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    In 2000 Bill and his wife Melinda started the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) “Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives” ("Bill & Melinda Gates foundation," n.d.) . By 2013 the foundation had given away $28 billion worldwide with $42.3 billion in future support of grants with goals of: eradicating…

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    Shouping Hu Summary

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    research question asked was: “Does receiving a Gate Millennium Scholarship (GMS) award effect student engagement in academic activities and social activities? (Hu, 2010, p. 152)” Hu further attempted to answer two additional questions through this studies: “a) Does receiving a GMS award influence the types of colleges students choose to attend? b) Do different types of colleges that students attend affect…

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    2 – Good business doesn't mean have a good moral, because some businessman just look for the profit. If you have money, they will treat you well, once they earn money from you, and you don't have value anymore, they won't care about you. Some businessman are good in business, because they care about their clients, they don't care if they earn a lot or not, what is important to them is trust of the client, that's why they became successful. 1 – Idiomatically speaking, “going places” in this case…

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    Wealth In America

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    Everybody wants to become rich; in fact, not everyone is rich. Some people are born under a rich family, but some are not. The one of the economic problems that America has is that there is a huge the difference between the average income of the top 1% of the population and the average income of the rest of the population. What can be done to minimize the gap between two groups? The solution is the rich people; they should not hold on to their wealth, but they should contribute part of their…

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    diseases. In the last 50 years, vaccines have saved more lives than any type of medical procedure. Starting in the 1920s, vaccines became widely available for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, and tuberculosis. Organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi the Vaccine Alliance put their goals toward continually saving…

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    first published on June 24, 2013, and written by Ana M. Elfers a Research Assistant Professor at UW College of Education and is known for her Qualitative Research Methods. Tom Stritikus is a Deputy Director of K-12 Education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The purpose of the study is to examine the various ways schools and district leaders create systems of support for classroom teachers who work with linguistically diverse students. Many schools and districts adhere to the…

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    is mentioning to show that people act selfish in order to survive and propagate. The example about Bill Gate,” In recent years, Bill Gates has channeled billions of his dollars to a foundation devoted to fighting disease and poverty. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation may today be the single-most-powerful force in the world for the relief of suffering. But what, one might ask, is in it for Bill?” this shows that the person is really following the selfish orders of his own genes. Yes it may…

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    students develop self-evaluations. Mooney believes that this could be a problem. Mooney explains that there are different ways to evaluate teachers according to the Measures for Effective Teaching, which is a research project conducted by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The MET study shows that both student achievement and classroom observation plays a role in the judging…

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    Raising Women’s Voices-NY  New York, NY  09/2015-Present A national initiative working to ensure that the health care needs of women, LGBT individuals and their families are addressed as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is implemented. Policy Intern Assist senior staff in conducting research and analysis on model federal and state health policies implementing the ACA. Support the organization’s health literacy initiative, which is helping newly-enrolled women learn how to effectively use…

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    What is the rationale behind social entrepreneurship? Is it to gain recognition for the business in order to generate more profit, or is the main focus creating social value within the community? The aim of this essay is to address the question stated above by analyzing the role of social entrepreneurs and their motives behind choosing that particular entrepreneurial type, in South Africa (a developing country according to the United Nations Statistics, 2017) with the exception of one or two…

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