It can be an orgy, because, after all, the St. Ann’s ethos has always been uninhibited, experimental, gratifying and incestuous.
—Kimi Lee, student speaker at St Annes 2009 graduation ceremony, shortly before the June 23rd premiere of the Bravo tv show, NYC Prep. Time to Graduate!
That doesn’t even begin to cover it
SLA 2009 is hosting talks on Expert Databases and Social Networking. It’s funny that they’re happening at the same time.
9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. Expert Databases: Leveraging for Success
Speaking: Monica Ertel, Bain & Company; Catherine Monte, Fox Rothschild
9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. Social Networking: The Essence of Innovation
Speaking: Jay Leibowitz, Carey Business School of Johns Hopkins University
Connecting People & Finding Expertise: Presentation by Jean Tatalias, Director of Knowledge Services
Dispute Finder from Intel, stemming from Think Link and the idea of confrontational computing
Painting of a Michelangelo drawing, NYT
Coming down Hoosac mountain and rounding the hairpin turn into the Hoosac Valley. The elevation drops from over 2000 ft to almost 1200 ft over the course of the entire 800 ft switchback.
Foreign investors are rightly concerned about the deeply ingrained reluctance of Americans to tax themselves. The last thing the US needs is to be viewed as one giant California, rich but unwilling to pay enough taxes to fund the services its citizens demand.
—Kennthe Rogoff in the FT
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