A Sampling of Clips for August 13^th, 2008

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U.S. to Plug Border ‘Loophole': Open Seas
USA Today, Aug. 13 -- Immigration officials are beefing up patrols, buying more boats and preparing for a surge in illegal water crossings as immigrants and drug smugglers are likely to chart new routes into the USA through the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More

Beijing's Smog Experiment
MIT Technology Review, Aug. 13 -- A team led by Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a climate and atmospheric scientist at UCSD, will spend the next six weeks flying autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles downwind of Beijing to measure emissions reductions. More

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America's Unhealthiest Grocery Shoppers
Forbes, Aug. 12 -- Every week Americans head to the grocery store knowing what should fill their carts--fruits, vegetables and unprocessed foods packed with whole grains. Yet many end up walking out with bags full of sugary cookies, a couple of frozen meat lovers' pizzas and liters of soda. (Mentions a Harvard and UCSD study that shows obesity and thinness are socially contagious) More

Ill. Dad-and-son Travel Big Muddy by Little Boat
KATC, La., Aug. 13 -- This summer, UCSD graduate Kristian Gustavson of Bloomington, Ill., and his father, William, are reliving an adventure two of Kristian's uncles followed down the Mighty Mississippi 42 years ago. More

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