Now request for my commercial interests

May 24, 2003

Right. My employment and commercial interests are as follows.

I teach human anatomy and physiology at Merritt College in Oakland, CA.

I function as general manager of a company that sells herbs of literature of northern, eastern and western China on behalf of growers, wildcrafters and agronomists residing in those locations (too numerous to mention). The company works in a business to business manner under the name of Asia Natural Products in San Francisco, CA. The company exports herbs from China, imports herbs into the U.S. and sells herbs to American businesses. People who work for this company are distributed in China and in San Francisco, CA. Asia Natural distributes products to practitioners through Thorne Sales and Distribution. You can note that at http://www.thornedist.com/products/herbal/chinese_bulk_herb.html

Because Asia Natural is the sole raw material supplier to a number of American companies and supplier to some companies in China, it does not compete directly with most other American herb importers and so trades easily with other companies on shore in America. There are exceptions through no intention of our own as previously noted .

If you can think of anything I haven't covered, please let me know. My company's customer list is proprietary and is not available under any conditions.

Emmanuel Segmen

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Saturday, May 24, 2003 6:37 PM

Re: he shou wu, etc.?

, "Emmanuel Segmen" <susegmen@i...> wrote: I hope I did not reveal the name of my company as I want to present myself as a "reporter" or as a citizen with points of view. EmmanuelActually it is our list policy that those with clear vested interests who argue points of view which may benefit those interests should reveal those interests. A reporter is only impartial to the extent he reveals his potential conflict. All medical journals require authors to reveal their interests in this fashion. Most of the members with such interests reveal these in their signature or are so well known as to bear no further statement (such as Bob flaws at blue poppy)ToddChinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education.

May 24, 2003

Emmanuel

Any chance i can spend some time with a cadaver at Merritt?

Thanks Alon

May 25, 2003

Alon,

You'll have to go through registration. My class is so overd and so overcrowded that I have to ask people who are not registered to leave the room. It's difficult to seat everyone and provide registered students access to materials including the cadavers.

Emmanuel Segmen

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Alon Marcus

Saturday, May 24, 2003 8:37 PM

Re: Now request for my commercial interests

Emmanuel

Any chance i can spend some time with a cadaver at Merritt?

Thanks AlonChinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education.