A Sampling of Clips for August 19^th, 2008

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Pollution from Ships Causing Thousands of Deaths
The Guardian, U.K., Aug 19 -- Sea air is generally regarded as healthy, but it may be polluted with dangerous chemicals from ships, say scientists. Dirty smoke pouring out of the funnels of ships at sea or in port is having a major impact on the air quality of coastal cities, a UCSD study has found. More

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Acid Threat to Ocean Fisheries
ABC News, Australia, Aug. 19 -- A scientist is warning excessive greenhouse gas emissions are making the oceans more acidic, putting at risk global fisheries. Professor Tony Haymet, from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California, says organisms that make calcium carbonate shells are a pivotal part of the food chain for fish, and are being affected by the rising acidity. More

Bad Break Turns Out Well
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 19 – Carrie Johnson's journey to Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park outside Beijing winds through the Bay Park neighborhood of Clairemont, through a Junior Lifeguards program at area beaches and a gymnastics club in La Mesa, through La Jolla High and biochemistry classes at UCSD, through Lower Otay Reservoir and the Olympic Training Center. More

The Dragon in the Archipelago
Jamaica Gleaner, Aug. 17 -- The current Olympics has been China's 'coming out party', as well as the launch, as it were, of what some observers say will be the 'Asian century'. Much attention will be paid to the final gold medals count, and how Chinese athletes stack up against their US counterparts - yet another contest between what UCSD political scientist Susan Shirk has called the "fragile superpower" and the established one. Still, China's rise is far broader. More

Housing Prices Sink
San Diego Union-Tribune,
Aug. 19 -- Propelled by low-cost foreclosure sales and accelerating price drops, more San Diego County homes were sold last month than at any time in more than a year, MDA DataQuick reported yesterday. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

6 People on Diabetes Drug Fall Ill; 2 Die
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 19 -- The Food and Drug Administration yesterday reported that six people with type 2 diabetes, who were taking Amylin Pharmaceuticals' drug Byetta to control their blood sugar, developed a severe inflammation of the pancreas. (Quotes Steven Edelman, a doctor and professor of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism internal medicine at the UCSD Medical School) More

Olympics Showcase Our Biggest Creditor
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 19 -- Over the past nine days, the world has been entranced by the Beijing Olympics. For Americans, of course, the Olympics are more than a chance to see the world's greatest swimmer grab another gold, or to debate when those “16-year-old” Chinese gymnasts were born. (Quotes Barry Naughton, a China expert at UCSD) More

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