A Sampling of Clips for
March 01 - 03, 2003
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Showdown
with Iraq; Iraq Puts Fox in a Hard Place
Los Angeles Times, Mar. 3 –
President Vicente Fox is in a squeeze. He has to mollify domestic
opinion, which is solidly antiwar, as well as the expectations
of his northern neighbor, which feels that Mexico should be
on its side in the upcoming U.N. vote on authorizing the forcible
disarmament of Iraq. (Quotes David Shirk, a
political scientist and Mexico specialist at University
of California, San Diego's Center for U.S.-Mexican
Studies).
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Stormy weather: Pacific
storm waves higher than thought
Daily
World, Mar. 3 – A Scripps Institution
of Oceanography study shows there's been a progressive
increase in the frequency and intensity of North Pacific storms
since 1948, according to a state Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries expert. The three factors that generate and govern
the size of waves, he said, are wind strength, duration of the
wind and the distance the wind travels.
http://www.thedailyworld.com/daily/2003/Mar-02-Sun-2003/news/news1.html
U.S., French
scientists seek to share view of Earth
San Diego Union-Tribune, Mar. 2 –
American and French scientists gathered last week to plan for
the next generation of satellites designed to illuminate the
Earth's biggest environmental mysteries. The Scripps
Institution of Oceanography organized the meeting along
with the French National Space Center and the Mission for Science
and Technology of France. Scripps has advanced
oceanographic science through satellites already in orbit. (Quotes
Scripps director Charles Kennel).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030302-9999_1m2space.html
Q&A
with Gale Norton Secretary of the Interior
San Diego Union-Tribune, Mar. 2 –
Norton was interviewed by members of the Union-Tribune's editorial
board after the water transfer deal between San Diego and Imperial
Valley was not reached by the Dec. 31 deadline. The interviewees
make reference to the recent Scripps Institution of
Oceanography report on global climate change in two
of their questions.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/opinion/news_mz1e2qa.html
A city columnist exposes
his trade
San
Diego Union-Tribune, Mar. 2 – Neil Morgan
mentions UCSD’s benefit dinner dance
for the launching of the largest single funding campaign ever
undertaken in San Diego. The event will take place March 15
at UCSD’s RIMAC Arena.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/morgan/20030302-9999_1m2morgan.html
Macintosh; Safari is a
Web trip worth taking
San
Diego Union-Tribune, OPINION, Mar. 3 – UCSD’s
David L. Hart of San Diego Supercomputer Center,
an author of three Mac books, writes about his view on Mac’s
latest web browser, Safari.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/business/news_mz1b3mac.html
