holy crap they have a lot of speakers come here

So today I sat in on a speech by Dr. Justin Lin , the Chief Economist and senior vice-pres of the World Bank.  I'm not going to say it was fascinating, but it was an honor to be in the audience. The future economists and economic advisors in the audience sure found it fascinating. They asked like a million questions. My favorite was when a student asked him: "what were you thinking when you swam from Taiwan?" and he said, "Keep floating."
It's true, according to Wiki:

"As an up-and-coming captain in the Republic of China Army (the army had already paid for his MBA) in Taiwan, he defected to Mainland Chinaon May 17, 1979, reportedly by swimming from the island of Kinmen, in Fujian Province (Chinese: 福建省) under the control of the Republic of China (Taiwan), to the nearby island of Xiamen in the Fujian Province (Chinese: 福建省) of the People's Republic of China (Mainland China)." (Wikipedia)

 FIRE DRILL! This blog was interrupted by a fire drill. Good times.