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WSDC Thailand after 8 rounds This is not official. Because the aggregate page is hard to understand, here is what we know. This is all given our understanding of what happens with debates against no-show Namibia (if you would have debated Namibia and have 4 wins you get a win and 2 ballots). 8 WINS South Africa 23 ballots Ireland 21 ballots 7 WINS England 20 ballots Canada 18 ballots 6 WINS Malaysia 19 ballots New Zealand 17 ballots Netherlands 17 ballots Peru 17 ballots Australia 17 ballots Greece 17 ballots Indonesia 16 ballots China 16 ballots 5 WINS Pakistan 17 ballots Slovenia 16 ballots Philippines 16 ballots Singapore 16 ballots THIS SHOULD BE THE BREAK POINT Estonia 14 ballots Germany 14 ballots Mexico 14 ballots Denmark 13 ballots Barbados 12 ballots 4 WINS India 13 ballots USA 12 ballots Chile 12 ballots Swaziland 12 ballots Israel 11 Ballots Thailand 10 ballots 3 WINS Wales 10 ballots Korea 10 ballots Romania 10 ballots Scotland 10 ballots Sri Lanka 10 ballots Sweden 9 ballo...

Here is the bid document http://www.wsdcgermany2016.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/WSDC-2016-Stuttgart-Germany-bid-document.pdf OrgComm 2016 Convenor: Christopher Sanchez sanchez@wsdcgermany2016.com Convenor: Jana Gilke gilke@wsdcgermany2016.com Accommodation: Thuy Giang Trinh Sponsoring: Susanne Pongratz Sponsoring: Bhavesh Agarval Sponsoring: Khang On Socials and tours: Luisa Balk Socials: Stefan Schuster Marketing: Christine Blume Finances: Tanja Ferraro-Wolf Finances: David Gillhausen Catering: Gitti Gilke Catering: Rainer-Udo Steck Venues Schools: Klaus-Peter Heil Venues Schools: Birgit Trefz IT / Media: Luisa Jautelat Website & Social Media: Miriam Ramos-Warth Transport: Franziska Mohr Transport: Marie Schreier Visa issues: Christopher Sloan Volunteer: Eva Sule Volutneer: Julia Epp Volunteer: Sophia Jaimes-Ramos Volunteer: Vivian Schreier Related articles WSDC 2013 - Team Germany WSDC 2014 - Concerns, Comments, Confusions, Confirmations and Certainties

We will be posting a response from tournament organizers as well. From our correspondent in Mexico at CMUDE 2014: Since at least 10 years ago, (or something close to that) Mexican soccer fans have been making an infamous "eeeeeh puto!" chant at soccer stadiums. As the opposing goalie is lining up to take an offside kick, the crowd starts amping up with "eeeeeeeeeh" and then as the goalie kicks the ball they shout "puto" in unison. At the beginning of CMUDE, the very first motion was something along the lines of "THBT people have a moral duty to not shout "puto" in sporting event stadiums" During the tournament, that chant has happened multiple times in multiple occasions: At the Night of Nations, where different countries had different stands of food and drink, at the Welcoming night party on the dancefloor several times, when we were lining up as countries before the Opening Ceremony it happened again, and most prominently, it happened...

David Alatorre Lopez, CMUDE Organizer: About what you have heard regarding homophobic speech it is very complex to explain, and sorry for my explicit language but it can better explain the situation. The word "puto" has many meanings attached to it. One of them is the equivalent in English of "faggot", but it also has many other meanings, such as "fucking", "damned", "coward", "traitor", "man prostitute" and so on. Since around 10 years ago, stadiums around México (and games abroad where México plays) have shouted that word everytime the goalkpeer from the opposing team kicks off as means of distracting him or intimidating him. The origin goes back to a 2003 game between Atlas and Guadalajara, where the goalkeeper took a long time to kick off and the people started shouting "puto" meaning "coward" (not wanting to put the ball back into play). Now, this word is used indistinctively in the Mexican d...

http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/58759-sky1-to-host-teen-debating-tournament/ Sky1 to host teen debating tournament July 29, 2014  Sky1 has commissioned a new series which will see teens from across the country take part in a debating tournament. The Kings and Queens of Speech is a new eight-part series that will see children from across the UK take part in debate competition. The series will be teaming up with charity Debate Mate , a revolutionary educational charity that works with 200 schools nationwide and has helped over 4,000 disadvantaged young people to find their voice through debate. The aim through the debating tournament is to transform the teenagers into confident young adults. The winning teams from each school will then be brought together for the first time, competing head to head in a debating competition in front of a panel of judges. The finalists compete in a knockout tournament until one team are crowned the Kings & Queens of Speech 2014. Adam MacDonald, Director ...

http://chsaanow.com/2014-07-30/chsaa-mullen-speech-legend-frank-sferra-passes-away/ CHSAA and Mullen speech legend Frank Sferra passes away By Bert Borgmann Jul 30, 2014, 3:10 pm in FEATURED , SPEECH 1 Frank Sferra. For 57 years, Frank Sferra was a speech coach at Mullen High School . But the breadth of his impact in speech activities reached throughout Colorado and the nation. Sferra, 77, had long been recognized as the preeminent speech coach in the country by educators and speech/debate professionals. He passed away Wednesday morning after a long illness. “Frank was a passionate man who gave his life to his students. His impact on the Colorado speech community is immeasurable," CHSAA commissioner Paul Angelico said. "He is speech to Colorado’s high schools. We will miss him as a teacher and coach, but even more as a man of integrity and character, and as a friend." Sferra served 10 years as president of the National Forensics League (NFL) and spent nearly every year...

Kuala Lumpur (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) From Moustafa Elbadwihi: I'm writing to you with regards to the upcoming KLOC (Pre-Worlds) to be hosted in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. We would like to increase the participation of international teams at our tournament this year by reaching out to as many continents as possible. Unfortunately, one of the more difficult regions is the Americas and we thought who better to seek assistance from than yourself We hope you would be able to assist in spreading the word or guiding us on how we can reach debate societies/ unions in the Americas. Below is a summary of the tournament. The tournament will be held as follows: Date: 22nd-24th December 2014 Venue: APU@TPM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Registration Fee : MYR310 (With 3D2N Accommodation) For this year's edition of KLOC, we are working closely with the organisers of Malaysia Worlds to ensure the tournament if of the best possible calibre in order to better facilitate the tournament as a development ...