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Posts Tagged ‘Paul Allen’
Allen Brain Institute Becomes Impressive
Paul Allen’s support for the Allen Institute has always seemed more a personal and, perhaps, amateurish effort to do something impressive than the sort of hard-edged .. almost industrial commitment … his buddy Gates has made in malaria research or the fundamental science that has driven [...]
March 5th, 2012 - 10:02 am § in America, The Ave Scene
What Mitt and His Ilk Do with $250,000,000
Qatar Purchases Cézanne’s The Card Players for More Than $250 Million, Highest Price Ever for a Work of Art Mitt Purchases and Election for $100,000,000, Highest Price Ever Paid to Buy An Election. The tiny, oil-rich nation joins a massively exclusive club: only five Card Players exist, and the o[...]
The AVE Scene: Why Marcie Stillman is Wrong About SLU
Over at Crosscut Marcie Sillman has an intriguing history of Seattle as a city of innovation. Here is a taste of what she covers: Boeing Nirvana Amazon Microsoft Starbucks Slate Immunex I found the list somewhat sad. For example SEALAND and United Parcel, both of which loom hugely in today̵[...]
Yom Kippur: Paul Allen on Non Atonement
As Yom Kippur approaches, Paul Allen speaks on why he feels not need to atone for bad mouhting Bill Gates. Aren’t Christians, billionaires, goyem, rich folk lucky not to have a holiday that makes them apologize? At least Paul might give Bill a megayacht or two! for Xmas?[...]
September 27th, 2011 - 7:29 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Paul Allen a No Show at $1.2 billion dollar SLU party, but Josh is still impressed
Josh Fiet at Publicola blogs: I got to South Lake Union about 9:30 on Sunday morning for breakfast and 1) We had to circle around to find parking and 2) There was a line out the door at the restaurant, Portage Bay Café. I guess I wasn’t the only one who wanted to be in/see/test […][...]
September 2nd, 2011 - 11:14 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
The AVE: a vision for Seattle’s new waterfront.
Any successful effort to create a marvelous waterfront park for Seattle should include turning Elliot Avenue into a grand entrance into the city. Once you cross the Ballard Bridge, there are fields, a very underused shopping center, warehouses, and amazing access to three great attraction … [...]
April 19th, 2011 - 2:24 am § in Misc.
Paul Allen’s book an unabashed bid for computing industry credit
“I was the idea man, the one who’d conceive of things out of whole cloth,” Allen wrote. “Bill listened and challenged me, then homed in on my best ideas to help make them a reality.” see also Pual Allen’s Toys from CNET by Jay Greene review Much like Paul Allen[...]
President Romney: Fixing the effects of Obamacare on the Kentucky Derby
President Romney Salutes the Immigrant Workers Who Make the Kentucky Derby Possible. In an interview with the magazine “Latino Horse Owners,” President Romney discussed the ways Immigration reform and his revised Obamacare could improve the Kentucky Derby. While showing LHO’s T[...]