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Lists most exciting moment in sports as when her high school team won CIF Div. 3 by 60 points, clinching the first CIF victory in school history
Majoring in sociology.
Born January 29, 1991 in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Parents are Bob and Laura Landgrebe of Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Has one sibling, Whitney.
Full name is Shannon Nicole Landgrebe.
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Life; The Universe; And God
This article addresses the question of whether modern science contradicts the existence of "God" or actually implies the existence of "God". I will explain The Big Bang Theory as I understand it from reading "A Briefer History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. I highly recommend reading anything written by him as he is a brilliant scientist and theoretician, and his books are both relatively easy to read and absolutely fascinating. One subject Stephen Hawking will not embark upon is whether science points to an existence of "God". The reason for this is because we truly have absolutely no way of proving the existence of "God" at this point in time, and we have no scientific methods of even beginning to prove it. Therefore any conclusions made about the existence of "God", drawn from modern science and physics, can be only conjecture and inherently unprovable. I am not a quantum scientist, so I have no problem with conjecture. In this article I will point out what I feel to be implied by what scientists have learned of the known universe and the interactions of the particles within. It is important to note that what has been observed is relative to the observer, as more data comes in, the observations are refined further and further, painting what we hope to be an extremely accurate picture.
The Big Bang:
Due to the observations we have made of our known universe using both Earth-based telescopes and the Space-based Hubble telescope, combined with the discovery of quantum physics, we are able to make more and more discoveries regarding the behavior of our universe and the particles therein. According to leading quantum physicists we can predict with a high degree of certainty approximately what the universe looked like and was composed of, to less than a nanosecond after what is commonly referred to as The Big Bang although that is somewhat of a misnomer.
Most people seem to think that The Big Bang Theory says that all the matter (mass/energy) in the Universe was simply condensed down to something really small somewhere in the Universe; Right? Wrong. In fact thats what I also remember being taught in school, but that is not what science has actually shown us. According to Stephen Hawking, we have gathered a massive amount of evidence all pointing to only one explanation.
All the galaxies in the Universe originated from a single point size ZERO.
The Universe once occupied a single point size ZERO.
What the @#$%?
Yes, everything we see came from NOTHING. Our mathematical models show an extremely accurate
picture of what the Universe looked like right up until less than a nanosecond after TBB, but we still have no idea what happened prior to that. This is because all of our known laws of physics break down at that point. Space/time seems to have had infinite curvature at that point in history, and the laws of physics as we know them cannot exist in that state. This seems to show that the forces of our universe came into being at the same time as the universe itself. So basically first there was nothing, absolutely nothing, no physics, no space, no matter.
Then BOOM!
Everything all at once.....time/space, mass/energy (matter), all at once it was there. It is important to note that while all this matter was created, it was created in a very basic form, not in complex atoms but merely the building blocks for atoms. In fact, in the most common models, after the initial expansion of the Universe, it was filled with some kind of quark/gluon plasma, as well as some other elementary particles like neutrons, electrons, photons and more. At this point it is believed that particle/anti-particle pairs are constantly being created and destroyed by collisions. Then we get something called Baryogenesis which I don't fully understand, the gist of it is that something happened which caused there to be a very small predominance of particles over anti-particles, about 1 part in 30 million. This is why we have more matter than anti-matter in our Universe.
In the first second of the Big Bang, quite a lot happened; mass annihilation's of protons and electrons and other elementary particles, as well as some other interesting events. For the purposes of this article it is not necessary to detail those, I recommend Wikipedia if you would like to know, they have an excellent Big Bang section full of citations and details to keep you reading for hours.
A few minutes into the Big Bang, the temperature has now cooled to about a billion degrees Kelvin, and we begin to see what is known as Big Bang nucleosynthesis. This as far as I can tell is just another fancy name for fusion, and we end up with helium and deuterium (heavy hydrogen) and some other trace light elements; however most particles remain uncombined as hydrogen, with 1 electron orbiting 1 proton.
This resulted in a NEARLY uniform distribution of matter.
Over a very long period of time, the slightly denser regions of the universe were pulled inexorably closer by the force of gravity, resulting in the stars, galaxies, clouds and etc that we see evident in our universe today.
This is a very basic telling of the Big Bang Theory; there are many aspects to the theory, some of which are highly contested, but the basic theory as I have just written it has been evidenced repeatedly by multiple forms of testing. For a more detailed explanation of the Big Bang, I once again recommend Wikipedia as it allows you to easily follow links to verify the statements.
Now that we have gone through the basics of the Big Bang, let's look at what science tells us about a few of the important aspects of the universe as we observe it.
How can space/time have no beginning or end, if it didnt exist until TBB?
Imagine a balloon, this balloon represents Space/Time. Space/time is what was created first and in the beginning it was much smaller than it is now. Immediately after space/time was created (far, far, less than a nanosecond), matter was created within space/time. This is one of the reasons we have galaxies spread so far throughout the Universe, because when the matter that later became galaxies was initially created it was everywhere within space/time, because space/time was incredibly small as compared to now.
The idea of space as a balloon works well because a spherical balloon has no beginning or end upon its surface, however it is finite. This is crucial to understand, space/time is finite. Unlike the balloon however, space/time is 4 dimensionally spherical in nature. With the balloon you can only travel continuously in 2 dimensions (side to side or vertically) whereas in space you can travel in all directions continuously, although you may end up back where you started if you went far enough. The balloon model also helps to illustrate the reason why the Universe is still expanding, actually accelerating. Large objects affect space/time in a visible way, resulting in gravity, seeming to anchor matter somewhat to space/time, while the space between galaxies, devoid of matter, is still expanding, causing the distance between galaxies to increase.
The Big Bang was an enormous explosion of incredible proportions; in this explosion billions upon billions upon billions of particles were created or released into the new Universe, we have no way of knowing which, but for our purposes it doesnt matter, no pun intended. Protons, neutrons, electrons, positrons, neutrinos, and so on, there are quite a few particles we have discovered, and most likely many more we may never discover. As the temperature cooled after the initial burst of energy, the particles began to be affected more and more by the forces that were also created in the beginning. Gravity, The Strong Nuclear Force, The Weak Nuclear Force are some of these newly created forces.
These forces caused many of the initial particles to combine to create ever more complex particles, the complex particles themselves interacting or combining with others to make still more complex particles, or atoms. We see from this model, as well as others, that the Universe uses very small particles as building blocks for other larger particles, even protons and neutrons are themselves made of quarks, and leptons.
We see absolutely no evidence that anything larger than the very small, i.e. protons/neutrons, was created whole and complete.
All objects larger than those came into being from the smaller objects interacting with each other within the boundaries of the Forces that were also created in the beginning. Not even the most basic of atoms (helium, hydrogen, and deuterium) were created whole.
There is a finite number of ways in which particles can combine; the laws of physics dictate that particles can only bond with other particles in a VERY limited fashion. I think it is interesting to note that while all particles in the Universe have a certain amount of freedom, they are also extremely strictly governed by the laws of physics, allowing only a relatively few possible outcomes to events affecting said particles.
Since all matter is affected by gravity we end up with huge, swirling clouds of gas, mostly hydrogen, but with some other basic ones as well, and since gravity increases as more and more matter gets very close to other matter the first large objects we see in the Universe are stars. Stars are basically atom factories, as fusion is required at this point in order created anything much more complicated than helium, heavy hydrogen (deuterium) and hydrogen.
This poses no problem for the Universe however, because the forces of physics cause matter to coalesce into large spheres, increasing the gravity affecting all particles within the range of its gravitational pull. Gravity combines with friction to generate heat, and with enough heat you get fusion. The more complex the atom, the more heat you need in order to have fusion. This heat is also what stops the gravitational pull from causing the matter to continue to collapse further and further.
So at first we have these basic stars, working away at fusing smaller atoms into larger, more complex ones, however, there is a limit to which atoms may be fused. That limit is Iron. When stars reach that crucial point where they can fuse no further we get the next step in the creation of the Universe as we know it today. Supernovae. Supernovae occur when the fusible material in a star is exhausted, and all the Iron it has created over time causes the star to collapse in on itself, while at the same time releasing tremendous amounts of both radiation and matter. The matter released is now shot throughout the Universe, ready to interact with all other matter it encounters.
This explosive force which occurs is necessary for atoms to continue to combine into the most complex forms we can see, Life. The reason for this is because life as we know it cannot occur in close proximity to a Supernova, the radiation by a supernova is too intense to allow particles to combine into to form life. This is also the reason why life (as we know it) can only exist in relatively barren regions of space. Thankfully, space is quite big.
The matter used to create life and therein us, all came from stars. The purpose of a star, as defined by the forces of physics, seems to be to create complex molecules, which can then be used later to create even more complex systems. Throughout the Universe we see this same model, from the smallest particles to the largest complex systems, particles continue to want to interact with particles where ever possible as allowed by the other forces, and in this interaction they desire to make more complex systems.
When stars have reached the limit of their potential to create more complex materials, the same forces which caused the star to burn and form to begin with, cause the star to eject a massive amount of this converted material in the explosion known as a Supernova. The matter then begins its trek through space, whether short or long, to be either caught up in another star or object, to create planets, or to end up in orbit around a star or planet, or to continue hurtling through space forever.
In many places only certain types of more complex structures will be possible, due to the inherent uncertainty in the universe from free will, as in nothing will interfere with anything else outside the boundaries of what has been determined by the fundamental laws of physics.
For instance, Light photons dont simply disappear and reappear around the world; wood doesnt sprout wings and fly. All objects large and small have certain parameters by which they must abide. But while this is true, it is also true that matter is inherently changing, Forces which were less powerful in previous states are able to exert different forces and pressures at different temperatures/speeds to create a vast diversity of molecules.
This diversity is a direct result of the nature of particles and their inherent desire to bond with other particles whenever possible. ALL particles in our universe are constantly interacting in some way with themselves as well as neighboring particles or forces. We know that particles slow down as they lose heat or energy. We also know that once these particles have sufficiently cooled from the temperatures required to create them, they can in turn be used as building blocks for even more complex structures.
Approximately 4.5 billion years ago Earth is created and goes through a series of interactions resulting in a larger amount of biological matter present on Earth. This matter went through a series of chemical interactions, the most important of which may be photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis allowed the large amounts of carbon dioxide to be converted to oxygen and provide us with an ozone layer. This allowed further and further diversity of the earliest forms of Life.
Approximately 610 million years ago multicellular organisms appear and we see an explosion of these forms of life in both number and diversity, however to this day single celled prokaryotes remain the majority of the biomass present on Earth.
Through the evolution of these multicellular organisms and a whole lot of time we end up with what we see on Earth today; an incredibly diverse complication of particles into something that then takes other material to create more of itself, Life.
First we have an initial event in which all matter and all laws governing said matter was CREATED. Next we have matter combining to form more complex structures. Next we have complex structures which are self-replicating. These self-replicating structures then continue the steps with evolution, further complicating their structures.
All this science seems to imply the existence of another force, a very general force which is the reason for the existence of all forces, and therefore all outcomes from the interaction of the forces upon the particles in our Universe. The laws of physics and TBB and the existence of Life imply the existence of an overriding force, or Creator.
That force we are observing is The Life Force. Im calling it that because that seems to be its inherent purpose, the ultimate complication of particles. Life can be defined as something that procreates, chooses through its own free will to use materials from its environment and create. This is exactly what seems to have happened to create our Universe.
There must have been a Force which caused the Creation of our Universe, a single force which was present before the creation, and is still present. A force which created the forces of our Universe, and the matter therein from the environment in which this initial force existed, to further its own more complex goal perhaps, or merely as an inevitable result from possible forces affecting it. In order for a force to be a force it must have a goal, a result to its effects. I believe the result of the Life Force is the Creation of the Universe as well as the creation of Life itself.
Life, just like everything else in our universe, is not random. Amino acids and peptides are the building blocks of life, and like all other particles, there is a strictly limited number of ways for these amino acids to combine, and like other particles, when the required conditions exist, life WILL occur.
The next step in complication of particles is just as strictly governed, while at the same time allowing extreme diversity due to the nature of using small building blocks to create larger objects.
Evolution of life is NOT completely random. Life itself wants to evolve into more and more combination's which are nearly all beneficial to its further existence, not with random mutations most of which are harmful.
Not all particles will be able to, but all particles are pushed towards the change necessary to create life, other forces and laws governing molecules are also at work, that is why there are so many non-living particles, and even that is necessary for the Life force to be able to apply its natural desire for diversity. The Life force takes every aspect of the universe to help it create Life.
Life force will not operate outside if its own boundaries into areas governed by other laws. But all laws and forces are extensions of the will of Life Force, with the intent to develop progressively more complex molecules, the epitome of which is Life.
Anywhere Life can develop it will develop.
Life Force is being exerted on all particles throughout the universe. Life force is able to operate on both a small scale and a large scale because it is simultaneously inherent everywhere in the Universe. No matter where you are Life force will be the same, exerting its influence on particles to create ever more complex structures. This may in fact be why particles move in waves, Life Force may be exerting constant pressure on all particles simultaneously, causing them to waffle back and forth in space/time. I believe we have been observing the Life force for quite some time now as the reason for particles moving in waves, and it is interesting to note that the very act of electrons moving in waves is what allows them to orbit nuclei and create atoms, without which we would not have anything more than primordial muck throughout the universe.
The only phenomenon in the Universe that we know of which mimics this drive to create is Life, Life takes its environment and changes it. Life also seeks to advance into both more complex and more diverse structures, not just because it is a better way to survive, but because it is different, because it is a possible life form.
Life is different from other matter in that the structure is imbued an extra spark of something, some push which drives it to exert force on nearby particles and use those particles to Build specific complex structures. Just as the Life force, life takes building blocks and builds what it needs; Life force also pushes new complex structures to try to find successful new arrangements of molecules even more complex than before. The Life Force is the same as space/time in that the beginning is the same as the end, and the middle the same as both, it is consistent always in its efforts to Create. We may very well be at the mere beginning to Life, but if our species evolves into a higher life form, it will not be from random mutations.
As we are pushed against the boundaries of our lives, our DNA will naturally change to emphasize different traits beneficial to the new environment, the better a species survives a new environment, the more likely it will be able to fulfill the Life Forces inexorable push and change again enough to push the boundaries again, as Life demands. Humans are certainly an exciting step for Life force, as our abilities to manipulate our environment increase to proportions unlike any other form of Life.
Life force is merely my name for what you may call God, or the Creator, and for the reasons I have just listed I believe that science does imply the existence of God.
Modern science does imply the existence of God, so to speak, therefore if you believe in God don't ignore all the evidence for God due to the mistaken belief that modern science and God are incompatible? If you believe that humans are the goal of the creator don't ignore all the evidence modern science has given you for that.
I would love to cite all my sources for this information, however since most of it was read over and over again from different authors I will mention the most comprehensive sources I used. Between reading Stephen Hawking and Wikipedia you will be able to find all the sources you could possibly want to verify the basic truth or the basic theories I have been discussing with you.
As far as the Life force goes, that's all my own, however since formulating that theory I have heard of similar theories in existence, I am certainly not the first person to think there is an overriding force. It is completely my opinion with absolutely no scientific data to back up my idea that particle-waves are the evidence of this Life force.
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Post subject: Re: Life, The Universe, and God. (Long)
norcalgolfer wrote:
So basically first there was nothing, absolutely nothing, no physics, no space, no matter.
Then BOOM!
Everything all at once.....time/space, mass/energy (matter), all at once it was there.
Or, as someone else once put it, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
It's all a great big fascinating mystery, isn't it? I've personally never seen the world as science vs. religion - to me, they're just two ways of describing the same events.
Enjoyed your post a lot!
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Thanks LizE
The Idea of a Creator is certainly an extremely old one. Many (i would venture to say most in fact) faiths have stories of creation. When you look at the stories as relatively primitive descriptions of the origin of the Universe, it is certainly striking how accurate many seem to be. If you change the word "god" or "gods" to "force" or "forces" it becomes even closer to how we have scientifically defined it today.
For instance:
Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
Now this is actually a mistranslation, because in Hebrew the word that is used here is "Elohim", which is the plural form of god. "Yahweh" is the singular form, and isn't used until much later in The Bible.
So the true translation is "In the beginning
created the heaven and the earth".
If you then change that to "In the beginning
created the universe and the earth", well that's pretty darn accurate isn't it.
And of course The Bible is certainly not the only or even the oldest creation story which goes along the lines of how we believe it did happen according to the scientific evidence.
The main difference between the majority of the creation stories and modern scientific theory, is the presence of an additional force with the specific intent to create life.
I think it is important to note that I did not come to the theory of a creation force from a religious or faith-based perspective. I am not a member of any Christian, Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist, or any other religion.
In fact, when I started studying quantum theory and the big bang, I didn't believe either a god, or a creator existed. In the process of learning how modern science believes the universe was created, I began to see a pattern.
It is all way too convenient. Everything works too well. Even evolution from random mutation is extremely unlikely in such a relatively short period of time, which is not to say that is not what happened (in such a large universe, even that which is improbable, is also likely to be inevitable).
But taking away the specifics of whether evolution was the work of a creator, or just random, look at how each and every particle fits into a natural order. Look at how perfectly all the forces we know exist function and interact with all the particles within the universe. Forces which cause an electron to ONLY be able to orbit a nucleus on a specific path. And those paths are also what gives us the atomic elements which can then be used to create life.
Everything works too well for ALL of it to be completely random.
This new found belief of mine caused me to formulate my theory of a life force, or creator force. My excitement over all that I had learned, and now felt, led me to write my Life, the Universe, and God essay.
Lol, basically The Big Bang Theory caused me to believe in Creation, and that is not something I usually hear from day to day.
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A comeback overtime victory for freshman Kevin Moylan and a strong effort by senior co-captain Zach Bintliff were the lone victories for the Princeton wrestling team in a 30-6 road loss at in-state rival Rutgers Saturday night.
While the team score was decisive, there were a handful of close matches that went Rutgers' way, including three matches by two points or fewer. Freshmen Scott Gibbons and Judd Ziegler both lost by two points apiece, while sophomore Kyle Roddy nearly upset former EIWA finalist Scott Winston before falling by one point.
Rutgers took control of the match early with six straight wins, but Moylan stopped that streak with a comeback win at 141. His opponent, Trevor Melde, scored a takedown in the first and an escape in the second to lead 3-0 entering the third period. Moylan chose neutral in the third and scored a pair of takedowns to force overtime. In the extra session, he scored his third takedown to claim the win and get Princeton on the scoreboard.
Bintliff carried that momentum into his match at 149 and scored on an early takedown, but Ken Theobold would eventually grab a lead in the second period. Bintliff bounced back and scored both takedown and near fall points in both the second and third period to earn an 11-4 win.
Roddy nearly scored a shocker at 157 over senior EIWA finalist and four-time New Jersey state champion Scott Winson. He scored a takedown in the first period and a reversal in the second to grab a 4-1 lead, but Winston had a reversal of his own to cut the score to 4-3 entering the third. Winston recorded the only takedown of the third to finish a 5-4 victory over his gritty opponent.
Ziegler was close to forcing overtime in the finale, but Anthony Volpe recorded a takedown with 18 seconds remaining to close a 3-1 win.
Princeton will return to Dillon Gym Friday night to take on Chattanooga in the final home match of the 2012 portion of the schedule.
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"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
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sorry T rat
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Kirby, no offence, but you having the best argument in the world seems unlikely at best
Life begins as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the child.
kirby you are trolling yourself these days...
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I like how Kirbx assumes that the British economy is exactly the same as it was when it was an empire. Little does he know the pound is worth twice as much as the US dollar.
There's really no advantage to learning Finnish (unless you plan to live in Finland) and it's one of the hardest eastern European languages to learn so, good luck I guess.
Japanese is much easier to learn, grammar-wise. It's the writing system that throws people off.
good thing i grew out of it. im going through the igbo phase now.
rayne i cant tell you how to live your life, all i can tell you is: be careful. it's not as peachy as it seems and once you're in it, and i mean REALLY in it, it's hard to get out.
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Finnish is a cool language.
You guys just don't understand. :|
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Colorado's Balch Fieldhouse was officially opened in 1937, and it quickly proved to be a successful conclave for the basketball Buffs. In the first year in the building, known simply as the CU Fieldhouse in the early years, Colorado went an undefeated 6-0 at home including a 43-38 victory over Denver to christen the building.
Playing principally an area schedule back then (the Buffs didn't join the Big Eight until 1948), CU also beat Colorado State, Wyoming, Colorado Mines, Colorado A&M (State) and Colorado College in its own confines that season.
The building, covering 37,050 square feet and made primarily of stone and concrete, was built at a cost of $174,500. It was worth every dollar, because in the first six years of operation, the Forrest (Frosty) Cox-coached Buffs recorded a 45-2 home mark.
The men's basketball team's all-time record in Balch is 298-115 (.718). Balch was also home to the women's basketball team from its inception in the 1974-75 season through the 1978-79 season, recording a 34-22 (.607) record and going a perfect 10-0 in Balch in 1978-79. Balch was also home to gymnastics and wrestling until those sports were cut in 1981 and continues to be used today for indoor track, which annually hosts the Potts Invitational as well as a few other home dates each year. The women's volleyball team played its first few seasons in Balch (1986-88) and recorded a 10-14 record there.
In the '50s, the capacity of Balch peaked at about 7,000, but was gradually cut back to house a comfortable 4,000 for the men's basketball team. It had the appearance of a cozy barn but was more like a madhouse for visiting teams, especially when the standing-room-only crowds voiced deafening support for the Buffs. The opponents could barely hear themselves think.
The home-court advantage continued into the Bill Blair era. The showman loved the boisterous fans and went as far to say: "When the students support us, the filedhouse is a great place to play. When we have the new place, I'd love to play every home game in the old place and recruit to the new place. We get those students in there and it's the greatest place in the world."
In 1976-77, the building's name was changed to Balch Fieldhouse, in honor of Roland E. Balch (pictured right), a long-time member of the athletic and physical education departments. The late "Doc" Balch coached the swimming team from 1949-61 and became one of the most popular members of the athletic staff.
After his discharge from the Navy, which originally brought him to Colorado as an athletic officer for a unit attached to the University, he remained as CU's athletic trainer, hence the nickname. He later headed the P.E. department's service programs under Harry Carlson.
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Salih Memecan is one of the first names that springs to mind in connection with cartoons in Turkey. Memecan appeals to readers of all ages thanks to his Sizinkiler (You and Yours) and Bizimcity (Our City) cartoons, which he has been drawing for more than twenty years. We talked with him about children's and young people's attitudes to drawing.
How do you see the future of the new generation in terms of the cartoon and the comic strip given the new and improved access to drawing and visual production technologies?
I think those who develop their talent for drawing during this process are going to be more sought after, more in demand. Drawings, graphics and figures are the common language of mankind. They are used, for example, in creating the assembly manuals of a certain furniture brand that has stores almost all over the world. All the information required for assembling and using the products can be provided through graphics with no need for written text.
Throughout history, writing and speaking have taken precedence over drawing and graphics. The fact is however that everybody can draw the same as they can talk and write.
There is a preconception among some families that the life of the artist is difficult. So even if their kids have talent, the parents are often rather cool towards their taking an interest in art.
As I see it, now is the time of the designers, artists, poets and literary types.
If a child is interested in and has a talent for drawing, how should that aptitude be developed?
I've wrestled with that question myself. I go around from school to school explaining how one becomes a cartoonist, the kind of humor it takes. The only way to be able to draw is by drawing, and if you ask me, it's got nothing to do with talent. The ability to draw is like the ability to talk. Children should be encouraged to draw just as they are to write.
But those who know from a young age that they want to make a career of drawing need to be channeled in the right direction. What would you recommend for that?
Anybody who wants to work as an illustrator and make money at it has to invent himself as a brand. For that, three things are necessary: One, you have to be an expert in some field. Two, you have to be able to explain the things you know. And, finally, medium. A person who produces by drawing things about which he's an expert can make a name for himself through an internet blog, a personal website or a twitter account. If he can do something else, he is making himself known in any case.
Works shared on the internet have a tendency either to become anonymous or to be viewed as public property. What's your view on that?
As President of the Media Association, I take an interest in efforts to protect copyrights and ownership of intellectual property. It's an important issue. Just because a visual is on the internet doesn't mean that it has no owner. Copyright laws are being continuously beefed up by individuals and companies that produce iconic characters like Mickey Mouse.
What do illustrators trained in Turkey have to do to make their voices heard? How can they take advantage of the opportunities that are out there?
As far as I can see at the moment, Turkey needs to produce more popular and more universal characters and then market them. Cartoons are being made of Turkish folk characters like Keloğlan and Dede Korkut, but they need to have more universal appeal. Keloğlan, for example, needs to be made in such a way that it's marketable to the whole world. From the business standpoint, it's in the country's interest that the cartoon and comic strip business be planned. This sector of the country and its young people need to take this business seriously.


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The Dark One Is Nice But I Like The One We Have Now
I"m use to looking at the original but the Dark one is HOT!!!
My vote is Dark.
Original Please
Original is cool...
original is better.
Plus i check this site frequently at work and the dark blue stands out WAY too much!!!
The white original tends to blend in with my work related activities
No I LOVE The Dark One!!!! Its HOT!!
Dude had a good point about it sticking out at work. It would be cool if there was a way for the user to choose the color. Don't know if that's asking to much or not. Just wanted to throw that out there.
no, there isn't a way of users choosing the colors.. but i think i can make one with less colors.. probably in white, gray and black, that will draw no attention at all at work


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Tilton Park Tile Mural
Celebrating Wilmington's history and the life Dr. James Tilton
Beginning in 2010, the 5th District Neighborhood Planning Council collaborated with mosaic tile artist Sharon Jones of SJ Studios to fabricate a picturesque informational mural in Tilton Park. The park covers approximately 3 acres and features a wide variety of beautiful shade trees which are complimented by flowering trees. Of special note are the flowering Japanese Kwanzan Cherry Trees, which offer a special treat to neighbors each spring.
Working in conjunction with Sophia Hanson of the Department of Planning and Stan Kozicki, Project Manager for the Department of Parks and Recreation, the 5th District NPC recently funded park repairs and upgrades, including new lighting and benches. The NPC was then inspired to add an artistic element to the park designed to link residents and visitors to the history of the park and Wilmington. Through this effort, the idea of the mural was born.
The NPC's primary goal was to depict the historic themes (including that of the park's namesake Dr. James Tilton) and industries intrinsic to Wilmington and to Delaware. The images range widely from Delaware agricultural and chemical inventions to banking and finance. The mural also features scenes of children playing soccer and images of Quakers and the Underground Railroad. The mural is comprised of over 2,300 handmade 2" x 2" tiles inset into a 90' brick face sitting wall with a bluestone cap. The 5th District NPC is very pleased with the artistic mural and encourages Wilmington residents and visitors to visit Tilton Park to view the mural.
To view the gallery, open the first image and then scroll through the gallery using the arrows on the left and right of each image.
Tilton Park Mural Dedication Ceremony
About Dr. James Tilton
(June 1, 1745 - May 14, 1822)
James Tilton had a long and distriguished career in the military and as a physician. He served as Surgeon General from June 11, 1813 until June 15, 1815.
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Romi Haan knew becoming an entrepreneur was risky. It meant navigating her father's disapproval, abandoning her secure and prestigious career at South Korea's Ministry of Education and accepting the social isolation that went with being a woman in the male-dominated Korean business world. But she never imagined that the challenges would include facing down a man who brought an ax to a meeting.
The ax wielder had been purchasing steam cleaners in bulk from Haan's still-struggling company using a discount intended for corporate gift programs. He was behind on his payments to the tune of $300,000, so she'd done some digging and discovered he wasn't affiliated with any firm. Instead, he was illegally reselling the appliances on the Internet for a profit and siphoning off Haan's legitimate online sales. In a strange way it was a compliment that after the five years she had spent getting her eponymous company established, HAAN steam cleaners were enough in demand that a swindler would target them. Haan hoped that by confronting the man at a café near her Seoul office after work one evening in 2004, she would embarrass him into paying his debt and stopping the illegal sales.
Instead, after ushering her into the inside seat of a two-person corner booth, with privacy curtains shielding them from view, the man pulled an ax out of his briefcase and set it on the table. "The head was huge, but the handle was small," says Haan, 48. "That's how he fit it in there."
She tried to leave, but the man blocked her exit and, with the hatchet on the table between them, demanded that she continue supplying him with her product. For the next three hours, they faced off across the table, tensely but quietly. "He always came back to the same subject, and I kept coming back with the same answer: We can discuss it tomorrow, at the office," Haan says. Finally, just after midnight, the café closed and the two left, along with the other patrons, who were unaware of the strange showdown that had taken place. Haan sued the man to recover the money he owed her (she had no evidence to file criminal charges), but even though she won, she was never able to collect on the debt.
Thinking back, this soft-spoken woman with the easy smile says she knows she should have called for help or summoned the police, but she froze: "I was just too busy trying to pretend I wasn't scared." Maintaining an unruffled front in the face of setbacks and confrontations—though no others as dangerous as this—had become second nature since she began her entrepreneurial journey in 1998. Moreover, Haan learned two valuable lessons that night: First, she was tougher than she had ever imagined. And second, if a man wanted her products badly enough to set up an online swindle and threaten her with an ax, she was definitely on to something. In fact, Haan was building a $150 million international consumer-products company on the back of one very simple idea: It was time to make a better mop.
Haan's enterprise was conceived one morning nearly 15 years ago as she was on her hands and knees scrubbing the floor of her apartment in Seoul—something she did morning and night, every single day. "In Korea we do everything on the floor: We eat on the floor, we sleep on the floor, the kids play on the floor," she says. "Having a clean floor is a very big deal." And the twice-daily scrubbings fall to the women. Haan's husband, Namsuk Koh, a salesman for an educational-toy company who (unusually for his gender and almost unheard of for his generation) often pitched in on household chores, had declared floor cleaning off-limits. He once told her, only half-joking, "Men are not ergonomically designed to be on their hands and knees to clean the floor."


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Fencers Stand Second Heading Into Final Day at NCAA Championships
On the first day of the men's half of the competition at the NCAA Championships at Ohio State, Penn State slipped past Princeton into first place, but the Tigers are still in position to make some history.
The Nittany Lions lead heading into the final day of the co-ed competition with 152 bout victories, 17 better than Princeton's 135. The Tigers are 12 in front of third-place Harvard 13 in front of fourth-place St. John's and 14 in front of fifth-place Ohio State. All of the top five schools will have 48 bouts available Sunday.
If the current standings hold, Princeton will be the only school to take home an NCAA trophy - awarded to the top four schools - in each of the last four years. Notre Dame is also vying to be a part of that group, but the Irish stand in sixth place and are 11 back of fourth-place St. John's with just 40 bouts Sunday.
Princeton is also in position to finish in the top two in each of the last three seasons, something no other school would be able to claim. In 2012, Princeton finished second to Ohio State. The Tigers won last year ahead of Notre Dame. This year, Princeton trails only Penn State.
Individually, sophomore epee Jack Hudson and freshman saber Peter Pak are in the best position to gain a berth into the medal round. Hudson has won 10 bouts alongside fourth-place Joseph Rafidi of MIT but is just short on the tiebreaker, touch differential, +14 to +10. Pak, now sixth, won 11 bouts Saturday, the same as Adrian Bak of Penn State and Roman Sydorenko of St. John's, but Bak and Sydorenko are ahead of Pak on touch differential, +30 and +27 to +12. The top four finishers will qualify for the medal round, and all Princeton fencers will have eight more bouts Sunday.
Hudson's fellow epee, freshman Alex House, stands 20th with six bout wins in 15 chances Saturday, and Pak's weapon-mate, senior Philip Dershwitz, is 17th with six wins.
Princeton's sophomore foilists, Michael Dudey and Rodney Chen, stand sixth and 16th, with 10 and five bout victories respectively.
All three weapons will begin competition at 9 a.m. Sunday with medal bouts set to begin at 1:45 p.m. with live coverage on ESPN3.com. For full results, click here.


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Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 3rd round (95th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft.
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Can't make it down to Moab for a little off-road adventure? A closer-to-home option at the Miller Motorsports Park north of Tooele has brought the southern adventure to the northern end of the state.
The park has built an off-road course on site and allows drivers to crawl over rocks, negotiate through valleys, over boulders, out of deep holes and up cliffs. Individuals can drive their own four-wheeled vehicle or one of the park's Jeep Rubicons that have been highly modified for maximum off-road performance. The seven-acre rock crawling facility offers varying grades and difficulty levels to challenge drivers of all ability levels and can be rented out for private events.
If you're not quite ready to tackle the course on your own, the track also offers classes in off-road driving, including the basic three-hour course, complete with lessons on safety and mechanical features and the simplest off-road experience. For info visit millermostorsportspark.com.


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Backstage at the 2012 Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, Smokey Robinson talks candidly about being inducted before the Miracles in 1987, then years later in 2012, having the opportunity to induct the group himself.
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The Allman Brothers Band comes together in Jacksonville, Florida.
The Allman Brothers Band's self-titled debut is released on Capricorn Records.
Eric Clapton releases "Layla and Other Love Songs" featuring Duane Allman.
The Allman Brothers Band are recorded at Bill Graham's Fillmore East, and the best performances are culled for the double-album classic 'The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East.'
Duane Allman, guitarist and founder of the Allman Brothers Band, dies when his motorcycle avoided a truck in Macon, Georgia.
'Eat a Peach,' by the Allman Brothers Band is released. Mixing live and studio material, it features the last studio recordings by Duane Allman.
Bassist Berry Oakley of the Allman Brothers Band dies in a motorcycle accident three blocks from where Duane Allman's fatal crash occurred a year earlier
'Brothers and Sisters,' by the Allman Brothers Band, is released. It is their highest charting (#1) and longest charting (56 weeks) album.
"Ramblin' Man," by the Allman Brothers Band, reaches #2. It is the highest-charting single of their career.
The Allman Brothers Band dissolves acrimoniously, albeit temporarily.
Gregg Allman joins the Dickey Betts Band onstage at a concert in New York's Central Park, paving the way for an Allman Brothers Band reunion.
The reconstituted Allman Brothers Band release 'Enlightened Rogues,' their first studio album since 1975's 'Win, Lose or Draw.'
The Allman Brothers Band are the musical guests on 'Saturday Night Live.' It is their last performance for four years.
Joined by new members Warren Haynes (guitar) and Allen Woody (bass), a recharged Allman Brothers Band hits the road.
The Allman Brothers Band release 'Shades of Two Worlds,' one of the strongest albums of their career.
'Where It All Begins,' another solid album of new material from the Allman Brothers Band, is released.
The Allman Brothers Band is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the tenth annual induction dinner. Willie Nelson is their presenter.
The Allman Brothers Band kick off their 30th anniversary tour with 18 nights at New York's Beacon Theater.
Allen Woody, bass player for the Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule, dies
The Allman Brothers Band's 'Peakin' at the Beacon,' a live album recorded at New York City's Beacon Theater, is released.


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Women's Swimming/Diving Hits Road One Final Time Before Hosting Ivy Champs
The final road trip of the 2012-13 Princeton women's swimming/diving regular season will take place Friday afternoon, as the Tigers head to Uris Pool in New York City to take on a talented Columbia squad at 2 pm.
Princeton is currently 5-1 on the season, and it was just ranked 22nd in the latest Endless Pools/CollegeSwimming.com Top 25, which ranks teams based on their top performances over the preceding month. The Tigers had several impressive performances during their split of HYP weekend, and they feel that the best is still to come.
Of course, an ideal time for the best would be Feb. 28-March 2, when Princeton hosts the 2013 Ivy League Championships. The Tigers have won 10 of the last 13 Ivy League titles, though they will be joining the rest of the league in trying to catch reigning champion Harvard.
Two of the league's most decorated upperclassman will be on display at Uris Pool. Princeton junior Lisa Boyce has won four Ivy League individual titles in six attempts, and she finished in the top three in the other two events. Boyce currently has the Ivy League's top time in the 50 free, while she has top-three times in both the 100 free and 100 back.
Like Boyce, Columbia senior Katie Meili is a four-time individual Ivy League champion, and she matched Boyce with three titles last year. Meili currently has the league's best times in the 100 and 200 breast, asw well as the 200 IM.


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Playwright of a new musical JUDY GARLAND - World's Greatest Entertainer. This show is a takeoff of the '70's tv show THIS IS YOUR LIFE. But Judy's guests are Liza, Frank and Dean. The 4 of them sing their signature tunes. Opening in April 2015
CANDLELIGHT THEATRE: April 24,25,26 & May 1,2,3 302.475.2313
baby grand Mother's Day May 10 matinee and evening performance (Mom loved Judy, Frank & Dean) 800.37.Grand
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With great risks come even greater rewards. That is the mantra of live theatre performers...and to an even more amplified extent, those who attempt to pioneer with new music and new scripts.
City Theatre is important to Wilmington's creative growth. It is stratospherically more edgy than any other performing arts group. So being, it attracts - and retains - an engaging crew of actors dedicated to their craft. To these artistic soldiers, their march is set to the unfamiliar and the offbeat. Why perform THE FANTASTICKS when you can do BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL?
Or better yet, a World Premiere of a musical by two locals ON THE AIR, playing the last two nights this weekend.
The producers made it evident this was a work shop. Playwright Kevin Regan and Composer/Lyricist Joe Trainor desired audience feedback. As a playwright of a few Broadway style musicals myself, here's my take:
The music was arthymic to the era. Not that the eight original tunes were bad....just the opposite. The melodies were lush; the lyrics flowed. Pre WWII 1941 simply did not have that type of sound. (Think Big Band with Benny Goodman). I would suggest a new setting, early Vietnam era. Aisle Say thought he picked up a sample of Creedence Clearwater's "Fortunate Son" in Trainor's "Across The River". I wrote a show GERSHWIN, by GEORGE: The 1936 Radio Show with two settings, one being in a radio studio. If the show remains in its present time period, there are several more amusing and creative special effects that a period radio show employed. (Adam Wahlberg was terrific as the SFX guy). There were two talky talky patter songs in a row. They were cool; just space them. Why must Mr. Titus be on stage all the time looking like he was busy. Lose the Jack Daniels bottle on the table. We get the message with the two too many unwindings of the flask Aisle Say was sitting in the back at BAT BOY. With the configuration of the black box arena, sight lines are problematic. Director Michael Gray (the foremost perpetual scowler within city limits) attempted to remedy this by a series of chairs on which the actors would stand. At best this is head scratching, at worst distracting. I would suggest construction of a pyramidal structure with 3 levels on either side. This will create levels and be set for good. A great cast of wonderful actors in perfectly chosen period costumes. Huzzahs to Jim Burns, Dylan Geringer, Michael Gray, Kerry Kristine McElrone (going redhead), Paul McElwee, Wahlberg, Matt Casarino, Jill Knapp (with the perfect deep, soft and sloping waves!) and James Kassees.
City-Theater.org 8 pm curtain Friday and Saturday. OperaDE studios at Riverfront. Get directions!


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Relegation: even more reason to root for Slippery Rock
i refuse to even consider this a possibility
i refuse to even consider this a possibility
"Many of them continually emphasize the fact that I am Penn State's coach."
Tennessee is not recruiting well just because they got 18 dudes
can Harbaugh make a rock even he cannot move?
"You certainly can't fake the amount of work you put in during the offseason," O'Korn said this weekend. "I'd echo that, (Harbaugh will) find out and we'll all find out. We've all been here together, but you'll find out Aug. 8 who put in the extra work and who was here at 6 a.m. and who was here the latest. Who grabbed a guy in the middle of the afternoon when they had a few hours to get some extra work in."
Big power forward type who needs a lot of work, should go late.
amazingly, we don't go down in 2008.
Relegation: even more reason to root for Slippery Rock


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ZF-6565: Zend_Db should implement the REPLACE INTO extension with a replaceInto() function
MySQLs proprietary REPLACE INTO syntax is a useful one allowing elegant code in certain circumstances.
This attempts to deletes the row, and then performs an insert. Implementing it in Zend_Db would allow users of other RDMS brands to use this also; I see this as akin to Dojo's philosophy of smoothing out differences between browsers by providing a standard interface to them.
Implementing the ON DUPLICATE UPDATE functionality as outlined in ZF-266 (attempting the insert and then performing an update on exception) would also be a good solution
Bulk change of all issues last updated before 1st January 2010 as "Won't Fix".
Feel free to re-open and provide a patch if you want to fix this issue.


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LAWRENCE, Kan. - After seven previous games, Kansas' inclusion in the Top Ten might have been debatable among a few college hoops devotees. After game eight, let the debate cease; no questions will be asked by the Colorado Buffaloes.
Yes, the Jayhawks belong.
No. 9 KU rocked, rolled and romped over CU on Saturday in historic Allen Fieldhouse, burying the Buffs 90-54 in a beatdown that was reminiscent of darker times in a former conference for the visitors.
"That was an old fashioned ass-whipping, that's what that was . . . there's no other way to put it and no excuses," said CU coach Tad Boyle, a Kansas alum (1985) who didn't have a welcome-mat type of welcome in mind when his alma mater and current school scheduled a two-game, home-and-home series. The Jayhawks visit Boulder next season.
Continued Boyle: "Kansas just came out and manhandled us from start to finish and there wasn't a lot we could do about it. Obviously, I'm disappointed in our performance but I also realize we played a hell of a team in a heck of an environment."
Saturday's loss was Boyle's worst at CU and the school's worst since an 84-46 defeat by Air Force in the 2006-07 season under Jeff Bzdelik. The Buffs also lost to the Jayhawks twice that season by 29 and 28 points when both schools were in the Big 12 Conference.
Boyle remained winless (0-4) against his alma mater while CU, dropping to 7-2, lost in Lawrence for the 29th consecutive time. The series stands at a lopsided 123-39 in KU's favor, including a nasty 62-7 edge in the Jayhawks' raucous 16,300-seat home. CU last won here (75-74) on Feb. 10, 1983, when Boyle was a KU sophomore.
The Buffs wanted to silence the crowd early, but they fell behind on the game's first possession and never caught up. Thus, the Allen Fieldhouse faithful was never shut up - or even slightly muffled. KU, improving to 7-1 and winning its 26th consecutive home game, led by 21 points at the half then came out with just as much juice in the second half with a 7-0 run. The Jayhawks went up by as many as 42 before the final buzzer called them off.
"It's not like (the Buffs) wanted to roll over and die, but Kansas just came out and took our heart," Boyle said, adding that the Buffs' game plan was to "clog the paint, take away transition baskets (and) make them beat us with threes. We felt like that's the way to beat Kansas. We didn't do a very good job of it."
Statistics sometimes can lie, but these don't: The Jayhawks outscored the Buffs 46-26 in the paint, got 20 fast-break points to CU's 12 and scored 16 second-chance points to the Buffs' six. KU's bench won that battle 21-8, and the Buffs' 54 points was their lowest output of the season. CU's season-high 18 turnovers - a dozen of them in the first half - led to 26 KU points.
But it was on the defensive end, said sophomore point guard Spencer Dinwiddie, that the Buffs' nightmare began and ended: "We didn't show any resolve defensively. Like I was telling the team, with 54 points you can win a game - but not if you let the other team score 90. We're not that explosively offensively. That's just our team. Can we score 80 and compete and run with people? Yeah. But when you let a team score 90 you've obviously done a lot of things wrong defensively. That's all our problems."
After averaging 25.2 points in the last three games and scoring a career-high 29 in his last outing,�Dinwiddie�managed only four on Saturday. He injured an ankle early in the first half, went to the locker room for a re-taping and returned. But he clearly was not as efficient as he had been.
Said Boyle: "Spencer wasn't himself the rest of the game. Maybe I should have played him, maybe I shouldn't . . . I don't know. He wanted to play and he's pretty important to us. Without Spencer we're a different team."
Another Boyle observation: It's obvious now that the Buffs have work to do to become a better road team. This season's only other loss was at Wyoming a week earlier; their next game is at Fresno State on Wednesday night.
"Right now, let's make no mistake about it, the Colorado Buffaloes are not a good road team," Boyle said. "That's my fault and I've got to figure out what we have to do to become a better road team. We're a pretty good home team and on neutral courts we can compete. But in other people's buildings we're not very good."
CU's bright spot Saturday was freshman post Josh Scott, who scored 19 points.�His only teammate in double figures was sophomore guard Askia Booker, who had 15 points after slipping to six in each of the past two games. Junior Andre Roberson saw his string of four consecutive double-doubles end; he grabbed 11 rebounds but managed only eight points.
Dinwiddie said the 6-10 Scott "took it to" Jeff Withey, KU's 7-0 senior center who scored eight points and collected seven rebounds but blocked five shots. (His 5.71 blocks per game led the NCAA.) Dinwiddie said Scott took the matchup with Withey "as a personal challenge, He did his thing for the most part, which maybe was the lone bright spot of the game. I'm proud of Josh."
Scott, however, said he would have been prouder of leaving Lawrence with a win: "It doesn't matter if I played well or not, we still lost. We got killed. We need to improve and learn from this. I learned from it; we're going to get better."
KU had four players in double figures, topped by Ben McLemore's 24. He had 17 in the first half as the Jayhawks surged to their 21-point lead at the break, which brought the kind of score the Buffs had experienced in their last game. But this time they were on the other side of it - the�dark side.
KU led 43-22, pretty much the opposite of how CU had started on Wednesday night in rolling to a 20-point halftime lead�in its win against�Colorado State. The Jayhawks' 43 points were the most allowed in a first half by CU this season, while the Buffs' 22 points were their lowest first-half total thus far.
How best to describe the Buffs' start? Try slow and sloppy. Before the game was 4 minutes old, they had committed four of their 12 first-half turnovers and trailed 14-3. The Jayhawks converted those dozen turnovers into 22 of their first-half points while committing only two errors themselves. They ended the game with 13 errors, only five of them committed by the five starters.
From the opening tip, the KU faithful were in full voice and their team in total command. But,�noted Dinwiddie, "The crowd doesn't make you play bad defense . . . we just broke apart when they made that (early) run. A lot of that has to fall on me and 'Dre (Andre Roberson) and 'Ski' and 'Sab's (Sabatino Chen) shoulders because we're the leaders of the team.
"Our job is to come together and play defense and get some semblance of momentum going. You've got to band together as brothers and we don't do that right now."
At the 16:16 mark, Dinwiddie went down with his ankle injury, went to the locker room and didn't get back on the court until 10:08 remained before intermission. He scored immediately, hitting a jumper from the left wing, but those were his only two points of the half.
His lone first-half basket made the score 29-13 and ignited a 7-0 run that brought the Buffs to within 29-18. The Jayhawks might have sensed a slight stirring - and it didn't please them. A 9-0 run followed, sending KU up by 20 (38-18) with 4 minutes left in the half.
Scott scored four of his team-high 11 first-half points in the final 31/2 minutes, but down by 21, the Buffs had an uphill climb facing them in the final 20 minutes. And rather than gaining a foothold to open the second half, CU's slippage continued. KU opened with a 7-0 run, went up by 27 (49-22) and elicited a timeout by Boyle with 18:07 to play.
"They came out ready to play and made plays that we didn't make," Dinwiddie said of the Jayhawks' intense second-half start. "We didn't stop them. I know I'm going to sound like a broken record, but it really all comes down to defense . . . they were dunking on us. There really isn't that much else to say."
Boyle's timeout didn't help. The Jayhawks got another McLemore basket and led by 29 (51-22) before Booker finally got CU's first second-half points on a layup. But by then, the afternoon's tone had been established - and it wasn't a pretty one for the visitors.
The Buffs would trail by 42 before it was officially over.
"We have to learn from it and get better and we will," Boyle said. "We've got young guys and hopefully they grew up a little and understand how far our program has to go. We've got a long ways to go, but we're not as bad as we played today. That's what's disappointing; I'm most disappointed in just our competitiveness."
Do the Jayhawks deserve a Top Ten ranking? Unquestionably, said Dinwiddie: "They're Top Ten for a reason - a good program with good players. I'm taking nothing away from them."
How could he? The Jayhawks' 36-point win simply wouldn't allow it.
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Gloria Odette
Published: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 2:32 p.m.
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DEARBORN, Mich. | Gloria Dumontier Odette, 75, of Dearborn, Mich., formerly of Lexington, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Michigan.
The funeral will be at noon April 26 at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in Lexington, N.C. Burial will follow at National Cemetery in Salisbury.
Davidson Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
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Jackie Wilson is born in Detroit, Michigan.
Bandleader/producer Johnny Otis discovers Jackie Wilson at a Detroit talent show and brings him to the attention of Billy Ward, with whose Dominoes Wilson will be invited to tour.
Singer Jackie Wilson becomes an official member of Billy Ward and His Dominoes, replacing Clyde McPhatter.
"St. Therese of the Roses," by Billy Ward and His Dominoes - featuring Jackie Wilson on lead vocals - reaches #13 on the pop charts.
"Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You'd Ever Want to Meet)," Jackie Wilson's debut single, is released on Brunswick Records.
"To Be Loved," by Jackie Wilson, enters the R&B charts, becoming the first of 46 hits for the singer.
"Lonely Teardrops," by Jackie Wilson becomes Wilson's first Top Ten pop and tops the R&B chart for seven weeks.
"A Woman, a Lover, a Friend," by Jackie Wilson, enters the R&B charts, where it will cap an amazing run of four #1 singles in less than two years.
Jackie Wilson is voted Entertainer of the Year by Cash Box magazine.
Jackie Wilson is shot by a deranged female fan who has broken into his apartment. He is rushed to the hospital, where he recovers for six weeks (and leaves with the bullet still lodged in his abdomen).
"Baby Workout," one of Jackie Wilson's stronger R&B showings, tops the U.S. R&B chart for the first of three weeks. It also reaches #5 on the pop chart.
"(You're Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher," by Jackie Wilson, enters the singles charts, where it will peak at #1 R&B and #6 pop. It is Wilson's fifth (and final) R&B chart-topper.
"I Get the Sweetest Feeling," by Jackie Wilson, peaks at #34 on the pop chart. It's his last Top Forty single, though he'll continue to impact the R&B chart.
The rock and roll revival is in full swing, as Richard Nadar's second oldies concert at New York's Madison Square Garden presents Bill Haley and His Comets, Jackie Wilson, Gary U.S. Bonds, and others.
Jackie Wilson suffers a heart attack while performing at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, as part of Dick Clark's "Good Ol' Rock 'n' Roll" tour.
Jackie Wilson dies in Mount Holly, New Jersey, after lingering in a brain-damaged state for eight years as a result of his 1975 heart attack.
Jackie Wilson is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 2nd annual induction dinner. Peter Wolf is his presenter.
Rhino Records releases the three-disc box set Mr. Excitement, which chronicles the prolific, hit-filled career of R&B star Jackie Wilson.


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Cass Cherry
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Viola, Arkansas
After graduating as valedictorian at Viola High School in 1990, Cass Cherry envisioned going to medical school. He finished two semesters of college credit, but dropped out to enlist in the US Navy and serve a two-year tour.
Returning home to Viola after his service, he reenrolled in college, receiving his AAS in nursing in 1996.
Working as a medical department administrator, Cherry began working toward a bachelor's degree in the John Brown University Degree Completion Program in 2002. Still living in Viola on his family farm, he worked all day and drove about 150 miles round trip to attend JBU classes in Harrison. "JBU was the best option I had for obtaining my bachelor's degree without moving my family," Cherry said. "There were no four-year universities within 100 miles of my home.
"My favorite part was that I could get my degree at night in a condensed format, work all day, and still maintain my family stability without moving closer to a four-year college," Cherry said.
Upon graduation in 2004, Cherry used the skills he acquired in the Degree Completion Program in his management position. "I still use many aspects of the written communication that I learned at JBU, as well as the knowledge of how to interact with a variety of people," Cherry said.
Nearly two decades after high school graduation, Cherry finally realized his goal of attending medical school.
"Without a bachelor's degree and my work experience, I would have had no chance of getting into medical school," Cherry said. "I was actually accepted into two schools; it was a great feeling to fulfill that long-term goal of mine. I thought it would never happen."
Cherry is currently attending medical school at Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee, where he lives with his wife and children. "The DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at LMU falls in line with what the Advance Program is about, in my mind," Cherry said. "They look at the whole person and realize that each person is an individual, and sometimes they need the opportunity to show what they can do."
And although he's older than many of his medical school classmates, Cherry wouldn't have it any other way. "Some people are ready when they're 22," he said. "I wasn't ready until I was 38. And without my degree from JBU and some other factors, I might have given up on my dream."
With short-term goals of riding a bicycle home to Arkansas over his next break and completing his medical studies, Cherry wants to practice in a rural area upon graduation.
"If not for the JBU Degree Completion Program, it would have been almost impossible for me to get to this point," Cherry said. "All of the instructors I had were the best. I never felt more at home than I did at JBU."