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Friday, July 17, 2009
Blue Skye
Meanwhile, I believe the next stage of our trip was the Isle of Skye. Rick and I had been there once before, right after we were married, and loved it. We camped there and stayed at a little B&B in Portree; the funny thing is how we each remembered different parts of the trip. I kept insisting that we'd visited Dunvegan Castle. Rick had no memory of it (until we went again, when he developed a vague remembrance). He, on the other hand, remembered at least two hikes that I couldn't recall to save my life. I wonder what this says about our different foci when travelling?
In any case, we arrived, at last, at the hotel that dad had found in Portree, and every one of us promptly declared it to be the absolutely best hotel ever. I want to go back and stay again. Now. The view from our window was so beautiful, I happily sat and knitted away that first evening, in the late light from the window.
Those are the Black Cullins in the far background there. They're covered in clouds, and that whole first day, we could watch rain coming from the mountains, over the water, and right to our front lawn, just in time to call the girls in from playing. The full moon that night was equally gorgeous.
We'd heard that it was going to rain the next day, but that the day after that there might be a chance of clearing, so we decided to hold off on a big hiking trip for a day in hopes of good weather, and headed off to Dunvegan Castle, one of the oldest still-inhabited castles in Scotland (the MacLeod of Clan MacLeod lives there with his family).
No pictures were allowed inside, but there's an amazing collection of artefacts throughout the castle, including the Fairy Flag, so old that its history is shrouded in mystery, and the drinking horn from which future chiefs of the clan, at their coming of age, must drink nearly (if I remember right) two litres of claret, without stopping or setting it down. You've got to love tradition.
The view from the gunyard.
That flat mesa (I know they're not called that in Britain, but come on) in the distance is called, appropriately enough, MacLeod's Table. Can you imagine having a family history in one place so deep in time that features of the landscape share your name? I can't. It must feel different, somehow, to walk through a space that has been touched by one's ancesters dating back 1,000 years and more. I know that many Native Californians that I've worked with over the years feel that way, and I catch glimpses of it on the edges sometimes, out of the corners of my eyes, as it were, but in a culture that for so long has embraced movement, the new and different, the next horizon, displacement from place seems to be part of the cultural zeitgeist. I know that when I've told people that I would have trouble leaving California, not because it's such a fabulous place culturally or politically or (heaven knows) financially, but because I know the shape of its hills, I know the brown they turn in the early summer, and the way that brown changes in its nature as the dry season continues. I know just what the first blush of green looks like, as new grasses emerge under the old. I know when the fog is going to come in, and how far, and what the thunderclouds look like to the east on days when I wake up feeling the damp in the air. And if I can know these things during one short lifetime, imagine if I had a thousand years of knowledge behind me, how hard it would be to leave, how long I would miss it.
Our indoor day also (thanks to the patience and encouragement of my family) included a fiber stop. In reading one of the latest issues of The Knitter (love that magazine, btw; more on that another time), I saw a small piece on a dyer and her business, called Shilasdair. When I saw that she dyed her yarn using plants from the area around her home in Skye, I knew we had to go. And go we did. It was a long drive, on tiny winding roads, but we got there, and were greeted warmly with an offer of a cup of tea of coffee. I forewent the beverages in favor of fondling yarn.
Lots and lots of yarn. Above the yarn was a list of the plants that were used to dye each color, and each yarn label contained that information for the particular color. We even got to go into the dye studio.
There was a display of the off-island dye agents used (cochineal, madder, indigo), and then there were the local plants hanging from the beams in the back.
The plants from Skye mostly give yellows and greens, so she overdyes to get the full range of colors, which were vibrant and absolutely gorgeous. I also saw this hanging on the wall:
I don't know if you can see that it says "Navajo Dye Chart" at the bottom; it looks almost exactly like the one I saw hanging at Tierra Wools in New Mexico. I love the fiber world. And, of course, I bought yarn; two sweaters' worth and a pattern. I'll show pictures of that soon.
The next day we took a ferry to Loch Coruisk, a loch in the Black Cullins that is only to be reached either via ferry, or by a long (if I remember correctly, 12 miles each way) hike. We chose the ferry. And we were so glad that we did, because not only did the lovely ferry operator give us a verbal tour of all of the islands we could see from the boat ("on that island, there are five people, no wait, four right now, one of them's off to college"), but, as we were tooling along to the loch, I saw dolphins playing, and we went back for a closer look. They came right to the boat and jumped and played and swam in the bow waves, and we were all delighted.
They're small dolphins, about four feet, and they were a treat to watch. We all felt like we'd started the day right, and it only got better. We also saw seal pups on the way in (the pictures just don't do them justice), just a week old and wobbly on their flippers, and when we got there, the sun came out and stayed out for good. The back of my neck got sunburned, even.
Our goal was to hike to the head of the loch, and hike we did.
It's a wild place, full of bogs and rocks and tussocks. Older Daughter managed to go knee-deep into a bog, but she recovered nicely and carried on, in spite of wet socks. We had a lunch break along the way, and lay on the sun-warmed gabbro of the Black Cullins out of the wind to eat our bread and cheese.
After some scrambling, we made it to the head of the loch, and looked onto the surrounding mountains.
The only person we saw during our whole hike was a single man, who was running, shirtless, around the loch. We all agreed he was insane.
When we got back to the ferry landing, we still had a little bit of time, so Rick and I left the girls with my parents, dabbling their feet in the water,
while we took the camera and made a run up the sides of one of the mountains for a picture of the loch as it poured into the North Atlantic.
And then we looked out onto the ocean.
Perfect. And after our drive home, and a dinner of the best fish pie I ever hope to have in all my life, the day ended as all perfect days should end.
20 comments:
- Wanderingcatstudio said...
Yep.. I'm going to Scotland
I'm going to pitch a tent at the side of that loch and live there forever! Just gorgeous!
- July 17, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- Miss 376 said...
We were on the mainland opposite there one day and watched the rain come in across the water. Unfortunately, we watched for too long and it caught us before we got back
- July 17, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- Bea said...
Excellent. All these images are just gorgeous. I love the dye/yarn shop. So very cool.
- July 17, 2009 at 2:45 PM
- FUZZARELLY said...
Just lovely.
And, I think it means to belong somewhere when one notices and cares about brown hills or the sudden rainfall.
- July 17, 2009 at 3:42 PM
- Willow said...
Sigh. I have just read the absolutely BEST advertisement in the whole world for visiting Scotland! Hiking trails, yarn shop, dolphins, beautiful ocean and loch views- what more could anyone hope for?
- July 17, 2009 at 6:45 PM
- Helen said...
Oh I'm glad that all went so well. Lovely photographs, and I do like that one of your less-than-fascinated family in the dye studio. Can't wait to see what you bought.
- July 18, 2009 at 4:39 AM
- Mary Lou said...
I am enjoying this armchair travelogue. I wonder how many frequent flyer miles I have...
Have you ever seen the movie The Edge of the World? Filmed in the Shetland Islands in the late 30's - it might be fun as a post trip movie. Sheep and the fastest knitting i've ever seen.
- July 18, 2009 at 5:26 AM
- KnitNana said...
Aye. To Scotland away, right away!
(oh, well, okay, Sock Summit, first)
I LOVE the dye shop/yarn shop!!! What neat photos - and embiggening them helped with details so much.
You have the best vacays!
- July 18, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Gwen said...
Thank you for your travelogue.
An interesting exercise would be to do the same for our homes. We don't all go on fabulous hikes around stunning lochs every day, but we do live surrounded by beauty and curiousities.
I'm all of the third generation to live in the Bay Area! And my son is fourth! We're such newcomers. (There's a spot on I65 just south of Birmingham that has the feel of a spot on 101 just north of San Francisco, between the tunnel and that Sausalito exit at the top of the hill. Somehow, that has to do with belonging to a place.)
- July 18, 2009 at 10:45 AM
- Gwen said...
(that would be Birmingham, Alabama. Not Birmingham, England)
- July 18, 2009 at 10:46 AM
- AlisonH said...
I so want to go too. What a gorgeous trip you had!
And thank you for that description of place over time--much to think about there. Marvelously written.
- July 18, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- Alwen said...
That was beautiful. I'm wearing out my superlatives, but wow. So beautiful, and yarn, too.
- July 19, 2009 at 7:27 AM
- Rachel said...
Thank you for another marvelous trip and why tell me why do you think we suffer through them? I at least, LOVE THEM! so, please don't stop anytime soon.
And that yarn studio, WOW - if I were there I would have had a hard time not to ask for one skein of each color pretty please :)
- July 19, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- Rachael said...
Simply marvelous!
- July 19, 2009 at 11:52 AM
- M-H said...
Lovely photographs. But, more importantly, did you get the fish pie recipe?
- July 20, 2009 at 5:08 AM
- Wool Enough said...
That dye studio looks fantastic. Wish I could reach through the screen and grab some of the yarn (tendering appropriate payment, of course). And rain in the summertime -- what a treat!
- July 20, 2009 at 12:19 PM
- Carrie K said...
I read this hurriedly and didn't have time to post last Friday but your observation about the roots that one sinks in their surroundings and how differently it must feel when that time stretches back in your family from time immemorial reverbated in my head all weekend. What differences would our world have if our familiies only voluntarily left their homes? And how does the disruption of "home" change our world view?
And why does Scotland look like home to me?
- July 21, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- Heather said...
Gorgeous pictures, and it looks like a wonderful trip.
- July 21, 2009 at 1:24 PM
- EGunn said...
Beautiful! I've always wanted to visit Scotland. Now I want to visit right now. Lovely pictures, lovely place.
And that feeling of place? That's how you know when you are home. =)
- July 23, 2009 at 6:45 AM
- twinsetellen said...
Such a lovely post. Like others, the piece that will linger long in my mind is your discussion of place. We are starting to discuss where to retire to (years from now), and each time I feel a pang of remorse or sadness that we actually view this as a decision. How did we come to be so temporary in our homes? Is there a way back to real connection in place? If I figure out the answer, I'll let you know.
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=== Taking care of the Haskell Platform installer ===
=== Taking care of the Haskell Platform installer ===
Haskell OSX installer
email greg gregorycollins net.
=== Make native Gtk-bindings easy to install ===
=== Make native Gtk-bindings easy to install ===
Revision as of 14:37, 7 September 2010
The following is a wiki page to centralize discussion of how to improve Haskell on Mac OS X. The name "strike force" comes from dons' post on reddit and the comments therein.
1 Goals
1.1 Taking care of the Haskell Platform installer
The Haskell Platform OSX installer is looking for a new maintainer.
Please email "greg at gregorycollins net".
1.2 Make native Gtk-bindings easy to install
1.3 Make wxWidgets-bindings easy to install
1.4 Make GHC 64 bit
Mac OS X GHC Trac tickets:
1.5 Reduce the number of GHC tickets
2 Information
2.1 Wiki
2.2 Installing Haskell
2.2.1 How Haskell is on OS X today
The simplest methods are currently:
- Binary GHC framework (/Library/Framework)
- Binary Haskell platform framework (/Library/Framework)
- MacPorts (/opt/local)
- Fink (/sw)
- Homebrew (symlinked into /usr/local ?)
2.2.2 Manually compiled
ChrisKuklewicz 11:53, 6 September 2010 (UTC) I use MacPorts for the infrastructure and compile ghc against /opt/local but with --prefix=/opt/ghc-6.12.3 to keep it separate.
2.2.3 Dynamic Linking
working in GHC HEAD, not in any released version.
2.2.4 Difficult libraries on OS X
Libraries needed for ghc
- iconv (older version in /usr is incompatible with new version from MacPorts)
- readline (faked in /usr, provided by framework or MacPorts)
- gmp (framework or MacPorts)
Libraries needed for other packages? gtk?
2.3 OS X code integration
Write Haskell in XCode?
Write ObjectiveC against GHC.Framework?
FFI for Objective C from Haskell?
2.4 Improvements?
A cabal2pkg that maintains proper dependency tracking?
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DGAC MEETING 1: Materials and Presentations
June 13-14, 2013
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Over time, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) has evolved from a consumer-oriented brochure developed by nutrition scientists to a policy document based on a systematic review of nutrition science. The seven editions of the DGA have been notably consistent in their recommendations on the components of a healthful diet, but they have also changed in significant ways to reflect emerging science. The following chart is a brief snapshot of how the development and products of the Dietary Guidelines review process have changed from 1980 to present.
*First DGA policy document mandated by statute (1990 National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act (Section 301 of Public Law 101-445, 7 U.S.C. 5341, Title III) (US Congress, 1990)


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I'm sure all the haters will have reasons why this isn't real, or wasn't because of the stimulus, or was because of some other reason…..BITE ME!
Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
I've been watching the signs of the recovery for the last 6 months, lots of good or "not so bad" news has been coming for a while, but it has basically been ignored by the media because it doesn't fit into their current narrative, that President Obama's presidency has been a failure. Chew on this, bitches. When I see the slanted journalism that paints this picture of failure, I find comfort in the fact that reality will catch up with them and make them look like fools. You can only hide the truth for so long, eventually it finds its way into the public consciousness. President Obama's speech the other night was one of the first steps in showing the reality of the last year, not what the right wing, Jane Hamsher, Arianna Huffington and Cenk Uygur have been trying to paint. I wonder how they are reacting to this?


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Oil prices had the shackles removed and spiked higher after the Republicans caved and agree to a bill that will raise taxes on families that earn over $450,000 but does nothing to reduce real spending. Of course for oil bulls any deal is better than no deal. The fact that the rest of the Bush tax cuts are still in place gives us hope that while the tax increases will hurt growth, it not as bad as it could have been.
The debate is far from over. The passage of this bill just kicked that dang proverbial can down the road again because the across the board government spending cuts will have a deadline for completion two months from now. Yet in the meantime ignorance is bliss and this deal should propel oil to the high end of my predicted range near $96 a barrel.
That is despite the fact that crude oil supply in Cushing, Oklahoma is near record highs. The increase of oil flow through the Seaway Pipeline and more transportation moving oil should help support WTI versus Brent that had blown out to ridiculous levels. In the New Year more infrastructures will be built to alleviate the glut in Cushing and the WTI will be on a path to restoring its reputation as the world's benchmark and why not! The US is going to be the world's largest oil producer in the world's largest economy and soon to be a major exporter. The world is already looking much different as we head into the New Year.
The Sun-Times reports that the price of unleaded regular in the Chicago area averaged $3.91 a gallon in 2012, 12 cents a gallon higher than the previous record of $3.79 a gallon set in 2011, according to AAA. For three of the past five years, the average has hit a record. In 2008, the price averaged what was then a record high of $3.45 a gallon, the motor club said.
RBOB futures though look strong as traders offset long heat-short Rbob on warmer forecast weather.
Where are of those natural gas bulls now? It appears the European weather models are forecasting a warm up. Supplies should soar to a record.
The budget deal also included a two-year extension, to Dec. 31, 2013, of the $1/gal bio-diesel and renewable diesel tax credit, and a one-year extension, to Dec. 31, 2013, of the $1.01/gal cellulosic ethanol tax credit. The bio-diesel tax credit expired at the end of 2011. It is being reported that the language is a retroactive tax credit, extending the provision from the end of 2011 through the end of 2013.
Bloomberg News reported that Russia's crude oil and condensate output in 2012 climbed 1.1 percent from a year ago to a post-Soviet record as companies maximized supply to take advantage of an increase in prices. Russia, the world's biggest energy producer, pumped 10.38 million barrels a day last year, up from 10.27 million in the previous year, according to data from the Energy Ministry's CDU- TEK unit. Daily oil output was 10.485 million barrels in December, little changed compared with revised data from November and up 1.6 percent from the same period in 2011, the agency said in an e-mail today. Russia's government is reviewing the export duty structure, with plans to propose incentives for offshore and unconventional oil production by the end of the first quarter. President Vladimir Putin has set a goal of maintaining output at more than 10 million barrels a day. The country pumped above that level in September 2009 for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Oil exports declined to 5.14 million barrels a day last month, a 0.3 percent decrease from November and 1.8 percent less than in December 2011.


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Douche bag being douchie
Meet Lindsey Stone, a self-proclaimed douchebag. See that picture? She thinks it's hilarious because she's being her douche bag self. Of course, she's at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers, and she thinks that doing what she's doing is like smoking under a "No Smoking" sign.
This is just us, being the douchebags that we are, challenging authority in general
Whose authority, Lindsey? The folks enforcing the "Silence & Respect" are soldiers. The Tomb is property of the Army, more accurately, the soldiers who are interred there. Of course, the sign is just supposed to remind you of your own proper conduct, the proper conduct you were not taught by your parents, apparently. There is no authority to challenge, really, well, except your upbringing, which by the looks of things is lacking.
Of course, the reason that you think this is funny is because popular culture tells you that the more outrageous you are, the more popular you'll be. I believe your generation calls it "pushing the envelope" or something. Congratulations, Lindsey, you found the outer edge of the envelope, outside the limits of what we as a civilized society will accept.
Of course, Lindsey's friends told her that she was wrong, but she left the picture up on her Facebook thingie – right through Veterans' Day, so she wasn't chastised quite enough to make her feel any measure of shame for her behavior.
Thanks to JP for the link.
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Pending a follow up from Jonn, do not post home contact information for anyone you think may be Stone. It may not actually be her, innocent third parties may live there and just because YOU'RE mentally stable doesn't mean the next person to read her home address is too. Her workplace and work number are fine, home addresses are not.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — News Corp.'s revenue unexpectedly fell in its first quarter since being spun off as a publishing-focused company, as revenue from its Australian newspapers plunged. The results Monday were short of analysts' forecasts and the company's shares fell more than 2 percent.
Net income in the fiscal first quarter, which ended in September, was $27 million, or 5 cents per share. That compares with a loss of $92 million, or 16 cents per share, a year ago.
Adjusted to exclude costs related to a U.K. hacking probe and other items, earnings came to $17 million, or 3 cents per share, which was below the 5 cents expected by analysts polled by FactSet.
Revenue fell 3 percent to $2.07 billion, also below the $2.18 billion analysts were looking for.
"We will be candid with you about the challenges, as we have been about the headwinds buffeting our Australian newspaper business," said CEO Robert Thomson. "But we are confident that our emerging strategy will well serve our investors, employees and our customers."
Among the company's new strategies is creating an advertising sales network, instead of relying on third-party networks for digital platforms.
"Any advertiser who wants to reach our great content and premium audiences must do so directly," Thomson said.
The company's shares fell 37 cents, or 2.1percent, to $17.05 in extended trading after the results came out.
Revenue from news and information services fell 10 percent to $1.5 billion. The company attributed much of that decline to a 22 percent drop in revenue from Australian newspapers, which include The Australian and The Daily Telegraph.
Westcott Rochette, an analyst with S&P Capital IQ, said the Australian newspapers are now experiencing the pain felt in the U.S. and U.K. newspaper markets for the last several years, as declining print ad revenue is not matched by digital gains.
"Essentially it's catching up to the underlying operating trends that you've seen in the U.S. And it's been a severe kind of catch-up," he said.
For the division overall, circulation and subscription revenue fell 6 percent, while ad revenue fell 12 percent. Unfavorable currency-exchange rates exacerbated the decline, as revenue in Australian dollars translated to fewer U.S. dollars.
The company said U.S. ad revenue at its flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, was unchanged, although subscription and circulation revenue improved.
Despite flat ad revenue, usage of the Journal's mobile app was up 59 percent in the month of September. That raised concerns among some analysts that ad dollars weren't following consumer behavior.
Still, cost-cutting helped lift profits despite revenue that was weaker than expected, said Douglas Arthur, an analyst with Evercore Partners. "The overall result was better than we thought," he said.
Book publishing revenue from its HarperCollins business fell 7 percent to $328 million. An increase in e-book sales was more than offset by the divestiture of a live events business, softness in Christian titles and a decision to stop distributing books on behalf of other companies.
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WASHINGTON -- We may never know exactly what happened in Benghazi the night Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed, but it's becoming increasingly clear that our response was short of optimum.
Even today, there are far more questions than answers. Could Stevens have been saved? Was Washington doing all in its drone-loving power to intervene? And, finally, as now-retired Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fired back to congressional questioners during her recent appearance on Capitol Hill: What difference does it make?


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Cavanaugh has long been a lightning rod with the uneven development of the Jets quarterback. With Mark Sanchez's inability to break the 60% completion plane in his four seasons with the Jets, Mark Sanchez's poor mechanics, bad decision-making and mortal hesitance all factored in to the decision. No matter what happens, the Jets need some new blood at the quarterback coaching spot however they move forward based on the dismal slide since 2011. Still, it was Sanchez who lauded Cavanaugh repeatedly in 2011 as a key reason why the Jets grew in leaps and bounds in their red zone success - not the work of Schotty or "consultant" Tom Moore. More than likely, the success was attributable to former Jets WR Plaxico Burress who was a force inside the 20s, but almost nowhere else.
Either way, the Jets are right to move on from a failed experiment with Matt Cavanaugh.


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The Audacity of Evolution
Obama could blame Biden for forcing the timing of his support for gay marriage, but he really should thank him.
Joe Biden has such power over evolution he might make an amoeba get up and walk. Three days ago the vice president announced on Meet the Press that he supported same-sex couples getting married. Wednesday, President Obama announced that after a many-year evolution on the issue, he believed the same thing. The first African-American president became the first ever to announce his support for same-sex marriage.
This is a landmark civil rights moment that happened awfully fast. It was both an act of conviction and political expediency—what measure of each we may never know. What we do know is that this was the president's private position. What's less well known is the thinking behind the timing of the announcement. White House and campaign officials have been talking about it for months. According to several sources involved in the campaign, the president was going to make his announcement soon, before the convention (and maybe even very soon) if for no other reason than to avoid a fight over the party platform and to rally gay supporters. Biden stepped on his plan, making it look like the president was backing into a decision and controlled by events.
This looks like another instance of the vice president stumbling his way into the history books. But Barack Obama's untenable position is every bit as culpable for the firestorm and rushed decision. The president was for gay marriage in private but wouldn't say so in public. He told the Justice Department to inform the courts that it believed the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and should be struck down. He said he was "evolving" which made it clear that it was a matter of time before he came to the enlightened position of supporting same-sex marriage (or simply announced a long-held private view that had been constrained by politics). It has been a long evolution for the president. In his 2006 book, The Audacity of Hope, he wrote that he was "open to the possibility that my unwillingness to support gay marriage is misguided."
The administration policy on marriage equality was a jerky spasm of winks and nods. It was the domestic equivalent of the "One China Policy," the strategic ambiguity that allows the United States to support Taiwan but not support its bid for independence, which angers China. It's policy by omission, not commission. It's not a policy that makes sense entirely, but it's a nonpolicy that everyone has agreed to simply treat like it makes sense. (The agreement that Starbucks makes good coffee is the consumer product equivalent.)
The White House at first tried to pretend there was nothing new about Biden's remarks. Campaign and administration aides said that he was being totally consistent with the president's view. This wasn't exactly true, but under the agreement to keep everything in limbo it might have held. This was a good storyline to get out if the president really was planning a coming announcement. Only if Biden didn't appear to be getting out ahead of the president could the president take the leading position.
The problem, say Democrats, is that the Biden comments poked an existing bruise among the president's supporters in the gay community. The rush to bowdlerize what Biden had said turned a glancing tap of the bruise into a grinding fist.
A source who raises money for Democrats says that Obama has mostly maxed out with donations from the gay political community, but that his Super PAC and other nonaffiliated support groups still need massive high-dollar donations. A lot of potential donors are influential members of the gay community who follow the same-sex marriage issue closely and who were likely to be most offended by the president holding on to his same, "evolving" stance. How could an Obama bundler—one of those financial backers who raises huge sums from their circle of friends—who had been convincing those same friends that the president was with them, continue to make calls with this fresh slap in the face? Says the Democratic fundraiser: "Once this became a litmus test if you're a gay bundler, after 100 hours saying 'the president is going to do the right thing' now you're calling saying 'sorry this happened, but I can't raise another dollar unless you do the right thing.' "
As a matter of narrative continuity, it was probably also a wise political move for the president to take a stand. The Obama campaign has consistently claimed that his opponent lacks a moral core; he shades and capers and doesn't tell you what he believes in his heart. This was all true of the president's position on gay marriage. It's good for him to be free of that wrinkle, though narrative continuity (running a campaign that makes sense) probably has a limited affect on voters and their final choices.
What was less clear was whether the president was exercising logical continuity. Based on the limited transcripts of the interview, the president said he supported same-sex marriage but didn't think it was a right. He said the states could continue to handle the issue as they saw fit. Forty-four states right now do not allow it. Under this same line of thinking, in 1967 he would have supported the right for interracial couples to marry but would have thought Virginia had a right not to allow it.
Shortly after Obama's comments, Mitt Romney reasserted his opposition to same-sex marriage and took the opportunity to point out that he had never wavered in that stance. Republican organizer Ralph Reed said the president's "flip-flop" on gay marriage would doom him. It's certain the president just helped Mitt Romney consolidate his base. How it will play in the wider electorate is less clear. The latest Pew Research Center survey found that Americans back same-sex marriage 47 to 43. The decision will turn off working-class voters but perhaps energize younger voters and college-educated suburban voters.
The political machinations of the moment were fascinating—what will this mean to Hispanics in North Carolina?—but this election is not going to turn on same-sex marriage. Romney wants to keep focused on the economy. The president wants to divert from certain conversations about the economy but not to this issue.
A lot of people have been comparing this election to the 2004 race. Today, they get another data point. During that election, President Bush called for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. According to White House sources at the time, it was an effort to stir the conservative GOP base in what the president and his team knew would be a close election. Obama's support for gay marriage may not have been aimed at getting the base excited as much as keeping some of its influential members from being angry. That anger would have been far more muted had it not been for Joe Biden. The president could blame his No. 2, but since Biden led to the culmination of Obama's evolutionary journey and put him on the right side of history, perhaps the president should thank him.


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Today I'm really excited to introduce you to a new online sewing community, and a new sponsor of my blog, Threadbias. Threadbias was started by two quilter-sewists, Amanda and Rebecca, and a web developer, Alex. Joining the site is free and each member (called a "Threader") can upload projects, add different projects to their favorites, check out discussion forums and user created groups. You also have the option to become a Professional member and list digital patterns for sale in your own customized shop. Basically, it's a great new place for you to hang out with people like you that have a love of fabric and sewing!
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text: Well, happy Monday! Just when things were starting to slow down after ISC West, here comes ADT to announce a $187 million acquisition of FirstService's security business (better known as SST in the States and Intercon in Canada). Here's the FirstService announcement, too. It's a "divesture," doncha know. There's a webcast later today where I can ask questions, but on the face of it, it looks like ADT got a pretty good deal. The FirstService businesses apparently reported $200 million in revenue last year, so the $187 million number looks to be under 1x. FirstService has lately been buying in the property management space, so maybe they weren't seeing an upside in security over the long haul or just thought this was a good time to get out. Plus, you'll notice they don't even mention security in their report of 3Q numbers recently (probably because it looks to be only about 10 percent of its business and all the other segments were way up, revenue wise). Here's the spin from FirstService, which seems about right: "The sale of our integrated security services division is a key strategic move by FirstService to intensify our focus as a global provider of diversified real estate services," said Jay Hennick, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FirstService. "While the future prospects of our security division are excellent, particularly its strong internal growth potential, we concluded that accelerating the growth of our three real estate services platforms through a combination of internal growth and acquisitions would create greater long-term value for the shareholders of FirstService. We are very pleased to have found the right buyer for this highly sought after asset, and are confident that industry leading ADT will take this business to the next level." Also, the FirstService stock is down 33 percent over the past six months, so maybe that had something to do with wanting to shake things up a bit. More later.


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DAYTON, Ohio — The place roared when Aaron Craft delivered. The hometown kid. The hometown team.
Ohio State's stupendous junior point guard swished the NCAA Tournament's most memorable shot thus far — a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.5 seconds left yesterday that lifted the second-seeded Buckeyes to an electric 78-75 triumph over No. 10 seed Iowa State.
Craft, who hails from Findlay, Ohio, splashed the jumper before a pro-Buckeye crowd at University of Dayton Arena.
"He's blessed," teammate Deshaun Thomas said. "He's a blessed guy."
Craft's shot launched Ohio State into the Sweet 16 for the fourth straight year. Ohio State nearly collapsed against the impressive Cyclones, flushing a 13-point second-half lead and finding itself trailing by a point with 2:22 remaining.
Craft also endured a brutal stretch, missing three of five free throws (including the front end of two one-and-ones) and committing a turnover in the final five minutes.
But he also converted a big driving layup, took a critical charge and ultimately drilled the game-winning 3. Safe to say the local kid made pretty good.
"Aaron Craft is Justin Bieber in Ohio," Buckeyes forward Evan Ravenel said.
Ohio State became the only one of the top five seeds in the West Region to move into the Sweet 16: Gonzaga (1), New Mexico (3), Kansas State (4) and Wisconsin (5) are all history.
Winners of 10 straight, the Buckeyes next face No. 6 seed Arizona, with the victor a strong favorite to reach the Final Four.
With the game tied at 75, a Thomas deflection led to an Ohio State steal with 58 seconds left. Craft missed a jumper, but Iowa State couldn't control the rebound and the Buckeyes kept possession with 29.9 seconds remaining, set to hold for the final shot.
During a timeout, Ohio State coach Thad Matta drew up a play for Thomas, the team's top scorer. Craft took the inbounds pass and dribbled on the perimeter. Initially, Iowa State guard Bubu Palo was on Craft, but a switch moved forward Georges Niang onto him. Craft said his read of the defense led to a new plan.
"If they wouldn't have switched, probably would have been a different play," he said.
Craft held up his right arm in a lingering follow-through. It ended up as the Switch — then the Swish — Heard Round the World.
"I was in a good situation. If I miss, we still go to overtime," said Craft, who finished with 18 points and six assists. "It's not as big of a pressure situation. Obviously, it's up there."
Craft, known primarily as a phenomenal defensive player, joked that growing up he dreamed more about "3 … 2 … 1 [seconds left] … taking a charge" as opposed to hitting a game-winner.
Well, Craft also took a crucial charge late in the game. Iowa State led 75-74 with 1:41 left when Will Clyburn converted a driving layup. But the referees ruled Clyburn charged into Craft, whose foot was extremely close to the restricted area line.
The pivotal call prevented Iowa State from going up by as many as four points.
"I spoke with the official, and he determined the defender established legal guarding position outside the restricted area prior to the offensive player leaving the floor to start his shot," John Adams, the NCAA National Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officiating, told a pool reporter. "When asked, the official said he did not see the defender's foot over the restricted area line. By rule, this is not a reviewable play."


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The haunted holiday – the way it used to be
Halloween is different than it was when I was a kid. It's easy to tell why. Everything looks normal the morning after. The trees are not decorated with toilet paper, nothing smells like rotten eggs and little kids have shopping bags full of healthy, store-bought candy. Yuck!
When I was growing up, trick or treating was a serious matter. Halloween took weeks of planning, gathering intelligence and developing strategies. Parents were not involved in the festivities. They were at home protecting their house, as they should be.
I had a nameless gang of young ruffians that hung together in the best interests of surviving childhood. We quickly learned that there is strength in numbers. In my neighborhood, we were involved in an all-out war against the big kids. They lived to make us miserable.
They may have been big, but we were smart, and most of the time, we managed to foil their nefarious plots to take our candy, steal our money or see that we were blamed for their stupid pranks.
Halloween was the perfect time for the big kids to do their worst. So we pooled resources at secret meetings and prepared to do battle. We looked forward to the big day with feelings of eagerness and trepidation.
We were eager to get bags full of candy, but we feared that the big kids would steal them. However, one particular Halloween comes to mind that brings fond memories of defeating the big kids at their evil games.
A man named Elvin Tanner lived in a broken-down farmhouse he inherited from his parents. He was an out-of-work mechanic who had issues with alcohol, and he hated kids.
When developers came into the area to build our subdivision, Tanner sold them 100 acres of pasture surrounding his house at an enormous profit. However, he wouldn't sell the house or move.
Consequently, right smack in the middle of our neighborhood, was Tanner's house on an un-kept half-acre plot. Even with the profits from the land sale, he was too cheap to part with enough money to install indoor plumbing. Tanner had the only outhouse in town. This was the object of the big kids' Halloween prank.
The big kids were mad at Tanner because he took their baseballs whenever they landed in his yard. He would laugh and tell them to play somewhere else.
Anyway, the big kids decided that on Halloween night, they were going to get together and move Tanner's outhouse back a couple of feet so the entrance was just over the edge of the waste hole.
My little gang was great at gathering intelligence. We knew the big kids' younger siblings. They were good at eavesdropping when the big kids made plans. A cookie, piece of candy or bubble gum bought a lot of information from boys and girls who were not too happy with the way their older brothers treated them.
Through the little kids' neighborhood network, we heard about the "Tanner Halloween outhouse caper."
We knew the big kids were going to wait until late on Halloween night to move the outhouse. We decided to get there ahead of them and do it first. At least one of them might slip on the edge of the hole if things went as planned.
We donned our costumes, which in those days were nylon stockings stretched over our heads, or old sheets with holes for our eyes to make us look like ghosts. We weakly resembled a gang of short bank robbers doing a stickup.
At nightfall, we sneaked into Tanner's yard. Eight of us pushed and shoved with all our strength and managed to move the outhouse.
We then went trick or treating. We gathered two hours later across the street from Tanner's house when the big kids planned to show up. Sure enough, they arrived, and two of them slipped at the entrance while trying to move the outhouse in the pitch-black darkness. They almost fell into the partially exposed hole.
When they slipped, they let out distinctive yelps. That brought Tanner running out to see what was going on. He caught them redhanded.
The big kids left their candy bags in the field next to Tanner's property so they could move the outhouse unimpeded. While they were explaining their activities to the police, we took their candy.
Sometimes life was good growing up in a system we can't understand.


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The Nun (2018)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
Director: Corin Hardy | Stars: Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Bonnie Aarons
Votes: 30,271 | Gross: $86.42M
The Predator (2018)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key
Votes: 17,589 | Gross: $26.53M
A Simple Favor (2018)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman seeks to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of her best friend.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells
Votes: 4,683 | Gross: $17.29M
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
PG-13 | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan
Votes: 23,842 | Gross: $150.26M
The Meg (2018)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 39,523 | Gross: $137.38M
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg
Votes: 127,631 | Gross: $216.29M
Ocean's Eight (2018)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's yearly Met Gala.
Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling
Votes: 79,447 | Gross: $139.36M
Searching (III) (2018)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her.
Director: Aneesh Chaganty | Stars: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La
Votes: 13,597 | Gross: $19.86M
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
R | 135 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white surrogate, who eventually becomes head of the local branch.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace
Votes: 28,838 | Gross: $46.05M
Alpha (2018)
PG-13 | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In the prehistoric past, a young man struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe during a buffalo hunt. He finds a similarly lost wolf companion and starts a friendship that would change humanity.
Director: Albert Hughes | Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Marcin Kowalczyk, Jens Hultén
Votes: 8,206 | Gross: $34.51M
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins
Votes: 95,266 | Gross: $215.44M
Incredibles 2 (2018)
PG | 118 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) is left to care for the kids while Helen (Elastigirl) is out saving the world.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner
Votes: 98,130 | Gross: $605.66M
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Orson Bean
Votes: 25,403 | Gross: $102.00M
Christopher Robin (2018)
PG | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss
Votes: 17,600 | Gross: $95.31M
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Five years after the events of Mamma Mia! (2008), Sophie prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna as she learns more about her mother's past.
Director: Ol Parker | Stars: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Cher
Votes: 31,202 | Gross: $119.77M
The Children Act (2017)
R | 105 min | Drama
As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ben Chaplin, Fionn Whitehead
Votes: 1,842 | Gross: $0.02M
SuperFly (2018)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
With retirement on his mind, a successful young drug dealer sets up one last big job, while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and the police.
Director: Director X. | Stars: Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Kenneth Williams
Votes: 2,461 | Gross: $20.55M
Book Club (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.
Director: Bill Holderman | Stars: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 10,595 | Gross: $68.57M
American Animals (2018)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
Director: Bart Layton | Stars: Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk, Chas Allen
Votes: 14,135 | Gross: $2.86M
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
PG | 97 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Count Dracula and company participate in a cruise for sea-loving monsters, unaware that their boat is being commandeered by the monster-hating Van Helsing family.
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky | Stars: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James
Votes: 13,728 | Gross: $165.32M
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Audrey and Morgan are best friends who unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of the women discovers the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy.
Director: Susanna Fogel | Stars: Justin Theroux, Blanka Györfi-Tóth, Vilma Szécsi, Mila Kunis
Votes: 12,070 | Gross: $33.46M
King of Thieves (2018)
108 min | Crime, Drama
A true crime film about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on infamous true events.
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Michael Caine, Charlie Cox, Michael Gambon, Ray Winstone
Votes: 506
Manmarziyaan (2018)
156 min | Romance
The film is a love story set in Punjab where Abhishek Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, and Vicky Kaushal will be seen in prominent roles.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Tapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, Abhishek Bachchan, Abdul Quadir Amin
Votes: 1,243 | Gross: $0.29M
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.
Director: Desiree Akhavan | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Steven Hauck, Quinn Shephard, Kerry Butler
Votes: 2,299 | Gross: $0.88M
Cold War (2018)
88 min | Drama, Romance
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched, set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
Votes: 2,052
The Seagull (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama
In the early 20th century, an aging actress and her lover visit the estate of her elderly brother.
Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Corey Stoll
Votes: 576 | Gross: $1.25M
Lucky (2017)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
The spiritual journey of a ninety-year-old atheist.
Director: John Carroll Lynch | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston, Ed Begley Jr.
Votes: 10,714 | Gross: $0.96M
The Rider (2017)
R | 104 min | Drama, Western
After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.
Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau
Votes: 4,083 | Gross: $2.39M
Yardie (2018)
101 min | Crime
Set in '70s Kingston and '80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen), who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood,... See full summary »
Director: Idris Elba | Stars: Antwayne Eccleston, Fraser James, Aml Ameen, Rayon McLean
Votes: 756
The Festival (2018)
98 min | Comedy
After Nick's girlfriend dumps him, his best mate Shane has the perfect antidote to his break-up blues: three days at an epic music festival.
Director: Iain Morris | Stars: Joe Thomas, Hannah Tointon, Hammed Animashaun, Hugh Coles
Votes: 1,156
The 400 Blows (1959)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Votes: 87,820
Patrick (I) (2018)
94 min | Family
Sarah is a young woman whose life is in a bit of a mess. The last thing she needs is someone else to look after. Yet, like it or not, her Grandmother has bequeathed her a very spoiled pug - Patrick. Surely she must have had her reasons?.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Ed Skrein, Jennifer Saunders, Emilia Jones, Gemma Jones
Votes: 284
Under the Wire (2018)
R | 95 min | Documentary
On 13 February 2012, two journalists entered war-ravaged Syria. One of them was celebrated Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin. The other was photographer, Paul Conroy. Their aim ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Martin | Stars: Ziad Abaza, Janine Birkett, Julian Lewis Jones, Karine Myriam Lapouble
Votes: 7
Imagine (1972 TV Movie)
83 min | Documentary, Music
A surreal, half-fiction, half real life footage of a day in the life of John lennon and Yoko Ono, composed to music from John's historic 'Imagine' album and Yoko's 'Fly'.
Directors: John Lennon, Yoko Ono | Stars: Fred Astaire, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Dick Cavett
Votes: 472
Island (2011)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
Based on 'Jane Rogers' acclaimed novel, "Island" is a tale of yearning and retribution. Abandoned at birth, Nikki Black has spent most of her life in care sustained only by fairy-stories. ... See full summary »
Directors: Elizabeth Mitchell, Brek Taylor | Stars: Natalie Press, Colin Morgan, Janet McTeer, Tanya Franks
Votes: 404


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I just arrived to Lucas Oil Stadium, site of the NFL Scouting Combines. The event will go until next Tuesday, but a case could be made that today is one of the most significant days for Ravens' officials.
That's because offensive linemen are scheduled to interview with potentially interested teams, undergo psychological and physical testing and then meet with the media. They'll participate in workouts and drills on Saturday, and Ravens offensive line coach Andy Moeller will be one of the coaches to lead the workouts.
Also, today marks the first day teams can start conducting interviews with wide receivers. By now, everybody knows that General Manager Ozzie Newsome, who heads a large Ravens' contingent here that includes executives, coaches, scouts, doctors, trainers and other support staff, has listed the offensive line and wide receiver positions as two of the team's biggest priorities.
The draft is still more than two months away, but almost every mock draft that you see has the Ravens taking an offensive lineman with the 29th overall pick on April 26. So it will be interesting this week to get a look at and hear from a lot of these guys that will be connected to the Ravens, guys like Stanford's Jonathan Martin and David DeCastro, Wisconsin's Peter Konz and Kevin Zeitler, Ohio State's Mike Adams and Georgia's Cordy Glenn.
Newsome will speak to reporters tomorrow afternoon, and I'm assuming that he'll be asked far more questions about the status of quarterback Joe Flacco, running back Ray Rice and guard Ben Grubbs than he will about the draft class.
Ravens officials are expected to meet with the agents of Rice and Flacco about long-term contract extensions this week. It's important that they do so, but I wouldn't expect any huge developments in either situation. Those deals are expected to take days, weeks or even months to negotiate, not a few hours.


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TUSCALOOSA | Holy Spirit Catholic High School freshman Galen Lee is headed to Hollywood.
For the past three months, the 15-year-old's invention — a solar-powered refrigerated cooler — has swept the competition at three local and regional science fairs.
TUSCALOOSA | Holy Spirit Catholic High School freshman Galen Lee is headed to Hollywood.
For the past three months, the 15-year-old's invention — a solar-powered refrigerated cooler — has swept the competition at three local and regional science fairs.
He's now been chosen to represent Alabama as a finalist in the national Iron Man 3 Inventor and Innovator Fair in Hollywood, Calif., on April 29-May 4; the I-SWEEP international science fair in Houston on May 8-12; and the International Science & Engineering Fair in Phoenix on May 12-17.
"I'm really excited," Galen said. "I think I was able to do this because of the school I go to. They grow you up to be kind of smart. Most of all, I thank the Lord for all the opportunities he's given me."
Galen said the idea for his invention originated after the April 27, 2011, tornado in Tuscaloosa.
"We were out of power for at least two weeks at my home," Galen said. "We had to plug up our refrigerator to a generator, but the generator would run out of gas. It wasn't 100 percent reliable. So I thought, 'What if I could build something that cools by itself without electricity and was powered off of something readily available?' "
The readily available power source Galen chose was the night sky. He devised a cooler that, if placed outside every night, can maintain its low temperature indefinitely. It took him about a month to create his invention.
Galen said he'd like his cooler to be used to keep medicine cool in locations that don't have electricity, such as cities that have been struck by a natural disaster and Third World countries.
Galen said he's confident that his invention will be competitive in the national and international competitions, but he's nervous.
"I think there's a really big chance that I could win the competition in Hollywood, because I'm competing against 12 people and my project has good practical application for the real world," he said. "But the international competitions will have a lot more competition — about 1,500 competitors — and kids with more experience than me. So I think they'll be a lot more challenging."
Deborah Sananiego, a middle school science teacher at Holy Spirit who has acted as Galen's science fair coach, said she's very proud of him.
"It's unbelievable," Sananiego said. "The joy in his eyes is just unbelievable. And to see him grow from a seventh-grader and watch his projects develop and grow as a researcher himself is just amazing."
Sananiego said if Galen wins the Iron Man 3 competition he'll get an iPad 4, will be invited to attend the premiere of the movie Iron Man 3 and will have his project on display at the Iron Man 3 premiere at the El Capitan Theatre on May 3.
She said if he wins the international fairs, he could be awarded up to $50,000, offered a full four-year scholarship to various military and collegiate institutions and possibly be made offers from international businesses that want to buy his invention.