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Current Topic: California

LAX power failure blamed on bird
Topic: California 1:31 am EDT, Apr 14, 2004

Officials blamed a bird on a power line for a 10-second-long power failure that disrupted air traffic at Los Angeles International Airport for up to 90 minutes for an estimated 80 to 100 LA-bound flights.

Talk about your David and Goliath story ...

Do you think the birds ever blame officials for their problems?

"Since 9/11 ... anything goes at the airport," said a waiting customer.

I knew about the Valley, but I had no idea it was right there in the airport.

Most functions came back quickly but some important equipment remained out, including critical switching equipment that allows instantaneous communication between Los Angeles tower controllers and the approach control facility in San Diego County.

Hopefully NIPC will be looking into this.

LAX power failure blamed on bird


Joint Venture: 2004 Index of Silicon Valley
Topic: California 1:46 pm EST, Jan 19, 2004

As Silicon Valley continues to undergo economic restructuring and we begin to see the shape of our future, our region now has the opportunity to participate in the next wave of innovation and broaden prosperity as envisioned in Silicon Valley 2010.

This will require a strong commitment by regional stewards to both promote a high quality of life to attract and retain talent and invest in the skills essential to compete in the global economy.

Our region must commit to preparing our current workforce for the occupational transitions necessary to stay on the cutting edge of innovation through constant retraining and career progression.

Last year, in response to both cyclical and structural economic challenges, Joint Venture outlined a four-part Next Silicon Valley Strategy to promote the region's economy through global partnerships, technology convergence, and investing in a habitat for innovation and entrepreneurship.

This year, the Index highlights the opportunity to take advantage of the next wave of economic opportunities in the regional economy to prepare the workforce for jobs of the future.

This report is not so subtly telling you: find a new line of work.

Told you so.

Meanwhile, the boys in Bangalore are blogging: "All your jobs are belong to us."

(The full text of the report is available in PDF; the link is at the end of the page.)

Joint Venture: 2004 Index of Silicon Valley


How We Will Grow [PDF]
Topic: California 7:23 pm EDT, Sep 13, 2003

One hundred years from now, if present trends continue, California could conceivably have as many as 90 million residents. Where these future residents will live and work is unclear. How future Californians will occupy the landscape is also unclear.

As the union's most populous state sizes itself up for the century ahead, I am reminded of this comment by José Ortega y Gasset, about 1930's Europe:

"Towns are full of people, houses full of tenants, hotels full of guests, trains full of travellers, cafés full of customers, parks full of promenaders, consulting-rooms of famous doctors full of patients, theatres full of spectators, and beaches full of bathers. What previously was, in general, no problem, now begins to be an everyday one, namely, to find room."

Consider this your guide to long-term investment. (In real estate? In politics?)

How We Will Grow [PDF]


 
 
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