A Sampling of Clips for June 30^th, 2009

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China Backs Away From Internet Filter
The Washington Post, June 30 -- China has delayed indefinitely a much-criticized plan to force manufacturers to bundle Internet filtering software with personal computers sold in the country, in an abrupt retreat hours before the policy was due to start. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Susan Shirk) More

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New NASA Astronauts Will Never Fly on Shuttle
MSNBC, June 30 -- NASA on Monday unveiled the nine Americans making up its newest class of astronaut candidates, a group that will never fly on the space shuttle. The group includes UCSD alumna Kathleen (Kate) Rubins, 30, of Cambridge, Mass., a principal investigator and fellow at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT, who conducts research trips to the Congo. More

Mr. Green Shoots in an Orange Jumpsuit?
Reuters, June 29 – UCSD economist James Hamilton was pretty offended by the rough treatment of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke last week at the hands of some U.S. politicians. But when he put up a defense of the Fed chief on his blog, he got an earful from readers who were critical of the U.S. central bank and suspicious over its role in the financial crisis and last year’s bank bailouts. More

L.A. is Set to Record a Fourth Straight Year with Below-Average Rainfall
Los Angeles Times, June 30 -- Southern California hasn't had an above-average rain year since 2004-05, when L.A. experienced its second-wettest year on record, with rain totaling 37.25 inches. The next year, some meteorologists forecast that El Niño conditions in the Pacific Ocean could lead to a wet winter for Southern California. Instead, L.A. experienced its driest year on record, with only 3.21 inches. (Mentions the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

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Artist Eva Rothschild's 'Scribble in Space' Fills Tate's Sculpture Galleries
The Guardian, U.K., June 30 -- Tate Britain's rather grand, neoclassical central sculpture galleries have over recent years seen sprinting runners, political protest and a giant French rotary vegetable shredder. Today an arguably more conventional work for the huge space is revealed: a thin, zig-zagging metal sculpture made up of 26 enormous triangles which visitors are invited to walk through. (Mentions Anya Gallaccio, who is on the UCSD faculty) More

Grim Chinese Views of North Korea Suggest Rethink
Malaysia Star, June 30 -- Reckless, ungrateful, a security threat: these are not terms that China has traditionally directed at North Korea, but they have become increasingly common in state-run media, suggesting a budding re-think of old ties. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Susan Shirk) More

UCSD Professor Shared News from Iran
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 30 -- Local professor Babak Rahimi could have laid low during a trip to Iran for academic research that coincided with the country's disputed June 12 presidential election and the violence that followed. It's what his family wanted. Instead, the UCSD expert on Islamic and Iranian studies surfaced 20-plus times in a span of days, granting interviews and exchanging e-mails with the media and penning his own pieces for publication in American news outlets. More

El Nino Brewing in Pacific Could Slam San Diego
10News, June 29 -- Evidence shows the weather phenomenon known as El Nino is brewing once again in the Pacific. If it fully develops, it could mean a quick end to mandatory water restrictions. (Quotes David Pierce, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Reyes and Cruz Put Ethics Above Architecture
Building Design, June 26 -- With unstoppable eloquence, architect Teddy Cruz launched into a description of his work in forging communities and working as an agent for change in promoting “ground-up” redevelopment. Cruz is on the UCSD Visual Arts faculty. More

Nikkei Activists, History and Homophobia
Nichi Bei Times, Opinion, June 29 -- The struggle for equality by gays and lesbians is of special importance to Japanese communities, not just because Japanese Americans have themselves been targets of bigotry and injustice, but also because the increasingly visible presence of gays and lesbians within Nikkei circles ensures that antigay discrimination touches the community directly and powerfully. (Mentions research by Nayan Shah, who is on the UCSD faculty) More

UCSD’s Biological Dynamics a Finalist in Global Contest for $250K Prize
Xconomy, June 30 -- Biological Dynamics, an early stage cancer diagnostics company founded by UCSD grad student Raj Krishnan, is one of 16 finalists in a global competition for university and business-school students that provides a minimum seed investment of $250,000 in venture capital funding for the first-place team. More

‘Voluntourism’ Helps Make a Difference Around the World
San Diego News Network, June 29 -- A growing number of Americans are using precious vacation time to do volunteer work across the United States or in developing countries around the world. “More and more people in all stages of life are thinking of becoming global ‘voluntourists’,” says Bob Benson, director of the Center for Global Volunteer Service at UCSD Extension. More

Demon Chaser
All About Jazz, June 29 -- "Demon Chaser," which documents a live concert recorded at Ottenbrucher Bahnhof in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Germany on March 2nd, 1993, stands tall in drummer Gerry Hemingway's discography as one of the finest achievements of his celebrated transatlantic quintet. This is its second printing. (Mentions Mark Dresser, who is on the UCSD faculty) More

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