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<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY APPOINTING INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
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<br />" Know All Men By These Presents, That The Continental Insurance Company, a South Carolina corporation, and Firemen's Insurance Company of
<br />Newark, New Jersey, a New Jersey corporation (herein called "the CIC Companies"), are duly organized and existing corporations having their principal
<br />offices in the City of Chicago, and State of Illinois, and that they do by virtue of the signatures and seals herein affixed hereby make, constitute and
<br />appoint
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<br />Maria Pena, Edward C Spector, Lisa L Thornton, Tracy Aston, C K Nakamura, E S Albrecht, Jr, Tom Branigan,
<br />Clarice Lee, Marina Tapia, Joyce Herrin, Individually
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<br />of Los Angeles, CA, their true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact with full power and authority hereby conferred to sign, seal and execute for and on their
<br />behalf bonds, undertakings and other obligatory instruments of similar nature
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<br />and to bind them thereby as fully and to the same extent as if such instruments were signed by a duly authorized officer of their corporations and all the
<br />acts of said Attorney, pursuant to the authority hereby given is hereby ratified and confirmed.
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<br />This Power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the By-Law and Resolutions, printed on the reverse hereof, duly
<br />adopted, as indicated, by the Boards of Directors of the corporations.
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<br />In Witness Whereof, the CIC Companies have caused these presents to be signed by their Senior Vice President and their corporate seals to be
<br />hereto affixed on this 13th day of April, 2004.
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<br />The Continental Insurance Company
<br />Firemen's Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey
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<br />State of Illinois, County of Cook, ss:
<br />On this 13th day of April, 2004, before me personally came Michael Gengler to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say: that
<br />he resides in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois; that he is a Senior Vice President of The Continental Insurance Company, a South Carolina
<br />corporation, and Firemen's Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, a New Jersey corporation described in and which executed the above
<br />instrument; that he knows the seals of said corporations; that the seals affixed to the said instrument are such corporate seals; that they were so affixed
<br />pursuant to authority given by the Boards of Directors of said corporations and that he signed his name thereto pursuant to like authority, and
<br />acknowledges same to be the act and deed of said corporations.
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<br />OFFICIAL SEAL
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<br />ELIZA PRICE
<br />NOTARY PU8L1C, STATE OF illINOIS
<br />lIlY COMMISSION EXPIRES: 08117106
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<br />My Commission Expires September 17, 2006
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<br />GJ,AMJ
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<br />Notary Public
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<br />CERTIFICATE
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<br />I, Mary A. Ribikawskis, Assistant Secretary of The Continental Insurance Company, a South Carolina corporation, and Firemen's Insurance
<br />Company of Newark, New Jersey, a New Jersey corporation do hereby certify that the Power of Attorney herein above set forth is still in force, and
<br />further certify that the By-Law and Resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporations printed on the reverse hereof is still in force. In testimony
<br />whe~8&~have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said corporations this 12 th day of August
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<br />The Continental Insurance Company
<br />Firemen's Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey
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