A Sampling of Clips for 
May 01 - 03, 2004

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Asian pollution ill wind for U.S.
Chicago Tribune, May 3- Scientists identified the Asian brown cloud phenomenon five years ago. Researchers now know, it routinely climbs high enough into the atmosphere to hitch a ride on the fast-moving jet stream heading east to North America. In April and May, when seasonal winds are strongest, the high-altitude pollution can cross the Pacific in as little as four days. Worried about its effect on US pollution and weather levels, a group of scientists led by Professor V. Ramanathan from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has been researching this phenomenon for years.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0405030178may03,1,5066694.story?coll=chi-news-hed

Washington's Capital Looks at Effects of Rising Ocean
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 1-Public works planners and port officials know oceans have been rising at an average rate of nearly half a foot per century, about the same rate tectonic plate movements have been driving down the land beneath the city. Scientists project that global warming could cause sea levels to rise as much as 3 feet in some places over the next century, but it could be decades before it's clear just how big a problem it might become. Professor Doug Inman, director of the Center for Coastal Studies at the UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is working on a computer model factoring in climate-change scenarios that would help planners and policy-makers decide how to protect coastal areas.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&
slug=WST%20Warming%20Oceans

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Associated Press, May 1
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Fishing Slashed Peruvian Bird Populations
United Press International, April 30- U.S. scientists said Friday that bird populations in Peru have declined dramatically over the past 40 years because of fishing activities. Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, said although in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tens of millions of marine birds lived in the so-called "Bird Islands of Peru" and became famous around the world. This was due partly to their appeal as a visual spectacle and because they became economically important as high producers of guano -- droppings that the country mined and exported around the world for fertilizer.
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Childhood Chickenpox Can Leave a Painful Legacy
Los Angeles Times, May 3-The virus responsible for chickenpox -- varicella-zoster -- doesn't disappear when the blisters heal. Small amounts of it remain in the body, lying inactive in clusters of nerve cells along the spinal cord. Immunity acquired as a result of having chickenpox holds the virus in check, and most people experience no further problems with it. But in about 20% of people who have had chickenpox, the virus spontaneously reactivates later in life. (Quote by Michael Oxman M.D., an infectious disease specialist at UC San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-themd3may03,1,703804.column

UC Releases Admissions Study Report
Oakland Tribune, April 30-The University of California needs to take some of the mystery out of its admissions policies to promote greater understanding among a public that is often confused about what it takes to get into selective campuses. This was one of the recommendations of a UC study group that convened late last year to study eligibility and admissions issues. The group's findings were first revealed in March during a presentation to UC's governing Board of Regents, but were codified Thursday with the release of the final report of the group's work.
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Cuts at UC Force Many to Consider Their 'Option'
Los Angeles Times, May 2-Because of the state's budget crisis and a request from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to reduce enrollment, the UC system is admitting 7% fewer students for the school year beginning this fall than it did last year. As a result, nearly 7,600 college applicants have received offers to attend a community college, where they must complete required courses before transferring, though not necessarily to a UC campus to which they had applied. Students are now considering alternatives to their first choice universities.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-schools2may02,1,5310787.story

GeneAlert ... from UPI
United Press International, April 30-A new Alzheimer's treatment has shown promise, including some early indications of reduction in disease advancement. The Phase I human trial was conducted at the University of California, San Diego after extensive primate studies. Patients' own skin cells were genetically modified in culture to produce Nerve Growth Factor, a naturally occurring protein that prevents cell death and stimulates cell function.
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In Guantanamo Cases, a Question of Tyranny
Newsday, May 2-The three cases related to the war on terrorism that the U.S. Supreme Court must now decide raise fundamental questions concerning the separation of powers under the Constitution and applicable federal statutes. The question before the justices in Rasul v. Bush, heard two weeks ago, was whether courts have or lack the power to consider whether foreign nationals reported captured by American allies in the theater of war and handed over to the U.S. military are being lawfully detained at Guantanamo. (Written by Samuel C. Rickless, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpric023781222may02,0,5616488.story

U.S. Employment Picture Mixed; Job Growth Varies
Fox News Channel 23 (Albany, New York), May 3-Last month's U.S. job creation report was seen as a boon to President Bush's hopes for re-election: After months of economic growth failed to create many jobs, 308,000 of them were added in March. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.fox23news.com/business/story.aspx?content_id=CED79EB7-EBE5-4B2F-AE9B-C9C9ED3312AB

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CBS News/Channel 47 (Jacksonville, Fla.), May 3 http://www.wtev.com/business/story.aspx?content_id=CED79EB7-EBE5-4B2F-AE9B-C9C9ED3312AB

San Jose Mercury News, May 3
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/8577188.htm

San Diego Gains Points as Biomedical-Research Hub
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 3-La Jolla will be home to the nation's largest database exploring how the human body's immune system fights disease-causing agents - those occurring naturally and others possibly used as terrorist weapons. The La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology has received $25 million from the National Institutes of Health to head the 7-year project, scientists at the immunology group said. Also involved in the project is the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040503-9999-1m3immune.html

Progressing `700 Sundays' breaks the Crystal mold
San Diego Union Tribune, April 30-Billy Crystal is home on stage at UCSD's La Jolla Playhouse. He's been in town for a couple of weeks now developing "700 Sundays . . . Billy Crystal . . . A Life in Progress" as part of the Playhouse's Page to Stage program, workshop productions aimed at encouraging and honing fresh material.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040430/news_1c30crystal.html

Scientists Look for Clues to How First Stars Formed
Copley News, May 3-Nearly every atom in the universe except for hydrogen, helium, lithium and deuterium can find its origin in the nuclear furnaces of stars. Today's most powerful telescopes can take us back to about a billion years after the big bang by studying stars. (Quote by Arthur Wolfe, chancellor's associates professor of physics at University of California, San Diego.)
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Irwin Jacobs Sets the Standard
Investor's Business Daily, May 3-When it comes to mistakes, once is enough for Irwin M. Jacobs. Jacobs founded consulting firm Linkabit in 1969. Defense contracts provided much of the early revenue for the company, which conducted research for private companies as well as the military. It paid well. But the downside to contract research was that Linkabit often didn't own the intellectual property rights. Previously a professor at UC San Diego, Jacobs gave up a life in academia to pursue a career in business.
http://www.investors.com/editorial/lands.asp?v=5/1

Boats Drown Out Sound of Whales
Baltimore Sun, May 3-So many whale-watching boats are plying popular waterways that the whales are having trouble being heard over the din. Researchers say that "calls" made by killer whales in the Pacific Northwest are about 15 percent longer than they were in 1990, when whale watching began to take off. (Quote by David Mellinger, an expert on marine mammal acoustics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.ms.whales03may03,0,4350823.story?coll=bal-health-headlines

On the Job Illegally: Unauthorized Workers Key in Some Industries
North County Times, May 3-Illegal workers are an integral part of local and national industries, such as agriculture, manufacturing, construction and hotel and restaurant services, experts say. The region quickly absorbs newcomers willing to work cheaply with few or no benefits. Some of them do the poorly paid, dirty, back-breaking and dangerous jobs. (Quote by political science professor Wayne Cornelius at UC San Diego.)
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/05/02/business/news/17_09_555_1_04.txt

Eyeing Forests for Trees' Role in Global Warming
Rocky Mountain News, May 3-A 99-foot-long cargo plane packed with science gear will swoop low over Front Range mountains next month to find out how much heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas is being slurped up by the forests. The Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment brings together researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, four U.S. universities and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The goal is to get a better fix on how much carbon dioxide is removed from the air by mountain forests through the process of photosynthesis.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.ms.whales03may03,0,4350823.story?coll=bal-health-headlines

Could a Tsunami Really Hit North County?
North County Times, May 1-North County has all the natural elements needed to produce a tsunami, unstable geology and miles and miles of low-lying, unprotected coastline. But it has done little to prepare for the destructive wave. (Refers to research conducted by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/05/03/special_reports
/science_technology/18_05_195_1_04.txt