How functional for all to say hi!! I am a nutrition scientist (M.S., Ph.D. in nutrition from U Cal Davis) working as a full-time journalist/author/public speaker. My beat is the translation of research science and cutting-edge findings into language understandable to the average consumer. I have a syndicated column that goes to about 600 newspapers, as well as AOL and the Microsoft Network. I consider myself an ardent "Webster" and have a home page that I encourage you all to visit and use! It's non-commercial and represents a conglomeration of all my web-bound wanderings. I hope (jeez...that 3 graphs I started with "I") this listserv works for all! Ed Blonz -- Maintaining a positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worthwhile. \\ // [log in to unmask] ( o o ) home page http://www.blonz.com/blonz ooo0---( _ )---0ooo