A Sampling of Clips for 
August 10, 2004

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The Fickle Fingerprint of Climate Change
United Press International, Aug. 9-From deep ocean to high mountain, the fickle finger of global warming is pointing the way to extinction for some species -- or, at least, to changing the composition of populations. Henry Ruhl and Kenneth Smith, marine scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., wrote in a paper published in the July 30 issue of the journal Science that animals living in the very deep ocean have been affected by the climate change at the surface.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040806-120317-6147r

Buddies for Life: Pet Scans Help Detect Breast Cancer Growth
KFMB Channel 8, San Diego, Aug. 9- Women today have never had so much technology available to help them detect and treat breast cancer. One of those innovative techniques is a "positron emissions tomography" scan, also known as a PET scan. This technique brings benefits to patients in the form of specific answers about their tumors. UCSD's Chief of Nuclear Medicine Carl Hoh M.D., has been using PET scanning to help women for years. He says it's especially beneficial for people who already know they have cancer and don't have time to waste on useless treatments.
http://www.kfmb.com/healthcast/details.php?storyID=28062

Autopsy Finds Lewis Felled by Esophageal Hemorrhaging
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 10-The sudden death of San Diego Councilman Charles Lewis resulted from ruptured blood vessels in his esophagus due to cirrhosis of the liver, an autopsy by county Medical Examiner Glenn Wagner concluded. Cirrhosis is commonly associated with heavy consumption of alcohol, but many other conditions may cause it. Metabolic disorders, infection with hepatitis B or C virus or the use of certain drugs can harm the liver. Some people have a genetic predisposition to the degenerative disease. (Quote by John Garvie M.D., chief of UC San Diego's gastroenterology clinical service.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040810-9999-1n10cause.html

OVP Names LeFaivre New Venture Partner
Wall Street Journal, Aug. 7-OVP Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in Kirkland, Wash., announced that Rick LeFaivre is joining the firm as a venture partner. A veteran computer scientist, professor and research and development executive, Mr. LeFaivre was most recently Executive Director of the von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at the University of California, San Diego. He is an advisor to several technology start-ups and a member of the board of directors of WatchGuard Technologies.
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New Research Pier Coming to Moss Landing
San Jose Mercury News, Aug. 9-The little Monterey Bay town of Moss Landing has long been known for quaint antique shops, a blue-collar commercial fishing harbor and the imposing 500-foot stacks of the Duke Energy power plant. Come next year, it will have a prominent new feature: a modern research pier that is expected to become a hub of activity for hundreds of marine biologists across Northern California. The structure will be one of the first new piers built along California's coast in decades and is believed to be the largest new pier on the state's coastline since 1988, when the Scripps Institution of Oceanography replaced its 1,000-foot research pier in La Jolla with a new one of the same size.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/
news/breaking_news/9361344.htm

Science Aims for New Depths with Submersible Craft
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 7-A new deep-sea research vessel will be able to carry people to 99 percent of the ocean floor, diving deeper than the famed Alvin that pioneered the study of sea floor vents, plate tectonics and deep-ocean creatures over the past 40 years. Alvin, the small, white transport that changed undersea science, will be replaced in four years by a $21.6 million vehicle designed to go farther and faster, the National Science Foundation said yesterday. The old vessel has made roughly 4,000 dives, spending a total of more than three years underwater. Deep-sea researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, among others, have used Alvin to carry out their studies.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040807/news_1n7ocean.html