A Sampling of Clips for September 25^th, 2009

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MRI, Solar Cells, Aging Work Lead Nobel Predictions
ABC, Sept. 25 – Scientists who discovered the secrets of how cells age, who made efficient solar cells possible and who figured out how to watch the brain work in real time are all leading contenders for Nobel prizes, Thomson Reuters predicted on Thursday. Researchers at the Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters also named scientists who figured out how certain messages are carried in cells and made quantum computers possible and economists specializing in monetary policy. (Mentions UCSD) More

Why People Hoard Stuff
Fox News, Sept. 24 – Is compulsive hoarding inherited? People who compulsively acquire and hoard clutter to the extent that it impairs their daily activities are labeled “compulsive hoarders.” The condition is classed as a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), present in 30 to 40 percent of individuals affected with OCD. It may damage relationships, cut the individual off from society, and even endanger lives. (Quotes Sanjaya Saxena, M.D., director of the UCSD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Program) More

Inspired by Kandinsky
Wall Street Journal, Sept. 24 – In January 1911, the painters Vasily Kandinsky, Franz Marc and Gabriele Münter attended a Munich concert where they encountered the music of Arnold Schoenberg for the first time. Kandinsky was amazed by what he heard: The tones, freed from traditional rules of consonance and dissonance, seemed to seek their own independent destinies, evoking in sound the abstract compositional world the painter had been striving toward. Soon after, Kandinsky excitedly wrote to the composer: "In your works, you have realized what I . . . have so greatly longed for." (Mentions Susan Narucki, professor in UCSD’s Department of Music) More

UCSD Teach-in to Rally
Against State Budget Cuts
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 24 -- Hundreds of UCSD faculty members, students and staffers are expected to gather at a teach-in today — the first day of fall classes — to rally against severe state budget cuts. Faculty organizers expect about 100 professors to attend, either by themselves or with their students, to discuss the long-term consequences of the state's dwindling support for higher education. Funding cuts at UC this year have led to layoffs, student fee increases, employee furloughs and a hiring freeze. More

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Who Made You God?

San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25 -- Few guitarists are as daring, eclectic or prolific as Fred Frith. The English-born maverick has recorded at least 57 solo albums and been featured on several hundred more. His on-record credits range from Brian Eno, The Residents and John Zorn to Bill Laswell, The Golden Palominos and Negativland. Frith's other collaborators have included such disparate performers as Richard Thompson, Bongwater, Violent Femmes, Anthony Braxton, Mike Oldfield, Scottish percussion marvel Evelyn Glennie, Gavin Bryars and San Diego contrabass great Mark Dresser, professor in UCSD’s Department of Music. More

Next Recycling Target:
Congealed Chili Cheese Fries
Voice of San Diego, Sept. 22 -- Chicken tacos and chili cheese fries are on the menu tonight at Point Loma Nazarene University. After dinner, the school's dining staff will scrape every last half-eaten taco and congealed fry into a black bin full of food waste, destined for a small plot in the city-owned Miramar Landfill where compost is made.
Instead of getting buried with the rest of the city of San Diego's garbage, those table scraps will be rich soil in about 10 weeks, ready for residents to pick up and spread on their gardens at home. (Quotes Krista Mays UCSD Housing Dining Hospitality sustainability manager) More

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