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The University of Pennsylvania (South Glos) has the objective to bring American higher education to rural England. It has close links with the State University of Euphoria (colloquially known as Euphoric State) .
Completing the course will reward you with the prestigious Global Non Orthodox Master of Economics (GNOME) degree.
EcoGNOMEics is a growing field of study, and of course we at U Penn (South Glos) don't want to be left out. Gnomes have long been at the forefront of economic policy. Gnomes emerged from medieval fascination with the secrets of wealth, especially gold, buried underground and mined by mysterious beings. Ambiguous characters creating wealth which others, depending on their morals, use for good or evil. In more modern times, the "Gnomes of Zürich" were blamed for for raising speculation against the pound. But the heart of EcoGNOMEics is based on a theory known as the "Underpants Gnome" theory. The theory goes as follows:
A team was asked to investigate if their town should prevent a giant corporation (“Harbucks”) from opening next to Tweek’s Coffee, a local establishment. In doing so, they end up encountering a group of underpants gnomes who have a detailed business plan:
When the gnomes are pressed on the question mark and asked how, exactly, they get from underpants to profits, they don’t have a good answer.
In the real world, the argument usually proceeds as follows:
Phase 1: Pass a law.
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Virtue and/or prosperity.
EcoGNOMEics is the art of seeing what happens in Phase 2 and determining whether the proposed intervention will lead to the desired outcome. As Gnome Moneyatall wrote in his book EcoGNOMEics in One Lesson: “The art of EcoGNOMEics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.”
Or, as Gnome Orr Profit covers in his book Applied EcoGNOMEics, EcoGNOMEics involves “thinking beyond stage one” (or Phase 1, in this case). In other words, the art of EcoGNOMEics is the art of seeing what happens in Phase 2 and whether this actually leads to Phase 3.
Effective economic and political institutions are ones that provide both the incentives for people to pursue their own good by serving others and the knowledge of which actions will do so. In the world of the underpants gnomes, and often in the the world of political and economic decisions, such questions are not asked. Results are expected to magically appear from good intentions.
Square pants are especially profitable.
Given the state of the Pound, this cache is stocked with alternate currencies.
The Cache
Phase 1: Pass the exam. (Click on the University Coat of Arms)
Phase 2: Calculate the coordinates
Phase 3: Find the cache.
N 51 2G.D(H+2)(A-1) W 002 (B-1)C.(A-F)(D+E)F
The task is straightforward, there should be no need for you to say "Ti feeralu!". And I assure you at the end you won't find a "Shael vuk."
The final can just about be done as a "cache and dash", though the lanes are narrow and parking somewhat questionable. Or walk from the north, perhaps finding some other caches on route.
You are looking for a 1.2 litre box, which is a small "regular". The reason I put the container size as "other" is that the EcoGNOMEics Department takes up much of the space in the box. There is room for small trackables or other small items inside. Feel free to swap or withdraw currency, but when you are finished please leave the EcoGNOMEics Department in the container! .
My thanks to the late David Bowie and his song, "The Laughing Gnome" for the idea. In the song, the Laughing Gnome attends the London School of Ecognomics. The song pre-dates the Underpants Gnomes theory however.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.