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If AIBA's commitee members can vote, everybody should be allowed to vote.

All of the templates have been sent out. If you had sent me your opening and closing lines, I have included them in the posts. If not, you have the option of inserting them on Saturday. I'll start the preparations for the opening ceremony tomorrow, but today's an important day here in America as I'll be casting my vote in the midterms, and yes, my votes will be all blue

I’m going to fly to Croatia and the Netherlands to teach you and @dcro what an 18 (real age) year old can do

Wtf Aren't these the type of things that the government and not the common citizen should decide? This is plebiscite democracy up to eleven.

Just want to point out that India has sent its last 6 entries in different languages. 1) 2016 Annual: Malayalam 2) 2016 Open: Hindi (Artist for Luka Chuppi should be A R Rahman and Lata Mangeshkar. Madhavan and Waheeda Rehman are the actors in the song) 3) 2017 Annual: Haryanwi 4) 2017 Open: English, Hindi and Bengali 5) 2018 Annual: Rajasthani 6) 2018 Open: Instrumental Lets see if I can continue the streak in the next contest as well.

First day of competition, I believe this is Guyana vs Usa

According to a "friend", many porn sites don't have that. Youtube has a more strick age control system than most porn sites. (Well, according to my "friend".)

But they do not know what on earth it's all about, generally speaking. I mean, how is the average 14 (!) year old kid going to know all the financial, economical and social implications of all kinds of measures and laws and whatnot? Voting is not just saying "Yes, I also want people to be healthy, I vote for that!".

What's the need of a government then? If the voters are just going to decide by themselves even the funding for homeless people programs or infrastructure projects... unless you are very dedicated or an specialist in politics of some kind you can't possibly know the details of all these projects.

No, it shouldn't.

It's easy. Always use http://www.longinestiming.com/#!/ for any gymnastics (and equestrian, and now also alpine skiing I guess)...

Yep, it's a shame. Wikipedia brackets = best brackets

That's prohibited under article 7 part (c) of the TISC code of conduct guidelines.

First Olympic quota for Mexico Totally unexpected result, and among all events in this sport, one of the least in which to earn a place. Let's hope at least another quota is obtained during the week.

CODE RED I REPEAT. CODE RED THE ITALIAN VOTES WERE LEAKED

I have no idea why i'm following American midterms, i should be sleeping

I wonder which of the two categories I fall under then

hckosice didn't reply means he is busy in icehockey

And our friend basically wants kindergarteners to be able to vote...no thanks

At least 14 year old kids know alot about porn, so they can vote on that

No idea, but I do know it's not gonna work if people need to have a say in absolutely everything. They change their mind even faster than politicians based on small things.

"Slovak Combat Sports" and "great day" in the same sentences... i'm shocked

What's so interesting about drinking alcohol?

Arizona had an "interesting" ballot measure in 2006

Colorado tried to have a proposition on this: https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Lower_Alcohol_Drinking_Age_Initiative_(2018) Also South Dakota, but that was from 21 to 19. https://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_Drinking_Age_Initiative_(2008) Missouri https://ballotpedia.org/Second_Missouri_Initiative_to_Lower_Drinking_Age_(2008) And of course, California https://ballotpedia.org/California_Lower_Drinking_Age_to_18_Initiative_(2016)

SWITZERLAND AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 8.56 million Capital: Berne TISC Appearances 3 TISC Open Appearances 1 TISC Annual Appearances 2 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 5th Best Finish (Open) 5th Best Finish (Annual) 13th Swiss NR Points (Overall) 137 pts Swiss NR Points (Open) 137 pts Swiss NR Points (Annual) 98 pts Swiss NR Average (Overall) 3.43 PPJ Swiss NR Average (Open) 3.43 PPJ Swiss NR Average (Annual) 2.45 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 7 NR Points Streak (Open) 7 NR Points Streak (Annual) 3 Swiss NR Medal Streak 1 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Swiss Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Did Not Participate - - #2 TISC Annual 2014 Did Not Participate - - #3 TISC Open 2014 Bastian Baker - Follow The Wind 5th 137 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 Marc Sway - I Can See The World 22nd 53 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 Did Not Participate - - #6 TISC Annual 2016 Did Not Participate - - #7 TISC Open 2016 Did Not Participate - - #8 TISC Annual 2017 Did Not Participate - - #9 TISC Open 2017 Did Not Participate - - #10 TISC Annual 2018 Eliane - Dear Home 13th 98 pts Most Successful Swiss Entry

No legal drinking until you're 21, but driving when you're 16 is ok

Here's a link to start lists and results. https://live.gymnastics.sport/schedule.php?idevent=15408

POLAND AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 38.09 million Capital: Warsaw TISC Appearances 10 TISC Open Appearances 5 TISC Annual Appearances 5 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 4th Best Finish (Open) 4th Best Finish (Annual) 9th Poland NR Points (Overall) 143 pts Poland NR Points (Open) 143 pts Poland Points (Annual) 110 pts Poland NR Average (Overall) 3.58 PPJ Poland NR Average (Open) 3.58 PPJ Poland NR Average (Annual) 2.75 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 5 NR Points Streak (Open) 5 NR Points Streak (Annual) 4 Poland NR Medal Streak 2 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Polish Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 LemON - Napraw 21st 51 pts #2 TISC Annual 2014 Enej - Lili 21st 62 pts #3 TISC Open 2014 Peter and Jacob - Emotions 4th 143 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 Edyta Gorniak - Your High 20th 56 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 Ewa Farna - Cicho 9th 118 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 Margaret - Heartbeat 27th 43 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 Feel / Iwona Wegrowska - Pokonaj Siebie 22nd 56 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Sylwia Grzeszczak - Tamta Dziewczyna 28th 49 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Patricia Kazadi and M. Pokora - Wanna Feel You Now 9th 97 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Without You 9th 110 pts Most Successful Polish Entry

AUSTRALIA AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Oceania Population: 24.86 million Capital: Canberra TISC Appearances 2 TISC Open Appearances 1 TISC Annual Appearances 1 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 5th Best Finish (Open) 5th Best Finish (Annual) 6th Australia NR Points (Overall) 138 pts Australia NR Points (Open) 138 pts Australia NR Points (Annual) 130 pts Australia NR Average (Overall) 3.82 PPJ Australia NR Average (Open) 3.45 PPJ Australia NR Average (Annual) 3.82 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 5 NR Points Streak (Open) 5 NR Points Streak (Annual) 4 Australia NR Medal Streak 2 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Australian Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Did Not Participate - - #2 TISC Annual 2014 Taylor Henderson - Borrow My Heart 6th 130 pts #3 TISC Open 2014 Did Not Participate - - #4 TISC Annual 2015 Did Not Participate - - #5 TISC Open 2015 Shannon Noll - Shine 5th 138 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 Did Not Participate - - #7 TISC Open 2016 Did Not Participate - - #8 TISC Annual 2017 Did Not Participate - - #9 TISC Open 2017 Did Not Participate - - #10 TISC Annual 2018 Did Not Participate - - Most Successful Australian Entry

There will be some fluke results at World cups too, this sport is 50% about how a shooter wakes up in the given day. There is no way to avoid some weak shooters to qualify unless you implement some ranking system to award ALL the quotas.

This!

Road to TISC Open 2018  Just 4 days until the Grand Final of the Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018 and we continue to countdown the days with our "Road to TISC" series. Up today we look back upon the history of another 6 nations: Denmark, Australia, Poland, Iran, Switzerland and Colombia. We start with Denmark, the host of TISC Annual 2015 and former long-term president of The Committee: DENMARK AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 5.76 million Capital: Copenhagen TISC Appearances 10 TISC Open Appearances 5 TISC Annual Appearances 5 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 3rd Best Finish (Open) 9th Best Finish (Annual) 3rd Denmark NR Points (Overall) 148 pts Denmark NR Points (Open) 103 pts Denmark NR Points (Annual) 148 pts Denmark NR Average (Overall) 4.35 PPJ Denmark NR Average (Open) 3.22 PPJ Denmark NR Average (Annual) 4.35 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 3 NR Points Streak (Open) 3 NR Points Streak (Annual) 7 Denmark NR Medal Streak 3 TISC Record 0 0 1 TISC Annual 2014 List of Danish Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Kashmir - Rocket Brothers 12th 91 pts #2 TISC Annual 2014 Volbeat - Cape of Our Hero 3rd 148 pts #3 TISC Open 2014 Mew - Snow Brigade 36th 24 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 Blaue Blume - In Disco Lights 16th 77 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 C.V. Jørgensen - Sæsonen er slut 31st 49 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 Communions - Forget It's A Dream 22nd 60 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound 9th 103 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Kris Herman - Når Man Ikke Kan Gå Hjem 27th 50 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Sort Sol - Let Your Fingers Do The Walking 27th 50 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 MYRKUR - Ulvinde 30th 53 pts Most Successful Danish Entry

Maybe he was, until he got into boxing...

Yes, the software automatically adds 1kg to the previous lift . beside that coaches can change in twice.

Quite a show by Zhang today

I did vote for one today so jokes on you

but I can see them all, not sure what link you are checking but try this, you have to click on "draw" not the "results" https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/veranstaltung_info_main.php?active_menu=calendar&vernr=188&ver_info_action=catauslist#a_eventheadend

by the way, here are my 2 cents over the remaining Kumite classes (I'm not gonna write anything on the team events, which do not have the same appeal to me and are not so important as the individual ones in Olympic perspective)... Women's Kumite, -50kg pool 1...Bettina Plank (AUT) is the clear favourite, Nurana Aliyeva (AZE) the main contender...some surprising results might come from East Asian Countries (INA and THA in particular)... pool 2...Japan (Miho Miyahara) vs Croatia (Jelena Pehar) first and, above all, Germany (Shara Hubrich) then are the key matches in this pool...the US girl Shannon Nishi is also a possible outsider... pool 3...Radwa Sayed (EGY) is the top seeded woman in the pool, chances also for Gema Morales Ozuna (ESP) and Alexandra Pop (ROU), who are scheduled to face each other in the 1st round of the competition... pool 4...Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu (TUR) is the pre-competition favourite in this class, but she has to face the multiple (and defending) world champion Alexandra Recchia (FRA) even before making the pool final...it won't be easy for her...China and Iran are also in this pool and could be dangerous, too... my pick for the Gold Medal match: Miyahara vs Ozcelik Arapoglu Women's Kumite, -55kg pool 1...here we quite some talent...Wen Tzu-Yun (TPE) is the seeded woman, but there are a lot of really dangerous players, like Zakharova (KAZ), Bitsch (GER), Fernandez Osorio (ESP), Lirisman (EST) and maybe also Chalaki (IRI, but it's a recognition to the Iranian school, since I've never seen this girl fighting before today)... pool 2...Alesandra Hasani (CRO) vs Valeria Kumizaki (BRA)...I don't see anybody else coming off this pool, with the Brazilian as the favourite to reach the tournament semifinals... pool 3...also in this pool I think it's gonna be a 2-way duel between Sara Yamada (JPN) and Salni Jefry Krishnan Syakilla (MAS), with maybe a slim chance for Carla Burkitt (ENG) if she's gonna have the day of her life... pool 4...this one is quite a mess...Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR) and Sara Cardin (ITA) are the logical takes, but Yassmin Attia (EGY, who has to go against Cardin already in rd #1...and that's a pity) and Tuba Yakan (TUR) may have something to say...and frankly it wouldn't be a huge surprise if one of those 2 (or even both) takes the scalp of the said favorites from ITA and UKR... my pick for the Gold Medal match: Wen Tzu-Yun vs Terliuga Women's Kumite, -61kg pool 1...shame on the WKF! here we have the anticipated final already taking place in the pool final (on paper, of course): Alexandra Grande (PER) is the woman in the best shape in these last months, meanwhile Yin Xiaoyan (CHN) has to be considered the best and most complete fighter in this class (always on paper, remember)...no place for others, here... pool 2...Alisa Buchinger (AUT) could be the winner here, but she has a very strong field of opponents to face since the early rounds, as Moriguchi (JPN) and Junaa (CAN) are also in the same part of the draw as the Austrian...Bettina Alstadsaether could be named as the main outsider in the bottom part of the draw in this pool... pool 3...the top 3 girls in this pool should be Ana Lenard (CRO), Anita Serogina (UKR) and Merve Coban (TUR), with the last one possibly as the slight favourite...so, unlucky draw for the Slovak Veronika Semanikova (and one of the few hopes of a good result in fighting sports for our friend @hckosice -it should go better with Tatarova in the +68kg, but she also has a very, very tough draw, as posted yesterday)... pool 4...Gwendoline Philippe (FRA) vs Giana Lofty (EGY) in rd #1 is an absolute shocker..and the winner of this one still has to face Jovana Prekovic (SRB) to win this pool...no chance for any other, I fear... my pick for the Gold Medal match: winner of Grande vs Yin to face winner of Philippe vs Lofty (too close to call)...but since it's just a game without anything to lose, let's say Yin vs Lofty Men's Kumite, -60kg pool 1...I think Douglas Brose (BRA) would eventually come up as the pool winner, but the Asian Games champion Arrosyiid (INA), the Japanese Naoto Sago (never seen him before, tbh) and the Latvian Kalvis Kalnins (former European Champion and reigning European Bronze Medallist) are definitely not to be underestimated... pool 2...very open pool with no big names..."anything can happen" here is not a sentes for the circumstances...if I have to pick a couple of names, i'd take Darkhan Assadilov (KAZ) and Johan Lopes (FRA), but I sevretely hope in a Saudi exploit by Emad Al Malki... pool 3...this one is not going to be easy...just another really balanced draw, but this time with a couple more well known fighters, like Evgeny Plakhutin (RUS), Sadriddin Saymatov (UZB), Firdovsi Farzaliyev (AZE) and, above all, Angelo Crescenzo (ITA), reigning European Silver medallist...I hope our man can do it, but I think for him is going to be really difficult facing especially Saymatov, who already beat him more than once... pool 4...Dominik Imrich (SVK) has a real chance to make the pool final in the top half of the draw in this pool (for the joy of our mate @hckosice ), but then he will find his route closed by people like Emil Pavlov (MKD, reigning European Champion) or, above all, the dynamic duo Eray Samdan (TUR) and Amir Mehdizadeh (IRI), who unfortunately will have to face each other in rd #3 (which in this class is rd of 32, tbn)... my pick for the Gold Medal match: Douglas Brose vs Saymatov (that's an unconventional one, I must admit) Men's Kumite, -67kg pool 1...this one would eventually end up in an Asian clash, I guess...Hiroto Shinoara (JPN) will have to get the best of many athletes coming from the Gulf States, the Kazakh guy (who's not the same one who competed in the Asian Games) and also a couple of Europeans that can't be forgotten, like Joksic (SRB) and Pokorny (AUT)... pool 2...a pure mess...Vinicius Figueira (BRA), Luca Maresca (ITA), Yves Martial Tadissi (HUN), Abdel Rahamn Al-Masatfa (JOR) and Ikboljon Uzakov (UZB) all in the same pool...basically, all the medallists of the last K1PL stages are here...we can easily call it a lottery (where all the named guys have the capability of coming up as the pool -and not only the pool- winner)... pool 3...the exact opposite of the previous pool...here the only big name is Steven Dacosta (FRA)...Mario Hodzic (MNE) and Ayoub Zakaria (MAR) are just average outsiders... pool 4...Burak Uygur (TUR) and Jordan Thomas (ENG) are the top 2 names here, but the jokes of the draw have put them one against the other already in the round of 64...however the Turkish guy is the clear favorite...another guy who could raise for the occasion is Hamood Deraf (IRI), evn if also in this case it's more because of the Iranian reputation (never seen this guy before, as it often happens with Countries that do not take part in most of the K1PL stages throughout the season)... my pick for the Gold Medal match: Shinoara (but I really hope Maresca can bring some magic to our team this time) vs Uygur Men's Kumite, -75kg pool 1...Ken Nishimura (JPN) vs Bahman Asgari (IRI)...no way it could go down to anybody else... pool 2...Thomas Scott (USA) should easily win this pool...Hsu Wei-Chun (TPE) and Raef Al-Turkistani (KSA) are just outsiders... pool 3...Dastonbek Otbolaev (UZB) vs Mamduh Abdelaziz (EGY) is the duel to watch for in the top part of the draw of this pool, meanwhile the bottom half has Logan Dacosta (FRA) as the main contender of the great Luigi Busà (ITA), who's still the tournament favourite after literally destroying all of his opponents in the recent K1PL final stage in Tokyo... pool 4...quite a crowded pool...Erman Eltemur (TUR), Stanislav Horuna (UKR) and Noah Bitsch (GER) are the top names in the top half, meanwhile in the bottom part of the draw in this pool the man to beat his the living legend of Karate himself, Rafael Aghayev (AZE)... my pick for the Gold Medal match: Scott vs Busà / Aghayev (this one is really too close to call..and I'm sure it would eventually go down to some controversial calls by the judges, as it always happens when those legendary 2 guys meet)...

Are you calling us, Dutch, equal to Belgians? Not cool man Edit: Oh wait, I think you already meant Asemani in Belgium and Pouryounes in the Netherlands. If so, we're cool, we're cool.

As usual in these continental events, a few quotas for low level shooters who won't be competitive at the Olympics

Malta is the winner , i know atleast 4 users who gave the 12

PORTUGAL AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 10.28 million Capital: Lisbon TISC Appearances 6 TISC Open Appearances 3 TISC Annual Appearances 3 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 7th Best Finish (Open) 14th Best Finish (Annual) 7th Portugal NR Points (Overall) 120 pts Portugal NR Points (Open) 87 pts Portugal NR Points (Annual) 120 pts Portugal NR Average (Overall) 3.15 PPJ Portugal NR Average (Open) 2.22 PPJ Portugal NR Average (Annual) 3.15 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 6 NR Points Streak (Open) 3 NR Points Streak (Annual) 6 Portugal NR Medal Streak 2 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Portuguese Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Did Not Participate - - #2 TISC Annual 2014 Did Not Participate - - #3 TISC Open 2014 Did Not Participate - - #4 TISC Annual 2015 Did Not Participate - - #5 TISC Open 2015 Deolinda - Um Contra o Outro 14th 87 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 Ana Moura - Dia De Folga 19th 63 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 Moonspell - Scorpion Flower 17th 71 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Branko & Mayra Andrade - Reserva Pra Dois 8th 107 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Rodrigo Leão - As Cidades 17th 73 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 Anavitória ft. Diogo Piçarra - Trevo (Tu) 7th 120 pts Most Successful Portuguese Entry

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