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It all started in ninth grade for Rockville Centre resident Kevin Cirronella.

PROBLEM AREA I: Cyber Security

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Resolved: States ought not possess nuclear weapons. We have a preliminary file available: Disarmament Good  

Paperless teams must have at least one working jumpdrive that is compatible

 On a Friday morning, about 100 children from across the nation stood in a circle at Western Kentucky University, clapping, chanting and dancing.

We have launched the 2010 edition of our camp files center.

Friday, July 16

8:00                        Board bus to Harvard

8:30                         Breakfast at Hilles Hall

9:15                        Final Debate

10:30                        Awards with break at 11:30 for lunch

1:00                        Shuttle bus and departures. 

Wednesday, July 14

8:00                        Board bus to Harvard

8:15                         Breakfast at Hilles Hall

9:00                        Tournament

12:00                        Lunch

1:00                        Tournament

5:00                        Dinner

6:00                        Tournament

Tuesday, July 13

8:00                        Board bus to Harvard

9:00                        The Role of the Coach – Childree and Mataosky (here is what a coach does and what you can do

For most of his friends, summer vacation means hitting the beach. For Dylan Cooper, it means hitting the books. Willingly.

If you are tweeting from camp, add #2010camp to your tweet and it will appear on the "Master Tweet." http://www.planetdebate.com/tweets/camp2010

To better serve its members, NFL has adopted a new national tournament media release policy beginning with the 2010 tournament.

Military power should properly be seen as a means to an end.

This weeks politics releases features coverage on Financial Reform.

We are excited to announce that tonight we received our 100th application for the Harvard Institute for Public Forum Debate! Join us this summer!

For lunch we will emphasize soups, salads, sandwiches and pastas.  Two home-made soups will be available each day; at least one of the two will be vegetarian. 

Mr. Samorian is the Director of Speech and Debate at Loyola Academy in Wilmette Illinois where his teams compete in Individual Events, Public Forum Debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, and Congressional Debate.

Over the last week or so I've come across a numbe of new arguments that can be used as generic political capital disadvantage answers. For some, I've included the cards. For others, the tage and cite is available and you need to find the card.

Turn -- alienating your base increases your political capital

Fox News, 4-1, 10, http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/government/nation-rebels/

You've got to hand it to the president. He promised that change was coming, and change has arrived. The irony is that Obama came into office as a rebel, and now he's stirred up a rebellion. These days, no matter which side of the political spectrum you're on, the rebels have the high ground. Republicans or Democrats who keep doing business as usual are either dropping out or being voted out. On the Democratic side, think Chris Dodd or Evan Bayh. On the Republican side, think Charlie Christ or Kay Bailey Hutchison. These are folks who thought they had political capital. And maybe they did. But political capital has changed. Political capital used to mean how tight you were with the Party and how much respect you had on the other side of the aisle. But connections with old power bases are now negatives, not positives...they're seen as cronyism. Party connections have become an albatross that weigh politicians down. It's not as sexy as being a rebel. Political capital nowadays is defined by how much you defy the status quo, not by how much you stand with it. Now, this turn toward rebellion is not necessarily a bad thing. Every few decades or so we need to shake things up, and that's exactly what President Obama has done. These periods help remind us that our country is never static; it's always alive and moving, exemplified by the pioneers who pushed our geographical boundaries or the entrepreneurs who push our creative boundaries. This dynamism also helps to push out those who've become too comfortable with the status quo. So politicians who can't get on the new rebellious bandwagon, whether they're on the left or the right, are likely to be left at the station. Their old contacts and their old allies won't cut it anymore.

Obamas capital is resilient-netwrok of support
Ari Melber 2008 “Obama’s secret email network revealed” huffington post
“So even after the gauzy…short-term priorities of the economy and Iraq.

Winners win
Singer 2009 “Direct Democracy” www.mydd.com/story/2009/3/3/191825/0428
“Peter Hart gets at a key point…reform to ending the war in Iraq”

Winners win – getting something quick will boost Obama’s agenda
Gideon Rachman 9, Financial Times, “Obama must start punching harder,”10/12, http://www.ft.com]
Just five years ago . . . can pack a punch.

WSJ -- 3-25. The time for financial reform is at hand, and the president will need every ounce of his remaining political capital to push a revamp of the nation's financial system into reality.

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