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Haiti–Trial of the Massacres of Raboteau

hellaD — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:45:53 +0000

This post, from my series of posts on the history of Haiti, taken from Dr. Paul Farmer’s book Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor gives excerpts of the history of Haiti, especially surrounding the massacre that took place in Raboteau. An interesting side-note here is that the [...]
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Yolande’s Story – A Haitian HIV Refugee in Guantanamo

hellaD — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:12:00 +0000

These excerpts are from Dr. Paul Farmer’s book Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor , written in 2004. I am putting up a series of posts from this book, because Dr. Paul Farmer is well respected in the mainstream as well as in the Christian community. He has [...]
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Moon Calendar Health Horoscopes for 2010

hellaD — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:56:40 +0000

Harsha and Sufi Rigney produce a wonderful calendar every year that is full of wonderful hint, tips and tid-bits about gardening by the moon, your health and various other aspects. I have been reading Harshas horoscopes for years and they are always amazingly spot on. They live in New Zealand so the calendar they make [...]
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US Backed Coup of 1991 – Haiti

hellaD — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:52:43 +0000

These excerpts are from Dr. Paul Farmer’s book Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor, written in 2004. I am putting up a series of posts from this book, because Dr. Paul Farmer is well respected in the mainstream as well as in the Christian community. He has worked [...]
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Dr Paul Farmer on Haiti

hellaD — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:28:22 +0000

Paul Farmer has worked in rural Haiti for more than twenty years. He is a doctor and anthropologist and has written several books on health inequalities. Known as Dokte Paul throughout Haiti, he has improved rural health by teaching basic health practices as the best preventive medicine. He has also worked in Russia, Chiapas and [...]
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Kombucha Marinated Lamb Shanks

hellaD — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:08:46 +0000

I have used yogurt for marinating various meats and it suddenly occurred to me that kombucha would make a good marinade. It did, the meat was so soft, it just melted in our mouths. This recipe is fantastic. The rosemary comes gently through the meat–it is just amazing how well rosemary goes with lamb. Serves 2 2 [...]
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Starting The GAPS Diet

hellaD — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:02:17 +0000

Most of my life I have been excessively healthy. No cavities, never sick, and with rapid healing powers so that I have no scars despite the multitude of oven burns, chopped fingertips and other disasters that being a chef generally involve (I have chopped off the tip of my left pointer finger several times but [...]
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The Terror of Electroshock Treatment

hellaD — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:48:36 +0000

A couple years ago I read a book about how women used to be given electro-shock treatment for their ‘hysteria’ and assumed that those terrible days were over decades ago so I was very interested in this article about how electroshock treatment has had a revival and is now being used with even higher voltage [...]
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Anise Hazelnut Torte

hellaD — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:07:08 +0000

I picked up a bag of shelled hazelnuts and soon found they are very easy to shell using a morter and pestle. After soaking the nut meat overnight I roasted them in a very low oven. The following recipe is what resulted next: 1 1/2 c hazelnuts (ground) 1/2 c almonds (ground) 1 T anise (ground) 3 T butter, [...]
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Comments on Pesticide Use Requested – BC

hellaD — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:23:41 +0000

In December I had a hair analysis test done which showed high levels of pesticides in my body that are helping to overload my detox systems. I did the test because I thought I would find high levels of flouride or pharmaceutical drugs from drinking tap water, but instead found high levels of Advent and [...]
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