A Sampling of Clips for 
August 04, 2004

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Schwarzenegger Vows to 'Make Every Use' of Overhaul Plan
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 4-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged Tuesday to "make every use" of a meticulous proposal to overhaul California's bureaucracy, describing it as a tonic for state government and setting in motion what is expected to be an impassioned public debate about the state's direction. Though the overhaul is meant to streamline government, it has already spawned one new commission: In June, Schwarzenegger created a panel of 21 state legislators, public officials, academics and political supporters who will hold five hearings around the state and summarize the responses in a second report to the governor. The 21-member commission that is now set to solicit public comment will be at UC San Diego on Aug. 20.
http://www.latimes.com/news/yahoo/la-me-cpr4aug04,1,6865155.story

Eli Lilly's Depression Drug Is Approved
Forbes, Aug. 4-Pharmaceutical maker Eli Lilly and Co. on Wednesday said the Food and Drug Administration approved the company's Cymbalta drug for the treatment of emotional and physical symptoms associated with depression. Cymbalta, a balanced inhibitor of serotonin and norepinephrine, has been studied in more than 6,000 adults with major depression worldwide. (Quote by Stephen Stahl, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.)
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2004/08/04/ap1490221.html

Marine Artist Wyland Begins 1,700 Mile Cleanup of Atlantic Coast
Newsday, Aug. 3-Weaving among thousands of sunbathers who thronged the beach Tuesday, 125 volunteer trash collectors picked up more than 60 pounds of garbage, including an extra-large leather jacket and a garbage can's worth of cigarette butts. They were participating in the first of 16 stops on the Wyland Ocean Challenge, whose organizers hope to have a million volunteers cleaning beaches this month from Maine to the Florida Keys. The cleanup is an offshoot of a science and art curriculum Wyland is developing with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. The program is designed to teach children about water cycles and the importance of clean water.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--beachchallenge0803aug03,0,3446008.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

Same article appeared in:
Associated Press, Aug. 4

Microsoft DemoFest Offers Look at Latest University Research
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Aug. 4-Students at the University of California, San Diego who want to find their friends or professors on campus need look no farther than their portable computers or hand-held devices. A project at the university, dubbed ActiveCampus, uses wireless signals to help people find one another based on the location of their computers and devices. Users also can send messages and leave handwritten "digital graffiti" on an online map -- warning everyone, for example, to avoid the soup in an on-campus restaurant on a particular day.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/184751_msftdemo04.html

Don't Rely Only On Drugs to Lower Your Cholesterol
Charlotte Observer, Aug. 4-A report issued by the federal government and leading health groups, published in the journal Circulation, recommended substantially lower levels of LDL or "bad cholesterol" for people at high risk of coronary artery disease, and endorsed a greater role for cholesterol-lowering statin drugs such as Lipitor, Zocor, Mevacor and others. The recommendations emphasized drugs should be used in conjunction with lifestyle changes, including diet and exercise. But that message is easily lost, given the relative ease of popping a pill. (Quote by Beatrice Golomb M.D., a statin researcher at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/living/food/9314567.htm

Teens Eating Hallucinogenic, Deadly Weeds
San Diego Channel 10, Aug. 3-Officials warn teenagers looking for a quick high that Jimson weed is not the way to get it. The weed's origins go back to the middle ages in history and folklore as a powerful hallucinogen. But experts say it's very toxic and deadly. (Quote by Richard Clark M.D., director of toxicology at the University of California San Diego.)
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/news/3612186/detail.html

Similar article appeared in:
North County Times, Aug. 3
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/08/04/special_reports/science_
technology/13_22_208_3_04.txt

A Crystal Ball for Cancer Treatment?
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 4-A tiny San Diego startup biotechnology company says it has a test that can identify whether expensive chemotherapy drugs would work on a patient with leukemia, which could improve treatment options and lower costs. Genoptix recently received the state and federal licenses that allow it to begin selling one of its chemotherapeutic response tests. The company will first use it for people diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and plans to later expand its services to other types of cancer. (Quote by Fred Millard M.D., director of the UCSD Cancer Center's clinical trials office.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/biotech/20040804-9999-1b4genoptix.html