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Bill Gates' flower fly (Eristalis gatesi) is a flower fly found only in Costa Rican high montane cloud forests and named after Bill Gates. Another fly found in similar habitats was named after Gates' associate Paul Allen, called Paul Allen's flower fly (Eristalis alleni); according to the US Department of Agriculture's Systematic Entomology Laboratory, both names were in "recognition of [their] great... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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    Bill Gates' flower fly

    Bill Gates' flower fly (Eristalis gatesi) is a flower fly found only in Costa Rican high montane cloud forests and named after Bill Gates. Another fly found in similar habitats was named after Gates' associate Paul Allen, called Paul Allen's flower fly (Eristalis alleni); according to the US Department of Agriculture's Systematic Entomology Laboratory, both names were in "recognition of [their] great contributions to the science of Dipterology".
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    Paul Allen's flower fly

    Another fly was also named after Allen's associate Bill Gates, Bill Gates' flower fly (Eristalis gatesi).
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    Bill Gates

    He remains at Microsoft as a part-time, non-executive chairman. ... "Bill Gates' Flower Fly Eristalis gatesi Thompson".
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    Paul Allen

    ↑ "Bill Gates: Before Microsoft". ... "Paul Allen's Flower Fly".
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    Mount Kenya

    Because of variation in flowering times, some species are in flower at all times of year. ... Park fees have to be paid, although the bandas are situated just outside the gates.
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    Johnny Cash discography

    | "Pick the Wildwood Flower" (w/ Maybelle Carter) | 34 | | | | Single only | ... | 1994 | "The Little Drummer Boy" | Ben Keith | Seven Gates: A Christmas Album by Ben Keith and Friends |
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    Yes (band)

    Squire had been a member of The Syn, a flower-pop outfit that recorded a couple of singles for Deram Records (one, "14-Hour Technicolour Dream", celebrating the "happening" held at Alexandra Palace on April 29/April 30, 1967). ... Again, the album featured a side-long track, "The Gates of Delirium", from which the "Soon" section was put out as a limited single release.
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    Kansas

    | *Amphibian: Barred Tiger Salamander Animal: Buffalo Fish: Channel Catfish Bird: Western Meadowlark Flower: Sunflower Insect: European honey bee Motto: Ad astra per aspera, or "To the stars through difficulties" Reptile: Ornate Box Turtle Soil: Harney silt loam Song: "Home on the Range" Tree: Cottonwood Seal: Symbols of Commerce (river, steamboat) and agriculture (farmer plowing) Adopted 1861 | ... Also from Kansas are General Richard Myers (Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2001-05) and Robert Gates (United States Secretary of Defense December 2006 - Present).
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    List of Celebrity Deathmatch episodes

    | Bill Gates vs. Michael Flatley | Robot Flatley | Bill Gates and Michael Flatley: Slammed repeatedly in the ring until both fighters broke into pieces. | None | ... | Where is Bob Costas? | Lil' Kim vs. Little Richard | John Tesh (As a guest commentator, appears throughout the episode) | Lil' Kim | Random Audience Member: Head sliced off by Lil' Kim's shuriken flower pasties.
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    List of QI episodes (E series)

    Trees explode from lightning strikes and splinters fly all over the place. ... Tangent: Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein wanted more power, and said that if he was not given it, he would sell Liechtenstein to Bill Gates.
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