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Provisional Standing after Day 13 Rank User Nation Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 TB 1 mihamiha 424,75 26 40 44 33 27 29 28 28 46 21 38 31 33,75 2 Agger 410,5 23 36 48 27 28 26 26 29 41 19 37 38 32,5 3 africaboy 410,25 25 33 43 25 27 29 28 23 44 19 37 46 31,25 4 hckosice 406 25 33 45 23 27 30 29 21 43 20 38 37 35 5 Finnator123 404,5 - 29 48 32 33 29 30 28 42 19 37 45 32,5 6 gvaisakh 403,25 24 31 44 25 28 27 29 23 42 19 37 38 36,25 7 ady48 400 24 31 43 26 26 30 27 21 41 20 37 39 35 8 NikolaB 394,25 23 33 47 26 19 32 29 19 43 20 28 39 36,25 9 titicow 391,5 18 31 46 16 36 30 28 29 45 20 37 13 42,5 10 juliosilva 390,75 23 30 44 30 23 26 25 18 42 17 36 33 43,75 10 MCMXC 390,75 24 37 41 25 26 21 30 21 41 19 35 37 33,75 12 Gianlu33 388,5 32 37 45 25 17 33 30 28 28 17 36 28 32,5 13 Griff88 384,5 23 30 51 26 25 29 24 29 39 14 21 31 42,5 14 Henry_Leon 383,75 23 34 43 17 26 27 27 22 39 21 33 38 33,75 15 Mkbw50 381 23 39 46 18 28 37 30 27 44 16 37 36 - 16 dcro 378 18 32 45 18 24 29 29 31 39 22 31 20 40 17 tuniscof 375,75 15 36 40 19 26 27 27 25 40 19 37 31 33,75 18 heywoodu 374 - 21 46 34 27 29 30 17 42 20 37 36 35 18 Ufilov 374 27 41 48 25 18 26 28 21 35 12 28 30 35 20 Federer91 373 22 35 42 36 11 20 27 23 36 19 37 30 35 21 bestmen 370,75 21 27 40 21 25 26 26 25 40 18 32 36 33,75 22 SteveParker 369,25 26 38 42 25 27 25 21 20 40 14 28 32 31,25 23 Crolympic 363 23 32 43 26 26 24 29 30 41 21 36 32 - 23 Pablita 363 15 31 43 25 20 28 30 36 46 7 36 31 15 25 OlympicIRL 354,5 25 30 41 21 27 24 27 24 40 18 37 8 32,5 26 uk12points 346,25 15 33 41 17 27 30 23 22 44 20 28 15 31,25 27 ahjfcshfghb 330 16 32 51 34 28 23 19 21 42 14 28 22 - 28 IoNuTzZ 307 10 49 47 15 20 18 29 30 41 8 22 18 - 29 OlympicsFan 27,5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 27,5 01: Preliminary Round, May 6th 02: Preliminary Round, May 7th 03: Preliminary Round, May 8th 04: Preliminary Round, May 9th 05: Preliminary Round, May 10th 06: Preliminary Round, May 11th 07: Preliminary Round, May 12th 08: Preliminary Round, May 13th 09: Preliminary Round, May 14th 10: Preliminary Round, May 15th 11: Preliminary Round, May 16th 12: Preliminary Round, May 17th 13: Quarterfinals, May 19th 14: Semifinals, May 21st 15: Medal Matches, May 22nd Mistakes are always possible. If you have any complaint, please PM me.

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Draw ceremony for Roland Garros 2016 is scheduled for 11.30 AM Paris time. Here are seeded players in both singles draws: Men's Singles 1. Novak Djokovic 2. Andy Murray 3. Stan Wawrinka 4. Rafael Nadal 5. Kei Nishikori 6. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7. Tomas Berdych 8. Milos Raonic 9. Richard Gasquet 10. Marin Cilic 11. David Ferrer 12. David Goffin 13. Gael Monfils 14. Dominic Thiem 15. Roberto Bautista Agut 16. John Isner 17. Gilles Simon 18. Nick Kyrgios 19. Kevin Anderson 20. Benoit Paire 21. Bernard Tomic 22. Feliciano Lopez 23. Viktor Troicki 24. Jack Sock 25. Philipp Kohlschreiber 26. Pablo Cuevas 27. Joao Sousa 28. Ivo Karlovic 29. Alexandr Dolgopolov 30. Lucas Pouille 31. Jeremy Chardy 32. Federico Delbonis Women's Singles 1. Serena Williams 2. Agnieszka Radwanska 3. Angelique Kerber 4. Garbine Muguruza 5. Victoria Azarenka 6. Simona Halep 7. Roberta Vinci 8. Timea Bacsinszky 9. Venus Williams 10. Petra Kvitovs 11. Lucie Safarova 12. Carla Suarez Navarro 13. Svetlana Kuznetsova 14. Ana Ivanovic 15. Madison Keys 16. Sara Errani 17. Karolina Pliskova 18. Elina Svitolina 19. Sloane Stephens 20. Johanna Konta 21. Samantha Stosur 22. Dominika Cibulkova 23. Jelena Jankovic 24. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 25. Irina-Camelia Begu 26. Kristina Mladenovic 27. Ekaterina Makarova 28. Andrea Petkovic 29. Daria Kasatkina 30. Barbora Strycova 31. Monica Niculescu 32. Jelena Ostapenko

This kinda makes thing easier for Novak. No possible tough road like last year I am very happy for Djere, he beat really good players in qualifications. Let's see where he'll land in the draw now So 5, last time it was Wimbledon 2015 (Djokovic, Troicki, Lajovic, Krajinovic, Tipsarevic)

Once one of the most prominent and powerful of Mali’s many ethnic groups, the Songhoy, who hail from the banks of the Niger River between the ancient cities of Timbuktu and Gao, have suffered a long slow decline since their apogee in the 6th and 17th centuries. Now largely living on the margins of the West African nation whose political and cultural life is dominated by the Bambara people of the south, they nonetheless retain a fierce pride in their history, beliefs and music. Hailing from the heart of old Gao, Oumar Toure and Aliou Toure were, like most kids growing up in the ancient city, obsessed with hip-hop, R&B and bands like The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. By their early 20s, having met young guitarist Garba Toure (son of Oumar Toure, long term percussionist in Ali Farka Toure’s band), they began to make music while at university in Bamako. Their deep attachment to the home grown songs and dances of the Songhoy, both traditional styles and the modern guitar based sounds popularised by the likes of Baba Salah and above all Ali Farka Toure, was helping shape their nascent music which sought to blend the trad and the modern, the homegrown and the foreign, the youthful and the ancient. The growing unrest in the north of Mali saw Oumar, Aliou, Garba and many of their family take refuge down south in Bamako as hostilities worsened in early 2012 and Songhoy Blues were born from this adversity. “We met up (in Bamako),” remembers Garba, “and told ourselves we couldn’t just stay shipwrecked by a crisis like this. We had to form a band.” They roped in a young drummer called Nathanial ‘Nat’ Dembele from Bamako and baptised their band Songhoy Blues in celebration of their displaced people and culture. Soon a fixture on the Bamako club and bar live music treadmill, their break came in September 2013 when French music manager Marc-Antoine Moreau was in the city to scout for musical talent on behalf of Africa Express. Prompted by local studio owner Barou Diallo. Aliou Toure cold-called Marc- Antoine – an audition quickly followed and subsequently the band were invited to record a song with Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the track, Soubour, ended up as opening track on the Africa Express album, Maison des Jeunes. Invited to perform at the launch of the album in London in December 2013, the band later returned in the summer of 2014 to play shows in London, Glasgow and at the WOMAD festival, sign a deal with Transgressive Records and begin work on a full-length feature film about the banning of music in Mali. All those old ‘world music’ prejudices have no place here. Songhoy Blues are four talented, hungry, sharp and outward-looking young men from a part of the world that has had more than it’s share and pain and conflict in recent years. But it has given far more than its share of music and joy to the world in return over the past four decades. That place may seem strange, alien and ‘exotic’ to some but deep down, Songhoy Blues are a familiar proposition: four young men, guitar, drums, bass and vocals, driving rhythms, big hearts and a story to tell. Enjoy this fantastic rhythm.... Songhoy Blues - Soubour

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It is my favourite and the first one I discovered, hence I chose it, regardless of language they are singing in. I don't know exact reason, but I guess, if they know and can sing in many languages, why not to exploit that knowledge/ability.

It is cool song, indeed. I love music and explore a lot. Let's say a friend of mine showed me how great they are.

Ibeyi are Cuban-born, Paris based twin sisters Lisa-Kaïndé and Naomi Diaz. They sing in French, English, Spanish and Yoruba, which was brought to Cuba by West African slaves. Ibeyi honor their father’s legacy, Cuban jazz percussionist Miguel "Angá" Díaz through their percussive production. Beatsmith Naomi plays both the cajón and the batá while Lisa-Kaindé plays the piano and sings the main vocals. And here is the song that enchanted me... (Album name: Ibeyi, released in July 28th, 2015) Ibeyi - River

If I chose Finland, I would have picked some song from Lau Nau or Jaakko Eino Kalevi - completely non-metal Finnish brands Excellent!

you're TISC rules expert.. I wanted to nominate some artists for Cuba (their father is Cuban of Yoruba decent, Miguel Anga Diaz, they were bron in Paris though, but spent few years in Havana and are often travelling there) but I am not sure they are eligible...

I completely missed that part. Though, I presented three other songs I considered for this game, guess I fulfilled the quest then

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Provisional Standing after Day 12 available here.

Provisional Standing after Day 12 Rank User Nation Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 TB 1 mihamiha 391 26 40 44 33 27 29 28 28 46 21 38 31 2 Mkbw50 381 23 39 46 18 28 37 30 27 44 16 37 36 3 africaboy 379 25 33 43 25 27 29 28 23 44 19 37 46 4 Agger 378 23 36 48 27 28 26 26 29 41 19 37 38 5 Finnator123 372 - 29 48 32 33 29 30 28 42 19 37 45 6 hckosice 371 25 33 45 23 27 30 29 21 43 20 38 37 7 gvaisakh 367 24 31 44 25 28 27 29 23 42 19 37 38 8 ady48 365 24 31 43 26 26 30 27 21 41 20 37 39 9 Crolympic 363 23 32 43 26 26 24 29 30 41 21 36 32 10 NikolaB 358 23 33 47 26 19 32 29 19 43 20 28 39 11 MCMXC 357 24 37 41 25 26 21 30 21 41 19 35 37 12 Gianlu33 356 32 37 45 25 17 33 30 28 28 17 36 28 13 Henry_Leon 350 23 34 43 17 26 27 27 22 39 21 33 38 14 titicow 349 18 31 46 16 36 30 28 29 45 20 37 13 15 Pablita 348 15 31 43 25 20 28 30 36 46 7 36 31 16 juliosilva 347 23 30 44 30 23 26 25 18 42 17 36 33 17 Griff88 342 23 30 51 26 25 29 24 29 39 14 21 31 17 tuniscof 342 15 36 40 19 26 27 27 25 40 19 37 31 19 heywoodu 339 - 21 46 34 27 29 30 17 42 20 37 36 19 Ufilov 339 27 41 48 25 18 26 28 21 35 12 28 30 21 dcro 338 18 32 45 18 24 29 29 31 39 22 31 20 21 Federer91 338 22 35 42 36 11 20 27 23 36 19 37 30 21 SteveParker 338 26 38 42 25 27 25 21 20 40 14 28 32 24 bestmen 337 21 27 40 21 25 26 26 25 40 18 32 36 25 ahjfcshfghb 330 16 32 51 34 28 23 19 21 42 14 28 22 26 OlympicIRL 322 25 30 41 21 27 24 27 24 40 18 37 8 27 uk12points 315 15 33 41 17 27 30 23 22 44 20 28 15 28 IoNuTzZ 307 10 49 47 15 20 18 29 30 41 8 22 18 01: Preliminary Round, May 6th 02: Preliminary Round, May 7th 03: Preliminary Round, May 8th 04: Preliminary Round, May 9th 05: Preliminary Round, May 10th 06: Preliminary Round, May 11th 07: Preliminary Round, May 12th 08: Preliminary Round, May 13th 09: Preliminary Round, May 14th 10: Preliminary Round, May 15th 11: Preliminary Round, May 16th 12: Preliminary Round, May 17th 13: Quarterfinals, May 19th 14: Semifinals, May 21st 15: Medal Matches, May 22nd Mistakes are always possible. If you have any complaint, please PM me.

Actually I am not sure whether I can count them as Cuban artists (the song I chose for Cuba) They were born in Cuba but they live in France now, actually since childhood. And their ancestors are Yoruba people precisely...

I would like to post songs from and

Yes

I had four finalists in total, and here they are... Second choice: The Chills - When The Poor Can Reach The Moon - my personal favourite, but decided not to go with it because The Chills already made appearance in TISC (and being one of my all time favourite bands they already scored low in TISC, I couldn't bear another blow ) so it would be better if I present some new act. But nevertheless, just listen to this very light, innocent and beautiful song.... Third choice: Marlon Williams - Strange Things. The singer has interesting voice and I thought it would be nice to introduce new genre in TISC. Williams is becoming very popular. Didn't go with it because last song from NZ was also "dark". Fourth choice: Tami Neilson - Don't Be Afraid. Another powerful vocal making success in NZ lately. I am not fond of such music hence the low placement in the "national" finals. Hope some of you will enjoy it.

Only top 10 in doubles are automatically in. All other entries are sort of a compromise and ranking combinations (singles or doubles).

Yeah, I talked with catgamer and he definitely is not able to vote and therefore his withdrawal is sadly inevitable.