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in his survey of cricket laws gerald brodribb suggests that no dismissal has produced so much argument as lbw it has caused trouble from its earliest days among those who do not follow cricket the law has the reputation of being extremely difficult to understand of equivalent complexity to association football 's offside rule owing to the difficulty of its interpretation lbw is regarded by critics as the most controversial of the laws but also a yardstick by which an umpire 's abilities are judged in his book cricket and the law the man in white is always right david fraser writes that umpires ' lbw decisions are frequently criticised and arguments about bias and incompetence in adjudication inform almost every discussion about lbw decisions problems arise because the umpire has not only to establish what has happened but also to speculate over what might have occurred controversial aspects of lbw decisions include the umpire having to determine whether the ball pitched outside leg stump and in certain circumstances whether the batsman intended to hit the ball or leave it alone umpires are frequently criticised for their lbw decisions by players commentators and spectators historically trouble ranging from protests and arguments to crowd demonstrations occasionally arose from disputed decisions for example a prolonged crowd disturbance in which items were thrown onto the playing field and the match was delayed took place when mohammad azharuddin was adjudged lbw during a 1996 one day international in india
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= the family jewels ( marina and the diamonds album ) =
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the family jewels is the debut studio album recorded by welsh singer marina diamandis professionally known as marina and the diamonds it was released on 15 february 2010 by 679 recordings and atlantic records diamandis collaborated with several producers including pascal gabriel liam howe greg kurstin richard biff stannard and starsmith during its recording she identifies the lyrical themes as the seduction of commercialism modern social values family and female sexuality
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contemporary music critics gave the family jewels fairly positive reviews with the vocal delivery dividing opinions the record debuted at number five on the uk albums chart with first @@ week sales of 27 @@ 618 copies the album was eventually certified gold by the british phonographic industry and has sold 195 @@ 358 units in the united kingdom the family jewels performed moderately on international record charts it peaked at number 138 on the billboard 200 in the united states
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the family jewels was supported by five singles all of which were supplemented by accompanying music videos mowgli 's road was released on 13 november 2009 although hollywood became its first charting track after reaching number 12 on the uk singles chart follow @@ up singles i am not a robot oh no and shampain respectively peaked at numbers 26 38 and 141 in the united kingdom the record was additionally promoted by diamandis ' headlining the family jewels tour which visited australia europe and north america from january 2010 through december 2011
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born and raised in south east wales diamandis moved to london at the age of 18 to study music despite not having a musical background after dropping out of four institutions and failing in auditions she began composing her own music after the success of her myspace @@ released debut ep mermaid vs sailor in 2007 she was signed by neon gold records the following year and by 679 artists in october 2008 in 2009 after playing at a variety of festivals including glastonbury in the summer she ranked in second place in the bbc 's sound of 2010 and was one of the three nominees for the critics ' choice award at the 2010 brit awards
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in a 2012 interview with <unk> diamandis said that the album 's title came from a slang term for testes but she had been too coy to admit it before
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diamandis explained that the album is a body of work largely inspired by the seduction of commercialism modern social values family and female sexuality intended to be enjoyed and consumed as a story and theory that encourages people to question themselves
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in a review for q writer hugh montgomery noted genres such as disco ( shampain ) bubblegum punk ( girls ) and cabaret ( hermit the frog ) the opening track are you satisfied ponders the meaning of a fulfilling life a writer for the line of best fit likened it to the thinking of danish existentialist philosopher søren kierkegaard in a january 2010 interview with the daily telegraph diamandis admitted that she cringes at the lyrics of the song girls which could be seen as a bit misogynistic including the lines girls they never befriend me / ' cause i fall asleep when they speak / of all the calories they eat she clarified that the lyrics concerned her own psychological problems with weight a neon gold press release for a limited double a @@ side of obsessions and mowgli 's road described the former as a bold and ambitious master work and the latter as a a high intensity left field pop smash
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diamandis reportedly made producer liam howe take 486 vocal takes for the outsider hollywood takes inspiration from diamandis ' previous obsession with american celebrity culture while in i am not a robot her favourite track from the album she sings to tell herself to accept imperfection with lines such as you 've been acting awful tough lately smoking a lot of cigarettes lately don 't be so pathetic she expected audiences to be able to relate to the song numb reflects on the dedication and sacrifice needed during her early years in london oh no and are you satisfied have similar lyrical themes oh no was a late addition to the track listing causing some reviews of the album to not include it the album had initially been scheduled for release in october 2009 and was delayed by diamandis ' self @@ confessed perfectionism
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= = release and promotion = =
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in 2008 diamandis filmed videos for the tracks seventeen and obsessions the following year photographer rankin directed the accompaniment for i am not a robot which used much body glitter the video for mowgli 's road featured diamandis and two dancers with puppeteers standing in front of them to give them the impression of having concertina limbs it was shot over 17 hours
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polish artist <unk> burza shot the classic pop video for hollywood with the aim to make her audiences fall in love her even more perhaps crave a little popcorn and feel inspired to dress up for fun burza also filmed the video for oh no with an aesthetic based on zany neon mtv graphics and the fame @@ hungry lyrics the video to shampain made an homage to michael jackson 's thriller
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dan knight made a video for chilly gonzales ' stripped @@ down remix of hollywood that was intended to be the opposite of burza 's official video in the video gonzales and diamandis perform on a 1980s estonian music show complete with subtitles
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obsessions was diamandis ' first single released on 14 february 2009 and mowgli 's road followed on 13 november 2009 she chose the song as an uncommercial taster due to its oddness but it received attention after being shared by bloggers including perez hilton and kanye west
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hollywood was released as the album 's second single and diamandis ' first major release on 1 february 2010 it reached number 12 on the uk singles chart it was followed on 26 april by i am not a robot which peaked at number 26 on the same listing oh no was released as the album 's fourth single on 2 august only in the uk and ireland it charted at number 38 shampain was released as the album 's fifth and final single on 11 october again only in the same region and reached number 141 in the uk
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i am not a robot was nominated for the 2010 popjustice £ 20 music prize for best british single eventually losing to <unk> by example
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diamandis went on her first headlining tour to promote the album performing in europe north america and australia dates included the glastonbury festival 2010 south by southwest and the falls festival in parallel to headlining her own tour in the united states in mid @@ 2011 she was an opening act for katy perry 's california dreams tour and finished by opening for coldplay 's mylo xyloto tour at the manchester arena that december
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after a performance at manchester 's deaf institute on 21 february 2010 contactmusiccom writer katy <unk> awarded diamandis a 9 / 10 rating stating next time she plays manchester it will be to a sold out academy 2 audience with a top @@ selling album gracing the merchandising stand marina won 't be playing to a few hundred people above a trendy bar in the foreseeable future
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= = critical reception = =
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the family jewels received mostly positive reviews at metacritic which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the album received an average score of 68 based on 21 reviews which indicates generally favorable reviews
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hugh montgomery of q magazine noted that the singer 's imaginative reach was complemented by a winning pop <unk> while luke o 'neil from the phoenix stated that [ t ] he likes of kate nash and company have <unk> through this piano siren / exuberant dance @@ diva territory but never mind because this gorgeous genre starts now leonie cooper from nme rated the album nine out of ten stars finding flaw only in the titles of shampain and hermit the frog
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more mixed reviews were critical of diamandis ' vocal delivery lou thomas from bbc music commented that [ t ] he consistently diverting changes in style across the album are fine the wonky 80s shoulder @@ pad pop of ' the outsider ' is nothing like anything else here for example but over 13 songs of sparks @@ voice and many similar staccato piano riffs listeners may feel bludgeoned by marina and her slightly overbearing presence concluding that her eccentric vocals would polarise opinions sean o 'neal wrote on the av club that after dozens of squeaky regina spektor @@ ish <unk> and kate bush trills the overbearing need to prove herself just ends up being exhausting joe rivers of no ripcord praised are you satisfied hollywood and oh no but was put off by sudden howling in hermit the frog and a throaty growl in the outsider
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a negative review came from the independent 's andy gill who considered shampain and hermit the frog as every bit as annoying as their punning titles with queasy prancing piano and synth figures he found certain vocal techniques in mowgli 's road and i am not a robot to be infantile and evaluated the lyrics of girls and hollywood as shallow gill added that the content of rootless obsessions and the outsider did not match with what would be expected from the titles
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the nme placed the album at number 33 on its list of the top 75 albums of 2010
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= = commercial performance = =
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the family jewels debuted at number five on the uk albums chart with first @@ week sales of 27 @@ 618 copies it remains diamandis ' best @@ selling debut week after her second studio album electra heart entered the chart at number one with first @@ week sales of 21 @@ 358 units the family jewels was later certified gold by the british phonographic industry and had sold 195 @@ 358 copies in the united kingdom as of april 2015 the record debuted at number seven in greece and number nine in ireland it was eventually certified gold by the irish recorded music association
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the family jewels performed moderately on several international record charts the record reached number 12 on the german media control charts and entered the ö3 austria top 40 at number 18 it peaked at number 88 on the dutch megacharts number 100 on the swiss hitparade and number 132 in france in oceania the album reached number 79 on the australian aria charts with first @@ week sales of 4 @@ 000 copies in the united states the family jewels entered the billboard 200 at number 138 furthermore it respectively charted at numbers 2 and 49 on the billboard top heatseekers and top rock albums charts
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in an interview for australian radio in january 2011 diamandis said that her career that far had been more like a failure than a success particularly in the american market she attributed this to the inaction of chop shop records her label in the united states as well as a move in musical tastes to pumping beats by artists like lady gaga she cancelled performances in the united states in order to begin work on a new album
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credits adapted from the liner notes of the family jewels
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notes
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^ a signifies an additional producer
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^ b signifies an original producer
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^ c signifies a remixer
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credits adapted from the liner notes of the family jewels
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= 1981 peach bowl ( january ) =
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the 1981 peach bowl was a post @@ season american college football bowl game between the virginia tech hokies and the hurricanes from the university of miami at fulton county stadium in atlanta georgia on january 2 1981 the game was the final contest of the 1980 ncaa division i @@ a football season for both teams and ended in a 20 @@ 10 victory for miami another game by the same name followed the 1981 ncaa division i @@ a football season and was played in december 1981
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virginia tech was awarded a bid to the peach bowl as a reward for finishing 8 3 during the regular season a record that included wins over nationally ranked teams such as the clemson tigers and the virginia cavaliers facing virginia tech was a familiar post @@ season opponent miami whom the hokies had played in the 1966 liberty bowl tech 's last bowl appearance prior to the peach bowl miami finished the regular season with an 8 3 record including wins over florida state and florida
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the game kicked off at 3 00 pm est under sunny skies and in temperatures of 46 ° f ( 8 ° c ) unlike the 1966 liberty bowl in which virginia tech scored first it was miami who dominated the game 's early going the hurricanes scored a touchdown on the first drive of the game and tacked on another touchdown early in the second quarter tech was held scoreless in the early going thanks to two miami interceptions at the goal line as virginia tech was threatening to score late in the second quarter tech was finally able to get on the scoreboard with a field goal but at halftime the miami hurricanes led 14 3 after halftime the hokies threatened miami for the first time all game virginia tech mounted an 80 @@ yard drive that resulted in a touchdown cutting miami 's lead to 14 10 but the hurricanes ' defense clamped down on any further offensive attempts by virginia tech and denied the hokies more points miami added two field goals one in the third quarter and one in the fourth quarter that finally put the game out of reach for virginia tech miami 's win was its first bowl victory since the 1966 liberty bowl which also featured a hurricane victory over virginia tech
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the miami hurricanes came into the 1980 college football season after an 5 6 season in 1979 under head coach howard schnellenberger during that season the team was nicknamed the jet lag kids after they traveled an ncaa @@ record 28 @@ 000 miles ( 45 @@ 000 km ) including a trip to the mirage bowl in tokyo japan while impressive the season wasn 't as successful as hoped and schnellenberger began his second season as coach hoping to improve upon the 5 6 effort despite what was the toughest schedule in terms of opponents ' winning percentage in the country
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miami got off to a good start doing just that as it raced out to four consecutive wins to begin the season including a victory over nationally ranked rival no 9 florida state on october 11 however miami traveled to south bend indiana to face the notre dame fighting irish and suffered its first loss of the season to the undefeated irish who would go on to be ranked no 1 in the country this defeat was followed in succession by two others but the hurricanes were able to stop the slide on november 8 with a homecoming win over east carolina miami added two more wins before the end of the season and brought the regular season to a close with an overall record of 8 3
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the virginia tech hokies like miami entered the 1980 season after accumulating a 5 6 record in 1979 though the hokies traveled far less than miami they also hoped to improve upon their losing record tech was coached by bill dooley who was entering his third season as head coach
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like schnellenberger he got his team off to a fast start in the season opener tech traveled to north carolina to face the wake forest demon deacons wake forest had attended the tangerine bowl the previous year and was favored in the game against tech despite those facts the hokies won 16 7 virginia tech won its first four games of the regular season before falling to the nationally ranked clemson tigers on october 4 tech recovered from the loss defeating rhode island then virginia before a then @@ state record crowd of 52 @@ 000 people but lost a second game to richmond on october 25 the hokies split their final three games of the regular season winning two and losing one and finished with a regular season record of 8 3 tech 's 6 0 record at lane stadium its home stadium was the best in school history tech 's selection by the peach bowl was announced in the locker room following the team 's final regular season game the peach bowl representative present was mobbed by celebrating players chanting peach bowl peach bowl the representative later said i 've never seen a wilder celebration
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