A Sampling of Clips for
July 18, 2003
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Sonar Device
May Prevent Manatee-Boat Collisions
National Geographic News, July 17—
Manatees, also known as sea cows, play near-surface waters in
coastal rivers, bays, and estuaries where they graze on marine
grasses and other water plants. Like deer in the headlights
of an oncoming car, manatees have poor avoidance strategies
when in the path of danger. (Quote by Jules Jaffe,
a research oceanographer with the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography at the University of California,
San Diego.)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/07/0717_030717_manatees.html
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The
Daily Transcript, July 16
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Ray Invasion Could Put
Some Sting in Your Step
Los
Angeles Times, July 18—Unusually warm ocean
water off Southern California has prompted a summer stingray
invasion, especially along Orange County beaches, where swimmers
and surfers in recent days have reported being stung by rays
dug into the sand in shallow water. (Quote by Robert
Burhans, curator at Birch Aquarium at the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sting18jul18,1,3243454.story
Researchers Studying How
Defective Gene Causes Blindness
The
San Diego Channel, July 16—UCSD
researchers have recently made an important discovery that could
one day lead to a treatment for a rare disease that leaves children
profoundly deaf and later in life steals away their sight.
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/health/2337571/detail.html
Scientists With Hawaii
Ocean Mixing Experiment Closing In On Puzzle Of Ocean Energy
-- Wide Range Of Instruments, Equipment Document Giant 1,000-foot
Undersea Waves
Science
Daily, July 18—Scientists from six institutions,
including Scripps Institution of Oceanography
at the University of California, San Diego,
are closing the gap in deciphering one of the most puzzling
aspects of the world's oceans.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/07/030718083626.htm
All choked
up
La Jolla Light, July 17—It's
been said that it's always darkest before the light. That's
certainly true of ongoing work on the $8.3 million improvement
project to widen and realign the Throat, La Jolla's infamously
bottlenecked intersection of Ardath Road and La Jolla Shores
Drive. The primary purpose of the Ardath Road project is to
improve traffic flow from the Village to the freeway and UCSD.
http://www.lajollalight.com/2003/07/17/n030717choked_up.html
Intec pushes
technology initiative from San Diego
Spokane Journal of Business, July
18— Launched three years ago during the dot-com boom to
help supply Spokane’s then-growing high-tech sector with
trained workers, Intec since has had to broaden its focus as
high-tech jobs became scarce. Intec CEO, Lewis Rumpler, credits
UCSD Connect with helping to drastically lower
San Diego’s unemployment rate.
http://www.spokanejournal.com/spokane_id=article&sub=1660
Berlin offers
Marcuse respect and a final home
Los Angeles Times, July 18—The
philosopher who inspired a generation of '60s radicals in the
U.S. died in 1979. In America, where he had come to flee the
Nazis, Herbert Marcuse's views and teachings
made him a lightning rod for controversy. Then-Gov. Ronald Reagan
once demanded his resignation from a teaching post at UC
San Diego. The American Legion and the Christian Anti-Communist
Crusade pressured the university to fire him. http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-et-goetz18jul18192424,1,4074845.story
