A Sampling of Clips for 
November 24, 2004

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A Racing 'Holiday Heart' Can Spook You Out
Reuters, Nov. 24-There are many holiday traditions that are not so good for the heart, but here's one that may cause a real scare: festive binge drinking can temporarily speed up your heart rate, causing a condition known as "holiday heart," according to Ajit Raisinghani, an assistant professor of medicine at UCSD.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=6910424

Turkey Can Stick in Your Craw, Really
Reuters, Nov. 24-Besides the usual increases in cases of heartburn, emergency room workers see a Thanksgiving surge of people with food stuck in their esophagus, according to Dr. Tom Savides of UCSD.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=
healthNews&storyID=6909447&section=news

Research: Memory Lapses are Normal
ABC News, Nov. 23-Can't remember his name? Don't worry: Momentary lapse can be a good sign. (Quote by neurologist Douglas Galasko of UCSD.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/print?id=276464

Shiley Gift Supports UCSD Research
San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 23-The University of California, San Diego received a $4 million pledge from Donald and Darlene Shiley that supports the university's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC). The announcement was made Tuesday in conjunction with National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month.
http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20041123tlb/?215#

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Researchers Probe Marine Mysteries off the Alaskan Coast
Innovations-Report, Nov. 24-Probing the depths below one of the world's most important fisheries, scientists with Scripps Institution of Oceanography as well as Indiana State University and their colleagues, have conducted the first exploration of deep seafloor biological communities in a sector of the Alaskan margin off the Aleutian Islands along the northern part of the Pacific Rim.
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/report-36752.html

Airport Plan Built on Guesses
North County Times, Nov. 23-It's projected that Lindbergh Field will exceed runway capacity by 2012 and that a new airport will not be available for at least 10 years. So we face a crisis. Or do we? (Article written by Ed Bender, a professor of mathematics at UCSD.)
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/11/24/opinion/commentary
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Letters to the Editor
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 23-You shortchange California by failing to mention in your editorial "Cal's other top ranking" (Nov. 22) that the UC system has four campuses in the top 26 universities worldwide. Besides Berkeley (2), they are UCSF (20), UC San Diego (24) and UCLA (26).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/11/24/EDG029VV0H1.DTL