The domestication of Penicillium cheese fungi
We spent 20 years spreading an average of 4 tons of chicken litter per acre and now, with cover crops, were down to spreading just 1-2 tons per acre
Some of them even smoke boldly in hospitals or schools. [18] This is problematic because, regardless of whether these professionals continue to smoke out of habit, social custom, or "apparent disregard" for evidence of smoking risk, they are still expected to "behave themselves and set a good example for others in tobacco control," Li says

Chavez (the middle initial standing for Carlos) is a Pace University student, a history major, a theatre-geek, an actor, a poet, a gay male, an aspiring educator (who likes the word aspiring), a native New Yorker, an American citizen, the son of immigrant parents, an Ecuadorian-American (who believes in the hyphenated American identity), a non-practicing Catholic, a confirmed Catholic, an Agnostic (now leaning toward being an Atheist), a gringo, el gringo de la familia, one who speaks Americanized Spanish, the son of an alcoholic/former alcoholic/recovering alcoholic, a bibliophile, a bookworm, a self-identified (and proud) nerd/dork/geek, a germaphobe, and a rambling writer