3.  Can persuasively convince the judge their argument is better than their opponents argument  Delivery  Content

4.  Research wins debates  Research is fun!  Research gets creative

5.  The final product of research Just one more card mom, promise!

7. A) Tag B) Cite C) Card

8.  Short summary of the argument your card makes  Why have a tag?  Convey your argument  Flowability  What should be included in a tag?  Claim  Warrant

9. Solves relations

10. Attempts at alleged economic engagement is nothing more than a clever ruse for imperio- capitalist exploitation – the aff is a wolf in sheep’s clothing that threatens to bring upon the Third World a forced conformity with liberal governance that simply sustains violent assumptions of Western economic superiority

11.  US-China war goes nuclear – diplomacy can’t check escalation

12.  Why have a cite?  What to include in a cite?  Author name  Author qualifications  Date published  Article name  Source (Newspaper, Journal name, etc)  URL/Database found

13. Stras, Head of International Trade and Business Immigration at Cozen O’Connor, 1-21-’13 (Marcela, “The U.S. Mission In Mexico Increases Corporate Eligibility To Participate In Its Business Facilitation Program” Mondaq, lexis) Helman ‘11 Christopher Helman – Forbes Staff: Southwest Bureau covering Houston, the US energy capital – Forbes – “U.S. Should Drop Cuba Embargo For Oil Exploration” – December 12 th – http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2011/12/12/u- s-should-drop-cuba-embargo-for-oil-exploration/

14.  What to do:  Don’t skip paragraphs  Don’t cut off paragraphs  Don’t change paragraphs  You don’t have to include the entire article  Underline well!

18. 1) Open the debate template, Verbatim 2) Paste the article into Verbatim (F2) 3) Underline the article (F9 and F10) 4) Make the article pretty (F3 and Ctrl+8) 5) Write a tag (F7) 6) Write a cite (F8 for the author name and date) 7) Highlight the card (F11)

19.  Copy - Ctrl-C (Command-C)  Paste - Ctrl-V (Command-V)  Cut - Ctrl-X (Command-X)  Undo - Ctrl-Z (Command-Z)  Select all - Ctrl-A (Command-A)

20.  Switch windows – Alt+Tab (4-finger swipe/F3)  Select text – Shift + Arrows  Skip words – Ctrl + Arrows  Select paragraph – Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Up/Down  Select word – Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Left/Right

21.  “Mexico’s Economy: Reality Bites” – The Economist

23.  No scientific formula for how to research  Start with broad searches to investigate where the literature is going

24.  “Economic engagement solves nuclear war”  Picking the Right Language  Following the Lit  Footnotes!

26.  X bad, X nuclear war  Ignoring opposing evidence  Million cards, one argument  Truth

27.  New tab – Ctrl+T  New window – Ctrl+N  Open in new window - Middle click/Ctrl+Click  Move to next window - Ctrl+Tab  Move to last window - Ctrl+Shift+Tab  Close tab - Ctrl+W  Select URL - F6 (Command-L)

28.  Exact phrase search - “carne asada tacos”  Exclude a word - -flour tortilla  Synonyms - ~salsa  Website restriction – site:tacoswithoutborders.com  Wildcard – “a * saved is a * earned”  Around – tacos AROUND (5) bueno  Filetype – filetype:pdf

29. Americas Quarterly Brookings – Latin America Carnegie – Latin America Council on Foreign Relations – Americas Wilson Center – Latin America Financial Times – Beyond BRICs