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HAITI: MYSTERIOUS PRISON AILMENT TRACED TO U.S. RICE
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Jeb Sprague and Eunida Alexandra
Inter Press Service English News Wire
01-18-2007
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- An investigation into the
deadly scourge of beriberi in Haiti's National Penitentiary
uncovered evidence that rice has been killing poor young men and
leaving others morbidly ill in Haiti's overcrowded jails.
By early 2006, incursions into the capital's poorest
neighborhoods Haitian National Police and U.N. peacekeeping forces
had become commonplace. The raids, deemed "operations" by
authorities, and reportedly designed to flush out criminal gangs,
often resulted in high civilian ...
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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GARDENING : HORSETAIL HAS PULLED ITS WEIGHT SINCE PREHISTORIC TIMES.(L.A. LIFE)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; ...kitchen utensils. Known commonly as the horsetail or scouring rush, this plant has emerged...rather than flowering characteristics. Horsetail consists of many reedlike, segmented...sun to light shade. Some people plant horsetail in full sun, which, in our hot valley...
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Herb garden: horsetail and house leeks.
Magazine article from: Natural Life
; Horsetail (Equisteum arvense and...There were giant and small horsetails growing in enormous quantities...flowering plants. Like ferns, horsetail has two generations; in...season and dried. Although horsetail has been used as a herb...
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Horsetail has hardly changed since the dinosaurs' time
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...geometric linear form. The horsetail is also a rigid contrasting...plants. You will find horsetails sold at most garden centers...waterfalls. Combine this horsetail with mosses for a lush effect. Horsetails are far more than an essential...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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FIELD HORSETAIL TOUGH TO WEED OUT.(Stars)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ...Dear L.H.: This plant is field horsetail, Equisetum arvense. It can be difficult...top of it or right through it. Field horsetail is perfectly capable of growing right...source of the problem is the mulch. Horsetail often moves into a garden in imported...
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HORSETAIL HAS LOTS OF STAYING POWER.(Stars)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ...mail. Dear J.O.: This weed is field horsetail, Equisetum arvense, not yarrow or pigweed...because they don't look anything alike. Horsetail is a primitive kind of plant, on the...which gives them a strange glassy feel. Horsetail rhizomes and tubers typically come into...
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Horsetail may bolt and become major menace
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail
; ...spindleberry. A new pest plant is the horsetail, Equisetum sp. which was recently found growing in Golden Bay. Horsetail is considered to be such a potential...Murchison and on the West Coast. Horsetail is a fern-ally and looks like a...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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HORSETAILS LIKE BEING PULLED SO CUT 'EM DOWN.(Life and Arts)(NORTHWEST GARDENS)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ...COLUMNIST Q: How can I get rid of horsetail in my yard? I keep pulling...Auburn MB: Never pull horsetails! The pulling action just...a plastic bag next to the horsetail invasion in my garden so I...luck smothering a herd of horsetail by piling grass clippings...
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BUTTERCUPS AND HORSETAIL MEAN GET BUSY.(Life and Arts)(NORTHWEST GARDENS)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ...also may fill up with buttercups and horsetail. Lustrous buttercups hold up their golden...with golden Chinese lacquer. Feathery horsetail rises in delicately textured turrets...healthier plants. However, where horsetail and buttercups flourish, another problem...
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NEW VINEGAR-BASED SPRAYS SAFELY KILL UNWANTED BLACKBERRIES AND HORSETAILS.(Life and Arts)(NORTHWEST GARDENS)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ...removing blackberries and horsetails meant very hard work and...amp; Brush Blocker on horsetail-infested soil and they...splendidly with big patches of horsetails and nettles. It's not so great when horsetails have infiltrated a garden...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Take a step back in history for a dinosaur garden; Green: Horsetails and ferns are good plants to start
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
; ...garden also should have room for horsetails, plants that are so primitive...Scouring rush is one kind of horsetail that not only would make a...fronds of the ferns. Another horsetail, common horsetail, grows closer to the ground...
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