as three townships in Bay County seek to pass new road millages this August, a move that Bay County Clerk Cynthia Luczak says is unprecedented. Those proposed millages include a 1-mill, four-year proposal in Kawkawlin Township; a 1.95-mill, 10-year proposal in Monitor Township; and a 1.5-mill, five-year proposal in Portsmouth Township.
Lillo said he suspects the principal reason for the new millages is that township roads lack state funding trickling down through the Road Commission.
"It's coming to the point where basically townships are taking it upon themselves to fix their roads, because that money is drying up," he said.
Township supervisors noted a variety of different causes. In Monitor Township, Supervisor Gary Brandt said that the Road Commission has plans to turn multiple miles of road into gravel roads this summer, an option cheaper than patching them. Additionally, the recent harsh winter had adverse effects for roads in the township, he said.
"We're going backwards instead of ahead," Brandt said. He added the Road Commission isn't obligated to pave township roads, and that all paved local roads in Monitor Township are township projects. "With the dollars we have today, we can't keep up."
Brandt added that Road Commission funding to the Township has not changed in the last five to 10 years.
In Portsmouth Township, Robert Pawlak said revenue sharing from Lansing could be higher, especially given his township's aging streets. Dennis Bragiel, Kawkawlin Township supervisor, said a big part of the issue is state funding.
"They need to earmark more money out of Lansing to take care of roads," Bragiel said, noting the Kawkawlin Township designates more than $200,000 per year for road work. In particular, Bragiel said he'd like to see more money aimed at local roads, which usually see less attention than the county's primary streets, though he said many of those could use the help as well.
Brausch agreed that the principle problem with roads in the state — including at the township level — is that they lack funding from Michigan.
"The state is responsible for taking care of its roads, and we have not funded the roads to the extent that we should have, and that needs to change," she said.
— Sam Easter is a general assignment reporter for The Bay City Times. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Gears of War: Judgement hands-on review
A blastastic prequel to Epic Games' iconic covered base shooter series
THE GEARS OF WAR SERIES wrapped up its main plot last year with the release of Gears of War 3, which ended the tale of protagonist Marcus Fenix and his war against the Locusts.
However, unable to resist the chance to get a little bit more cash out of the franchise, Epic Games soon revealed plans to continue the series with Gears of War: Judgement.
Rather than starting a new story, Gears of War: Judgement takes a step back, telling the tale of series veteran Damon Baird and Kilo squad during Emergence Day.
In the game Damon Baird acts as squad leader, ably backed up by his constant companion Augustus "The Cole Train" Cole and series newcomers Sofia Hendricks and Garron Paduk.
For those unfamiliar with the Gears of War world, Emergence Day was the day that the war started and the evil subterranean Locusts invaded. This means that the game's primary plot is set during humanity's peak when it was the dominant species on fictional planet Sera.
In keeping with this, the two single player levels were visually very different in design to previous Gears of War titles. Rather than being surrounded by ruined cities or desolate overgrown countryside, the environments in Gears of War: Judgement are huge, multilevel affairs.
For example, the first level we played saw us running through a city being bombarded by Grub artillery, desperately trying to reach a supply convoy traveling through the city.
The environment bristled with activity, seeing whole sections of buildings collapse around us and fires rage through beautifully rendered futuristic cityscapes.
The second level we played took place much later in the game and had a very different feel, seeing us raid a military base lost to the Locusts. The environment again had a far brighter look than previous titles, showing the base at its full glory rather than a state of decay and disarray.
The game has an episodic narrative that starts with Baird being dragged before a military court to "explain his actions" during Emergence day. Each chapter of the game refers to part of Baird's testimony to the court.
In terms of raw gameplay, Gears of War: Judgement is all but identical to previous titles, featuring the same run and gun third person dynamic that tasks you to get from one end of the level to the other, killing anything that gets in your way.
Gears of War: Judgement also has the same cover focus as previous titles, requiring you to take a more tactical approach. The cover system works in exactly the same way as the older games, simply requiring you to press A when near a potential source of cover to duck behind it and avoid enemy fire.


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I spoke at the StackOverflow conference in San Francisco and Seattle this week (long week, let me tell you) and I got the opportunity to sit down with Jeff Atwood from CodingHorror and Joel Spolsky from Joel on Software, along with the man, the legend, Rory Blyth. The audio also appeared on the StackOverflow podcast in part, but here's the raw video from our backstage ramblings.
Warning: extreme ramblosity ahead!
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Could somebody please confirm or deny the rumor that, that is in fact, Rory Blyth picking his nose in the mirror?
It's strange how discussions with apparently no content or direction turn out to be one of the most entertaining ones.
OMG. Yes, he's in up to the hilt...golly. I need to change that keyframe...
Well, the sound on my MacBook is really quit :/
Joel is right about type inference for parameters. F# does it. From the docs:
Inference of Parameter and Return Types
In a parameter list, you do not have to specify the type of each parameter. And yet, F# is a statically typed language, and therefore every value and expression has a definite type at compile time. For those types that you do not specify explicitly, the compiler infers the type based on the context. If the type is not otherwise specified, it is inferred to be generic. If the code uses a value inconsistently, in such a way that there is no single inferred type that satisfies all the uses of a value, the compiler reports an error.
The return type of a function is determined by the type of the last expression in the function.
For example, in the following code, the parameter types a and b and the return type are all inferred to be int because the literal 100 is of type int.
There is parameter type inference in C# now guys, circa .NET 3.x. It's a generic method/function (it has to be static I think). LINQ does it all the time, take a look at the Aggerate<> method it's an extension method (function) as one example on the IEnumerable<> type, all the parameters are infered.
Selling points for .NET 4.0,
(the DLR is actually, not so much of a .NET 4.0 thing though, my list would actually only include one thing, and that's the new variance features built into the new C# compiler).
With all the stuff, F#, M, Iron... and new language features the .NET 4.0 release is a big one.
This was awesome, thanks for sharing. I actually prefer these kind of free discussions, I find them at least as informative / helpful in helping me think about programming as "targetted" content.
My Peace Corps host father, Mauritania 2003, asked to see my cellphone. You know, Americans have all the latest tech. I had recently bought the latest Ericsson in America. When he saw it, he looked disappointed and pulled out ... the same model. They were relatively prosperous. He had 12 goats and a delapidated delivery van. When the van hit a camel, he became destitute.
I'm actually blotting the excess oil from my face.
I'm vain and insecure, and Scott had a camera (as the photo indicates).
It's a really bad habit I picked up. I blot my face in traffic. While I'm sitting at the counter in cafes. While I'm talking to people in mid-conversation. Whipped a blotter paper out once when hitting on a girl at a VC party and removed about a gallon of oil and sweat from my face while we talked (and it didn't seem to make a difference - which was awesome - anybody who doesn't walk away from you while you do that is someone worth, I don't know, probably marrying).
I use the Clean and Clear brand, by the by. Just in case any of you want to blot your faces just like I do. It's easily the best vanity blotter paper on the market. Also some of the only vanity blotter paper on the market.
You won't be sorry. And you'll take care of that pesky sheen.
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One of the differences between last year's La Salle team, which reached the NCAA's Sweet 16, and this season's edition was the ability to win close games.
La Salle failed to close out another one Thursday night in a 59-57 Atlantic Ten loss to George Mason at Tom Gola Arena.
Last season, La Salle was 7-1 in games decided by one or two points or games that went into overtime. This season, the Explorers are 1-4 in those games.
"That is not by accident or luck," coach John Giannini said. "You can't lose focus; you must battle every second."
La Salle (14-15, 6-9 A-10) saw its winning streak end after two games. The Patriots are 11-18, 4-11.


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Google Message Discovery is an email filtering service powered by Postini. Message Discovery works with your existing email system by filtering mail on the way to and from your mail service. With Message Discovery, you get:
- Spam and virus filtering for all email addresses at your domain, including mailing lists and user aliases
- Content and attachment filters, which you can create to enforce your company's policies for inbound or outbound messages
- Approved and blocked senders lists, which you can use to ensure or prevent delivery from specific senders—or even whole domains
- The Message Center, which lets users manage their quarantined messages and set up their own approved and blocked senders lists
- A central message archive, which automatically stores copies of all your users' email messages
- Discovery tools, which let you (and other designated users) recover lost messages, retrieve messages for legal or compliance purposes, and monitor users' message content
- The Personal Archive, which lets users access and recover their own archived messages
The Account Administrator is the top-level administrator of your Message Discovery service. The administrator who activates the service is automatically granted Account Administrator privileges. This administrator can then grant administrative privileges to other users at the domain. For detailed information on administrator accounts, see the Administration section of the Administration Guide.
The Administration Console includes all the tools you use to set up and administer your Message Discovery service. It is where you can add users for filtering and archiving, set options for spam and virus blocking, create email content and attachment filters, manage users' access to the Message Center, and view reports. Here's what the console's home page looks like:
Google Message Discovery includes archiving for all messages to and from your users. Message Discovery creates a copy of all email messages (except spam and virus-infected messages) that flow through your service and stores them in the message archive in a secure data center. You can use the Message Discovery search tools to find any users' messages and export them from the archive.
You can find full instructions for setting up archiving in the Configuring Message Archiving page in the Help Center.
Message Discovery filters and archives mail for all email addresses at your organization, including email lists and aliases, as long as these accounts are added in your Administration Console. Once you've activated your account, you can review the Message Discovery documentation to learn how to add a mailing list or email alias for filtering and archiving.
After you fully activate your Google Message Discovery service, all your users' email messages flow through the service, including:
- Inbound email: Messages sent to users from outside your company. Inbound filtering starts working as soon as you activate your service.
- Outbound email: Messages that users send to others outside your company. Once you've activated your service, you can find instructions for configuring outbound services in the Outbound section of the Administration Guide.
As your email flows through Message Security, the service applies spam and virus filters. Any content filters and attachment filters you create are also applied to the messages, and a copy of each message is stored in the Message Archive. Note: Intradomain mail (messages sent internally between users in your organization) is not filtered by the message security service.
How inbound email flows through the service
The Google Message Discovery service filters all inbound messages and blocks or quarantines spam and virus-infected messages. If you've created any inbound content or attachment filters to enforce company policies, the service also blocks or quarantines any inbound messages that violate a policy. Messages that are not blocked or quarantined are delivered to your users, with a copy of each delivered message stored in the message archive.
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The service filters outbound messages for viruses and blocks any infected messages. Outbound filtering protects your recipients from accidental infection and protects your reputation as a sender to ensure that valid email for your organization will be accepted. If you've created any outbound content or attachment filters to enforce company policies, the service also blocks or quarantines any outbound messages that violate a policy. A copy of each legitimate message from your domain is added to the message archive.
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LAWRENCE — Two tax changes would pump needed money into K-12 education and help stave off additional cuts, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan said during a stop Tuesday in Van Buren County.
Delaying an increase in the personal exemption of the state income tax and raising taxes on some tobacco products — both of which have been suggested by Gov. Jennifer Granholm — could ease somewhat the funding crisis facing public schools, Flanagan said during a visit to the Van Buren Technical Center.
Postponing the increase in the tax exemption from $3,500 to $3,600 would cost an individual taxpayer $5 — about the price of a foot-long sandwich from Subway, Flanagan noted — but would generate $55 million for the state, he said. Raising taxes on loose tobacco; cigarillos, which are slightly larger than cigarettes but smaller than traditional cigars; and some noncigarette products could raise $140 million for the state, he said.
"It's not grudging to business," Flanagan said of the tax proposals. "It doesn't run business out of the state."
Michigan school districts face a $165-per-pupil cut in funding as part of the state budget adopted in October, Flanagan noted, and could lose an additional $127 per student if more revenue is not identified by Friday.
Without other measures, the tax proposals outlined would not cure funding ills for education, Flanagan said.
"If we don't keep saying that we're willing to reform and control costs, they won't give us a thing," he told staff members at the Van Buren Technical Center and superintendents from 15 school districts that send students there.
Tuesday's visit and tour of the center were arranged, in part, for Flanagan to see how the center integrates traditional math, English and other studies into a hands-on, career-focused curriculum. The Michigan Merit Curriculum and state-imposed graduation requirements that begin with the class of 2011 have some people worried that time for career and technical education courses will be cut.
Instructors showed off several of the center's offerings, from welding, plastics and auto-repair programs to instruction on fire safety and floral arrangements.
Flanagan sounded impressed.
"This is maybe the best career center I've seen," he said, "and I've seen a lot."


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By Sara E. Martin, Army Flier Staff WriterNovember 7, 2013
FORT RUCKER, Ala. (November 7, 2013) -- People around the Wiregrass can mark their calendars for the annual Fort Rucker Community Spouses' Club's Hollyday Bazaar Nov. 16 where they can take advantage of all that local businesses have to offer this season and get ahead in their holiday shopping.
FRCSC, which has been giving back to the Fort Rucker and Wiregrass communities for more than 30 years, will hold the bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Yano Hall, Bldg. 6005 on Fort Rucker, between the Lemon Lot and the U.S. Army Aviation Museum on Andrews Avenue. The event is open to the public.
The official opening ceremony and ribbon cutting will be at 8:45 a.m. and shopping will begin at 9. Admission to the event is $5 per person; children 12 and younger get in free. Admission to the event benefits the FRCSC's local scholarship and community welfare programs, according to Darcy Lynch, CSC president.
"This year is going to be amazing," she began. "We will have roving entertainment, a man cave and adult beverages. It is going to be such a fun event. There is so much going on that people won't know what to look at first!"
This shopping extravaganza is one where local and home based businesses from across the Wiregrass and tri-state area are gathering to provide an "amazing" shopping experience. Vendor wares include crafts, jewelry, furniture, toys, clothes, soaps, candles and more, Lynch said.
Because the area is so diverse, the FRCSC wanted to offer vendors that appeal to all ages, interests and even shopper escorts, a.k.a the men, she added.
"This is not a women's event. We will have gun cases, woodworking items, glass items, military coins and sports memorabilia. This is a chance for people to buy local and give back at the same time," said Tammy Doerer, bazaar co-chairman.
The first 500 paying customers will receive a holiday swag bag, but since the FRCSC is expecting more than 2,000 people to attend, people are encouraged to arrive around 9 a.m. if they want one, Lynch said.
People won't go hungry as they shop `til they drop because food and drink will be available for purchase. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served as well as food items that people can take home.
The Fort Rucker Troup 50 Boy Scouts will put on demonstrations, and dance and musical groups will be putting on small shows. An appearance will also be put in by Santa and Mrs. Claus, and a station will be set up where children can write Christmas letters. Even a petting zoo will be there for everyone's entertainment.
More than 100 vendors will be set up at the event and some vendors are returning from years of Christmas past, said Lynch.
"We have brought back vendors that people have requested, and this year each vendor will donate a gift and people can purchase opportunity tickets for a chance to win one of more than 100 prizes," she said.
The FRCSC goal this year is to make it a true community event encompassing everyone from the Wiregrass community, Doerer said.
"This is great because we involve the entire community. We will have people here shopping, volunteering and entertaining from all over," said Doerer. "It is a chance for us to really blend and be a part of the outside communities and for them to be a part of ours. At this event people will not only have a great shopping experience, but a good overall weekend experience as well."
There will be automated teller machines on site.
For more information, visit www.fortruckercsc.com/hollyday-bazaar.html.


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The Film
Frustrated by a repressive home life and haunted by the recent death of her baby sister, a rebellious Japanese American teenager searches for identity and uncovers the secret of her family's internment during World War II. Set in the 1970s, the drama What Happened to Her? explores the impact of the incarceration on multiple generations of Japanese Americans.
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