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We're flying over. Too far to drive (it would take over a day non-stop to get there...). TSA hasn't been very friendly to our stuff in the past... and some of my stuff is so big that UPS won't ship it. But I think I have a solution now.

Hey Alaric - Congrats! Penn should be awesome. Definitely look into helping out with PA Olympiad - It's a fun organization! I worked with VA SO this year (Supervised Towers at both Regionals and TPS at States) and I found it really rewarding. In addition to the competitions mentioned by L42, Bayard...

Hahaha. Well, I didn't do it; I'm not from Solon. But evidently they figured out a way to do so - props to them!
In the meantime, nationals is coming up and I still haven't figured out how I'm going to ship my stuff... sigh

Incidentally, I just wanted to comment that the person who thought of the Monty Python bonus question for Sounds of Music is, in my opinion, utterly brilliant.

Hey everyone. This may not be the best time for a post like this, but I am heading over to the Univ of Pennsylvania for college next year and I was wondering if there were opportunities to volunteer for Pennsylvania Science Olympiad there.

Sorry if this is seems out of place in this thread...

but how are teams shipping their instruments over to Madison? Especially teams with large instruments?

Yup after seeing what Solon can do round balloons simply won't cut it. Also a side not the momentum idea does not work very well. Perhaps i works for lifting the mass an extra 5 inches but not 50 cm. We have done tests with the momentum idea, and it seems that there's an optimal length of string th...

My guess is they have an insanely large balloon; one that takes up half or more of the device, maybe custom made. Then, if the competition is in a gym or some place with a really high ceiling, they use the momentum of the balloon itself to pull up the weight. To do this, you just need a really long...

i'd like to know that as well.

Traveling by TSA is always a good solution. Especially for Mission Possible.
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