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The main difference between Mario's typically hit-or-miss sports titles—especially Mario Golf and Mario Tennis—is that, no matter how well crafted the core gameplay mechanics are, they frequently tend to lack the dedication and IP-embracing flair Nintendo applies to all of its upstanding Mario Kart entries. When third-party developer Camelot is firing on all cylinders, taking into account the hefty aesthetic cravings of Nintendo's fanbase, it can deliver ceaselessly habit-forming Mushroom Kingdom athletic forays; both the first Mario Golf and Mario Tennis installments provide boundless hours of cartoonish fun to this very day. It's difficult to believe that 12 years have passed since the initial Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64, a game that managed to uncover a specific perennial balance between the wackiness of Mario Kart and a much more traditional sporting event-based contest. With the graphical capabilities and portability of the 3DS, not a soul could have been called a fool for thinking Mario Tennis Open could match up to the perpetually addictive qualities of its predecessors, and while those enslaving attributes do surface from time to time, Camelot has mostly bollixed a tremendous opportunity to make the perfect companion piece to 2011's largely solid Mario Kart 7.
Even as Mario Tennis Open continuously excels in the visuals department, with bright, multicolored court settings that look great in a non-eye-straining 3D capacity, the overall experience otherwise feels incredibly bare. Camelot has basically manufactured a decent-by-normal-standards tennis game and pulled the silken skin of Mario's universe tightly over its skeleton. Mind you, Mario Tennis Open's bone structure isn't thin by any means, simply tonally unimaginative and devoid of an honest-to-goodness Nintendo sensibility. Camelot implements the 3DS control scheme well enough, proving a sound equilibrium between the system's touchpad operations and the classic arcade dexterity required to nail the perfect power shot dictated by various color-coded circles that intermittently appear on the playing field. Of course, gyroscopic functionality is attempted, with the player's screen view shifting to a closer, lower angle rather than a slanted top-down view. Swinging one's body rapidly, either from the hips for style points or directly at the arms gripping the device, from one side to another at just the precise moment does give the sensation of acing your opponent an extra boost of delight, but repeat rounds ultimately dwindle the gyroscope option to an unnecessary novelty.
One of the most memorable aspects about 2004's GameCube title Mario Power Tennis, also developed by Camelot, was that each character had more to differentiate themselves from the rest of the pack than just size, speed, defensiveness, and strength. Each Nintendo-centric competitor had specific techniques, usually special shots that could be used to get out of a late-level jam, that allowed them to stand out and thrive, creating different methods of play for gamers who wanted a certain type of match flow. Mario Tennis Open unfortunately excludes these deeper character-distinguishing maneuvers in favor of a much more streamlined approach, limiting competitive combinations with a smaller (but still worthy) cast and the addition of your Mii avatar. The majority of the customization (most importantly, an obtained item) is applied to your Mii and not to any other character you may have spent a considerable duration honing skills with. Attaining these bonuses is enjoyable to a certain extent. Every challenge, whether bungled or fulfilled, yields at least a single offering of loot available for procurement in the shopping center. Obviously, currency is awarded as victories are achieved, via versus the CPU or in online tournaments. The major issue here is that the effects of these aptitude augmentations to your Mii can't be adequately displayed outside of the tennis arena, and what little information is there (dull-as-dishwater wheel diagrams) fails to present an accurate portrait of your ably earned accomplishments.
In addition to customary manners of play, Mario Tennis Open features a number of noticeable mini-games that, quite often, are more rewarding than the generally vanilla one-player mode. Ink Showdown, Galaxy Rally, and, my personal favorite, Super Mario Tennis (firing off shots at a wall dressed up like the eight-bit stages of Super Mario Bros., with coin blocks aplenty) all find interesting ways to get the player to focus on high-intensity volley placement and other valuable strategies. After you've unlocked the game's ensemble of hidden characters, the mini-games provide not only the best way to earn spendable credits, but quite possibly the most efficient approach to avoiding the bulk of Mario Tennis Open's pronounced imperfections.
Mario Tennis Open's online scenarios are, like the rest of the presented package, more or less a letdown. StreetPass works relatively smoothly, but doesn't provide much incentive to alternate from long-range WiFi duels to localized back-and-forths between up to four friendlies. Due to the gyroscope's sky-high cheapness (players really don't have to go to the ball, just thrust horizontally at the correct moment and you've struck the yellow sphere), anyone who doesn't mind looking moronic jerking their 3DS to and fro will have a tough time being bested by those who stick to their manual guns.
Not so much a mediocre game as it is a blatantly missed opportunity, Mario Tennis Open, if nothing else, should act as a firm slap in the face for Camelot to realize the significance of cradling the grandeur of Nintendo extremely close. They've proved on many a prior occasion that they can fabricate an apt Nintendo sports title, but they drop the ball here not by central design but by losing focus on what matters: the Nintendo magic. Mario Tennis Open, then, is much like the familiar dilemma of a certain red-capped Italian plumber, finally arriving at the boss's castle only to realize that his kidnapped woman is somewhere else entirely.


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Southbound Interstate 35E lane closures, ramp closure in St Paul occurs June 25-26
ROSEVILLE, Minn. – Motorists will experience delays and a detour on southbound Interstate 35E in St. Paul as the road is reduced to a single lane and the ramp to eastbound Interstate 94/southbound Highway 52 closes at 5 a.m. Saturday, June 25.
Motorists will begin to encounter lane closures on southbound I-35E starting at Maryland Avenue, and a single lane will be open between University Avenue and I-94. During the ramp closure, southbound I-35E motorists will be detoured to eastbound Highway 36 and southbound I-694.
The restrictions are needed to allow crews to stripe and install curbs at the south end of the I-35E/Cayuga project. The southbound I-35E lanes and ramp are expected to reopen by 7 p.m., Sunday, June 26.
The work is part of the I-35E Cayuga project, which aims to reconstruct I-35E between University Avenue and Maryland Avenue, including replacement of the Cayuga Bridge, the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge and the railroad bridges along I-35E. Read more about the Cayuga project by visiting www.mndot.gov/metro/projects/35estpaul/cayuga.html.
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Richard Joseph Neutra
Richard Joseph Neutra (Austrian/American, 1892-1970) Boomerang Chair, designed 1942, posthumous production VS, Germany...
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Richard Joseph Neutra
Nationality: Austrian/American
Birth Place: Vienna, Austria
Born 8 April 1892; died 16 April 1970. Neutra studied architecture under Rudolf Saliger, Karl Mayreder and Max Fabiani at the Technische Hochshule in Vienna from 1911 to 1915 and from 1917 to 1918; he was greatly influenced by Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos. In 1919, Neutra conducted a seminar with Karl Moser at the Eidgenössische Technische Hoschule, Zürich. He worked with Gustav Amann in the offices of Werli and Staeger, with Pinner and Neumann, and with Heinrich Stanner (Berlin, 1921), and was City architect of Luckenwalde, Germany in 1921 and assistant architect in the office of Eric Mendelsohn (Berlin, 1921-23). He emigrated to the United States in 1923, and was naturalized in 1929. In the United States, Neutra was assistant architect in the office of C.W. Short and Maurice Courland in New York in 1923, and draftsman in the office of Holabird and Roche in Chicago in 1924. He worked for a few months with Frank Lloyd Wright (on Taliesin, near Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1924) and with Rudolf Schindler (Los Angeles, 1925-30). After 1925, Neutra was in private practice, in partnership with Robert E. Alexander (Los Angeles, 1949-58), and with his son Dion in Richard and Dion Neutra and Associates (Los Angeles, 1965-70).
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By PennyLane27 | 31
Well, if they've been dating very long, then technically you'd be correct!!
By StraightUpBaller | 14
Are you sure it came across as joking? I know we all make mistakes and it happens to all of us - things can just come out wrong and you don't realize it. Either way, that's a bit ridiculous as a course of action for him to take.
By StraightUpBaller | 14
Are you sure it came across as joking? I know we all make mistakes and it happens to all of us - things can just come out wrong and you don't realize it. Either way, that's a bit ridiculous as a course of action for him to take.
friedpwnadge | 25
I don't think op has anything to worry about except the accuser getting laughed out of court.
By JosephKorso | 15
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NEVER call someone a pardon unless you are entirely sure and have proof. Even in a joke. Not funny, OP. YDI.
JosephKorso | 15
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Peoples' lives have been ruined by "jokes" like that. I will admit that the other guy may be taking things too far, but things like that should never really be joked about in the first place.
extrasnipes | 22
I'd insult #2 but I'm afraid this guy will sue me.
Badkarma4u | 17
Sounds like #2 has spent some time in the real world. Some Jokes need not be made, because they are not funny. If the co-worker had been gay op probably would have been fired outright. I'm also willing to bet OP said it more than once. the co-worker can get laughed out of court unless he has proof that someone other than OP mistreated the co-worker or made comments about him being around children.
rsp97531 | 10
A true pedophile is someone that is sexually attracted to prepubescent children, does not believe it is wrong to be attracted to prepubescent children, and doesn't understand why everyone else knows it is wrong.
That is why pedophilia is so horrible, and why it is so very wrong to call someone a pedo without proof for any reason.
That is why pedophilia is so horrible, and why it is so very wrong to call someone a pedo without proof for any reason.
By Morning_fml | 22
Well, you're not entirely wrong. He's only aggravated 'cause you spoke the truth.
onlychildFTW | 33
Well 19 is of a legal sage so it isn't true. In Canada though 16 is the legal age.
VeganVampyre | 26
Actually, a pedophile is someone who is sexually attracted to children who have not gone through puberty yet. So even if 19 wasn't a legal age, or even if she was 15 or 16, he still wouldn't be a pedo. It wouldn't be legal, but that doesn't automatically make it pedophilia.
Grimmerie | 31
It might not be a big deal legally, but it definitely is a big deal looking at the power imbalance in the relationship. Anyone who's 50 and has thirty years of adult experience will be in a position to manipulate and take advantage of someone who has been an adult for a year. Besides, what could he want her for other than her body and her lack of experience? They can't have much in common. It's shady as fuck.
juturnaamo | 29
Unless the guy is rich, or he's in a position of authority over her, their isn't that much of a power imbalance. I've been in relationships like that (still 23 years between my husband and I) and the older guys are usually more inclined to compromise and maintain a balanced relationship.
Badkarma4u | 17
He could be the kind of guy that likes to live life in an extreme way and has found that women his age dont want to live life at a break neck pace. Its sad to assume that a person who is 19 years old has nothing to offer besides their body. Im sure she has a personality. She may have grown up with a lot of life experiences. I know 19 year olds that have backpacked across europe, and I know 50 year olds who have not left a 10 mile radius of their birth. Let them live their own lives. .
9a_1z | 12
I find it a bit creepy because he's bragging about her age like it's some sort of trophy. But 19 is when you start to own your decisions and make the fuck-ups you'll learn from later in life, sometimes that involves dating someone many years your senior until you get a bit older and realise you can get what that relationship provided you with in other less wrinkly, creepily braggy places (or decide that person is the one for you!). It's nothing like being a victim of pedophilia.
Actually 94, my husband and I have been together 6 years, and he is 28 years older than me. I was 19 when we met. He was 47. We have a lot in common and we also have no power imbalance in our relationship. He's also not as selfish as most people in my generation are. I also like that he doesn't drink or do drugs like most people my age in my area. He shares his life experiences with me to make me wiser. He convinced me to go to college. He has honestly made me a better person. There are numerous benefits to dating a much older man sometimes. Just because it's not for you does not mean it's inherently wrong, bad, or unhealthy. It's also nothing like pedophilia #2, nor is pedophilia anything to joke about. Those jokes can and do ruin lives.
Utetopia2014 | 18
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What if i made a joke about rape? I mean..... I'd only be joking. How about then?
callabos921 | 14
Agreed. Lives can be ruined by "jokes".
kirstyfunnybunny | 18
and some people can't even take a joke about taking a joke
militarybrat | 21
Considering that his character was defamed by anyone who overheard? No its not a joke. Op needs to know he can't say things like that.
Miss_Chevious | 37
A 50 year old with grace and dignity perhaps?
Earl_KarmasBitch | 28
How did he get a smoking hot girlfriend when he obviously has no sense of humour anyway?
Rkikkas9713 | 25
Money, duh.
derangedplanet | 23
how do you think he can afford to sue
graceinsheepwear | 33
That sounds like a trip to HR and some sexual harassment classes right there.
By PennyLane27 | 31
Well, if they've been dating very long, then technically you'd be correct!!
i_wuz_nver_here | 31
The age of consent in over half of America is 16. The more ya know
JesusFreak227 | 15
He'd still be arrested.
DoomedGemini | 37
They'd have to be dating 6 or more years or more for you to be correct in calling him a pedo.
By MeltedMango | 8
Well frankly speaking, it is still a dick move to call somebody a pedo straight to his face, even if there is a large age gap between him and his girlfriend.
PennyLane27 | 31
Unwise? sure. Dick move? possibly. Something everyone was probably thinking but had enough filter to wait till he was out of ear shot? Most definitely!
But a lawsuit is over reacting.
But a lawsuit is over reacting.
VeganDarkLight | 31
It was a joke, I don't see anything wrong with it. Mine and my ex-boyfriend's friends always called him pedo (I was 17 and he 23 that time, so not even a huge difference) and we laughed along with them.
PennyLane27 | 31
I dated a guy 8 years older than me once. Were quips made? Of course! But all in good humor. I've never heard of someone wigging out like that over being jokingly called a pedo. I mean the guy kinda set himself up by drawing attention ( "bragging") about the chick being 19! He, not OP, sounds like a tool!
If it's between friends, then it would be seen as an obvious joke (I hope), but he never said this guy he "joked" about was his friend. He only said it's a "coworker", so there's no reason to assume this guy should've known it was a joke. Maybe OP has always been a troublemaker, gossiper, or a dick towards this guy. We don't know and I doubt OP would admit to any of that if it were the case.
quarterbird | 18
Dick move to call him a pedo to his face? Is behind his back less dick-ish?
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|Surface Roughness Effects on Boiling Heat Transfer
|Keywords: Boiling, Surface Roughness, Microchannel
|Boiling heat transfer is an attractive alternative as a next generation cooling technology for high performance electronics due to the high rates of heat transfer obtainable with this approach. However, nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficients are strongly influenced by the nature of the surface conditions and fluid wettability, often hampering an engineer's ability to obtain accurate heat transfer predictions. In this presentation, an experimental study of surface roughness effects on pool boiling heat transfer and flow boiling heat transfer in microchannels will be discussed. Pool boiling results were obtained from five test surfaces with a roughness average ranging from 0.027 to 10.0 microns. Tests were conducted using two fluids with significantly different thermophysical properties and wetting characteristics: water and FC-77, a perfluorinated dielectric liquid. Notable differences in the boiling behavior between the two fluids on the same set of surfaces were observed. Three microchannel test pieces with a roughness average varying from 1.4 to 6.7 microns were fabricated. Heat transfer and pressure drop results were obtained to assess the influence of surface roughness on flow boiling in microchannels. Surface roughness was found to have a significant influence on the flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop.
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I've been intrigued by the sound of the macarons ever since the craze for them began, unfortunately they are pricey little treasures and one cannot afford to just splash out whenever I'm feeling a little sweet... So the perfect alternative is to make them yourself! Now, I've already mentioned in my previous post that I am not a talented baker so this isn't going to go perfectly at all.
I used a recipe from the BBC for my "macarons" and honestly it was a bit of disaster!
I was following the recipe word for word, apart from that one bit where it says '2 tbsp water', I may have used over double the amount but only because it just wasn't forming a syrupy texture... and when I got up to the bit where it says 'Leave to stand for 30 minutes' and I decided to say nahh and pop it in the oven straight away. My mixture was also a lot more watery than expected which meant that they expanded as they were piped on to baking paper. The first batch didn't come out as macarons as you can see below but that didn't stop me eating all of them because they were still incredibly tasty!
So for the next batch, I did leave it for 30 minutes until it formed a layer of 'skin', and then popped it in the oven for 12 minutes with the door slightly ajar as the recipe said. I kept a close eye on it but they still went brown and still was not a macaron, at this point I thought to myself that maybe the first batch wasn't a success not because I didn't wait that extra 30 minutes but because I might have added too much liquid to the mixture.
I mean, it wasn't a complete failure because they had the taste of a macaron, they just don't have the look of one. My other half even said they were a million times better than the shop bought ones, I didn't even have to force him say that so they must have been pretty darn good! I can only describe these as a slightly moist macaroons or very sticky/sweet biscuits with cream or a mini denser spongecake or simply gorgeous little pieces of heaven...
...Let's just say that it was a delicious disaster...
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In addition to hardware enhancements, the Repartee LX version 8.1 product offers a new Web-based administration console that allows system administrators to set-up and maintain the Repartee LX system quickly and easily. The console boasts a new look-and-feel, including a more modern design with familiar application screens that make navigation and administration much simpler. At a glance, administrators can set-up accounts for new users and groups and run reports using intuitive toolbars and menu options. Moreover, the new Web-based console allows administrators to maintain the Repartee LX system on-site or from a remote location, saving valuable time and maintenance costs.
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Repartee LX users can now experience desktop fax messaging through Active Voices ActiveFax® and ViewFax® modules, giving users a powerful combination of voice mail, automated attendant, and complete facsimile functions. ActiveFax stores incoming faxes electronically, sends them to any fax machine the subscriber chooses, and allows mobile workers to conveniently retrieve their fax messages remotely. ViewFax lets users manage their faxes from their PC, giving users more control over all documents while helping to preserve security and privacy.
The new Repartee LX product also offers Cantonese prompts and support for serial/PMS (Property Management System) integrations for the hospitality market. Customers can purchase Repartee LX version 8.1 systems as either complete turnkey systems or in new port packages that include software, documentation and system key for 2-40 port configurations. This new customizable ordering process will provide customers with more flexibility, integration and hardware options. Customers can also upgrade their current Repartee product to Repartee LX. We remain committed to helping to protect the investment our loyal customers have made in our legacy products by offering them a smooth migration to Repartee LX, added Prescott.
The new Repartee LX product is available through Active Voices reseller channel, strategic partners and international offices in the Netherlands and Australia.
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CINCINNATI (CBS.MW) – Kroger Co. tried to stop a more than 5 percent drop in value Wednesday by saying it was comfortable with analysts' earnings estimates for the second quarter, a step aimed at separating itself from industry heavyweight Albertson's Inc.
The parent of Kroger, Fred Meyer's, Ralph's, Smith's and other grocery stores expects to meet the high end of the 16 percent to 18 percent earnings increases targeted earlier this year, according to spokesman Gary Rhodes.
For the quarter, the First Call Corp. consensus of analysts' expectations is earnings per share of 28 cents for Kroger (KR). The average of 16 estimates comes in at $1.36 for the full year, according to First Call.
The Kroger press release went out during a grocery segment meltdown prompted by Albertson's (ABS) weak preliminary earnings warning, released after the close of trading Tuesday. Albertson's fell well under analysts' expectations by reporting earnings of 50 cents per share, 12 cents below the First Call consensus.
Early Wednesday, a flurry of ratings downgrades pulled Albertson's to a fresh 52-week low of 21 ½, in trading that was more than eight times its average daily volume. Kroger and Safeway Inc. got caught in the downward spiral.
Albertson's was off more than 17 percent, but slowed to close down 14.2 percent, of 3 ¾, to new 52-week low of 22 11/16. Safeway (SWY) slipped 1, or 1.9 percent, to close at 51.
Kroger, which was beginning to see some recovery after the press release was issued, fell again, down 13/16, or 3.5 percent, to close at 22 3/16.
Albertson's said its earnings were hurt most by declining same-store sales and higher-than-expected costs related to its merger last year with American Stores Corp. Rising labor costs also ate into profits.
Kroger, on the other hand, is seeing rising sales, Rhodes said. What's more, the company said its merger last year with the Fred Meyer chain of stores is doing quite well, thank you very much. Kroger expects to save $260 million this year and $380 million next year by combining overlapping operations.
"Our integration is working well," Rhodes said. Kroger expects to release second-quarter earnings on Sept. 15.


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- Step-daughters of England: British Women Modernists and the National Imaginary
Jane Garrity's Step-daughters of England examines how, despite their frequent ambivalence toward, and even overt resistance to, the British imperial project, four British women writers of the years between the world wars nonetheless remained deeply influenced by the logic and rhetoric of Empire. According to Garrity, these writers were compelled by a love of England as well as a desire to inscribe themselves as citizens of the nation as women had not hitherto been able to do, even as they were acutely critical of many facets of life in contemporary England—especially of their situation as women within its systems. And their investment in the cultural mythology of England, as well as their acculturation within the "infrastructure of Englishness" (23), sometimes led them unwittingly to speak the language of Empire. Garrity illuminates how these British women modernists' "experience of nation" and "complicated relation" to imperialist structures of feeling marked their work (1, 11).
Of the British women writers that Garrity treats, Woolf is the clearly canonical figure here, while Dorothy Richardson, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Mary Butts are included with the acknowledgment that they are "critically neglected" and undervalued (13). She seeks to recuperate these last three from marginality. These writers also represent a range of different relationships to the category of modernism: whereas Woolf and Richardson, given their formal strategies and thematic concerns, are readily classified as modernist, Butts is not often invoked in discussions of modernism because she is usually simply absent from the radar screen of twentieth-century literature; Warner, when addressed, is often denied modernist status on grounds of her formally conservative prose idiom. Garrity reads all these writers as modernist, and she maintains that modernist experimental fiction by British women writers forms a prime locus for the phenomenon she examines.
Garrity suggests that these early-twentieth-century women writers, actuated by awareness of the injustice of the position of British women (who remained politically disempowered despite such recent gains as the vote) develop compensatory fantasies in their fiction of more powerful public roles for women within England; and the way in which they imagine an improved situation for Englishwomen indicates the impact of imperial mythology on their thought. The language of mapping and territorial conquest prevalent in their work also reflects their imbrication within imperial discourse. Although [End Page 693] Garrity doesn't invoke it, one thinks here of "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer": much like the Keats who, as a stableman's son without university training who often had to strain for public legitimacy, deployed imperial tropes of conquest to capture the empowerment afforded him through access to the literature of classical antiquity, so these British women writers enlist such terms—terms implicated in the very imperial England that has denied them public power—to express hopes that women might be newly enabled within a reformed England.
While rich with research—though usually not the primary "archival" kind of which the back cover boasts—as well as skillful close reading and carefully designed arguments, Garrity's study is somewhat longer than it needs to be. At 350 pages in extremely small type, the book uses a great deal of territory to unfold its arguments. Moreover, the structure of Garrity's central argument follows a formula too familiar these days: that despite an apparent rejection of a discourse, these writers nonetheless end up colluding with the very discourse they purport to refuse. As a result, the same conclusion is repeated here somewhat too often: that all roads, however much they appear to deviate from it, lead inevitably to imperial England. If the work of these British writers seems captured by the logic of the British Empire, Garrity's seems somewhat in thrall to the pressures and habits of the contemporary academy.
This said, her study is also deeply intelligent, theoretically adept, impressively researched and enormously useful both to modernist studies and scholarship on twentieth-century fiction more generally. She is right to draw attention...


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Recipe submitted by Mayme Walker of Dinuba for the 1989 Visalia Farmers Market Harvest Cookbook.
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon shortening
1 egg
1 1/2 ups kiwi, finely chopped
2 tablespoons sour milk
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
How to Make:
Cream the sugar and shortening, and then stir in the egg.
In a separate bowl, mix the kiwi with the sour milk, and then add to the creamed mixture.
Sift flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda and then stir into creamed mixture. Add the walnuts and blend well.
Pour into 3x5x2.5 inch pans lined with wax paper, greased and floured. Bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes of until done.


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- January 14, 2018
- 300 E. 9th St.
- Coralville, IA 52241
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Experience the wonders of an Iowa winter at Coralville's annual WinterFest. Since it began in 2008, thousands of people each year enjoy a showcase of winter-time demonstrations, indoor and outdoor hands-on activities, entertainment, food, and frosty fun for all ages.
- Presented By: Coralville, City of
- Dates: January 14, 2018
- Location: Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
- Address: 300 E. 9th St.
- Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
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Federer discuss a potentially difficult first-round tie against Lopez in fine style at the French Open. The world number three, who next plays French wild card Maxima Teixeira, knows all about the hazard of the knowledgeable Spaniard having saved match point in their fresh meeting at the Masters 1000 event in Madrid.
Roger has not been at his best on clay this period, failing to reach a final, but he looked sure throughout on Court Philippe Chatrier as he wrapped up a 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7/3) win.
After Novak Djokovic's obliteration of Thiemo De Bakker earlier, this match took a while to get going but, when Federer broke for the first time in the eighth game, the first set was all but over.
The Swiss, champion at Roland Garros in 2009, was serving chiefly well, not let Lopez a single break point, and he continued to do just enough with one break at 2-2 in the second set.
The third was a tight affair up until the tie-break, when Lopez threw in a couple of voluntary errors to give Roger a lead he never seem like give up, and the third seed clinch victory in style with his 12th ace.


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A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.
Gilles Deleuze
January 18, 1925: French philosopher Gilles Deleuze wrote about everything from the works of Spinoza to the concept of philosophy itself. He was born in Paris 89 years ago today.


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A music lover's heaven in the historical center of Prague, the boutique Aria Hotel is a breath of fresh air amongst its five-star competitors in the city.
Boasting 52 spacious rooms and a prime location in the heart of Prague's Mala Strana district, the five-star boutique Aria Hotel looks like every other hotel in the city from the outside. But look a little closer as you walk through the main door and you'll notice the first hint of this hotel's music theme.
A crisp modern decor designed by Italian architects Rocco Magnoli and Lorenzo Carmelini welcomes you as you walk through to the lobby. What was once the entrance to a courtyard parking lot has been transformed into a wonderful light and spacious area.
Full of quirky caricatures of some of the most legendary music artists and composers and a lounge style lobby, the Aria's personal touches immediately make you feel as though you have walked into a large stately home rather than a hotel.
Following a speedy and friendly checking in experience, you are escorted to your room and are immediately greeted with the sounds of the artist or composer of which your room is named after.
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During our stay, we had the pleasure of sleeping in the Tchaikovsky, a red ochre colored room with the most wonderful view of the adjoining UNESCO World Heritage Baroque Vrtbovska Garden, one of Mala Strana's best-kept secrets.
Guests of the Aria Hotel have free access to the Vrtba (Vrtbovska) Garden (normal fee is 65Kc per adult) which can be enjoyed from 10am and exclusively to hotel guests after public closing time at 6pm.
This Italian-style Baroque garden is not only a wonderful addition to the Aria Hotel, but a fantastic place to sit in the afternoon with a good book or climb to the top terrace for a stunning view of Prague Castle and 180-degree panoramic city view.
Should you visit on a rainy day, fear not, the Aria Hotel has plenty to keep you busy. Head down to the hotel's private cinema, read your book in one of the cozy chairs in the Fireplace Lounge or keep up with your fitness regime and enjoy views of the garden from the hotel's gym.
There is also a massage service on request and if that wasn't enough there is a small dark room for children to play Xbox and complimentary daily Afternoon Tea from 4 pm to 6 pm.
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Of course, you could also just kick back in the comfort of your own room and watch one of the many movies on your apple television or listen to an album from the hundreds of CDs available on the hotels exclusive Music Library through your iPad or Apple TV.
If you get a bit peckish, you can find the CODA restaurant on the hotel's rooftop, ranking among Prague's best fine dining establishments and features a delightful menu prepared by Executive Chef David Šašek.
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would recommend the Aria to anyone looking for a musically inspired stay, a luxury experience with a personal touch or a romantic experience.


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"God Among Humankind"
Contributed by Kenneth Sauer on Jan 24, 2012 (message contributor)
Summary: A sermon about trust.
"God Among Humankind"
A couple years ago there was a pretty bad disaster out at sea.
A tourist boat, loaded with cars and partiers, had not shut its doors properly; water began pouring in; the boat started to sink, and panic set in!!!
People were screaming as the happy and relaxed atmosphere of the ship turned, in minutes, into something worse than a horror movie!!!
All at once one man—who was not a member of the ship's crew—took charge.
In a clear voice he gave orders, telling people what to do.
Relief started to mix with panic as people began to realize that someone, at least, was in charge…
…and people started to get to the lifeboats they would have otherwise missed in the dark and the chaos.
The man himself made his way down to the people trapped in the boat's hold.
There he formed a human bridge: holding on with one hand to a ladder and with the other to part of the ship that was nearly submerged, he was able to make sure people were able to cross to safety.
When the nightmare was over, the man himself had drown.
He had literally given his life using the authority he had assumed—the authority by which many had been saved.
Now, take that picture to a different sea coast.
In the little town of Capernaum there was a synagogue.
And here comes a Man, not one of the usual teachers, Who starts, on His Own authority, to tell people what God's will is, how the Kingdom is coming.
Unlike the Temple in Jerusalem where people worshiped and made sacrifices, the synagogue was mainly for teaching.
It was a place for prayer and instruction.
And Jesus' teaching was electric and new.
The usual teachers, the priests, the scribes and the Pharisees didn't teach like Jesus.
They always said, "as Moses said," or "as Rabbi so-and-so said."
On the other hand, Jesus spoke with compelling authority which was all His Own!
And then Jesus moves from authoritative teaching to authoritative action!!!
As Jesus was teaching and the people stood amazed…
…we are told in verses 23 and 24 that "Suddenly, there in the synagogue, a person with an evil spirit screamed, 'What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the holy one from God."
This poor man had somehow been invaded by a force from outside him over which he had no control.
How many of us can relate?
None of us have any guarantees.
Any of us could be assaulted by a myriad of life's external dangers—whether it be a car accident, an illness, the death of a loved one, the loss of a job.
How frightening life must be to a person who is dealing with such things, and concludes that he or she must try and navigate through life's perils without any resources, guidance, love, or help from God.
How easy and natural it must be to lose hope!!!
In 2010 a disturbing report hit the news about a little boy in Chicago who was shot and permanently disabled in a drive-by shooting.
That fact alone is awful enough, but the reporter went on to say that everyone in the neighborhood knew who the shooter was, but no one came forward to identify him.
The boy's mother even acknowledged that she drove by the shooter's house every day on the way to work.
An educator from Chicago who was interviewed by the reporter said, "That's what happens when people lose hope. You don't think things will get better, so you just give up."
We know nothing about the man with "an evil spirit."
We don't know his background; we don't know how long he had been suffering.
What we do know is that Jesus commands the demon to leave the man.
And as it came out of him the man convulsed, and the onlookers stood in amazement!
We never hear anything more about that man.
And because of this, we can surmise that this story is more about Jesus' authority over unclean spirits than it is about this specific person.
The demons don't even appear to be too concerned about anything other than Jesus, once Jesus appears on the scene.
"What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us?
I know who you are.
You are the holy one from God."
This gives us some mighty important and life-saving insight into how we are to deal with the unclean spirits and difficulties in our lives.
As we acknowledge, recognize and live with the horrible perils of life, our ultimate focus is to be on Jesus!!!
For Jesus alone is the Only One Who can overcome any and all difficulties!!!
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|KNEW I could snag a pic of this dress!
***As usual spoilers***
What started as a shockingly bland and mediocre episode slowly and meticulously escalated until my jaw was on the floor.
First, Lisa Kudrow
As I mentioned earlier, I was happy Shonda Rhimes chose Kudrow for the role of Fitz's rival. I like the actress. Of course, she's a little over 10 years younger than my mother, yet last night she looked at least 10-15 years older than my mother...but that's a different conversation for a different day.
Some might argue that the casting stunt is foul play, but to an extent, I get it. We're gearing up for election season on Scandal, and introducing the character of Congresswoman Josie Marcus (Kudrow) in this manner is much like introducing a political contender. We get hyped about her presence because we want to see more of the Democrats on the show and just how far they're willing to go to take out the Prez.
Secondly, Sally Langston
On Facebook, I shared this hilarious article which posited six ways Sally Langston is a better President than Fitz. Sally has been something of a laughingstock to Cyrus and Fitz on Scandal, and she's not taking it anymore. In fact, that seems to be theme this season: political women not taking it anymore. We saw the Senator's wife murder his side piece and then verbally step all over him in court. Congresswoman Marcus has decided to make the leap and become the first female Prez, which ain't nothin' to scoff at.
And now Sally Langston is thinking of breaking away and running for President as an Independent.
Thirdly, #TeamHucknJake, and Quinn is grounded
The ex-spies have joined forces, y'all; they know Daddy Pope's dirty little secrets, all three hundred and twenty-nine of them (sorry ladies; it seems Liv's mom is dead after all). In so doing, Huck's found a new playmate and Quinn's grounded for trying to be too much like Huck. You know what happens when kids get grounded, right? If they're Quinn, they sneak out and buy a gun.
Fourthly, Kennedy
The Prez is still not grasping just how powerful B613 is. Even after getting hung up on by Daddy Pope, the Prez seriously thinks he can "get rid of B613". So Cyrus tells him a sweet little story about a man who noticed - merely noticed - B613's budget among the government's regular funds. The story ends with the man committing suicide. Of course, Cyrus explains that's not exactly how the Prez's story will end if B613 decides he's an enemy. He explains that if Fitz wants to know how B613 will deal with a sitting President, he can "ask Kennedy."
Lastly, the Unholy Trinity
I know you're thinking Mellie/Fitz/Liv, but I was actually thinking Mellie/Cyrus/Liv. After publicly throwing Liv under the bus and fucking with her revenue stream, the White House wants her back to help re-elect the same man they accused her of sleeping with...publicly. They think they can recreate their former magic...without the election-rigging this time.
Um...yeah. Okay.
Really quickly, could someone explain something to me? What makes Fitz so "great"? Cyrus runs his Presidency. Mellie used to be crucial to his image. Liv writes his jokes and comes up with all the great strategies. Meanwhile, Fitz drinks, and whines, and doesn't know what to do with himself. What makes him so great?
Remember how lost this man got when left to his own devices?


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Town Hall Auckland :Concert by Mr John McCormack (the celebrated Irish tenor) Thursday Jan[uary] 18th, 1912.
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Shows head and shoulder portrait of the tenor John McCormack, resting his right cheek on his curved fingers. The Brett Printing Company printed the programme. Mr McCormack's representative was Scott Colville.
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In reaction to the measles outbreak in neighbouring Romania, Bulgarian health officials have sent recommendations to the regional inspectorates, in an attempt to keep the disease from spreading into Bulgaria.
The National Institute of Public Health in Bucharest released numbers, according to which 3,446 people were infected in Romania until a week ago, while 17 children have died from measles. The outbreak has spread to 37 of 41 Romanian districts.
One of the districts hit by the largest number of cases seems to be Timis, where 530 people had measles. Four children died in that region. In the capital Bucharest, one child died since the outbreak was first registered in the summer of 2016.
All over Romania, the health authorities have jump-started vaccination campaigns for children between 9 months and 9 years of age, since they are the most vulnerable. According to the institutions, the outbreak is the result of anti-vaccination campaigns on social networks, which had convinced many Romanian parents.
Romanian Roma are more likely to be infected, including children in this minority group, due to their limited access to medical care.
This measles outbreak in Romania is bad news for neighbouring countries as well, including Bulgaria. The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control came to the conclusion that there is a high probability for an exportation of the disease.
The authority believes that "considering the size and geographical spread of the ongoing measles outbreak in Romania, the likelihood of exportation of measles cases is high." This was proven by the fact that "ongoing measles outbreaks in three other E.U. countries have been linked to the current outbreak in Romania."
The number of measles cases in Italy and the U.K. is unusually high as well, while the situation in Romania is far worse.
In Sofia, the Bulgarian Ministry of Health has called on the regional health inspectorates to collect information about possible cases. According to the authority, family doctors should check the immunization records of their patients, in order to see whether measles vaccinations were administered. Especially the records of children were important, the ministry said.
The fact that the Bulgarian authorities are scrambling to collect data and give advice shows that they are afraid the outbreak might actually spread to Bulgaria.
There is one positive trend in Bulgaria. According to Bulgarian language media reports, less parents of babies and toddlers refuse vaccinations these days. BNT quoted a pediatrician who said, in 32 years on the job, she had not seen a single case of severe health complications because of vaccinations.
Children usually get three-component vaccines, which provide immunity against measles, rubella and mumps. Experts say it is very effective.


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Reasons To Keep Keeping
People often accuse me of being "loose" with my mulligan decisions. By some standards, they're dead on. But this word€"loose€"has no meaning to me personally. In my mind, there's no "loose" and "tight"; there are only good decisions and bad decisions.
Mulligans can be among the toughest choices we face in Magic. They're made even more difficult by a prevailing mentality among players that good players mulligan a lot and weak players don't mulligan enough. Any time you ask a group about a tough opening hand, you'll invariably get more people answering "mulligan" than there are people who would actually mulligan when faced with the decision themselves. Nobody wants the stigma attached with advocating a "loose" keep.
When you keep a bad hand and lose, you can end up feeling like a fool. What's worse is the fear of looking likea fool to anybody who knows about your dirty little secret. On the flip side, who would blame you after losing on a mulligan?
"I lost, but I mulliganed to five in game 3."
"Poor guy! He played his heart out, but cruel fate stole his win away from him!"
We need to get over this! A win is a win and a loss is a loss. What other people will think of your decisions should not be a consideration as you're making them. It may be true that weak players keep more than they should, but mulliganing too much is as real a problem as mulliganing too little! In my opinion, it's a problem that afflicts many talented players. There are times when you should mulligan aggressively, but there are times when you should not.
It was the quarterfinals of Grand Prix Minneapolis. Benjamin "The Beast" Friedman, who was on the play with his U/W Delver deck, played a turn 1 Gitaxian Probe, and Brad Nelson plopped an infamous six-card hand, which you can see above, onto the table.
Spectators crowded in to get a closer look; phones and cameras set about recording the moment for posterity. By now, thousands of players have seen this no-land keep and had a good, hearty laugh at old Mr. Nelson's expense. But not me.
This was a good keep. Not only would I keep that hand myself, but I feel that to mulligan would be a huge mistake. The way the two decks matched up, there was little Nelson could do in the early turns of the game which Friedman would be unable to answer. Given that Brad was going to have to win a "fair game," a mulligan to five would have been a colossal€"nearly insurmountable€"disadvantage. This six-card hand has a reasonable, foreseeable route to victory (drawing an Island), while a mulligan to five does not.
Brad kept this hand and went on to win the game, the match, and make it all the way to the finals of the GP. He was "fortunate" that the lands he needed came off the top in a timely manner. However, the countless players who would have mulliganed would have had to get substantially more "fortunate" to win the game when starting with five (or four, or three, or two) cards in their hand.
Bravo Mr. Nelson, for making the best of a bad situation! Many other top players would have mulliganed and may not have come out of that match alive.
There's a simple and important fact about Magic which deserves to be written down at least once: mulligans are bad. Starting the game with fewer cards dramatically decreases your chances of winning.
Whenever you're faced with a bad opening hand, treat it as what it is: a bad situation. You have a choice between two bad options. However, you should never feel desperate or helpless. My goal in writing this is to help us all to make calm, reflective, honest decisions about our mulligans.
There's a tendency to oversimplify mulligan decisions. With the millions and billions of possible opening hands we can face, it's comforting to have bases of comparison and guidelines to help us. However, the reality is that no two hands are the same, just as no two players are the same and no two matchups are the same. Oversimplifying mulligan decisions is dangerous. In particular, I'd like to highlight two "false guidelines" that people incorrectly lean on.
"This card is already a mulligan."
I hear this all the time. If someone doesn't have the proper lands to cast a card in their opening hand, they may consider their seven-card hand as already having six cards and convince themselves that a mulligan is "free." This is a bad attitude, except in extreme circumstances.
This hand has two white cards with no way to produce white mana. Nevertheless, I would keep it on the play or the draw. My plan is not to win the game with only blue mana; it's to draw into white at some point (it need not be in the first four turns), cast my Geist of Saint Traft and my Restoration Angel, and win from there. The blue cards in my hand and on the top of my library can buy me time to do that.
Using the guideline of "this card is already a mulligan," I would look at five cards: Island, Island, Vapor Snag, Mana Leak, and Snapcaster Mage with the option to trade those cards in for a random six. In that case, I would mulligan, which is why this guideline is misleading. It's certainly not ideal to keep a hand with no white mana. However, the presence of the two white cards and the ability to draw into white mana and later cast them puts the decision over the edge in favor of keeping.
"You lose if you miss your land drop."
Nobody likes missing land drops. I especially don't like missing my third land drop or my second land drop. My guess is that Brad Nelson hates missing his first land drop just as much! But that doesn't mean that he would have to concede the game as soon as it happens.
If you're not facing imminent death, drawing out of a mana screw is a great place to be. It means you have a stocked hand! Sometimes your opponent simply doesn't have an appropriate draw to punish you for missing land drops. Beyond that, though, when I'm faced with a land light opening hand I look for ways to buy time to draw out of a mana screw.
My educated guess is that many people would mulligan this hand no matter what because you can apply both of the above "false guidelines" to it. I would keep this on the draw as Grixis Control against an unknown opponent.
Applying the false guidelines, one would first argue that I have a significant chance of losing the game immediately. With 26 lands in the deck (25 remaining), I have a (28/53)(27/52)=27% chance of losing the game by missing my second land drop. I would counter by saying that I don't automatically lose if I miss my turn 2 land drop. Maybe my opponent has a draw such that the Pillar of Flame really sets him back. Maybe I end up hitting Slagstorm mana at just the right time and make a great comeback.
Second, one might consider the Karn Liberated "already a mulligan." After all, it costs seven mana and I only have one land in my hand. Grixis Control has to reach six or seven mana before it can win the game. That means that my plan is to drag the game out long enough to cast Karn. I will eventually be able to make use of him. In this particular example I also have Desperate Ravings, which gives my least valuable cards a chance of "cycling" whereas if I mulliganed to six I would also be choked on the resource of raw quantity of cards.
I call these "false guidelines" because they do not always hold, not because they are always wrong. Certainly there are matchups where missing a land drop is as good as losing. Certainly there are some situations where you can consider a card "already a mulligan." One example would be having numerous finisher cards in the opening hand of your control deck. If you have three Grave Titans in your opening hand, the second one doesn't look so great and the third one can probably be considered a mulligan (who needs to cast three Grave Titans to win!?).
Some decks contain cards which they do not actually want to draw. An aggressive Birthing Pod deck has little interest in having it's one-of Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite in its hand. It's actually a big problem for a Natural Order deck to have Progenitus in its opening hand! In that case, Progenitus can be worse than a mulligan, though this is further complicated by the presence of Brainstorm to "cycle" it.
So far, I've pointed out the dangers of mulliganing too much and of oversimplifying mulligan decisions. Such information, though, is not very useful unless we know what factors should influence our mulligan decisions.
How aggressively should you mulligan?
The reason there can be no all-encompassing guidelines for mulligan decisions is that they're completely based on the context of the match. You cannot make an educated decision unless you understand the way your deck matches up against your opponents, the way the games are likely to play out, and what will be important in determining the winner of the game.
How important is card quantity?
Do you need to continue making land drops into the late game? If so, you should be less inclined to mulligan. Does the deck, or matchup, provide any way to "cycle" (make use of without casting) your weak cards? This could mean reshuffling them with Brainstorm, discarding them to Faithless Looting, pitching them to Force of Will, or any of the other uses there are for dead cards. If your opponent's first turn play is likely to be, "Raven's Crime you," then you should be less inclined to mulligan.
What is your deck?
What is your deck's game plan? For the Grixis Control deck in the example above, the plan is to trade a lot and use slow card draw spells to grind out small advantages over time. Voluntarily starting the game down cards is exactly contrary to this plan, so the pilot of such a deck should not mulligan aggressively.
On the other hand, take Boros Aggro in Innistrad Block Constructed. This is a deck whose advantage is speed. If you reach the late game at parity, Boros will be at a huge disadvantage because multiple of its cheap, efficient cards will trade for the Huntmasters of the Fells and Bonfire of the Damneds opposing decks are chocked with. In order to play to the strength of the deck you need to make sure you have a fast draw, so as a Boros pilot you should mulligan much more aggressively.
I chose Innistrad Block Boros as an example because it has yet another important factor playing into its mulligan decisions: a single card that has an abnormally large impact on the game. Because of the restricted card pool in Block, there can be a very large disparity in the power level of cards. Boros, for example, has a dramatically higher win percentage in the games where it starts with a Champion of the Parish than it does otherwise. You should recognize this and mulligan less frequently when you have a Champion and more frequently when you do not.
What is the matchup?
A more familiar situation for most people is postboard against extreme decks (Storm Combo, Dredge, Mono-Red Aggro). You're likely to have single sideboard cards that dramatically increase your chances of winning if you draw them. Mulligan aggressively!
There may be matchups where you have to make adjustments to your game plan, and your mulligan decisions should change accordingly. Continuing with the same examples, Grixis Control cannot grind out G/R Beatdown the same way it does other decks. G/R is fast, brutal, and contains difficult to answer creatures and equipment to make sure that every single Birds of Paradise is a lethal threat. The Grixis gameplan needs to change; now the goal is not to drag the game out indefinitely but simply to survive long enough to cast a Grave Titan. It doesn't matter how many cards are left in your hand after the Grave Titan, because the card is likely to win the game on its own. You can mulligan more aggressively because all that matters is having the Titan, the mana to cast it, and the tools to survive the early turns.
Now imagine you're piloting the Boros Champion of the Parish deck against a mono-red deck that sports four Pillar of Flame, four Shock, and four Magma Spray. Now there's little need to mulligan aggressively to a Champion of the Parish because the chances are low that it'll survive anyway! What's more, against a deck so focused on trading one-for-one against you, you certainly do not want to be down a card. In fact, this is the type of matchup where I would love to keep a land light hand to make sure I never run out of gas.
Is it Limited?
Under normal circumstances, you should not mulligan aggressively in Limited. Two well-built, well-balanced decks are likely to be relatively close in power level throughout the course of the game. There is always a lot of one-for-one trading, and in most cases there are not easy ways to make up card disadvantage. Therefore, being down a card is particularly painful. If there are cards that have an abnormally large impact on the game they are usually late-game one-ofs, so mulliganing to them is unnecessary or impossible.
Do you have faith in your deck?
The "faith in your deck" factor is one I learned from my cousin, Limited specialist Logan "Jaberwocki" Nettles. During long Magic Online sessions, I'd frequently message Logan for advice on tough hands:
"Should I keep this one lander on the draw?"
His reply would often be, "Well, how good is your deck?"
With a very bad Sealed deck, you may need to take some chances. The problems mentioned in the "Limited" section are more extreme, in particular the inability to make up card disadvantage. However, with an excellent deck you can feel more comfortable mulliganing because your chances of winning are very high even with a small disadvantage, so long as you don't get screwed.
The same factor can be applied to Constructed, though it's typically more related to the matchup (unless you've made a particularly great or terrible deck choice). In fact, Brad Nelson cited the fact that he had a bad matchup against Ben Friedman as one of his reasons for taking a chance on his no lander.
"... The version of Architect I was playing was very weak to Delver. That means I have to one-for-one you over and over and hope you flood out... A mulligan to five is a death sentence for this deck since I will not be able to do that with so few cards. I thought there was a better chance of drawing into one of my seventeen lands in the first two steps than getting a five even close to the power level of the six. I had to play very risky to win most games against Delver..."
Mulligan decisions depend completely on context: your deck and matchup. There are no unwavering rules about mulligans, so the only thing you can do is collect experience and consider carefully whenever you're faced with a tough call. I'll close with some examples and explain what I would do. Note that every example in this article has been chosen because it's a close call.
Modern: RUG Delver vs. Hive Mind (on the draw)
This one actually came up today as I was taking a break from writing. Lightning Bolt is a fine card to draw into, but it doesn't fill a critical role in my opening hand. Neither does a fourth land. I have no disruption, and although Serum Visions can help me find some, it's not great at doing so. If I wait until turn 2 to cast it and stack the top of my deck with a counter, I may die on my opponent's turn 3, defenseless. This matchup is likely to be over quickly and it's not about attrition, so being down a card is not an insurmountable disadvantage.
Old Standard: Mythic vs. Unknown Opponent
Again, Mythic is not an attrition deck. The goal is to have one game-ending threat go unanswered. Your opponents will be dramatically less prepared for your threats if they come down quickly (if you have mana acceleration in your opening hand). Waiting until turn 3 to play your first creature will leave you vulnerable to permission, Oblivion Ring, Jace, the Mind Sculptor, and will generally mean being behind in the midgame where you need to be strongest.
Block Constructed: Boros vs. Unknown Opponent
This hand could provide a nice framework if you could draw into the right cards. However, Boros' strength is in the early game, and since you only get a handful of draw steps in the early game you need to plan around what's already in your opening hand. If your first play is a Midnight Haunting you'll be on the back foot, and even if you topdeck Hellrider at the right time your opponent will have had leisure time to prepare for it.
Champion of the Parish is the best card in the deck by a significant margin, so I won't easily give them up. This is the best possible hand if you draw into appropriate lands, and it's still adequately aggressive even if you don't hit your second land until turn 3 or 4.
Keep on either the play or the draw
Legacy: RUG Delver vs. Mono-Black Pox
There's nothing that RUG Delver can do in the early turns which Pox will be unable to handle. Since RUG will have to win a fair game and Pox is a powerful resource denial deck, it's absolutely devastating to start down a card. With this hand, Pox can miss with an Inquisition of Kozilek, which will suddenly give you an advantage in terms of card quantity. What's more, there are plenty of ways to "cycle" dead cards in this matchup. If RUG draws into a Brainstorm, extra lands become useful. If Pox plays Hymn to Tourach, extra lands become useful. If Pox resolves Liliana (you're in trouble, but) extra lands become useful.
The "Would You Keep This?" Game
The "Would You Keep This?" Game can be played individually or with a group, and it's a good way to improve your mulligan skills both in general or with a particular deck.
Shuffle your deck, and then put seven cards on the table. Shout "Would You Keep This?" and then everybody answers the question. Set the hand aside, and repeat the process until you get through the whole deck. Don't bother shuffling in between; the point is to see a lot of hands quickly! In a group, it'll stimulate lots of helpful discussion. As an individual, you should put the hands into two piles: keep and mulligan, to get an idea of how often you're mulliganing with your particular deck. You may learn that you're being too aggressive with your mulligans, or you may learn that you should choose a different deck!
Normally, the "Would You Keep This?" Game is for on the play against an unknown opponent. However, feel free to try some exciting variations of the game including: "Would You Keep This Against Delver?"; "Would You Keep This Against Ben Friedman?"; and "Strip Would You Keep This?"


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Pink Illuminance: In retrospect to the huge controversy of references to "black hoes" on Instagram last October, do you regret the comments made? Was an underlying message that you wanted to send to the black woman that was misinterpreted? How would you address that group of people today as I'm certain many of them are amongst your fanbase?
Trick Daddy: "First of all I don't have to apologize to the black women, because the black women are at work or home cooking and taking care with [their] children but as far as these "hoes" are concerned, they are on their own because God looks out for babies and fools everybody else is own their own hoes included. A lot of women are altering their bodies and when I was growing up women aspired to be teachers and nurses to be wives. Now these "new era women" which we call thots, my thing to them is this: everybody knows that fast little girls turn into slow women and 99% of the women have something to say about what I said didn't HEAR what I said, they based their comments and opinions what the next person was doing.
Ten or 15 years ago you can identify a girl from Florida, Georgia or South Carolina from their natural hair or booties. Miami girls was bow-legged and identifiable you know what I'm saying. Now 8-10 girls have the same waist, the same thighs, the same ass, the same eye-lashes, the same eye-brows, and the same make-up artist. They're wearing the same costumes the same shoes, it's like there's no type anymore. I prefer nice slow women. So when I said the Spanish women and white women only need to learn how to fry chicken, they should've been the ones who were offended. But at the end of the day our women don't know if their looking for love or likes and followers!"
Pink Illuminance: "We can obviously see your love for black woman, you have tough love! As you've had an amazingly blessed career and comradery alongside Trina. I hear there is new music coming this year. What can we expect and when?"
Trick Daddy: "Trina got this thing, the album is going to be interesting because she's doing half and I'll be able to create the other half. So we are going to be playing the good, the bad and the ugly on there so it's "Beauty and The Beast" at this time. But remember people always ask me what I want to be known as and I always tell them, I had a wonderful time! That's all I want you to know! Then they ask me how I keep it real for so long? That part was the easiest thing I've ever had to do in my life.
When I did hits with the kids in em nobody gave me credit for it. When I did Thug Holiday, nobody gave me credit for it. Now the youth are doing all the killings in Chicago in Florida and New Orleans [people] want another Thug Holiday. But when I did Thug Holiday, you didn't understand where I was coming from. So when I named my second album http://www.Thug.com it was confusing to some people. Now the internet controls everything and they are starting to see that my music has the past the present and it's about to be the future."
Interesting enough, the rapper's passion for his community has led him to his latest venture, a Miami-based restaurant called T Double Delicious featuring "Country Delicacies" including affordable meals appropriately named "The Po Man's Meal" for less than $4.00 and discounts for high school students when they show their school I.D.'s. Needless to say Trick has and will always love the kids…and black women too!
If you are in the Atlanta area and need a legendary dose of greatness, go out and support him alongside Scarface, 8 Ball & MJG, Bun B, Mystikal, Juvenile and Pastor Troy on July 29, 2017 at the Wolf Creek Amphitheater. Doors open at 5 pm and showtime is at 7 pm. Also be on the lookout for the duet album TNT (Trick and Trina) dropping everywhere on July 28, 2017.