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Prepared Remarks by Bill Gates, Co-chair and Trustee

Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Honorable Ministers, Leaders of the African Union, Leaders of the African Union Commission, Ladies and Gentlemen--thank you for inviting me to speak at this summit of African leaders.

Melinda and I cherish our work here in Africa, and the opportunity to address you today is an honor I will never forget.


I’m grateful for the chance to talk to you today about the progress I see on this continent, and why – when it comes to the future of Africa – I am an optimist.










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Biological warfare

Biological warfare (BW) — also known as germ warfare — is the deliberate use of disease-causing biological agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or biological toxins, to kill or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war. Biological weapons (often termed "bio-weapons" or "bio-agents") are living organisms or replicating entities (viruses) that reproduce or replicate within their host victims.

Biological weapons may be employed in various ways to gain a strategic or tactical advantage over an adversary, either by threat or by actual deployment.










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Bill Gates set a conference abuzz when he opened a jar of mosquitoes onstage to make a point about malaria prevention.

The Associated Press

LONG BEACH, Calif. —

Bill Gates set a conference abuzz when he opened a jar of mosquitoes onstage to make a point about malaria prevention.

"There's no reason only poor people should have the experience," the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft said at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference Wednesday in Long Beach.

Audience members including technology leaders laughed nervously as the insects swarmed across the auditorium. Gates assured them that the bugs were not carrying malaria.





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Kate learns that someone knows the secret of Aaron's parentage; the dramatic shifts through time endanger the remaining island survivors.

Cast: Naveen Andrews, Henry Ian Cusick, Jeremy Davies, Michael Emerson, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Ken Leung, Evangeline Lilly, Elizabeth Mitchell, Terry O'Quinn Director(s): Stephen Williams Executive Producer(s): J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk

Original Air Date: Feb 04, 2009










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WHAT IS FARA?

FARA is short for the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF FARA?

The purpose of FARA is to insure that the U.S. Government and the people of the United States are informed of the source of information (propaganda) and the identity of persons attempting to influence U.S. public opinion, policy, and laws. In 1938, FARA was Congress' response to the large number of German propaganda agents in the pre-WWII U.S..










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Motive (law)

In law, especially criminal law, a motive is the cause that moves people to induce a certain action. Motive in itself is seldom an element of any given crime; however, the legal system typically allows motive to be proven in order to make plausible the accused's reasons for committing a crime, at least when those motives may be obscure or hard to identify with.

The law technically distinguishes between motive and intent. "Intent" in criminal law is synonymous with mens rea, which means no more than the specific mental purpose to perform a deed that is forbidden by a criminal statute, or the reckless disregard of whether the law will be violated.[citation needed] "Motive" describes instead the reasons in the accused's background and station in life that are supposed to have induced the crime.

Motive is particularly important in prosecutions for homicide. First, murder is so drastic a crime that most people recoil from the thought of being able to do it; proof of motive explains why the accused did so desperate an act.





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Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, the world's third richest person (as of 2008), and chairman of Microsoft





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A person who dresses and acts in a style or manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex.

someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex





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a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money





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Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.










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Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Honorable Ministers, Leaders of the African Union, Leaders of the African Union Commission, Ladies and Gentlemen--thank you for inviting me to speak at this summit of African leaders.

Melinda and I cherish our work here in Africa, and the opportunity to address you today is an honor I will never forget.


I’m grateful for the chance to talk to you today about the progress I see on this continent, and why – when it comes to the future of Africa – I am an optimist.










http://www.texarkanagazette.com/gcms/news/2011/04/17/lesa-withem-306979.php


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LESA WITHEM

ASHDOWN, Ark.—Lesa Jewell Withem of Ashdown died Thursday, April 14, 2011










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The Richest Astronaut in the Whole Wide World


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Bill Gates: African Union - Addis Ababa

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Prepared Remarks by Bill Gates, Co-chair and Trustee

Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Honorable Ministers, Leaders of the African Union, Leaders of the African Union Commission, Ladies and Gentlemen--thank you for inviting me to speak at this summit of African leaders.

Melinda and I cherish our work here in Africa, and the opportunity to address you today is an honor I will never forget.

I want to begin by acknowledging the work of the African Union in promoting a great future for the children of Africa.

Melinda and I endorse your call for greater investments in health and education and agriculture and technology. We strongly support your stands on the issues of governance that make development possible.

We also want to thank you for welcoming us as partners -- and for making the policies and investments that give our work a chance to succeed. Without your strong leadership, there is very little potential for change – no matter what the rest of us do.

I’m grateful for the chance to talk to you today about the progress I see on this continent, and why – when it comes to the future of Africa – I am an optimist.

WHY WE WORK IN AFRICA

In so many countries on this continent, health is rising, poverty is falling, and the economy is growing.

This wasn’t the story of Africa when I first came here nearly 20 years ago.

In the early 1990s, Melinda and I visited Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi.

That trip accelerated our move into philanthropy. But it wasn’t just the need that moved us. We were drawn to Africa because of the need and the promise.

We met energetic young people and enterprising business people. We saw key elements of a prosperous society. Yet there was great poverty and disease. People were working hard, with little gain from their work. Children were dying from diseases we can prevent.

That trip was a moment of reckoning for me. At that time, my focus was fully on Microsoft, and how the magic of technology could solve the problems of the world.

But here in Africa I began to see how many life-saving, life-enhancing discoveries were not being shared very widely in the world. That was deeply upsetting to me. It didn’t fit my belief that science is for everyone – that everybody should benefit from innovation.

So I wondered – what could the creative, energetic people of this continent accomplish if science and technology were more focused on solving the challenges of Africa? I believed the combination would be transforming. That’s why I’m here. That’s why I am an optimist.

I’m familiar with the arguments of the some of the Afro-pessimists from rich countries, and I don’t buy them.

I know how they think. When they look to the future, they extrapolate in a linear way from what is going on today. They don’t recognize that when you add innovation, it can change everything.

They often assume Africa is one homogenous place – rather than a diverse continent of more than 50 countries -- so they believe bad news from any part of Africa tells the story of all of Africa.

And they don’t see Africa as it is today. For them, looking at Africa is like looking at a distant star – what they see is the star as it was long ago. A star could be born tonight in Africa, and the pessimists won’t see its light for years.

So when pessimists say Africa does not have promise, or Africa is hopeless -- to me that’s an outrageous statement.

Africa is on the rise.

An excellent book called Emerging Africa tells the story of a new Africa. There has been an average of 5 percent economic growth across more than 20 countries on the continent over the past decade. Incomes have risen. Poverty has fallen. Trade and investment have more than doubled. Childhood deaths are down. Population growth is slowing. More countries are holding elections, accepting the results, honoring the rule of law, and fighting corruption.

These positive trends are not a matter of luck. They are driven by government decisions.

So you see, I may be an optimist. But I am an optimist with evidence.

LEADERSHIP ON MALARIA

These trends make me all the more enthusiastic about the work our foundation is doing with you.

We’re involved in a wide range of projects in Africa – from AIDS, TB, and malaria --to mother and child health -- to farming and financial services -- to nutrition and sanitation.

I won’t address all these areas today. I would like to focus on the efforts that promise big, near-term payoffs for your people – if you decide to use the power of your office to support them.

One area that I will just touch on very briefly – because it is an inspiring model of partnership and leadership – is malaria.

Africa is making impressive progress in malaria. Ten countries have dropped cases and deaths by 50 percent. In Senegal, the number of malaria cases went down more than 40 percent in one year.

The gains have come in part from rising popular interest in distributing bed nets, insecticide, and medicine. And a key reason for the rising interest is that leaders in society have made fighting malaria “cool.” It’s popular. A lot of credit should go to The United Against Malaria campaign. It has brought together businesses, medical researchers soccer teams and ordinary citizens. Everyone wants to be a part of it. This is the heart of a good partnership.

But there is another group that deserves praise: The African Leaders Malaria Alliance, chaired by President Kikwete of Tanzania. You keep the issue high on the political agenda. You make sure government leads the fight. And so you create a climate where even the smallest citizen actions make an impact. When people see they can make an impact, they act. That’s what can happen behind the leadership of the people in this room – an entire society can rise up and solve a problem.

It would be inspiring to see this same leadership in other areas I would like to mention today – AIDS, vaccines, polio, and agriculture.

AIDS

I want to make a short, focused point on AIDS. The rate of infection is down, as are the number of people dying. Treatment has expanded to 5 million people. That’s encouraging. But there are 33 million people living with HIV. And that means universal access to treatment is a false promise – unless we dramatically cut the number of new cases through prevention.

To do that, we have to make new preventive tools widely available as soon as possible, including male circumcision, microbicide gels, and an anti-HIV drug that blocks infection. Each of these interventions can save millions of lives, and each one is delayed by a long, slow series of steps and trials that might make sense in normal circumstances. But there is nothing normal about these circumstances. This is a massive emergency.

Your united voice can change this. If each of you uses the full force of your office, you can get these tools out in very large numbers in the next two or three years, and start to write the story of the end of AIDS. Melinda and I will do everything we can to help.

VACCINES

Our foundation’s strong commitment to AIDS and to global health comes from one central conviction: If you can improve people’s health, it will trigger a virtuous cycle of prosperity.

When mothers and fathers have their health, they can work. Working parents can feed their children and make sure they get vaccinated. Healthy children can pay attention in school and become educated. Educated young adults have the skills to improve their farms and start businesses.

Health is a deeply strategic investment. You knew this when you pledged in Abuja to allocate at least 15 percent of your annual budgets to health. These investments lead to higher worker productivity, stronger economic growth, and greater foreign investment.

Among all the health interventions, we believe the most spectacular value is in vaccines. Vaccines are a miracle. From 1980 to 2008, vaccines drove diphtheria cases down 93 percent; tetanus cases down 85 percent; and measles cases down 93 percent.

These are great numbers, but if we don’t keep moving forward, we quickly fall behind. In the last few years, there were gaps in routine vaccination for measles, and that quickly led to measles outbreaks in 28 countries.

This year 1.4 million children will die from diseases we have vaccines for. And the deaths are only part of the tragic story. Millions of children who survive these diseases cope with lifelong disabilities. Many can’t do as well in school. Disease doesn’t take their lives, but it steals their future.

This doesn’t have to happen. Melinda and I have committed $10 billion to vaccines over the next ten years – the biggest priority of our foundation. We are joining partners like WHO and UNICEF in calling this “the decade of vaccines.” And it’s off to an exciting start.

There are four new vaccines available right now, ready to be introduced into your country’s immunization programs – vaccines against Meningitis A, cervical cancer, pneumonia, and diarrhea. Four new vaccines at once is a phenomenal thing. But the truly amazing change is how fast these vaccines are being made available in Africa. It used to take 30 years before a vaccine available to American children would be given to African children. Not anymore.

The rotavirus vaccine for severe diarrhea was introduced in the west in 2006, and it will be introduced in Africa this year. A new and improved vaccine against pneumonia was introduced in the west last year, and was introduced in Sierra Leone this month. And the Meningitis A vaccine was developed uniquely for Africa. It was introduced last year in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

These new vaccines could cut childhood deaths by millions – but success depends on you – and whether you make vaccination a priority. If you do, this will be a decade of amazing life-saving gains.

POLIO

An immediate challenge is polio. As you all know, polio cases have dropped 99 percent over the last twenty years – from a high of 385,000 to fewer than 1,500 cases.

But the last few years have given us a humbling lesson in how difficult it is to eradicate a disease. There have been outbreaks of polio in several regions of the world, including in a number of African countries. Today, fortunately, there is some good news. After being urged by the World Health Assembly to intensify its fight against polio, Nigeria - under the leadership of President Goodluck Jonathan – has brought about a striking reversal of the disease.

They did it with the help of a reformulated vaccine that is more targeted. But the real force behind this success was the personal, vocal support of the country’s leaders. I traveled to Nigeria in early 2009, where I visited a health care center in Sokoto. I had the chance to vaccinate a set of infant twins. Then I met with a group of mothers. We talked about the barriers to vaccinating children, and they all said: “We need to have permission from our husbands; we need the imams to talk about immunization and give permission during prayer.”

It is easier for the husbands and the imams to encourage vaccination if they have vocal support from the country’s top leaders. That’s why it’s so important for you all to tell the country repeatedly that vaccination is safe and essential.

It’s also crucial that you speak out against misleading messages about vaccination. You have the power to discredit the kind disinformation that costs children their lives.

Nigeria is doing this. National, state, and traditional leaders are unified. Cases are way down -- from 388 to 18. But Africa can’t succeed just by winning in Nigeria. Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Chad are among those still fighting the disease. And that means all of Africa has to intensify its polio vaccination.

You might ask: “Why should I invest in polio when so many children are dying in my country from malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea? The answer is: until polio is finished, every country is at risk. The Republic of Congo was polio-free for ten years, and then suddenly the virus came back this year - triggering Africa’s biggest outbreak, with a 40 percent mortality rate.

We have to push for eradication. It will give us a huge payoff.

No more deaths from polio.

No more paralysis.

No more costs for treatment.

A recent estimate said eradication would save the world $50 billion over the next 25 years. This would be a big economic gain for your countries. And of course that doesn’t count the gain in happiness that can’t ever be measured.

You could be the leaders who eradicate polio in Africa. But you have to do it together. Polio crosses borders. Polio is a call for African unity.

AGRICULTURE

Health is the biggest focus of our foundation. But health by itself doesn’t guarantee a good family income. So Melinda and I asked ourselves: “What is the best way to help those who are struggling to live on less than a dollar a day?”

We found out what you already knew: three-quarters of the world’s poorest people get their food and income by farming small plots – but they don’t have the tools or the market access to make the most from their land.

If farmers can use irrigation, improved seeds, and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can get themselves a better living and a better life.

A recent McKinsey report estimates that Africa could nearly double the value of its agricultural output in the next ten years, and more than triple it in twenty years.

This will change the economies of your countries.

The African Union deserves credit for calling on African governments at Maputo to commit ten percent of their national budgets to agriculture and to seek 6 percent annual growth in agriculture.

There have been encouraging gains since then. But most of the increase has come from farming more land. The real gains will come from getting higher yields on the same land in a way that protects the environment.

A year ago, I visited the BECA Laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya, which is headed by an extraordinary woman named Segenet Kelemu. Dr. Kelemu grew up in Ethiopia, moved away for graduate school, and worked in other countries for 25 years. But she chose to come back to Africa in 2007 to help develop a generation of plant scientists to promote food security in Africa.

Dr. Kelemu heads a team of 60 scientists working to breed crops with higher yields and stronger resistance to pests, drought, and disease.

She showed me test plots side by side – on one plot, there was an old variety of sorghum destroyed by pests – while on the neighboring plot, a new pest-resistant variety was thriving. This test plot was like looking at Africa’s worst-case scenario right next to the best-case scenario. The seeds can make the difference.

But there’s a shortage of good seeds adapted to African environments. That’s why the work of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa – and the leadership of its chair Kofi Annan – is so important.

Melinda just visited Ghana to see how the Alliance is helping to develop and distribute new locally-adapted, conventionally-bred seeds. These varieties can offer tremendous gains in productivity.

While there is tremendous potential for increased yields through conventional breeding, I believe that in the longer term, some gains will come from improving seeds through biotechnology. In some cases, GM crops can address farmers’ challenges faster and more efficiently than conventional breeding alone.

Of course, these technologies must be subject to rigorous scientific study to ensure they are safe and effective. But with proper reviews, they can offer great benefits. That's why we are investing in efforts to make sure African regulators are at the cutting edge of global best practices and knowledge on the regulation of biotechnology.

Brazil and China and India are seeing huge gains from GM crops. But right now, Egypt, South Africa, and Burkina Faso are the only African nations where farmers have the opportunity to plant GMOs. South Africa has seen maize yield increases of more than 30 percent. Burkina Faso has increased cotton yields by 30 percent -- and cut the use of insecticides.

It’s fine for people from rich, well-fed nations with productive farms to decline the use of GMOs. But they should not be allowed to impose their preferences on Africa. Africans should decide what seeds are planted in African soil.

African food production has not kept up with population growth. With the advent of climate change, maintaining the same practices will make things worse. This is disaster that does not need to happen.

With the help of recent advances, the farmland of Africa can become the answer to hunger and poverty – and a trigger for wide economic growth.

CALL TO LEADERSHIP

This is the future I see for Africa. And the future is not far off. Many countries are making impressive progress, and these countries share common characteristics.

They are making smart investments in health -- focusing on mother and child health, strong vaccination programs, and efforts to control AIDS, TB, and malaria.

They are investing in agriculture, so African farmers can benefit from the technology and market access that have led growth in rich countries.

They are making sound economic policies that promote trade and investment and make it easier to run a business.

They are fighting corruption, sharing power, and honoring elections – the cornerstones of strong governance.

The last 15 years have shown that African countries that follow this approach – even those without oil, or favorable land and climate – can improve health, cut poverty, and grow their economies.

So we know that if a country in Africa is not growing, not improving in health, not producing more food – the main responsibility is not in the land, or the resources, or outside forces, but inside its own borders, in the quality of leadership and the actions of government.

This is why I believe the rise of strong leadership will be the decisive factor in Africa’s future.

CLOSING

If I may, I would like to close with a personal reflection.

Ever since I’ve been coming to Africa, people have asked me why I do this work...why I focus on Africa...what motivates me.

As you know, I started a company that has been successful and generated a lot of wealth. In my view, it’s ridiculous to say this wealth is mine or Melinda’s. There is no personal use we could ever make of it. There is nothing we have to have that it can buy us.

We don’t need it.

As for our children, we decided before they were old enough to express an opinion that it wouldn’t be a good thing to give it to them either.

So the question became – what’s the best use for this money? And what’s the best use of our time?

Melinda and I believe that every life has equal worth. We believe that every child deserves health and opportunity. And we believe that innovation can make that possible for millions of children. So for Melinda and for me, this is the most meaningful work we can do – to work with you and the people of Africa, trying to accomplish something great together.

We see no better way to spend our lives.

Thank you very much. And God Bless Africa.










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Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Honorable Ministers, Leaders of the African Union, Leaders of the African Union Commission, Ladies and Gentlemen--thank you for inviting me to speak at this summit of African leaders.

Melinda and I cherish our work here in Africa, and the opportunity to address you today is an honor I will never forget.


I’m grateful for the chance to talk to you today about the progress I see on this continent, and why – when it comes to the future of Africa – I am an optimist.










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Texarkana Gazette


LESA WITHEM

ASHDOWN, Ark.—Lesa Jewell Withem of Ashdown died Thursday, April 14, 2011










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Gilligan's Island Season 2 Episode 12

Don't Bug the Mosquitoes


AIRED: 12/9/65










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Bill Gates: African Union - Addis Ababa

January 30, 2011

Prepared Remarks by Bill Gates, Co-chair and Trustee

Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Honorable Ministers, Leaders of the African Union, Leaders of the African Union Commission, Ladies and Gentlemen--thank you for inviting me to speak at this summit of African leaders.

Melinda and I cherish our work here in Africa, and the opportunity to address you today is an honor I will never forget.


So you see, I may be an optimist. But I am an optimist with evidence.










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Superman (1978)

Quotes


Superman: You don't even care where that other missile is headed, do you?

Lex Luthor: Of course I do. I know exactly where it's headed. Hackensack, New Jersey.

[he pushes Superman into the pool]










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Miss Teschmacher: [looking at Lex's newspaper] A meteorite found in Addis Ababa. Uh, I know I'm gonna get rapped in the mouth for this, but... So what?



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