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VOL. 36 | NO. 8 | Friday, February 24, 2012
Solar deal means more meals for Second Harvest
By Hollie Deese
When Nashville-based Silicon Ranch approached the Second Harvest Food Bank about a partnership that would cost them no money but save plenty, it seemed like too good a deal to pass up.
Silicon Ranch wanted to install solar panels on the roof of their Great Circle Road facility at no cost. Instead, the estimated annual 2600 kilowatt hours harvested from the 840 panels would be returned to the grid, and the TVA would issue energy credits. Silicon Ranch and Second Harvest would each get a portion of those credits.
Second Harvest went for it, the panels were installed, and on March 3 the site will begin harvesting solar energy and transmitting it to the TVA.
"Our leadership team had been looking at some cost-saving measures to reduce our operating and utility expenses, so it really dovetails nicely into some of the different things we were looking into with cost savings," says Tasha Kennard, spokeswoman for Second Harvest. "With this there were no installation fees, no maintenance fees. It was literally zero work from us other than a few meetings with them."
Kennard says the money saved will be reinvested into food distribution.
"Each year that we harness this energy we will be able to provide, at minimum, 480,000 meals into our 46-county service area as a result." She says they currently distribute around 15,000 meals a year. "Adding half a million to that is significant."
"For non-profits, this is a very easy solution to help further your mission," she adds. "If you have a facility that can host a grid type project, it is definitely worth looking into."
Silicon Ranch Corporation is located on the roundabout and has been in operation for about a year. It is currently constructing a 1.4 megawatt solar power plant in Pulaski, the largest privately-owned solar installation in the state.
As with many local non-profits, funds have been tight for the past few years. Kennard says Second Harvest is open to more partnerships that benefit its mission and the environment. Their biggest cause for concern is finding a better way of disposing the large amounts of food waste they have.
"Food banks across the United States deal with a lot of waste in terms of the packaging that we receive products in, and the food that we receive that can't be distributed because of its date," she says. "We have to discard that."
The right composting solution has not yet been found. And since Second Harvest is a manufacturing facility, a large amount of vegetable oil needs to be discarded each month.
"We are looking at possible partnerships to turn that into biodiesel fuel, but we haven't selected a partner in either the composting or biodiesel yet," Kennard says.


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So the chief minister at Delhi is also looking to get advantage of the situation, naturally. As the emperor was no more, the chief minister have declared the nephew of the late emperor Alamgir as the next emperor, who can work under his influence as a puppet. This will of course irk anger in the eldest son of the emperor, Ali Gauhar, as the eldest son is always considered as the successor of the throne.
Ali Gauhar took his stand and does what he can.
Here, Najib-Ud-Daula meets Sardar Barkhurdar Khan, the commandant of Ahmed Shah Abdali. Barkhurdar Khan gave the news to Najib that Abdali not only reached at the borders of Hindustan (India) but conquered the areas of Punjab. Happy Najib confirms him that he will come with his army to meet Abdali at a certain place in Punjab. Now the situations are in favor of Najib and the possibilities of him being the ruler at Delhi are almost 100%. Najib still have one more target in his mind, Shuja-Ud-Daula, the count of Avadh. In addition to the Marathas, Najib considered count of Avadh also as one of his enemies and was willing get him defeated as well! The lust for the power, the hunger for the authority makes one thinking all the other powerful fellows are his enemies!
The Maratha soldiers were talking about the situation at Delhi. It is a the headquarter of a sultanat where there is no army or no money and two emperors claiming the throne. What worse could be possible? Abdali have attacked at the right time (for him). The only positive supporter of the sultanat is the peshwa. They were also discussing what possible stand other rulers like the Jaat king and count of Avadh etc. will take. A bitter truth was told by one soldier that it will came to know later that who is supporting whom, when there will be a battle with the army of Abdali; but as of now the biggest problem is that the Indian rulers are not united and fighting against each other (in stead of fight the attacker).
The commandant of the Maratha army, Dattaji Scindia (Shinde/Schindia) met Ganpatrao, the messenger from Delhi and get aware with the situation. As the army sent by Peshwa is on the way but its whereabouts were unknown and Dattaji should not expect any Mughal soldier helping them, as they are currently having the tricky situations. The count of Avadh took the neutral stand so he also cannot be expected to help the army. The summary is the situation was tough for the army led by Dattaji, they were stuck between Punjab and Delhi. The only action they can take (in addition to get prepared for the war and take wise decisions) is to inform the ambassador of Peshwa in Avadh to not let Najib and Shuja-Ud-Daula meet; because it can make the situation even worst.
Tukoji and Jankoji were on the way towards Najib's territory and Mahadji went towards Abdali's way, to collect the latest whereabouts for all them. There enters Mahadij Shinde, the protagonist with a BANG. The persona and acting of Shabaaz Khan as Mahadji is first rate. In addition the actors playing Najib, Dattaji, Tukoji, Jankoji are great too. It balances the poor acting by the actors playing princes of Mughal emperor and some other characters in their court. Mahadji encountered with a group of soldiers of Abdali and what happened next is better to watch on screen.
Mahadji see the large army of Abdali is coming towards them and Tukoji and Jankoji see Najib's army is on the way too. What will happen now? The small unit of Maratha army lead by Dattaji (and forced with Mahadji, Tukoji and Jankoji) is waiting for the army sent by Peshwa, which is on the way but no whereabouts of the same is known yet. Najib and Abdali came fully prepared and outnumber them by far distance. No help from Delhi or Jaat king Surajmal can be expected and the count of Avadh is neutral. The situation is not good for them at all. We will keep reviewing the events followed….


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Germany Offers Aid to Soviet Republics
ALMA ATA, USSR
GERMANY will give the Soviet Union 7,000 trucks from the former East German Army to help ease its transportation problems, German Finance Minister Theo Waigel said.Mr. Waigel, on a three-day visit to the Soviet Union, told reporters the German government wanted to give trucks from remaining East German Army stocks to Moscow and some republics. Germany will give the Ukraine 800 trucks and send medical aid, he said after meeting Ukrainian Premier Vitold Fokin in Kiev Sept. 23. The Ukraine needs animal fodder and soybeans to help solve pressing supply problems for the coming winter, he told reporters while flying to Alma Ata in Kazakhstan, where he met the republic's President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Waigel said that Mr. Fokin said the Ukraine wanted to play a constructive role in forming the new Soviet Union and would take responsibility for some Soviet debts. He did not elaborate.
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Project Great Indian Bustard
The Supreme Court (SC) recently requested that the Centre review the concept of 'Project Great Indian Bustard (GIB)' to save endangered birds.
The Supreme Court established a three-member committee to evaluate the feasibility of laying high-voltage underground power cables.
The committee was directed by the SC to submit an updated status report on steps taken to protect the GIB.
Project GIB is similar to 'Project Tiger,' which was launched in 1973 to save big cats.
Demands of the Supreme Court:
It requested reports from the chief secretaries of Rajasthan and Gujarat on the following topics:
the installation of bird diverters in priority areas
All bird diverters must meet the quality standards set by the court-appointed committee.
Determine the total length of transmission lines in the two states where electric wires must be undergrounded to prevent the electrocution of birds.
About Great Indian Bustard:
It is the most critically endangered bird species in India.
It is most common in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
One of the world's heaviest flying birds, found only on the Indian subcontinent.
Rajasthan's State Bird
Extinction:
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) 2021 report, they are on the verge of extinction, with only 50 to 249 remaining.
Ardeotis nigriceps (scientific name)
It's a large bird with brown and white feathers and a black crown and wing markings. It is one of the world's heaviest birds.
Males have whitish necks and underparts with black breast bands that are narrow.
Females are smaller, have a greyer neck, and usually have no or an incomplete breast band.
Arid grasslands, untamed.
Most GIBs were discovered in Jaisalmer and the Indian Army-controlled field firing range near Pokhran, Rajasthan.
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh are among the other states.
The species is found in the Indian Subcontinent, with former strongholds in the Thar desert in the northwest and the Peninsula's Deccan tableland.
This species lives in flat or gently undulating arid and semi-arid grasslands with scattered short scrub, bushes, and low-intensity cultivation.
According to Wildlife Institute of India research, there are approximately 150 Great Indian Bustards left in the country, with approximately 128 birds in Rajasthan and less than 10 birds each in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka.
This year has seen a total of seven bustard deaths (2022).
The IUCN classification for this species is Critically Endangered.
Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act.
Hunting, agricultural intensification, and power lines are all threats to the bird.
It has an extremely small population that has been rapidly declining.
Widespread hunting for sport and food hastened its demise, which has been accelerated by vehicular access to remote areas.
High-intensity poaching persists in Pakistan, and egg collecting was common in many states during the early nineteenth century.
The current threats, however, are primarily caused by:
Habitat loss and degradation as a result of widespread agricultural expansion and mechanisation of farming.
Irrigation, roads, electricity pylons, wind turbines, and constructions are examples of infrastructure development.
Industrialization and mining
Habitat management that is well-intentioned but misguided.
The absence of community support.
According to the Wildlife Institute of India, high-tension wires from power companies are a major threat factor, killing about 15% of the GIB population due to collisions with power lines.
Indian Initiatives for GIB Protection
'An Integrated Approach to Habitat Improvement and Conservation Breeding of the Great Indian Bustard':
The Ministry with financial support from National Authority for Compensatory Afforestation Funds has sanctioned an outlay of Rs. 33.85 crores for the duration of five years for the program titled 'Habitat Improvement and Conservation Breeding of Great Indian Bustard-an integrated approach.
The objective :
to build up the captive population of Great Indian Bustard and to release the chicks in the wild for increasing the population and also to promote in-situ conservation of the species.
The Ministry has also constituted a Task Force for suggesting Eco- friendly measures to mitigate the impacts of power transmission lines and other power transmission infrastructures on wildlife including the Great Indian Bustard.
The Great Indian Bustard has been included in Appendix I of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) on the basis of a proposal submitted by India.
It was also the mascot of the prestigious 13th CMS Conference of Parties held in Gandhinagar giving wider publicity for the conservation of the species.
Important habitats of Great Indian Bustards are designated as National Parks/Sanctuaries for their better protection.
The species have been identified for conservation efforts under the component 'Species Recovery Programme' of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS)-Development of Wildlife Habitat.
Directions of the National Green Tribunal (NGT):
NGT ordered a time-bound action plan for the implementation of mitigation measures such as the installation of bird diverters and their regular maintenance and monitoring by power agencies.
A Bustard conservation breeding center in Rajasthan has been set up in Jaisalmer.
Conservation Reserves: Great Indian Bustard habitats to be declared as conservation reserves.
Bird deterrents should be installed as soon as possible in priority areas.
It now requires an urgent acceleration in targeted conservation actions to avoid functional extinction within a few decades.
Develop priority-area landscape conservation strategies.
Consolidate identified core breeding areas across the species' range by establishing strict refuges during prime breeding months (March–September).
Systematic, country-wide population monitoring on alternate years for the next ten years will be used to assess the efficacy of these conservation actions.
Starting an ex-situ conservation breeding program as a precaution against extinction.
The local people and their active participation are critical
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By cassidy,
December 14, 2021 in Film, TV & Radio
DeciderVT
The Godless Left
My wife and I liked this up to a point but it just got too zany for us to love. I liked the slice of life stuff more than anything else, although Jenny Slate's weapon got laughs from both of us.
Good to see Stephanie Hsu outside Mrs. Maisel though. And Michelle Yeoh was good, too.
NickC
Has this been taken off Prime? I was halfway through watching it, now it's asking me to pay to see it.
Monkeyspill
1 hour ago, NickC said:
It's still got a Prime banner but it's asking for money. Weird because it's only been on Prime for about a week, I think.
For anyone else having this problem, there's currently 2 versions of this movie on Prime. The version that doesn't have the Prime banner on it is the one that you can watch using your sub
Something I realised about this film the other day (spoilers obviously):
It's basically the anti-Marvel movie.
You've got the whole everyone squaring off for a big fisticuffs fight at the end, but rather than it devolving to yet another film with a sequence at the end where superpowered characters hit each other really hard, it turns into a dance of possibilities with each "strike" being warped and redirected so that reality shifts around them and embraces them with grace and love.
It's great.
I wish I'd seen it at the cinema. I don't think I'd have found it too long on the big screen. As it was, it's 30 mins too long. Great, heartfelt, felt fun though.
Totally in stitches over
fight. I'd been laughing quite hard over switching methods prior to that point.
And as mentioned, it's an anti-nihilism, which a terribly nice thing.
Hmm. That fight was the point where I knew that I wasn't going to like the film overall.
It was far funnier just seeing the trophies lined up on the desk as a silly detail near the beginning.
For some reason it didn't get to Prime here until yesterday, so I watched it last night. All I really knew was the phenomenal word of mouth, so I had high expectations, which were exceeded. There's just too many bits to pick ones to mention. I had even somehow forgotten the dog until I read the thread just now. How is that even possible? While Yeoh was obviously good, Ke Huy Quan was unexpectedly great too. Hsu did well and obviously Hong's a legend.
Just finished this. It's a little too self-consciously wacky for me at times, and at least 30 minutes too long for its own good. Both of which weakened its emotional kick.
But (butt?)… it is incredibly vivid and imaginative, and despite its obvious touchstones, it's definitely its own thing. It also has a nice message and a huge amount of heart (and sex toys). The cast are great, the fights are fun, it was lovely to see James "Lo Pan" Hong still kicking arse at (checks Google) 93! (fuck me). I will also never not love the rocks scene.
@jonamok Yeah, I think the first rock scene is one of the best in the film.
I do think this film really benefitted from being seen at the cinema though. As I posted above, watching it again at home I felt it dragged a bit and you really lose some of the impact (especially that rock scene, where the huge vista helps sell the message of that moment.)
MarkN
Finally got around to watching this on Amazon Prime. Absolutely adored it. Loved the weird. Also loved the feels. Inspired me to keep being weird in the projects I'm working on (I've got a note written down to follow up on - none of mine go as weird as this, yet this shows you can get away with it - be weird!).
Raccaccoonie!
This was great, basically it's The Matrix but for middle-aged people who never really reached their potential.
Plus it was great seeing Data out of the Goonies, but as a middle aged man. Like the kid out of ET turning up in those "Haunting of" series and you go "is there something wrong with my glasses, nope, it's the kid out of ET but he's old".
I think it's better than The Matrix. The Matrix didn't have Raccaccoonie.
DarhkFox
On 03/10/2022 at 17:26, gone fishin said:
Ahhh that's who he was! I thought he looked familiar.
I ended up watching the movie last night, i guess i enjoyed it but i have to admit about 2/3 of the way through i started to loose interest as it started getting a bit too hard to follow.
I'll read a synopsis on wiki.
Uncle Mike
24 minutes ago, DarhkFox said:
Contender for worst ending of a post ever here.
On 27/10/2022 at 12:27, DarhkFox said:
it started getting a bit too hard to follow.
I get what you mean, I also found it a bit hard to follow - it didn't stop me thoroughly enjoying it, I must say, but:
I found it hard to get my head round the universe-jumping "logic". Sometimes she seemed to access other versions' memories and skills, sometimes she jumped into other universes, sometimes she teleported into cupboards… not that it hurt the film really, I mean come on it's all good fun.
Also I didn't get why she stabbed her husband with the broken glass?
How is it hard to follow? Please explain.
I guess hard to follow isn't the right word really, I followed the story no problem. Just the logistics of the jumping mechanic twisted my melon a bit 😅
1 minute ago, Pistol said:
I think that was the intention.
Finally got around to watching this on Prime.
Thanks, rllmuk, you came through again. Really enjoyed it - Michelle Yeoh is such a great actor. So many little touches and pastiches.
James Hong is a total legend. How many movies has he been in now?
Nick R
This still hasn't had a BR/DVD release in the UK, has it? Anyone heard any news on whether it's likely to get one?
I want to get a physical copy of it at some point, but ideally without having to get an imported edition.
HarryBizzle
I finally got around to watching this. Maybe this thread overhyped it for me but it wasn't as good as I would have hoped. There were some great bits but it's just a bit too all over the place and that got in the way of some of the emotional stuff landing for me.
Had a rough few weeks and found this on Prime, went into it blind expecting a fun action blockbuster and spent the last 15 minutes of the film crying.
Finally got round to watching this.
if I had watched this in 2022 it would have been my film of the year. Just a wonderful thing.
Mogster
I watched this yesterday, and had a bit of an odd experience. I enjoyed the start, but the film started to lose me a little around the mid-point when things started to get a little too silly. Then it pulled itself together to become something really clever and meaningful. I think I loved it overall, but not quite as much as I expected to.
I really appreciated how it was positioning itself as a sort of surreal take on The Matrix to start with, only to pull back from its high concept "save the multiverse" premise to become something incredibly intimate and personal.
Sidewaysbob
I watched this again with my father over Christmas. He hurrumped all the way through it and complained he couldn't hear it.
Then didn't get the ending. Which might say a lot about our relationship I suppose.
Nice to see Ke Huy Quan win a Golden Globe for best supporting actor for this. He was certainly the highlight of this for me.
Michelle Yeoh won as well. I'm a fan of hers but I didn't think this was one of her stronger performances.


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American Airlines reports strong profits for second quarter
American Airlines has reported a second quarter 2019 pre-tax profit of $882 million and net profit of $662 million.
Excluding net special items, pre-tax profit and net profit rose more than five per cent to $1.1 billion and $810 million, respectively.
Second quarter earnings were $1.49 per diluted share.
Excluding net special items, earnings per share grew ten per cent year-over-year to $1.82 per diluted share.
"Our team members did a tremendous job to deliver solid results despite a challenging start to our summer," said chief executive, Doug Parker.
"Their extraordinary efforts led to an increase in earnings and record revenue performance, and we thank our team for their expertise and care for our customers."
American reported a record second quarter revenue of $12 billion.
"These strong results in the face of near-term adversity, coupled with our ongoing initiatives, give us great confidence in the future of American Airlines," added Parker.
Excluding fuel and special items, second quarter CASM was 11.34 cents, up 4.8 per cent year-over-year, driven primarily by lower than planned capacity due to the Boeing 737 Max grounding and operational disruptions related to what American called an "illegal work slowdown" by the mechanics' union in an effort to influence contract talks.
Also today, American revealed it would be discontinuing flights between Miami and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, as of November 28th.
Currently the carrier operates three weekly flights in the market using a Boeing 757-200.
This means the only airline flying non-stop between the United States and Bolivia will be Boliviana de Aviacion, which also flies to Miami using a mix of Boeing 737 and Boeing 767 planes.
Ghim takes up vice-president role with oneworld
Goh appointed president of Dream Cruises
Znotins takes up key planning role with American Airlines
American reaches 737 Max compensation deal with Boeing
Construction begins on JFK Terminal 8 upgrade
New chief diversity officer for American Airlines
American Airlines signs Royal Air Maroc codeshare deal
American launches passport scanning in updated app
American Airlines to launch 20 new routes next summer
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42nd INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD
Report by Imre Leader (UK Team Leader)
This is a report on the 42nd International Mathematical Olympiad, which was held in Washington D.C. in July 2001. The IMO is the pinnacle of excellence in mathematics for school pupils the world over. Every year, around 80 countries each send a team of 6 contestants to the IMO. There they sit two 4½-hour exams, each containing just three questions. Medals are awarded for good performances. This year the host country was America, which had last hosted an IMO 20 years ago.
Let us start with some of the events leading up to the IMO. The selection of the team started with the Senior Mathematics Challenge, a multiple-choice paper with more than 50000 entries, taken in November 2000. The SMC lasts 90 minutes, and consists of 25 questions, of which the first 15 are meant to be widely accessible and the last 10 rather more testing. Based on their performance in the SMC, around 800 contestants proceed to the next round, the BMO1. This is a far, far harder paper, containing just 5 questions to be done in 3½ hours. Anyone who solves a BMO1 question has reason to feel pleased with himself/herself! The BMO1 is held in mid-January, and is followed by an amusing weekend in which 20 or so academics, teachers and ex-olympians gather together to mark the scripts.
After BMO1, about 100 pupils qualify for BMO2, which is a still harder exam, consisting of 4 questions to be attempted in 3½ hours. Based on BMO2, 20 pupils are selected for the Trinity Training Session at Easter – these 20 include those who we feel are realistic contenders for the team, and also some younger pupils who we believe are good prospects for the future.
The Trinity Training Session is an extremely intense and exciting experience for everyone. It lasts four days. For the first three days, the students have a variety of sessions, some taught to the whole group of 20 and some taught in groups of 6 or 7. The emphasis is on the students trying problems: the actual amount of 'lecturing' is kept to a bare minimum. The final day is by contrast rather different. The main event is the last of the selection exams, the Final Selection Test. The FST is designed to resemble a real IMO paper: there are just 3 questions, and the time allowed is 4½ hours.
In the next day or so, a squad of 9 is selected. The choice is based on performance in FST, BMO2 and BMO1, and also on how the students have performed during the Training Session. The 9 are notified within a few days of leaving Trinity, and they then embark upon the penultimate, and in some ways most gruelling, part of the selection. This is the dreaded Correspondence Course. Each week to 10 days, the students are sent a sheet of about 8 hard problems. They send in their solutions, which are marked by the Leader (myself) and the Deputy Leader (Richard Atkins, Head of Maths at Oundle).
In usual years, after about five rounds of this the team of six are chosen. This year, however, there was an extra training session. The whole squad came back to Trinity, scene of their triumph in April, for an extra four days of training in late May. The last two mornings of this consisted of exams, each of the same format as the FST (the main problem being what to call two exams that come after the 'Final' Selection Test – we eventually settled on 'Team Selection Tests'!).
Shortly after this had finished, the team of six was chosen, with the other three acting as reserves. Of course, the three reserves contribute immeasurably to the success of the team, as their presence during the training course and exams has forced people to work hard for their places in the team!
This year, the squad of 9 was as follows.
Nathan Bowler (Knutsford High School)
Hannah Burton (City of London School for Girls)
Edward Catmur (Hinchley Wood Secondary School)
Stuart Haring (Haberdashers' Aske's)
Paul Jefferys (Berkhamsted Collegiate School)
David Loeffler (Cotham School)
Robert Backhouse (King Edward VI Camp Hill School)
James Cranch (Elizabeth College)
Andrew Fisher (Eton College)
None of these 9 had been to an IMO before, although Hannah had been on the squad last year, as one of the reserves.
Next came the IMO itself. The IMO, for the students, was to start in Washington on July 3rd, but the Team Leaders flew in two days early, to select the questions that would be used. Each country has the right to submit some questions (months in advance); the host country then narrows these down to a short-list of about 25 questions, and it is from these that the six must be chosen. For those few days, the Leaders were kept in a hotel at the other end of Washington, far from the where the students were staying – in fact, they were allowed no contact at all with the teams or the Deputy Leaders until the last exam had finished, for obvious reasons! This year, the Leaders met in a nice hotel near the White House.
Some countries send an 'Observer' with the Leader or Deputy: this is usually someone who will do the job in a later year, and is coming along to see how things work. This year, however, things were very different for the UK, as we will be hosting the IMO ourselves in 2002. For this reason, we sent plenty of Observers.
The Jury chose the questions, and supervised the various translations. This year, 83 countries participated, which necessitated more than 50 languages. The Jury consists of all the 83 Leaders: as one can imagine, a committee of this size is a rather curious animal, but it does seem to reach sensible decisions most of the time.
Meanwhile, the team, led by Richard Atkins, had arrived in Washington, and moved to George Mason University, where they would be staying. After the Opening Ceremony on July 4th, there were a few days for the students to get acclimatised, with the actual exam dates being July 8th and 9th. There then followed a period of 48 hours of intense activity for the Leaders and Deputies. The Deputies join the Leaders at their hotel, to help with the marking of the exams (a considerable increase in luxury from their previous accommodation with the students). Each country marks its own students' scripts, and then goes to 'coordination' for each question: this involves meeting with two American mathematicians and agreeing on marks. Finally, totals are worked out, and the cutoffs for medals established. The rough principle is that the ratio of Gold to Silver to Bronze to no medal should be very close to 1 to 2 to 3 to 6.
After a day of socialising, there was a Closing Ceremony, at which the medals were awarded. Everyone flew home the next day.
Now on to the papers. Each day has three problems, to be done in 4½ hours, with each question worth 7 points.
Problem 1. Let ABC be an acute-angled triangle with circumcentre O. Let P on BC be the foot of the altitude from A. If , show that .
Problem 2. Prove that
for all positive real numbers a, b, c.
Problem 3. Twenty-one boys and twenty-one girls took part in a mathematical contest. Each contestant solved at most six problems, and, for each girl and each boy, at least one problem was solved by both of them. Prove that there was a problem that was solved by at least three girls and at least three boys.
Problem 4. Let n be an odd integer greater than 1, and let k1, k2, ..., kn be given integers. For each of the n! permutations a = a1, a2, ..., an of 1, 2, ..., n, let S(a) = a1k1 + a2k2 + ... + ankn. Prove that there are distinct permutations b and c such that n! is a divisor of S(b) - S(c).
Problem 5. In a triangle ABC, let AP bisect , with P on BC, and let BQ bisect , with Q on CA. It is known that , and that AP + BP = AQ + QB. What are the possible angles of triangle ABC?
Problem 6. Let a, b, c, d be integers, with a > b > c > d > 0. Show that if ac + bd = (b + d + a - c)(b + d - a + c) then ab + cd is not prime.
You are invited to send in solutions, enclosing an SAE please, to:
Imre Leader, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Rd., Cambridge CB3 0WB.
The countries of origin of these questions were South Korea, South Korea, Germany, Canada, Israel and Bulgaria, respectively. Although none of the United Kingdom's problems were included, two of them made the short-list: one by our veteran problem-setter David Monk (Edinburgh University), and one by Kevin Buzzard (Imperial College), based on an idea by Alan West (University of Leeds).
The team came away with a haul of four medals: one Silver and three Bronze. As a whole, the UK team's total score of 79 points (out of a possible 252) put us 31st of the 83 countries. When looking at such results, it is important to bear in mind that our training programme is tiny compared with those of other countries (most of which have training camps lasting one or several months, and in some cases even a whole year!). Here are the top 10 teams, with their scores:
China 225, Russia and USA 196, Bulgaria and South Korea 185, Kazakhstan 168, India 148, Ukraine 143, Taiwan 141, Vietnam 139.
Here are our individual scores, with marks per question:
Nathan Bowler 0 1 0 7 0 0 8 Hon. Mention
Hannah Burton 5 0 0 6 2 1 14 Bronze
Edward Catmur 7 0 1 1 7 0 16 Bronze
Stuart Haring 0 0 0 2 2 0 4
Paul Jefferys 1 0 1 7 2 0 11 Bronze
David Loeffler 7 7 1 7 4 0 26 Silver
Four contestants scored full marks: two from China and two from the United States. The cutoffs for medals were 30, 20 and 11 for Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively. An Honourable Mention is awarded to any student who does not get a medal but has managed to get one question completely right.
The IMO was a magical experience for the Leaders as well as for the Teams. For the Leaders, there was the wonderful initial 5 days of meeting as the Jury, all thinking and arguing about the problems and discussing different ways to solve the questions, then the unbelievably hard two days of marking and coordination, and then the last few days socialising with the team and other teams. For the contestants, there was the rather awe-inspiring arrival, being plunged among the best few hundred school pupils in mathematics from around the world, then the tension of the actual exams, then the sometimes equally great tension of waiting for the results, and in amongst all this the meeting with other teams from different parts of the world.
Perhaps the best way to convey some of the atmosphere of the IMO is to record my daily diary of some of the things that happened.
July 1: My check-in time at Heathrow is 9.30am, but a combination of London Underground strikes and Railtrack engineering work means that I have to leave Cambridge at 6am. I get to Heathrow at 9am, to find that the check-in queue is the largest I have ever seen at an airport (well, outside Russia, anyway). After one hour of queuing, I get to the front. I will be travelling with Geoff Smith (from the University of Bath), who is coming as an Observer because he will be taking over from me as Leader next year. As it is now 10am, and I have not seen him, I assume he must have got here super-early, but am told he has not arrived. So I go off to the departure lounge to wait for him.
Then the flight is called, and the plane starts to board, but still no Geoff. I pester the attendants, who can tell me nothing. Finally, when the gate is getting pretty empty, along comes Geoff. He has sauntered into the airport way past the check-in time – so late, in fact, that he has been whisked to the front of the queue and avoided any delay at all. I am green with envy.
The flight passes quickly, and we arrive at Dulles airport. We head for the large IMO placard, and are met by a bigwig – Dan Ullman, who is in charge of the whole students' site. He explains that everyone has to do meeting-flights duty. I meet three other Leaders, and then we are shown to our bus. We have a whole air-conditioned bus for the 5 of us. Geoff prods the driver into pointing out some of the Washington sites on our trip to the hotel.
The hotel, the Embassy Suites, is quite extraordinary. The entrance foyer is 9 storeys high (all of the corridors in the hotel look down over this foyer), and enormous – full of trees and a fountain and other interesting bits. Most impressive of all, this incredible space is air-conditioned.
I find my room, which is very large. In the bedroom is a wardrobe, but when I open it there is no space for clothes, as all it contains is a big television. This is in addition to the other television in my main room. Then I go back downstairs, to find Geoff still there. He has been told that his room is not ready, because there is no key waiting for him. We sit around, and then after an hour we suddenly remember that he is sharing a room with Adam McBride (our representative on the IMO Advisory Board, which is a committee that oversees things between IMOs – he has arrived a day early, as the Advisory Board always meet a day before the IMO starts). So we ask 'Has Professor McBride arrived yet?', and instantly everything is sorted out! Adam is highly amused when we turn up in his room an hour later than planned.
Upon arrival, we are given the booklet of shortlisted problems. So everyone is walking around in the foyer meeting old friends and at the same time trying to tackle some of the problems. There are lots of wonderful enticing questions, so we feel like children let loose in a sweetshop. At the back of the book are the solutions, and it is very hard to avoid the temptation to look there – this would spoil the fun, but more importantly it is very difficult to judge the difficulty level of a problem if one has just read a solution, rather than working it out for oneself.
The hotel has a 'happy hour', lasting for 2 hours, before dinner. It is really a 'very happy hour', as all snacks and drinks are free. Everyone thinks this is fantastic. Then dinner, with a large spread of things, buffet-style. The highlight is some grilled vegetables – courgettes and aubergines and squashes. We meet up with three more of our Observers, Angela Gould and Peter Saunders, both of whom will be heavily involved with the organisation of next year's IMO, and Bill Richardson, who will be dealing with the academic side of things.
Then on to more thinking about the problems. I have gone straight to one of the combinatorics problems which looks interesting. It looks as though it should be easy, so I think 'I'll just do this and then get on with the others'. Meanwhile, Geoff is looking at another combinatorics question, for which he has already found several proofs, and Adam is wrestling with a tortuous functional equation.
Five hours later, it is 2am and I have still not solved the problem. The only progress I have made is to upgrade it from 'easy' to 'difficult'! So I go to bed full of respect for the problem, but very frustrated as well.
July 2: Breakfast is an enjoyable typical luxury-hotel-in-America affair. There are eggs of every description, bacon, sausages, pancakes with maple syrup, about a dozen different kinds of bagel, and of course plenty of fruit. Then comes our first Jury meeting. After some formalities and welcomes, we are left for the rest of the morning to think about the problems. I meet up with the New Zealand Leader, with whom I had got on very well the previous year. I say 'I've been trying problem C6 for ages', and he says 'So have I'. So we sit down together, and in an hour have solved it – two heads are better than one. It is a beautiful question.
When we reconvene in the afternoon, the first thing for us to do is to establish a voting rule. The question is: when a motion is voted on, how should it pass? Is it if there are more votes in favour than against, or alternatively if an absolute majority of those voting are in favour (ie. the fors beat the againsts and the abstentions combined). Last year, we had had some problems when it was discovered halfway through that we had not fixed a voting rule, so here we are doing this first. The Australian Leader makes a speech in favour of 'absolute majority' (the latter alternative), and this is adopted (after a comical few minutes while we decide what the rules are for voting on this particular issue). Unfortunately, it becomes apparent within a day or so that this method of voting is really not very good: it causes terrible delays and blockages, and the Australian Leader remarks 'What is this monster I have created?'.
The only other thing on the agenda for the afternoon is a 'difficulty poll'. The idea is that each Leader should give a difficulty score to each question, so that a profile can be established of how difficult each problem is perceived to be. I think that this is far too soon, and luckily the Australian Leader, who is very efficient at stopping things being done at the wrong time, stands up and says so. So we have the rest of the day to think about the problems. I retire with the New Zealand Leader for more work.
July 3: After another excellent breakfast, down to business. Several of the problems are discussed, mainly with the aim of removing from the list those problems that have been seen before, or are too close to such problems. Some of the Leaders have an amazing knowledge of the problems literature. stretching back many years.
We hand in our difficulty poll sheets, and we then move on to the beauty poll: we each select our favourite questions, with the result that everyone can see which the popular questions are. It is becoming clear that there are some very nice questions on the list. During all this I am sitting next to the American Leader, who is full of excellent sense and also cutting remarks that leave me in hysterics: I am well entertained. The UK Observers at the back of the room are not allowed to vote in all this, of course, but that does not stop them coming forward and giving me advice as well.
After the Jury meeting, we go over to the boards showing which teams have arrived. Eventually, after an anxious wait (the team's travel has not always gone smoothly at previous IMOs), the UK box is ticked.
July 4: Today is the Opening Ceremony. Which means that, after discussions from 9 to 10.30, we break for the earliest lunch I have ever had. Then we board the buses to the ceremony, which is taking place at the contestants' site (this is very sensible: one wants to minimise the amount of disruption for the contestants in the days before the exam). We arrive just after noon, and are shown in to the upper tiers of the auditorium – with many guards about to make sure that we do not go downstairs, where the students are, by mistake.
Several Leaders lean over the balcony to catch sight of their teams, and we have soon established eye contact with Richard and the team. I shout down to Richard to throw me my T-shirt (Richard has got some special 'team T-shirts' made, but they had not been ready until the day before the team travelled). He throws it up, and (with Adam's assistance) I catch it first time. Then someone tells Richard off for communicating with the Leaders upstairs. We laugh at his being caught, but then we too are told off by security.
The ceremony itself is quite fun, despite there being ten speeches. Afterwards there is a reception, and then we are taken down to the harbour. We board boats for a dinner cruise to watch the Fourth of July fireworks (the contestants going on a different boat to the Leaders, of course). As we sit down at our tables, all is calm, and we are able to chat, but as soon as the boat starts to move the cabaret on board start up a song, 'Let's get loud', that I suspect is now imprinted on the memory of every Leader. The decibel level makes talking impossible. Luckily, the singers soon go off to a different part of the boat, and we are left in peace.
July 5: The morning is spent is discussing the problems. We finally start to try to put together a paper. We have decided that one of the questions will be G1 or G2 (two of the geometry questions), and now we must decide which. The motion is 'that we adopt G1', and the votes cast are 30 for, 38 against and 11 abstentions. So this motion does not succeed. But it is becoming clear how silly our voting scheme is, as a similar motion for G2 would fail as well! There is much discussion. The Brazilian Leader suggests that the next motion should be 'that we take a vote on G1 versus G2, with the larger number winning'. This is clearly sensible, but now of course the lawyers amongst the Leaders have a field day, arguing about whether or not this amounts to changing our voting system, and whether we have the power to change our own voting system, and so on and so on. At one point the above idea is made into a motion, but then someone wants to 'table' (ie. put aside for a little while) this motion. Chaos ensues, as none of the foreigners (and not too many of the English-speakers) have any idea what to 'table' a motion means. Someone gets up to explain, but gets it exactly wrong. Eventually, we do vote on a motion to table the above motion, although it is clear that most of the Leaders have no idea what is going on. The motion to table the previous motion fails (there is a majority in favour, but not an absolute majority!). So we do vote on the non-tabled motion, and this gets through easily. So we proceed to the G1 versus G2 vote, with G2 narrowly winning 40-38. We break for lunch.
After lunch, the selection of the paper carries on. The combinatorics problem I had liked so much, C6, is not chosen, but an equally good problem is chosen instead, so I do not mind so much.
Eventually, five of the six questions have been chosen, and we just have one number theory question left to choose to complete the exam. The possibilities are N2, N3, N5, and N6. Of these, many Leaders have spoken in favour of N3 and N6. The former is Kevin Buzzard's lovely question, and the latter is also fantastic: it is very hard (harder than N3, even), but hard in a non-technical way, so that it tests brain-power, not training. This is in contrast to N2 and N5: N2 is quite easy and N5 is hard, but in technical ways, so that a well-trained student will have a big advantage.
Several Leaders argue for N2, as they do like it, but it is clear they are in a minority. Some Leaders express worry that N3 and N6 are too hard in an exam that already looks difficult, but we try to reassure them that the elegance and non-technical nature of the problems makes up for this. After all, the way to make the exam accessible to a less well-trained student is surely to put in non-technical questions (and in a variety of areas, of course), rather that just to go by an absolute measure of 'how hard'. During all this, N5 is hardly mentioned, as no-one likes it (only one Leader has ever spoken in its favour), so there seems no need for a discussion of how unsuitable it is.
But now we vote by single-elimination: each Leader has one vote, with the least popular question being removed each time. First N2 goes, then N3, and now we are down to a vote between N5 and N6. Amazingly, N5 wins out 41-38. It seems that, in the heat of the moment, people worried about the difficulty of N6 had just voted for 'the other question left', forgetting how hard (and technical) it itself was. In the tea break, I talk to many Leaders who had voted for N5, and find that this is almost universally what has happened!
Once the exam has been fixed, we are told the countries of origin of the shortlisted questions – kept secret from us until now, to discourage 'political' voting. The South Koreans are congratulated for having two questions on the paper.
Now comes the preparation of the English-language version. The Leaders of the English-speaking countries go off to a separate room and try to couch each question in clear, unambiguous language. The most troublesome is Problem 3, with the boys and girls. Do we prefer 'boys and girls' or 'girls and boys'? Do we say 'at least one' or 'one' or 'there exists one' or 'some' or 'a'? Do we prefer 'was' or 'is'? Eventually, everything is decided, and we bring it back to the Jury for their approval.
July 6: This is a chance to relax, while all the foreign-language versions are prepared. There is some discussion about whether or not it is traditional for the heading 'International Mathematical Olympiad' to be translated. There is also some question about how, in each language, it is to be made clear to the contestants that there might be more than one possible triangle in Problem 5, and at the same time let them know that they are free to assume that there does exist at least one solution (this latter point is rather odd, but the Jury have somehow got it into their heads that that is the way the question should be!).
Lunch is a cookout, with amazing smells from sizzling meats. Our last remaining Observer, Béla Bollobás, arrives. Béla was a contestant for Hungary at the first three IMOs, forty years ago, and we have prepared him that things may have changed quite a bit since then.
In the afternoon, the fifty or so translations are displayed, and we wander around the room gazing at them. Some of them are works of art. Then we sit down for the serious business of the afternoon: the mark-schemes. Each of the six Problems has a Senior Coordinator, who comes and tells us his proposed mark-scheme for that question. This goes well: we are very impressed with how thorough and sensible they are being. So everyone is in a good mood when we stop for dinner.
July 7: There are no meeting scheduled for today – we have done our job a day ahead of time! So off we go to walk to the White House and see the nearby sights. Washington is pretty hot at this time of the year, although it is not too humid, so it is actually quite pleasant to stroll around. Peter Taylor, one of the Australian Observers, is taking bets on the predicted cutoffs for medals, and how many perfect scores there will be, and everyone joins in with this.
July 8: This is the first day of the competition. For the first half-hour, contestants are allowed to ask questions. These must be submitted in writing, and are then faxed over to us. When a question arrives, the relevant Leader reads out the question and gives his proposed response. The Jury may agree, or may choose to alter or even completely change the reply given. The most common reply is 'no comment'.
There is much hilarity at some of the questions. Contestants ask whether or not zero counts as 'strictly positive', and many ask for clarification of what 'for each boy and each girl' means. A contestant from Turkmenistan asks if he is allowed to have the Turkish translation, and of course the reply is 'yes'. But then it occurs to us that all that will happen is that the contestant will receive a response-sheet with the word 'yes' on it, so there is some frantic mobile-phoning to the invigilators to make sure the request is acted upon.
In the afternoon, we are taken to a reception at the National Academy of Sciences. This is in a very impressive building, with a huge statue of Einstein outside. The food consists of canapés, with the shrimp much in demand.
We have been told that the scripts from today will be getting to us at 6pm, so all the Leaders are back at the hotel in good time. The scripts have to be photocopied first, so that the Coordinators can have a look as well, and this is an enormous task. So, based on past experience, many old hands say 'We will be lucky to get the scripts by midnight'. But, to our amazement, at 6pm prompt the scripts arrive. It turns out that the Americans have employed a special firm to do this, who specialise in last-minute mass photocopying for lawyers!
I sit down with Geoff, Adam, Bill and Béla to open the envelopes, and what we see puts us in a very bad mood. The output is awful. David has done Problems 1 and 2, and Ed has solved Problem 1, but that is all. Three solutions out of a possible eighteen! Dinner promises to be miserable, but is cheered up by a quiz from Angela: we have to guess who the American public have just voted the top five pop duos of all time.
After dinner, we look more closely at the scripts. David's solution to Problem 2 stretches over many pages, involving both neat and rough work, and is full of comments like 'see page 13 for a proof of this'. At one point in the evening, we think his proof has collapsed, but five minutes later it lives again (he has done some calculations in a needlessly contorted way, but they are all correct). And we are also put in a slightly better mood by the fact that Hannah seems to have almost done Problem 1: she has reduced it to a trigonometric inequality, and stopped there, but luckily that inequality is not too hard to prove.
Meanwhile, Geoff is looking hard at Problem 3. There really is hardly anything there. He manages to find odd little bits that may, if the Coordinators are generous, be worth 1 point.
July 9: The second competition day. I am awake early, to look through the scripts some more. There may be 1 point for Nathan for Problem 2, but otherwise I am pretty sure that Problem 2 will get us four zeros. Hannah will get 4 or 5 or 6 for Problem 1, with the other three getting 0, and on Problem 3 all we can hope for is some single points!
The question-and-answer session this morning starts with embarrassment for the American Leader, as one of his contestants has asked a question (given how hopeless most of the questions are, it is deemed highly risible to receive a question from one's team). Unfortunately for those of us laughing, it turns out to be one of the very few sensible questions (just checking that n! does indeed divide 0). But suddenly the UK Observers rush up and prod me in the back, as to my horror there is a question from a UK contestant. It is from Paul, and it is not a sensible question. It says 'Haven't I seen this problem before, or am I wrong?'. To much amusement, I propose the answer 'no comment' (although in fact Paul is on the right track, as a similar question has appeared recently in the problems journal Crux Mathematicorum, where Paul had remembered it).
This session is livened up by two things. Firstly, Tony Gardiner, who is the godfather of most of the UK maths competitions, arrives, and is soon being greeted by dozens of Leaders. And secondly the Wimbledon final is reaching its climax, so that every five minutes or so Peter Taylor comes in and tells us the most recent fifth-set score.
As we finish our meeting, the Deputies start to arrive at our hotel. They are impressed at the place. We meet up with Richard, who tells us that he has had a difficult time trying to cheer the team up after yesterday's performance. Then off we go by bus to the contestants' site, to be able to greet the team as they come out of the second exam. Things seem to have gone a little better. Nathan, Paul, David and Hannah have done Problem 4, and Ed has done Problem 5. We are impressed at Ed, who has done the two geometry problems and nothing else, as usually geometry is one of the UK's weaknesses!
We have lunch with the team, and then it is back to the hotel to read scripts. We must be fully prepared, as coordination is starting the next morning. Richard, we are discovering, is an expert at losing his watch. He manages to lose it at least twice, until it turns up each time in some obvious place.
Geoff, Adam and Richard are working hard on the geometry problems. They re-read Ed's solution to Problem 1, liking it more and more each time (it really is a beautiful solution). Then they find a little bit of progress by Stuart and Paul and Hannah in Problem 5, and even more progress (although still far from a solution) from David.
Taking stock, it looks like David has done enough for a Silver, and Ed should be safe for a Bronze. The only other possible medal would be a Bronze for Hannah, if things go well at coordination.
July 10: We start the day with an early-morning coordination for Problem 6. Geoff comes along to watch (the rules are that one Observer may be present in coordination, although only the Leader and Deputy may speak). Everyone except Hannah has an obvious 0, so we quickly pass to Hannah's script. The key idea in (one attack on) this question is to interpret the given algebraic condition geometrically – in fact, when one has done so, and applied Ptolemy, it is pretty easy to finish off the solution. Now, Hannah has had the geometric brainwave, but has not thought of applying Ptolemy. This seems to me to be worth 2 or possibly even 3 points, as she has had the one non-routine idea. But the Coordinators offer only 1. We argue for the rest of our half-hour. Soon we are arguing with the Senior Coordinator for the Problem and all the other Coordinators as well. We decide to break, coming back a day later to sort it out (this is fairly common when a dispute cannot be resolved on the spot).
On our way out we spot the Poles, looking amused. They explain that they had prepared through the night for an 8am coordination, and arrived at the room only to find that they had misread '8pm'.
Soon it is time for Problem 3. None of the team have got anywhere, but the mark-scheme offers a very generous 1 point for a particular trivial observation, and Ed, Paul and David have made this observation. I tell the Coordinators that I am ashamed to claim these points, and they say 'Well, we are ashamed to offer them'.
On to Problem 4. Nathan, Paul and David get their 7s. Hannah has a misprint (she has misread her own handwriting), which should bring her 7 down to a 6 or a 5, but the Coordinators say that it is clearly a 6. Stuart has made a little progress, for which we propose 2 points, but the Coordinators say 'Here on his rough work is at attempt at an induction proof – if that can be made to work, it could be worth more'. So we thank them and go off to think – this is good evidence for the non-adversarial nature of the Coordinators! We are pretty sure that there is no possible induction proof. Béla, who is one of the world's most famous combinatorialists, volunteers to have a go, but even after spending an hour on it there is nothing! So we go back and agree to the 2 points.
Our last coordination of the day is at 10pm, on Problem 5. This passes with no surprises. We head up to the results boards to find out what the medal cutoff predictions are. Various people, most notably the Irish Deputy, keep track of every score as it is posted on the boards, and then try to predict things, based on the very incomplete and sketchy information before them. It looks like 30 or 31 for a Gold, 19 or 20 or 21 for a Silver, and 13 or 12 for a Bronze.
We retire upstairs to take stock. David has 19 points so far, with 7 to come on Problem 1, so that is a safe Silver. Ed has 9, with 7 to come, so a safe Bronze. Paul has 10, but there is no real progress in his Problem 1 work, so he looks like just missing out. And Hannah has either 9 or 10 (depending on what happens on Problem 6), with 4 or 5 or 6 to come. This is too close for comfort. We go back downstairs and ask the Irish Deputy 'How sure are you that 13 points will get a Bronze?', and he says 'Not very'.
So back to chat to the Problem 6 Coordinators. They tell me that the German Leader has a similar case, and has also postponed his discussion. So I go and talk to him, and we plan what to do the next day. Unfortunately, several Leaders with similar cases have signed (meaning that they formally accept the mark of 1), so it is looking as though an argument of 'Well, this is how we have treated similar cases' will carry the day.
July 11: Coordination for Problem 1 is right after breakfast. As usual, we arrange to meet outside the coordination rooms five minutes early, but Richard is nowhere to be seen. We rush off to find him, and there he is having a leisurely breakfast. He gets up from his seat, and Geoff and I say 'Good, come on', but it turns out he is only getting up for some more fruit. He does turn up, though, a full 10 seconds before our coordination is due to begin.
The Coordinators are very impressed with Ed's solution, which we have shown them first to get them in a good mood. When we get to Hannah, they offer 5, which we are happy to take, as it pushes her minimum possible score up to 14. The last script we look at is Paul's. He has done some immensely ugly coordinate work, rewriting the conditions and the conclusion in terms of coordinates but making no attempt to see why the conditions might imply the conclusion! Nevertheless, the Coordinators decide that he has 'engaged' with the problem, so they award him one point.
I check at the scoreboard that 14 is a guaranteed Bronze, and then go with the German Leader to see the Chief Coordinator about Problem 6. We tell him that we will accept whatever he says (in principle, it is possible to appeal to the Jury itself, but this is extremely rare). After much consultation, he decides that the 1 point will stand.
As the final results come in, it becomes clear that 12 will be the cutoff for Bronze. The rules state that 'no more than one half of all contestants shall normally receive a medal'. Now, half of all contestants is just over halfway down the scores of 11, but the Jury always interprets the rule strictly: there is no 'rounding down' (unless the borderline would include just one half of one person too much). We feel sorry for Paul, who will miss a medal by 1 point.
The final Jury meeting, to hear any appeals and decide the cutoffs, starts at 8pm. This is normally quite a short meeting, but this time there is some excitement, as the Coordinators have noticed that one of the countries (not a top one) has six more-or-less identical solutions to one of the harder questions. This is discussed and discussed, and eventually, at 2am, the matter is resolved. Now we must vote on the cutoffs. The motion is that 12 should be the cutoff for Bronze. There is a majority, but not an absolute majority! And people are now so tired that, when the next motion is for 11 to be the cutoff, it passes by a huge majority. So Paul has got his Bronze – we are delighted.
July 12: Today we have an all-day excursion to Baltimore harbour. We meet up with the team, and confirm to Paul that he has a medal (the 2am decision had come too late to be sent to the contestants' site). Everyone has a great time, visiting the science museum, with ultra-realistic flight simulator, and the aquarium, which has an incredible collection of sea-horses and some even stranger things called sea-dragons, looking like sea-horses with bits of leaf stuck on to them. By dinner time we seem to have separated. Geoff and I decide we need a nice meal, so we head for a seafood restaurant and gorge ourselves on clam chowder and lobster.
July 13: A lazy morning, spent shopping. After lunch, we head off by coach to the Closing Ceremony. There is plenty of talk about the 'medalling ceremony', which causes predictable jokes about towns in Colombia. Andrew Wiles gives a speech, after a standing ovation that lasts for several minutes. There are other speeches, a video clip of greetings from George Bush, and then comes the actual presentation of medals. This is a raucous affair, with the South Americans cheering wildly whenever one of their contestants goes up on stage. The whole event is handled very well – the Americans have put clearly put a lot of thought into what the ceremony should be like, and the result is impressive.
Then we are off to the Closing Banquet. I can't remember much about this, but I am told it went very well. Adam is ceremonially handed the IMO flag, for next year.
July 14: Departure day. We set off mid-morning to the contestants' site. There we have lunch with the team, before taking a bus to the airport. We have plenty of time to kill, so the team go shopping. Well, they claim it is shopping, but in fact all they do is go to a bookshop and read science fiction there. We have been assigned seats that are far apart, but at the gate Richard does a brilliant job of cajoling the attendants into reseating us, and when we get on the plane we are indeed one large 'maths block' of seats.
The not-very-good films help the flight pass, and we arrive at Heathrow early the following morning. Stuart has to rush off, to join his school cricket team in mid-tour, and Nathan is flying to Bolivia on a school trip the next day, but the other four can relax.
IMO2001 was a pleasure from start to finish. The Americans had put together an event that ran very smoothly, which is a real credit to all of their organisers and volunteer helpers. Dealing with 83 teams, this is a pretty remarkable thing to achieve. We are very grateful to all of the Americans for this wonderful two weeks. It will be a hard act to follow next year!
Closer to home, I would like to thank
all the pupils who took part in any stage of the UK competition
all the teachers who encouraged them
Peter Neumann, chairman of the UKMT, and Adam McBride, chairman of the BMOC
Alan West and Brian Wilson, organisers of BMO1 and BMO2 respectively
everyone involved with the BMO1 marking, particularly Christine Farmer and Brian Wilson
Christine Farmer for help in the hectic period between BMO2 and the Training Session
all those who helped with the Trinity Training Session, particularly Adrian Sanders
all of our sponsors, particularly Trinity College, Cambridge for hosting the Training Session and the Royal Society for hosting our September celebration
the DfEE for a grant covering travel to and from the IMO
Ben Meisner for producing the BMO 2001 booklet, copies of which are now owned by practically every Leader and Deputy
Richard Atkins for assistance with the Correspondence Course
Richard Atkins, Béla Bollobás, Adam McBride, Bill Richardson and Geoff Smith for all their help in America.
As always, I would like to reserve my greatest thanks for Tony Gardiner and Adam McBride for continuing to give me advice on the role of Leader. Whatever I ask them, I always receive thoughtful and useful replies.
This just leaves the squad of nine. They are bright, enthusiastic, and a pleasure to work with. It was particularly enjoyable to have them all together at our late May 'extra' training session. It has been a privilege to deal with them.
Nathan Bowler and Paul Jefferys will still be around next year. Of the others, Ed Catmur is off to Jesus College, Oxford, to study Maths with Philosophy. The other six, Robert Backhouse, Hannah Burton, James Cranch, Andrew Fisher, Stuart Haring and David Loeffler, will read Maths at Trinity College, Cambridge. We wish them all the very best for the future.
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/**
 * Utility class that handles conversion of time to string
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public class ConvertTimeToString {

    /**
     * Converts milliseconds to a formatted string
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     * @param dateFormat date format to be used
     * @return the formatted string
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    public String fromMillisecondsToDateString(long ms, String dateFormat) {
        SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
        String formattedDate = df.format(ms);
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In addition to breakthrough code reading, there are DataMan® products for every step of the direct part marking (DPM) process, including quality verification, and data validation. Easy-to-use and reliable DataMan products enable quality control solutions for applications that require the highest read rates for 2D Data Matrix codes—critical to product traceability.
Compliance… All units include contract compliant verification to the AIM DPM Quality Guideline as required for U.S. Department of Defense (Mil Standard 130) and the AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) B-17 Guideline.
Fully integrated design… All systems include easy to use software, integrated lighting and optics.
Certified calibration… DataMan verifiers includes a certified calibration target for establishing AIM DPM reflectance values.
Reliable and consistent… DataMan verifiers are easy to set up, use and provide reliable, repeatable results.
DataMan brings a "first" to industry... portability. This enables manufacturers to perform verification on the factory floor, rather than at a remote or fixed verification station. The combination of compliance and portability provides users with advantages that set DataMan 7500 series verifier apart from all others.
The DataMan 7500V incorporates 30 degree dark field lighting and is ideal for verifying nameplates and other flat parts.
Mechanical standoff ensures uniform illumination and a fixed working distance.
The Cognex DataMan 100V verifier allows users to quickly measure code quality to all current industry quality standards.
Integrated design provides users with an easy-to-use verification solution for reliable and repeatable results.
Contract Compliant lighting option available with the stand and integrated bright field and dark field lighting (as shown). This advanced lighting design with both 30 degree and 90 degree angle lighting allows the DataMan 100V to grade the widest range of mark types and surfaces including mirrored surfaces.
Verification to all industry standards including AIM DPM Guidelines, ISO15415 and AS9132.
To simplify and speed up the system integration process, Cognex offers a wide range of optional accessories designed specifically for use with handheld DataMan 7500 Series Verifiers and the fixed-mount DataMan 100 Series Verifiers.
The calibration card establishes a reference for part surface reflection values as well as reference for actual printed cell size of 2D codes. The card is NIST SRM-1930-90 Certified.
The standoff is inserted into the light pipe to provide optimized working distance for lighting during verification applications. It can also be used to provide consistent reading distance in non-verification applications.


The "986" is the lighter interpretation of a combination of acetate and metal. The typical CAZAL touch is achieved by the three-dimensionality of the temple metal parts. The logo in the acetate top line accentuates the front.


Blackmagic Forum • View topic - ATEM disturbing radio mic receiver. Should I be worried?
ATEM disturbing radio mic receiver. Should I be worried?
I recently added radio microphone in my broadcast system and the receiver (true diversity) is installed in the same rack case with the atem switcher. I noticed something odd - when the radio mic is off, the receiver produces loud noise, which is a problem, if you forget to turn it off from the audio mixer.
Yesterday I decided to play with the squelch settings and I was surprised there was no noise. But the whole system was off, so I thought maybe something in my system is causing the disturbance in the receiver.
I powered all the units in the system one by one, until the noise appeared. It was the ATEM switcher. When I move the receiver away, the noise disappears. So, there is no problem keeping the receiver away from the system, but should I be worried about the disturbance, caused by the ATEM?
And can this disturbance act the same way as wifi router (causing camera flicker, when the router is too close to my rack) ?
Re: ATEM disturbing radio mic receiver. Should I be worried?
Yes and Yes.. You should not have WIFI routers, Wireless mic receivers or transmitters in close proximity to the Atem. But also no Routers or other high frequency stuff nearby your MIC receivers..
IMO you shouldn't be using WiFi at all in a production.
WiFi isn't a pro spec solution its design was in domestic markets.
If you need to run over IP use gigabit ethernet on wired connections.
Even better run fibre, but I understand for many that would be overkill.


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Genesis – Chapter 18
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The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot.
Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground,
1 he said: "Sir, if I may ask you this favor, please do not go on past your servant.
Let some water be brought, that you may bathe your feet, and then rest yourselves under the tree.
Now that you have come this close to your servant, let me bring you a little food, that you may refresh yourselves; and afterward you may go on your way." "Very well," they replied, "do as you have said."
2 Abraham hastened into the tent and told Sarah, "Quick, three seahs of fine flour! Knead it and make rolls."
He ran to the herd, picked out a tender, choice steer, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.
3 Then he got some curds and milk, as well as the steer that had been prepared, and set these before them; and he waited on them under the tree while they ate.
"Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him. "There in the tent," he replied.
4 One of them said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah will then have a son." Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, just behind him.
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years, and Sarah had stopped having her womanly periods.
5 So Sarah laughed to herself and said, "Now that I am so withered and my husband is so old, am I still to have sexual pleasure?"
But the LORD said to Abraham: "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Shall I really bear a child, old as I am?'
Is anything too marvelous for the LORD to do? At the appointed time, about this time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son."
Because she was afraid, Sarah dissembled, saying, "I didn't laugh." But he said, "Yes you did."
The men set out from there and looked down toward Sodom; Abraham was walking with them, to see them on their way.
The LORD reflected: "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,
now that he is to become a great and populous nation, and all the nations of the earth are to find blessing in him?
Indeed, I have singled him out that he may direct his sons and his posterity to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD may carry into effect for Abraham the promises he made about him."
6 Then the LORD said: "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave,
that I must go down and see whether or not their actions fully correspond to the cry against them that comes to me. I mean to find out."
While the two men walked on farther toward Sodom, the LORD remained standing before Abraham.
Then Abraham drew nearer to him and said: "Will you sweep away the innocent with the guilty?
Suppose there were fifty innocent people in the city; would you wipe out the place, rather than spare it for the sake of the fifty innocent people within it?
Far be it from you to do such a thing, to make the innocent die with the guilty, so that the innocent and the guilty would be treated alike! Should not the judge of all the world act with justice?"
The LORD replied, "If I find fifty innocent people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
Abraham spoke up again: "See how I am presuming to speak to my Lord, though I am but dust and ashes!
What if there are five less than fifty innocent people? Will you destroy the whole city because of those five?" "I will not destroy it," he answered, "if I find forty-five there."
But Abraham persisted, saying, "What if only forty are found there?" He replied, "I will forebear doing it for the sake of the forty."
Then he said, "Let not my Lord grow impatient if I go on. What if only thirty are found there?" He replied, "I will forebear doing it if I can find but thirty there."
Still he went on, "Since I have thus dared to speak to my Lord, what if there are no more than twenty?" "I will not destroy it," he answered, "for the sake of the twenty."
But he still persisted: "Please, let not my Lord grow angry if I speak up this last time. What if there are at least ten there?" "For the sake of those ten," he replied, "I will not destroy it."
The LORD departed as soon as he had finished speaking with Abraham, and Abraham returned home.
1 [3] Abraham addresses the leader of the group, whom he does not yet recognize as Yahweh; in the next two verses he speaks to all three men. The other two are later (⇒ Genesis 19:1) identified as messengers.
2 [6] Three seahs: one ephah, about half a bushel.
3 [8] Curds: a type of soft cheese or yoghurt.
4 [10] One of them: i.e., the Lord. Abraham now realizes this for the first time when he hears the prediction of a miraculous birth. About this time next year: literally "when the time becomes alive," i.e., at the time when birth is due after the period of gestation; the conception is understood as taking place soon after the prediction.
5 [12] Sarah laughed: see note on ⇒ Genesis 17:17.
6 [20] Israelite tradition was unanimous in ascribing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah to the wickedness of these cities, but tradition varied in regard to the nature of this wickedness. According to the present account of the Yahwist, the sin of Sodom was homosexuality (⇒ Genesis 19:4-5), which is therefore also known as sodomy; but according to Isaiah (⇒ Isaiah 1:9-10; ⇒ 3:9), it was a lack of social justice; Ezekiel (⇒ Ezekiel 16:46-51) described it as a disregard for the poor, whereas Jeremiah (⇒ Jeremiah 23:14) saw it as general immorality.
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Creating digital artwork is what we focus on most at TUF Designs. We've been in the industry professionally for 30 years. Our focus is on vibrant and interesting digital art, in order to create unique pieces that stimulate the inspiration and imagination.
The process in digital art is like making other art and paintings. We choose the tools that we need; colors, paint, canvas; we have the idea in our head (sometimes); then we start drawing; the idea grows as we draw. We work on the art until it's done. Or put it away for a few days and jump on something else.
Below are just a few drawings that were created for my clinets. If you are interested in a custom drawing of your Custom truck, Old Pickup, Lowrider, COE, Food Truck or Semi, feel free to contact me.
I use a stylus with a pressure sensitive iPad tablet. If I tell the iPad that the stylus is to behave a certain way, like chalk, a pen, or a brush, it will. We choose the shape of the brush, how wet or dry the 'paint' is… whatever I want. I have millions of colors to choose from in the Procreate software, some colors can't be accurately printed because some of the colors are luminescent. But can be spot on if art is for the web. Painting on the iPad, is painting with light.


Hailing from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Ferry Corsten's illustrious career is exemplified by a passion for music that began as a hobby and spiralled into a full-blown profession, as he continues to push the boundaries of trance music as much today as much as he did in his fledgling career.
2017 saw Ferry place in DJ Mag's Top 100 poll for the 7th consecutive year, making him the longest serving Dutch DJ in the ranking, and with past accolades and new projects taken into account it's no surprise.
Ferry has been consistently at the top of his game since his sophomoric album under the System F. alias 'Out Of The Blue' in 1999, with the title track charting in the UK Top 20 singles chart, and the rapid rise during the early stages of his blossoming career continued with numerous remix requests, including remixes for U2, Justin Bieber, Moby, Faithless, Duran Duran and Public Enemy.
Ferry also partnered with Tiësto around this time for the now legendary Gouryella handle, a project Ferry relaunched in 2016 with the hugely popular 'Anahera' single, and later a Gouryella Live show gracing the stages of EDC, Ultra, Tomorrowland and more.
Ferry continues to break new ground in the trance world and beyond, demonstrated by his nomination for 'Best Trance Act' at the 2017 IDMA's, and recently completed his first film score for the mystery/thriller 'Don't Let Go', directed by David Gleeson and featuring Blade actor Stephen Dorff and Grey's Anatomy's Melissa George, which is set for release in 2018.


Tony Hawk's Big Spin Highlights Season of New Family Thrills and Fun at Six Flags St. Louis in 2007!
Focus on Family Entertainment Continues with New Coaster, Shows, Concert Series and Special Events!
February 12, 2007 — Six Flags St. Louis announced today a full line-up of thrills and entertainment for the 2007 season, focused on the family and highlighted by the addition of Tony Hawk's Big Spin, a unique spinning coaster the whole family can enjoy. This new coaster experience is designed for the entire family and takes the lead on a family entertainment package that includes a Summer Concert Series, new shows, fireworks and the wildly popular Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam Tour!
"Six Flags St. Louis was founded on family fun and entertainment," said Dave Roemer, Park President of Six Flags St. Louis. "Today we are more focused than ever on providing family rides, shows and attractions in an atmosphere that makes Six Flags St. Louis THE place to bring YOUR family this year!"
Tony Hawk's Big Spin is scheduled to debut on April 21, 2007, the opening day of Six Flags St. Louis' 36th season. The ride is designed with the look and feel of a giant red-and-black skatepark, and offers a full extreme sports experience, with monitors in the queue lines displaying highlights of the history of action sports; a large spinning Tony Hawk figure crowning the ride; and Tony Hawk's Big Spin merchandise available at the ride exit. Tony Hawk's Big Spin puts a new twist on the traditional coaster experience: Guests grab some air as they twist and turn in 360 degrees rotations while grinding through helices, wild mouse turns, a camelback and more on the rails of this 1,351-ft. steel coaster. With the opportunity to defy gravity just like skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, riders sit facing each other in a coaster car that simulates tricks and maneuvers while traveling up, down, and around the breathtaking curves...all while spinning round and round! The spinning coaster cars allow each ride to take on a totally different experience depending on the weight distribution of the passengers in the car making it a unique ride experience each time!
"After receiving such a great response to our Boom Boom HuckJam Tour at several Six Flags parks last year, I'm honored and excited to be part of this opportunity. On the Big Spin, riders will be able to experience their own spinning aerial moves whenever they choose," said skateboard legend Tony Hawk.
Standing at 53 feet tall and traveling at 31 m.p.h. Tony Hawk's Big Spin is suitable for kids who are at least 42" tall to ride with an accompanying adult, while kids 47" and taller can ride by themselves. Tony Hawk's Big Spin will be located near the park's new kid's area introduced in 2006, designed so that parents ride with their kids!
Six Flags St. Louis' commitment to family fun in 2007 continues beyond this exciting new ride to include shows, concerts and more. The park's show package includes four new shows, fireworks, street entertainers, story time with some of your favorite characters, as well as the return of its popular daily parade. On June 2nd & 3rd, Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam Tour makes its stop at Six Flags St. Louis, and will give guests an opportunity to see skateboard legend Tony Hawk perform all the tricks he has made famous. Then, beginning, June 21st, our Summer Concert Series kicks off featuring some of today's hottest tween acts every Thursday night at the Old Glory Amphitheater through August 9th.
This year, Six Flags St. Louis' Season Pass offers the opportunity to enjoy the new Tony Hawk's Big Spin, new shows, the Summer Concert Series and special events along with Hurricane Harbor for one low price. And in addition, purchasing a 2007 Season Pass to Six Flags St. Louis gives six lucky pass holders the opportunity to win their very own Dream Nite! Dream Nite winners will enjoy the party of a lifetime, as they invite up to 100 of their friends and family to celebrate an exclusive private night in the park with them. There is no purchase necessary to win. See Official Rules for complete details. Void where prohibited.
Six Flags, Inc., founded in 1961, is the world's largest regional theme park company. Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly traded corporation (NYSE: SIX) headquartered in New York City.


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Hermes Celestino González Flores, conegut com a Hermes González, (Asunción, 6 d'abril de 1935) fou un futbolista paraguaià de la dècada de 1950.

Trajectòria
Jugava a la posició d'extrem dret. Va fitxar pel FC Barcelona l'any 1957, procedent del Club Libertatd d'Asunción, on amb 16 anys ja jugava al primer equip. Disputà més de 40 partits amb el primer equip, dels quals només 5 foren oficials, 4 de lliga i un de Copa de Fires. Guanyà una Lliga (1959), una Copa del Generalísimo (1959) i una Copa de Fires (1958). A continuació jugà tres temporades al Real Oviedo a bon nivell.

Fou internacional amb el Paraguai, participant en els campionats sud-americans de 1955 i 1956. Amb només 27 anys abandonà el futbol per problemes físics.

Palmarès
 Copa de Fires:
 1958
 Lliga espanyola:
 1958-59
 Copa espanyola:
 1958-59

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Perfil a BDFutbol

Futbolistes internacionals amb el Paraguai de la dècada de 1950
Futbolistes del FC Barcelona de la dècada de 1950
Futbolistes del Real Oviedo
Persones d'Asunción

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The Result: Did not pass.
The Joke: Strippers could be no older than 28 and no heavier than 160 pounds.
The Real Issue: Human trafficking and regulating strip clubs. But not in the way you'd think. Havard was so bothered by the amount of government oversight included in a human-trafficking bill that he decided to up the ante for comedic effect. When challenged by other legislators, he quickly withdrew the amendment.
The Real Issue: The state of Oklahoma's definition of human life as beginning at the moment of conception, offering full legal protection to what's essentially a sperm and an egg.
Obtain a notarized affidavit in which at least one of the patient's sexual partners affirms that the patient has experienced symptoms of erectile dysfunction during the 90 days preceding the affidavit's date.
Be referred to a sexual therapist licensed by the State Board of Examiners in Psychology for an assessment of the possible causes of the patient's symptoms of erectile dysfunction and obtain a written report in which the therapist concludes that the patient's symptoms are not attributable solely to one or more psychological conditions.
Attend three sessions of outpatient counseling within a period of not less than six months after the drug is prescribed to ensure the patient's understanding of the dangerous side effects of drugs intended to treat the symptoms of erectile dysfunction and consider celibacy as a viable lifestyle choice.
The Real Issue: Access to abortion. "I purposely tried to make it as invasive, as intrusive, as hypocritical and unnecessary as possible to make the point," McLeod said. In South Carolina, women are required to jump through these hoops to get an abortion.
The Real Issue: There wasn't one. Hunter heard people debating about making women eligible for the draft, and he decided to force the issue by showing no one would ever vote for that.
The Result: Hunter was wrong. His bill actually passed.


Financial Need is determined by the Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) number on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). An EFC above 07500 requires an extenuating circumstance.
A minimum 3.0 unweighted state GPA or 675 GED score is required to be considered. Any applications submitted with a GPA below 3.0 or 675 will not be considered.
Character is provided by the letters of recommendation submitted with the application. We look for young adults who are involved in the community, have worked, and still maintain a high GPA.
Southern Scholarship Foundation has hard application deadlines of November 1st (for the Spring Semester) and April 1st (for the Fall Semester). Applications submitted after these deadlines will not be considered for acceptance.
If I would like to be considered for multiple campuses, what should I do?
Applicants who are interested in being considered for more than one campus will need to denote this information on the application. There is a section that asks for your top choice and other campuses you would like to be considered for.
I have been placed on the waiting list. How likely am I to get a spot and when will I find out?
Throughout the semesters, vacancies tend to arise at SSF. If and when this occurs, the Director of Student Affairs will carefully consider all wait listed students for any vacancies. SSF cannot guarantee that a spot will open. It is advisable for all wait listed students to continually check their email for updates. All applicants are encouraged to secure on-campus housing. SSF has a partnership with most housing departments. If selected for a scholarship, most housing departments will release you of your dorm contract with proof of acceptance into SSF. However, SSF cannot release you from an apartment lease or sublease.
All current residents are instructed to complete a Scholarship Renewal Application at the end of each spring semester. As long as the resident is not on Academic or Conduct Probation, completes the application on-time & correctly, and has maintained the basic scholarship requirements (3.0 cumulative GPA, EFC below 7500, and cooperative living within the house), the resident's scholarship is renewable for the following year.
All applicants must re-apply to be considered for the next semester. You will be notified via email when your application has been moved back to drafts. Once it is in drafts, you will again have the access to edit and submit your application.
For FAMU Residents – Does living on the SSF FAMU campus qualify as on-campus housing?
Yes, it does, and satisfies the first year requirement for students.
When you first log-in to your application there is a screen with three options Create or Edit Application, Add or Edit Recommendation Requests, Logout. You may have to logout and log back into your application to see this screen.
Who do I email with questions or concerns?
How much do I have to pay to live in the scholarship houses?
Upon acceptance to SSF, each student must pay a $300 reservation fee. The reservation fee is a one-time fee, paid directly to SSF, of which $150 is refundable when a student leaves SSF (in good standing). To live at SSF, residents pay a Food & Service Bill that averages $970 statewide and is paid directly to the house you are assigned. Each house has its own checking account to cover the household expenses of food, utilities, cable, laundry, parking, wireless internet, fire monitoring, and maintenance.
What if I do not have the $300 of the Food & Service Bill on move in day?
Each student must pay at least $300 to receive keys and move into the house. If you do not have $300 upon move-in you will need to contact the Director of Student Affairs as you may not be able to move in without it.
How do I pay my Food & Service Bill?
Each resident must pay their Food & Service Bill directly to their scholarship house using check or money order only. Please make all checks out to your specific scholarship house.
Thank you for your interest in Southern Scholarship Foundation and requesting a tour! You will receive a confirmation email within 48 business hours with the next steps. We look forward to meeting you!
Join #SSFAlum, Kathryn White (Polk house), as she tours one of our SSF houses and describes more about what it's like to live at SSF.