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Ask a QuestionHere are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community or ask a new question.
Recently, I noticed droppings on my outdoor patio table. The exterminator said it was bat droppings from a bat that stays in my outdoor umbrella. How do I get rid of the bat? I can't use my deck otherwise. I've never had any bat problems for the last 18 years.
By Wanda from Whitehouse Station, NJ
Bats are great to have around for insect control. If I were you, I'd let the bat stay. If you don't want it living under your umbrella, take the umbrella down when the bat is NOT roosting. Put it away for a few days. Place a bat box (www.watershedactivities.com/
Bats are a blessing. If that little one leaves, you will not enjoy your patio with all the biting bugs. You might hang a bat house about 15 foot up, facing south. See if critter would like it better than your umbrella. They harm nothing. One bat eats more bugs than any zapper kills, very quietly. In summer when doors and windows are open in the night, i have one that visits me and my dogs in the bedroom every night.
I don't want to advise you to fork over for an exterminator, since the cost is prohibitive. You might instead try your local wildlife office. I located ours by calling our local City Hall. If you have an Information and Referral service in your area (we have 211 I&R,) you can also ask them. Please be specific that you want the wildlife office.
As someone who works in zoology, I want to set some bat myths strait. Bats don't mind light in fact they will fly at light simply to eat the bugs that swarm there. If you think it may bite you or get you sick. Most bats wont ever get close enough to a human to do either. And if they do get close there merely eating Mosquitoes and other insects that were about to land on you.
As long as the bat is outside there's no property damage and a lot of people now a days are building bat boxes to attract bats to there house for the beneficial aspects. Insect eating bats devour millions of insects a year. from mosquitoes and moths. To Crickets and spiders! And well spiders may be a lot more of a risk. Even Bees and Wasps may get eaten Fruit eaters pollinate flowers and disperse the seeds. Most eucalyptus trees exist from a bat.
Having bats outside may also be keeping bugs from getting inside. why spend money and energy getting rid of a bat only to spend more tie and energy spraying for beetles and bees and other things. If you want the bat out of the mbrells put some bat boxes far enough from your home like 300 meters or the edge of your property and you'll get he benefits of less insects, While still never needing to see the bat or his droppings again.
Or just get rid of his home the umbrella. Hopefully hell get the point and find somewhere else. If you want him gone for good with no chance of come backs you can call a wildlife trapper who will gradually relocate him to somewhere else. Do not try to remove him yourself.
I am terrified of bats so much so that I would probably have a heart attack if one flew close to me. I live right in front of a wooded area and so far I have not seen any bats in my back yard, but the building next door has a huge and really bright spot light on all night. We can actually see the bats flying towards the light to eat bugs. I can not swim in my pool, sit out back after dark or go out anywhere at night because Im so scared that the bats will come in my yard.I thought bats hate lights? Are they attracted to the water in my pool? And will light from my Tiki torches keep them away? What can I do to keep them from flying into my yard? Please help me so I can go back out at night without having a heart attack or nervous breakdown.
There is really no way to guarantee bats will not fly into your yard. Bats live in many areas that are wild woodlands, prairies, etc., however, people are moving into the areas where bats have lived for thousands of years. Bats do not intend to harm people, they are fantastic bug (mosquitos!) hunters and are beneficial.
To answer your questions:
*Bats are not attracted to light but are attracted to the bugs that swarm around night lights.
*Bats are not specifically attracted to your pool but do drink from pools where they find them.
*Your tiki torches will not drive them away but may attract bats if bugs swarm around the lights.
*Essentially, there is nothing you can do to keep them from flying into your yard.
You can try several methods to keep them from living in your yard. A very easy online search for "how to stop bats in yard" produces many answers. You can try a search yourself or this very helpful site to start. Keep in mind that bats are only looking for food and do not purposely target you or your house. This site has many suggestions so read through to gain bat information and methods to avoid them:
Every morning my white garden chairs and all the pathways are covered with bat droppings. I appreciate they eat mosquitoes, but this is too high a price to pay! It takes hours to clean and the next morning its disgusting again.
By Judy
You're right that bats are beneficial - contact your local cooperative extension office for excellent, area specific advice on relocating a bat colony.
Be advised bats are protected in nearly every US state, and country world-wide because they are so beneficial (they rank right up there with honeybees on the protection priority list) so you will need to follow qualified expert guidelines.
You can pay (hideously expensive) a professional to move the bats on, the extension agent will be able to point you in the right direction. I have heard of some universities relocating the colony free of charge so that they can study the colony, again, the agent will be able to advise if this is available in your area.
As beneficial as bats are, because you are seeing bat guano every morning it is rather important that you A-move this messy colony on ASAP because B-bats do carry rabies and finding guano all over your patio furniture - a place you and your family presumably frequent - indicates a flight pattern that brings the bats too close to you and yours.
Instead of killing beneficial creatures, consider covering up your chairs.
If you can find their 'nesting' holes at night, when they are out plug those holes. You don't want to seal them in, just keep them out. Best to consult an expert though.
I have a bat living in the 2nd floor bathroom exhaust vent over the tub that goes from the shower vent to the outside wall, 5ft. A bat bit through the plastic cover for the vent on the outside wall and is living in the tube. How do I get him out? I looked in the attic and saw no more bats, although I did not get very close.If I make noise outside the vent on the ground during the day he will pop his his head out and look at me. I need to paint that side of the house and he seems to be very happy there. I've waited til dusk and he will appear. It seems to be very protective of his area.
By ae
Surely someone in your area is responsible for removing wild animals from homes and yards. Give these people a call. Sometimes the city has someone hired; sometimes it is the SPCA.
My dad built several bat houses and he loved to sit on the deck in the evenings and watch them swarm out by the thousands! Here's the problem. He built them only about 15-20 feet from the house and right over the deep well. They both suddenly fell seriously ill and my dad died. It may or may not have had anything to do with the bats, but no one wants to be around the property and especially drink the water. And the backyard stinks! How can we get rid of the bats or is there anyway to move the houses?
By Michelle
You can't move the bats, they already are used to having a home close by yours. You could call someone to come and get them but there is no way you could do it alone.
We have a huge garage, the bats just keep comming out of a certain part of it at night, it seems nonstop. We can't use that part of the garage because of them. I know all the benifits of having them around, and I totally agree. They come out of multiple cracks, I really don't want them harmed, just living in the nearby woods with lots of trees with woodpecker holes, nearby wet area. Any suggestions? Thanks.
By Pam Lalonde
Rural? If it won't disturb your neighbors, play a loud radio in the most affected area 24 hours a day for as long as it takes but not when they have young. Few days to better than a week.
If bats get into your home, they can be quite a nuisance and possibly be difficult to get rid of. This is a page about keeping bats out of my house.
Bats can be a nuisance to have in or close you your home. This is a page about bat living above our front door.
Although bats are very beneficial in helping to keep the insect population in control, having them move into your attic is not a good thing. This is a page about getting rid of bats in the attic.
ThriftyFun is one of the longest running frugal living communities on the Internet. These are archives of older discussions.
I need to know how to get rid of bats under an umbrella.
I was wondering how do I get rid of bats living on my trees. I look out my window and there's like cocoons everywhere all over my trees, and there's bats living in them. I want to get rid of them, they are everywhere. How would I go about getting them off my trees and away from my house?
Ashley From MA
Bats don't like the light, so either decorate your trees with outdoor "Fairy" lights or string unwanted CD's to the branches. These reflect any light and might deter them. They also dislike the smell of cedar.
I hope this helps, good luck.
Monique x
(Somerset.UK) (05/18/2005)
By Monique
Call your local state park and ask if they can help you locate someone who can solve your problem.
By it's.only.me
Although I have no ideas about how to get rid of bats, I have a question: why would you want to? They normally don't bother people, and they're wonderful for keeping mosquitoes and other night time nibblers away. We had one that lived on our front porch for a year or more, and now that he's gone I miss having him fly over our heads once it started getting dark. Call me crazy, but I'm seriously considering some bat houses to attract more to my yard.
Terry from Chilli, OH (05/19/2005)
By terry
I read an article recently that bats eat 10,000 mosquitoes an hour. Sound like a good mosquito controller to me.
Susan from ThriftyFun (05/23/2005)
By ThriftyFun
The best site I've found on Bat control is here:
Bottom line: you need to find out where they get in and give them a one-way door out. Then (in about a week to make sure they are gone) use a sealant (caulk) to close their entrance for good.
The web site said that electronic devices don't work (too bad for me) and killing them may leave nasty, decaying carcasses and poison potential for the family pets. So, if you can build a one-way exit, the bats will find another place. Additionally, if you build them another place to live, in conjunction with evicting them from your attics, you'll serve them and yourself at the same time. (06/28/2005)
By Mark M.
We found out about this accidentally through a friend. This works 100% first you get the bats out of where ever they are. Ours were living in an vent under the roof overhang, then, while they are gone, hang a mobile which you've made out of small double sided mirrors. This mobile should be big enough to cover the area they or getting into. We did this and no more bats got in there. It must mess with their radar and then they can't "see" to get in their "hang-out". We had friends that discovered this in a porch area that always had a couple of bats and they hung up a mirrored mobile and no more bats. I thought it was worth trying and it worked. (08/05/2005)
By J. Warren from Greenville, SC
Here is a link that might help.
Because bats are beneficial in keeping insects away, mosquitoes especially, it might be best to follow some of the advice in bat proofing your house, but building them a bat house away from your dwelling. That way you won't have them flying around your house, but will still get the benefit of their eating the insects.
Susan from ThriftyFun (08/06/2005)
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Open Letter To The NFL: No More Thanksgiving TurkeysApril 17, 2009
To: Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner
From: Diehard NFL Fan's everywhere, even Detroit
Dear Mr. Goodell,
Your tenure so far with the NFL has reinvigorated the league and renewed the faith of millions of fans who felt that the NFL was becoming a league of criminals. Your tough love stances with players like Adam Jones inspired me, among many, to believe that maybe there really is a Santa Claus who taketh away the sinners of the league and toss them out on the streets.
I know; I am mixing methaphors, or something like that, but trust me the cause is a good one.
You see, it seems the NFL has gotten a big wad of tradition stuck on the bottom of it's collective shoes and either can't or won't get a big stick and scrape it off. Yes, we fans know and love traditions, in fact, it is part of what we love about many things in our culture. Traditions give us a sense of history, they keep us in touch with hero's of the past and provide glimpses of legends yet to come.
But seriously commish, we need to talk.
Now, I realize that Thanksgiving is all about serving up a nice fat turkey, with gravy and mashed potatoes and stuffing and grandma's
It's a time for family to come together and share the incredible bounty of our labor, take pictures of the kids, grandkids, cousins, nieces, nephews and Uncle Bob who got so drunk he's passed out on the lawn chair.
Yes, we do indeed love our traditions, and we greatly appreciate your desire to keep this sport we love from straying to far from it's roots.
For Heaven's sakes Roger, you've got to do something about the Detroit Lions!
Being forced to watch the Lion's on Thanksgiving day is akin to going over to grandma's house to celebrate her birthday, only she doesn't remember how old she is and spends the next eight hours telling everyone about her medical problems.
Or as exciting as watching paint dry. That one's gotten a lot of mileage, wouldn't you agree?
In fact, watching paint dry has some tradition of it's own, but would you really, consciously foist such a task on millions of tryptophan-engorged fans?
It sure seems so to me, and something tells me I'm not alone. I realize I can't speak for the bazillion other turkey lovers out there, but couldn't you see if maybe, possibly, you could keep the Turkey in the freezer, just for one year, and slide a nice juicy piece of filet on our Thanksgiving day plate?
I mean, I'd even settle for a slab of chuck roast to be honest. Just give us something with meat on it. Something we can gnaw on with juice dribbling down our chins and that gutteral cave man look while licking our fingers.
Isn't the idea to leave us hungering for more? Isn't it? Or do you guys sleep in really, really late there on the East Coast and don't realize the untold suffering you are causing?
If nothing else, think of all those poor Lion's fans who go to the game just to protest that their Lion's are a national spectacle, yet again, to be jeered and taunted by the rest of the football community.
You don't have to make it permanent. Just until the Ford Family finally realizes that owning a NFL franchise can be a frustrating and expensive proposition. I hear they are having a tough time of it right now. Maybe this would help ease their pain.
I know it would ease mine.
Ben Ice is the managing partner and a writer for www.rotoexperts.com. He has a killer recipe for Cornbread/Sausage/Cranberry stuffing that the family fights over each year. He'd gladly make a huge batch for the NFL executive office if they'd grant him this one little wish. You can reach Ben at email@example.com.


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Thank you for reading, following, sharing, tweeting, retweeting, commenting and posting time and time again. For all the likes and conversation starters. For the kind words and feisty remarks. While there were 211 posts after I took over my own webpage, there were 58 before that in 2013! That's right, I blogged 269 times last year! For all of you who work out of the home- that means I worked 53.8 weeks of full time work- 5 days a week, no holidays.
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This past week I was thinking a lot about the circle of life. Maybe it's because that damn Elton John song has been stuck in my head ever since seeing the theatrical re-release of The Lion King;if you caught me crying behind my 3-D glasses when Mufasa got creamed by the wildebeests, it was only because Disney hasn't made a hand-drawn film half as good in the two decades since.
Or perhaps the tears were inspired by the early exit of Disney's single largest shareholder, the most influential industrialist since Henry Ford. From an Apple IIc in 1984 (my first computer, with a 5 1/4-inch floppy drive and a whopping 128KB of RAM), to my soon-to-be-superseded iPhone 4, which I swear wept softly as it tweeted me news of his passing, Steve Jobs' products have permeated my life. And if a gajillionaire dying at age 56 doesn't hammer home how brief this existence is, just try upgrading your two-year-old iPod touch to iOS5.
Maybe it's the Halloween season and its monthlong onslaught of macabre sights that has me morbid-minded. But, as Miami artist Jorge de Rojas reminded me last weekend, Halloween wasn't always just about death and destruction. Before our modern obsession with carnage and corn syrup, Halloween had its roots in harvest celebrations: thanks for the bounty reaped, and hope that the now-dying fields would be reborn in the coming spring. In that sense, All Hallows haunts are inherently optimistic, as Stanley Kubrick insisted to Stephen King that all ghost stories are, because they assume there is some form of afterlife.
It's appropriate, then, that I ran into Rojas on Sanford's First Street, a place that has experienced its own resurrection. Following many years and millions of dollars in redevelopment, this suburb north of Orlando boasts a charming red-brick main drag populated with interesting independent shops and eateries. It's a bit like Winter Garden's Plant Street, minus the magnificent theater and slightly creepy Pleasantville polish; here, the gentrification left room for a bit of grit.
That theme – reviving the past without rubbing off all the rough edges – was a common thread in my recent visit to the Jeanine Taylor Folk Art gallery. The third annual Spirits in Sanford show was my motivation for hazarding the 417 in last Saturday's torrential rain, but to be honest it's somewhat ridiculous that I've never been before. Longtime readers know I'm a fan of folk art, from House of Blues' Festival of the Masters to Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum.
Jeanine Taylor's Sanford gallery and studio has been around since 1996; as soon as I walked in and saw that she had a Mary Proctor similar to mine on display, I was sorry it had taken me so long to show up. Year-round, the gallery hosts a roster that includes established names like Ab the Flagman, Theresa Disney and Carl Knickerbocker.
The artists on exhibit refute the misconception that folk artists are unskilled or unsophisticated; though formally untrained and fascinated with nontraditional materials, all display technical dexterity and a complex appreciation for cultural history.
For the single-day show, 10 designers – some from as far away as Ohio and Oregon – displayed their sinister sculptures amid cobwebs and caution tape. A few of my favorites included: Melissa Menzer, whose windowpane skeletons and cobbled-together creatures sport names like "The Perfume of Evil" and "I'm Going to the Party as My Owner"; Sue Losey, who makes charming charms from antique optometry lenses and pre-World War II stationery; Butch Anthony, who paints line-art skeletons over vintage portraits and sculpts animal bones into household objects (think Texas Chainsaw Massacre without the gore); and Dianne Waldron and Elaine Thomas,crafters of hand-sculpted flying witches and pumpkin people, respectively.
Though the collectible characters covered a wide range (from Monine Brocco's 1940s pinup zombie to Rojas' black cat riding a watermelon), all seemed to be reclaiming elements of the past to retro-invent a holiday more nostalgic and less nasty than our latter-day Halloween. After all of this month's high-tech, high-intensity theme park tricks and treats, simple smiling pumpkins and handmade monsters sound like heaven.


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- Subaru has announced that the 2022 BRZ rear-wheel-drive sports car will make its debut this fall.
- The next-gen car is expected to be powered by a version of Subaru's 2.4-liter flat-four, either turbocharged to produce around 260 horsepower or naturally aspirated with around 217 horsepower.
- The 2022 Subaru BRZ should arrive in the U.S. sometime next year.
The Subaru BRZ,/a. is getting its first redesign since it debuted in 2012, and Subaru announced on social media that the next generation of the rear-wheel-drive sports car will debut this fall. It also teased a photo of the new car's 10-spoke wheel and said that a few fans got a sneak peek at the 2022 BRZ. We're not sure what this means for the identical Toyota 86, but it should arrive in the same time frame as well.
From spy photos and our renderings of the 2022 Subaru BRZ, we can tell that the next-gen sports car will retain relatively the same shape. The majority of the changes are in the headlights; grille, which will have a honeycomb pattern; taillights; and there will be an integrated lip spoiler in back.
There have been many rumors about what will power the 2022 BRZ, but the consensus is that it will use a version of Subaru's 2.4-liter flat-four. It could be either turbocharged to produce around 260 horsepower or naturally aspirated with around 217 horsepower. It should come standard with a six-speed manual transmission, and if it doesn't, let's just say we'll be disappointed. #SaveTheManuals
After months of speculation, we'll finally learn more about the next-gen car in the coming months. The 2022 Subaru BRZ should arrive in the U.S. sometime next year with a starting price around $30,000.


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Hello sweet friends! Welcome to our Fall Blog Hop!! If you're coming from Crystal and Cleats, welcome!!
So, it's finally FALL! The best season of all, if you ask me! It means pumpkins, sweaters, boots, scarves, crisp sunny days! Okay, well maybe that's what it meant back when I lived in Georgia – now its more so an extended summer, but with pumpkins. Sometimes, I'll turn on the AC and light me up the fireplace and just pretend for a few minutes 😛
But, even if its still hot as all get out here in SoCal, that doesn't mean the Fall decor falls by the wayside. In fact, it's the exact opposite! I'm a bit proponent of fake it 'til ya make it – and Fall decor is no exception! I mean, if I pretend it's Fall inside, maybe the outside will finally catch up? (A girl can dream, right?!) 🙂
Being that it's my favorite season, I definitely go all out with the Fall Decor – at least downstairs. Then, our master gets a little pumpkin spice thrown in too, and I'm done! And even though I go a little Fall cray cray, you can add simple Fall touches to your home with one simple trick!
My secret? TEXTURE TEXTURE TEXTURE! Think pumpkins, cozy blankets, and some faux greens and Fall stems! Allow me to explain more (or rather, SHOW more) below! So without further ado, here is a room by room tour of our Fall decor this year!
Our family room is composed of a giant comfy couch and our fireplace, which is really the focal point of our home. But, our home is VERY open concept, so all the rooms kind of blend together downstairs, which meant I had to keep a kind of similar theme. Initially, I wanted all NEUTRALS. But once I got that home, I was craving some of the warmth the traditional Fall colors provide. So out came the rich oranges and reds, and I must say, I haven't tired of them yet! They just add such a cozy element!
Whether you like option 1 or 2 better, you can see that both have SO much texture. From the blanket to the faux plants to the pumpkins, wood sign (by my amazingly talented friend Emily over at Queen B Home), and burlap leaves, theres no shortage of different textures here. That's really, to me, what pulls a room together – a combination of different textures all playing off each other and working together!
Here, the faux greenery and Fall stems add he texture, and of course, what is Fall decor (or any decor, if you ask me) without some buffalo check!
So of course, I also have already rotated through two versions of my dining room tablescape. Oops! I love both, but the second version with the pop of blue just hit the nail on the head for me! The deep blue was unexpected, and yet so perfect!
And of course, again – texture! Lots of layers on each place setting = texture for days! Add in the macrame table runner, pumpkins, and those burlap leaves again, and you've got texture galore, and a really home-y feeling!
My favorite part of the living room now is my new DIY deconstructed/reconstructed vintage sofa! I'm SO thrilled I got it done in time for the holidays (tutorial coming soon, post One Room Challenge – promise!)
It was just SO fun to decorate this new piece for Fall! In and of itself, it has lots of texture (wood, burlap, drop cloth, throw pillows), so adding to it was easy peasy!
And then of course, there's the other side of the room, with the fun distressed buffet I found on Facebook Marketplace a few months back!
I actually kept the kitchen fairly understated this year. I figured the rest of the downstairs was decked in Fall, so the kitchen could get a little break! 😀
Similar to the kitchen, I kept the master pretty understated this year – and I always tend to keep things neutral in here because we have a blue rug (not pictured) that can tend to clash with anything else!
Aside from the master, I did throw a few pumpkins in our upstairs nook, because you really can never have too many pumpkins!
So what do ya think folks? Do you want to try to add a bit more texture to your Fall Decor! And no need to spend the big bucks here – go to the Target Dollar spot, grab a blanket scarf or two for $7 and a few $1 suede pumpkins, then head to Michaels or Hobby Lobby (and catch their sales!) for some great Fall stems, and Voila! Fall Decor tackled!
I hope my Fall Decor (and texture trick) will inspire you to add some cozy Autumn touches to your home. And be sure to head on over to Hayden at Two Paws Farmhouse for some more amazing Fall decor inspiration!
Or, if you want to check out any of the other amazing gals homes in this Hop, you can find them easily here:
Enjoy, friends!


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Ritchie calls for plans to build new nuclear plant near Sellafield to be halted
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
We don't NEED Nuclear there are other ways to generate electricity . Nuclear is very expensive & very dangerous to all life on earth & it is NOT CLEAN . NO to new generation of nuclear . Business is cut throat & ruthless it cares not for human life .
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In the aftermath of last week's CNBC GOP Presidential debate, representatives from 12 Republican campaigns met Sunday to "reevaluate" future debate formats. At the meeting, lead Republican negotiator Ben Ginsberg facilitated the conversation, drafting questions for the RNC to send to potential network hosts.
In a first draft of the letter, obtained by a "source inside the room," Republican candidates ask networks to answer a range of questions about the time, location, camera angles, and even room temperature the network anticipates for the debate. Some highlights from that draft include:
- Will there be questions from the audience or social media? How many? How will they be presented to the candidates? Will you acknowledge that you, as the sponsor, take responsibilities for all questions asked, even if not asked by your personnel?
- Will there be a gong/buzzer/bell when time is up? How will the moderator enforce the time limits?
- Will you commit that you will not:
- Ask the candidate to raise their hands to answer a question
- As yes/no questions without time to provide a substantive answer
- Allow candidate-to-candidate questioning
- Allow props or pledges by the candidates
- Have reaction shots of members of the audience or moderators during debates
- Show an empty podium after a break (describe how far away the bathrooms are)
- Use behind shots of the candidates showing their notes
- Leave microphones on during the breaks
- Allow members of the audience to wear political messages (shirts, buttons, signs, etc.). Who enforces?
- What instructions will you provide the audience about cheering during the debate?
- What are your plans for the lead-in to the debate (Pre-shot video? Announcer to moderator? Director to Moderator?) and how long is it?
- Can you pledge that the temperature in the hall be kept below 67 degrees?
A finalized version of the GOP demands is currently circulating online, but no campaign has officially signed off on the draft.
Breaking: @daveweigel and I have obtained the updated draft letter to the networks, finalized this morning pic.twitter.com/JsVHVKDS8O
— Robert Costa (@costareports) November 2, 2015
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The first project I finished was one I had been thinking about for a long time. Scott got me a wonderful, large, colorful pendant as an anniversary gift a few years ago.
I loved it, but it took me a long time to figure out how to use it. I think very large pendants usually benefit from being surrounded with large beads and design elements. At the same time, I didn't want the surrounding beads to detract from the pendant. I ultimately ended up stitching beaded triangles in colors that complemented the pendant, and stringing those in sections along the sides of the necklace. Other beads include vintage black glass beads; drop beads in clear, yellow, and brown glass; and large pink seed beads. I think the beaded triangles add a lot of visual weight without actual weight, which makes me happy when I wear the necklace.
|Sorry for the questionable photo--I miss my light box!
The beads I used are labradorite "chip" beads, which are much prettier in person than in these photos. I often find chip beads difficult to work with because of their irregular shapes, but in this case, they helped me achieve the natural look I was going for. The octopus rests on a small length of chain (from my chain scraps, yay!).
The most recent thing I made was a narwhal bracelet. Green Girl Studios makes wonderful metal (mostly pewter) beads. My favorite ones feature animals, and I was very excited when they came out with a narwhal design. Because of the placement of the holes, I thought a bracelet made the most sense. I decided to dip into my collection of vintage glass beads and made lots of wired dangles with those and purple niobium headpins. This was my first time working with niobium, and I liked the contrast of a type of metal I think of as a more modern design element with my vintage glass beads. Also, I tend to hoard my vintage glass beads, and it was oddly liberating to use so many on one project.
Wishing everyone time for the hobby of your choice!


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The annual @Scale conference is today at the San Jose Convention Center!
This year's event features technical deep dives from engineers at a multitude of scale companies. Amazon Web Services, Box, Confluent, Cloudflare, Facebook, Google, Lyft, and NVIDIA are scheduled to appear. Attendees will be able to participate in four tracks: AI, Data Infra, Privacy and Security. We also have our scale system demonstration area back for a fourth year so engineers can interact with the latest tech. Keep an eye on this page — we'll be sharing the schedule soon!
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Published March 4, 2008
The Memory of Water
Available Now in Paperback
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On the night their mother drowns trying to ride out a storm in a sailboat, sisters Marnie and Diana Maitland discover there is more than one kind of death. There is the death of innocence, of love, and of hope. Each sister harbors a secret about what really happened that night—secrets that will erode their lives as they grow into adulthood.
After ten years of silence between the sisters, Marnie is called back to the South Carolina Lowcountry by Diana's ex-husband, Quinn. His son has returned from a sailing trip with his emotionally unstable mother, and he is deeply disturbed and refusing to speak. In order to help the traumatized boy, Marnie must reopen old wounds and bring the darkest memories of their past to the surface. And she must confront Diana, before they all go under…
"The enduring ties between two estranged sisters drive the darkly engaging latest from White…Careful plotting, richly flawed characters and a surprising conclusion mark this absorbing melodrama."
—Publishers Weekly
"In this moving novel, White explores the bond between sisters, the link between artistic genius and mental illness, and the keen hold a place can have on a person. She vividly describes the lush Lowcountry and the pull of the sea. A chilling revelation, a love story, and a bittersweet ending add to this gripping tale."
"…this story is as rich as its South Carolina Lowcountry setting and filled with sympathetic, endearing characters that reasonate. It's an engaging, deeply moving story."
—TOP PICK, 4 1/2 stars, RT BookReviews Magazine
"Karen White delivers a powerfully emotional blend of family secrets, Lowcountry lore, and love in MEMORY OF WATER–who could ask for more?"
—Barbara Bretton, USA TODAY bestselling author
"Beautifully written and as lyrical as the tides. THE MEMORY OF WATER speaks directly to the heart and will linger in yours long after you've read the final page. I loved this book!"
—Susan Crandall, Award-winning author
"A heart-felt and emotional tale, THE MEMORY OF WATER is a Perfect 10, a book readers will savor and bring to mind long after they have turned the last page."
—Marilyn Heyman, Romance Reviews Today
"A carefully plotted melodrama of estranged sisters…[White] skillfully mines the mother lode of mentally unbalanced parents."
—Teresa Weaver, Atlanta magazine
The marsh at night has an ethereal feel, where the lush smells and throaty sounds creep under your skin and into your blood, so that you become a part of the saltwater creeks and estuaries, an arm reaching out to the ocean where all things eventually flowed. I wondered if Marnie knew this; knew that if you were born by the ocean, you were destined to return to the place that nourished you. Before there was a Diana and a Gil for her to come back to, there had been the ocean, biding its time, waiting for its prodigal daughter.
We didn't talk on the ride back, each of us content to listen to the marsh music. She didn't object when I took her hand to help her out of the boat and didn't let it go. When we reached the fork in the path that determined whether we would go up to the house or down to the beach, I pulled her toward the beach and she resisted.
"Come on," I said gently. "The moon's out and I won't let go of your hand."
She stood still, not answering.
"It's not only Diana and Gil who need to face their fears, Marnie."
She hesitated just for a moment before allowing me to lead her down toward the beach.
"Are you afraid of anything, Dr. Bristow?"
"Lots of things," I answered carefully. "Of making a mistake with one of my patients. Being late with my taxes. Walking into a room with my fly down."
She bumped into me. "No, really. I'm serious. I'm talking fear as in the fear of speaking; or the fear of the ocean; or the fear of not knowing what your brain might tell you to do."
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because if I know that you're a real human being with real fears, then I won't be ashamed to let you see mine."
We had reached the bottom of the steps, the short expanse of beach splayed before us like an open fan as the ocean waited beyond the sand like a chained dog. "I'm afraid of heights," I admitted.
Her hand trembled within mine and I gripped it tighter as we continued to move toward the water. She kept talking as if the words would keep her fear at bay. "Because of your brother's accident?"
"Yes, I think so. Before he fell, I'd never had a problem with heights. There was something about sitting high in a tree and looking at the rooftops around you. At least there is until you watch your brother slip on the branch below yours just as he's reaching for your hand."
We'd stopped walking, still safely on the soft sand that the encroaching tide hadn't yet claimed.
"I grabbed the cuff of his t-shirt, then heard it rip. It happened so fast that all I could do was stare at the cuff in my hand and wonder where Sean had gone." I looked up at the unforgiving moon, all light with no warmth. "My parents weren't home and the neighbors lived too far away to hear me shout. I waited up in the tree, holding that damned cuff and seeing my brother's body on the ground. There wasn't a thing I could do; I was absolutely powerless. And even now I wonder if it's the fear of being powerless and not heights that keeps me on the ground. Because I can still feel how wonderful and freeing it is up on a mountain, or sky diving, or even up on a ship's mast. But I think I can run away from the fear by putting myself in control of every aspect of my life."
"By solving other people's problems. By fixing them."
"Pretty much," I said, aware of how her skin glowed in the moonlight. "But I think I'm beginning to understand that running away from fear doesn't make it go away. It's still there, waiting around the corner, and I figure one day I'm going to catch up to it and finally face it." I touched her cheek with the tip of my finger, feeling liquid moon. "Like you running to the desert, Marnie. Sooner or later, you were bound to find the water again."
Her hair blew softly in the night breeze and reminded me of what I had been about to tell her at dinner. But the moment had passed and I had lost my courage. And then she'd mentioned Diana, and I realized that I would probably never tell Marnie the truth about me and Diana. As she had told me herself, they were sisters and that one word carried an ocean of meaning which I couldn't cross.
She looked at me, her eyes luminous, but she wasn't seeing me. "The night of the accident, we saw St. Elmo's Fire. It was sudden, just these ghostly blue flames that appeared like magic and lit the mast like a candle. And I wasn't scared—because Grandpa had told me that St. Elmo was the patron saint of sailors and that when he appeared, I'd be safe."
The tide moved up and incoming wave teased our legs with warm droplets. I still held her hand and felt the trembling there, but she didn't step back.
"But the rational part of my mind also told me that if I was seeing St. Elmo's Fire, then there was a bad storm approaching." She turned away, toward the water as if trying to see her boat, to call it home. "I told Mama, but she ignored me. She acted as if she hadn't even heard me."
Marnie bit her lip. "The funny thing is, I've never remembered that part about St. Elmo's until now. And I wonder…" She stopped, looking down at the wet sand at our feet, the water reflecting the moon's intense gaze. She looked up at me again. "And I wonder if it's because of what you said, about running from my fear. Maybe it's not the water I'm afraid of; maybe it's remembering what really happened that night that I've been running from all this time."
I stepped closer to her and I thought I could smell the sun on her skin. "Whatever it is, Marnie, you don't have to face it alone."
She tilted her face up to mine and it was the most natural thing in the world for me to pull her closer and press my lips to hers. She tasted of wine and salt air and in my arms she felt just like the girl I'd seen all those years ago with the wind her in hair and defiance in her eyes.
Her arms came around my neck as she pressed her body close to mine before pulling her head away. "In the restaurant, you were about to tell me something. Something you were saying you should have told me before."
"I don't remember what it was," I said, pulling her closer to me again as the waves crept even closer encircling our feet like the fire of St. Elmo, dancing and leaping until finally retreating from where it had come.


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Christina Choe's drama Nancy ends just as its third act is beginning, but how the characters react to their situation is less important than how the situation is resolved on a story level. Nancy (Andrea Riseborough) is a deeply depressed, 35-year-old temp who lives alone with her infirm and often-intolerable mother Betty (Ann Dowd). To offset the grimness of her real life, the screen-addicted Nancy catfishes people online, including grieving father Jeb (John Leguizamo). After Betty dies, Nancy learns of married couple Ellen (J. Smith-Cameron) and Leo (Steve Buscemi), whose 5-year-old daughter Brooke had been kidnapped 30 years earlier.
After noticing that a computer projection of what Brooke might look like at 35 bears a passing resemblance to her, Nancy tracks down Ellen and Leo and ingratiates herself into their lives. Ellen wants to believe that Nancy is her long-lost daughter, but Leo is considerably more skeptical, and the results of DNA tests prove less important than their emotions. Of course, no matter how gritty and character-based a drama, there's always something that signals that it's all make-believe. In Nancy, it's not even the fact that the phone numbers begin with 555, or that Ellen and Leo kept Brooke's bedroom unchanged for three decades; it's a mother enthusiastically reading her daughter's writing. RIP, suspension of disbelief.
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Strawberries and rhubarb are as fine a culinary pairing as there is. Like tomatoes with basil or chocolate with cherries, each delightful on its own, together they are serendipitous. I like the word serendipity because it describes a good surprise discovered or revealed on the way to another place, an "aha" that comes as a kind of sidebar of another intent. A famous story of serendipity is that of Archimedes sitting down into his bath and noticing how his body displaced the water, meaning, made its level rise. Eureka! he exclaimed, and from such a simple observation came the law of buoyancy which explains that the weight of any object in water will float or sink according to its weight in relation to the volume of the water. Archimedes' aha! has had ever-widening ramifications in various fields of science, from how to float submarines to how to sink them. The etymology of the word, however, is Persian, based on the story The Three Princes of Serendip, a real place that is now called Sri Lanka. It tells how a wise king's three sons, though well-tutored, were not yet wise enough to assume rule of the kingdom. So the king sent them on a journey to discover their personal sagacity. On the journey, the princes are pressed to identify a camel they have never seen and must deduce its identity from obscure evidence. A similar story turns up in the Talmud, also with a camel as a central character. In this one, two slaves must convince their master that their description of the camel as having a blind eye is correct. Both stories, the one with the three princes seeking their father's approval so they can become kings, the other with two slaves looking for their freedom, lay out a similar quest to parse circumstantial evidence that leads to a solution of a posed puzzle. In both cases, there's a happy ending when the clues are put together and the "puzzle" is solved. The three princes become kings and the slaves are given their liberty. And thus, a combination of intuition and paying attention to your senses melds into serendipity.
Eventually the word came to mean a felicitous, unexpected combining of things that might not at first obviously go together. In other words, with serendipity there is some poetry involved, for instance, making a jam of strawberries and rhubarb. Though they are seasonal companions, both in the wild and in kitchen gardens, it took a cook to put them together in a pot, serendipitously add a touch of sugar, and voila, palpable serendipity!
Tip: The trick to making jam in the microwave is to cook it in three stages: cook, stir, cook, stir, rest, stir, and finish the cooking. That way, the sugars don't get burned as the jam thickens. The mixture will be runny when the instructions say to stop the cooking. But keep in mind, it thickens as it cools. This method works like a charm for jams of plum, apricot, blueberry, and other summer fruits.
Makes 1 1/ 2 cups jam
2 pounds fresh strawberries, rinsed, green leaves cut off
2 stalks rhubarb (about 2/ 3 pound), green tops cut off
1/ 3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1. Cut the strawberries in half lengthwise and place them in a 3-quart microwave bowl. Cut the rhubarb lengthwise into 1/ 2-inch wide strips, then slice them crosswise into 1/ 2-inch wide pieces. Add to the bowl with the strawberries.
2. Add the sugar and lemon juice and, without stirring,
microwave for 10 minutes. Stir, and microwave for 10 minutes more. Let rest in the microwave without heat for 10 minutes. Stir again and microwave for 5 minutes more, until the mixture is bubbling up vigorously. Remove and set aside to cool completely. Use right away or refrigerate for up to 6 weeks.


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All are dancing in Shravan's baraat. Reporter says, atlast grand Modi wedding has ended, Gopi has done her daughter Vidya's kanyadan.
All rituals of wedding is being shown like Shravan's baraat arrival, their pheras, sindoor filling and finally Vidya's vidai.
Reporter says, Shravan sat on horse and Gora was so happy that she was dancing in baraat.
Off-screen Gora says, its my granson's wedding so I should dance, we brought baraat with band bajaa.
Off-screen Gopi says, i really enjoyed all rituals, there was fun in marriage.
Reporter says, Everything was fine till now but suddenly Dharam's feet twisted again so Gora had to send him back to home but we all know why he left from there as he had to go to Meera to marry her somewhere else and Meera is also waiting for Dharam.
Meera is hiding behind door so Vidya cant see her face.
Off-screen Gora says, a lot has to happen, there is long way to go.
Reporter says, all are happy in Sharavan and Vidya's marriage without knowing plan of Gora.
Off-screen Kokila says, I am every much happy as my grand daughter is getting married and moreover my grand daughter is going in house of my best friend so she will be happy there.


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Beloved Austin based Illustrator Graham Franciose understands subtle emotion. Each of his pieces is full of thought and his characters seem to ponder you as you peruse their details and expressions.
"A lot of my work deals with the quiet moments in a story, between the excitement and action where characters deal with internal conflicts, doubt, loneliness, wonder, apprehension. My work often comes across as sad and melancholy, but there is always a sense of hope that I am trying to portray."
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Listen up, chocoholics of the world!
According to the Association of Swiss Chocolate Manufacturers, there are 18 chocolate manufacturers within Switzerland's borders. And on average, each citizen in Switzerland consumes about 12 kg of chocolate per year.
Swiss Chocolate Workshops
Some of the factories that make these wonderful chocolate bars, truffles, pralines and various delicacies open their doors to visitors to make their own! In Switzerland, the two largest such programs are at Lindt & Sprüngli in Kilchberg near Zurich, and at Cailler in Broc near Gruyère.
For a small fee (anywhere from 20 to 75 francs), these 1 to 2.5 hour workshops give you the chance to experience a fun, carefully instructed course together with your friends. You get to make chocolate treats that you can take home. To share with your family, of course... And along the way you get to understand a little more behind the delicate art and science that is chocolate.
Over the past year, I have visited both the Lindt and Cailler chocolate workshops. Each chocolate factory has its own signature element which might appeal you. Your choice will depend on what you are keen on, how much time you have, and where you are visiting from.
Lindt & Sprüngli, Kilchberg, Zurich
Workshop attended: Schokoladekreationen
Time: 2 hours
Cost: 70 francs (Pay for your ticket when booking online)
Strong points: Easy access from Zurich, praline and truffle creation with nice packaging to share, super friendly staff
Weak points: Only one course, classes fill up quickly, not much context on chocolate and no museum to visit afterwards, children must be 14 or above
About 15 minutes by train from the Zurich city center stands the Lindt & Sprüngli store. And right next door, Swiss chocolate workshops are held fairly regulary. Lindt & Sprüngli will even let you take home truffles and pralines!
To start, you are given a set containing a pastry chef coat, an apron and a hat to use during the workshop. You will be sharing this experience with about 30 participants - 5 or 6 per table. After a brief history of the Lindt company, we dive right into the chocolate workshop.
Each of us is given a tray of truffle shells that we have to fill with chocolate and champagne ganache. While it cooled, we are given an additional tray of pralines that we ge to decorate to our heart's content, using parchment cones and melted chocolate - or with almonds or gold leafs!
Next up, we go back to the truffles and fill them up with another layer of chocolate...
We then roll them into more chocolate and coat them in a light layer of powdered sugar. Finally, we package everything into neat little boxes and bags to take home, and we are also given a discount coupon for chocolate at the Lindt store next door.
The staff are exceedingly accommodating (I would assume they have seen quite the variety of folks coming through their doors). They let you spend time taking photos in your outfit, with your friends, or of your creations.
They are also helpful in explaining a bit of their background and about chocolate manufacturing in general. We signed up for a German class (figuring I could do the translations because I had already taken the course before in English), but the staff were kind enough to explain everything in English for the group of us who did not really speak German.
Did I mention there is a chocolate sample galore for you to eat as you make your own?
Maison Cailler, Broc, Gruyère
Workshop attended: Coeurs Moelleux
Time: 2.5 hours
Cost: 75 francs (You do not have to pay anything ahead of time to book these courses. But unless you book them online, you will likely be unable to attend.)
Strong points: Lots of variety in classes to take, take home your pastry chef apron and hat, moulds, more attention to learning about chocolate, ticket includes museum visit, children 6 and above can attend certain classes, you can bundle a visit to Gruyère together as a full day thing.
Weak points: Far from public transportation or any large city (Bern/Geneva/Zürich)
Getting to the Cailler Museum might be a bit of a challenge: It is located near Gruyère in a town called Broc. That's about a half an hour's drive from Vevey in the French speaking part of Switzerland. Or by train, it is just 1:15 from Bern.
As you enter the factory, you have to decide between the museum and the workshop area. We decide for the Cailler chocolate workshop. As with the Lindt factory, you are given a pastry chef outfit. There are seven folks in total on the particular day I attended, though there are a wide selection of courses you can take... Some of them, I suspect, are more popular with kids.
In Coeurs Moelleux, we make baked chocolate hearts with creamy interiors.
The process for this course is a little more involved, and you start everything from scratch with raw ingredients. A recipe with step-by-step guidance is also given to you, but you are more or less on your own after that.
While we are making our baked chocolate hearts, we learn about the science behind the way chocolate crystallizes at different temperatures: How specific temperatures matter a lot and make the difference between runny chocolate and smooth, brittle and hard pieces.
There are a couple of other neat things we are taught: About how the different sides of aluminum affect the sheen of hardened chocolate (you want the shiny side, I think). And how to make chocolate bowls using party balloons. The staff are bilingual and are nice about explaining everything first in German and then in English. The atmosphere definitely feels a bit more serious than at Lindt.
Since we make multiple batches, we use one batch to eat then and there (with ice cream, raspberry and all), and save the rest for later. Our take-home bag also includes a certificate of completion, the apron and the pastry hat. Plus, all the remaining chocolate hearts and, of course, some discount coupons for the chocolate store.
Cailler Chocolate Museum
After the workshop, we wander around the Cailler chocolate museum. It is a fun, mechanics filled tour through the history of Cailler and Nestlé. I really enjoy the section where they show how mini Cailler Branches are made. As you watch the machine churn out wrapped chocolate piece after wrapped chocolate piece, you get to grab a sample as well!
The last part of the museum is a complete sampling room that gives you the opportunity to try out any and all of the Cailler-branded chocolate bars.
The choices are really so many, it is almost overwhelming!
My Chocoholic Verdict
Both the Lindt & Sprüngli workshop as well as the Cailler workshop are highly recommended and provide lots of fun for not a lot of money. This can be particularly appealing when you have people who are visiting you from other countries.
The Cailler chocolate workshop is your better bet if you are looking for a full day immersion into one of Switzerland's stickier stereotypes (i.e. chocolate). The recipe also allows you to recreate some of the chocolates at home.
The Lindt & Sprüngli chocolate workshop is sure to keep you talking for months to come. It is a perfect two-hour activity for Zürich tourists (and locals) who also want to do some sightseeing. Just make sure to book ahead of time.
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Being a Vancouverite, (being a Canadian really) there aren't many instances where I come into contact with bluegrass music. In fact, I don't think I had ever seen a bluegrass band before last night. Thanks to The Milk Carton Kids, I can now cross it off my musical bucket list. The group that opened for Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale, was a good, old fashioned Southern bluegrass Americana musical quartet – The Barefoot Movement. They are so stereotypically southern it's awesome.
The men of the group had the farmboy beards, the ladies, southern charm. The accents were present, the shyness, the humour and, of course, the music. The Barefoot Movement is an extraordinary mesh of mandolin, fiddle, guitar and upright bass – and even that seems like your average, standard bluegrass group. (They're not from Kentucky so I guess we can forgive them for not having a banjo). On second thought, I'm not really sure what a standard bluegrass band contains, I just know that I loved their sound. Anything that has a fiddle is automatic like for me. There is nothing I love more than the sound of a fiddle. They also immense poise and presence in spite of their youth – bass player Hasee Ciaccio, the youngest of the group, celebrated her 21st birthday in Seattle the night before their Vancouver show. They are also extremely dedicated. Fiddle player and unofficial band leader Noah Wall had a headache the entire time, and Ciaccio was missing her university finals to be on tour. Wow. Yes, in addition to being a wicked bass player and vocalist, Ciaccio is also a student at Eastern Tennessee State University, studying old time music and Appalachian Folk Medicine. Who says studying the arts doesn't pay?
While the group is currently based out of Johnson City, Tennessee, only one member – guitarist Quentin Acres, is actually from the state. Wall, and Mandolin player Tommy Norris are from North Carolina, while Ciacco is from South Carolina. Not only was this the group's first time performing in Canada, it was their the first time in Canada. In fact, before this tour, one member had never been west of Memphis. These cats better get for a whole lot more sightseeing and re-charge those frequent flyer miles. They're going to need it.
Another thing they have is versatility. They play their own original compositions as well as traditional old-time music. Being from the south, there are songs about chickens and herding sheep, as well as love tunes. There are fast, get up and dance songs, and slower-paced ballads. Tunes infused with country, Americana, folk, Celtic, roots, and jazz all make their presence known to those in the audience. While Norris and Wall are the principal songwriters, their latest album – Figures of The Year – has contributions from all four members. Speaking of the album, it is a fine piece of work, but doesn't nearly do that band justice. The Barefoot Movement is definitely a band you need to experience live. In fact, it was because of their amazing and upbeat live performance that I bought their album – the first CD I have paid for in over a year. Personally, I feel the stylings of bluegrass lend themselves perfectly to a live performance – not only is there a lot of incredible finger-work to be witnessed, but also an infectious sound that makes one want to fully integrate oneself on a dance floor.
Fantastic skills, harmonies to die for, smiles, lovely lyrics, and a great knowledge that they passed on to the Canadian audience; all of these things were present in their show. They tell stories with their music (and are wickedly funny to boot). The Barefoot Movement is a band everyone should watch out for. Bluegrass may never be for the masses, but with these guys and gals leading the charge, hopefully more listeners will discover its potent beauty.
Figures of The Year will be released June 4th, 2013.
You can visit their website at http://www.barefoot-movement.com
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Kentucky falters on road again, falls to Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. - There have been 30 games now. Thirty chances to plug the holes and fix whatever's so often ailed this Kentucky basketball team.
Now there are precious few left, and if Thursday's 72-62 UK loss at Georgia was any indication, maybe things are beyond fixing.
"If we haven't changed over the duration of the season, I don't know what to say," guard Archie Goodwin said in a postgame interview that sounded more like a venting session. "It doesn't look like anything's going to change."
Maybe there's still time.
Maybe the Wildcats (20-10, 11-6 Southeastern Conference) can be the team they were in a win against Missouri and not the one that's lost two of three since and four straight away from Rupp Arena.
But Kentucky looked no closer to turning a corner Thursday at Stegeman Coliseum than it had in last Saturday's loss at Arkansas. There was fight at the start but little once the Bulldogs (15-15, 9-8) got in a groove.
The end result was virtually the same as last week in Fayetteville, Ark.: A double-digit loss in a game that was critical to whatever at-large NCAA Tournament hopes Kentucky still has.
Different game, same story.
And John Calipari took the blame for what's been a season-long subplot.
"The biggest thing is: I am so disappointed in the job I've done with this team, I can't even begin to tell you," Calipari said. "I look at a team - I've done this 20-something years; I've never had a team not cohesive this time of year. Every one of my teams (was) cohesive. Every one of them had a will to win more than how they were playing. Every one of them had a fight. Well, if this team doesn't have that, that's on me."
The Cats seemed to show that scrap early, racing out to an 11-5 lead and battling for loose balls. Kentucky fought for loose balls and got three shots at the basket on two different early first-half possessions.
And then Georgia made some shots, quickly jumped in front 15-14, and the Cats started to struggle.
"We came out the first few minutes and we was making statements," said Goodwin, who led UK with 20 points. "But once things got tough and once players got to making shots for the other team and guys started, like coach said, letting go of the rope. And every time that happens, we end up losing."
Georgia controlled most of the second half. The Bulldogs took a 50-40 lead with 9:05 to play on a three-point play by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who led all scorers with 24 points.
The Wildcats had one run left, closing to within 50-47 on Kyle Wiltjer's three-pointer with 7:45 to play, but Georgia answered with 10 straight points as the Cats missed seven straight shots.
Afterward, a clearly frustrated Goodwin said too many of his teammates continue to hang their heads when the going gets rough. He wondered aloud "what's the point" of having such highly-regarded players if so few of them show toughness when the game is on the line.
"Yes, I'm mad," Goodwin said. "There's no way that we should lose to Georgia. It's no way we should have lost to Arkansas. It's just a matter of us battling. When we play like we're supposed to, there's not anybody in the country that we can't beat. But we play like this, we play soft as a team, anybody can beat us."
Ten teams have. Florida gets a chance to do it for a second time on Saturday.
And though Goodwin said it looks as though little will change at this late stage, he conceded that there's a chance to beat the Gators on Saturday at Rupp Arena if the Cats play with the energy and enthusiasm they displayed against Missouri.
Do that, Calipari said, and the Thursday's showing doesn't seem quite so bad.
"I told them after - I didn't say a whole lot," Calipari said. "I said, 'Hey, you beat Florida, this all goes away. See ya. Get on the bus.'"
To have a chance against the Gators - and to bring its NCAA Tournament hopes off the ledge - Kentucky will have to be at its very best. It will have to look like the team that showed up in Rupp Arena two weeks ago to beat Missouri.
Lately, that seems long ago - and seems like a rare plot twist in the tale of Kentucky's season.
"The biggest thing from (the Missouri game) was we had so much energy, people were having fun, our crowd was stupid hype," Cauley-Stein said. "Now we're just out there. That's what it feels like, we're (just) out there. It's sad, really. It's not fun playing that way. It's just… I want to get back to having fun with my teammates. You never know who's going to be leaving; you don't know. It's just sad."


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R. J. Matson 9-11/Vote Cartoon Brings Outrage
A Roll Call editorial cartoon by R. J. Matson equating the 9-11 Al Qaeda attacks of 2001 with the current Russian attacks on the United States' voting sovereignty has some taking umbrage.
From a Conservative Review news item headlined "Sick:"
A tasteless political cartoon disgraced Roll Call's cartoon page Tuesday morning, on the 17th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The cartoon represents the World Trade Center buildings as ballot boxes, with a plane labeled "Russia" heading toward them in an attack. Yes, the cartoon compares supposed Russian meddling in the 2016 election to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
From the conservative Daily Caller:
Roll Call, a DC-based news outlet, published a cartoon on Tuesday comparing Russian election meddling to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
The cartoon was published early Tuesday morning by Robert Mason with the tagline "Never Forget."
The image depicts the Twin Towers in New York City reimagined as ballot boxes. A plane marked "Russia" is shown flying into the ballot boxes, suggesting that Russia took away the voting rights of Americans.
From the left leaning Mediaite:
Tuesday morning, Roll Call's Capitol Ink featured an illustration titled "Never Forget." While that phrase may evoke somber remembrances of Sept. 11th, 2001, the artist, Robert Matson, turned it into a commentary on election meddling instead.
Shown in his drawing is a Russian plane headed toward two grey towers meant to represent ballot boxes. The implication is clear: Russia is a treat to the security of U.S. elections.
While the point, based on American intelligence, is valid, the way in which it was made has already begun sending shock waves through social media.
It seems some are reading more into it than intended, and there are some questions (what about that second plane with Iranian colors?), but which of the attacks are more dangerous to our Democracy?
Community Comments
Ignatz Mouse
@ 7:08 am
It's not real outrage. It's a fake pose adopted for political reasons.Conservatives – who claim that everybody else is "easily offended" – always look for excuses to stoke grievance.
There is not only nothing wrong with this cartoon, it's makes a valid points, and makes it very imaginatively. Our elections are being attacked.
Mark Juhl
@ 8:37 am
Being conservative, I'll give my take. It is tasteless but what makes it disgusting is that it was published on the anniversary of the event. A day that should be about the victims in the planes and those on the ground that died. Just one day out of an entire year to focus on them and the memory of what happened.
Suppose someone did a political cartoon about current events on the anniversary of JFK's assassination and it showed his head exploding at the moment of the bullet's impact? Is that okay?
Lastly, if the conversation an editorial cartoon spawns is all about how the point was made and not about the point the artist was trying to convey then it's a failure, whether it was offensive or not.
Ed Rush
@ 4:33 pm
What Ignatz said. The neo-Soviet attacks on our voting system are possibly more consequential than the physical attack of 2001.
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Course Title: Creative Writing: Approaches to Theories and Ideas
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Course Title: Creative Writing: Approaches to Theories and Ideas
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Approaches to Theories and Ideas will introduce you to some of the most important writers, ideas and terms in 20th- and 21st-century literary theory, with the intention of helping you to become a better writer, reader and critic. Areas of discussion may include postmodernism, psychoanalysis, feminism, queer theory, Marxism, post colonialism, ecocriticism and more. Theoretical concepts and ideas will be explored in relation to the practice of creative writing, and you will respond to these ideas through both analytical and creative writing tasks.
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Assessment Task 1: Creative work & reflection #1 Individual [20% Linked to course learning outcomes: 3, 4]
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Japanese Fashionista Meetup?
Don't know if this is the right place to post.
Anyone want to have a meetup dressed up in different Japanese clothing styles? I am not only talking about lolitas but like mori, garu, etc. I mean it is normal style for some people but I don't get to meet a lot of people in those styles!
ganguro welcome??
Im planning a Japanese Street fashion meetup again this year! ( I just got the dates off of work so it is a bit late but Im submitting the gathering submission tonight)
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