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It's a course that renowned designer Dan Maples has often referred to as "one of my best" – and with good reason.
Set majestically in a stunning Lowcountry setting, Willbrook Plantation plays through a pair of plantations that date back as far as the 18th century. Historical markers dot the course amid a wide array of moss-draped oaks and abundant wildlife, Lowcountry marshes and wetlands.
Wide landing areas make Willbrook Plantation especially appealing for women; Golf for Women's Magazine has featured it among its top 25 places to play in the United States. It has also been featured on national television shows, including Golf Channel's "Road Trip Myrtle Beach," to showcase its natural splendor and beauty. A well-appointed clubhouse offers a back porch that overlooks the 18th fairway and green and its surrounding nature – the perfect place to unwind from an unforgettable golfing experience.
The course was a great Layout. With excellent greens, we received a warm greeting and the staff was very helpful. The only issue was the pace of play which was slow to begin with and then out of nowhere at the turn we found a fivesome in front of us, what started as a really fun round into a waiting game, not fun.
Great looking golf course. Great conditions tricky.
Whenever we visit MB we always like to get in a round at Willbrook. A very interesting and playable course in beautiful surroundings. The course conditions were cart path only as the fairways were wet but not unplayable. The greens were in excellent shape and fairly quick. Overall it was once again a very satisfying experience.
Open fairways and great greens.
The most beautiful golf I've played in the last 2 weeks.
Great low country course.
Course is in great shape greens are excellent.
Course was in great shape staff was very helpful and friendly
tough course had plus 20 handicappers playing with me course was real tight for them.
Hole #6 island green was our favorite.
My favorite MB course. Love the oaks with most. Course is challenging, but fun to play. Only once did I opt out of using driver at tee
Course holds water!!!! But nice easy layout. Not long and easy to make a novice golfer feel good!!!
Beautiful course, trees and layout. Enjoyed the history of the plantation as you could read the signs about the property on certain holes. This is a challenging course that was fun to play!
Starter was fantastic and came around to check on pace of play. Very friendly and helpful
Great, interesting course!
love the track and conditions were great. Could of used a ranger on course since tee times were not exactly spaced adequately. Took close to 5 1/2 to play a course that isn't all that tough. Overall fantastic!!!
Well maintained and staff courteous
Great course
Willbrook is a great course to play. The course is in very good condition considering the adverse impact that the winter has had on all of the courses. The staff is wonderful......friendly, knowledgeable and very welcoming.
Good test for seniors. Greens could be faster.
The old trees are scenic The course was in fine shape.
Challenging but fun course. In excellent condition. Looking forward to playing to again As I would play some holes/shots differently. Course knowledge would,have been nice but we played with another couple who also had not played it before. Very nice day.
Course was in great shape. Fairways were short, but not too short. Greens held shots and rolled true.
Very nice course. Traditional design. Good experience.
A really nice course in excellent condition. A fun experience.
Great experience, beautiful course!!
Great facilities, great course in perfect condition and the staff makes you feel like royalty!!! Can't wait to go back!!!
Really enjoyed the beautiful scenery at Willbrook- the different varieties of trees with the moss hanging from many of them. We golfed with a couple who lived on the course & were very helpful with information about the course & the area
Only played back nine due to rain. Rain check given for future play. Course is nice will play again
Love this Course...Good shape, beautiful layout
As you arrive and check in you are greeted by the courteous staff. The course is in great shape from the tee boxes to the perfectly groomed greens. The large oak trees draped with Spanish moss lining most holes, confirm you you are playing in South Carolina. With the over-seeded tee boxes and fairways, you'll enjoy playing off green grass all year. One of the best values in the area.
Old style course lots of trees very nice setting.Try to play it every time we go to MB
Did not feel helped as much as other courses. Late start due to weather and was told "we will let you know", when we asked for update.
Great experience, great course
I feel it's the best place to play here for the $. Fairways and greens are phenomenal. Staff is excellent and it's a true low country setting with all of the mossy oaks. Can't wait to get back there for another round.
Green are very fast and in great shape. Great layout and can be very challenging at times. The wind was blowing and it was cold that made it tuff to score but it was fun. Great staff from the head Golf professional Kevin to the snack bar lady.
Nice course. Well groomed. Staff was very friendly and helpful. I will return to play another day.
My first time playing here. Course was in real nice shape for January and will definitely want to return. Course is challenging but doesn't beat you up greens were very nice and seemed to roll true. Very good experience highly recommend.
In great condition especially for January. Our group of 8 locals had a great time. On the 18th hole, our foursome had 4 par putts. 3 about 15-20 feet and one about 10 feet. We all drained them, making for a memorable finish.
Very well maintained and staffed, a great value and I really appreciate their children's policy.
Course was in great shape, even though it is "Overseeding" time this time of year. Will be perfect once all the "Winter Grass" grows in. Very scenic holes.
Fair and balance (local resident) A great Maple design but fair throughout even with the water holes. The course at this point in time is immaculate from tee boxes to greens. If you are on a golf package make certain to include this one as part of the outing. You will enjoy a scenic view, superb conditions and great staff...have fun!
I have to say the course is in very good condition tee to green. My complaint is that I booked a threesome and they added a fourth to my group which is not uncommon but I was forced to share a cart with someone I didn't know. They told me they didn't have enough carts to give the other guy his own cart. This is not a comfortable position to be put into, so I will think again before booking at Willbrook. To me, they did not consider my feelings, they just were packing in as many players they could for the money. If you care more about the course than the customers, you will lose customers.
Lots of water on the front. Island green. Great course in great condition.
This is a great layout. The course was in very good condition, a little dry from lack of rain. Unfortunately it was a very slow round, not really the course fault, it was just very busy. Great gal in the grill, super hot dogs.Play here often and will be back again.
This was one of the last courses I played in the Primetime Founders Group but moving forward it will be one of the most frequent. We loved this course and as mid/high handicappers it was fair and it was in spectacular shape. This is one of my favorite courses down here now and we will be back very often.
The course was in great shape with fast greens. Excellent service. I will definitely be back.
Very scenic course. Beautiful setting.
Tees, fairways and the green were very good on my visit. I had plenty of roll in the fairway and the green were of good speed. Starter let me play by myself and I got my round in under 3 hours with a stop after 9 holes.
I love this course. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The stories that are told along various holes makes it unique. I rated the course condition as good and not excellent because this time of year they are reseeding and its almost end of season.
Posted on 02/04
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Posted on 01/14
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Posted on 10/27
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Posted on 08/20
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Posted on 06/04
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Posted on 04/12
Calling these five holes "risk-reward" doesn't seem to do them justice. More than that, they can be better described as the ones that separate the contenders from the pretenders. - Read More
Posted on 04/11
Kevin McGuire is like so many from the Grand Strand. He used to visit his parents when they retired to Myrtle Beach from New Jersey. After quite a few trips, it was clear that the beach and the warm weather were for him, too. - Read More
Posted on 03/26
Gigi Hines is the landscape superintendent responsible for flower selection and in charge of upkeep on four golf courses along the Grand Strand. Here are seven of Hines' most important tips for successful gardening along the South Carolina coast. - Read More
Posted on 01/10
When you step onto Willbrook Plantation, you step onto historic ground. The plantation was created 220 years ago as a thriving rice plantation. In 1988, Willbrook Plantation Golf Club was built on that land, but not until after extensive study on its rich coastal history. - Read More
Posted on 12/21
Carolinas PGA named TPC Myrtle Beach's Matt Daly Merchandiser of the Year. The award recognizes PGA professionals who have superior skills as merchandisers in the promotion of golf. - Read More
Posted on 12/18
We here at MyrtleBeachGolfTrips.com have put together your comprehensive how-to guide. We want you to get exactly what you want out of your trip, and just as importantly, we want you have to know where to begin and then what questions to ask so you can properly implement those ideas. - Read More
Posted on 12/11
In 2018, these are eight Myrtle Beach-area courses that should be on your must-play list. Each brings something different to the table, and all of them will be worth the greens and cart fees - whether its during your golf vacation here or for a short-notice afternoon round. - Read More
Posted on 11/27
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Up north, maybe. Down here in Golf Capital, U.S.A., we can't be bothered with such environmental concerns. In South Carolina's Grand Strand - a section of 60-plus miles of beaches and 90 or so golf courses - the links are still welcoming despite the season. - Read More
Posted on 09/11
For some, it's the rush of excitement. For others, it's the tie to a time before man. The emotions of a run-in with an alligator on a golf course can fall anywhere on the spectrum, but indifference is almost never an option. - Read More
Posted on 08/28
You can get 50 percent off tee times before 8:30 a.m. when you book three rounds now on seven gorgeous Lowcountry Courses: Litchfield Country Club, River Club, Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club, Willbrook Plantation, TPC Myrtle Beach, Founders Club, and Tradition Club. - Read More
Posted on 08/20
Some golf holes are so good, their placement is inconsequential. Of the 18 holes selected for the Perfect Round, five fall in the front nine. What's more, only three that were picked realistically fall within the first hour of teeing off. . Willbrook Plantation's No. 1, TPC of Myrtle Beach's third hole and No. 4 at Tidewater Golf have set themselves apart by not only forcing themselves into the best of the best, but doing so earlier than any of their counterparts. - Read More
Posted on 08/16
Meredith catches up with Casey Cook, Director of Retail for Founders Group International. Casey showcases some of the fun new merchandise items that you will find throughout the golf shops in Myrtle Beach. - Read More
Posted on 08/14
During a visit to the Myrtle Beach area, The Traveling Golfer host Tony Leodora spent some time learning about the benefits of a Myrtle Beach golf package with Steve Mays of Myrtle Beach Golf Trips. - Read More
Posted on 07/24
It doesn't matter if you're a leafer who normally heads north for the fall or someone looking for something categorically different to photograph. Myrtle Beach's golf scene provides a bevy of seasonal visuals late in the year. - Read More
Posted on 07/06
Now through Labor Day, junior tees are available at these courses: Myrtle Beach National's West Course, the PineHills Course at Myrtlewood Golf Club, Litchfield Golf & Country Club, Willbrook Plantation, and River Club. Junior tees makes the game fairer and more manageable for children and because kids play free with a paying adult at all of these courses, a round with the entire family is more affordable. - Read More
Posted on 05/22
South Carolina's Grand Strand has crafted itself into a dual golfing identity - one where adults have their fun and another where parents can bring the kids and still enjoy every minute of the vacation. This will help those who want to achieve the latter. - Read More
Posted on 05/15
The results are in, and Myrtle Beach's Perfect Round project speak to an underlying truth more often than not. Some golf course architects have something most others do not. - Read More
Posted on 05/01
The Perfect Round project, spearheaded by Myrtle Beach Golf Trips with the help of the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel, selected the best 18 holes along South Carolina's Grand Strand. Ten of the holes were Par 4s, and five of those will be dissected here. - Read More
Posted on 03/16
Panel Says Some Of Myrtle Beach's Best Golf Holes Are At Caledonia, Grande Dunes, TPC Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Plantation, Tidewater And Willbrook Plantation - Read More
Posted on 03/14
In case you haven't heard, April is the time to get swinging with golf packages offered by Myrtle Beach Golf Trips. As the golf season bursts into full bloom this April with The Masters Tournament, golfers can begin to master their own 2017 games through the Azalea Golf Package or the April 2-Round Package. - Read More
Posted on 02/20
If you're one of the lucky patrons heading for The Masters (April 6 though 9) this spring, why not stretch your trip with a stop in America's Seaside Golf Capitol, Myrtle Beach? Even if you're not heading for Augusta, this is one deal you'll want to book now. - Read More
Posted on 02/01
Amid the hoopla of the Myrtle Beach golf scene is a conglomeration of 11 of the finest courses the area has to offer. Together, their distinction comes with a separate moniker - the Waccamaw Golf Trail. From the north end of Murrells Inlet down to the southern tip of Pawleys Island, those tracks represent high-end golf with a Lowcountry feel. Centuries-old plantations, bending rivers and moss-covered oaks are incorporated into some fantastic designs that as a whole are unattainable anywhere else - Read More
Posted on 01/30
Recognizing the golf output South Carolina's Grand Strand has each year is one thing. Realizing how closely the game is tied to the area's past is another. - Read More
Posted on 01/23
Most of the country is deep into the chill of winter. What's the best way for snow-bound and ice-weary golfers to shake off the bad weather, winter blues? Think spring — and start planning a spring golf trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. Book during January and your spring golf rounds in America's Seaside Golf Capital will cost you less. - Read More
Posted on 12/02
We continue our multi-part series with four reasons to point the compass down from Myrtle Beach proper and take advantage of the Waccamaw Golf Trail. - Read More
Posted on 08/05
Beyond its status as a decorated golf course along the Myrtle Beach area's South Strand, Dan Maples' Willbrook Plantation also provides its visitors with a compelling history lesson. Course markers tell an important part of the story of life in 18th Century South Carolina for those who lived and worked on these grounds. - Read More
Posted on 10/11
Nestled along the Grand Strand's scenic southern shores are seven of the area's most in-demand designs - part of the Southern Beach Collection that has vacationing golfers raving and returning year after year. Join us in this video tour as Myrtle Beach golf ambassador Meredith Kirk profiles each of these spectacular layouts. - Read More
Posted on 07/21
This week, USGTF Certified Instructor Meredith Kirk shows us how proper posture allows for a more free-flowing swing. Video was shot on-location at Willbrook Plantation in Pawleys Island, S.C. - Read More


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April 14, 2014
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 16th-ranked Ohio State women's lacrosse team conclude its home schedule with No. 9 Notre Dame at 6 p.m. ET Tuesday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The Buckeyes (11-4, 4-1 ALC) have claimed wins in five-consecutive contests, while the Fighting Irish (9-5, 2-4 ACC) travel to Columbus after defeating seventh-ranked Duke last weekend in South Bend.
The game Tuesday is available live through BTN.com and its StudentU production series. Fans who will not be able to watch Ohio State and Notre Dame at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium can catch all the action on BTN.com as part of the Big Ten Digital Network. (Note, there is a fee to view games airing on BTN.com. Fans who have already subscribed to Buckeye Vision can use the same log in information for the Big Ten Digital Network as both are part of CBSSports.com College Network.)
If you are unable to attend the game, watch live through BTN.com or follow on Gametracker, with both linked from the front page and women's lacrosse schedule page of OhioStateBuckeyes.com. The Ohio State lacrosse Twitter feed also will be updated during the game (@OhioState_WLAX).
The 2014 Buckeyes have won a program record eight home games this year highlighted by wins over Louisville (March 4), Northwestern (March 9) and Penn State (April 13). The previous record was held by six different OSU squads with six wins each (last in 2011 season).
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The Buckeyes will round out the 2014 regular season at 2 p.m. ET April 26 at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Md. The ALC contest vs. Blue Jays will be broadcast live on ESPNU.
The Fighting Irish are 9-5 overall and 2-4 in ACC play this season. Last time out, Notre Dame claimed a 12-10 win over No. 7 Duke last Friday in Notre Dame, Ind. Freshman Courtney Fortunato had a season-best five goals and senior Kaitlyn Brosco tallied four scores. Offensively, Fortunato leads the team with 49 points (38g, 11a) followed by Rachel Sexton (26g,5a) and Caitlin Gargan (21g, 12a). Goalie Allie Murray is 7-4 with a .443 save percentage and 10.28 goals-against average.
Notre Dame leads the all-time series vs. the Buckeyes, 11-7. Last year, the Buckeyes fell, 13-8, on the road despite three goals by Cian Dabrowski, while Mary Kate Facchina scored a pair of goals. The Buckeyes last defeated the Fighting Irish during the 2011 campaign.
Led by six points by Jackie Cifarelli and four goals by Katie Chase, the Buckeyes rallied with five unanswered goals in the second half to defeat eighth-ranked Penn State, 10-9, last Sunday on Senior Day. The win marks the first over the Nittany Lions since the 2008 season. Chase scored the gamewinning goal with 1:37 to play when Cifarelli found her open inside from the 12-meter mark and buried in a shot into the bottom of the net. Chase and Cifarelli combined to score four goals vs. the Lions, including two in the final 10 minutes of play. Chase, who leads the team with 41 goals in 2014, capped the 100-career point milestone following her first goal of the afternoon. Also having big days on the attack were junior Jennifer Porretto, who had three goals, while Cian Dabrowski had a pair of scores for the Scarlet and Gray. Junior goalie Tori DeScenza had eight saves to improve to a season-high 11 wins. Porretto and junior defense Emily Valli also collected four groundballs each.
Ohio State enters the week at No. 16 in the IWLCA national poll. The Buckeyes have been ranked for six-consecutive weeks after cracking the Top 20 March 10 during week No. 5 of 2014. In 10 editions of the IWLCA poll this year, including each of the last six, five of seven ALC teams have been ranked in the Top 20.
Multiple Buckeyes are on point streaks heading into the game vs. the Fighting Irish:
Several Buckeyes rank in the Top Ten of the American Lacrosse Conference in individual statistics. Jackie Cifarelli earned the No. 3 spot in the conference in points (56) and third in points per game (3.73). Cifarelli ranks first in assists (42) and assists per game (2.80). Senior Katie Chase is second in goals (41) and goals per game (3.15) and fourth in points (44) and points per game (3.38). Defensively, goalie Tori DeScenza is second in saves (106), fourth in goals-against average (7.79) and third in saves percentage (.482).
With her first of four goals in the home win last time out vs. Penn State, senior Katie Chase capped the 100-career point mark. The memorable goal happened in the opening moments of the ALC contest when she struck at 28:25 in the first half with the assist from Jackie Cifarelli. Chase has been one of the Top scorers in the last three weeks, collecting a combined 34 points in a nine-game point streak. She currently has 103 career points (95g, 8a).
From start to finish, Ohio State was in total control last Sunday, defeating Vanderbilt, 16-5, at Vanderbilt Lacrosse Complex in Nashville, Tenn. Junior Jennifer Porretto led the offensive charge posting a career-high six points (4g, 2a). For the second-consecutive game, eight different Buckeyes had a point, including five members who notched at least four points. Along with Porretto, senior Cara Facchina (2g, 2a), juniors Jackie Cifarelli (1g, 3a) and Mary Kate Facchina (3g, 1a) and sophomore Cian Dabrowski (3g, 1a) each had four points. Defensively, junior goalie Tori DeScenza improved to 10-4 this year, earning 12 saves and five groundballs. Ohio State held Vanderbilt to a season-low five goals.
Junior Kelsea Ayers tied her career high with five goals in a team-best six-point performance to help the Buckeyes defeat Michigan, 18-3, April 2 under the lights at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. The win marked the first victory over the Maize and Blue in the inaugural meeting between the Buckeyes and Wolverines. Senior Katie Chase added with four goals, while junior Jackie Cifarelli notched five assists to help fuel the offensive output production by a total of eight Buckeyes who found the back of net. Juniors Jennifer Porretto, Mary Kate Facchina and freshman Allie Ogilvie each had a pair of goals. Sophomores Christine Easton and Rainey Hodgson netted a score as well, while freshman Morgan Fee scored her first career goal.
Led by senior attack Katie Chase, the Buckeyes won their sixth home contest of 2014 after defeating Oregon, 13-9, March 26 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Chase, a native of Woodbine, Md., tallied a career-high eight points on seven goals (career-high) and one assist.
Chase, who leads the team with 37 goals, collected three goals in the first half and erupted for four scores in the second stanza as the Scarlet and Gray extended their lead to as much as six goals in the final seven minutes of the contest to help seal the win in the first meeting between the Buckeyes and Ducks. The seven-goal performance for Chase tied for second on the OSU single-game goals list – one shy of tying the Buckeye record held by Kelly Haggerty, who scored eight goals vs. California during the 2009 season.
With two assists against Florida March 22, senior attack Cara Facchina hit the 100 career-point mark. She currently has tallied 59 goals and 49 assists in her Buckeye career. Facchina, a native of Glenwood, Md., has notched 16 points in ten contests this season. In 2013, Facchina tallied a season-best 53 points (27g, 26a), which was second-most on the team.
Junior attack Jackie Cifarelli, who leads the team with 56 points in 2014, posted a pair of assists in the OT win over Northwestern March 9 to cap the 100-career assists total, becoming the fourth Buckeye in OSU history to do so. Following another helper in the win over High Point March 10, Cifarelli passed former Buckeye Kelly Haggerty for third on the OSU all-time list. In 2014, she's collected assists in 14 of 15 contests, including 12 games with multi-assists performances. Last time out, Cifarelli boasted five helpers in the win vs. Vanderbilt.
Her six-assist performance against Winthrop Feb. 9 was the third time she has done so in her career and is just the fourth different Buckeye in program history to accomplish the feat.
Led by a season-high 13 saves by junior goalie Tori DeScenza and four goals by senior Katie Chase, the Buckeyes posted an 11-10 upset overtime victory against then-No. 4 Northwestern March 9 at Ohio Stadium. The ranked win marked the first victory against Northwestern since the 2003 campaign.
Sophomore midfielder Cian Dabrowski, who scored three goals vs. the Wildcats, tallied the eventual gamewinner in overtime when she found the back of the net at 5:06 on an unassisted score after blasting a shot into the top right of the net. Defensively, DeScenza looked stronger and stronger in front of goal after every shot she denied, collecting nine saves in the second half and three in the overtime period. She collected back-to-back saves at 3:46 and 3:12, respectively, in the overtime session following a free position shot before collecting her last stop of the contest with 2:07 remaining on the Wildcat's 10th free position shot overall (2-of-10).
Sophomore Cian Dabrowski had a strong stretch for the Buckeyes, scoring 19 of her 23 goals in the last nine games. The native of Amaranth, Ontario Canada, boasted a career-high five points on four goals and an assist in the 13-5 win over High Point March 10 at Ohio Stadium. She has collected at least three points in five of the last eight contests – the first time she's accomplish such feat in her OSU career. Dabrowski's 28 points (23g, 5a) is a season best after collecting 10 points (8g, 2) in 15 games during her rookie campaign. Last time out, Dabrowski tallied two goals in the win over the Nittany Lions.
Tori DeScenza earned her first American Lacrosse Conference weekly honor of her career after being named ALC Defensive Player of the Week last March 11. The native of Sea Bright, N.J., DeScenza helped lead the Buckeyes to wins over Louisville and Northwestern March 9 at Ohio Stadium. DeScenza, a 2012 ALC second team honoree, notched three groundballs and five saves in the win vs. the Cardinals, while collecting a season-high 13 saves with two groundballs in the upset win over the Wildcats.
Jackie Cifarelli is among the 50 collegiate players named to the Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List, released March 3 by the Tewaaraton Foundation. The list includes the top players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse and highlight the early contenders for the 2014 Tewaaraton Award. Cifarelli is first on the team in points with 56 (14g, 42a). Cifarelli has collected points in 46 of 50 games in her career, collecting 36 multi-point performances overall.
With six points against Penn State, Jackie Cifarelli remains sixth in OSU career points record list with 179 points (58g, 121a). She passed former Buckeye Tracey Bounds (2000-01) on the OSU record list and is three points shy of tying former Buckeye Megan Mirick (1999-02) for fifth on the all-time list.
Seniors Katie Chase and Jennifer Porretto are the top goal scorers for the Buckeyes so far this year. Chase leads the way with 41 scores, which is 13th-best in the country. Porretto has 24 goals, which is a career high for the third-year Buckeye after collecting 18 in 2013 and 12 in 2012, respectively. Chase has had back-to-back years with 40 or more goals and is four shy of tying her season-best mark from a year ago.
Mary Kate Facchina is having a solid season offensively through 15 games in her junior year. She is currently tied for fifth on the squad with 27 points and is third with 23 goals in 2014. The native of Woodbine,Md., Facchina also has a season-high 27 points (23g, 4a) after collecting 26 points (26g, 0a) in her sophomore season. She tied her career high with five points in the win over Winthrop Feb. 9 and also claimed her first-career assist at Canisius March 1.
The Buckeyes own a 189-144 advantage in draw controls on the season. Katie Chase and Christine Easton are at the forefront, grabbing 46 and 37, respectively, this season. The Buckeyes have tied or out-drawn their opponent in 11 of 15 games this season.
Christine Easton, a sophomore midfielder, was named American Lacrosse Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced Feb. 17. The recognition is the first weekly honor of her career.
The native of Eden Prairie, Minn., posted three groundballs and two draw controls, while causing a team-best three turnovers in the 11-9 loss at No. 14 Stanford Feb. 15 in California. Easton has started in all 14 games for the Buckeyes and is second in draw controls (35) is first in caused turnovers (9).
Katie Chase, Jackie Cifarelli and Tayler Kuzma were each named to the ALC Preseason Watch List, the conference office announced Wednesday. Along with Penn State, the Buckeyes collected most selections in the conference. Ohio State, which received votes in the IWLCA coaches' poll this week, was tabbed fifth in the preseason conference poll.
Gabby Capuzzi, a former All-American on the Ohio State women's lacrosse team, was named an assistant coach, Buckeye head coach Alexis Venechanos announced in August. Capuzzi wrapped up her career in 2012 as one of the most successful midfielders in program history and spent last season as a volunteer assistant.
In addition, Nora Boerger was hired as a coordinator of performance analysis, while Emily Boerger will serve as a volunteer assistant coach. The twin sisters wrapped up playing careers at Division II Urbana last season and are familiar with the Buckeye program through working several camps.
Ohio State has six games scheduled against teams ranked in the Top 20 of the IWLCA preseason poll. No. 4 Northwestern, No. 5 Florida and No. 7 Penn State account for the three conference matchups with an additional three on tap vs. No. 11 Notre Dame, No. 14 Stanford and No. 20 Boston College. Northwestern is the next ranked opponent in the Buckeyes' first conference matchup of the 2014 season, March 9, in Columbus.
Keep up with the Ohio State women's lacrosse team throughout the year on OhioStateBuckeyes.com, the official website of the Ohio State Department of Athletics. In addition, the team is on Twitter (@OhioState_WLAX), facebook (facebook.com/OhioStateWomensLacrosse) and Instagram (instagram.com/ohiostatewlax). In addition, make sure to bookmark – http://go.osu.edu/wlax_gameday – for information in advance of each of the Buckeyes' games this season.


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Just like the #ColourBlocking trend.....Tribal Prints is taking over this Spring/Summer, yeah we sticking to our roots this season but keeping it very simple.
The trend consists of strong, graphic prints (black and white graphics mixed with darker prints is a recognizable element) combined with warm, earthy tones (black, browns, deep reds and oranges) and natural accents (straw, wood). Safari looks usually have a khaki jacket, belted with front pockets.
I luuurrve colour and prints so this trend i will most def be rocking, Tribal prints add a funky twist to any ensemble, but do remember to stick to one print at the time, it could be top or bottoms and stick to solid colours when accessorising.
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New Scientist special issue on debunking groupthink delusions: its relevance to debunking political propaganda falsehoods on nuclear weapons effects!
The New Scientist on page 45 has an article by Michael Shermer which correctly explains: "Denialist movements can be beaten. Patient rebuttal is a powerful weapon."
Patient rebuttal. Exactly what the arrogant, egotistical, impatient scientists, engineers and politicians lack when dealing with propaganda claims both from lobby groups and also from genuine critics. The arrogant, egotistical, and impatient prefer to ignore any criticisms instead of answering them, or they simply adopt the stance of Prime Minister Gordon Brown by Gillian Duffy, in taking the perceived path of least resistance when making decisions, then later trying to sweep concerns under the carpet and dismiss the critics as mere bigots, instead of undertaking the harder work of taking the hard choices, listening to the concerns, doing the research to find out the facts, and patiently explaining and discussing the facts in detail:
Living in denial: The truth is our only weapon
12 May 2010 by Michael Shermer
ENGAGING with people who doubt well-established theories is a perennial challenge. How should we respond?
My answer is this: let them be heard. Examine their evidence. Consider their interpretation. If they have anything of substance to say, then the truth will out.
What do you do, however, with people who, after their claim has been fully discussed and thoroughly debunked, continue to make the claim anyway? This, of course, is where scepticism morphs into denialism. Does there come a point when it is time to move on to other challenges? Sometimes there does.
Case in point: Holocaust denial. In the 1990s, a number of us engaged Holocaust deniers in debate and outlined in exhaustive detail the evidence for the Nazi genocide. It had no effect. They sailed on through into the 2000s making the same discredited arguments. At that point I threw up my hands and moved on to other challenges. By the late 2000s the Holocaust deniers had largely disappeared.
Throwing up your hands is not always an option, though. Holocaust denial has always been on the fringe, but other forms - notably creationism and climate denial - wield considerable influence and show no signs of going away. In such cases, eternal vigilance is the price we must pay for both freedom and truth. Those who are in possession of the facts have a duty to stand up to the deniers with a full-throated debunking repeated often and everywhere until they too go the way of the dinosaurs.
Those in possession of the facts have a duty to stand up to deniers with a full-throated debunking.
We should not, however, cover up, hide, suppress or, worst of all, use the state to quash someone else's belief system. There are several good arguments for this:
■1. They might be right and we would have just squashed a bit of truth.
■2. They might be completely wrong, but in the process of examining their claims we discover the truth; we also discover how thinking can go wrong, and in the process improve our thinking skills.
■3. In science, it is never possible to know the absolute truth about anything, and so we must always be on the alert for where our ideas need to change.
■4. Being tolerant when you are in the believing majority means you have a greater chance of being tolerated when you are in the sceptical minority. Once censorship of ideas is established, it can work against you if and when you find yourself in the minority.
No matter what ideas the human mind generates, they must never be quashed. When evolutionists were in the minority in Tennessee in 1925, powerful fundamentalists were passing laws making it a crime to teach evolution, and the teacher John Scopes was put on trial. I cannot think of a better argument for tolerance and debate than his lawyer Clarence Darrow's plea in the closing remarks of the trial.
"If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public schools, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools, and next year you can make it a crime to teach it in the church. At the next session you can ban books and the newspapers. Ignorance and fanaticism are ever busy... After a while, your honour, it is the setting of man against man, creed against creed, until the flying banners and beating drums are marching backwards to the glorious ages of the 16th century when bigots lighted fagots to burn the man who dared to bring any intelligence and enlightenment and culture to the human mind."
I want to take issue with the climate change assertion above by Michael Shermer: he builds a straw man by missing the whole point that human caused climate change is smaller in both rate and magnitude than natural climate change, just as global fallout from nuclear testing was smaller than natural background radiation. The temperature on this planet is never constant! It is always either increasing or decreasing!
Hence, you can predict a 50% chance at any random time in history that the temperature will be rising, and a 50% chance that it will be falling. It's always one or the other: it's not normally constant. Moreover, the temperature has been almost continuously rising for 18,000 years when the last ice age started to thaw, so for this period the expectancy of warming is higher than 50%. Over the past 18,000 years global warming has caused the sea levels to rise 120 metres, a mean rise of 0.67 cm/year, with even higher rates of rise during part of this time. In the century of 1910-2010, sea levels have risen linearly by a total of 20 cm or a mean rate of rise of 0.2 cm/year.
Hence, the current rate of rise of the oceans (0.2 cm/year) is less than one third the average rate which naturally occurred over the past 18,000 years (0.67 cm/year). This tells you that the current rate of global climate change flooding risks is not record-breaking, and is not unprecedented in history. This is a fact you won't hear from the propaganda cranks. Whatever the cause of the current rate of global warming, it is not unprecedented and the fact we're alive proves that it is possible to survive and thrive during such climate change without spending trillions fighting it. In particular, nuclear power creates very little carbon dioxide relative to fossil fuels, and generally produces very little physical waste, whose radiation is very easily shielded and has been safely contained for literally two thousand millions years, as proved by the Oklo natural uranium ore reactor waste containment in Gabon. The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion was an inherently unsafe positive void coefficient reactor design, produced due to careless communist technological incompetence. With recent reassessments low-level radiation effects data from the radium dial painters, Hiroshima, and the physical effect of DNA repair enzymes like protein P53 on repairing DNA damage, certain low dose-rate safety limits can be revised in a way that will make nuclear power far more cost effective (by grossly reducing the normal maintenance, decontamination and reprocessing costs).
In assuming that climate change is a problem under attack from deluded critics, and thereby failing to see climate change as a politically-hyped taxpayer-funded mainstream "science" propaganda delusion by environmental fanatics with funding agendas like the deluded "string theorists", Michael Shermer makes the mistake of adopting groupthink himself, in forcing himself to see the equivocal or ambiguous multistable gesalt the way he wants, thereby ignoring the other possibility just because of historical chance or prejudice (as written in a different context in a post on my physics blog, linked here; see also the brief Wikipedia article on multistability). Facts are not multistable.
"She's just a sort of bigoted woman!" - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's denial of the points of disabled children's worker Gillian Duffy, who objected to, and questioned, some of his failures. Prime Minister Brown dismisses Gillian privately in his car in a way which may suggest that he is dangerously egotistical, deluded and paranoid about the motives of such critics, despite being the British Prime Minister at that time (the full video of the incident is below, together with another video of the only previous time that someone was allowed to tell him to his face that he was making errors, namely Daniel Hannan's speech in the European Parliament when the Prime Minister was present and happily smirking with arrogant self-denial).
The latest issue of New Scientist, 15 May 2010, has a special report on Age of Denial: Why so many people refuse to believe the truth, which is relevant to the issues on this blog, such as the "controversies" over nuclear weapons, radiation (see earlier posts linked here, here and here), and whether weakness and pacifism encourages war-mongers in terrorist states and dictatorships to take advantage and push ahead with aggression, instead of making them reform and be reasonable.
In "controversial" subjects, you experience a strong bias against the facts, whereby efforts to present the facts to objectors don't easily succeed in convincing them that they are wrong and making them apologise and correct their assertions: for reasons of intrinsic prejudice, pride and egotistical conceit, people may prefer to dismiss others as being bigoted and to live in denial like the Prime Minister in these videos. Gillian Duffy, a disabled children's worker who had been a lifelong supporter of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's political party, Labour, has a discussion with the Prime Minister and it seems to end very well, until the Prime Minister gets into his car (forgetting to hand back a Sky News lapel radio microphone first) and "privately" vents his fury of having to speak to a critic, and his disrespect and distrust of Gillian. (Prime Minister Brown's claim that a million people from Britain had moved abroad to compensate for the influx from Eastern Europe was inaccurate: most Eastern Europeans working in Britain have been sending money back to families in Poland, not spending it here. The million Britains who have left during Labour's government have not done the same and many have been retired people who have taken their savings with them; they have not left jobs behind which need to be filled by Eastern Europeans. Hence, the two migrations do not cancel one another; there is a net flow of money out of Britain, and jobs have gone to Eastern Europeans, while unemployment has been rising for native Britons. State benefits in Britain are also a magnet for Eastern Europeans.)
This demonstrates beautifully some of the problems in trying to make people really listen and take you seriously if there is too much difference. Prime Minister Brown was determined not to admit that he had made costly mistakes. He persuaded himself that every decision he made was backed up by "solid" reasoning, for example he was under pressure from the trade unions which prop up the Labour party, to create the many unproductive but expensive state sector jobs at a time when the economy was shrinking and government tax revenues were falling, not increasing. To him, these decisions were inevitable and necessary. In fact, they were the height of folly, and a sign of his weakness and preference to the path of least resistance for his own party politics, rather than a sign of his strength to take the difficult choices in the national interest. Moreover, like antinuclear protestors, he surrounded himself with like-minded "media spin-doctors" to "educate" and "inform" the "ignorant", a situation slightly analogous to one German Chancellor's use of spin-doctor Dr Goebbels (propaganda minister) to "explain" the "morality" of racist eugenics and ethnic extermination. They rewarded the spin doctor Mandelson with a Lordship, despite claiming to be critical of the democratic basis of the House of Lords! Even when confronted with examples of his failure which he could not deny, like the sale of Britain's Gold Standard at the minimum value of gold which cost Britain a massive £7 billion loss, he refused to accept responsibility and selectively tried blamed his predecessors who were not responsible because they were no longer making the decisions:
In summary, Scottish MP Gordon Brown, between 1997-2010 (first as Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Prime Minister), ran up a record-breaking £777 billion British national debt and a record-breaking £163 billion annual borrowing national deficit by the time he resigned on 11 May 2010. Part of the reason why he failed to see this as a problem let alone a responsibility was that he is a Scottish MP (Scotland has its own devolved Parliament), and Scotland is protected against cuts by massive subsidy under the Barnett formula. Brown surrounded himself by Scots, who applauded and worshipped him for doing the right thing for Scotland, never mind the costs to the rest of Britain. Seen from this Scottish viewpoint, Brown was truly a genius. The Barnett formula is the reason why Scotland, unlike England, has free university tuition for students. It supports inequality; Scotland gets special treatment with £8,623 spent per person at the expense of England which gets only £7,121 per person, despite having a larger population than Scotland! Thus, England props up Scotland with its taxes, and Scottish MP Gordon Brown supported this inequality, despite demands by Lord Barnett himself for his formula to be revised: 'I only meant the Barnett formula to last a year, not 30'. So he had a fan base of vested interests behind him who he could always rely on for support, taking away the need to listen to critics! This is typical of how groupthink errors persist! By analogy, Stalin and Hitler surrounded themselves with racists who called critics dangerous bigots, thus insulating themselves from reality; you find the same thing in science where peer-review is used not to approve science but to censor according to the orthodox dogma of the mainstream-supported journal. (The Liberal Democrats now sharing power with Conservatives in the government since Brown resigned, have pledged equality for all, abolishing the Barnett formula.)
In the fields of deterrence, nuclear weapons effects, radiation effects and even nuclear power, the mainstream has rarely attempted to present the facts honestly and openly, preferring secrecy (since the days of the secret Manhattan Project, right back in 1943) and treating the public with a patronising, arrogant, simplistic attitude towards the uses of nuclear weapons, weapons test effects data, deterrence and radiation: even the lengthy and relatively excellent Glasstone and Dolan books fail to make the case as effectively as would be possible in the absence of secrecy (fortunately many of the secret reports have since been declassified). They do not present the full facts determined at nuclear weapons tests in a completely convincing scientific and easily understandable way, omitting most direct test data points from graphs because of secrecy. In addition, they obfuscatingly lump together effects information into chapters defined by effects rather than by types of explosion, thereby fostering the popular media delusion that the same general effects occur generally for all types of nuclear explosions, with merely quantitative variations.
Regarding nuclear power, the effects of radiation are the key stumbling block, yet instead of determining the facts scientifically and making those facts clear and straightforward to the public, the people in charge have decided to avoid the issue, to make simplistic errors, to be careless with the facts, and to basically do all in their power to make radiation effects look like something poorly understood and controversial, when nothing could be further from the facts.


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As an acronym for Audio Video Interleave, AVI is a type of multimedia file format introduced by Microsoft. It can contain audio or video files or both together in an appropriate timing sequence to produce a digital movie. AVI files can also be sent as streaming files. Streaming files are sent in chunks and are downloaded in the background while the media begins playing even though the entire media file is not present.
VLC is a free multimedia player that is able to understand the AVI file container format and either play the audio data, display the video data, or do both at the same time without the need for additional CODECS. Playing AVI files on VLC literally is as easy as opening a file. The following part will show you a step by step guide to play AVI files with VLC media player on either Windows or Mac platform.
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Part 2: Play AVI with VLC Media Player on Mac
Part 1: Play AVI with VLC Media Player on Windows
For Windows users, you can download VLC on all versions of Windows OS from Windows XP to the latest version of Windows 10. Make sure to download and install the latest version.
1) After you have downloaded and installed the VLC player, open the VLC media player.
2) The VLC media player will display on your screen. On the menu bar, click on "Media."
3) A drop-down window appears. Click on "Open File" and navigate to the location of the AVI file.
4) Click on the file in the "Select one or more files to open" window or once you are in the folder that the file is located in, type the name of the file in the "File name" window.
5) Click on the "Open" button. The file will load and the VLC media player will begin playing it automatically.
Part 2: Play AVI with VLC Media Player on Mac
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It will direct you to location of stored videos and files. Search and click on the avi video you want to play. You can also drag the AVI video to the VLC to play it.
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When bearings are inspected, the appearance of the bearings should first be recorded and the amount and condition of the residual lubricant should be checked. After the lubricant has been sampled for examination, the bearings should be cleaned. In general, light oil or kerosene may be used as a cleaning solution.
Dismounted bearings should first be given a preliminary cleaning followed by a finishing rinse. Each bath should be provided with a metal net to support the bearings in the oil without touching the sides or bottom of the tank. If the bearings are rotated with foreign matter in them during preliminary cleaning, the raceways may be damaged. The lubricant and other deposits should be removed in the oil bath during the initial rough cleaning with a brush or other means.
After the bearing is relatively clean, it is given the finishing rinse. The finishing rinse should be done carefully with the bearing being rotated while immersed in the rinsing oil. It is necessary to always keep the rinsing oil clean.
After being thoroughly cleaned, bearings should be examined for the condition of their raceways and external surfaces, the amount of cage wear, the increase in internal clearance, and degradation of tolerances. These should be carefully checked, in addition to examination for possible damage or other abnormalities, in order to determine the possibility for its reuse.
In the case of small non-separable ball bearings, hold the bearing horizontally in one hand, and then rotate the outer ring to confirm that it turns smoothly.
Separable bearings such as tapered roller bearings may be checked by individually examining their rolling elements and the outer ring raceway.
Large bearings cannot be rotated manually; however, the rolling elements, raceway surfaces, cages, and contact surface of the ribs should be carefully examined visually. The more important a bearing is, the more carefully it should be inspected.
The determination to reuse a bearing should be made only after considering the degree of bearing wear, the function of the machine, the importance of the bearings in the machine, operating conditions, and the time until the next inspection. However, if any of the following defects exist, reuse is impossible and replacement is necessary.
Since rolling bearings are high precision machine parts, they must be handled accordingly. Even if high quality bearings are used, their expected performance cannot be achieved if they are not handled properly.
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EXPERIMENTA is a research infrastructure that enables development and testing of new network protocols and applications, with the difference that the infrastructure may undergo internal changes, so that one can analyze the impact and performance under different environments. This makes it a real and unique environment for ICT research and experimentation, offering an unavailable framework in the Catalan Scientific Ring, which is a network of value-added services to the scientific community, and not an instrument to investigate as EXPERIMENTA is.
The aim is to support R&D in experimentation in the Future Internet, in the field of broadband infrastructure, services and applications and provide it with new tools and instruments to improve ICT research in Catalonia.
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It is very important to tie a secure knot in your brake lines, and check them every so often to ensure that the knot is not becoming loose. If the knot in your brake line becomes undone during flight, the wind will cause it to come out of the pulley and it will end up behind you like a streamer. Unless you have orangutan arms, you won't be able to access the brake lines, and you'll have to steer your glider with the rear risers.
If you decide to lengthen or shorten your brake lines, make sure you mark the current length before untying the existing knot. It is important to keep the brake lines equal length.
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Pine Bros. Softish Throat Drops Review
|January 18, 2013
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With winter in full swing more and more people are getting sick. Here in my house, all six of us have had one illness or another over the last few months. Colds seem to get passed around between the kids at school like crazy this time of year. Thankfully we were introduced to a product that has brought some relief from those horrid sore throats! We were sent Pine Bros. Softish Throat Drops in Natural Honey and Wild Cherry flavors to try out. My husband very happily tried the wild cherry flavor as soon as the box arrived. We were pleasantly surprised with how well they worked to sooth his sore throat. He was so impressed he snagged a package or two to take to work with him.
The drops come in bags of 32 drops or in a puck containing 26 drops. We really liked using the pucks and refilling them as needed. It is convenient to throw in my purse and have them on hand whenever they are needed. My husband put one of the pucks in his toolbox at work so he has them handy when he needs one.
We love how the drops sooth our throat while helping to take away that scratchy feeling. I really like the fact that these drops are just 5 calories per drop! Plus, they are gluten free. These throat drops can be used for temporary relief of minor discomfort and protection of sore mouth and for sore throats.They are recommended for ages 3 and up. I really like the idea that I can give my little guy one of these when he has a sore throat. The Pine Bros. Softish Throat Drops have been made in the USA for over 140 years!
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You are so dear! ~xo~
- 20 May 2013 at 00:16
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Gumtree, buddy, you are looking in the wrong direction.
Yes! Star Trek was amazing. Even better than the first. My review goes up tomorrow. Really enjoyed it.
- 20 May 2013 at 01:04
- Tamago said...
Gumtree, I hope you found Charlie! Then it's time for you to hide :-)
Glad you enjoyed new Star Trek movie! I finally got to see Iron Man 3 and I absolutely loved it! I hope good entertaining movies keep coming!
Have a great coming new week!
- 20 May 2013 at 01:06
- Pasha said...
Gumtree, you're looking for Charlie in wrong places :)
We're glad you enjoyed the star trek!
- 20 May 2013 at 01:23
- Brian said...
I have heard the movie is super cool! Howdy Gumtree & Charlie!
- 20 May 2013 at 01:28
- Julia Hones said...
What an awesome picture of Gumtree and Charlie. Those colors are beautiful. Have a wonderful week. I'm glad you enjoyed the movie.
- 20 May 2013 at 02:21
- Summer Ross said...
LOL- That nick name is great!
Haven't seen the movie yet but I'm looking forward to it.
Have a terrific day!
- 20 May 2013 at 03:00
- Stephen Tremp said...
Even Gumtree is laughing at that one!!!
- 20 May 2013 at 04:49
- The Chair Speaks said...
Hey Gumtree, we love your rear view 'pear' shape! Purrs!
- 20 May 2013 at 04:57
- Teresa Ashby said...
I saw it last week and was bowled over! Even better than the first and now I can't wait for the next one - they have to make more don't they?
Ha ha - One Size!! x
- 20 May 2013 at 07:12
- Helena said...
I'm going to see Star Trek Tuesday with a friend who's also a trekkie. I'm so excited and I'm so glad you loved it! If only Gumtree and Charlie could share your enthusiasm.
- 20 May 2013 at 08:23
- penandpaints said...
How fabulous, I must go see it!!
Charlie's up on the roof me thinks, Gumtree!
Terrific pic of the camels by the way, that's an unusual sight from the office window, hehe
- 20 May 2013 at 09:54
- Mark said...
I can't help but wonder what that guy did to his fans to encourage that nickname. Well anyway I'm glad Star Trek was fun. My dad is a life long Trekkie and he said he enjoyed it.
- 20 May 2013 at 09:59
- Fuzzy Tales said...
I've heard good things about the new ST movie, so I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I can see how this football player came by his nickname, given his real name! :-)
- 20 May 2013 at 10:02
- Scribbles From Jenn said...
I wish I'd seen Star Trek this weekend, but life got in the way. Maybe I'll play hooky and see it today ;)
- 20 May 2013 at 11:18
- Natalie Aguirre said...
So glad you loved Star Trek.
- 20 May 2013 at 11:30
- Katz Tales said...
It's here next week, I think. Whoohoo! Will go see it.
- 20 May 2013 at 11:43
- Hannah and Lucy said...
What's Charlie doing up in the air Gumtree? Is he hang gliding?
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
- 20 May 2013 at 12:50
- Simon Kewin said...
Yep, great film, no doubt about it. Especially the thing with it being, you know, thing. That was cool.
- 20 May 2013 at 13:47
- Rene said...
DH saw Star Trek and loved it too--he will probably see it twice. LOL about the football name. . .
- 20 May 2013 at 14:11
- Jennifer Shirk said...
I have been hearing such awesome things about that movie. I hope to see it next weekend!
- 20 May 2013 at 14:25
- Manzanita said...
Hey dear trekkie
Thanks for the star trek comment. One size or Fritz Hall.... how funny.ha ha ha
- 20 May 2013 at 16:48
- Marg said...
Hi there Gum tree, did you find Charlie?
Sure hope all of you have a wonderful week. Take care.
- 20 May 2013 at 17:03
- da tabbies o trout towne said...
gumtree....charlie iz thata way >>>>
:) glad yur mom enjoyed de mewvie...R mom bee an orignal trekkie with shatner N nemoy N crew...her never reeely wuz two sure bout de generationz ta follow.....rock on gene roddenberry !!
- 20 May 2013 at 17:29
- Esme said...
Gumtree looks like he is getting bigger.
- 20 May 2013 at 17:29
- Katie Isabella said...
I know my mom is VERY anxious to see it. She is a Trekkie from way way back!!
- 20 May 2013 at 17:45
- Cheri Wildcatwoods said...
We can't wait to see the movie! Love One Size as a nickname!
- 20 May 2013 at 18:04
- The Furries of Whisppy said...
Well, thank goodness you're Gumtree and not Donkey! MOL.
- 20 May 2013 at 18:05
- mshatch said...
I can't wait to see this movie - next weekend I hope :)
- 20 May 2013 at 19:28
- Carol Kilgore said...
"One Size" is purrfect!
Have a wonderful week :)
- 20 May 2013 at 19:40
- Hart Johnson said...
HA! Brilliant name play! And glad you enjoyed the movie! Gumtree is such a handsome lad...
- 20 May 2013 at 20:00
- Words A Day said...
one suze - excellent! Glad you enjoyed Into Darkeness - will bring my boys for sure :)
- 20 May 2013 at 20:38
- ABBY said...
I am sure we will have to check out the ST movie! Sounds fabulous. Hello Charlie and Gumtree!!
- 20 May 2013 at 20:43
- William Kendall said...
I'm planning on seeing it sometime soon, when I'm feeling up to it.
Gumtree looks much too adorable for his own good.
- 20 May 2013 at 20:50
- Maria McKenzie said...
I'm so glad you loved the new Star Trek! My husband was getting discouraged by bad reviews he's read. I'll pass on your post! I can't wait to see it! Hello kitties:).
- 20 May 2013 at 22:15
- Eileen said...
Did you find him Gumtree?
I'm not a Star Trek fan, but I am happy you enjoyed it. The fact is, I haven't seen a movie since "The Help" came out.
That nickname is perfect. I wonder if his parents ever thought about it when they named him? LOL!
- 20 May 2013 at 22:30
- Wendy aka Quillfeather said...
Definitely looking forward to seeing Star Trek: Into Darkness. A gazillion stars ... that's quite a powerful review!
- 20 May 2013 at 23:32
- LTM said...
LOL! What an awesome nickname!
Ooooo, I want to see that new Star Trek SO badly!!!
LOL--Charlie is very camouflaged! I almost couldn't find him either. ;o) <3
- 21 May 2013 at 00:50
- Jemi Fraser said...
Can't wait for Star Trek!!!!! I love hearing everyone say they loved it! :)
- 21 May 2013 at 01:44
- Jay Paoloni said...
I'm not a fan of Star Trek, but its trailer kind of intrigued me! I'd like to see it! Not as much as I'd like to see the Wolverine though!
Say hi to your cat buddies!
- 21 May 2013 at 06:23
- Tammy Theriault said...
wow...you and everyone else has really enjoyed the movie. maybe i shall see it...maybe
- 21 May 2013 at 06:44
Cute picture.
Everyone's talking about this movie. I'm interested in seeing it.
- 21 May 2013 at 09:33
- Clarissa Draper said...
I love that Footballer's name. I also loved Star Trek as well.
- 21 May 2013 at 14:14
- KarenMcG said...
Thanks for the information about Star Trek. Glad you liked it.
Hmmm, Gumtree where do you think Charlie is?
- 21 May 2013 at 15:59
- Patsy said...
That's a great nickname.
- 21 May 2013 at 16:41
- klahanie said...
Aha, even though I can't afford to go to the movie theatre, I'm glad to read the glowing reports about the latest Star Trek film.
You do realise that your adoring fans in North America, unless they click on the link, might well be thinking of a different type of "football."
- 21 May 2013 at 21:23
- Romance Book Haven said...
Hello Charlie, Gumtree and OK!
- 21 May 2013 at 21:40
- Deniz Bevan said...
One size fits all, ha ha!
Love Gumtree among the flowers. Summertime!
- 22 May 2013 at 00:56
- Sharon K. Mayhew said...
We went to it last weekend. We all enjoyed it. I think I need to rent some of the older ones for our teen to get a full appreciating of it.
- 22 May 2013 at 03:27
- DWei said...
Just don't get the Star Trek game. It's an absolute disaster. I've watched some people play and it was so poorly done.
- 22 May 2013 at 06:22
- Theresa Milstein said...
I see Charlie!
A lot of positive feedback about Star Trek. Glad you enjoyed it!
- 22 May 2013 at 11:22
Glad you enjoyed the film Kitty, gumtree looks lovely among your pots.
- 22 May 2013 at 15:33
- meowmeowmans said...
Did you find Charlie, Gumtree?
I've heard only good things about the new Star Trek movie ... we will have to see that one while it is still in theaters!
- 22 May 2013 at 19:42
- Editors At Work said...
Lol! Just read it again...OneSize? Seriously?
- 22 May 2013 at 21:34
- Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti said...
I want to see the new Star Trek movie so badly --I'm glad you enjoyed it, Jenn!
LOL on the football player's nickname --that is very clever!
- 23 May 2013 at 04:31
- Lynda R Young said...
ha! I'm glad you enjoyed Into Darkness. I liked it too. I just needed to switch off my brain from those huge plot holes ;)
- 23 May 2013 at 23:17
- LynNerdKelley said...
Hello OC! I've missed you. Glad you enjoyed the new Star Trek movie. Hope I can get to a theater soon to see it, too. Great nickname, "One Size."
- 23 May 2013 at 23:34
- Lydia Kang said...
I'm seeing it this weekend! EEEEEE!
- 24 May 2013 at 15:12
- Vanessa Morgan said...
Why are cats always looking in the wrong direction even if the 'thing' they're looking for is almost right in front of them?
- 24 May 2013 at 16:47
- Gina Gao said...
Star Trek was AWESOME!
- 24 May 2013 at 18:53
- Rick Watson said...
I can't wait to see it....Star Trek I mean :)
- 25 May 2013 at 04:09
- D..J. Kirkby said...
Hello lovely Kitty, Charlie and GumGum....I have tagged you in a meme but it's one I think you will enjoy a lot. xo
- 26 May 2013 at 08:10
- Nas said...
Hi Kitty, Charlie and Gumtree!
- 26 May 2013 at 22:26
- fairyhedgehog said...
I think we're going to see it when the weather gets worse!
Love your picture, as always.
- 27 May 2013 at 18:13
- Margo Berendsen said...
Oh come on you have to share your favorite part about Into Darkness. Ooops, that's harder than I thought - I had lots of favorite parts! Scotty's comment about jumping off a bridge and landing in a shot glass was great but there were so many others. I need to watch it again!!!
- 30 May 2013 at 16:32


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"For Hamlet," said conductor Gustavo Dudamel, "you have to feel DEEP CRAZY."
Dudamel was talking about the fantasy overture, the last of three written by Tchaikovsky--all inspired by Shakespearean plays. But "deep crazy" might have just as easily been used to describe the concept of programming all three works on a single event...played without intermission.
It worked.
Before any music was sounded we heard Matthew Rhys recite two welded monologues as Hamlet. Rhys set a breathtaking energy in motion that led us naturally into sound as the enigmatic fantasy overture began.
"The silence is so important," said Dudamel in preconcert footage, "it is always the feeling of...WHY?"
The orchestra focused on these silences, and each the 8th rests in the strange figure that falls away after the very first presentation of the opening fate motive seemed carefully sculpted. As the performance unfolded it became clear that Dudamel was shaping the score like a work by Mahler; shaping lines and twists to edge the philosophical.
Ok, now for more deep crazy: follow the Hamlet overture in F minor with another overture by Tchaikovsky (also in F minor): The Symphonic Fantasia on the Tempest. As if by the magic that powers the tempest this worked also.
There was no applause that separated the works, and with only a brief narration we were set upon the waters that open Tchaikovsky's Tempest. It worked because it felt like a developmental continuation of Hamlet.
In this early work, Dudamel found and voiced the non-Shakespearean influences that moved Tchaikovsky--a mixture of exact opposites combined in a single work--the style of Wagner and the style of Mendelssohn. The attitudes of both composers felt blended and almost reconciled in this elegant but dramatic performance.
Cheers to the section strings for the 21st century clarity in the rhythmic interplay of the opening texture. The precise frictions of this passage generated a platform to launch this second of the three overtures.
Orlando Bloom (as Romeo) and Anika Noni Rose (as Juliet) gave us a narrative blend that harmonized with the musical blend in the final work of the event: the famous Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture.
This production had a technical elegance in the camera angles that was lacking in the first transmission last January. The preconcert footage was informative and colorful. Only the post-concert questions came up short--we just wanted to decompress and, if anything, talk with the folks who had just performed. The questions were banal and distracting in this context.
But this was it. This event realized some of the massive potential in this new medium. I am already looking forward to the next transmission on June 5.


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And so alight with fireflies providing us their holy light
And here we made a bed of boughs
And thistle down that we had found to lay upon the dewy ground
And isn't it a lovely way?
We got in from our play
Isn't it, babe? A sweet little baby
Wasn't it a lovely breeze
That swept the leaves of arbor eaves
and bent to brush our blushing knees?
And here we died our little deaths
And we were left to catch our breaths
so swiftly lifting from our chests?
And isn't it a lovely way?
We got in from our play
Isn't it babe? A sweet little baby
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Jerry was born Aug. 10, 1946, in Herrin, the son of Wayne and Doris (Bearden) Fowler.
He married Linda Sutton on June 27, 1965, at Parrish Park Baptist Church in Marion, and together they shared over 52 years of marriage.
Jerry retired in 1997 after working as a coal miner at Freeman 3 Waltonville and Kerr McGee in Galatia.
He was of the Baptist faith. His memberships included UMWA and Marion Elks.
Jerry had a great sense of humor. He was a jokester and very witty. He loved riding his Harley, traveling all over, including Alaska, and fishing at Crab Orchard Lake for bass and crappie.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Fowler of Marion; son, DeWayne and Micki Fowler of Marion; daughter, Debbie Miller Fowler of Palm Coast, Florida; grandchildren, Christopher Wayne, Shelby and Savannah Fowler and Sophia Graham, all of Florida; great-grandchildren, Alex and Grayson; sister, Carolyn Jones of Belleville; sisters and brothers-in-law, Rick and Sharon Sutton of Marion, Russ and Glenda Sutton of Energy and Phil and Priscilla Rowland of Henderson, Kentucky; nieces, Kim Jones Strellis and Michelle Bearden of Kankakee.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Ron Bearden.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, in Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home in Marion with the Rev. Kevin McNeely officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
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