Schedule Requests For Next Semester

Hey guys, next week Gina is doing the schedule for next semester. That means now's the time to let her know what you need - more night classes? Fewer night classes? Do you want a certain teacher to teach a certain subject? What about the weekend crew? What do you guys need? Are you a part-timer and you desperately need to take OM6 but it's always at a time you can't do it? Let her know....

Mass action is always good too, so if you can gather a bunch of signatures to a certain request and drop it off at the mailbox, there's a higher chance of it happening...

USDA SAYS SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR FRANKENRICE

The USDA has finally reacted to the contamination of the U.S. rice
supply by an unapproved, genetically engineered variety of rice
created by the Bayer Corporation. Three weeks ago, it was discovered
that Bayer's mutant rice, gene-spliced to survive heavy doses of a
powerful herbicide called glufosinate, had contaminated U.S. long
grain rice stocks. The USDA admitted it had "no idea" how extensive
the contamination was. Meanwhile Japan has banned all U.S. rice
imports, while the EU is rejecting U.S. imports that test positive
for contamination. The rice industry has been in a state of upheaval,
with rumors of a massive market recall spreading across the country.
This week, the USDA announcd its plan of action: instead of recalling
this illegal, and potentially unsafe rice, it is working with Bayer to
fast-track the approval process. "Illegal, potentially hazardous rice
in grain bins, on supermarket shelves, in cereal, beer, baby foods,
and all rice products. It should be a no-brainer. Recall this stuff
to make sure no one eats it," said Joseph Mendelson, Legal Director
of the Center for Food Safety. "Instead, USDA plans to rush through
'market approval' of a genetically engineered rice that Bayer itself
decided was unfit for commerce. Why? To free Bayer from liability."

Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_2159.cfm

This is a global crisis because all GMO foods can contaminate natural
species, even organic crops. It is long past time to organize
effectively to protect our heritage and the future.

Alternative Medicine TV in the D-zone

It's Monday morning, and there are cameras and lights in the D-zone... Cynthia Neipris says it's for an alternative medicine TV channel... if I ever hear anything more about it, I'll let you know...

DIsgusting Tongues

The above disgusting tongue was taken from Steve Jackowicz's Herbs 5 website... public access, take a look bu clicking on the picture... do the homework, it's fun!

Eat Up! Man Lives to 112 on Sausages and Waffles

George Johnson, considered California's oldest living person at 112 and the state's last surviving World War I veteran, had experts shaking their heads over his junk food diet.

"He had terrible bad habits. He had a diet largely of sausages and waffles," Dr. L. Stephen Coles, founder of the Gerontology Research Group at the University of California, Los Angeles, said Friday.

Johnson was 5 foot 7 and 140 pounds when he died on Wednesday of pneumonia in Richmond, California.

Hmm... were they really bad habits? What kind of waffles and sausages were they? Eggos and Jimmy Dean? Or did he cook them from scratch? Did someone cook for him? Did he eat slowly and enjoy his food? What was his attitude toward life? Did he eat with people he liked? Did he say grace before eating? I think it's unlikely he lived to 112 by shoveling loveless food in his mouth alone in front of a television. Maybe it's not so important what he ate but how he ate...

Man lives to 112 despite sausage-and-waffles diet
George Johnson, 112; Oldest Californian Was Thought to Be Its Last World War I Vet

Also...
Intestinal Tapeworm in the New York Times!
In Northeast Thailand, a Cuisine Based on Bugs

PCOM Grad Featured in TimeOut New York!

A win for Stephanie Trzaska is a win for all of us! Stephanie graduated about a year ago(?) and has some kind of feature in TimeOut New York! Huzzah!

She treated me a few times, once for an incredible attack of damp-heat wind that manifested as a creeping rash that spread over sixty percent of my body... it came and left within twenty-four hours, with the help of Stephanie's needles and some Xiao Feng San [消风散 Dispel Wind Formula].

TimeOut New York feature
Stephanie's Myspace

Also...
Our fellow-student is a minor web celebrity!
Which Nigel Dawes Has Better Hair?