Mexico Dating The story of a ditch and its connection to a community
I will read most anything, but last week if you told me I'd read a whole book about a ditch, I wouldn't have believed you. Of course, the amazing thing is that someone wrote a book about this ditch, the Acequia de la Jara. For that is the subject of Stanley Crawford's Mayordomo (University of New Mexico Press, $16.95). Acequias are irrigation ditches in New Mexico, dating back several hundred years, and peculiar in that to this day they are overseen and...
Mexico Dating On the Go Travel notes by Mary K. Cooney
Get inspired Mexico is the inspiration for homes, gardens - and food -throughout Tucson. Now, you, too, can be inspired: Join Claudia Franklin, editor of Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, to savor the Flavors of Alamos, Sonora, Oct. 17-21 or Oct. 24-28. Alamos, nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Madre, is one of the northernmost colonial villages of Mexico, dating to the 17th century. The tours include daily excursions to the Spanish colonial mansions and...
If you can stand heat, then here's how to grow chiles
Chiles generally refer to hot pepper, and peppers generally refer to sweet pepper.There are hundreds of varieties of peppers; hot, mild and sweet. Many of these peppers, though the same, have many different names.Columbus gave the name pepper to the Capsciums or Chiles. he sent them back to Europe, where they were cultivated extensively. Chile seeds have been found in Mexico dating back to 7000 B.C.Chiles are high in vitamin C. The C doubles when the chile turns red.Chiles...
Mexico Dating MEXICAN LEADER TARGETS TRADITION OF BRIBING PRESS
Were the following headline true, as reported in a daily newspaper last week, hospital emergency rooms around the country might have been swamped by journalists clutching their chests. "The Envelope Industry Could Disappear," La Jornada warned, sarcastically, of a new government initiative that could hit many of the country's scribes and their bosses where they live - their wallets."The envelope," as every reporter, editor,...
Mexico Dating NEWS QUIZ
Here's a quick quiz on last week's news: Local/state 1. With its new doctoral program in microsystems, how many Ph.D. programs does Rochester Institute of Technology have? a) one b) two c) 10 d) 37.2. How big is the state's budget gap? a) $1 billion b) $2 billion c) $500 million d) $200 million.3. How many seats would the planned downtown stadium for the Rochester Rhinos have when built in 2004? a) 8,000 b) 5,000 c) 15,000 d) 25,000.4. In...