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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Smalltalk Industry Council is happy to announce the
winners of the first portion of the 2005 Smalltalk Solutions Coding Contest.
Congratulations on a fantastic job. The winners in no particular order are:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Blaine</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> Buxton</span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
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mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Michael Luca-Smith</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></li>
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mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Andrei N.Sobchuck</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As the winners of the first round, they receive:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A Smalltalk Solutions 2005
conference registration valued at $670 USD*</span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A complimentary individual
membership to the STIC. </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>* This does not include travel, lodging meals, tutorials, or
any other fees associated with conference attendance.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The top three submissions who are able to attend the
conference will meet on Sunday, June 26th for the second portion of the coding
contest. The contest will run from 6:00-10:00 pm EST. * </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>* Please note, in order to compete in the second round of
the contest, finalists must be able to attend the conference. The second round
of the contest will consist of the three highest ranking contestants who are
able to attend the 2005 Smalltalk Solutions conference.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><br>
</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>-- <br>
Jason Jones<br>
Knowledge Systems Corporation<br>
Smalltalk Industry Council<br>
919.789.8549 x.21<br>
</span></font><a href="http://www.ksc.com"><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>www.ksc.com</span></font></a><br>
<a href="http://www.stic.org"><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>www.stic.org</span></font></a><br>
<a href="http://www.smalltalksolutions.com"><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>www.smalltalksolutions.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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