A Sampling of Clips for
March 09, 2005
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Fringes vs. Basics in Silicon
Valley
New York Times, March 9-Electronic
Arts, based in Redwood City, Calif., has become the focal point
of a debate over whether technology companies are exploiting
workers by demanding long hours and using on-campus fringe benefits
while skimping on tangible benefits like overtime pay, and rewarding
worker loyalty by sending jobs to cheaper labor overseas. (Quote
by Gina Neff, an assistant professor at UCSD,
who studies labor issues.) More
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Florida
Ledger, March 9
Deep-Sea
Bacteria Reveal Secrets
Discovery Channel, March 8-It won't
help you survive the pressures of the daily grind, but scientists
have found out some secret tricks of bacteria that thrive at
300 times the atmospheric pressure we experience daily. (Refers
to research by Doug Bartlett, a deep sea biologist
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More
New Treatment
for Ulcerative Colitis
Jerusalem Post, March 8-A variation
of kidney dialysis - but used to filter white blood cells instead
of toxins in the blood - is being used in Jerusalem to treat
a small number of patients with ulcerative colitis, a severe
chronic inflammatory bowel disease. (Quote by Eyal Raz,
a professor at the UCSD Medical School.) More
Microsoft
Pins Hopes On New Communications Software
Contra Costa Times, March 8-Microsoft
introduced three software products on Tuesday that are intended
to blur the lines between traditional phones and computer networks
within corporations. (Quote by Michael Kleeman,
a cyberinfrastructure policy researcher at UCSD.)
More
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New
York Times, March 9
San Diego
in the News
Voice of San Diego, March 9-"Dessa
Rose", a new musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
-- based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by late Sherley
Anne Williams, a professor of literature at the University
of California, San Diego -- opens at the Lincoln Center
in New York on March 21. More
North County
Nominee
for Base Closure Committee Praised
North County Times, March 9-A North
County man named to head the commission overseeing the next
round of military base closures has been called a savvy administrator
with a vast knowledge of the national and local defense structure
by several local people with close ties to the subject. (Quote
by Abe Shragge, a lecturer and defense policy
specialist at UCSD.) More
