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  Learn To Create Simple Delicious Tacos One Taco Night - It began as a normal night in Mareno Valley California, with nine of us arguing about what we should have for dinner. You heard pizza in one corner and burgers in the other corner. As I started looking through the fridge I immediately saw the answer to the our problems. A pack of yellow organic tortillas, staring at me right in the face. I just smiled back, as ideas began turning in my head. What kind of meat would we cook?, does this fridge also have salsa, were there vegetables? if so  what kind? It would seem as a trip to the grocery store was in place. Everyone still did't know what was going on but as I started to leave I simply turned back and said "tacos" No Experience Need- It doesn't take a fancy culinary degree to put together creative tacos ideas that manifest in your head. I recommend you lead from stomach and listen to what it is trying to say. Although I suggest you don't begin thi...

CEDAR CITY, Utah -- During the time of Stalin, many lives were taken and many more lived in fear. Meanwhile Dimitri Shostakovich created a symphony that would express the experience of Stalins reign at the time under one performance. I sat down with the first string cellist from the Southern Utah University Symphony Orchestra and got an in depth look at their upcoming. Zachery Baker comes from a small town of Mesa, Arizona and at point got the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall. Out of 600 musicians from all over the nation who auditioned 70 got chosen and at just the age of 16 he got chosen. His talents have landed him at Southern Utah University where his orchestra are in the middle of preparations for their upcoming show at the Heritage Center in Cedar City, Utah. To these performers it more than hold a piece of equipment and making music that will bring them recognition. Its an extension of who they are and even an escape from their small town homes. "one of the cha...

" I feel like a person with no country, " said Nestor Zapata after a one-on-one interview with this immigrant from Mexico who been in the United State for 30 years and now finds himself in Cedar City, Utah. For most of us getting to this country was as simple as signing a piece of paper but for others, it meant walking, jogging, sprinting, and even crawling to get here. It hasn't been easy for Nestor to get this point in his life and even found himself facing death many times. Here we have a this DACA student who has left his home in California to escape the demons that have pushed him to the edge but still managed to never jump. Throughout the years Nestor has had roadblocks in his life when it came to the topic of his immigration status. Let me clarify, at the age of 16 when he attempted to obtain his driver's license, the DMV turned him away because only residents or citizens were allowed to carry a drivers license. Seriously? from an economic perspective wouldn...

Three Reasons to Love Taco Trucks Quality without the Hassle -  You want to find the best taco in town then look no further then your backyard. Just listen for the roar of an engine and the scent of carne asada cooking on the grill. In most towns you can find a truck on nearly every corner, especially in parts of L.A and Seattle. One of my best taco experiences came on a late July night after a concert in L.A. My friend and I had just finished watching one of our favorite reggae bands perform and I guess you can say that hunger was in the air so my stomach pointed me in the direction of tacos, it just didn't know where. So driving down the 210 freeway past midnight in Pasadena, California my friend remembers that he's heard of this taco truck that open late and has this incredible chipotle cilantro sauce but all I could hear from him was tacos. As we pull up the crowd is big but once it was my turn to order the gentlemen reaction to how fast I ordered was priceless. I was a...

Tacos From the South -- They say that the closer you get to the boarder down south the better the food tastes. I would agree, the ingredients carry more of a natural aspect about it that hasn't been manipulated. Most of the peppers as picked right from the backyard and put straight into the salsas. This will carry into the topic I want to discuss today which is the Mania of tacos from Mexico. The Rule of Three - Just like the mariachi bands that usually come in three, when you order tacos in mexico you usually order them in 3's. For starters it makes the taqueros job easier and secondly you fight the temptation of eating more then you have to. Needless to say if you look at the taco belly's of many Mexicans its safe to say that 3 rule doesn't work. The primary reason that tacos in Mexico traditionally come in threes is because of the size of tacos. Unlike tacos you see in the states, Mexican streets tacos come in smaller size tortillas so it makes it tough t...

I've always admired golf, the patience that goes into it is incredible. The git-ups are sometimes on point but there are some golfers that shouldn't be allowed to wear certain articles of clothing. Okay, back to the sport. So aside from not being able to follow that little white ball as its hit, the main reason I'm not really a golf guy is because I'm unable to get the technique down. As a kid my uncle was a amateur gofer and would give lessons from time to time but for the life of me I could never get it down. I blame my god like broad shoulders and inability to have my lower and upper body go in different directions while holding my arms straight and head stay down. Its all very exhausting and I've got better things to do. Before I get people stampeding at my doorstep with pitchforks I want to say that I have nothing but respect for golfer like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickleson. These players transcended the edge of the game with their rivalry and brought a high ...

Cedar City, UTAH -- As far as I can remember and have learned some of the first sports ever played involved a spherical object of some sort going through a circular hole. It involved a competitive aspect that included aggression and tactics between two teams or people. In addition the thing I believe defined a sport was the physicality. The actual movement of body flailing around in strategic fashion to achieve markers the symbolize progress. Altogether these qualities end up producing a raw essence that actual sport uniquely produce. To say that sitting down on your ass and remotely play games on a television for sport is dumb. If we let this slide eventually where do we draw the line. When do we say enough is enough. Long before technology the  Ancient Aztec civilization played this  Mesoamerican ballgame sport with ritual associations played since 1400 BC by the pre-Columbian people of Ancient Mesoamerica. The rules of this game are still quite not but it has been known t...

Cedar City, Utah -- College athletes generate enormous amounts of revenue for colleges and universities and evidently never see a penny of that. Yes, they receive full ride scholarships but if an injury occurs  majority of them lose their scholarships and as a result end up dropping down to community colleges. Some of these players don't pro so of course they have to look for a normal job after college which is difficult. Given they contributed to the revenue the school has gained over their span of their career they should be given a payout to them started after college College Coaches are the highest paid employees in 39 states so its clear that the money is there. I'm not saying players should get a lucrative amount of money but they should receive some incentives for the amount of time and hard work they put in. Of course not every player play so only the players that get recognition and bring some exposure for the school. It important to realize that the injured player...

Nestor Zapata-Lopez ____________________ Its been over four years and I can still picture his open mouth shriek, dramatic fall, and pro-longed roll on the ground. The Mexican defender had barley grazed his toe but whats that your parents tell you, if you believe it hard enough it will come true. Well thats just what this soccer player named Arjen Robben from the Netherlands did in the 2014 World Cup round of 16. In a close match against Mexico this attacker put the acting skills he got from his eighth production of Peter Pan on display. Oh! and by God did he believe and unfortunately for Mexico so did the referee whom if he saw a women getting mugged on the street would've given the assailant his car so he could get away. The penalty he awarded Robben would end up being converted thus eliminating Mexico from the competition. Let me give you a quick lesson on the two types of floppers I dislike. The first one is serial flopper whom I love because their pretend skills suck and ev...