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It used to be different. You never heard the late Walter Cronkite taking time on the evening news to "debunk" claims that a proposed mental health clinic in Alaska is actually a dumping ground for right-wing critics of the president's program, or giving the people who made those claims time to explain themselves on the air. The media didn't adjudicate the ever-present underbrush of American paranoia as a set of "conservative claims" to weigh, horse-race-style, against liberal claims. Back then, a more confident media unequivocally labeled the civic outrage represented by such discourse as "extremist" — out of bounds.
The tree of crazy is an ever-present aspect of America's flora. Only now, it's being watered by misguided he-said-she-said reporting and taking over the forest. Latest word is that the enlightened and mild provision in the draft legislation to help elderly people who want living wills — the one hysterics turned into the "death panel" canard — is losing favor, according to the Wall Street Journal, because of "complaints over the provision."
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The next morning I started out on the run up Desolation Peak at 8 am. It was 6.8 miles and 4,400' of vertical to bring you to 6,102'. I planned on doing it twice. This trip was planned back in May so I regarded it as a focus training run, like you would your focus race. Because it was 5 weeks before my focus race this was a run I was looking forward to almost as much as I was to the race itself.
The first 2 miles were relatively flat with some gradual incline hugging a steep mountain side next to the lake. Then the climbing started. It was relentless over the next 4 miles. Countless switchbacks with very few flat spots to do some actual running. The first 2.5 miles or so are through the forest and then the sun starts to poke through. Along the way I thought I kept hearing voices so I would stop to listen but could never make them out for sure. Then at about mile 4 there is a meadow and you actually get a short downhill right before the last section of uphill for about a half mile to the summit. That's where you find the fire lookout that Jack Kerouac spent a summer at and wrote a few books about. As I came around the hut there was somebody sitting there eating there lunch before heading down. She asked if I heard her singing. Funny. That's what I heard, I wasn't going crazy. She does that to let the bears know she's coming. I like that, I just say "hey bear, hey bear." We did not see any bears. But, I did talk to two different campers that said they saw a mountain lion right on the trail the night before. So I ran with a big stick.
I took about ten minutes at the top to take some pictures and check out the cabin, it was locked, but you could see in as there were windows all the way around it. A 360 degree view, not a bad sight first thing in the morning for those fortunate souls that get to spend the night up there.
Then back on the trail for the descent. I've been working the downhills hard lately in preparing for this race and planned on running as hard as I could but keeping in mind that I had to come back up and down this mountain again. So a fast paced descent was fun to maintain. I ran into my friends about 2/3's of the way down as they didn't get started until about 10 a.m. It was good to see them and let them know what they were in for. I knew I would see them in a few hours and I looked forward to being on the mountain at the same time.
The downhill was great and the last flat 2 miles back to camp was fun and runnable. When I was on the summit telling the singing hiker about the mountain lion that the other campers saw I remembered that I left all my food in my tent instead of putting it in the bear box. Then I started thinking that if that cougar got into my tent while everyone was away from the camp that I would be out of food for the next lap up. And no food for that night. And probably a ripped up tent. So I pushed the downhill faster than I wanted to. The cougar did not find my food.
I filled my water, my pockets with gels and food, put my other food in the bear box and headed back up. About 15 minutes out of camp I started to bonk. I had been feeling really good the whole day so far and had not needed a lot of calories or water on the first lap. Now I did. I drank one of my 20oz water bottles in the first 2 miles of flat and proceeded to drink regularly on the way up. Second lap was going to be much harder and I was going through water fast. It was harder to run the spots that I did on the first lap so I just settled into a fast hike and tried to conserve water. But it was going fast and I thought about turning around because I knew I would need some for the descent. So I decided to go up to the 3.8 mile post where there is a fork to a small campsite up there and wait for my friends. I got there, sat down and waited. I could hear voices so I thought they would be down soon. The voices were not getting louder so I walked up the trail about 5 minutes and saw two people hanging out up on a flat rock. It was Ashley and Pine! "Hey! Do you have extra water?" Pine did, and so she was my hero. I was able to fill my two 20oz bottles but not my camelback as I wanted to make sure they had enough to get down. I figured 40oz should be enough to get me back to camp. The other 3, Tim, Alicia and Adam were at the summit and I didn't want to risk going up to meet them to find out they didn't have any water to spare. So I headed down with Pine and Ashley and soon started running and told them I would see them back at camp. The run down was fun and fast. It was much warmer now and I needed to keep drinking. I went through all but about 5oz by the time I got down to the flat section and knew the last 2 miles were going to be hard without any water. My legs were feeling the affects and did not appreciate the trail the same this time around as they did the last time. My water was gone soon and you would think you don't need much for the last 1.5 miles of a run, but with the heat and fatigued legs I was thirsty as hell all the way to camp.
When I reached camp I grabbed the water purifier and sat right down in the lake so my legs were submerged. I then proceeded to fill my water bottle and drink it repeatedly until I felt somewhat normal. After I downed about 80-100oz and got some electrolytes in me I went for a swim. Ahhhhhh! What a trip. I estimated it to be about 8,400' of climbing and descending in 25 miles in a little over 5 hours. Slightly short of my goal, but a good lesson and a great adventure. I highly recommend this trip but would advise you to rent a kayak instead of a canoe. It would have been much faster to and from the campsite.
|on top of Desolation Peak with Hozeman Peak behind
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|Ruby Mountain, south of Ross Lake, taken from the summit of Desolation
|there's Ross lake looking north into Canada
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In the past, authors who wanted to publish their short stories, their articles, their poetry, and their essays faced numerous insurmountable obstacles that they needed to surmount before they could hope to see their work published. First and foremost, these authors needed to find a journal, a magazine, or a newspaper which accepted unsolicited manuscripts from authors who were not affiliated with the journal, the magazine, and the newspaper. The vast majority of journals, magazines, or newspapers did not accept these unsolicited manuscripts from authors who did not hold full time positions at these publications. After these authors found journals, newspapers, and magazines which accepted unsolicited manuscripts from authors who did not hold full time positions at these publications, these authors had to accomplish three steps before they could hope to see their works published in print publications. First and foremost, these authors had to print at least two, three, or even four copies of their short stories, their articles, their poetry, and their essays which would be perused very carefully by the publishers and editors who held full time positions at these publications. Second, these authors had to purchase at least two large and sturdy manila envelopes which could hold their manuscripts. The first of these manila envelopes would be sent to the publishers and editors who held full time positions at these publications; the second of these manila envelopes would be a self addressed and stamped return envelope which would enable the publishers and editors who held full time positions at these publications to send these authors a reply in regards to the decision about whether or not to publish the authors' works. Finally, the authors had to draft a short one page cover letter that they would send to the publishers and editors who held full time positions at these publications arguing why they believed that their articles, short stories, their poetry, and their essays should be published in the publication. Needless to say, this process was extremely cumbersome at best for authors, publishers, and editors alike. Today, however, digital technologies such as internet bloges, blog posts, blogesters, and blogsports have greatly streamlined the publication process. (I should note that "bloge" is actually a spelling error. The correct term for "bloge" is actually "blog." However, the spelling error "bloge" has gained prominence in recent years among writers who cannot spell properly.) These bloges essentially cut out the middlemen, the publishers and the editors, from the publication process. Instead of submitting manuscripts to these editors, only to learn that they had been rejected seven or eight months later, authors can self edit and self publish their own works to their internet bloges. Instead of waiting one or more years before they could see their works in print, authors could publish their works to their bloges several minutes or even seconds after they had completed the final word of the final sentence. Furthermore, many authors were pleased to discover that they could use their email accounts or their social media platform accounts to send their friends and family members internet links to their works which were published on internet bloges.
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Most people are familiar with the word "blog" and the term "blog post", but what is a blogester? Blogester [sic] is a term some people use for a person who writes blogs and blog posts. The word "blog" is an abbreviation of the word "weblog", which appeared during the internet's infancy. Essentially, a blog is an online diary, journal, or record of progress. Many people use it to write poetry, to review or critique media, or to catalog their thoughts about any number of topics, and each blog post can be tagged with keywords that make it easier to find by other bloggers. Blogs are maintained around the world on a variety of subjects, and some people have been so successful that it has become almost a full time job for them! Blog posts can be as short as a sentence or as long as a story, and they allow for creative expression that social networks do not permit because of character limits and privacy settings that limit potential audiences. Websites, American and otherwise, that offer personal blogs include Blogsport, WordPress, and Blogspot. All of these websites allow design customization of the blog and multiple authors. Blogs can be a great outlet for feelings, ideas, and other creative output.
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In the olden days the only venue for written public expression of opinion was to write a letter to the editor. But in the digital age we enjoy so thoroughly, our outlets are countless. Between the constantly growing numbers of social networks and online communities such as Reddit, Blogester and Blogsport, one is hard pressed to avoid ways to express themselves publicly. The advent of the blog post has revolutionized both the editorial and the journal. Providing users with a place to vent all of their frustrations, political stances, personal achievements and ideas, the blog post can act as a public forum for debate or a private, online database of diary entries. The power is in the hands of the blogger. A blog post does not need to be merely a means of self expression. It can end up being rather advantageous for businesses, entrepreneurs, and artists as well. Seeing as 46 percent of people read blogs more than one time a day (HubSpot, Science of Blogging, 2010), a blog can be used strategically for marketing purposes, and be quite successful. Artists (particularly writers) find the blog post to be an excellent way to keep in touch with fans and relate news, as well as new material and upcoming events. The worldwide population of blog readers keeps growing each year. According to eMarketer in a 2010 article, there were 31 percent more readers and composers of blogs than there were in 2007. It is clear that the blog post is here to stay as a leader in online self expression, communication, marketing and art. I mean, you just found and read this, right? Let this be testament.
For Your Blogester
If you want to be a blogester then you will need to be able to produce at least one blog a day. There are many reasons that someone would choose or not choose to be a blogester and the reasons vary depending on what state of your life you are in, and what your current needs and desires are as well. If you want to be a blogester then you need to be able to commit some time to your craft and be able to dedicate the right amount of patience, persistency, and diligence in order to make your dream a reality. Many people do not realize that the work that a blogester does is very multifaceted and if you are going to use a blogester in one of your major writing tasks, you should be informed as to what blogsport he or she specializes in. This can make all of the difference and it can also be one of the major determining factors that contributes to whether or not a particular blogester is going to work out in the role that he or she is given or not. The blog post itself is important, but it is more important to know the quality of work that the blogester can produce and to what extent her or she is willing to commit to this. If we know all of these things, and we are able to be upfront about our expectations and what we hope to get from a blogester when we hire one, then chances are we will find this be a mutually beneficial relationship for both parties. Since these things are disclosed up front and we are able to see the purpose that each serve, we will be able to get more out of it than what we can expect from any other job itself.


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- Are these experiences, as Stone would have it, love? The tech world generally measures how much you like a service by how much time you spend on it. So a lot of time equals love. My own intuition is that this is not love. It's something much more technologically specific that MIT anthropologist Natasha Schüll calls "the machine zone."
A recent experiment that I carried out using neuroimaging technology suggests that drug-related terms like "addiction" and "fix" aren't as scientifically accurate as a word we use to describe our most cherished personal relationships. That word is "love."
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Twilight's Best Friend: Part 1Part One: Strangers in the NightTwilight Sparkle buried her head in her book as she tried to concentrate, shutting out the crashing of the torrential rain and the wailing of the wind outside her house. Try as she might however, she couldn't shut out the wailing that was going on inside."But Twilight!" Spike moaned, tugging at her shoulder. "You said you'd read me a bedtime ghost story! That was an hour ago!"Twilight rolled her eyes and slammed shut the archaeology textbook she'd been studying. "Fine Spike, fine!" she huffed, trotting over to the pesky dragon and opening the tattered book he had been clutching in his paws. "But if you get scared again, I'm not staying up all night making it better!"Spike frowned. "But Twilight, that WAS a scary story! I mean, it was a VERY hungry caterpillar! The book even had HOLES in it!" He trembled again, eyes darting round the room as if a caterpillar would lurch out of the shadows at him.Twilight gave a long, protracted sigh and
Twilight's Best Friend: Part 3Part Three: Dewdrop Dazzle Must Die!Twilight had woken early the next morning just as the sun was rising. She had managed to sneak out of the house without Dewdrop waking up, or so she had hoped. Ponyville looked beautiful as the sun reflected off the glistening water left from last night's storm, but Twilight had no time to appreciate it. She was on a mission.Carefully making sure she wasn't followed, Twilight had trekked to the far outskirts of Ponyville, to a mountainous, treacherous region just outside of the Whitetail Woods known locally as the 'Rocky Mountains' despite technically being a collection of rocky hills. Ponies generally never ventured this far out there was nothing interesting for miles save for craggy rocky spires and stony mounds where nothing would grow. It was here that she lifted the spade she had brought and began digging.The ground was hard, and even though Twilight was using her magic to lift the spade, it still took a good few hours until she
Twilight's Best Friend: Part 4Part Four: Ponies Don't Fear The ReaperTwilight sat at the bottom of that dark pit cradling Dewdrop's body for what seemed like an eternity, though it couldn't have been longer than a few seconds. She shook constantly, sobbing into Dewdrop's matted, dusty hair."You stupid, silly pony" she whispered hoarsely to Dewdrop as she held her in her hooves, though she wasn't sure if she'd aimed that at Dewdrop or herself. Her head was awash with angry, guilty thoughts, her stomach was a boiling maelstrom and she wanted to be sick."There's no such thing as 'evil'" Princess Luna had once told her. "No pony gets up one morning and decides that they're going to go out and do bad things. They do bad things thinking that they're the most reasonable and logical reactions to a situation." Was it true? Had Twilight really gone too far? Was it more than just a terrible accident?Not even Princess Luna in her darkest of hours had ever killed another pony. It was unheard of. Inconceivable.
Night of the Pinkie PieApple Bloom scrunched up her face as she nosed her dinner around the plate. "Bored! Bored! This ain't no fun!" She looked up at the face of Big Mac, impassive as always. "Applejack said she would play a game with me, why ain't she come home?"Big Mac stared down at his little sister dully, chewing a straw. It was the same straw that he had been chewing for the past year, at least that is what he thought. In reality Applejack had to sneakily change it every week so that it didn't become nasty. "Applejack's gone on holiday lil' one. She said she'll be gone a long time."Apple Bloom glared quizzically up at her brother. "That don't make no sense, she would've told me!"Big Mac huffed. "She won it from Pinkie Pie. Said it was really last minute, had to go quick. Didn't even see her pack a bag.""How can Pinkie Pie afford to buy Applejack a holiday? She never said anything about no competition!" Apple Bloom's small form scooted down from the table. "Somethin' fishy is going on her Big Mac,
Airshipping Is MagicThe morning air was crisp and cool with barely a breeze blowing. The sky was crystal blue, and the rays of the sun played lazily across the green countryside. It was the perfect day, thought Twilight Blimple, for a flight.The little purple sparkly blimp slowly rose into the air, enjoying the wind as it played across her surface. Her propellers spun into life as she turned in a westerly direction, the fluted spire that jutted out from her control deck pointing the way.Twilight wasn't a big blimp. Her gasbag was large but stubby, her fins small and protruding, and her purple gondola cabin was slung almost apologetically underneath. Growing up as a little balloon in the big city she had always been jealous of the other airships, who always seemed to be more graceful than she. But soon study had paid off.Today, she was on an important mission. Today she had to ferry vital medical aid across Airquestria. A hailstorm had hit the town of Hull, and puncture repair kits were urgently needed.
The Mane Cast-OffsPart 1: Twilight SparkleThe cup slowly rose into the musky air, surrounded by an aura of shimmering magical energies, fizzing bright purple like a carefully controlled firework. Twilight Sparkle kept her gaze fixed on the object, carefully lifting it higher and higher, the glow from her horn gently caressing the magical eddies that surrounded it."Carefully, carefully..." she whispered, quickly flicking through to the next page in her spell book and reading the incantations by the light of a nearby candle. "This time I've got it "The cup exploded in a shower of porcelain and sparks. Twilight ducked, giving a scream of shock and frustration as several shards flew towards her, embedding themselves in the wall. The door flew open and a very grumpy small dragon marched in."Twilight!" Spike hissed, clutching a blanket to himself defensively. "It's gone midnight, can't you give it a rest, I'm trying to sleep." He blinked his weary eyes. "I'm sure all this studying can't be g
Twilight's Last Gleaming"...And it was oatmeal!" Rainbow Dash giggled as she came to the end of her story. Rarity and Applejack broke out into guffaws of laughter as they rolled about the floor of the library. Twilight Sparkle was rather less amused as she sat in the corner, ears flattened and a look of extreme annoyance etched onto her face. She turned slowly to glare at her friends, before returning to her studies.The glare obviously hadn't done its job, because moments later, the face of Rainbow Dash bobbed over her shoulder. "Ain't that something Twilight? What do you think she'll do THIS year?"Twilight coughed loudly, made a show of unsubtly shuffling her papers for as long as possible, and turned to face the perky blue Pegasus. "What will who do when?" she hissed back, eyes narrowed to slants in an attempt at intimidation.This didn't work either; the only reaction from Rainbow Dash was a roll of the eyes. "You weren't listening to my amazing story at ALL, were you? I mean, I know it wasn't
Rainbow Dash vs Summer"Worst. Day. Ever!" Rainbow Dash flopped listlessly over her sofa, her head a dizzying blur from the baking summer heat. She was no longer sure how hot it was because her thermometer had exploded. The air in her cloud house was dry and still. She started to try to blow on her perspiring face, to no avail. "I mean, what's the point?" she cried out, shaking a hoof out the window at the sky.She knew it was coming, of course. The heat wave had been scheduled months ago, and the weather patrol had spent ages moving all the clouds and preparing for the summer sun. But Rainbow Dash hadn't found time in between her busy schedule of sleeping and playing to buy a fan, and by the time she'd got around to it, Mr Fan had sold out of fans."This is ridiculous! I'm boiling to death and worse than that - bored!" Rainbow Dash croaked, leaning out the window and staring at the baked ground below. "Only a mad pony would be out in this!"A buzzing noise grew in intensity amidst the still summer air, and
Happy Birthday, FizzypopWarning: This SAD story contains characters & concepts from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic franchise (© Hasbro, Lauren Faust, et. al.). If this is not your cup of tea, then please do not drink it, and go find some other beverage to quench your thirst. Thank you.Special note: Fizzypop (and her friends)'s names and appearances are based off of G3 ponies; I, however, came up with their personalities, so that technically makes them OC ponies; if you don't like reading about fan characters, then don't read. That is all.* * * * * *Fizzypop put the last carton of ice cream in place. Done! With the dessert table now in order, everything was finally ready! The poofy-maned earth pony stood back to admire her hoofwork.The young mare's ordinary living room had been transformed into a festive party scene. From wall to wall hung vivid streamers of purple, pink and red; her colors. Matching balloons filled the room, and across the doorway ran a banner declaring "Happy Birthday, Fizz
The Party Hasn't Ended Part 11The Party Hasn't Ended Concludes Part 1: Pinkie PieThe next thing Pinkie saw was Twilight Sparkle's face, contorted in absolute horror, gaping at her."Pinkie Pie," Twilight whispered, her violet eyes wide and staring. "What
what have you done?""What are you talking about, Twilight?" asked Pinkie. She saw that she was in Sugarcube Corner and in front of her was a still-steaming batch of cupcakes fresh out of the oven. "I'm just making cupcakes!"Twilight's sickened gaze switched from Pinkie to somewhere over her shoulder - and then her mouth slipped open in silent scream at what she saw. Pinkie turned in shock and saw something on one of the work benches the sight was so inexplicable that it took her several heartbeats to realise it was a Pegasus pony, lying on its side."Rainbow
Dash?" Pinkie whispered. The Pegasus pony was lying on her side and her face wasn't visible, but her unique multi-coloured mane identified her without a doubt. But she wasn't moving
The Party Hasn't Ended Part 9The Party Hasn't Ended Part 9 starring Rainbow Dash and Pinkie PieRainbow Dash stood at the end of the cloud-colonnade and looked over the edge, gazing down towards the surface of Equestria far below her. Tears fell steadily from her rose eyes and she watched as each tear spiralled down through the night air until it disappeared. It would be so easy to just fall forwards, to keep her wings furled tight against her sides, and to just spiral down to the earth herself until she disappeared as well!It was then that she felt somepony approaching her along the colonnade, from the direction of Cloudsdale Flight School's hall where the Autumn Sky Ball was coming to an end. She didn't turn her head, but sobbed and rubbed the tears from her eyes."Just go away!" she whispered harshly at the unseen newcomer. "Can't you see I just want to be alone?""Oh, Miss Dash," It was a cultured voice, soft and resonant, and Dash immediately recognised it. "Thank goodness I've found you at las
The Party Hasn't Ended Part 7The Party Hasn't Ended Part 7 starring Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie and all the inhabitants of PonyvilleTwilight was still lying on the floor of the library, but Dash and Pinkie were no longer beside her and Zecora and the others were nowhere to be seen. She stood up and as she did she noticed that sunlight was streaming in through the windows. She opened the door to the library and looked outside. It was a beautiful sunny day. A light breeze ruffled her mane, while above her fluffy white clouds floated serenely against the blue vault of a summer sky."Is... is this really a dream?" she wondered. But it all seemed so real! Twilight didn't know what she'd been expecting gloomy forests, twisted buildings, labyrinthine streets filled with grotesque illusions maybe?She was about to go outside when she stepped on something lying on the floor. It was an envelope! She floated it up for a closer look.To Twilight Sparkle! From your bestest friend forever, Pinkie Pie!<
The Red Thread of Fate - Pt 2Warning: this is a femslash fic based in the "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" universe, so if you don't like this kind of stuff, just bear in mind that you don't have to read it. That is all.-------------------------------------Sewing the Red Thread of FateBy The Lovely PenguinChapter 2: Interesting DevelopmentsRarity let out a sigh. After the initial shock of finding out Twilight liked another mare let alone her had worn off it actually seemed kind of cute. It was not unlike the romantic dramas the dress designer enjoyed reading: she had a forbidden love for someone, only to be the object of somepony else's affections. Still, she admitted, it was a lot more fun to read about this sort of thing than it was to actually live it.First and foremost, she needed to apologize to Fluttershy and make up for being so forward with her. How un-ladylike! It would be terrible to lose a friend over such a thing,
The Party Hasn't Ended Part 6The Party Hasn't Ended Part 6 starring Twilight Sparkle and a special guest star"I do hope Rarity and the fillies are OK
" thought Twilight as she battled her way through the driving rain. "I don't want to imagine what damage Applebloom and her friends have done to the boutique by now, stuck inside out of this storm!"Her hooves splashed up muddy water as she trotted, soaking her legs, while about her the storm continued to ravage the little town. Trees bent in the growling winds and the rain was now almost a vertical wall that she had to struggle through. The umbrella she had brought from the library had long since been blown out of her telekinetic grip, and had spiralled off into the deepening darkness.Twilight was almost at Rarity's boutique when a pony came rushing up to her out of the gloom. It was Nurse Mercy, the head of the Ponyville hospital, and she was in such a hurry that she almost ran straight into the unicorn pony."Oh, Twilight Sparkle!" Mercy shout
The Party Hasn't Ended Part 3The Party Hasn't Ended Part 3 starring Pinkie Pie and Rainbow DashPinkie was busy with the dishes in the kitchen as Dash lugged the heavy bags of trash out to the back alley behind the bakery. But there was already a pile of garbage there, and it was difficult to find any space for the bags she was carrying.Dash shook her head in annoyance. "Smoggy and Patchy you guys! What a time to be taking an extended vacation!" She flew up and placed one of her trash bags gingerly on the top of the already teetering pile. "You'd think the Mayor would have organised somepony other than Derpy Hooves to be in charge of the trash collection while they're away." Flying back down, she collected another bag and flew it to the top of the pile. "When will " she grabbed another bag, "everypony learn" and another, "that Derpy just isn't the most" and another. "dependable of ponies?"The last bag was on top now, and the tower began to sway."Uh oh." D
The Party Hasn't Ended Part 5The Party Hasn't Ended Part 5 starring Rainbow DashTwilight looked out the window of her study at the swirling black clouds and she frowned. "That is by far the strangest storm I have ever seen."She had spent the afternoon trying to find information about the history of unnatural storms hitting Ponyville and by unnatural, she of course meant storms that had originated over the Everfree Forest rather than in the Storm Factory in Cloudsdale. But try as she may to concentrate, the whole business between Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie was preoccupying her.She slammed the tome in front of her closed in frustration. "I've read that same sentence TEN TIMES now!" she muttered. "Confound these ponies! They drive me to distraction..."She stared out the window. The whole town had been plunged into an eerie darkness. The winds that had come up around an hour ago were growing in intensity. The leaves of the tree the library had been built into shivered and rustled a
The Party Hasn't Ended Part 10The Party Hasn't Ended Part 10 starring Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash"I'm so glad that you decided to come to the ball with me, Dash!" said Star Catcher. Her mane was done up in a formal style, an abundance of curls fashioned into a crown at her poll, the rest falling down the other side in a waterfall of blue and pink. Her ears glittered with diamond earrings and the necklace at her throat sparkled. Dash had never seen a filly look more stunning. She blushed as she took the hoof Star Catcher offered her and they stepped together through the huge doors that led into the great hall of Cloudsdale Flight School.The roof of the hall was open to the air and the weather had been expressly designed for the evening's celebration. A sliver of a moon shone down through layers of stratus clouds that lit up in its soft light like a veil of glowing yellow-silver. Gorgeous banks of cumulus surrounded them, and illuminated by the last rays of the setting sun their undersides were aglow,
Twilight's Best Friend: Part 2Part Two: The Sincerest Form of FlatteryMuch to Twilight's chagrin, Dewdrop Dazzle was not gone the next day. Nor the next. Not even the next. The new arrival had divided her time between constantly following Twilight about with a constant barrage of questions; and vanishing off into Ponyville without a word. Despite the peace and quiet, Twilight had found Dewdrop's absences to be even more worrying than when she was hanging about the house.This was one such moment. Dewdrop had skipped out of the house at the earliest possible moment, not that Twilight had complained. However, the thought of what the strange blue pony could be up to had been gnawing away at Twilight's mind, and so she eventually decided to venture into the town to track down her 'guest'.The sky was still littered with grey clouds, but patches of blue was breaking through, and the air was fresh and crisp as Twilight wandered through Ponyville. Dewdrop was nowhere to be found. Perhaps she "How
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Government Attempts ISKCON Secunderabad Demolition, Taught A Befitting Lesson
All Glories to Srila Prabhupad!
Great, taking into account the ever-increasing infuence of Kali-yug on these administrators, we need to be more organised, connected, sharp but heavy on such non-sense. More & More youth should develop interest in Journalsim, Civil, services and also Raj-Dharma administration and leadership rather than the regular-professions to be keep the minimum required control on the demoniac policies.
We need to be Kshatriyas and Brahamnas simultaneously.
Keep Going Andhra Devotees. You have set an example for all . We are with you behind and Krishna above.
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Hare Krishna.
PANCHAGAVYA GHEE from indgenious Cows of India reared in Jungles happily is one of the greatest natural medecines & lubricant for the brain that is constitued of a significant amount of fliuds. aprt from oral intake few 2 hot dropsn shot be inserted in the nostrils as frequently as possible. it works miracles.
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Comment Posted By akhandanandrgg On 16.10.2008 @ 16:52
Hare Krishna Prabhu, Dandavat
A lot of researches on the anti-cancer properties of (PANchagavya) specially cow urine have confirmed of its superb powers. Various Go-shalas and Cow protection organizations in India have successfully treated thousands of cancer cases wether with great relief or even complete recoveries in some cases. Would advise you to try and visit in any of these centers ( that are much cheap and affordable)
IN THE MEAN TIME START TAKING AT LEAT GO-MUTRA ARK ( COWURINE DISTILLATE OF ONLY INDiGENOUS BREED OF INDIA, preferably from MAYAPUR Goshala.
infact most of thses problems would rarely occur if one takes this distillate on a regular basis that has many propertises apart from being anti-cancer.
I am giving you the numbers of a Panchagavys Cancer Hospital recently opened in Valsad 100 Kms from Mumbai that is treating so many such cases at lowest costs. We are actually trying to make a documentary film on the same subject ( Panchagavya) nad have witnessed tha magical improvements in patients within 10 days personally during their interviews.
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Cow's Urine As Ayurvedic Medicine!
Hare Krishna! All Glories to Srila Prabhupdada! ALL GLORIES TO THE UNIVERSAL MOTHER!
That is a revolutionary move towards human protection more than Cow protection. so if we even make 1 move towards welfare of Cows and people engaged in its well-being we secure our protection in advance, automatically.
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Remember the part in Eclipse where Charlie Swan was trying to caution his full grown little girl Isabella about practicing safe sex with her boyfriend? At the time I reached that part in the book, I laughed out loud at the uneasy embarrassing awkwardness between the father and daughter who were neither good at people skills and had spent so little time together. However, I, as a mother of a fourteen-year-old, am now at the crossroad. My girl is beginning to notice the particular ways her male classmates are ogling her. She and I are very close. But sex is still something that a mother in my culture has trouble speaking about freely with her child. I am wondering if it is easier for mothers in other cultural and social settings? When did you get your first sex talk? How did it go? When did/will you talk about the "birds and the bees" with your eldest child?
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Hello, ladies. This is a follow-up question, which hit me by surprise just a few days ago.
Who was the unexpected helper when you tried to have the talk with your kid?
Hello, Pei!
My little girl at this point has not come to that part, yet! But I can see bits leading to that. This time it's not Seth...it's Edward. Okay, she knows Edward, Bella and Jacob. And she loves Alice. The whole Twilight, vampire and werewolf thing. One time I changed the photo in my desktop, it used to be her photo and me when she was 9 months old. I changed it to Robert Pattinson's. We'll you know me. lol When she saw that, she was completely hysteric. It was not one of those normal tantrums that a child would have but she loathes it. She was begging me to put our photo back. I was curious about her reaction. It's suppose to be, seeing her liking him, (Edward) like your daughter had with Seth but for her I think it was jealousy. She told my mom what I did. She even got my laptop and showed the photo to her grandma. Now, what she do is, every night when were about to sleep and say our goodnights. She would ask her dad and me to kiss and say goodnight. And we'll kiss her at the same time. One cheek for me and the other for her dad. It's kinda funny though but I know in time she would have to deal with it and by that time it's the right reaction. Is it right or wrong? I mean her reaction. Or is it an issue for security? You know, maybe she's afraid of me leaving her. I don't know. I'm still in the process of explaining and reassuring everything to her. Even her reaction to this. Guess if I change my desktop profile...I didn't! I want her to know and feel that no matter what that I love her. It was not going away not even with Robert Pattinson. huhuhu (just kidding!) Of course! No amount of love ever is greater that the love of a mother to her child. Am I missing something?
The reaction of your little girl was so endearing and tickling. She was actually feeling threatened by a mere photo on a desktop! LOL I wonder what her dad thought of this. Did he worry about your harmless crush? ^^
Okay. Back to my follow-up question. My girl worshipped her dad, my Edward. She loves the TTS books even thought LOTR and the HP series would be her all time favorite. She wasn't of age when Eclipse came out. This time around, she went to the movie with me. She enjoyed it a lot, gushed over the parts with Seth, and felt rather embarrassed over the honeymoon part. For her, the sex scenes went way too slow, taking too much time. I asked her whether she felt that way due to the cultural setting where we are--sex should be confined behind close doors, not shown on the big screen. And she did not really understand why Edward had to maintain so much self-control, making the private moment as well as the "movements" so slow.
And quite by accident, I got the best chance to go into the more sensitive part of the talk about the birds and the bees!
Hi, Pei!
My hubby understands and supports me with my harmless crush. He never called my attention for this matter. He knows that this is beteween me and his daughter so he let take control over it. But when I need his help, his around. He trust me enough to handle the situation. My daughter's progress is in everyday process. I believe I am a witness to that.
I'm looking forward to that talk about birds and bees or birds and flowers, whatever! I'm sure I'm ready when the time comes.
Aww...your man is so sweet! I am so happy for you. ^^
I wish you the best of luck with the impending talk. You will definitely be much more ready than I was.
Thank you, Pei! This helps a lot. :)
A Barbie and Ken doll in a compromising position, left in the Barbie tent by her friend, which I found later. It was the catalyst for the conversation, when I asked her if she understood what they were doing. She thought they were just hugging. So I had to explain in a very technical "dummed down" medical sense, so as not to make her feel too uncomfortable. She took it well. No shock, just "oh....okay mommy....can I have something to eat now?"
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LOL Yes, of course! You mentioned about the Barbie doll couple before!
Well, I was one step away from the most graphic part. Just a few days before we saw the movie, my girl asked me and my Edward a question right in front of her eight-year-old little sister as we were having dinner. I almost choked over the mouthful of food. She was commenting on a scene in a movie she happened to catch a glimpse of on TV a little earlier. (The leading female character was bouncing on the bed to help a homosexual male friend appear to have gotten laid. As they were bouncing on the bed, a couple of friends of that male character's were eavesdropping outside. And they appeared to be impressed by what they heard. My Edward switched to his favorite sports channel after he noticed that my girl had her eyes on the screen, but not fast enough.) And my girl wanted to know if a bed would really make that much squeaky noise when a couple have sex; she also wanted to know if a couple would really make certain noises that other people would interpret as them having sex...
My mama had the sex talk w/ me and my brother when I was 8 and he was 6 but it was more along the lines being concerned w/ sexual abuse and inappropriate ways of another person touching us. My eldest girl is to turn 20 in June and I do believe she's still a virgin and believe me sisters mine it isn't wishful thinking, she is completely ignorant of the intimacy involved. Her stepmother and I must get our heads together in order to get her into a gynecologists office, she's yet to have that first visit. We will have to knock her over the head just to get her into a car! My younger daughter, she's 12, appears to be more mature when it comes to discussing intimacy w/ me or her father for that matter. Our 10 year old son is just plain silly about it. We always display physical affection in front of them, a pat on the rump, a kiss on the neck when I'm cooking, however, they lose it if I sit on his lap facing him. They start screaming and running around like a pack of dogs yelling out, "THE RITUAL, THE RITUAL, CLOSE YOUR EYES IT'S THE RITUAL!" They are a silly lot!
Hi, PEI...
"Sex"....we are bombarded with in everyday.....yet, society still retains it's puritanistic/hypocritical views about it....Why? why... must we be afraid to discuss sex with our children....procreation is the essence of life...it's natural and a "Gift" when done in the context with someone you love. I really liked how the Twilight books/movies emphasized sex as a sacred act and could be essentially fantastic when expressed in committed relationship with someone you deeply love. Sex is not love...it's an extension of love. Waiting to have sex with the "right" person or your "soulmate" will only enhance the experience that much more and create an everlasting bond with your partner.
My children are 2, 5, and 8 years....and it's never too early to instill respect for your body and foster love for one's self(self esteem)in our children. I think when a child is confident in him or herself....choices will be easier to make/decide in their own best interest. A parent can only hold a child's hand for so long...it's up to us to provide the necessary tools to arm them against the obstacles of life. PEI, there is nothing to be embarrassed about speaking to your teen girl about the "BIrds and the BEES"....Just be open and honest...and be a resource for her...if she may want to ask you any questions.
I learned about sex...because I had 3 older sisters....and just had a unsatiable curiosity about life...and how "babies" were made. I read encyclopedias, medical books and tampon/pad pamphlets...and just put it all together. At age 10 years, I asked my mom explicitly how babies were made by collecting all my investigative data....and she said "yes"....how did you know that? I replied...it's it obvious???(ha). My mother...never had to sit down and talk with me about "sex"...cause I did the work for her.(ha). The point I'm making is....yes, I was a weird child...but also, felt safe to disclose such information with my mother. She pounded in my head...to respect your body....because if you don't ..no one else will. I guess...being armed with all my anatomy and physiology and self-proclaimed sex education made me sexually aware but very cautious at a very young age. As a Teen, I didn't engage in sexual activity not because of a lack of opportunity...but, because I wasn't emotionally ready to commit to such an intimate/emotional act with the opposite sex.(or to be hurt).
ONE My best friends in high school was a "boy"...I loved him dearly...and wanted to take our relationship further...but, never did(even in college), because I knew he wasn't ready to commit to me... at that deep of a level. THE KEY TO ABSTINENCE/BIRTH CONTROL is Education/knowledge and self-respect. Most teenage boys are not EDWARD CULLEN...and will take any opportunity to engage in sexual activity...especially, if there is a hot/willing Bella engaging them. It's the dang double standard that still prevails today....but, girls are the one's who get pregnant...and they carry the consequence for their choices. Boys are socialized differently than girls....and they shouldn't be!!!! There should be more Edwards in the world...unfortunately, the reality is... the typical man can separate sex from love. Edward assumed sex/love were synonymous...and should be expressed in the covenant of marriage/love only. Ha...don't we all wish Edward Cullen, the hot, virginal vampire..oozing with charm and grace really existed? . Instant Birth control...."maybe". I don't think I could have been strong enough to resist him...could you???? (ha).
Hello, DMK. ^^
Thank you for your input. You are right. How could any girl resist a hot, virginal vampire who oozes with charm and grace? LOL Then again, there is only one Edward Cullen and he happens to have already found his mate in the book. Ah well... ;)
At the end of the day, it is back to square one and up to us mothers to make sure that our girls would know how to protect themselves and our boys would understand the importance of respecting their female counterparts.
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From tonight badgers, protected mammals, become targets in so-called 'pilot cull zones' in Somerset and Gloucestershire. 5000 of them will be killed in what Defra are claiming is a test to see whether shooting low-slung animals running around in the dark can be 'humane': only if it is 'humane' will a 'cull' (ie an organised killing of a protected animal) be rolled out across the country.
A fair and reasonable definition of humane is "Characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion". Not "A measure of how loud an animal squeals as it dies" (one measure Defra says they're using). These 'humane' killings will be carried out by gunmen – misleadingly called marksmen in the propaganda war – with minimal training, by people who (as badgers are a protected species) should never have shot at a running badger before. An (FoI) request revealed that as few as 120 shootings will be independently observed for 'humaneness'. As far as many of us are concerned the government has failed its first test immediately.
The government and the NFU claim that the reasons badgers must die is that they are responsible for bTb in cattle. Badgers carry the bTb bacterium, but where they pick up bTb or what the bTb transmission routes are is not properly understood. Incredibly there will be no testing for the presence of bTB in the badgers killed. Why? It's hard not to conclude that as only 6% of badgers in the country are affected by bTb that the government/NFU simply want to destroy badger populations and eradicate the species from the countryside. It's 'easier' (and perhaps more 'fun' for the gunmen?) than increasing biosecurity and stopping cattle and badgers mixing.
As a side issue, George Osborne has stated many times that he wants to speed up the planning process. It's perhaps worth noting that though this badger slaughter is undoubtedly a political issue, on a local level with badgers gone field margins that once contained setts could be more easily (and less expensively) destroyed (http://adlib.everysite.co.uk/adlib/defra/content.aspx?id=000HK277ZX.0B4O7PHP9CGCB0).
The government's stated aim is to reduce bTB in cattle by 16% over the next nine years. In nine year's time, by the government's own figures, tens of thousands of badgers will have been killed, but there will have been barely a dent made in a problem that is only a problem because farmers 'can't sell infected meat to the EU'. Farmers though are compensated by the UK taxpayer for any cattle that die of bTb (and perhaps hugely over-compensated by us), and it was recently admitted that infected meat is still sold into the food chain.
There is no reliable evidence that a cull will reduce bTb. Some evidence clearly says that it will increase the spread of it as badgers scatter away from shooting zones into new areas (known as 'peturbation'), or badgers recolonise areas where existing populations have been killed once the shooting stops.
According to Defra for a 'cull' of badgers to be effective at least 70% of a local population must be killed. And the culls must be repeated for years. No-one has exact badger population figures. Defra has admitted in a tweet they are working off population figures from the 1990s. No-one can know accurately what percentage of a population has been killed therefore. Or what percentage of a population of protected animals survive.
Defra appears to be quite keen on culling animals. Including cows. Looking for data on mastitis, an increasingly common infection of dairy cows as they become more and more over-worked, I found this piece of advice – the last few words are particularly chilling: "Generally, cows selected for culling should be removed from the milking herd immediately, irrespective of length of time calved or stage of pregnancy" (my underlining). Which shows a huge concern for an animal's welfare…
Farmers make much of the number of infected cattle they 'have to kill', using headlines that are designed to tug at the heartstrings. According to the pro-cull website TBFreeEngland some 198749 cattle have been culled in Great Britain because of TB since January 1st 2008, at a cost to the taxpayer of £91 million. According to Defra's monthly stats the meat industry slaughtered 178000 cattle in July 2013 ALONE. To quote the Vegetarian Society: "A cow's natural lifespan is 20 to 25 years. By the time the dairy cow is just five years old she is worn out by the strain of constant milk and calf production and is slaughtered as she is of no further use to the industry."
I'm not ashamed to care about animals. In fact I'm proud of it. It's one reason I'm vegetarian. You can disagree with me on many grounds, including when it comes to what I choose to eat, but this proposed 'cull' is wrong. The science says that it's wrong, and even some government supporters and many farmers recognise that what's about to take place in the countryside is clearly not humane. Over 267,000 of us (as of August 26th) have signed an online petition demanding it be dropped. So why is the cull going ahead? It seems because the NFU (which represents just 18% of farmers) wants it to. A good enough reason to marginalise farmers from sections of the public, destroy our reputation as a country that uses best conservation /welfare practices to solve conservation/welfare problems, and drive a wedge between farmers and conservation/welfare organisations which disagree fundamentally with the 'cull'?
The government apparently thinks so.
If you disagree please say so and sign the petition here:


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They call it the old man game and we who saw are not worthy. Andre Miller hit a jumper to put the Nuggets past the Warriors in game one of their opening round series and single handedly gave Denver a 1-0 and some serious momentum moving forward. Like the first game today, everything was tight the whole way through until Miller changed that with under 0:20 seconds left in the game.
The real loser in all of this is Warriors forward Draymond Green, who was tasked with guarding Miller one-on-one. We all wondered if it was something Green could do, and as we saw it's clearly something he can't. But while Green will take the heat for losing the Warriors the game, it was really anyone's dual the while way through.
But for Denver, the win is epic. They enter the playoffs a team not a lot of people expected to do much, but are a team capable of serious damage in the postseason. Kenneth Faried was forced to sit due to an injury and all the hype was surrounding Steph Curry and the upstart Warriors who find themselves in position not many placed them in at the start of the season. But even without Faried, who is a budding superstar in a loaded Western Conference, the Nuggets were able to hold their own and keep up with the youthful and energetic Warriors team.
Something to watch moving forward which could shift momentum in the series, is an injury suffered by Warriors forward David Lee. Late in the game, Lee left with what some are fearing is a hip flexor. If Lee is lost of any duration of this series, that violently shifts the scales into Denver's favor if they weren't already there.
One thing is certain though. If this game is any indication as to how the rest of the series of the series will go, you'd better strap yourself in because there's a whole lot going on in the Nuggets-Warriors series and you won't want to miss any of it.
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Hi everyone,
Last week of term, yay! This should be the last LISTINGS of the year, but if you are going to be around over the summer, I suggest you join up to the vac list here: http://www.lgbt.cusu.cam.ac.uk/mailing-lists/ I'll send an email out to that list whenever there are events to tell you about. If you want to publicise an event over the summer (or indeed at any point), just email me at email@example.com
If this is your last week ever at Cambridge, you might want to look at the LGBT+ Alumni network (details below).
I hope those of you went to the Rainbow Ball enjoyed it – I did and everyone looked lovely. While I'm sure you're super busy this week, if you fancy another night out Spectrum is on this Wednesday (with a drinks giveaway) and there are details of other events below, after a few notices. These include the London Pride parade on the 29th.
If you are leaving, CONGRATULATIONS and GOOD LUCK! If not, see you next year!
GARDEN PARTY – a note from Ents & Socials:
Hey everyone, we're really sorry that the garden party was cancelled this year – unfortunately we just didn't have enough time to put the event together. We're sorry to everyone who was looking forward to coming, but we hope that you all had a great night at the Rainbow Ball! The official photos from the night are due to be posted on the CUSU LGBT+ Facebook page in the next few days. We hope everyone is having an amazing May Week and has a great summer. (See below for Grad Picnic details.)
Congratulations to all finalists!
The Cambridge LGBT Alumni Network is fairly new and pretty unstructured, but it's here for anybody who wants to connect with other LGBT+ Cambridge alumni. Whether or not you were out or active at university, you can use this group to meet people for the first time, to network, or just to see what people are up to.
In 2013 we're running a pre-London Pride brunch before heading to the parade on 29 June, and we're also running our first LGBT Cambridge Freshers' Party in September.
Have a look at our website www.cambridgelgbtalumni.com and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/309977339109260/. If you don't want to publicly join, but you do want to be involved, email email@example.com.
Some students will be ordering chest binders from Lesloveboat, which has quite high shipping costs, and so would like to ask people uni-wide if they would like to get in on this to save everyone a bit of money. Check the website, pick the binder you want and email firstname.lastname@example.com to set up payment by the end of Friday 21st, that's THIS FRIDAY, and email if you have any questions about the different models.
Wednesday 19th, 22:30 @ Life/ThePlace
Every Wednesday18:30-20:30
Sunday 23rd from 15:00 @ Jesus Green
Saturday 29th (more details soon)
Friday 10th September, 18:00-20:00 @ Deloitte Office in London
WEDNESDAY 19th
SPECTRUM: DRINKS GIVEAWAY! 22:30 @ Life/ThePlace
The drinks fairy has arrived in Cambridge! She will be delivering drink vouchers at random throughout the night at Spectrum! Will you be one of the lucky people chosen?! Come join in the party and find out!
Entry is just £2 with wristbands or by quoting the keyword "BOOZE" when paying. Codeword valid until midnight.
Spectrum is back at ThePlace, every Wednesday and with MUCH lower drink prices and 2 for 1 on long cocktails!
Music: Commercial Dance, Chart RnB & Pop from Peachy Paul.
2BYOU DROP-IN GROUP, 18:30-20:30 (runs every Wednesday)
Cambridgeshire based charity for LGBT youth, SexYOUality, run a drop-in group in central Cambridge every Wednesday. The location of the group is kept confidential to make sure the space is safe, to get more info text 07808189158 or email (firstname.lastname@example.com). Confidential advice and support, as well as volunteering opportunities, are also available.
SUNDAY 23rd
GRAD PICNIC from 15:00 @ Jesus Green
Come and join us on Jesus Green between 3pm and 5pm for a super special picnic for grads, mature students and anyone generally feeling in need of nibbles, drinks and (hopefully!) glorious sunshine! Perfect way to relax, grab some food and catch up with everyone. Let me know if you have any requests for food and drink! My number is 07791 695366 – please make a note so you can call me if you can't find us, or if we've retreated inside in the eventuality of rain! – Freya
SATURDAY 29th
LONDON PRIDE PARADE (more details soon)
We have a spot in this year's London Pride Parade! – and hope to see you there. More details to come soon.
We currently plan to meet on the day between 10:00 and 10:30 at the Garden Cafe in Regents Park, then walk over to Baker Street at around 11:00-11:30.
FRIDAY 10th SEPTEMBER
LGBT+ FRESHERS' PARTY 2013, 18:00-20:00 @ Deloitte Office in London
Email email@example.com for more information and to register
Welcome to the first ever LGBT+ freshers' party, kindly hosted by Deloitte, proud co-sponsors of the CUSU LGBT+ Campaign. This is a FREE mingling event primarily for upcoming Cambridge LGBT+ freshers to get to know other LGBT+ people before their first Michaelmas in Cambridge. Current students and alumni are also invited.
Snacks and drinks will be provided. The dress code is smart-casual.
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See you there!