By Terry Sovil from the April 2011 Edition With the Merry Pranksters “I am in the ocean, doing nothing, just bobbing.” Kenneth Elton Kesey, September 17, 1935 to November 10, 2001, was a novelist, a psychedelic notable of the counter-culture and leader of the Merry Pranksters. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation […]
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By Freda Rumford from the April 2011 Edition The Armada plays a huge role within the military forces of Mexico. With almost 11,122 kilometres of coastline to protect, it is vital for the safety of Mexico’s estimated population of 111 million people, many of whom live in the major central cities, far from the ocean. […]
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By David Fitzpatrick from the April 2011 Edition The Catholic Missions in Mexico and other parts of Latin America The early Spanish colonizers of Latin America considered it important to establish a permanent, functioning, European style community as quickly as possible. Since the introduction of European Spaniards in sufficient numbers seemed difficult, if not impossible, […]
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By Terry Sovil from the April 2011 Edition Juan Escutia & The San Patricios 1909-1970 Born: 1828-1832 (date is uncertain) Birthplace: Tepi, Nayarit Died: September 12-13, 1847 Place of Death: Chapultepec Castle Juan Escutia and The San Patricios (Saint Patrick’s Battalion) were both significant in the Mexican-American War. The war, under U.S. President James Polk, […]
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By Claire Gibson from the April 2011 Edition “If your caps lock ends up on in Word, is there any way to change a sentence from caps to regular without erasing and doing it again?” Yes there is a keyboard shortcut that will change the case of text in your Word document. In fact, it is […]
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By Teresa Quizoz from the April 2011 Edition Ingredients: 2 cups white sugar 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup butter 1 tsps vanilla extract 1 pinch salt 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter 3 cups quick cooking oats Directions: 1. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the cocoa, sugar, milk and […]
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By Freda Rumford from the March 2011 Edition 1pm– (11pm-12am.. is a guess) Recently, when hit with an attack of the munchies, we were astonished to find that it was almost 1 p.m. and we hadn’t eaten breakfast yet. Goodness gracious we had better find a watering hole pretty quickly before we faded away! Fortunately “Big […]
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By Steve Jackson from the March 2011 Edition One minute you are at relative peace with yourself in this world, or more precisely, that small part of the world you happen to inhabit. Then crash-bang-wallop, you’re kicked where the sun never shines and that fragile string we refer to as ‘persona’ is snapped with an […]
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By Vivian Molick from the March 2011 Edition Easter is celebrated by Christians all over the world rejoicing in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Like almost all Christian holidays it had a secular side as well. It is said that Easter was originally a pagan festival, but many cultural historians say that the […]
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