Knowledgements and Special Thanks To:

Special Thanks to Villanova

For bringing 6 strangers together and making them friends.
For providing memories and experiences that will last a life time.

Special thanks to Mark for.....

Bringing the team together and giving us a sense of direction.
Keeping Dr. Lewis in line.
Integrating every ones code when the team lost team members.
Keeping us all informed through NUMEROUS emails.
Providing the great communication channel. (Broadcasting most e-mails)
Keeping Karen informed on what she needed to do with the Page Manager so that it would work with everyone else.
Providing the great wisdom (usually in the form of wise cracks)
Buying the computer that supported our entire team.
Providing status' to keep the entire project abreast of progress as well as issues.
Making the tough calls on which features were in and which were out, when the deadline was near.
Ftp'ing the software package.

Special Thanks to Chris.....

Worked the hardest out of all of us.
Who stayed up late the entire last week to get the project done.
For providing us with all communication functions we needed, even on the last Saturday morning at 4:00 AM when we decided to shift paradigms.
His constant pursuit of perfection, which helped make this program as good as possible.
For testing in the wee hours of the last Sunday morning.
For many of the fundamental design decisions that shaped this project.

Special Thanks to Sharon.....

For taking over the team, motiviating us with her speech, and providing the direction and leadership we needed to get to the end.
If it wasn't for her, the last 24 hour effort put in by the team from Sat - Sun would not have happened.
For it was her idea to keep at the file problem until a solution was reached.
It was Sharon who came up with the 10 room idea.
For keeping Mark from falling asleep.
Driving everyone two and from Mark's house 5 times in 2 days.
For the bitmaps images.

Special Thanks to Dharma.....

Dharma's relentless pursuit of images, we know have bitmaps in the Tool Kit.
For saving the day for Graham with text by putting his reputation on the line.
For getting all that cool shape stuff in our application.
For always keeping calm, always keeping things in perspective when the rest of use were crazy.
For his last hour heroics in fixing color with the images in the Tool Kit.

Special Thanks to Graham for.....

VERSION CONTROL!!!! Saved our butts on many occasions. All the backups.
All the HTML files.
Getting us computers all the time so that we could work and be productive.
The text object.
Feeding us on the late nights at Mendel Hall.
For Documenting all the code.
Making all the code look pretty.
Baking care of all the code after each meeting.
Being Graham.

Special Thanks to Karen for.....

Pulled out some last minute modifications on the last Saturday on the phone despite personal difficulties in her life...
Driving 2 hours every Monday just to help out...
Driving 2 hours practically everyday of the last week to help out the team.
Direct to Page 1. The awesome Page Manager which she wrote from talking and e-mails from the rest of the team

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