A Sampling of Clips for August 20^th, 2008

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Manny Farber, Iconoclastic Film Critic and Artist, Dies at 91
The New York Times, Aug. 19 -- Manny Farber, a painter whose spiky, impassioned film criticism waged war against sacred cows like Orson Welles and elevated American genre-movie directors like Howard Hawks and Sam Fuller to the Hollywood pantheon, died on Monday at his home in Leucadia, Calif. He was 91. In 1970, Mr. Farber began teaching film at UCSD, from which he retired in 1987. More

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The Washington Post
New York Sun
Philadelphia Inquirer

Ship Emissions: Sizing Up a Big Problem
Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 20 -- Those who go down to the sea in ships – or go to see them in port – may soon be able to breathe easier. UCSD scientists have made the first measurements of ship emissions involving particles less than a millionth of a meter in size. They say it’s an important step in establishing and monitoring the effectiveness of air-pollution regulations for ships. More

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CBC Radio 
Voice of San Diego 

New Sea Change Forecasts Present a Slimy Picture
Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 20 -- A new overview warns that such relentless human impacts as overfishing or agricultural pollution – as well as global warming – threaten mass extinctions of marine life. Jeremy Jackson at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who made that overview, notes that this is “not a happy picture.” More

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Astrobiology Magazine

Scientists Create Flowing Locks for Cartoons
Discovery Magazine, Aug. 19 -- As the paparazzi wait for celebrities to walk by with perfect hair, researchers have found a way to create perfect hair graphically. Scientists at UCSD used cameras and light sources in a new way to create ultra-realistic hair on animated figures. More

Mark Dresser: Telematics
All That Jazz, Opinion, August 2008 -- My sense of 'community' radically changed in 1998 while I was on tour in Europe. During a break after a soundcheck, I checked my email to read the devastating communication that beloved saxophonist Thomas Chapin was being taken off of life support. At that moment I was mentally transported from the locality of the club and connected to a larger group of family and friends of Thomas who were all experiencing the sad cognizance of the last few hours of his too short life. (Written by Mark Dresser, an internationally acclaimed bass player, improviser, composer, interdisciplinary collaborator and music professor at UCSD) More

Military Money Impacts San Diego
KPBS, Aug. 19 -- More Department of Defense dollars are now spent in San Diego County than in any other county in the nation. A new report highlights the growing influence of military spending on San Diego’s economy. The author of SDMAC’s report’s is Jesse Atkinson, a graduate of UCSD’S Center on Pacific Economies which bills itself as an academic resource for policy analysis. More

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Australia Using Agressive Measures
to Combat HIV/AIDS; U.S. Continues to Push
KPBS, Aug 19 -- AIDS is a disease that seems to have become less of a threat in the developed world. But some groups are still at risk of infection. The gay community is one, but also intravenous drug users and people who work in the sex industry. (Quotes Jennifer Blanchard, associate clinical professor of medicine at UCSD) More

Slowdown Muddies Racetrack
North County Times, Aug. 19 -- Economic impact studies by the county and UCSD pegs the Del Mar  racetrack's overall economic contribution to the region at between $90 million and $100 million per year. Just two weeks are left in the seven-week racing season at Del Mar, with the final day of racing coming Sept. 3. More

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