Beijing: The Conference Begins
October 17th 2009 The first full day of papers is over. There were some good papers and the usual number of drop dead boring papers. We had the group photograph taken this morning during the coffee break. I will post it when I get a copy. This evening we had our welcoming banquet replete with plates of simmering duck heart and intestines. Yes, there was the rest of the duck and duck soup but all I could think of wa
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