Monday, October 31, 2011
1st Tournament of the year-Debrief
Team, the first tournament of this year was very unique. For the 1st time, a CCA team debated a CCA team (Aaron Henry and Jaylen Pearson v. Iskar (izzy) Smith and Davida Woodard). Given, the more experienced team (Smith, Woodard) won on the Negative: "Resolved: Private Sector Investment in Human Space Exploration is preferable to public sector investment." Moreover, we placed, ("Certificate of Excellence"). This is a good start. Lets continue to prep and all. Next week there will be a JV/Varsity tournament on the 5th(Saturday) and the next big tournament will be Villager on the 19th-we'll discuss it more in school.
Friday, October 28, 2011
More souces for PF debators
http://articles.cnn.com/1998-11-02/health/9811_02_space.medical_1_space-spinoffs-satellites?_s=PM:HEALTH
(Health advancements due to NASA and Human Space Exploration)
http://www.gps.gov/ (GPS government)
http://www.nasa.gov/50th/50th_magazine/benefits.html
(Health advancements due to NASA and Human Space Exploration)
http://www.gps.gov/ (GPS government)
http://www.nasa.gov/50th/50th_magazine/benefits.html
sources
Here are some debate sources, especially for PF-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6971279/China-tests-new-technology-to-shoot-down-missiles-in-mid-air.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8299495/WikiLeaks-US-and-China-in-military-standoff-over-space-missiles.html
These two are good for international threats(especially from China)
http://www.space-settlement-institute.org/Articles/privatespacecompanies.htm
(This is useful for pro-refutative to the claim that the private sector creates a monopoly or oligarchy)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204505304577000233829790996.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
(Something about investment by the private sector)
http://floppingaces.net/2011/07/21/when-politicians-intervene-nasas-budget-refocusing-ends-us-space-exploration-program-reader-post/
(A blog that can guide your thinking)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6971279/China-tests-new-technology-to-shoot-down-missiles-in-mid-air.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8299495/WikiLeaks-US-and-China-in-military-standoff-over-space-missiles.html
These two are good for international threats(especially from China)
http://www.space-settlement-institute.org/Articles/privatespacecompanies.htm
(This is useful for pro-refutative to the claim that the private sector creates a monopoly or oligarchy)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204505304577000233829790996.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
(Something about investment by the private sector)
http://floppingaces.net/2011/07/21/when-politicians-intervene-nasas-budget-refocusing-ends-us-space-exploration-program-reader-post/
(A blog that can guide your thinking)
Monday, October 24, 2011
Villiger 2011 Info
November 19th and (if you qualify to Supers) 20th; St Joe's University
Student Congress:
On Saturday there will be three sessions of Congress. Preceding the first session, there will be an agenda setting session. Each preliminary session will have one judge in each house per session, with each judge ranking his/her top eight students on a sealed ballot. At the conclusion of all three sessions the Parliamentarian in each house will rank his/her top eight students. The four sets of ranks (the three judges’ and the parliamentarian’s) will be used to determine who advances from each chamber. The six (6) students with the lowest overall ranking in each chamber will advance. Any ties will be broken based on the number of first place ranks, followed by second place ranks, etc. In the event, there is still a tie, the tied students’ highest and lowest ranks will be dropped. In the event there is still a tie, the parliamentarian’s ranking will be the final tie-breaker.
Sunday’s four-hour Super Session will have two judges, a Parliamentarian, and an adult presiding officer. The two judges will alternate scoring speeches (each judge will score every other speech). A modified base system will be used to score the Super Session. The Super Session will begin with a base of one (1), meaning that results will be calculated using at least one speech score per speaker (since not every competitor will have had the opportunity to speak). After the number of speeches equals the number of competitors present, the base will move up to two (2), since every student will have had the opportunity to speak at least once. Each competitor’s best scores of the average number of speeches given will be counted (so if the base is three (3), each student’s two best scores will be counted). Final placement will be determined by adding the scores of each student’s best speeches. The parliamentarian will also rank each student in the Super Session; in the event of a tie, his/her ranks will be used to break the tie.
Schedule:
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011
7:00 -7:45AM Registration Begins: Bellarmine Hall
8:00 AM Opening Assembly: Bluett Theatre
8:30 - 9:00AM Student Congress Agenda Setting
9:15AM - Noon Session One
**Tournament Meal Break: Campion Cafeteria**
1:00 - 3:30PM Session Two
4:00 - 6:30PM Session Three
9:30 PM Announcement of Supers Qualifiers
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2011
8:00AM - Noon Student Congress Super Session
4:30 PM Roman Catholic Mass: “The Chapel of St. Joseph Michael J. Smith, S.J. Memorial”
5:30 PM Awards Assembly: Bluett Theatre
Student Congress:
On Saturday there will be three sessions of Congress. Preceding the first session, there will be an agenda setting session. Each preliminary session will have one judge in each house per session, with each judge ranking his/her top eight students on a sealed ballot. At the conclusion of all three sessions the Parliamentarian in each house will rank his/her top eight students. The four sets of ranks (the three judges’ and the parliamentarian’s) will be used to determine who advances from each chamber. The six (6) students with the lowest overall ranking in each chamber will advance. Any ties will be broken based on the number of first place ranks, followed by second place ranks, etc. In the event, there is still a tie, the tied students’ highest and lowest ranks will be dropped. In the event there is still a tie, the parliamentarian’s ranking will be the final tie-breaker.
Sunday’s four-hour Super Session will have two judges, a Parliamentarian, and an adult presiding officer. The two judges will alternate scoring speeches (each judge will score every other speech). A modified base system will be used to score the Super Session. The Super Session will begin with a base of one (1), meaning that results will be calculated using at least one speech score per speaker (since not every competitor will have had the opportunity to speak). After the number of speeches equals the number of competitors present, the base will move up to two (2), since every student will have had the opportunity to speak at least once. Each competitor’s best scores of the average number of speeches given will be counted (so if the base is three (3), each student’s two best scores will be counted). Final placement will be determined by adding the scores of each student’s best speeches. The parliamentarian will also rank each student in the Super Session; in the event of a tie, his/her ranks will be used to break the tie.
Schedule:
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011
7:00 -7:45AM Registration Begins: Bellarmine Hall
8:00 AM Opening Assembly: Bluett Theatre
8:30 - 9:00AM Student Congress Agenda Setting
9:15AM - Noon Session One
**Tournament Meal Break: Campion Cafeteria**
1:00 - 3:30PM Session Two
4:00 - 6:30PM Session Three
9:30 PM Announcement of Supers Qualifiers
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2011
8:00AM - Noon Student Congress Super Session
4:30 PM Roman Catholic Mass: “The Chapel of St. Joseph Michael J. Smith, S.J. Memorial”
5:30 PM Awards Assembly: Bluett Theatre
Resolution Meeting afterschool
Aaron, Jaylen, Courtney, Chen, and myself should all meet today after school in the cafe to go over resolutions and have them to Jay PRONTO....see yall then.
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