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"Africa belongs to the Africans; the sooner they take it back the better. But--a country also belongs to those who feel at home in it. Perhaps it may be that love of Africa the country will be strong enough to link people who hate each other now. Perhaps..."
Going Home is Doris Lessing's account of her first journey back to Africa, the land in which she grew up and in which so much of her emotion and her concern are still invested. Returning to Southern Rhodesia in 1956, she found that her love of Africa had remained as strong as her hatred of the idea of "white supremacy" espoused by its ruling class. Going Home evokes brilliantly the experience of thepeople, black and white, who have shaped and will shape a beloved country.
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Mississippi's impact on the Academy Awards as well as the arts world
At one point during the Academy Awards presentation last week, I was taken aback by the indelible mark Mississippi and Mississippians were making on the film industry at that very moment.
Sure everyone knew about "The Help", and wondered if the Kathryn Stockett book, then turned into a movie could pull the upset and win for Best Picture. And yes, we all were keenly aware of Octavia Spencer winning an Oscar for her role in that movie.
But, there was more — much, much more.
Our own Morgan Freeman — a winner of an Oscar for acting and a cast member of three Best Picture winners, not to mention his best movie, "Shawshank Redemption," which is recognized as one of Top 100 movies of all time — was the leadoff hitter for the show as a presenter.
"The Muppet Movie" (remember Jim Henson) won an award, and then the academy recognized Mississippi natives James Earl Jones (that's Darth Vader to my kids and Terrance Mann to me) and Oprah Winfrey (no description needed) with Oscars.
Their awards were part of the Governors Awards, which were launched three years ago.
With Mississippi in the midst of boosting its image among film big shots as part of a Creative Economy campaign, the state couldn't have had a bigger and more positive night in the spotlight.
I don't have any particular numbers to back this up, but I would suspect that Mississippi — per capita — had a bigger impact on the Academy Awards in 2012 than any other state in America.
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The first card is an ode to HappyHappyJoyJoy! Joy did a fun card this past Christmas where she used packing tape and glitter to make a special holiday card. I took this idea and a cut from Base Camp to make this card. I used a fun patterned paper to cover the tape work and give the front a white back ground.
Card number 3 is also from the Independence Day Mini. The moment I looked at this cartridge I wanted to use this cut. Every time I look at it the theme from Wonder Woman plays in my head! I sent the white layer through the Zyron and added seed beads to give it some added bling!
Last but not least card #4! I love the way this one turned out. I was hoping to find a blue paper that looked like denim but no such luck so I took my white chalk ink to the edges and randomly inked the front to make it look like a washed denim. I am going to have to use this technique again on a layout!
I sent the band through the Zyron and added bright red glitter to finish this cute hat card off!
It took my less than one hour to finish all four cards once I started pulling paper and cutting. I did the card designs and welding on the gypsy so that took about 10 minutes a card. Adding the glitter and bling took the longest amount of time but they were still quick!
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Railroad Days Committee members Donna Mills and Cindy Wood recently appeared before the city council to request support from the city for this year's Railroad Days.
In an earlier report to the council, Wood had summarized the previous year's Railroad Days finances, which had ended in a $1,500 deficit for the event. The city had covered that final outstanding invoice and requested that the committee re-appear after the six-month financial report.
Reappear they did. Mills addressed the council, "Total annual investment cost of Railroad Days—at least for the last couple of years—has been in excess of $30,000. We've trimmed everywhere we could and are trying to do economies of scale; we're working with John Steffanic, trying to piggyback on things that are happening at the county fair." She went on to say, "Our town, like many small towns, is struggling right now to hold on to the few annual events that market Portola as a visitor attraction. In reality, it's just not possible to put on an event of this magnitude without the continued support of benevolent local and corporate sponsors."
Even with volunteer labor and fundraising events, Railroad Days relied on merchant contributions and donations from private citizens and needed the support of the city of Portola, she said, but added that interest in the event has grown in recent years and Railroad Days had become "a signature event" for the town of Portola.
The Railroad Days Committee was working with Graeagle Plumas Alliance, the Western Pacific Railroad Museum of Portola, and other organizations to showcase the rail industry and its historical importance to the town. She requested support in the amount of $10,000.
Wood added that this year was the 100th anniversary of the first passenger train over the Western Pacific line and that the date just happened to coincide with Railroad Days, making it a part of a special anniversary train (see associated story) that would bring 400 people to the festival as well as a PBS film crew for the series "Tracks Ahead."
'Something special's coming through here," she said.
She added, "This is going nationwide on TV and will be good advertising for the following Railroad Days. We'll benefit now and then again when it airs on TV."
Council member Bill Kennedy said he would vote for the $10,000 grant, but felt that for the event to benefit the local economy, the local businesses needed to be open. He hadn't noticed they were making an effort to be open during the celebration.
"We've been hit by one thing after another. We've watched the doors of community stores and shops close and we've watched families move and this is something we can get excited about. There's an outside interest coming in and it's an opportunity," Mills said.
She pointed out there was currently no merchant group in Portola and the Railroad Days Committee now acted as an umbrella organization for businesses. She agreed stores needed to be open to benefit.
City Manager Jim Murphy said the city had struggled with businesses on this point for the past 14 years of his involvement. He said businesses did not feel the celebration benefited them, aside from lodging and food purveyors.
Cindy Wood pointed out the committee was in better financial shape going into this fiscal year than it had been in years past, and Murphy agreed.
Murphy also pointed out the city had given financial grants twice per year in the past, amounting to a total of $20,000.
Council member Curt McBride enthused, "We've got one heck of an opportunity with that train coming in August. We need to go national with this thing."
He made a motion to fund $5,000 this fiscal year, plus the $1,500 the city had covered from last year's event and another $5,000 in the new fiscal year this summer.
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Now you can sport your Colts team spirit with this Scrimmage backpack. Featuring an embroidered team name and a felt applique logo on the front, a mesh back, a large front pocket with a bungee harness, mesh side pockets, a cell phone pocket on the left padded adjustable shoulder strap, a headphone port by the top handle and multiple compartments with plenty of room for organization, this team-colored backpack is a must-have for any Indy enthusiast that wants to show off their team pride.
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President Clinton's second nomination to the Supreme Court is a man of difficult descriptions. Contradictory in many ways, Stephen Gerald Breyer defied simple classification, as a man and as a judge. The first son of a middle-class San Francisco Jewish family, Breyer eventually married into a well-established family of the British aristocracy. Though he possessed enormous wealth, he nonetheless lived a relatively simple life, riding the bus to work and mowing his own lawn. His peculiarities did not end with his personal life, but extended to his bench practice as well. As an appeals court judge, Breyer upheld parental notification for teenage abortions and rejected federal guidelines that prevented health officials at public clinics from advising abortion. A strong proponent of cutting government regulation, Breyer often justified his position, not as beneficial for business, but as being in the interest of the people. This sentimentalism could be viewed cynically. But in Breyer's case, however, these sentiments are genuine and reflect a pragmatic view with many mismatched results.
Stephen Gerald Breyer was born on August 15, 1938 in San Francisco, California. Only one generation from poverty, Breyer's middle-class family lived frugally. Breyer's father, Irving Breyer, worked as a lawyer and legal counsel for the San Francisco Board of Education. His mother, Anne, spent most of her time as a volunteer for the San Francisco Democratic Party and for the League of Women Voters. Although Breyer's parents sent him and his brother to religious school, the family did not observe their Jewish faith strictly. Instead, his parents pushed Breyer towards academic success. Anne Breyer also encouraged young Stephen to be well-rounded and avoid becoming overly bookish. She insisted that Breyer play sports even though he demonstrated little athletic ability. At a camp one summer, Breyer won the nickname Blister King for his tender feet. Still, Stephen Breyer persevered and achieved modest success. At age 12, he attained Eagle Scout and became known as the "troop brain."
Breyer and his brother attended academically prestigious Lowell High School, a magnet academy of the San Francisco public school system. In high school, Breyer participated actively in the debate team and competed against other notables such as future California governor Jerry Brown. School came easily for Breyer and he completed high school with only one B. By the time of his graduation, he accumulated many debating, math, and science awards and his class elected him as the "most likely to succeed." Both Harvard and Stanford accepted Breyer, and though Breyer preferred the former, he bowed to his parent's wishes and chose the latter. His mother had hoped to steer Breyer away from a narrow academic focus. At Stanford, Breyer achieved his mother's wishes more than she would have liked perhaps, when he was arrested for underage drinking. After Stanford, Breyer won a Marshall Scholarship to attend Oxford. There he picked up an interest in economics, which influenced his perspective as a judge. Breyer studied law at Harvard where he distinguished himself as an editor of the law review.
Justice Arthur Goldberg selected Breyer as his clerk for the 1964-65 term of the Supreme Court. Breyer helped Goldberg draft an opinion in the landmark right-to-privacy case, Griswold v. Connecticut. Although Goldberg's opinion argued for a right to privacy rooted in the Ninth Amendment, little evidence tied this belief to Breyer. After Breyer completed his clerkship at the Supreme Court, he worked in the Justice Department's anti-trust division for several years. During this time, in 1967, Breyer met his future wife, Joanna Hare, the daughter of England's Lord John Blakenham. At the time, Hare worked as an assistant in the Washington office of London's Sunday Times. Breyer married Joanna in England in an Anglican ceremony, carefully edited to remove references to Christ. His marriage greatly increased his personal wealth and Breyer soon left the Justice Department and returned to Harvard to teach regulatory law. His wife became a psychologist at Boston's Dana Farber Clinic. The Breyers enjoyed a comfortable life among the Cambridge intellectual elite and raised two daughters, Chloe and Nell, and a son, Michael. Breyer worked for a few months as an aide to Archibald Cox in the Watergate prosecutions. In 1974, Breyer accepted Massachusetts Senator Kennedy's invitation to work as legal counsel to the Judiciary Committee. In his time there, Breyer established a reputation for competence and fairness among the senators which may partially explain his smooth confirmation to the High Court years later.
During his tenure as counsel for the Judiciary Committee, Breyer worked hard to end governmental regulation of the airline industry. Breyer's complicated economic solution and efforts resulted in airline deregulation. Breyer's position and dedication already won him enough Republican supporters so that he received a seat on the federal appeals court with Ronald Reagan as president. Years later, Breyer once again influenced policy when he joined the U.S. Sentencing Commission in 1985. Sentencing guidelines became one of this century's biggest and most controversial debates in criminal justice. Breyer's work served as the basis for praise and criticism years later during his nomination. His supporters pointed to his hard work and told stories of the intensely focused Breyer forgetting to change shirts. Another story claimed that Breyer, so concentrated on his work, failed to notice that his co-workers had planted goldfish in his water cooler. His detractors, on the other hand, emphasized Breyer's technocratic tendencies and his apparent lack of focus for the common people. Among his opponents, most accused him of siding too often with the big businesses over the people in his history as a judge. Others criticized his sentencing scheme, which they alleged to have racially disparate impacts.
Still, Breyer's nomination proceeded relatively unopposed. President Clinton considered Breyer originally in his first nomination, but found Breyer dry and unfriendly, so he opted for Ruth Bader Ginsburg instead. In the second time around, Clinton picked Breyer. Breyer's supporters convinced the president that he had misjudged Breyer and urged Clinton to give him another chance. Breyer's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he once served, went off without a hitch. Only Senator Howard Metzenbaum pushed him on his pro-business stand, although Metzenbaum had gone on record for Breyer's nomination. Breyer's substantial investments posed potential conflict-of- interest problems, but the issue quickly defused. Breyer followed the path of his contemporary judges in refusing to answer questions relating to specific issues, arguing that he did not wish to bias future cases. Thus with powerful supporters in Senators Hatch and Kennedy and little opposition, Breyer became the 108th Supreme Court Justice in 1994.
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I have a 2020 blazer bay and it is taking on an excessive amount of water. I put a new drain plug in it due to the old one being stripped out. Still leaking somewhere. I fished for about 3 hours this weekend and when I pulled the plug it drained for hard for about 5 minutes. Not sure where the water is coming in at. I was thinking possbily the anchor drain but not sure.
The hull is in great shape and I have the livewells off and the valve is shutdown for the livewell. My bilge appears to be pumping very slow also. Any ideas or suggestions of what this could be would be greatly appreciated.


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Pet supplies retailer Zooplus grows web sales 35.5% in Q1
Total sales in 2015 are expected to reach $811 million.
The social network wants retailers to integrate its features into their sites.
I've never felt the need to buy a pair of jeans, a shirt, or really anything else on Facebook. From nearly everyone I regularly talk to about social media and e-commerce, that's the norm.
Few, if any, retailers who have opened Facebook storefronts where consumers can make purchases on the social network have reported sales, suggesting that the number of consumers who have bought on the social network are few and far between.
But that hasn't stopped a slew of retailers large and small—from multichannel department store chain J.C. Penney to online clothing seller StyleQ—from launching Facebook storefronts in the past few months. And they're not even the early adopters.
Those storefronts essentially duplicate the retailer's web site within Facebook. But those storefronts often offer an inferior experience to a retailer's e-commerce site because of the natural constraints of building a store within Facebook's confines.
That's why Facebook storefronts are not what the social network is after, says Ethan Beard, director of the Facebook Developer Network, who oversees a team that works to build partnerships with merchants and other businesses.
"We're not trying to recreate Internet on Facebook.com," he says. "In fact, I spend most of time working with people to socialize the web outside of our site."
What's that mean? That the social network knows that consumers like myself don't care to visit J.C. Penney's Facebook page, dig through their catalog to find a pair of jeans in my size and complete a purchase on the site.
Facebook understands that consumers like me are conditioned to visiting a retailer's web site when they want to make a purchase. We're similarly conditioned to visit Facebook.com to boast about the bargain we scored or the bad customer service experience we had. That's why Facebook is looking to leverage each destination's strengths via the Open Graph, which allows the social network to gather information about Facebook users both on the social network and from other sites, as well social plug-ins that allow retailers to add features such as the Like button to their sites.
The Facebook Like button is just one example of the many ways that Facebook is seeking to develop a more nuanced view of social commerce. By making it simple for a consumer to click that she Likes a pair of jeans, Facebook hopes that she does clicks the button so that that information is shared with everyone she's connected with.
I'm sure Facebook will continue developing more plug-ins and features like the Like button that retailers can add to their sites to encourage consumers to share. That's because it only makes sense for Facebook to do so. It wants consumers to share more information because more information translates into more content on its site. That, in turn, could lead consumers to spend more time on Facebook. And, with more consumers spending more time on the site, Facebook can generate higher advertising sales.
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bkarlan wrote:Where's Fred
+1 you have a record to maintain!
As the page loads slowly, I only see the Ardente bottles and I gasp; knowing that I just wooted for Wellington and broke my siwbm. The 97's already came up and I'm stocked on those, so I know it can only be one of two. The page loads faster, almost there, and then I see it. 02'. I'm safe, for now...
I have 3 of the 2001 that I haven't opened yet. I passed on the '99, spooked by the notes I read about its age. But 2002 is different. Can someone tell me more about what to expect from the '02 and to contrast it with the '01? Thanks!
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emmabean2000 wrote:Name should be changed to "Fred's Ardente"
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fredrinaldi wrote:LMFAO
So... You in? How many?
I'm currently traveling for work and have been randomly checking in on these woots, I missed out on a couple yesterday I wanted to try (after reading the comments) and now suddenly today I have the itchiest trigger finger when something pops up.... I now own this and that Wellington Victory from earlier. I think I should avoid this site until the coffee wears off more. But no regrets!
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fredrinaldi wrote:Hi-dee-doe, right here, my heart dropped when I pulled up WW after lunch, Someone working has a sick sense of humor knowing I'm about to cut up my CC. I got to think about this one.
I've got lots of the '97, layering in some '02.
Bring on the '01s, por favor
Hard to believe there's any of this, the '97 or the '01 left. They've been sold here quite often since first appearing. I love the '97. Haven't had the '01 or '02 yet.
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jme3101 wrote:Which years do you think are best?
i'm curious to know the same thing.. i've gotten the 3 pack with each year before and enjoyed one while not so much the others.. unfortunately, i can't remember for the life of me which was which while at work..
katc007 wrote:If Fred isn't buying, I'm staying out of this deal!!!
Fred's buying, Last Wooter to Woot: fredrinaldi Anyone in LA want to start a Wine Woot Aonymous ? I need help
My personal list is: 1. 2001 2. 1997 (very close second, almost tied) 3. 2002
bobrush12866 wrote:So... You in? How many?
Only one allowed, I tried.
I was a little disappointed in 1997. The 2001 was slightly better than the 2002, but both were excellent.
Look Fred, this guy popped his posting cherry just to comment on your addiction!
Not the first to say it, and I'm sure I won't be the last, but this woot-off is killing me! Last Wooter to Woot: InFrom Last Purchase: a minute ago
North316 wrote:Look Fred, this guy popped his posting cherry just to comment on your addiction!
heh, heh, heh Wow its been years since I popped a cherry, badda boom !!!
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fredrinaldi wrote:heh, heh, heh Wow its been years since I popped a cherry, badda boom !!!
awesome! lol
[quote postid="5354117" user="melmains"]I saw it get to 10% and could not hold out any longer. Which sounds suspiciously like what might have been said when the cherry was popped.
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Organizers of Hispanicize 2013, the fourth annual Latino trends event scheduled for Miami Beach, April 9-13, are inviting Hispanic journalists, marketers, bloggers, Latino influencers and professionals from the public relations, social media, film & music industries, to a special gathering at The Falls in Downtown LA.
The special event will prepare you about what to expect at Hispanicize 2013, a one-of-a-kind event that brings the nation's most influential Latino celebrities, journalists, brands, bloggers, filmmakers and music artists together. The event is being presented by Redbull (@Redbull #giveyouwings)
Attending the gathering is free but requires RSVP. The event is being organized in partnership with the Public Relations Society of America, HPRA, Latin Heat and Getty Images Hispanic.
Hispanicize 2013 (http://www.HispanicizeEvent.com) will take place April 9-13, 2013 at the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami Beach. (See the special 1-min. Hispanicize 2013 Preview video here: http://bit.ly/hispz13Rising).
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These geology science fair projects and rock experiments for kids offer great ways to teach children about rocks and the processes by which they change. Geology experiments can range from creating miniature salt flats, to comparing the hardness of minerals, to making crystals! So, whether it's for a grade, or just for fun, we have geology science fair projects to prove to kids that science rocks!


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January 8, 2015
Our image of the week may look like a bird in flight... Image by Hamid Naderi Yeganeh. ...but it's actually a collection of points in the plane given by a mathematical formula. To be precise, it's a subset of the complex plane consisting of points of the form where and for and The image was created by Hamid Naderi Yeganeh. You can see more of Hamid's images on this website and on the American Mathematical Society website. See here to find out more about the complex plane and here to see previous images of the week.
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January 2, 2015
Charlie Stripp, Chief Executive of Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI), has been awarded an MBE in the 2015 Queen's New Year Honours List in recognition of his services to education. Charlie Stripp. Image from the NCETM website. Charlie taught mathematics for ten years in the state sector before joining MEI in 2000 to set up the pilot project that eventually became the Further Mathematics Support Programme. He became MEI's Chief Executive in 2010. Charlie is also Director of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM), seconded from MEI on a half-time basis, and is regularly consulted by the government on mathematics education issues. "I am delighted for my work to have been recognised with this very special honour," says Charlie. "In recent years there have been unprecedented changes in mathematics education, particularly in curriculum development and the professional development of teachers, and it has been a privilege to have been in a position to influence them." MEI's Chairman Gerald Goodall says: "MEI plays a leading role in expanding opportunities for access to high quality mathematics education and we are very fortunate to benefit from Charlie's leadership. MEI's trustees and staff are delighted to see Charlie's hard work and dedication recognised in this way." Congratulations Charlie! |
December 24, 2014
It must almost be holidays for everyone and so it's nearly time to celebrate! For many people that involves having a nice cold glass of something and we have found the very best way to open a bottle – a beautiful Klein Bottle Opener from Bathsheba! We love Klein bottles, just one of many beautiful mathematical surfaces. You can read all about them while you enjoy your glass of bubbly! Merry Christmas from all of us here at Plus! Return to the Plus Advent Calendar
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December 23, 2014
Still have presents to buy? You'll need to be quick! To help you win the race to get those final gifts here are some mathematically sporty books by some of our favourite Plus authors! In the brilliant Taking chances John Haigh gives a brilliant introduction to probability and its role in the lottery, quiz shows, games and all types of sport. Haigh has also written two excellent books with Rob Eastaway, How to take a penalty: The mathematical curiosities of sport and The hidden mathematics of sport.If football in particular is the passion of your intended recipient, we recommend How to score: science and the beautiful game by Ken Bray. And for a mathematical book, filled with football inspired illustrations of mathematical ideas, there's The Num8ber My5teries by Marcus du Sautoy. All our sport knowledge comes from our neighbour and boss, John D. Barrow, who often drops in to convey the latest mathematical news from the world of physical activity. One of our favourite stories was how he discovered a new rowing rig by analysing the maths of the ideal positioning of rowers. You can read 99 other fascinating facts in his book 100 Essential Things you didn't know you didn't know about sport. And of course, you can read more about the mathematics of sport on Plus and the Sportal. Return to the Plus Advent Calendar |
December 21, 2014
"A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas." Shane Shambhu as Ramanujan and David Annan as Hardy in the play A disappearing number. Photo: Tristram Kenton. This beautiful sentence is from G.H. Hardy's 1940 essay A mathematician's apology. The work was Hardy's attempt to justify the pursuit of pure maths to non-mathematicians and to explain its motivation. It focuses on the beauty of maths and, unlike many other attempts to make maths appear attractive, takes pride in the un-applicability of pure maths — partly because something that has no applications can't do any harm. It's an understandable sentiment for a pacifist like Hardy at the time of WWII. And although Hardy was proved very wrong about the "purity" of his own field, number theory, which is today used in cryptography, it's still a fascinating and thought-provoking read. In the Apology Hardy also mentions the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who played a defining part in Hardy's mathematical life: "I still say to myself when I am depressed, and find myself forced to listen to pompous and tiresome people, 'Well, I have done one the thing you could never have done, and that is to have collaborated with both Littlewood and Ramanujan on something like equal terms.'" Hardy's collaboration with the self-taught Indian genius was remarkable. It inspired the 2008 play, A disappearing number, which we explored in this Plus article. You can also listen to our podcast with actor and mathematician Victoria Gould reading a section from the foreword to Hardy's Apology. Return to the Plus Advent Calendar |
December 19, 2014
Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 - 1920). December 22nd would have been the 127th birthday of the legendary Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. His story really is remarkable. Born in 1887 in a small village around 400km from Madras (now Chennai), Ramanujan developed a passion for maths very early on. By age 15 he routinely solved maths problems that went way beyond what his classmates were dealing with. He worked out his own method for solving quartic equations, for example, and even had a go at quintic ones (and failed of course, since the general quintic is unsolvable). But since he neglected all other subjects apart from maths, Ramanujan never got into university, and was forced to continue studying maths alone and in poverty. Only after a plea to an eminent mathematician, who described Ramanujan as "A short uncouth figure, stout, unshaven, not over clean," did Ramanujan eventually get a job as a clerk at the Madras Port Trust. It was during his time at the Port Trust that Ramanujan decided to write a letter that was to change his life. It was addressed to the famous Cambridge number theorist G. H. Hardy who, accustomed to this early-twentieth-century form of spam, was irritated at first: a letter from an unknown Indian containing crazy-looking theorems and no proofs at all. But as he went about his day, Hardy couldn't quite forget about the script: At the back of his mind [...] the Indian manuscript nagged away. Wild theorems. Theorems such as he had never seen before, nor imagined. A fraud of genius? A question was forming itself in his mind. As it was Hardy's mind, the question was forming itself with epigrammatic clarity: is a fraud of genius more probable than an unknown mathematician of genius? Clearly the answer was no. Back in his rooms in Trinity, he had another look at the script. He sent word to Littlewood that they must have a discussion after hall... Apparently it did not take them long. Before midnight they knew, and knew for certain. The writer of these manuscripts was a man of genius. From the foreword by C. P. Snow to Hardy's A Mathematician's Apology Hardy invited Ramanujan to Cambridge, and on March 17, 1914 Ramanujan set sail for England to start one of the most fascinating collaborations in the history of maths. Right from the start the pair produced important results and Ramanujan made up for the gaps in his formal maths education by taking a degree in Cambridge. Perhaps the most famous story to emerge from this period has Hardy visiting Ramanujan as he lay ill in bed. Hardy complained that the number of the taxi he had arrived in, 1729, was a boring number, and that he worried this was a bad omen. "No," Ramanujan replied, apparently without hesitation. "It is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways": Unfortunately, Ramanujan's sickness wasn't a one-off. His health had always been feeble, and the cold weather and unaccustomed English food didn't help. Ramanujan decided to return to India in 1919 and died the following year, aged only 33. He is still celebrated as one of India's greatest mathematicians. You can find out more about Ramanujan's mathematics in these Plus articles:
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