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CONTEST!!!   CONTEST!!!    CONTEST!!!   CONTEST!!!    CONTEST!!!
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Hi AVSers!

The International AVS Center's module repository 
has been very successful in its first year.  There 
are now just shy of 600 public domain AVS modules available 
for your scientific visualizatition use!  Thanks to 
all who have so generously shared their work!

To encourage continued submissions, and as a reward
for the modules already contributed, the IAC is
implementing a quarterly contest.  The author of the
"best" module contributed in a quarter will receive
his/her choice of $250 cash (U.S. funds), or $250 
credit towards attendance at AVS '93 ( to be held
May 24-26 in Orlando, Florida ).  Some of the criteria 
considered in a module's evaluation include the module's: 

	1)  Utility 
	2)  Uniqueness
	3)  Popularity 

These are not necessarily all inclusive or in any 
particular order.  The final decision as to who wins
the award will be made by the IAC.

The contest will be for three quarters, October 1, 1992 until
December 31, 1992, January 1, 1993 until March 31, 1993 and
lastly, April 1, 1993 until the AVS '93 conference on May 24, 1993.
Submissions for each quarter must be received before midnight on
the final day (EST).

We have selected a lucky winner for the time preceeding Oct 1, 1992.
For his many module contributions and their usefulness to the AVS community
according to our download statistics, we have selected Wes Bethel
from Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories.  We did not want the donations
for the first year to go unrewarded.  Wes, a check for $250 will 
be sent to you shortly.  Just in time to buy your holiday gifts!
Thanks from the IAC and all the AVS User community for your more than
many module contributions, including the following and more:

	animate_floa
	animate_inte
	animated_str
	plot_xyz
	plot_xyz_col
	read_irregul
	read_uniform
	add_coords_2
	add_coords_3
	add_cps
	byte_image_t
	float_image
	collage
	xform_field
	irreg_2_reg
	new_crop
	persp_field
	vec_mag_2d_v
	new_arbitrar
	bivar
	field_to_con
	scat_2d
	scat_3d
	dump_sunras
	dump_icc
	dump_ps
	image_2_icc
	output_color
	output_8bit
	write_irreg
	write_reg
	hsv_to_rgb
	rgb_to_hsv
	bin_field
	psfilter
	trivar
	LBL_bezier_v
	new_ortho_sl
	write_compressed
	read_compressed
	3D_axis

IAC and MCNC staff and their families are not eligible for the
contest.  Employees and their families from Advanced Visual
Systems, Inc are also not eligible for the contest.  All other
entries will be equally considered.  We are a non-profit organization.

Have fun coding, and thanks again for an extremely
successful first year!

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You can contact the IAC at:

	The International AVS Center
	3021 Cornwallis Rd
	RTP, NC 27709
	USA
	avs@ncsc.org
	(919) 248-1100

Send any mail message to avsemail@ncsc.org for an automated reply,
including our latest module catalog, user group information and 
readme files.

Please send us AVS related articles for the AVS Network News magazine.

Send requests for advance registration for AVS'93 to avs93@ncsc.org
and join us May 24-26, 1993 for an intense 3 day AVS Conference.

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   Steve Thorpe, Application Visualization System Specialist
International AVS Center, North Carolina Supercomputing Center
PO Box 12889   3021 Cornwallis Rd, RTP, NC 27709   avs@ncsc.org
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