 who soon found himself on just 9 life, found Xenagos, the Reveler, however, and the Planeswalker once again started to put in work.
It seemed like a more evenly matched fight this time around thanks to Dickmann finding his own Planeswalker, Ajani, Caller of the Pride, but that changed when a one-two punch in form of Mizzium Mortars and Dreadbore took down Dickmann's threats.
Without anything left to use Ajani's effect on, Anteri now decided to aim for face rather than his opponent's Planeswalker, turning the whole match upside down!
Fabrizio Anteri was now sitting in the driver's seat!
Dickmann tried to hang on, using Banishing Light to get rid of Xenagos, the Reveler and Fleecemane Lion to provide him with some field presence, but Anteri found yet another Planeswalker: Vraska the Unseen.
When the Venezuelan found a Golgari Charm to free Xenagos, the Reveler, Dickmann was simply shaking his head in disbelief. The following attacks made it 3 on Dickmann, he tried to come back with Advent of the Wurm, but Anteri immediately found an Abrupt Decay to deal with it. "Good games", Dickmann declared and he extended the hand.
Fabrizio Anteri overcomes Fabian Dickmann 2 - 0!
After the match, I caught up with Fabrizio Anteri and asked him about the successful season that was now behind him. This is what he told me: "I'm still having fun - all of this is still very new for me. I still to consider the game a hobby and I'm not taking it too seriously."
So will anything change in the new year?
Anteri: "I will try to free up more time to play Magic and I will attend all the Pro Tours, but I'm not taking it too hard if I'm not all that successful. So basically, I couldn't be happier with my result last year and I'm looking forward to the things to come."
What is your target for the new year?
Anteri: "My target for the new year is Platinum, but if I can "just" make Gold again, I will still be happy. And even if worse comes to worse and I don't end up making Gold again, I will still continue playing, but probably focus a bit more on Sealed."We are hiring physicians for offices in Huntsville, AL.
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NEW YORK — Sunday afternoon, Mark Teixeira was blunt when describing how he felt. He had just slugged a game-tying home run in the ninth inning off Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez, but he was tired.
“My legs aren’t feeling too good right now,” explained Teixeira, who had played 18 straight games. “I was telling Carlos (Beltran), ‘I feel like I’ve got two cement blocks on my feet.’ I’m just tired.”
But a more specific problem arose, too: Teixeira’s left groin was tight. Girardi’s reaction was swift: Teixeira was not in the lineup Monday night but had a pinch-hit single in the ninth. He was removed for a pinch runner.
“We felt it was best to give him today off and then we think that there's a good chance we'll have him tomorrow and we'll put him back in there,” Girardi said. “It's probably a little bit of fatigue. He was on the bases a lot yesterday. So there's a little concern. It's low-level. But he said he felt pretty good today.”
General manager Brian Cashman repeated Girardi’s sentiments.
“Right now I’ll classify this as precautionary or reactionary,” Cashman told The Michael Kay Show. “Nothing more, nothing less.”
Interestingly, the extreme fatigue comes during Teixeira’s best stretch at the plate in nearly two years. Over his last 12 games, the switch-hitter is 14-for-46 (.304) with six home runs, 12 RBI, and a 1.114 on-base plus slugging percentage.
But Teixeira, 34, explained he wanted to play it safe. He admitted he can no longer play everyday like he did in his mid-20s — he played all 162 games in 2005 and 2006 with the Rangers. Furthermore, his recent injury history admittedly played a role — he missed 147 games last season and has already spent time on the disabled list this season with an adductor strain.
“I feel like it’s going to be fine,” Teixeira said. “What you don’t want is to try to break up a double play today or run hard down the line, and you’re already tight, you’re already tired, and so we’re just taking it easy.”
PINEDA TO THROW AGAIN TUESDAY
Michael Pineda said he is slated to play catch at 90 feet Tuesday after throwing from 60 feet Saturday and Sunday without pain in the strained upper-back muscle that forced him to the disabled list.
“I feel good,” Pineda, 25, said.
The right-hander sustained the injury pitching in a simulated game April 29. He was originally projected to miss three to four weeks, but Girardi admitted Sunday Pineda will likely be absent longer and does not anticipate Pineda returning in May.
SUBWAY SERIES STILL EXCITING FOR CLUBS
Monday is the 100th game between the Yankees and Mets. The rivals have played annually since interleague began in 1997 and though the Subway Series has lost some of its luster, players and managers on both sides claimed the passion remains for the clubs.
“I think the newness of it has worn off,” Girardi conceded. “But I think the excitement level is still very high. When I walk into Citi Field, there’s obviously a great buzz and I think when the Mets come over here there’s a great buzz and I think there’s a great buzz in the city.”Political Reservations Help Level the Field, Show UP Panchayat Polls-2015
Opinion तंदूर Exclusive: This exclusive analysis of around 14000 candidates who contested the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Zila Panchayat elections 2015, reveals candidate profiles based on their quota categories across reserved and unreserved seats and based on the outcomes presents an argument for how political reservations continue to remain relevant in empowering disadvantaged sections of society. It also briefly looks at the debate on the Women’s Reservation Bill in light of the facts which have emerged in the analysis.
Affirming the notion of dominance of men in electoral politics, it is found that male candidates heavily outnumber female candidates in the elections for the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Zila Panchayat members. An exclusive analysis by Opinion Tandoor reveals that in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Zila Panchayat elections roughly 85% of candidates contesting the elections on Unreserved (UR) seats as well as seats reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) were men.
On Unreserved Seats
On UR seats, caste along with gender plays a role in determining who contests elections. Out of 4902 candidates contesting the elections in the first phase, women candidates from SC category fare dismally with only 1.3% of total candidates. On the other hand men from unreserved category constitute more than half of the contestants at 53.2%. Men from SC category fare better than their female counterparts at 7.8%. OBC men roughly constitute one fourth of these candidates at 24.3%, while women from this category fail to reach even 5%. Women from the UR category also fail to match participation levels of men from their category with 9.2% share of candidates only.
On Seats Reserved for Women
Among seats reserved for only women candidates it is observed that along with being a woman it also matters which caste she belongs to.
Lion’s share of candidature on seats reserved for women goes to women from unreserved category at 65.4% while women from other backward category rank second at 27% and those from scheduled caste category finish last at 7.6%, similar to the unreserved seats scenario.
On Seats Reserved for women from SC and OBC categories
The question emerges, if reserving seats for women belonging to SC and OBC categories help this scene. A broad idea can be gathered by comparing candidate to seat ratio for SC and OBC women on seats reserved for women in general and those reserved specifically for them.
While on seats reserved specifically for them, both SC and OBC women have a similar and impressive ratio of about 15 candidates per seat, this ratio is considerably lower for them on seats reserved for women. Women from backward classes perform only marginally better than those from scheduled castes with 4.3 and 1.2 candidates per seat respectively. This illustrates that specific reservations for women from disadvantaged communities