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Hollywood For Techees

a: Northern california ~
b: Hollywood for the computer world

What: "Northern California is like Hollywood for the computer world. Everything in technology, social media, computer parts, or web 2.0 somehow ties back to this area. The two hottest cell phones on the market were developed in adjacent towns. The only social networking tool that has its own biography AND major motion picture is now headquartered only one town over from there. "

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Writer: StephSF
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Date: May 5 2012 12:30 AM


A Toy Arrow?

a: Antibody ~
b: a toy arrow with a rubber suction cup

What: "An antibody is like one of those toy arrows with a rubber sucker at there tip- all it can do is stick to it's target, not penetrate or kill it." p 28 of the linked book.

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Writer: Jonathan Brostoff et
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Date: Apr 30 2013 1:43 PM



a: Health care ~
b: trying to find your way through a tangled maze

What: "Trying to navigate the health care system is like trying to find your way through a tangled maze," said Charles Ingoglia, M.S.W., Vice President for Public Policy at the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare. "Sometimes, doctors don't have time to talk to each other or share information."Or maybe they just don't care.

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Writer: Charles Ingoglia
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 23 2014 8:39 PM



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