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Winning entries will be published in <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Science</span></em> and <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Science Online</span></em>, and will be displayed on the NSF website.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=200 valign=top style='width:150.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC99FF'>Help spread the word by posting the attached flyer where interested colleagues and friends will see it. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></td><td width=20 valign=top style='width:15.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=302 valign=top style='width:226.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=302 style='width:226.5pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 3.75pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC3333'>Now You Can:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=302 style='width:226.5pt'><tr><td width=5 style='width:3.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=5 height=5 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsmedia/scivis_090111/images/bullet.jpg" alt=bullet><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=5 valign=top style='width:3.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Submit your entries online<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=5 style='width:3.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=5 height=5 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsmedia/scivis_090111/images/bullet.jpg" alt=bullet><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=5 valign=top style='width:3.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Read what the judges think about the entries<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=5 style='width:3.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=5 height=5 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsmedia/scivis_090111/images/bullet.jpg" alt=bullet><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=5 valign=top style='width:3.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Vote for your favorite entry--People's Choice<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=5 style='width:3.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 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