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Price of Glory #27 – Off-White Tokens Revisited
Angel of Jubilation is one of the cards in Avacyn Restored that really caught my eye. Not only is it powerful on its own, it also shuts down many powerful cards that are seeing play in Standard right now. Angel of Jubilation fits perfectly in a token strategy, so I decided to try it out in a retooled version of the Off-White Tokens deck I wrote about several months ago. Here's the new version:
"Off-White Tokens Revisited"
The Threats
Angel of Jubilation pumps up every creature in the deck, often giving you upwards of 4 extra power immediately, not including its own 3/3 body. In addition, it stops Birthing Pod in its tracks and prevents off-color decks from using Phyrexian Metamorph and Dismember. Being able to advance your own game plan and hinder your opponent's with a single spell is always powerful, and the fact that this card does both so well makes it a force to be reckoned with.Doomed Traveler has crushed everyone's expectations during its time in Standard. It has gone from a decent Limited card to a fringe playable to a staple of white aggro decks. Its resiliency in the face of sweepers, removal, and larger creatures makes it a valuable tool to keep the pressure on despite your opponent's attempts to stabilize.
Gather the Townsfolk is a great 2-drop that will get your plan rolling early. This card helps enable some of the most aggressive draws you can have with this deck, often tacking on an extra 4 to 6 damage to your attack. The fateful hour ability is a nice bonus, and although it will rarely matter, it can steal a game every once in a while.
Lingering Souls has proven to be extremely powerful and versatile. You can usually count on putting at least 8 to 12 power on the board with this one card, rivaling even Wolfir Silverheart's damage potential. This is the card that makes this kind of deck possible.
Midnight Haunting is no Lingering Souls, but the fact that it's an instant helps you play around counterspells and sweepers with ease. It can also surprise opponents in combat, often taking out an Insectile Aberration or a Huntmaster of the Fells.
Shrine of Loyal Legions is a card that simply demands an answer. When every spell in the deck adds another counter to the Shrine, it can quickly get out of control. Making upwards of ten tokens is fairly common, and most opponents will be hard-pressed to deal with such a force. Although Honor of the Pure won't pump the Myr, both Intangible Virtue and Angel of Jubilation will, ensuring that your army is ready to crush the opponent immediately. Since you can make the tokens at instant speed, not even a Day of Judgment can stop them from swinging in for a ton of damage.
The Support
Honor of the Pure and Intangible Virtue work together with Angel of Jubilation to ensure that your tiny tokens will be able to take down your opponent in short order. They also enable you to trade profitably with creatures like Insectile Aberration and Huntmaster of the Fells. A single Intangible Virtue will almost shut down Geist of Saint Traft completely, allowing you to swing over in the air and still have blockers to make attacking a losing proposition.White seems to be creeping into all my Standard decks lately, and wherever it goes, Oblivion Ring is there. The ability to deal with almost any threat your opponent presents for a mere 3 mana is just too good to pass up.
Cathars' Crusade is an interesting experiment I wanted to try out here. It seems that it has the potential to easily steal games that go long, and it will make winning in combat almost impossible for most aggro decks. Even against control, it will make even a single Gather the Townsfolk potentially lethal once the control player has stopped your initial assault. I'm not completely certain this card is good enough to be in the maindeck, but I'd definitely recommend giving it a shot.
The Sideboard
The second Cathars' Crusade and Increasing Devotion do great work in matchups in which you want to go over the top, especially when combined. Putting 30 power on the board is a great way to end games quickly.Timely Reinforcements and Righteous Blow help reduce the threat of decks that are faster than this one, giving you time to take over the game with pumped-up tokens. Most aggro decks won't be able to deal with the card advantage you can get from trading a single token for one of the opposing creatures.
Celestial Purge is a powerful tool against Zombie decks, making Geralf's Messenger look rather pitiful and murdering Phyrexian Obliterator with ease. It's also very effective against red decks, against which that extra mana can mean a lot.
Revoke Existence permanently gets rid of the ever-present Sword of War and Peace, and it also hits Runechanter's Pike, turning Invisible Stalker from a dangerous threat into an almost useless 1/1.
Naya Pod – Game 1
I lost the roll and took a mulligan, keeping a hand of Swamp, Plains, Gather the Townsfolk, Midnight Haunting, Oblivion Ring, and Angel of Jubilation. My opponent started off with Rootbound Crag, and I drew a Plains and played it before passing the turn.
My opponent played a Forest, cast Strangleroot Geist, and swung for 2. He passed the turn.
I drew Evolving Wilds, played my other Plains, and cast Gather the Townsfolk. My opponent swung with the Geist again, and I blocked with a token. He then cast Blade Splicer and passed the turn.I drew Intangible Virtue and cast it. I then played Evolving Wilds, sacrificed it for a Plains, and passed the turn. My opponent attacked with Strangleroot Geist, which I blocked with my 2/2 Human, and the 3/3 Golem token. I dropped to 15, and he passed the turn.
I drew a Plains, played it, and ended my turn. My opponent cast Restoration Angel during my end step, blinking the Blade Splicer for another Golem token. On his turn, he cast Oblivion Ring on my Intangible Virtue, then swung with Restoration Angel and the two Golems. I dropped to 6, then cast Midnight Haunting when he passed the turn.
I drew Lingering Souls, cast it, then played my Swamp and flashed back the Lingering Souls. My opponent cast Strangleroot Geist and swung with everything except Blade Splicer. I blocked the Angel with four tokens, each Golem with one, and dropped to 4 from the Geist. My opponent then cast Huntmaster of the Fells and passed the turn.
I drew another land and conceded.
−1 Cathars' Crusade
−2 Oblivion Ring
−1 Shrine of Loyal Legions
+4 Timely Reinforcements
Naya Pod – Game 2
My opponent took a mulligan this time, and I kept a hand of three Plains, two Timely Reinforcements, Lingering Souls, and Honor of the Pure. I opened with a Plains, and my opponent started off with Rootbound Crag.
I drew another Honor of the Pure, played my Plains, cast it, and passed the turn. My opponent played a Forest, cast Strangleroot Geist, and swung for 2. He ended his turn.I drew a Plains, played it, and cast Timely Reinforcements, going up to 24 and making a trio of 2/2 Soldiers. I passed the turn. My opponent swung with Strangleroot Geist, and I traded one of my tokens for it. He played a land, cast Blade Splicer, and passed the turn.
I drew a Swamp, played it, and cast Honor of the Pure. I ended my turn. My opponent attacked with Strangleroot Geist and the Golem token, and I took the damage. He played a Copperline Gorge and cast Avacyn's Pilgrim before passing the turn.
I drew another Plains, played it, and cast Timely Reinforcements again. Three more 3/3 Soldier entered the battlefield, and I went right back up to 24. I then attacked with the two Soldiers I already had, dropping my opponent to 14. I passed the turn. My opponent cast Huntmaster of the Fells and passed back.
I drew Evolving Wilds and swung with my five Soldiers. One died to a Golem token, another traded with Strangleroot Geist, and a third traded with Avacyn's Pilgrim and the Wolf token. The other two made it through, dropping my opponent to 8. I cast Lingering Souls and flashed it back, and my opponent drew his card and conceded.
Naya Pod – Game 3
I kept a hand of Evolving Wilds, Swamp, Gather the Townsfolk, Timely Reinforcements, Intangible Virtue, and two Honor of the Pure. My opponent started off with a Forest and a Birds of Paradise, and I drew Evolving Wilds, playing it and sacrificing it for a Plains.My opponent played Rootbound Crag, then cast Strangleroot Geist and swung for 2. He passed the turn. I drew a Plains, played it, and cast Gather the Townsfolk. I ended my turn.
Strangleroot Geist attacked again, and I blocked with a token. My opponent played a land and passed the turn. I drew Gather the Townsfolk, played a Swamp, and cast Timely Reinforcements. I passed the turn.
My opponent cast Bonfire of the Damned for 1, killing all my tokens, and swung for 3 with the Geist. He passed the turn. I drew Shrine of Loyal Legions, cast it, then played my Evolving Wilds and sacrificed it for a Plains. I passed the turn.
My opponent dropped me to 20 with Strangleroot Geist. He then cast Gideon Jura, used the +2 ability, and passed the turn. I put a counter on the Shrine and drew a Plains. I then cast Honor of the Pure and Gather the Townsfolk. Shrine of Loyal Legions went up to 3 counters, and I passed the turn.
My opponent turned Gideon Jura into a creature, then attacked with both. I blocked each of them with a token, and my opponent cast Ray of Revelation before damage. He then passed the turn. I put another counter on my Shrine and drew Oblivion Ring. I cast it on Gideon Jura, then cast Honor of the Pure. The Shrine got 2 more counters, and my opponent destroyed my Oblivion Ring with Ray of Revelation when I passed the turn.Gideon became a creature again, and both attacked. I dropped to 11, and he cast Avacyn's Pilgrim before passing the turn. I put another counter on the Shrine and drew a Plains. I played it, cast Intangible Virtue, and passed the turn with the Shrine now at 8 counters.
My opponent used Gideon's +2 and ended his turn. I cracked the Shrine at the end of his turn, making an army of Myr tokens. I drew Timely Reinforcements (maybe not so timely) and swung at Gideon with eight 2/2 Myr tokens with vigilance. My opponent cast Restoration Angel, blinking Strangleroot Geist to remove the counter, and blocked a token with each. Gideon, Strangleroot Geist, and two of my tokens died, and I passed the turn.
My opponent swung with Restoration Angel, then cast Blade Splicer and passed the turn. I drew Lingering Souls and swung with my army of Myr. One traded with Strangleroot Geist, another with Avacyn's Pilgrim and Blade Splicer, and another died at the hands of a Golem token. My opponent dropped to 14 from the remaining tokens. I cast Lingering Souls and flashed it back, making four 3/3 Spirits, and I passed the turn.My opponent drew his card and conceded.
Neither Angel of Jubilation nor Birthing Pod was ever cast that match, but the interaction between them does give this deck a powerful advantage when they are. Even without that advantage, this deck is very hard to stop, especially after sideboarding in Timely Reinforcements.
That card is simply crushing against aggro decks, especially when the tokens are 2/2 or larger. Shrine of Loyal Legions certainly proved its worth in the third game, allowing a comeback win that wouldn't have been possible otherwise. If your opponent doesn't have a way to deal with this card, it will very often win the game almost single-handedly. If you're having trouble against Birthing Pod decks, or if you simply want to attack with giant armies of creatures, I encourage you to give this deck a try.
As always, if you have any questions or comments, you can find me on the forums under Twinblaze, on Twitter under @Twinblaze2, or simply leave a comment below.


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By Rayme Samuels
Bringing the soulful sounds of Africa to our shores is Tinariwen. The nomadic Malian group will perform during the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival on Saturday, April 25 at the North Beach Bandshell.
What do you want the people of Miami to know about African music, specifically music from Mali and the Sahara?
Well first of all, we'd like them to know that African music exists. Because there are a lot of people out there who don't know that. And we also want them to know that it's through music that many people can come to understand Africa, and realize that it isn't just a continent of misery and catastrophe, but one that has a lot to offer the rest of the world. And through our people we'd like people to feel the wonder of our desert home . . . one of the most peaceful and beautiful places on earth.
You've played for presidents, prime ministers and ambassadors all over- how important is it for you to tour and share your music around the world?
Tinariwen was created to transmit a message. At that time, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the founding members of the group like Ibrahim, Inteyeden, Hassan and Diarra were talking mainly to their own brothers and sisters in the desert. They wanted to raise awareness about the plight of the Touareg people, the political oppression, the lack of water and education, the pain and misery of exile, the homesickness. It's a message about the desert, about its beauty but also about its problems. So it's very important for us to share our music as far and wide as we can. If we just sat at home, no one would be the wiser.
Who are you influenced by musically?
Everybody in the group has their own tastes and influences. But there's one element that's common to everyone . . . and that's our own traditional Touareg music. It's the strongest ingredient in our music. On top of that are all the other north African and African influences: Algerian rai music, Moroccan groups like Nass El Ghiwane and Lemchaheb, Mauretanian music especially Dimi Mint Abba, Egyptian singers and then of course the late great Ali Farka Toure . . . who was a big influence on every musician in West Africa. From the west, there are those in the band who love Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Led Zeppelin and Dire Straits.
How would you describe your sound?
Our sound is traditional music interpreted in a modern way, on guitars. We call it 'assouf'- the music of nostalgia, of homesickness, of the pain inside. It's our blues music. But people often think we were influenced by the American blues. This isn't the case. We'd never heard any American blues before we travelled to Europe for the first time in 1999 - unless you count Jimi Hendrix.
What are your lyrics about?
Our message is all about the desert, our home. We sing about our love for the desert, for its people, its culture, its peace, its natural wonders. But we also sing about its problems: the tribalism and infighting, the lack of education, the oppression of outsiders, the pain of living in exile, far from home and family, the loneliness of its huge spaces.
What do you look forward to most at the Heineken TransAtlantic Music Festival in Miami?
I don't think we've played in Miami before, so it'll be great to visit such a famous city.
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Nationality | American |
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Residence | Reno, Nevada |
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
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Sport | Running |
Event(s) | 100 meters, 200 meters |
College team | San Jose State University |
Club | Santa Clara Valley Youth Village |
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Gold | 1959 Chicago | 100 metres |
Gold | 1959 Chicago | 200 metres |
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Position: | Halfback |
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Otis Ray Norton (born September 22, 1937 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former American sprinter who competed in the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Track Career[edit]
After graduating high school in 1955, Norton initially went to Oakland City College staying for just one year.[1] He left in 1956 for San Jose State College, where he was coached by Lloyd (Bud) Winter. He first achieved national fame by equalling the world record of 9.3 for 100 y as a college junior, in San Jose on 12 April 1958.[2][3] The next year, 1959, was an outstanding one. He won three gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games and he tied Leamon King's record at the 100 m at 10.1 s in San Jose on 18 April.[4] His achievements in 1959 were recognised by being voted Track and Field News's United States Men's Athlete of the Year - the inaugural award of this honour.[5]
In 1960, Norton carried on his impressive form of the previous year by tying four world records: he equalled the 220 y record of 20.6 s in Berkeley on 19 March; equalled again the 100 y record of 9.3 s in San Jose on 2 April; equalled the 200 m record of 20.6 s in Philadelphia on 30 April; and equalled the newly set record for the 200 m of 20.5 s in Stanford on 2 July.[2] He qualified for the 100 and 200 at the 1960 Olympics by coming first in both events at the United States Olympic Trials, equalling the world record in the process in the 200 m. However, his form at the Olympics itself deserted him, most probably because of nerves, and he finished a disappointing last in both the 100 and 200 m finals. Norton's failure on Thursday 1st September in the 100 m was one of such disasters that befell American favorites that day and the day was to become known as 'Black Thursday'. He tried to make amends for his failures in the individual events in the 4x100 m relay. The team of Frank Budd, Norton, Stone Johnson and Dave Sime finished first but were disqualified because Norton had started his run too early and his exchange from Budd happened outside the exchange zone.[6] Norton came to the attention of the world's press at the Olympics for more than his athletic tribulations when he was seen courting his fellow American sprint star and public favourite Wilma Rudolph.[7]
Early in 1960, Norton flunked out of college and the social work degree he was working on. Norton continued to train at the San Clara Valley Youth Village.[8] Norton retired from athletics that season and was drafted as an American football player at the end of that year.
NFL Career[edit]
Norton played halfback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League during the 1960 and 1961 seasons.
Later Life[edit]
In 1966, Norton sought the nomination to sit as a Republican for the California Assembly 17th District (Oakland and Berkeley). At the time he was working as a partner in a service agency for attorneys.[9]
Ray currently resides in Reno, Nevada.
Norton was ranked among the best in the USA and the world in both the 100 and 200 m sprint events between 1958 and 1960, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News.[10][11][12][13]
USA Championships[edit]
Norton was a formidable performer at the USA national championships.[14]
Year | 100m | 200m |
1958 | 6th | 5th |
1959 | 1st | 1st |
1960 | 1st | 1st |
- ^ http://jaguar.sjcc.edu/webdesign/Fall2011/FinalSites/HillSJCCFinal/html/NortonAndPoynter.html "The Speed City Era at San José State College(1940 to 1969): Norton and Poynter", San José City College. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ a b Progression of IAAF World Records 2011 Edition, Editor Imre Matrahazi, IAAF Athletics, p 506.
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=abcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=San+Jose+State+ray+norton&source=bl&ots=NHepBwMyc9&sig=EEqbx1TDYwbVD_nzR6TWLehykaA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D4QmUYDiDqGc0QWbqoHoAw&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=San%20Jose%20State%20ray%20norton&f=false "San Jose College Star Ties World 100-Yard Dash Mark", Jet 1 May 1958.
- ^ Mt. SAC Relays Athletes Hall of Fame Profile
- ^ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/archive/mUSAOY.pdf Track and Field News's U.S. Men's Athletes of the Year.
- ^ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf The History of the United States Olympic Trials - Track & Field, R Hymans, USA Track & Field, 2008
- ^ Rome 1960 - Olympics That Changed The World, David Maraniss, Simon & Schuster, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-3407-5
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19600317&id=FhhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0eIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3969,3252517 "ray Norton Flunks Out", Eugene Register-Guard, March 17 1960.
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e7kDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=San+Jose+State+ray+norton&source=bl&ots=fzRBeVKP7z&sig=fSwyeXgKfkpiJ4mWcH2N0TRqGI8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0IImUfzbJs-M0wWg2IHYCQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=San%20Jose%20State%20ray%20norton&f=false "Track Star Ray Norton Runs For Calif. Assembly", Jet, 10 February 1966.
- ^ "World Rankings Index--Men's 100 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.
- ^ "U.S. Rankings Index--Men's 100 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.
- ^ "World Rankings Index--Men's 200 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.
- ^ "U.S. Rankings Index--Men's 200 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.
- ^ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/archive/usa-nat-champs-history.html A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2003, Track and Field News.
External links[edit]
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- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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Dr. van Schaik has studied wild primates since 1976 with a strong concentration in Indonesia. He currently works on orangutan socieocology and on the evolution of culture and cognition, with a focus on the nature of culture in great apes and on the correlated evolution between cognitive abilities, slow life history and the development of ecological competence in wild orangutans.
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Throughout 2012, the Philadelphia Zoo will celebrate The Year of the Orangutan, and make a commitment of creativity, energy and resources designed to create significant contributions to one goal: save wild orangutans from extinction. The strategy is to coordinate programming, marketing, exhibition and interpretation to create awareness and a demand for sustainable palm oil in the U.S. and around the globe.
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology recently opened a permanent exhibit called Human Evolution: The First 200 Million Years which gives visitors hands-on opportunities to explore the process of evolution through more than 100 touchable casts and multimedia programs
About Dr. Carel van Schaik:
Dr. Carel van Schaik is a Dutch primatologist who since 2004 is Professor and Director of the Anthropological Institute & Museum at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He studied biology at the Utrecht University and was a researcher for the Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research until 1984, receiving his doctorate from Utrecht in 1985. After positions at Utrecht, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Princeton University, he joined the faculty at Duke University as a professor in the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy. Also Co-Director of the Center for Tropical Conservation, Carel was based at Duke from 1989-2004 before moving to the University of Zurich. Carel has studied wild primates in all continents where primates live in the wild since 1976, with a strong concentration in Indonesia. His work currently works on orangutan socioecology and on the evolution of culture and cognition, with a focus on the nature of culture in great apes and on the correlated evolution of cognitive evolution, slow life history, and the development of ecological competence in wild orangutans. Carel has advised numerous graduate students, including the Philadelphia Zoo's Curator of Primates, Dr. Meredith Bastian, and the Director of Research at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP), Dr. Serge Wich.
About University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology:
Penn Museum (the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology), celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2012, is dedicated to the study and understanding of human history and diversity. Founded in 1887, the Museum has sent more than 400 archaeological and anthropological expeditions to all the inhabited continents of the world. With an active exhibition schedule and educational programming for children and adults, the Museum offers the public an opportunity to share in the ongoing discovery of humankind's collective heritage.
Penn Museum is located at 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (on Penn's campus, across from Franklin Field). Public transportation to the Museum is available via SEPTA's Regional Rail Line at University City Station; the Market-Frankford Subway Line at 34th Street Station; trolley routes 11, 13, 34, and 36; and bus routes 12, 21, 30, 40, and 42. Museum hours are Tuesday and Thursday through Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Wednesday, 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, with P.M. @ PENN MUSEUM evening programs offered select Wednesdays. Closed Mondays and holidays. Admission donation is $12 for adults; $10 for senior citizens (65 +); $8 children (6 to 17) and full-time students with ID; free to Members, PennCard holders, and children 5 and younger; "pay-what-you-want" the last hour before closing. Hot and cold meals and light refreshments are offered to visitors with or without Museum admission in The Pepper Mill Café; the Museum Shop and Pyramid Shop for Children offer a wide selection of gifts, books, games, clothing and jewelry. Penn Museum can be found on the web at
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Eve Sivertson, 8, of Parma, shares a heartfelt hug with Santa. She was one of many children who enjoyed the Special Olympics Christmas party at the Middleburg Heights community center.


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My new friend Kraig H. sent along an interesting photo project, called Lugar Común (Common Place), designed to disrupt our acceptance of established social hierarchies. The photographers, Justine Graham and Ruby Rumié, took pictures of 50 pairs of women — maids and their employers — located in Argentina, Chile, and Colombia.
To disrupt the hierarchy inherent in their relationship, Graham and Rumié had them dressed alike, without accessories, and sitting in identical poses. By doing so, they allowed both women to "…look at the camera with the same pride, with the same openness" (source). The viewer is not told which woman is which.
They also asked each pair to sit across from one another and look in each others' eyes. Even though some had known each other for 30 years or more, Graham said that all of the pairs had trouble looking at each other in this way:
Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College and the co-author of Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.


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Today's Worship Hits - 2nd Edition
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Today's Worship Hits - 2nd Edition by Various. For Piano/Keyboard. Easy Piano Songbook. Softcover. 88 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.311439).
ISBN 1423431715. 9x12 inches.
This updated edition offers 17 contemporary worship favorites, including: Blessed Be Your Name • Forever Reign • Hosanna (Praise Is Rising) • Mighty to Save • One Thing Remains (Your Love Never Fails) • Our God • 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) • and more!


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Nov. 10, 2011
OXFORD, Ohio - With 10 seniors on the 2011-12 roster, the Miami University hockey team will have lots of positions to fill next season and the RedHawks took the first step towards doing that Thursday, signing nine players to National Letters of Intent, head coach Enrico Blasi announced. The 2011 signing class consists of four forwards, three defensemen and two goaltenders while three hail from Illinois, two come from Michigan and one each are natives of California, Massachusetts, Ohio and Virginia.
Making up the 2011 signing class are forwards Riley Barber, Alex Gacek, Ryan Hartman and Sean Kuraly, defensemen Matthew Caito, Chris Joyaux and Patrick Sieloff and goalies Ryan McKay and Jay Williams. All nine future RedHawks are playing in the United States Hockey League (Tier I Juniors) during the 2011-12 season while five are already representing the United States. Barber, Hartman and Sieloff are teammates on the U.S. National Team Development Program while McKay and Kuraly are currently competing for the Stars and Stripes at the World Junior A Challenge in Langley, B.C., Canada.
"We feel this is a very special group that will be joining us next season," Blasi said. "They are all high-character young men who fit into our culture, and they have proven to be great players on the ice as well. We are honored to have them all as a part of our program and we expect great things from them next season as freshmen."
Barber, who comes to Oxford from Livonia, Mich., was the No. 1 overall pick in the USHL Future's Draft in 2010 and helped lead the Dubuque Fighting Saints to the USHL's Clark Cup during his rookie season after tallying 14 goals and 14 assists in 57 games. This past summer, the 5-foot-11 forward was permanently added to the U.S. National Team for the 2011-12 season after participating with the team during international play in 2010-11. Barber's father, Don, played for four NHL teams from 1988-1992.
"Riley is an excellent two-way player. On top of having a really good skill set, he is tough to play against and is responsible at both ends of the ice," Blasi said. "He has a natural ability to score goals and has great puck protection skills in the offensive zone. He has a really good head for the game and comes from a good pedigree."
Caito, a native of Coto de Caza, Calif., played his prep hockey at the Salisbury School in Connecticut for the past few years before moving on to the USHL this season. A reliable two-way defenseman, Caito potted eight goals and 15 assists for 23 points in 26 games for Salisbury in 2010-11 and was also a member of the Mid-Fairfield Blues AAA team that finished National Runner-Up in 2011. This season, the 5-foot-11 Caito has made a smooth transition to the USHL, recording five assists and a +7 rating for Dubuque in its first 11 games of the 2011-12 campaign.
"Matthew is a mature and smart two-way defenseman," Blasi said. "He is a really solid defender and does a great job of getting back to pucks and initiating the breakout. He sees the ice very well and has an offensive side to his game. Matthew is a real student of the game and a versatile player on the blue line."
Gacek has been a solid contributor for the Youngstown Phantoms of the USHL so far in 2011-12. The Dracut, Mass., native has tallied six points on four goals and two helpers with a +6 rating through 10 games this season. The 5-foot-9 forward fought through an injury in his debut season in the USHL last year, registering eight points, but was an elite player in the Eastern Junior Hockey League scoring 33 goals in 40 games for the New Hampshire Monarchs the previous year.
"Alex is a high-energy player that possesses a quick release and a heavy shot. He has proven to be a goal-scorer throughout his career and he is off to a real solid start this year in Youngstown," Blasi said. "He has a powerful stride and has done a great job getting back to 100 percent after a tough year last year when he was dealing with an injury for the first half of the season."
Hartman, a native of West Dundee, Ill., led the USNTDP U-17 team in goals and points in 2010-11, scoring 22 times and adding 12 assists for 34 points in 52 games while helping lead the team to Vlad Dzurilla and Four Nations Cup tournament championships. Prior to lacing up the skates for Team USA, the 5-11 forward played for the Chicago Mission AAA organization and boasted a 46-49-95 line in 63 games during the 2009-10 season.
"Ryan is a gifted power forward that has a great shot and goal-scoring ability," Blasi said. "He also brings a toughness and physical element to his game that makes him a force to be reckoned with. He is a guy that can play in all situations and is a similar player to (current San Jose Sharks prospect and former RedHawk captain) Tommy Wingels. Ryan will fit in nicely to the style of game we want to play."
Joyaux, the second future `Hawk from Illinois (Bloomingdale), plays for his hometown Chicago Steel in the USHL this season, totaling two points on the young campaign. The 6-foot-1 defenseman recorded four goals and six assists for 10 points in 54 games last year. Prior to playing in the USHL, Joyaux skated for the well-respected Team Illinois AAA program in Chicago where he notched seven goals and nine assists in 48 games in 2009-10.
"Chris is a solid defenseman who can really get up and down the ice. He is an excellent skater with a good stick and he sees the ice well," Blasi said. "He is a reliable puck mover and has the ability to chip in offensively as well."
Kuraly is the lone Ohioan in the class, hailing from Dublin. The 6-foot-2 forward is in his second season with the Indiana Ice of the USHL after totaling 29 points on eight goals and 21 assists in his first season with the Ice in 2010-11. In just eight games this season, Kuraly already has 11 points on four goals and seven assists with a +3 rating while the 11 points tie for seventh in the league. He is the son of Rick Kuraly ('83), who is Miami's all-time goal-scoring leader with 101, and was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the fifth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft (133rd overall). Kuraly is currently representing the United States at the World Junior A Challenge.
"This is a really special signing for our program. Not only because Sean is a great player, but this represents the first time the son of one of our alums will wear the Miami jersey," Blasi noted. "Sean is a very talented player who can do a little bit of everything. He is a great skater, possesses the puck well, and is starting to get some confidence offensively in the USHL. He is a relentless penalty killer and can play center or wing."
McKay, one of two goaltenders in the signing class, comes to Oxford from Palatine, Ill. He is in his third season with the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL and has posted a 4-1 record with a league-best 1.60 goals-against average and a .939 save percentage in five games this year. The 5-foot-11 netminder posted a 25-9-3 record with a 2.00 GAA and .928 save percentage last season while leading his team to the Clark Cup Finals for the second straight year. McKay is currently participating with Kuraly for Team USA at the World Junior A Challenge in British Columbia.
"Ryan is a proven winner and a well-decorated goaltender at the junior level. He is an aggressive and competitive kid who is technically sound and really reads the game well," Blasi said. "He has had a great junior career thus far and should transition nicely for us as we bring in a new generation of goaltenders next year."
Sieloff, a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., is teammates with Barber and Hartman in his hometown while playing for the U.S. National Team Development Program. Known for his tough, rugged play, the 6-foot-0 bruising defender has a reputation of being one of the premier defensive defensemen for his age in the country. In 2010-11, he scored three goals and added six assists in 52 games for Team USA and was a go-to defender for the National Program on the back end.
"Patrick is a special kid that we had a long recruiting process with, and we couldn't be any happier that he chose Miami. He verbally committed just a few hours before the CCHA Championship game last year, so that was a good day for us," Blasi said. "Patrick's strength is in his skating ability and the physical element he brings to the game. He is a very reliable defender that has a knack for delivering the big hit and can shoot the puck well too."
Williams rounds out Miami's 2011 signing class and is the second goaltender in the group along with McKay. The 6-foot-1 netminder is in his second season with the Waterloo Blackhawks of the USHL and is off to a 4-3-1 start in 2011 with a 2.58 goals-against average and .910 save percentage. In his first year with the Blackhawks, the McLean, Va., native compiled a 7-10-2 record in 20 games with a pair of shutouts. A former first round USHL draft pick, Williams has also represented the United States in international play on two separate occasions.
"Jay is as talented of a goaltender as you will find. He has great feet, really good skills and fills the net well," Blasi said. "He and Ryan already have a great relationship and we will rely on them to carry the torch for us moving forward. Just like our current situation, Jay and Ryan were both recruited to be number one goaltenders and we are really excited about their potential."
All nine signees will suit up for the RedHawks starting in the 2012-13 season. The current RedHawks return to the ice this weekend, hosting No. 4/5 Michigan in a CCHA series Friday and Saturday at Steve Cady Arena.


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The Chiefs are about to step into a cauldron lined by what has to be the most passionate supporters in world rugby.
If you took a sky shot of Pretoria you'd be forgiven for thinking that an army of smurfs had invaded the capital. Yesterday I wrote Bulls blue was everywhere. Today, well, it's indescribable.
The Bulls replica shirts sell for around R600 a pop. That didn't seem to deter their disciples. Eighty percent of the men and women I've seen in and around Loftus have one. If they don't, they've got a Bulls golf shirt, a t-shirt, a tank top, a fleece sweater. Failing that, they are bare-chested and painted blue.
To complete the ensemble, there are Bulls caps or beanies, and if you weigh in excess of 120kg, have a unkempt beard and male pattern baldness – a construction-style Bulls helmet with fake (I think) horns attached to the top.
Those who haven't yet made their way to the stadium are in for trouble. The roads leading into the city are a nightmare and don't even dream of getting close to the stadium in your vehicle. You gotta park and march buddy, but the blue-lined streets will make the journey a pleasurable one.
The locals started the braais early and are enjoying that black magic in a glass, while singing along to the boeremusiek blaring from their bakkies' sound system. 'De la Rey' is a favourite, but I've heard a variety of catchy tunes that are sure to be filling the dancefloors should the Bulls win today.
The beer tents on Loftus' outer fields are choka, as is Trademarx, a restaurant about 150m from the stadium. On my way in I saw a number of men who would have been looking forward to watching this match, but instead will spend the next couple of hours sprawled in the back of their bakkies, or on the back seat of their cars, having been rendered temporarily paralysed as a result of dabbling too enthusiastically in the aforementioned black magic.
The weather is conducive to pre-match revelry, as it is to running rugby, with the Pretoria sun baking down. There is a slight breeze, but nothing that should give either side an advantage. Chiefs coach Ian Foster was adamant that his side would not stray from the high risk, high reward philosophy. The conditions will certainly aid in his side's ability to test the Bulls in the wide channels.
Imagine my surprise when I ran into former Springbok and Bulls flanker Wikus van Heerden, who is down from England to support his former team-mates.
The Saracens man knows all about the nerves the boys must be feeling now, having played in the winning side of 2007, but was unequivocal in his belief that the hosts would make it two titles in three years this evening.
'The Chiefs are not going to be pushovers,' Van Heerden told keo.co.za. 'They are a quality outfit, but the Bulls showed how good they are by finishing top of the log, and seeing off the Crusaders fairly easily last week.
'I've spoken to some of the boys and they're fired up, but all have cool minds. I can't wait. It's going to be a classic battle.'
I have to concur. A classic awaits and you get the sense that if the Bulls get on top, the 55 000 nutters in the stands will have a decisive factor in ensuring the Chiefs' spirit is brutally crushed.
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PENKULAPADU (WEST GODAVARI DIST): This habitation with 400 households, 7 km away from Palacole, is located right on the banks of the Narsapur canal. But it hardly helps the inhabitants quench their thirst in every summer since the canal is closed for repair works during the period every year.
Even as the canal is closed on April 10 to facilitate repair works, the scenes with big queues of empty pots and groups of women agonisingly waiting for the tankers have become a common sight since then in villages depending on the Godavari canal system for drinking water.
Agonising wait
A tanker filled with bore water comes from Jinnuru some 7 km away from Palacole for distribution in villages such as Digamarru, Navarasapuram, Mamidipalli, Chittavaru, besides this habitation once a day. "We do not know what time the tanker comes. We spend most of our time waiting for the tanker instead of attending to our household chores," complains a woman.
Each woman is allowed to draw four pots of water and the whole members of that particular family will have to manage with that water till next day. "Each house-hold requires not less than 10 pots of water per day. We have to cope with the water rationing," she commented while saying that they were eagerly waiting for the re-opening of the canal so as to end their water woes.
The Rural Water Supply Department has identified around 700 'hyper-sensitive' villages under the canal system in terms of availability of drinking water in the district and claims to be supply water to these habitations by engaging tankers in the current summer.


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NorthWestern Energy Should Not Get "Special Treatment" and Unfair Advantages, Argue MT State Lawmakers
The following op/ed was written and submitted by Tom Woods (D., Bozeman) and Randy Pinocci (R)., Sun River), both serve as representatives in the Montana Legislature.
Every year, NorthWestern Energy customers pay millions of dollars for power generated by the power plants the company owns. The company the
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Lots of open phones this week, with some special guests... of course! Here's the mix:
On Monday, we will have open phones for nearly two hours, so tell us what to talk about. at 9:15 we will be joined by Luke Popovich from the National Mining Association about the EPA's "Clean Power Plan" and how it might effect Montana.
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Here's a look at who we expect to have on Talk Back this week...
On Monday, we'll be speaking with CPA Walt Kero from Kero, Byington and Associates. Walt is an expert on all things taxes and will likely have some interesting things to say about a proposed resort and gas tax in Missoula.
On Tuesday, we will have a f
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Montana House Rules "Sticking a Thumb in the Eye of Democrats," Claims Lawmaker
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The new speaker of the house recently proposed, then rescinded a dress code he was trying to impose on the Montana legislature. While there was a great


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[Updated] 'Fashioning Fashion' and the Assistance League
In commemoration of Founders Day at the Assistance League of Southern California, the league's Anne Banning Auxiliary welcomed 120 guests to lunch at ALSC headquarters in Hollywood. On the program: a lesson in evolving body images as seen in the current exhibition, "Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Before there were silicone implants, collagen injections and liposuction, there were bustles, corsets, and bust enhancers," said Karla Ahmanson, luncheon co-chair along with Lynn Leipzig. "They were not for comfort, but for style."
In fact, on taking the podium, guest speaker Sharon Takeda called some methods torture. Takeda is LACMA's senior curator at the Costume and Textiles Department.
"Even in the 18th century, women were never pleased with their natural bodies," Takeda said, as she flashed slides that took guests on a time trip via undergarments that boosted bottoms, billowed out hips, pulled in waists and flattened, pushed up or popped out bosoms. Using Georges Seurat's famous painting, "A Sunday on la Grande Jatte" she showed examples of the 1880s "shelf" bustle, some being "so flat, you can put a book on top," she said.
Not that men were immune to taking liberties with reality. Takeda pointed out an 1840s English waistcoat with removable pads for poufing out the chest.
ALSC provides social services for families, seniors and children. The Anne Banning auxiliary, named for the league's founder, runs Operation School Bell, which helps keep children in school by giving them uniforms, shoes and other clothing and necessities.
Chapter President Andy Goodman, ALSC president Wendy Overmire and past ALSC presidents Judy Kloner, Cynthia Ardell, Peggy Hemmings and Sally Hinckley attended the Feb. 15 event.
-- Ellen Olivier
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Lynn Leipzig, Karla Ahmanson and Sharon Takeda, LACMA's senior curator at the Textile and Costumes Department. Credit: Janet Harrison
[For the record at 11:30 a.m., Feb. 18: An earlier version of this post stated in the caption that pictured are from left, Lynn Leipzig, Sharon Takeda and karla Ahmanson. From left it is Lynn Leipzig, Karla Ahmanson and Sharon Takeda.]


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Lowjack Your Body with RunKeeper
This past summer, I went to a beach resort in Mexico with my wife. It made sense to get into a little better shape so as not to cause any beached-whale rumors while I soaked in the rays. Typical geek that I am, I wanted to track my every move so I could see how much exercise I really was doing. And, I wanted to do that with technology.
Thankfully, RunKeeper is available for Android. RunKeeper is an exercise-tracking app that uses GPS to track your exercise. Thanks to geographical information over GPS, RunKeeper will track your distance, pace, time and even elevation. The free version provides lots of awesome features, and its social features also can help keep you accountable. (Although your Twitter followers might get tired of hearing about your daily walks to the park.)
Several other exercise apps are available, so if RunKeeper isn't your cup of tea, just search for "exercise" in the Marketplace, and you'll find a plethora of options. Keep in mind, however, that GPS-based exercise-tracking programs aren't much good in the northern winters, when running moves indoors to a treadmill.
Get the RunKeeper Android app at http://www.runkeeper.com/android.
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Thank you very much for
Thank you very much for sharing. Definitely solved my problem.
auto diagnostic tool
You went to a beach resort in
You went to a beach resort in Mexico? Admit it, you didn't take this device for exercise, you took it in case you were kidnapped by drug cartels.
Also try CardioTrainer
... been using it for about a year now I think. I quite like it. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wsl.CardioTrainer&hl=en
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Thanks for the tip on RunKeeper -- I'll have to check it out. I do have a minor quibble with the following, however:
Keep in mind, however, that GPS-based exercise-tracking programs aren't much good in the northern winters, when running moves indoors to a treadmill.
Nah, not really. I live in a northern climate (Alaska) and I never use a treadmill. When the weather isn't good for running, I just swap my running shoes for cross-country skis ;)
Actually, interval training
Actually, interval training burns more fat.
You need to cut that pace in
You need to cut that pace in half and double the distance. :)
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- "We lost Checkman in the atmosphere."— Dutch telling O'Brien about his death.
Checkman was an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper of the UNSC Marine Corps.[1] He was assigned to MSgt Cortez' team aboard the UNSC Kronstadt as well as Dutch and O'Brien. He, along with his fellow squadmates were given the task of assassinating a Prophet on a Covenant-held world. Just like the rest of the squad, he was furious that a Spartan got ordered to lead the mission.
During the team's drop unto the Covenant world, his drop pod collided off of an asteroid and entered the atmosphere sideways. He died in agony due to an improper entry into the atmosphere.
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Published: Saturday March 17, 2012 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Saturday May 25, 2013 MYT 5:46:28 PM
GEORGE TOWN: Forty-two Vietna-mese women living together in a house here have allegedly been surviving mainly on rice for the past few months.
The women, aged between 30 and 50, are said to be unable to return to Vietnam as their visas have expired.
They have been staying in a semi-detached double-storey house in Jalan Tull for the past few months.
The house has four rooms and a toilet upstairs.
There is also a living room, a small room, toilet and kitchen downstairs.
It is said that up to five women would sleep in a room while some had to sleep in the living room.
The women's plight came to light when their neighbours informed the authorities after finding the noise made by the women, especially at night, intolerable.
One of the women, known only as Hai, said most of them were jobless and could not send money back to their families.
"Some of us have been in Malaysia for a year and a half but our visas have expired," she said.
She claimed that some of the women used to work as cleaners at a hospital and were paid RM50 a day but their wages were later reduced to RM25.
"In the end, we were not paid at all though we continued to work. Only a few of us are still working," she said, adding that their agent was holding on to their passports.
When reporters visited the house, three women appeared sickly.
There were some fish, vegetables and eggs in the refrigerator.
Hai claimed that their agent would send 20kg of rice to them every three days.
She added that they would add salt to their rice for flavour.
"We have been calling the Vietnamese embassy every day, asking them to help us go home, but we are still waiting for a response," she said.
She added that all they wanted now was to return home.
She alleged that they knew of 26 other Vietnamese and Nepalese foreign workers who were men, living in another house.
The women cried when relating their misfortune to Pulau Tikus assemblyman Koay Teng Hai who visited them yesterday.
Koay said he would contact the Vietnamese embassy as soon as possible.
"There are similar cases in Penang, such as in Paya Terubong.
"I will also contact the Immigration Department and the police," he said.
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