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...least 42 species of seabirds are known to snack on plastic. Of 50 albatrosses found ill or dead on the Midway Islands, 45 had eaten some form of the substance. In several, the plastic had either obstructed the digestive tract or caused ulcers. Says James Coe, program manager for the Marine Entanglement Research Program at the National Marine Fisheries Service in Seattle: "We have found everything from toy soldiers to pens, fishing bobbers and poker chips in the birds' stomachs." A study of wedge-tailed shearwaters, which breed on central Pacific islands, showed that 60% of the adults surveyed...
...attract celebrity friends, who in turn attract a crowd. Actress Helena Kallianiotes, owner of Los Angeles' Helena's, has been known to serve her specials to her Five Easy Pieces costar and suspected silent partner Jack Nicholson. The joint is now about as in as any place off the eaten path gets. And if they are not part of the show themselves, show-biz proprietors know how to put one on. "Eating has become the evening's entertainment for people," says Director-Producer Bob Giraldi. He conceived his 15-month-old Positano in New York "as an artistic creation...
...efficient and effective. True, students miss many meals, but we are only charged for 14 meals a week and the alternative would be to have a variable meal program like that found at other schools that would require careful monitoring of how many meals each student has eaten. Such a system would destroy interhouse meals as well as add a concentration camp type security force to the dining halls that would make eating quite unpleasant...
...first thing would be to allow students to sign away the food share of never-eaten Sunday breakfasts. This alone would amass a small fortune. But the dining service won't allow it. Students who rarely eat even weekday breakfasts could be allowed to donate the cost of those missed meals to charity. But the dining service won't allow it. Students could even be allowed to sign away meals on the nights of their house formals, when most go out on the town. But the dining service won't allow it. The hell with the dining service...
Many individuals with eating disorders divide foods into "good" and "bad" categories. "If they've eaten one bad food, they might feel they've ruined the day; they might as well eat more; it won't matter. It's a painful cycle to be in. Women feel compelled. It's a kind of veil coming down over them. They feel like they can't break the cycle," says Honnet...