A Sampling of Clips for September 3^rd, 2009

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Factory Direct
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 3 – Mike Judge may be the only Hollywood filmmaker who ever directed a comedy — the new factory spoof “Extract” — while being forced to wear a hairnet over his balding pate. But then Judge, the UCSD physics grad who created such animated hits as “Beavis and Butt-Head” (whom he also heh, heh, heh, voiced) and “King of the Hill,” has scads of screwy claims to fame. Like this: As a professional musician, he once played in Shamu's Blues Band at SeaWorld. More

San Diegans Split Over Swine Flu Vaccine
10News, Sept. 2 -- In an exclusive 10News poll, San Diegans were split on whether they plan to get the swine flu vaccine: 49 percent said they would get it, while 42 percent said they would not. Although swine flu testing is well under way and communities are gearing up for a major vaccination campaign, many people are still on the fence about getting immunized. (Quotes Dr. Mark Sawyer of Rady Children’s Hospital at UCSD) More

UCSD, Scripps Nab $32 Million for Ocean Research Project
San Diego News Network, Sept. 2 -- UCSD and its Scripps Institution of Oceanography will receive funds for a major ocean research project, the university announced Wednesday. The Ocean Observatories Initiative is slated to provide an expandable and adaptable network for observing complex ocean processes such as climate variability, ocean circulation, and ocean acidification. More

Major Green Efforts Under Way at UCSD
La Jolla Light, Sept. 2 -- Students entering the UCSD campus this month will find a next-generation array of green innovations. And as an incentive to keep energy consumption as low as possible, each student in the new Village apartments will receive individual electricity bills. More

New Exhibition Opens at the Birch Aquarium
San Diego News Network, Sept. 2 -- A new exhibition at the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography showcases the habitats and human uses of San Diego Bay. The exhibit features a touch-screen display that allows visitors to explore the natural resources, culture uses and human impacts of the 12-mile- long body of water.
It is located alongside two new tanks inside the aquarium’s Hall of Fishes displaying the various species that inhabit San Diego Bay, including eelgrass and the giant pacific seahorse. More

Mission Possible
Pasadena Weekly, Sept. 3 — International Secret Agents will be on a mission Sunday at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, where audience members will be treated to hot hip-hop from Far East Movement, also known as FM, and comedy and commentary from online personalities like Wong Fu Productions and KevJumba, as well as a performance by the season three winners of MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew,” Quest Crew. Wong Fu Productions, a San Gabriel-based group (Wesley Chan, Ted Fu and Philip Wang) that formed in 2003 when Chan, Fu and Wang were in school at UCSD. More

Strange Brew, Rachel Getting Married, Merce Cunningham's Split Sides
San Diego Reader, Sept. 2 -- I recommend Strange Brew. Disclaimer: This movie does not accurately depict the brewing process...just a warning to all those home brewers out there! On to the movie, eh? Any movie that starts out with the MGM lion burping instead of growling deserves an honorable mention. (Includes author Michael Trigilio media artist and UCSD Visual Arts faculty) More

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