A Sampling of Clips for
August 14, 2003
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First ocean
bacteria sequenced
Nature, Science Update, Aug. 14- Scientists
have uncovered the genetic blueprints for two tiny ocean creatures
critical to the balance of carbon dioxide - an important greenhouse
gas - between the oceans and atmosphere. Brian Palenik,
a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
is the lead author of one of two papers published yesterday
in the online edition in the journal Nature.
http://www.nature.com/nsu/030811/030811-6.html
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article appeared in:
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 14
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/metro/news_6m14micro.html
Science Daily,
Aug. 14
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/08/030814071741.htm
Voter Initiatives
Limit Calif. Wiggle Room
Washington Post, Aug. 14- The same
freewheeling initiative process that could bring about the ouster
of Gov. Gray Davis has made the governor's job virtually impossible
in tough economic times. Decades of successive and often contradictory
voter initiatives have mandated spending on schools, the homeless,
roads, prisons and the elderly, while severely limiting the
government's ability to raise taxes to fund it. (Quote by Mathew
McCubbins, a political scientist at the University
of California at San Diego.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56185-2003Aug13.html
The birth
of a biotech cluster
London Financial Times, Aug. 14- Hyderabad,
which is already a thriving center for the software services
industry, wants to ride the next big wave by creating a life
sciences hub similar to those in San Diego and North Carolina.
Chaitanyu Baru, an assistant director at the
San Diego Supercomputer Center, tells scientists
how the Supercomputer Center can work with
the city on bio-informatics - the marriage of science and information
technology.
http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030814000954&query=The+birth+of+a+biotech+cluster&vsc_appId=totalSearch&state=Form
Recall is a tightrope for Bush
Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 14-
When President Bush touches down in southern California Thursday
for a fundraising and campaign swing, he will enter the most
charged political landscape since the 2000 Florida recount.
And for the next two days, he will try to impact it as little
as possible. (Quote by Sam Popkin, a political
scientist at the University of California at San Diego.)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0814/p01s02-uspo.html
