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26-07-2009
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Play Ball!

Submitter: Jan Noordam
Description: The image shows the happy and varied group of participants of the yearly baseball match between ASTRON/JIVE summer students and other alien elements. See if you can spot the 11 different nationalities. Clearly, this is a fertile group, both in ideas (not shown here) and otherwise (abundantly visible). As a result, it spans a huge range in all four spacetime dimensions. And even Captain Bob, while surveying the scene with disguised satisfaction, had to grumblingly admit that the level of play is still going up every year.

The ensuing party, equally traditional, was firmly based on the essentials: beer and fire. In addition, there were several embellishments in the form of food etc. Soon, profound discussions sprang up, in different corners of Johanna's garden. The only mildly jarring note was when, to the shock and dismay of the bachelor community, Oleg left at 10 p.m. Those left behind had to console themselves with the thought that the end of an era spells the beginning of a new one, with its own charms and possibilities.

The verdict, after the last Porsche had roared off, and the bicycles had meandered into the starry night, was that a great time had yet again been had by all.
Copyright: ASTRON
 
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