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Halfway between Redon and St. Nazaire, on the Nantes-Vannes axis, and adjacent to 2 departments (Ile et Vilaine and Morbihan), Saint Gildas-des-Bois has all the advantages of a small town.
The center of the town recalls the origins of the city. It is dominated by the abbey church of the 12th century and an ancient abbey, an impressive architectural ensemble home to the community of the Sisters of Saint-Gildas-des-Bois. Listed as an historical monument, the abbey church became in 1994, the 3rd church classified as such in the department.
The present name of the town originates from the pine forest planted under Louis Philippe.


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The Nokia Lumia 900 is a premium smartphone that's capable of playing the best games the Windows Phone Marketplace has to offer with ease, but that doesn't mean you should ignore the huge number of top free games on offer.
If you're looking for some cheap kicks from your Nokia Lumia 900, look no further. Download these 10 titles and you'll find hours of fun at no cost.
There's a good mix of simple independent titles and full blown Xbox Live experiences, complete with Achievements and fancy graphics. If you've got any other Windows Phone freebies you like to play on your Lumia 900, let us know in the comments.
Dalton – THE AWESOME!
Fresh from ripping it up on Symbian, Dalton is here to wow Windows Phone users in like manner. This is a running game, where you need to dodge the hoards of undead. You can do this on foot or with power-ups, such as the gun, the skateboard and the 'GROW ME!' icons you find along your way. Try and beat you last best score and make it onto the leader-board, it's harder than you think!
DOWNLOAD: Dalton – THE AWESOME!
Snowball Assault
An intriguing mixture of Angry Birds and Fragger, Snowball Assault has the fresh touches and decent presentation to stand on its own two flippers. You play an angry walrus who must take out a bunch of aggressive penguins with your supply of snowballs. The key difference from the aforementioned games: the penguins can fight back. Top fun.
An oldie but a goodie, Flowerz was the first game we downloaded and installed on our Nokia Lumia 900. It's a simple premise, match three flowers of the same colour and they disappear. It sounds easy but with an ever changing game board it's a lot trickier than you'd imagine!
Gun Bros
Gun Bros is a big bad brute of a game with awesome 3D graphics and plenty of pumped up gunplay. Play a genetically enhanced super-warrior out to defeat aliens at every turn, with slick twin-stick controls and plenty of explosive action.
Another Xbox Live game for the list, Breeze is an addictive yet incredibly simple experience. Guide your floating flower around each mazy level either by tilting your phone or touching to 'blow' it in the required direction. It's a bit like those ball mazes you used to get in cereal packets, only far more intricate and fun. That you can also unlock achievements only adds to the charm.
Paradox Exit
The latest game from Windows Phone indie game ace Elbert Perez (who also features elsewhere on this list) is arguably his most involving, most polished and downright best yet. Paradox Exit is an old school explore-em-up that sees you traveling through vast alien caverns, mining resources and searching for the exit. This is one massive game, with a laid back pace and a compelling upgrade system.
Brutal Chase
We missed this one when is was released back in June but we've been making up for it ever since as Brutal Chase lives precisely up to its name. This adrenaline based game needs you to be in brutal mode if you're to succeed. Crush the competing cars to get ahead of the pack, earn money and upgrade your mean machine!
Wordament is a unique kind of word game – a word tournament – where you are competing with the whole internet to be the best word searcher in every game. Every player is competing on the same board, in real-time, to get the highest score. This is a great addition to the Xbox Live line of games and the fact it's also free makes it a winner in our Nokia Lumia 900 budget bustin' roundup!
Armored Drive
The second game on this list from Elbert Perez couldn't be any more different from Paradox Exit. The only similarities are an impeccably well realised gameplay and an irresistible upgrade path. Guide your armoured through heavy traffic and other, more outlandish obstacles. You'll die pretty quickly at the start, but the more you play the more money you get and the more upgrades you can afford. Compelling stuff.
For anyone that thinks penguins can't fly, we challenge you to try Penguin on your Lumia 900. While the simple graphics may not blow you away, the great gameplay and fun controls are sure to grab your attention, as you battle to help your penguin fly further and faster than ever before. With fish to eat along the way and ever-greater jumps to be made, this basic but brilliant game should be an immediate download on your Lumia 900.

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PE Firms See Deal Clouds Lifting In India
After a year of hard knocks, things may be looking up for the Indian private equity market.
A slew of recent investments and exits from private equity giants like the Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group, as well as Standard Chartereds private equity unit, show that investors may be returning to Indian investments.
Standard Chartered Private Equity is committing another $32 million into Varun Beverages International Ltd., a company providing bottling and distribution services for PepsiCo drinks. They're buying out the stake which was previously held by PepsiCo. The private equity arm of the British multinational banking and financial services company initially invested $48 million in Varun Beverages in 2011.
Blackstone is also investing new capital. The U.S. private equity firm has agreed to commit up to $100 million in the agricultural machinery manufacturer International Tractors Ltd., placing its own bet on the growth of India's food industry.
Rising minimum prices paid for farm produce by the Indian government are causing farmers to increasingly adopt mechanization, Akhil Gupta, Chairman of Blackstone India told Dow Jones, pointing to a likely jump in demand for farming machinery in India.
Meanwhile, Carlyle is taking advantage of a resurgent Indian stock market to sell its remaining stake in India's Housing Development and Finance Corp., raising $838 million from the sale of its 3.71% stake in the Indian mortgage finance company.
Indian shares on the Sensex are near their highest levels of the past year after the government in New Delhi issued several reforms to ease restrictions on investment in the insurance industry and on investments by global pension funds. Despite ending the day's trading on Monday down 229.48 points, thanks to profit-taking by investors, the market was still up significantly from its close of 16,557.23 in October 2011. And shares have been gaining since June.
Still, it may be too early to say that the economy has reversed the slide, which began in February. Private equity exits are still in the doldrums for the year, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Exits by private equity investors in India fell by nearly 90% between April and June versus the same period last year, according to an August report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Private equity investors pulled out $108 million from 12 deals in the second quarter of this year, compared to exits of $954 million from 18 deals in the April to June period last year, the report said on Thursday. PwC relied on data from Venture Intelligence, a Chennai-based research firm.


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> it seems excessively slow over my network. I am running my network at
> 100 MBps/Full Duplex. I have also Mapped this drive. Specs: FAT32,
> IDE, 7200rpm. Called the manufacturer and they indicate that the file
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Jazz Mandolin Project,
Monday, 01/12/2004
Jack Quinn's Emerald Ballroom, Cincinnati, OH
Set 1: Jam > Spiders, Black Market > Dark Eyes, At the Pershing, Jungle Tango
Encore: Amazing Grace, Oh Yeah!
Notes: There were two separate-admission performances on this evening; this was the late show. This gig was originally scheduled for October 8, 2003.
Musicians: Jon Fishman, Jamie Masefield, Danton Boller, Michael "Mad Dog" Mavridoglou


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Project Runway Blog
Love Is in the Air? Judge John Varvatos Hearts Matar, and More ...
Looks like love is in the air on Season 6! (Or at least a little innocent crushing action.) Carol Hannah can't take the heat LoganNeitzel SilverPants is radiating from the worktable next to her during the Movie Genre challenge, while one of the guest judges, designer John Varvatos, may shortly stop designing menswear to have Matar be his new fashion muse on a ranch in Wyoming. (Watch out, Epperson!)
The only thing keeping all this heat in check was Nicolas' stone-cold Ice Queen design. He made his New York City costume comrades proud by taking home the win and grabbing up that coveted immunity for next week's challenge.
Poor Ra'mon. His eleventh-hour sewing skills didn't return the result it did during his win in the team challenge, but it did leave us questioning what the heck his model, Vanessa, was doing to her sleeve during the show! Going rogue or a bit of method acting, er ... modeling? Watch Irina Shabayeva's Episode 6 video blog to find out what that was really all about:


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1. The integrity of the research process is an essential aspect of a University's intellectual and social structure. Research is defined as all research, development, scholarly, and creative activity that supports the intellectual endeavors of the University. The term "research" encompasses all scholarly and creative activity regardless of its empirical nature or methods. Although incidents of misconduct in research may be rare, those that do occur threaten the entire research enterprise.
2. The integrity of the research process must depend largely upon self-regulation. Formalization of the rights and responsibilities underlying scientific method is imperative in the research process. The University is responsible both for promoting academic practices that prevent misconduct and for developing policies and procedures for dealing with allegations or other evidence of fraud or serious misconduct. All members of the University community--students, staff, faculty, and administrators--share responsibility for developing and maintaining standards to assure ethical conduct of research and detection of abuse of these standards. This policy applies to any person paid by, under the control of, or affiliated with the University, such as scientists, trainees, technicians, and other staff members, students, fellows, guest researchers, or collaborators.
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Microsoft announced a partnership Monday between Bing and Rap artist J-Z to promote his upcoming book, "Decoded." How does a search engine get involved in this promotion you might ask? Well, this will involve a multi-platform search and an interactive game experience. The scheduled release of the book is to occur on Nov. 16, but Bing will distribute all 350 pages at hidden locations in the real world as well as online through Bing Maps. So fans can go to Bing.com/JAY-Z to crack the clues then locate and compile the pages. This process continued in batches every day until the book's release.
A new way to promote a book
Rapper JAY-Z, in an autobiographical setting, traces his life from childhood to hip-hop superstardom. For his fans, he also describes the hidden meanings behind some of his songs. So over the next four weeks, each of the book's 350 pages will be placed around the world from in locations related to the content. If the rap-artist describes an incident in New York, for example, that page will be placed in New York.
According to Ryan Cameron, a senior marketing manager for Bing, states that this campaign is designed to be a new and innovative combination of an anticipated book from a musical celebrity with the technologies from Bing. His publishers claim this campaign will drive one of the boldest and aggressive book launches in history.
Using the website "Decode JAY-Z with Bing" fans can find clues to the pages' whereabouts. They can follow that up by looking for the pages in the real world. There the clues will be placed in hundreds of traditional and nontraditional advertising locations such as pools, pool tables, high-fashion clothing racks, and bronze plaques. If the fans find the page, they will win an opportunity to have that page signed by JAY-Z. More than 200 prizes are in the mix. The grand prize is a trip to see JAY-Z and Coldplay in concert on New Year's Eve.
The Bing experience is one that Microsoft is hoping to meet with enthusiasm. Microsoft anticipates that the promotion introduces Bing to new consumers. JAY-Z, they hope, will appeal to many audiences. He is a well-known figure for many demographics that also are heavy searchers. According to Microsoft, their research shows that both Gen Y (those in the 18 to 24 age group) and African Americans are much more active searchers online compared to the general Internet population. Furthermore, 18-24 year olds consume 61 percent more search pages online than average, whereas African-American users view 29 percent more search pages.
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THE build-up to the big Ballymoney derby between Ballymoney United and Glebe Rangers - one of the most eagerly awaited games of the year - has begun already!
That's because both sides have no competitive action ahead of their Saturday December 29 Belfast Telegraph Championship Two collision at the Riada Stadium.
But the teams are preparing in different ways.
John Fall has just been installed as the permanent manager at United and he is keen to use the time to get a look at the resources he has and he is planning a friendly game so he can run his eye over the personnel at his disposal.
However, over at Glebe, manager Peter Cairns - fresh from celebrating one year in the job - has turned down the offer of a friendly as he hopes to use the break to get all his players back to full fitness.
Both managers told the Times they are looking forward to the big end-of-year showdown but both revealed they have the utmost respect for each other and have nothing but friendly personal rivalry.
Both sides were knocked out of the Irish Cup on Saturday but the first result each boss sought afterwards was how the other Ballymoney side had done as they wanted to see the town represented in the next round when the 'big boys' from the Irish League come in.
And when John Fall was given the Ballymoney job on a permanent basis last week he received a good luck text from Cairns who has an association with Fall going back to their links through youth football in the town.
Looking towards the derby, John Fall said: "Our players will be well up for the Glebe match and hopefully it will be a good spectacle for the town. Myself and Peter get on well and respect each other and Glebe have a lot of good players. I'm looking forward to it."
Following the defeat on penalties to Ballynahinch on Saturday Fall added: "I was disappointed for all the players who put in a lot of hard work in front of a very good support. The boys gave their all and Ballynahinch won it despite only creating two real chances in the 90 minutes.
"We were missing Steven Lyons who has been playing well but he failed a fitness test. Fair play to Ballynahinch they had nothing to lose but we had looked comfortable for long periods and created a lot of chances in extra-time."
Cairns was appointed to the role as Glebe boss in December last year and twelve months on he revealed to the Times: "I am loving it. It is a really well organised club."
Turning to the derby match, Peter said: "We are going well in the league and I am looking forward to this one."


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New IBM Software Introduced in Tanzania
Information and Communication Mid-Africa Limited (ICMA) has introduced IBM's Tivoli Foundation software solution for small and medium businesses in Tanzania. The firm's Managing Director, Johan Grobler, told the 'Daily News' that Tanzania would be the first country in Africa to get the solution.
IBM Tivoli Foundations Application provides entry level monitoring for the growing medium sized organisations looking for the right functionality in easy to use and cost effective solution.
It provides key capabilities to implement application management in the IT environment, including IT asset recovery, network monitoring and monitoring for key IT elements such as databases, mail and virtual servers. He said despite the fact that the company was present in 10 countries in Africa, still they had decided to choose Tanzania due to its growing IT market.
ICMA is now operating in South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Cameroun, Central Republic of Africa, Nigeria and Tanzania. "We've decided to introduce the software first in Tanzania because the country's market is small but it's growing. South Africa's market is the largest in Africa but it is saturated. Tanzania's market is growing due to opening of more companies, growth of internet services and launch of fibre optic cable.
"There's a lot of building development going on in Tanzania, especially in Dar es Salaam.The difference is that investments are made in cash, not in credit. This is one of the reasons why countries like Tanzania have not been badly affected by the credit crunch", he explained.
He said that while Tanzania was still a small market, the establishment of the firm's offices in Dar es Salaam would serve as a launch pad into the surrounding African countries.
According to him, 10 sets of systems of the solution will be sold at 750,000 US dollars and that the company will probably introduce the solution (as the next target in Africa) in the DRC.
"We expect that sales of Tivoli software from IBM will boost revenue by around 12 per cent during the next 12 months. We're focusing on the Tivoli Foundation Service Manager and Application Manager Solutions", noted Mr Grobler.
IBM Tivoli Foundations Manager is described as a service desk solution designed and priced specifically for smaller and medium sized organizations. It provides focused services desk capabilities, including service request, incident and problem management processes.
Tivoli Foundations include two software appliances -- IBM Tivoli Foundations Application Manager and Tivoli Foundations Service Manager. With these new, integrated offerings, IBM is positioned to help mid-market organizations optimize service management in an effective, fast and cost-efficient way.
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By Sgt. Christopher M. Gaylord, 5th Mobile Public Affairs DetachmentMay 13, 2011
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash., May 13, 2011 -- When Staff Sgt. Brett Michael stepped off a scale in summer of 2008 and realized that by Army standards he was overweight, he wasn't all that surprised.
It was when he failed a tape test to determine his body fat percentage that he began to critically reevaluate his current physical condition. That was the moment the motor sergeant, now an instructor at the Henry H. Lind Noncommissioned Officer Academy, realized how severely he'd damaged his career.
"I failed tape at a key point in my career," said Michael, who, at the time was a company motor sergeant for 593rd Sustainment Brigade. "I was a promotable E-5 (sergeant), and they took away my promotable status. I had to come to the realization that I would now be at least two years behind my peers."
Michael said it happened slowly. He'd put on a couple of pounds here - a couple there - and before he knew it he was ten pounds overweight. Nonetheless, something had to change.
"I had to pick up the pieces and fix it," he added.
That's when Michael, who says he's always been in decent shape but pushed the envelope when it came to weight, got serious about losing some of it - to the tune of 67 pounds over the course of a 12-month deployment to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and an additional 10 after he returned.
"While we were deployed to Kuwait, I really buckled down," said Michael, whose weight loss journey began in early 2009 as soon as he arrived overseas. Then, he weighed 250 pounds.
Michael ran 25 or more miles every week. He ran in every 5 or 10-kilometer race. He even trained himself for half marathons.
He quickly discovered that while he was putting in plenty of road time, dieting would ultimately play the largest role in his successes - specifically portion control, which was something he improved once he arrived in Kuwait.
"I thought I was eating healthy before, but in fact I was eating too much," Michael said. "Even though I weighed 250 pounds, I could beat a lot of people on the physical fitness test run. The muscle and aerobic fitness were there. I just wasn't eating right."
In the states he had been used to overeating - something he says plagued him when, while at home with his wife, he would go back for seconds and in some cases thirds for his evening meals.
He was eating healthy, he says; he was just eating too much.
Michael says his wife, an Air Force master sergeant stationed on McChord Field and an athlete in her free time, kept him on track when it came to eating right.
"My wife has always encouraged me to eat healthy," he said. "She's a tri-athlete and in very good shape."
Michael said his wife has a vast expanse of knowledge on healthy eating and she continually brings that into the home, whether in the form of organic foods, fruits or vegetables.
In March, Michael - now an avid runner who frequently competes in foot races across the installation and abroad - took top honors for his gender and age bracket in the JBLM St. Patty's Day 5k race, something clearly indicative of how far he's come.
Ask him, and he'll tell you without hesitation what got him there and how it's possible for other Soldiers to do the same.
"Moderation is key," he said. "You can have a beer, but when it turns into six beers, then it becomes a problem. You can eat a hamburger, but when it turns into two or three, or a double with cheese, it's a problem."
It's moderation that has Michael looking as fit and lean as anyone, and it's moderation that has allowed him to keep his weight down. It's also to this that he can attribute credit for landing his dream job eight months ago as an Army instructor, working at the academy.
"I've wanted to be an instructor for years," Michael said. "I feel like I have a huge wealth of experience and knowledge."
Now, Michael has added his battle with weight loss to that arsenal.
"I feel like I can really relate a lot to the guys in my classes," Michael said. "My experience I have from being out of shape allows me to tell them what they need to do when they have guys who are overweight."
Sgt. 1st Class Victor Koryavykh, a senior small group leader at the academy and Michael's superior, says Michael's passion for teaching is evident.
"It reflects on his students quite a bit," he said, "just because, with his positive attitude, they enjoy the classes so much."
"Anything's possible with a positive attitude," Koryavykh says of the very same attitude that allowed Michael to exceed Army standards where he once didn't even meet them. "He went from being overweight to being a competitive runner. He runs in all the races on JBLM."
Koryavykh says losing close to 80 pounds in just more than a year is quite an incredible achievement. But no matter how one gets there, Michael says there's one thing that must be understood from the get-go.
"You have to make a life change," he says. "If you can't make it your life, you're continually going to battle with it."


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Bakery Nouveau > Bakery Nouveau MenuWest Seattle Main Menu
as in france, a light, flaky breakfast pastry with a wonderful buttery flavor that is never greasy.
our classic croissant soaked in simple syrup and filled with delicious almond cream. it is topped with sliced almonds and additional almond cream.
our classic chocolate croissant soaked in simple syrup and filled with delicious almond cream. it is topped with sliced almonds and additional almond cream and a bar of decadent chocolate.
a balance of sweet almond cream and dried sour cherries wrapped in flaky croissant dough.
a breakfast roll that is rich with the flavors of butter, eggs and sugar.
traditional brioche filled with chocolate chips.
a very flaky and flavorful pastry filled with pastry cream, almond cream and a delicious pear half.
these traditional parisian cookies are light and airy. they are rumored to be the best outside of paris! flavor choices vary by day and feature: cafe, passion fruit, chocolate, raspberry, pistachio, coconut, caramel, salt caramel, blood orange and cassis.
the most divine chocolate brownie you have ever eaten! these gems are even wrapped to go in parchment paper.
an assortment of favorites: chocolate chip, peanut butter, shortbread, snickerdoodle and others.
a hand crafted jewel that can accompany any meal. this is the classic symbol of french bread.
an authentic bread of italy. this rustic country style loaf has a creamy, chewy interior and a crisp, crackly crust.
this flat bread has been seasoned with both herbs and extra virgin olive oil brushed on top to enhance this timeless classic.
originally developed for the coupe du monde de la boulangerie 2005, we feel that these flavors marry well for toast at breakfast or a hearty accompaniment to dinner.
the true character of a european staple, the unique flavor in this chewy bread is developed through a series of long fermentations.
a bakery nouveau favorite combining hickory smoked ham, emmenthaller cheese and cornichons on our own baguette.
you will want to try every flavor of our fantastic quiche! we are currently offering: lorraine, spinach and ricotta with pine nut and mushroom with goat cheese. please see our display case for specials of the day like three cheese quiche and smoked salmon with roasted potatoes.
spiced cake with carrots and black currants finished with cream cheese rosting and shredded coconut.
60% chocolate and coffee ganache on a chocolate crumb crust and finished with a chocolate glaze.
this cake is prepared with super moist chocolate cake and 64% chocolate mousse. it is finished with chocolate glaze and chocolate shards.
wonderful handmade candies created with only the finest french and belgium couverture chocolate. our chocolates can be enjoyed individually or taken home in beautifully packaged gift boxes.
this cake scored the highest points in the national pastry championship, 2005. it is a triple layer mousse cake with a delicate balance of pear mousse, 70% chocolate mousse, caramel mousse, pecan dacquoise and chocolate sponge cake. all covered with a caramel glaze.
64% chocolate mousse with raspberry cremeux (a curd) center on a chocolate biscuit (sponge cake) finished with a raspberry glaze.
64% chocolate mousse surrounds caramelized fresh bananas in a banana mousse, finished with caramel mousse, caramel glaze, and chocolate glaze.
as featu 64% chocolate mousse with a praline feulletine mixture (delicate and flakey milk chocolate and praline paste) layered on a chocolate biscuit finished with gianduja (milk chocolate with hazelnut paste).
this beautiful dessert features cassis mousse (chocolate and black currant mousse) with a vanilla bean panna cotta center, sitting on a brenton cookie and finished with cassis glaze.
a dark 70% chocolate mousse on a chocolate biscuit base coated with a black glaze (very dark, strong cocoa powder) decorated with a 60% chocolate bar.
cherry and pear fruit layered over frangipan over a thin layer of raspberry jam in a pate sucre crust. it is finished with an apricot glaze and toasted almond slivers.
sliced granny smith apples baked in a pate sucre crust, layered with a salt caramel apple frangipan (pastry cream with almond cream and apple filling). finished with an apricot glaze and toasted streusel.
pistachio pastry cream in a pate sucre crust covered with fresh vibrant strawberries and chopped pistachios.
this is an amazingly light tart with freshly squeezed lemon juice and delicate lemon cremaux (lemon curd) in a pate sucre crust is finished with torched italian meringue.
rich 60% chocolate ganache in a pate sucre shell topped with a chocolate glaze and a piped chocolate ganache border.
our chocolate ganache tart topped with a passion fruit mousse dome and piped with a chocolate ganache border.
baked custard in a pate sucre shell with a rich caramel apple dome surrounded by a whipped caramel chantilly cream.
(cream puff dough) filled with chocolate, caramel, vanilla or coffee pastry cream and topped with matching fondant. flavors are subject to change and availability is limited.
very rich chocolate custard topped with a dark glaze and a signature 70% nouveau chocolate bar.
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Grand Prix Tampa Report *9th*
With Pro Tour Austin in the books, I was looking forward to GP Tampa and what would hopefully be another successful event. I was happy with what happened in Austin, and Tampa ended up being no different. Despite narrowly missing Top Eight due to a few matches drawing, the trip was both rewarding and awesome. Still, there were a few dark clouds that loomed overhead throughout the event.
Unlike the trip to Austin, the trip to Tampa was more of a surgical military strike than a prolonged event. We flew in late Friday night and left early Monday morning. One of the first hurdles was actually getting to the site. Problems!?!? Really?!?! As it turned out, GP "Tampa" was actually being held far away in a town called Bradenton, which was about a forty-minute taxi ride away from the Tampa airport. Thanks to Tom Martell, we were able caravan in a Super Shuttle for a nominal fee.
The second hurdle was the "hotel" we stayed at. There were two places recommended by the tournament organizer. The Courtyard Marriot was the first; it was legit. However, there was a cheaper alternative: the Days Inn. Neither place was near the site. Both places required taking the free shuttle service to get to the venue. Now, I don't need to go and explain how much Magic players love getting value out of something. Sometimes it's just not worth it.
The Day's Inn was actually the seediest motel in the seediest town in Florida. Every cliché you'd expect from the motel scene in a B-rated 70's horror flick was present: Curtains that didn't close, a cigarette smell permeating everything in the room, broken faucets, a flooded bathroom, a TV that turns off when the volume is raised, shady patrons wheeling AC units from their room as we walk up, dim lighting, and cars vrooming off into the dark at 3 AM in the morning. I thought I was going to die.
Saturday morning came around and I was thankful that I had not been stabbed during the night. We made it to the site. After registering, Luis, Wrapter, and I walked around to meet with people and catch up from last week in Austin. It was nice to see everyone there. Steve Sadin had just turned twenty-one and had gone out the previous night with some friends, the effects of which were still resonating.
The site was pretty bad; the bathrooms were miserable and there were no places around to buy food from except for a 7-Eleven that was soon overrun by hordes of unkempt magic players. I lied. There was actually a decent concession stand. The old couple working there had some amazing homemade deserts like bread pudding and pumpkin tarts. Yum.
The actual Grand Prix gets underway. I received my pool and noticed the depth of Black. There were a lot of nice cards. The problem I had with building was choosing a second color to compliment the Black. All four remaining colors were options, and there was also the possibility of making a four-color Green-based deck because of good fixing. Here is the pool that I had to work with:
[cardlist]3 Guul Draz Vampire
1 Vampire Lacerator
2 Blood Seeker
1 Giant Scorpion
2 Nimana Sell-Sword
1 Bog Tatters
2 Disfigure
1 Mire Blight
1 Soul Stair Expedition
1 Hideous End[/cardlist]
Black is incredibly deep and offers multiple ways to utilize the color. Only Mire Blight is unplayable. With so many low drops, it would be easy to make an excellent aggro deck depending on what the second color offers. Two Nimana Sell-Sword make a strong start for an Ally theme. Two Disfigures would allow for a powerful black splash in a green deck.
[cardlist]1 Welkin Tern
1 Gomazoa
1 Reckless Scholar
1 Merfolk Seastalkers
1 Aether Figment
2 Seascape Aerialist
1 Sphinx of Lost Truths
2 Ior Ruin Expedition
1 Spreading Seas
1 Trapmakers Snare
1 Cancel
1 Lethargy Trap
1 Archive Trap
2 Whiplash Trap[/cardlist]
Blue has more cards that favor a long game than aggressive cards. Some cards function well in both decks; Whiplash Trap is good in either. Welkin Tern and Seascape Aerialist function better in an aggressive deck. While the Aerialist isn't the type of creature you'd normally want (a five-mana 2/3), it is good when there are many Allies in your deck; it allows you to force through the last points of damage. Reckless Scholar, Merfolk Seastalkers, Sphinx of Lost Truths, and Ior Ruin Expedition are all cards that want to be in long games.
[cardlist]2 Oran-Rief Survivalist
1 Nissas Chosen
1 Grazing Gladehart
1 Greenweaver Druid
1 Mold Shambler
1 Rampaging Baloths
1 Vastwood Gorger
1 Khalni Heart Expedition
1 Tanglesap
1 Harrow
1 Savage Silhouette
1 Beast Hunt[/cardlist]
Green allows you to go in multiple directions. Two Oran-Rief Survivalists let you get unbeatable Ally draws. Savage Silhouette is an underrated card. If you can play around the opponent's removal and make the enchantment stick, you're probably going to win most games because it's very hard to beat a big regenerator. Nissa's Chosen is also very good. Three toughness is important in the format because it's so hard to beat them with what's available. The value of Vampire Nighthawk, Giant Scorpion, and Nissa's Chosen would lower drastically if they had two toughness. Harrow and Khalni Heart Expedition allow for the possibility of splashing colors for removal. Mold Shambler is an excellent utility card. Every deck is going to have multiple targets like Soul Stair Expedition and Adventuring Gear. Rampaging Baloths is a bomb. Greenweaver Druid and Grazing Gladehart allow you to accelerate/survive to the late game.
[cardlist]1 Plated Geopede
1 Molten Ravager
1 Bladetusk Boar
1 Shatterskull Giant
1 Tuktuk Grunts
1 Hellkite Charger
1 Burst Lightning
2 Goblin War Paint
2 Seismic Shudder
1 Magma Rift
1 Mark of Mutiny
1 Slaughter Cry
1 Spire Barrage
1 Runeflare Trap[/cardlist]
Red is also deep. Plated Geopede, Hellkite Charger, and Burst Lightning stand out from the other cards. Red favors an aggressive deck. Magma Rift, Mark of Mutiny, and two copies of Goblin War Paint help out aggressive decks more than others. Seismic Shudder is a good sideboard card against aggressive decks.
[cardlist]1 Kor Aeronaut
1 Kor Outfitter
2 Ondu Cleric
2 Kor Hookmaster
1 Shepherd of the Lost
1 Bold Defense
1 Windborne Charge
1 Landbind Ritual[/cardlist]
White is shallow, but there are still good cards. Two Ondu Clerics allow for a more defensive deck to get off the ground before being overrun. Kor Aeronaut and Kor Outfitter are fine aggressive cards, but require a heavy White base, which is impossible with the low number of White cards. The best cards are Shepherd of the Lost, Windborne Charge, and two copies of Kor Hookmaster. It's very hard to beat Shepherd of the Lost with creatures. Kor Hookmaster and Windborne Charge give aggressive decks the reach needed to win games. Kor Hookmaster is also an excellent defensive card. It will stop one creature attacking for a turn and trade with another.
[cardlist]1 Hedron Scrabbler
1 Stonework Puma
1 Adventuring Gear
1 Expedition Map
1 Explorers Scope
1 Trailblazers Boots
1 Khalni Gem[/cardlist]
Hedron Scrabbler is not very good. It is still playable in an aggressive deck with a heavy landfall theme. Stonework Puma always makes the cut. It will trigger your other allies and block problematic cards like Bladetusk Boar. Adventuring Gear is one of the best commons. It forces through so much damage making your mediocre weenie creatures into giants. Expedition Map is fine when you're splashing a color or need to find a land like Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle. Explorer's Scope is more of a niche card. Without Landfall it's not worth including. Khalni Gem is an excellent card that enables landfall and color splashes. However, you must be careful to not get blown out by Kor Sanctifiers, Into the Roil, and Mold Shambler when playing with it.
[cardlist]1 Graypelt Refuge
1 Kazandu Refuge
1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
1 Sejiri Refuge
1 Soaring Seacliff
1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle[/cardlist]
Refuges are excellent at supporting splashes. For example, if a blue/green deck were to be constructed, it would be quite easy to splash Burst Lightning and Shepherd of the Lost. Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle is better in draft than sealed because it's easier to get a heavy/mono-red deck. In sealed, it's unlikely that you'll have more than eleven red sources, so it's going to be quite difficult to trigger Valakut. Oran-Rief, the Vastwood is a good card. There are eight green creatures in the card pool to use it with.
An aggressive deck is the most common way to go in Zendikar, because there are more cards that lend themselves to aggressive strategies than not. Black is clearly the best in our pool; it has lots of removal and cheap creatures. The question is what is the next best color? Including Stonework Puma and Adventuring Gear, there are fifteen slots filled in the deck (every black spell except for Bog Tatters and Mire Blight). That leaves roughly seven slots for other cards. Stonework Puma can be cut for a better spell depending on the number of Allies in the deck.
Blue offers Welkin Tern, Reckless Scholar, Merfolk Seastalkers, Aether Figment, Sphinx of Lost Truths, and two Whiplash Traps. One of the main problems about blue is that the creature curve is high. There aren't that many two-drops available which makes the deck really lean on its removal and Adventuring Gear for support. There are some good synergies within black/blue. Whiplash Trap is brutal when combined with Blood Seeker. In an aggressive deck like this, the tempo generated from the two cards will allow you to close out games easily. Aether Figment, Merfolk Seastalkers, and Sphinx of Lost Truths are excellent cards; they give the deck the staying power necessary to win after turn seven. Blue lacks synergy with Allies. There aren't enough to warrant playing Seascape Aerialist. There isn't an Umara Raptor.
Green has Nissa's Chosen, two Oran-Rief Survivalist, Grazing Gladehart, Mold Shambler, Rampaging Baloths, Savage Silhouette, and Harrow. The two Oran-Rief Survivalists give the deck another way to overrun the opponent. A draw that curves out with multiple +1/+1 counter Allies will win games by itself. Unlike Seascape Aerialist, Oran-Rief Survivalist is a card that would be played on its own. A Grizzly Bear makes Blood Seeker more of a threat as well as turning Guul Draz Vampire into a Bladetusk Boar sooner. Grazing Gladehart is excellent when facing other decks that want to race. Rampaging Baloths will win games on its own; it's so good when you can play it and a land in the same turn. Savage Silhouette functions as a better Adventuring Gear. One of the questionable cards is Harrow. Soul Stair Expedition, Adventuring Gear, Grazing Gladehart, and Rampaging Baloths are the only cards that have synergy with it, which is a bit light.
Red offers many cards. There are so many that it's possible to sculpt the deck so that it has a broad range of aggressiveness. Plated Geopede, Molten Ravager, Bladetusk Boar, Shatterskull Giant, Tuktuk Grunts, Hellkite Charger, Burst Lightning, two Goblin War Paint, Slaughter Cry, Magma Rift, Mark of Mutiny, and Spire Barrage are all options. That's a total of twenty-eight spells which means that six need to be cut. It's possible to run twenty-three spells, but with Plated Geopede and Adventuring Gear, it's important to have lands to enable Landfall. A more controlling deck would cut the two copies of Goblin War Paint, Slaughter Cry, Mark of Mutiny, Magma Rift, and one more card. However, the black low-drops lend themselves more towards the aggressive side of red. You could add Goblin War Paint, Slaughter Cry, and Mark of Mutiny back in place of other cards depending on what you wanted to do.
White doesn't offer as many cards as the other colors. It has: Kor Aeronaut, two copies of Kor Hookmaster, Shepherd of the Lost, Bold Defense, and Windborne Charge. Ondu Cleric isn't very good in the deck for a few reasons. It doesn't attack well and there aren't enough other good Allies that need the synergy. Kor Outfitter makes the mana awkward. You want to play him on turn two, but you also want to play a Vampire on turn one. The two scenarios are mutually exclusive. Bog Tatters would be a better card to play in the last slot.
Back to the Grand Prix"¦
As it turned out, I decided to run with Black/Green. All four colors had a good late game card: Sphinx of Lost Truths, Rampaging Baloths, Hellkite Charger, and Shepherd of the Lost. I felt that green had the most synergy with what black was trying to do. The Ally theme was the strongest with four +1/+1 counter Allies in addition to Stonework Puma. I was unsure about Harrow, Bog Tatters, and eighteen lands. Black is quite popular in sealed and I probably would have been better off running it maindeck.
[deck]3 Guul Draz Vampire
1 Vampire Lacerator
2 Blood Seeker
1 Nissas Chosen
2 Oran-Rief Survivalist
1 Giant Scorpion
1 Grazing Gladehart
1 Stonework Puma
1 Mold Shambler
2 Nimana Sell-Sword
1 Rampaging Baloths
1 Adventuring Gear
2 Disfigure
1 Soul Stair Expedition
1 Harrow
1 Hideous End
1 Savage Silhouette
1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
7 Forest
10 Swamp[/deck]
I was fortunate enough to still have three byes off of rating. After a 3v3 against the Japanese (I'm surprised that Web doesn't mention that he and Josh both 2-1ed, while I sunk us at 0-3 - LSV), I went to go get cards signed and do some trading. After everything was finished, there was enough time to get a bite to eat before round four started. There were 831 people playing which translated into nine rounds of Swiss day one with a cut to top-128 or everyone with a record of 7-2 (whichever was greater).
Round 4: Gary Talim
We know each other back from California. After catching up for a minute of so, we get to playing. Game one I had turn one [card]Vampire Lacerator[/card] followed by turn two [card]Blood Seeker[/card] and [card]Stonework Puma[/card] a few turns after that. His draw was very slow. Despite running out of spells and drawing lands for a few turns, I was able to go all the way with my men and a [card]Disfigure[/card]. He played [card]Hellkite Charger[/card] on the last turn, but it didn't matter because Disfigure cleared a path for the necessary last points of damage.
Game two was similar. He was stuck on only red mana while I played some [card]Oran-Rief Survivalist[/card]s. He used [card]Burst Lightning[/card] to kill one, but he was still stuck on five mana and packed his cards up when I played a kicked [card]Mold Shambler[/card].
Round 5: Darryll Fish
Game one he mulligans to five, but has a really good draw and was able to climb back into the game despite being down two cards. He is playing a Red/Black deck with a lot of removal. I don't remember the exact details, but we traded back and forth, and I was able to win at six life.
Game two he had a good ally draw with multiple [card]Nimana Sell-Sword[/card]s and [card]Tuktuk Grunts[/card]. I didn't have much time to put up a defense and was overrun quickly.
Game three is similar to the first two games, but I was able to resolve [card]Rampaging Baloths[/card] on turn seven, making a token in the process. I could have played it turn six, but figured getting a 4/4 for sure was worth waiting a turn. He tried to race with [card]Hagra Crocodile[/card] and [card]Crypt Ripper[/card], but I traded my token with his Crocodile and then counterattacked. He had no good blocks and died to [card]Rampaging Baloths[/card] a turn later.
Round 6: Rob Dettman
Game one I ran him over quickly, because he had only one creature to play before turn five. He was Blue/White and couldn't deal with my quick double-Ally draw.
Game two was much closer. He played a [card]Makindi Shieldmate[/card], but nothing else. I thought the situation to be odd and decided to hold back on playing both my Sell-Sword and Lacerator when he chump-blocked my [card]Stonework Puma[/card] that had [card]Savage Silhouette[/card] on it. I only played the Vampire to leave regeneration mana open in case he had Day of Judgment. It turns out that he just didn't want to take damage, as he used [card]Kor Skyfisher[/card] to make double-Blue from his lone Island and [card]Whiplash Trap[/card] my two creatures and then play [card]Shepherd of the Lost[/card] the turn afterwards. I was in trouble, but was able to use [card]Disfigure[/card] and [card]Adventuring Gear[/card] to make combat profitable. I won at one life after alpha-striking with [card]Guul Draz Vampire[/card] plus three other creatures.
Round 7: Conley Woods
Game one was a war of attrition. I had quick beats like normal, curving out beginning on turn one. However, the game stalled and I wasn't able to break through a [card]River Boa[/card]. I found a [card]Disfigure[/card] to kill the snake and won after that with the help of [card]Blood Seeker[/card].
Conley decided to draw game two and I was forced to mulligan an awesome hand minus a Swamp. My six-card hand wasn't much better, but it was better than five. I had no plays and only one land for a few turns, but started to draw out of it. His hand was slow, but full of removal. My creatures started to die to [card]Seismic Shudder[/card], [card]Disfigure[/card], and [card]Burst Lightning[/card]. My shortage of land continued while he was able to find some creatures to kill me with.
Game three I decided to draw. I don't remember much about this one, so perhaps Conley will be able to chime in on this one. I know that I lost.
Round 8: Jonathan Melamed
Game one was long and drawn out. I had two [card]Blood Seekers[/card] against his [card]Grazing Glazehart[/card]. [card]Merfolk Seastalkers[/card] and [card]Sky Ruin Drake[/card] were able to hold off my team for quite a long time. In addition to the [card]Blood Seekers[/card], I had [card]Savage Silhouette[/card] on a Survivalist, two Sell-Swords, and a large [card]Guul Draz Vampire[/card]. He wasn't able to tap down my team before I drew enough creatures to overrun him.
Game two was much faster. I lost quickly to [card]Living Tsunami[/card] and [card]Roil Elemental[/card].
Game three was dominated by Rampaging Baloths, with not much else happening that I can recall.
Round 9: Olivier Ruel
Game one he curved out with [card]Kazandu Blademaster[/card] and [card]Kor Outfitter[/card]. I played [card]Oran-Rief Survivalist[/card] followed by [card]Giant Scorpion[/card] to block his guys, but he bought turns with [card]Kor Hookmaster[/card] and [card]Goblin Shortcutter[/card]. I played a [card]Grazing Gladehart[/card] to gain some life back. He attacked with his creatures and I put my Scorpion on his Outfitter and my Survivalist on his Shortcutter, effectively playing around [card]Bold Defense[/card]. He had Punishing Fire for my [card]Giant Scorpion[/card] after damage. I put [card]Savage Silhouette[/card] on my Gladehart to hold him off until I could tap out for [card]Rampaging Baloths[/card]. He attacked into my team. I called and blocked, taking two damage in the process. Luckily, he didn't have anything. I decided to play around Pitfall Trap and hold back my Baloths, and two turns later the game was mine.
Game two he played [card]Goblin Shortcutter[/card] and [card]Kazandu Blademaster[/card], but I had [card]Disfigure[/card] for both of them. I made some men in the process and all he could do was draw and say go. A few turns later he was dead. He hadn't drawn any men to strap the two copies of Goblin War Paint in his hand onto.
With day one was over, I went to check around and see how Wrapter and Luis were doing. Sadly both of them lost the last round to not make day two. They had the fire and I decided to draft with them against some of the Floridians. Fortunately we were able to win that draft and headed to Chili's for a late-night dinner. Chili's was actually the best choice we had. There wasn't much around and open after 11 PM, but the chicken fajitas were still as good as I remember.
Day two arrived far too quickly. I knew that my first pod wasn't going to have many free wins and got ready to draft:
Draft 1:
[card Doran, the Siege Tower]Yann Massicard[/card]
[card Juggernaut]Yuuya Watanabe[/card]
[card Web]David Ochoa[/card]
[card Rune Snag]Mat Marr[/card]
[card Helm of Kaldra]Alex Majlaton[/card]
[card Battlefield Medic]Richard Hoaen[/card]
[card Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir]Gullaume Wafo-Tapa[/card]
[card Mark of Mutiny]Mark Littlefield[/card]
I opened a mediocre pack and took [card]Welkin Tern[/card]. I would have preferred to start in Black or Red, but this was fine. Second pick I could have taken a [card]Bladetusk Boar[/card], but decided to wait for more signals and take [card]Blazing Torch[/card] instead. I was rewarded with another [card]Welkin Tern[/card]. Blue kept flowing, and by the end of the pack, I had three [card]Welkin Tern[/card]s, a [card]Sky Ruin Drake[/card], [card]Ior Ruin Expedition[/card], [card]Kraken Hatchling[/card], and [card]Merfolk Wayfinder[/card]. Additionally, I had dipped into Red for a [card]Hellfire Mongrel[/card], [card]Goblin War Paint[/card] and [card]Magma Rift[/card].
Pack two was insane. I opened [card]Living Tsunami[/card] and got passed [card]Trusty Machete[/card] second pick. Red didn't appear to be open on this side either, but there were two late [card]Kor Hookmasters[/card]. I also picked up two [card]Whiplash Trap[/card]s, an [card]Into the Roil[/card], and an [card]Adventuring Gear[/card]. My deck was excellent going into pack three. Pack three was very disappointing. I was only able to pick up four good cards. I opened [card]Journey to Nowhere[/card] and got passed [card]Sky Ruin Drake[/card], [card]Windrider Eel[/card], and a fourth [card]Welkin Tern[/card].
I decided to play two copies of [card]Hedron Scrabbler[/card] over [card]Kraken Hatchling[/card] because they fit better with the theme of the deck: attacking quickly. If I came across another super-aggressive deck, then I would bring in the Hatchlings to replace the Scrabblers. Overall I was happy with how the deck had turned out and was expecting nothing less than a 2-1 record with it.
[deck]2 Hedron Scrabbler
1 Tempest Owl
4 Welkin Tern
1 Merfolk Wayfinder
2 Kor Hookmaster
1 Windrider Eel
1 Living Tsunami
2 Sky Ruin Drake
1 Adventuring Gear
1 Blazing Torch
1 Explorers Scope
1 Trusty Machete
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Into the Roil
2 Whiplash Trap
12 Island
6 Plains
2 Kraken Hatchling
1 Caller of Gales
2 Lullmage Mentor
1 Shoal Serpent
1 Quest for Ancient Secrets
1 Spell Pierce
1 Ior Ruin Expedition
1 Makindi Shieldmate
1 Arrow Volley Trap
1 Hagra Diabolist
1 Goblin Guide
2 Goblin War Paint
2 Magma Rift
2 Piranha Marsh[/deck]
Round 10: Alex Majlaton
Game one I kept a hand with Explorer's Scope, [card]Welkin Tern[/card], [card]Hedron Scrabbler[/card], and four Islands on the draw. My remaining draws were lands and I am soon eaten alive by a [card]Timbermaw Larva[/card] among other assorted green/white creatures.
Game two was looking good from the start. However, I got stuck on three lands and drew my [card]Kor Hookmaster[/card]s too early. He played [card]Shepherd of the Lost[/card] and I couldn't beat through it. It took an extra three-four turns before I found a fourth land to play [card]Living Tsunami[/card]. [card]Vines of Vastwood[/card] destroyed it when I went to block with it. From there, I found another land and was able to play [card]Sky Ruin Drake[/card]. He was starting to attack with a 5/5 [card]Timbermaw Larva[/card]. I had set up a lethal two turns of attacking with four two-power flyers through his [card]Shepherd of the Lost[/card]. My plan would have worked if he didn't have [card]Arrow Volley Trap[/card] to utterly destroy me.
Round 11: Yuuya Watanabe
Game one I had Welkin Tern on turn two like every game. He threatened to play something scary on turn four with his turn-three [card]Greenweaver Druid[/card]. I had [card]Blazing Torch[/card], but decided to delay the decision with [card]Kor Hookmaster[/card] to see if anything developed. A turn later I killed off his druid after nothing had happened. [card]Oran-Rief Recluse[/card] killed off a Tern, but I made another one. My Tern was able to attack through his Recluse with the help of [card]Adventuring Gear[/card], but that soon stopped when he played a [card]Windrider Eel[/card]. I used [card]Whiplash Trap[/card] to bounce his Eel and another creature and attack. His Recluse was forced to chump and he died two turns later.
Game two I had [card]Welkin Tern[/card] again on turn two. [card]Kor Hookmaster[/card] traded with his [card]Oran-Rief Survivalist[/card] as I raced in the air with two [card]Welkin Tern[/card]s. He made [card]Rampaging Baloths[/card] but I had the [card]Journey to Nowhere[/card]. Relic Crush brought the Baloths back and he made a token. [card]Whiplash Trap[/card] bounced the token and Baloths to buy enough time to kill him before he could trample me to death.
Round 12: Richard Hoaen
Game one he had an early [card]Kazandu Blademaster[/card], as well as [card]Kabira Crossroads[/card] and [card]Kor Skyfisher[/card] buy him time and gain life back from my early [card]Welkin Tern[/card] beats. I'm able to break through his Skyfisher with a Hookmaster and [card]Into the Roil[/card]. [card]Adventuring Gear[/card] allowed me to keep the pressure up. Eventually I played a kicked [card]Tempest Owl[/card] and it cleared the path.
Game two he mulliganed to five and never played a spell. At the end he showed me the two [card]Tajuru Archer[/card] he had in his hand. Thankfully for me, he never drew a Forest.
With the first pod out of the way, I was in a decent position to make top 8 if the second draft went well. When the pod seating went up, I noticed that the second draft was likely to be similar to the first.
Draft 2:
[card Web of Inertia]David Ochoa[/card]
[card Juzam Djinn]Martin Juza[/card]
[card Waxmane Baku]Nathan Waxer[/card]
[card Thopter Foundry]Lucas Siow[/card]
[card Ashas Favor]Tom Ross[/card]
[card Marhault Elsdragon]Mat Marr[/card]
[card Young Wei Recruits]Laurence Young[/card]
[card Starke of Rath]Ben Stark[/card]
This draft was a train wreck. I opened [card]Living Tsunami[/card], [card]Devout Lightcaster[/card], and [card]Kazandu Blademaster[/card]. I took the Living Tsunami. Afterwards I took a [card]Kor Hookmaster[/card] out of a very weak pack. I didn't like the signals that I was sending for pack two. I should have gone into Green. There was an abundance of Green in pack one, but I didn't want to abandon what I had. I was looking to make another aggressive Blue/White deck, but the cards just weren't there. At the end of pack one, I had also gotten [card]Blazing Torch[/card], [card]Paralyzing Grasp[/card], [card]Cliff Threader[/card], [card]Bold Defense[/card], [card]Windborne Charge[/card], [card]Nimbus Wings[/card], [card]Brave the Elements[/card], and [card]Tempest Owl[/card].
Pack two yielded more controlling cards. This draft was abysmal. I picked up two [card]Ior Ruin Expedition[/card]s, Summoner's Bane, another [card]Paralyzing Grasp[/card], [card]Umara Raptor[/card], [card]Misty Rainforest[/card], [card]Sky Ruin Drake[/card], [card]Kor Cartographer[/card] and [card]Noble Vestige[/card]. I couldn't decide between an aggressive deck and a control deck. The packs weren't cooperating with me and as a result many of my picks were wasted on suboptimal cards.
The draft was a mess. After reviewing the pool between pack two and three, it seemed like aggro wasn't going to be as likely. I didn't have enough of the cards and would have to play some mishmash of mid-range/control. Pack three I opened up [card]Roil Elemental[/card] and [card]Journey to Nowhere[/card]. Normally I would have taken the [card]Journey to Nowhere[/card]. However, I felt that I would need to mise to win. Therefore, I took the [card]Roil Elemental[/card]. I got a [card]Kazandu Blademaster[/card], [card]Makindi Shieldmate[/card], and some other bad slow cards. Here's the monstrosity that I built:
[deck]1 Cliff Threader
1 Kazandu Blademaster
1 Kor Hookmaster
1 Makindi Shieldmate
1 Noble Vestige
1 Reckless Scholar
1 Umara Raptor
1 Kor Cartographer
1 Living Tsunami
1 Caravan Hurda
1 Sky Ruin Drake
1 Roil Elemental
1 Shoal Serpent
1 Blazing Torch
2 Ior Ruin Expedition
1 Bold Defense
3 Paralyzing Grasp
2 Summoners Bane
9 Island
1 Kabira Crossroads
1 Misty Rainforest
7 Plains
1 Cosis Trickster
2 Tempest Owl
1 Quest for Ancient Secrets
1 Spell Pierce
1 Trapmakers Snare
1 Trapfinders Trick
1 Kor Outfitter
1 Brave the Elements
1 Nimbus Wings
1 Bold Defense
1 Windborne Charge
1 Desecrated Earth
1 Relic Crush
1 Shatterskull Giant
1 Quest for Pure Flame
1 Runeflare Trap
1 Carnage Altar[/deck]
Round 13: Mat Marr
Game one went extremely long. I put all three [card]Paralyzing Grasp[/card]s on his creatures, including a [card]Terra Stomper[/card]. He had [card]Frontier Guide[/card] searching out lands and I couldn't break through his Sky Ruin Drake with my [card]Living Tsunami[/card]. I was able to regain a bunch of life with [card]Kabira Crossroads[/card] and [card]Living Tsunami[/card].
I finally found my [card]Roil Elemental[/card] and hoped to break through his flyer. The board was quite cluttered since it was at least turn fifteen. I stole his [card]Sky Ruin Drake[/card] but he had [card]Heartstabber Mosquito[/card] the turn afterwards. [card]Hideous End[/card] killed my [card]Living Tsunami[/card] and I was soon overrun his creatures. The rest of my creatures were too small and couldn't kill much.
Game two was over quickly. I don't remember exactly what happened, but I had a Summoner's Bane to stop his first play. [card]Sky Ruin Drake[/card] took it all the way before he could find an answer.
Game three I had [card]Noble Vestige[/card] and [card]Sky Ruin Drake[/card] attacking him. He played [card]Baloth Cage Trap[/card] and kicked [card]Mold Shambler[/card] to destroy my [card]Ior Ruin Expedition[/card] with two counters on it. I went to attack with my flyers and play [card]Makindi Shieldmate[/card] and [card]Paralyzing Grasp[/card] on his tapped [card]Baloth Cage Trap[/card] token. My plan would have worked except for the fact that the [card]Paralyzing Grasp[/card] landed on the untapped [card]Mold Shambler[/card] instead. He queried about the play and I said I put the enchantment on the Baloth token. It was obvious what I wanted to do. He said it wasn't so obvious. The judge watching said that because [card]Mold Shambler[/card] was a legal target and that I hadn't announced a target as well as played another spell after [card]Paralyzing Grasp[/card], it would be impossible to back up the game. I appealed but the ruling was held up. I got hit for another four damage from the token and he played [card]Terra Stomper[/card]. The [card]Terra Stomper[/card] walked all over my team of creatures and ate me alive.
Round 14: Ben Stark
Game one I played some guys but was overrun by a quick Ally draw involving [card]Kazandu Blademaster[/card] and two [card]Nimana Sell-Sword[/card]s. I had [card]Roil Elemental[/card] but it died to a removal spell.
Game two was also one-sided, but not as much. I played [card]Living Tsunami[/card] on turn four with two Summoner's Banes in hand. I got one hit in with the Tsunami before it got swallowed up by [card]Journey to Nowhere[/card]. Summoner's Bane took out his next two creatures which generated enough tempo to mount an offensive. Neither of us had anything relevant for a few turns, but my tokens were enough to finish him off.
Game three he had a faster opening with [card]Guul Draz Vampire[/card], [card]Blood Seeker[/card], and [card]Vampire Hexmage[/card]. I put [card]Paralyzing Grasp[/card] on the [card]Guul Draz Vampire[/card] and [card]Vampire Hexmage[/card]. [card]Living Tsunami[/card] got eaten by [card]Journey to Nowhere[/card] again, but I had some backup, with Kazandu Blademaster and an Umara Raptor beating down. [card]Roil Elemental[/card] showed up and started to steal creatures. [card]Vampire Hexmage[/card] removed the counters from my [card]Umara Raptor[/card]. [card]Arrow Volley Trap[/card] also bought some time for him to find one of the few outs he had to [card]Roil Elemental[/card]. He didn't draw [card]Marsh Casualties[/card] or [card]Disfigure[/card] to save himself.
Round 15: Lucas Siow
I'm at the top of the bracket going into the round and can make top 8 if I win and a few of the x-2s play it out. Lucas understood this and conceded. Sadly, nearly all of the matches figured out they could draw safely and I was forced into ninth.
Many people would say that I did a good job; ninth place, four pro points, and $600 should warrant praise. However, I was disappointed with this GP. I played poorly in nearly every round during both days. That isn't to say that I played terribly. Rather, I made minor mistakes. I missed multiple [card]Blood Seeker[/card] triggers, an Ally trigger, and didn't have my head completely in the game like I normally do. There were many factors that contributed to this appalling display, none of which deserve to be blamed other than me for not dealing with them.
After the Swiss rounds were over, we did a few drafts. I was tired and only did one which we won (obviously). The shuttle service took about fifteen of us to Chili's where we ambushed them about thirty minutes before they were closing. I went to re-buy on the chicken fajitas and was not disappointed. Luis and Wrapter went off to draft the night away while I headed back to the seedy Day's Inn to sleep.
We met up with BDM in the morning to take a shuttle to the airport and even managed to sneak in a 2v2 before we left on our separate ways. The flight back was terribly long. I had to fly from Tampa north to Philadelphia. From there I had an hour layover followed by a six hour flight back to San Francisco. Needless to say, I was happy to be home. I was glad to have gone to Florida to meet up with my friends and play a bit of magic. Hopefully by the time GP Minneapolis happens, I'll have found the stuff I forgot to bring with me to Tampa.


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Wasserstein's Heart: Two Cardiologists Explain Irregular Heartbeats
The irregular heart beat that sent Lazard Ltd. chief Bruce Wasserstein to the hospital could either be a trivial condition that can be treated with medicine or a serious problem requiring more aggressive treatment, according to cardiologists Deal Journal spoke with this morning.
In a statement late last night, Lazard said only that Wasserstein was hospitalized with a irregular heartbeat and that his condition was "serious," but that he was "stable and recovering."
Neither of the cardiologists that Deal Journal spoke with, Vivek Reddy of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and William O'Neill, executive dean for clinical affairs, at the University of Miami School of Medicine, are treating Wasserstein, but they spoke generally about irregular heart beats.
"It can range from the trivial to the life-threatening,'' says Dr. Reddy, who is Director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at Mount Sinai.
Much depends on whether the irregular beats, or arrhythmia, is coming from the upper or lower chambers of the heart. Arrhythmia that occurs in the upper chamber is a relatively common occurrence among older and middle-age adults and can be caused by something as simple as consuming caffeine. It can result in such symptoms as shortness of breath, tightness in the chest or, in some cases, fainting spells.
This condition is known as Atrial Fibrillation and can be treated with medicine that slows the heart down or a modest shock of the heart to restore the heart's normal rhythm. Patients diagnosed as suffering from the condition can carry on a normal and productive career, though they often have to spend a few days in the hospital while the heart beats are normalized.
The biggest threat is if this arrhythmia goes untreated. That can result in blood pooling in the heart, which can coagulate and then travel to the brain, causing a stroke. Atrial Fibrillation affects more than two million Americans, including former president George H.W. Bush, Dr O'Neill says.
The more serious irregular heartbeat occurs in the lower chambers of the heart and is usually caused by heart muscles that have been damaged by a previous heart attack or heart disease. This arrhythmia, which can be called either Ventricular Tachycardia or Ventricular Fibrillation, can be life threatening. It is often treated by installing a defibrillator or by burning off the damaged portion of the heart that is causing the problem.
"It suggests something seriously wrong with the heart," Dr. O'Neill says. "It's really a big problem."
It is unclear whether Wasserstein has been treated for heart issues in the past, though rumors that he has had various health issues have spread in recent years.


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Former Croatian PM Extradited Home To Jail
Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader was extradited back to his native country to sit behind bars while he awaits a corruption investigation, AFP reported.
He was arrested in Austria last December after being accused of illegally financing the ruling conservative HDZ while prime minister, which was from 2003 to 2009. Austria approved his extradition in May, and he now sits in a Zagreb prison after being driven back over the border in a Mercedes van with a police escort.
Croatia's anti-corruption bureau, which is feeling the heat to stamp out graft as the country tries to join the European Union, is also looking into whether he took bribes from MOL, a Hungarian energy company.
He has not been charged, however, and has maintained his innocence throughout. Reports in local media cited by the AFP said Sanader will remain in custody for a month and that anti-corruption prosecutors will question him this week.
Sanader's extradition comes as the Croatian prime minister called elections for Dec. 4. The polls show the opposition party, the social democratic SDP, with the lead, according to AFP.


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Coulson Macleod Is The People's Favourite
Nice tweet to find this morning from mygreendirectory, "Congratulations @CoulsonMacleod you've got through to our Top 50 PEA-ple's Favourite!"
'What does this mean?' we hear you cry.
Well, Coulson Macleod has made it through the 1st round of voting for the 'PEA-ple's Favourite Award' (people's favourite eco company). And we now find ourselves in the top 50 companies in this category.
PEA stands for — people & environment achievement.
People have been voting for their favourite green SME (which includes us, clearly). The 'PEA-ples Favourite Award' recognises the importance of individual recommendations. You can make your vote count by putting forward your favourite green business.
The 2nd round of voting has begun & we'd love YOU to vote for Coulson Macleod. If we're your favourite eco company, please vote & get us into the Top 10.
The 'PEA-ple's Favourite Award' is a new award category & will be presented at The PEA Awards in October 2013.
All Top 10 companies will attend the awards ceremony, but only one can win the 'PEA-ples's Favourite'.
By the way, if you vote you'll be placed in a prize draw to win 4 tickets to attend The PEA Awards (should you want to attend). We know it's in London, but no venue has been confirmed yet.
My Green Directory (who is hosting this particular award) stands for everything that is great & green & sustainable in the retail & service world.
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Yesterday the documentary program Kalla Fakta ('Hard facts') on Swedish TV 4 was about the planned and controversial pipe line for natural-gas from the Russian city of Viborg to the German city of Greifswald.
The pipe line, which would be built by the consortium Nord Stream, is controversial in Sweden for many reasons. According to international law, Sweden can however only say no to the pipeline for environmental reasons. Analyses about the environmental consequences are ongoing and so far no decision has been made.
Many people also fear that an increasingly authoritarian Russia will militarize the Baltic Sea more than today in order to protect the pipeline. Official Russian sources have also said that their navy will guard it. Some also see it as a possibility for Russia to continue to put political pressure on their neighbours with the threat to turn off the gas, but in the future without letting their western customers feel the consequences.
The program yesterday showed that the former undersecretary at the Prime Minister's office, Ulrica Schenström, now works as a consult for Nord Stream. Also Dan Svanell, former press secretary for many Social Democratic ministers and the former Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen now work for the same consortium. The controversial part is that they might take with them secret information that they obtained in their former positions and use it in favor of Nord Stream's interest. Schenström did not want to answer any of TV 4's questions.
The documentary also showed that Nord Stream has financed a lot of project on the island of Gotland, very close to the pipe line. They have sponsored museums and other cultural events and also the very reconstruction of the harbor in Slite which will be used during the construction of the pipe line. Critics say that they buy political decisions since the municipality of Gotland is one of the instances which will have their say before the pipe line gets green light
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Whats the logic to handle UVMapsPosted Wednesday, 27 April, 2011 - 14:04 by Radar in
Hi all,
i have written a LightWave Object importer. So far so good. But when it comes to UVMapping i have two kinds of UVMaps.
One is a normal one, one TexCoords per Vertex and the other one is for discontinous UVMaps. No problems so far.
I have a box and it is mapped with discontinous UVs. So every of the 8 vertices has more than one TexCoord.
What is the next step now?
Do i split the vertices by polygon? Which would lead to 36 vertices.
Or is there an other way to handle this?
And a bonus-question:
Does it make sense to support multiple UVSets? Since LW Objects can have more than one on a vertex. Or is that nearlly never used in realtime?
Thank you very much!
As far as I know, the usual solution is to have duplicate the vertices.
You might be able to save some memory by using non-interleaved attributes (i.e. upload vertex coords, texcoords, etc into different buffers) but I don't know whether that would be worth the extra management cost.


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Which Wild player should shine in your fantasy lineup?
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Fantasy Pick: Matt Cullen
Tonight, Wild players will try and steal some of the limelight from the famed Capitals offensive superstars. The Wild has plenty of players with the ability to take the spotlight, and one of the best bets might be Minnesota's own Matt Cullen.
Cullen leads Minnesota in career scoring vs. Washington with 27 points (9-18=27) in 42 games.
He's been on fire since joining the Wild, leading the team with nine points (3-6=9) in eight games. His eight power play points (3-5=8) co-lead the entire NHL.
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Dealpolitik: Five Features of Pershing's Settlement with Air Products
Pershing Square and Air Products and Chemicals announced what at first glance looks like a pretty simple deal to avoid a proxy fight at Air Products's next annual meeting. Pershing got two board seats, the Air Products CEO announced his retirement, and his replacement will be selected by a search committee on which the two Pershing directors will serve but be a minority.
In return, Pershing and Air Products agreed to give each other about a year of peace in which they agreed not to disparage each other and they avoid a proxy fight at least until the 2015 annual meeting.
In the company's favor, Air Products avoided a potentially damaging proxy fight. However, in the details, the agreement looks like a pretty sweet deal for Pershing, particularly since it apparently hasn't had to fight very hard to get it. Pershing first surfaced as the owner of almost 10% of Air Products in a regulatory filing at the end of July.
One year of peace for three years of board representation. The agreement not only gives Pershing two nominees on the Air Products board, but the board must renominate them when they come up for reelection. Since one of the directors will get a three-year term at the next annual meeting, he will serve until at least 2017 and the other until 2016. If they quit, Pershing gets to designate their replacement, subject to the reasonable acceptance of the replacement by the Air Products nominating committee.
Pershing effectively has a seat at the table for CEO search. The CEO search will be conducted by a committee of the board consisting of four legacy directors and the two new nominees of Pershing. But in an unusual provision, one of the Pershing nominees (who is on the advisory board of Pershing) is explicitly permitted to consult with Pershing about the confidential deliberations on the CEO search and is allowed provide confidential material to Pershing directly related to the search. Pershing has agreed to keep such material confidential. Nevertheless, one of a director's most important duties is usually not revealing confidential information about important and sensitive issues like a CEO search selectively—in this case to a single shareholder.
But there is even a more amazing provision, at least in my view. The Pershing director "shall not be required to disclose to the Company information he learns from the Pershing Square Group with respect to the CEO Search or the conduct thereof." In other words the information flow is a one-way street. Information goes from the Air Products board room to Pershing, but whatever strategy Pershing is trying to effect with respect to Air Products need not be disclosed by its director as he gives his input in the selection process.
Pershing gets the final interview of the CEO candidate before the search committee can make a recommendation. Once the search committee narrows down the selection process to one person, before it can recommend his selection, three representatives of Pershing (including William Ackman, its outspoken founder and CEO) is entitled to meet with that candidate.
Although Pershing is not entitled to otherwise discuss the search with CEO candidates and doesn't have veto power over the search committee's recommendation, given this process and Pershing's relationship with Air Products, would prospective CEO candidates want to take the job unless they felt they had the full support of Pershing? Otherwise they could easily be stepping into a war zone. This would seem likely to give Pershing enormous influence over the new CEO.
There also seems to be a giant hole in Perishing's agreement "not to, discuss the CEO Search, or the conduct thereof" with candidates. This provision would probably not prevent Pershing from contacting candidates and explaining to them what Pershing expects from the next CEO.
Pershing got its window into the CEO selection process without agreeing to contractual restrictions on trading in Air Products stock. Pershing has agreed to keep information it receives confidential, but it is not restricted from trading in the stock of Air Products. Of course, it cannot trade shares on the basis of material non-public information. But if it should decide, for example, that it is not having the kind of input it had thought it would get in the CEO selection process, then it is free to sell shares if it does not have material nonpublic information. However, its ability to buy significant amounts of additional shares without board approval is limited by the poison pill the board adopted last summer.
Pershing got its package of rights without having to publicly propose a strategy for Air Products. One of the hallmarks of a proxy fight over the board is that a dissident shareholder has to propose a platform on why its directors are more qualified to sit on the board than the incumbent management directors. But Pershing has not so far given much indication at all of where it wants Air Products to head. When it first surfaced in July, Pershing in a regulatory filing set out its purpose in typical boiler plate that it intended to engage in discussions with management on various matters including strategic plans, and "the future of the issuer." But it didn't say what policies it would push. Now it has representation on the board and involvement in the CEO selection process all without detailed public disclosure of its objectives.
The settlement agreement may be a good deal for Pershing and Air Products. And maybe it will work out well for other shareholders. Still, in my view, it is not a model for good corporate governance.
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Andrea Riseborough on Terrorism, Movies and 'Shadow Dancer'
"Taking pills and drinking vodka to allow your kid to go to school" was common in 1990s Belfast, said actress Andrea Riseborough. "It was a time of extreme paranoia where people were terrified their children wouldn't come back in one piece, and some didn't."
Riseborough tapped into that paranoia to play Collette McVeigh, a single mother who is arrested for her role in an aborted IRA bomb plot in the London Tube in James Marsh's "Shadow Dancer." The film takes place in the latter days of the Northern Ireland conflict with England, when the Irish Republican Army was actively resisting their British counterparts.
The 31-year-old actress, born and raised in Whitley Bay, England a small beach town 100 miles north of Leeds, was very aware of the conflict throughout her childhood. In fact, her memories of the nightly news broadcasts initially drew her to the script, which she sat on for a month before accepting.
In the film, Riseborough's character must choose between 25 years in prison or spying on her family. She opts for the latter, a decision driven by her desire to raise her son.
"Terrorism is a term everyone is bounding around today," said Riseborough, who said she never considered Collette to be a terrorist but instead looked to her as "a warrior with a fearlessness to her."
In "Shadow Dancer," Collette carries a bag with a bomb into the London Tube and leaves it deserted on a set of subway steps. The device malfunctions, and Collette is apprehended by MI5 before she can escape.
"I tend to not put anybody in that bracket," Riseborough said.
The actress hesitated to further discuss terrorism, saying, "I just don't believe in the term. I think if you subscribe to the term, then where does it begin and end? How much terror do you have to commit? What's a good enough reason? When does it start being radical and stop being political, or personal? There are boundaries with that word."
Speakeasy talked with Riseborough on the heels of the U.K. shooting and death of a British solider last week.
"It is dangerous to bracket everything under one term. There's a danger of more things like this happening," Riseborough said, referring to the shooting.
The political thriller, which also stars Clive Owen, is based on based on the book of the same name by political journalist and British author Tom Bradby. "Shadow Dancer" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, and came out on demand and theatrically Friday.
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We were recently given the opportunity to play and test Wii Play Motion. The Wii Play Motion contains 12 games. Each game has different goals and different ways of controlling them. Each game was a lot of fun and was had easy to follow directions. Cone zone requires stacking ice cream scoops on a cone. Veggie Guardin' is a version of the popular Whack a Mole. Skip Skimmer is a game of rock skipping, requiring great control of the wrist movements. Trigger Twist is a fun series of target shooting. Pose Mii Plus is a fun matching game which requires you to match up your character to a particular area on a wall. Jump Park is a gem collecting game while Teeter Targets is another target shooting game. Spooky Search is a fun ghost hunting game. Wind Runner requires you to collect gems. Treasure Twirl is a underwater treasure hunt. Flutter Fly is a fun game of balloons and floating through the air. Star Shuttle is a fun space game requiring the player to manipulate themselves through space to deliver parts to their destination.
Wii Play Motion is a fun collection of games that will be enjoyed by entire family. Each game is child friendly and fun for adults to play along. Unlike a lot of the games on the market today, we found that Wii Play Motion was not only fun but promoted the fun without harshness. We love the Wii!!!
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These 28 jumbo crystalline dominoes are packed in a striking tin box -- beautiful to look at, convenient for storage. Bright color dots add an extra touch to the game. Includes instructions and Mexican Train starter piece.
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Whether you're preparing a backyard picnic or a side for your summery meals, this orzo pasta salad is the perfect way to enjoy all the vibrant flavors of the Mediterranean in one dish! We load it up with tart Calamata olives, aromatic mint, roasted red peppers, crumbled feta and toss it with our Whole Wheat Orzo for a stunning presentation of bold flavors.
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- DeLallo Natural Coarse Sea Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
To create dressing, combine vinegar, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a mixing bowl. Whisk together to incorporate. Introduce oil in a steady stream while whisking. Set aside.
In a large serving bowl, combine peppers, chickpeas, olives, mint and scallions. Toss with cooled orzo. Add dressing and mix well to coat. Once all ingredients are incorporated, gently fold in feta. Salt and pepper to taste.
Serves 6 to 8


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(Photos by David Jenkins, Staff)
Sikeston's dream ended with a 5-1 loss to take second in the state.
With it being Sikeston's second loss in the tournament, the "if necessary" game became obsolete.
"Of course we're disappointed -- we wanted to win this game and we'd like to have taken another shot at them," said Sikeston coach Dave Strom. "Mineral Area is a great team and they'll be a fine representative of the state of Missouri. We're just proud to have a chance to play them. We're here to play ball, that's what we did and we gave them everything we've got."
Sikeston lost to Mineral Area on Saturday by a 16-6 margin.
"We knew they were going to be running on us and we were ready for them," said Strom. "We pitched out several times and threw out a couple kids. We held them in check to some degree.
"If you look at the scores between the two games you can see that we learned a lot from the first game and came back and had a good strategy against this team tonight."
Mineral Area still stole five bases, but they were caught twice.
The visitors jumped on top in the first inning when Jeff Wilfong singled home Brad Merseal.
Sikeston tied the game in the bottom of the first when Vince Howard doubled and scored on a Timmy Hart single.
Mineral Area grabbed the lead again in the fourth inning when Wilfong singled, stole second and scored on an error to take a 2-1 lead.
They extended the lead to 4-1 in the fifth inning with two more runs.
Jordan Thompson scored on a Matt Owens fielder's choice on a controversial play at the plate that left the Sikeston faithful irate.
Owens would eventually come around to score on an error.
Mineral Area tacked on one last run in the top of the seventh when Owens walked, stole second and scored on a double by Wilfong.
Caleb Davidson was the losing pitcher for Sikeston, throwing 6 1/3 innings.
He allowed five runs (three earned) off four hits. He walked four, hit two batters and struck out three.
Stuart Strom pitched the final 2/3 of an inning. He allowed one hit.
Hart and Zach Howard each had two hits for Sikeston. Vince Howard had one hit.
But Sikeston's 5-though-9 batters combined to go 0-for-13.
Sikeston had many scoring chances -- they stranded four runners and hit into two double plays -- as they couldn't muster much offense against the Mineral Area hurler, Merseal.
"He was throwing hard and throwing a lot of strikes," said Strom. "I wouldn't say that our hitters were off balance. He just pitched a good game. We hit a couple good long fly balls that they made some good plays on. We just couldn't get any momentum going, or any runners in position to get anything rolling at all."
Mineral Area's Wilfong collected three hits with two RBIs to lead all hitters.
Thompson and Torey Watson each had one hit.
"You always want to win first," said Strom. "I'm not going to say we're satisfied with second. We played hard, everybody gave 110 percent and I'm proud of these guys for winning the games they did."