A Sampling of Clips for August 26^th, 2009

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Steamy Heat More Common in California: Study
ABC News, Aug. 26 -- Bouts of extreme muggy heat lasting for days, once rare in California, are becoming more frequent and intense due to ocean patterns altered by climate change, scientists said in a study released on Tuesday. Research meteorologists at the University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography reached the conclusion after examining a severe 2006 summer heat wave that was blamed for the deaths of 600 people and 25,000 cattle in California. More

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Home Prices in County Up a Second Month
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 26 -- In a further sign that the housing slump may be ending, a closely watched national pricing index said San Diego County values were up for the second straight month. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

The True True Story
Jewish Week, Aug. 26 -- Seth Lerer’s new book “Children’s Literature: A Reader’s History from Aesop to Harry Potter,” which recently won the National Book Critics Circle Award, argues that children’s literature is not a “rack of hats: didactic, useful books that keep us warm or guard us against weather.” Lerer is the dean of Arts and Humanities at UCSD. More

Marrone Partnering with UC on Marine Microorganism Research
Sacramento Business Journal, Aug. 25 -- Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. is collaborating with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD to find deep sea microorganisms that could be useful for pest management, company officials announced Tuesday. More

10 Questions: Seth Lerer Has a Way With Words
La Jolla Light, Aug. 25 -- Seth Lerer was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1955 and grew up there and in suburban Boston and Pittsburgh. He was educated at Wesleyan University, Oxford, and the University of Chicago, and he taught English and comparative literature at Princeton and Stanford before joining the UCSD faculty as dean of arts and humanities in January 2009. More

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