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The Last Supper Dinner Club - 3rd Tuesday in June

When: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 @ 6:00 pm
Las Cazuelas Mexican Grill, 1122 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, LA view map

We stumbled across this place recently, so we thought it might be a great way for people to venture over to the Westbank again to try a totally new restaurant. Spacious with an extensive menu, we thought this would be just the place.

It's across from the AMC Theaters for you movie buffs.

*** As always, it is important for us to have accurate numbers for food events, so please be aware of your RSVP. If you have put your name on the list, but find out just before that you have a change of plans, please change your RSVP so we will be as close to the actual number as possible. Thanks for your cooperation!

 

"Tetrodotoxin as a Pharmacological Cause of Zombiism"

When: Sunday, June 23, 2013 @ 5:30 pm
New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117, New Orleans, LA view map

Did somebody say....zombie?

If you are having withdrawal now that "The Walking Dead" is on a break, then we have a great option to liven up your summer.

We are delighted to have Rodney Shackelford back to present this interesting topic!

He will focus on the work of the ethnobotanist Wade Davis who studied the anthropology and ethnobotany of the Haitian zombie.

He hypothesized that the process likely involves poisoning the victim with tetrodotoxin, a poison derived from the puffer fish and found in all Haitian zombification powders. Shackelford will also briefly talk about zombification in insects.

Shackelford has a Ph.D. in Molecular Pathology from Duke University and is a doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Des Moines University. He is currently an assistant professor of pathology at Tulane Medical Center.


*Seating will be limited, so please arrive early to find a seat.

 

"Getting Religion Out of Government"

When: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117, New Orleans, LA view map

Join us to discuss how religious bias in government policy is hurting all of us and what we can do about it.

Our presenter is a renaissance man in the truest sense. Dr. Alan Koslow is a community activist who supports himself as a Vascular Surgeon. He is the founder and president of Iowa Skeptics, lead host and founder (with Sean Faircloth) of the podcast "Skeptics Guide to Government", and president of "Get Religion Out of Government".

He was involved with saving Star Trek, starting the March of Dimes Walk-a-Thon, writing and passing five major pieces of legislation in Iowa and running two issue campaigns during the Iowa Caucus, one of which helped lead to Obamacare.

He describes himself as a Ritualistic, Philosophical, Jewish, Agnostic, Deist secularist. His current efforts are with the Richard Dawkins Foundation to work on Separation of Church and State with regard to religious bias in government.

 

* Look for us in meeting room #256

 

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