A Sampling of Clips for 
July 01, 2004

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Knock 3 Times on the Ceiling
New York Times, July 1-French physicists have figured out how to rap on tabletops to communicate with CD's, lights or most other nearby electric or electronic devices. The inexpensive new technology has the potential to turn kitchen tables, desks, windows or other rigid surfaces into remote control panels with hundreds of touch-sensitive spots. (Quote by William Kuperman, a professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/01/technology/circuits/01next.html

UC Faculty Backs Hike in Entry Standards
Los Angeles Times, July 1-Prompted by a recent study showing that too many students are meeting existing requirements, the faculty of the University of California voted Wednesday to raise the minimum eligibility standards for the prestigious university system. The proposed changes, which include raising the minimum grade-point average for UC-eligible students from 2.8 to 3.1, were endorsed overwhelmingly by the university's Academic Assembly in a conference call. (Quote by Barbara Sawrey, a UC San Diego professor who heads a faculty committee that made the recommendations.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc1jul01,1,7925168.story

Similar article appeared in:
Copley News Service, June 30
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Two Experiments Show that Inducing Phytoplankton Blooms is Too Expensive to End Global Warming
The Scientist, July 1-The US Department of Energy has taken an interest in carbon sequestration, but a grand scheme to induce thick blooms of carbon-fixing algae has yet to bear fruit in early studies. The DOE directs a large share of its global warming budget to carbon-sequestration research, drawing on biologists in hopes of enlisting algae, microbes, or plants to fix and store excess carbon created by the fossil-fuel economy. (Quote by Kathy Barbeau, a marine chemist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2004/jul/research1_040705.html

News Scan
Sydney Morning Herald, July 1-Researchers from the University of California, San Diego have found that teenage girls who have never smoked are more likely to take up the habit if their favorite actor smokes in movies. The findings were based on data collected from 3000 12- to 15-year-olds for three years as part of the 1996 California Tobacco Survey.
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News Briefs from San Diego County
San Jose Mercury News, July 1-A new research center at the University of California, San Diego will study the genetic origins of disease. The university announced Tuesday that The Center for Human Genetics/Genomics will aim to increase science's understanding of human genes to better diagnose and treat illnesses based on a person's individual genetic makeup.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/
california/counties/alameda_county/9049384.htm?ERIGHTS=-2267776416528722781mercurynews

Same article appeared in:
San Luis Obispo, July 1
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/politics/9049384.htm

Grant Awarded for High-Tech Ocean Study
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 1-A $20.4 million grant to install a high-tech system to monitor California's near shore currents has been awarded to UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Francisco State University. The hour-by-hour data, which will be available live on the Internet, will be valuable to a wide range of Californians, from fishermen to marine researchers to government agencies tracking pollution spills.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040701-9999-2m1grant.html

As Proud Families Watch, Promise Turns Into Reality
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 1-Hundreds of family members, friends and teachers cheered on the first Preuss School graduates during an emotional ceremony yesterday. They arrived at the La Jolla campus carrying banners, tooting party horns and shouting out names in joy. Some were dressed in their Sunday best. Others came straight from work and were still wearing their standard-issue uniforms. Once rejected by critics as a pie-in-the-sky proposal, Preuss has earned a spot as one of the top academic performers in the county and state. (Quote by UCSD Provost and Preuss founder Cecil Lytle.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20040701-9999-7m1grads.html

Exiles of the American Dream 'All-American' Exiles
San Francisco Chronicle, July 1-Members of the Cuevas family lived illegally in the United States for 19 years. Late Wednesday night, their American dream ended when they boarded a 747 for the Philippines, deported by the Department of Homeland Security. The three adult children will live in a country they barely remember. The Cuevases are among thousands of people around the country who didn't legalize their status and were deported back to their home country. (Quote by Robyn Rodriguez, fellow at the Center for Comparative Immigration at UC San Diego.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/01/MNGV47EUPF1.DTL

Reversals' Misfortune
Canadian Business, Opinion, July 1-When stock market contrarianism is all the rage, start worrying about the wisdom of contrarianism; If you bought Nortel right after its recent plunge, you'd have lost money. When Nortel's stock recently crashed (again), many investors did what they usually do when companies descend into crises: they bought. Despite CEO Frank Dunn's forced departure from the telecom equipment maker, despite this being only the latest shoe to drop from a many-shoed centipede of disaster, some saw it as a time to buy Nortel, not sell it. (Article written by Paul Kedrosky, a professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
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