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EDM mixes from the present and past.
I <3 House Music 2012
Posted on February 14, 2013 by dabears
My selection of the top electro house tracks of 2012
Direct Link: (Right Click->Save Target As)… dabears – I <3 House Music 2012
Cazzette – Beam Me Up (Kill Mode)
Dada Life – So Young So High (Andybody Remix)
Knife Party – Rage Valley
Mord Fustang – Taito
Hardwell – Spaceman
The Twins – Coming Home (Bass Kleph Remix)
deadmau5 – Professional Griefers
La La Land, Timati, Timbaland, Grooya – Not All About The Money (Bombs Away Remix)
Dada Life – Rolling Stones T-Shirt (Original & Cazzette Approaching Starry Homes Remix)
Hook N Sling ft. Nervo – Reason (Original & TV Noise Remix)
Martin Solveig – The Night Out (Madeon Remix)
Dada Life – Feed The Dada
Mord Fustang – Windwaker
Ivan Gough, Feenixpawl – In My Mind feat. Georgi Kay (Axwell Mix)
The Aston Shuffle, Tommy Trash – Sunrise (Won't Get Lost)
Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso – Calling (Lose My Mind)
Joe Garston – Random Hero
Tydi. Feat Toni Nielson – Walk On Water
M-3ox, Heidrun – Beating Of My Heart (Matisse & Sadko Remix)
Zedd – Spectrum
Tiesto & Wolfgang Gartner feat. Luciana – We Own The Night
Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin – Don't You Worry Child (Extended Mix)
Morgan Page feat. Tegan & Sara – Body Work (Lazy Rich Remix)
Kaskade feat. Haley – Llove (Dada Life Remix)
Alesso, Matthew Koma – Years (Vocal Extended Mix)
Porter Robinson – Language
Miike Snow – Devil's Work (Dirty South Remix)
Tiesto & Mark Knight Feat Dino – Beautiful World (Gina Star Remix)
The Naked & Famous – Young Blood (Tiesto & Hardwell Remix)
Bikslow – The Iron Giant
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41 thoughts on "I <3 House Music 2012"
Kyle Stafford on Facebook on February 14, 2013 at 10:44 pm said:
Joseph Pappalardo on Facebook on February 14, 2013 at 10:45 pm said:
dabears on Facebook on February 14, 2013 at 10:46 pm said:
still working on getting streaming back for everyone
Dan Hiorns on Facebook on February 14, 2013 at 10:46 pm said:
Work inprogress as we speak ;D
Shafeez Walji on Facebook on February 14, 2013 at 10:47 pm said:
This is officially the best day of 2013 so far!
Mike Schirm on Facebook on February 14, 2013 at 10:51 pm said:
Fuck yes.
Anonymous on February 14, 2013 at 10:51 pm said:
you dun good
Doug DiAngelo on Facebook on February 14, 2013 at 10:55 pm said:
Something to look forward to on the drive to work later this morning :0)
when are we going to expect trap music mixes haha :p
Nicholas Alexander on Facebook on February 14, 2013 at 11:24 pm said:
Yes yes yes!! Thank you soooo much! What a legend
CJ Schweinsteiger on Facebook on February 15, 2013 at 1:11 am said:
About time you started a house mix with something other than deadmau5
Dérian Conteh-Morgan on Facebook on February 15, 2013 at 3:27 am said:
Please create a sound cloud account so we don't have to deal with these streaming issues. Would be so much easier for everyone involved
Spencer Saulsbury on Facebook on February 15, 2013 at 6:35 am said:
YES!!!!!!!!
Julian Laurence on Facebook on February 15, 2013 at 7:14 am said:
dabears on Facebook on February 15, 2013 at 8:42 am said:
Derian this solution is 100x better than that don't worry
CJ the deadmau5 I knew is dead… 08-10 will live on though
Pete Sullivan on Facebook on February 15, 2013 at 9:02 am said:
i <3 dabears 2013
Megan Miller on Facebook on February 15, 2013 at 12:16 pm said:
Happy Valentine's Day to meeeeee
Ghostflowers on February 15, 2013 at 6:22 pm said:
Amazing! Love your mixes <3
danny n. on February 16, 2013 at 9:29 am said:
keep up the amazing work. your mixes are the tits!
Nick Christoforo on Facebook on February 16, 2013 at 9:38 am said:
Just keeps getting better and better every mix! Keep em coming
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Vampiiux on March 4, 2013 at 11:56 am said:
THIS IS SICK,awesome more of these
Dylan on March 5, 2013 at 1:42 pm said:
Please stop putting dubstep in mixes that clearly suggest it is pure house. It really disrupts the flow of the mix when any dubstep is added :/
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do you have a soundcloud???
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I have some fixed-width files that I need to extract data from. Each record is a new line, but the columns are fixed-width.
I would like to capture the task in a procedure so I can run it multiple times against various files without running ISQL.
The input statement is only available in ISQL, so what are my options for loading the fixed-width type of files from within a procedure? I am guessing LOAD TABLE but how specifically to get LOAD TABLE to parse the fixed-widths and any other advice is appreciated.
Rather than LOAD TABLE, you could use an INSERT ... FROM SELECT that uses OPENSTRING over the file. This is somewhat dependent on the size of the file - it won't be efficient for very large files. However, Once you have the file's contents available to a query, you can then use SUBSTRING() to chunk off the appropriate pieces and use those sub-expressions for the INSERT.
The files are about 1.1GB per, but I'm willing to take the hit on the time processing if I don't have to spend time converting them to csv or accessing ISQL each time. I'll give this a shot.
The big hit will be the transaction log. By default LOAD TABLE merely writes the LOAD TABLE statement to the log, not the contents of the file.
So what about using LOAD TABLE to load the unseparated contents (line by line) into a temporary table (say, with two columns: line number and line contents) and then use SUBSTRING() to separate the values and insert them into the real table?
You could certainly do that, Volker, to work around the issues of the fixed-format file. It doesn't avoid the transaction log overhead, however, of the subsequent INSERT statement.
and an approach to INSERT from a temporary table filled with LOAD TABLE might be more common usage.


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Peter B. Freund is a minority owner of the New York Yankees and Principal Owner of Trinity Sports Holdings, which was named the 2017 Ballpark Digest Organization of the Year.
Trinity Sports Holdings' portfolio of affiliated minor league baseball teams includes the Memphis Redbirds, the Charleston RiverDogs and the Williamsport Crosscutters. The Redbirds are the Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals in the Pacific Coast League and play at AutoZone Park in Memphis, Tenn. The RiverDogs are the Class-A affiliate of the New York Yankees in the South Atlantic League and play at Joseph P. Riley Park in Charleston, S.C. The Crosscutters are the Class-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies in the New York-Penn League and play at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport, Penn., home of the Major League Baseball Little League Classic.
In 2018, Trinity Sports Holdings launched Memphis 901 FC, which plays in the United Soccer League with home matches at AutoZone Park, and acquried English football team Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club.
Peter currently serves on the Board of Directors of both the Pacific Coast League and New York-Penn League, where he is a member of their respective Executive Committees. Further, he is the President of the Redbirds Community Fund, an organization which supports the Memphis RBI program (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities), along with numerous community outreach initiatives.
Peter graduated from the Horace Mann School in Riverdale, N.Y. and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Peter is a trustee of the Rippowam Cisqua School, a coeducational independent day school for grades pre-kindergarten through nine, which he also attended. Peter resides in Bedford, N.Y. and Big Sky, Mont. with his wife, Mimi, and their twin daughters.
In five years, Craig Unger has made his mark on The Bluff City with numerous improvements to AutoZone Park, the continued success of the Memphis Redbirds, the addition of a United Soccer League franchise in Memphis 901 FC, and helping link Memphis to London by acquiring ownership in Dagenham & Redbridge FC.
Unger was named the General Manager of the Memphis Redbirds, the Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, in April 2014, and he added the title of President in 2016. In December 2016, Redbirds Principal Owner Peter Freund announced that Unger joined the ownership group for the franchise, along with Freund and the Cardinals.
In January 2018, Unger and Freund announced plans to bring a United Soccer League franchise to Memphis and AutoZone Park, with Memphis 901 FC beginning play at the downtown stadium in 2019. Later that year in September, Unger and Freund acquired Dagenham & Redbridge FC of England's National League in a move that will link together the City of Memphis and the City of London through sports and shorten the distance "across the Pond."
As President of the Redbirds and Memphis 901 FC, Unger is responsible for running the day-to-day operations of the franchises and AutoZone Park. He also oversees the development of AutoZone Park as a premiere entertainment and social venue in Downtown Memphis.
In five baseball seasons in Memphis, Unger has directed numerous advancements with the Redbirds, including significant renovations and upgrades to AutoZone Park and improvements to the fan experience through unique and family-friendly food, beverage, and entertainment options. This has led to a 24 percent per-game attendance increase from 2015-18, which is tops in all of Triple-A Baseball and fifth among all 160 team in Minor League Baseball.
Unger spearheaded the explosion of Memphis 901 FC onto the region's sporting scene, as evident by an AutoZone Park sellout crowd to witness an exhibition match between the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer and future USL opponent Tulsa Roughnecks FC.
Before making the move to Memphis, Unger spent five years with the St. Louis Cardinals Front Office as an Account Executive, Corporate Sales and Marketing. In the position, Unger sold and managed corporate sponsorships, and oversaw club radio promotion and advertising, among other notable achievements.
Upon joining the Cardinals in 2008, Unger was tasked with bringing the team's radio advertising in-house. From there, he played an essential role in returning the team's radio broadcasts to KMOX (1120 AM) in 2010. Additional accomplishments included serving as the field producer for the 2009 All-Star Game at Busch Stadium, coordinating the 2011 World Series Victory Parade and leading the team's marketing committee.
In 2013, Unger was integral in securing a long-term partnership with St. Louis-based Mercy as the Official Medical Provider of the St. Louis Cardinals. The deal gave the team access to a nationally recognized hospital, as well as an increased level of comprehensive, advanced care that is only possible from one of the leading health systems.
Maintaining his role as Account Executive, Unger also spent six months behind-the-scenes working on the acquisition of the Redbirds.
Prior to his time with the Cardinals, Unger spent nine years (1998-2007) in various positions at KTRS Radio including the role of Station Manager.
In his spare time, Unger enjoys cooking and barbecuing. He graduated from Webster University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. Unger, along with his wife, Pamela, and three daughters, Emma, Ellen and Eden, resides in Memphis.
Andy joined the Redbirds in Aug. 2018 as Vice President of Marketing and Sales. He oversees all aspects of the sales and revenue-generation process of the Redbirds and will be driving the coordinated effort to grow and acquire new corporate sponsorships.
Andy came to the Redbirds from the Corpus Christi Hooks (Double-A Houston), where he oversaw all ticket sales and fulfillment, retail operations, business development, creative services, and community relations. His previous posts with the club included account executive, director of group sales, and director of sales & marketing. Andy also ran the 2015 Texas League All-Star Game project.
The Salem, Ill., native spent 2006 and 2007 as an account executive for the Albuquerque Isotopes, Triple-A affiliate of the Florida Marlins. A graduate of Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Andy's tenure in professional baseball included a 2005 internship with the Burlington Bees, Single-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.
Andy and his wife, Amy, have two children.
Mike Voutsinas, an 18-year veteran of professional baseball and the New York-Penn League Executive of the Year in 2016, joined the Redbirds as Senior Director, Corporate Sales and Marketing in February 2017. He was promoted to his current role of Vice President, Stadium and Baseball Operations in Sept. 2018.
Voutsinas spent three seasons as the General Manager for the Single-A Auburn Doubledays, where he helped the Doubledays receive the Community and Baseball Service Award. Through his leadership, the Doubledays increased attendance by 23 percent and tripled advertising revenue.
Voutsinas and his wife, Kimberly, have two young children.
Gian oversees all ticket operations of the organization and AutoZone Park Box Office. Additional responsibilities include managing ticket sales revenue and ticket inventory on a daily basis, overseeing the part time Box Office staff, and maintaining customer service protocols.
Prior to joining the Redbirds in January 2016, he served as Director of Ticket Operations for the Single-A Hickory Crawdads.
Gian graduated in December 2013 from Kennesaw State University in Georgia with a Bachelors Degree in Sport Management. Prior to attending Kennesaw State, he attained an Associate's Degree in History from Gainesville State College. In his free time, he enjoys camping, traveling, and attending sporting events.
Nate joined the Redbirds in March 2018 and was promoted to his current role in Oct. 2018. He is responsible for running the box office during both game and non-game days and assists with generating reports, building the ticket system, and other ticket-relating functions. Prior to joining the Redbirds, Nate spent two summers working as the box office manager for the Class A Short-Season Auburn Doubledays. He also split time as an intern between the Doubledays and the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs for two years. In 2015, Nate spent his spring semester away from school to intern full time in the American University Athletic Department, where he helped with writing PA scripts, radio logs, and putting together marketing binders for all clients.
Nate graduated from the College at Brockport, SUNY in May 2016 with a degree in Business Administration and received his Masters in Business Administration a year later from the Rochester Institute of Technology. In his free time, Nate enjoys watching and playing sports, playing video games, singing, and theater.
Cindy began her career with the Redbirds in 2009. As the Accounting Manager, she and her staff handle all aspects of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and the General Ledger. Human Resources and Payroll are also under the umbrella of her department.
After graduation from the University of Mississippi, Cindy began her career at a local CPA firm before moving into the Sports and Entertainment industry as Staff Accountant for The Pyramid and Mid-South Coliseum. Upon the closing of those facilities, she worked briefly in the Steel Industry before settling back into sports with the Redbirds.
When not at work, she and her husband Jimmie can be found traveling for music or working with their favorite non-profit organization Retrieving Freedom (a service dog organization that supports our Veterans and children with Autism).
Ian joined the Redbirds in December 2018 and is responsible for helping service and grow the season membership department.
Ian was previously an Account Executive at Texas Motor Speedway, and graduated from Arkansas State University with a degree in Sport Management.
Tara joined the Redbirds team in January 2019. She is responsible for maximizing revenue for group outings, especially with youth baseball and softball outreach at AutoZone Park.
Prior to joining the Redbirds, Tara attended Shepherd University where she played four years of softball as a starting pitcher and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing. She continued her education at Niagara University where she earned a master of science in sport management. While at Niagara, she spent a summer interning for the Iowa Cubs' operations department, then spent time working for the Buffalo Bills in the Box Office.
Tara supports the fact that Parks and Recreation is better than The Office.
Eric joined the Redbirds in October 2017 and was promoted to his current role in the summer of 2018. He is responsible for maximizing revenue by selling and planning group outings throughout AutoZone Park.
Prior to joining Memphis Eric attended Shenandoah University, where he played baseball for four years and worked for the athletic department, assisting with gameday operations for football, basketball, and volleyball. He graduated with a degree in Sport Management in the Spring of 2016.
He is forever on the search for the perfect skillet cookie.
Sam joined the Redbirds in February 2018 and is responsible for helping service and grow the season membership department.
Sam previously was an inside sales representative for the NFL's Cleveland Browns, and he graduated from West Virginia University in May 2017 with a degree in sport management. While at WVU, he interned with the athletic marketing department.
Clint joined the Redbirds in October 2018 and is responsible for helping service and grow the season membership department.
Clint previously was a Seasonal Sales Executive for the Tennessee Titans and an Account Executive for the Evansville Otters. Clint graduated from Harding University located in Searcy, Arkansas, in 2016 with a degree in Marketing. He is currently obtaining his master's degree in Sport Management from Belmont University.
Joe joined the Redbirds in October 2018. He is responsible for selling and planning group outings throughout AutoZone Park.
Prior to moving to Memphis, Joe attended Truman State University in Northeast Missouri, where he played club baseball. He graduated with a degree in Sport Management in the Summer of 2018 after completing an internship with the River City Rascals.
Joe grew up in St. Louis, where he became a diehard Cardinals fan. Go Birds!
Shelby joined the Redbirds in January 2019. He is responsible for helping fans fulfill their needs when purchasing tickets and ensuring their experience at the ballpark is second-to-none.
Shelby graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 2017 with a degree in Sport Management while interning for the athletic marketing department. He is also in the process of obtaining his Master's in Sport Management from MTSU. In his spare time, he likes to root on the Texas Longhorns, Houston Astros, and Houston Texans.
Imani joined the Redbirds in January 2019 and is responsible for helping the organization grow through season ticket membership sales.
Imani is currently enrolled as a senior at the University of Memphis, where she studies Sport and Leisure Management and will be obtaining her Bachelor's degree in the fall. At the University, Imani interns with the athletic marketing department.
Tyler joined the Redbirds in March of 2018. He is responsible for helping grow the organization through corporate sales, sponsorships, and premium business development.
Starting as an intern and working his way up to Vice President of Sales, Tyler spent the last six years working for the Quad City Mallards, the ECHL affiliate of the Las Vegas Golden Knights. With his primary focus being Corporate Sales, Tyler also oversaw the Group and Season ticket efforts while with the Mallards.
Tyler majored in Physical Education while attending St. Ambrose University. He was a two-year starter on the baseball team and in his spare time likes to root for the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Wisconsin Badgers.
Patricia joined the Redbirds in March of 2015 and was promoted to her current post that August. She is responsible for helping grow the organization through corporate sales, sponsorships, and premium business development.
Prior to joining Memphis, she was with the Mississippi RiverKings during their 2014-2015 season, a professional minor league ice hockey team located in Southaven, Miss. Patricia also spent a year as a Sports Marketing Intern at Otey White & Associates Advertising & Public Relations Inc., in Baton Rouge, La.
Pirozzi graduated from Louisiana State University where she studied Sports PR and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Geaux Redbirds!
Paul Mullin enters his sixth season in Minor League Baseball, joining the Redbirds as the Corporate Sales Coordinator. Prior to joining the Redbirds, Paul spent a year working in Corporate Sales and Groups with the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Midwest League and three years working as the Sponsorship Services Manager with the Auburn Doubledays of the New York-Penn League. Prior to working with the Doubledays, Paul worked a season as a Promotions and Marketing Intern with the Syracuse Chiefs.
Paul prides himself on his experiences outside of baseball. During his undergraduate years at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, Paul worked within the Sports Information Department, broadcasting sporting events, writing game stories, and working in video broadcast production. Outside of sports, Paul worked with the Owens' Group, a PR agency that handles marketing campaigns for major motion picture studios including Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Sony, and CBS Films.
A Syracuse, New York native, Paul graduated from the John Carroll University in 2015 with a degree in Communications with Integrated Marketing and Public Relations.
Megan joined the Redbirds Front Office in January 2019. She is responsible for developing the organization through sponsorships and being the primary relationship between the Redbirds and the sponsors.
A Chicago native, Megan will graduate from The University of Mississippi in May 2019 with a degree in Sports Administration and a minor in Business Administration. HOTTY TODDY!
Samantha joined the Memphis Redbirds team in January 2018. She is responsible for coordinating all special events at AutoZone Park. This includes events such as concerts, proms, weddings, banquet dinners, corporate and holiday parties, 5Ks, and marathons.
The University of Memphis graduate received her Bachelor's in Organizational Leadership as well as her Master's in Sports Business. After graduating, Samantha moved to California for two years to work on the Event Crew with the San Diego Padres. Her most memorable events with the Padres include the 2016 MLB All Star Game, the Links at Petco Park Golf Tournament, Padres Pedal the Cause Bike Marathon benefiting cancer research, and concerts including Billy Joel and Metallica. She also worked in Guest Services for the NFL's San Diego Chargers during the 2016 season.
Samantha and her husband, Sean, enjoy attending sporting events, traveling, and any outdoor activities that include their dog, Kane.
Kayla joined the Redbirds in January 2019. As Digital Marketing Coordinator, she is responsible for social media, digital advertising, email campaigns, and more.
She graduated from the University of Missouri in December 2017 with a Bachelor of Journalism degree. The summer before her senior semester, she interned for Saint Louis FC, a team in the United Soccer League. Following graduation, she spent a season working for the Oklahoma City Dodgers as social media coordinator.
As a St. Louis native, she enjoys supporting her hometown teams. Outside of work, she enjoys binge-watching The Office, reading, and exploring Memphis.
Courtney joined the Redbirds in January 2019. She is responsible for community outreach initiatives, the marketing promotional team, and enhancing the fan experience.
Prior to joining Memphis, she spent the 2018 season working for the Miami Marlins in Ballpark Operations.
Courtney graduated from the University of Florida where she studied Sport Management. She was raised in Memphis and is glad to be back in the 901!
Max joined the Redbirds in January 2019. As Ballpark Entertainment Coordinator, he is responsible for creating a fun and exciting environment for all fans who enter AutoZone Park.
Max graduated from the University of Mississippi in December 2017 with a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism. Prior to joining the Redbirds, he previously worked as the Ballpark Entertainment Assistant for the Round Rock Express in 2018, as well as the Video Production intern for the Frisco RoughRiders in 2017.
A native of Austin, Texas, Max enjoys spending time at the lake, as well as rooting on his favorite teams, the Ole Miss Rebels and Dallas Cowboys.
Martheus joined the Redbirds Front Office in March of 2015. He is responsible for facilitating all digital graphic needs of the ballclub, primarily servicing advertising, scoreboard, and marketing needs as well as ancillary graphic needs in all other departments.
A graduate of the University of Memphis, Martheus' love for the arts, along with his talent as a graphic artist, helped begin his career as an intern at Signature Advertising. After completing his internship, he worked as graphic designer for Dateline Memphis Magazine. He quickly landed a job as art director at Redmond Design. After five years at the ad agency level, Martheus stepped out on his own as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator working with companies such as the Radisson Hotel, Trust Marketing, Senior Services, Hasbro Toys, IDW Comics, Universal Pictures, and the Oxygen Channel.
Michael joined the Memphis Redbirds in March 2016 after spending seven years in the athletic department at Western Kentucky University.
With the Redbirds, Michael oversees all media operations and publicity for the organization, manages social and digital media, and works with the general manager and the marketing, ticketing, and community relations departments on all organizational initiatives. He is the primary liaison between Redbirds players, coaches and front office members and the media.
Michael most recently served as Associate Athletic Director for Communications at WKU, where he was in charge of the athletic media relations department, was a member of the Athletic Director's senior staff, orchestrated announcements for the athletic department's move to Conference USA and hirings of multiple head coaches and athletic directors, and worked as the primary men's basketball media relations contact.
He facilitated the basketball program through the 2012 and 2013 NCAA Tournaments from a media relations standpoint, working with announcers Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg, Verne Lundquist, Bill Raftery, Marv Albert, Craig Sager, and Steve Kerr, among others, and he previously worked as baseball media relations contact for the nationally-ranked Hilltoppers.
Prior to that, he was a four-year baseball team manager at the University of Illinois, where he earned his bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism in 2009. He spent time with the Madison Mallards of the collegiate summer Northwoods League in 2008.
Aldo Amato joined the Memphis Redbirds after spending the past two seasons in Reno, working for Reno 1868 FC and the Reno Aces organizations. Amato is a Public Relations Specialist for both the Redbirds and Memphis 901 FC, Memphis' professional soccer team that plays at AutoZone Park. A 2012 graduate of the University of Alabama, Amato spent five years as a news and sports journalist for multiple outlets.
Selby has been a part of the Redbirds broadcast team since 2000, broadcasting the inaugural game at AutoZone Park. His arrival in Memphis followed stints with the Kinston Eagles (1986), Durham Bulls (1987-90), Sumter Flyers (1991), Huntsville Stars (2002-05), and Nashville Sounds (1996-99). The Virginia native enters his 33rd season in the booth and has been at the microphone for more than 2,000 games as a member of the Redbirds. In 2017, Selby broadcast the 4,000th minor league game of his career.
In addition to his baseball work, Steve has also served as the play-by-play voice of Belmont University's men's basketball team, television voice of the Vanderbilt Commodores football and basketball programs as well as calling action for the TSSAA football and basketball championships. In 2004, he called the NAIA National Championship football game on nationwide television. Selby's baseball background dates back to his collegiate days at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia where he graduated in 1978.
In 2013, Steve was the TV voice for Lipscomb University with the games being aired on ESPN3. Selby also provided play-by-play for the Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Tournament. He broadcast the first two rounds of the Men's Tournament and called the Women's Championship Game on ESPN3.
Steve and his wife, Rhonda, reside in Bartlett.
Marissa joined the Redbirds in March 2017. She is responsible for providing world-class service for all of our guests by coordinating the guest services personnel for all events at AutoZone Park. She also assists with baseball operations as needed.
Prior to joining the Redbirds, Marissa worked as Assistant General Manager at Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott, gaining valuable experience in guest services. She also worked as a team attendant for the Memphis Grizzlies for four seasons from 2012-16, and spent two summers working in food and beverage at Mirimichi Golf Course. Marissa grew up playing softball and was a member of the first Munford High School softball team to make an appearance at the state tournament her senior year.
Marissa graduated from the University of Memphis in 2015 with a degree in Business Administration, focused on Hospitality and Resort Management. She resides in Munford with her husband, Devin, and cat, Cotton. In her spare time she enjoys reading, going to the gym, traveling, and experiencing Tipton County.
Spencer is responsible for ensuring that all mechanical, life safety, electrical, audio/video, and concession systems at AutoZone Park are maintained and fully functional at all times. Additional duties include developing preventative maintenance schedules, scheduling and performing maintenance of stadium equipment, and meeting with contractors and city inspectors to ensure all standards and safety equipment meet current regulations.
Joe is responsible for daily repair and preventative maintenance of all aspects of AutoZone Park to assure thse facility remains in good repair and working order. He is also responsible for maintaining such areas as HVAC, fire systems, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and any other general items that are needed.
Brian joined the Redbirds in March of 2014 as the Assistant Groundskeeper and was promoted to Director of Field Operations in July 2018.
His responsibilities include all forms of field maintenance such as mowing, applying fertilizer, painting logos, and maintaining the dirt skinned areas of the field. Brian creates maintenance schedules, preparing the field for non-baseball related events, and general stadium maintenance.
Brian graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Plant Science with an emphasis in Turfgrass Management. As a student, he was part of the Turf club and spent two years working for the athletic department maintaining the varsity baseball, softball, and soccer fields while also spending his summers working at Mizzou's turf research farm. Prior to joining the Redbirds, Brian spent about three years working for the Memphis Nonprofit, Service Over Self, as an Assistant Construction Director.
As a native Missourian whose parents are both from the St. Louis area, Brian grew up a dedicated Cardinals fan. While still having strong ties to Missouri and St. Louis, he now proudly calls Memphis home. Brian met his wife, Sarah, through working at Service Over Self and the two were married in 2013. When not at the ballpark, Brian enjoys dining at all of the great restaurants and breweries that Memphis has to offer, attending Grizzlies games and shows at the Orpheum, spending time with friends and family, and playing with Maxwell, his German Shepherd/Husky mix.
Cody joined the Redbirds in January 2019 after a trip around the country working for, among others: the Augusta Greenjackets (Single-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants), the Staten Island Yankees (Short-Season affiliate of the New York Yankees), the Houston Dynamo (Major League Soccer), and the Potomac Nationals (Advanced-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals).
Cody's turf journey started in San Jose, Calif., where he managed construction crews and built athletic fields for local high schools. That interest led him to enroll at Rutgers University, where he completed the highly-competitive two-year turf management program, and then soon after began working in baseball.
When he's not mowing the outfield, raking the infield, or working on pitchers mounds, you can find Cody enjoying the great restaurants and pubs that Memphis has to offer, or simply at home watching his beloved Liverpool FC.


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Birmingham, Alabama, has a serious case of nostalgia. Seemingly overnight, the city's downtown district is seeing historic hotel renovations in properties that haven't drawn attention in decades. "Everyone is moving back downtown from the suburbs," says Barry Hoehn, director of convention sales and marketing for the Greater Birmingham CVB. Hoehn intimates the great migration is having a positive effect on the area's meetings industry, which is evident in the events the city recently hosted for American Academy of Optometry, National Speech & Debate Association, United Steelworkers, International Free and Accepted Modern Masons, and more.
Take Redmont Hotel Birmingham, which is undergoing a $20 million overhaul to become a Curio Collection by Hilton property. Built in the 1920s, it will reopen in April 2016 with 120 rooms, two elegant ballrooms, two boardrooms and a rooftop terrace. Only five blocks away, a $45 million project ushers in two Marriott flags in 2016: Empire Hotel will have 117 rooms, meeting space and a rooftop bar, while the adjoining former Alagasco headquarters will be a 120-room hotel.


I met Tracy in NYC last summer as I was trying to get into a cool party – and was sadly denied entry 🙁 I did, however, end up meeting Tracy and subsenquently discovering her first book. I loved it so much I asked to be part of this blog tour for her Lost In Suburbia launch.
Angele (A) I love that you're so real about everything parenting. I thought I was the only one who over shared about pregnancy hemorrhoids, Prozak, and pajama-clad carpool expeditions! There were so many laugh-out-loud moments while I was reading your book – is there a particular passage you enjoyed writing more than others? Why?
Tracy (T) Since my kids are teenagers now, it was kind of fun to relive those early childhood years through writing the book. Yes, that was an exhausting, often frustrating, and extremely unfashionable time in my life, but it was also really fun and there were some really hilarious moments. I couldn't even include them all in the book, but there were some really classic memories, such as the time I was out to lunch at a restaurant with my son who was about a year old. He couldn't really speak words yet, but he was really good at animal sounds. He looked across the restaurant and started mooing, really loudly and incessantly. I followed his line of sight and saw a picture of a cow on the wall. Unfortunately, seated right underneath the cow was an extremely large woman, who, quite understandably, assumed my son was mooing at her. She gave me the dirtiest look ever. If I wasn't so embarrassed, I would have laughed out loud!
(A) When I met you, you were (in my eyes) the epitome of cool. A great haircut, a tattoo, an edgy outfit. Since I never thought of myself as particularly cool, I was surprised how alike we both are. 'OMG that's ME's' were uttered more than once and obviously you got your cool back so there must be hope for the rest of us. Other than the carnal pleasures of over sharing and sticking it to the mean girls, what was your purpose behind this book?
When my column was first syndicated, I would meet women who told me the same thing you did. They said they could really relate to my experiences and, in fact, often wondered if I was looking through their window. I realized that so many moms go through what I did… the challenges of parenting… the loss of identity… the struggles with weight loss after pregnancy… and also trying to make friends in a new place. It's hard, though, to get to a deep place in 550 words or less, especially when I'm trying to be funny. So I thought it would be great to write a book about my transition from cool city chick to uncool suburban mom, to really explore what that meant to me, and be able to share that with other women.
(A) What's with everyone hating New Jersey? I don't get it, maybe 'cause I'm Canadian. Possibly cause I've never been there. What gives?
(T) I don't think TV did New Jersey any favors in terms of our image here. The stereotypes have been amplified for all the world to see and ridicule.
First there was The Sopranos which left everyone thinking the state was overrun with mobsters. Then we had The Jersey Shore, which was the total unglamorous extreme of Jersey shallowness, followed by The Real Housewives of New Jersey, which was the uber glamorous extreme of Jersey shallowness.
The good news is Honey Boo Boo is from another state.
(T) I actually met Vicki Iovine at a conference (A – So did I! Isn't she awesome?!?) and she was lovely. But I think she has the market cornered on the whole Girlfriend thing. Still I would love to write more books! It was a great experience and I certainly have a lot more territory to cover. I didn't even touch on the dog in this book! He wants equal time.
If this book sells well, I'll get another book deal, so tell your friends to buy a lot of copies!


Green and Natural Living | Fresh Nettle tea, yum!
I love nettle tea and drank loads of it when I was pregnant with DS. Now is the perfect time of year (March to June) for fresh nettle tea, so this morning I popped out in my lovely wild garden, found a patch of nettles, cut the young heads off into my cup and then poured some boiling water over them and left to brew for 15 mins.
Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica) are good for you as they contain iron, potasssium, Vitamin A, C and many trace elements. They are diuretic so are perfect for an internal spring clean.
Nettles can also be used in the compost heap to act as an accelerator to speed the composting process and add useful nutrients to the resulting compost. Also if you are wanting to encourage butterflies into your garden then a patch of nettles will help.
So when you are next in your garden and you see a patch of stinging nettles, think of how you can use them rather than digging them up.


Inspirational people who work to make Tower Hamlets a better place to live have been recognised at an awards ceremony.
The Tower Hamlets Star in the Community Awards. Host Alison Inman.
The Star in the Community Awards saw ten of the borough's housing associations unite to recognise the achievements of their residents.
Guests at the Atrium in Bethnal Green enjoyed a three course meal and entertainment from young musicians and a magician before the awards were handed out.
An inspirational resident award was handed out to someone living in each of the housing associations taking part in the ceremony.
The other categories featured nominees from across the borough, including the young people's award for an inspirational resident aged 25 or under.
This was won by Sharmina Aktar, a Tower Hamlets Homes resident who is involved in voluntary community work across the borough and has raised money for a range of good causes.
It wasn't just individuals who were nominated, either, with the Poets' Corner Community Garden group scooping the environmental award.
The final award of the night was a posthumous recognition for Tressa Bates, who helped to build a community spirit on the Bow Cross Estate. The trophy was collected by a relative on her behalf.
Thursday night's event was hosted by Alison Inman, former president of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
She said: "It's an inspirational evening to be amongst so many people who tirelessly volunteer their time to help and empower their communities.
"Events such as this are important as they celebrate the often overlooked value of social housing communities.
Deputy mayor of Tower Hamlets Cllr Sirajul Islam, who is also the cabinet member for housing. joined her to hand out the trophies.
The Tower Hamlets Star in the Community Awards. Deputy Mayor Sirajul Islam speaking.
He said: "It is a pleasure to cleebrate the incredible achievements of Tower Hamlets residents.


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Official, employee punished for using mower
Matt Buedel
The Fondulac Township road commissioner and one of his employees have agreed to participate in a law enforcement program in order to avoid felony charges of official misconduct.
Commissioner Roger Cramer, 57, and Robert Riddle, 59, both of East Peoria, will pay restitution to the township and serve 12 months of supervision for using a township lawn mower on personal property earlier this year.
Cramer will pay $110 for using the mower three times before the end of May at his residence and on another lot he owned, and Riddle will pay $27.50 for using the mower once on a lot he owned in the same time period. Both men also will pay a $250 fee to participate in Tazewell County's deferred prosecution program, which is designed for first-time, nonviolent offenders.
"They'll be in the program for a year," Tazewell County State's Attorney Stewart Umholtz said Wednesday. "If they complete this program, no formal charges will be brought."
Riddle declined to comment Wednesday. Cramer didn't return phone calls seeking comment.
Umholtz said the program also includes an educational component, which in this case would emphasize why public resources should not be used on personal property.
The program, which has been in place in the county since 1972, aims to reduce recidivism by giving first-time offenders a chance to acknowledge a crime without having a permanent mark on their record.
"Whenever this type of misconduct occurs, even if it's a small amount, we need to educate the employees or public officials involved so it doesn't become something significant," Umholtz said.
"Hopefully, when people understand they can't use government property in little ways, it stops a great deal of misuse."
Cramer beat Andrew Smith by 29 votes out of 1,904 cast in the April election for the township road commissioner position.


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General Executive Board Discusses Preserving UE, Revitalizing Labor Movement
UE's General Executive Board (GEB) met in Pittsburgh for three days last week to review the work of the union since the 75th convention and make plans for 2018.
Secretary-Treasurer Andrew Dinkelaker reviewed the union's budget. Board members had an in-depth discussion of the financial situation facing the union. The lengthy discussion demonstrated a shared commitment to making difficult decisions, if necessary, to preserve UE and rank-and-file trade unionism. The board also made plans to have a special, one-day meeting in March to continue this discussion, and the discussions will inform next year's budget, to be adopted at the June GEB meeting.
Solidarity with Unifor to Revitalize the Labor Movement
The executive board were joined for the first day of the meeting by Peter Kennedy from Unifor, UE's partner union in Canada. Kennedy was the first Secretary-Treasurer of Unifor when they were founded in 2013. Now retired, he serves on the UE-Unifor North American Solidarity Project Study Group.
UE General President Peter Knowlton gave an overview of the work of the North American Solidarity Project, and upcoming joint work between UE and Unifor. In March, the Study Group will hold a two-day discussion of new approaches to union political action, and in April, UE and Unifor will organize a joint delegation to the Labor Notes conference in Chicago. He then introduced Kennedy.
Kennedy confirmed for the GEB members that Unifor's current officers are strongly committed to the North American Solidarity Project, and to ensuring that UE and Unifor can continue to do joint work to revitalize the labor movement in North America. "Unions have to change in order to fight the corporate capitalist agenda," said Kennedy. "The labor movement has been talking a good fight for 30 years, but haven't been doing anything about it. We either do things differently or we are writing our own obituary." He emphasized that "UE is an important part of what we have set out to do, which is to change the dynamic of the labor movement."
GEB members then engaged Kennedy in a robust discussion of how unions can be more relevant to the broader working class. Local 893 President Becky Dawes spoke about how in her work as a child-abuse investigator for the state of Iowa she talks with families about economics, and the effects of political decisions on the elderly, women, workers and the poor. Eastern Region President Donna Morgan reported how Local 170 is utilizing new technology and social media. Local president Jamie Beaton recently made a video update about the local's political action efforts, which has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook. Elizabeth Jesdale, Local 255, spoke about the importance of involving younger members in order to create the next generation of leaders, and also her excitement about Unifor's work with equity-seeking groups.
The board also discussed the best ways to keep rank-and-file UE members informed as the North American Solidarity Project develops. In addition to ongoing joint work between UE and Unifor around organizing, General Electric, and the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Study Group will continue to meet and will present a set of written recommendations to the executive boards of both unions in the fall.
Aggressive Organizing Plan
Director of Organizing Gene Elk presented the organizing plan developed to implement the UE convention resolution "Organize the Unorganized," approved by delegates in August. The plan, based on a rigorous quantitative analysis of UE's organizing work in recent years, creates two four-person organizing teams, each led by an experienced organizer. The teams, based in Pittsburgh and Chicago, will travel extensively through UE base areas as they target various employers and workplaces for organizing with the goal of bringing in over 1,000 new members each year.
Elk noted that unemployment is relatively low, and workers have rising expectations. "Theoretically, this should be a good time to be doing lots of organizing work," he said, but "we have to run more campaigns to get more members." He pointed out that in recent years, UE has been organizing "on a shoestring budget," and that rebuilding the union's ranks requires that the union be able to put organizers into the field who are dedicated solely to organizing, and organizing teams that are large enough to be able to continue to organize while negotiating first contracts.
Elk also outlined for the board a selection of industries and employers that UE organizers will be targeting. The targeting choices take into account various types of leverage that Unifor could potentially exert to assist UE's organizing, as well as the aim of bringing in a mixture of low-wage and high-wage workers to maintain a balanced base for UE's progressive per capita system.
GEB members also discussed efforts of UE's public-sector locals in Iowa to fight against the effects of that state's draconian new anti-union laws; organizing by UE Locals 150 and 170 among public-sector workers in North Carolina and West Virginia, who are denied collective bargaining rights; and strategies for organizing General Electric. Local 506 President Scott Slawson emphasized the importance of international solidarity like the new global GE Trade Union Network (see coverage on page 10) for taking on a multinational company like GE, saying "If we're going to attack GE it's got to be on a worldwide front."
President Knowlton gave the Political Action report, highlighting the fact that the report of the Policy Action Committee from last year's convention committed the union to work on healthcare for all and independent rank-and-file political action.
On the issue of healthcare, he noted that UE locals are once again seeing double-digit increases in health insurance premiums, and suggested that this created a good opportunity to do political education with UE members about the need for a universal, "Medicare for All" single-payer healthcare system. He also announced that National Nurses United will be putting significant resources into making support for single-payer a "litmus test" for politicians in the 2018 and 2020 elections.
On the topic of independent rank-and-file political action, Knowlton reported on the success of pro-labor candidates across the country in local and state elections in November, and on the growth of Labor for Our Revolution, the organization that is continuing the work of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign among the labor movement. Director of Organization Elk noted that the union is looking at ways that Our Revolution and Labor for Our Revolution can assist the UE organizing program. The board voted to donate $2000 to Labor for Our Revolution.
Knowlton also reported on UE's work on the renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which has devastated manufacturing communities across the U.S. In October, the UE brought trade unionists and community organizations from the U.S., Canada and Mexico together in Chicago to strategize about NAFTA. President Knowlton also spoke at a press conference in December in Washington, DC, organized by the "#ReplaceNAFTA" coalition of labor, farm, environmental, faith and other groups.
The GEB voted to sign UE on to a #ReplaceNAFTA letter to Congress, demanding that Congress replace NAFTA with a new fair trade agreement that stops outsourcing of jobs and protects consumers and the environment. Local 106 President Jim Borowski amended the motion to also send the letter to UE locals to sign on as well (if your UE local wants to sign on, please email UE International Director Kari Thompson at kthompson@ueunion.org by the deadline of February 15).
Knowlton also announced that UE will be organizing a delegation to the Labor Notes Conference in April in Chicago, and Western Region President Carl Rosen reported that long-time UE ally Rev. Dr. William Barber, leader of the North Carolina Moral Mondays movement, has joined a new effort called the Poor People's Campaign. The Poor People's Campaign, building on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final campaign, plans to organize civil disobedience to focus attention on economic justice and workers' and poor people's issues.
Legal, International and Education Reports
President Knowlton distributed to board members a legal report prepared by UE General Counsel Irene Thomas, which covered recent changes issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Knowlton reviewed the document, pointing out that Trump appointees to the NLRB are leading the charge to roll back the modest improvements workers' rights implemented during the Obama administration. Most notable among these Obama-era decisions being overruled are the Browning-Ferris "joint employer" ruling, which allowed workers of subcontractors to bargain with the company that actually calls the shots, and procedures that led to speedier elections. Both rulings were critical to the success of Local 228 in organizing close to six hundred workers at the National Visa Center.
The International Report highlighted the work being done to unite GE workers around the world and the recent attacks on workers' rights in Mexico. The GEB also voted to renew UE's membership in U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW). Western Region President Carl Rosen reported that USLAW's major area of work right now is Korea, because of President Trump's belligerence toward North Korea. USLAW is organizing a delegation this spring of trade unions to meet with South Korean trade unions. The current South Korean government was elected with labor support, and wants to de-escalate tensions with the north, explained Rosen. President Trump, on the other hand, wants to use tensions with North Korea as an excuse to spend trillions of dollars on new nuclear programs.
President Knowlton gave the Education Report, announcing that the Education Department will be running a workshop on sexual harassment at the upcoming regional council meetings, and will make this training available to locals.
National Trustees Autumn Martinez, Local 255; Don Brown, Local 506; and Larry Hopkins, Local 1177 presented a report on their audit of the national union's books, which they found to be in order.
The board also approved a constitutional amendment for Local 1117, reviewed quarterly audit reports and per capita determination reports, and discussed how to move forward on implementing the women's rights resolution from convention to "Develop a harassment policy to be presented at regional councils and national conventions, and develop an ombudsperson training and program to have point people available at regional councils and national conventions."


Maria joined the Trust in 2007, initially as Executive Director of Corporate Development, and was appointed Chief Executive in July 2008, having already served nine months as Acting Chief Executive. Maria has a background in the private and voluntary sectors and the NHS. Before joining the Trust, she was Executive Director of Corporate Development, Communications and Partnerships at the former North West London Strategic Health Authority.


There is a on-going debate among TMG users about the best way to specify a Source in one's TMG Project. So-called "splitters" create a unique Source entry for each individual record, for example for each household in a census, for each tombstone in a cemetery, each record in a will book, or each e-mail received from a cousin. Those known as "lumpers," on the other hand, may define a Source more broadly, perhaps as one Source for each roll of census microfilm, for an entire cemetery, for a whole will book or all the will books in a county, or for all e-mails from a given cousin.
Lumpers can record and display the same details as splitters by recording the additional details in the Citation Details field when citing the Source. Ordinarily, this means that all the details appear together, usually at the end, in the footnotes. That is generally not the format suggested in style guides, though many users find it satisfactory.
The use of TMG's "split CD" feature, that is the spliting of the Citation Detail field into several segments to allow entry of several different data elements, allows one to create "lumped" Source Definitions and still have each element positioned as desired in the printed footnotes. That is done by specifying in the output Templates where each segment of the split CD should appear.
The primary benefit of "lumping" Sources is to reduce the number of Sources defined, and thus the number of entries in the Master Source List. Splitters respond that the number of entries in the Master Source List is rarely a problem, and if it is unneeded Sources can be hidden by making them inactive.
It is difficult to attach images to the Sources as Exhibits when there are multiple pages for each TMG Source, so other methods must be used to view the images within TMG or include them websites.
Citation Details text is complex and thus more prone to data entry error.
The finished notes are not "properly" formatted (unless the split CD method is used).
The detail information, such as household name in a census, which is placed in the CD, cannot appear in the Bibliography entry. That's because a given source can be cited many times, each with different details in the CD, while only one bibliography entry is created for each source – there is no way to choose which detail to include. For some Source Types this is not a problem. The Mills examples for Cemetery Marker, Census, and Social Security Death Index, for instance, do not include the record detail in the Bibliography. But other examples, like Birth and Death registrations, generally do. If it is important to you to include that detail in the Bibliography you cannot use the lumper method.
Citation Details text is even more complex and error prone.
The "Unique" Endnotes feature doesn't recognize split CDs, so you can't use that feature if you use this method.
The "Embedded" Citations feature doesn't recognize split CDs, so you can't embed Citations in Memos if you use this method.
It is very difficult to construct a full footnote that works without the expected CD segments, so using separate source pages in Second Site doesn't work well when this method is used.
Some users find the reduction in number or Sources defined in the Master Source list adequate compensation for the the disadvantages. I formerly used a split CD method for census sources, but I have since converted all my census sources to a "splitter" format, primarily to enable improvements in the websites I am now creating with Second Site. While I no longer particularly recommend the use of split CDs I am offering the following examples for readers who would like to explore this method.


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July 12, 2019 | Star Trek-Related Events At San Diego Comic-Con 2019: A Guide (Updated)
Morrison As 'Number One'? [UPDATED: Or Maybe Kirk's Mom?]
| November 14, 2007 | By: Anthony Pascale 128 comments so far
UPDATED. Although J.J. Abrams has confirmed that House's Jennifer Morrison is in Star Trek, he didn't confirm her part beyond saying it is not Yeoman Rand. Speculation has focused on a number of known Trek characters, such as Carol Marcus, Kirk's mother and 'Number One.' Now there are two competing rumors 'confirming' who she will playing. SyFy Portal is reporting a rumor that Morrison will play "Number One," the first officer to Captain Pike (played by Bruce Greenwood). While IESB is reporting that Morrison will play a 'pregnant' Winona Kirk opposite Chris Hemsworth's George Kirk Sr.
Like Pike, Number One was only seen in unaired pilot "The Cage" which was re-used as flashback scenes for "The Menagerie." The character was originally played by Majel Barrett Roddenberry (credited as M. Leigh Hudec). Kirk's mother has never been seen on screen, but has been a character in many Trek novels where she got the name 'Winona.'
Much has been made about Morrison's recent change to blond hair (making some guess that she would be playing Marcus or Rand), but SyFy quote's their source saying:
Everyone wants to speculate on what roles these actors are taken on because of their looks, but they should actually be paying more attention to what might be meatier roles. What's nice is that Number One will actually have a name
The once (Barrett Roddenberry) and future (Morrison) Number Ones?
More on Morrison as Number One at SyFy Portal, or Morrison as Kirk's Mom at IESB.
Bald is Beautiful - Picard for President!
First! Ha!
Okay so my wife caught me looking at Morrison's blondie pic on the other post. Hahaha. I said "it's okay, this is Star Trek". She was not fooled!
Picard/Marcus 2008
"Because scientists R2Cool"
lwr
1: no…you're number one!
Unless they make her blonde, or she was completely out of costume in the spy shots, I would still tend to think she is Carol Marcus. But what do I know? In this version of star trek, Number One could be blonde.
Number One with blond hair? Eh… I dunno about that one. I still say she is Winona Kirk.
Gary Lee
With changing her hair to blond I think she is playing Nurse Chapel .
T Negative
More and more it seems that this movie has a lot of Pre-Kirk stuff going on in it. We have Pike, Number One, Spock and possibly more Pike era people??. Perhaps it won't be until we are well into the movie before we see Kirk, Bones, Scotty etc.
Daoud
Why not have it both ways?
As a brunette, she'll portray Number One, "Morgana Chapel"…
As a blonde, she'll portray her bleached-blonde twin sister, "Christine Chapel"…
Two for the price of one actress!
Sam Belil
I say Angelina Jolie should be #1, NOT because she is an A-Lister, because I can't see anyone else projecting that "icey exterior" that Number One projected any better than her.
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0412142/10.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Morrison%2C%20Jennifer%20(II)&seq=9
There's a picture easily photoshopped… into… wait, it already looks like she's wearing one of T'Pol's catsuits… standing on a holodeck…. yikes… and wow…
CmdrR
Am I nuts or is there no real news in this news? Other than that Number One gets a name.
It just shows how starved for info we are, and there's more than a year left to wait!
whatever part Jennifer Morrison gets – let her part be BIG
she's so lovely and very sexy
+ appeartently her natural hair color is "blond"ish
She only made them dark in order to have better chances for getting the House role some years back. That's what I've read on another site.
12. Ben…
Morrison was a brunette in 1999 for "Stir of Echoes" (she played the dead girl.)
mada101
I don't think that hair colour is much to go by when guessing who she is playing. From the speculation and tiny fragments of evidence that we have had so far, it looks like the movie is going to be playing it fast and loose with canon. If they're not even keeping the Enteprise the same, do you think they'll care what colour hair Nurse Chapel, Carol Marcus or Number One has? :-P
doubleofive
As I watched her in House last night, all I could think of was "Carol Marcus". Number 1 was just too stiff a role for her. She deserves to have had Kirk.
Oceanhopper
Well, she was blonde in the most recent pic. Given the whole silly stereotype about dumb blondes, etc, (which is obviously cobblers, but is a stereotype that Hollywood generally perpetuates) why would they dye her hair from its usual brunette to blonde for a role of a non-nonsense first officer like Number One?
I think it more likely that with Hollywood's attitude that she is love interest for someone.
karanadon
hey…considering i pasted the syfy portal link on the morrison is not rand thread can i get a lil credit? pretty please? =)
but yeah…who knows…she could be wearing a wig for the role…
god this guessing of casting is so complicated…so many choices that could be argued for, and in so many ways…
A 30 year old first officer? I don't think so.
What if Winona Ryder is playing Number One not Spock's mother?
Cugel the Clever
It's ridiculous how so many people are obsessing about whether or not the new actors are identical in appearance to the original ones.
IT DOESN'T MATTER !
What does matter is that they are good actors, have the right physical presence, and are given a good script with which to work.
All of the trekkies and trekkers will attend this film no matter what – that's a lock. The success or failure of the film (and the prospect of sequels!) will entirely depend upon whether it draws a lot of non-trek fans. Therefore, Abrams is doing his best to hire good ACTING talent as the first priority.
I'd much rather have a crew that bears no physical resemblance to the original gang and have a great acting, story, design, and FX; instead of having a bunch of TOS clones who can't act.
T'POW!
When will these imbeciles stop posting this "First!" sh*t? Are we supposed to jump with joy for you because you were first to post? Will you win a prize? Will you be lauded for ever more, by all of us out here? No, people just think "you're a twat".
Anyway, onto Morrison, I would be surprised if she was Number One as her hair ( presumably dyed brighter blonde for the Star Trek role ) would indicate she is playing another role. I think Kirk's mom or Carol Marcus is the best bet…but I guess we'll have to wait and see…
Dennis Bailey
It seems reasonable that, if a significant part of the film features Spock serving aboard the Enterprise under Pike, then the character of "Number One" would probably appear in the script and that the actor playing her would have a good deal of screen time.
Chapel went from blonde to dark in season three.
#20, I don't think it's fair to say that all Trekkies and Trekkers will see the film no matter what. There are several groups who have little to no interest in this film for various reasons (lost interest in Trek, not TOS fans, only want a total reboot, film not sticking to canon etc.).
Yeah, but she's blonde now though. The only way that it would work, and I'm HOPING this is what they do because it would be an awesome touch is if she's playing both Nurse Chapel AND Number One, just like how Majel Barrett played both characters.
Captain Amazing!!
Unless she was not in costume wearing a coat to cover up her regular clothes so no one would be able to see them like the other cast members in the spy shots, she's NOT a crew member at all in the movie. What we could see of her outfit under the coat (collar, shoes, etc) would seem to suggest she was playing someone who works in a lab unless J.J. has decided to include white uniforms aboard the Enterprise.
Of course, on the other hand…Number One could have dyed her hair. Personally I think that's pushing it. I'd prefer to see a few things stay the same.
I could see her as Carol Marcus. More than I could as Number One.
As far as the character's name is concerned, has it occurred to anyone that J.J. might be planning to make Number One and Christine Chapel sisters since Majel played both?
I know blonde is Morrison's natural color, but I like her SO much better as a brunette.
FREAKAZOID
At least we will finally get a name to go with the infamous Number One!
Iowagirl
By way of exception, this isn't about canon – it's about women dyeing their hair. They will still do that in the 23th century.
Incidentally…this "source" says we should be looking at the meatier roles rather than the actors' looks to figure this stuff out. Okay, first of all how in the world are WE supposed to know what roles are meatier? Has anyone here actually read the script? I think not.
Second, why do we need to try to figure this out anyway when the powers that be will reveal them to us soon enough?
It doesn't make sense that they would go out of their way to change the character's hair colour, though. Especially since up until recently, the actress was brunette anyway. I stand by my theory that she's playing Chapel and Number One, and that her scenes as Chapel are being filmed first so she had to bleach her hair, and then will dye it again when she films her scenes as Number One.
Pragmaticus
Seriously, who's to say what hair color someone might have at a specific point in their lives? Look at the Lindsays and the Britneys of the world. Their hair color's changed multiple times.
And thank God they're giving her a name instead of that stupid Number One moniker. It's made her sound like a freaking android for 40 years.
As far as meatier roles are concerned, we can speculate on which ones will be till we turn blue in the face or the cows come home whichever comes first…doesn't mean we're on to something.
Number One could always be someone who sits there and takes orders saying, "Aye, sir." for all we know. I'm sure there's more to her in this than that, but again…it's all rumor and speculation until J.J. decides to tell us what's up.
I still like the Carol Marcus idea/rumor.
She's the right age for Number One in The Cage era, but if Pike is Fiftyish in this film then Number One has to be just slightly younger, say mid to late forties.
I can't believe Jennifer's natural hair color is blond. She is classically beautiful as a brunette, but looks kind of slutty as a blond (and I don't mean slutty in a good way, but more like the trailer trash variety).
Now that I think about it, this doesn't really make any sense: Bruce Greenwood is a decade older than Jeffrey Hunter was when he played Pike in "The Cage" and it clearly shows on his face, so it's mostly safe to assume that we will be seeing Pike about a decade after the pilot takes place, but since Jennifer Morrison is 27, that would make Number One 17-ish when the pilot took place, which clearly isn't the case.
Oh wow… you beat me to it. Great minds think alike, I guess.
21. T'POW! – November 14, 2007
When will these imbeciles stop posting this "First!" sh*t?
Hey man, relax. It's a free country so be cool. And nice language you have there. Do you kiss you mother with that mouth? Just sayin.
Hair color: brunettes are taken more seriously than blondes and that's too bad but the way it is. But it's like a thirty minute job to change the color to whatever she wants, so it really doesn't matter, does it? JJ gets what JJ wants!
Johnny Ice
I hope its true.. i prefer number one character then Carol Marcus. Also it doesn't matter what hair-color she has and if XI is truely a remake or reboot i hope she will remain as regular bridge member.
Kirk , number one & Spock
Ringer for Number One, she can alos paly Nurse Chapel, as did Majel Baret, played may roles on TOS and TNG
Red Shirt
I still have to chuckle when I see Iowagirl pop into the boards. I feel like one of the nerds in Shatner's classic SNL "Get a Life" who is hit with the "I mean, have any of you ever kissed a girl?"
I have often wondered what a gal at ComicCon or a Trek Convention feels like. She's gotta like being able to have the pick of the litter!
Yes, this is the ORIGINAL Red Shirt. Not that pesky, no space "Redshirt" that has popped up here recently. Double dumb ass on him! ;)
Mr. Atoz
I'm curious to see what the female crew members will be wearing under
Pike. (If in fact we see a good portion of the E during Pike's command.)
Will they be wearing Black pants with velour sweaters?
Or, a Skirted uniform?
Personnally, I dont care. Just make the hot chicks look good!
I think they should wear those hot minis.
#35:"(and I don't mean slutty in a good way…"
Good Lord, how the language changes… :lol:
You are losing touch with reality. This film is not an ode to the original actors who played the characters – it is an ode to the story itself and to the concept of Star Trek. The only reason that Majel Barrett played two roles in TOS is that she was Roddenberry's girlfriend so he found a role for her in the original (failed) pilot and a different role in the eventual successful series. Abrams is not going to be stupid enough to pander to the extreme trekkies who won't tolerate ANY change to the appearance of their favourites. The majority of mainstream Trek fans and non-fans (who Abrams is trying to attract) would simply laugh at the idea of a single actress playing two such different roles as Number One and Nurse Chapel in the same movie.
Michael Foote
Is it just me or does anyone else think she would make a smokin' hot red head? Ok, so I think she is real cute in general.
If a female crewmember is "under" Pike, they likely won't be wearing anything :-P
In a nod to Majel Barrett why not name the character of "Number One,"
Commander Leigh Hudec?
Others can be first.
I'm sexiest.
OK, so we're all agreed, Morrison will play Number One, Chapel and the Computer Voice, and will marry JJ.


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OPA! Gyros
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"Opa!" is a Greek expression of joy. Not just a word for it, but the kind of word people yell to each other when they're dancing and laughing and carrying on. Opa! Gyros Greek Restaurant, voted Best Greek Restaurant five times running by Hudson Valley magazine, is all about the food that goes with the mood.
As of the time of printing, Opa! is available for take-out, curbside pickup, and delivery.
"The thing people say around Kingston is, "I need my Opa! fix," says John Trataros happily. "They need their gyro or their souvlaki or a salad. And you really can't find it the way we make it anywhere else around here."
John grew up with a family legacy of feeding people. His father, grandfather, and uncle moved upstate in the late 50s and opened the Rosendale Food Center, bringing the town its first supermarket. He caught the restaurant bug and headed downstate to play in a bigger sandbox, studying marketing while attending college on Long Island. He then journeyed as close as possible to the source without setting sail for the Aegean Sea: He headed to Astoria to master the art of casual-yet-authentic Greek cuisine.
The basics he'd learned at his grandfather's side—service, cleanliness, and quality—served him well in the fast and furious world of metro-area restaurants. He ran Greek eateries in Queens, a diner in Asbury Park, and an earlier incarnation of Opa! on Long Island. ("When a Greek restaurant has a name like Opa, you expect at least some plate-smashing," said a reviewer for Newsday in 2010."What I find is even better: some smashing plates.")
"We're unique in how faithful we are to our Greek and Mediterranean roots."
–John Trataros, owner
Life was good. But his dad kept telling him he should think about moving back upstate. "He said, 'Johnny, change is starting to happen up here, but there's absolutely nobody up here that can do what you do. You should consider it.' I was skeptical at first."
In 2012, he agreed to just take a Sunday stroll around uptown Kingston and get a feel for the changes. He brought his wife and then-four-year- old son, and they had a nice time seeing the sights. John found himself eyeing a vacant spot on the corner of Wall Street and North Front and thinking yeah, maybe….
"Two weeks later, I had a lease," he said. "It went well right away and a couple of years later it was time to expand—we started with 800 square feet—so we took over the space next door and added a dining room. We added beer and wine, and here we are; I'm back in Ulster County, and the welcome from everybody has been great. People who have known me since I was a kid seem glad to see me."
What you will find is 100 percent strained Greek yogurt and hand-chosen veggies in your salad, seasoned beef patties stuffed with aromatic feta, souvlaki and moussaka and grilled lamb, grape leaves and babaganoush and fresh pita.
And they're glad to get their Opa! fixes. The restaurant proudly serves a menu that's Greek through and through. "Some places that advertise being Greek restaurants, the menu looks like any diner," says John. "What we do is authentic. We do get creative and unique—we have twists like grilled tuna with spicy feta—but we're unique in how faithful we are to our Greek and Mediterranean roots. You won't find baked ziti."
What you will find is 100 percent strained Greek yogurt and hand-chosen veggies in your salad, seasoned beef patties stuffed with aromatic feta, souvlaki and moussaka and grilled lamb, grape leaves and baba ganoush and fresh pita. The "food of the gods," as John calls it.
Vegetarians, vegans, and those with gluten or lactose intolerance are accommodated with pride. "There are a lot of different ways to eat Mediterannean—it's a healthy, delicious cuisine," he says. "And we get people driving down from Albany, up from Newburgh, over from Rhinebeck, to enjoy the real thing, because they know our quality is consistent."
"The feta was delicious in the Greek salad, as was the house dressing. Hummus was great. Fresh pitas. Highly recommend the baklava. Service was above and beyond. I can't wait to go back!"
The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, "nice casual" as John puts it. And lovers of Greek food who discover Opa! feel like they've struck gold. "I was not disappointed!" says a Facebook reviewer who drove down from Saratoga to give Opa! a try. "It's very hard to find great food upstate (i'm a former NYC Queen's girl) so this place was a great surprise!"
"The best gyro I've ever had!" writes another reviewer. "The feta was delicious in the Greek salad, as was the house dressing. Hummus was great. Fresh pitas. Highly recommend the baklava. Service was above and beyond. I can't wait to go back!"
So get your own Opa! fix. Join the celebration. "I learned from the best," John says. "We do our gyros right, hand-carved from a vertical roasting spit, the right seasoning. The meats and ingredients still come fresh from Astoria. I couldn't have learned up here what I did down there—I made my bones down there, and now I'm home."
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A stupidity of Darwinism: "There was never a time when there were only two humans!"
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The unmitigated stupidity of Darwinism: "There was never a time when there were only two humans!"
On TOL, I've observed despisers of the Bible who are Darwin cheerleaders saying that there never was a time when there was only one human on earth (Adam), and that there never was a time when there were only two humans on earth (Adam and Eve). They go on to say things like that--ever since the time when there ceased being zero, zilch, zip humans on the earth--there has never been a time at which there has been less than some unspecified "far greater than two"-number of humans on the earth. One such Darwin cheerleader on TOL told me that, since the time when there stopped being zero humans on the earth, there has never been less than "about 10,000" humans on the earth.
The insanity of these Darwin cheerleaders is such that, when you confront them by directing their attention to the obvious fact that they are thereby telling you that the history of the earth until now is such that it is divisible into two periods of time mutually exhaustive of the whole:
a period of (earlier) time during which there was never more than 0 humans on the earth
a period of (later) time during which there has never been a number of humans less than at least "far more than just two" humans on the earth
--when you confront them with this fact--the fact that they are making the number of humans on the earth to have instantaneously increased from 0 to "far more than just two"--they have no recourse but to angrily pretend to deny this fact, and to try to direct attention away from it, because they know that they cannot deal with it. Obviously, somebody who goes around professing such astonishing stupidities like, "All the time during which there has been more than 0 humans on the earth, there has never been less than about 10,000 humans on the earth", is not in the least going to want to be called on to try to harmonize such things as that with his/her other stupidities, like, "Humans did not spontaneously appear on the earth, but only gradually appeared over a period of millions of years." Nobody wants to be burdened with the impossible task of having to try to explain how the number of humans on the earth can gradually increase from 0 to "far more than 2" without first having increased from 0 to 1, and without first having increased from 0 to 2.
Only an abject idiot could say, in all seriousness, "I can accelerate my car from 0 to 60 mph without first accelerating it from 0 to 1 mph, and without first accelerating it from 0 to 2 mph." But, the same sort of stupidity is what Darwin cheerleaders are trying to get us to accept when they tell us that the number of humans on the earth went from 0 to "far more than 2" without having first gone from 0 to 1, and without having first gone from 0 to 2.
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7djengo7 said:
A stupidity of Darwinism
Isn't that a redundancy?
or a tautology?
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Idolater
So what you're saying is that rather than Genesis-believing Christians having to explain the propagation of mankind to include incest, it's those who believe in evolution who must accept that. Since, if God created Adam and Eve, and since the Scripture doesn't say that He did not create other humans, He could just as well have created other humans, to marry the offspring of Adam and Eve. But meanwhile there is no possibility under the idea of evolution that human specimens appeared in basically anything more than the absolute minimum of two, specifically a male and a female, which all by itself is so unlikely, that if it did occur, that it's probably more likely that evolution's "Adam and Eve" were full siblings, i o w, or rather viz. that they were twins, born at the same time, affected by the same conditions that caused the mutation in both of them. In which case the propagation of mankind under the idea of evolution began in incest. And if instead two unrelated and independent mutations occurred, each of which generating a genetic human being, one male and one female, who happened to be local to one another (no such thing as cars or airplanes when this would have happened under evolution) along with living at the same time, where the fertile period for the female overlapped with the fertile period for the male, then while evolution's "Adam and Eve" weren't incestuous, their children were, either with themselves, or with one of their parents. For the idea of evolution, it simply must be one of these scenarios. The only alternative, that there were somehow more than basically two humans at our genesis, lends far more credence to the idea of Genesis, than it does to the idea of evolution.
Gentlemen & Ladies, if you would invest a little time in actually understanding evolution (and no- not from anti-evolution sites), then you wouldn't write such nonsense.
chair said:
If you believe that you understand evolution, please, correct the mistakes you see
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ok doser said:
Wiser and more patient people than I have tried repeatedly, and met a brick wall of stupidity and ignorance.
Go read a book.
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I could say the exact same thing, but that wouldn't make what I say true.
And because it doesn't make what I say true, then you doing it doesn't make what YOU say true, either.
Chair, if you would invest a little time in actually understanding Creationism (and no- not from anti-creationist sites), then you wouldn't write such nonsense.
Wiser and more patient people than I have tried repeatedly to point out the errors in Evolution, and met a brick wall of stupidity and ignorance.
Go read a book on Creationism. (I recommend "In the Beginning")
See how that works? It's easy to make arguments that beg the question of your position. Try maaking an actual argument next time.
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JudgeRightly said:
If this was in a vacuum, and it had never ever been explained on this forum- you'd be right. But it has been explained COUNTLESS times.
I will give it a quick try, but I won't waste a whole lot of time of it.
The basic misconception that this thread is based on is that evolution happens in sudden steps. One day there are apes, the next day there are also humans. On Tuesday there are wolves, and on Wednesday also dogs. Thus there must have been a point at which there was a single pair of humans (just like in the Bible), and a single pair of dogs. But evolution happens gradually, over populations. Not suddenly with individuals.
Let's take animal breeds as an example. Was there ever a time were there was just one pair of German Shepherds? One pair of Merino sheep? One pair of poodles?
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But evolution happens gradually, over populations. Not suddenly with individuals.
That is the assumption made by evolutionists based on extrapolations made from individuals in the fossil record
That is what theory is, like it or not. To start asking questions about the "first two humans" is simply ignorant of what the theory is.
Was there ever a time were there was just one pair of German Shepherds? One pair of Merino sheep? One pair of poodles?
A straight answer to this question would be appreciated.
I don't have the time right now to go into why it's wrong to conflate presumably random evolutionary changes with deliberate forced breeding like that done by Stephanitz
It's not just forced breeding. Many breeds developed "naturally" because men were more likely to eat sheep with shorter wool, for example.
In any case- where's the Straight Answer?
Was there ever a time were there was just one pair of German Shepherds?
But this implies a false parallel. I am only introductory in biology, so perhaps I am wrong in saying, that a species that reproduces sexually, is specifically where a male and a female can reproduce progeny that can themselves reproduce. So a mule for instance is the product of a horse and a donkey, but mules cannot reproduce, so mules are not a species in the sense that all breeds of dog are one species. All dog breeds can reproduce progeny that can reproduce, all dogs are the same species. And so i t t, human beings are only those specimens who can reproduce progeny who can also reproduce.
And that is a hard line, there isn't any way around that in order for mankind to propagate, there must have been at some point two specimens who were able to reproduce progeny who could also themselves reproduce.
Right Divider
It's funny every single time.
Another substance-less, angry reaction from one of TOL's favorite weepy, attention-begging sad sacks: chair. You wouldn't write such a post as you just wrote, if you could actually deal with what I wrote in the OP of this thread, chair. See, now you've gone and (as is your custom) made your entrance into this new thread by using your first post in it for no other purpose, and to no other effect than simply to advertise, loudly and clearly, that you know very well that you cannot rationally defend the particular Darwinist stupidity that I have pilloried in the OP.
Please stop spamming this thread. Try to deal with the specific Darwinist stupidity to which I have drawn attention by creating this thread, or just get lost, you decrepit, grumbly troll.
By your constantly chanting meaningless slogans like, "You just don't understand evolution!", rather than actually trying to address any of the many, many, incisive, rational, Darwinism-damning questions that have been leveled against the rank stupidity promulgated by Darwin cheerleader clowns such as yourself, you are never going to make the questions disappear.
Why can't you deal with what I wrote in the OP, chair?
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Yorzhik
I understand what you call "evolution" better than you. Just like I understand it better than most laymen that support what you call "evolution". That's why it is better called "common descent" than "evolution". And if you think you know "evolution" as good as you think you do, you'd know this already.
Therefore, since I can explain what you call "evolution" better than you can, and you can't explain creationism as well as I can, it means your premise that if we'd just "invest a little time in actually understanding evolution" wed believe in what you call "evolution" is just you projecting.
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Darwin cheerleaders tell us that, for as long as there have been humans on earth, the number of humans on earth has been no less than some number, n, where n > 2. Thus, as can be clearly seen from this timeline constructed from the Darwin cheerleaders' own data, all time up to the present can be divided into two divisions, such that at no point in the earlier division (A) were there any humans on earth, and such that at no point in the later division (B) has there been less than n humans on earth.
Thus, according to Darwin cheerleaders, an event of the instantaneous advent of the first humans--a number of humans greater than 2, and no less than n--sharply divides time into the two divisions, (A) and (B), seen above.
Thus, Darwin cheerleaders are telling us out of one side of their mouth not only that the number of the first humans on the earth was greater than 2, and greater than 1, but also, they are telling us that the advent of those n first humans on earth was instantaneous, and not gradual. Of course, all the while, out of the other side of their mouth they are angrily, mindlessly shouting "No! Gradual!"
You don't like the timeline I made using your own data, Darwin cheerleaders? Then, by all means, construct a timeline, yourself, so as to try to show what you imagine is wrong about the one I have constructed. Yeah, construct a timeline, yourself, to show us what you "really" mean when you say that for as long as there have been humans on earth, the number of them has never been less than n, where n > 2. Have fun with that, Darwin cheerleaders!
The basic misconception that this thread is based on is that evolution happens in sudden steps.
has that been discarded lately? 'cause I didn't get the memo
But evolution happens gradually, over populations.
intra-species evolutions, yes
inter-species? :nono:
Punctuated equilibrium is commonly contrasted against phyletic gradualism, the idea that evolution generally occurs uniformly and by the steady and gradual transformation of whole lineages (called anagenesis). In this view, evolution is seen as generally smooth and continuous.[3]
see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladogenesis
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof or evidence.


Thanks to suggestions from Patricia for reputable places to buy roses, I finally stopped ogling all the possibilities and finally put in an order for my garden. I hope they don't take too long to get here, because I can hardly wait to get them planted. What did I order? One William Baffin, one Antique, and two of the Lavender Floorshow, I won't mention all the others I wanted to buy. But I'll wait until I dig some more flower beds before ordering more -- maybe another year or two.
In other flower news, my earliest blooming day lily is already putting on a nice show, my Tennessee coneflower is blooming and my purple echinacea (which is different from the Tennessee variety) is about to bloom, as are my Asian lilies. I need to go get more fertilizer, but all in all, things are looking good.
And as an aside, I love the soaker hoses we laid down last summer. I feel a tad lazy not going out and watering daily, but merely turning on the hose and returning later to turn it off sure is nice. Just wait until I put in a timer system!
I still find it strange that you are ahead of us here in Dee Cee. I know you're further south, but for some reason I always assumed all those mountains made a difference. Apparently not.
I've got one or two buds on my purple echinacea, but nothing close to flowering yet. My peonies and roses are starting to open and the wisteria will soon. Some of the columbine is already in flower and there are several buds on the foxglove, yarrow and salvia, but those flowers are still weeks away.
The previous owner planted a great many day lilies out front but I've stopped looking forward to them - the deer usually come in and level them before their blooms open up. On the other hand, the lily-of-the-valley has (so far) escaped Bambi and his chums, so maybe we'll get lucky this year.
Oooh, you went with Heirloom. Remember, they will be TINY when you get them and they will want VERY BIG HOLES. Also, you'll want to avoid putting them into the same soil roses have grown in before. I am SUCH a mother-in-law about roses!
I wish I were close enough to nip over and help... and to watch these beauties come on in your garden.
My daughter was just today asking me when our daylilies would be starting....not for a couple weeks yet here.
Patricia, it would be fun to have you here to help me plant the roses when they arrive. I'm really, really looking forward to getting the plants. I guess I'm looking forward to the next few years as they grow and bloom the most though.