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Rest of the world. The biggest gains for this country in that field are around the issue of equity. Equi when the biggest potential gains are getting people who are not within the s. T. E. M. Pipeline into it, i think about that out being a huge advantage that we have as a country because we have a tradition of trying to broaden opportunity for all americans. The s. T. E. M. Fields are if you believe that brain power ana capability are equally distributed across all differeny parts of our a society, then ret thats by far the biggest place to gain, because if you have role models that can inspire people from all different backgrounds, thats part of thew way how you will open up the pipeline. I think to get back to your peln first question aboute. Competitiveness, i dont think we fully understand what being more competitive in the Global Economy actually means in termse of how do we measure it. Thats a good place to start. I think the competitiveness, it im not sure we all have the same
Global economy actually means and i think thats a good place to start. Certainly as we create new processes with dealing with harsh environments, that brings us to have a skill we didnt have before. Thats one way to enhance competitiveness, assume iing th other thing, it forces us to think of ways to make things more Cost Effective in a constrained environment. That, by its nature, is forcing a number of companies now to look at their manufacturing processes, their development processes. As we talked about with stem, having a mission like this, and the many step it is takes to make this mission real, if we do our jobs right and we provide that inspiration of what this is, that will draw people, new people into our companies, you know. And that enhances by rejuvenating, and bringing a different mindset. As ken said we tend to have an older workforce right now. Infusing that workforce with a number of, you know, large percentage of just out of college. That will change the face of many o
Rain. And further south into gilroy along watsonville and the Central Coast we are look at moderate rain and Winter Weather advisory throughout the day here. Temperatures are right at freezing. We are looking at snow from truckee to tahoe valleys and the snow levels about 5,000 feet. Its in the 50s. We have a little built of fog. We will talk about rain totals totals and how long the showers willingner a few minutes. Chris. Thank you. The muchneeded rain overnight. Heres a look at the rain helping the north bay and the petaluma area. The wet weather may also be to blame for some accidents. Take a look at this one. Here a car sheared a utility pole and brought down some cable lines around 10 00 p. M. Then there was an accident on highway 101 Near Railroad road in novato around 12 30 this morning. And the east bay overnight the rain fem pretty hard around highway 24 and miranda and also along main street in walnut streak. Big traffic problems along highway 12 in sonoma county. A huge tre
Milpitas north of san jose. Still a few showers mainly in the Higher Elevations. Things wrapping up quickly. 101 around morgan hill look at more wet weather. North of gilroy and further south along the coast weve got rain as it pushes quickly through big sur this morning. And Winter Weather advisory in effect with rain around the canyon and snow around tahoe city and a couple of inches here. We are looking at a wet pavement here. But overall a partly cloudy afternoon with breezy conditions on the coast and lingering spotty showers in the morning otherwise upper 50s coastside and about 06 in San Francisco. Mid60s oakland and about 66 in san jose. A cool day today. Dryer and warmer weather on tap for tomorrow. And what about the rest of the work week . Or the beginning, i should say . We will talk about it coming up. Chris. Thank you. Heres a look at rain pelting the north bay in the petaluma area. Water creating deep puddles in some spots. It may also be to blame for some accidents. Tak