Video directed by Derek Burbridge. Shot on location in London, England, inside and near the Lyceum Theatre.
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Monthly Archives: June 2024
Midday Music Fix
The original iPhone
turns 17 today
Annie Jacobsen was born
on this day in 1967
Annie Jacobsen — the American writer — was born on June 28, 1967 in Middletown, Connecticut.
She is the author of a number of aclaimed books including Operation Paperclip, Area 51, The Pentagon’s Brain, and Nuclear War: A Scenario.
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E. J. Ourso College of Business
founded on this day in 1928
The E. J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University was founded on this day – June 11, 1928.
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Sex cannot be separated from the malignancy of the social structures that surround it.
~ Alexandra Kleeman via The New York Times
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Civilization is an enormous device for economizing on knowledge.
~ Thomas Sowell
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The iPhone 4
turns 14 today
The first GSM model of the iPhone 4 was released today – June 24 – in 2010.
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It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress.
~ Friedrich Hayek
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I knew it wasn’t too important, but it made me sad anyway.
~ J.D. Salinger
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Building on a Confucian tradition of respect for knowledge, a century-old tradition of university building and a ton of newfound wealth, over the past 20 years China has been steadily building a set of institutions to take on the United States for scientific leadership. But does it have the money, talent and recipe for governance required to achieve this goal?
~ Alex Usher via The World of Higher Education Podcast
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