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I bought this recently and have been comparing it to some of my favorite IEMs, especially the JVC HA-FX40 and and Panasonic RP-HJE450. On paper the EX210 looks so nice. 13.5 mm drivers side mounted, 105 db/mw. The HJE450 has 12.5 mm drivers and is 102 db/mw. The EX210 has more bass than the other two, however I would describe the sound overall as thick and slow to respond to the music. In contrast, the other two seem much more responsive, and much faster to respond to the music. With the EX210 it is hard to tell if the detail isn't there, or if it is masked by the bass. On the EX210 female vocals sound too warm. While the EX210 sounds pleasant to listen to, when comparing it to the Panasonic HJE450(I switched back and forth between the two many times), I felt like I was missing plenty of detail with the EX210. Would I buy the EX210 again? I don't know. At $16 on Amazon the EX210 does seem like a good deal, although even at 50% more the Panasonic HJE450 seems like a better deal. I guess at $18 on Amazon the JVC HA-FX40 seems like the best deal of the three. It has great detail and strong bass. The HA-FX40 does seem like it has slightly lower build quality than the Panasonic HJE450, and Sony EX210. Why couldn't JVC charge $5 more and have strain reliefs on the earbuds, a right angle plug, and a more ergonomic shape(like the HJE450 has, which increases comfort and fit?
PS. I'm starting to like the EX210 more as time goes by. I keep giving it more burn in. At first I didn't think it needed that much burn in, however after more extensive burn in it seems to be providing more detail, and the thickness in the sound seems to be decreasing.
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Hot Tamales!!!
After seeing scenes from Snow Plowed I could just wish to have my snow plowed in the foothills of the Rockies. I thought Ryan Rose was something else but Angel defies description.
Everyone where I am is bright-assed and on meth — or so they say — but someone like Mr. Rock could really work where it totally rocks.
If he does read this … one question: Bro your plums are kinda dark. What's up with that? TIA.

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Going Supernova With A Free Soundpack
Going Supernova With A Free Soundpack
The Supernova SoundPack is the first of two coming out this year, giving Mininova & Ultranova users an expanded palette of awesome sounds. To give you a little taste here's a demo of the patches, containing everything from growling basslines to fat string sounds.
Indeed Novation release all their SoundPacks for free, so you never need be short of inspirational tones and the iconic sounds of the 90's and new millienium.
Turn this £300 mini monster into a classic synth, that cost over £1000 on release!
Already a great synth with a huge range of sounds the Ultra gets even more so with the Supernova SoundPack.
That's two generations of musicians inspired by the sounds of Novation synths and going back to the beginning none other than Orbital who have used a huge range of Novation gear, live and on record.
Orbital And Novation
"...we have always used Novation gear on the road: from the original BassStation to the DrumStation – still our back up in-case the TR-909 or 808 go down – to the SuperNova which was one of our main live synths for many years." - Paul Hartnoll
Here's a little slice of classic Orbital, playing live with a synth filter that sounds pretty Supernova to us. Of course you will shortly be able to get your hands on a reissue of the BassStation for some sweet analogue tones too.
More recently we've heard Alt-J espousing the virtues of the Ultranova, filling in on that vital low end. Here they are playing live.


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By Skip CleaverPosted Thursday, 20 May, 2010
This is the 15th year for the Montrail-Mountain Hardwear USATF-New England Mountain Circuit. This innovative mountain circuit consists of six races in three states--Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. This mountain circuit is unique in the country. It is intended to promote the sport of mountain running in New England and beyond. Initiated by Dave Dunham in 1996, the Mountain Running Circuit has provided many runners with unique and singularly satisfying challenges; it is a totally different type of running, and among the most gratifying of all. The Mountain Running Circuit is sandwiched around the famous Mount Washington Road Race, and several of the races were originally designed to emulate—or provide training runs for—the legendary Mount Washington race.
In fact those who complete all six Montrail-Mountain Hardwear USATF-New England Mountain Circuit races (achieve "Mountain Goat" status) will get automatic entry (bypassing the lottery) into the 2011 Mount Washington Road Race. They will also earn special prizes from the Montrail-Mountain Hardwear USATF-New England Mountain Running Circuit.
The USATF-New England Mountain Circuit blasts off on Saturday, May 22nd, at Northfield Mountain in Northfield, Massachusetts. This kick-off contest is a moderately steep 10.3K trail race which doubles as the New England Trail Running Championship. It's a great way to start. Wachusett Mountain is the second race, followed by the Pack Monadnock 10-Mile Challenge on Sunday, June 6. These two uphill battles, along with Mount Kearsarge, made up the original Mountain Circuit 15 years ago.
The first two are in Massachusetts; followed by three in New Hampshire, with the final event in Vermont. Three of the Mountain Circuit Races are exclusively on trails, two are on roads and the other is a combination of roads and trails. Three are predominately or all uphill, point-to-point to mountain peaks, and three are up-down loops. Runners must be members of USATF to score in the series. You can sign up at www.usatfne.org, or call the New England office of USATF at (617) 566-7600. As for Circuit scoring, USATF officials have decided on a best five-out-of-six scoring format. Points will be awarded as a percentage of the winner's time, first man and first woman, but only the best five totals will be counted. This will allow runners to miss a race--or have a bad day--without penalty.
Awards will be given for the series overall, as well as open, masters, seniors, and veteran's categories. There are separate awards for the individual races, and they vary. Unique awards will be given to all "Mountain Goats" who complete all contests. Cash and gift certificates will be awarded to the first three women and men in series points.
You can check out the fascinating history of the Mountain Running Circuit, founded by Dave Dunham (former Chair of the USATF-New England Mountain, Ultra, and Trail (MUT) Committee). It includes previous results, all past winners, all-time points leaders, all-time appearance leaders, and all age group champions. Dunham, by the way, three-time winner and former record holder at Mount Washington, won the open championship the first two years and also the masters' championship twice. The circuit has included nine different mountain races over 15 years. Go to http://www.usatfne.org/trail/ for rules and general information on the circuit and Mountain/Ultra/Trail.
National Mountain Running Championship
As noted, the USATF New England Mountain Running Circuit is the only one of its kind in the nation. And the interest and success it has generated helped spur the National USATF to organize the National Mountain Running Championship. The seventh annual USA Championship will run at Mount Washington.
Many of the past and future members of the USA Mountain Running Team have raced the New England Circuit and the National Mountain Running Championship, hoping to qualify for the World Championships (World Mountain Running Trophy) in September.
The Mount Cranmore Hill Climb, fourth race in the circuit, hosted the USA National Mountain Running Championships last year and also in 2007. This year the USA Mountain Championship will be the Mount Washington Road Race. This will be the fourth year in a row New Englanders have had the National Championship in their back yard, and the fourth straight year it has been in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It will run at the Mount Washington Auto Road on Saturday, June 19th. Mount Cranmore serves as the New England Mountain Running Championship this year.
Paul Kirsch is the Chair of the USATF-New England Mountain, Ultra, and Trail (MUT) Committee, and also serves as the Cranmore Hill Climb Race Director. He also directs the Loon Mountain race. Paul can be reached at 603-367-8676 or email@example.com.
The Circuit Includes USATF-New England Trail Running Championship and USATF-New England Mountain Running Championship
Northfield Mountain: This year the Northfield Mountain 10.3K race (6.4-miler) is the first of the series, and will serve as the USATF-New England Trail Running Championship race in addition to the Mountain Circuit kickoff. The Northfield Mountain race runs Saturday, May 22 in Northfield, Massachusetts. Northfield's course is rolling, as well as up and down. It is 100% trail, with single track and double track (maintenance roads). It will run from the Northfield Mountain Visitors Center, 99 Millers Falls Road (Route 63), just two miles north of Route 2. http://northfieldmountain.blogspot.com/
Mount Wachusett: The Wachusett climb runs Saturday, May 29 at 9:30 a.m. This is the eighteenth annual run up and down the ski mountain in Princeton, Massachusetts. There are "only" 1095 feet to climb, with much of that elevation change in the first mile. There is a downhill trail section after the one-mile mark. The race fittingly begins on Mile Hill Road just below the ski lodge. The route is closed to traffic, and after the first 1.3 it is all on trails. This was once a road-only, however construction required course changes from 4.3 all road to the summit to 5.3 miles of road and trail combination up and back down to the lodge. http://www.cmsrun.org/frameset.html
Pack Monadnock: The third event is the Pack Monadnock Challenge 10 Miler, running from Wilton-Lyndeborough High School to the top of Pack Monadnock Mountain in Temple, New Hampshire. This is the 18th annual edition of the race, one of the original races in the circuit (Wachusett is the only other). This race is also included in the New Hampshire Grand Pix. Pack Monadnock is often compared in difficulty with Mount Washington, mostly because after running 8 miles on rolling hills with a few challenging climbs, the last two miles are exceptionally steep. Total climb is 2,000 feet, but most of that is in the first mile and final two miles. The last 1.3 miles on the summit road becomes very steep—especially the final 200 meters. Pack is the longest of the six mountain races. http://www.packmonadnockrace.com/
The course is beautifully picturesque along country roads, woods and farms, including 1.5 miles of dirt roads. The first mile is steep. The last portion of the course climbs through Miller State Park to the summit. It will run on Sunday, June 6, at 9:00 a.m. Registration and number pickup will be at the Wilton-Lyndeborough High School. It is point-to-point with a 1.5 mile walk down from the summit for the post race cookout and awards at the former Temple Mountain Ski Area, directly across from Miller State Park and the summit road.
Mount Cranmore: The Mount Cranmore Hill Climb is a terrific mountain race, and very challenging, as a championship course should be. Some would argue this is the most difficult of the six. It is certainly unique with its two loops—up and down twice. It has great facilities and sponsorship, thanks to Inov-8, a premier maker of trail running and mountain shoes, as well as host Cranmore Mountain Resort. It is set for June 27th this year—the week after Mount Washington.
It offers a different challenge with two laps up and down. Each loop is approximately 5.8K this year (it varies slightly year to year). The World Mountain Running Trophy alternates between uphill only in even years, and then up and down in odd years. Therefore Mount Cranmore was changed from all uphill to up and down in 2005 in order to become a USA Mountain Running Team qualifying race. Also, nearly all World Championship races have been mostly on trails, as is Mount Cranmore.
The Mount Cranmore Hill Climb will also serve as the USA Track and Field New England Mountain Running Championship this year. This is the 23rd annual Mount Cranmore race, one of the oldest mountain races in New England after Mount Washington. http://www.whitemountainmilers.com/cranmore/
Loon Mountain: This is a pure trail race to the summit of Loon Mountain, running
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. The start and race headquarters are located at the Loon Mountain Ski Area, Lincoln, New Hampshire. Registration and number pick up will be at the Octagon Base Lodge, Loon Mountain Ski Area, 60 Loon Mountain Road in Lincoln just off the Kancamagus Highway.
Registration will be open from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.
The start is in a parking area adjacent to the Pemigewasset River. The course winds its way to service trails heading up Loon Mountain, then follows a combination of single track trails, service roads, and ski trails to the Summit Lodge. From there it travels across the ridge and up North Peak, with a final loop around the summit, returning to the finish at the gondola lift. It is an ascent-only race. For course maps, registration and more information visit http://www.whitemountainmilers.com/loon/
Mount Ascutney: The final race is the Mount Ascutney Run to the Summit, starting at 10:00 a.m. July 11th, and running entirely in the state park. No rolling hills warm-up for this one. It is short at 3.8 miles, but it starts immediately uphill and continues at a 12% grade to the summit area parking lot. Please note that the combination road/trail course of last year has changed back to the original auto road only. The road is on the east side of the mountain with spectacular views of the Connecticut River Valley. There are several switchbacks where you can take stock of the competition—and the view.
Mount Ascutney is near Windsor, the birthplace of Vermont. Ascutney is shortest but also the steepest of the six races on average, as well as the highest elevation. It is very similar to the first half of the Mount Washington Road Race. The grade is constant with only a few brief level spots. This is the tenth anniversary year for Mount Ascutney, the concluding climb for the Circuit where the overall Circuit and age group champions will be decided.
The 2010 Schedule:
May 22 (Sat.) Northfield Mountain Northfield, MA 9:00 a.m. Trail 6.4 Miles (10.3K)
(USATF-NE Trail Running Championship) up-down
May 29 (Sat.) Wachusett Mountain Princeton, MA 9:30 a.m. Road/Trail 5.25 Miles
June 6 (Sun.) Pack Monadnock Wilton-Lyndeboro, NH 9:00 a.m. Road 10.0 Miles
8.0 Rolling, 2.0 steep ascent
June 27 (Sun.) Mount Cranmore North Conway, NH 9:00 a.m. Trail 11.6K, 7.2 Miles
up-down 2 loops, 5.8K each
July 4 (Sun.) Loon Mountain Lincoln, NH 9:00 a.m. Trail 5.7 Miles Up
July 11 (Sun.) Mount Ascutney Windsor, VT 10:00 a.m. Road 3.8 Miles Up
*The 50th Mount Washington Road Race (closed entry) will run on Saturday, June 19, 2010;
USA Mountain Running Championship.
Take the Challenge
Yes, this is your chance to challenge yourself and set an entirely new set of goals for your running in 2010. This is nothing like those flat land races with their minor rolls. Gravity offers a new challenge, and mountains offer a way to get in really good shape for other races later in the year. These six unique events take place within an eight week time frame. After you run these events, your racing (and attitude about hills) will never be the same. The sense of accomplishment, and often the spectacular views, will change your outlook and running career. You will also view mountain peaks in a whole new light. Try it. Accept the challenge. Set those unique goals that grab the distinction of being a "Mountain Runner", or perhaps even a "Mountain Goat"!
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The MIT women's track and field team, ranked No. 6 in the latest USTFCCCA poll, fared extremely well, as five NCAA qualifying marks were achieved and one school record fell during Tech's home Invitational meet on Saturday afternoon at Steinbrenner track. Alina Gatowski's record time in the 5000 was the highlight of the non-scoring meet, the final regular season competition of the year for the Engineers, who will now prepare for the upcoming regional and national Championship meets.
Gatowski closed very strong in the 5000, finishing in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 17:22.81 and besting the old Institute standard by nearly 17 seconds. Gatowski had little competition in the race, as she topped the rest of the field by nearly two minutes.
Portia Jones, running at 400 meters for the first time this outdoor season, immediately qualified for Nationals with her time 57.19 seconds. Jones also took first in the 200, breaking the tape in 25.75, just a half second off the Provisional cut. Martha Gross (26.28) and Margaret Leibovic (27.32) were close behind Jones in the 200.
Jamie Simmons continued to improve in the 400-meter hurdles, running a personal-best time of 63.33 to win the race by nearly four seconds. That is good for the fourth-best mark in Division III on the year in the 400IH.
Jacqui Wentz is returning to All-America form as well, after missing much of the Indoor season with an injury. Wentz was the only runner in the Steeplechase and easily qualified for the NCAA Championship in 10:50.06, the third fastest time in the nation this season.
Karin Fisher was Tech's other event winner, as she cleared 11-8.50 feet in the pole vault, good enough to provisionally qualify for Nationals and match her outdoor personal best.
MIT will hope to capture its second-straight New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) title next weekend at Springfield College. The Championship meet begins Saturday, April 24 at 11:00 a.m.


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Parasites commonly manipulate host behaviour, and among the most dramatic examples are diverse fungi that cause insects to die attached to leaves. This death-grip behaviour functions to place insects in an ideal location for spore dispersal from a dead body following host death. Fossil leaves record many aspects of insect behaviour (feeding, galls, leaf mining) but to date there are no known examples of behavioural manipulation. Here, we document, to our knowledge, the first example of the stereotypical death grip from 48 Ma leaves of Messel, Germany, indicating the antiquity of this behaviour. As well as probably being the first example of behavioural manipulation in the fossil record, these data support a biogeographical parallelism between mid Eocene northern Europe and recent southeast Asia.
1. Introduction
Many parasites have evolved the ability to manipulate host behaviour in ways that promote parasite fitness [1]. One of the most impressive examples of adaptive manipulation of host behaviour is the death grip of ants infected by the fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. In this system, ants attach to major leaf veins along their abaxial surface by their mandibles before being killed by a fungal parasite. This fungus rapidly grows a stalk from the ant's head, producing an ellipsoidal body from which spores are released to infect other ants [2]. In one well-studied population in southern Thailand, the fungus was very specific and 97 per cent of hosts belonged to a single ant species, the carpenter ant Camponotus leonardi [3]. The manipulation of ant behaviour is precise, with infected workers leaving their colonies in the high canopy of tropical forests (greater than 20 m) to bite into leaves within a narrow zone 25 cm above the forest floor [4]. Local densities of dead ants attached to leaves can be high, with up to 26 m−2 [3]. The manipulation of worker ant behaviour was demonstrated to be adaptive for the fungus as it functions to place and secure an ant in a distinct niche that has optimal humidity and temperature for the growth of the fungus from the post-mortem ant carcass [4]. For the leaf that becomes a platform for this manipulation, the relevant observation is that infected ants almost always (98%) bite into major leaf veins on the abaxial surface.
Unusual insect behaviour and its consequences occasionally are preserved in the fossil record, but previously have not implicated parasites as agents of behavioural modification. Many fungi manipulate insects to bite leaves in a similar manner to O. unilateralis [5] and so this type of manipulation is a probable candidate to be captured in the fossil record through the examination of fossil leaves. Here, we report physical evidence for 'death grip' scars on damaged leaf tissue, induced by stereotypical control of ant behaviour by fungal infection. The stereotyped pattern of leaf damage left by the ant death grip is a crucial part of the fungal life cycle and provides evidence for the presence of this spectacular association in subtropical forests surrounding Lake Messel 48 Ma. It also indicates that the fossil record of plant–insect associations can cascade up and down three levels.
2. Material and methods
(a) Fossil samples
The Messel Pit (Grube Messel) fossil site is located on the eastern side of the Rhine Rift Valley in Hesse, Germany, about 8 km northeast of the town of Darmstadt (49°55′ N, 8°45′ E). The site is famous for the exceptional preservation of its fossils and was therefore declared an UNESCO Natural Heritage Site in 1995. Currently, it is a large pit with a diameter of about 0.7 × 1.0 km. The former lake basin is supposed to have had a diameter of about 1.5 km and initially was up to 300–400 m in depth [6,7]. The water body of the former lake was meromictic through chemical and thermal stratification. The sedimentary basin fill is known as the Messel formation. It is comprised of mostly laminated claystone sediments ('oilshale') and is more than 140 m thick, representing approximately 1 Myr of deposition [6]. Radiometric dating of basalt fragments underlying the fossiliferous sediments indicates that the deposits have an age of 47.8 ± 0.2 Myr [8]. The oilshale sediments are richly fossiliferous, and have yielded a highly diverse flora and fauna. Insects are among the most frequently found fossils, documenting a very diverse, mostly terrestrial fauna [9]. The examined specimen (SM.B.Me 10167) is housed in the Messel plant collection of the Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany. Examination was made with a Leica MZ12.5 stereomicroscope.
(b) Modern samples
Workers of the ant C. leonardi killed by O. unilateralis were collected from the underside of leaves in the Peninsula Khao Chong Botanic Garden, ca 20 km east of Trang in southern Thailand (7°32′49.50″ N, 99°47′14.73″ E). Collections took place during 2007. A section of the leaf to which the ant was attached was cut off and the leaf and ant–fungus were oven dried at 55°C for 12 h and then placed individually in dry sealed boxes to prevent decomposition.
The ant was gently removed from the leaf using forceps and the leaf tissue damage was assessed using a standard dissecting scope and imaged using a JVC KYF70B digital camera mounted on a Leica MZ12.5 stereomicroscope. Because of the inherent problem of extremely shallow depth of field in microphotography, images are composites between 15 and 35 individual shots taken at different focal points. These images are then combined using the Auto-Montage software package from Syncroscopy.
3. Results
A unique fossil example of this association, indicating fungal manipulation of an ant host's mouthparts, was found on a single leaf of the dicotyledonous plant host Byttnertiopsis daphnogenes (Ettinghausen) Kvaček et Wilde comb. nov. (Malvaceae; figure 1a) from Messel in north-central Germany [10]. It was initially considered an example of vein-cutting behaviour involved in latex draining, a common modern behaviour resulting in damage from herbivorous insects [11]. This hypothesis was discounted because the leaf bore different, dumbbell-shaped mandible cut marks and lacked the distinctive snips that would result from vein-cutting behaviour. Also, the host-plant taxa are latex-bearing lineages.
The close modern parallel for this distinctive type of leaf damage is the death grip of some fungus-infected carpenter ants. In the best-documented interaction (figure 1e), the fungus O. unilateralis adaptively manipulates worker ants of C. leonardi to bite along major veins of leaves in Thai tropical forests [4]. The effect on the leaf of this death-grip behaviour is a pair of widened mandibular puncture marks surrounded by callused tissue that occur on each side of a primary or secondary vein (figure 1f–h). Importantly, bites left by the ant on the leaf blade are distinctive and centred on major veins; the choice of leaf-host taxon by the ant is non-selective and based overwhelmingly on environmental cues of favourable temperature and humidity for growth of its fungal parasitoid near the forest floor [4].
Manipulation of worker ant behaviour by the fungus O. unilateralis is host specific and occurs only on three genera in the tribe Camponotini [12]. Most hosts occur in the hyperdiverse genus Camponotus. Although Camponotus fossils are not known from Messel, this genus is found in Eocene Baltic amber, also from Germany, and in coeval Rovno amber from Ukraine [13], and a geochronologically more close (Middle Eocene) deposit (albeit in the USA, [14]) suggesting that this genus may also have occurred in the Messel palaeoecosystem.
4. Discussion
Evidence for insect–fungal–plant associations heretofore have been absent from fossil compressions, principally because such an association would rely on detection not from the separate insect and fungus fossils, but rather preservation of a distinctive association evidenced by insect damage on fossil leaves. Another, albeit undocumented, example is a galled Patagonian leaf taxon with insect galls that contain several parasitoid emergence holes [15].
Generally, amber dominates the fossil record of pathogenic fungi on insect hosts [16]. The oldest occurrence consists of two conspicuous stalks of the ascomycete Paleoophiocordyceps coccophagus projecting from the head of a male scale insect in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber [17] at about 105 Ma. In more recent, early Miocene Dominican amber, approximately 21 Ma, conidiophores, attributable to the zygomycete Entomophthora, enveloped a termite carcass [18]. However, in both cases no evidence of behavioural modification can be seen.
The dating of this unique parasitic association minimally to the mid Palaeogene, indicates a deep-time origin for this phenomenon. The modification of a fungally-induced behaviour in this ant taxon now has an origin occurring after ant lineages had diversified and at a time when they were becoming numerically dominant [19]. Consequently, this highly specialized interaction is relatively ancient and not a recent acquisition.
Evidence from middle Eocene sites in Europe, especially from Baltic Amber indicates considerable sharing of plant and insect taxa with modern southeast Asia [20]. The current study adds to that growing list, suggesting that the forests of Thailand may be a close analogue to Lake Messel of the mid Eocene (47.8 Ma). Our results offer unique information in the newfound use of distinctive, stereotypical damage that mirrors associations that are documented, often meticulously, from modern material.
This is contribution 157 of the Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems consortium at the National Museum of Natural History. D.P.H. is supported by an individual Marie Curie International Fellowship. T.W. gratefully acknowledges financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Thanks go to F. Marsh for formatting figure 1; B. Farrell for access to imaging facilities for extant samples, and local scientists in Thailand (Khao Chong Botanic Gardens, DNP and BIOTEC) for hospitality.
- Received June 7, 2010.
- Accepted July 26, 2010.
- © 2010 The Royal Society


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Remotest Inns: Located on a secluded 340 acre estate, Silver Star B&B Inn – Spring Green is perfect to connect with the great outdoors. Forest Moon Bed & Breakfast – Hayward is a log home situated in a clearing in the heart of the forest. Experience the rural tranquility and rugged beauty of the Driftless Area at Inn at Lonesome Hollow– Soldiers Grove, situated on 160 rural acres, half of which lie in their completely private valley.
Prettiest Inns: Totally subjective, so we had to include a few in this category, with the caveat being they are all "painted ladies," as in Victorian beauties. Check out Miller's Daughter B&B – Green Lake, Scofield House B&B – Sturgeon Bay, Victorian Dreams B&B – Lodi, The Roth House – Soldiers Grove, and Dreams of Yesteryear – Stevens Point.
Eeriest Inn: Purported to have had ghost sightings is the Brumder Mansion B&B – Milwaukee.
Stateliest Inns: We pick Joannes B&B – De Pere, Ludlow Mansion – Monroe, Inn at Pine Terrace– Oconomowoc which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sportiest Inn: As in offering lots of outdoor sports options to guest. And this category goes to Justin Trails B&B Resort – Sparta.
Love-liest Inn: White Lace Inn – Sturgeon Bay takes the cake. In it's 30 years of operation has helped a total of 1,300 couples tie the knot making it the love-liest inn. A close second goes to White Rose Inns – Wisconsin Dells which hosts approximately 50 weddings every year. Their slogan is "You make the choices we do the rest."


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Bingham County brings home three individual state titles
POCATELLO — Bingham County wrestlers had 15 chances at individual state titles entering Saturday's portion of the 2013 State Wrestling Championships. By days end, three stood above the rest as Treyton Nilsson, Jacob Frost and Luke Madsen each won state titles in their respective weight classes.
Nilsson started the finals action off with a bang as he took on Bubba Boots of South Fremont in a rematch of the Tiger-Grizz final a little more than a month previous.
At the Tiger-Grizz Nilsson built a big lead only to fall late in the third round. On Saturday, Nilsson reversed that with a thrilling 4-2 win.
"I was trying not to go as hard as I possibly could in the first round this time, instead I was trying to even it out because I'm not too good on my stamina," Nilsson said. "It was great, you can't really describe the feeling of winning."
Nilsson led 2-0 heading into the third round but Boots picked up a reversal to tie the match at 2-2. With time ticking away Nilsson took a quick glance at the clock and then made a mighty move in an effort for an escape. That turned into a reversal for two points and as the clock hit zero, the sophomore thrust his hands in the air in celebration of his second straight state title.
"It's really hard to win a state title," Nilsson said. "I just figured that I had to go hard on the last couple of seconds."
The mat had barely been cleared when fellow Panther Jacob Frost pinned Chris Beltran of Weiser. With the win the soft spoken Frost improved his 2013 record to 46-6 and with it a 3A state championship at 106.
"It means a lot to win with a pin because pins are really hard to get," Frost said. "I got him onto his back and I was just trying to hang on. I've tried to work hard over the years and I guess that it all paid off for me tonight."
The Panthers had grapplers in each of the next two finals matches but in the end, Skylerr Valentine and Kaden Bench came up just short of their ultimate goal as each of them fell to former state champions in the finals.
"On the whole we had a really good day today but putting four in the finals and coming away with two wins is not an easy thing to do," Snake River head coach Jeff Gardner said. "I'm just really happy with their performance. Kaden went from sixth place to second this year and Skylerr, the kid that he faced from Homedale was legit. He was very hard to score on so hats off to him. You can't win them all and Skylerr wins with grace and he lost with that same grace."
Shelley's Chase Call took to the mats at 138, wrestling a fellow two time state champion and for the longest time it looked as if the match was going to be a stalemate as neither wrestler were able to score after the first two periods. Bonner Ferry's Blaine Invernon was able to get an escape in the third round and then tacked on take down points to relegate Call to second.
Rounding out the Bingham County grapplers in the finals was Firth's Luke Madsen. Madsen was squaring off with fellow 2A Nuclear Conference foe Kaleb Orchard of Ririe and in a match that went right down to the bitter end it was Madsen who emerged triumphant with a 3-2 decision. In garnering the state championship at 195 Madsen knocked off both the first and second seeded wrestlers.
Team results for the two day championship tournament were mixed as Blackfoot took home fifth place honors in the 4A classification.
To garner that finish Blackfoot medaled 8 of their 13 state qualifiers. Leading the charge was freshman Tucker Leavitt and his third place finish at 145 pounds.
"We had a roller coaster of a day today. We started out with four wrestlers on top and we lost all four matches in very, very tight matches," Blackfoot head coach Thain Cashmore said. "The kids who came from the bottom side really did their jobs though. To come back through and battle all the way into the medals was great to see. My hat's off to Tucker Leavitt to place third as a freshman is quite and accomplishment and Littlejohn taking fourth, my hat's off to him he did a fantastic job of battling back through. My seniors, they all gave a 110% and I'm proud of them."
Jonathan Littlejohn (285) battled his way back through the consolation bracket for a fourth place finish while Kohl Bingham (113), Tate Hansen (132), Ruben Pulido (152), Connor Henderson (160) and Bryant Sargent (170) each picked up fifth place medals for their efforts over the weekend.
Rounding out the medal haul for the Broncos was Lane Hunt and his sixth place finish at 106.
In the 3A classification Snake River brought home the third place trophy as they medaled 6 of their 20 state qualifiers.
"Sometimes you come into the state tournament with a really good team and you leave with nothing," Coach Gardner said. "Our kids had a rough first day but I thought that they came out today and really bounced back. We feel good bringing home a third place trophy. I'm pretty proud of them."
In addition to the Nilsson and Frost championships and the Valentine and Bench runner up finishes the Panthers also got a fifth place finish from Wyatt Vogler at 138 and a sixth place effort from Cutler Howell at 152.
The Shelley Russets finished nineteenth in the final team standings with Takoda Bingham joining Chase Call on the medal podium as he captured a sixth place medal for his two day efforts at 126 pounds.
In the 2A ranks Firth turned in a top ten performance as they finished in sixth place with 95.5 points. Aiding in the Cougar cause was Layton Wasia (132) and Conner Montgomery (160) who each finished with third place medals. Matt Lindberg added a fourth place finish for the Cougars to go along with their individual state champion.


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For the second consecutive season, the Minnesota Wild have posted a seven-game winning streak. On Friday night, they'll take aim at the second-longest winning streak in club history and try to win consecutive road games against the Dallas Stars for the first time.
The Wild put together a seven-game run from Nov. 28-Dec. 11, 2011, a streak that had them atop the NHL standings with 41 points. However, they lost eight straight and 15 of their next 17 and ended up missing the playoffs for a fourth straight year.
Minnesota will hope to prevent a repeat of history as it visits Dallas for the second time this week. The Wild snapped a 16-game road slide against the Stars with Monday's 7-4 win, their first victory in Dallas since March 21, 2003 and improved to 4-13-6 as the guest in the all-time series. They have never won two straight in Dallas.
The Wild followed up that win with a 4-3 home triumph over the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday, getting a game-tying marker from defenseman Ryan Suter with 55 seconds left in regulation before Mikko Koivu won it at the 2:43 mark of overtime.
Torrey Mitchell and Matt Cullen scored to give the Wild an early 2-0 lead before the Coyotes battled back. Niklas Backstrom ended with 24 saves.
"Good teams find ways to win hockey games," Koivu said. "Not to take anything away from Phoenix. They played a good game and made it hard, but I think just with our systems we can do a better job. We know that and we're trying to fix that and we'll try to play a better 60 minutes in Dallas."
The Wild continue to keep pace with the first-place Vancouver Canucks in the Northwest Division and sit two points off the lead with two games in hand. They'll try to pull even with the idle Canucks tonight and post the longest winning streak in club history behind only the team-record nine-game run from March 8-24, 2007.
The extension of Koivu and Suter's hot play would help. Koivu has three goals and eight points over a five-game point streak, while Suter has logged a point in 12 of his last 15 games, with 18 points (3 goals, 15 assists) over that time.
Koivu had a goal and an assist in Monday's 7-4 win over Dallas, though Suter was held without a point. However, Minnesota's other big offseason acquisition, Zach Parise, had a pair of goals and an assist in the win, while Backstrom made 22 saves.
It was Minnesota's second straight win over Dallas, including a 1-0 home win on Jan. 20.
The Stars have not played since losing to the Wild and saw Jaromir Jagr score in a fourth straight game on Monday. It was his team-leading 14th tally of the campaign and he also has three assists over his last four games.
Alex Goligoski, Trevor Daley and Philip Larsen also scored, while Derek Roy and Loui Eriksson added two assists each.
"Obviously not the result we wanted. We keep getting the lead and giving it away," Dallas center Jamie Benn said.
Kari Lehtonen gave up six goals on 41 shots in the loss for the Stars, who had won three of their previous four and have split the first two of a five-game homestand.
Monday's game was also the first for Dallas since it dealt captain Brenden Morrow to the Pittsburgh Penguins a day earlier.
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LOS ANGELES — A suspected gang member and drug cartel enforcer accused of four Los Angeles-area slayings has been returned to California to face murder charges after he was captured in Mexico, ending a three-year stint on the FBI's list of most-wanted fugitives.
Jose "Joe" Luis Saenz, a U.S. citizen from Los Angeles who has been on the run through North and Central America in recent years, was apprehended last Thursday in western Mexico and deported back to the United States the following day, the FBI said.
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FBI special agent Scott Garriola, who led efforts to locate the fugitive, said Saenz told him he was surprised to have been caught. "I think his words were he got 'sloppy,'" Garriola told a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday.
Saenz, who according to FBI records is 36 or 37, was due to appear in court on Monday in Pomona, east of Los Angeles, for arraignment on a murder charge stemming from the 2008 killing of a man over a drug debt in Los Angeles County.
Authorities said they have video footage of that killing.
He also is accused of shooting two rival gang members to death in Los Angeles in July 1998 and of kidnapping, raping and killing his estranged girlfriend, the mother of his child, after she threatened to turn him in for the two earlier slayings.
Saenz had been listed among the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives since October 2009. If convicted, he could face the death penalty, authorities said.
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The fugitive, whom FBI agents and sheriff's deputies described as charismatic and highly intelligent, had tattoos removed from his arms, put on a significant amount of weight and tried to alter his fingerprints to avoid detection while he was on the run, authorities said.
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Didier Drogba's agent, Thierno Seydi, has admitted that Juventus have contacted him about the Shanghai Shenhua striker's availability, but added that the Serie A champions' interest is not concrete just yet.
The Old Lady are keen to add some more firepower to their squad and general manager Giuseppe Marotta revealed earlier this week that they are looking into the possibility of signing the Ivorian amongst others.
However, the Bianconeri's interest is still in its initial stages, and the player is happy to focus on his country's Africa Cup of Nations campaign for now.
"It is true that there has been contact with Juventus. Nothing's concrete at this point, though," Seydi was quoted as saying by Tuttosport.
"Juventus, AC Milan, Celtic are all interesting teams, but Didier is still a Shanghai Shenhua player. He's a great player and he is only thinking about the AFCON at the moment."
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Gwen Overland and Doug Warner wrote and directed the "Old Time Traveling Radio Show," which continues with the Next Stage Repertory Company Friday and Saturday at the Craterian Theater in Medford.
With a doctorate in theater arts and clinical psychology and a master's degree in music, Overland teaches psychology at Rogue Community College and works as an expressive voice coach. We visited at Boulevard Coffee in Ashland one afternoon.
EH: As a director, what qualities do you look for in an actor?
GO: It has to do with a balance between a professional energy and a real vulnerability. It's something that happens organically to good actors over time, and there are those few who just have it right from the start.
EH: What do you look for in a good director?
GO: Play. If the director is telling me what to do every two inches, then I can't play, and I get a feeling that they're not there to play, either. I like knowing that the director has ideas, but mostly, I just want somebody to come and play with me.
EH: You've done a lot with voice and psychology. Can you tell me a little about that?
GO: Roy Hart, a famous voice instructor, once said, "The voice is the muscle of the soul." Vocalists have (or think they have) vocal issues. A lot of it has to do with certain psychic barriers: our stories about our past, certain blocks that we may have. It's also our culture. Historically we are not known to be a vivacious and vociferous culture. As Seinfeld said, "Most people would rather be in the box than give the eulogy." We know we have more voice, but we don't know how to access it.
EH: What kind of issues would keep people from using their voice?
GO: Abuse, anything that would bring about those moments of shame in our childhood. It could be verbal abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect. Having shame around the voice is part of our cultural mythology: "Don't talk too loud. Be quiet. Your voice is too high." All those things don't bring about moments of pride that have to do with the voice. Our birthright as human beings is to find our voice and to step into it.
EH: When you work with someone who has vocal issues, how do you begin?
GO: I try to make as safe an environment as I can. I try to let the person know that I understand the depth of this vocal challenge. Then we have to turn that around, I guess that's where the real gold is.
Jean Houston, in her book "Search for the Beloved," talks about the sacred wound. It's that thing that happens to us, that could take us out, but we have found meaning or transformation in it; and it brings us back in, in a more powerful or more vibrant way, and it makes sense out of our lives. It's part of the warp and weave of a good life, a life of meaning. We look for what meaning there is for us, and how we can get all the juice out of it that we can. We're faced with these challenges because our psyche is telling us, on some level, that we're ready. Perhaps now is the time we can look at this and move forth.
The "Old Time Traveling Radio Show" plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Craterian, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford. For tickets and information, call 541-779-3000 or visit www.craterian.org. Reach Gwendolyn Overland at Expressive Voice Dynamics, 541-951-5138, or visit expressivevoicedynamics.com.
Evalyn Hansen is a writer and director living in Ashland. She trained as an actor at the American Conservatory Theatre and is a founding member of San Francisco's Magic Theatre. Reach her at email@example.com.
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'Champagne and music on the deck' Friday
Memory Matters will host "Champagne & music on the deck" from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday at Bear Creek Clubhouse in Hilton Head Plantation. The event will raise funds for Project Lifesaver, an electronic search and rescue program to be introduced in Beaufort County by the sheriff's office. Tickets are $25 and include food provided by Two Tomatoes Catering, two glasses of champagne and music on the deck. There will also be a silent auction.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call Memory Matters at 842-6688.
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina summer performances
• "Chicago" will be performed at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina through July 28.
The Tony award-winning musical smash hit "Chicago" is one of Broadway's most popular and thrilling musicals of all time! This tale of greed, murder, corruption and show biz. Tickets are $44 for adults and $31 for children under 15. Tuesday-Saturdays the show begins at 8 p.m. There are 2 p.m. Sunday matinees on June 23, July 7 and 21. Shows start at 7 p.m. on June 30, July 7 and 28.
Call 842-ARTS or go to tickets.artshhi.com for more information about purchasing tickets. The arts center is located at 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head.
• Bee Gees Tribute Band "Stayin' Alive" will perform Aug. 7-9 at 8 p.m. "Stayin' Alive" is the quintessential tribute band to the Bee Gees, capturing the excitement of live performance. They offer the songs and sights of a full Bee Gees play list, singing blockbusters such as "Night Fever," "Jive Talkin,'" "How Deep is Your Love" and "Stayin' Alive." Tickets are $43 for adults and $33 for children ages under $15.
The show will take place at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head. For more information, call 842-ARTS or go to www.artshhi.com.
• Masters of Motown will be performed Aug.29-30 at 8 p.m. Some of the most iconic names in the history of popular music were discovered in the early 1960s in Detroit, better know simply as "Motown." The show is a celebration of these artists, their music and style. Hits from the Temptations, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Four Top and more will be performed. Tickets are $44 and may be purchased online or at the box office.
For more information, call 842-ARTS or go to www.artshhi.com.
'Perfecting believers conference' begins Thursday
Greater Pentecostal Temple will host the Perfecting believers conference, Thursday through June 30. The conference theme is "Keep it moving." The keynote speakers will be Melony Sheppard from Kingdom Living Empowerment ministries at 7:30 p.m. June 27 and Beverly Crawford at 7 p.m. Friday. Greater Pentecostal Temple will honor some of the area residents for their contribution and active involvement in the community during an "Award of Excellence" presentation.
Dr. George Lee III of St John's Baptist Church will speak at 3 p.m. June 30.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. The church is located at 5905 S. Okatie Highway, Hardeeville. Call 784-6988 for more information.
Palmetto Bluff concert series
Palmetto Bluff will host monthly music concerts July 23 and Aug. 27.
Palmetto Bluff's waterfront Village Green will again be the concert venue. Cranford & Sons, Earl Williams Band and Shrimp City Slim will provide the music.
Admission for each event will be $25 per vehicle at the Palmetto Bluff gate, which will open at 5 p.m. Music begins at 6:30 p.m. Food and beverages will be available for purchase at the concerts. Attendees are asked to bring their own lawn chairs and blankets. There are no advance ticket sales.
For more information, go to www.palmettobluff.com or call the main number at 757-3333.
YMCA summer camps
Jasper County School District and Royal Live Oaks Academy, the YMCA summer camp program provides youth with a variety of fun and exciting activities from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Aug. 1. The camp will not meet on Fridays. Nature activities, gym games, crafts, camp songs and skits, and weekly swimming. Campers will also participate in educational activities in literacy and mathematics to prevent summer learning loss.
Breakfast and lunch is included, please pack a snack.
The camps are located at the Hardeeville school campus and Ridgeland school campus. Camp is for children entering kindergarten through sixth-grade.
The cost is $20 per week or $10 for siblings per week.
To register, drop off the registration form to the front office of the child's school. Limited spots available. The camp will be closed the week of July 1.
FUSION summer camp
Hardeeville Parks and Recreation Department, along with Operation City Transformation of Abundant Life Academy, will bring FUSION summer camp to the community through July 25.
The summer camp offers six weeks of educational fun and new experiences for ages 5-12. Camp starts from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The price of camp is $150 per child and $100 for siblings. Space is limited.
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Neighborhood watch meeting
The Levy Limehouse Bellinger Hill neighborhood watch meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month at the Levy Community Center on Mitchell Court in Levy.
The Jasper County sheriff attends each meeting and shares information about the area. There is a brief question-and-answer period.
Safety tips and fundraising ideas also are discussed as the group works to help those in need to ensure their homes are safely lit and protected.
All residents of Levy, including Toomerville, are invited. Contact Kathy Thomas at 368-0381 for more information.
Lions Club meeting
The Hardeeville Lions Club will have its meeting on the third Thursday of the month.
The meeting will be at noon at Cripple Crab in Hardeeville.
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Goals have not come easy this season for the Edmonton Oilers.
It was difficult to tell that from Tuesday night.
David Perron had a career-high four-point game with two goals and two assists and the Oilers routed the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-0.
''We played the right way,'' Perron said. ''More games like that are going to happen if we do that. I doubt it's going to be 7-0 every night, but I feel that we did get some bounces tonight.
''It's nice to get a decisive win like that, compared to (Saturday's 4-2 come-from-behind win over Calgary) where I didn't feel we deserved it, but we found a way.''
Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk needed 14 saves for his first shutout of the season.
Jordan Eberle, Ryan Smyth, Nail Yakupov, Taylor Hall and Justin Schultz also scored for the Oilers, who improved to just 2-7-0 in Edmonton this season.
Edmonton was 2-9-1 in its previous 12 games before putting together its second back-to-back win this season.
''The wins have been few and far between and to have a game like that, especially at home, it's good for the team, but more importantly it's good for our fans,'' Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said.
''They've been suffering just as much as we have. It's nice to give them something to go home feeling good about.''
Yakupov said it wasn't just the offensive output, it was stopping the opposition as well.
''We didn't give up anything,'' he said. ''I didn't think we played awesome for 60 minutes, but I thought defensively, we played well. We played man-on-man and we were winning battles. I think we showed the fans how we're capable of playing. We felt pretty comfortable out there.''
The mood was completely different in the other dressing room as the Blue Jackets have lost four of their past five and nine of their past 11 games.
''That was disgusting,'' Columbus forward Nick Foligno said.
''We knew what kind of team they are and we played right into their hands. It is on everybody in this room, it is embarrassing. We handed them goals and gave them power plays and opportunities. It was really tough to be a part of this. I hope we have hit rock bottom here and understand that we are not a team that can play like this.
''This is the lowest of lows.''
Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards was left shaking his head after the poor performance.
''I'm just really, really disappointed,'' he said. ''We weren't ready to play the game. We weren't ready to battle or do the things necessary to win. There was no desperation and no urgency. I don't know if we get too high on ourselves. You are going to have no success in this league, and it was proven first-hand tonight, if you aren't ready and willing to battle. This is what will happen to you.''
The Oilers started the scoring at 2:37 of the opening period as the rebound on a Corey Potter point shot came to Eberle at the side of the net and he had a wide-open net to score before Columbus starter Sergei Bobrovsky could get across. Edmonton came into the game with only one goal in its previous four home games.
The Oilers had been outscored 23-3 in their previous six home games, continued on to equal that goal output in the first period with a pair of power-play goals.
Edmonton made it 2-0 with eight minutes remaining in the first as Perron intercepted a pass with his skate and shifted it to his stick for a quick shot and then swooped in to deposit the rebound for his sixth of the season.
Four minutes later, the Oilers had a three-goal lead, as Sam Gagner sent a pass through the crease and Smyth was able to bat it out of the air and in.
Edmonton had 15 shots in the first, while the Blue Jackets only had three shots on Dubnyk.
The Oilers took a 4-0 lead at 8:30 of the second as the puck came to Perron off a faceoff win by Boyd Gordon and he picked the top corner with a shot from a bad angle for his third goal in the past two games.
Curtis McElhinney came in to replace Bobrovsky, who allowed four goals on 18 shots.
It didn't take long for the Oilers to get one past the backup goalie, as Perron made a terrific play to intercept a clearing attempt on an Edmonton power play and got a shot on net, with Yakupov following up to score his fourth of the season on the rebound with nine minutes to play in the second.
Columbus had its best chance of the game less than a minute later as Ryan Johansen got in tight on the Edmonton net, but Dubnyk made a good play to poke the puck away.
The offense continued for the Oilers with just under five minutes to play in the second as Schultz joined the play on an odd-man rush and beat McElhinney with a shot high to the glove side.
It was the 10th straight goal the Oilers had scored in less than a 60-minute span going back to a four-goal third period to defeat the Flames 4-2 in Calgary on Saturday.
Edmonton was looking for more midway through the third but Gagner was unable to score his first goal of the season, sending a shot into a mostly empty net right on McElhinney who was down in the crease on the play.
The Oilers made it 7-0 with three minutes left as Eberle sent Hall in on a breakaway and he was able to score five-hole on the Jackets goalie.
Notes: It was the first of just two meetings between the two teams this season. The Oilers will quickly return the favor by visiting Columbus on Nov. 29. ... It was the first time the first and second overall picks from the 2012 draft faced each other in the pros. Edmonton, who won the draft lottery, jumped ahead of Columbus to select forward Yakupov. Columbus followed up that pick by taking defender Ryan Murray. After missing last season with a shoulder surgery, Murray came into the game with two goals and two assists in 20 games. ... Goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov was on the Oilers bench as the back up to Dubnyk for the first time after signing as a free agent last week. No announcement has been made as to when he is expected to make his first start. ... Blue Jackets goalie Bobrovsky served as Bryzgalov's backup in Philadelphia for a season before getting traded to Columbus prior to the lockout-shortened season. He went 21-11-6 with a 2.00 GAA and four shutouts with the Blue Jackets last season, winning the Vezina Trophy. ... Sophomore defenseman Justin Schultz made his return to the Oilers lineup after missing the previous eight games with a groin injury. ... Columbus winger Matt Calvert is expected to make his return from abdominal surgery this week.


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The dollar fell against the euro after the Federal Reserve added to its monetary-stimulus program by announcing plans to buys more Treasuries, renewing concern the measures will debase the U.S. currency.
The U.S. currency weakened after the central bank tied its policies to economic benchmarks and said it will buy an additional $45 billion of Treasuries a month, adding to its third round of quantitative easing, and matching economists' forecasts. The yen fell to the weakest in eight months versus the dollar as Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, which has pledged fiscal stimulus to stoke economic growth, leads in polls before Dec. 16 elections.
"The market tends to have that kind of reaction when an action is perceived as more quantitative easing," Sireen Harajli, a foreign-exchange strategist in New York at Credit Agricole SA, said in a telephone interview. "Even though we saw the dollar fall, any weakness in the dollar will generally be capped by safe-haven flows."
The dollar declined 0.6 percent to $1.3076 per euro at 3:04 p.m. in New York, reaching the lowest since Dec. 5. The euro gained 1.3 percent to 108.72 yen. The Japanese currency lost 0.8 percent to 83.15 per dollar, reaching the lowest level since April 2.
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"Dollar-yen is holding above 83, which is quite remarkable given that the Fed just eased policy," Marc Chandler, New York- based global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., said in a telephone interview. "If you would've told most people the Fed would announce aggressive QE, they would've expected the dollar to get sold off across the board."
The central bank linked the outlook for its main interest rate to unemployment and inflation.
"The conditions now prevailing in the job market represent an enormous waste of human and economic potential," Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said in a press conference in Washington today after a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee. The Fed plans to "maintain accommodation as long as needed to promote a stronger economic recovery in the context of price stability," he said.
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ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., Feb. 1, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) 2013 Winter Conference & Trade Show drew 3336 buyers and 928 networkers, totaling 4264 attendees; of which 790 were international, joining us from 56 countries including Canada, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Germany.
While the temperature was down, the energy was up. Despite the unusual California weather being as low as some 30 degrees, exhibitors and attendees were all in good spirits yielding positive results. For some, this Show was the most successful it's been in years.
"We've been exhibiting at the Winter Show for the entire life of our company – seven years that is – and 2013 was our best Show ever! Our booth was busy literally the whole time. We've always seen the Show as – primarily - a way to build brand awareness and network with distribution partners. But this year we worked with a lot of independent retailers and wrote a lot of orders. We did more international business than ever before, picking up new distributors and retailers in Australia, South America, Europe, and Far East." Sara Davies – Sales Director, Crafters Companion
"This year's CHA Show was the best in years for us. Not only was it a great forum to see many of our current customers in one place, but it also presented an opportunity to meet new buyers from the international community." Ryan Newell – President, Spinrite LP.
"The CHA Conference & Trade Show is the only event on the planet where we can greet hundreds of customers in three days. We cannot imagine choosing not to be there. The 2013 CHA Winter show was our best show ever; the quantity of customers, the quantity of leads and the sales dollars written were all record numbers. The CHA Winter Show was a great start for a new year!" Bobbie Medema – Marketing Director, Notions Marketing
Another key contributing factor to the positive momentum was the launch of the CRE8TIME industry consumer awareness campaign and the new CRE8TIME.org website. CRE8TIME is a movement funded by the CHA Foundation, designed to encourage creativity by getting participants to pledge 8 hours per month to doing something creative. CRE8TIME.org serves as the hub of the CRE8TIME social movement. It is a community where "CRE8ERS" share their crafts, pledge their hours, get inspired, stay informed and learn how to reclaim 8 hours a month.
"The positive energy from both exhibitors and attendees is very encouraging and speaks volumes to the vibrancy and momentum building for the industry. We look forward to carrying that excitement forward with all the new programs we are launching in 2013." Andrej Suskavcevic – CAE, President and CEO, Craft & Hobby Association.
Every year CHA gives out awards to select exhibitors for outstanding work in product innovation. Those receiving awards for their products include: Innovative Product Award – Katy Sue Designs/Flower Soft – Silicone Molds (www.katysuedesigns.com); Attendee Choice Award – Spellbinders Paper Arts – Imperial Gold (www.spellbinderscreativearts.com); and two Honorable Mention Innovative Product Awards – June Tailor – T-shirt Transformation Ruler Center (www.junetailor.com) and We R Memory Keepers – Envelope Punch Board (http://www.weronthenet.com).
CHA accepts nominations annually from members throughout the industry with the purpose of identifying individuals and companies making significant contributions to humanity, the industry, and the Association. This year Creative Leisure News' Mike Hartnett was the recipient of the Meritorious Award of Honor. This is the highest award recognition the Craft & Hobby Association can bestow upon an individual past or present member, and is given for significant contributions made to the Association. The Special Recognition Award went to Mari Eriksson and the staff of Fusion Beads, a retail store in Seattle Washington. This award is presented to a person, group and/or company for their extraordinary contribution in an activity showcasing the craft and hobby industry in a positive way.
In 2014 the CHA Winter Conference & Trade Show will return to Anaheim, California January 10-14 to celebrate the 73rd edition of the Show.
The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) is an international nonprofit trade association consisting of thousands of member companies engaged in design, manufacture, distribution and retail sales of products worldwide in the $29 billion U.S. craft and hobby industry. For more information about CHA, membership or its award-winning CHA Conferences & Trade Shows, visit http://www.craftandhobby.org
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Trying to stake out a position in the cotton futures pit as prices rise and falter is a little like trying to herd a dozen skittish cats into an elevator. It's not a job for the tranquil type, and no matter how many escape routes you cover at once, at some point you're going to get scratched, as evidenced by one trader on the New York Board of Trade floor during trading on a recent morning.
He tried to buy, or sell — this reporter couldn't tell — and evidently failed to execute an order. He had pumped his palms over his head, bounced on his toes and yelled, to no avail. His shoulders sagged, but not for long. You hesitate in the pits and another cat is out the door.
Larry Ward, a cotton and peanut producer from Atmore, Ala., carefully watched the calisthenics taking place inches away before making an understated observation. "This is moving way too fast for me."
Ward was one of a dozen or so cotton producers attending the Cotton Forum in New York City, July 7-8, sponsored by NYBOT, Certified FiberMax, Cotton Incorporated, Ag Market Network and Farm Press Publications.
The events began with a mock trading session on July 7, a much tamer version of the real thing. Producers from all over the United States got into the pits with real traders in a simulated trading session.
The Cotton Forum concluded July 8 with the Cotton Roundtable, where cotton market analysts provided outlooks on the cotton markets. Afterwards, attendees watched the opening of futures and options trading in the cotton pits.
Ward, who raises cotton and peanuts in Atmore, Ala., said the mock trading session was a great learning experience. "I've had a feel for trading for a long time, but I've decided I'm going to let the traders do that."
As for the opening of real trading in the cotton pit, which is open from 10:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., Monday through Friday, "It gives you a feeling for where the market is heading for that day. You instantly know what's going on in the market."
Ward is no novice to marketing. He uses a software package which downloads a complete two- and four-day moving-average package for commodity prices each night. "I also use a firm, Common Sense Commodities which sends me charts and their picks each night."
Moves to spreads
Ward "moved into spreads this year, either bull spreads or bear spreads to let somebody else pay for the cost of them. I've been very successful this year. Just about all my trades in cotton have been profitable."
Coley Bailey Jr., who farms about 2,400 acres of cotton near Coffeeville, Miss., said the speakers at the Cotton Roundtable were a big draw for him. When asked about the trading session, he said, "My cousin worked as a trader in Chicago, so I had a little idea of what went on. But it was nothing like I thought. I enjoyed participating in the mock trading, but it would take some getting used to if I had to do it for a living."
Yazoo City, Miss., producer Rob Coker, who raises cotton, corn and soybeans said the Cotton Roundtable, "gave me a first hand look at the market conditions and where prices were headed."
The mock trading session "was very enjoyable and made me realize I'm glad I'm a producer and not a trader. It's amazing that they can think on their feet as quickly as they do. They know exactly what they are doing, when they're doing it and why they're doing it, but if you look at it from the outside, you don't think they have a clue, they're just yelling and screaming, buying and selling. But they are very sharp people."
Coker hopes that Volcot America analyst Peter Egli was correct about cotton prices rising to the 70-cent level next year as the nominal value of other resources increases. "It opens your eyes to the fact that as the value of resources goes up in a nominal value, our prices have to go up in nominal value, too. Not that we would be any better off, but if it doesn't, we're going to be out of business. Our fuel costs, fertilizer costs, tractor costs, labor costs are all going up. We have to have a nominal rise in cotton prices or we are going to be in trouble."
Coker uses Staplcotn to market his cotton, and Rosenthal-Collins to develop hedging strategies for his counter-cyclical payment.
Bakersfield growers
Bryan Bone and his son Justin, who produce cotton near Bakersfield, Calif., were interested in the educational aspect of the Cotton Forum. "Justin is an ag business major, and I wanted to give him the opportunity to come here and be right in the pit to get an idea of what really happens," Bryan said. "It's a lot different than sitting somewhere and watching the screens."
In fact, Justin is thinking of coming back to New York and working in the pits as a clerk. "I'd always wanted to go to the commodity market and just being there yesterday kind of gave birth to that idea again," Justin said. "We'll see what happens."
When asked about Cotton Incorporated's sponsorship of the events Jeanne Reeves, associate director of ag research for the organization, said "Learning about futures and options is something producers can do now to add to their bottom line There is a lot of importance to seeing everything in person. Producers are removed from that experience because all these trades are all executed without them knowing how it's done."
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"It's a joy to be on a Seventh-day Adventist campus. I've long admired the church for its steadfast fidelity to its own way of being Christian and its strong defense of the free exercise of minority faith and most especially for the church's rigorous and consistent defense of the separation of church and state," began Ray Suarez, an award-winning broadcast journalist and Washington-based senior correspondent for PBS's "The NewsHour." Suarez addressed Andrews University students during University Forum on Thursday, Oct. 9, in the filled-to-capacity Howard Performing Arts Center. The monthly University Forum, often presented by noted leaders, focuses on major issues of concern to Christians as they live and work in the world.
Suarez, author of a recent book on the convergence of faith and politics in America, gave an eye-opening look at the current religious climate in the political arena by posing the question: "Just how much would religion matter this time [presidential election] around?"
Noting the now infamous connection between the often-inflammatory Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Barack Obama, Suarez said, "It will be interesting to watch how the 'Wright Effect' shapes the public perception of Obama over time." Switching focus to the other side of the political divide, Suarez noted, "Eventually John McCain did cut Pastor Hagee loose after some of his more 'novel' views of the historic Catholic Church started to be played out on the Internet and come to light in the printed press."
"In European society, politicians are reluctant to talk about their faith. Here, they are expected to do so," stated Suarez.
Immediately following Forum, Suarez was the guest of honor at a Leadership Luncheon. Student leaders from across campus had a chance to talk one-on-one with the guest of honor, while posing their own questions of faith and politics.
"Having a nationally recognized media professional, like Ray Suarez, visit Andrews created a unique experience," said Andre Weston, a senior English major. "I am glad the student body was able to have an encounter with him. Essentially his lecture about faith and politics plugged right into our campus's ongoing discussion about Christianity's place in a secular world."
Suarez, who speaks widely at college campuses, says, "I want them to realize this is not simple and not something that yields easily to simple questions and simple answers. If they are kids for whom religion is important, the lives they lead and the civic engagement they model for the rest of their lives will be America's conclusion about the right relationship between religion and politics. They will shape the question instead of watching other people do it," said Suarez.
Later, Suarez signed copies of his latest book, The Holy Vote, at the Andrews University Bookstore. The book is an examination of the tightening relationship between religion and politics in America. In addition to several other books, Suarez's writing has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune, to name a few.
Prior to becoming senior correspondent for "The NewsHour," Suarez hosted the nationwide, call-in news program "Talk of the Nation." Suarez also hosts the monthly public radio foreign affairs series "America Abroad" for PRI and is the narrator for American RadioWorks, the documentary unit of American Public Media. His impressive career history includes positions for WMAQ-TV in Chicago; CNN; ABC Radio Network; CBS Radio; and American and British news services in London. Suarez has also narrated, anchored or reported many documentaries for public radio and television.
Suarez holds a BA in African History from New York University and an MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. He was a founding member of the Chicago Association of Hispanic Journalists and is a lifetime member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he now resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children.
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H-P Chairman Whitworth to Step Down to Focus on Health
Co-Founder of Relational Investors Was Diagnosed With Throat Cancer Last Year
Ralph Whitworth, an activist investor who has served on nearly a dozen U.S. corporate boards, is stepping down as interim chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co. and taking a leave of absence from Relational Investors LLC, the investment firm he co-founded, to focus on his health.
Mr. Whitworth, 58 years old, was diagnosed with throat cancer in April 2013, and treated soon after, according to a person familiar with the matter. That is the same illness J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive James Dimon is battling. A few weeks...