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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hess Five Steps To A Great Dog   My wife often tells me “not everyone wants to be a dog trainer” and for the most part I have to agree but I still feel that if people would commit just a little more regular effort they would avoid […]

The History Of Herbs By June Summers   Five hundred million years ago, the earth’s crust was a smorgasbord of herbs, plants and germs. Two hundred million years ago, the dinosaurs developed arthritis. When Man showed up, he sampled the smorgasbord, as well as contracted disease. In his search for food, he tried everything, but

MURPHY’S OTHER 15 LAWS 1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 2. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. 3. He, who laughs last, thinks slowest. 4. A day without sunshine is like, well …

LAKESIDE LIVING Shelley Edson Phone: 376 – 765 – 4049 Email: Shelley.el.ojo@gmail.com JANUARY 2012 Culinary Arts Society of Ajijic (CASA) 2011 Year in Review: Last year was an exciting year for CASA with a record number of new members joining. As of November, CASA had three BING winners. To earn a BING, you need three

The History Of The Middle Finger By An Anonymous Contributor   Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would

Head Deep In Pan Chuta By Carol L. Bowman   As we maneuvered our way through the crowded aisles of San Pedro Central Market in Cuzco, Peru, I thought the 11,000 feet altitude of this former Inca capital had reduced my brain to mush. Amid six-foot high piles of large round disks of bread, two

BENITO JUAREZ —The Man Who Appointed Himself President By Herbert W. Piekow     Benito Juárez was born March 21, 1806 a full-blooded Zapotec Indian from San Pablo Gueletao, where his parents had a small farm. At the age of thirteen he was sent to Oaxaca City to the house of the Maza family. His

Teaching English Overseas: A Job Guide for Americans & Canadians Jeff MohamedPaperback, $19.95Available from www.amazon.comA Review by James Tipton   Jeff Mohamed believes that more than one billion people now use English (at least to some extent), and hundreds of millions, perhaps billions, want to learn English, preferably from a native speaker. Good news to

First Communion By Gloria Marthai   As seen from the high, curving highway, the village seems a quaint, appealing place where women launder in the lake and kids splash and skip stones. Mosaic fields are orderly. Changing crop colors and textures please the eye.  But seen from within, the view is dim. It is a

How Federally Funded Condoms Ruined My Life By J. C. Kottler   Presidential candidate Rick Santorum claims that federal support for contraception is “…a license to do things in a sexual realm.” In other words, he‘s against the Feds handing out free condoms.  Many critics call him a fool and a prude, but my personal