By Candace Lombardi
CNET News.com April 14, 2006 A team of Russian college students has captured a top programming prize.
Saratov State University placed first, with four other Russian schools in the top 10 in the 2006 Associate for Computer Machinery's International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC). Seven of the top 10 teams were from Europe, and just one from the United States: MIT placed 8th, managing to solve 5 of the 10 problems in less than 14 hours. The poor U.S. showing could provide new fuel for the debate over whether U.S. computer programmers lag behind the rest of the world when it comes to talent. |
AP
April 17, 2006 INGLEWOOD, Calif. - A principal trying to prevent walkouts during immigration rallies inadvertently introduced a lockdown so strict that children weren't allowed to go to the bathroom, and instead had to use buckets in the classroom, an official said.
Worthington Elementary School Principal Angie Marquez imposed the lockdown March 27 as nearly 40,000 students across Southern California left classes to attend immigrants' rights demonstrations. Marquez apparently misread the district handbook and ordered a lockdown designed for nuclear attacks. |
by Shihoko Goto
UPI Senior Business Correspondent Apr 17, 2006 Washington - Can robots do the dirty work most Americans don't want to do and meet some of the low-wage labor shortage facing the United States? Or better still, could robotic technology be part of the solution to the immigration conundrum that is facing the nation?
For some companies, the answer is a perhaps maybe. For accomplishing basic tasks such as household cleaning and keeping an eye on the kids and the elderly, technology may indeed provide a partial answer to the many problems that come with domestic service, at least at first blush. |
Ark
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