tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76598070294067637792024-03-20T05:06:09.871-04:00International Debate AcademyNews about the upcoming Ninth International Debate Academy to be held in Slovenia in November 2011Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-87513331047673705272011-08-05T15:43:00.004-04:002011-08-05T15:45:07.644-04:00New Website for Debate Academies - Go There<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://debateacademy.net/">http://debateacademy.net/</a></span>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-18715188280257407092011-05-08T19:11:00.000-04:002011-05-08T19:11:51.624-04:00News about IDAS 2010 and 2011<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KranjskaGora-centrocitta.JPG" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="KranjskaGora-centrocitta" height="236" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/KranjskaGora-centrocitta.JPG/300px-KranjskaGora-centrocitta.JPG" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KranjskaGora-centrocitta.JPG">Wikipedia</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">The International Debate Academy in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" rel="wikipedia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a> is jointly sponsored by the World Debate Institute and ZIP SLovenia.</span><br />
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</span></pre><pre wrap=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, here is the link to the new web page that contains the educational elements of the 2010 program.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://debateeuropeforcitizens.blogspot.com/">http://debateeuropeforcitizens.blogspot.com/</a>
with video lectures from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.kranjska-gora.si/" rel="homepage" title="Kranjska Gora">Kranjska Gora</a> and a lot of content and debate training material. Please, feel free to use it and circulate it in your debate circuits. We would also appreciate a lot if you can publisice the link to this debate training web to your ownweb page. Thanks a lot.
The second info is about IDAS 2011 - it will happen in Hotel Špik again and tournament in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.ljubljana.si/" rel="homepage" title="Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a>, from 19th - 28th of November. You can participate in the whole event or the tournament only. Here is the web page <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html">http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</a>
The registration is open. Please, do not wait with registration as the places are limited.
Some of you know that we did submit a new proposal to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" rel="wikipedia" title="Europe">Europe</a> for Citizens. We do expect the answer will be in June and I will let you know when we find out. I will also inform everybody if we are able to give scholarships for those who otherwise can not afford to participat. Right now we do not have any sponsor yet.
I will appreciate a lot if you can circulate this information in your debate community and globally.
Best, Bojana
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Bojana Skrt
direktorica
Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga
Svetosavska 24, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.zainproti.com/">www.zainproti.com</a>
+386 (0)41 423377</span>
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INTERNATIONAL DEBATE ACADEMY SLOVENIA 2011<br />
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19-27 NOVEMBER 2011 - EIGHT FULL DAYS!<br />
Full program for students – instruction, IDAS 2011 tournament<br />
IDAS 2011 tournament for students – tournament in Ljubljana at the Faculty of Administration-University of Ljubljana.<br />
Full program for trainers, teachers, coaches, club leaders, judges at any level in any debate format.<br />
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SPECIFIC DATES<br />
Arrive in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia November 19 2011, dinner at 6 PM, program at 7 PM<br />
Instruction in Hotel Spik November 20-24 2011<br />
Transfer to Ljubljana morning 25 November 2011<br />
IDAS tournament in Ljubljana afternoon 25-27 November 2011, ending at 3 PM November 27<br />
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STUDENT TRAINING : Each Instruction day features a main lecture, exercise and drill sessions, and two complete critiqued practice debates. Many elective classes offered. Many training preparation sessions offered. Judge evaluation and training offered. Advanced, basic and beginner tracks available. The best way to get ready for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Universities_Debating_Championship" rel="wikipedia" title="World Universities Debating Championship">WUDC</a> in Manila.<br />
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IDAS 2011 TRAINER PROGRAM<br />
The International Debate Academy Slovenia will be offering a special track for trainers, coaches and those interested in learning about how to train debaters and create debate organizations such as clubs, academic programs and leagues. The program will call upon the extensive experience of the faculty to provide specialized training, including: Basic debate training steps: observation, advice from experienced trainers and curriculum guides Judging: instruction, shadow judging, real judging experience Tournaments: hosting, administering, including tabulation software. Advanced debate training: observation, advice from experienced trainers, curriculum guides. Organizing: recruiting debaters, implementing training, scheduling meetings, publicity. Attendees will have a sample judging session every morning as well as a special training session in the afternoon. All events at the program will also be open to attendees. Special needs and requests specific to individuals can be met if given advance notice.<br />
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TOURNAMENT: Sponsored by IDAS, ZIP and hosted by Faculty of Administration University of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.ljubljana.si/" rel="homepage" title="Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a>. Six preliminary rounds and semifinals in the WUDC format. No team caps as of now. Convener is Bojana Skrt, Chief Adjudicator is Alfred Snider.<br />
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COST<br />
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FULL PROGRAM - 300 Euros: hotel rooms and training at luxurious Hotel Spik, all meals included, instructional materials, socials, transportation to Ljubljana, six round tournament (last year 60 teams from 24 countries) breaks to quarterfinals, food and room in Ljubljana, break night party. In Ljubljana we will be staying at <a class="zem_slink" href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/slovenia/ljubljana-r2101124/dijaski-dom-bezigrad-p1038038/" rel="lonelyplanet" title="Dijaški Dom Bežigrad">Dijaški dom Bežigrad</a>, www.ddb.si<br />
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TOURNAMENT ONLY - 75 Euros:. six round tournament (last year 60 teams from 24 countries) breaks to quarterfinals, food and room in Ljubljana, break night party. Limited crash available for tournament.<br />
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Financial Disclosure: IDAS is a non-profit program, trainers are not paid, trainer travel is not reimbursed, participation fees pay for attendee expenses of rooms and food only, trainer accommodations and food and other costs are covered by ZIP.<br />
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Social Events: We will have frequent social events, including the country exhibition, the Kitch Party (bring your ugly clothing, then trade it), swimming party (indoor pool), and more. We will not distribute alcohol to attendees out of the workshop fees. ZIP will seek soft drinks-beer-wine sponsors. We prioritize scholarships for attendees over alcohol. We want as many people as possible to join the program.<br />
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Website: <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html">http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</a><br />
Blogsite: <a href="http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/">http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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& IDAS 2011 TOURNAMENT<br />
<img alt="" height="292" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/hotel_spik.jpg" width="461" /><br />
NOVEMBER 19-27 2011<br />
HOTEL SPIK, KRAJNSKA GORA, SLOVENIA</span></h1><h2 align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">SEE 2010 REPORTS AT<br />
<a href="http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/">http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/</a></span></h2><h2 align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">AND TOURNAMENT RESULTS AT<br />
<a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/usudc/idas2010/">http://debate.uvm.edu/usudc/idas2010/</a></span></h2><h2 align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><u>IDAS GETS RESULTS...</u><br />
Main Break Team at WUDC 2011<br />
Top Two ESL Speakers WUDC 2011<br />
ESL Finalist Team WUDC 2011<br />
2 Teams EFL Finals WUDC 2011<br />
TwoTied for Top EFL Speaker WUDC 2011<br />
3 Teams in EFL Semifinals WUDC 2011<br />
EUDC ESL Champions 2010<br />
5 EUDC Quarterfinal Teams 2010<br />
WUDC Top EFL Speaker 2010<br />
WUDC Top ESL Speaker 2010<br />
2 OF WUDC EFL Top Ten Speakers 2010<br />
4 OF WUDC ESL Top Ten Speakers 2010<br />
5 OF WUDC ESL Quarterfinal Teams 2010<br />
USU Semifinalist 2010<br />
5 USU Main Break Teams 2010</span></h2><h1 align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">LUXURIOUS HOTEL SPIK<br />
<a href="http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/2010/10/idas-2010-relocates-to-hotel-spik-in.html">http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/2010/10/idas-2010-relocates-to-hotel-spik-in.html</a> </span></h1><h2 align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><img height="343" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/IDAS%20Groupsmall.jpg" width="448" /><br />
THE BEST IN WUDC/BP DEBATE INSTRUCTION AND COMPETITION</span></h2><div align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><br />
19-27 NOVEMBER 2011<br />
Full program for students – instruction, IDAS 2011 tournament<br />
IDAS 2011 tournament for students – tournament in Ljubljana at the <a href="http://www.fu.uni-lj.si/en/">Faculty of Administration-University of Ljubljana.</a><br />
Full program for trainers, teachers, coaches, club leaders, judges at any level in any debate format.</span></div><div align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">SPECIFIC DATES<br />
Arrive in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia November 19 2011, dinner at 6 PM, program at 7 PM<br />
Instruction in Hotel Spik November 20-24 2011<br />
Transfer to Ljubljana morning 25 November 2011<br />
IDAS tournament in Ljubljana afternoon 25-27 November 2011, ending at 3 PM</span></div><h2 align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">APPLICATION FORMS DUE NOVEMBER 15 2011 AVAILABLE FOR <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idasall[1].doc">TOTAL PROGRAM</a> OR <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idastourn[1].doc">JUST TOURNAMENT</a></span></h2><h2 align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="style9" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">NO SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION YET.</span></span></h2><div align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">WHEN WE REACH OUR STUDENT CAPACITY NO ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED!</span></div><div align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Organized by:<br />
<a href="http://www.zainproti.com/">ZIP – Za in proti (ZIP), Pro et Contra, Institute for the Culture of Dialogue, Slovenia </a><br />
<a href="http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/">WDI – World Debate Institute, University of Vermont</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fu.uni-lj.si/en/">Debate Clubs, University of Ljubljana</a></span></div><div class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">2010 FACULTY</span></div><ul class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Zheng Bo, Director of Debate Peking University, China, WUDC breaking judge.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Stephen Boyle, USA/Ireland: Twice in WUDC elims, won Hart House, Yale and Irish Times as debater for University College Dublin and now debate coach at University of Vermont.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Loke Wing Fatt, Singapore: Well known Asian debate trainer, WUDC breaking judge, honorary professorship North-Eastern University China, SAID Singapore.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Gavin lllsley, Oxford, Stylus Communication.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Chris Langone, USA: Cornell University.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Dr. Steve Llano, USA: St. John's University, CA at numerous USA tournaments, breaking judge at USU.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Rhydian Morgan, UK: Chief Adjudicator and Finals judge at numerous tournaments, Welsh Debating Federation, World Debate Institute faculty 2008-09.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Maja Nenadovic, Croatia: Founder of several debating societies across Europe, currently busy with introducing debate to countries in the Western Balkans region, and with finishing her PhD in political science at the University of Amsterdam.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Thepparith Senamngern, Thailand: Assumption University, convener Bangkok WUDC & Thailand AUDC.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Dr. Alfred Snider, USA: Professor at University of Vermont, Director World Debate Institute, USA Coach of the Year, six recent debate textbooks, Convener 2009 & 2011 US Universities Debating Championship tournament, founder of IDAS.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Bojana Skrt, Slovenia: Director ZIP, three times WSDC EFL World Champion coach, 2010 ESL WSDC Champion coach, founder of IDAS.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Anne Valkering, Netherlands: WUDC ESL champion 2008; DCA Dutch Nationals 2009,Convener EUDC 2010, CA Bonaparte Debate Tournament 2007, DCA Amsterdam Open 2008 and 2009, CA Sciences Po IV 2009.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Dr. Jaime Wright, USA: St. John's University, final round chair at numerous USA tournaments, PhD in Communication.</span></li>
</ul><div align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><img height="240" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas10debate8.jpg" width="320" /><img height="240" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas10johnjesstuna.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><div class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">CURRICULUM</span></div><ul><li class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">STUDENT TRAINING : Each Instruction day features a main lecture, exercise and drill sessions, and two complete critiqued practice debates. Many elective classes offered. Many training preparation sessions offered. Judge evaluation and training offered. Advanced, basic and beginner tracks available. The best way to get ready for WUDC in Botswana.</span></li>
<li class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">IDAS 2011 TRAINER PROGRAM<br />
The International Debate Academy Slovenia will be offering a special track for trainers, coaches and those interested in learning about how to train debaters and create debate organizations such as clubs, academic programs and leagues. The program will call upon the extensive experience of the faculty to provide specialized training, including: Basic debate training steps: observation, advice from experienced trainers and curriculum guides Judging: instruction, shadow judging, real judging experience Tournaments: hosting, administering, including tabulation software. Advanced debate training: observation, advice from experienced trainers, curriculum guides. Organizing: recruiting debaters, implementing training, scheduling meetings, publicity. Attendees will have a sample judging session every morning as well as a special training session in the afternoon. All events at the program will also be open to attendees. Special needs and requests specific to individuals can be met if given advance notice.</span></li>
<li class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">TOURNAMENT: Sponsored by IDAS, ZIP and hosted by Faculty of Administration University of Ljubljana. Six preliminary rounds and semifinals in the WUDC format. No team caps as of now. Convener is Bojana Skrt, Chief Adjudicator is Alfred Snider.<br />
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COST<br />
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IN 2010 - 250 Euros for full program, 60 Euros for tournament. IN 2011 - FULL COST POSTED SOON.<br />
Fees: Includes all meals, double rooms, instructional materials, transportation from Ormoz to Ljubljana, and social activities. Accommodations: Rooms and full meals provided in Ormoz and Ljubljana. In Ljubljana we will be staying at Dijaški dom Bežigrad, <a href="http://www.ddb.si/">www.ddb.si</a> . Social activities each evening. Limited crash available for tournament. </span></li>
</ul><div class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Financial Disclosure: IDAS is a non-profit program, trainers are not paid, trainer travel is not reimbursed, participation fees pay for attendee expenses of rooms and food only, trainer accommodations and food and other costs are covered by ZIP.</span></div><div class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Social Events: We will have frequent social events, including the country exhibition, the Kitch Party (bring your ugly clothing, then trade it), swimming party (indoor pool), and more. We will not distribute alcohol to attendees out of the workshop fees. ZIP will seek soft drinks-beer-wine sponsors. We prioritize scholarships for attendees over alcohol. We want as many people as possible to join the program.</span></div><div align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><img height="240" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas10view.JPG" width="320" /><img height="240" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas10debate15.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Website: <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html"><u>http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</u></a><br />
Blogsite: <a href="http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/"><u>http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/</u></a></span></h3><div class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Organizing Committee:<br />
Director of the Academy: Bojana Skrt, ZIP, <a href="mailto:bojana.skrt@siol.net"><u>bojana.skrt@siol.net</u></a><br />
Head of Training: Alfred C. Snider, World Debate Institute, University of Vermont, <a href="mailto:asnider@uvm.edu"><u>alfred.snider@uvm.edu</u></a></span></div><div align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><img height="240" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas10spadebate.JPG" width="320" /><img height="240" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas10faculty.jpeg" width="320" /></span></div><div align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><img alt="WDI" height="100" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/wdiburst.gif" width="100" /><img alt="BB" height="100" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/bickelandbrewerlogo.jpg" width="100" /><img alt="ZIP" height="100" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/zip.gif" width="100" /></span></div><div align="center" class="style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas2010.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">2010 WEBSITE</span></a></div></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-67555970222067343522011-01-15T04:54:00.001-05:002011-01-15T04:55:26.827-05:00IDAS Graduates Score Big at WUDC 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn7SDdqHA_PHSUmvHgI_Yei7BmPTw-oss9-P1G6iGdgExuRnhmwTwlaioQKPAGApGnijyaipX3dEXfTi_Ory1FcLiIk9XeNvkr51S20UqN5GeDqb40gCmz3vJSSAC2YSJY93rzVRoh5d1/s1600/idas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn7SDdqHA_PHSUmvHgI_Yei7BmPTw-oss9-P1G6iGdgExuRnhmwTwlaioQKPAGApGnijyaipX3dEXfTi_Ory1FcLiIk9XeNvkr51S20UqN5GeDqb40gCmz3vJSSAC2YSJY93rzVRoh5d1/s1600/idas.jpg" /></a></span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IDAS GETS RESULTS...</span></span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Main Break Team at WUDC 2011</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Top Two ESL Speakers WUDC 2011</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ESL Finalist Team WUDC 2011</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ESL Semifinal Team WUDC 2011 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 Teams EFL Finals WUDC 2011</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Two Tied for Top EFL Speaker WUDC 2011</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3 Teams in EFL Semifinals WUDC 2011 </span></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For more information </span><a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</a>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-87604838788429410462010-11-28T11:44:00.002-05:002010-11-28T11:44:49.590-05:00Vermont Wins IDAS 2010 Tournament<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfemLUipi2sJT2M88IVGHE-q8fsZsSno-PLAs1dZjSdNLUrsv0YuiOfOFP6qA4B7l8NNWXUfL36X7TRqPgWY1dun69h8ErcTW1JwhgakPQdINyOR0rqUg0FOF5L5WVYKZFF7ySBrj1-_I/s1600/IMG_1380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfemLUipi2sJT2M88IVGHE-q8fsZsSno-PLAs1dZjSdNLUrsv0YuiOfOFP6qA4B7l8NNWXUfL36X7TRqPgWY1dun69h8ErcTW1JwhgakPQdINyOR0rqUg0FOF5L5WVYKZFF7ySBrj1-_I/s320/IMG_1380.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephen Boyle with his team from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.0,-72.7&spn=3.0,3.0&q=44.0,-72.7%20(Vermont)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Vermont">Vermont</a>, John Sadek and Jessica Bullock</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John Sadek and Jessica Bullock have won the 60 team 24 country International Debate Academy <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" rel="wikipedia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a> 2010 tournament held at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.ljubljana.si/" rel="homepage" title="Ljubljana">Ljubljana, Slovenia</a>. Filip Dobranic and Maja Cimernan of Ljubljana, the reigning EUDC ESL champs, came second, other teams in the final Were Anna England Kerr and Crt Podlogar from Ljublljana along with the Serbian team of Goran Jankuloski and Pedrag Pevicevic from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.beograd.rs/" rel="homepage" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JUDGES:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anne Valkering, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" rel="wikipedia" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (chair), John </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hampson, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/" rel="homepage" title="British Council">British Council</a>, Loke Wing Fatt, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" rel="wikipedia" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, TJ Senamngern, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand" rel="wikipedia" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> and Maja Nenadovic, Netherlands.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Semifinals: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bold go through</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ROOM:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AUDITORIUM</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerr </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Podlogar</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 1O<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Williams Eng 2O<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="SpellE"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cimerman</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dobranic</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 1P<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pitic</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moscovici</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2P</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ROOM: 14</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dicu</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gadeke</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 1O<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="SpellE"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jankuloski</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Petricevic</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2P<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sobocan</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Denkovski</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 1P<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="SpellE"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadek</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Bullock</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2O</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quarterfinals: bold go through</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ROOM: 2<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 </span><span class="SpellE"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cimerman</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dobranic, Slovenia/Ljubljana</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16 </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alexandrescu</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sovaiala-Ionescu, Romania/Argo</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 </span><span class="SpellE"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pitic</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moscovici, Romania/Argo</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9 </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Durrani</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Joyce, USA/St. John's</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ROOM: 3<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerr </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Podlogar, Slovenia/Ljubljana</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13 </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vignevic</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cirovic, Serbia/Belgrade</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suleic</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kolundzic, Serbia/Belgrade</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12 </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Williams Eng, USA/Air Force Academy</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></b></div><b><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ROOM: 4<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 </span><span class="SpellE"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dicu</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gadeke, Romania-Germany</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">15 </span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Jutersek</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Polsak, Slovenia/Maribor</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 </span><span class="SpellE"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jankuloski</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Petricevic, Serbia/Belgrade</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">10 </span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Salapic</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Martinic, Croatia</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="SpellE"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ROOM: 5<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 </span><span class="SpellE"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadek</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Bullock, USA/Vermont</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 </span><span class="SpellE"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sobocan</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Denkovski, Slovenia/Maribor-Cambridge</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; 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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maja Cimerman</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cimerman Dobranic</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">481</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">80,16</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Filip Muki Dobranic</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cimerman Dobranic</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">479</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">79,83</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marietta Gadeke</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dicu Gaeke</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">475</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">79,16</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eveline Dicu</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dicu Gaeke</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">473</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">78,83</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goran Jankulovski</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jankulovski Petricevic</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">472</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">78,66</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jessica Bullock</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadek Bullock</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">472</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">78,66</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anna England Kerr</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerr Podlogar</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">470</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">78,33</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Serban Pitic</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pitic Moscovici</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">470</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">78,33</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mlden Suleic</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suleic Kolundzic</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">469</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">78,16</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John Sadek</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadek Bullock</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">468</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">78,00</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Semis. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THBT the ECB </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="SpellE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">should</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> have veto power over member states budgets</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finals. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THBT the free market does not make the workers free.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The oprogram is sponsored by ZIP Slovenia, World Debate Institute USA, European Union, Europe for Citizens Program and the law firm of Bickell and Brewer. </span></span><br />
<div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=c7a81898-51a5-4e2b-afd4-56506a347580" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-37704742283514223562010-11-27T17:49:00.002-05:002010-11-27T17:49:19.486-05:00Breaking Teams at IDAS 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCVwgeRTyYr3658WKpfy55g-kEAJhW2j1lkRn6zWWYQI5fxiDO4qmndZuffQQvzwh60RFedBuLVnJIoOnTuk80ZAG_eM8Ug9izu7QryQBT5NwtQV83V0yl4IwKjNf9nurT6vm0VwJn3Fe/s1600/IDAS+Groupsmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCVwgeRTyYr3658WKpfy55g-kEAJhW2j1lkRn6zWWYQI5fxiDO4qmndZuffQQvzwh60RFedBuLVnJIoOnTuk80ZAG_eM8Ug9izu7QryQBT5NwtQV83V0yl4IwKjNf9nurT6vm0VwJn3Fe/s400/IDAS+Groupsmall.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top 20 teams, top 16 advance to quarterfinals in the morning:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Cimerman Dobranic 15-960 Slovenia/Ljubljama</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Dicu Gadeke 14-948 Romania/Germany</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Sadek Bullock 14-940 USA/Vermont</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Kerr Podlogar 14-935 Slovenia/Ljubljana</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Suleic Kolundzic 13-932 Serbia/Belgrade</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Vrecic Zitek 13-896 Slovenia/Ljubljana</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Jankiloski Petricevic 12-939 Serbia/Belgrade</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Pitic Moscovici 12-930 Romania/Argo</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Durrani Joyce 12-917 USA/St. John's</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Salapic Martinic 12-899 Croatia</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. Velkovski Georgievska 12-898 Macedonia</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12. Williams Eng, 11-913 USA/US Air Force Academy</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13. Vignjevic Cirovic 11-912 Serbia/Belgrade</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14. Sobocon Denkovski 11-911 Slovenia/Maribor & Cambridge</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15. Juterek Polsak 11-909 Slovenia/Maribor</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16. Alexandrescu Sovaiala-Ionescu 11-902 Romania/Argo</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17. Brach Krakowski 11-894 Poland</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18. Lipovsek Arvaj 11-890 Slovenia</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">19. Weese Jager 10-911 Austria/Vienna</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">20. Duque Diaz 10-907 Venezuela/AUDAS</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">20. Bencik Fink 10-907 Slovenia</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">IDAS is sponsored by ZIP Slovenia and the World Debate Institute at the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.uvm.edu/" rel="homepage" title="University of Vermont">University of Vermont</a>, with support from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" rel="wikipedia" title="European Union">European Union</a> and the law firm of Bickel and Brewer. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The International Debate Academy </span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" rel="wikipedia" title="Slovenia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slovenia</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> instructional portion ended on Thursday night.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a day of three lectures, nine exercise groups, twelve practice debates, ten electives and then twelve more rooms of practice debates, the day ended with the famous "Kitsch Party." Everyone came in their funkiest styles and Gavin Ilsley got his legs waxed (so his short skirt would look better) in an effort to raise money for </span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer" rel="wikipedia" title="Breast cancer"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">breast cancer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer" rel="wikipedia" title="Prostate cancer"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">prostate cancer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> research. I am sure there will be lots of photos later.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday morning buses will take everyone to </span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.ljubljana.si/" rel="homepage" title="Ljubljana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ljubljana</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for the tournament held at the Faculty of Public Administration at the University of Ljubljana. Some teams added, a couple had to go home, but we are looking at a field of 60 teams at roll call. Rounds one and two will be today, three through six on Saturday, and then elimination rounds on Sunday.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stay tuned for all details. </span><br />
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People have asked me what all those electives (12 a day) from IDAS are. So, I thought I would post them from the first two days to give people ideas for training and also an idea of how we are training university students and teachers here.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Jezerci<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Principled argumentation - Boyle<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Learn how to argue from a principled standpoint and make theoretical arguments more convincing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Spik<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How to improve your Manner/Be an effective speaker - Loke<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tips on how you could improve your style as a speaker will be discussed. You will take home some useful ways to help yourself and others to become more effective, stylistically, as a public speaker.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Gobela</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Persuasive<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Appeals</i> - Wright<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Social science as a weapon of mass consumption. This lecture will address some of the more socially scientific visions of contemporary persuasion. Including some of these devices in a debate works to demonstrate the shared space between debaters, judges, and audiences.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Elevator 3</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Debating Technologies, Internet and Media – Zheng Bo<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Discussion of How technologies shaped our life and our social network.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Rute<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top: .1pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="SL" style="font-family: Arial;">Yugoslavia: Once Upon a Time, There Was a Country… - Nenadovic & Avbar</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="SL" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">History, politics, culture and religion of a country that once was and is no longer. The elective pays special attention to the breakup of the country in the 1990s, the issues that arose in the process, and the (post-conflict) democratization processes as well as EU accession prospects for the countries formerly known as ‘Yugoslavia’.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Elevator 2</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Strategic style – Ilsley<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Learning the value of a stylistic range and how best to deploy it</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Jezerci<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">EU Integration and expansion - Boyle<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">An exploration of the EUs expansion to date, and a discussion of the countries currently under consideration for accession.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Spik<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Multiculturalism in Singapore/Asia - Loke<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is a Content Lecture on how Singapore and Asian countries pursue multiculturalism in its politics, laws, and social norms. It will be useful for EU students to learn how people from Asian countries devise policies to accommodate the multiplicity of race, religion and language in their diverse populations.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Rute<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Yugoslavia – Part 2 – Nenadovic & Aybar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Contunies from part 1.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Gobela</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Narrative<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Reasoning</i> – Wright<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This elective discusses the persuasive form and function of narrative. Defining narrative reasoning and combining it with more traditional appeals to reason makes debaters more persuasive to various audiences.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Elevator 3</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Setting Cases for Gov and Opp – Zheng Bo<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Discussions on how Opp avoid panicking and develop a coherent case to negate the Gov case in 7-min, and how Gov can well utilize their 15-min prep time to develop a case that is logically sound.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Elevator 2<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The lightning bug and the lightning – Ilsley<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Word choice and framing in winning debates<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are philosophical perspectives on the relationship between human beings and the ecology that can help you create coherent, consistent and compelling arguments in debates about ecological issues. They range from very human-centered to very bio-centered. These can also help you, as an individual, determine what your relationship with the ecology is and how it should operate in your life as well as in debate. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Rute<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>EU democratisation promotion policies – chances of success - Valkering</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Spik<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Economics for debating - Boyle</b><br />
Learn how to debate some of the most pressing economic issues of the day<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Jecerzi<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>How to find the "core issues" in a debate motion - Loke</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is an interactive session where the students will be guided to systematically discover the key ideas which should be given air time in a debate topic. Students will go away with some key concepts/questions they should ask when discovering "core issues" in a debate motion.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Lobby 3<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Speaker Roles and Team Strategies – Zheng Bo</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Discussions about speaker roles and team strategies, with focus on the dynamic nature of BP debates.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Lobby 2<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Aristotelian</b><i><b> rhetoric</b></i><b> – Wright</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The form and function of different rhetorical forms. Recognizing the particulars of a case and a motion, using the parameters set forth by rhetorical scholarship, debaters could prep more fluid and convincing arguments.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: AW 1<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? – Nenadovic</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Analyzing the debate motion in order to get a clear problem definition. Many governments fail to specify what the problem is that they are addressing, and in doing so, they miss to outline the relevance of the motion. This is a highly practical elective, where we will together take apart different debate motions, review problems inherent in those motions, and devise relevant government and opposition strategies.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">ELECTIVE 2 1600<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Spik<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <b> Position & Treatment of the Roma in Europe - Nenadovic</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Starting with the brief history of the Roma people in Europe, this electives covers the current biggest controversies relating to their position and treatment. This elective will discuss both the recent deportations from France and the rise of right-wing parties such as Jobbik in Hungary and the implications this has on the position of Roma, as well as the intended mechanisms of protection (such as the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, laws on protection of national minorities).</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Lobby 3<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Debating China – Zheng Bo</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Information and discussions about China, such as Mainland/Taiwan relationships, Tibet, China as World Factory, etc.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Rute<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>EU and Asylym – Valkering</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Asylum policies in the EU and how they work.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Lobby 2<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Histories – Wright</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How historiography and the epideictic shape us. Considering the international flavor of Worlds-style debate, learning and applying historical narrative in a debate could establish credibility to various argumentation claims.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Jecerzi<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>How to find Extensions - Loke</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This lecture focuses on what is a valid Extension for the Second Teams and how to find a good one, without being told by the judges that you are just "repackaging" the Upper House. Students will take home strategies to discover a good Extension.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room: Gobela<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Needs and Motivation – Morgan</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">From Maslow to Max-Neef: a look at the classic <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">hierarchy of needs contrasted with conflicting models of need <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">satisfaction</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
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</span></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-6314662117610880392010-11-21T10:52:00.002-05:002010-11-21T10:52:34.042-05:008th IDAS Begins!<iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17045302" width="400"></iframe><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/17045302">Debate - WUDC - Guaranteed Income - IDAS 2010 Exhibition</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1244229">Alfred Snider</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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With a total of 140 hearty souls on hand, the 8th International Debate Academy <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" rel="wikipedia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a> has begun in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.kranjska-gora.si/" rel="homepage" title="Kranjska Gora">Kranjska Gora</a>, Slovenia. The program is sponsored by Za in Proti Slovenia, the World Debate Institute at the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.uvm.edu/" rel="homepage" title="University of Vermont">University of Vermont</a>, the law firm of Bickell and Brewer, and the EU <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_for_Citizens" rel="wikipedia" title="Europe for Citizens">Europe for Citizens</a> Program.<br />
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The event will feature ten practice debates, fifteen lectures, fifteen debate exercise sessions, over thirty elective classes and a number of exciting social events. Participants have come from over 24 countries to this year's event.<br />
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The event kicked off with an exhibition debate on Saturday night on the motion, This House believes that all citizens should be entitled to a basic income without the requirement of work. The first proposition team was Anna England Kerr of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.uni-lj.si/" rel="homepage" title="University of Ljubljana">Ljubljana University</a> and Stephen Boyle of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.ucd.ie/" rel="homepage" title="University College Dublin">University College Dublin</a> and the University of Vermont, the second proposition team was Jessica Bullock and John Sadek of the University of Vermont, the first opposition team was Gavin Ilsley and Rhydian Morgan of the UK's Stylus Communications, and the second opposition team was Filip Dobranic and Maja Cimerman of Ljubljana University (the reigning EUDC ESL champions).<br />
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The event is being held at the Hotel Spik, a beautiful mountain resort with breathtaking views of the Julian Alps as well as lovely work rooms, living rooms and delicious food.<br />
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The director is Bojana Skrt and the academic director is Alfred Snider. Faculty include Stephen Boyle, Gavin Ilsley, Rhydian Morgan along with Loke Wing Fatt of Singapore, Maja Nenadovic of the Netherlands, Jaime Wright of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.stjohns.edu/" rel="homepage" title="St. John's University (New York)">St. John's University</a> in the USA, Zheng Boof Peking University in China, Anne Valkering of the Netherlands, TJ Senamengern of Assumption University in Thailand, Steve Llano of St. John's University in the USA. Peter Mesarec and Helena Felc of Slovenia are important parts of the program. <br />
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There is a group of some 20 trainers and teachers who are attending the additional trainers' workshop. They will learn the WUDC format, coaching and training skills, as well as judging. They will begin judging as the week goes on and will also judge at the tournament.<br />
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On Friday everyone will take buses to Ljubljana where a three day tournament will take place at the University of Ljubljana's faculty of administration. Other teams from around Europe will join those already at IDAS for a major central European tournament.<br />
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For more information, check out <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html">http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</a> and <a href="http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/">http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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We will have more information as the program advances.<br />
<div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=4afcfd27-387f-44c2-8027-ba7428d90a2c" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-14845190945311495312010-11-15T22:26:00.000-05:002010-11-15T22:26:58.794-05:00Social Events Announced<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></span><br />
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Saturday, 20. November<br />
Get to know each other party<br />
Location: Hotel <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0pik" rel="wikipedia" title="Špik">Špik</a><br />
Description: Amazing party. Drinking games. Getting to know people from all over the world.<br />
Dress code: Wear a white T-shit if you are single or in an <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_relationship" rel="wikipedia" title="Open relationship">open relationship</a> and wear a red T-shirt if you are in a relationship. We will have waterproof pens to write on T-shirts smart witty thoughts that will cross our minds while you will pass us (not expensive T-shirts).<br />
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Sunday, 21. November<br />
Cultural exhibition party<br />
Location: Hotel Špik<br />
Description: Every country gets its own table to present itself, present their national food, drinks and other. A quiz may occur and you may win an award if you will know enough facts about <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" rel="wikipedia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a> and the rest of the world (and debate gossip). Also a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus" rel="wikipedia" title="Tyrannosaurus">Tyrannosaurus Rex</a> may (or may not be) present at said party. Prepare appropriately.<br />
Dress code: Something typical for your country or be wrapped in your national flag.<br />
Bring: something typical from your country preferably drinkable and eatable that makes you dizzy. Bring the booze you typically drink in your country.<br />
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Monday, 22. November<br />
Salsa party<br />
Location: Hotel Špik<br />
Description: People from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela" rel="wikipedia" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> will teach you how to dance salsa.<br />
Dress code: Something to dance all night long in. Shoes are important.<br />
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Thursday, 23. November<br />
Karaoke party<br />
Location: Hotel Špik<br />
Description: Drink, sing, drink some more and sing better. You know the drill.<br />
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Wednesday, 24. November<br />
Stand up comedy night<br />
Location: Hotel Špik<br />
Description:<br />
HEAVEN is where:<br />
The police are British<br />
The chefs Italian<br />
The mechanics are German<br />
The lovers are French<br />
and it's all organised by the Swiss HELL is where:<br />
The police are German<br />
The chefs are British<br />
The mechanics are French<br />
The lovers are Swiss<br />
and it's all organised by the Italians!!<br />
If you think you can come up with better jokes, then impress us with your very own stand-up show. We have professional groupies who will follow the best comedians.<br />
Awards will be given to those who will make us cry with laughter.<br />
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Tuesday, 25. November<br />
Kitch party<br />
Location: Hotel Špik<br />
Description: Crazy music with crazy kitch clothing with a competition of who is the »kitchiest« of them all.<br />
Dress code: If you are a guy – dress as gay or girlish as you think you can pull off. If a girl – dress as sexy or as manly as you can. You can put on as much or as few pieces of clothing you can handle, but make sure you go gaga.<br />
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Friday, 26. November<br />
Site seeing <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.ljubljana.si/" rel="homepage" title="Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a><br />
Location: Ljubljana city center<br />
Description: Walk around Ljubljana and drinks.<br />
Dress code: Naked Friday! And please shave your backs.<br />
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Saturday, 27. November<br />
Announcement party<br />
Location: Ljubljana city center<br />
No description needed.<br />
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Sunday, 28. November<br />
Traditional Skleleton party<br />
Location: Skeleton bar, center of Ljubljana<br />
Description: party with loads of amazing cocktails (two for the price of one). You can join the secrect 4 straws of the Apocalypse club.<br />
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NEW AT IDAS 2010<br />
A little bit inspired by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_Girl_%28TV_series%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Gossip Girl (TV series)">Gossip Girl</a>: IDAS will have its own gossip blog. All you need to do is write an email and the message and photos will be posted on the blog by its own. All details will be handed to you on the place of crime. We reserve the right to remove certain entries if deemed inappropriate.<br />
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See you soon,<br />
Helena</span></span></div></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">ELECTIVES</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">More will come as faculty send them in! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">LLANO</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Eastern Philosophy and Debating<br />
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An overview of ideas from Eastern thought that are not so much a contribution to strategy as they are a contribution to your relationship with debating. Why we choose to debate will be examined from these viewpoints as opposed to how we choose to debate. However, keen students will definitely be able to make connections between this discussion and the particulars of practice. <br />
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Debate as a Martial Art<br />
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Applying the principles of martial arts to debate reveals some approaches to debate strategy that you might not have considered and that your opponents certainly are not ready for. Examination of martial arts strategies, samurai combat philosophy will be introduced and discussed and attention will be paid to the holistic way a debater should prepare for competition. <br />
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Annoying things Debaters do but shouldn't. <br />
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A combination of a rant and an enlightening lecture from an American adjudicator who seldom breaks but is happy not to, because he won't have to hear all of these terrible things you do each round in your speeches. Come learn some more productive things to do with your speech time as well as all those parts where you are not speaking. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
Ancient Rhetoric and Contemporary Practice. <br />
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The principles of the ancient arts of rhetoric come to us via the ancient Greek and Roman world. This elective will attempt to discern contemporary uses of these ideas for debate. Attention will be split equally between speech style and organization as well as argument development and construction. <br />
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Dialogue as a Debating Principle<br />
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Years after its publication, <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/david_bohm" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bohm" rel="wikipedia" title="David Bohm">David Bohm</a>'s groundbreaking study _On Dialogue_ is still seen as a response to debate. In this session we will see that Bohm's call for dialogue contains interesting and unique principles that can only be applied to BP debating. Specifically, each position on the table can learn how to engage and interact with every other position via Bohm's insights. Time will be reserved for discussion and dialogue on team interaction in a BP round and strategies for success.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">WRIGHT</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Ideas for Electives:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">1) Narrative<i> Reasoning</i>: This elective discusses the persuasive form and function of narrative. Defining narrative reasoning and combining it with more traditional appeals to reason makes debaters more persuasive to various audiences.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">2) Persuasive<i> Appeals</i> –social science as a weapon of mass consumption. This lecture will address some of the more socially scientific visions of contemporary persuasion. Including some of these devices in a debate works to demonstrate the shared space between debaters, judges, and audiences.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">3) Popular<i> Culture</i>—using everyday experience to persuade. According to Barry Brummett, popular culture is “those systems or artifacts that most people share and that most people know about… In speaking of popular culture, then, we are concerned with things, like television, that are part of the everyday experience of most people” (<i>Rhetoric in Popular Culture</i> 27). How might these applications of these systems work to flesh out a case?</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">4) Aristotelian<i> rhetoric</i>: the form and function of different rhetorical forms. Recognizing the particulars of a case and a motion, using the parameters set forth by rhetorical scholarship, debaters could prep more fluid and convincing arguments.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">5) Histories—how historiography and the epideictic shape us. Considering the international flavor of Worlds-style debate, learning and applying historical narrative in a debate could establish credibility to various argumentation claims.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">SNIDER</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">International Relations Paradigms</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are paradigms, or “world views,” within which international relations events are conceptualized and decisions are made. How you view the international system influences how you think about it and the arguments you use. This elective will examine popular IR paradigms (realism, constructivism, etc.) and explain how to use them to build a team line, come up with major arguments, avoid contradictions and have a coherent approach.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How to Make Arguments More Important</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are standard things that a debater can do to give issues you bring to the debate more “impact.” If you are aware of these significance giving ideas then you can pick the one or two that apply best to the argument you are making and use them to convince the judges that your position is more important than rival positions that lack this kind of substance.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ecological Philosophies</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are philosophical perspectives on the relationship between human beings and the ecology that can help you create coherent, consistent and compelling arguments in debates about ecological issues. They range from very human-centered to very bio-centered. These can also help you, as an individual, determine what your relationship with the ecology is and how it should operate in your life as well as in debate.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Thicker Extensions</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Too often your extension is a good idea, but it consist of you saying the same things over and over again in different ways. This elective will help you learn how to build n extension out of relevant components to make it more compelling and much harder to refute. Deliver a second team extension for 4-5 minutes and keep the interest and attention of the judges while building compelling ideas.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Avoiding Doing Irritating Things While You Speak</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Many debaters have arguments and make sense, and even sound good, but still do many things in delivery of a speech that detracts from their content and makes them a lot less persuasive. Learn what these things are and learn drills to make you stop doing them.</span></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=76991190-3abf-4090-943f-a826e3acaa51" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog"><script defer="defer" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" type="text/javascript">
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This year we go to a new location! We know the town, as the World Schools Debate Academy took place there. We know the new hotel because Bojana Skrt and Alfred Snider had an inspection visit.<br />
Because of the huge number of attendees this year, we have had to relocate to a larger facility. This has been a very good development because while we love the familiarity and the friendliness of Hotel Ormoz, the facilities could be better. And, they will be at <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Hotel Špik</span></b>. It is a very modern tourist hotel located in a lovely mountain valley of the Julian Alps, very new, and with lovely rooms, dining facilities, bar and an indoor pool. The work spaces are also superior and we hope that the comnbination of better facilities and larger attendance should make this the best International Debate Academy ever!<br />
Get more information at <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html">http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</a><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Hotel Špik</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Address: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Jezerci 21, <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/gozd_martuljek" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.4864166667,13.8261611111&spn=0.1,0.1&q=46.4864166667,13.8261611111%20%28Gozd%20Martuljek%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Gozd Martuljek">Gozd Martuljek</a>, Kranjska Gora, <u><span style="color: blue;">http://www.hitholidays-kg.si</span></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Buses from <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/ljubljana" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.0513888889,14.5055555556&spn=0.1,0.1&q=46.0513888889,14.5055555556%20%28Ljubljana%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a> on hourly basis from 5.30 to 19.30, one way ticket 7.90 EUR </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">The other option is a train from Ljubljana – <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/jesenice" href="http://www.jesenice.si/" rel="homepage" title="Jesenice, Slovenia">Jesenice</a> and then bus Jesenice – Gozd Martuljek or if you are traveling via <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000015384991" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.2,16.35&spn=10.0,10.0&q=48.2,16.35%20%28Austria%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Austria">Austria</a> flying to <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/klagenfurt" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.6166666667,14.3&spn=0.1,0.1&q=46.6166666667,14.3%20%28Klagenfurt%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Klagenfurt">Klagenfurt</a> or even <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/vienna" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.2088888889,16.3725&spn=0.1,0.1&q=48.2088888889,16.3725%20%28Vienna%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, than you have train from <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/villach" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.6147222222,13.8461111111&spn=0.1,0.1&q=46.6147222222,13.8461111111%20%28Villach%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Villach">Villach</a> (every two hours) to Jesenice and than bus to Gozd Martuljek. Much easier, actually than going to Ormoz.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Questions? Consult bojana.skrt@siol.net.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Spaces are going fast, so hurry before you get left out. </div>Get more information at <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html">http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</a><br />
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*WUDC Top EFL Speaker<br />
*WUDC Top ESL Speaker<br />
*2 OF WUDC EFL Top Ten Speakers <br />
*4 OF WUDC ESL Top Ten Speakers <br />
*5 OF WUDC ESL Quarterfinal Teams</h2><div style="text-align: left;">20-28 NOVEMBER 2010<br />
Full program for students – instruction, IDAS 2010 tournament<br />
IDAS 2010 tournament for students – tournament in Ljubljana at the <a href="http://www.fu.uni-lj.si/en/">Faculty of Administration-University of Ljubljana.</a><br />
Full program for trainers, teachers, coaches, club leaders, judges at any level in any debate format. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="style8" style="text-align: left;">SPECIFIC DATES<br />
Arrive in Ormoz, Slovenia November 20 2010, dinner at 6 PM, program at 7 PM <br />
Instruction in Ormoz November 21-25 2010<br />
Transfer to Ljubljana morning 26 November 2010<br />
IDAS tournament in Ljubljana afternoon 26-28 November 2010, ending at 2 PM</div><div class="style8" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="style8">2010 FACULTY</div><ul class="style8"><li>Stephen Boyle, USA/Ireland: Twice in WUDC elims, won Hart House, Yale and Irish Times as debater for University College Dublin and now debate coach at <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/university_of_vermont" href="http://www.uvm.edu/" rel="homepage nofollow" title="University of Vermont">University of Vermont</a>. 2nd IDAS. </li>
<li>Loke Wing Fatt, Singapore: Well known Asian debate trainer, WUDC breaking judge, honorary professorship North-Eastern University China, SAID Singapore, 6th IDAS. </li>
<li>Gavin lllsley, Oxford, Stylus Communication.2nd IDAS.</li>
<li> Chris Langone, USA: Cornell University. 3rd IDAS. </li>
<li>Steve Llano, USA: Breaking judge at USU. 4th IDAS.</li>
<li>Rhydian Morgan, UK: Chief Adjudicator and Finals judge at numerous tournaments, Welsh Debating Federation, World Debate Institute faculty 2008-09, 4th IDAS.</li>
<li>Sam Nelson, USA: Cornell University, breaking judge at USU.4th IDAS. </li>
<li>Maja Nenadovic, Croatia: Founder of several debating societies across Europe, currently busy with introducing debate to countries in the Western Balkans region, and with finishing her PhD in political science at the University of Amsterdam. 3rd IDAS. </li>
<li>Thepparith Senamngern, Thailand: Assumption University, convener Bangkok WUDC & Thailand AUDC.2nd IDAS.</li>
<li>Alfred Snider, USA: Professor at University of Vermont, Director World Debate Institute, USA Coach of the Year, six recent debate textbooks, Convener 2009 US Universities Nationals, 8th IDAS.</li>
<li>Bojana Skrt, Slovenia: Director ZIP, three times WSDC EFL World Champion coach, 8th IDAS.</li>
<li>Anne Valkering, Netherlands: Oxford ESL semi-finalist 2006, finalist 2007, winner ESL final Manchester IV 2007; EUDC ESL finalist 2006, semi-finalist 2007, quarterfinalist 2008, ESL second speaker 2008, fifth speaker 2006; WUDC ESL champion 2008; DCA Dutch Nationals 2009, CA Bonaparte Debate Tournament 2007, DCA Amsterdam Open 2008 and 2009, CA Sciences Po IV 2009.</li>
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& IDAS 2010 TOURNAMENT</h2><h2 align="center" class="style8">IDAS 2009 CONCLUDED WITH 29 COUNTRIES ATTENDING!<br />
</h2><h2 align="center" class="style8">IDAS GETS RESULTS<br />
*WUDC Top EFL Speaker<br />
*WUDC Top ESL Speaker<br />
*2 OF WUDC EFL Top Ten Speakers <br />
*4 OF WUDC ESL Top Ten Speakers <br />
*5 OF WUDC ESL Quarterfinal Teams<br />
</h2><h2 align="center" class="style8"><img height="312" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas2009pix.JPG" width="489" /><br />
THE BEST IN WUDC/BP DEBATE INSTRUCTION AND COMPETITION </h2><div align="center" class="style8"><br />
20-28 NOVEMBER 2010<br />
Full program for students – instruction, IDAS 2010 tournament<br />
IDAS 2010 tournament for students – tournament in Ljubljana at the <a href="http://www.fu.uni-lj.si/en/">Faculty of Administration-University of Ljubljana.</a><br />
Full program for trainers, teachers, coaches, club leaders, judges at any level in any debate format. </div><div align="center" class="style8">SPECIFIC DATES<br />
Arrive in Ormoz, Slovenia November 20 2010, dinner at 6 PM, program at 7 PM <br />
Instruction in Ormoz November 21-25 2010<br />
Transfer to Ljubljana morning 26 November 2010<br />
IDAS tournament in Ljubljana afternoon 26-28 November 2010, ending at 2 PM</div><h2 align="center" class="style8">APPLICATION FORMS DUE NOVEMBER 5 2010 AVAILABLE FOR <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idasall%5B1%5D.doc">TOTAL PROGRAM</a> OR <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idastourn%5B1%5D.doc">JUST TOURNAMENT</a> </h2><h2 align="center" class="style8"><span class="style9">SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE, CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS<br />
</span></h2><div align="center" class="style8">WHEN WE REACH OUR CAPACITY NO ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED!</div><div align="center" class="style8">Organized by: <br />
<a href="http://www.zainproti.com/">ZIP – Za in proti (ZIP), Pro et Contra, Institute for the Culture of Dialogue, Slovenia </a><br />
<a href="http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/">WDI – World Debate Institute, University of Vermont</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fu.uni-lj.si/en/">Debate Clubs, University of Ljubljana </a></div><div class="style8">2010 FACULTY</div><ul class="style8"><li>Stephen Boyle, USA/Ireland: Twice in WUDC elims, won Hart House, Yale and Irish Times as debater for University College Dublin and now debate coach at University of Vermont. </li>
<li>Loke Wing Fatt, Singapore: Well known Asian debate trainer, WUDC breaking judge, honorary professorship North-Eastern University China, SAID Singapore. </li>
<li>Gavin lllsley, Oxford, Stylus Communication. </li>
<li> Chris Langone, USA: Cornell University. </li>
<li>Steve Llano, USA: St. John's University NY, breaking judge at USU.</li>
<li>Rhydian Morgan, UK: Chief Adjudicator and Finals judge at numerous tournaments, Welsh Debating Federation, World Debate Institute faculty 2008-09. </li>
<li>Sam Nelson, USA: Cornell University, breaking judge at USU. </li>
<li>Maja Nenadovic, Croatia: Founder of several debating societies across Europe, currently busy with introducing debate to countries in the Western Balkans region, and with finishing her PhD in political science at the University of Amsterdam. </li>
<li>Thepparith Senamngern, Thailand: Assumption University, convener Bangkok WUDC & CA Thailand AUDC. </li>
<li>Alfred Snider, USA: Professor at University of Vermont, Director World Debate Institute, USA Coach of the Year, six recent debate textbooks, Convener 2009 US Universities Nationals.</li>
<li>Bojana Skrt, Slovenia: Director ZIP, three times WSDC EFL World Champion coach, 7th IDAS.</li>
<li>Anne Valkering, Netherlands: Oxford ESL semi-finalist 2006, finalist 2007, winner ESL final Manchester IV 2007; EUDC ESL finalist 2006, semi-finalist 2007, quarterfinalist 2008, ESL second speaker 2008, fifth speaker 2006; WUDC ESL champion 2008; DCA Dutch Nationals 2009, CA Bonaparte Debate Tournament 2007, DCA Amsterdam Open 2008 and 2009, CA Sciences Po IV 2009.<br />
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</ul><div align="center" class="style8"><img height="240" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas05pd2.jpeg" width="320" /><img height="240" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas07salsamaddy.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="style8">CURRICULUM</div><ul><li class="style8">STUDENT TRAINING : Each Instruction day features a main lecture, exercise and drill sessions, and two complete critiqued practice debates. Many elective classes offered. Many training preparation sessions offered. Judge evaluation and training offered. Advanced, basic and beginner tracks available. The best way to get ready forn WUDC in Botswana. </li>
<li class="style8">IDAS 2010 TRAINER PROGRAM<br />
The International Debate Academy Slovenia will be offering a special track for trainers, coaches and those interested in learning about how to train debaters and create debate organizations such as clubs, academic programs and leagues. The program will call upon the extensive experience of the faculty to provide specialized training, including: Basic debate training steps: observation, advice from experienced trainers and curriculum guides Judging: instruction, shadow judging, real judging experience Tournaments: hosting, administering, including tabulation software. Advanced debate training: observation, advice from experienced trainers, curriculum guides. Organizing: recruiting debaters, implementing training, scheduling meetings, publicity. Attendees will have a sample judging session every morning as well as a special training session in the afternoon. All events at the program will also be open to attendees. Special needs and requests specific to individuals can be met if given advance notice.</li>
<li class="style8">TOURNAMENT: Sponsored by IDAS, ZIP and hosted by Faculty of Administration University of Ljubljana. Six preliminary rounds and semifinals in the WUDC format. No team caps as of now. Convener is Bojana Skrt, Chief Adjudicator is Alfred Snider.<br />
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COST<br />
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250 Euros for full program, 60 Euros for tournament.<br />
Fees: Includes all meals, double rooms, instructional materials, transportation from Ormoz to Ljubljana, and social activities. Accommodations: Rooms and full meals provided in Ormoz and Ljubljana. In Ljubljana we will be staying at Dijaški dom Bežigrad, <a href="http://www.ddb.si/">www.ddb.si</a> . Social activities each evening. Limited crash available for tournament. <br />
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Scholarships: We hope to offer substantial scholarships to needy applicants. Scholarship forms available soon.</li>
</ul><div class="style8">Financial Disclosure: IDAS is a non-profit program, trainers are not paid, trainer travel is not reimbursed, participation fees pay for attendee expenses of rooms and food only, trainer accommodations and food and other costs are covered by ZIP. </div><div class="style8">Social Events: We will have frequent social events. We will not distribute free alcohol to 18+ attendees out of the workshop fees. We will seek soft drinks-beer-wine sponsors. We prioritize scholarships for attendees over free alcohol. We want as many people as possible to join the program.</div><div align="center" class="style8"><img height="240" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas07turkandstudents.jpg" width="320" /><img height="240" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas08alenaadamlucas.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="style8">Website: <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html"><u>http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</u></a> <br />
Blogsite: <a href="http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/"><u>http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/</u></a></div><div class="style8">Organizing Committee:<br />
Director of the Academy: Bojana Skrt, ZIP, <a href="mailto:bojana.skrt@siol.net"><u>bojana.skrt@siol.net</u></a><br />
Head of Training: Alfred C. Snider, World Debate Institute, University of Vermont, <a href="mailto:asnider@uvm.edu"><u>alfred.snider@uvm.edu</u></a><br />
</div><div align="center" class="style8"><img height="240" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas08tunacrowd.jpg" width="320" /><img height="237" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas08ormoz.jpg" width="427" /></div><div align="center" class="style8"><img height="200" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/zip.gif" width="200" /><img height="200" src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/wdiburst.gif" width="200" /></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-45260153822508503402010-04-01T12:34:00.000-04:002010-04-01T12:34:20.804-04:00Special Thanks to Bickel & Brewer Foundation for 2009 Support<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSTwuFQI-91gThplcW53BTRVGZawQOT165iXVuYqrolyjDVxFUH-HKOA9vAPM4b80fDQzyK9C6ll-ofvYFWEN4sBOrAGiV3qUFFqCDkyBRiZiY_2DpdZtJzjejAf7TtoApedV1F6LuVk/s400/BB_web_2009_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSTwuFQI-91gThplcW53BTRVGZawQOT165iXVuYqrolyjDVxFUH-HKOA9vAPM4b80fDQzyK9C6ll-ofvYFWEN4sBOrAGiV3qUFFqCDkyBRiZiY_2DpdZtJzjejAf7TtoApedV1F6LuVk/s320/BB_web_2009_01.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="SL" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: SL; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="SL" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: SL; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="SL" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: SL; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL DEBATE ACADEMY SLOVENIA, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ormož/Ljubljana<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>23rd – 27th November 2009 – IDAS 2009<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="SL" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: SL; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="SL" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: SL; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Bickel & Brewer Foundation awarded Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with a grant of 5000$ or 3317 EUR by November exchange rate <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for organising the International Debate Academy Slovenia.The grant money was spent for awarding scholarships for some<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>participants in order for them to pay lower participation fee. It also helped<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to cover part of the costs of accomodation and food for the trainers at IDAS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>helped to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lower participation fee for all participants. The Bickel & Brewer grant was extremely important, because it helped participants who otherwise would not be able to come. Especially important was for everybody because it covered the trainers costs at IDAS, which allow everybody to pay lower partiicpation fee. The scholarships were extremely important for the the participants from Venezuela, because they are in the process of building debate programme in Venezuela, at the university and highschool level, and the knowledge gained at IDAS it is extremely important for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Venezuela government does allow their citizens only very small amount of foreign currency their would not be able to come without the scholarship we granted. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="SL" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: SL; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The programme consisted of two parts, the training one being held in Ormož from November 23rd – 27th and the tournament from 27th – 29th in Ljubljana at the University of public administration in Ljubljana. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The total number of the participants, trainers, judges, organisers, volunteers<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>were 122, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>75<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for the Ormož training part and additional 47 people for the Ljubljana tournament.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Participants and trainers came from the following countries: Afganistan, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Honk Kong, Ireland, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Ukraine, Venezuela, USA. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="SL" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: SL; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Bickel & Brewer scholarships<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>were announced together with the call for <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>participants and at the IDAS 2009 web page. Till the end of September we got 24 requests for scholarhips. We awarded all of them with the grants from 70 to 100 EUR. However, 7 receipients later decided not to come, some of them because they did expect a 100% scholarhip including the travel expenses and some of them because of the unexpected problems right before the event. <o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-50897370368366058562009-12-20T12:12:00.005-05:002009-12-20T12:29:47.127-05:00International Debate Academy Partners Hold Iraq Debate Academy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXRm8WxqwVE/Sy5dN4jPB9I/AAAAAAAAI00/REH_pMFcYzQ/s1600-h/iraq09bandoheroes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXRm8WxqwVE/Sy5dN4jPB9I/AAAAAAAAI00/REH_pMFcYzQ/s400/iraq09bandoheroes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417369894873139154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Faculty at Iraq Debate Academy: IDA faculty Jason Jarvis of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.gsu.edu/" title="Georgia State University" rel="homepage">Georgia State University</a>, IDA alumna Megan Harlow, IDA founders Alfred Snider & Bojana Skrt, Matt Stannard of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.uwyo.edu/" title="University of Wyoming" rel="homepage">University of Wyoming</a>, Jonathan Borock, NYC Debate Societ</i>y</div><div><br />The two major partners of the International Debate Academy Slovenia [Za in Proti national debate program of Slovenia; World Debate Institute, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.uvm.edu/" title="University of Vermont" rel="homepage">University of Vermont</a>] have combined to host a five day debate workshop and tournament in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duhok_Governorate" title="Duhok Governorate" rel="wikipedia">Duhok</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdistan" title="Iraqi Kurdistan" rel="wikipedia">Kurdistan Autonomous Region</a>, Iraq.<div><br /></div><div>The tournament was held at Duhok Unioversity and was attended by 88 students from seven universities from all parts of Iraq.</div><div><br /></div><div>For complete coverage, see posts at the World Debate Institute blog at:</div><div><br /></div><div>Preparations</div><div><a href="http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/wdi-big-part-of-iraq-debate-academy.html">http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/wdi-big-part-of-iraq-debate-academy.html</a></div><div>Day 1</div><div><a href="http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-1-at-wdi-sponsored-iraq-debate.html">http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-1-at-wdi-sponsored-iraq-debate.html</a></div><div>Days 2 & 3</div><div><a href="http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/days-2-3-at-wdi-sponsored-iraq-debate.html">http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/days-2-3-at-wdi-sponsored-iraq-debate.html</a></div><div>Days 4 & 5</div><div><a href="http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/wdi-sponsored-iraq-debate-academy-comes.html">http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/wdi-sponsored-iraq-debate-academy-comes.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Congratulations to all. </div></div><fieldset class="zemanta-related"><legend class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles by Zemanta</legend><ul class="zemanta-article-ul"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://blogs.nybooks.com/post/287979881/a-statement-on-my-activities-in-kurdistan">A Statement on My Activities in Kurdistan</a> (blogs.nybooks.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/08/iraq-electoral-law-passes_n_350052.html">Iraq Electoral Law Passes, Crucial To Setting Up National Vote</a> (huffingtonpost.com)</li></ul></fieldset> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/96f3e159-e261-4179-a4da-eea148546579/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=96f3e159-e261-4179-a4da-eea148546579" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" style="border:none;float:right" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-33922195861550556672009-12-02T09:55:00.002-05:002009-12-02T09:56:39.369-05:00IDAS 2009 Tournament Results<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy58gMYaKx98tfQFVgn_FQiNhEd3z52JLUCrsaTqeZF8hmdTDIG5-GjfLXlhNvRxMC8MTEsjve3E0zY_crkRwq2tEYXi5S2yRBYYclsifp5pS8_VuxO_mdiIUrPNAV8-Zoe2DEzq12PME/s1600/IMG_0740.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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<br />The 7th International Debate Academy Slovenia was surely an international event.
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<br />Twenty-eight countries were represented: Singapore, Afghanistan, USA, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Italy, Finland, Serbia, France, Croatia, Germany, Thailand, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Venezuela, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Scotland, Hong Kong, Moldova, Montenegro, England, Bolivia, Spain, Austria and Greece.
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<br />The event is sponsored by ZIP Slovenia and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont.
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<br />For more information see:
<br /><a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html">http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</a>
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<br />120 people including 40 teams from 28 countries gathered for the tournament at the Faculty of Public Administration at the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000132e9e" href="http://www.uni-lj.si/" title="University of Ljubljana" rel="homepage">University of Ljubljana</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. With fabulous hosting and hospitality skills Helena Felc made it all happen smoothly with the help of other dedicated volunteers.
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<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In the finals the motion was, </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >THBT armies should overthrow corrupt governments.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">First: Jernej Jenko & Jernej Jenko (6-5 vote by panel)</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Second: Sam Natale & Sarah Anders</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Finalists: Tom Dionesotes & Alli Hamlin, Ana Stritih & Zan Zveplan
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<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The full tab can be found at: </span>
<br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://debate.uvm.edu/usudc/idas2009/">http://debate.uvm.edu/usudc/idas2009/</a>
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<br />Top Speakers:
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<br /></td></tr> <tr><td>1</td><td>Sarah Anders</td><td>Natale Anders</td><td>481</td><td>80.16</td><td>
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<br /></td></tr> <tr><td>1</td><td>Sam Natale</td><td>Natale Anders</td><td>481</td><td>80.16</td><td>
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<br /></td></tr> <tr><td>3</td><td>Tom Dionesotes</td><td>Dionesotes Hamlin</td><td>471</td><td>78.50</td><td>
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<br /></td></tr> <tr><td>4</td><td>Paul Gross</td><td>Gross Loeb</td><td>470</td><td>78.33</td><td>
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<br /></td></tr> <tr><td>4</td><td>Alli Hamlin</td><td>Dionesotes Hamlin</td><td>470</td><td>78.33</td><td>
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<br /></td></tr> <tr><td>4</td><td>Maja Cimerman</td><td>Dobranic Cimerman</td><td>470</td><td>78.33</td><td>
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<br /></td></tr> <tr><td>7</td><td>Isaac Loeb</td><td>Gross Loeb</td><td>469</td><td>78.16</td><td>
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<br /></td></tr> <tr><td>8</td><td>Manos Manopoulos</td><td>Vignjevic Manopoulos</td><td>468</td><td>78.00</td><td>
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<br /></td></tr> <tr><td>9</td><td>Filip Dobranic</td><td>Dobranic Cimerman</td><td>465</td><td>77.50</td><td>
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<br /></td></tr> <tr><td>10</td><td>Milan Vignevic</td><td>Vignjevic Manopoulos</td><td>464</td><td>77.33</td><td>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">The motions were:</span>
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color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" ></span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;">THW allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. (2)<o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" ></span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;">TTHW link executives' salaries to those of their employees. (3)<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" ></span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;">THBT journalists should not be compelled by law to reveal their sources. (4)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" ></span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;">THBT rich countries should pay Brazil to re-forest. (5)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" ></span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;">THBT hunger strikes are a legitimate form of protest in democracies. (6)</span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" ></span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;">THBT patients cannot refuse life saving medical treatment. (S-F) <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" ></span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;">THBT armies should overthrow corrupt governments. (F) <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/a95c5743-183c-4ab8-9739-cb440d8d0d13/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=a95c5743-183c-4ab8-9739-cb440d8d0d13" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-83469217642553489642009-12-02T09:55:00.001-05:002009-12-02T09:55:30.256-05:00Instruction in Ormoz Ends, on to Ljubljana!<p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block; width: 310px;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ljubljana_Castle.JPG"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Ljubljana_Castle.JPG/300px-Ljubljana_Castle.JPG" alt="Ljubljana Castle as seen from University Building" style="border: medium none ; display: block;" height="200" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ljubljana_Castle.JPG">Wikipedia</a></span></p>Wednesday and Thursday were the last two instruction days at the 7th International Debate Academy Slovenia being held in Ormoz, Slovenia. As the days passed the dedication of the students seemed to increase and the improvements in all of the debaters were obvious. The teachers and trainers began judging with faculty members to work on their judging skills for the tournament.<br /><br />It was good to welcome TJ Semnemgern from Thailand to the faculty. He was chief adjudicator at the Asian BP Championships held in Thailand, and arrived in plenty of time to add his considerable skills to the instruction. It was sad that Rhydian Morgan was not able to attend as he had a family emergency. Everyone supported his choice and wishes he and his family the best. It became apparent that there are actually 27 countries here. Although with Rhydian not in attendance we lost Wales but gained Bolivia one one student finally announced their nationality.<br /><br />The schedule continued with the same pattern. That seemed to work well because after a couple of days you never have to look, you just go to the same sort of event and the same room as the day before.<br /><br />Practice debate motions for the last two days included:<br /><ul><li>THBT developing nations should nationalize their natural resources</li><li>THW eliminate the executive power to pardon</li><li>THW legalize the sale of human body parts</li><li>THW forbid all religious symbols in all public schools.</li></ul><br />The lectures and exercises for the advanced group covered:<br /><ul><li>Principle and Philosophy, lecture by Stephen Boyle</li><li>Economics, lecture by Stephen Boyle substituting for Rhydian Morgan</li></ul>The lectures and exercises for the intermediate and beginner groups covered:<br />Second Teams, lectures by Loke Wing Fatt and Jens Fischer<br />Points of Information, lectures by Alfred Snider and Chris Langone<br /><br />The electives that were offered included:<br />WEDNESDAY:<br /><ul><li>ILLSLEY - FINDING YOUR EXTENSION</li><li>LOEWE - WHIP SPEECHES</li><li>NENADOVIC - WHAT IS THE PROBLEM (IN THE MOTION)?</li><li>SKRT - CASEBUILDING PART 2</li><li>VALKERING - ARGUMENT DEVELOPMENT</li><li>LANGONE - STRUCTURE IN YOUR SPEECH</li><li>SNIDER - MAKING YOUR ARGUMENTS MORE IMPORTANT</li><li>BOYLE - SNEAKY TRICKS FOR DEBATERS</li><li>LOKE - DEBATING ABOUT CHINA</li><li>FISCHER - PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW</li></ul>THURSDAY:<br /><ul><li>FISCHER - ADJUDICATION FOR DEBATERS</li><li>BOYLE - PRINCIPLES & PHILOSOPHY</li><li>LOKE - UNDERSTANDING ISLAM & JIHAD</li><li>TJ - DEBATING SOCIAL ISSUES</li><li>VALKERING - HOW PEOPLE CHANGE</li><li>SNIDER - TRAINING DRILLS & EXERCISES</li><li>LOEWE - INDIVIDUAL & SOCIETY</li><li>NENADOVIC - RECRUITING DEBATERS</li><li>TJ - MILITARY ISSUES IN DEBATE</li><li>FISCHER - WINNING AND DEFENDING THE MORAL HIGH GROUND</li></ul><br />On Wednesday night there was a faculty demonstration debate on the motion: This House would give the <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000001e911" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court" rel="wikipedia">International Criminal Court</a> its own police force. The teams were:<br /><ul><li>First Prop - Loke Wing Fatt & TJ Semnemgern</li><li>First Opp - Gavin Illsley & Stephen Boyle</li><li>Second Prop - Jens Fischer & Isa Loewe</li><li>Second Opp - Maja Nenadovic & Anne Valkering</li></ul>A vote was taken by the students and teachers in the audience, and on a very tight count it was:<br /><a class="zem_olink" href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ljubljana-skyline.jpg" title="Ljubljana skyline, including Ljubljana Castle"></a><li><a class="zem_olink" href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ljubljana-skyline.jpg" title="Ljubljana skyline, including Ljubljana Castle">First - Second Prop</a></li><li><a class="zem_olink" href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ljubljana-skyline.jpg" title="Ljubljana skyline, including Ljubljana Castle">Second - Second Opp</a></li><li><a class="zem_olink" href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ljubljana-skyline.jpg" title="Ljubljana skyline, including Ljubljana Castle">Third - First Opp</a></li><li><a class="zem_olink" href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ljubljana-skyline.jpg" title="Ljubljana skyline, including Ljubljana Castle">Fourth - First Prop</a></li>A video of this debate and many other IDAS 09 events will be posted within a week.<br /><br />There was another <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000004ec0e3" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Schools_Debating_Championships" title="World Schools Debating Championships" rel="wikipedia">WSDC</a> schools round held in the evening with Romania vs. Slovenia. Romania was the winner again in another close debate.<br /><br />Wednesday night there was a party with comedy night, and four brave comics faced the crowd of debaters.<br /><br />Thursday night there was a chill-out party for the students and teachers, while all of the faculty members went to a local Inn and enjoyed home grown and produced foods, meats, wines and brandies. It was a truly jolly celebration of the end of the instructional program, and the Americans present said it was much better than "Thanksgiving."<br /><br />Friday morniong people slept in and came to a late breakfast. The bus arrived to take everyoine to <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000132e9e" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.0488888889,14.5038888889&spn=0.01,0.01&q=46.0488888889,14.5038888889%20%28University%20of%20Ljubljana%29&t=h" title="University of Ljubljana" rel="geolocation">Ljubljana</a> for the tournament and the next phase of the extended event. It was farewell to Ormoz and especially to the lovely Hotel Ormoz, the finest two star hotel in the world, who had been such a wonderful host.<br /><br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/f0a2ff63-f79d-41f1-840f-f81f3dad15fe/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=f0a2ff63-f79d-41f1-840f-f81f3dad15fe" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-24822033186318746202009-12-02T09:53:00.000-05:002009-12-02T09:54:21.479-05:00IDAS 09 Off to a Strong Start<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1irTdMcdNtwgcjG-_yGz2SAYNwm6U6ECuvkL-zG7_Kel7atl2aTWKAtzKB_vuh0w7PIv3yK_qhh6okmDavKoC4oUOEw0DjVAe5dorKBiogDb3US4YB-b5igSFt0NhIhVhkcu4jNqTvIg/s1600/idaslogo+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1irTdMcdNtwgcjG-_yGz2SAYNwm6U6ECuvkL-zG7_Kel7atl2aTWKAtzKB_vuh0w7PIv3yK_qhh6okmDavKoC4oUOEw0DjVAe5dorKBiogDb3US4YB-b5igSFt0NhIhVhkcu4jNqTvIg/s400/idaslogo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407630931402099186" border="0" /></a><br />Over 80 debaters, teachers and trainers from 25 countries (Singapore, Afghanistan, USA, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Italy, Finland, Serbia, France, Croatia, Germany, Thailand, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Venezuela, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Scotland, Hong Kong, Moldova, Montenegro, England, Wales and perhaps more) are having quite a time in Ormoz, Slovenia at the Seventh International Debate Academy Slovenia, a week long intensive training program that concludes with a tournament in Ljubljana.<br /><br />Each day has a lecture, that is followed by exercises for everyone, divided into beginner, intermediate and advanced groups. Lectures for the advanced cover basic areas for debating, such as International Relations (Anne Valkering), Ecology (Alfred Snider), Economics (Rhydian Morgan), Law and Justice (Chris Langone) and Principle and Philosophy (Stephen Boyle). For intermediate and beginners, there is a more mundane sequence: public speaking, proposition strategy, opposition strategy, second team strategy and points of information.<br /><br /><br />Each day there are a series of electives in the afternoon that students can choose from.<br />Sunday:<br /><ul><li>Style, Chris Langone</li><li>Note taking, Alfred Snider</li><li>Argument building, Gavin Illsley</li><li>13 Minutes Prep, Loke Wing Fatt</li><li>Motion Analysis, Jens Fischer</li><li>Debating Secessionist Movements, Maja Nenadovic</li><li>Whip Speeches, Isa Loewe</li><li>Basic Reasoning, Chris Langone</li><li>How to NOT Get Last When you Don't Know Shit, Anne Valkering</li><li>12 Ways to Refute an Argument, Jens Fischer</li></ul><br />Monday:<ul><li>Making Your Arguments More Important, Alfred Snider</li><li>Persuasion Techniques, Chris Langone</li><li>Debating Humanitarian Intervention, Isa Loewe</li><li>Making GOOD Slippery Slope Arguments, Gavin Illsley</li><li>Fundraising, Anne Valkering</li><li>Rules of the WUDC Format, Loke Wing Fatt</li><li>Preparation for Tournaments, Bojana Skrt</li><li>Debating Turkey & the EU, Stephen Boyle</li><li>Better Team Work, Maja Nenadovic</li><li>Principles of International Law, Jens Fischer</li></ul>Tuesday:<ul><li>Democratization, Maja Nenadovic</li><li>Debating Law, Chris Langone</li><li>Opposition One, Gavin Illsley</li><li>Policy, Value & Analysis Motions, Anne Valkering</li><li>Tabulating Competions & Using Tab Software, Jens Fischer</li><li>International Criminal Court, Isa Loewe</li><li>If English is NOT Your First Language, Bojana Skrt</li><li>Debating Ecology, Alfred Snider</li><li>Governments & Economics, Stephen Boyle</li></ul><br />There have been some teacher and trainer sessions:<br /><ul><li>Organizing a Debate Team, Bojana Skrt</li><li>Training and Coaching, Loke Wing Fatt & Bojana Skrt</li><li>Tournament Hosting and Organizing, Anne Valkering</li></ul><br />There have been two public debates:<br /><br />Student-Faculty Demonstration Debate, Saturday Night<br /><ul><li>Faculty: Loke Wing Fatt & Gavin Illsley, Isa Loewe & Anne Valkering</li><li>Students: Anna England Kerr & Crt Podlogar, Filip Dobranic & Maja Cimerman</li><li>Motion: This House supports mandatory vaccinations.</li><li>Critics: Jens Fischer & Chris Langone</li></ul><br />World Schools Demonstration Debate, Monday Night<br /><ul><li>Proposition: Slovenia National Team</li><li>Opposition: Romanian National Team</li><li>Motion: This House would deny the right to strike to workers in essential area.</li><li>Critic: Gavin Illsley</li></ul><br />Practice debate motions will move from easier to more difficult, prep time starts at 30 minutes and will be cut down to 15. Here are the motions for Sunday & Monday.<br /><ul><li>This House would not negotiate with pirates.</li><li>This House would not eat meat</li><li>This House would pay a wage to stay at home parents</li><li>Thisd House would legalize soft drugs.</li></ul><br />We have had two awesome parties that lasted late into the night and had music, dancing and much frivolity.<br /><ul><li>Sunday night - country exhibition</li><li>Monday night - kitsch party (strange clothing, cross-dressing, unusual make up)</li></ul><br />Our Faculty includes:<br /><ul><li>Stephen Boyle, Ireland, Irish Times Champion, twice breaking at WUDC, now <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001b1ec2" href="http://www.uvm.edu/" title="University of Vermont" rel="homepage">University of Vermont</a></li><li>Loke Wing Fatt, Singapore, SAID, the debating monk</li><li>Jens Fischer, Germany, President European Debating Council</li><li>Gavin Illsley, Scotland, communication consultant<br /></li><li>Chris Langone, USA, lawyer & Cornell University</li><li>Isa Loewe, Germany/France, European ESL Champion</li><li>Rhydian Morgan, Wales, Stylus Communications</li><li>Maja Nenadovic, Hungary, University of Amsterdam</li><li>Bojana Skrt, Slovenia, ZIP</li><li>Thepparith Senamngern, Thailand, WUDC Convener Bangkok 2008<br /></li><li>Alfred Snider, USA, University of Vermont, World Debate Institute</li><li>Anne Valkering, Netherlands, WUDC ESL Champion 2008, Bonaparte University</li></ul>At the end of the week we will be moving to Ljubljana, where a dozen or so more teams will join us for a tournament at the Faculty of Public Administration.<br /><br />More news coming in a day or so.<br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/49bba741-df6b-4717-baf9-6ad593667e36/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=49bba741-df6b-4717-baf9-6ad593667e36" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-13740572030804585422009-11-12T12:44:00.001-05:002009-11-12T12:46:05.512-05:00IDAS/Futur Tournament Schedule Now Available<p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block; width: 310px;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UniLjFakultetaZaUpravo.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/UniLjFakultetaZaUpravo.jpg/300px-UniLjFakultetaZaUpravo.jpg" alt="The Faculty of Public Administration in the Be..." style="border: medium none ; 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height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/51d174d1-a3a8-4a38-9ebd-58a42a0a1f0f/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=51d174d1-a3a8-4a38-9ebd-58a42a0a1f0f" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-2923076213456800322009-10-09T12:29:00.004-04:002009-10-09T12:35:58.662-04:00Stephen Boyle Added to Faculty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdv3QMyjmHnqbZKMSai7-ovAtCd8ZzRrqIfGngYSnA4y8ciwhs2bXKbyuWXvbND_WQCSvWxaVGWSeUMonkmEPEsRPh-8GaJIoL2bvbidtzH19U7EmIovNmIee4igzOwmNdZrfWrjx92mYj/s1600-h/irishtimesind08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdv3QMyjmHnqbZKMSai7-ovAtCd8ZzRrqIfGngYSnA4y8ciwhs2bXKbyuWXvbND_WQCSvWxaVGWSeUMonkmEPEsRPh-8GaJIoL2bvbidtzH19U7EmIovNmIee4igzOwmNdZrfWrjx92mYj/s400/irishtimesind08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390639480260018498" border="0" /></a><br />With the 2009 International Debate Academy Slovenia looming in November, IDAS is proud to announce that Stephen Boyle has been added to the faculty.<br /><br />Stephen is now a coach at the <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001b1ec2" href="http://www.uvm.edu/" title="University of Vermont" rel="homepage">University of Vermont</a>, but he is far better known for his exploits as a debater for <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000338ed9" href="http://www.ucd.ie" title="University College Dublin" rel="homepage">University College Dublin</a>. There he was the <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001169e7" href="http://www.irishtimes.com/" title="The Irish Times" rel="homepage">Irish Times</a> champion, he was twice in the elimination rounds at <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000003dac52" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Universities_Debating_Championship" title="World Universities Debating Championship" rel="wikipedia">WUDC</a> (reaching the quarterfinals), won <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000042025" href="http://www.yale.edu/" title="Yale University" rel="homepage">Yale</a> & <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000005ef09b" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_House_%28University_of_Toronto%29" title="Hart House (University of Toronto)" rel="wikipedia">Hart House</a>, among other distinctions.<br /><br />Welcome Stephen!<br /> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/b52eb53d-5675-4083-98ba-359a24547a66/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=b52eb53d-5675-4083-98ba-359a24547a66" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-91984462522586062752009-09-02T11:01:00.003-04:002009-09-02T11:07:11.853-04:00Trophies & Scholarship News<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXRm8WxqwVE/Sp6Jr8Yul9I/AAAAAAAAIlE/CHA1hCG_hcY/s1600-h/8224_146988206656_521616656_3046821_5245124_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXRm8WxqwVE/Sp6Jr8Yul9I/AAAAAAAAIlE/CHA1hCG_hcY/s400/8224_146988206656_521616656_3046821_5245124_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376886393164175314" border="0" /></a><br />Filip Dobranic is finishing up the trophies for the tournament. Pretty sharp. And he had to go all the may to Mallorca to get them!<br /><br />We hope you have heard about the scholarship fund donated by the Dallas law firm of <a href="http://www.bickelbrewer.com/index.php?id=psfoundation">Bickel & Brewer</a>. Huge thanks to them for supporting debate!<br /><br />To apply go to <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html">http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</a> and get the application form and the scholarship form and send them in.<br /><br />Deadline is October 15 2009.<br /><br />Interest seems very high in the program this year, so apply early, because when spaces at the lovely Hotel Ormoz are gone we will close registration.Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-24977924372396986732009-07-31T20:35:00.002-04:002009-07-31T20:37:47.535-04:00IDAS 2009 Is Ready to Rock Your World<h2 class="style8" align="center">THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL DEBATE ACADEMY SLOVENIA<br /> & IDAS/FUTUR 2009 TOURNAMENT<br /><br />THE BEST IN WUDC/BP DEBATE INSTRUCTION AND COMPETITION </h2> <p class="style8" align="center"><br /> 21-29 NOVEMBER 2009<br /> Full program for students – instruction, IDAS/FUTUR 2009 tournament<br /> IDAS/FUTUR 2009 tournament for students – tournament in Ljubljana at the <a href="http://www.fu.uni-lj.si/en/">Faculty of Administration-University of Ljubljana.</a><br />Full program for trainers, teachers, coaches, club leaders, judges at any level in any debate format. </p> <p class="style8" align="center">SPECIFIC DATES<br /> Arrive in Ormoz, Slovenia November 21 2009<br /> Instruction in Ormoz November 21-26 2009<br /> Transfer to Ljubljana morning 27 November 2009<br /> FUTUR tournament in Ljubljana afternoon 27-29 November 2009</p> <p class="style8" align="center">APPLICATION FORMS AVAILABLE FOR <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idasall%5B1%5D.doc">TOTAL PROGRAM</a> OR <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idastourn%5B1%5D.doc">JUST TOURNAMENT</a> </p> <p class="style8" align="center">Organized by:<br /> <a href="http://www.zainproti.com/">ZIP – Za in proti (ZIP), Pro et Contra, Institute for the Culture of Dialogue, Slovenia </a><br /> <a href="http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/">WDI – World Debate Institute, University of Vermont</a><br /> <a href="http://www.fu.uni-lj.si/en/">Debate Club, Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana </a></p> <h2 class="style9" align="center"><a href="http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/2009/07/idas-wins-5000-scholarship-fund-from.html">Scholarship Fund</a> established by <a href="http://www.bickelbrewer.com/index.php?id=psfoundation"><img src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/bickelbrewer.jpg" border="0" height="24" width="164" /></a><br />Download Application Form <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas09scholform.doc">HERE</a> </h2> <p class="style8">FACULTY -- more to come! </p> <ul class="style8"><li>Loke Wing Fatt, Singapore: Well known Asian debate trainer, WUDC breaking judge, honorary professorship North-Eastern University China, SAID Singapore, 5th IDAS.</li><li>Jens Fischer, Germany: Berlin Debating Union, Chief Adjudicator at Europeans, 5th IDAS.</li><li>Leela Koenig, Netherlands: Cork Worlds 2009 Best ESL speaker, Top ESL Speaker at Euros 2007 and 2008, DCA Newcastle Euros 2009, CA of Amsterdam, Euros 2010 bid, lecturer at The Hague University, philosophy student at Leiden University. 1st IDAS.<br /> </li><li> Chris Langone, USA: Cornell University. 2nd IDAS. </li><li><img src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/NEWSPINNING.gif" height="37" width="37" />Isabelle Loewe, Germany: Winner EUDC (ESL), ESL-Semifinalist Worlds 2007, DCA Tallinn EUDC 2008; CA/DCA of several tournaments, among them, Prague, Tilbury IV, Yeditepe Open, Jacobs Open; Winner and finalist of several tournaments in Europe; Officer for International Law and Human Rights Education </li><li>Branka Marusic, Croatia: Former President Europeans Council, IDAS Finalist, 3rd IDAS.</li><li>Rhydian Morgan, UK: Chief Adjudicator and Finals judge at numerous tournaments, Welsh Debating Federation, World Debate Institute faculty 2008-09, 3rd IDAS.</li><li>Maja Nenadovic, Croatia: Founder of several debating societies across Europe, currently busy with introducing debate to countries in the Western Balkans region, and with finishing her PhD in political science at the University of Amsterdam. 2nd IDAS. </li><li>Debbie Newman, UK: President of Cambridge Union, England and Wales National Champion, WSDC 2008 World Champion coach for England. 2nd IDAS. </li><li>Alfred Snider, USA: Professor at University of Vermont, Director World Debate Institute, USA Coach of the Year, six recent debate textbooks, Convener 2009 US Universities Nationals, 7th IDAS.</li><li>Bojana Skrt, Slovenia: Director ZIP, three times WSDC EFL World Champion coach, 7th IDAS.</li><li>Anne Valkering, Netherlands: Oxford ESL semi-finalist 2006, finalist 2007, winner ESL final Manchester IV 2007; EUDC ESL finalist 2006, semi-finalist 2007, quarterfinalist 2008, ESL second speaker 2008, fifth speaker 2006; WUDC ESL champion 2008; DCA Dutch Nationals 2009, CA Bonaparte Debate Tournament 2007, DCA Amsterdam Open 2008 and 2009, CA Sciences Po IV 2009.<br /> </li></ul> <p class="style8" align="center"><img src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas05pd2.jpeg" height="240" width="320" /><img src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas07salsamaddy.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></p> <p class="style8">CURRICULUM</p> <ul><li class="style8">STUDENT TRAINING : Each Instruction day features a main lecture, exercise and drill sessions, and two complete critiqued practice debates. Many elective classes offered. Many training preparation sessions offered. Judge evaluation and training offered. Advanced, basic and beginner tracks available. The best way to get ready forn WUDC in Turkey. </li><li class="style8">IDAS 2009 TRAINER PROGRAM<br />The International Debate Academy Slovenia will be offering a special track for trainers, coaches and those interested in learning about how to train debaters and create debate organizations such as clubs, academic programs and leagues. The program will call upon the extensive experience of the faculty to provide specialized training, including: Basic debate training steps: observation, advice from experienced trainers and curriculum guides Judging: instruction, shadow judging, real judging experience Tournaments: hosting, administering, including tabulation software. Advanced debate training: observation, advice from experienced trainers, curriculum guides. Organizing: recruiting debaters, implementing training, scheduling meetings, publicity. Attendees will have a sample judging session every morning as well as a special training session in the afternoon. All events at the program will also be open to attendees. Special needs and requests specific to individuals can be met if given advance notice.</li><li class="style8">TOURNAMENT: Sponsored by IDAS, ZIP and hosted by Faculty of Administration University of Ljubljana. Six preliminary rounds and semifinals in the WUDC format. No team caps as of now. Faculty will serve as adjudication core and administration for the tournament.<br /> <br /> COST<br /> <br /> 250 Euros for full program, 60 Euros for tournament.<br />Fees: Includes all meals, double rooms, instructional materials, transportation from Ormoz to Ljubljana, and social activities. Accommodations: Rooms and full meals provided in Ormoz and Ljubljana. Social activities each evening. Limited crash available for tournament.<br /> <br /> Scholarships: We hope to offer substantial scholarships to needy applicants. Scholarship forms available soon.</li></ul> <p class="style8">Financial Disclosure: IDAS is a non-profit program, trainers are not paid, trainer travel is not reimbursed, participation fees pay for attendee expenses of rooms and food only, trainer accommodations and food and other costs are covered by ZIP. </p> <p class="style8">Social Events: We will have frequent social events. We will not distribute free alcohol to 18+ attendees out of the workshop fees. We will seek soft drinks-beer-wine sponsors. We prioritize scholarships for attendees over free alcohol. We want as many people as possible to join the program.</p> <p class="style8" align="center"><img src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas07turkandstudents.jpg" height="240" width="320" /><img src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas08alenaadamlucas.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></p> <p class="style8">Website: <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html"><u>http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</u></a><br /> Blogsite: <a href="http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/"><u>http://internationaldebateacademy.blogspot.com/</u></a></p> <p class="style8">Organizing Committee:<br /> Director of the Academy: Bojana Skrt, ZIP, <a href="mailto:bojana.skrt@siol.net"><u>bojana.skrt@siol.net</u></a><br />Head of Training: Alfred C. Snider, World Debate Institute, University of Vermont, <a href="mailto:asnider@uvm.edu"><u>alfred.snider@uvm.edu<br /></u></a>Tournament Host: Helena Felc<br /></p> <p class="style8" align="center"><img src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas08tunacrowd.jpg" height="240" width="320" /><img src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/idas08ormoz.jpg" height="237" width="427" /></p> <p class="style8" align="center"><img src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/zip.gif" height="200" width="200" /><img src="http://debate.uvm.edu/graphics/wdiburst.gif" height="200" width="200" /></p>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659807029406763779.post-47843923900844864522009-07-31T14:27:00.000-04:002009-07-31T14:28:41.069-04:00IDAS Wins $5000 Scholarship Fund from Dallas Law Firm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSTwuFQI-91gThplcW53BTRVGZawQOT165iXVuYqrolyjDVxFUH-HKOA9vAPM4b80fDQzyK9C6ll-ofvYFWEN4sBOrAGiV3qUFFqCDkyBRiZiY_2DpdZtJzjejAf7TtoApedV1F6LuVk/s1600-h/BB_web_2009_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSTwuFQI-91gThplcW53BTRVGZawQOT165iXVuYqrolyjDVxFUH-HKOA9vAPM4b80fDQzyK9C6ll-ofvYFWEN4sBOrAGiV3qUFFqCDkyBRiZiY_2DpdZtJzjejAf7TtoApedV1F6LuVk/s400/BB_web_2009_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364691444886723746" border="0" /></a><br />The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.7827777778,-96.8038888889&spn=0.1,0.1&q=32.7827777778,-96.8038888889%20%28Dallas%29&t=h" title="Dallas" rel="geolocation">Dallas</a>-based law firm of Bickel and Brewer announced today a $5000 grant to the International Debate Academy <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.05,14.5&spn=10.0,10.0&q=46.05,14.5%20%28Slovenia%29&t=h" title="Slovenia" rel="geolocation">Slovenia</a>, sponsored by ZIP Slovenia and the World Debate Institute USA, for scholarship funds to bring the best and neediest of students to the 2009 program, a week-long intensive debate training program that will take place in November.<br /><br />Sarah Marshala, director of the Bickel and Brewer Foundation, called in this message to Bojana Skrt, IDAS director. "I am happy and very grateful for this award, and I am excited about now offering more scholarships than ever. I hope that the example set by this visionary law firm is something that lawyers in Europe will learn from," said Skrt.<br /><br /><a name="34"></a> <p style="margin: 0pt;"> Bickel & Brewer is one of the most aggressive, creative and successful litigation firms in the United States. The firm's concentration in complex litigation and dispute resolution is not confined to particular substantive areas of the law, but to the litigation practice itself. As such, many of the firm's attorneys have gained national recognition by handling cutting-edge cases in a wide variety of substantive legal fields. Bickel & Brewer has proven time and again that the well-honed skills of its litigators may be universally applied to forge profitable resolutions of disputes in any area of law or any area of commercial enterprise. Although the trial and forensic abilities of Bickel & Brewer litigators are unparalleled, these tools are often used as strategic deterrents rather than as implements of first resort. Thus, a substantial portion of the firm's practice is preventative counseling and problem solving. The firm recognizes that in many instances its clients' objectives are best served by successfully avoiding litigation and that success is measured by the advice and counsel provided to achieve this end. However, if full-scale litigation is in the client's best interest, no law firm in the country understands and successfully galvanizes the process as well as Bickel & Brewer.<a href="http://www.bickelbrewer.com/index.php?id=the_firm"> http://www.bickelbrewer.com/index.php?id=the_firm</a></p><br />The International Debate Academy Slovenia is now in its seventh year and has become one of the world's premier debate training programs, focusing on training in the WUDC format. Students from over twenty countries have attended the program, and faculty members come from the top ranks of debate trainers from around the world. <a href="http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html">http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html</a><br /><br />The dates for 2009 are 21-29 November 2009.<br /><br />One of the other events Bickel and Brewer supports is the International Public Policy Forum that it operates in partnership with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.73,-73.995&spn=1.0,1.0&q=40.73,-73.995%20%28New%20York%20University%29&t=h" title="New York University" rel="geolocation">New York University</a>. It is a debate contest that allows high school students from all over the world to compete against each other to earn an all-expense paid trip to New York City for the top eight teams and a chance to win $10,000. Formerly known as the Bickel & Brewer/ NYU National Public Policy Forum, the IPPF is a unique debate competition involving public and private schools from across the globe. Visit <a href="http://www.nppf.net/">www.nppf.net</a> for more information! See their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/International-Public-Policy-Forum/211483875322?ref=ts .<br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/ff71c534-6dc0-4a11-938e-f0fa4475fdcc/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=ff71c534-6dc0-4a11-938e-f0fa4475fdcc" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>Alfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.com0