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Open Champions: Emma Lucas & David Metz – \u00a9 Lucy McManus<\/p><\/div>\n
1. LSE A<\/em> (Hamza Tariq Chaudhry, Ciara Mitchell<\/strong>) – 24 pts | 1489 spks
\n2. Leiden B<\/em> (Roel Becker, Rom\u00e9e Lind<\/strong>) – 22 pts | 1478 spks
\n3. Leiden A<\/em> (David Metz, Emma Lucas) – 21 pts | 1481 spks
\n4. NU A<\/em> (Alisher Juzgenbayev, Mukhtar Tashkenbayev<\/strong>) – 20 pts | 1459 spks
\n5. Berlin E<\/em> (Braedon Lehman, Marc-Andre Schulz<\/strong>) – 20 pts | 1443 spks
\n6. Oxford A<\/em> (Jack Solomon, Oskar Sherry<\/strong>) – 19 pts | 1458 spks
\n7. Imperial A<\/em> (Ivan Kapelyukh, Rhys Steele<\/strong>) – 19 pts | 1453 spks
\n8. Tel Aviv A<\/em> (Ido Bar-Sella, Joseph Kalman<\/strong>) – 19 pts | 1441 spks
\n9. HUJI A<\/em> (Miriam Kalman, Neta Kenneth Portal) – 19 pts | 1439 spks
\n10. Edinburgh C<\/em> (Cerys Walsh, Jason Woods<\/strong>) – 19 pts | 1435 spks
\n11. Warwick A<\/em> (Lucie Slamova, Rafael Shimabukuro) – 19 pts | 1430 spks
\n12. Durham A<\/em> (George Filippopoulos, Hannah Cook<\/strong>) – 19 pts | 1429 spks
\n13. Leiden C<\/em> (Louis Honee, Katharina Margareta Jansen) – 19 pts | 1428 spks
\n14. Cambridge A<\/em> (Han Yang Goh, Joshua Yeung<\/strong>) – 18 pts | 1478 spks
\n15. TCD Hist A<\/em> (Caoimhin Hamill, Jack Synnott<\/strong>) – 18 pts | 1448 spks
\n16. UDIMA A<\/em> (Javier de la Puerta, Antonio Fabregat) – 18 pts | 1439 spks
\n17. Belgrade A<\/em> (\u0110or\u0111e Radosavljevi\u0107, Marta Vasi\u0107<\/strong>) – 18 pts | 1431 spks
\n18. Sofia A<\/em> (Nikolay Angelov, Rumen Marinov<\/strong>) – 18 pts | 1422 spks
\n19. OpenU A<\/em> (Daniel Bareket, David Hundia<\/strong>) – 18 pts | 1417 spks
\n20. LSE C<\/em> (Mingxuan Lin, Murtaza Zaidi<\/strong>) – 18 pts | 1413 spks
\n20. Vienna A<\/em> (Ingo Bandhauer, Miri Muntean) – 18 pts | 1413 spks
\n22. Tel Aviv B<\/em> (Assaph Hanany, Gil Peled) – 17 pts | 1431 spks
\n23. Bristol A<\/em> (Ron Leizrowice, Timothy Lo<\/strong>) – 17 pts | 1429 spks
\n24. Oxford B<\/em> (Louisa Broeg, Sukhmani Kaur<\/strong>) – 17 pts | 1424 spks<\/p>\nESL Break:<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/117352681_790772728332093_4765498242717025666_n.jpg\")
ESL Champions: Louis Honee and Katharina Margareta Jansen – \u00a9 Devin van den Berg<\/p><\/div>\n
1. Leiden B<\/em> (Roel Becker, Rom\u00e9e Lind) – 22 pts | 1478 spks
\n2. Leiden A<\/em> (David Metz, Emma Lucas) – 21 pts | 1481 spks
\n3. NU A<\/em> (Alisher Juzgenbayev, Mukhtar Tashkenbayev) – 20 pts | 1459 spks
\n4. Warwick A<\/em> (Lucie Slamova, Rafael Shimabukuro) – 19 pts | 1430 spks
\n5. Leiden C<\/em> (Louis Honee, Katharina Margareta Jansen) – 19 pts | 1428 spks
\n6. UDIMA A<\/em> (Javier de la Puerta, Antonio Fabregat) – 18 pts | 1439 spks
\n7. Belgrade A<\/em> (\u0110or\u0111e Radosavljevi\u0107, Marta Vasi\u0107) – 18 pts | 1431 spks
\n8. Sofia A<\/em> (Nikolay Angelov, Rumen Marinov) – 18 pts | 1422 spks
\n9. OpenU A <\/em>(Daniel Bareket, David Hundia) – 18 pts | 1417 spks
\n10. Vienna A<\/em> (Ingo Bandhauer, Miri Muntean) – 18 pts | 1413 spks
\n11. Tel Aviv B<\/em> (Assaph Hanany, Gil Peled) – 17 pts | 1431 spks
\n12. HUJI B<\/em> (Lior Sokol, Tamar Ben Meir<\/strong>) – 17 pts | 1407 spks
\n13. OpenU B<\/em> (Itay Nourian, Yarin Samuel<\/strong>) – 17 pts | 1399 spks
\n14. Haifa A<\/em> (Anna Shreder, Morad Khoury<\/strong>) – 17 pts | 1392 spks
\n15. Amsterdam A<\/em> (Marike Breed, Nikola Michaylov<\/strong>) – 16 pts | 1438 spks
\n16. Streitkultur A<\/em> (Marius Hobbhahn, Samuel Scheuer<\/strong>) – 16 pts | 1415 spks<\/p>\nAdjudication Break<\/strong> (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\nAisling Tully, Alexander Fraser, Ayal Hayut-man, Daan Spackler, Daan Welling<\/strong>, Dan Lahav, Dana Green, Dani Georgiev,<\/strong> Deepak Manchikanti, Doireann O’Brien, Duncan Crowe, Edith Chow, Elaye Karstadt, Emily Frizell, Eva-Marie Quinones, Grace Amilbangsa,<\/strong> Hadar Goldberg, Harmen de Jong, Ian Wu, Ido Kotler,<\/strong> Ife Grillo, Ilija Ivani\u0161evi\u0107, Jacklin Kwan, Jan-Gunther Gosselke,<\/strong> Janko \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107, Jessica Musulin, Joona Suhonen, Joseph Lewis, Khalis Khalid, Klaudia Maciejewska, Lena Kolle, Linsey Keur,<\/strong> Lovro \u0160prem, Luc\u00eda Arce Cubas, Lucy Murphy, Melda Eren, Milla Huuskonen, Milos Marjanovic, Monica Forman, Nick Zervoudis, Nicole O’Sullivan,<\/strong> Noam Dahan, Raffy Marshall, Reed, Robert Barrie, Roy Schulman, Sajid Khandaker,<\/strong> Sarah Tay, Sebasti\u00e1n Dasso, Senkai Hsia, Seyoung Jeon, Sourodip Paul, <\/strong>Tin Pulji\u0107,<\/strong>Tom Manor, Tudor Musat, Udai Kamath<\/strong> and Yoni Cohen-Idov<\/strong><\/p>\nTop-10 Speakers<\/strong> (+ speaks on average):<\/strong>
\n1. Hamza Tariq Chaudhry – 83.22
\n2. Emma Lucas – 83.11
\n3. Rom\u00e9e Lind – 82.56
\n4. Joshua Yeung – 82.22
\n4. Ciara Mitchell – 82.22
\n6. David Metz – 82.11
\n7. Roel Becker – 81.67
\n8. Han Yang Goh – 81.33
\n8. Oskar Sherry – 81.33
\n10. Alisher Juzgenbayev – 81.22
\n10. Rhys Steele – 81.22<\/p>\nTop-10 Speakers (ESL):<\/strong>
\n1. Emma Lucas – 83.11
\n2. Rom\u00e9e Lind – 82.56
\n3. Joshua Yeung – 82.22
\n4. David Metz – 82.11
\n5. Roel Becker – 81.67
\n6. Alisher Juzgenbayev – 81.22
\n7. Mukhtar Tashkenbayev – 80.89
\n8. Ido Bar-Sella – 80.56
\n9. Antonio Fabregat – 80.33
\n10. Katharina Margareta Jansen – 80.11
\n10. Nikola Michaylov<\/span> – 80.11<\/p>\nThe Motions:<\/strong><\/p>\nR1:<\/strong> THW only allow university admission on the basis of standardized testing, as opposed to non-quantitative methods (e.g. essays, alumni interviews)<\/p>\nR2:<\/strong> Infoslide: All third-party sellers on Amazon are contractually obliged to settle any dispute between them and Amazon in an Amazon internal arbitration process<\/em><\/p>\nThis House Would ban Amazon’s internal arbitration courts<\/p>\n
R3:<\/strong> Infoslide: Mindfulness is the psychological process of purposely bringing one’s attention to experiences occurring in the present moment without judgment, which one develops through the practice of meditation and through other training<\/em><\/p>\nThis House Opposes the commercialization of Mindfulness<\/p>\n
R4:<\/strong> This House Believes That pro-democratic activists should use fake news and synthetic media (e.g. “deepfake”, fake video or audio recordings) to advance their cause.<\/p>\nR5:<\/strong> THR the trend of central banks setting extremely low interest rates after the 2008 financial crisis<\/p>\nR6:<\/strong> Infoslide: 10 Minute School is a large educational start-up operating in Bangladesh. It produces very popular online content including lessons on school subjects, as well as basic life skills such as writing a CV.Recently, in response to several videos about consent, LGBTQ+ rights and gender equality, extremists in Bangladesh have come out against the organization and its founders, calling the organization anti-Muslim and openly threatening them.<\/em><\/p>\nTHBT 10 Minute School should remove the videos.<\/p>\n
R7:<\/strong> Given the technology, This House Would erase society’s memory and evidence of the criminal past of former convicts after their release from prison.<\/p>\nR8:<\/strong> This House Believes That leaders of an occupied nation should not assist the occupying powers in maintaining stability.<\/p>\nR9:<\/strong> This House Would ban ownership consolidation of newspapers by a single entity e.g. private equity firms, single media company.<\/p>\n
\nESL<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nQF:<\/strong> Infoslide: From 1976 to 1983, Argentina was ruled by a military junta. In order to ensure lasting loyalty to the regime, the junta secretly kidnapped children of “subversive” parents as infants.<\/em><\/p>\nThis House Would force individuals suspected of being a “stolen child” under the junta to undergo DNA testing to establish whether they are indeed stolen children.<\/p>\n
SF:<\/strong> THBT countries should suspend all elections in times of severe health crises<\/p>\nF:<\/strong> Infoslide: The year is 2140. A distant planet very similar to Earth has been discovered. A group of humans is supposed to embark on a journey to settle the planet.<\/em><\/p>\nTHW only recruit atheists to be part of the group, and would not allow any religious books or items of worship on board<\/p>\n
\nOpen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nPDQ:<\/strong> This House Would ban insurance coverage for sexual misconduct claims.<\/p>\nQF:<\/strong> This House Would transfer management of all water resources to an international body.<\/p>\nSF:<\/strong> TH, as Israel, would form a strategic military alliance with the Kurds in Syria.<\/p>\nF:<\/strong> THW allow police officers to refuse orders on grounds of conscience<\/p><\/blockquote>\njm.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Astana EUDC 2020 has come to an end and it has been a successful tournament for the Leiden Debating Union. The Dutch debating society was able to win both the ESL and Open final and topped the ESL speaker …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":36956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1017,46],"tags":[6299,5467,5114,5105,6280,2952,6292,6294,4342,575,6124,6012,3621,5492,4438,3318,3908,4705,6172,1848,3161,4661,6300,4510,3677,2357,4509,6173,1213,6128,4478,5914,5852,5464,2870,4000,3113,5904,4923,2712,2819,4133,6301,6295,3182,3070,1928,987,3876,5978,3693,6302,4776,3704,5543,3917,1605,4616,4920,2360,4496,2146,5499,5568,1740,3583,4117,4736,3069,3717,6298,2713,6293,3394,3073,3257,5282,3585,456,2633,1619,4056,3356,4690,6297,3991,3963,4617,4912,6121,3405,5219,5469,5315,6176,6291,4450,6059,3028,2361,379,1083,4340,6123,4919,5352,5990,5485,4157,4348,3493,3230,5905,5977,3955,4023,5519,5910,1280,5435,3109,6290,5941,6296,3511],"class_list":["post-36951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-2","category-turniere","tag-amilbangsa","tag-angelov","tag-arce-cubas","tag-astana","tag-astana-eudc","tag-bandhauer","tag-bar-sella","tag-bareket","tag-barrie","tag-becker","tag-ben-meir","tag-boranbay","tag-breed","tag-broeg","tag-chaudhry","tag-chen","tag-chow","tag-cohen-idov","tag-cook","tag-crowe","tag-dahan","tag-dasso","tag-de-jong","tag-de-la-puerta","tag-djordjevic","tag-eren","tag-fabregat","tag-filippopoulos","tag-forman","tag-fraser","tag-frizell","tag-georgiev","tag-goh","tag-goldberg","tag-gosselke","tag-green","tag-grillo","tag-hamill","tag-hanany","tag-hayut-man","tag-hobbhahn","tag-honee","tag-hsia","tag-hundia","tag-huuskonen","tag-ivanisevic","tag-ivanov","tag-jansen","tag-jeon","tag-juzgenbayev","tag-kalman","tag-kamath","tag-kapelyukh","tag-karstadt","tag-kaur","tag-keur","tag-khalid","tag-khandaker","tag-khoury","tag-kotler","tag-kwan","tag-lahav","tag-lehman","tag-leizrowice","tag-lewis","tag-lin","tag-lind","tag-lo","tag-lucas","tag-maciejewska","tag-manchikanti","tag-manor","tag-marinov","tag-marjanovic","tag-marshall","tag-metz","tag-michaylov","tag-mitchell","tag-moschopoulos","tag-muntean","tag-murphy","tag-murray","tag-musat","tag-musulin","tag-nourian","tag-obrien","tag-osullivan","tag-paul","tag-peled","tag-portal","tag-puljic","tag-quinones","tag-radosavljevic","tag-ramazanova","tag-reed","tag-ross","tag-roy","tag-samuel","tag-scheuer","tag-schulman","tag-schulz","tag-shapira","tag-sherry","tag-shimabukuro","tag-shreder","tag-slamova","tag-sokol","tag-solomon","tag-spackler","tag-sprem","tag-steele","tag-suhonen","tag-synnott","tag-tashkenbayev","tag-tay","tag-tully","tag-vasic","tag-walsh","tag-welling","tag-woods","tag-wu","tag-yegenberdiyeva","tag-yeung","tag-zaidi","tag-zervoudis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36951"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36974,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36951\/revisions\/36974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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