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When it was built in the 1970s, Portland's transit mall was studied and imitated nationwide. It consolidated regional bus traffic serving the city and the surrounding tri-county area on a one-way couplet of two major streets running through the densest area of downtown. While some automobile traffic was permitted, the mall was predominantly reserved for buses and transit stops. It was also at the center of Fareless Square, an area of downtown where bus transit was free to encourage short trips by bus rather than personal vehicles.
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After breakfast this morning we hiked to another waterfall where we were allowed to swim. It was beautiful. We got to hang out there for a bit and then we hiked for about 2 hours to where we had lunch, pad thai...yummy! Our last part of our adventure was bamboo rafting. We were split into two groups of four and started off down the river. We were all standing except for our excellent photographer, Trevor. Fanny and Guillaum, who were on our raft started collecting the floating cobs of corn. That's right small pieces of cobs of corn by the hundreds were just floating around in the river. Anyways they started to throw them at the other raft and so we had a corn fight going down the river! So much fun with people we just met. Just as we were finishing the rafting the skies opened and we got to cover without being completely soaked.
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Eight SCAD students were selected as finalists for the inaugural Nurture Collegiate Healthcare Design Competition. B.F.A. furniture design students Jared Knoy and Carlos Diaz as well as B.F.A. interior design students Aeriel Whitworth and Christina Achee created the project, "Universally Designed Portable Waiting Environments to Serve Temporary Medical Facilities." B.F.A. interior design students Blair Schermerhorn and Ashley Sueiras, as well as B.F.A. furniture design student David Colas and non-degree seeking student Will Sherer created the project, "Urgent Care Center Waiting Rooms."


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About Brân "Fendigaid" (the Blessed) ap Llyr Lleddiarth, Saint, Brenin o Silures
See Darrell Wolcott, "Beli Mawr and Llyr Llediath in Welsh Pedigrees," http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id145.html -- for help in untangling these lines. (May 18, 2016, Anne Brannen, curator)
For his fictitious counterpart from Arthurian legend, see Brons / Hebron.
Bran "the Blessed" King of Britain (Roman)
Born : Abt 20 BC
Father Llyr (Lear) Prince of Britain (Roman)
Mother Penardun Princess of Britain
Marriage ?
- Anna of Arimatha Queen of Britain (Roman)
Children - - Beli Prince of Britain (Roman)
- - Caradog ap Bran King of Wales (celt myth)
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Bran the Blessed (Welsh: Bendigeidfran, literally "Blessed Crow") is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. He appears in several of the Welsh Triads, but his most significant role is in the Second Branch of the Mabinogion, Branwen, daughter of Llyr. He is a son of Llyr and Penarddun, and the brother of Branwen, Manawydan, Nisien and Efnysien. The name "Bran" translates from Welsh as "Crow", often translated in the context of this tale a "Raven", both members of the genus Corvus and the family Corvidae.
* 1 Role in the Mabinogion
* 2 The talking head
* 3 Association with the Tower of London
* 4 The name
* 5 Notes
* 6 References
[edit] Role in the Mabinogion
Matholwch, King of Ireland, visited Bran to ask for the hand of his sister Branwen in marriage. Bran agrees to this, but during a feast to celebrate the betrothal, Efnisien, a half-brother of Branwen and Bran, arrives and asks what was going on. When told, he is furious that Branwen has been given in marriage without his permission, and vents his spleen by mutilating Matholwch's horses. Matholwch is deeply angered until Bran gives him a magic cauldron which restores the dead to life.
Once in Ireland, Branwen is treated cruelly by her husband, Matholwch, and is forced to work in the kitchen. She tames a starling and sends it across the Irish Sea with a message to her brother Bran, who sails from Wales to Ireland to rescue her with his brother, Manawydan. When Matholwch sees the giant, he asks for peace, and as a show of good faith, builds a house big enough for Bran to enter. Matholwch agrees to let Bran live with them and to give his kingdom to Gwern, his son by Branwen. The Irish lords do not like the idea, so they hide themselves in flour bags to attack the Welsh. Efnisien guesses what is happening and kills them in their bags, then throws Gwern into the fire.
In the ensuing war, the Irish at first have the advantage because of the magic cauldron. When the Irish dead are placed in it, they came to life and were able to fight as well as ever, though they cannot speak. Efnisien lays down among the dead and is placed in the cauldron, then breaks it, bursting his heart and dying in the process. The Welsh eventually win the war, but only seven men survived. Bran himself is mortally wounded and orders that his head should be cut off and buried in London. When the survivors return to Britain, Branwen dies of grief from believing that she was the cause of the war; she is buried beside the River Alaw in Anglesey.
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For seven years the seven survivors, amongst them Manawydan and Pryderi, stay in Harlech, where they are entertained by Bran's head, which continues to speak. They later move on to Gwales (often identified with Grassholm Island off Dyfed) where they live for eighty years without perceiving the passing of time. Eventually, one of the men opens the door of the hall facing Cornwall and the sorrow of what had befallen them returned. As instructed they take the now silent head to the Gwynfryn, the "White Hill" (thought to be the location where the Tower of London now stands), where they bury it facing France so as to ward off invasion. The imagery of the talking head is widely considered to derive from the ancient Celtic "Cult of the Head"; the head was considered the home of the soul. It is inaccurate to say they were "head hunters" however; it was that the Celts would keep the head of someone they respected, a person previously dead or slain in battle, be it friend or foe.
[edit] Association with the Tower of London
According to the Welsh Triads, Bran's head was buried in London where the White Tower now stands. As long as it remained there, Britain would be safe from invasion. However, King Arthur dug up the head, declaring the country would be protected only by his great strength.[1] There have been attempts in modern times to link the still-current practice of keeping ravens at the Tower of London under the care of Yeomen Warder Ravenmaster, and with this story of Bran, whose name means Raven.
In ordering the head of Bran the Blessed dug up, King Arthur assumed Bran's attributes. This suggests that Arthur himself has taken a seat in the Celtic pantheon, perhaps as its leader. While a great deal has been written about a "historical King Arthur," a few writers instead have concentrated on the mythical role Arthur played, and perhaps will play, in European history. As a highly exalted legendary quintessence, Arthur would, in the opinion of some mythologists, qualify for apotheosis.
[edit] The name
All the Welsh mythological texts of the Mabinogion were recorded between the 14th and 15th centuries in Middle Welsh. As a result there are discrepancies regarding the spelling of names, due to the fact that English translations maintain Middle Welsh orthography whereas Modern Welsh versions use Modern Welsh orthography. In Middle Welsh, there was some variation on the name Bran; other forms include Vran and Uran.
In the Mabinogion, the character is referred to virtually exclusively as "Bendigeituran"; that is, with the epithet "Bendigeit" (blessed or praiseworthy) attached. The only exceptions are in the patronymic of his son Caradog ap Bran and a single reference to his gathering in Ireland as Gwledd Brân, "The feast of Brân (or 'Crow')". This usage is followed in the Welsh Triads. Bendigeituran becomes "Bendigeidfran" or "Bran Fendigeid" in Modern Welsh; Bendigeidfran is the form used in many Modern Welsh adaptations of the Mabinogion.[2] However, earlier references generally do not include the epithet, instead calling the character Bran fab Llŷr or simply Bran.[3] Ifor Williams thought Bendigeit was a late addition, perhaps a replacement for a word that had become obsolete by the time the Mabinogi was recorded.[3] "Vran" appears in an old poem in the Book of Taliesin,[4] while Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr and Prydydd y Moch mention Bran fab Llŷr several times in their poetry, under different spellings. However, Bleddyn Fardd refers to "Benigeitran" in his elegy for Llywelyn the Last, demonstrating that the epithet "Bendigeit" had been attached to Bran since the late 13th century.[3]
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1. ^ Triad 37. Bromwich, Trioedd Ynys Prydein, pp. 94–102.
2. ^ For instance, Dafydd & Rhiannon Ifans' Y Mabinogi.
3. ^ a b c Bromwich, Trioedd Ynys Prydein, pp. 290–292.
4. ^ Book of Taliesin XIV, "Kerd Veib am Llyr". From Llyfr Taliesin at maryjones.us. Retrieved February 7, 2007.
[edit] References
* Bromwich, Rachel (2006). Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain. University Of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-1386-8.
* Gantz, Jeffrey (translator) (1987). The Mabinogion. New York: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-044322-3.
* Ifans, Dafydd & Rhiannon, Y Mabinogion (Gomer 1980) ISBN 1 85902 260 X
Bran Fendigaid alias Bendigeitvran
Celtic God of Regeneration
Bran Fendigaid (the Blessed) was the son of the Sea God, Llyr and, maternally, the grandson of Belenos , the Sun God. His name means Raven , and this bird was his symbol. In Celtic mythology, Bran appears as a semi-humanized giant residing at Castell Dinas Bran, the later home of the later Kings of Powys. Though Bran himself was supposed to have been an early King of the Silures tribe of Gwent. There appears to be no archaeological evidence for his worship though perhaps the castle mount was once sacred to him. Geoffrey of Monmouth transformed him into an early British King named Brennius, though his story probably relates to King Bran Hen of Bryneich.
One Irish tale tells how Bran fell asleep, one day, while listening to the beautiful song of a goddess with whom he fell deeply in love. She sang of a mystical Otherworld far away on a Westerly Island. So the following day, Bran and his three foster-brothers and twenty-seven warrior-followers set off in their ships to find this wondrous land. On their journey, Bran encountered his half-brother, Manawyddan, God of the Sea, and eventually reached the land of Women. Here the goddess greeted him and they spent a whole year together happy and fulfilled. Eventually though, some of Bran's men wished to return home, but the goddess warned them that if they were to step foot on the British Isles, they would crumble to dust for, in reality, many centuries had passed since they had left home. Bran, however, ignored her warning and returned home. On reaching the shore, however, the first man to step ashore found the goddess' warning to be true, and his fellow mariners were forced to sail the seas for evermore. Perhaps Bran found some magical way back to his own time, for he is better known from an old Welsh tale, in the Mabinogion, concerning the marriage of his sister, Branwen.
Desirous of an alliance with other Celtic nations, Bran gave his sister, Branwen, in marriage to King Matholwch of Ireland. This was not, however, a universally popular move and his brother, Efnisien was completely outraged. He maimed the Irish horses and caused so much offence that Bran felt obliged to give Matholwch his wondrous magic cauldron in recompense.
Though the Irish King was satisfied with the apology, his people did not forget so easily and after some years, despite Branwen bearing him a son named Gwern, Matholwch was persuaded to eject the lady from the court to work in the kitchens. Branwen therefore sent her pet starling (for which we should perhaps read raven) to seek help from her brother in Wales. King Bran was astonished to hear of the ill-treatment of his beloved sister. He immediately gathered his mighty army and crossed (or waded in Bran's case) the Irish Sea to rescue her. Matholwch retreated westward upon seeing the mighty Welsh forces. Bran helped his men cross several mighty rivers in order to follow him and Matholwch was eventually forced to offer to abdicate in favour of his son and Bran's nephew, Gwern. Bran only accepted on the understanding that a house was also built that was big enough to hold him. Unfortunately, at the feast to celebrate the truce, Efnisien through Gwern into the fire and hostilities quickly are resumed.
In the bloodiest of battles that ensued, the Irish were able to reincarnate their dead using the Magic Cauldron, so the fighting was harder than had ever been seen before. Eventually the battle was ended, but neither side was triumphant. Only seven Britons escaped alive. Bran was not amongst them. He had been mortally wounded in the foot by a poisoned dart, only surviving long enough to request that his head be cut off and buried on Gwynfryn (the 'White Mount' where the Tower of London now stands) in Caer-Lundein (London). Upon his death the harvests back in Britain failed and the land became barren and unworkable.
The seven survivors did as they were bid and returned to Britain. For seven years they stayed in Harlech, entertained by the head which continued to speak and knew nothing but joy and mirth. They later moved on to Gwales (Grassholm Island off Dyfed) where they lived for an incredible eighty years without perceiving the passing of time. Eventually, one of the men opened the door of the hall which faced Cornwall which everthying was brought back to them. They felt they must continue on their journey to London where their buried Bran's head, facing the Continent as a protective talisman against invasion.
Archaeological evidence has clearly shown that the cult of the head was a highly popular one amongst the Celts. Perhaps their was a temple on Tower Hill. Stone-carved heads have been discovered from across the Celtic World and, in Provence on the Continent, a gruesome skull-covered altar has been unearthed. Roman records occasionally refer to Celtic peoples as head-hunters who kept the severed heads of their enemies as trophies. A connected story may hold a memory of how this pagan cult was swept away when Christianity arrived in Britain. King Arthur apparently declared that he needed no talisman to protect his own country and dug up Bran's head as proof that he could perform the requirements himself. Sadly, he did not succeed and internal political squabbles led to his death and the increase of Saxon settlement in Britain. The tradition survives, however, with the Ravens (Bran in Welsh) still kept at the Tower of London. It is said that if they were ever to leave, then Britain would fall to invaders from without. Their wings are wisely kept clipped.
Much of the information available about Bran the Blessed strongly suggests that at least part of his legend entered into later Arthurian romance. His Magic Cauldron is probably that sought by King Arthur in the Welsh poem, the "Spoils of the Annwfn" . As in Bran's Irish tale, Arthur travels to the Celtic Otherworld and, like the Welsh tale, only seven men survive. The vessel was later reborn as the Holy Grail , the cup of plenty or cornucopia found in mythology from across the Globe. The wound to Bran's foot, inflicted by a poisoned spear, which caused his lands to fail is echoed in that of the Arthurian Grail guardian, known as the Grail or Fisher King. His latter title may be related to Bran's association with rivers and river-crossings (such as those he encountered in Ireland). His castle was Corbenic or Castell Dinas Bran, both names deriving from the word Raven or Crow. The Fisher King, like Bran's head, could feast with his followers indefinitely and his forename was said to be Bron (or Brons) in the so-called Didot Perceval : clearly a transformation of Bran. Here, he is given a wife, Anna, the daughter of St. St. Joseph of Arimathea , probably through confusion with his grandmother, Beli Mawr's wife, Anu . Bran may also be the original of other Arthurian characters like Brandegorre, Bran de Lis, Brandelidelin or Ban of Benoic.
Bran supposedly had a son called Caradog. A fact which has, unfortunately, led to his an erroneous identification with the father of the British leader of that name who opposed the Romans at the time of the Claudian invasion (AD 43). Despite this Caradog being a Catuvellaunian, the two became associated with the Silurian tribe of South Wales due to his fleeing there before the British last stand. Unlike, Caradog's real father, Cunobelin, Bran was said to have been taken as a captive to Rome where he joined the household of St. Paul. Returning to Britain, with SS. Aristobulus and Joseph of Arimathea some years later, he became among the first to introduce Christianity to the Island, hence his epithet of "the Blessed". This whole story is a late 17th century fabrication based on misinformation.
In the Bonedd yr Arwyr , Bran is made both of a paternal and maternal ancestor of King Arthur. There is, no doubt an added confusion of Caradogs here, however, as there are far too few generations given.
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Bran, King of Siluria, also commander of the British fleet. In the year A.D. 36 (should that be 0136?) he resigned the crown to his son Caradoc and became Arch-Druid of the college of Siluria, where he remained some years until called upon to be a hostage for his son.
During his seven years in Rome he became the first royal convert to Christianity, and was baptized by the Apostle Paul, as was his son Caradoc and the latter's two sons, Cyllinus and Cynon. Henceforth he was known as Bran the Blessed Sovereign. "He was the first to bring the faith of Christ to the Cymry."
His recorded proverb is: "There is no good apart from God." He introduced the use of vellum into Britain.
Name: Bran of SILURIA
Suffix: King of Siluria
Title: King of Siluria
Sex: M
Death: in after 36 A.D.
Sources: Kraentzler 1763, 1797.
K-1763: Bran ap Lyr.
K-1797: Bran, King of Siluria. Abdicated A.D. 36, became Arch-Druid of the
College of Silures.
Kraentzler takes this line back another 33 generations, with the father of
Bran being Llyr Llediaitha, RIN 7954. I will cut this line off at this point.
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Brân the Blessed (Welsh: Bendigeidfrân, literally "Blessed Crow", also Brân Fendigaidd) is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. He appears in several of the Welsh Triads, but his most significant role is in the Second Branch of the Mabinogion, Brânwen, daughter of Llŷr. He is a son of Llŷr and Penarddun, and the brother of Brânwen, Manawydan, Nisien and Efnysien. The name "Brân" translates from Welsh as "Crow", often translated in the context of this tale as "Raven"; both are members of the genus Corvus and the family Corvidae.
Bran appears to have taken power in or around 9 AD from his father. He was the King of Siluria and he was commander of the British fleet. He abdicated the crown to his son Caradoc in 36 A.D. and became the Arch-Druid of the college of Siluria. He remained there until he was called upon to be a hostage for his son.
During his 7 years in Rome, Bran became the first Royal convert to Christ in England. He was baptized by the apostle Paul as was his son Caradoc. This was long before the first Roman Catholic missionaries came under Augustine. He became known as 'Bran the Blessed Sovereign'.
His recorded proverb is: "There is no good apart from God".
Bran's father is conjecture. It is only there to keep the connection with possible ancestors until I find something more substantial.
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Bran, King of Siluria, and commander of the British Fleet. In the
year anno domini 36 he resigned the crown to his son Caradoc and became Arch-Druid of the college of Siluria, where he remained some years until called upon to be a hostage for his son. During his seven years in Rome he became the first "Royal" convert to Christianity, and was baptized by the Apostle Paul, as was his son Caradoc and the latter's two sons, Cyllinus and Cynon. Henceforth he is known as Bran the Blessed Sovereign. He was the first to bring the faith of Christ to the Cymry. His recorded proverb is: "There is no good apart from God". He also introduced the use of vellum in to Britain. The Silurians were a powerful and warlike tribe in ancient Britain, occupying approximately the counties of Monmouth, Brecon and Glamorgan. They made a fierce resistance to the Roman conquest about a.d.48...their town Venta Silurum (Caerwent, 6 miles West of Chepstow) became romanized. Its massive Roman walls survive,and excavations have revealed a town hall and market square, a temple, baths, amphitheatre, etc.
Sources [S395] royal_lineage.ged, June 2006.
Brân "Fendigaid" (the Blessed) ap Llyr Lleddiarth, Saint, Brenin o Silures's Timeline
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The United States has been actively involved, at great cost, in wars and military incursions. Research by Zoltan Grossman at Evergreen State College in Washington enumerates 150 since Wounded Knee in 1890. This number does not include National Guard mobilizations, offshore shows of naval strength, DEA operations or the like. Currently we are openly involved in military operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and across northern Africa, Syria and Iran. Yes, Iran— where we have recently conducted cyberattacks and sent several clandestine incursions with CIA/Joint Strategic Operations Command (JSOC) units.
JSOC is composed of Army, Navy and Air Force special operations forces, such as the now famous "Seal Team 6," for use in covert interventions. This highly classified organization is completely beyond congressional control. Expenditures for it are "off the books." JSOC operates under command of the president alone. The president can send these units, in concert with CIA and civilian support operatives, any place in the world at any time, without congressional approval for military interventions.
So much for the Constitution and congressional responsibility for making war. Congress has simply wimped out on its constitutional responsibility.
Our current problem begins with understanding that we have a military-industrial complex far exceeding what President Dwight Eisenhower, who first warned us about it, could imagine. According to NotMyPriorities.org, the Defense Department budget, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and veterans care took up 62.6 percent of our 2009-10 discretionary budget. And that doesn't include the maintenance and conduct of covert operations by the CIA, FBI, JSOC and civilian operatives.
A conservative estimate has our military budget exceeding the combined military budgets of the next 26 largest nations. Pentagon officials have publicly stated that Congress votes for military equipment the Pentagon doesn't even want. One need look no further to understand why we are falling behind other advanced countries in education, infrastructure, scientific research, health care, child mortality, income distribution and other peaceful metrics.
And what about the human cost? Nearly 1.5 million Americans have been killed in all our wars, with casualties many times that number. Yet our opponents have suffered far more. An estimated 40 million people were killed during World War II, 2 million Vietnamese during our Vietnam War, and several hundred thousand Iraq and Afghanistan deaths in those continuing wars.
We often don't remember that mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and children of other countries grieve for their fallen as much as we do. Vietnam will remain an environmentally devastated nation for generations. We bear the cultural costs of our Civil War to this day. Many of our warriors return to become homeless, incarcerated, addicted, physically and/or mentally traumatized or at least emotionally scarred in some way. War is the gift that just keeps on giving.
Things aren't getting any better. We just re-elected President Barack Obama who has ramped up the use of robotic and cyber warfare. He thus becomes the sole judge, jury and executioner of foreigners and even U.S. citizens, if he deems them to be "dangerous" to our interests. He has defended himself by falsely saying there is due process when he selects people to be killed. Currently we are doing this mostly to Muslims, so most Americans either think it's good policy or don't care. He has expanded the unified combatant command in Africa "AFRICOM." It is just one of nine unified commands that report directly to the secretary of defense. He has most recently begun to build up our military presence in the Pacific, facing off against China with ground and naval power.
Historians of war estimate there have been about 14,500 wars in recorded history. Someday, perhaps far in the future, the United States might be remembered as a historical leader in the human carnage, environmental destruction and waste of resources called war. But we could do better in years to come by changing our warlike and domineering ways. Maybe someday we will come to reason and understand the cost of war, to us and others.
Phillip Butler of Monterey is a retired Navy commander and attack/fighter carrier pilot who went down over North Vietnam and served nearly eight years as a POW. He is president of Chapter 46 of Veterans For Peace, a national organization dedicated to teaching the costs and advocating abolition of war. His website is www.phillipbutlerphd.com.


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Local Employers Levi Strauss & NUMMI
Original post made by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Jul 13, 2009
I do see a connection. Both at their core are "creative" companies, and create value because they attract and foster creativity in their work forces.
Neither is a high tech Silicon Valley type company where creativity is highly sought, but both are among the most creative in their respective markets, both of which date back to the 1800's.
This part of the world is very good at fostering innovation, and sometimes we forget that it is not just IT related.
It is not clear just what will happen with NUMMI, but since it became a joint venture inherited from GM, it is a very profitable and successful auto plant. Whether that is enough for Toyota to fully take it over remains to be seen. Nearly 5,000 people work there.
Much of Levi's production is now off-shore. I am of the opinion that "off-shoring" creativity in a brand like Levi's is a more daungting and risky challenge, and I am glad that Levi's management came to a similar conclusion, and will remain here, and attract the types of creative minds which endow the Bay Area.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 13, 2009 at 5:39 pm
I happen to know a real insider with Levi's. He said the company was driven into a hole by a focus on PC nonsense, rammed through their HR department. Instead of focusing on emerging market demands, like functional multi-pocketed apparel, they focused on affirmative action promotions, womens' rights, diversity, health care enhancements. He has told me that managers were completely distracted with PC stuff. All this happened in San Francisco. If Levi's had been HQ'd overseas, Levi's would probably be in much better shape. So much for your "creativity" arguments in the Bay Area.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Levi's is keeping its lease in SF on a very good deal from desperate landlords and a tax break from SF, the mayor was also desperate to keep them in SF for his own political future.
SF is part of Levi's brand and has only the corporate staff.
SF has lost 100,000 jobs in the last 8 years and is a very difficult place to do business, Palo Alto is becoming a very difficult place to do business also, more companies are moving to MV and MP.
The old corporate headquarters of Agilent on Page Mill/Park is still vacant, I guess Google did the math and passed on it.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jul 15, 2009 at 7:29 am
Actually no. NUMMI has only been profitable 1 year (1992).
Bloomberg story: "Nummi, the only large auto-assembly plant on North America's West Coast, has the capacity to make 420,000 cars and pickups each year. It only made money in 1992, the result of California's taxes and labor and pollution rules, as well as the plant's UAW contracts, according to an estimate by Tokyo-based Credit Suisse Group AG analyst Koji Endo."
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Thanks for that posting, I must admit that it seems odd that it has continued operations all these years if it only has been profitable one year, nearly 20 years ago. Of course, it could be a function of how the accounting is done, it may "report" losses in order to reduce its tax exposure, this is something that large corporations can do when they are opertaing in multiple locations and can modify transfer pricing and other such charges to get the most favorable tax treatment.
Otherwise it would appear both GM and Toyota were keeping NUMMI open for something other than sound business reasons.
a resident of Mountain View
on Jul 18, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Paul Losch
It was kept open as a gesture of good will while GM tried to learn as much as it could how a SUCCESSFUL automotive company operated. GM and Toyota collaborated on new designs and models in the hopes that defraying the costs would pan out. Unfortunately California has systematically been driving heavy and manufacturing industries out of the state by making it exceeding difficult and costly to do business here. I hope we are all ready when the only jobs left are service oriented jobs. We all know an economy based on service industry jobs alone will not succeed.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jul 23, 2009 at 2:09 pm
NUMMI's a goner. High cost of living here in CA strikes again.
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President Barack Obama launched a new phase of his re-election campaign on Saturday by branding GOP challenger Mitt Romney as an eager rubber stamp for extremist Republicans in Congress and offering himself as a hard-charging champion of an embattled middle class.
In the first formal rallies of his bid for a second term, Obama acknowledged the U.S. economy has struggled to recover from a painfully deep recession but declared, "We've been through too much to turn back now."…
"After a long and spirited primary, Republicans in Congress have found a nominee for president who has promised to rubber stamp this agenda if he gets a chance," he said to jeers from the young crowd. "We cannot give him that chance. Not now. Not with so much at stake."
[T]he Romney campaign wants the election to be a referendum on the president, thus making the incumbent's management style a focal point of the race. Team Obama, however, wants the sharpest contrast before voters to be the wide gulf between the parties' core beliefs, in part to stoke fears that a Republican-run White House would roll back the clock on ingrained social reforms.
And so the president targets congressional Republicans to underscore how extreme he believes the GOP has become, while Romney drills down on Obama's relative lack of executive experience and leaves the rest of the Democratic Party alone. In part, the strategies make sense for both sides, as one is trying to oust an embattled incumbent, but it also is a reminder of the Democratic Party's broader reach right now compared to the GOP's smaller tent…
Offering his own advice to the Obama campaign, he suggested, "Voters need to see Romney and House Republicans for what they are — Siamese twins."
The gathering often takes place after Mr. Obama's regular Sunday round of golf, and while the atmosphere is casual, the agenda is anything but: keeping the president immersed in what it will take to win a second term. He receives an update on how his operation is expanding in battleground states, he watches previews of television ads and he studies a presentation on his various paths to victory…
Mr. Obama, who three years ago became the first president to demand a BlackBerry to keep in touch with the outside world, has now become the first sitting president to rely on an iPad to stay informed. He watches campaign commercials, offering his seal of approval to the first wave of advertisements to be used against Mr. Romney, and he follows his rival through newspaper articles and blogs…
They say he is intensely motivated to win not only because of his personal legacy and the historic nature of his presidency. He also sees a second term as essential, they said, to ensuring that key policies like his national health care law, which could be overthrown by the Supreme Court, are not wiped from the books.
In other speeches, Obama has offered a more serious preview of what he'd like to get done if he's reelected. On March 30, he listed second-term priorities including reforming the immigration system; remaking the nation's energy policy so it addresses "the long-term challenges. . . . of energy independence and climate change"; doing more to ensure that "people who don't have work can find work" and that "our housing system is working for everybody"; pushing forward on education reform; and executing an "effective transition out of Afghanistan."
But that's not really a list of what Obama would do in his second term. It's a list of what he would like to do…
In 2008, his campaign often seemed to believe that as president, Obama would be able to personally inaugurate a new era of cooperation in Washington. But after the past three years, which have been full of debt-ceiling showdowns they didn't want and jobs bills they couldn't pass, his advisers have become more realistic and are quick to caution that, in most cases, what they could get done in a second term would depend on what Congress is willing to do with them.
President Barack Obama's dinner with George Clooney has officially sold out, and campaign sources are telling The Hollywood Reporter that the event is expected to raise up to $12 million for the president's re-election bid, making it the biggest presidential fundraiser in U.S. history…
The packed dinner at Clooney's house will bring in $5 million to $6 million for the president's campaign coffers, sources told THR. The demand for tickets at the event was so great that organizers tried to limit the guest list to those living in Southern California.
The Obama campaign also has been conducting an online sweepstakes, with the winner to receive two seats at the head table with the chief executive and Clooney. Campaign sources tell THR that that tally of online donations could hit $6 million, bringing the total raised to about $12 million. The winner of the contest is expected to be announced in the coming days.
President Obama has held just one full length, multi-topic, solo press conference in the last six months, effectively abolishing the most accessible venue for American citizens to observe the thinking and learn the views of their leader…
Of course, Obama has switched almost fully from governing to campaigning. So maybe the need for a West Wing gut check has declined, since policy is mostly being made not in Washington but in Chicago. The home, of course, of the Obama 2012 campaign.
Romney's problem with the electoral map is NOT Mitt Romney. But it is his problem in that the attitude and composition of the voting electorate is trending away from what the Republicans, as a brand, have traditionally stood for — less government, traditional values, taking charge of your own destiny, strong defense, God, family and apple pie…
Looking back, based on how much the demographic composition of the nation had changed, there are studies (by Democrat think tanks) that conclude John Kerry in 2004 and even Michael Dukakis in 1988 would have won the White House if they faced the same electorate then that President Obama is facing this November. The Democrats know that today's demographics are their destiny.
I wish I had better news to report but based on the 10 reasons cited above I conclude that President George W. Bush and President Millard Fillmore might just have something in common.
Fillmore in 1850 was the last Whig Party president and Bush re-elected in 2004 might be the last Republican Party president.
Inside Romney's Boston headquarters, strategists — who have pored over polling and census data and studied state-by-state vote breakdowns from the past three presidential elections — say they see a number of ways for Romney to win 270 electoral votes…
Their overall optimism is based on the assessment that Obama's big electoral vote victory was predicated on the enthusiasm he generated in 2008, which they say is now largely gone. In states such as North Carolina and Virginia, for instance, Obama won in part by achieving vote edges among 18- to 25-year-olds, Hispanics and African Americans. But Romney's strategists do not believe Obama can match those levels this year.
"They changed the composition of the electorate and they won by big margins," said Romney pollster Neil Newhouse. "The problem in '12 is there just isn't the enthusiasm. The bloom is off the rose."
If the carefully choreographed kick off was any indication, Obama will face some challenges in recapturing the 2008 magic — especially among young voters who weathered three years of souring job prospects and rising college costs.
The campaign was only able to muster 14,000 supporters in an arena designed to hold more than 18,000. Several thousand empty seats ringed its upper deck, mostly out of view from the cameras…
The campaign had made an aggressive push to fill the cavernous arena, and turnout fell well short of Obama's fall 2010 campus rally, which attracted an estimated 30,000 people to the campus quad…
"It's still about hope," he told the crowd. "It's still about change."
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The United States' Landsat Earth observing program is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. This program has allowed scientists from all over the world to observe landscape changes on a massive scale through detailed photography of the Earth's surface. By 1972, when Landsat launched, satellite imagery had already proven an extremely valuable resource, but the use of this imagery to understand land features and their change still needed to be proven. As you can imagine, the world has changed a lot in the last 40 years; natural disasters, population increases, crop rotation and gradual climate change have all had a hand in reshaping the landscape. Landsat has been there recording every change in breath-taking detail, changing the way we view the world around us at a human scale rather then at an individual's scale.
To celebrate this historic anniversary, NASA is offering the chance for six lucky members of the American public to receive a chronicle of Landsat images taken of a certain area. In other words, NASA is giving you the chance to nominate your local area as a place worth investigating, to see how the landscape has changed in 40 years. All you have to do is send NASA an e-mail and tell them about your local area and the possible landscape changes that you think would be worth viewing from space. Entries are due by June 6th, and the winners will be announced at a press conference on July 23, 2012, exactly 40 years after Landsat's original launch.
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(hydrocortisone sodium succinate) for injection, USP
For Intravenous or Intramuscular Administration
SOLU-CORTEF Sterile Powder is an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid that contains hydrocortisone sodium succinate as the active ingredient. SOLU-CORTEF Sterile Powder is available in several packages for intravenous or intramuscular administration.
100 mg Plain Vials containing hydrocortisone sodium succinate equivalent to 100 mg hydrocortisone, 0.8 mg monobasic sodium phosphate anhydrous, 8.73 mg dibasic sodium phosphate dried. SOLU-CORTEF 100 mg plain does not contain diluent (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION, Preparation of Solutions).
ACT-O-VIAL® System (Single-Dose Vial) in
four strengths:
|100 mg ACT-O-VIAL Each 2 mL contains (when mixed):
|250 mg ACT-O-VIAL Each 2 mL contains (when mixed):
|500 mg ACT-O-VIAL Each 4 mL contains (when mixed):
|1000 mg ACT-O-VIAL Each 8 mL contains (when mixed):
|Hydrocortisone sodium succinate
|equiv. to 100 mg Hydrocortisone
|equiv. to 250 mg Hydrocortisone
|equiv. to 500 mg Hydrocortisone
|equiv. to 1000 mg Hydrocortisone
|Monobasic sodium phosphate anhydrous
|0.8 mg
|2 mg
|4 mg
|8 mg
|Dibasic sodium phosphate dried
|8.73 mg
|21.8 mg
|44 mg
|87.32 mg
The diluent, as part of the packaging presentation for the ACT-O-VIAL® system, is comprised of Water for Injection only, and does not contain any preservative.
When necessary, the pH of each formula was adjusted with sodium hydroxide so that the pH of the reconstituted solution is within the USP specified range of 7 to 8.
The chemical name for hydrocortisone sodium succinate is pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione,21-(3carboxy-1-oxopropoxy)-11,17-dihydroxy-, monosodium salt, (11β)-and its molecular weight is 484.52.
The structural formula is represented below:
Hydrocortisone sodium succinate is a white or nearly white, odorless, hygroscopic amorphous solid. It is very soluble in water and in alcohol, very slightly soluble in acetone, and insoluble in chloroform.
What are the precautions when taking hydrocortisone sodium succinate (Solu Cortef)?
Before using hydrocortisone, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to other corticosteroids (e.g., prednisone); or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
This medication should not be used if you have certain medical conditions. Before using this medicine, consult your doctor or pharmacist if you have: current fungal infections.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: other infections (e.g., tuberculosis, threadworm), bleeding problems, blood clots, brittle bones (osteoporosis), high blood pressure, certain heart problems (e.g., congestive heart failure,...
Last reviewed on RxList: 10/18/2016
This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.
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|Bruins Trade For Drew Stafford
|Black and Gold Bruins Turn Yellow On Parade Day
|Inconsistency Will Continue For Bruins Unless A Change Is Made
NBCSports.com is reporting that QB Tom Brady suffered a torn ACL at the hands of the Chiefs Sunday. His status for the future is unknown.
According to WEEI.com's Ron Borges, NFL sources close to the situation have confirmed it is in fact a torn ACL, likely ending Brady's season.
NBC's source is a Jets player (they played in Miami) who heard from players and coaches around the league that Brady has a torn ACL…and the Pats are in trouble.
"Everybody I talked to said it's a torn ACL," said one Jets player. "Players AND coaches. When we came in here that's what people were saying, 'Brady's got a torn ACL.' "
Matt Cassell came in and led the Patriots on two TD drives in a 17-10 win.
With Tom Brady out for the season, how many wins will the Pats get?
Total Voters: 468
[…] that the energy completely left the house for the balance of three quarters. There are rumors that it's an ACL tear which would mean that us football fans can hibernate for another 12 months and would be devastating […]
If this is true, here's an intriguing thought: Duante Culpepper, Moss' most prolific QB just retired. Anyone think the Pats look his way?? He said he didn't want to take over due to catastrophic injury, but a chance to reunite with Moss and win a title? The Pats would have to make sure he's healthy and DC "the agent" would not have to stand in DC "the player's" way. If he stayed healthy, it could turn into a long term deal (elsewhere of course) for him… There are certainly other issues, like his turnover propensity, but he's a different QB now, less running, etc. I'm of the opinion that Cassel hasn't proven to me that he's that great of a QB.
Not a bad try. I'm not so sure though that Daunte Culpepper can even play anymore.
Belichick has a system that maps out exactly what an ideal QB is like. Brady fits it perfectly. I have a feeling that he may think Cassell fits it better than Daunte or he would've signed him…
[…] Tom Brady Leg Injury Update: High Ankle Sprain By Chris in Patriots ⋅ January 22, 2008 at 6:19pm ⋅ Post a comment To view the latest about Tom Brady's possible Torn ACL from September 7, 2008, see: Tom Brady Torn ACL […]
Word is MRI is scheduled for tomorrow. There's no way to say for sure the ACL is torn until those results come back…but signs don't seem to be pointing towards anything positive at this point.
How many wins ya think we can get without Brady?
I got 6.
OMG. That's all I have to say.
I think they are still a playoff team, but I dont think they will be a contender or do as good as they were expected to do this season. There is still plenty of talent. Matt Cassel just needs to step up. The Steelers looked good though.
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I think that brady could be ok but it didnt look good at all. If they bring in another QB they have Daunte or Chris Simms. Simms is a good quality quarterback and Daunte could reunite with moss. We could win 10 games maybe. Still indisbelief about the injury tho!
Brady came in to play after Bledsoe was injuried. People were saying the same thing about him then as they are now about Cassel. Who says that Cassel can't pull a winning season off? I'm not saying it's likely, Tom Brady is a one of a kind QB who is irreplaceble no matter who is stepping up to the plate. I'm only saying that we, the fans, can't be completely dismayed because of something like this. We are a superior and outstanding team in all respects, not simply our quarterbacking skills. We've got great receivers, excellent backs, and a good line. I know I personally survived the hell and disappointment of last year's superbowl defeat, and I refuse to think that our season is over only 11 minutes into it.
Liz, I agree. After losing the Super Bowl, are we really going to just hand the AFC East to the Jets? Cassell proved capable of winning a game (aka Sunday against the Chiefs) but how will he do against winning teams? And is Chris Simms really the answer? Simms needs to know the system better before he could ever take over.
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[…] Patriots did not confirm if Brady does have a torn ACL in his left knee, but nevertheless Brady will be forced to hand over the reigns to Matt Cassel, who […]
The patriots are THE BEST TEAM in the league, not just because of Tom Brady. They have the heart to win every single game that they play, and if it is not in God's plan for them to go to the superbowl, then so be it. It is not because Tom Brady is out. Tom Brady WAS a great asset, but they can still go to the superbowl, and they WILL. Go New England Patriots!
[…] the number five pick, Boston fans everywhere felt a brutal blow to the stomach (similar to the one we all felt this past Sunday). Everyone was waiting for the savior, whether it be Oden or Durant, but neither would be flying […]
With Brady gone the pats still seemed to do well this past sunday. The new guy may not be able to lead the team to be 18-1 again but he still had some qualities of Brady which is good for us pat fans.
[…] A few SoB writers voted for the dramatic end to Spygate, and some voted for the Manny Ramirez saga and his subsequent trade to the L.A. Dodgers. But, the story that definitely had people talking in 2008, and will probably have them talking in 2009 as well, was the catastrophic occurance that took place Sept. 7, 2008: Tom Brady's Torn ACL. […]


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Not really that exciting a place. Looked around town, some shopping malls, the fish market and the vegetable maeket........we think we need to go beaching again to swim......so hot. Spent alot of time this morning in a really nice park. No locals there but our lady Joanne in charge of the hostel said it is just too hot for the locals and they use the parks late afternoon and evenings. We did however meet a lad named Rob from England and chatted to him for about an hour. Hels eventually asked where in UK he came from and he said BOURNEMOUTH and he lived near to where Hels used to live......we had another hours chat with Rob or Hels did!! Nice lad.
Back to hostel and booked a trip for the day to Brunei tomorrow to see what it is like. Did not stay in Brunei as said to be expansive.....we will see.