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Once again, the call for smart people to head key positions and the need to boost education. He mentions that more money is spent on research for going bald than it is for malaria. Pretty interesting on how he brought the mosquitoes with him. When speaking of educations, teachers in particular...
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Fri, Feb 6 2009
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Well in this case, so much for a front row seat with mosquitoes potentially flying around. This was done to get attention and focus on one of the projects a the Foundation, malaria. The mosquitoes of course did not have malaria and I might guess they were special bread for this occasion to...
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He could stand to be very progressively helping with grants being very familiar with the processes and able to focus the foundation quickly to those areas needing help, but unable to get funding through the NIH. BD SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Elias...
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Tue, Feb 3 2009
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Additional information can be found on the website for the sold out event. If you haven’t taken in the website, I highly recommend taking a look to see what is happening. In addition to the conference, there are new videos, interviews, etc. from time to time speaking not only about healthcare...
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Sat, Jan 31 2009
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With many not having internet access at home, this is big to allow more access to more citizens. Those who do not have access at home for example can visit the libraries and set up their own personal health records for a simple example and have immediate access to health related information. ...
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Thu, Dec 18 2008
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The one word here that somewhat scares me is “consider”, is this not a given to fund Health IT? Algorithms rule the world and all decisions made so perhaps we can catch Congress up on the meaning and importance of Health IT. Again, I sure wish we hand some “hands on” folks at the top of...
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Sat, Dec 6 2008
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Back in March of 2008, Bill Gates appeared before Congress, again emphasizing education and not cutting corners in this area. If we can somehow attack the education processes here, then we have a fighting chance. So many today don’t find the time each day even to just read a little. Mr....
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Thu, Dec 4 2008
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Records describe bgC3 as a “holding company” and according the this report and earlier this year he stated that he wanted to work more with the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, so it appears this will be a “think tank” as referenced. Unlike we have seen with Wall Street lately, there is no endeavor...
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Wed, Oct 22 2008
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In view of the recent events, I ran across the opinion article, written by a Venture Capitalist and just a small portion of some the content is below. I looked to see what they currently had under management, in other words, investments and about 90% involves technology, interesting. As everyone...
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The first...called delicious...BD Will look forward to their first visit to the hospital together. Technorati Tags: Microsoft , Bill gates , Jerry Sienfield , Technology
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It will be interesting to see when Seinfeld and Bill Gates get together on ads and commercials. All we need now is to add a little "Konan" and we would have non stop laughter. Everyone today is increasing their advertising coverage and Microsoft is doing the same. BD ...
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The Bill and Melinda Foundation will continue to grow and help those in need as Bill Gates moves further into the world of philanthropy. Nice… BD Bill Gates has been awarded the first Einstein Award from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the American Friends of the Hebrew University...
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Nice interview from the Nightly News with Bill Gates, reflecting on where he’s going, how Microsoft was started, and how innovation began. This takes about 25 minutes to watch in total as he talks about future plans and The Foundation. Among the items discussed include speech recognition...
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Nice interview from the Nightly News with Bill Gates, reflecting on where he’s going, how Microsoft was started, and how innovation began. This takes about 25 minutes to watch in total as he talks about future plans and The Foundation. Among the items discussed include speech recognition...