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iscuss the situation. Socially, had great time. Dinner at NOLA sponsored by Chris and me and the parents of several of the seniors on Ali's boat - Ad Bax, Dawson's, etc.. Present at dinner were all the seniors on the boat - Anna Dawson (Olympian), Daphne Martschenko (AllAmerican), Kayla Cornale, Christina Bax, etc. Wonderful, joyous meal. On Thursday night Chris, Jenny, Megan, Ali and I drove to Half Moon Bay and had dinner at Miramar Restaurant by the sea - open pit fireplace and dining by the beach - great wine, calamari, etc. Seems not to get any better than this - so wonderfully proud of Ali who is truly a superstar - self-effacing, but a real superstar. Has another great lunch with the Ayers on Sunday afternoon before I took the "red-eye" back to DC. The formal graduation on Sunday had Bill and Melinda Gates as co-commencement speakers. They were good , but a bit self-congratulatory. I viewed the famous Stanford "Wacky Walk" entrance of the seniors. Ali and friends were dressed as "cars". Really fun. June 24-25, 2014 - Went to Aspen Ideas Festival. Gave 2 minute "Big Idea "during Opening Ceremony and was on panel on Emerging IDs with Tom Frieden and Yu Wang of China CDC. Moderated by Rich Besser (ABC News). Good panel. Many compliments for this and Big Idea. Met the usual DC glitterati at the festival - Walter Isaacson, Barbara Bush, Bill Frist, Corby Kumar, etc. June 29, 2014 - Interesting spin-off of my "Big Idea" at the Aspen Ideas Festival. My idea was that we can end the AIDS pandemic in 10 years (by 2024 - theme of festival - global health by 2024 and we were asked what single thing (big idea) do we think would greatly influence global health by 2024). Gov. Andrew Cuomo has stated that he wants to end the AIDS pandemic in NY State in 6 to 10 years. The NY Times wrote this up in the Sunday Times and quoted me since the reporter had heard about my Big Idea from the Aspen Festival. The article had me praising Gov. Cuomo and my saying that NY could be a model for the rest of the country. July 3, 2014 - The Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Sierra-Leone and Liberia is getting out of control. Latest number are 759 cases and 476 deaths (63% fatality) making this the largest outbreak of Ebola on record. Net highest was in 2000 in Uganda with ~400 cases. Major concern since it is now spreading in the cities of these countries and the population is not cooperating in containing it by ignoring the recommendations about how to handle patients and dead bodies. Also, major ignorance causing population to attack and stone doctors and nurses from Doctors without Borders and WHO, saying that there is a conspiracy on the part of the government to deplete the population. I appeared on CNN today to discuss the situation.