Bill Gates Unplugged: How I'm trying to change the world now.
Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them.
Why you should watch.
Bill Gates is founder and former CEO of Microsoft. A geek icon, tech visionary and business trailblazer, Gates' leadership -- fueled by his long-held dream that millions might realize their potential through great software -- made Microsoft a personal computing powerhouse and a trendsetter in the Internet dawn. Whether you're a suit, chef, quant, artist, media maven, nurse or gamer, you've probably used a Microsoft product today.
In summer of 2008, Gates left his day-to-day role with Microsoft to focus on philanthropy. Holding that all lives have equal value (no matter where they're being lived), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has now donated staggering sums to HIV/AIDS programs, libraries, agriculture research and disaster relief -- and offered vital guidance and creative funding to programs in global health and education. Gates believes his tech-centric strategy for giving will prove the killer app of planet Earth's next big upgrade.
"When Gates looks at the world, a world in which millions of preventable deaths occur each year, he sees an irrational, inefficient, broken system, an application that needs to be debugged. It shocks him -- his word -- that people don't see this, the same way it shocked him that nobody but he and [Paul] Allen saw the microchip for what it was." -Time
Full disclosure: I'm not too informed on the 241 Toll Road. I don't see how extending it to San Onofre will reduce traffic on the 5 Freeway. I don't surf so don't particularly care if the legendary waves of Trestles disappeared. I do know that the Transportation Corridor Authority is one of Orange County's worst governmental agencies, and that environmentalists care a bit too much about nature at the expense of other issues.
But after hearing both sides go at it yesterday on AirTalk with Larry Mantle on KPCC-FM 89.3, I know why the TCA didn't get its plans approved by the California Coastal Commission: arrogance.
One of the people interviewed was Lance MacLean, chairman of the Foothill Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency and a member on the Mission Viejo City Council. MacLean told Mantle he was "disappointed" in the Coastal Commission's decision, said "there was no winners" and went on to claim commuters were "doomed," our air quality would "degrade" and state parks would no longer receive $100 million that the TCA promised them if the Coastal Commission allowed the 241.
A couple of minutes later, Huell Howser of California Gold called, "compelled to call in with my two cents" he told Larry through his trademark twang. Huell acknowledged Southern California needed to alleviate traffic but then went into an impassioned defense of state parks and a vicious critique of those who want to tamper with them. Trestles, he said, "wasn't set aside for a park until something better came along; it was set aside FOREVER." View clips from Huell's Trestles special here.
MacLean's response? He called Huell's statements "alarmist."
Alarmist. Saying Huell Howser is an alarmist when it comes to California state parks is like saying Vin Scully overreacts during Los Angeles Dodgers broadcasts, that John Wooden cheers too much whenever the UCLA Bruins play at Pauley. Lance: You don't question Huell when it comes to California treasures; you shut up, learn, and hope you can ever have an ATOM of the respect Howser commands amongst Californians. By the way, it's pronounced "Cristianitos Road," not "Christianitos." And how's the sign stealing treating you these days? - Gustavo Arellano OCWeekly
And from the surfers and campers a big SHOUT OUT and THANK YOU to Huell Howser!
In a full-scale assault on San Onofre State Beach, Governor Schwarzenegger has declared his support for the Foothill-South Toll Road and war on our beloved park.
In a letter to the Coastal Commission, the Governor stated that he believes the Toll Road would actually improve the environment as well as public access and enjoyment of state lands and beaches! This news is on top of the Governor�s announcement last week that he favors closing 48 state parks�including San Onofre � and is an unprecedented injection of politics into what should be decision based on facts and the guidelines of the Coastal Act.
It�s imperative that we communicate our support for San Onofre, and our strong opposition to the Toll Road today!
Write a letter to Arnold today, telling him how much you support the park and oppose the toll road, with a CC of that letter to Pat Kruer, chair of the Coastal Commission and Mark Delaplane, the Coastal Commission staff member working on this issue. For a sample letter, click here.
Call and Write: Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger (916) 445-2841 State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814
and
Patrick Kruer, Chair California Coastal Commission 45 Fremont Street Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94105-2219
CC: Mark Delaplane
Please fax or email a copy of your letter to: nikko@savesanonofre.com / fax 916-737-1809
For a complete copy of the Governor�s letter, click here.
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You'd be fingerprinted, photographed and would submit to a DNA sample.
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* Employers would have to ensure that persons they hire for any level of pay have a valid IIC.
An employer who hired a person without a valid IIC would be fined $100,000 per non-documented worker and would face two years in jail for each undocumented worker he or she employed.
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* Federal funds would be barred from legal aid and/or legal support to persons who had previously entered without proper authorization.
* Holders of IIC would not be eligible for any Social Security or other federal assistance programs until that person becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen.
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