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10 December 2007

Updates from WUPID

As you may be aware the CIMB-WUPID starts this week. I'm flying to Malaysia on Thursday so I'm trying to set up a few of the bits and pieces I'll be using to update the blog while there.

Most of my updates will be via my phone. My plan is to use wireless access in the university and hotel to post updates to the site without incurring huge roaming fees. I will e-mail in regular updates which will go directly onto the site.

I can also take photos on the phone which can then be uploaded straight onto flikr. I have put a flikr "button" onto the site where you can preview the photos and from which you can click through to the online album (there are only two photos on it at the moment one is the WUPD logo and the other is one I took on the phone over the weekend).

Also for those interested we will be using tabbie at the tournament so the results should be posted up on www.smoothtournament.com shortly after the tournament and I will try to post them once I get home.

Melbourne Mini 2007 results

Winners: Tim Jeffrie and Fiona Prowse

Runners-up: Tim Sonnreich and Jake Clifton, Chris Croke and Dom Thurbon, Roland Dillon and Rob Koh.

Topics:

1) TH would grant asylum to victims of global warming
2) TH would impose a general restraining order on all paparazzi
3) TH would force pregnant women under 16 to give their child up for adoption
4) TH would abolish conscience votes in Parliament
5) TH believes that western democracies should impose diplomatic sanctions on Russia
6) TH would ban homosexual re-education camps

Semis) TH believes that Kyoto Protocol signatories should place a compensatory duty on the imports of non-signatories.

Final) TH would support the use of bounty hunters in law enforcement.

Israeli English Cup 2007

Following is the link to the results of the Israeli English Cup 2007 competition that took place today (december 9) at Bar Ilan University (the official israeli competition in english).

The winners are:

Hebrew A: Raanan Eichler and Haran Pilpel


Finalists:

Tel Aviv z: Danny Ze'evi and Uri Merhav
RRIS A: Ariel Pulver and Yuval Biggs
IDC C: Jonathan Braverman and Dafna Geniger

http://www.smoothtournament.com/showcase/englishcup2007/ - the results from smoothtournament

the tab was done using smoothtournament with some help from Klaas.