Thursday, May 27, 2010

More Videos from UADC 2010

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From Zheng Bo zhengbo@debateclub.cn

This is Zheng Bo from China. I know many of you were looking for videos taken at UADC. I'm sorting out all my videos and the following are what I have for now.
All my UADC videos are uploaded to a video sharing site in China (www.youku.com), I don't know whether you can access it with satisfactory speed. If you run into any problem accessing the videos, please let me know.

List of all the Videos:
http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_4505352.html?page=1&mode=detail&ascending=1

R1: Motion: THBT the right to free speech does not extend to offending religions
UADC 2010 R1 ITB1-LSE1

R2: Motion: THBT Doctors should not be forced to perform medical procedures that are against their faith
UADC 2010 R2 UPM1 vs AU2

R3: Motion: THBT post conflict societies should recruit rebel soldiers into state armies
UADC 2010 R3 SMU1-EDIS2

R4: Motion: THW place a prohibitive tax on car ownership.
UADC 2010 R4 CU3-BIPEDS2

R5: Motion: THBT that western liberal democracies should ban online anonymity
UADC 2010 R5 BIPEDS1-DLSU3

R6: Motion: THBT that important characters in movies should be portrayed by actors of the same ethnicity
UADC 2010 R6 DLSU1-NTU1

R7: Motion: THBT the leaders of nations that stockpile agricultural products for economic gain while global hunger persists should be charged with crimes against humanity
UADC 2010 R7 FOLC2-DLSU2

R8: Motion: THBT individuals who have undergone cosmetic surgery should be required to disclose it to anyone whom they want to have children with.
UADC 2010 R8 UM1-NSU1

Pre-Octo: Motion: THBT the WTO dispute regulation mechanism should allow disregarding intellectual property as a form of retaliation to unfair trade practices
UADC 2010 Pre-Octo UPM1-EDIS1

Octo: Motion: THW make environmental protection a legitimate defense in the prosecution of destruction of property
UADC 2010 Octo-Final NUS4-NTU1

Octo: Motion: THW make environmental protection a legitimate defense in the prosecution of destruction of property
UADC 2010 Octo-Final UST1-ADMU2

EFL-Semi: Motion: THBT ASEAN nations should accept Burmese refugees
UADC 2010 EFL-Semi BIPEDS2-EDS1

Semi: Motion: THW fund sex change operations
UADC 2010 Semi ADMU2-NLS1

Grand-Final: Motion: THW Abolish parties based on ethnicity
UADC 2010 Grand-Final NTU1-ADMU2

Enjoy!

Best,

Zheng Bo

Director of English Debating Program
Office for International Programs
School of International Studies
Peking University, Beijing, China


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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Videos from United Asian Debating Championships

From Logan:

Sharing - videos I took of debates during UADC. Enjoy!

Demonstration Debate / Adjudication Test
THBT terminally ill patients should have access to drugs that have not been clinically tested
GOV (Steph, Wen-U, Dai Oba)
OPP (Manaav, Neha, Tian Yian)
http://blip.tv/file/3646484

Round 1
THBT religious organizations should pay taxes on donations received and assets owned
Ateneo 2 vs BRAC 2
http://blip.tv/file/3646409

Round 2
THW Ban treatments that claim to cure homosexuality
NUS 2 vs DU 1
http://blip.tv/file/3646437

Round 3
THW confiscate property of those who cooperated with oppressive regimes after the fall of the regime
BIPEDS vs TWEDS
http://blip.tv/file/3646468

Round 4
THW place a prohibitive tax on car ownership
UST vs EDiS
http://blip.tv/file/3646465

Round 5
THBT the willingness to participate in formal public election debates should be a pre-requisite for candidates running for national office
IITB vs MUIC
http://blip.tv/file/3646485

Round 6
THBT that important characters in movies should be portrayed by actors of the same ethnicity
NLS vs FOLC
http://blip.tv/file/3647077

Round 7
THBT it’s time the US recognize Hamas as a legitimate representative of Palestine
SMU 1 vs IIUM 1
http://blip.tv/file/3647097

Round 8
THW compel children to care for their parents
NUS vs FOLC
http://blip.tv/file/3647113

Pre-Octofinals
THBT the WTO should hold all countries to uniform labour standards
RVCE 1 vs DLSU 3
http://blip.tv/file/3646524

Octofinals
THW make environmental protection a legitimate defense in the prosecution of destruction of property
Ateneo 3 vs UPD 1
http://blip.tv/file/3646554

Quarterfinals
THBT ASEAN nations should accept Burmese refugees
NLS 1 vs MUIC 1
http://blip.tv/file/3646553

Semifinals
THBT gay parades do more harm than good to the gay community
NTU 1 vs Ateneo 1
http://blip.tv/file/3647112

Finals
THW Abolish parties based on ethnicity
NTU 1 vs Ateneo 2
http://blip.tv/file/3647146

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Flashpoint Debate Television Celebrates 400 Episodes


Flashpoint 399 - Not Quite 400 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.


Flashpoint 400 - 400 At Last! from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Flashpoint began in 1992 and has continued until this date, 2 May 2010. As we approached episode 400 we decided to do a pair of special shows for 399 and 400. These are those two shows.

This program involves a retrospective and celebrartion of 400 episodes. It features: Kayce Massey, John Meany, Lisa Heller Boragine, Alfred Snider, Sam Natale, Rachel Fabian, Stephen Boyle, and John Sadek. Alli Hamlin was the director and Alex Darr was on camera.


These programs also feature a video collage of previous episodes, a musical photo retrospective, call-in, emails of congratulations and a look ahead to the future.

Flashpoint is a regular program of issues and ideas sponsored by the Lawrence Debate Union at the University of Vermont. http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/LDU/The_Team.html

The Flashpoint website is at
http://flashpointtv.blogspot.com/

Flashpoint programs in archive can be found on the ftp site labeled with show number and title (0390showtitle).
http://uvm.edu/~debate/watch

Thanks to Vermont Community Access Media for their support.
http://vermontcam.org/
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