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 |
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 
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? 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.
A beautiful sunset
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 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!!!!!!
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!!!
