A Sampling of Clips for
December 23, 2003
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Lost? Hiding? Your Cellphone
Is Keeping Tabs
New York Times, Dec. 21-Driven by
worries about safety, the need for accountability, and perhaps
a certain "I Spy" impulse, families and employers
are adopting surveillance technology once used mostly to track
soldiers and prisoners. New electronic services with names like
uLocate and Wherify Wireless make a very personal piece of information
for cellphone users - physical location - harder to mask. (Quote
by Larry Smarr, director of Cal-(IT)2 at UCSD.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/technology/21WATC.html
A Tense
Border's More Peaceful Past
The New York Times, Dec. 23-The 110-mile-long
wadi today is the tightly controlled boundary between the Negev
of Israel and southern Jordan. The sparsely populated and largely
undeveloped region is an object of increasing fascination among
scholars who pursue what could be called the archaeology of
borderlands. (Quote by Thomas E. Levy M.D.,
an archaeologist at the University of California at
San Diego.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/23/science/23ARCH.html
State Spending
Cuts Threaten College-Prep Outreach Programs
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 23-Last
week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger invoked emergency powers to
unilaterally cut spending - nearly $54 million from state public
universities, $50 million from college grants, and $41 million
from welfare. At UCSD, officials say the pinch
to outreach this year has been dramatic because of the recent
cuts. The Preuss School, a sixth-through-12th-grade charter
school located on the UCSD campus, also has
weathered cuts in the past two years.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20031223-9999_1n23outreach.html
Concert
Series gets Fresh Start at Museum
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 23-After
being silent for all of 2003, the envelope-shredding Fresh Sound
Concert Series will return next month in an elegant new home
- the San Diego Museum of Art. Founded in 1995 by Spruce Street
Forum owner Bonnie Wright, the annual Fresh Sound series distinguished
itself by presenting cutting-edge music by uncompromising artists.
(Quote by UCSD music professor George
Lewis.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/currents/news_1c23forum.html
San Diego
Biotech Firm's Diagrams Provide Direction in Battle against
Disease
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 23-Few
outside the laboratory paid attention recently when the San
Diego biotech Structural Genomix found a way to build a three-dimensional
diagram of the microscopic protein that, when mutated, causes
cystic fibrosis. (Quote by Arnie Rhinegold,
an expert in X-ray crystallography at the University
of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/business/news_1b23crystal.html
Between
Rock, Hard Place
Electronic Engineering Times, Dec.
22-Static timing analysis is one of the pilings upon which the
whole edifice of modern IC design has been erected. But this
vital technique itself rests upon assumptions that may no longer
hold water. As papers at the recent ICCAD conference in San
Jose, Calif., indicated, those assumptions are rapidly being
swept away by an irresistible current of change. At stake is
the very ability of design teams to complete ambitious chip
designs. (Quote by Andrew Kahng, a professor
of computer science at the University of California,
San Diego.)
http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20031222S0010
The Man
Behind Dr. Seuss: Beloved Author was Much More than the Sum
of his Silliness, Writes James A. Fussell
Ottawa Citizen, Dec. 23- As the world
celebrates the 100th anniversary of Seuss' birth, Professor
of English Philip Nel has created a new book to honor the famous
author titled- Dr. Seuss: American Icon. Nel, who holds a doctorate
and specializes in children's literature, spent four years reading
books, manuscripts, letters and diaries. He visited the University
of California-San Diego and Seuss' alma mater, Dartmouth,
to study personal papers.
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What's in a Name?
Pittsburg
Post-Gazette, Dec. 23-Medical terms can often
seem unfamiliar, if not intimidating. But if you examine how
they came into use, they can also be downright educational.
(Quote by William S. Haubrich M.D., of the
University of California at San Diego.)
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03357/253939.stm
Project
puts Teens Online for Weight Control
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 22-About
60 12-to-17-year-olds will be chosen for a 16-week research
project to begin in February in conjunction with the San Diego-based
Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. Angela Celio,
a doctoral student at UCSD who designed the
study, is recruiting overweight participants from the San Diego
area. They'll be randomly assigned to either the Internet program
or a more conventional weight-control group that will receive
general information on nutrition and exercise. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/currents/news_1c22fit.html
