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Tech CS Students Win Big at Programming Contest, April 16, 2001
DURANGO, Colo., April 16, 2001 -- A team of New Mexico Tech computer science students once again took top honors at the recently held Seventeenth Annual Fort Lewis College Programming Contest in Durango, Colo. Last year, a team from Tech also took first-place honors at the annual competition.
New Mexico Tech fielded three teams in the computing competition this year, and all fared well. However, it would be the team of David Catanach, Benjamin Gordon, and D. Jackson Peacock which would outpace and outprogram 14 other participating undergraduate teams to walk away with first-place honors at the regional event.
"New Mexico Tech Team 2," as they were called, correctly solved six of seven problems at the daylong competition, with computer programs written on the spot using common programming languages such as Java and C/C++.
New Mexico Tech Team 1, comprised of Zac Bradshaw, Ben Leiting, and Nick Pattengale, solved five of the seven problems posed and captured second place at the contest.
James Kyle Campbell, Aaron Prager, and Keith Sanchez, or New Mexico Tech Team 3 as the group was known, ended up in fourth place overall after solving three of the problems.
Some of the real-world problems presented included writing programs which kept running tallies of estimated times posted in a ski race and writing programs that took proper fractions and turned them into "Egyptian fractions," which are the sums of several unique fractions that each have a numerator of one.
Faculty advisor for all three of New Mexico Tech's programming teams was Allan M. Stavely, associate professor of computer science with Tech's computer science department.


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Closing Ceremony marks the end of the World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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A new public opinion poll shows that US President Barack Obama's popularity is inching up in Israel, though most Israelis still believe the American leader doesn't actually support the Jewish state.
Conducted by the New America Foundation and published late last week, the poll showed that 40 percent of Israelis view Obama favorably, while 39 percent view him unfavorably.
Still, 60 percent of Israelis said they don't feel Obama actually supports Israel, at least not in the way past presidents have. However, most Israelis see the US as the only country able and willing to actually support them should their existence as a nation be in danger, and they don't believe Obama will stand in the way of that.
Nearly 40 percent of those surveyed said they believe Obama is actually a Muslim. Thirty-seven percent of Israeli Arabs agreed with that.
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It's official. Keyshia Cole is returning to reality television.
The R&B superstar, who once made waves with her own self-titled reality show, now joins the cast of VH1's "Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood," which returns for a fourth season next month.
Cole will appear alongside several other series newcomers and returning veterans who are "striving to claim their place as Hollywood's elite".
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President Gordon B. Hinckley has said: "Even though some of you may be fully occupied with families and have little time for other things at this stage of your lives, you can enlarge you minds and broaden your understanding through the reading of good books. . . . You may think you are too busy. Ten or fifteen minutes a day with the scriptures, and particularly with the Book of Mormon, can give you marvelous understanding of the power of the Almighty for the blessing of His children."
Likewise, the prophet has counseled members of the Church to read the Book of Mormon together as families. The Book of Mormon for Latter-day Saint Families, like its predecessor The New Testament for Latter-day Saint Families, is a valuable tool for parents and children who wish to follow this counsel.
This beautifully bound book contains the full text of the Book of Mormon in large type and an easy-to-read design. In the footnotes of this indispensable volume, hard-to-understand words are defined in simple terms, important concepts are explained and developed, and questions to ponder and discuss are asked of young readers. Beautiful, full-color illustrations and paintings — some of which have never been in print before — by Clark Kelley Price, Robert Barrett, Scott Snow, Del Parson, Garry Kapp, Ted Henninger, and Tom Lovell accent the text.
The Book of Mormon for Latter-day Saint Families is a keepsake that all families will cherish. And by reading this book of scripture together, every family will be blessed and drawn closer to the Lord Jesus Christ.
I bought these books several years ago when they first came out. I highly recommend this to anyone who has ever struggled with "how to ponder" especially with children. This explains words and gives questions for discussion. We have read each of them several times. Each time we learn more. HOWEVER...The binding on the books is poor. I thought that with each year, they would fix this issue but I see they haven't. My kids were pre-teen when we first got them....so they knew how to take care of scriptures. At first the outside binding started separating from the inside pages, then the pages themselves have begun to loosen. We read almost every day.
I love this version of the Book of Mormon--the enlarged print and explanations at the bottom of each page make it much more approachable to children. That said, I'm extremely disappointed with the binding. Even though our book is in otherwise perfect condition, the binding has come entirely apart (it's cheap glue-in binding). For the weight of the book, and the use it will likely receive in families, the publisher should use a binding process that will last more than a few years!
We love this Book of Mormon edition. We use it to prepare our children the year before they are baptized. It really helps them to begin understanding the Book of Mormon. The picture, the definitions, the questions, etc, all help us to really dig into the Book of Mormon. This edition is a family favorite!
This is my review for the eBook version.
We recieved the Hardcover version as a wedding gift and we found it very resourceful and great for family scripture study. However after 9 years, binding became loose and some pages have fallen out. So I purchased the eBook version but I was rather disappointed.
Contents are the same but Scripture and Notes sections are separated as different "chapters" and they are not integrated. There are no links to the Notes from scripture section so navigating through to find an appropriate note is very troublesome and destruct from actual scripture study.
Unless they update it with direct links to notes and or side-by-side view, I would NOT recommend the eBook version.
We read this with my 5 and 2 year old during breakfast every morning and they love pulling it out and putting it away every single time because it feels like a huge treasure to them filled with answer, facts, and extra picture
This is a most have! It has pictures for kids, it explains the doctrine knowledge simply and bring the book to life. I hope everyone can enjoy it.
LOVE the book, but the binding started coming apart only months after we bought it. Maybe it was a weakness in only mine, but for how much we spent on it, I was a little disappointed. We can't stop reading out of it because of the great pictures and the help that it gives in helping my young children understand the scriptures!
Having this edition of the Book of Mormon has truly blessed our family as we read it every single night with our young children. It was given to us as a wedding gift, and we've only actively used it on a daily basis the last 3 years with our children. We hadn't even read it cover to cover and the binding had fallen apart, and a good chunk of pages fell out. I only wish we could have it fixed or replaced. I wish the binding was sewn instead of glued together. Other than that, the pictures quotes from General Authorities, and other learning tools are wonderful.
As a home that is constantly trying to add new ways to keep the Spirit alive and family motivated to read the Book Of Mormon, this book fits into our way of life well. I keep it on the Coffee table. It has started conversation from non-members as well as been a great reminder to turn off the TV and read on a daily basis.
It has large print so it is easy to read for older adults as well as youth. The photos are bright and appealing to the eye.
It has a wonderful thick cover that will wear well even with lots of use.
I agree with the positive comments that everyone has given. Notice though, that a couple people said that they "have been through" more than one book, ie, the binding is weak and these books do not withstand the amount of handling they receive. Every family I know who uses this book with their families regularly thoroughly enjoys the book, but the binding has given out.
This version has made it more fun for my children to look at, while I read it to them. They love the pictures! They are still too young to really understand the stories, but I am able to read it more, with them, and have the blessings of reading the scriptures, twice, daily! I hope to have all of my family and friends have the same book!
As a single mom who had fallen away from the church, it finally took the missionaries and some dedicated church members, nearly 2 years ago, to inspire me to start reading The Book of Mormon with my 2 young sons. It was a huge leap of faith for me because at that time in my life I wasn't sure I even believed in a God anymore. We started reading from the original blue Book of Mormon that the church puts out and committed to reading a chapter each night. Although I had read The Book of Mormon in the past, I found I now had the hardest time not only comprehending the teachings myself, because of the knowledge I had lost, but an even harder time trying to put it into terms in which my sons could understand. As a result, over time, we lost interest in our daily reading regimen. Last year, my new home teachers surprised us with "The Book of Mormon for Latter-Day Saint Families", and it has truly transformed our lives! Me and my sons get excited to follow along with the stories, look at the pictures and read the notes at the bottom of the page which help expand on the teachings, explaining things we never understood before. We can not only follow along SO much better, but we now actually comprehend the teachings and the history of the people! Anytime there are things we read which we aren't sure on the meaning of, we can look at the detailed footnotes and definitions at the bottom of the page which make it SO convenient, especially when dealing with the attention span of a 7 and 8 year old and trying to keep them attentive during reading. I am learning things I NEVER knew or understood before, even though I had been previously raised in the church. Our reading has gone so well with this new book we have finally made it to the book of Third Nephi which was perfect timing given the recent celebration of the Easter holiday, allowing us to read of Christ's resurrection, bringing a special new meaning of the true spirit of Easter for my broken little family. Where once I had lost my testimony, I have found it again stronger than ever! I have been able to help be an example to my sons and help teach them the principles in this book that will help them build foundations for good in their own lives. I wish every investigator of the church, convert or struggling member could have the chance to receive one of these books as I did...it WILL change their lives forever!
We love reading our scriptures this way! We have bought them for all of our siblings when they get married. And so many of them have told us how much they love them as well! It is a great way to read the scriptures as a family!
This Book of Mormon has changed our lives. Our family of eight had read the Book of Mormon once, then we bought this as our reward. The reward we received wasn't the beautiful book with definitions for all those words that your kids and you say, "what does that mean", but the enhancement of our nightly reading and understanding, and the desire that our family has to read it every night. I promise you ,it will help your families understanding and increase the knowledge your kids have of all the stories in the Book of Mormon. Best book I have ever bought in my life.A treasure in our home. Beautiful pictures, with titles before every six verses or so explaining who's talking to who and what to listen for. Fabulous, don't hesitate!!!
This was the key to making family scripture study work well in our family. Not only does our 2 and 8 year old enjoy using all the helps, pictures and large print, even mum and dad love it. Everybody who has seen our Book Of Mormon sitting on the kitchen table has gone and got one too. We live in Australia and have since purchased the Old and New Testament and Church History too.
I have a very active 2 year old grandson who wanted to sit down with this book and just look at all the pictures. It became apparent that he was looking for all the pictures of Jesus. He found many. It was a heartwarming experience.
My kids love reading out this book of mormon and learning more about it.
This is a gorgeous book, and a beautiful gift for young families.
We use this for our family scripture study with our young ones. Great resource for definitions, history, and pictures. A must for anyone with children.
I just love this book. It is beautiful and helps to make reading easier and more insightful.


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Israel, the United States and the European Union have all dismissed a UN commission of inquiry into possible war crimes committed during the Gaza war as little more than a sideshow with a foregone conclusion.
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday named a three-man panel to investigate allegations of Israeli war crimes during the Jewish state's month-long battle against Gaza's terrorist infrastructure.
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the committee amounted to a "kangaroo court" whose findings were "predetermined." This, the Israelis insisted, was made all the more clear when the UN decided to name Canadian Prof. William Schabas (pictured) to head the panel.
Schabas has previously called for the prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former President Shimon Peres for alleged war crimes, and asserted that past Israeli offenses against the Gaza terrorists (in 2009 and 2012) were more severe than any other crisis taking place in the world.
Naming Schabas to the panel "proves beyond any doubt that Israel cannot expect justice from such a body," a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement read.
The Obama Administration shared Israel's assessment. "There's a way to investigate things that's not one-sided and biased, and there's a way that we don't support," US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters in reference to the Schabas-led commission.
The European Union (EU) had already voiced its discontent weeks earlier when the UNHRC voted to establish the commission. The resolution ultimately accepted by the UNHRC was "unbalanced, inaccurate and prejudges the outcome of the investigation," read an EU statement.
Also named to the panel was British human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin, best known worldwide for being the fiancé of Hollywood actor George Clooney. Critics accused the UN of trying to score publicity points by choosing Alamuddin, who later declined the invitation, citing a heavy workload.
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text: Earlier this week, eCommerce magazine Internet Retailer hosted the 4th Annual IRCE Focus Design + Mobile conference in Orlando, Florida. WebUndies.com partner, Terri Hunsinger spoke at the conference on the topic of mobile web sites for Small Businesses. As a small business owner, she shared insights about the process and costs of creating a mobile-optimized site. Her co-presenter was David Byun of GeekAccessories.com. Thanks to IR for allowing WebUndies.com to be part of such an exciting industry event!


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How can a company you probably have never heard of position themselves to be managing mobile devices all over the globe? Only through the power of creating a network of partners, such as T-Mobile, Vodafone, BT, and Capgemini that places you smack in the middle of it all. That is exactly what Alex Bausch, CEO of VeliQ, set out to do and succeeded. I had the pleasure of meeting Alex at SAPPHIRE NOW and recently caught up with him for further details and insights.
VeliQ, the makers of MobiDM, started out in 2006 under the name of VeiligMobiel. Their first product secured Windows mobile smartphones for government agencies. But as the smartphone market evolved, so too did the product and the company. First, Bausch realized that the company's name was too much of a mouthful for anyone outside of Holland to pronounce, so it was changed to VeliQ. Second, the product evolved into MobiDM, a cloud-based SaaS offering of what Bausch calls a "managed mobility ecosystem."
MobiDM provides a middleware solution around three main areas; Mobile Device Management, Security, and Application Management. When developing the product, Bausch looked at the existing MDM solutions available and decided to build MobiDM leveraging Afaria. "MobiDM is the mobile management middleware with the Afaria engine underneath," Bausch noted. In 2008 they signed an OEM agreement with Afaria and haven't looked back since.
Bausch believes that the service should be incredibly easy to use and sees that as a distinct advantage. He says comparatively "Afaria is a Boeing 747 with 500 levers, which you need a license and training for. MobiDM is like flying with JetBlue; come along for the ride and we'll take care of everything." Bausch believes that there is a time and a place for a more complex solution, but that MobiDM's approach to simplicity is appealing to a large audience.
Bausch reaches that audience through lots of partnerships. In fact, the product is sold exclusively through partners. Bausch recalled that, "Because we were in Holland, there was lots of fragmentation to deal with. So we decided to sell exclusively through partners." MobiDM has about 50 partners worldwide, made up of mostly telecom companies. Chances are you have never seen the MobiDM brand. That's because partners such as Vodafone, T-Mobile, Sybase, and T-Systems all re-brand MobiDM's service. "Our product is used under their own brand. That is the difference between us and a company like Airwatch; Airwatch sells direct."
Through leveraging partnerships, MobiDM's growth ramped up quickly. As Bausch put it, "We never sold MDM as a point solution; we sold the product as part of a mobile subscription. In year one we were up to 22,000 subscribers." Their success doesn't seem to show any signs of slowing either, as they signed 9 new partnerships in Q1 of this year. "The market is accelerating, that is why we believe in partnering and the ecosystem."
With this kind of success, there have been other larger organizations that have tried to copy their offering. These solutions have since folded, while MobiDM continues today. "We have a different approach. We are successful because we have focus. We focused on usability, services andscalability." As far as future competition, Bausch thinks that, "The threat is that there is so much money being thrown at [mobility management]. It creates a distortion field."
So what does the future hold for Bausch and MobiDM? They recently released MobiDM Mobile Integrated Cloud. This allows subscribers to the service to integrate with Jamcracker, Single Sign On providers for AD integration, and line-of-business apps for SAP. Bausch wants to only continue this partnering/ecosystem line of thinking. "The trend that we see is, it's not MDM that is important, but rather it is the whole ecosystem." With the strong partnerships in place, and more to come, it is hard to see how they can lose.
Mobile Device Management by MobiDM provides a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution which makes smartphone and PDA management easy. All your mobile devices can be installed, managed and secured from a single central portal, regardless of the type of device, network or operating system, leaving users free to go about their business with no loss of productivity.


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Hooray! "Vincent DeSalvo"—a.k.a. Grove City College student and occasional gay porn star John Gechter—is leaving behind the puritanical college that suspended him for a little bit of paid power bottoming.
We think Gechter will be much more popular here in New York, where he is moving to finish the summer school courses he needs to get his degree from the third-most conservative school in the country. Also he is going to star in a play! He will be a fine actor, we're sure. Maybe if there is a gay Steven Soderbergh out there, he'll get real work. (Todd Haynes? Gus Van Sant?)
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Jimmy John Liautaud founded Jimmy John's in 1983 after receiving the choice from his father to join the military or start a business after graduating second to last in his class at Elgin Academy in 1982.
I recently read a somewhat provocative online post that stated: "If you're not a complete idiot, then you're smart enough to be wildly successful. Being a genius isn't a requirement for you being successful. With enough passion and personal motivation, average intellect trumps genius…at least when it comes to business." What's that saying? The "A" student works for the "B" student while the "C" student owns the company.
After discovering that hot dogs weren't in Jimmy John's future because it was more expensive opening a hot dog stand than his father's offer of financing, Jimmy John discovered (stumbled upon) sandwiches. And because his original location was not in the most desirable part of town, ultimately freaky fast deliveries (and free samples) help set him apart. If customers weren't going to him, he would go to the customer.
Motivation is one of the most powerful driving forces. It can mean the difference between tremendous success and failure. But there is more to it. In "Top 10 Characteristics of Successful People" Steve Tobak writes the following about those who succeed:
• They live for achievement. Their goal in life is to be something, make something of themselves, make things people need or want. They're passionate about it and focus on achieving their goals.
• They're lucky. It's said that luck is when preparation meets opportunity. To me, that means you find a way to get your foot in the door, come hell or high water, and when you do, you deliver the goods, i.e. you don't screw it up.
• They watch their spending. They don't spend more than they have or make. To them, making money is not a windfall.
• They learn the rules. We're all taught at a very young age to follow the rules. Some people can make their own rules. Good for them. The rest of us have to learn how the game is played.
• They break the rules. As I said, some people become successful by breaking the rules and making their own. They see things differently; color the world with their own crayon, so to speak.
• They see the world the way it really is. And they see themselves the way they really are, as well.
• They take risks. Nobody ever made it by not taking risks and nobody ever made it big by not taking big risks.
• They mitigate risk. That said, successful people don't take foolish risks and they don't take risks lightly.
• They work their tails off. The vast majority of wealthy people and all the ones I know work really, really hard. They sacrifice a great deal.
• They learn how and adapt. Business success, creating jobs, making money for shareholders, and the result – accumulating wealth – is a process. Once you figure out what you're good at and how to do it right, you keep turning the crank until it no longer works. Then you adapt.
It's not always what you do that will set you up for failure, many times it's what you don't do.
Through passion and overcoming the inevitable roadblocks Jimmy John Liautaud went from as close to last in his high school class as you can get, to over 1,200 Jimmy John's locations in 40 states and opening approximately 200 units per year for the last three years. You see, there is always another way to accomplish what you set out to do (think Jimmy John's Hot Dogs) and that some how, some way, if you really want to be successful, you can absolutely can achieve it.
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Join us tonight for Ryland Homes ribbon cutting and mixer at its new model at the Ashton Pointe subdivision (just north of the Pingree Road train station) in Crystal Lake from 4:30 to 7 p.m. All Crystal Lake chamber members as well as their guests are invited to attend.
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Showcase your business in front of 5,000 potential customers at the 2013 Crystal Lake Home & Business Expo March 23-24.You know your competitors are there so why aren't you? Expo is one of the best, most cost-effective ways to market your business. Go to clchamber.com to register today.
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The Crystal Lake chamber is excited to present our first "Out to Lunch" from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 27at Georgio's Chicago Pizzeria & Pub, 75 E. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake. Crystal Lake chamber members meet over an informal lunch and let each know about your business. Cost is $15(payable at the door) and includes pizza, salad and soft drinks.
• Gary Reece is president of the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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How is business conducted in Bavaria? What does real Chinese food from a Shanghai street vendor taste like? The phenomenon of discovery should not be limited to the classroom or even to the United States. Use your education to immerse yourself in other cultures. Learn the crucial difference between a traveler and a tourist, and add the title of global citizen to your list of personal descriptions.
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