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Wednesday - 12/12/2012, 8:55pm EST
By BRADLEY KLAPPER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is drawing no "red line" for North Korea after a successful long-range rocket test, tempering the public condemnation to avoid raising tensions or possibly rewarding the reclusive communist nation with too much time in the global spotlight.
The U.S. has told the world that it won't tolerate Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons or Syria's use of chemical stockpiles on rebels. North Korea, in some ways, is a trickier case.
The U.S. wants to forcefully condemn what it believes is a "highly provocative act," and that was the first public reaction from the White House late Tuesday. But it also is mindful of the turmoil on the Korean peninsula and treading carefully, offering no threat of military action or unspecified "consequences" associated with other hot spots.
Just two years ago, the North allegedly torpedoed a South Korean warship and shelled a South Korean island. Some 50 South Koreans died in the attacks that brought the peninsula to the brink of war.
North Korea already has the deterrent of a nuclear weapons arsenal. The U.S. is bound to protect next-door South Korea from any attack, but has no desire now for a military conflict.
Raising the rhetoric can even serve as a reward for seeking attention to a government that starves its own citizens while seeking to leverage any military advance it makes into much-needed aid.
"No doubt Pyongyang is pleased. It again has unsettled its leading adversaries. And it is in the news around the world," said Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute. "The allies should have responded with a collective yawn. After all, the plan is nothing new. The DPRK has been testing rockets and missiles for years."
The United States remains technically at war with the notoriously unpredictable North Koreans, whose opaque leadership has confounded successive American administrations. With no peace agreement, only the 1953 armistice ending the Korean War keeps the U.S. and the North from hostilities. Some 28,500 U.S. troops remain in South Korea to deter potential aggression.
Wednesday's surprising, successful launch raises the stakes, taking North Korea one step closer to being capable of lobbing nuclear bombs over the Pacific. As the North refines its technology, its next step may be conducting another nuclear test, experts warn.
The three-stage rocket is similar in design to a model capable of carrying a nuclear-tipped warhead as far as California. The rocket launched a satellite into space. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the U.S. would study the launch.
"I think we still have to assess just exactly what happened here," Panetta told CNN in an interview Wednesday. He said part of the assessment would examine the final stage that launched the satellite "to determine, really, whether or not that did work effectively or whether it tumbled into space. I mean, that's the issue that we need to assess."
Despite its technological advances and military bluster, it's doubtful that the North intends to strike first against the U.S.
Even so, Panetta said the U.S. has the capability to prevent such a strike.
"I'm very confident that American defense capabilities are able, no problem, to block a rocket like this one," he told CNN when asked about the capability of U.S. missile defense systems.
North Korea has spent decades threatening but avoiding a direct confrontation with the tens of thousands of American forces in South Korea and Japan. The government has remained firmly in power despite a drought-plagued agricultural sector that leaves many North Koreans in search of food and a crumbling economy that affords few any chance of social betterment.
"It is regrettable that the leadership in Pyongyang chose to take this course in flagrant violation of its international obligations," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters. He said the U.S. would try to further isolate North Korea in response.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland called the launch "highly provocative and a threat to regional security." It will only further impoverish North Koreans, she said.
Neither Carney nor Nuland elaborated on possible consequences. The White House's initial statement referred only to potential action at the U.N. Security Council, which condemned North Korea on Wednesday and said it would urgently consider "an appropriate response." The threat of sanctions is unclear; China, North Korea's benefactor, holds veto power.
Analysts were mixed on whether a tougher reaction was appropriate.
"There has been an unspoken tendency in the United States to discount these tests as yet another foolish attempt by the technologically backward and bizarre country," said Victor Cha, a Korea expert at Georgetown University and former White House policy director for Asia. "This is no longer acceptable. The apparent success of this test makes North Korea one of the only nonallied countries outside of China and the Soviet Union to develop long-range missile technology that could potentially reach the United States."


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H-P Says It Was Duped, Takes $8.8 Billion Charge
Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Tuesday it had been duped into overpaying for one of its largest acquisitions, contributing to an $8.8 billion write-down and a huge quarterly loss.
The technology giant said that an internal investigation had revealed "serious accounting improprieties" and "outright misrepresentations" in connection with U.K. software maker Autonomy, which H-P acquired for $11.1 billion in October 2011.
"There appears to have been a willful sustained effort" to inflate Autonomy's revenue and profitability, said Chief Executive Meg Whitman. "This was designed to be hidden."
Michael Lynch, Autonomy's founder and former CEO, fired back hours later, denying improper accounting and accusing H-P of trying to hide its mismanagement. "We completely reject the allegations," said Mr. Lynch, who left H-P earlier this year. "As soon as there is some flesh put on the bones we will show they are not true."
H-P said Tuesday it alerted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.K. Serious Fraud Office and requested that they open investigations. The SEC and Federal Bureau of Investigation are launching inquiries, according to people familiar with the probes.
The accounting-fraud claim adds to a string of recent setbacks and controversies for Palo Alto, Calif.-based H-P, whose board faced criticism over its handling of the departures of its last two chief executives. Mark Hurd resigned in 2010 after he acknowledged having a personal relationship with a company contractor. His successor, Leo Apotheker, who spearheaded the Autonomy purchase, was forced out in 2011 and replaced by Ms. Whitman.
H-P General Counsel John Schultz said the internal investigation into the Autonomy deal began in May when he told Ms. Whitman he had just spoken with a senior executive in the Autonomy software business, who had alleged that executives at Autonomy had been cooking the books before the acquisition. The identity of that senior executive couldn't be determined.
A spokesman for Autonomy's accounting firm, Deloitte LLP, said Tuesday: "Deloitte UK categorically denies that it had any knowledge of any accounting improprieties or any misrepresentations in Autonomy's financial statements, or that it was complicit in any accounting improprieties or misrepresentations."
Mr. Lynch, the former Autonomy CEO, said H-P is "completely and utterly wrong." He said of Autonomy: "It is a business we spent 10 years building. It was a world leader. It was destroyed in less than a year by the petty infighting at H-P."
The accounting-fraud allegations punctuated another grim set of financial results for H-P, one of the world's largest sellers of personal computers, printers and other technology products and services. In recent years, it has been hurt by executive turnover, cost cuts, mounting debt and slowing demand for some products.
H-P said Tuesday it swung to a $6.9 billion loss for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Oct. 31, while revenue fell 7% from a year earlier. The charge for writing down Autonomy totaled $8.8 billion, of which more than $5 billion is related to the accounting issues, with the balance related partly to the unit's performance. Revenue fell across H-P's PC, printer, services, and server and networking divisions.
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It was the technology giant's fifth straight quarter of big declines, a trend Ms. Whitman said is likely to continue.
H-P's stock, which was already trading near a 10-year low, ended 4 p.m. trading at $11.71, down $1.59, or 12%, on the New York Stock Exchange.
When the deal was announced in August 2011, Autonomy was Britain's biggest software company and second-largest in Europe, after Germany's SAP AG. Its customers include intelligence agencies, big corporations, banks and law firms. H-P said then that Autonomy was key to its transformation into a higher-margin seller of software.
H-P said Tuesday that Autonomy, before it was acquired, had mischaracterized some sales of low-margin hardware as software and had recognized some deals with partners as revenue, even when a customer never bought the product.
At least one year before the H-P acquisition, an Autonomy executive brought concerns about the company's accounting practices to U.S. regulators including the SEC, according to people familiar with the matter. Autonomy didn't trade on U.S. exchanges prior to the H-P deal, so it is unclear whether U.S. agencies had jurisdiction.
H-P's internal team was aware of talk about accounting irregularities at the time the deal was struck, people familiar with the matter have said. At the time, one of these people said, H-P was looking for a way to unwind the deal before it closed, but couldn't find any material accounting issues.
Mr. Lynch, in an interview at the time, denied any accounting irregularities. On Tuesday, he blamed any problems at Autonomy on poor management by H-P and executive turnover.
Ms. Whitman said Tuesday the company relied on Autonomy's regular auditor Deloitte and had hired KPMG for an additional review before the deal closed. Neither firm found any irregularities then, she said. KPMG declined comment.
Mr. Schultz, H-P's general counsel, said H-P was shown "significant documentation from former Autonomy executives refuting the allegations" of any accounting issues. In hindsight, "it's fair to say those refutations were questionable," he said.
After H-P completed the deal, Autonomy's sales suffered. On several occasions, H-P said the unit didn't meet expectations.
In May 2012, Mr. Lynch left H-P. Shortly after, the unidentified Autonomy senior executive approached Mr. Schultz. Mr. Schultz said that during a phone call to discuss other matters, the Autonomy executive asked to speak with him in person.
The pair met in a conference room at H-P's Palo Alto headquarters, where the executive provided an outline of the alleged accounting fraud, Mr. Schultz said. The executive later provided some emails and financial information that Mr. Schultz said substantiated the claim.
Working with auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an H-P team re-created Autonomy's books. People familiar with the investigation said that the team found that for at least two years, Autonomy booked sales of low-margin hardware products as software and would label the cost of that hardware as marketing or other expenses, which made products appear faster growing and more profitable than they really were.
In late June 2012, Mr. Lynch met with H-P to discuss issues including "transition and obligations to the company," said Mr. Lynch's spokeswoman. She added that at the meeting, he was asked about the operation of a small number of deals, which he explained.
Mr. Lynch, who founded Autonomy in 1996 and took it public in 1998, said Tuesday he was saddened by the allegations and that he hasn't been contacted by regulatory authorities.
Ms. Whitman, who was on H-P's board when the Autonomy deal was announced, blamed the acquisition on her predecessor, Mr. Apotheker, and the company's former strategy chief, Shane Robison. "The two people who should have been held responsible are gone," she said. Mr. Robison didn't respond to requests for comment.
In a statement, Mr. Apotheker said he was "both stunned and disappointed" to learn of H-P's allegations. He said "the due diligence process was meticulous and thorough, and included two of the world's largest and most respected auditing firms working on behalf of H-P." He added that he will assist H-P and the authorities "to get to the bottom of this."
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a guy that loves to look at all of the girls. does not act on what he is looking at.
I was at the mall and all the dudes was neckin
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2013 State of the Industry Report
In late October, we asked leading industry economists to once again look into their crystal balls to see what's ahead for the coming year. Of special interest are their projections for highway, residential and nonresidential construction projects, as well as employment opportunities in these markets and the cost of raw materials.
Despite the relatively high level of uncertainty thanks to the recent recession, presidential election, concerns about the fiscal cliff and financial turmoil overseas, prognosticators agreed on many of the fundamental drivers.
Highway construction
ET: Traveling around the country this year, there appeared to be a fair amount of highway and bridge construction. Is this perception a reality or were many projects left unfunded? What's in store for highway construction in 2013?
Ed Sullivan, chief economist, Portland Cement Association (PCA): Some of what you saw was real and some not so real, depending on where you were in the country. Each state spent its stimulus money in a different way. In fact, there is still some unspent money for larger projects that require more design time.
For 2013, a new highway bill provides a two-year commitment of funding equal to the previous bill, and it takes away some uncertainty. But it doesn't factor in inflation. When coupled with the lack of stimulus, we expect a modest decline in highway and bridge construction. There should be an uptick in 2014 and 2015, thanks in part to a pent-up demand for repairs and new construction projects.
Dr. Alison Premo Black, senior economist, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA): The highway and bridge construction market is mixed across the country. Contract awards for highway and bridge work are down in 28 states as of October 2012. This is a leading indicator that the value of work done in those areas will likely be down in 2013.
However, contract awards are up in 19 states and District of Columbia, showing market growth. The market is up or down within 5% in the remaining three states, pointing to a stable market.
Nationwide, we expect the real value of pavement work in 2012 to fall by about $1 billion to reach $46.6 billion in 2012, compared to $47.4 billion in 2011. The good news is in the bridge market — the real value of work is expected to reach a record high $29 billion in 2012.
Jeannine Cataldi, senior economist, and Karen Blanford, research manager, IHS Global Insight (IHS): U.S. highway and bridge construction for the first six months of 2012 was up 1.4% over 2011 levels for the same period. However, 2012 highway and bridge construction was about 3% below 2009 and 2010 levels for the first six months.
National figures can mask the wide variability that can be observed from region to region. By the end of 2012, we expect the District of Columbia to realize a 40% jump in highway and street construction spending, while West Virginia will see it decline 26%.
For 2013, the IHS forecast calls for spending on highways and streets to fall 5.4% in real dollar terms. This decline is the result of uncertainty across all levels of government. This segment will also be hampered as federal stimulus monies wane and state and local governments scale back budgets to deal with reduced revenues.
The Surface Transportation Act signed by President Obama in July essentially leaves funding at current levels, having little impact on our forecast. In the longer term, spending in the highways and streets segment should increase as aging roadways and bridges are upgraded or replaced.
Anirban Basu, chief economist, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC): 2012 did see much road construction, primarily at the local level where resurfacing and other projects had been deferred for several years. Despite passage of the highway bill, uncertainty still plagued the planning necessary for larger highway construction projects.
For 2013, expect more of the same. The highway bill, which has funding available for 27 months, will defray some of the uncertainty, but larger highway and bridge projects require more time for planning. A 60-month bill would have been much preferred.
Regarding the future funding of highway projects, as vehicles use more alternative energy and less gasoline, dollars generated by the gas tax will have to be supplemented by other means.
Ken Simonson, chief economist, Associated General Contractors of America (AGC): According to U.S. Census Bureau data released on October 1, highway construction spending in the first eight months of 2012 was 4.5% higher than in January-August 2011. However, the Federal Highway Administration reported on October 23, that its National Highway Construction Cost Index — a weighted average of all bids on state highway projects — rose 7.3% from the second quarter of 2011 to the second quarter of 2012.
In other words, bid prices rose faster than total spending, implying that there were fewer projects this year. Going forward, it appears that funding from all levels of government — federal, state and local — will be close to 2012 levels, meaning even fewer projects than before if bid prices continue to recover.
Building construction
ET: What level of growth do you foresee in new construction for both the residential and nonresidential markets in 2013? Do you see credit easing?
David Crowe, chief economist, economics and housing policy, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB): Total housing production will increase by 20% in 2013 over 2012 levels. The total production will be around 900,000 units, comprised of 665,000 single-family homes and 240,000 multi-family apartments. Credit remains and will continue to remain a hindrance to a full housing recovery.
Credit is tight for both builders and buyers. Builders borrow from small community banks. Many of these institutions remain under tight regulatory control by federal banking regulators who have refused to allow prudent lending in housing markets that are seeing recovery. As a result, the inventory of unsold new homes is at its lowest level in almost 50 years.
Home buyers also face unusually tight lending restrictions that have left many waiting. Qualifying credit scores are higher than they were before the boom and down payment requirements have reduced the share of first-time home buyers able to get into the market.
IHS: Residential construction spending is forecast to increase 6.6% in real dollar terms in 2013. This sector is beginning to see the release of pent-up demand due to underlying demographic factors — population increases, several years of reduced household formation and lackluster construction activity.
Nonresidential construction spending is forecast to decline 2.1% in real terms in 2013. This market is hampered by all the political uncertainty that has led to a reduction in spending and risk taking by firms. This market will follow on the heels of the residential market, with growth coming in 2014.
We do not see credit easing significantly in the near term. If there can be a resolution to the federal fiscal situation, there may be some easing later in 2013. We do not expect this to play a role until 2014. A significant pickup in hiring, though, will increase the ranks of the employed who will be able to meet the tight borrowing restrictions.
AGC: Multi-family housing has been the brightest star in the construction firmament in recent months. Single-family construction has also risen sharply of late. For 2013, the rental market — overwhelmingly apartment construction — should continue to perform very well. But single-family construction could stall at a relatively low level.
Private nonresidential construction should do slightly better in 2013, led by power and energy projects, manufacturing construction, private colleges and universities and hotels. But the big retail and office markets will languish. Public construction is likely to drift slightly lower, just as it has in 2011 and 2012.
PCA: The housing market has been plagued by high inventories and low prices. Inventories, however, are coming down and prices are beginning to rise. Foreclosure activity has slowed somewhat, which has a positive impact on prices. Look for a 20% increase in residential construction, which also includes a brighter outlook for multi-family homes.
ABC: 2013 should be a decent year in construction growth, with residential housing setting the pace. Many nonresidential projects, however, will likely remain on hold due to uncertainties over the fiscal cliff, Middle East strife and the struggling economies in Spain and other parts of Europe. The reason? There's a more significant risk when building a hotel, office building or shopping center than when constructing a single-family home. Hence, it requires more confidence in the future to go ahead with projects.
Unemployment concerns
ET: Construction unemployment continues to outpace the national average. Do you see this gap closing in 2013? If so, do you see the biggest gains in the public or private sector, and why?
NAHB: Construction employment should begin to pick up as residential construction gains ground. The NAHB estimates that 1.5 construction jobs are added for every new single-family home built. Single-family production will increase in 2013 by 140,000 over the expected 2012 final total. At that level, there will be the need for at least 210,000 additional construction jobs.
But, construction jobs are not the only employment gains when housing production increases. The jobs to manufacture cabinets, appliances, carpets and all of the other building material components in a home are also generated with housing construction, but their counts show up in the manufacturing columns of government statistics. There will be another 210,000 "other" jobs that help support housing construction for a total addition of over 400,000 jobs just from the increase in production from 2012 to 2013.
IHS: Any closing of the gap will be minimal in 2013. While the country will not go over the fiscal cliff at the start of January, the uncertainty that the prospect has been creating will loom further into 2013 until the issue is resolved once and for all.
There will be a more significant closing of the construction unemployment gap in 2014 as the economy gathers steam. The gains will be larger in the private sector than in the public, as public funding is uncertain at best in the coming year. As residential construction gets back on its feet, this will be where construction employment lifts first.
ABC: The construction unemployment gap should close somewhat in 2013, in part due to an uptick in residential housing construction and the fact that many construction workers have already left the industry to find work elsewhere or have retired. The bigger concern down the road will be a labor shortage for construction jobs. Potential younger workers are not learning the necessary skills to keep up with an industry that is changing — with different materials being used, different technology and different equipment.
AGC: The unemployment rate for former construction workers has tumbled in the past two years, from 17.2% in September 2010, to 11.9% in September 2012. (Industry rates are not seasonally adjusted.) That means roughly half a million workers are no longer sitting at home waiting for a contractor to call them back.
Unfortunately, construction employment has not been rising. Instead, these experienced workers have been getting jobs in trucking, oil and gas fields, manufacturing or elsewhere. It may be hard for contractors to find the skilled workers they will need if project volumes do pick up in a year or two.
PCA: Employment opportunities in construction will improve as building in the housing sector picks up in 2013. Nonresidential construction, especially in the public sector, will not see the same gains.
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ET: Contractors and builders often see the incongruity of a slowdown of projects and a rise in the cost of raw materials. What are major drivers for the cost of raw materials and how do you see these costs trending for 2013?
AGC: The most problematic cost for contractors in recent years has been diesel fuel. Diesel prices largely reflect global crude oil prices, but also demand for diesel from Europe and elsewhere. Anything from worries about the Middle East and a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico to a refinery shutdown can send diesel prices soaring and leave contractors paying hefty fuel surcharges on thousands of deliveries and backhauls.
For items such as concrete, gypsum and lumber, construction is pretty much the only market, and prices reflect supply and demand within the industry. Concrete prices have been flat because of limited growth of construction. Wallboard and plywood prices have spiked this year as home and apartment construction have revved up.
But there is plenty of shut-in capacity that will open up if prices stay high enough. I expect materials costs to remain volatile and to rise, on average, faster than consumer prices. But I think a 2% to 4% increase is more likely in 2013 than the 5+% increases that were common in 2004 through 2011.
NAHB: Home building material costs have increased in recent months and have become more unpredictable even as housing production begins to see some small gains. The world economy has softened considerably so increased world demand is not the reason. The primary cause appears to be hesitancy in opening additional capacity on the part of building material producers.
Until there is greater certainty that a housing boom is under way and here to stay, producers do not want to pour funds into re-opening plants that will not be used to their capacity. As the recovery becomes more widely spread and consistent, material price volatility should moderate.
PCA: Lumber is still tied to residential home building. A 20% projected increase in that market has to be compared to how low it had dipped. Hence, the increase will likely have little impact on current depressed prices.
A byproduct of oil, asphalt is impacted by the global market and its price will continue to see upward pressure from demands in China and emerging countries.
IHS: More substantial price increases are on hold until the construction sector shows more sustained improvement. Prices for cement and concrete are expected to be flat in 2013, while the start of expansion in the housing sector will cause lumber prices to rise. Declining oil prices along with a bleak outlook for highway construction should serve to keep asphalt prices low in 2013.
ABC: Until recently, raw material costs have been falling, thanks to the global slowdown. However, there seems to be a growing interest among investors to purchase commodities, creating something similar to what happened in 2008 when commodity prices skyrocketed. Not to say they will skyrocket in 2013, but raw material costs are currently misbehaving and will continue to do so in the near term.
ARTBA: Material prices have been a big concern for the highway and bridge construction industry over the last decade. In part, this is because of volatile fuel prices, but also because getting new supply online can be a challenge. There are significant startup costs and regulations associated with opening new plants for processing cement, construction aggregates and other materials.
The downturn in the overall construction industry has helped ease some of the price increases for materials since 2008, but as the construction sector comes back, it is likely that higher demand will continue to drive prices up. ET


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The natural beauty that characterizes Illinois is more than skin deep, some of the state's most significant and scenic wonders lie far beneath the surface -- in Illinois caves. With more than 100 recorded caves, Monroe County has more caves than any other county in Illinois.
Illinois Caverns is the only cave that has been operated commercially in Illinois. In 1901 the cave, which was located on a farm of Frederick Eckert, was leased by a Mr. White of East St. Louis. A bound register kept at the caverns indicates that the first paying sightseers arrived April 23, 1901. Many early visitors were from the surrounding communities, but others came from distant states and even foreign nations.
Arriving at nearby Burksville Station by train, early visitors were met by horse-drawn wagons and transported the last few miles to the cave entrance. The cavern's passages and formations were illuminated by kerosene lamps attached to the walls. A steady stream of curiosity seekers marveled at the underground wonders during the run of the St. Louis World's Fair, but when the fair closed, visitation tot he cave dropped. The first attempt to reap financial benefit from Illinois Caverns ended in 1907.
In 1947, the farm on which the cave was located was sold to William Hayden. Hayden and his nephew then made a second attempt to commercialize the cave. Some improvements were made, including the installation of electric lights in the main passageways. Advertisements proclaimed "Manmmoth Cave of Illinois (as the cave was know in the early 1900s) -- One of the World's Most Beautiful Caves." The expected throngs of tourists did not materialize and the venture soon failed. Until Hayden's nephew, Robert, sold the cave to the State of Illinois in 1985, the site was only periodically visited.
About the time the Haydens' venture failed, Armin Krueger became the caretaker of the cave. Krueger was born about a quarter of a mile from the cave entrance and had spent much of his adult life guiding visitors through Illinois Caverns and exploring the caves of Monroe County.
Natural History
Illinois Caverns is located in southwestern Illinois in Monroe County about 35 miles south of St. Louis. The entrance to the cave (which also has been known as Burksville Cave, Manmmoth Cave of Illinois, Egyptian Cave and Eckert Cave) is located on a 9.25-acre tract which was purchased by the Department of Natural Resources in 1985.
The process of cave formation involves the power of water over rock. The rocks that form the base of the Illinois Ozark, Shawnee Hills and Mississippi Border Natural Divisions area the sort most susceptible to the forces of water. Millions of years ago huge, shallow seas covered much of this area and deposited many layers of organic and carbonate sediments, forming the limestone and dolomite bedrock that dominate the region today. These types of rocks are easily dissolved and carried off by water, especially along the subterranean cracks or "joints" common to these sedimentary deposits.
Over millenniums of time, the dissolving action of water along the subterranean cracks formed large, water-filled conduits or underground streams. Meanwhile, erosion on the surface began to cut valleys into the surrounding countryside. As the surface valleys deepened, some of the underground passages were drained, creating the air-filled passages known as caves.
During the cave-making process, water acts not only as a dissolver, but also as a builder. In the protected cave environment, dripping and seeping water can deposit carbonate materials and from a host of geological formations.
Natural Features
Illinois Caverns contains an extensive array of spectacular cave formations, including stalactites, stalagmites, rimstones dams, flowsone, and soda straws. Many of the formations are actively growing with the continued deposition of calcium carbonate. An underground stream meanders through the cave in its enriched bed. Throughout the year, the temperature in the cave remains a relatively constant 58 degrees Fahrenheit. Approximately 6 miles of the cavern's passages have been mapped by a caving group from Chicago, the windy City Grotto.
In addition to these cave formations, Illinois Caverns is home for a delicately balanced and fragile community of animals. The cave has an outstanding invertebrate fauna, including the largest number of cave-adapted animals known from any cave in Illinois. The cave salamander and at least two species of bats, the little brown and Eastern pipistrel are commonly found in the cave.


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This year at our 32nd annual Good Government Awards, SPUR honored the SFpark Pilot Program team — Jay Primus, George Reynolds, Steven Lee and Lorraine Fuqua — for its implementation of its groundbreaking smart parking management program.
As the rest of the country eagerly watches the Republican presidential primary drama unfold, San Francisco prepares for a comparatively uneventful June election. Five proposed initiatives have dropped off the ballot, leaving the city to consider just two measures this election. Prop. A would change the competitive procurement and franchising for solid waste disposal in the city.
On Thursday, March 8, the San Pedro Square Market filled with supporters of the new SPUR San Jose office, which opened in January. The 500 urbanists who joined us received a thundering welcome from San Jose Taiko, an award-winning traditional drumming group based in San Jose's Japantown.
On February 28, Salesforce announced its was suspending plans to build a 2-million-square-foot campus on the 14 acres it had acquired in San Francisco's Mission Bay. Citing that it has grown faster than expected, the company will instead lease existing space two miles north, near Market Street in San Francisco's Central Business District.
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If the Royals are to make a desperate push in the race for the American League Central title, they'll need James Shields to pitch like an ace.
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Shields enters his start against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field on Friday at 4-7 despite a 3.24 ERA and 16 quality starts in 21 outings. The Royals are 11-10 when he toes the rubber, but the right-hander has submitted a quality start in eight of the 10 defeats.
In fact, Shields has posted a better ERA (2.96) in Royals losses than he has in Royals wins (3.52).
The good news for the Royals is that they're finally through a 20-game stretch against five teams who were a combined 47 games above .500. Kansas City went 10-10 with series victories over Detroit and Baltimore.
"Going into it, we wanted to get through this 20-game stretch and keep our head above water. You go back over the 20 games and we lost three games late in Cleveland and that killed us," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Aside from that one series, we've played pretty good baseball against some very tough teams. I felt that it was important for us to play well during that 20-game stretch. We've had games we wish we could have back and we've played some really good, exciting games against some good teams."
The White Sox have had mixed results against Shields in the past. The 31-year-old is 3-4 with a 4.27 ERA in 14 outings against the South Siders in his career and 0-1 with a 2.37 ERA in three starts against them this season.
Paul Konerko totes just a .152 average (5-for-33) against Shields. Shortstop Alexei Ramirez, on the other hand, is a career .375 hitter (12-for-32) against the veteran.
Second baseman Gordon Beckham has also fared well against Shields, having logged seven hits in 20 at-bats (.350 average). Beckham, though, has missed the past five games with a strained ligament in his left wrist. Manager Robin Ventura hinted that Beckham may return to the lineup for Friday's series opener.
Ventura reported that Beckham took some ground balls and is feeling a bit better.
"It's progressed enough to where you can kind of see him playing in the next couple days," Ventura said.
Jose Quintana is slated to take the hill for Chicago on Friday. The southpaw did not factor into the decision in either of his two previous starts against the Royals this season. Quintana (5-2, 3.61 ERA) defeated Atlanta on Sunday, when he held the Braves to one run over 5 2/3 frames.
Royals: Grifol named hitting coach
• After two months as interim hitting coach, George Brett -- Kansas City's all-time hits leader -- is returning to his previous position as vice president of baseball operations for the organization.
Pedro Grifol, who was serving as a Major League special assignment coach, takes over for Brett, who bid an emotion farewell on Thursday to his 56-day stint as the Royals' hitting coach.
"It's been a tremendous, tremendous experience for me after being gone for 20 years from the game -- to have an opportunity again, to put on a uniform" -- and here his voice quavered with emotion -- "it was special," Brett said.
White Sox: Crain suffers setback
Reliever Jesse Crain has posted a 0.74 ERA in 38 appearances this season, but it might be a bit longer before he can help the White Sox -- or another team. The right-hander, a Trade Deadline target for teams looking for bullpen help, has been on the disabled list for nearly a month with a right shoulder strain. He played catch on Thursday and said afterward that "it definitely wasn't better today."
"It's just something that never quite warmed up and it didn't feel good playing catch, let alone getting off a mound," Crain said.
Worth noting
• The White Sox have won five of nine meetings with the Royals this season.
• The White Sox are 7-2 when catcher Tyler Flower homers.
• Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain has hit safely in 11 of his last 12 games.
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Joe Saunders has certainly enjoyed his time in Seattle this season. But when the veteran left-hander has left the friendly confines of Safeco Park, it's been an entirely different story.
In six road starts, Saunders is 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA, and on Friday, he heads to the home ballpark of one of baseball's hottest teams -- the A's.
Friday marks the beginning of a three-game set between the two American League West rivals. The A's completed a three-game sweep of the Yankees with a 3-2, 18-inning win on Thursday. They've won seven of their past 10 games and increased their lead over the second-place Rangers in the AL West to two games following Texas' 3-1 loss to Toronto.
For Oakland, fellow southpaw Tommy Milone (6-5, 3.69 ERA) gets the ball, coming off throwing a career-high 118 pitches against the White Sox his last time out. Milone limited the South Siders to one run over seven innings on Saturday, striking out seven.
The A's bullpen may have lost the game for Milone, but the left-hander once again worked deep into a ballgame, marking the 10th time in his 13 starts that he's thrown at least six innings.
Saunders has shown no such consistency on the road, but he has managed a 4-2 mark with a 2.53 ERA in seven home starts. He's coming off a solid outing against the Yankees in which he went 6 1/3 innings on Saturday, allowing three runs.
"Joe threw the ball really well," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "He's starting to kind of lock it in and get into a groove. He has a much better feel for himself now in regard to what he wants to do. He's been pitching for a while, and you're seeing what we'd hoped we'd see."
Mariners: Sluggers banged up
Seattle is hopeful that first baseman Kendrys Morales and right fielder Michael Morse will be available for Friday's series opener after the pair sat out Wednesday because of injuries.
Morse is resting a strained right quad that has been lingering for a couple weeks, and Morales has missed two straight games because of lower back stiffness.
"We've got a lot of guys that are dinged up right now, and it's probably for the fact we've had to run them out there," Wedge said. "We've been thin and we've had guys that are limited, so we haven't been able to get guys days off."
A's: Crisp, Cespedes on the mend
The A's are 27-8 when Coco Crisp and Yoenis Cespedes are both in the starting lineup, and they're just 14-19 without the pair. Both were out of the starting lineup in the final two games against the Yankees because of injuries, but Crisp made an appearance Thursday as a pinch-hitter and stayed in the game, collecting two hits.
"We always feel confident with whomever we run out there," manager Bob Melvin said. "Obviously the results would suggest that we do very well when they're both in there."
Cespedes tweaked his left hamstring in Tuesday's series-opening 6-4 victory, and Crisp is nursing a heel injury.
Worth noting
• The A's and Mariners have rotated season series victories every year since 2006. Should the trend hold up, Seattle is due to win this season, and the Mariners have taken four out of seven meetings.
• A's third baseman Josh Donaldson has seven hits -- three of them doubles -- in 14 lifetime at-bats against Saunders.
• Seattle is riding a season-high six-game streak during which it has not allowed a home run to an opponent.
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Justin Masterson will make his third start as a member of the Cardinals on Wednesday night when he takes mound against the Marlins in Miami.
The right-hander has pitched to mixed results since joining the Cardinals at the non-waiver Trade Deadline. He's 1-1 with St. Louis, but has allowed five earned runs on seven hits with three walks in both of them. After throwing six innings and beating the Brewers in his Cards debut, Masterson took the loss against the Orioles and lasted only two innings.
"There's just some things that I wasn't doing well, some bad habits I've been falling into," he said. "We had a good time these last few days in between the starts to hunker down and just try and do some smart work with them and to make them right."
The 29-year-old has walked at least two batters in 14 straight outings, and in five of his last seven, he's given up five earned runs.
Marlins starter Nathan Eovaldi, meanwhile, could be primed for a strong finish if his last two starts are any indication.
The right-hander is coming off back-to-back starts against the Reds, and he combined to allow one run in 15 innings with 12 strikeouts.
At Cincinnati in his last outing, Eovaldi matched his career high by throwing eight innings. His fastball command was strong, and he was throwing hard all game. In the eighth inning, he struck out Billy Hamilton with a 98-mph heater.
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The Cards hope first baseman Matt Adams will benefit from the breather he got on Tuesday night.
Manager Mike Matheny mentioned recently he would give Adams a rest at some point, and that moment finally arrived on Tuesday for the second game of the series against the Marlins, as Adams was replaced by Mark Ellis.
Adams went 0-for-5 and hit into a double play on Monday night. Although Matheny took some comfort in the way Adams swung the bat in the 6-5 loss -- he might have had at least one hit if not for the Marlins' outstanding defense -- it was time for the slumping first baseman to sit back. Since the All-Star break, Adams hit .214 with one homer, nine RBIs and two walks in 21 games. That's a drastic fall from the .336 average he was riding after coming back from the disabled list in June.
"I think he realizes that he's grinding right now," Matheny said. "It's a fair expectation that [young players are] gonna go through that. He's been extremely consistent, and we'd like to see him continue to be consistent through the rest of August, September and hopefully October."
Matheny turned to Adams in the ninth inning on Tuesday night, but the slugger struck out in a pinch-hit appearance to end the game.
Worth noting
• With his first home run on Monday, Giancarlo Stanton reached the 30-homer plateau in the fourth-fewest individual games (118) of any previous Marlin.
• Since receiving a day off on Aug. 7 at Pittsburgh, Casey McGehee has recorded four multi-hit games, and has a hit in all five, raising his season average back over .300. Prior to that date, McGehee had just seven hits in his previous 54 at-bats spanning 15 games.
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Forming part of the photographic project "The Other European Travellers", organized by Cobertura Photo between May 2012 and April 2014, Magnum photographer Antoine d'Agata will lead a 5 days workshop in Marseille in July 2013. Patrick Zachmann will lead a 5 day
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