Wikio - San Diego

San Diego beer culture alive and well (Beer Therapy)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:10:28 GMT

by Banjo Bandolas Having previously lived in California’s second largest city I tend to look behind the Chamber of Commerce’s curtain of descriptive verse that refers to San Diego as a place ”Where blue skies keep watch on 70 miles of beaches and a gentle Mediterranean climate begs for a day of everything and nothing.” [...]

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Anchors Aweigh - San Diego, California, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:49:37 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map San Diego, California, United States Boot camp - what more can I say? 8 weeks of hell, at least from my perspective. I'm sure the Army and Marine guys would disagree, but it was bad enough to me. After boot camp came 6 weeks of "A" school, where I received my formal training to become a Navy Cook. Yes, that's right - I was a cook in the Navy! Graduated...

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Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, UC San Diego engineers say (ENN: Top Stories)

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:50:48 GMT

University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future. Indium phosphide (InP) nanowires can serve as electron superhighways that carry electrons kicked loose by photons of light directly to the device’s electron-attracting electrode — and this scenario...

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Scenes from a Bike Commute (Interbike Times)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:51:43 GMT

In the spirit of Bike to Work Week, I thought I’d show a few scenes from my bike commute. I live in northern San Diego County and my commute is multi-modal: 14 miles by bike to the Oceanside (California) train station and then a 25-or-so minute train ride up the coast to San Juan Capistrano [...]

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Edgeware Analytics: GovGex.com(TM), Online Marketplace for Buying and Selling Government Guaranteed Loans, Launched (Market Wire)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:54:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO, CA and PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL (MARKET WIRE) Edgeware Analytics, Inc., an innovative provider of profitability tools for business lenders, announced that GovGex.com -- the Government Guaranteed Loan Exchange was launched today at the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders' (NAGGL) Mid-year Technical Conference.

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UCSD nanostructures will raise thin-film solar cell efficiency (Physorg)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:31:49 GMT

Thanks to nanostructures that scatter and channel light, University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are working toward thin-film single junction solar cells with the potential for nearly 45 percent sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiencies. This UC San Diego effort to break the theoretical limit of 31 percent efficiency for conventional single junction cells...

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Nanostructures Will Raise Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiency (Newswise)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:19:14 GMT

Thanks to nanostructures that scatter and channel light, University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are working toward thin-film "single junction" solar cells with the potential for nearly 45 percent sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiencies.

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Misys Open Source Solutions Launches Open Carbon World Portal (Business Wire)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Misys Open Source Solutions, a division of Misys plc (FTSE:MSY.L), in conjunction with several industry partners, announced today at the California Climate Action

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Lpath, Inc.: Lpath's iSONEP(TM) IND Application Gets Green Light From FDA (Market Wire)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Lpath, Inc. (OTCBB: LPTN), the category leader in therapeutic agents against bioactive lipids, announced the FDA, after review of the company's April 2008 Investigational New Drug (IND) submittal, has allowed Lpath to administer iSONEP(TM) to patients suffering from exudative AMD (age-related macular degeneration) in a Phase 1 clinical trial.

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Nanotech to make solar panels more efficient (Euractive)

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:50:00 GMT

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated that nanoparticles can increase the efficiency with which sunlight can be converted into electricity in thin-film photovoltaics, opening new prospects for solar electricity.

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Marine Life Protection Act meetings (San Diego Union)

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:02:01 GMT

The Marine Life Protection Act's first public workshops for Southern California stakeholders will be held today in San Diego.

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Business Owner's Toolkit: StartMeUp! Helps New Businesses Launch With Free, Personalized Assistance (Market Wire)

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Only a fraction of America's would-be entrepreneurs actually pursue their great ideas each year. That is why three of America's most popular websites for business startups have teamed up to provide free support and guidance to new entrepreneurs.

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UCSD researchers show link between vitamin D status, breast cancer (Physorg)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:34:28 GMT

Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), and breast cancer.

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UCSD researchers show link between vitamin D status, breast cancer (Eurekalert)

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

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"California ban on same-sex marriage struck down" (How Appealing)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:07:12 GMT

"California ban on same-sex marriage struck down": Bill Mears of CNN.com provides this report. Reuters reports that "Top California court backs gay marriage." Bloomberg News reports that "California Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage." Greg Moran of The San Diego Union-Tribune...

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California Supreme Court recognizes same-sex marriage right (Warren Throckmorton)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:02:03 GMT

If you get Google alerts or some similar service, you already know that the California Supreme Court has issued a ruling recognizing a right to marriage for same-sex couples. From the San Diego Union-Tribune: The state Supreme Court struck down California’s marriage law banning same sex couples from getting married in a historic decision Thursday that [...]

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Sempra Energy: Sempra Energy's New Baja California LNG Terminal Ready for Commercial Operations (Market Wire - Energy and Utilities: Coal)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Sempra LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), today announced that its Energía Costa Azul liquefied natural gas (LNG) receipt terminal in Baja California, Mexico, has successfully completed all performance testing and is ready for commercial operations.

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Interim HealthCare Announces Conversion of California Branches to Franchises (California Newswire)

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:17:23 GMT

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Interim HealthCare, the nation's largest combined provider of home care and healthcare staffing services, announced the completion of conversions of the San Diego/Escondido, Fresno, Sacramento and Modesto/Stockton branches into franchise operations. Previously, operating under corporate ownership, the change reflects the continuous growth of the 42-year-old company...

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Franklin Wireless Corporation: Franklin Wireless Continues Strong Sales Trend in Fiscal Third Quarter 2008 (Telecom News)

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:42:35 GMT

SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Franklin Wireless Corp. (OTCBB: FKWL), a developer and marketer of wireless broadband communications devices, announced strong sales and an increase in profit for the third quarter fiscal year of 2008, driven by demand for the company's USB modem products.

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New role found for a cardiac progenitor population (Physorg)

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:38:12 GMT

In a discovery that could one day lead to an understanding of how to regenerate damaged heart tissue, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have found that parent cells involved in embryonic development of the epicardium - the cell layer surrounding the outside of the heart - give rise to three important types of cells with potential for cardiac repair.

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