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Rap Video: Drug Trials Kill 200 Foster Kids (NY 2004)

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In late 2004, a scandal erupted in New York City over the “volunteering” of more than 700 city foster children in clinical trials for HIV drugs already been shown to be toxic in adults. A city investigation later documented 200 deaths. It claimed, without complete medical records, that they died of “AIDS.”

Mother Trees Symbiotic Neural Networks

Mother Trees Symbiotic Neural Networks

Prof. Suzanne Simard (UBC) talks about Mother trees. The largest tree in an area is the mother tree who communicates with all the other trees in the area (even ones of different species) via it's root systems and the micro-organisms (fungus, bacteria etc) that helps to provide nutrients for the ...

Wax Food Models – from Wim Wenders’ Tokyo-Ga

Wax Food Models – from Wim Wenders’ Tokyo-Ga

This is a short section from Wim Wenders' documentary film, Tokyo-Ga, about the life of legendary Japanese filmmaker, Yasujoro Ozu. Ozu is known for his loving and methodical portrayal of family life in post-war Japan. Ozu's incredible filmography includes classics such as Ohayô (Good Morni ...

The Death of my Soya Sauce

The Death of my Soya Sauce

The death of my soya sauce provides a wonderful opportunity to both grieve and celebrate experimenting with food.  Yes, you read that correctly, my soya sauce is dead.  There will be no beautifully aged, complex tasting, umami-full soya sauce in my pantry, or in the pantry of any of my family memb ...

Fermenting Your Way to Radical Good Health

Fermenting Your Way to Radical Good Health

Join Kimberly Hartke at Eternal Abundance 8pm on Oct 18th to learn all about how the lost art of fermentation can revolutionize your health. ...

John Ott – Exploring the Spectrum

John Ott – Exploring the Spectrum

An exciting video journey through the world of time-lapse photography by John Ott, one of the founders of the science of photobiology. http://www.exploringthespectrum.com This is an introduction to Dr. Ott's time-lapse movies which show how plants and animals are deeply affected in movemen ...

Who is Top Hobby Chef?

Who is Top Hobby Chef?

No.  I'm not talking about a television show or a television audition.  I'm talking about a real life food competition being hosted right smack dab in Vancouver on Commercial Drive.  I'm talking about Slow Bites on the Drive, a celebration of the slow food movement, locally grown food and getting ...

Spying on Scientists: How the FDA Monitored Whistleblowers Who Raised Concerns over Radiation

Spying on Scientists: How the FDA Monitored Whistleblowers Who Raised Concerns over Radiation

I recently posted another documentary about just how deep the disgusting behavior of the FDA goes: The War on Health: The FDA’s Cult of Tyranny . If you haven't seen this Democracy Now report yet, check it out and be horrified. The repression of information about just how much radiation we are ...

Find of the Day: Giant Cinnamon Sticks

Find of the Day: Giant Cinnamon Sticks

"What would he not do for her, the daughter of the spice-seller; she who smelt of cloves and cinnamon, whose laughter had the timbre of ankle-bells, whose eyebrows were like black wisps of the night and whose hair was the night itself?  For her he would cross the salt desert!" -Daruwalla My ...

Second Place at the Pie Competition

Second Place at the Pie Competition

Not half bad for my first time! I called my pie 'Star Kissed Strawberry' and, as the name suggests, it was a baked strawberry pie. Most strawberry pies are fresh rather than baked so I thought it might be fun to make a pure baked strawberry pie. To keep it interesting I infused a homemade strawb ...