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Editor’snote:This week for10questions TheCaliforniaAggie grilled UC Davis professor Elizabeth Applegate about what it’s like to be a nutritionist.Dr.Applegate has adoctoratein nutrition from UC Davis,has appeared on CNN and ESPN as a nutrition expert,has served as a team nutritionist for both theOakland Raiders and theGoldenState Warriors and teaches the popular Nutrition10class on campus.

High consumption of fish in Japanese diet may prevent clogged arteries Traditional seafood-rich Japanese diets may be the key to reducing risk of heart disease, according to Dr. Akira Sekikawa, assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh, and his team of researchers.

Editor’s note: For this edition of 10 questions, The California Aggie spoke with Matt Rexroad, a Yolo County supervisor who lives in Woodland. Prior to his current position, Rexroad served as mayor of Woodland, an attorney and a U.S. marine serving in Iraq.

TODAY ClimateActionTeam meeting 7:30to9:30p.m. Clubroom,VeteransMemorialCenter,203E.14th St. The City ofDavisClimate Action Team willhave a discussion on community choice aggregation,a type of public power.Speakers will include PG&E employees as well as local clean energy advocates.

Most students have had this nightmare before — they are sitting in class, talking to their friends and all of a sudden, their mother walks into the classroom.

Editor’snote:For this week’s10questions,TheCalifornia Aggie spoke withDavisregionallibrarianJay Johnstone,who oversees the Mary L.Stephens public library inDavis.

John Maurice Tucker,a UC Davis professor emeritus of botany and world-renowned oakspecialist and plant expert,diedJuly5from a stroke.He was92.

Amy Barr is still in shock. She and four other students from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management were recently awarded top honors in the Bank of America 17th Annual Low-income Housing Challenge.

WEDNESDAY Davis Farmers Market 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Central Park Buy local produce and more at the farmers market. For more information, visit davisfarmersmarket.org.

Have you ever wondered what kinds of research and activities take place on the different University of California campuses? The University of California Television gives students and the general public an inside view into what they may not know about UCs.

Editor’s note: In order to shed some light on its day to day operations, The Aggie talked to its own Jon Gold this week. The managing editor is a senior political science and international relations double major.

Talking on your cell phone frequently could produce an expensive phone bill – but could it also give you cancer? For now, the answer is no. There have been several studies about the link between cell phones and brain cancer and many of them have pointed toward the negative.