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On 31st May, I will be cycling from Cambridge to London (in total about 65 miles). Last year, when I did this my average heart rate was nearly 160 BPM, this time I hope it will be a little lower...

Please help as much as you can... It is going to be fun...
xxx
Alexander

"If we want to resist the powers which threaten to suppress intellectual and individual freedom we must keep clearly before us what is at stake ... Without such freedom there would be no Shakespeare, no Goethe, no Newton, no Faraday, no Pasteur and no Lister." Albert Einstein

CARA was established in 1933 in response to the persecution of academics across Europe by fascist regimes. It was founded as the 'Academic Assistance Council' by leading figures such as Sir William Beveridge; Lord Rutherford; John Maynard Keynes; A V Hill, Lionel Robbins; and Margery Fry, to help the thousands of Jewish academics dismissed from universities and unable to continue their work.

Amongst the 1,500 academics assisted in the early years, sixteen went on to win Nobel Prizes, eighteen received Knighthoods, and well over a hundred were elected Fellows of The Royal Society and The British Academy, and many more became leaders in their respective fields.

The need to protect science and learning did not end with the defeat of totalitarian regimes in Europe and the USSR. In 1956 came the Hungarian uprising, and the streams of refugee academics have continued to flow from countries as diverse as Argentina, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan (West Bank), Poland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uganda, and Vietnam.

well done, xkit Donation by Kit van Tulleken 12/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Alexander Greene 02/07/09  

£55.00

Well done Donation by marie 21/06/09  

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Groinmould? Donation by Ralphonso del Bosco 11/06/09  

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congratulations Donation by Graham Greene 08/06/09  

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Good luck! Donation by Anna G 05/06/09  

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Donation by Max Hardy 02/06/09  

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Well done! Donation by C Boon 01/06/09  

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Congratulations! Well done for finishing 7th! Donation by Helen Graham 01/06/09  

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You must be mad! Good Luck Donation by Emily-jane 28/05/09  

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good luck! Donation by anonymous 28/05/09  

£100.00

I'll up the ante - you get double the amount if you get a faster time than hugo! Good luck, xx Donation by Ferrie 28/05/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

hope you have some fancy spandex! Donation by Hannah Gruy 27/05/09  

£15.00

Break a leg! Donation by Clara Jones 27/05/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck/preparation! Donation by Helena 26/05/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Macaroons for energy? Donation by Lizzie Scott-Baumann 26/05/09  

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Good luck Donation by Frances 26/05/09  

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Best of luck! Donation by Donna Condon 26/05/09  

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I cannot wait to hear all about it....good luck Donation by Mark Lobel 25/05/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Good on you Alexander. Donation by John Owen 25/05/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

helmet _and_ skimpy cycling shorts Donation by Edmund 25/05/09  

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In bocca al lupo! Donation by Nikki De Marchi 24/05/09  

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Pump up the tyres! Donation by Charles and Fiona Philpps 23/05/09  

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Without an umbrella?!? What kind of an Englishman are you? :) Donation by Homa & David 22/05/09  

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Don't forget the helmet!! Donation by Sandra Lee 22/05/09  

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Good luck Alexander! Donation by Fabia Ma 22/05/09  

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John O'Groats-Lands' End next, please. Donation by Orlando 22/05/09  

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Great charity, bit of a cop out though 65 miles - at least do London-Cambridge return! ;-) Donation by Henry & Carlasinta Brooks 22/05/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Rather you than me! Good luck. Donation by Barbara Daniel 22/05/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

It's downhill all the way.... Donation by Adrian Foxman 22/05/09  

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