Que Pasa? February 8th, 2010

In March The Little Mexican Cooking School is adding guest chefs to the menu. Most dates in February for Authentic Mexican Food, with Claudia, are booked out. The charming and funny Alan Kerr, instructor at the Niagara Culinary Institute and wine connoisseur will be presenting classes March 3 and 5 called 'Under the Influence'. March 3rd Mexican Food entirely 'Under the Influence' of some of his favourite cuisines from Asia, Peru, Brazil and the California wine country. March 5th will see Alan getting down and dangerous - cooking with tequila and chiles. Jason Schubert (left) from the critically acclaimed Only on King, London, Ontario, has classes March 24 and 26 bringing us Mexican Cuisine hitting the Big Time, Jason's focus is on the beauty and quality of local fresh foods and his menu is exciting! You will be the star of dinner parties, 2 classes only. More info on the website.

Have you been missing one smiling face around town - well Ric Santana (below left) has been suffering in the cold in Santa Fe studying at the world famous Scherer Institute for Healing. Mauro and Ginny went the extra mile getting him a visa, accommodated and into the school where of course he is doing brilliantly. After 6 months intensive study his graduation day is February 26th and when he comes back to us in March will be a highly trained massage therapist, good for everyone! Puerto Morelos Music Festival is on again, next dates Feb 19 and 5 and 19 March as well - be there in the square 7-10pm, support your local artists. There is also live music at David Lau's and at Habaneros Thursday - Saturdays. On that note there is a new events calendar where you can see everything going on the Riviera Maya, put together by the fabulous Nicola and Michele of playamayainfo.com and the great Taste of Playa event, this will become an essential bookmark http://www.rivieramayaeventscalendar.com/Events.html. Have you ever heard someone say I am going to WALZ well that is what Anna, Roberto and Stefan are doing, it is an ancient German tradition where young tradespeople after completing their training set off with little in their pocket ($5 nowadays) and travel the world sharing and honing their skills, all the time wearing the clothing of German tradesmen of 300 years ago! Anna has been travelling 2 years and Roberto and Stefan for 6 years, visiting 27 countries in Europe, North America and North Africa. They are currently working in the Weird Wonderful house on Ninos Heroes. The Circus was in town a couple of weeks ago and out of curiosity I went with Abby and her son Jools - it was..interesting. I will say the animals looked in fine fettle when they were standing around but weren't happy about the tricks that were asked of them. There was a girl of around 8 years old who was an extraordinary gymnast and some great trapeze work but the fight scene between a boyfriend and girlfriend had my jaw dropping to the floor as he kicked and beat her and she kicked and dragged him around the floor, the audience thought this was hilarious, we left. Good to see that Armando is back at the Biergarten and chef Fernando has been cooking up a storm with lots of new dishes on the menu and some a great specials every night, soup and a generous main meal for 75p. He does something with sauces that is just very special, really worth trying if you have not been there yet. My other favourite eatery is Panza es Primero where I am steadily working through the menu, loved the Mocahete Azteca the other night - slices of meat and vegetable come served in a heated stone mortar, delish and prices are very reasonable especially if you choose the menu that has one dish big enough for 2. There are now more choices for quick meals during the day apart from Tios and Mimis on Ninos Heroes opp Casa Cultura (55p 2 courses). There is the outdoor taco stand next to the Delegacion, good breakfasts there as well. Picolinos, opposite Almost Heaven Dive shop on Rojo Gomez, has increased its menu choices and also offers fried fish. Note that key shop is back on Ninos Heroes opposite the Biergarten (you can enlarge the photo to get their numbers).We had a very generous donor to the El Mundo Para Puerto Morelos charity recently - his large donation was supplemented with our funds and enabled up to install much needed playground equipment in the Kinder Cinco de Mayo. You can see the before and after pictures here, when I arrived to take the photos the little ones came out of the classroom and I received 40 little soft kisses in thank you, here I send them back out to you. We also recently had many donations from a kind family and we delivered their food to the DIF preschool and reading glasses to DIF central and added some great items to storage for the bazaar. The Charity Bazaar is on March 13th and we can start taking donations NOW, you can drop them at Frank's place or my place, please have things if possible in plastic bags or boxes for ease of storage, books, clothes, furnishings. If you want to have a stall at the bazaar please email Nadja Billard nadjabvd@gmail.com to express interest or to help out, thank you! Puerto Morelos hosted, for 2 nights, the School of Authentic Journalism, 45 young radical journalists from all over the world arrived Feb 3rd and are travelling in a group while participating in seminars about truth in reporting. Some of these young people are from very troubled areas and have risked their lives reporting what some people do not want heard. The enormous expansion of Plaza Las Americas is well on the way to complete with the new shopping mall open - very sleek, modern, huge with lots of all those same US brands you see everywhere. The VIP Cinema has moved into the new section, accessed from where the food court used to be. Call us crazy but we played polo under the full moon 2 weeks ag0, a beautiful bright night had us on the field at 9pm playing with a lit ball and glow sticks on our heads. The clouds came over 10 minutes later and spoilt our fun, we'll do it again. We are having a Beach Polo tournament on March 5th in front of the Hotel Me in the Hotel Zone of Cancun, to celebrate the opening of the new cancun beach followed on the 6th at the El Rey Polo Club with the final of the tournament. We recently had the Candelaria Festival. The Candelaria Virgin was used to convert the Indigenous inhabitants to Christianity, by replacing the Prehispanic Fertility Deity, who was celebrated on the same date…February 2nd. Celebrated in different ways all over the country with music, eating Tamales (with a plastic doll in the lucky ones), running the bulls and here by buying a new baby Jesus doll or new clothes for your existing dolls, there were stalls all over the markets and even a baby Jesus Doll Hospital. Our dear friend Carlos - great friend to all the dogs of Puerto Morelos has left town for many years, he has gone to be with his love in Argentina - we all wish you well and thanks for everything you did in Puerto. Lots of visitors on our beaches have seend what the winter winds can do! The bulldozers have been brought in twice to stop the sand from overflowing into all the beach front properties. Spring is sprung, the early flowers have started to peek their heads out in gardens and the jungle, now we wait for the water to warm up again.

Que Pasa? January 6th, 2010

IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE PARK TONIGHT there's something you have to see. At 7pm the Puerto Morelos Circus Club will give a little demonstration of what they have learnt in the their 6 workshops with Serge Roy, Creative Director Cirque de Soleil. My friends Serge and his wife Joan Dufours, are holidaying in Puerto Morelos, to rest after the opening of their latest show, Banana Shpeel, in Chicago. The charity and Casa del Cultura joined forces again to host these sessions and Nadja Billard was the co-ordinator. Nadja is a wonderful photographer, the best shots of the children and of New Year's Eve are HERS so if you need a family portrait, wedding photos or record of a special event she's your woman (nadjabvd@gmail.com, 998 1437014). Serge and Joan, the children, parents and the many helpers had a wonderful time together and we hope to convince them to return soon. Thursday night, Richard Kaplan, documentary film director (http://richardkaplanproductions.com) is putting on a free screening of his film King: A Filmed Record for which he won an Academy Award Nomination and the critics sighted as "Possibly the best filmed documentary ever made". Starts 5pm in the front right hand side beach front house of Ocean Homes (Star Wars) , all welcome, bring your own drinks and snacks. Friday night, Jeronimo Aviles is screening his documentary about the discovery of various crustaceans in the cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula, made with the co-operation of Jill Yager our celebrated ecological cave diving neighbour. 6pm Casa del Cultura free entry. Saturday night, 7pm, at David Lau's courtyard the return of The Men in Blues Band from Montreal. Seen arriving yesterday, definitely in need of some sun, they will play there every Saturday through high season and will also appear at Peskayitos (Wednesdays at 9.15pm) courtyard where a new French restaurant has opened call La Cantine, great addition to the restaurants of PM they offer light food like quiches and baguettes packed with goodies and toasted. Turning into quite a strip for restaurants with Peskayitos next door, the best shrimp tacos and Chimmichurri's delicious steak, sausages and empanadas always a great favourite. A little further down the road Spagettino's has reopened with a lovely open air setting, show them your support and drop in! Sorry to tell you that Cactuz is not reopening but Miguel Saad has reopened his restaurant with light nutritious food behind Mayan Riviera Properties on the town square and on the strip north of the Police Station after Pizza 'n Love is the new Tacos.com which always has people so that's a good sign of their food popularity. For a change Panza es Primero will surprise you, they have really interesting Mexican food with a twist, very very reasonable prices, the staff really try and help, the charming Alex during the day and lovely Janelly at night (ex-Habaneros), it is a simply great setting. My favourite is the Pollo Huitlacoche (easy for me to say) . He's even put in some bar stools as they want locals to hang out there. They are digging a hole across the road to get rid of kitchen water, very very deep. Keep an eye out on February 2 and 3 - there will be 60 international journalists meeting here to study with the Authentic Journalism School, I have been helping the founder Al Giordano (http://narconews.com/) try out various eateries for them (I get all the hard jobs) and he's been filling me in with the stories on some of the radical young writers who will be attending and the quiet revolution in Mexico, a beginning of a new age. We're having lunch at La Petita on Friday if you want to meet him. What a great New Year's Eve it was here in Puerto a sweet little event in the Town Square, Vertigo at Habaneros, open house at Amber and Josh's, we danced and danced! and party on the beach courtesy of Gabo, Bara Bara which brought in the dawn, sun rising as the full moon was setting. El Mundo para Puerto Morelos has finally launched the charity web site - have a look and please let your guests and clients know about it - www.emppm.com. We are also now full registered as a charity in the USA in our own right. We had Patricia Liesch here from Vancouver, who gave up a day of her holidays to teach a Burn Clinic to our firemen and Civil Protection boys in the Ejido Hall, some much needed emergency treatment information was disseminated. Thank you to everybody who has bringing useful things for the schools, you are making a big difference to the children and services here. We have some big projects this year and will need to raise some serious funds to help build a wall around the school (to keep the drug peddlars at bay). to build a school cafeteria, to buy computers and air conditioners, to supply equipment to the rehabilitation centre and day care centre and assist the Senior Citizens. Our first event is the BAZAAR on March 13th, so start hoarding things up and closer to the date we will announce where you can take things for us to sell. If you have a way to raise funds please let us know or if you can help out by volunteering, we really need the help! This year we will be working with Rotary and the Humanity Exchange and need volunteers to co-ordinate with them. The Little Mexican Cooking School has really taken off, we have received rave reviews (click HERE to read reviews) from our students and bookings are rolling in through to May - but next week is really quiet so if you know anyone in town who wants a fun day cooking and learning Authentic Mexican food then please let them know about the School. We will be bringing in a celebrity chef from Canada next month - will keep you posted on that! The parents of Lucy who made the cooking school aprons bring in hand ground pepper and chile powder from Palaban in the Yucatan, delish and we sell it in our little shop. We are now #7 of 22 attractions in Puerto Morelos. CLANdestino is the name of the new art shop that Patti and Adriana have opened, a little north of Mama's Bakery - where they have some great original artwork and jewellery for sale, some very fun paintings at reasonable prices. Sorry to say I can upon a dead pelican on the beach in front of Ceiba del Mar, its beak had been cut open by a fish hook and of course it then cannot eat and dies, the guard said it was the second one that week and at the Park office they told me there had been 2 the day before in front of Pelicano's strangled with fishing line, so sad for such beautiful creatures. Mauro Jaramillo has returned from Santa Fe and opened up his centre for Corrective Myotherapy in the light house street down from La Petita - look for the AQUI sign. All our bones and muscles will shout for joy. The charity worked with Jonathon Katz to celebrate the end of the school year - he did 2 free performances at the Kindergarten and Primary school of his great show based on international percussion instruments, his company Mystic Drumz is working with the kids clubs at hotels and is available for children's parties too, 998 196 6230 , mexico@mysticdrumz.com . We were holding our breaths in disbelief and excitgement - finally we have soem new roads THANK YOU Francisco - large parts of Ninos Heroes and Quintana Roo and now smooth riding and dust free - our lives have changed!
So Happy New Year to everyone, here are some more jolly shots to brighten your day

Little in-between Notice, 19 November 2009

Wanted to share a beautiful moment this morning with you - 6.15am on my way to the beach, click photo to enlarge.
Mama's Bakery has reopened (Tue-Sat 7.30-11 Sun 8.30-11) with normal menu, catering options, lunch and sandwiches to go after 11am. On 26 November Diane will be offering Turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie (pecan available) for 300 pesos with generous portions. Order essential 998 8456810. Vickie Sharp is also offering her famous Thanksgiving fare: roast turkey sliced , traditional stuffing and mashed potatoes, gravy, corn and green beans, cranberry relish and a relish tray, rolls, pumpkin pie and whipped cream, minimum order for 2 before , USD40 includes delivery: vsharp_88@msn.com phone 871-0112 She will also be doing this for Christmas. Book Lovers be happy, Alma Libre books hangs out its shingle again this week, after their big drive down from Canada and dusting off the shelves, they will have some new and old books to sell you. Revolution Day - don't forget the Revolution Day Parade Friday 7am 20 November around the Park - very cute parade with all the children dressed  up. (Editor; that was today and I have posted pics on the right in s slideshow for you - huge turnout shut the town down for hours and hours but delightful)  The Little Mexican Cooking School is getting a lot of enquiries, thankyou, so if you have friends coming down tell them to book soon - the link is HERE,  opens December 8th. Anna Trepanier is starting the Walking Tour of the Colonia again, a big hit last year. She takes small groups to the colonia and walks around the stores explaining and discussing the various fruits and vegetables, they may also be invited into a private house. Anna also explains some of the economy and  history of Puerto Morelos. A great adjunct for the Cooking School. 100 pesos each, about 2 hours, by phone reservation only 52 998 2328238. Healthy food eaters - La Terraza has also reopened this week with their delicious and healthy homemade breads and meals with the equally delicious Ivan serving you. High season is up on us - always indicated by the increase in the number of bicycle tours around town with the curious skipping out from the All Inclusives for a little look at the locals. Shall we sell tickets and wear silly name tags? The Charity made it into the local USA today yesterday so lets hope we get some more volunteers to help with upcoming projects. See below the Cinema Programme for November showing at the Casa de Cultura some excellent films, only 20 pesos and a fun night!

Que Pasa? Friday November 13th, 2009

How much fun was Halloween and Day of the Dead here in Puerto? A whole lot! Put it in your diary for next year and bring the kids or bring your parents - its low season, prices are good and the weather is great. Puerto Morelos is just so wonderful when everyone is on the street and in the Park together you just want to hug the whole town! Thanks to all the great volunteers many of the culprits featured on the right. Francisco Reyes, our delegado (mayor), wanted to tell you how happy he is to see the integration of our cosmopolitan family shown in such a wonderful way. Lots more wonderful photos for you at the bottom of the newsletter taken around town for Trick or Treat, the Halloween Costume Competition and at Bara Bara late night.
Coming up events 'not to miss' for your diary 20 November - Revolution Day, parades in the morning usually 8am around the park children and adults. Celebrating the heroes and people of the Mexican Revolution. The date marks the day that Francisco Madero denounced General Diaz as President and called all Mexicans to an insurrection ending, after many years, in the land of the wealthy being distributed to the poor, ejido land being in existence to this day, 99 years later. Next event is the raising of the Christmas tree in the Park, which will also be attended by schoolchildren, December 1st. And do not miss our famous Christmas celebration on December 19th in the park, and in front of the Church, come and watch an unusual parade re-enacting Mary and Joseph knocking on the doors of the inns around our Town Square complete with donkey, Devil and some (seen to be believed) Angels of Puerto Morelos followed by a musical show at the manger! New Year's Eve this year will have music in the Park and 6 January, Kings Day, will have a parade including some very special circus children.
Roads in the colonia are nearly all paved, the bridge at our entrance nears completion and there is rumour of roadworks starting in Calle Quintana Roo (just happens to be my street) ! This week we have 30 women working cleaning around town, an intiative to give employment to women in the colonia. New butcher shop opens in the colonia vegetable market (main street). By the way there are plans afoot to turn the main street in the middle of the colonia into a real Avenue, trees down the middle and all - next year! The little taco Kiosk on the corner next to Town hall seems to be doing well they've expanded to chairs and tables, with a menu including empanadas, salbudos, tingas, tostadas y tortas. Whisper news is that Spaghettinos is reopening in its new location opposite Handicraft Markets soon! Fort Saskatchwan in Canada (class photo on left) must have some truly great people they came into town this week to the Primary School in the colonia and were able to donate money raised in their town for 2 airconditioners for the classrooms, lots of school supplies and as well that are sponsoring 5 students 3 of them seen here, they all look like stars to me. Fort Saskatchwen High School, First Lutheran Church and other good folk are responsible for all this love. Thank you from all of us! Watch out this Saturday, the dog catchers from Cancun are back! They took 23 dogs off the street in the colonia last Saturday and will be back tomorrow in Puerto - dog owners beware! The Little Mexican Cooking School opens December 8th and can now say "as seen in USA Today", great page 3 article today all about the school (on left, click to enlarge) . Passing of Hurrican Ida - I know that everyone that does not live here in Hurricane season thinks when a storm passes by here oh well that's good it didn't hurt but can you imagine the work eveyone has to do just to prepare in case it really hits? All the boats heaved out of the water and anything unstable put somewhere safe, all houses shuttered, garden pots inside and all the birds go. There also arises, with the drop in the barometer, a great sense of camaraderie that helps keep us all together. These photos show the beach the night before Ida aproaches (left) and the afternoon after (right) - our beach is quite different now! Most hotels losts their beachfront palapas, there was quite a water surge but all being put right again as we speak.

Tonight was the opening of the Arte Rosa Mexicana a new gift shop by Danielle on Rojo Gomez just down from the Police Station - lots of interesting gifts that will be a big hit in high season. Lovely guitar playing, rosé and food from Ivan of La Terrazza made a great early Friday night. Seen here Danielle with a silk flower arrangement, Michelle with Danielle, yours tuly and Sandro. And Shan and Bruno in town for the event too. Now enjoy some more of Halloween and Day of the Dead!

Que Pasa? October 28th

Halloween and Day of the Dead this year is a big community effort to combine these cultural events and a Full Moon as well! Oh oh! Friday night is the judging of the house and shop decorations - great prizes for this! Trick or Treat starts at 4.30pm on Saturday. Come along in your costumes at 7pm Saturday 31 October in the main town square and receive some wonderful prizes for your outfits - open to children, teenagers, adults and pets. Don't be late it must be finished by 9pm when we have the great dance team from H10 doing a special presentation! You can view the full programme of events HERE. Check out the stores around the Park with their decorations and El Faro (above mini-super) has created an altar and special menu items. The competition prizes are being donated by our wonderful generous neighbours El Cid Marina Resort, Ceiba del Mar, Paradisus Rivera Maya, Selvatica, Pelicano's, L'Oazis, Hola Asia, Crococun, Marand Travel, David Lao's, Casa Martin, Computips, Pelicano's, Arrecifes, Carmen Inn and Cenote Mojarra as well as special pet prizes. These prizes were collected, doggedly, by Abby Stewart who also sells cheap eco friendly land in Tulum, see her website HERE. Not only that, there will also be Chicken Curry by Abby (Indian food orders 998 2283237) and Chille con Carne by the famous Doña Triny and Chocolate and Tres Leches cakes donated by El Cid Marina Resort!! Sunday and Monday evening the party goes on over in the Colonia with tombs and competitions and dancing from 7pm. Don't you just love our wonderful logo - designed by fabulous Ms Cettina Cantu (another charity volunteer)! Halloween events are also at Bar Ixchel and Bara Bara and Habaneros too.

BREAKING NEWS!! Ernesto Munoz 871 0026 says he will have the Sub Director of Immigration at Ojo de Agua at 1200 on Saturday - he wants to help any or all foreigners who need help in any way with their Immigration papers, free of charge!! Finally they have heard us screaming, so go on, take advantage!! (By the way, this is a first for me - I have 3 different Munoz' in one newsletter)

The kids at the Primary school are happy - some of our wonderful supporters have raised money through their church group and will be here in 10 days to pay for installation of 2 air conditioners at the Primary School!

I need your help! Over the last 4 years you know I have promoted the town, your businesses and your events through this site and other efforts. This is the first time I have asked for help (apart from calling on you for the charity). The Little Mexican Cooking School opens December 8th and I would greatly appreciate it if you could promote this with your incoming guests and friends. Could you add our link to your sites and signatures? http://www.thelittlemexicancookingschool.com. Claudia (from Cancun) and Patti (from Canada) and I are very excited about starting this venture and we think this is a good attraction for the town as well! Thank you in advance. The School will be having a launch in late November and will be inviting people with tourist rental properties to come and see what we will be doing. In the meantime our site is being updated (check it out!) , menus will be added shortly, delish! In photos - Claudia our chef on the left and Emilio Munoz enjoying our mango mousse - so easy to prepare!
Ellen Fields from Merida was here recently, she has the wonderful Yucatan Living.com site that is in my links, and did a little video about PM, if you want a giggle at the expense of Ken Quellehe, Marco Riha and I, click HERE! Talking of Merida, I was there a lot in the last couple of weeks and discovered a gorgeous small hotel in the historic district - Luz en Yucatan, they have a great website, HERE, (designed by the Yucatan Living folk as it turns out). It is a laid back old Merida house with rooms all over the place and a pool where the guests escape the heat! In walking distance you can visit the town square for music and dancing or enjoy another old Merida house, and have a great massage or facial at Spa Raices 999 9239389, Calle 64 , 55 y 57. Get some wildly painted gel nails at Eternity Nails 999 252 4575 Calle 59, 57 y 57a and try out the newest abfab restaurant La Sabia Virtud 999 252 0380 Calle 55, 60 y 62. They even have a website HERE (under construction) .

Recycle this week Saturday 31 October Parque 9am - 3pm on taxi corner Glass bottles, batteries, ink cartridges, paper, cartons, electronics, electrics, plastic pet bottles - get them out of the house and into RECYCLING, yay!

We recently were visited by the fab Ms Joanna Ciampa (Jeannie Casa Mermaid's step-daughter). She spent her time being inspired and painting and wants to come back and live here. The illustration on the left is one she did while here - she will do work by commission and works in all mediums, an incredible range, what a mind! Website HERE.

Cielo is running a full day Osho Meditation retreat on 8 November -please have a look at her ad for more details.

Patita is a l-l/2 year-old spayed female dog, small-medium size and completely housebroken. She was abandoned in Puerto Morelos by her original owner after a poor amputation attempt on a rear leg. She has since been abandoned 3 more times for various reasons. Patita needs a stable, commited owner who can give her the love and attention she deserves. She is loving, affectionate and non-aggressive. She will need a stump amputation in the future after adjusting to her new home. Patita can be adopted in Mexico, the US or Canada. Contact Diane at stickybunsmx@yahoo.com for full details on international adoptions.

Mexican Independence Day was a big success this year and a great night for people watching I will leave you with some candid shots from that night

Que Pasa? September 29th

This is a little mid-week update as there are a couple of happening things and Day of the Dead is coming! October 31, November 1-2. Yes it is Halloween and Day of the Dead time at the end of the month and this year the community of Puerto Morelos is joining the celebrations into one long weekend of celebrating the dead with love. There will be a competition in the square for who can create the best tomb, a prize for the best decorated house or shop and we will have a prize for the best costume for adult or child. There will be a day of celebrating at the decorated graves in the cemetery ( dates back to the indigenous ceremonies during which tamales and cempasúchil flowers were offered to the souls of the deceased after harvest) and a Dance of the Dead in the town square and all the children will be in costume and organised for Trick or Treat with the accent on Treat. More times and dates to come but start getting your costumes together, decorate your houses and get some treats ready for the children, let's make this lots of fun for everyone. For more cultural information about the significance of Day of the Dead please click HERE for an informative article about the history, spiritual significance, traditions, calaveras, sugar skulls, food and pan de muerto. And talking about skulls - Jeronimo Aviles is presenting his documentary film about The cenote of a Hundred Mayan Skulls on Friday night 2 October at 6.30pm at the Casa de Cultura - free entrance. This is part of the project about Mayan Aquatic Cemeteries that INAH (Mexico's archaelogical department) is supporting, should be very interesting. And yet another celebration of life here in Puerto is the monthly Full Moon Fogata - party on the beach under the full moon, held at Bar Ixchel on the North end of the main Puerto beach, the bar opens at 11am, the barbecue starts at 5pm and the fogata, celebration with fire, starts at 8pm. There will be Mexican food and DJ Tuna Selectah. Bar iXchel of course will have its normal Sunday activities following with DJ from Playa del Carmen, Beach Volleyball, windsurfing and now water therapy offered. My favourite is watching the beach volleyball from my sun chair with my mineral water, hee hee!
October 2nd in the New York Times Just out today a new article about our area in the New York Times - click HERE to read the online version