[Debatewise RRT] Re: IDEA debate at the Royal Society on Monday 16th... and your usual debates

  • From: Harriet Lowe <tehexile@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 15:16:27 +0100

My Internet connection is still too slow to do anything most days, so I'm
not going to be able to contribute much.

I'll have a go at *Real-Time Bidding. Is it just good business? Or is it
time to be worried?

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On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:37 AM, nadia siddiqi <nadshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Taking It's always wrong to openly celebrate the death of another.
> Nadia
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Alexander Helling <
> ahelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi RRT,
>>              Not the usual kind of thing I announce in these emails but
>> IDEA is holding our first live debate in London on the 16th (next Monday).
>> The motion that will be debated is 'The Jasmine Revolution will wither in
>> North Africa: It won't meet the expectations of youth'. The speakers for the
>> motion are analyst Nora Ayman, Journalist and author Douglas Murray and
>> Professor Norman Stone. The speakers against the motion are NY Times
>> columnist Roger Cohen, Professor Fawaz Gerges and Ahmed Naguib. The debate
>> will be chaired by BBC presenter Nik Gowing.
>>
>> So if you live in or near London please come along. Tickets are free!
>>
>> The debate is being held at the Royal Society and will begin at 6.15pm and
>> finish at 8pm. So hopefully anyone returning will not be too badly affected
>> by tube strikes that if they happen will start at 9pm.
>>
>> For more information and to get tickets visit IQ2's website
>> http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/jasmine-revolution
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> Debates: See forum <http://debatewise.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=75>and 
>> task
>> list <http://debatewise.info/index.php/tasks/one-hour-tasks>
>>
>> Scotland should hold a referendum on independence.
>>
>> The Liberal Democrats must create more public conflict in the coalition.
>>
>> The rich should be able to pay to create extra university places.
>>
>> It's always wrong to openly celebrate the death of another.
>>
>> Israel should support reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas.
>>
>> Real-Time Bidding. Is it just good business? Or is it time to be worried?
>>
>> I have not yet been asked to do this but as with the wikileaks debates
>> from last week as it is a debate we are running it is possible we may create
>> this debate in house. So if you take it make sure to inform me so that I can
>> add to it. And if we do create it feel free to add to the debate.
>> The Jasmine Revolution will wither in North Africa: It won't meet the
>> expectations of youth.
>>
>> On the site
>> Should health care reform be 
>> repealed?<http://debatewise.org/debates/3380-should-health-care-reform-be-repealed%20>
>>
>> --
>> *Alex Helling
>> *
>> *Content Officer
>> *
>>
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>
>
> --
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> such anxiety, in the calm of self-surrender. Seek refuge in the knowledge of
> Brahman. They who work selfishly for results are miserable.   --"Bhagavad
> Gita."
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