Sunday, January 31, 2010

Decade of Vaccines: Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation

"Incredible progress over the past decade, but the world must invest more to save lives.
By continuing to increase access to proven vaccines, and by introducing new vaccines as they become available, the world could save more than eight million lives by 2020. With this in mind, we are committing $10 billion over the next decade to support vaccine research, development, and delivery." -- PR on Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation
Its a commendable attempt. Its a huge amount to make lives better. Bill has opened the gates to change millions of lives in the next decade.

Vice Chancellor Selection Process Gets Strict

"It may no longer be possible to become vice-chancellor of a central or private university merely because a person thinks he is worthy of the job, is able to exercise influence, or is its promoter. He will have to be a part of a National Registry of VCs that will be compiled by the collegium of the proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER)." -- TOI
Read More : Stricter norms for VC job?

A step in the right direction. It is usually seen that a candidate hyped higher than Obama, when assumes the responsibility of a VC, turns all hopes down. It becomes difficult to judge whether it was a wrong choice, or the choice has made him wrong.

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How To Use You Tube Video To Play Piano

This is an example of highly creative people, who turned You Tube annotations to make a piano. It really works. Just wait for the video to load and you can actually play the piano ?