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Giants Take Cubs Deep for Sweep
Charles Jones, Joseph Staley, and Gabriel Cornier cracked home runs to power the EXST Giants to a doubleheader sweep over the EXST Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action at Indian School Park in Scottsdale this morning, winning 5-3 on Field #1, and 8-1 on Field #2.
The games were played simultaneously on adjacent fields.
Both games were pre-scheduled as seven-inning affairs, but the game on Field #2 was extended an extra inning to allow Cubs and Giants pitchers to get their scheduled work.
Here are today's abridged box scores (Cubs players only):
1. Vismeldy Bieneme, 2B-DH: 2-3 (2B, 1B, K, R, SB)
2. Marco Hernandez, SS: 0-3 (3-1, F-7, 6-3)
3. Wilson Contreras, 3B: 1-3 (K, 1B, K+WP, R, 2 SB)
4. Xavier Batista, 1B: 0-3 (1-3, K, K)
5. Dong-Yub Kim, DH #1: 2-2 (1B, 3B, BB, R)
6. Max Kwan, LF: 0-3 (K, K, K)
7. Blair Springfield, RF: 1-3 (1B, 6-3, 5-3, RBI)
8. Eduardo Gonzalez, CF: 0-3 (6-4-3 DP, 4-3, F-8)
9. Gregori Gonzalez, DH-2B: 0-3 (F-7, K, F-7)
10. Johan DeJesus, C: PLAYED DEFENSE ONLY – NO AB
1. Dustin Fitzgerald: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 46 pitches (22 strikes), 2/5 GO/FO
2. Jean Sandoval: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 32 pitches (20 strikes), 1/3 GO/FO
3. Rafael Diplan: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 9 pitches (7 strikes), 1/1 GO/FO
4. Alvaro Sosa: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 13 pitches (8 strikes), 1/0 GO/FO
Johan DeJesus: 2-3 CS, 1 PO
RF Blair Springfield threw out batter-runner 9-6 trying to stretch a single into a double
1. Kyung-Min Na, CF: 0-4 (3-U, F-9, 3-1, 6-3)
2. Yaniel Cabezas, C: 0-2 (F-8, F-9, BB)
3. Chad Noble, 1B: 1-3 (1B, P-6, 6-3 DP)
4. Reggie Golden, RF: 0-1 (K, BB, BB)
5. Pin-Chieh Chen, 2B: 0-3 (3-U, F-7, K)
6. Jose Valdez, DH: 1-3 (4-3, K, 1B, R)
7. Jesus Morelli, LF: 2-2 (BB, 1B, 1B, RBI, SB)
8. Wes Darvill, SS: 1-2 (P-3, BB, 1B)
9. Dustin Geiger, 3B: 0-3 (L-8, 5-4 FC, 5-3 DP)
1. Jose Rosario: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R (0 ER), 3 BB, 6 K, 1 GIDP, 52 pitches (26 strikes), 3/0 GO/FO
2. Alvido Jimenez: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 27 pitches (18 strikes), 1/3 GO/FO
3. Santo Rodriguez: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 40 pitches (21 strikes), 2/0 GO/FO
NOTE: Rodriguez's second inning was stopped with one out when he reached his max pitch limit
4. Luis Villalba: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K, 21 pitches (10 strikes), 0/3 GO/FO
3B Dustin Geiger E5 – fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely and two unearned runs to score
Yaniel Cabezas: 1-2 CS, 1 PB
WEATHER: Sunny & breezy with temperatures in the 80's
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That's a heckuva start to the move to AA. What is Whitenack's ceiling/projected date to reach MLB?
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One more question while we're on the subject, is Whitesnake another one of those inverted W pitchers who brings his elbow above his shoulder at the back of his delivery?
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Thanks Phil
Based on his stuff, do you think he will top out as a #3 or #4 starter?
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Vitters got a start at 1st base in that game. None of the bats did anything of note, and Leemaywho is just about down to the singles hitter we've come to know so far (.397 slugging and falling).
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hey, phil.
seems like jin young kim havent pitch for awhile.
is he still on EXST cubs or is he injured?
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Finally some promising news...
"The Cubs' fifth starter conundrum got a reprieve Wednesday when the game with the Rockies was postponed because of rain to 1:20 p.m. June 27.
Manager Mike Quade still hasn't said whether he plans to give James Russell a fourth try as the fifth starter. But the rainout allowed him to move Casey Coleman tentatively to Sunday in Arizona, with Ryan Dempster, Carlos Zambrano and Matt Garza throwing the first three games of the series.
That gives the Cubs an extra day to think about bringing up a minor-league pitcher for Monday against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Triple-A Iowa right-hander Jay Jackson is considered a viable option, having allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings Tuesday."
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Then the Cubs will probably call up Jay Jackson to move into the Cashner/James Russell rotation spot on Monday in Los Angeles.
It's from Phil Rogers, so...
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Any of Jackson, Wellemeyer, and Davis (in that order) would be better than Russell and Coleman right now. If Marshall hadn't gotten so damn good as a setup man, he'd be solidifying a rotation spot right now I suspect.
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I was going to say that if Stevens can throw 90 pitches, Marshall can too, but I am afraid that Quade will read this and ruin Marshall's arm.
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Hey Phil,
Wilson Contreras and Dustin Geiger are intriguing prospects at the dish, but what would you say about them defensively? Is it an automatic that they will stay at 3B, or will they have to put a lot of work in to stick there?
Also, how fit is Reggie Golden looking?
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Roger McDowell incident just got a whole lot funnier.
If you can make it pass Gloria Allred, you will get the pay off of simulated baseball bat sodomy-
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I'm now on McDowell's side. Just because Gloria Allred has been so full of shit for so long and such a publicity hound.
Who the fuck trots out their wife and kids to RELIVE the alleged traumatic experience? Jack-asses all around...
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This guy-->
Quinn, 33, who describes himself online as a private coach and mentor, an environmental researcher and the host of a radio show on motocross
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/...
So I checked to see what "environmental researcher" Justin Quinn of Fresno age 33 had posted about himself on the web and this came up first posted two months ago--->
Student: Justin Quinn
Major: Environmental Science
Supervisor: Dr. Fraka Harmsen & Dr. Peter Van de Water
Area: Environmental Phenomena
My goals are to further research on El Nino and La Nina events are characterized by unusually warm and cool sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. As the climate rapidly changes flux values cooler run-off will without question change the current patterns and will reshape the current models of the ocean thermocline. Working together they will either enhance or diminish the source of the nourishment for ocean ecosystems circulating within the oceans that so dominates in determining the ocean Biosphere. This summer I plan to spend time in the San Juan Islands studying the impact of La Nina episodes on the region. I plan to do sediment analysis and dendrochronology amongst the islands to help provide data as to the most current impacts on the local ecosystem.
I will be joining Fresno State starting fall 2011 and currently work for The METRO program while attending the North Centers community college. After I graduate I plan to go directly in to graduate school and then onto doing Ph.D work. My other interests include studying the impacts of food related disasters in countries along the equator and the possible correlation of El Nino and La Nina effects of tectonic activity in the Pacific Ring of Fire.
It's a bit frightening to think he may be contributing to Wikipedia where he goes by the nick of hippyhickmoto:
Hippy and The Hick Moto Show was started in January 2011. Founded by Justin Quinn, 33 of Fresno CA. Hippy and The Hick Moto Show is for the Motorsports fan with a passion for going against the grain. Hippyandthehick.com is where all the broadcasts can be found and host Justin Quinn is a former Motocross, Supercross and Supermoto AMA Racer. In 2000-2002 Justin served as Team Coordinator for KTM Redbull, the racing team for KTM Sport Motorcycles USA. After the birth of his children Justin took some time off and founded the Factory Yamaha supported Mach 1 Yamaha. In 2003 the riders were Nick Wey and Heath Voss. Due to Justin's stubborn yet passionate energy, they parted ways early in the season. Since then Justin Quinn has obtained an AA Degree from Willow International and begins full time work this Fall for Fresno State and The SeaDoc society. Justin's work includes minor published results regarding theoretical physics and has the Patent on "The Notion of Anything .25: A refute to the Boltzman's Constant and The Theory of Everything"
Currently Justin Quinn works with Charities such as The Ronald McDonald House, Dig Pink Foundation, Willow International and many others.
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But can he hit a curve ball?
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an environmental researcher and the host of a radio show on motocross
Heh. Maybe he should research motocross and the environment.
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don't get me wrong, McDowell was terribly inappropriate and over the top in responding to hecklers and should apologize. But once you invoke Gloria Allred and parade your family out there, there's obviously some publicity chasing by Mr. Quinn.
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Agree totally. That was ridiculous and clearly made for tv.
Kids don't fucking belong in a press conference. :)
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Baseball Bat
With this and gay witchcraft we are going to have some interesting google searches.
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lulz...the little girl on the left almost laughs a few times at the 50-ish+ second mark when they start talking the sex stuff.
that said, this whole thing is just an activist move. it's not like they're asking for $5,000,000 or even expecting all the demands they make to be considered seriously, much less actually get them.
it's kinda in the same field as jesse jackson running for president...he never remotely expected to win, but he had some issues he wanted to push and his relative fame gave him an opportunity to push those views/concerns. if g.alfred didn't have her relative fame and it was some other lawyer the whole thing probably wouldn't make it past the sport pages.
i got no problem with it, really...or rather, i really don't give a crap. mcdowell should realize/know/duh that the ATL braves are 100% a family attraction baseball franchise, though. they're one of the most family-marketed franchises in the whole league.
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The baseball bat demonstration was the weirdest thing. In context, it did NOT help me understand the incident better by one iota -- however, it DID look as though Quinn and Gloria Allred were simulating a sexual act together (even repeating a second time for the cameras) while Quinn's wife stood by watching them. What a weird, perverted vibe that created.
The baseball bat part is either going to be put into some Youtube mash-up rap video or else someone is just not paying attention.
Recent comments
there was more than one way to get there
supposedly jed "who?" hoyer, too
same...i just happen to not like sitting through shit sandwich meals for multiple years. baseball is kinda boring when you're punting on 1st down for a slew of years in a row.
i fully understand why it was done, but i didn't enjoy it. there was more than one way to get competitive and this was the chosen way.
fwiw, apparently McLeod signed extension as well after he didn't get Twins gig.
I am once again reminded why I am happy that Theo is running the organization.
if not they can just intentionally tank the team for 3-4 years and rebuild.
Hopefully after the Cubs complete their sevenpeat :)
They're the best in the business and have been for 12 years running now. The only question is when they'll get bored of it.
I was right here. I don't require my GM's to be perfect, but I would like them to understand what wins baseball games (IMO controlling the strike zone and creating/avoiding outs), and knowing where the organization is in the success cycle.
Theo and company have made and will make plenty of mistakes, but they seem to understand those two items pretty well.
Now we're all Theo-believers, where were you when he signed Edwin Jackson? Or how about trading away DJ Lemehaiu? And not signing Samardzija to an extension? Or not pursuing Prince Fielder or Albert Pujols? Or signing Lester? Or trading away Cashner, Dempster, Feldman, etc?...I think I'm losing the narrative here.
So his deal runs through 2021? Which pretty much coincides when all these guys are due to hit free agency.
Great news.
"Terms of the deal were not disclosed."
Theo inks five year extension
PC tonite at PNC
Not as a major factor, but could be a tie-breaker. But, yeah, on performance and experience, it's Coghlan.
Arrieta's 2.85 ERA would be good enough to lead 26 other teams. He's 3rd on #Cubs behind Hendricks (1.99) and Lester (2.28)
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LAHAINA - Marquette put on a nice bounce-back performance Tuesday.
Vander Blue scored 18 points and Davante Gardner had 15 points and 12 rebounds in the Golden Eagles' 89-62 rout of Mississippi State in an EA Sports Maui Invitational consolation game at the Lahaina Civic Center.
The Golden Eagles, who lost the previous day to Butler on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, came ready to play against another set of Bulldogs.
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Marquette's Trent Lockett looks for room to shoot over Mississippi State's Gavin Ware (left) and Fred Thomas during the second half of the Golden Eagles' 89-62 win over the Bulldogs on Tuesday.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
"I think our response after what we went through yesterday was outstanding," said Marquette coach Buzz Wil-liams, whose team improved to 3-1 and will play Southern California in today's fifth-place game.
In the first half, Marquette shot 19-of-33 from the field, including 6-of-9 from 3-point range, and scored 29 points off 15 turnovers.
"When we can force turn-overs, they'll turn into transition baskets for us just like it does for most teams," Wil-liams said.
Fact Box
MARQUETTE Golden Eagles 89
MISSISSIPPI ST. Bulldogs 62
Blue scored 11 first-half points and Jake Thomas provided nine off the bench, going 3-of-3 from 3-point range.
"I think our team played really good," Blue said. "I thought our team played with a lot of energy. Coming off a loss last night, not many teams could come here and just worry about this game and just getting better. There's nothing we could do with what happened last night. It was a one-in-a-million shot. We just had to move on."
The Golden Eagles built a lead of 43-18 in the first half.
"We played hard, got boards and offensive rebounds," Gardner said. "So that was kind of one of our better first halves."
Mississippi State (1-3) got as close as 17 points early in the second half, before Marquette regained momentum. The Golden Eagles' largest lead was 87-56 after a basket by Chris Otule with 2 minutes, 9 seconds remaining.
Trent Lockett added 13 points and Jamil Wilson had 11 for Marquette, which finished 37-of-71 from the field - 7-of-11 on 3-pointers.
The Golden Eagles held a 48-28 advantage in points in the paint and 46-11 edge in bench points.
Mississippi State (1-3) has lost its two Maui games by a combined 73 points, and will play for seventh place today against Texas.
The Bulldogs, who have been decimated by injuries, had only seven players take the floor Tuesday.
"Obviously, we are short of bodies right now," said Mississippi State coach Rick Ray. "In the first half, when we make mistakes we don't have enough bodies to hold guys accountable. There is no substitution patterns to take guys off when they make mistakes defensively and offensively."
Fred Thomas scored 17 points for the Bulldogs, and Roquez Johnson had 16.
* Kyle Sakamoto is at email@example.com
Cadougan 1-5 0-0 2, Anderson 1-5 0-0 2, Blue 8-14 0-0 18, Lockett 5-10 1-1 13, Otule 3-6 2-2 8, J. Wilson 4-5 3-3 11, Ferguson 2-3 0-0 4, D. Wilson 1-3 0-0 2, Thomas 3-3 0-0 9, Taylor, Jr. 2-3 1-2 5, Gardner 7-14 1-1 15, Flood 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-71 8-9 89.
Thomas 6-15 1-1 17, Bloodman 1-2 2-3 5, Lewis 1-3 4-4 6, Johnson 5-9 6-8 16, Sword 2-11 3-5 7, Ware 5-9 1-2 11, Cunningham 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-52 17-23 62.
Halftime-Marquette 48-27. 3-Point Goals-Marquette 7-11 (Thomas 3-3, Lockett 2-2, Blue 2-3, Anderson 0-1, Cadougan 0-1, J. Wilson 0-1), Mississippi St. 5-12 (Thomas 4-8, Bloodman 1-1, Johnson 0-1, Sword 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Marquette 38 (Gardner 12), Mississippi St. 33 (Johnson 8). Assists-Marquette 18 (Cadougan 5), Mississippi St. 7 (Cunningham, Sword 2). Total Fouls-Marquette 20, Mississippi St. 13. A-2,400.

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Santee Cooper is heading to Wall Street. Its mission, in layman's terms, is to refinance part of its mortgage and take out a home equity loan, all on a scale never before seen in South Carolina.
Pricing power
The total cost of adding two new units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station is projected to top $10 billion.
Business case: Santee Cooper owns 45% of the Summer expansion. The project will increase its reliance on nuclear power to 42% from 8%. It would offset the use of coal plants, which are falling out of favor because of environmental issues.
"Nuclear power stations have high capital costs, but they have very low fuel costs, which already have been proven to be stable and competitive, to balance out the capital expense," Santee Cooper said in a document that outlines its proposed $1.748 billion bond sale.
Budget: Santee Cooper estimated it will have to spend $5.1 billion on the project. The other 55% is owned by SCANA Corp. and its S.C. Electric & Gas unit. SCE&G said its gross construction costs in future dollars is $5.766 billion.
Future borrowings: Santee Cooper still must come up with another $2.8 billion to pay for the rest of the project, unless it finds one or more buyers for some of its stake. The utility has been in talks with Charlotte-based Duke Energy, which has said it might buy 10%, but no deal has been announced. Absent a sale, Santee Cooper said in the bond document that it would issue more debt between 2014-18, most likely resulting in more rate increases. It also has applied for a loan guarantee through the Department of Energy and could use that money instead "should it be beneficial to do so."
With interest rates still low, the utility is shopping plans to offer nearly $1.75 billion in long-term bonds to investors.
What rating firms say
Here are slightly edited versions of the written statements issued by Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investors Service, and Standard and Poor's Ratings Services about Santee Cooper's bond sale.
Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' rating to the ... South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) bonds.
The 2013 bond proceeds will be used to retire certain commercial paper notes, refinance a portion of outstanding debt and fund a portion of the authority's ongoing capital improvement program. The bonds are scheduled to price the last week of July via negotiated sale.
The Rating Outlook is Negative.
The revenue bond obligations are secured by a gross lien on system revenues and are paid prior to operating expenses and other outstanding obligations.
SOLID LONG-TERM CUSTOMER BASE: Santee Cooper is one of the nation's largest municipal wholesale systems, serving either directly or indirectly nearly one-third of the state of South Carolina. The recent extension of the supply contract with its largest customer, Central Electric Cooperative (Central), to 2058 is viewed positively, in that it provides greater long-term revenue certainty and affords the authority greater flexibility in structuring debt.
RATING OUTLOOK REVISED TO NEGATIVE: The revision in Outlook reflects Fitch's view that although Santee Cooper will benefit from the Central contract extension, the authority faces a number of challenges over the next several years, including slower growth, a large capital program and the ability to manage its excess ownership share of the new Summer nuclear plant expansion project (units 2 and 3).
REALIGNMENT OF GENERATING CAPACITY: Santee Cooper is actively engaged in restructuring its power supply mix, by reducing its exposure to coal-fired generation and adding to its natural gas and nuclear facilities. However, because of slower demand growth and large capital requirements, the authority is also attempting to reduce its ownership interest in the Summer project from 45% to approximately 20%.
FINANCIAL METRICS EXPECTED TO STABILIZE: Financial ratios for the authority have drifted lower over the past five years, which was a factor in the rating downgrade from 'AA' to 'AA-' in January 2012. Fitch-calculated debt service coverage (DSC) stood at 1.24x in 2012, compared with 1.68x in 2009. The weaker metrics reflect participation in the capital-intensive Summer project, the slower economy and lower sales, and much higher coal stockpiles. The 10-year financial forecast assumes DSC stabilizing around 1.50x with debt to equity of around 70% to 75%.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING CONTEMPLATED: The recent extension of the earliest possible termination date of the Central agreement should enable the authority to reduce near-term debt service by extending the average life of its debt and better aligning its amortization schedule with the expected lives of its assets.
INABILITY TO LESSEN INTEREST IN SUMMER NUCLEAR: The authority's 45% ownership interest in Summer leaves the utility with significant excess generating reserves for an extended period and potentially could weaken financial metrics below targeted levels. The authority's ability to address these challenges over the next 12 to 24 months will be instrumental in resolving the Negative Outlook.
SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION DELAYS: Fitch will continue to evaluate any changes to the Summer project schedule, design and/or budget and evaluate the effect on the authority's rating and Outlook.
WEAKENED FINANCIAL POSITION: A primary factor in the current rating is the expectation that financial metrics will stabilize around the 1.50x DSC target established by the authority, supported by rate increases as warranted.
Santee Cooper sells electricity directly and indirectly to approximately 2 million retail customers in 46 counties throughout South Carolina. The authority's direct customers currently include Central, 29 large industrial users and two municipal systems.
In 2012, sales to Central accounted for 59.6% of electric revenues. Large industrial customers represented 20.9% of 2012 sales revenues, and residential, commercial and small industrial customers accounted for about 17.9% of revenues. The authority also has long-term power agreements with Piedmont Municipal Power Agency (PMPA) and Alabama Municipal Electric Authority.
The authority has a long-term power contract with Alumax, providing 400 MW, which extends through Dec. 31, 2015. The contract contains a provision that Alumax must notify the authority by Dec. 31, 2013 if it intends to cease operations after Dec. 31, 2015. At this time, certain conditions have been met that would allow Alumax to terminate the contact with nine month's prior notice, but Alumax has not given the authority notice it intends to exercise its right to terminate. Santee Cooper believes that a termination of the Alumax contract would not have a material impact on the authority's future financial performance, but there could be a sizeable loss of area jobs.
The authority and Central adopted an amendment to their existing power supply agreement on May 20, 2013 that better aligns their future interest, formalizes how they will jointly plan for new resources and defers their rights to terminate the agreement prior to Dec. 31, 2058. Central has also entered into requirements agreements with all 20 of its member cooperatives that extend through Dec. 31, 2058.
Santee Cooper has a wide range of generating resources and purchases, totaling 6,087 MW. Coal generation accounts for the largest component of the summer peak energy mix at 57.2%; natural gas and oil at 20.1%; nuclear 5.2%; owned hydro 2.1%; landfill methane gas 0.5%; and purchases 14.9%. The authority plans for firm power supply from its own generating capacity and firm power contracts to equal its firm load, including a 13% summer reserve margin.
As of May 31, 2012, the authority had 232 days of coal on hand. Coal inventory levels have remained high as a result of reduced usage of the utility's coal plants due to lower gas prices, the impact of the recession and mild weather conditions. The authority would like to see coal inventory closer to 50 days.
In January 2008, the authority's board approved a generation resource plan that included a 45% ownership interest in the Summer nuclear units 2 and 3; SCE&G owns the remaining 55%. The plan was to acquire a 45% ownership interest (990Mw) in the proposed two-1,100 Mw nuclear units. The participation in the project continues to be a key component in the authority's strategy to address the potential for increasing costs associated with environmental regulation and carbon emissions.
These units are projected to increase the percentage of power generated from nuclear resources from approximately 8.86% to about 41.65% after both units are completed. The authority has evaluated its capital improvement program and long-term power supply plan in light of the economic downturn, the reduction in previously anticipated sales to Central and new environmental regulations. Santee Cooper has decided to retire six electric generating units and is also seeking to reduce its level of participation in Summer nuclear units below its current 45% to as low as 20% to better balance its nearer term capacity needs with the long-term benefits of nuclear power ownership.
The authority is engaged in negotiations with Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC to purchase a portion of its ownership share in the nuclear units (possibly 10%). Santee Cooper is also exploring other opportunities to market ownership interests to potential buyers. Continued 45% ownership of Summer units 2 and 3 would leave the authority with significant surplus reserves, if other ownership or power sales options were not effectuated. Preliminary estimates are that cumulative base rate increases over the 2015-2020 period would range from 6%-18% depending on the level of ownership in the nuclear project.
To date, approximately $1.8 billion has been financed for construction of Summer from bond issues sold beginning in 2008; and the authority plans to finance about $500 million of construction costs from proceeds of the 2013 bonds. The remaining requirements for construction equal $2.8 billion for a total of $5.1 billion. Absent the sale of a portion of its ownership interest in these two units, the authority intends to fund the remaining construction with the proceeds of additional bond sales projected in calendar years 2014 through 2018. Funding is expected to be accomplished with parity debt, but Santee Cooper also has a pending application with the Department of Energy for a loan guarantee to fund construction should it be advantageous to do so.
Santee Cooper reported satisfactory financial performance for calendar year 2012; with Fitch calculated DSC at 1.24x, versus the authority's target of 1.50x, and equity to capitalization at 25%. The lower debt-service figure reflects pressures caused by electric industry-wide related issues, such as mild weather and slower economy, and increasing annual debt service requirements on the substantially greater debt. Results for the first six months of calendar year 2013 were tracking slightly below forecast, reflecting softer sales.
Moody's Investors Service today downgraded the rating of South Carolina Public Service Authority's (Santee Cooper) revenue bonds to A1 from Aa3. Concurrent with this rating action, Moody's has assigned an A1 rating to the planned sale ... of Santee Cooper revenue bonds ..., expected to be sold in late July 2013. The rating outlook for Santee Cooper is stable.
Rating Rationale
The downgrade and A1 rating assignment reflect our belief that the expected sale of a part of Santee Cooper's ownership interest in Summer Nuclear Units 2 and 3 (Summer 2 & 3) will take longer than initially expected resulting in further tightening of the utility's financial and competitive position. Santee Cooper's debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) in 2012 was 1.30x which is below the median for A rated utilities. While Santee Cooper's planning target for DSCR is 1.50x, forecasted adjusted debt service coverage (including the payment of commercial paper interest) in several of the next few years could potentially fall below that level.
Factored into today's rating action is the view that the 2013 and 2018 period prior to the commercial start of Summer 2&3 will be challenging. Santee Cooper's immediate capital requirement is quite significant at the 45% ownership interest level particularly given the current size and customer base of the utility. We estimate that the Santee Cooper's total capital cost for Summer 2&3 is $5.1 billion, of which $2.8 billion remains to be financed after the upcoming offering. These capital requirements will significantly increase the utility's leverage, and the nearly doubling of debt service over the next four years will test ratepayer acceptance of Santee Cooper's longer term power supply plan.
The planned offering of bonds will finance Santee Cooper's 2013 capital improvement plan including construction costs related to the Summer 2&3. In addition, the planned offering helps facilitate a restructuring of the utility's debt as it shifts some near-term principal requirements further out on the maturity schedule to provide a closer match to the asset life and to the term of the Central Power Cooperative power supply agreement that expires in 2058. Additionally, the debt service restructuring reduces debt service in the early years prior to commercial operation to ease the financial burden of the incremental debt required to finance Santee Cooper's share of the Summer construction.
In terms of potential future sales to third parties, we understand that Duke Energy Corporation (Baa2 RUR upgrade) may be interested in a 10% ownership interest in Summer 2&3, but should a transaction occur, it appears that may take longer to finalize than once considered. (See Moody's Credit Focus dated June 25, 2013 on South Carolina Public Service Authority). We further believe that Santee Cooper will not be able to sell output contracts until the plant reaches commercial operation. The utility remains open to finding partners to reduce its ownership interest to between 20 and 30%. At the 20% level the utility's financial metrics appear to be more manageable. Should that effort be less than successful, not only will the utility's financial metrics and competitive position be pressured, current estimates indicate that Santee Cooper will have over 1,000 MWs of surplus capacity in 2018.
We do observe several positive longer-term considerations regarding Santee Cooper's approach to financing its power resource strategy including the ongoing funding of interest rather than the capitalization of interest along with the recently signed power sales agreement with Central Power Cooperative (Central: unrated). The power sales agreement includes monthly rate adjustments and the requirement Central covers its share of costs (including debt service on the Santee Cooper bonds issued for Summer 2&3) through 2058. Wholesale sale revenues from Central represent close to 60% of Santee Cooper's revenues. Also, Santee Cooper's share of the two nuclear units will provide significant long term fuel diversity from non-carbon sources, and once the nuclear units are operational, the lower nuclear fuel costs will enhance the utility's competitiveness.
Santee Cooper is owned by the state of South Carolina (Aaa) and serves about one-third of the population of the state providing service to every county in the state. The utility management has had a sound record of electric generation management including building and operating several coal and gas fired facilities. Santee Cooper has 5,700 MW of owned generation. Generally, the state has been supportive of the utility and there has been limited revenue transfer to the state provided by the utility. Santee Cooper also has established a sound past financial record including strong liquidity and debt service coverage metrics (median 1.67 times between 1993-2012) , although leverage ratios have always been above average. Santee Cooper's rates on an historical basis have been very competitive versus South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G: Baa2 stable) on a retail basis.
The South Carolina economy continues to transition to a more diversified employment base as heavy manufacturing lost overseas during recession has not returned. Job growth in education health services, aerospace, and autos have been positive with the state's unemployment rate close to the national average in 2013 and personal incomes improving. Migration of retirees has factored into new population growth. Santee Cooper does not anticipate significant demand growth but its role in the state to help attract new industry could factor into new job creation.
The rating outlook for Santee Cooper is stable factoring several of the challenges facing the utility as it finances a very large capital program.
What Could Change the Rating UP:
In light of the recent downgrade, size of the capital program, and the continued outsized interest that Santee Cooper has in Summer 2&3, the rating is not likely to be upgraded in the near-term. The rating could face positive pressure should financial metrics such as adjusted DSCR improve above 1.50x and Santee Cooper is able to reduce leverage with the sale of a portion of the capacity of its current ownership in Summer 2&3.
What Could Change the Rating DOWN:
The rating is well placed given the near-term challenges facing the utility. The rating could be lowered if customers over the next several years react negatively to the increase in retail rates and Santee Cooper's financial margins weaken. The rating could also be lowered should new NRC regulatory changes significantly impact the cost of the expansion program or significant new changes to the construction budget take place. The rating could also be lowered if there were political interference in the way Santee Cooper operates, affecting its financial strength or operating flexibility.
*Management team with experience and a sound record to execute generation projects
*Signed power supply agreement with Central Power Cooperative through 2058
*Competitive rates now for wholesale and retail customers in the service area
*Governing board sets rates without external rate regulation; customers including the Central customers bear fuel cost risk with a monthly fuel cost adjustment mechanism
*Below-average power production costs and strong generation performance of existing generation portfolio
*Authority is owned by the Aaa-rated state of South Carolina; authority fiscally separate from state
*Regulatory risk post Fukushima about safety of US nuclear fleet; thus far, new regulation has been reasonable and well managed
*AP 1000 reactor design used in Summer 2&3 has first-in kind engineering risk
*Exposure to environmental regulatory uncertainty since a significant amount of energy is from coal-fired generation
*Significant large industrial load that may be more susceptible to retail competition or customer relocation
*Construction risk is present as Santee Cooper implements its share of the substantial new nuclear generation plan
*Future interest rate risk on completion financing for Summer 2&3
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised its outlook on South Carolina Public Service Authority's (Santee Cooper) long-term debt to stable from negative.
At the same time, Standard & Poor's assigned its 'AA-' rating to Santee Cooper's proposed $788.4 million revenue obligations 2013 series A (tax-exempt), $369.5 million revenue obligations 2013 series B (tax-exempt) and $212.9 million revenue obligations 2013 series C (taxable). Standard & Poor's also assigned its 'SP-1+' short-term rating on the authority's 2013 series D senior-lien LIBOR index bonds that mature within three years.
In addition, Standard & Poor's affirmed its 'AA-' rating on Santee Cooper's $5.3 billion of existing long-term revenue bonds, its 'SP-1+' short-term rating on the authority's $168.3 million 2011A senior-lien LIBOR index bonds that will be redeemed in December 2013 and its 'A-1' short-term rating on the utility's subordinate-lien commercial paper (CP).
The outlook revision reflects our assessment of the benefits of Santee Cooper's extending its wholesale power sales contract with its leading customer, Central Electric Power Cooperative Inc. That utility accounted for close to 60% of Santee Cooper's 2012's operating revenues. "In addition to
enhancing the predictability of the authority's revenue stream through 2058, the 28-year extension also allows Santee Cooper to better align the amortization of existing and proposed debt with its assets' useful lives," said Standard & Poor's credit analyst David Bodek.
The 2013A-D bond proceeds will fund a portion of the utility's capital program and refinance a portion of its existing long-term debt, short-term LIBOR notes and CP. This transaction will lengthen the maturities of about 15% of its existing debt. Santee Cooper will share debt service savings with Central on a
pro rata basis. The bonds are payable from the authority's retail and wholesale electric system's net revenues.
Santee Cooper, based in Moncks Corner, S.C., is a state-owned electric and water utility, although water sales have historically represented less than 1% of operating revenues. The utility serves about 167,000 residential, commercial, and industrial electric customers directly, and another 744,000 customers indirectly through wholesale electric supply arrangements with cooperative and municipal utilities. Central serves most of the latter group.
The stable outlook reflects our view that that extending the Central contract by 28 years and reamortizing a portion of existing debt and matching debt maturities to the lives of the assets the utility is financing bolsters capacity to service existing debt and the substantial debt it plans to issue.
There could be negative implications for financial performance and our ratings on Santee Cooper if the authority is saddled with nuclear development costs and debt that are disproportionate to its load requirements or it bears onerous emissions remediation costs for its coal fleet. We do not expect to
raise the ratings during our two-year outlook horizon.
It would be the largest debt issue in state history by a public agency.
It's also prompted three big credit rating firms to point out concerns they have about Moncks Corner-based Santee Cooper. In particular, they're worried about the $5.1 billion the state-owned power and water company is borrowing to help pay for its share of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station expansion in Fairfield County.
The utility, which provides electricity to 2 million South Carolinians either directly or through local power cooperatives, is looking to sell four types of bonds with the help of Goldman Sachs and other big banks. The interest rates have not been set yet, but the proceeds are already allocated.
Santee Cooper said in presentations to potential investors last week that about $541 million would pay for work at the Summer nuclear plant in Jenkinsville, north of Columbia.
Another $340 million would go toward meeting new environmental regulations and other expenses.
The bulk of the money, $867 million, would be used to refinance older, higher-interest bonds that come due as soon as December. The new debt would extend those obligations three or four decades into the future, said Mollie Gore, Santee Cooper's director of corporate communications.
"We can take debt we previously had to repay by 2030, refinance it and pay it out over many more years," Gore said. "That's the goal on this."
Wall Street's big three credit ratings firm had mixed reactions to the deal, which would increase Santee Cooper's long-term debt load by about 17 percent, to $5.9 billion. All three last week assigned the fourth-highest ratings their firms use to grade the quality of bonds.
Gore pointed out that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded the utility's long-term debt to stable from negative, citing a new contract extension with Central Electric Power Cooperative, its biggest customer. S&P credit analyst David Bodek said the long-term agreement provides a predictable source of revenue through 2058 and enables Santee Cooper to "better align" the repayment of its existing and new debt.
Gore added that Santee Cooper "remains highly rated among our utility peer group, and we are moving quickly on the opportunity to extend debt over the life of our assets, an opportunity that comes from successfully negotiating a contract amendment with our largest customer."
The two other big rating firms, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, also view the deal with Central Electric as a positive move, but both issued downgrades on Santee Cooper. Moody's knocked the outlook on the utility's debt down one notch, which could trigger slightly higher interest rates on the new bonds, while Fitch revised its ratings outlook to negative.
Their shared concern — and S&P agrees with them on this point — is whether the utility can sell more than half of its ownership stake in the Summer nuclear plant, as it's been trying to do since at least 2011. If it can't, Santee Cooper, also known as the S.C. Public Service Authority, would be saddled with excess power and higher debt repayment costs once the expansion is completed.
"The authority's 45 percent ownership interest in Summer leaves the utility with significant excess generating reserves for an extended period and potentially could weaken financial metrics below targeted levels," Fitch wrote in a report last week. "The authority's ability to address these challenges over the next 12 to 24 months will be instrumental in resolving the negative outlook."
As for Moody's, it said it believes Santee Cooper's efforts to find a buyer for part of the nuclear plant and reduce its exposure to Summer "will take longer than initially expected resulting in further tightening of the utility's financial and competitive position."
It also predicted a "challenging" period for Santee Cooper between now and the completion of the project in 2018. Its main worry is the enormous costs of adding the two new reactors. Even after the bond sale, Santee Cooper will still need to raise another $2.8 billion to pay for its $5.1 billion share, unless it finds a partner to pick up some of the tab.
"These capital requirements will significantly increase the utility's leverage, and the nearly doubling of debt service over the next four years will test ratepayer acceptance of Santee Cooper's longer term power supply plan," Moody's wrote.
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Mark Cooper, senior fellow for economic analysis at Vermont Law School's Institute for Energy and Environment, has taken the cost issue further.
Cooper has said nuclear plants are too expensive to build and operate. He also argued it would be more economical to halt construction and mothball the Summer expansion.
South Carolina Electric & Gas, which owns the other 55 percent of the project, has said the new reactors ultimately will save ratepayers billions of dollars because nuclear fuel costs almost nothing compared with coal and other fossil fuels.
Santee Cooper will be repaying the new debt with revenue from its electricity business. Gore said the utility previously approved a two-part rate increase totaling 7 percent to generate more revenue. Half went into effect in December. The rest kicks in at the end of this year.
"A big part of that was focused on debt associated with environmental compliance and with the nuclear build-out," Gore said.
Santee Cooper has not announced any future rate increases.
The utility's board is expected to vote on the bond sale July 31.
Gore said it would be by far Santee Cooper's biggest debt sale in its 79-year history. Based on that, it also would be the largest ever for a public agency in South Carolina, according to the State Treasurer's Office.


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Cacao has been enjoyed in South American cultures for its healthful and invigorating properties for thousands of years. This bag contains premium cacao nibs that are certified organic, kosher, non-GMO and gluten-free.
The cacao bean is the main source of chocolate's flavor and nutritional benefits. Cacao is known to contain a rich supply of antioxidants and dietary fiber. Our cacao nibs are made from cacao beans that are dried and milled at low temperatures to protect their superfood properties.
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Allergen Information: Packaged in a facility that also handles tree nuts (cashews & coconut).
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I love cacao nibs, and this one is really nice. I sprinkle cacao nibs over my oatmeal, my smoothie and even ice cream. A very versatile food to have on hand :)
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I mix it into my yoghurt or smoothie. Meant to buy powder, but this is a nice change.
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LISBON - Lisbon school parents, students and other interested citizens are invited to a community event on Thursday to learn about the district's existing safety plans and to ask questions.
The community forum, to be held at 6:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium, was announced at Tuesday night's school board meeting.
"We're inviting the public to come in to hear what we do regarding school safety, and then we'll listen to any concerns the public, parents, etc, might have," said school board member Jim Smith following the meeting.
Superintendent Don Thompson said they chose Thursday because parent-teacher conferences are already scheduled that day, giving those parents the opportunity to attend the event since they will already be there.
Smith said the staff will run the meeting, not the board, and explain the district's school safety plan. They will also take questions and comments from the audience.
"This is the same kind of approach we took" when the board was formulating a drug-testing policy, he said. "The board may be there, but we are only there to listen to what the people have to say."
Although no one said so, the topic on everyone's mind is the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Thompson said another reason for the forum is to make the public aware of their efforts to combat bullying, which is a component of the school safety plan. The district's anti-bullying policy has come under fire lately from three mothers who say their sons were bullied at school.
Smith said the important message they hope to impart is that Lisbon, like every other school district, has a security plan in place.
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Board member Gene Gallo indicated the tendency when something like this happens is to overreact, regardless of whether it is warranted. "I guess I have a problem when something happens and everybody feels like you have to do something," he said.
Gallo expressed confidence in their plan, adding the chances of a shooting occurring in Lisbon or any school "are just not that high."
Thompson said the purpose of the community forum is to allay any public concerns. "I don't think we're overreacting," he said.
Lisbon administrators already attended a school safety seminar hosted by a Columbiana police officer two weeks ago, and the board approved having the Ohio Police Officer Training Academy come here on March 27 to conduct school safety training for staff.
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Blood and Gifts It's 1981. As the Soviet Army burns its way through Afghanistan, CIA operative Jim Warnock is sent to try to halt its bloody progress, beginning a secret spy war behind the official hostilities. In J. T Rogers' Blood and Gifts, Jim and his counterparts in the KGB and the British and Pakistani secret services wrestle with ever-shifting personal and political loyalties. With the outcome of the entire Cold War at stake, Jim and a larger-than-life Afghan warlord decide to place their trust in each other. Andrew Paul directs.04/24/2014
Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Workshop Mike Tomaro & Jeff Bush, directors.04/24/2014
Philip Glass in Conversation Carnegie Mellon School of Music is proud to present composer Philip Glass. Mr. Glass will engage in a conversation about his music with faculty member Richard Randall as well as take questions from the audience. This event will conclude with the Matisse String Quartet performing Glass' String Quartet No. 5. Free, but tickets required (follow link at right). 04/25/2014
Songs from Shakespeare's Troupe Mezzo-soprano Barbara Hollinshead with lutenist Howard Bass in a program of Elizabethan lute songs and solos from the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries04/25/2014
Silk Screen Asian-American Film Festival The Festival begins with an opening night gala, and features 47 screenings in 4 locations including the local premiere of "Omar," the 2014 Oscar-nominated film directed by Hany Abu-Assad. Omar, a young and bold baker who lives in occupied Palestine, is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets to cross the separation wall to visit his forbidden love interest Nadia. Sadly, occupied Palestine knows neithersimple love nor clear-cut war.04/25/2014
Brad Mehldau Trio Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau has recorded and performed extensively since the early 1990s. Mehldau's most consistent output over the years has taken place in the trio format. Larry Grenadier (most recently at MCG Jazz with Pat Metheny) and Jeff Ballard round out the trio.04/25/2014
Mozart Festival Opens Principal Horn William Caballero premieres Robert Levin's new edition of Mozart's Horn Concerto #1 and Orchestra. Manfred Honeck conducts Mozart's popular Symphony #41 "Jupiter", nicknamed for the Olympian magnitude of its finale. And, Robert Levin improvises his own cadenza in Mozart's Piano Concerto # 20 in D minor.04/25/2014
Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro The Duquesne Opera Workshop (Guenko Guechev, director) presents Mozart's profound and comical opera The Marriage of Figaro with the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra.04/25/2014
Season Finale With her "impeccable sound and technique" (The New York Times), Bulgarian violinist Bella Hristova lends her talents to Barber's Violin Concerto. The concert also includes Arvo Part's Fratres and Brahms' Symphony No. 2 in D Major.04/26/2014
Works for French Horn with Organ Hear works by Corelli, Mozart, Franz Strauss, Dubois, Loeillet, Gliere and Rachmaninoff. Carrie Smith has taught at Carnegie Mellon and has worked with Lorin Maazel, Andre Previn, Danny Kaye, Yo-Yo Ma, Lionel Hampton, Chuck Mangione, etc. Ethan LaPlaca is an acclaimed organist known for his dynamic musicianship and intuitive sense of score interpretation. He is the Associate Organist at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Freewill offering suggested.04/26/2014
Wayne McGregor|Random Dance Award-winning, anatomy-defying British choreographer Wayne McGregor's groundbreaking vision embraces dance, science, film, music, visual art and technology to create intriguing, expansive works. And FAR is no exception. Staged in a mesmerizing environment of shadow and light, FAR binds innovative design with choreography inspired by radical cognitive research process. It will make you think differently about dance.04/26/2014
Jazz Mass Thomas Douglas conducts the Mass of Hope by Pittsburgh's own Joe Negri accompanied by the Joe Negri Trio.04/26/2014
Philip Glass' Orphee The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice gets a "lyrical, even seductive" (Washington Times) makeover from Philip Glass, via French visionary Jean Cocteau: the poet Orphee becomes involved with a mysterious Princess. Love eventually triumphs...but not without a price. Matthew Worth is Orphee, Caroline Worra is Euridice. Antony Walker conducts.04/26/2014
Harriet Miller, piano A listener-friendly recital program featuring works by Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Scriabin, and dance pieces by Bartok and Ginastera. Miller, a pianist at First Lutheran, is organist/music director at Christ United Methodist Church in Moxham. Free and open to the public. 04/27/2014
Harpercussion Harpist Claire Jones, former official harpist to the Prince of Wales, with percussionist Chris Marshall (both from Wales) 04/27/2014
Ahreum Han, organ Organist Ahreum Han's imaginative, powerful, and extraordinary performances have thrilled audiences throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. A rising star of the classical organ world, Ms. Han was a featured soloist at the 2012 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists, and has been featured on public radio's Pipedreams. Born in Seoul, Korea, Ms. Han earned degrees from Westminster Choir College, the Yale School of Music, and the Curtis Institute. Co-presented with the Organ Artists Series.04/27/2014
Harpist Claire Jones & percussionist Chris Marshall The C2 Duo: Claire Jones, former Official Harpist to HRH Prince Charles, and her husband, composer and percussionist Chris Marshall, give a concert co-presented with the American Harp Society.04/27/2014
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Hilton Milwaukee City Center
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Midwest Living Review
An indoor water park adds kid-friendly cache to an historic downtown hotel.
The Hilton Milwaukee City Center walks a fine line between business hotel and family lodging. Connected by a skywalk to the Midwest Airlines Center, the Hilton hosts a fair amount of convention traffic. (Expect to see professionals in business casual wandering around with name-tag lanyards.) But the hotel is also home to Paradise Landing, touted as the country's first urban indoor water park. Paradise Landing isn't as big as some of the newer hotel water parks, but families who want to explore downtown Milwaukee's museums shouldn't overlook this great perk. Rooms and bathrooms, though clean and updated, are historic-hotel small, and there's a surprisingly limited lineup of television channels. Dining options are good but pricey and include the Milwaukee Chophouse and a full-service Starbucks. Travelers without access to the company expense account should probably look elsewhere. Luckily, because this is downtown Milwaukee, there are plenty of choices within a short walk or drive.


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|From Protein Structure to Function: Ring Cycle for Dilating and Constricting the Nuclear Pore
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) act as the central gatekeepers for selective transport between the cytoplasm and the nucleus. They allow the exchange of selected proteins and ribonucleoproteins, while preventing the transport of material not meant to cross the nuclear envelope. The NPC transport channel is the largest and most complex transport conduit in the eukaryotic kingdom and it is likely composed of only 3 out of 30 nuclear pore complex proteins (nups). Researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the Rockefeller University have determined crystal structures of interacting domains of these centrally located channel nups, Nup54, Nup58, and Nup62, using data collected at ALS Beamline 8.2.1. These structures allowed them to elucidate the molecular mechanism that underlies large-scale diameter changes of NPCs and propose a 'ring cycle' for dilating and constricting NPCs from 10–50 nm. The ring cycle would provide a method to adjust transport activities to cellular demands with a rapid response time.
This work represents a paradigm shift in the field of nuclear transport, in the sense that for the first time, it provides evidence for the presence of a moving structural feature in the NPC that can control nucleo-cytoplasmic traffic. This novel structural feature is a flexible midplane ring that has the ability to cycle between dilated and constricted states. The midplane ring is composed of portions of two nuclear pore proteins that interact with one another, Nup54 and Nup58. In the dilated state, a large midplane ring is formed by the interacting domains of 64 copies of Nup54 and 32 copies of Nup58. The dilated midplane ring has a flexible diameter range of 40–50 nm, sufficiently large to accommodate transit of the largest cargo that has so far been reported to pass through the NPC. A local, intramodular derailment of the ring could even open a "lateral gate" for transport of integral membrane proteins from the outer to the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope.
For constricting the pore to a diameter range of 10–20 nm, the 96 constituents of the midplane ring undergo structural rearrangements and resolve into three stacked rings. The central ring consists of 32 protomers of Nup58. It is sandwiched between two rings, each consisting of 32 protomers of Nup54, which are tentatively placed above and below (or tucked into) the central ring. Transitions between constricted and dilated states are enabled by central patches of polar hydrogen-bonded residues, which structurally condition the midplane rings for instability. The extraordinary "molecular ballet" of the ring cycle allows cycling between the dilated and constricted states, leading to substantial diameter adjustments of the transport channel.
The ring cycle hypothesis also suggests a mechanism for regulation of these large-scale diameter changes. In the full-length channel nups, the α-helical regions are flanked by natively unfolded Phe-Gly (FG)-repeats. While the exact mechanism of action of FG-repeats is debated, it is very clear that they have a dual role in nuclear transport, by forming the permeability barrier and at the same time enabling selective transport by providing docking sites for transport factor•cargo complexes. Beyond these two accepted functions, the ring cycle hypothesis suggests that FG-repeats act as sensors for transport demands and adjust the moving gate of the NPC. When the FG-repeats are engaged by a large number of transport factor•cargo complexes in transit, the midplane ring transitions to its dilated state. In the absence of traffic, the FG-repeats could interact with each other to reinforce the constricted state of the transport channel.
In summary, the ring cycle hypothesis describes a molecular mechanism for large-scale diameter changes of the transport channel of the NPC, which could explain the ability of NPCs to achieve selective transport for various classes of substrates with a large size range, from single proteins to large ribosomal subunits.
Research conducted by: S.R. Solmaz, G. Blobel, and I. Melčák (Howard Hughes Medical Institute at The Rockefeller University).
Research funding: Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Operation of the ALS is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Publication about this research: S. R. Solmaz, G. Blobel, and I. Melčák, "Ring Cycle for Dilating and Constricting the Nuclear Pore," PNAS 110, 5858 (2013).
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As the Season 10 "American Idol" winner, 19-year-old Scotty McCreery is trying to live up to a lot of accolades. At his performance Friday at the Rapids Theatre in Niagara Falls, the first stop on his 2013 Weekend Roadtrip Tour, he proved that although his songs have a little maturing to do, he's earned every bit of that praise.
A surprisingly mixed audience was in attendance, with the Rapids housing everyone from NASCAR jacket-sporting dads to pink cowboy hat-wearing teenage girls. However, when the lights dimmed and McCreery launched into his first song, the high-decibel shrieks of "We love you, Scotty!" showed which demographic is his most enthusiastic following.
McCreery was a delight to watch. Blessed with youthful good looks and good ol' boy charm, he is a natural showman with a deep, melodious voice to match. Although the songs from his first album, 2012's "Clear as Day," won't be winning any awards for originality anytime soon, they don't have to; McCreery's booming voice makes anything sound good. Songs that focused on the joys of small-town life came across as truly authentic instead of contrived – "Water Tower Town," for instance, used images and video shot in his actual hometown of Garner, N.C – and the songs heralding young love and the excitement of being a teenager in the summer ("The Trouble With Girls," "Sun Tan") earned him the most screams of adoration from his young fans.
Some of McCreery's strongest performances were covers of country classics, a few of which he sang during his 2011 "American Idol" ascent. "Check Yes or No" by George Strait, "Gone" by Montgomery Gentry, and "Papa Loves Mama" by Garth Brooks all exhibited his ability to hold his own with some of the biggest names in country music. He also performed bits from some older musical influences, such as Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash and even Elvis Presley.
Although McCreery largely kept things fast-paced and fun, he also showed his tender side with a touching cover of Jamey Johnson's "In Color" and a duet with opener Sarah Darling of "The Dance."
Darling was a great opening act choice for McCreery. Her cookie-cutter love songs and long blonde hair set her up to be the next Taylor Swift, but her voice has an attractive, slightly raspy edge to it, something that sets her apart from most sugary, teenybopper country singers. She showed off that depth and range in a surprising, well-done cover of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep."
"That's a great voice, and she's cute," a woman in front of me confided to a friend. "She'll do well." Couldn't have said it better myself.


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on February 22, 2013 - 12:22 AM
INDIANAPOLIS – The Buffalo Bills' brain trust had plenty of opportunities Thursday to throw their support behind quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Each time, they chose not to.
Both President Russ Brandon and General Manager Buddy Nix were evasive at best when asked about Fitzpatrick.
"He's a member of our football team and if anything changes with Ryan, he'll be the first to know," Nix said during a meeting with Western New York reporters inside Lucas Oil Stadium.
Later in the interview, the GM was asked if he thought Fitzpatrick would be on the team's roster for the start of training camp.
"I'd say I'll talk to Fitz," Nix said.
The Bills owe Fitzpatrick a $3 million roster bonus on the second day of the new league year, March 13. Cutting him before then would cost the Bills $10 million in dead salary cap money. Fitzpatrick would count $10.45 million against the cap if he stays on the roster.
One way that number could be lowered would be to ask him to renegotiate the contract, but that's something the Bills haven't done.
Asked whether that's a consideration, Brandon said, "I think it's too early to talk about that at this point. I mean, Fitz is on our roster and that's where he is right now."
In announcing the re-signing of quarterback Tarvaris Jackson last week, new coach Doug Marrone said in a statement released by the team that he informed both Fitzpatrick and Jackson that there will be an open competition for the quarterback job.
Whether Fitzpatrick will be a part of that competition, however, is as uncertain as ever after both Nix and Brandon failed to make a commitment to him Thursday.
"We're looking at everything and evaluating every aspect of the organization," Brandon said. "I'm evaluating the organization from top to bottom." Nix and Marrone "are evaluating the roster, so we'll see where that goes."
Quarterbacks are scheduled to get their official measurements and medical exams today, along with meeting the media. They will be joined by receivers and running backs.
"The quarterback class I see: there are guys with strengths and there are guys with weaknesses. There's no total package," Assistant GM Doug Whaley said. "You just gotta decide the strengths they have. Do you put more importance and you think they can overcome those weaknesses and develop? And there's going to be some that do and some that don't. But quarterback altogether in any class is the hardest position to put your finger on."
Nix admitted Thursday he regrets having drafted only one quarterback — Levi Brown in the seventh round in 2010 — during his three-year tenure as GM.
"I try not to look back. I try to think about what's ahead," he said. "If you're really bad, then you want to try and fill in these spots if they're available when your pick comes. That was the situation we were in. I mean, we were thin at a lot of places."
For months, the Bills' GM has talked about his desire to draft a quarterback of the future. That remains unchanged.
"We'll still try to draft a quarterback," he said. "If they're there at the right time and he's the right guy, we'll draft a quarterback."
But in a draft that hasn't seen a true separation of elite, top-10 talent at the position, that leaves the Bills in a difficult position. Pass your guy up at No. 8 overall in the first round, and there's no guarantee he'll be there at No. 41 in the second.
"I'll tell you it keeps you up at night and adds a lot of gray hair, but I'll say this, if we're not convinced that a guy can be the man, the need won't make us take him," Nix said. "We won't take him at eight."
"He's not going to reach for anything," Brandon said of Nix in light of the fact that fans are clamoring for a new quarterback. "First of all, he's not going to listen to anything. That's not how Buddy works. He will not reach at any level for a draft pick. He's going to pull the tag on who he feels is the best individual at that time."
The Bills have an advantage in scouting one of the top quarterbacks in the 2013 class in Syracuse's Ryan Nassib, who played under Marrone and new offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett for the Orange.
"He's been very good," Nix said of Nassib. "He's never tried to push. He answers what you ask about him because he knows. We all got good feelings about Ryan, but don't read into the fact that Doug coached him that that's who we'll pick."
Nix said he sees between six and eight quarterbacks who could be drafted, and that "there'll be two or three of these guys that will separate themselves after they get going and win a lot of games and have a long career."
The challenge for the Bills will be finding one of those.
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We are hopeful that Depp and his crew can pull it off a fourth time. This time, Johnny gets help from Dame Judi Dench and Keith Richards. Only in Hollywood.
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"Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2" (July 15)
Frankly, the only movie that necessitated another sequel is "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2." That's because the movies in the series have been based on J.K. Rowling's super popular books, and this is the second half of Harry's farewell.
In this, the final installment, we see how everything wraps up for the young wizard. There shouldn't be too many surprises -- the book came out years ago, so anyone who really cares has already read the book. But, that said, it will be a big event, especially as the "Harry Potter" movies were such powerhouses.
This is a safe bet for your cinematic dollar. The Harry Potter flicks have proven themselves to be winners, and not only is this likely to follow suit, but there will be closure for the lives of Harry and his chums.
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"Cowboys And Aliens" (July 29)
How can you not want to see a movie that has the hot chick from "House, MD" (Olivia Wilde), James Bond (Daniel Craig), AND Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford)?
They could just take turns reading the phone book, sipping a medium-dry vodka martini (shaken, not stirred) and bullwhipping random stuff, and it would still be the greatest movie ever made.
While they could take the easy way out and do that, they decided on a different tactic: There is an actual plot. The movie is based on a graphic novel (read: really thick comic book) of the same name. In 1873 aliens try to invade an Arizona town, but to do so, they have to get through a posse, including Craig and Ford.
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Southlake-based Sabre shows US DOT committee its technology for airline ancillary fee shopping and booking
Southlake-based Sabre Holdings Corp. recently demonstrated its pricing technology at a U.S. Department of Transportation advisory committee hearing about whether the agency should require airlines to list their ancillary services and fees, such as for baggage and preferred seats, in global distribution systems.
The DOT is examining a potential rule to price airline ancillary fees at all points of sales.
So, last week Sabre Holdings Corp. demonstrated how travel agents can shop for and book flights and other services through its desktop software called Sabre Red. Sabre has signed up two North American carriers — United Airlines and US Airways — to use the system to charge for premium seats, Sabre spokeswoman Nancy St. Pierre.
"We think it's an important consumer issue because now consumers are really confused about who charges what for what," she said. "We're seeking transparency in travel shopping."
Sabre is a global distribution company that also operates the online booking site Travelocity. It processed 7 billion travel-related transactions through its global distribution system last year.
Airline representatives at the DOT's Advisory Committee on Aviation Consumer Protections meeting said they want to sell their ancillary services through distribution networks, but many travel agents and travel management companies aren't getting information on those services and fees, said Charlie Leocha, director of the Consumer Travel Alliance and a committee member.
Travel agents and travel management companies said if airlines can't figure out how to provide information on ancillary services and fees so they can fully budget for travel, they would push the DOT for regulatory action, according to Leocha.
Steve Lott, a spokesman for the industry group Airlines for America, presented another side.
"Airlines support consumer choice and full transparency, which are best achieved through innovation, not regulation," Lott said. "Airlines, like all businesses, should determine where and by whom their products are sold, and at what price."
A DOT spokesperson said the agency expects to issue a proposal by the end of the year.