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Homemade Corn And Chicken Soup
|Stewing chicken
|6 Pound, cut up
|6 Cup (96 tbs)
|Chopped onion
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Bay leaf
|2 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Ears of corn/1 can of 16-ounce cream-style corn
|6 Medium
|Egg noodles
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs), uncooked (Old Fashioned)
|Chopped celery
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Snipped parsley
|2 Tablespoon
In kettle mix chicken, water, onion, bay leaf, salt, and pepper.
Bring to boiling.
Simmer, covered, 2 hours.
For fresh corn, with sharp knife make cuts through center of corn kernels in each row of ears.
Cut corn off cobs; scrape cobs.
Remove chicken from broth; cool.
Remove meat from bones; discard bones.
Cube meat; set aside.
Skim fat from broth.
Discard bay leaf.
Bring broth to boiling.
Add corn, Old-Fashioned Egg Noodles, celery, and parsley.
Simmer, covered, till corn and noodles are barely tender, about 8 minutes.
Add meat; heat through.
Season to taste.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 7627 Calories from Fat 2911
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 324 g498.8%
Saturated Fat 90.4 g452.1%
Trans Fat 0.1 g
Cholesterol 1964.5 mg654.8%
Sodium 5901.5 mg245.9%
Total Carbohydrates 579 g192.9%
Dietary Fiber 62.9 g251.7%
Sugars 79.8 g
Protein 640 g1280.4%
Vitamin A 211.4% Vitamin C 308.3%
Calcium 54.7% Iron 223.9%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

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Fifth response to what happens after i die?
By Tom Holmes
First of all, I am so thankful for the gift of life that I receive each day because I am so aware that life is not meant to be forever; and if we can remain mindful of that, we hopefully will not waste our precious moments on useless things. But to answer the question, "what do you think will happen to you after you die," I'd say I look forward to being reunited with those souls who passed on before me; my mom and dad and two brothers, as well as other souls who are very dear to me and blessed my life in so many ways. As I lost each member of my family, I would soon begin to experience dreams of them that were so real and vivid - it was like I was actually visiting with them. For instance, my mom died at 45 after a year of enormous pain and struggle with Leukemia. For a long time after I would dream that I would call God on the phone and his heavenly voice would answer. I'd ask if I could please see my mom. She would come down and we would walk and talk and I would feel so comforted by her presence - I could always feel such a strong sense of "peace" radiating from her that it always left me feeling peaceful even after I awoke. Eventually she would say she had to return but would see me again, and she did - again and again. I could go on and on about the various "visits" I've had with my loved ones after they passed - I call them "visits" because I have come to believe that is what they are, and I am so very thankful for them! As for what I think would happen to "me" after I die - when I was in my 20s I had a bad reaction to anesthesia and stopped breathing. Suddenly I felt myself "lifting" effortlessly; it was the most peaceful thing I've ever experienced! To try to put into understandable words - I felt like I was "hovering" from the ceiling looking down at myself and the doctors as they seemed to be working on me and I heard someone say, "she's dead." Somehow I wasn't alarmed at all, only curious about everything that was happening and what I was feeling, when I suddenly felt myself being harshly "pulled" downward and remember kicking and thrashing when I came to. It was many years ago, but I can still get a sense of that feeling of indescribable peace; how could I not look forward to experiencing that again - especially since I "know" I will be experiencing it with those I love!
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The Hedgehog signaling pathway is silent in the pancreas, both during development and in the adult organ. Pathological conditions such as pancreatitis have been linked to expression of one of the pathway ligands, Sonic Hedgehog, and activation of the pathway. The main downstream transcriptional mediators of the Hedgehog pathway are Gli transcription factors. Sonic Hedgehog is also expressed Pancreatic Epithelial Neoplasia or PanIN, the most common precursor lesion to pancreatic cancer. There is strong evidence of a paracrine role of Sonic Hedgehog, produced by the tumor epithelial cells, on the surrounding cells of mesenchymal origin such as fibroblasts. On the other hand, Gli activity is not confined to the mesenchymal compartment, but it is also present in the epithelial cells. In the epithelial cells, the Gli1 transcription factor is activated in a Hedgehog-independent manner. Similarly, in pancreatitis, epithelial Gli activity appears to be required for tissue repair. It is the aim of this proposal to understand the role of Gli activity in the different cell compartment in pancreatic disease. In the First Aim, we will be performing a detailed characterization of the expression and function of Gli1 in pancreatitis and tissue repair.
Our Second Aim will be to study Gli expression and function during PanIn formation. Finally, in the Third Aim, we will address the role of downstream effectors of Gli in pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. The Hedgehog signaling pathway is an attractive therapeutic target and new inhibitors of the pathway are currently been tested in the clinic for Basal Cell carcinoma and medulloblastoma. The inhibitors that are currently available block the pathway at the level of Smoothened, a transmembrane protein that transduces the Hedgehog signal. Therefore, these inhibitors do not have an effect on Gli activity that is regulated in a Hedgehog-ligand independent manner, and they cannot inhibit Gli activity. Moreover, recent evidence has indicated that inhibition at the level of Smoothened is linked with the appearance of mutant forms of Smoothened that are no longer sensitive to the drug. The long-term goal of this proposal is to devise new strategies to inhibit Gli activity in pancreatic cancer. Significance: Although several studies have addressed different aspects of Hedgehog signaling in pancreatic carcinogenesis, we do not, at this point, know whether activation of this pathway is a limiting and required event in pancreatic carcinogenesis. The overarching goal of this proposal is understand whether Hedgehog inhibition has potential therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, and how to target this disease. Since Hedgehog signaling is reported to mediate tumor-stroma interactions in pancreatic cancer, we will study the nature of the stromal feedback to the tumor with the goal to identify new therapeutic targets.
Pancreatic cancer is a horrific disease with a very dismal prognosis. It constitutes the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the US, and its yearly mortality equals the diagnosis rate. Novel therapeutic options for this disease are sorely needed, and they are likely to result from new insights on the biology of this disease. The Hedgehog signaling pathway involved in cancer of several organs, including the pancreas. Inhibitors of the pathway are currently in clinical therapy for basal cell carcinoma. Although several studies have addressed different aspects of Hedgehog signaling in pancreatic carcinogenesis, we do not, at this point, know whether activation of this pathway is a limiting and required event in pancreatic carcinogenesis. Our studies aim at understanding how the Hedgehog signaling pathway promotes pancreatic carcinogenesis, and whether it would constitute a promising therapeutic target for this disease.
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Last in Parliament October 2015, as Conservative MP for Perth—Wellington (Ontario)
Won his last election, in 2011, with 55% of the vote.
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Member for Perth—Wellington June 8th, 2015
Mr. Speaker, as I approach retirement, I am struck by the gratitude that I have for those who have supported me, those who have challenged me, and those I have had the privilege to serve.
I have had the pleasure of working with the staff of the House of Commons, foreign diplomats, and our public service.
I would like to thank my colleagues on both sides of the House for their help and support along the way. I thank my staff, both here and at home, some of whom have been with me since I was first elected. I would like to recognize Les Broadfoot, who suggested that I go into politics.
I cannot begin to express my thanks for my wife Judy and our family, who have been by my side throughout this journey.
I will always remain indebted to my constituents for their faith in me over these past 12 years.
It has been a great honour to serve Canada in this wonderful House.
Canadian Heritage May 15th, 2015
Mr. Speaker, in 2017, Canada will celebrate its 150th anniversary. It is a key milestone in our history, a history we can be proud of.
Today, the Prime Minister announced what our government will do to celebrate this milestone. Can the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister update this House on what infrastructure initiative our government is launching to mark this occasion?
Petitions May 1st, 2015
Mr. Speaker, the two other petitions are the same.
The petitioners ask the House of Commons to respect the right of small-scale family farmers to preserve, exchange and use seeds.
Veterans Affairs May 1st, 2015
Mr. Speaker, Canadian veterans played a crucial role in the campaign to liberate the Netherlands during the Second World War. They fought for freedom and Canadian values.
As the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands is upon us, can the Minister of Veterans Affairs please update the House on what our government is doing to to commemorate this important part of our history?
Liberation of the Netherlands Ceremonies April 27th, 2015
Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to my constituent, veteran Art Boon, who stormed the beaches of Normandy with allied forces on D-Day in 1944, and went on to help liberate the Netherlands from Nazi occupation.
Art has been officially invited by the Government of the Netherlands to attend commemorative ceremonies in Europe to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation. Art wants to accept this honour and have his son, Rick, a teacher, with him at his side as he receives a hero's welcome in the Netherlands, but the Avon Maitland District School Board is refusing to allow Rick Boon unpaid leave to attend.
This is a travesty. Our government strongly condemns this decision and calls on the Avon Maitland District School Board to allow Rick Toon to travel with his father to be honoured.
This is about respect for veterans and their families. Our Conservative government stands firmly behind the Boon family.
Ontario Theatre Festivals April 22nd, 2015
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to congratulate the Stratford Festival on its 2015 season, opening later this spring.
For over 60 years, people from around the world have come to Stratford for unparalleled performances from North America's leading theatre company. This year's performances include The Sound of Music, Hamlet, The Diary of Anne Frank, and many more.
In addition to the Stratford Festival, I would also like to recognize other theatre groups in southwestern Ontario that greatly contribute to the arts and culture of this nation. Drayton Entertainment, the Shaw Festival, the Grand Theatre in London, the Blyth Festival, and many other companies, are examples of these great assets in Canada.
I congratulate all of these theatre groups for their continued success and thank them for their enormous contribution to the arts in Canada.
Stratford Festival February 24th, 2015
Mr. Speaker, as I stand here in this place for the last time presenting a private member's motion or bill, it humbles me to listen to some of the kind words I have received here this evening.
The Stratford Festival and its management over the years has been one of the easiest things to support and promote in my riding. I am not going to make a great, long speech because I feel the warmth from everyone here for the arts and for the Stratford theatre. It is wonderful.
With that, I am just going to thank all those who have supported this motion. I will see them at the theatre, I am quite sure. The Stratford Festival invites everyone from the House to come and visit Stratford. It is a wonderful part of southwestern Ontario, with the greatest theatre not only in Canada but also in the world.
Stratford Festival February 24th, 2015
Mr. Speaker, Suchitoto is a program called "Sharing a Dream" that was sponsored by the Canadian government, the Stratford Festival, and the people in El Salvador. It took some gang members and people who were unemployed and not only made them into actors but also a theatre company. Stratford not only sends actors there when there is time off but also stagehands, carpenters, electricians, and lighting people. People are trained in lighting and to be electricians. After a couple of years in that setting, they get jobs. It has helped to stop some of the gang wars in that area and it is very positive. I give them a lot of credit, along with our government, for doing that job.
Stratford Festival February 24th, 2015
Mr. Speaker, one thing I would like to comment on is that $125 received by Tom Patterson back in 1952. He went to council and asked for $100 to go to New York City to seek advice or direction on how this festival might get started. The council did not think $100 would do it, so it upped it to $125. The idea came about because the railroad was leaving Stratford. There were CNR shops in Stratford where locomotives were fixed and he knew that there was going to be an economic lapse for the city. That small idea has grown into the Stratford Festival and southwestern Ontario now having a $140 million business, all told.


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Efforts to develop more effective treatment approaches for alcohol dependence will benefit from two lines of research: 1) a more precise characterization of the neurobiological mechanisms that underlie responses to alcohol cues and relapse;and 2) the identification of biomarkers (e.g., genetic variations) that reflect the functional significance of these mechanisms on an individual level, such that they might be used to match individuals with the treatment most likely to be effective for them. Consistent with these two overarching objectives, our focus over the last five years of support has been to integrate neuroimaging and genetic approaches to more precisely characterize the neurobiological mechanisms that putatively underlie reactivity to alcohol cues and to identify biomarkers associated with those mechanisms. The focus of data analyses to date has been the characterization of fMRI BOLD response to the presentation of alcohol cues (i.e., the taste of alcohol) and genetic variations that predict that response in a sample of 270 individuals with an alcohol use disorder. The results (see preliminary studies section) provide strong initial support for 100 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with cue-elicited BOLD response in the striatum and prefrontal cortex. The overarching aim of this application for continuation of funding is to follow-up these analyses with an a priori hypothesis driven study designed to replicate individual SNP results. The research will also examine years of heavy alcohol abuse as an environmental variable that may interact with genetic variation to exacerbate changes in neuronal function in a sample of 320 individuals with alcohol use disorders.
This research combines neuroimaging and genetic approaches to examine how specific genetic variations are related to responses to alcohol cues. This research will also test whether the number of years of heavy alcohol exposure interacts with specific genetic variations to predict how people respond to alcohol cues. Improvements in our understanding of genetic factors and neurobiological mechanisms that influence the etiology of alcohol dependence is expected to have implications for new prevention and treatment approaches.
|Weiland, Barbara J; Sabbineni, Amithrupa; Calhoun, Vince D et al. (2014) Reduced left executive control network functional connectivity is associated with alcohol use disorders. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 38:2445-53
|Monnig, Mollie A; Thayer, Rachel E; Caprihan, Arvind et al. (2014) White matter integrity is associated with alcohol cue reactivity in heavy drinkers. Brain Behav 4:158-70
|Karoly, Hollis C; Weiland, Barbara J; Sabbineni, Amithrupa et al. (2014) Preliminary functional MRI results from a combined stop-signal alcohol-cue task. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 75:664-73
|Harlaar, Nicole; Bryan, Angela D; Thayer, Rachel E et al. (2014) Methylation of a CpG site near the ALDH1A2 gene is associated with loss of control over drinking and related phenotypes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 38:713-21
|Bujarski, Spencer; Ray, Lara A (2014) Subjective response to alcohol and associated craving in heavy drinkers vs. alcohol dependents: an examination of Koob's allostatic model in humans. Drug Alcohol Depend 140:161-7
|Karoly, Hollis C; Harlaar, Nicole; Hutchison, Kent E (2013) Substance use disorders: a theory-driven approach to the integration of genetics and neuroimaging. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1282:71-91
|Liu, Jingyu; Calhoun, Vince D; Chen, Jiayu et al. (2013) Effect of homozygous deletions at 22q13.1 on alcohol dependence severity and cue-elicited BOLD response in the precuneus. Addict Biol 18:548-58
|Karoly, Hollis C; Stevens, Courtney J; Thayer, Rachel E et al. (2013) Aerobic exercise moderates the effect of heavy alcohol consumption on white matter damage. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 37:1508-15
|Wilcox, Claire E; Claus, Eric D; Blaine, Sara K et al. (2013) Genetic variation in the alpha synuclein gene (SNCA) is associated with BOLD response to alcohol cues. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 74:233-44
|Claus, Eric D; Blaine, Sara K; Filbey, Francesca M et al. (2013) Association between nicotine dependence severity, BOLD response to smoking cues, and functional connectivity. Neuropsychopharmacology 38:2363-72
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(Clockwise, beginning with helmet)
Whenever we venture underground and into the earth, we wear a helmet. The ice holds rocks and boulders, and as it shifts and melts they have a tendency to drop away, which could prove fatal. I have always used the old-style Petzl Ecrin Roc helmet.
Head torch
I love having a very bright head torch because you simply see a lot more of the underworld. However, there is a compromise: the brighter the light, the heavier the battery. Swiss manufacturer Scurion lead the way with LED caving light technology and this is my personal choice. Of course we all carry a secondary light, just in case the primary one fails.
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The traverse line is made of semi-static or low-stretch rope fixed into the ice along the way using ice screws. You then have a lanyard (or cow's tail) which attaches to your harness at one end and the rope on the other. They're made of 'dynamic' rope, which is a bit more elastic to reduce the impact force on the body should you fall.
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Ice axes are typically used to explore moulins and glacier caves for digging away at the ice before installing ice screws to belay the rope off. A lanyard eliminates the risk of dropping the axe down a hole. We tie it onto either our harness or our wrist.
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Knee pads are really a standard piece of gear. I never go underground without mine, because I know so many people in their 50s who suffer knee problems. Also, when venturing into the unknown, you never know what you're likely to experience and sometimes you can end up on all fours crawling along small passageways. Without knee pads, the sharp rocks and pebbles that lie on the bed at the base of the glacier can pierce through the skin and it really hurts!
We need these to travel safely across the ice. No need for the really technical ones as we're not 'ice climbing' and working solely on our front points.
A moulin is a shaft within a glacier caused by surface water. This moulin originally started off vertical, then trended horizontal but at this point it's getting steep again. Every so often, there were 2-4m drops where water cascaded down in the summer months.
Exploring moulins on the Gornergletscher can be a dangerous exercise, so it is always important to work in a team, as a team. We often play to everyone's strengths and this eliminates most weaknesses. If one gets into trouble, there is always a second person close by to help.
Ice screws
Ice screws are our only form of protection underground and beneath the surface of the ice. However, when we set off down a moulin, up on the surface we always begin the belay either with slings wrapped around giant boulders or much longer and bigger stakes drilled into the ice, maybe 1m deep.
Wearing waterproofs is essential. We generally only explore these moulins in low water. In the summer months, that's at the dead of night when there is no surface melt water. In the winter, the moulins are all frozen up. So there is never any active water rushing through these, meaning that most of the time we never get wet.
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Reinventing the Book of Mormon
Following close on the heels of a number of articles responding to DNA issues raised by such people as Thomas Murphy, Brent Metcalfe, and Simon Southerton,1 Sunstone magazine, in its March 2004 number, published some articles designed to refute the former.2
Brent Metcalfe's article on "Reinventing Lamanite Identity" drew my attention because I found his discussions of what he has termed a Galileo event and of Lamanite DNA too restrictive. This latest article also seems rather strange in that he cites Book of Mormon passages that suggest (to me, at least) the exact opposite of what he claims.
"Principal Ancestors"
Metcalfe begins by quoting from the Book of Mormon introduction: "The Lamanites . . . are the principal ancestors of the American Indians." To be sure, he couches it in terms of what "most Mormons likely believe," but why cite the passage without noting that the Review articles he attempts to refute have pointed out that the introduction is a modern statement and therefore not part of the canon itself? Popular beliefs, longstanding or otherwise, cannot supercede scripture. Continuing, Metcalfe claims that a majority of Latter-day Saints
hold this belief oblivious to the fact that over the last few decades LDS scholars at Brigham Young University and elsewhere have substantially altered this traditional view. Findings from multidisciplinary studies of the Book of Mormon have increasingly led LDS scholars to shrink and dilute the book's American Israelite (or Amerisraelite) population. Apologetic scholars now recognize3 (1) that Book of Mormon events could not have spanned North, Central, and South America, and (2) that modern Amerindians are predominantly of East Asian ancestry. (p. 20)
As should be clear, the limited geography view did not come about "over the past few decades" but actually began more than a century ago.4 Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve noted in 1993 that he had been taught this view while attending BYU in the 1950s.5 It had been taught in the Department of Archaeology at BYU even before that time and was the accepted view of the University Archaeology Society—later renamed the Society for Early Historic Archaeology—long headquartered at BYU. But antecedents go back even farther.6
In 1917, L. E. Hills of Independence, Missouri, a member of the RLDS Church, published a map in which he placed the hill Cumorah at Teotihuacn, a short distance northeast of Mexico City. He also considered the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to be the narrow neck of land separating the land northward from the land southward, meaning that most of the story of the Book of Mormon would have taken place in Mesoamerica, largely in southern Mexico and Guatemala.7
A number of Latter-day Saint researchers subsequently came to similar conclusions. In 1927, Janne M. Sjodahl proposed the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in southern Mexico, as the narrow neck of land mentioned in the Book of Mormon (although he still held a hemispheric view of Book of Mormon geography).8 Beginning in 1937, Jesse A. Washburn and Jesse N. Washburn suggested that the Nephites and Lamanites lived in Mesoamerica.9 The idea was taken up by Thomas Stuart Ferguson10 and ultimately acknowledged by Sidney B. Sperry in 1964.11 But it had been taught at Brigham Young University since the mid-1940s by such archaeologists as M. Wells Jakeman, Ross T. Christensen, Bruce W. Warren, and John L. Sorenson. Fletcher B. Hammond based his 1959 book, Geography of the Book of Mormon, on a Mesoamerican setting.12 But even these writers were latecomers compared to B. H. Roberts, who, in 1895, acknowledged Mexico as the region in which many important Book of Mormon events took place.13
Interpreting the Text
Metcalfe's interpretation of the Book of Mormon reflects a number of traditional ideas about the text that derive not from the record itself but from interpretations of the text by ethnocentric readers. Thus most Latter-day Saints likely see the fulfillment of prophecies by Lehi and Nephi in the arrival of European explorers and settlers to the territory covered by the United States of America.14 Therefore, Columbus, the Pilgrim fathers, and others are often understood to be the subjects of those ancient prophecies, despite the fact that Columbus never set foot in North America and that the Massachusetts Pilgrims were but a fraction of the many people from different parts of Europe who settled North, Central, and South America. Even those passages often thought to refer to the oppression of Native Americans by the U.S. government and its people could refer to other parts of the New World (see, for example, 1 Nephi 13:14, 30-31; 22:7-8; 2 Nephi 1:11). Native Americans were persecuted and driven out of their lands throughout the Americas, and persecution continued into the twentieth century in places such as Mexico, Brazil, and Chile. The United States of America was neither the only nation that confined these natives to reservations nor the only New World nation that broke its ties to its European rulers. So while some of those prophecies may include the United States, this is not the only possible meaning.
According to Metcalfe, "In his treatment of Lehi's prophetic promise, Matthew Roper neglects this eschatological context of Amerisraelites being scattered and smitten by Gentiles" (p. 24 n. 14).15 In fact, Roper was dealing with the text rather than modern interpretations thereof, while Metcalfe, seemingly unaware of how Native Americans outside the United States were treated by European settlers, buys into an ethnocentric interpretation that Roper avoids.
Metcalfe assigns a different meaning to Book of Mormon passages used by Latter-day Saint scholars to demonstrate that the peoples described therein lived in a relatively small region known as Mesoamerica and that there were other peoples of unknown origin living in the land. How can this be? Can the same passages really be used as evidence for and against the Book of Mormon or the limited geography theory?
"Our Brethren"
Metcalfe's first example derives from Alma 31:35, where Alma prays for the Zoramites, saying, "O Lord, their souls are precious, and many of them are our brethren." While some understand this to mean that "many" but not all the Zoramites were of Israelite descent, Metcalfe argues that this "interpretation is unsound" (p. 20). He points out that the printer's manuscript and the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon use the term near brethren, which he interprets as meaning that "'many'—but not all—of the Zoramites were close relatives of Alma and some of his companions" (p. 21). To illustrate that the term near denotes a close relative, he cites Alma 10:7, where Amulek speaks of "journeying to see a very near kindred" (p. 21). On the surface, this seems plausible, but there are factors that Metcalfe does not consider. The first is that Amulek used the term very near in reference to his relative, not merely near, as in Alma's prayer for the Zoramites.
Assuming that Alma uttered his prayer in Hebrew,16 what words would he have used? A check of occurrences of the term near kin in the Bible shows that, in Leviticus 18:12-13, 17; 20:19, the King James Version (KJV) actually translates a single Hebrew word, rav (see'r), which really means "flesh," as near kinswoman, the way it is translated in most Old Testament passages. KJV's near kin in Leviticus 18:6 employs two Hebrew words (rav, see'r, and rcb, basar), but both of them mean "flesh."17
So in all these examples, the Hebrew text does not contain a word meaning "near," thus invalidating Metcalfe's citation of some of the biblical passages (p. 24 nn. 9-10). However, the word near (Hebrew bwrq, qarob) does appear with rav (see'r) in Leviticus 21:2, which KJV renders his kin that is near unto him, while the word bwrq (qarob) alone is rendered near of kin in 2 Samuel 19:42 and Ruth 2:20 and kin in Leviticus 25:25.18 Other occurrences of near kinsman or next kinsmen in the book of Ruth (Ruth 2:20; 3:9, 12 KJV) derive from the term lag (go'el), which alludes to a clan member with specific obligations and not to kinsmen in general. In these passages, the Hebrew employs a single word, without an additional word suggesting the near of the KJV, and it is interesting that elsewhere KJV renders that term kinsman without the word near (Ruth 3:13; 4:1, 3, 6, 8, 14). The term near kinsman of Ruth 3:12 KJV is a translation of the single word go'el while kinsman nearer in the same verse is the only time we find both go'el and qarob together. Had there not been the necessity of comparison, the word nearer would not have been used. Dropping the word near in Alma 10:7 in post-1830 editions of the Book of Mormon actually produces a better correspondence to the normal Hebrew usage.
How proper is it to assume that "many" of the Zoramites were "close relatives" to Alma and his missionary companions? These companions included two of Alma's sons, three of the sons of King Mosiah, and two of the men Alma had converted in the city of Ammonihah (Alma 31:6-7). Does Alma's use of the term brethren (or even near brethren) really imply close family members? To this, we must add that the Nephites often termed the Lamanites brethren,19 so one would expect that there were others who were not descendants of the Mulekite and Lehite migrants.20
The "Land of Promise"
Metcalfe cites 2 Nephi 1:8-9, where Lehi declares that "it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from the knowledge of other nations. . . . I, Lehi, have obtained a promise that inasmuch as those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that they may possess this land unto themselves." This, Metcalfe believes, indicates that "a careful reading of the Book of Mormon reveals that the narrative says nothing of indigenous 'others' and in fact prophetically precludes them" (p. 21). By contrast, Sorenson and Roper have used Lehi's words to demonstrate that there must have been others, both because the Lord would yet "bring [people] out of the land of Jerusalem" and because the Lord was no longer bound to provide the promised isolation from other nations since Lehi's older sons did not keep his commandments.21 One must also note that Metcalfe seems to be reading the term land as if it referred to the entire New World. But people like the Nephites, coming from a Hebrew-speaking environment, would have understood it quite differently. The most common "land" mentioned in the Bible is the land promised to Abraham, which covers a relatively small territory at the east end of the Mediterranean Sea. One need not expect that the land promised to Lehi was any larger than the land of Israel from which he had migrated. Moreover, in the Book of Mormon the term land most frequently denotes the territory immediately surrounding the city from which the land derives its name.22
Over time, the Lehite land would have expanded with migration. Thus Mosiah1 led the Nephites who would follow him from the land of Nephi to the land of Zarahemla, where they merged with another group. The Nephites and the "people of Zarahemla" spread out to adjacent lands and only later in their history moved into the "land northward." Evidence suggests that they did not inhabit any part of what is now the United States, though some archaeological evidence demonstrates that Mesoamerican peoples moved into the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys and the American Southwest in post-Book of Mormon times. Thus Lehi could have descendants even among the mostly Asiatic inhabitants of the Americas. Metcalfe cites Joseph Smith's statement that "our western tribes of Indians are des[c]endants from that Joseph that was sold into Egypt" (p. 22). The passage seems to suggest that Native Americans in the eastern part of the United States were not descendants of Book of Mormon peoples. If so, this would confirm the archaeological evidence regarding the settlement pattern of Mesoamericans in parts of the United States.
Genealogical References
Metcalfe notes that some individuals named in the Book of Mormon claimed descent from specific predecessors, such as Lehi, Nephi, Ishmael, Zarahemla, Mulek, and Zedekiah. He takes this as evidence that all of them claimed Israelite ancestry. Not excluding this possibility, some Latter-day Saint scholars who have written on this subject, however, cite these same passages as evidence that there were, in fact, other peoples in the New World; otherwise, there would be no need for these individuals to specify their ancestry (Mosiah 17:2; Alma 10:3; preface to 3 Nephi; 3 Nephi 5:20; Mormon 1:5; 8:13).
Metcalfe notes that Jacob was the first to make distinctions between Nephites and Lamanites—he indicated the groups of which each was composed and demonstrated that all these subgroups were named from people (most of them Lehi's sons) who, according to the record of Jacob's brother Nephi, accompanied Lehi to the New World. This, he suggests, demonstrates that all these people "are universally described by Book of Mormon narrators as Israelite" (p. 21).23 Yet he does not attempt to explain why Jacob described Sherem by saying "there came a man among the people of Nephi" (Jacob 7:1), which seems to describe an outsider.24 The fact that Jacob describes him as one who "was learned, that he had a perfect knowledge of the language of the people" (Jacob 7:4), might be another clue suggesting Sherem's outsider status. No one would be surprised that a Nephite knew his people's language, but an outsider would have to become "learned" in order to know how to address the people.
Metcalfe refers to Ammoron's claims of being a Zoramite and a Lamanite, but his quotation of the passage leaves out a crucial word—now. "I am Ammoron, and a descendant of Zoram, whom your fathers pressed and brought out of Jerusalem. And behold now, I am a bold Lamanite" (Alma 54:23-24). Since the Zoramites were originally part of the people of Nephi (see Jacob 1:13), the defection of Amalickiah and his brother Ammoron to the Lamanites (over whom they reigned as kings) makes them Lamanites.25 Sorenson and Roper have argued that this is another piece of evidence that terms like Nephites, people of Nephi, and Lamanites need not refer to literal descendants and that this would allow for alliances with groups not specifically named in the Book of Mormon. Metcalfe counters by noting that the Nephites did not apply the name Lamanite to the "people of Zarahemla" mentioned in Omni 1:14 (p. 21). From this single snapshot in the millennium-long history covered by the Book of Mormon, Metcalfe suggests that this was always their practice. He does not note that this passage described events that occurred long before the great dissensions and divisions that plagued the Nephites and even much longer before the abolition of the "-ites" (4 Nephi 1:17) marked the union of all the followers of Christ.
Another factor to consider is that the group known as "Gadianton's robbers and murderers" (Helaman 6:18), who comprised both Nephite and Lamanite dissenters (including Zoramites), could have included other native peoples (3 Nephi 1:27-30). From 3 Nephi 3:3, it is clear that, in the years following Christ's visit, the Gadianton band did not consider themselves to be Nephites. In form, Gadianton appears to be a Jaredite name based on the same pattern as Morianton (Ether 1:22-23) and contains the -ian pattern found in Jaredite names such as Coriantor (Ether 1:6-7), Coriantum (Ether 1:13-14, 27-28), Coriantumr (Ether 8:4; 12:1), Moriancumer (Ether 2:13), and Ripliancum (Ether 15:8).26
Nephite Ethnocentrism
Sorenson has maintained that the Book of Mormon is a lineage history and that, as such, it has very little to say about other peoples who lived in the region. Indeed, it only mentions the Lamanites in connection with their relationship with the Nephites (e.g., in wars and missionary efforts).27 The ethnocentricity of the Nephites is demonstrated in a number of ways, many of which have been discussed by Sorenson. One that has received little attention concerns toponymns used in the Book of Mormon. Except for a few set off by terms such as "they [the Jaredites] called the name of the place," almost all the names of Jaredite sites mentioned in the book of Ether were Nephite names. This suggests that Moroni deliberately changed the Jaredite place-names to their Nephite equivalents, except for Old World sites (e.g., Moriancumer and Zerin) and New World sites with which Moroni was unfamiliar.28
The phenomenon is also known from the history of the city and land of Nephi, named after the first Nephi (2 Nephi 5:8). In the time of Mosiah1, the righteous Nephites abandoned their first city, and it was subsequently taken over by the Lamanites (Omni 1:12-13). A generation later, Zeniff returned to the land of his fathers with a group of Nephites and convinced the Lamanite king to allow them to resettle the city of Nephi (Omni 1:27-30; Mosiah 7:9, 13, 21; 9:1-10). At this point, the Book of Mormon calls the place "the land of Lehi-Nephi" and "the city of Lehi-Nephi" (Mosiah 7:1-4, 21; 9:6-8). This might be because the Lamanites, after taking over the region, changed the name from "Nephi" to "Lehi," not wanting to perpetuate the name of the hated leader of the people who bore his name. Thus, while the Zeniff colony remained in the land, they called the place "Lehi-Nephi," while subsequent Book of Mormon writers reverted to the name "Nephi." It seems unlikely that the Lamanites would have used that name, so the ethnocentricity of the Nephite record could have led its scribes to employ the original name.
Based on a handful of Book of Mormon individuals who mention their ancestry, Metcalfe writes that "when ancestry is identified, all post-Jaredite peoples—Nephites and non-Nephites, good and bad, groups and individuals—consistently trace their pedigree back to the founding Israelite immigrants" (p. 21). One of his examples is the "Nephite dissident Coriantumr [who] 'was [also] a descendant of Zarahemla' (Hel. 1:15)" (p. 21). Metcalfe did not note that this "post-Jaredite" man bore a Jaredite name.29 Indeed, this man with the Jaredite name is said to be "a descendant of Zarahemla . . . a dissenter from among the Nephites" who led a Lamanite army against the Nephites (Helaman 1:14-32). The story clearly shows that one's tribal affiliation could be changed. Indeed, the Lamanites converted by the sons of Mosiah adopted the name "Anti-Nephi-Lehies" to distinguish them from unconverted Lamanites (Alma 23:17).
Another example of this tribal switching occurs with the sons of the priests of the (presumably Nephite) King Noah, who deserted their wives and subsequently married Lamanite women (Mosiah 20:1-5); they were ultimately incorporated into the Lamanite empire under their leader, Amulon (Mosiah 23:30-39). We subsequently read "that those who were the children of Amulon and his brethren, who had taken to wife the daughters of the Lamanites, were displeased with the conduct of their fathers, and they would no longer be called by the names of their fathers, therefore they took upon themselves the name of Nephi, that they might be called the children of Nephi and be numbered among those who were called Nephites" (Mosiah 25:12). These were the deserted children of the priests of Noah who had come to the city of Zarahemla with Ammon and Limhi, so they had been born before their fathers took Lamanite wives. If they had already been Nephites during the time of Noah, one might wonder why they would want to "be called the children of Nephi" under King Mosiah2. Were these Amulonites an outside group who joined with the Nephites in the land of Nephi and subsequently came to be known as Nephites? It is clear that their half-brothers, the children of Amulon and the other priests by their Lamanite wives, later became leaders in the Lamanite army but still bore the name "Amulonites."30
A look at Book of Mormon passages that mention idols and idolatry is also helpful in determining whether there were other peoples in the land. We read, for example, of unnamed people in Jacob's time who worshipped idols (2 Nephi 9:37). The Lamanites to whom the sons of Ammon went as missionaries are said to have worshipped idols (Alma 17:15), while others in Alma's day worshipped idols (Alma 7:6). The Zoramites of Alma's time also began worshipping idols (Alma 31:1). Later, wicked Nephites made idols (Helaman 6:31). In Mormon's day, idolatry was still known among the Lamanites (Mormon 4:21).
How did idolatry replace the worship of Israel's God among these Book of Mormon peoples? It seems unlikely that they would replace God with idols of stone or other materials. According to the Bible, some ancient Israelites also worshipped idols, but we know where they got the idea. The Israelites whom Moses led out of Egypt turned to the worship of a golden calf, undoubtedly influenced by the idolatry of their former Egyptian masters. Similarly, some of the Israelites who settled the land of Canaan adopted the idols of their neighbors. The point is that it seems odd that a people would gravitate from belief in a creator-god to the worship of things made with their own hands without outside influence. This alone suggests the presence of other peoples in the New World who were idolaters.
The DNA Issue
Metcalfe declares that "DNA analyses . . . establish an Asian, not Middle Eastern, genetic signature for the overwhelming majority of Amerindians" (p. 20). Since the sampling done to date has not been random31 and has included only a few thousand people from Alaska and Canada to the tip of South America, it can hardly be said that "the overwhelming majority of Amerindians" have any particular genetic signature. To be sure, most Native Americans sampled to date fall into one of four mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups,32 which are also known (though in lesser frequency) from living Asiatic peoples. But there are other mtDNA haplogroups found among Native Americans, including X, which is mostly attested in Europe and the Middle East (and more recently detected at low frequency among the Altai of southern Siberia), and N, whose origin is presently unknown. Even more important is the fact that DNA from Native American skeletal remains has disclosed haplogroups other than these.
Metcalfe incorrectly writes that "Many LDS apologists envision the Book of Mormon's founding Israelite colonists as a small group who interacted in varying degrees with the vast indigenous populations of Mesoamerica. In time, sustained widespread exogamy with these 'others' effectively extinguished the Israelites' unique Middle Eastern genetic signature" (p. 20). There are several things wrong with this. First, since we don't know what ancient Israelite DNA looked like, there is no way to say that a "unique Middle Eastern genetic signature" was lost. Even more important is the fact that bottlenecks do, in fact, cause the loss of genetic markers and have, in the case of Native Americans, resulted in modern populations not having the same distribution as ancient skeletal remains from the same region.
Population studies employ two types of DNA. The first is mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), passed by a mother to all her offspring, but which only her daughters can pass to the next generation. The other is Y-chromosome DNA, which is passed from father to son. If you go back six generations, at a time when you have six generations, you will find that you have 32 male ancestors and 32 female ancestors. Of your 32 female sixth-generation ancestors, only one will have passed her mtDNA to you, uniquely in the female line. If you are a male, your Y-chromosome comes from only one of your 32 sixth-generation male ancestors. That means that 62 of your sixth-generation ancestors contributed nothing to your mtDNA and Y-chromosome DNA.
When it comes to nuclear DNA (nDNA), we each inherit half from our mother and half from our father. That means that, on average, we receive a fourth of our nDNA from each grandparent, an eighth from each great-grandparent, and so on. Through a process known as recombination, it is possible for one of your parents to pass on more nDNA from one of your grandparents than from that grandparent's spouse. Over time, it is possible that some of your ancestors will not have passed on any of their DNA to you, but they remain your ancestors nonetheless.
Metcalfe writes that "these apologetic efforts to reinvent Lamanite identity face some formidable challenges" (p. 20). But the challenges are not as daunting as he believes, and his simplistic and cavalier dismissal of Latter-day Saint scholarship on issues such as these is unworthy of his intellect.
An editorial introduction entitled "Reframing the Book of Mormon" (p. 19) precedes the Sunstone articles on this subject, including that of Metcalfe. Clearly based on misinformation, it declares:
In the wake of this new attention, LDS scholars, particularly those at FARMS and BYU, have scrambled to educate lay Latter-day Saints on where Book of Mormon studies currently stand. For the past twenty-five years or so, believing Book of Mormon theorists have been steadily attempting to work out the details of a new paradigm for the Book of Mormon—one that shifts Book of Mormon events from a full hemisphere to a limited-geography model. . . . In other words, instead of Book of Mormon events taking place in North America (the land northward), South America (the land southward) and Central America (with the Isthmus of Panama being the "narrow neck of land") as had traditionally been envisioned, scholars now suggest the Book of Mormon took place in a relatively small locale in Mesoamerica.
Employing (as had Metcalfe) the word now suggests recent developments, reinforced by the words "the past twenty-five years or so." "Or so" comes to more than a century of discussions on the matter. Indeed, articles published in the church's Times and Seasons in 1842 indicated that the Nephites lived in the region of Guatemala, as Sorenson and Roper have noted.33
- See FARMS Review 15/2 (2003): 25-197.
- See Sunstone, March 2004, 19-45.
- The use of the word now makes it seem that "apologetic scholars" have come up with the idea only because there is much evidence against the Book of Mormon.
- See Matthew Roper, "Nephi's Neighbors: Book of Mormon Peoples and Pre-Columbian Populations," FARMS Review 15/2 (2003): 91-128; and Roper, "Limited Geography and the Book of Mormon: Historical Antecedents and Early Interpretations," in this number of the FARMS Review, pages 225-75.
- Elder Dallin H. Oaks, "The Historicity of the Book of Mormon," in Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center, 2001), 238-39. This talk was first given at a Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies dinner in Provo, Utah, on 29 October 1993. See the discussion in Roper, "Nephi's Neighbors," 92-93.
- For a survey of the various suggested models of Book of Mormon geography, see John L. Sorenson, The Geography of Book of Mormon Events: A Source Book, 2nd ed. (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1992).
- L. E. Hills, A Short Work on the Geography of Mexico and Central America from 2234 B.C. to 421 A.D. (Independence, MO: Hills, 1917), 2-3.
- Janne M. Sjodahl, An Introduction to the Study of the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1927), 368; see also 414, 417, 424-26.
- Jesse A. Washburn and Jesse N. Washburn, From Babel to Cumorah: A Story of the Book of Mormon, 3rd ed. (1937; repr., Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1944); Jesse A. Washburn and Jesse N. Washburn, An Approach to the Study of Book of Mormon Geography (Provo, UT: New Era, 1939); Jesse N. Washburn, Book of Mormon Guidebook (privately published, 1968).
- Thomas Stuart Ferguson, Cumorah—Where? (Independence, MO: Zion's Printing and Publishing, 1947).
- Sperry passed out a handout in a Religion 622 class on 31 March 1964, which appeared as "Were There Two Cumorahs?" in Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4/1 (1995): 260-68.
- Fletcher B. Hammond, Geography of the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Utah Printing, 1959).
- B. H. Roberts, A New Witness for God (Salt Lake City: Cannon and Sons, 1895), 3:502-3.
- Typical of such views are Mark E. Petersen, The Great Prologue (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1975); and E. Douglas Clark, The Grand Design: America from Columbus to Zion (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992). The former was written to commemorate the bicentennial of the United States of America in 1976, the latter to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus's first voyage to the New World.
- Metcalfe repeats the argument in note 25 (p. 24). He argues that the 1845 Proclamation issued by the Twelve and mentioning "the tribes and remnants of Israel (the Indians)" (p. 23) had been prepared "in accordance with divine directive," noting that "Wilford Woodruff alluded to this revelation when he wrote that the Proclamation fulfilled an express commandment of God" (p. 25 n. 33). The commandment to prepare the Proclamation, recorded in History of the Church, 4:274, was the revelation, not the Proclamation itself.
- Some assume that the Nephites used only "reformed Egyptian," although the term is used only in reference to the abridgment plates prepared by Mormon and used also by Moroni. Indeed, Moroni indicates that Hebrew, the native tongue of the Israelites, was still used in his day (Mormon 9:32-33).
- The second of these is rendered "kin" in Leviticus 25:49.
- See also Numbers 27:11: "And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him," which employs the same two words.
- See the discussion in John A. Tvedtnes, "The Charge of 'Racism' in the Book of Mormon," FARMS Review 15/2 (2003): especially 185 n. 6, in which the Book of Mormon passages are listed. Significantly, the vast majority of the passages that refer to the Lamanites as "brethren" are in portions of the Book of Mormon that predate the coming of Christ and the union of the Nephites and Lamanites that took place at that time.
- I have proposed elsewhere that the tribal affiliations of Book of Mormon peoples remained part of their culture even during times when various peoples merged. This does not preclude the adoption of other peoples into these cultures. Thus, the Zoramites whom Alma and his companions sought to recover (they being "dissenters from the Nephites," Alma 31:8) may have been descendants of the original Zoramites (Jacob 1:13) as well as others who merged with them. See John A. Tvedtnes, "Book of Mormon Tribal Affiliation and Military Castes," in Warfare in the Book of Mormon, ed. Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1990), 296-326.
- For this and related evidences, see John L. Sorenson and Matthew Roper, "Before DNA," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12/1 (2004): 6-23.
- See the discussion in John A. Tvedtnes, "Cities and Lands in the Book of Mormon," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4/2 (1995): 147-50.
- Actually, the term Israelite never appears in the text of the Book of Mormon, and those who mention their genealogy in the book use other terms, usually their immediate tribal affiliation or descent.
- For a discussion of this and related issues, see John L. Sorenson, "When Lehi's Party Arrived in the Land, Did They Find Others There?" Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1/1 (1992): 1-34.
- Tvedtnes, "Tribal Affiliation," 306, suggests that the Zoramites who became Lamanites (Alma 43:4) after dissenting from the Nephite religion were descendants of the Zoramites of Jacob's time, whom he subsumed under the term Nephites.
- Some Jaredite names were used by the Nephites and Lamanites and may have come via the Mulekites. Among the ones that have the -ian pattern are Corianton, son of Alma (Alma 31:7; 49:30), and a Nephite named Morianton who founded a city that bore his name (Alma 50:25-36; 51:1). Compare the Lamanite military leader Coriantumr (Helaman 1:15). See John A. Tvedtnes, "A Phonemic Analysis of Nephite and Jaredite Proper Names," Newsletter and Proceedings of the Society for Early Historic Archaeology 141 (December 1977): 1-8.
- See, for example, John L. Sorenson's article "Book of Mormon Peoples," in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1:91, where he writes: "The Book of Mormon—a religiously oriented lineage history—is primarily a record of events kept by and centrally involving the Nephites. Since the account was written from the perspective of this people (actually, of its leaders), all other groups are understood and represented from the point of view of Nephite elites. There are only fragments in the Nephite record that indicate directly the perspectives of other groups, or even of Nephite commoners." See also John L. Sorenson, An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1985), 50-56.
- See Tvedtnes, "Phonemic Analysis," 1-8.
- Cf. Ether 8:4. The last Jaredite king bore the name Coriantumr (Omni 1:21; frequently mentioned in chapters 12-15 of Ether).
- The sons of Mosiah had no success in converting these people (Alma 21:2-4; 23:14; 24:1, 28-29).
- See the discussion by Peter N. Jones of the Buu Institute, in his "American Indian Demographic History and Cultural Affiliation: A Discussion of Certain Limitations on the Use of mtDNA and Y Chromosome Testing," AnthroGlobe Journal, September 2002, posted to the Buu Institute Web site, www.bauuinstitute.com/Articles/JonesmtDNA.pdf (accessed 29 November 2004).
- Mitochondrial DNA is passed by a mother to all her children, so those falling within a given haplogroup can be said to be related through a female line, even if distantly.
- Sorenson and Roper, "Before DNA," 10, and related notes.


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Mexican Rice Casserole
|Bacon slices
|1 Large, chopped
|Green peppers
|2 , chopped
|Ground round steak
|3⁄4 Pound
|Canned tomatoes
|3 Cup (48 tbs)
|Raw rice
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Chili powder
|1 Teaspoon
|1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|2 Ounce (If Desired)
Cut bacon in pieces.
Remove from pan.
Brown chopped onions, chopped pepper and meat in pan.
Add tomatoes, rice, chili, salt and pepper.
Stir together.
Simmer 1/2 hour to 1 hour until rice is tender.
Add a little water if needed.
Chili and green pepper may be omitted if desired.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1373 Calories from Fat 304
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 34 g52.4%
Saturated Fat 12.6 g63%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 141.4 mg47.1%
Sodium 4260.1 mg177.5%
Total Carbohydrates 177 g58.9%
Dietary Fiber 27.2 g108.7%
Sugars 21.8 g
Protein 100 g199.9%
Vitamin A 158.3% Vitamin C 564.5%
Calcium 44.6% Iron 90.7%
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Anurag Basu's Overwrought, Trilingual Kites
Indian-made and tri-lingual in Hindi, Spanish and English, Kites is set and was mostly shot in the American southwestalthough in its backlit visual overkill, complete with neon reflected in rain-drenched streets, it more closely resembles some of the most overwrought Hong Kong gangster romances of the late 1980s. Jay (Hrithik Roshan, one of Hindi cinemas most engaging leading men) rolls off a freight train with a gaping bullet wound and a lot of backstory to unload. A con artist, not as amoral he thinks he is, Jay makes the mistake of falling hard for Natasha (Bárbara Mori), the fiancée of a spoiled young Sin City prince of crime, setting up an impossibly-beautiful-lovers-on-the-run-scenario that director Anurag Basu shoots like a series of windswept fashion videos. Even with the lights of the Vegas Strip forming a gauzy halo behind his tousled head, Roshan is a master at low-keying his enormous charm and shrugging off his blinding handsomeness. Mori, a Mexican telenovela star, is almost a match for him: She's a dead ringer for Megan Fox but warmer, less calculating in her sexiness. Not even the incoherent mish-mash of plot (mostly faux Sergio Leone by way of Tarantino and Rodriguez, with periodic car-flipping chase sequences) can entirely dim the appeal of this match-up between a blue-eyed Punjabi and a blue-eyed Mexican of almost equal comeliness. Kites will be released Stateside both in this original 130 minute subtitled version and in a shorter dubbed remix prepared by noted Bollywood aficionado Brett Ratner. You have been warned.
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I was like a traveler
Crossing the desert,
I was like a visitor
Admiring the hills,
I was like a fish
Enjoying in a river.
You came in my life
Like an oasis in the desert,
Like a guide of those hills,
Like a tributary with sea.
I considered you my life partner
Therefore, I stopped my journey,
Therefore, I climbed the hilltop,
Therefore, I entered into the sea.
Later I realized your identity
You were a mirage in the desert,
You were a ghost of those hills,
You were salty water of that sea.
Why I longed for great things
Only a cactus was enough for shade,
Only few steps to feel the elevation,
Only a handful of water to swim.
O! God bless me with few tears
Tears do not come out in deserts,
As my eyes, itself have got dried up.
Tears do not come out on hills,
Gravitational force stops them from rising.
Tears do not come out in sea,
Salty sea water pushes them back
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Go West
Start at The Fearrington House
Old Edwards Inn. Five hours west of Fearrington atop the southwest plateau of the Blue Ridge Mountains is this scenic hotel. Surrounded by pristine mountains, waterfalls and lakes, the elegant Old Edwards Inn & Spa is centrally located within the rustic and charming town of Highland, NC.
Blackberry Farm. Three hours west by car stands Blackberry Farm, a 9,200 acre estate in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains of Eastern Tennessee. Each guest to the 69-room inn has access to the pampering of the Wellhouse, the nature guides and trails in the nearby mountains, and the skilled farmstead culinary artisans and gardens on property. Rediscover life's simple pleasures and natural balance at Blackberry Farm.
Old Edwards Inn
445 Main St.
Highlands, NC 28741
Reservations: (866) 526-8008
Blackberry Farm
1471 West Millers Cove Road
Walland, TN 37886
Reservations: (800) 648-2348
Go South
Start at The Fearrington House
Planters Inn. Five hours southeast is Planters Inn in Charleston, SC, one of America's most historically significant and romantic cities. Expect to find upscale period-style furnishings and four poster beds in each of the inn's 64 luxurious rooms. Antique shops, art galleries and the theatre district are just outside the door. The Peninsula Grill, consistently named Charleston's best restaurant, offers award-winning gourmet dining.
The Lodge at Sea Island. Three hours south rests The Lodge at Sea Island on the coast of St. Simons Island between marsh and ocean, and surrounded by stunning golf courses. The Lodge is reminiscent of an English country manor with 32-rooms, each guest room with unobstructed ocean views, warm, delightful decor, and 24-hour butler service. Savor world-class dining, invigorating activities and southern hospitality in the majestic seaside setting of The Lodge.
Planters Inn
112 North Market Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Reservations: (843) 722-2345 or
The Lodge at Sea Island
100 Retreat Avenue
St. Simons Island, GA 31522
Reservations: 1-855-572-4975
Relais & Châteaux is a family of the finest hotels and gourmet restaurants in the world who share a passion for ensuring their guests experience an unforgettable celebration of the senses.
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