Xylocopa
Tales of a migrant worker in the global economy
Patrick D Hahn
- Location
- Cape Coast, Ghana
- Birthday
- June 07
- Bio
- All photos by the author are copyright of Patrick D Hahn. All rights reserved. To the best of my knowledge, all other photos and illustrations used here are in the public domain or are used with the permission of the copyright owner. If you believe a photo of yours has been used here without your permission, please email the author of this blog.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Ya gotta die of something
May 30, 2012 06:10AM - The Gold Coast Regiment
May 12, 2012 03:51PM - "Our tragedies often start
before we are born"
April 26, 2012 04:35AM - "A carrot growing out of my
forehead"
April 18, 2012 04:40PM - Return to Molé National Park
March 19, 2012 03:34AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Wow. More,
please.”
May 29, 2012 11:32AM - “Oh, by the way, General
Cunningham was an Irishman.
I'm just
sayin'...”
May 29, 2012 11:26AM - “"Duct tape doesn't
really patch everything; it
sort of helps
things hang
in…”
May 27, 2012 07:21AM - “The notion that we are
fragile creatures kept alive
only by
dint of constant
medi…”
May 27, 2012 06:36AM - “Robert Kennedy Junior
had his marriage to his first
wife
anulled, AFTER they
had…”
May 24, 2012 02:44PM
Patrick D Hahn's Links
- The Psychopharmaceutical-Industrial Complex
- Listening to Peter Kramer
- Chantix: killing more than just your desire to smoke
- Chantix: for people who are dying to quit smoking UPDATED
- Chantix: is suicide an expected event?
- Exploding the antidepressant myth
- Throughput in the psychiatrist's office
- A depressing proposal
- The astonishing rise of mental illness in America
- Part 6: Why psych meds are not "like insulin for diabetes" continued
- Part 5: Why psych meds are not "like insulin for diabetes"
- Part 4: A manufactured epidemic
- Part 3: An invented disorder
- Part 2
- Part 1
- Big fat lies
- Part 11: News flash: exercise burns fat
- Part 10: Chunky monkeys
- Part 9
- Part 8
- Part 7
- Part 6
- Part 5
- Part 4
- Part 3
- Part 2
- Part 1
- Is screening for cancer a giant con job?
- Part 10
- Part 9
- Part 8
- Part 7
- Part 6
- Part 5
- Part 4
- Part 3
- Part 2
- Part 1
- The Gold Coast
- The Gold Coast Regiment
- Return to Molé National Park
- In search of Aboatia Part 2 UPDATED
- The flying fish of Nzema
- The sea turtles of Nzema
- In search of Aboatia Part 1
- Taking a break from Open Salon
- The crocodiles of Egyambra
- The elephants of Molé National Park
- The Castle of Saint George at Elmina
- The Holy Ark of the Covenant in Ethiopia
- Gondar
- Harar
- The Castle of Saint George at Elmina
- Imrahana Christos
- Laibela
- Debra Zion
- Tana Kirkos
- The Church of Saint Mary at Axum
- The Cradle of Humanity
- Only in Ethiopia
- Ethiopian cuisine
- The Red Terror Museum in Addis Ababa
- Axum
- Trampled Rose: giving Ethiopian women a second chance
- The diagnosis
- The Land of Burnt Faces
- The Cradle of Humanity
- The Medical-Industrial Complex
- Ya gotta die of something
- The Vampire of the Caribbean
- One of the deadliest prescription drugs ever
- News flash: public playgrounds harbor germs
- Are statin drugs the new thalidomide?
- GlaxoSmithKline: making a killing
- Kermit Gosnell update
- A fat-headed idea
- Doctor Kermit Gosnell's Little Shop of Horrors
- In memory of David Reimer
- The House of Frankenstein
- Time to re-think our strategy in the War On Cancer
- Trampled Rose: giving Ethiopian women a second chance
- Man is more than a dildo
- The diagnosis
- I hope he fails
- President Obama, healthcare reform, and Animal Farm
- Animal experimentation and the shining city on the sea
- The checkup
- Health care, breast cancer, and "Benefits-eligible" employees
- "Death panels," prostate cancer, and health care rationing
- Letter from physicians to the American people and my reply
- Pulling the plug on Grandma
- They're as mad as heck and they're not gonna take it anymore
- The most important thing to remember about health care
- Review of "Our Daily Meds" by Melody Peterson
- Time to pull the plug on employer-based health insurance
- The health care industry tips its hand
- Has medicine become the modern-day substitute for religion? Part 2
- Should doctors kill? Part 3
- Remembering Doctor Heller
- Physician, heal thyself
- Should doctors kill? Part 2 EDITOR'S PICK
- On driving a spike through a child's eye sockets
- Has medicine become the modern-day substitute for religion?
- Free market versus "socialized medicine"= A false choice
- Blaming the uninsured EDITOR'S PICK
- A tepid defense of animal experimentation
- Why do people say heart transplants "save lives?" UPDATED
- The perils of genetic engineering
- Should doctors kill?
- Vassals of the Medical-Industrial Complex
- The War On Drugs
- Part 5: Jose Guerena shooting update
- Part 4
- Part 3
- Part 2
- Part 1
- The Nutritional-Industrial Complex
- Myplate: should the government be telling us what to eat?
- Big surprise: Heart Attack Grill spokesman dies at 29
- Eat your vegetables -- or else! UPDATED
- Fresh takes up where Food Inc. leaves off
- Food Inc. pulls back the veil
- High-fructose corn syrup and highly misleading advertising
- Michael Pollan's subversive proposal Part 2
- Michael Pollan's subversive proposal: Eat food
- War On Food EDITOR'S PICK
- Personal reminiscences
- Remembering Mom UPDATED FOR MOTHER'S DAY 2012
- Bully for you
- An extraordinary woman
- The lizards of Echo Canyon Park
- The greatest summertime song EVER
- Thoughts on Valentine's Day
- Goodbye to all that
- Remembering Grampa
- Remembering Uncle Walter
- Remembering Doctor Heller
- Personal essays
- The Washouts
- The Small Girl
- Books of interest
- How We Die by Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.
- The Origins of AIDS by Jacques Pepin, M.D.
- Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever
- Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker
- The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth by Irving Kirsch, Ph.D.
- Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health by H. Gilbert Welch, M.P.H., M.D.
- Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear by Jan Bondeson
- Blaming the Brain: the Truth About Drugs and Mental Health by Elliot S. Valenstein Ph.D.
- Our Daily Meds by Melody Peterson
- In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
- Overdo$ed America by John Abramson, M.D.
- The Truth About the Drug Companies by Marcia Angell, M.D.
- Selling Sickness by Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels
- Uninsured in America by Susan Starr Sered, Ph.D., and Rushika Fenrandopulle, Ph.D.
- Sick Girl by Amy Silverstein
- Sick by Jonathan Cohn
- Overtreated by Shannon Brownlee
- Worried Sick by Nortin M. Hadler, M.D.
- My Lobotomy by Howard Dully
- Should I Be Tested for Cancer by H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H.
- The Lobotomist by Jack El-Hai
- Medical Nemesis by Ivan Ilich
- Confessions of a Medical Heretic by Robert S. Mendelsohn, M.D.
May 29, 2012 11:26AM
“Oh, by the way, General Cunningham was an Irishman. I'm just sayin'...”
About: The Gold Coast Regiment
“Oh, by the way, General Cunningham was an Irishman. I'm just sayin'...”
About: The Gold Coast Regiment
May 27, 2012 07:21AM
“"Duct tape doesn't really patch everything; it sort of helps things hang in there while we make up our minds what to do next. That's what my life's…”
About: My Duct Tape Journey
“"Duct tape doesn't really patch everything; it sort of helps things hang in there while we make up our minds what to do next. That's what my life's…”
About: My Duct Tape Journey
May 27, 2012 06:36AM
“The notion that we are fragile creatures kept alive only by dint of constant medical interventions is largely one invented by the drug companies, the m…”
About: What I'd Like To Know
“The notion that we are fragile creatures kept alive only by dint of constant medical interventions is largely one invented by the drug companies, the m…”
About: What I'd Like To Know
May 24, 2012 02:44PM
“Robert Kennedy Junior had his marriage to his first wife anulled, AFTER they had two children together. What kind of man would do such a thing? Too bad…”
About: The Real Mary Kennedy: What the Media Isn't Telling You
“Robert Kennedy Junior had his marriage to his first wife anulled, AFTER they had two children together. What kind of man would do such a thing? Too bad…”
About: The Real Mary Kennedy: What the Media Isn't Telling You
May 24, 2012 02:09PM
“Mary Richardson married into a family of raging narcissists who have been cosseted for generations in unearned wealth, and she doubtless felt there was…”
About: The Real Mary Kennedy: What the Media Isn't Telling You
“Mary Richardson married into a family of raging narcissists who have been cosseted for generations in unearned wealth, and she doubtless felt there was…”
About: The Real Mary Kennedy: What the Media Isn't Telling You
May 23, 2012 04:50PM
“I liked this, especially this part: "What is left is silence, and who you are at your core." That is when real life begins. Great post.”
About: I Could Have Been Mary Kennedy
“I liked this, especially this part: "What is left is silence, and who you are at your core." That is when real life begins. Great post.”
About: I Could Have Been Mary Kennedy
May 21, 2012 05:41PM
“I rather doubt that this biotech analyst just happened to come along after the AIDS researcher got up and left his email account open. What are the odd…”
About: An Anus in an Airline Lounge
“I rather doubt that this biotech analyst just happened to come along after the AIDS researcher got up and left his email account open. What are the odd…”
About: An Anus in an Airline Lounge
May 20, 2012 07:14AM
“Wow. Relentlessly honest. We all stumble through life for years and year, thinking everyone else has it together and we're the only only who doesn't, b…”
About: I'm A Slut
“Wow. Relentlessly honest. We all stumble through life for years and year, thinking everyone else has it together and we're the only only who doesn't, b…”
About: I'm A Slut
May 20, 2012 05:26AM
“I'd say the lesson to be learned from the sad story of Mary Richardson Kennedy is that if you marry into a family of raging narcissists who for generat…”
About: A Sad Parallel: Reflecting on the Suicide of Mary Kennedy
“I'd say the lesson to be learned from the sad story of Mary Richardson Kennedy is that if you marry into a family of raging narcissists who for generat…”
About: A Sad Parallel: Reflecting on the Suicide of Mary Kennedy
May 20, 2012 05:21AM
“Wow. Great writing here. I'd almost given up hope of finding this sort of thing on OS.”
About: To Fill the Lady's Empty Space
“Wow. Great writing here. I'd almost given up hope of finding this sort of thing on OS.”
About: To Fill the Lady's Empty Space
May 19, 2012 07:36AM
“The whole notion of someone who cannot be bothered to exercise and eat sensibly swallowing a daily cocktail of pills in the forlorn hope that this will…”
About: While Resistance Remains Firmly Entrenched In The Drug Monopoly, “Good” Cholesterol Is Being Exposed As A Myth
“The whole notion of someone who cannot be bothered to exercise and eat sensibly swallowing a daily cocktail of pills in the forlorn hope that this will…”
About: While Resistance Remains Firmly Entrenched In The Drug Monopoly, “Good” Cholesterol Is Being Exposed As A Myth
May 18, 2012 04:27AM
“I would say the Gaia fable is too vaguely worded to qualify a a "hypothesis." Is the biosphere like an individual organism? I suppose I can t…”
About: Is Earth Alive?
“I would say the Gaia fable is too vaguely worded to qualify a a "hypothesis." Is the biosphere like an individual organism? I suppose I can t…”
About: Is Earth Alive?
May 14, 2012 09:55AM
“Of course we all know this is just fantasy. Real-life monsters don’t stink of the grave, they don’t have fangs or claws, they don’t d…”
About: "Our tragedies often start before we are born"
“Of course we all know this is just fantasy. Real-life monsters don’t stink of the grave, they don’t have fangs or claws, they don’t d…”
About: "Our tragedies often start before we are born"
May 08, 2012 11:43AM
“Great post. With all the "breakthroughs" and "blockbuster findings" in medicine that have been reported in the media, by now our se…”
About: Sensationalizing Neuroscience
“Great post. With all the "breakthroughs" and "blockbuster findings" in medicine that have been reported in the media, by now our se…”
About: Sensationalizing Neuroscience
May 07, 2012 02:24AM
“You are not the problem. Don't beat yourself up. The reason that public and private institutions can afford to pay for health insurance for their "…”
About: I Am the Problem
“You are not the problem. Don't beat yourself up. The reason that public and private institutions can afford to pay for health insurance for their "…”
About: I Am the Problem
May 06, 2012 04:13AM
“Great post. Someday people will read about our era and shake their head and wonder how people could be so gullible as to consider an essential, life-su…”
About: Top U.S. Cardiologist Pens Open Letter To U.S. Treatment Paneling Encouraging Them To End LDL Targeting With Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs
“Great post. Someday people will read about our era and shake their head and wonder how people could be so gullible as to consider an essential, life-su…”
About: Top U.S. Cardiologist Pens Open Letter To U.S. Treatment Paneling Encouraging Them To End LDL Targeting With Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs
May 05, 2012 04:09AM
“I got three EP's my first three months here. Never again. They knew they had me hooked.”
About: My First Year at Open Salon: A Reckoning
“I got three EP's my first three months here. Never again. They knew they had me hooked.”
About: My First Year at Open Salon: A Reckoning
May 03, 2012 05:31PM
“The last line of the last novel by Henry Green reads, "The next day they all went on very much the same." They would never publish a book lik…”
About: Motherhood does not sell books
“The last line of the last novel by Henry Green reads, "The next day they all went on very much the same." They would never publish a book lik…”
About: Motherhood does not sell books
May 01, 2012 05:20AM
“Great pictures. The Desert Museum should be on the must-see list for anyone visiting Tucson.”
About: Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum
“Great pictures. The Desert Museum should be on the must-see list for anyone visiting Tucson.”
About: Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum
April 30, 2012 04:13AM
“The idea of industr self-regulation in these matters is ridiculous. As long as it is profitable for industry to put antibiotics in animal feed, they wi…”
About: SUPERBUG MEAT: FACTORY FARMS WEAKEN ANTIBIOTICS
“The idea of industr self-regulation in these matters is ridiculous. As long as it is profitable for industry to put antibiotics in animal feed, they wi…”
About: SUPERBUG MEAT: FACTORY FARMS WEAKEN ANTIBIOTICS
April 29, 2012 04:48PM
“Hey, your Old Man tried. I enjoyed reading this.”
About: Navigator of the Heart
“Hey, your Old Man tried. I enjoyed reading this.”
About: Navigator of the Heart
April 28, 2012 04:16AM
“I am gld you are feeling better. Thanks for posting this.”
About: Chinese Acupuncture does work: a personal report....
“I am gld you are feeling better. Thanks for posting this.”
About: Chinese Acupuncture does work: a personal report....
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