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Friday Nov 27 | Atwater Signal

West Coast Turf: Where the grass grows greener, shorter or longer

The Merced County headquarters of West Coast Turf, a grass company, is surrounded by more than 500 acres of emerald green lawn just off Highway 140 south of Livingston.

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Related Topix: Merced County, CA, Livingston, CA, Merced Metro, Merced, CA, San Francisco Metro

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Ventura County Star

Scientists announce proof of mega-droughts

While Californians worry about the three-year drought dragging on another season, researchers say climate change soon could create much longer dry spells - lasting decades or even centuries.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, UC Davis, Davis, CA, Life, Hobbies, Spelunking, Calaveras County, CA

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Network World NetFlash

IBM cat brain simulation dismissed as 'hoax' by rival scientist

IBM's claim that it has designed the first brain simulation to exceed the scale of a cat's cortex is being dismissed as "a hoax and a PR stunt" by a rival scientist.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Science, Computer Science, Merced, CA

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Atwater Signal

UC Merced cross country off and running

It took the better part of a year for Adrian Garcia and Rogelio Grijalva to make their dream a reality.

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Related Topix: Merced Metro, Merced, CA

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Merced County Times

UC Merced's Sport Shooting Club's Veteran's Day shoot

The Sport Shooting Club at US Merced conducted a Veteran's Shoot at the River Oaks Range 11584 N. Shaffer Road on Veteran's Day from 9:00 a.m. to noon.

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Related Topix: Merced Metro, Merced, CA, Atwater, CA, Winton, CA, Shaver Lake, CA

The Mountain Enterprise

Friday Business Lunch Invitation

Dear Business Owners, You are invited to come to a Synergy Summit Business Lunch Friday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Merced County Times

Bali Learning Center

This is the story of Uday Bali, and it's a perfect example of how UC Merced is making a difference for the local community.

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Related Topix: Merced Metro, Merced, CA, Modesto, CA, Standardized Testing, Education, Michelle Obama

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Atwater Signal

Regents OK budget for UC Merced buildings

There's a budget for new buildings at UC Merced -- but no money just yet. A construction budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year was approved Tuesday by the University of California Regent's Committee on Grounds and Buildings.

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Related Topix: Merced Metro, Merced, CA

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Tulare Advance-Register

Steve Kang: UC Merced: A catalyst for Valley's prosperity

Earlier this fall, the University of California, Merced marked a major milestone as we welcomed our fifth - and by far our largest - incoming class of students.

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Related Topix: Merced Metro, Merced, CA, Kings County, CA, Tulare County, CA, Visalia, CA, Opinion

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Visalia Times-Delta

UC Merced develops solar-collecting method to cool buildings

MERCED - The dormant Castle Air Force Base in Atwater may not look like the site of the next alternative-energy breakthrough.

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Related Topix: Merced Metro, Merced, CA, Collecting, Life, Hobbies, US Military, Castle Air Force Base, US Air Force

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Bakersfield.com

Salute efforts to educate new doctors

Critics have pounced on efforts by Jim Costa and Dennis Cardoza, a pair of Congressional Democrats from the Central Valley, to scare up funding for a medical school at UC Merced.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Dennis Cardoza, US News, US House of Representatives, Jim Costa, Democrat, Medicine, Nursing, Opinion

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Coast Lines Nov. 15, 2009

More than 200 protesters left UC Santa Cruz's Science and Engineering Library Saturday evening after staging a 24-hour protest against budget cuts and the reduced hours of operation for the library.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, CA, UC Santa Cruz

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Atwater Signal

Dennis Cardoza: Why I voted for health care reform

When I was elected as a member of Congress in 2003, I had a list of issues for which I intended to fight.

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Related Topix: US News, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Monterey County Herald

This isn't your parents' library

At Fresno State's new Henry Madden Library, the whirr of a blender and hum of conversation are the sounds of evolution.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Computers, Kansas State University, Cal State Long Beach

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Environmental Leader

UC Merced Campus to Generate 20% of Electricity from Solar Energy

Helping California meet its renewable energy goal by 2020, the University of California Merced campus has unveiled the university's 1-megawatt solar power system.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

McClatchy DC

Medical schools will benefit from health care bill - if provision survives

A health care reform bill could mean millions of dollars for the University of California at Merced's proposed medical school, but the university isn't promised a dime.

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Related Topix: Merced, CA, US Politics, Dennis Cardoza, US News, US House of Representatives, Jim Costa, Democrat, UC Riverside

Wed Nov 11, 2009

CentralValley.com

Proposed UC Merced medical school funding uncertain

WASHINGTON A health-care reform bill could mean millions of dollars for the University of California at Merced's proposed medical school.

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Related Topix: Merced Metro, Merced, CA, US Politics, Dennis Cardoza, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jim Costa, California

Tue Nov 10, 2009

InsureBlog

Health Care Lottery

Health care reform has become a lottery windfall for members of Congress willing to sell their vote in exchange for dollars.

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Related Topix: Lottery, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Jim Costa, Democrat, Dennis Cardoza

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Bakersfield Californian

Valley bacon brings cheers and jeers

Two Central Valley Blue Dogs, Jim Costa and Dennis Cardoza, may bring home some serious bacon.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Jim Costa, Democrat, Dennis Cardoza, Merced, CA, Bakersfield, CA

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Atwater Signal

A visit of Eastern lands through Mughal, Persian art

Centuries ago in the Eastern hemisphere, Mughal and Persian art saw its greatest popularity from the 800s through the 1700s.

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Related Topix: Merced Metro, Merced, CA, Mariposa County, CA

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