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Last month, students from one hundred and three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China. 【小题1】Jerry Cain, coach of Stanford University Team, California, says “One of the programming problems was trying to figure out how to break a chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible. 【小题2】 ” The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty. 【小题3】 They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote needed software systems. Even the winning team from Shanhai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given time limit. Stanford’s team solved five problems and finished in 14th place. Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year
.【小题4】 It began in 1970 at Texas A and M University. The contest quickly became popular in the United States and Canada. It developed and grew as more and more schools took part in local and area contests.The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today, a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to the world finals, now organized by IBM. Contest spokesman Doug Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships. 【小题5】
A.The competitors show great interest in IBM.
B.Then they figured out the requirements of each.
C.And that’s probably the simplest of all of them.
D.This competition is an opportunity to be recognized by famous universities from the world.
E.Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems.
F.The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.
G.They are also guaranteed an offer of employment with IBM.
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Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Contest

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Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest

Deadline: April 2, 2023

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Alpine Fellowship Poetry Contest

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Submission requirements: They accept 5 poems (maximum 10 pages) in 1 single document. They do not accept works that have been previously published.

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【小题1】Where can you see your works if you win the Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Contest?
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The Festival of Cultures
August 11 – 14
City Park
The Festival of Cultures is an annual event to celebrate the wide range of cultures found in our great state. People representing 40 cultural groups will share their traditions and customs. Here are just a few of the festival's many activities.
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