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Two amazing games

So I found out about this game a while back called Nation States.In the game you create a nation and you make decisions for it every day you get a new choice and you pick one of the options which in turn effects you econemy and civil along with your population.You can join the world assembly and vote on even more issues! It teaches a lot about government and how politics work. check it out here. Then I found out about another game which is about twice as realistic and is a lot harder. It teaches a ton about government policy. check it out.

2010 Texas National Open Speech Results

I bolded the people in my club :)

Individual Events Sweepstakes

1st       Natalia Ruiz

2nd      Grace Larimer

3rd       Adam Davis

4th       Zachary Harris

5th       Samuel Paul

6th       Christy Reid

7th       Jon C. Bateman

8th       Trevor Heise

9th       Benjamin J. Simon

10th     Adam Nasser

11th     Noah Harris

12th     Thomas Elledge

13th     Kelsey Crockett

14th     Christina Hastings

15th     Christina Davis

16th     Samuel Wolkenhauer

17th     Aaron Macias

18th     Annaleise Weir

19th     Daniel Gaskell

20th     George Nye

21st     Caroline K. Schuemann

22nd    Nathan D. Exley

23rd     Beth Maisano

24th     Patience Larimer

25th     Grace Einkauf

Apologetics Finalists

1st Q   Samuel Wolkenhauer

2nd Q  Grace Larimer

3rd       Adam Nasser

4th       George Nye

5th       Samuel Paul

6th       Benjamin J. Simon

7th       Ben Snodgrass

8th       Christina Hastings

Apologetics Semi-finalists

Kathryn Grace Clarkson

Lauren Craig

Trevor Heise

Jenna K. Jaax

Avery Lill

Beth Maisano

Natalia Ruiz

Caleb M. Smith

Dramatic Interpretation Finalists

1st Q   Natalia Ruiz

2nd Q  Adam Davis

3rd       Adam Springer

4th       Thomas Elledge

5th       Annaleise Weir

6th       Thornton Brewer

7th       Jennifer Duffy

8th       Aaron Macias

Dramatic Interpretation Semi-finalists

Amie Anstett

Josiah Chapman

Victoria Chapman

Grace Einkauf

Nathan D. Exley

Christy Reid

Benjamin J. Simon

Daria Woods

Duo Interpretation Finalists

1st Q   Davis – Davis

2nd Q  Pinero – Reid

3rd       Ruiz – Ruiz

4th       Harris – Stevens

5th       Macias – Mack

6th       Hastings – Snodgrass

7th       Wagley – Webber

8th       Duhon – Ricks

Duo Interpretation Semi-finalists

Anstett – Paul

Harris – Harris

Heath – McKenzie

Louis – Louis

Macias – Macias

Simon – Simon

Thompson – Thompson

Weir – Weir

Extemporaneous Finalists

1st Q   Ty Harding

2nd Q  Adam Nasser

3rd       Samuel Wolkenhauer

4th       Trevor Heise

5th       Caroline K. Schuemann

6th       Adam Davis

7th       Jon C. Bateman

8th       Grace Larimer

Extemporaneous Semi-finalists

Brad Johnson

Patience Larimer

Walker Martin

Samuel Paul

Chelsea Recine

Connor Reynolds

Jonathan Vander

Britt Woods

Humorous Interpretation Finalists

1st Q   Kelsey Crockett

2nd Q  Jon C. Bateman

3rd       Noah Harris

4th       Thomas Elledge

5th       Grace Einkauf

6th       CJ Lechner

7th       Aaron Macias

8th       Amber Liddiard

Humorous Interpretation Semi-finalists

Ethan Bonin

Justin Burchfiel

Grace Macias

Sarah Maddux

Anthony Matzke

Benjamin J. Simon

John A. Wilson

Daria Woods

Impromptu Finalists

1st Q   Adam Davis

2nd Q  Grace Larimer

3rd       Trevor Heise

4th       Melody Fausett

5th       Christina Davis

6th       Natalia Ruiz

7th       Christy Reid

8th       Adam Nasser

Impromptu Semi-finalists

Kelsey Crockett

Daniel Gaskell

Hannah Groenevelt

Marie Jeffries

Avery Lill

George Nye

Samuel Paul

Renee Sprinkle

Illustrated Oratory Finalists

1st Q   Andrew Harris

2nd Q  Caroline K. Schuemann

3rd       Leah Macias

4th       Bonnie Mills

5th       Zachary Harris

6th       Nathan Harris

Illustrated Oratory Semi-finalists

Mary Kate Crockett

Christina Davis

Sarah Fansler

Alison Louis

Amanda Mills

Tristan Penson

Joshua Pettibon

CJ Ruiz

Original Oratory Finalists

1st Q   Christy Reid

2nd Q  Samuel Paul

3rd       Zachary Harris

4th       Nathan D. Exley

5th       Benjamin J. Simon

6th       Noah Harris

7th       Thomas Elledge

8th       Grace Larimer

Original Oratory Semi-finalists

Katie Alsop

Jennifer Duffy

Grace Einkauf

Hannah Groenevelt

Grace Macias

Caroline McKenzie

Kaitlyn Reichelt

John A. Wilson

Persuasive Finalists

1st Q   Natalia Ruiz

2nd Q  Zachary Harris

3rd       Beth Maisano

4th       Sarah Maddux

5th       Annaleise Weir

6th       Christina Hastings

7th       Sarah Carr

8th       Grace Larimer

Persuasive Semi-finalists

Hunter Artmann

Victoria Chapman

Emily Faith Chiles

Trevor Heise

Amanda Mills

Aubrey Parke

Emily N. Simon

Samuel Wolkenhauer

Thematic Finalists

1st Q   Carys Aschmutat

2nd Q  Daniel Gaskell

3rd       Jon C. Bateman

4th       Patience Larimer

5th       Adam Davis

Thematic Semi-finalists

Marie Ambs

Paul D. Exley

Montana Krueger

Steven Krueger

Katie Morgan

Justin Thomson

So arc did pretty good :) We had some one break in almost every event. My sister made it to semi finals!!!And she had just flown back from Singapore 4 or 5 days before the tourny!!!

Snow!!!!

It has snowed around 3 inches here in burnet!!!! This is the most snow I have ever seen(other than the time we went to Maryland for christmas) :) for pictures check out http://picasaweb.google.com/randomboy96/Snow2010?feat=directlink

Debate results from the nat. open

1st Q   Harding-Pinero

2nd Q  Behne-Sivils

3rd       Snodgrass-Strack

4th       Bayer-Zank

5th       Leath-Waddell

6th       Scheie-Snowden

7th       Anstett-Loftus

8th       Parke-Parke

9th       Smith-Sprinkle

10th     Paul-Wolkenhauer

11th     Craig-Heise

12th     Bass-Jolibois

13th     Brewer-Reichelt

14th     Noman-Rodgers

15th     McPeak-Shipsey

16th     Davis-Davis

Double Octa-finalists

Alexander-Russell

Artmann-Artmann

Frantz-Montoya

Gallegos-Gallegos

Gaskell-Macdonald

Groenevelt-Liddiard

Harris-Stevens

Larimer-Larimer

LaRonge-Zank

Russell-Sumrall

Sterling-Sterling

Team Policy Speakers

1st spkr.           Samuel Wolkenhauer

2nd spkr.         Ty Harding

3rd spkr.          Samuel Paul

4th spkr.          Trevor Heise

5th spkr.          Josh Bass

6th spkr.          Spencer Sterling

7th spkr.          Emily Chiles

8th spkr.          Jacob Rogers

9th spkr.          Laura Strack

10th spkr.        Stephen Sumrall

11th spkr.        Chase Bayer

12th spkr.        Daniel Gaskell

13th spkr.        Laura Russell

14th spkr.        Cara Alexander

15th spkr.        Amber Sivils

16th spkr.        Joseph Samuelson

17th spkr.        Jacob Jolibois

18th spkr.        Katie Reichelt

19th spkr.        Ben Snodgrass

20th spkr.        Chelsey Sterling

21st spkr.         Jonathan Waddell

22nd spkr.       Allen Scheie

23rd spkr.        Lauren Craig

24th spkr.        William Lovell

25th spkr.        Cameron Rentschler

26th spkr.        Guthrie Leath

27th spkr.        Katie Alsop

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Final Standings

1st Q   Avery Lill

2nd Q  Marie Jeffries

3rd Q   Sarah Sanderlin

4th       Ryan Cross

5th       Adam Nasser

6th       Erika Sivils

7th       Jonathan Permetti

8th       Grace Sivils

9th       Isaac Sommers

10th     Joshua Jones

11th     Emily Martin

12th     Preston Kennedy

13th     Katy Maisano

14th     Benjamin Simon

15th     Joshua Pettibon

16th     J. Braxton Gately

Double Octa-finalists

Jon Bateman

Kelsey Crockett

Christina Hastings

Jared Hooper

Montana Krueger

Anna Macdonald

Aaron Macias

Sarah Maddux

George Nye

Jacob Phillip

Eduardo Ricks

Caroline Schuemann

Emily Simon

Bronte Smith

Micah Webber

Lincoln-Douglas Speakers

1st spkr.           Joshua Jones

2nd spkr.         Isaac Sommers

3rd spkr.          Sarah Sanderlin

4th spkr.          Christina Hastings

5th spkr.          Montana Krueger

6th spkr.          Erika Sivils

7th spkr.          Tony Mirasola

8th spkr.          Adam Nasser

9th spkr.          George Nye

10th spkr.        Christy Reid

11th spkr.        Kayla Griesemer

12th spkr.        Megan Hudson

13th spkr.        Jonathan Permetti

14th spkr.        Grace Sivils

15th spkr.        Avery Lill

16th spkr.        Ryan Cross

17th spkr.        Emily Martin

18th spkr.        Kelsey Crockett

19th spkr.        Andrew Harris

20th spkr.        Marie Jeffries

21st spkr.         John Wilson

22nd spkr.       John Ryan Mack

23rd spkr.        Daria Woods

24th spkr.        Sarah Maddux

25th spkr.        Anna Macdonald

26th spkr.        Preston Kennedy

27th spkr.        Eduardo Ricks

28th spkr.        Caroline McKenzie

29th spkr.        Melody Fausett

30th spkr.        Micah Webber

31st spkr.         Jacob Philli

So all in all Region 4 is the best in debate :) we are awesome!!!!!! If you agree please comment :P lol but it is so cool region 4 is the only region with people in T.P.  qualified to nats!!!!

Wow just a few days till the nat. open!

I was sitting here on the computer, when suddenly I realized that we leave for the open in like 3 days! I am totaly not ready for this tourny. But then who is ready for it? :P I am so happy that I get to do speech and debate. We should do something special for our parents for making us do this :) Who all that is reading this is going to the open?

If you are going to the open good luck.  :)

My dream of semi finals.

I was standing in the gym, they were announcing who made it to actas.Then they called the team of Clarkson-Exley people gave me high fives I got tackled . It was amazing.Then the next round we broke and then the next and the next and then finally they announced that we were going to debate Harding-Pinero. Then I woke up.Your probably thinking but that happened in real life right? Well on the way to the church the next day pastor Hullum asked me why I was so quiet I just said “I don’t want to end up against Harding-Pinero in finals.

When we kept getting announced that day I realized God was just trying to prepare me for what he knew was going to happen. If God didn’t do that I probably would have gotten so nervous that I would have puked!!God is truly amazing.

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A beautiful sunset

I went out side to see the space shuttle pass over but all I saw was this.

I went out side to see the space shuttle pass over but all I saw was this.

This is probably the most unique sunset I have ever seen.

I am going to challenge you…..

The challenge is to comment on every blog on jibe now :P I have commented a lot over the last day or so and now it is your turn ;) No I did not talk to Paul :) I found a really good way to go from blog to blog is to go to the top corner of the screen and press visit a list drops down click random blog and you will be well on your way to being a….commenter……? Ok that is my challenge for YOU!!!

This picture is a test but you can also see VISIT!!!!!! :)

Visit!!!This is kinda small but the large is to big so PAUL!!!!!! please make a medium between large and medium :)

Dallas tounament sucsesses(ARC’s record)

Individual Events

Sweepstakes

  • 9th – Christina Hastings
  • 13th – Beth Maisano

Apologetics

  • 6th – Christina Hastings
  • 8th – Daniel Gaskell

Semifinals

  • Beth Maisano
  • Ben Snodgrass

Dramatic Interpretation

  • 6th – Grace Einkauf
  • Semifinals – Jonathan Morgan

Duo Interpretation

  • 6th – Exley/Exley

Semifinals

  • Morgan/Morgan
  • Hastings/Snodgrass

Humorous Interpretation

  • 7th – Grace Einkauf

Impromptu

  • 1st – Christina Hastings

Original Oratory

  • 2nd – Beth Maisano
  • 3rd – Jonathan Morgan
  • Semifinals – Ben Billups

Persuasive

  • 2nd – Beth Maisano
  • 3rd – Christina Hastings

Thematic Interpretation-Semifinals

  • Paul Exley
  • Daniel Gaskell

Debate

Lincoln Douglas

  • Octafinals – Christina Hastings
  • 15th – David Huber

Lincoln Douglas Speaker

  • 5th – Christina Hastings

Team Policy

Double Octafinals

  • Adkinson/Simmons
  • Billups/Billups
  • Maisano/Morgan

Team Policy

  • 4th – Clarkson/Exley
  • 10th – Harris/Snodgrass
  • 12th – Exley/Yaklin

Team Policy Speaker

  • 3rd – Beth Maisano
  • 12th – Zach Harris
  • 14th – Ben Snodgrass
  • 16th – Daniel Gaskell
  • 24th – Jonathan Morgan
  • 29th – Marshall Yaklin

All in all arc had a very successful tourny.We got 4th place!!!