JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- After coping through several lean years, Missouri's Republican legislative leaders now are at odds over whether to save or spend an apparent excess of money.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Kurt Schaefer says he expects Missouri will end its fiscal year on June 30 with about $400 million more than had been projected. He wants to spend more than $200 million of that to replace an aging state mental hospital in Fulton.
But House Budget Committee Chairman Rick Stream, R-Kirkwood, prefers to save the money as cushion for next year's budget while waiting to see if the economy continues to improve.
The difference of opinion among Missouri's top legislative budget writers will have to be resolved soon. Lawmakers face a constitutional deadline of May 12 to send a budget to Gov. Jay Nixon for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
Schaefer, R-Columbia, has been pressing House members to revise the revenue projections agreed in December ? upon which the budget is based ? because tax revenues have been better than expected. But Stream and other House leaders have refused to do so.
"Being momentarily ahead of the consensus revenue estimate is not a good enough excuse to me to engage in a new large amount of additional spending," House Speaker Tim Jones, R-Eureka, told reporters Monday night. "I just don't see that that's fiscally prudent, fiscally conservative or anything the House has done in the past."
Schaefer contends House members are acting as if the excess revenues do not even exist.
"It's some kind of alternate reality in this building where generally accepted accounting principles don't seem to apply," Schaefer said.
Missourians should get an update soon about state revenues. Tuesday was the final day of April, and monthly revenue figures typically are released a few days after the close of the month.
Linda Luebbering, the budget director for Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, has said previously that revenues are running ahead of projections, but that may diminish in coming months.
Published Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:09 am EDT Last updated 1 hour and 47 minutes ago
On both sides of the basketball divide?NBA and NCAA?Sunday was a fascinating day. Despite a relatively weak NBA draft, and despite the fact that next year?s crop looks impressive, at least nine potential first-round picks pulled their names from consideration and opted to return to college.
In order to see their decisions from both lenses, we talked with an NBA scouting director about what the players involved can do to boost their draft stock next season, and had SN?s college hoops writer Mike DeCourcy weigh in on what each player?s return will mean for the college game.
Marcus Smart, PG, Oklahoma State
If he had entered: Smart would have been a Top 5 pick, and depending on how the lottery shook out, would have had a shot at being the first player selected.
Scout?s view: ?He is a big (6-4) point guard who sees the floor and is an outstanding defender. He carried that team last year and he will have to do that again. He will be a starter from Day 1 in the NBA. But if he is going to improve his stock, the big thing is definitely his shooting, that was his weak point. He has a good stroke and he should become a good shooter, it?s just being generally more efficient.?
DeCourcy?s take: Of those who returned, Smart needed it least and might have the toughest time improving on his most recent season. Oklahoma State has its key players in place, but the Cowboys remain a bit short and light in the frontcourt. They signed an athletic JC center, Gary Gaskins, and he?d have to be one of the few such recruits to find instant success. Smart can do it all, but he can only do so much.
Alex Poythress, SF, Kentucky
If he had entered: Poythress was a bit of a mystery man last season, and front-office execs were not quite sure where he would land?he had a chance to go late in the lottery but was more likely in the 15-20 range.
Scout?s view: ?He has got talent. He just needs to show it every night. He made the right call going back, because the big question is whether he can play out on the perimeter. He hasn?t really answered that, and he isn?t big enough to play the 4.?
DeCourcy?s take: Ideally, Kentucky did not want to be trapped in a season in which there were no veterans around to show the gifted freshman what it takes to be a successful collegian. But is Poythress really that guy? He never became fully engaged with John Calipari?s demands to work hard and invest in the game. Poythress has talked the talk since the season ended, however.
Willie Cauley-Stein, C, Kentucky
If he had entered: Because Cauley-Stein is a big man in a draft that is mostly small, he probably would have been drafted anywhere from No. 10-20. That would have been based entirely on potential, because Cauley-Stein wasn?t especially productive (8.3 points, 6.2 rebounds) as a freshman.
Scout?s view: ?I like what he showed after (Nerlens) Noel went down. You?d like to see him grow a little bit offensively and really take command on defense. I am not sure what his upside is in the post, but if he can get a little going in terms of back-to-the-basket stuff, he is going to be valuable. He runs the floor very well, and he is going to be a very good defender.?
DeCourcy?s take: It is difficult for most any big guy to make an immediate impact upon stepping up from high school to college. Cauley-Stein thus provides Kentucky with the foundation of a successful inside game, enabling recruit Dakari Johnson to gradually adjust to the college game. Cauley-Stein will be a strong defensive presence for the Wildcats and can be a target in the low post.
Mitch McGary, PF, Michigan
If he had entered: McGary is a late bloomer whose production in the NCAA tournament had him shooting up draft boards in March. He would have gone in the middle of the first round.
Scout?s view: ?He just needs to back up what he did in the tournament. He is a high-energy guy he has a great build, he is not a skinny kid you need to put weight on. He is going to rebound and defend his spot, and he can hit midrange jumpers. I want him to be more assertive and show that he can score 15, 16 points and get eight or 10 rebounds every time out.?
DeCourcy?s take: He plays hard, runs well, catches everything, shoots it great, scores inside and passes like a wizard. He obviously will not be as gifted as freshmen such as Andrew Wiggins and Julius Randle, but there?s a chance he could be as effective a player as anyone now that he?s discovered what he can achieve with his wide array of skills. And, honestly, Michigan will need more from him than when Trey Burke was running the show.
Glenn Robinson III, SF, Michigan
If he had entered: Robinson is an adept scorer, and if he had put together good workouts as a perimeter player, he was slated to go in the late teens or early 20s.
Scout?s view: ?I would say it starts with ballhandling with him. He has the potential to be a good midrange shooter but he has to get better at working toward his spots. I would show him film of Paul Pierce, over and over. He needs to develop his left hand and be able to control his movements better?you know, stop-and-start, get your defender off balance, and get your shots that way.?
DeCourcy?s take: Robinson played exclusively at power forward as a freshman and might now get more opportunity to show he can defend quicker players. But the small forward position is one of the trickiest in any offense, especially for one who has yet to show he is an exceptional 3-point shooter or driver of the basketball. Robinson might find himself less comfortable on the perimeter than he expects.
Gary Harris, SG, Michigan State
If he had entered: After Smart, Harris probably had the best shot to wind up high in the draft, sure to go in the lottery, maybe even the Top 10.
Scout?s view: ?He developed quickly, that was a surprise. Everything you?d hoped he would do, he did?he put on weight, he played good defense, he was not afraid to shoot. He had some injury issues that might have slowed him down at different parts of the year, so just staying healthy and bumping up the production will be enough to keep him in the lottery.?
DeCourcy?s take: Harris had a quietly magnificent freshman season, limited perhaps only by the relatively low volume of shot attempts for someone with such impressive accuracy and also his own need to become more active attacking the goal. He didn?t attempt even 100 free throws, which will have to improve if MSU is to be a title contender. And Keith Appling will need to pass Harris the ball more.
James Michael McAdoo, PF, North Carolina
If he had entered: There wasn?t really a consensus on McAdoo heading into the offseason, but he was likely to be a No. 15-20 pick.
Scout?s view: ?Is he more than an athlete? That?s what I want to see from him. More of a face-up game, knocking down the 12-to-15 footers. He has so much raw athleticism that he is worth a high pick. But he is going to have to play away from the basket more in the NBA, and that will be the challenge for him to show he can handle it.?
DeCourcy?s take: The weirdest thing about McAdoo?s sophomore season is how little credit he received for playing out of position, battling bigger players?and still dramatically improving his production. What part of operating as a lean 6-9 center sounds appealing? Carolina should be a bigger, more conventional team and McAdoo might have a chance to be an actual power forward. He?ll be a very good one.
Doug McDermott, SF, Creighton
If he had entered: McDermott?s shooting probably would have earned him a spot in the late first round, though he might have slipped to Round 2.
Scout?s view: ?I thought he would have been a first-rounder, but maybe not. There isn?t much he is going to do as a senior that we haven?t seen. He is an incredible shooter. But the other stuff?size, athleticism?that?s not going to change. They?re going to be the question marks no matter what.?
DeCourcy?s take: It?s unlikely he?s coming back to as good a team as either of the past two Creighton squads. Guard Grant Gibbs and center Gregory Echenique were seniors last season, and both will be difficult to replace. The Blue Jays also will be taking a significant step forward into the Big East, where the tough challenges will come more regularly. They?ll need him to live in the 25-point neighborhood again.
Adreian Payne, PF, Michigan State
If he had entered: Scouts were intrigued by Payne?s versatility?he is a legit big man (6-10) who can shoot, plays solid defense and has improved drastically in three years at Michigan State. He was likely to go in the early 20s.
Scout?s view: ?I thought he should have come out. He has done a tremendous job there, he has put on a lot of muscle, he has gone from being almost nothing offensively to being a pretty good shooter. Draft-wise, I don?t know how much more he can accomplish by going back to school. If they?re a good team, though, that will benefit him.?
DeCourcy?s take: His return is the final piece, and the most essential, to Michigan State ranking with Kentucky, Louisville, Duke and maybe some others as genuine challengers for the NCAA championship. Michigan State needs an elite big to compete with the others, and Payne is the one they?ve got. He?ll still be primarily a stretch-4, but with greater responsibility to command the lane on D.
Michael Jordan got married over the weekend, with Tiger Woods, Spike Lee and Patrick Ewing among those attending the NBA Hall of Famer's wedding in Palm Beach, Fla.
Jordan married 35-year-old former model Yvette Prieto on Saturday, manager Estee Portnoy told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The 50-year-old Jordan owns the Charlotte Bobcats.
Nearly 300 guests were present as they exchanged vows. The reception took place at a private golf club in Jupiter designed by Jack Nicklaus. Jordan owns a home near the course.
Entertainment included DJ MC Lyte, singers K'Jon, Robin Thicke and Grammy Award winner Usher and The Source, an 18-piece band.
The six-time NBA champion and Prieto met five years ago and were engaged last December.
Jordan had three children with former wife Juanita Vanoy. The couple's divorce was finalized in December 2006.
Bill Clinton gets a Twitter lesson from Stephen Colbert. (AP/ABC OTUS News)
It?s not just celebrities who love Twitter: South American leaders, it turns out, heart to tweet. Some may even have gone overboard and may have over shared.
A Reuters story reports that when some 1 million protesters hit the streets to criticize the government of Argentina President Cristina Fernandez, she responded by posting 61 tweets over a nine-hour period.
According to the account, the posts from Fernandez ran the gamut from declaring herself ?stubborn,? to defending the benefits of a state-run literacy program, to admiring a fresco in her ?gorgeous? palace.
And in Venezuela, the candidates vying to succeed the late Hugo Chavez had a war of words on Twitter. The eventual winner of the election, Nicolas Maduro, who had been handpicked by Chavez, tweeted that his opposition was ?fascist.? The losing candidate, Henrique Capriles, posted that Maduro was ?an illegitimate president.?
Chavez, who had had his own TV show, had also taken to tweeting. He had 4 million followers when he died.
Being out of office hasn?t quieted the former president of Colombia, ?lvaro Uribe, who has ruffled feathers for apparently posting multiple tweets a day criticizing the current leader.
Over in France, public figures are only too aware of the impact a tweet can have. Valerie Trierweiler, the companion to the president of France, Francois Hollande, got in hot water for her impolitic post supporting the opponent of Hollande?s ex, who was running in a local election.
Maybe this explains former President Bill Clinton?s reluctance to try out the social medium. He only just joined with the encouragement of satiric news host Stephen Colbert, who first started Clinton with the Twitter handle @PrezBillyJeff.
Clinton officially introduced the more respectable @billclinton. Launched last week, the former president already has more than 500,000 followers.
Barack Obama, who famously would not give up his Blackberry when he got to the White House, rarely is the one tweeting from his account @BarackObama. If he does, the posts are signed ?bo.?
There is one leader who's definitely not a Twitter fan. According to Reuters, Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, stopped tweeting after she was elected in 2010. An aide told Retuers, "She thinks it's a total waste of time."
How tiny gold particles aid the production of plastic components
From methanol to formaldehyde - this reaction is the starting point for the synthesis of many everyday plastics. Using catalysts made of gold particles, formaldehyde could be produced without the environmentally hazardous waste generated in conventional methods. Just how the mysterious gold catalyst works has been found out by theoretical and experimental researchers at the Ruhr-Universitt Bochum in a cooperation project. In the international edition of the journal "Angewandte Chemie" they report in detail on what happens on the gold surface during the chemical reaction.
"Gold should not really be suitable as a catalyst."
"That nanoparticles of gold actually selectively transform methanol into formaldehyde is remarkable", says Prof. Dr. Martin Muhler of the Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry at the RUB. "As a stable precious metal, gold should not really be suitable as a catalyst." However, gold particles of a few nanometres in size, anchored to a titanium dioxide surface, fulfil their purpose. You only need oxygen to set the reaction in motion, and the only waste product is water. How this is achieved is examined by Muhler's team together with the groups of Prof. Dr. Dominik Marx of the Chair of Theoretical Chemistry and Dr. Yuemin Wang of the Department of Physical Chemistry I.
Oxygen binds at the interface between gold and titanium dioxide
The chemists identified the active site of the catalyst, i.e. the point at which the oxygen and methanol bind and are converted to water and formaldehyde. Elaborate calculations by Dr. Matteo Farnesi Camellone showed that oxygen binds at the interface between titanium dioxide and gold particles. Since titanium dioxide is a semiconductor, and thus electrically conductive, a charge exchange between oxygen, gold particles and titanium dioxide is possible here. Oxygen vacancies in the titanium dioxide further favour this charge transfer. Electrons transitionally transfer from the catalyst to the oxygen molecule. This allows the methanol to bind to the gold particles. In several further reaction steps, formaldehyde and water form. The solid, which consists of gold and titanium dioxide, is in the same state at the end of the reaction cycle as at the beginning, and is thus not consumed.
Experiment and theory: only the combination makes it possible
The RUB team clarified the individual reaction steps in detail. The researchers used computer simulations, so-called density functional calculations, and various spectroscopic techniques, namely, vibrational spectroscopy (HREELS method) and thermal desorption spectroscopy. In his model calculations, Dr. Farnesi quantified the charge exchange taking place during catalysis. Extremely sensitive vibrational spectroscopic measurements by Dr. Wang's group confirmed the consequences of the charge transfer in the real system. "Through an intensive cooperation between theory and experiment, we have been able to qualitatively and quantitatively explore the active site and the entire reaction mechanism of this complex catalyst", stresses Prof. Marx.
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Funding
The study originates from the Collaborative Research Centre 558 "Metal-substrate interactions in heterogeneous catalysis", which ended mid-2012. "The results are, so to speak, the crowning glory of the SFB works on alcohol oxidation", Muhler sums up. The project was further actively funded by the Cluster of Excellence "Ruhr Explores Solvation" RESOLV (EXC 1069), approved by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in 2012, in which researchers investigate the selective oxidation of alcohols in the liquid phase.
Bibliographic record
M. Farnesi Camellone, J. Zhao, L. Jin, Y. Wang, M. Muhler, D. Marx (2013): Molecular understanding of reactivity and selectivity for methanol oxidation at the Au/TiO2 interface, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301868
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Prof. Dr. Dominik Marx Chair of Theoretical Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Ruhr-Universitt 44780 Bochum, Germany
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How tiny gold particles aid the production of plastic components
From methanol to formaldehyde - this reaction is the starting point for the synthesis of many everyday plastics. Using catalysts made of gold particles, formaldehyde could be produced without the environmentally hazardous waste generated in conventional methods. Just how the mysterious gold catalyst works has been found out by theoretical and experimental researchers at the Ruhr-Universitt Bochum in a cooperation project. In the international edition of the journal "Angewandte Chemie" they report in detail on what happens on the gold surface during the chemical reaction.
"Gold should not really be suitable as a catalyst."
"That nanoparticles of gold actually selectively transform methanol into formaldehyde is remarkable", says Prof. Dr. Martin Muhler of the Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry at the RUB. "As a stable precious metal, gold should not really be suitable as a catalyst." However, gold particles of a few nanometres in size, anchored to a titanium dioxide surface, fulfil their purpose. You only need oxygen to set the reaction in motion, and the only waste product is water. How this is achieved is examined by Muhler's team together with the groups of Prof. Dr. Dominik Marx of the Chair of Theoretical Chemistry and Dr. Yuemin Wang of the Department of Physical Chemistry I.
Oxygen binds at the interface between gold and titanium dioxide
The chemists identified the active site of the catalyst, i.e. the point at which the oxygen and methanol bind and are converted to water and formaldehyde. Elaborate calculations by Dr. Matteo Farnesi Camellone showed that oxygen binds at the interface between titanium dioxide and gold particles. Since titanium dioxide is a semiconductor, and thus electrically conductive, a charge exchange between oxygen, gold particles and titanium dioxide is possible here. Oxygen vacancies in the titanium dioxide further favour this charge transfer. Electrons transitionally transfer from the catalyst to the oxygen molecule. This allows the methanol to bind to the gold particles. In several further reaction steps, formaldehyde and water form. The solid, which consists of gold and titanium dioxide, is in the same state at the end of the reaction cycle as at the beginning, and is thus not consumed.
Experiment and theory: only the combination makes it possible
The RUB team clarified the individual reaction steps in detail. The researchers used computer simulations, so-called density functional calculations, and various spectroscopic techniques, namely, vibrational spectroscopy (HREELS method) and thermal desorption spectroscopy. In his model calculations, Dr. Farnesi quantified the charge exchange taking place during catalysis. Extremely sensitive vibrational spectroscopic measurements by Dr. Wang's group confirmed the consequences of the charge transfer in the real system. "Through an intensive cooperation between theory and experiment, we have been able to qualitatively and quantitatively explore the active site and the entire reaction mechanism of this complex catalyst", stresses Prof. Marx.
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Funding
The study originates from the Collaborative Research Centre 558 "Metal-substrate interactions in heterogeneous catalysis", which ended mid-2012. "The results are, so to speak, the crowning glory of the SFB works on alcohol oxidation", Muhler sums up. The project was further actively funded by the Cluster of Excellence "Ruhr Explores Solvation" RESOLV (EXC 1069), approved by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in 2012, in which researchers investigate the selective oxidation of alcohols in the liquid phase.
Bibliographic record
M. Farnesi Camellone, J. Zhao, L. Jin, Y. Wang, M. Muhler, D. Marx (2013): Molecular understanding of reactivity and selectivity for methanol oxidation at the Au/TiO2 interface, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301868
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http://aktuell.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pm2013/pm00127.html.en
Further information
Prof. Dr. Martin Muhler Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Ruhr-Universitt 44780 Bochum, Germany Tel. +49-234-32-28754 E-mail: muhler@techem.rub.de
Prof. Dr. Dominik Marx Chair of Theoretical Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Ruhr-Universitt 44780 Bochum, Germany
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The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) announces the 2013 summer schedule of outdoor concerts and films. The summer performing arts series includes nine concerts, 15 films, and three nights of a family favorite.
Outdoor Concert Series
The summer series begins with a performance by East L.A. band Los Lobos on May 17. The band embraces both the American experience and their Mexican heritage, drawing from rock, Tex-Mex, country, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music. Los Lobos has a longstanding relationship with the NCMA, and the Museum is delighted to welcome them back.
Glen Hansard (pictured left) returns to the NCMA stage on June 15, opened by Doug Paisley. After performing in popular Irish band The Frames and, more recently, with Marketa Irglova as The Swell Season, Hansard debuted his first solo album, Rhythm and Repose, last year to critical acclaim. On June 29 the NCMA welcomes revered musicians and activists Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls. These two Grammy-winning folk singers have sold more than 12 million albums and recently released their 14th studio album, Beauty Queen Sister.
On July 12 Dale Watson and The Lonestars perform, followed by a screening of the movie Bernie. Honkytonk hero and country music maverick Watson, a member of the Austin Music Hall of Fame, is a key contributor to the soundtrack of this black comedy set in East Texas and starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey. Iris restaurant serves Texas BBQ brisket and Texas beer.
The fifth summer performance is Canadian stringband The Duhks on July 13. Inspired by Celtic and Appalachian stringband music, The Duhks perform a mix of contemporary, traditional, and original tunes with irresistible energy and musicianship.
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N.C. Museum of Art Announces Summer Performing Arts Lineup
Family favorite Paperhand Puppet Intervention closes out the summer performing arts series, putting on three kid-friendly shows from September 13 through 15. Outdoor Film Series
This year?s outdoor summer film series includes drama and comedy classics, such as Vertigo and The Big Lebowski, as well as new favorites such as Silver Linings Playbook, Lincoln, Argo, Life of Pi, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Madagascar 3, and Skyfall. The complete film lineup will be posted to www.ncartmuseum.org on May 1.
Visitor Information The concert and movie schedule is available at www.ncartmuseum.org/summer. Concerts and movies take place at the Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Theater in the Museum Park.
Iris restaurant offers eclectic summer fare during concerts. Concessions are available at movies. Visitors are also welcome to bring picnics. Tickets for concerts and movies are on sale now. Children age 6 and under are admitted free on the lawn. For Museum members, concert tickets are discounted and movies are free. Purchase tickets online at www.ncartmuseum.org/summer or by phone through the Museum Box Office at (919) 715-5923.
Concert and Film Details
Los Lobos Friday, May 17, 8:30 pm Tickets: $19?$35
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Saturday, June 1 Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Life of Pi Friday, June 14, 9 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Friday, June 21, 9 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Skyfall Saturday, June 22, 9 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Madagascar 3 Friday, June 28, 9 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Indigo Girls Saturday, June 29, 8 pm Tickets: $22?$40
MUSIC + MOVIE COMBO Dale Watson and The Lonestars followed by screening of Bernie Friday, July 12, 7 pm (movie starts at 9 pm) Tickets: $13?$18
The Duhks N.C. Museum of Art Announces Summer Performing Arts Lineup Saturday, July 13, 8 pm Tickets: $13?$25
Silver Linings Playbook Friday, July 19, 9 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Argo Saturday, July 20, 9 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Cars Friday, July 26, 9 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
American Graffiti Saturday, July 27, 9 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Drive Friday, August 2, 9 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Saturday, August 3, 8 pm Tickets: $22?$45
Glory Friday, August 9, 9 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Lincoln Saturday, August 10, 9 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Moonrise Kingdom Friday, August 16, 8:30 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Tift Merritt Saturday, August 17, 8 pm Tickets: $17?$30
Vertigo Friday, August 23, 8:30 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
MUSIC + MOVIE COMBO Lost Bayou Ramblers followed by screening of Beasts of the Southern Wild Saturday, August 24, 7 pm (movie starts at 9 pm) Tickets: $13?$18
Pink Martini Friday, September 6, 8 pm Tickets: $27?$45
The Big Lebowski Saturday, September 7, 8:30 pm Tickets: $5 for nonmembers
Paperhand Puppet Intervention Friday, September 13, 6:20 pm preshow, 7 pm puppet show Saturday, September 14, 6:20 pm preshow, 7 pm puppet show
N.C. Museum of Art Announces Summer Performing Arts Lineup
Sunday, September 15, 6:20 pm preshow, 7 pm puppet show Tickets: $8.50?$17
About the North Carolina Museum of Art
The North Carolina Museum of Art?s permanent collection spans more than 5,000 years, from ancient Egypt to the present, making the institution one of the premier art museums in the South. The Museum?s collection provides educational, aesthetic, intellectual, and cultural experiences for the citizens of North Carolina and beyond. The 164-acre Museum Park showcases the connection between art and nature through site-specific works of environmental art. The Museum offers changing national touring exhibitions, classes, lectures, family activities, films, and concerts.
The Museum opened West Building in 2010, home to the permanent collection. The North Carolina Museum of Art, Lawrence J. Wheeler, director, is located at 2110 Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh. It is the art museum of the State of North Carolina, Pat McCrory, governor, and an agency of the Department of Cultural Resources, Susan Kluttz, secretary.
The speed of light is constant, or so textbooks say. But some scientists are exploring the possibility that this cosmic speed limit changes, a consequence of the nature of the vacuum of space.
The definition of the speed of light has some broader implications for fields such as cosmology and astronomy, which assume a stable velocity for light over time. For instance, the speed of light comes up when measuring the fine structure constant (alpha), which defines the strength of the electromagnetic force. And a varying light speed would change the strengths of molecular bonds and the density of nuclear matter itself.
A non-constant speed of light could mean that estimates of the size of the universe might be off. (Unfortunately, it won't necessarily mean we can travel faster than light, because the effects of physics theories such as relativity are a consequence of light's velocity). [10 Implications of Faster-Than-Light Travel]
Two papers, published in the European Physics Journal D in March, attempt to derive the speed of light from the quantum properties of space itself. Both propose somewhat different mechanisms, but the idea is that the speed of light might change as one alters assumptions about how elementary particles interact with radiation. Both treat space as something that isn't empty, but a great big soup of virtual particles that wink in and out of existence in tiny fractions of a second.
Cosmic vacuum and light speed
The first, by lead author Marcel Urban of the Universit? du Paris-Sud, looks at the cosmic vacuum, which is often assumed to be empty space. The laws of quantum physics, which govern subatomic particles and all things very small, ?say that the vacuum of space is actually full of fundamental particles like quarks, called "virtual" particles. These matter particles, which are always paired up with their appropriate antiparticle counterpart, pop into existence and almost immediately collide. When matter and antimatter particles touch, they annihilate each other.
Photons of light, as they fly through space, are captured and re-emitted by these virtual particles. Urban and his colleagues propose that the energies of these particles ? specifically the amount of charge they carry ? affect the speed of light. Since the amount of energy a particle will have at the time a photon hits it will be essentially random, the effect on how fast photons move should vary too.
As such, the amount of time the light takes to cross a given distance should vary as the square root of that distance, though the effect would be very tiny ? on the order of 0.05 femtoseconds for every square meter of vacuum. A femtosecond is a millionth of a billionth of a second. (The speed of light has been measured over the last century to high precision, on the order of parts per billion, so it is pretty clear that the effect has to be small.)
To find this tiny fluctuation, the researchers say, one could measure how light disperses at long distances. Some astronomical phenomena, such as gamma-ray bursts, produce pulses of radiation from far enough away that the fluctuations could be detected. The authors also propose using lasers bounced between mirrors placed about 100 yards apart, with a light beam bouncing between them multiple times, to seek those small changes.
Particle species and light speed
The second paper proposes a different mechanism but comes to the same conclusion that light speed changes. In that case, Gerd Leuchs and Luis S?nchez-Soto, from the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Light in Erlangen, Germany, say that the number of species of elementary particle that exist in the universe may be what makes the speed of light what it is.
Leuchs and Sanchez-Soto say that there should be, by their calculations, on the order of 100 "species" of particle that have charges. The current law governing particle physics, the Standard Model, identifies nine: the electron, muon, tauon, the six kinds of quark, photons and the W-boson. [Wacky Physics: The Coolest Little Particles in Nature]
The charges of all these particles are important to their model, because all of them have charges. A quantity called impedance depends on the sum of those charges. The impedance in turn depends on the permittivity of the vacuum, or how much it resists electric fields, as well as its permeability, or how well it supports magnetic fields. Light waves are made up of both an electric and magnetic wave, so changing those quantities (permittivity and permeability) will change the measured speed of light.
"We have calculated the permittivity and permeability of the vacuum as caused by those ephemeral virtual unstable elementary particles," Soto-Sanchez wrote in an email to LiveScience. "It turns out, however,?from such a simple model one can discern?that those constants contain essentially equal contributions of the different types of electrically charged particle-antiparticle pairs: both, the ones known and those so far unknown to us."
Both papers say that light interacts with virtual particle-antiparticle pairs. In Leuchs' and Sanchez-Soto's model, the impedance of the vacuum (which would speed up or slow down the speed of light) depends on the density of the particles. The impedance relates to the ratio of electric fields to magnetic fields in light; every light wave is made up of both kinds of field, and its measured value, along with the permittivity of space to magnetic fields, governs the speed of light.
Some scientists are a bit skeptical, though. Jay Wacker, a particle physicist at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, said he wasn't confident about the mathematical techniques used, and that it seemed in both cases the scientists weren't applying the mathematical tools in the way that most would. "The proper way to do this is with the Feynman diagrams," Wacker said. "It's a very interesting question [the speed of light]," he added, but the methods used in these papers are probably not sufficient to investigate it.
The other issue is that if there really are a lot of other particles beyond what's in the Standard Model, then this theory needs some serious revision. But so far its predictions have been borne out, notably with the discovery of the Higgs boson. This doesn't mean there aren't any more particles to be found ? but if they are out there they're above the energies currently achievable with particle accelerators, and therefore pretty heavy, and it's possible that their effects would have shown up elsewhere.
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In California, seeking a second opinion for your child might just end up in a CPS home invasion. As one couple experienced after attempting to bring their child to another medical doctor for a second opinion following failed and improper treatment of a potentially serious condition,?all it takes is one angry healthcare provider in order to lose your child to a CPS home raid.
It all started when Anna Nikolayev and her husband Alex?took a trip to?Sutter Memorial Hospital over some flu-like symptoms that their 5-month-old son was experiencing. Intended to be a visit centered around ensuring the health of their child, who?Anna says is the most important thing to her, they were met with resistance when questioning the treatment their young son was receiving. In fact, simply asking why their son was being given antibiotics, which absolutely destroys the small?amounts of beneficial gut bacteria in children, was unacceptable.
Child Dosed Up With Antibiotics for ?Flu-Like? Symptoms
Anna recounts asking a nurse why exactly the antibiotics were being given to the 5-month-old, considering that antibiotics do nothing to combat the flu (as it is viral, not bacterial). In response to the reasonable question as to why the child was on routine antibiotics, the nurse at the hospital explained she did not ?know? why antibiotics were prescribed. Later on, Anna says that a doctor confirmed that the child absolutely should not have been on antibiotics.
So what did Anna do? What any reasonable person who cares about their child would do, get the heck out of the hospital prescribing 5-month-old children antibiotics for flu-like symptoms. Before this, the Sutter Hospital doctors actually went a step further. Beyond the antibiotic dosing, they actually admitted the couple?s son Sammy into the ICU and started discussing the possibility of heart surgery. Sammy has been receiving treatment for a?heart murmur since birth.
To Anna, this was yet another step that was not explained and not making much sense. As a result, she pulled Sammy from the hospital and headed over to find a doctor at?Kaiser Permanente who could offer a second opinion.
No Second Opinion For You
Ultimately, this turned out to be a move that would end with Sammy being taken away from the couple for what may be an extremely long time. And although their case will likely be shared thousands of times and potentially lead to the CPS being under such a great degree of public fire that they are forced to return Sammy to his parents, ?we need to understand that?not everyone will receive the same attention.
Instead, it must be seriously understood that the CPS went and took this child even after the medical doctor at?Kaiser Permanente had stated: ?I do?not have concern for the safety of the child at home with his parents.?
Even police, after seeing that the child was safe, allowed the child to stay in the home ? but that was before CPS came. So why would CPS take a child from a home where his safety is not in danger? As you hear in the video, CPS acts on orders from healthcare providers.
Providers like those from?Sutter Memorial Hospital, who were improperly drugging up the child with antibiotics for no reason (at least not one they could provide) and discussing serious heart surgery. And despite what appears to be their utter malpractice, their rage that the parents left the hospital for a second opinion (and loss of serious profits) may have led to a CPS raid that you can see take place in the video above.
As Alex, the 5-month-old?s father,?recounts:
?I was pushed against the building, smacked down. I said, ?am I being placed under arrest?? He smacked me down onto the ground, yelled out, ?I think I got the keys to the house??It seems like parents have no right whatsoever.?
And he?s right, parents are increasingly losing their rights to treat their own child or even receive a second opinion from another medical doctor.
This post originally appeared at Natural Society
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New stats: Plastic surgery trend has women armed for spring and summerPublic release date: 29-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Shannon McCormick shannon@mediasourcetv.com 614-477-2719 American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Inspired by strong-armed celebrities, upper arm lifts jump 4,378% since 2000, new ASPS statistics show
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., April 29, 2013 New statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show that arm lifts in women have skyrocketed more than 4,000 percent in just over the last decade. It is a trend fueled, in part, by sleeveless fashions for women and more focus on strong-armed celebrities. In 2000, more than 300 women got upper arm lift procedures. Last year, more than 15,000 did.
Arm Lifts By The Numbers:
Procedures in 2012
Overall: 15,457 up 3% since 2011 / 4,473% since 2000
Women: 15,136 up 4,378% since 2000
98% of arm lift patients were women
Most popular with patients over 40. The majority, 43%, of patients were ages 40 and 54, 33% were over age 55.
Average surgeon fee: $3,939 / total spent on arm lifts: $61 million
Upper arm lifts can include liposuction or a surgical procedure known as brachioplasty, in which loose skin is removed from the back of the arms.
"Women are paying more attention to their arms in general and are becoming more aware of options to treat this area," said ASPS President Gregory Evans, MD. "For some women, the arms have always been a troublesome area and, along with proper diet and exercise, liposuction can help refine them. Others may opt for a brachioplasty when there is a fair amount of loose skin present with minimal elasticity."
Doctors say there is no single reason behind the increase, though celebrities from the White House to the red carpet may be having an influence. A recent poll* conducted on behalf of ASPS found that women are paying closer attention to the arms of female celebrities.
According to the poll, women most admire the arms of first lady Michelle Obama, followed closely by Jennifer Aniston. Actresses Jessica Biel and Demi Moore, and daytime TV talk show host Kelly Ripa also got votes for their toned arms.
"I think we are always affected by the people that we see consistently, either on the big screen or on TV," said ASPS Public Education Committee Chair David Reath, MD, based in Knoxville, Tenn. "We see them and think, 'yeah, I'd like to look like that'."
That's just what happened to 24-year-old Natalie Robinson of Knoxville, who says she was inspired by the arms of the first lady. "I looked at Michelle Obama and said 'Oh my gosh, I want her arms. When I first started losing weight and started to tone up, I had her image in my head."
That was three years ago. Today, Robinson has lost more than 170 pounds and continues an amazing transformation through diet and exercise. But for all the weight she'd lost, Robinson says she still wasn't entirely happy.
"I had a lot of excessive skin around my upper arms," she said. "Every time I looked in the mirror there was a reminder of a heavier person and I just couldn't get rid of it."
That's when Robinson contacted Dr. Reath, who performed her brachioplasty. "Natalie had the perfect arms for this procedure," said Dr. Reath, "but it's not for everybody."
A brachioplasty requires an incision from the elbow to the armpit, generally on the back of the arm, leaving a visible and permanent scar. For Robinson, the scar was much easier to deal with than the excessive skin, but Dr. Reath cautions patients to carefully consider the pros and cons before having an upper arm lift, particularly a brachioplasty.
"It's a trade off. We get rid of the skin, but we leave a scar," he said. "So, as long as there's enough improvement to be made in the shape of the arm to justify the scar, then it's a great procedure."
Dr. Reath stresses the importance of proper diet and exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle to all his patients, but says some women simply can't achieve the look they want on their own. Many who simply want to tighten and tone their upper arms, but don't have a lot of excess skin, opt for liposuction instead of a brachioplasty.
"We are genetically programmed to have different accumulations of fat in different areas, and for some women the arms can be a problem area," said Dr. Reath. "The arms are a very noticeable area and if excessive fat and skin are an issue, they tend to look more out of proportion than the rest of the body."
That was certainly the case for Robinson, but not anymore. Robinson says she never expected surgery to make her arms perfect, just more normal. "Well-proportioned is what I was going for, and I'm very happy. It was well worth the investment," she said. "I would do it again."
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For more new statistics on trends in plastic surgery including gender, age, regional, national average fees and other breakouts, refer to the ASPS 2012 National Clearinghouse of Plastic Surgery Procedural Statistics report at http://www.plasticsurgery.org/news-and-resources/2012-plastic-surgery-statistics.html. (Stats on this site will be updated with the specific demographics and trends when embargo lifts on 4/29/13). Information about procedures and referrals to ASPS Member Surgeons can be found at http://www.PlasticSurgery.org.
* This poll was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons from March 28-April 1, 2013 among 1,219 women ages 18 and older. This online poll is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. For complete poll methodology, including weighting variables, please contact Shannon McCormick.
About ASPS
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is the world's largest organization of board-certified plastic surgeons. Representing more than 7,000 Member Surgeons, the Society is recognized as a leading authority and information source on aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery. ASPS comprises more than 94 percent of all board-certified plastic surgeons in the United States. Founded in 1931, the Society represents physicians certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery or The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. ASPS advances quality care to plastic surgery patients by encouraging high standards of training, ethics, physician practice and research in plastic surgery. You can learn more and visit the American Society of Plastic Surgeons at PlasticSurgery.org or Facebook.com/PlasticSurgeryASPS and Twitter.com/ASPS_News.
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New stats: Plastic surgery trend has women armed for spring and summerPublic release date: 29-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Shannon McCormick shannon@mediasourcetv.com 614-477-2719 American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Inspired by strong-armed celebrities, upper arm lifts jump 4,378% since 2000, new ASPS statistics show
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., April 29, 2013 New statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show that arm lifts in women have skyrocketed more than 4,000 percent in just over the last decade. It is a trend fueled, in part, by sleeveless fashions for women and more focus on strong-armed celebrities. In 2000, more than 300 women got upper arm lift procedures. Last year, more than 15,000 did.
Arm Lifts By The Numbers:
Procedures in 2012
Overall: 15,457 up 3% since 2011 / 4,473% since 2000
Women: 15,136 up 4,378% since 2000
98% of arm lift patients were women
Most popular with patients over 40. The majority, 43%, of patients were ages 40 and 54, 33% were over age 55.
Average surgeon fee: $3,939 / total spent on arm lifts: $61 million
Upper arm lifts can include liposuction or a surgical procedure known as brachioplasty, in which loose skin is removed from the back of the arms.
"Women are paying more attention to their arms in general and are becoming more aware of options to treat this area," said ASPS President Gregory Evans, MD. "For some women, the arms have always been a troublesome area and, along with proper diet and exercise, liposuction can help refine them. Others may opt for a brachioplasty when there is a fair amount of loose skin present with minimal elasticity."
Doctors say there is no single reason behind the increase, though celebrities from the White House to the red carpet may be having an influence. A recent poll* conducted on behalf of ASPS found that women are paying closer attention to the arms of female celebrities.
According to the poll, women most admire the arms of first lady Michelle Obama, followed closely by Jennifer Aniston. Actresses Jessica Biel and Demi Moore, and daytime TV talk show host Kelly Ripa also got votes for their toned arms.
"I think we are always affected by the people that we see consistently, either on the big screen or on TV," said ASPS Public Education Committee Chair David Reath, MD, based in Knoxville, Tenn. "We see them and think, 'yeah, I'd like to look like that'."
That's just what happened to 24-year-old Natalie Robinson of Knoxville, who says she was inspired by the arms of the first lady. "I looked at Michelle Obama and said 'Oh my gosh, I want her arms. When I first started losing weight and started to tone up, I had her image in my head."
That was three years ago. Today, Robinson has lost more than 170 pounds and continues an amazing transformation through diet and exercise. But for all the weight she'd lost, Robinson says she still wasn't entirely happy.
"I had a lot of excessive skin around my upper arms," she said. "Every time I looked in the mirror there was a reminder of a heavier person and I just couldn't get rid of it."
That's when Robinson contacted Dr. Reath, who performed her brachioplasty. "Natalie had the perfect arms for this procedure," said Dr. Reath, "but it's not for everybody."
A brachioplasty requires an incision from the elbow to the armpit, generally on the back of the arm, leaving a visible and permanent scar. For Robinson, the scar was much easier to deal with than the excessive skin, but Dr. Reath cautions patients to carefully consider the pros and cons before having an upper arm lift, particularly a brachioplasty.
"It's a trade off. We get rid of the skin, but we leave a scar," he said. "So, as long as there's enough improvement to be made in the shape of the arm to justify the scar, then it's a great procedure."
Dr. Reath stresses the importance of proper diet and exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle to all his patients, but says some women simply can't achieve the look they want on their own. Many who simply want to tighten and tone their upper arms, but don't have a lot of excess skin, opt for liposuction instead of a brachioplasty.
"We are genetically programmed to have different accumulations of fat in different areas, and for some women the arms can be a problem area," said Dr. Reath. "The arms are a very noticeable area and if excessive fat and skin are an issue, they tend to look more out of proportion than the rest of the body."
That was certainly the case for Robinson, but not anymore. Robinson says she never expected surgery to make her arms perfect, just more normal. "Well-proportioned is what I was going for, and I'm very happy. It was well worth the investment," she said. "I would do it again."
###
For more new statistics on trends in plastic surgery including gender, age, regional, national average fees and other breakouts, refer to the ASPS 2012 National Clearinghouse of Plastic Surgery Procedural Statistics report at http://www.plasticsurgery.org/news-and-resources/2012-plastic-surgery-statistics.html. (Stats on this site will be updated with the specific demographics and trends when embargo lifts on 4/29/13). Information about procedures and referrals to ASPS Member Surgeons can be found at http://www.PlasticSurgery.org.
* This poll was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons from March 28-April 1, 2013 among 1,219 women ages 18 and older. This online poll is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. For complete poll methodology, including weighting variables, please contact Shannon McCormick.
About ASPS
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is the world's largest organization of board-certified plastic surgeons. Representing more than 7,000 Member Surgeons, the Society is recognized as a leading authority and information source on aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery. ASPS comprises more than 94 percent of all board-certified plastic surgeons in the United States. Founded in 1931, the Society represents physicians certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery or The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. ASPS advances quality care to plastic surgery patients by encouraging high standards of training, ethics, physician practice and research in plastic surgery. You can learn more and visit the American Society of Plastic Surgeons at PlasticSurgery.org or Facebook.com/PlasticSurgeryASPS and Twitter.com/ASPS_News.
Broadcast quality multimedia elements at: http://bit.ly/14STmA2
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Media Contacts: Shannon McCormick, 614-932-9950 (ext. 14) shannon@mediasourcetv.com or ASPS: 847-228-9900, media@plasticsurgery.org
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