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22 April 2010

Analysis of 2nd UK election debate tonight on www.electiondebates.org

Tonight sees the second of the leaders' debate in the UK general election. 

Ray D'Cruz has posted an analysis of what the three leaders need to do to improve tonight.  You can find this analysis (and the adjudications from last week) on http://www.electiondebates.org/

Last week the judges on Election Debates were evenly divided between Brown and Clegg.  Will it be "I agree with Nick" tonight or will Brown and Cameron form an unusual 90 minute coalition to eliminate the upstart before the final debate next week.  Tonight's debate is on Sky News at 8pm. 

UADC 2010 3rd Phase Registration & Transportation

From allasian debate list:

Dear All,

Here are few things we would like you to be reminded of:

*3rd Phase of Registration*
We have *extended* the time frame for 3 rd phase of registration until 25th April. Please fill in the individual details by then. The system will close on *25th April*, midnite. Please help us accommodate your personal requirements. Register at http://www.uadc2010.au.edu/regis.asp

*Updates on Transportation Schedule:*
We have posted our transportation schedule on the website. All the institutions please fill in the specific transportation details. This system closes on *30th April*. This will help us serve you better. Participants who have already finished their individual registration, please fill this form once again. http://www.uadc2010.au.edu/transport.html

*Institutional cap Increased:*

Institutional cap has now been increased to 5 teams per institution, kindly send us an email at http://www.uadc2010.au.edu/  if you would like to add more teams. N=1 rule applies.

For further queries, please feel free to contact us:

Regards,

Aishwarya Nair and Karnnada Senarak
Co-Conveners
UADC 2010

Review of debate in second life

In the last couple of days there was a virtual intervarsity debate on Second Life.  I wasn't "at" this debate as I don't know how to use Second Life (or rather I don't want to know how to use second life as it strikes me as somewhat freaky other than the occaisional event like this one).

However you can read a review of this interesting initiative on Steve's blog at http://progymna.blogspot.com/.  He is also working on a video of the event which I look forward to watching.  If it's good maybe I'll overcome my suspicion of second life and be there next year.