A Sampling of Clips for August 1^st, 2008

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Tijuana's AIDS Epidemic Is a Binational Threat
The Washington Post, Aug. 1 -- In Tijuana, a chaotic border city of 1.5 million people, the HIV infection rate is nearly triple the national average, and it has been rising steadily for more than a decade. Today, about one in 125 adults in the city is infected with the virus that causes AIDS.  "I call HIV the uninvited hitchhiker," said Steffanie Strathdee, a leading AIDS researcher at UC’s Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine and at UCSD. More

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Now That's a Wide-Screen TV
U.S. News & World Report, Aug. 1 – A research team at UCSD has just unveiled the largest screen system in the world: almost 32-feet wide and 7.5-feet tall with 287 million pixels of screen resolution. That's more than one active pixel for every U.S. citizen, according to the 2000 Census. More

Black Henna Tattoo Chemical Can Cause Skin Reaction
Forbes, July 31 -- Black henna tattoos contain a chemical called para-phenylenediamine that can cause serious skin reactions, the American Academy of Dermatology warns. The study was led by Dr. Sharon E. Jacob, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics and medicine (dermatology) at UCSD. More

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Unconvinced by Economic Growth? Blame the Deflator
Reuters, July 31 -- Economic growth doubled in the second quarter, but in case it doesn't feel like the economy is expanding robustly, blame the deflator. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

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The Challenges Facing Mainland China
Taiwan Journal, Aug. 1 -- As the futurologists ply their discredited trade and write books on a resurgent communist China, there have remained some skeptics who have interesting and pointed remarks to make on the emperor's new attire. Susan Shirk, a UCSD political scientist, is one of them and her book "China: Fragile Superpower" is a welcome corrective to much nonsense. More

CCAA Releases All-Academic Awards
The Times-Standard, Calif., Aug 1-- California Collegiate Athletic Association Commissioner Robert J. Hiegert announced the recipients of 2007-08 All-Academic Awards on Thursday. A total of 407 student-athletes were recognized for their athletic and academic achievements with 28 coming from Humboldt State. UCSD led all CCAA institutions with 79 all-academic selections. More

Endurance Lift Without Fifting
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 1 -- Couch potatoes, take heart: A team of scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla has made a discovery that might just make your dreams come true. They have uncovered a possible “exercise pill.” (Quotes Ted Friedmann, director of the Center for Molecular Genetics at UCSD and a leading authority on gene therapy) More

Do You Care Who's Watching You?
KPBS, July 31 -- Generally, surveillance is justified as a way record or prevent criminal activity. But who sorts through all those records and images? Who has access to them? And do they represent some kind of violation of your rights to privacy? Obviously there are some interesting questions that come along with all this. These Days host Tom Fudge interviews several experts on the subject, including Mohan Trivedi, head of UCSD's Computer Vision and Robotics Research Laboratory. More

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