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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Richardson High School robotics team won the |
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national championship at the 2007 Bots IQ competition held in |
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Miami, Florida; and |
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WHEREAS, Created by the producers of the popular BattleBots |
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television series, the Bots IQ competition showcases robots that |
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have been designed, built, and tested by middle-school through |
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college-age students; and |
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WHEREAS, The Richardson team and its robot, "The Blender," |
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adroitly outperformed the 40 other schools in the competition to |
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win Best Engineered and first place overall in the high school |
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category; and |
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WHEREAS, The victorious members of the Richardson team |
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include Matt Tavares, Jonathan Hancock, Scott Mikus, Senai Andai, |
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and Alex Kollaja, all of whom benefited greatly from the guidance of |
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magnet robotics teacher Max Morales; and |
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WHEREAS, The ingenuity and determination of the Richardson |
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High School robotics team are truly remarkable, and it is most |
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fitting that we commend these talented students as they celebrate |
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their exciting achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the members of the Richardson High |
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School robotics team on their triumph at the 2007 Bots IQ |
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competition and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Hill |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2631 was adopted by the House on May |
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25, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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