<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Before it's too late....</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Enter your nomination (or self-submission)
to "the most coveted prize in computational OR" -- the COIN-OR
Cup! </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Deadline: October 31, 2006</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It's easy!</font>
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<td width=100% bgcolor=white><font size=2 face="sans-serif">== The submission
or nomination must contain a (i) synopsis of an effective use of COIN-OR
or valuable contribution to COIN-OR and (ii) a cover letter explaining
the significance. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">== The winner must accept the prize
in person at the 2006 INFORMS meeting (so we can all celebrate appropriately).
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It's fun!</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">== All are invited to the "Cup
Award Ceremony" </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">== Sunday, Nov 5th, 9-10:30pm at August
Henry's City Salon, http://www.augusthenrys.com/, (right across the
street from the Courtyard Marriott, and just half a block from the Convention
Center and the Westin in Pittsburgh. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">See http://www.coin-or.org/coinCup/coinCup06.html
for complete rules and full details.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Come celebrate with the COIN-OR community
at INFORMS 2006</font></table>
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Robin Lougee-Heimer<br>
IBM TJ Watson Research Center<br>
1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598<br>
ph: 914-945-3032 fax: 914-945-3434 <br>
robinlh@us.ibm.com<br>
http://www.coin-or.org<br>
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