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Extemp Central News Quiz for

the Week of January 25-31, 2016
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R&D from Prepd: The
French Economy
January 26, 2016, Logan Scisco in R&D ! Leave a comment

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This R&D provides resources on the French economy.

France is experiencing a 10.6% unemployment rate
and President Francois Hollande announced a jobs
program worth $2.2 billion last week to combat it.
The country is known as a place where it is difficult
for firms to fire workers and Hollande is aiming to
enact more liberal economic reforms to encourage businesses to take on more workers. Job‐
lessness is a major problem facing French youth whose unemployment is nearly double the
national average.
 Daniel Stewart Follow
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Thank God the "emergency" won't endanger the 35 hour work

week!
#France #economy
washingtonpost.com/business/frenc…
12:26 PM - 18 Jan 2016

Washington Post

French president declares economic emergency

French President Francois Hollande has declared what he called “a state
of economic emergency” and says it’s time to redefine France’s economic
and social model.
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 Sophie Pedder Follow
@PedderSophie

Youth unemployment is dropping even in Spain and Italy, but

remains, worryingly, on the rise in France
economist.com/news/europe/21…
2:02 PM - 15 Jan 2016

The Economist

Mode d’emploi
François Hollande has one last chance to tackle rising jobless rates
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 FRANCE 24 English Follow
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FACE-OFF - Unemployment in France: An economic and social

state of emergency? f24.my/1SwQwJo
9:36 AM - 20 Jan 2016

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Extemp Questions for the Week
of January 25-31, 2016
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1. Does the U.S. need to fix the way it deals with Haiti?
2. What is the significance of Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Don‐
ald Trump?
3. Will the Supreme Court void President Obama’s executive
action on suspending the deportation of illegal immigrants?
4. How will China’s woes affect the U.S. economy in 2016?
5. Is the “white Oscars” controversy overblown?
6. Does the American airline industry need more competition?
7. Is a “golden age” of profits for American firms coming to an
end?
8. Should Congress pass President Obama’s unemployment insurance proposal?
9. How can Bernie Sanders pierce Hillary Clinton’s Southern firewall?
10. What should Rick Snyder do about the Flint water crisis?

HotTopics: International Extemp

Questions for the Week of
January 25-31, 2016
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1. Are fiscal or monetary problems a bigger threat to the Brazil‐
ian economy?
2. Is the ECB hampering Italy’s plans for economic reform?
3. Are economic problems aggravating racial tensions in South
Africa?
4. Have Western sanctions against Russia failed?
5. Should Google allow authoritarian government to request the
blocking of offending material?
6. Will Francois Hollande’s jobs plan successfully reduce
France’s unemployment rate?
7. Should the World Bank feel threatened by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?
8. Will the ICC’s prosecution of William Ruto disrupt Western-Kenyan cooperation against al-
Shabab?
9. How should Xi Jinping react to the DPP’s landslide victory in Taiwan’s presidential election?
10. Will Iranian conservatives triumph in February’s parliamentary elections?

2015-2016 Extemp Central

National Points Race: Standings
Updated After the Montgomery
Bell Extemp Round Robin,
James Logan, and Stanford
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The updated standings of the 2015-2016 Extemp Central National
Points Race have been posted to reflect the results of the Mont‐
gomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin, the James Logan
MLK Invitational, and the Stanford National Invitational. To access
the standings, you can click on the National Points Race tab on the
right of the main page or click here.

The next National Points Race competition will take place next
weekend in Atlanta, Georgia when Emory University plays host to the Barkley Forum. The
tournament will be a fourth tier event and the winner will receive seventh National Points Race
points.

R&D from Prepd: Weekly

Roundup for the Week of
January 18-24, 2016
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Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd, the only soft‐
ware built specifically for extemp. Prepd makes it easy to
research, practice, and compete! Visit www.prepd.in to
learn more. Like Prepd on Facebook for special info and
contests.

Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out

the week of January 18-24, 2016.

Foreign Policy Follow

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Don't blame Beijing for plunging oil prices. @KFJ_FP reports

atfp.co/1S7hANK
2:10 PM - 21 Jan 2016

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 NYT National News Follow
@NYTNational

Flint's mayor says the city's water crisis would not have
happened in a rich suburb nyti.ms/23fpAlg
2:13 PM - 21 Jan 2016

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Heather Gillers Follow

@hgillers

Chicago Public Schools can afford to make it through the year

without cuts -- but barely: trib.in/1S7CpZt
1:11 PM - 21 Jan 2016

Chicago Tribune

Next CPS budget will have an even bigger hole to

fill: $800 million
Despite getting no help from the state or the teachers
union in plugging a $480 million budget gap this year,
Chicago school officials are relying on the same two
uncooperative parties to deal with...
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2016 James Logan MLK
Invitational: Shaik and
Govindaraju Lead an
Archbishop Mitty Sweep
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Last weekend’s James Logan MLK Invitational, held at

James Logan High School in Union City, California, played
host to the second part of the “California Swing” of the
National Points Race and this year’s event was dominated
by Archbishop Mitty High School (CA). In International
Extemp, Ismail Shaik of Archbishop Mitty won a five rank
victory over Shreyan Jain of Bellarmine College Preparato‐
ry (CA) and in United States Extemp, Pranav
Govindaraju of Mitty narrowly defeated Charles Tang of
Leland High School (CA) by one rank. The tabulation of the
tournament was cumulative.

Although the tournament attracted talent from Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, California extem‐
pers dominated the final rounds. The only non-California extemper to make a final round was
Kshitiz Singh of Desert Vista High School (AZ), who placed fifth in United States Extemp.

Extempers that reached each final round will receive National Points Race points due to the
fact that James Logan is a fifth tier tournament in the National Points Race. Since each final
round had seven finalists, only the top six will receive points.
Here are the results of the 2016 James Logan MLK Invitational (Click here for tab sheet):
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2016 Stanford National

Invitational: Xu Sweeps Both
Extemp Categories For First
National Points Race Win of the
Season
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Moving from its traditional

February date, this year’s
Stanford National Invitation‐
al, a fifth tier tournament in
the National Points Race,
attracted a smaller field.
Twenty-six competitors
faced off in International
Extemp and twenty-four in United States Extemp and Brian Xu of San Marino High School
(CA) took the titles in both categories. Xu defeated Michelle Huang of Irvington High School
(CA) in International Extemp and teammate Joseph Kiang in United States Extemp. These
wins give Xu his first victory in a National Points Race tournament this season.
Since Stanford allowed competitors to double in both extemp categories, our “St. Mark’s for‐
mula” was used to determine which competitors would receive National Points Race points.
Xu, Kiang, and Huang occupied the top three places and there were several ties for the other
points. As a result, Connor Wright of Lodi High School (CA) and Jennifer Xiao of San Mari‐
no High School will share the fourth place points awarded for Stanford and Karisa Anand of
Sierra Canyon High School (CA) and Micalyn Strubble of College Preparatory (CA) will share
sixth place points.

Here are the results of the 2016 Stanford National Invitational (Click here for tab sheet):
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R&D from Prepd: Pollution in

India
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learn more. Like Prepd on Facebook for special info and
contests.

This R&D provides resources on pollution in India. Environ‐

mentalists have charged that the government is not doing
enough to fix problems related to air and water pollution,
notably in major cities and along the Ganges River. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi pledged to fix pollution problems during his 2014 campaign, but critics
charge that he needs to do more to reduce the nation’s carbon emissions and crackdown on
industrial pollution.

The Economist Follow

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The main cause of India's air pollution is not cars or factories,

but smoke from cooking econ.st/203OW2Z
8:04 AM - 16 Jan 2016

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 Ahmad Jawad Follow
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China's air pollution may be bad, but India's is much worse.

vox.com/2014/5/12/5700…
Beyond The Horizon
facebook.com/PakistanBeyond…
1:18 AM - 11 Jan 2016

Vox

China's air pollution may be bad, but India's is much worse

If you live in a large Indian city, your lungs are taking in dangerous levels
of air pollution on a daily basis.
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 BBC India Follow
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India environment watchdog criticises government over Ganges

pollution bbc.in/1PgOGft
6:56 AM - 20 Jan 2016

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Extemp Central News Quiz for

the Week of January 18-24, 2016
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