A Sampling of Clips for
January 11th, 2007
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Tumors Treated with
Ease Thanks to New Method
10News, Jan. 10 -- New advances in technology are making it easier to zero in on tumors, with some doctors calling it “Star Trek” technology. A new, non-invasive treatment for brain tumors and other cancers is now being offered in
San Diego. “The difference is the ease of treatment, the quickness of treatment and the ability to treat more than
one patient a day,” said Dr. Kevin Murphy of the Moores Cancer Center at UCSD. More
2006 Warmest Year on Record in U.S.
Outside, Jan. 10 -- 2006 was the warmest year on record in the contiguous United States and the sixth warmest year worldwide, according to statement released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “What we’re seeing around the globe, by and large, is this very precipitous rise in temperatures since the 1980s,” said Dan Cayan, a climate researcher with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the United States Geological Survey. “And I think the U.S. temperatures mirror that.” More
Move Is Designed to Save the Bush Presidency
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Jan. 10 -- The plan
to surge 20,000 or more U.S. troops to Iraq, likely to be announced tonight, may be a winning strategy for George W. Bush, but not for the United States. It merely forestalls the inescapable day of reckoning for Americans. (Editorial by David Lake, a professor of political science at UCSD) More
Schwarzenegger Proposes Universal Health Care for CA
KPBS, Jan. 10 -- The Last night Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered his State of the State address. There was talk of more infrastructure bonding, fighting global warming and reform of political redistricting. But the Governor spilled the really big news the day before yesterday, when he proposed a plan for Universal Health Care. (Broadcast features Todd Gilmer, associate professor in the department of Family and Preventative Medicine at UCSD) More
City Intends to Enforce Ordinance on Beachfront Barriers
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 11 -- Sooner or later,
the illegal riprap – rock barriers that dissipate the force of crashing waves is on the shoreline below homes – will have to go, or else beachfront homeowners will need the city's blessing to leave the stuff in place. (Quotes Hany Elwany, a research associate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More
California State Fish Remains a Commodity
The Log, Jan. 11 -- Near the shores of Catalina to the cliffs of La Jolla, as far north as Monterey Bay and as far south as the Baja Peninsula, a 14-inch tyrant can be spotted as easily as gold dust in California's rivers and streams. The Garibaldi is the official state saltwater fish and is named after Italian patriot and worldwide soldier Giuseppe Garibaldi. "It's the most common fish (I see) when I'm diving," said Robert Burhans, curator for the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More
UCSD Hires ex-SDSU Exec as Fund-raiser
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 11 -- UCSD has hired Diana Philippi for the newly created position of associate director of development for athletics. In her new job, Philippi – a former San Diego State assistant athletic director and director of the Aztec Athletic Foundation – will manage fund-raising activities for UCSD intercollegiate athletics. More
Vision Research Yields Improved Driving Experience
EE Times, Jan. 10 -- Computer vision researchers at
UC San Diego have demonstrated techniques to improve recognition of human activity by using cameras that
operate at different wavelengths than those used in human vision. The algorithms could be of use in applications
ranging from surveillance, automotive safety, smart spaces and human-computer interfaces. More
Stories for Those Who Like 'Em Short
San Diego CityBeat, Jan. 10 -- Just because you’re not nerd enough to have heard of it doesn’t make the arrival of the Clarion Science Fiction Writers Workshop at UCSD any less a big deal. The 40-year-old summer writing course has produced such sci-fi luminaries as Bruce Sterling, Cory Doctorow (who will be in residence this year) and Kim Stanley Robinson. More
Beatlemania on These Days
KPBS, Jan. 10 -- We’ve all heard of the Beatles, right?
I mean this isn’t just a baby-boomer thing… I assume even youngsters today know that there was this really popular rock group in the sixties from Liverpool, England. Well, if you really have not heard of the Beatles. Let me tell you that they were a unique rock and roll band to say the least. (Broadcast features Steven Schick, percussionist and music professor at UCSD) More