A Sampling of Clips for 
July 21, 2004

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As Tides Come and Go, the Land Takes a Breath
CNN News, July 21-The millions of people around the world enjoying beach vacations this summer may not be aware of it, but the land beneath their feet is breathing. As tides come and go, the water causes changes in underground air pressure, forcing air and moisture in and out of the ground along the shore, Jui J. Jiao of the University of Hong Kong found in studying coastal areas near his school. (Quote by Douglas L. Inman, professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/07/20/breathing.shoreline.ap

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ABC News, July 20
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040720_63.html

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 21
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/182904_breathing21.html

When Tight Budgets Lead to Tight Admissions Policies
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 21-Last week, the University of California regents agreed to tighten the requirements for eligibility and admission to UC's 10 campuses. Now they'll spend a month negotiating how, exactly, the requirements will change. The lead proposal rests on raising the minimum acceptable grade point average. That a university should from time to time seek to change its admissions policies and requirements is to be expected. But always we ought to examine the reasoning behind such changes.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040721/news_lz1e21swanson.html

Chronic Nosebleeds Could Indicate Rare Disorder
San Diego Channel 10, July 19-Frequent and severe nosebleeds are the hallmark of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) disease, but there are other hidden complications that can be deadly, according to University of California, San Diego interventional radiologist Frank Miller M.D. HHT is often misdiagnosed and many doctors mistake frequent nosebleeds for other conditions. University of California, San Diego Medical Center is one of only eight centers in the United States that specializes in the rare disease.
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/health/3547620/detail.html

Kerry, Democrats Outraise GOP for First Time Since 1992
Contra Costa Times, July 21-John Kerry and the major Democratic Party committees have collectively outraised their Republican counterparts this year, blunting one of the GOP's biggest and longest-standing political advantages, new Federal Election Commission reports show. For the first time since 1992, the Democratic candidate and the national and congressional fund-raising committees combined to outraise their GOP counterparts over a six-month span of an election year, FEC data compiled by the Washington Post found. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a political scientist at UC San Diego.)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/9204994.htm?ERIGHTS=-6135507570504760521contracostatimes

Report Braces Police Chiefs' Plea for Assault Weapons Ban
Contra Costa Times, July 21-Three of the five Oakland police officers killed at work in the last 10 years died in sprays of bullets from banned assault weapons or legal "copycat" firearms. That statistic was telling enough for Police Chief Richard Word to join gun-control advocates and acting Richmond Police Chief Charles Bennett in calling for an extension and strengthening of the 1994 federal assault weapons ban. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a political science professor at UC San Diego.)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/
crime_courts/9204980.htm

Would-Be Investors Inundate Venture Funds
Contra Costa Times, July 21-The partners at Sevin Rosen, a top venture capital firm, were braced for the worst last November, when they began passing the word that they wanted to raise a few hundred million dollars to invest in a new generation of technology start-up companies. After all, the venture capital business had just experienced the worst slump of its 30-year history. Instead, Sevin Rosen was inundated by would-be investors, proving once again that venture firms can be an unpredictable investment. (Quote by Paul Kedrosky, a professor of bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/9204951.htm

Muscle Boundless
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 21-As the sports world continues to be rocked by the parade of big-name athletes linked to steroids, sports officials are bracing for the next wave of high-tech cheating: gene doping. This means that forward-thinking drug testers need to be thinking about the future - a domain in which gene doping could put non-enhanced athletes at a tremendous disadvantage. (Quote by Theodore Friedmann, a medical professor at UCSD.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040721-9999-lz1c21doping.html

Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 21-Q & A column by Sherry Seethaler, a UCSD science writer and educator, who has a doctorate in science education. (Quote by David Granet M.D., professor of ophthalmology at UCSD.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040721-9999-1c21sciqa.html