docker-p Posted 30 March, 2009 Share Posted 30 March, 2009 (edited) BBC radio this morning was discussing philanthropy and mentioned how some very rich individuals have given hundreds of millions to help world poverty, they named Warren Buffet and Bill Gates; while other multi, multi billionaires haven't given a single penny, they named Paul Allen. He sounds like the sort of mean, penny pinching, miserable tosser we're used to running our club. Good job we managed to side step him. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/starttheweek.shtml Edited 30 March, 2009 by docker-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 30 March, 2009 Share Posted 30 March, 2009 yeah, who wants to have millions, be rich, buy good players and get promoted. Most ridiculous post ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 30 March, 2009 Share Posted 30 March, 2009 Hang on a sec, are you suggesting we donate what little money this club has to help solve world poverty? Would be an honourable thing to do I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docker-p Posted 30 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 30 March, 2009 yeah, who wants to have millions, be rich, buy good players and get promoted. Most ridiculous post ever Irony lost on you then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 30 March, 2009 Share Posted 30 March, 2009 Philanthropy Paul Allen has made contributions to organizations related to health and human services, and toward the advancement of science and technology. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation was established in 1986 to administer most of his contributions.[15] Through the Foundation, Allen awards approximately $30 million in grants annually.[16] Roughly 60% of the Foundation's money goes to non-profit organizations in Seattle and the state of Washington, and 12%to Portland, Oregon. The remaining 28% is distributed to other cities within the Pacific Northwest.[16] Allen has donated US$900 million of his money, as of 2007.[17] Allen also contributes through other charitable projects known as "venture philanthropy". The most famous of these projects are Experience Music Project, the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, the Flying Heritage Collection (airworthy vintage military aircraft) and the Allen Telescope Array (ATA).[17] The ATA is a partnership between the University of California, Berkeley and the SETI Institute.[18] Allen has a flower fly named after him for his contributions to Dipterology, called Paul Allen's flower fly.[19] Allen has also funded the purchase of many Jimi Hendrix artifacts, including the guitar Hendrix played at Woodstock, and ensured their public display in the Experience Music Project exhibits.[20] Although he attended Washington State University and has given money to its music school, Allen has donated more money to the University of Washington. In the late 1980s, Allen donated US$18 million to build a new library named after his father, Kenneth S. Allen.[21] US$5 million was donated in 2003 to establish the Faye G. Allen Center for Visual Arts, named after his mother.[22] Allen was also the top private contributor, with US$14 million in donations, and namesake, of the "Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering", which was completed in 2003.[23] Throughout the years, Allen has contributed millions of US dollars to the University of Washington Medical School.[24] The Foundation awarded US$3.2 million for prostatitis research in 1997, followed by an additional US$1.0 million grant in 2002.[25] More recently, the Foundation contributed US$5.0 million for an early cancer-detection project by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.[26] Allen founded the Allen Institute for Brain Science in 2003 with Jo Allen Patton as a nonprofit corporation (501© (3)) and medical research organization. Utilizing the mouse model system (given its great similarity to human DNA), 20,000 genes in the adult mouse brain were mapped to a cellular level for the Allen Brain Atlas. The data generated from this effort is contained in the free and publicly available Allen Brain Atlas application located at www.brain-map.org. In 2008, the Institute also launched the Allen Spinal Cord Atlas project. All of these scientific findings will prove invaluable to international researchers working on cures for neurological and nervous system illnesses and injuries. On July 16, 2008, Allen launched a $ 41 million online "Allen Spinal Cord Atlas" mouse gene map. Allan Jones, chief scientific officer, said: "The Allen Spinal Cord Atlas offers profound potential for researchers to unlock the mysteries of the spinal cord and how it is altered during disease or injury." The spinal cord atlas is set up like the Allen Institute's earlier atlas of the mouse brain.[1] The Map could reveal new treatments for human neurological disorders. The map points researchers toward places where genes are active[2][27][28] On November 19, 2008, Allen appeared at the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Hall of Fame to present the second annual Founder's Award for musical achievement. The award was presented to Robbie Robertson, a founding member of the seminal 1960s band The Band and a noted composer of film scores. Allen founded the museum in 2000. The award was presented as part of a gala benefit for EMP. The finale was a four-song set with all the evening's musicians on stage, including Allen and Robertson on guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Saint Posted 30 March, 2009 Share Posted 30 March, 2009 I am willing to donate the money I would have spent on my Saints top next season to some 3rd world charity. I think this is a great idea docker-p. I would certainly urge others to join in. Any suggestions on which charity should get the money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docker-p Posted 30 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 30 March, 2009 I am willing to donate the money I would have spent on my Saints top next season to some 3rd world charity. I think this is a great idea docker-p. I would certainly urge others to join in. Any suggestions on which charity should get the money? The International Fund for Endangered Saints Fans. A threatened species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 30 March, 2009 Share Posted 30 March, 2009 Irony lost on you then? Not at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 30 March, 2009 Share Posted 30 March, 2009 I am willing to donate the money I would have spent on my Saints top next season to some 3rd world charity. I think this is a great idea docker-p. I would certainly urge others to join in. Any suggestions on which charity should get the money? Actually ive gone one step better and donated a lot of old Saints shirts to people less fortunate when i was in India a few weeks ago. Made me feel better,though im not sure if they were happy or not!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docker-p Posted 30 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 30 March, 2009 Philanthropy Paul Allen has made contributions to organizations related to health and human services, and toward the advancement of science and technology. . http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/starttheweek.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 30 March, 2009 Share Posted 30 March, 2009 I am willing to donate the money I would have spent on my Saints top next season to some 3rd world charity. I think this is a great idea docker-p. I would certainly urge others to join in. Any suggestions on which charity should get the money? Send your cheque : Hubris Aid PO Box 666 Withington Cheltenham Gloucestershire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 30 March, 2009 Share Posted 30 March, 2009 Send your cheque : Hubris Aid PO Box 666 Withington Cheltenham Gloucestershire Hubris Aid? Is that a new fizzy health drink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 Err..... http://www.pgafoundations.com/ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 (edited) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/starttheweek.shtml Why would anyone believe the (Gordon) Brown Broadcasting Company? Edit: corrected half amusing gaff Edited 31 March, 2009 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 Why would anyone believe the (Gordon) Brown Broadcasting Society? The BBS? Have they had yet another bloody rebdranding from Lambie Nairn??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 I am willing to donate the money I would have spent on my Saints top next season to some 3rd world charity. I think this is a great idea docker-p. I would certainly urge others to join in. Any suggestions on which charity should get the money?Im sure the staff at the club shop will be pleased that they wont be berated again..It was you wasn't it?Apologies if not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 The BBS? Have they had yet another bloody rebdranding from Lambie Nairn??? Note to self: Trousers - if you're going to try to be clever at least get the words right, you tw*t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
once_bitterne Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 It still staggers me that there are fans that still believe that Paul Allen had any inclination whatsoever to take over a 'soccer' club in the South of the England. There is not an ounce of truth in this. The club itself pretty much admitted this at one of the fans forums when they said it all came from a call from someone purporting to represent Allen saying they were interested in investing in the club. However, the club did some research and this person was not who he said he was. Yet some people still cling to the notion that one of the Richest men in the world would really be interested in taking over SFC. Personally I believe this rumour was at the very least purpetuated and at the worst actually started by the 'Wilde Bunch' in order to deflect attention from their own spectacular failure in the s hit or just strategy of giving Gormless George £8m to pi ss up against the wall. And what the hey, it certainly worked, all the talk of the fan's forums that Summer was of Billionaire takeovers, not what a pitiful job the Wilde Bunch were doing and how they were driving us to the inevitable brink of administration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 Personally I believe this rumour was at the very least purpetuated and at the worst actually started by the 'Wilde Bunch' Wilde (?) standing up at a public meeting and announcing that "It is Paul Allen" might have had something to do with the 'rumours'. Just a hunch.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 It still staggers me that there are fans that still believe that Paul Allen had any inclination whatsoever to take over a 'soccer' club in the South of the England. There is not an ounce of truth in this. The club itself pretty much admitted this at one of the fans forums when they said it all came from a call from someone purporting to represent Allen saying they were interested in investing in the club. However, the club did some research and this person was not who he said he was. Yet some people still cling to the notion that one of the Richest men in the world would really be interested in taking over SFC. Personally I believe this rumour was at the very least purpetuated and at the worst actually started by the 'Wilde Bunch' in order to deflect attention from their own spectacular failure in the s hit or just strategy of giving Gormless George £8m to pi ss up against the wall. And what the hey, it certainly worked, all the talk of the fan's forums that Summer was of Billionaire takeovers, not what a pitiful job the Wilde Bunch were doing and how they were driving us to the inevitable brink of administration. After all Wilde and his financial coccck upps..not all is lost. In recent times he has been under the financial guidance of Rupert and our own jonah of computer mechanical repairs fame(only joking Rupert:smt049) The course that Wilde is following is for another year and although progress is very slow he is expected to be as good as the two top tutors when he is allowed to deal with the small change remaining at the club....I find teaching fees to be very excessice.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 (edited) Ok, so the link to Allen two years ago proved to be a false lead but, now that he's got the Seattle Sounders up and running again, who's to say that the timing isn't ripe for another speculative approach to Vulcan Ventures (Sports Dept) to see if they fancy a reciprocal tie-in with a 'family club' in the South of England? They do afterall have an ex-Saints player as assistant coach.... Just because the trail went cold 'last time' doesn't mean that it would automatically go cold this time. Who know, maybe Allen got to hear about the rumours 2 years ago and had a bit of a chuckle about them but, whatever the outcome last time, the seed would have been planted.... Worth another go Mssrs McLaughlin, Jackson & Co? Edited 31 March, 2009 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 Ok, so the link to Allen two years ago proved to be a false lead but, now that he's got the Seattle Sounders up and running again, who's to say that the timing isn't ripe for another speculative approach to Vulcan Ventures (Sprots Dept) to see if they fancy a reciprocal tie-in with a 'family club' in the South of England? They do afterall have an ex-Saints player as assistant coach.... http://news.google.co.uk/news?q=global+financial+crisis&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enGB225GB225&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&ei=CuPRSeO8BMqZjAfo39zyBg&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=1&ct=title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 Ok, so the link to Allen two years ago proved to be a false lead but, now that he's got the Seattle Sounders up and running again, who's to say that the timing isn't ripe for another speculative approach to Vulcan Ventures (Sprots Dept) to see if they fancy a reciprocal tie-in with a 'family club' in the South of England? They do afterall have an ex-Saints player as assistant coach.... Just because the trail went cold 'last time' doesn't mean that it would automatically go cold this time. Who know, maybe Allen got to hear about the rumours 2 years ago and had a bit of a chuckle about them but, whatever the outcome last time, the seed would have been planted.... Worth another go Mssrs McLaughlin, Jackson & Co? Uh No, please, not all that again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 http://news.google.co.uk/news?q=global+financial+crisis&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enGB225GB225&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&ei=CuPRSeO8BMqZjAfo39zyBg&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=1&ct=title Canny businessmen are getting back into speculative business already....I'd hate for Allen to miss the boat this time around. I'll see your link and raise you this one... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article5980935.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 Canny businessmen are getting back into speculative business already....I'd hate for Allen to miss the boat this time around. I'll see your link and raise you this one... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article5980935.ece I can see it now... 'Virgin Saints' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 Canny businessmen are getting back into speculative business already....I'd hate for Allen to miss the boat this time around. I'll see your link and raise you this one... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article5980935.ece I have nothing. I fold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amesbury Saint Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 I can see it now... 'Virgin Saints' really? because everybody "scores" against us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 1 April, 2009 Share Posted 1 April, 2009 ...who's to say that the timing isn't ripe for another speculative approach to Vulcan Ventures (Sports Dept) to see if they fancy a reciprocal tie-in with a 'family club' in the South of England?... I would wager that events off (and possibly on) the pitch this Saturday may not fit in with the 'family club' image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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