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Archive for September, 2006
Seoul KoreaPosted by: | Comments
Jennifer and I just left Seoul after a couple of days of bordom. Maybe I should not be so harsh but after spending time in China over the last several years I have certain expectations. The food in Seoul was fair, not good but fair. Actually, we get better Korean food in Arcadia California where we live. Funny isn't it, and Arcadia is not a Korean hotbed by any means.
On to Shanghai and back to the 21st century. That place is amazing!
The pictures of our trip can be viewed at flickr but they are not up yet.
During our stay in China we will be traveling and eating the best food in the world, taking pictures and having a great time. Follow along with Charley.
Sunday Riders Pimp DaddyPosted by: | Comments
For those of you that have followed the adventures so far you will remember that Sundays are reserved for our traditional bicycle ride into South Pasadena and back through Sierra Madre and on to Monrovia. All of these rides begin at 8:00 or so and start from Stan's Monrovia Bikes. Rides can be had just about every day of the week starting from Stan's but the Sunday ride is special. Here we get to meet world travelers and the famous. As an example last week we had an international playboy show up for a photo shoot. He brought along his groupies.
In the midst of all of the excitement one of the local wanna-be-pimp-daddys tried to sneak in on the action. No matter how hard Kimball tried I guess he just could not get the attention he so much 'deserves'. However no one can fault him for trying. He is a tryer they say and from where I come from that means a lot.
So the question remains – who is this international star that attracted so much attention from all of the girls. We are taking sealed answers here at the Average Man. The one that comes up with the correct name will receive an all expense paid bicycle ride to South Pasadena funded in part by Stan's Monrovia Bikes.
To see all of the pictures follow the link to flickr or just click for more. Read More→
The Beach BunnyPosted by: | Comments
Going to the beach is always fun. Having nothing to do these past weeks but study, I felt a little trip to the beach to get away from distractions was in order. I could set up a little folding chair in some out of the way place, bring my books and have a pleasant afternoon concentrating on the fundamentals of safe anesthesia care. My camera in hand, just because, and the fall weather in Southern California perfect, wandering down to the shore I spotted this homeless person. It could be a homeless person I thought due to all of the torn and shredded clothing but on closer exam I noticed the Gucci handbag. Maybe you will notice other things here as well that might tip you off that this is not a typical Santa Monica homeless person. Me, I just enjoyed the weather and my studies.
CCNA Board Exam PrepPosted by: | Comments
"OH NO MR. BILL the CCNA exam is coming in a few days and even after years of study and preparation I do not feel ready", the little voice whispers in the back of my head. What to do about those voices.
Just as all others that have come before and for those that follow there no way around this mountain except to climb each day a little further. I have kept a picture of K2 on my wall for many years and I keep whispering to myself that one day I will be over the crest. That day is so soon approaching that it is almost too much to comprehend.
Here is a plan for CCRN board exam preparation that I have used:
Attend a Review Course. I did the Valley Anesthesia Review, there are others?
Select a few concise books for reference.
- Morgan and Mikhail Clinical Anesthesiology
- Barash Handbook
- Sota Omoigui's Drug Handbook.
- Valley Review Course material. The Sweat Book, the Memory Master and the Mixed Reviews.
- Anesthesiology Review by Ronald Faust
I have read through the Sweat Book twice and the Memory Master a couple of times and The Mixed Reviews from Valley anesthesia I keep with me all the time. I read through these frequently.
The Faust Anesthesiology Review is a great one to look stuff up quickly for refresher. These past three weeks since graduation I have spent 6 to 10 hours a day reading and reviewing questions and looking stuff up quickly that I needed clarification on. I feel that I am ready for the exams but still have so much to learn. I just found out about another on-line review that could be helpful. It is called Prodigy Anesthesia. This is an on-line review and workbook type thing. I checked it out and it seems very good. Highly recommended for someone that has more than a couple of days before the scheduled exam. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. Our class will get together for a big party once these exams are over so every one will know about our success.
Bees One Homeowner ZeroPosted by: | Comments
After the first round its Bees One and Homeowner zero. The big patch job went well with steel wool closing up the main entrance to the Bee home in my home but the little buggers found a small crack in a seam between two fascia boards and went along their merry way yesterday flying in and out as usual. OK says Elmer Fud, "I'll fix you little rascals, just watch me".
This evening with caulking gun in hand and a grin on his face the wilily home-owner stole up the ladder in the closing darkness and squired a crap load of caulking in the offending joint sealing up the Bee home once and for all. At least until the morning when the Bees awaken and find another hole to get out of. So the saga continues with the Bees winning the Homeowner persistent. The tail of the battle for hearth and home continues.
Bob Naruse – Faculty of the Year AwardPosted by: | Comments
The University of Southern California program of nurse anesthetist awarded Bob Naruse, M.D. the faculty award this year. Dr. Naruse is staff anesthesiologist at Cedars Sinai Hospital where many of us do our neuro rotations. It is here that I met Dr. Bob and became acquainted with the low opioid techniques for craniotomy surgery that are routinely used there. Today several of our classmates were able to present the award to him in person. Unfortunately I was not able to attend but sent my best wishes and called him on the phone as a follow up.
Our lives have been enriched by his mentorship and example of excellence in patient centered anesthesia care. Thank you Dr. Bob Naruse and we will all make you proud. What follows is a letter I received from him after today's presentation.
Dear 'SC Class of 2006,I must admit that I am truly touched by your award. Working with such a distinguished group of anesthetists made my job easy and fun. I can't remember a class that I've enjoyed more than yours. I know that each of you will be outstanding anesthetists for years to come and I want to congratulate each of you for the great achievement of completing graduate school. I am proud of you.
Please pass along your knowlege, especially that which is not in the textbooks. I know that eventually your colleagues will be impressed with your airway management skills as am I. You each are better than at least 90% of all anesthesia providers(MD's or CRNA's) including my partners. We owe it to our patients.
Take care and best wishes in the future. Fight On!!!
Yours truly,
Bob Naruse
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So there you have it. This week many of us are studying for CCNA board exams. My test date is the 20th of this month. Pressure, a little, confidence, a lot. I will let you all know how our class does.
Bees on the attackPosted by: | Comments
You got to check out this video about Ryans bee attack and his broken leg that resulted from the inocent bee. This is no joke.
I am about the venture forth and protect my home and hearth against the incideous invasion of the house snatchers. I just looked at this video prior to climbing up a 26 foot ladder into BEE terrietory. The next post will let you know how this came out. Pray for my soul……..please.
BeesPosted by: | Comments
Got a Bee in your bonnet? Well, Jennifer and I do or rather many bees in the coping of our house. About a week ago while we spent a long morning waking up one Saturday we noticed a lot of commotion outside our second story window. Later on I took a look outside and noticed that bees were coming and going about the yard. Looking at the second story coping I saw the little critters entering and exiting a small hole in the enclosed coping of the house where two surfaces come together. Maybe the gap in the fascia could have been prevented by better construction techniques, which knows. Got to love the Chinese don't you. The fact remains that a swarm of bees has taken up residence with us and must be dealt with. Who among you has experience with this problem please come forward pronto?
Being the ever-curious person I took it upon myself to do a little investigation about bees. Honey bees are such productive little creatures never resting during the day but serving their queen tirelessly from first light until late dusk. I found this description somewhere on the web about honey bees.
HONEY BEES (Apis mellifera)
The honey bee was introduced into the United States in Colonial America. Honeybees are highly social insects and communicate with each other, relaying direction and distance of nectar and pollen sources. Bees make combs of waxen cells placed side by side that provide spaces to rear young and to store honey. The bee colony lives on the stored honey throughout winters, and therefore, can persist for years. When colony populations are high, the queen may move part of the colony to new harborage. Bees swarm at this time, usually finding hollow trees to begin their new colony, but they occasionally work their way into building wall voids.
Drones are male bees and they have no stingers. Drones do not collect food or pollen from flowers. Their sole purpose is to mate with the queen. Yaaaa Baby!! If the colony is short on food, drones are often kicked out of the hive. Oh No Mr. Bill!! Workers, which are the smallest bees in the colony, are undeveloped females. A colony can have up to 60,000 workers. The life span of a worker bee depends upon the time of year. Her life expectancy can be as long as 35 days. Workers feed the queen and larvae, guard the hive entrance and help to keep the hive cool by fanning their wings. Worker bees also collect nectar to make honey. In addition, honey bees produce wax comb. The comb is composed of hexagonal cells, which have walls that are only 2/1000 inch thick, but support 25 times their own weight.
Honey bees' wings stroke over 11,000 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz.
A honey bee colony in a house wall can cause major problems. The bees can chew through the wall and fly inside. Their storage of large amounts of honey invites other bees and wasps. Their detritus (e.g., dead bees, shedded larval skins, wax caps from combs and other material) attracts beetles and moths. When a bee colony is found in a building wall, it must be killed. Killing can be accomplished in the same way as killing yellowjackets in wall voids is done. Listen to the bee noise from inside rooms to locate the exact position of the nest in the wall to assure that the whole colony is treated. After the colony is dead, remove the nest. If the nest is not removed, the wax combs — normally cooled by the bees — will melt and allow honey to flow down through the walls. Honey stain can never be removed; the walls will have to be replaced. As well, the freed honey attracts robber bees and wasps. The comb wax will attract wax moths that may persist for several years. The dead bees attract carpet beetles.
Sounds lovely doesn't it! Well after checking with a few local joker experts, I have enlisted the help of a couple of fools to help me rid our house of its bee problem. Am I worried about the honey melting down our walls and attracting wax moths for years? Not really worried about this too much …. its only been a couple of weeks since the little muggers showed up and have not had time to build a new Trade Centre. So we will see what happens.
The plan is to stuff the gap in the coping full of steel wool after spraying the hell out of their little home with some local bee killer stuff I picked up today at the Ace hardware. The steel wool will keep the little rascals from eating their way out and others from finding their way in. I plan on closing the hole with some cement to permanently close up the gap. Welcome to the further adventures of the Average Man or is it Homer Simpson incognito.
Letter from SethPosted by: | Comments
I just received an email from Seth. He has not called in a couple of months while he has been touring Spain. This came in the mail today and supprised me very much. I just got off of the phone with an answering machine at the Caldwells.
Dad,Taylor Caldwell had a stroke and he might be paralizied in part of his face, I don't know what is going on because I just found out. Please call the Caldwells and tell them that I love them and that I praying for them. I don't have their numbers and i really want to talk to them. Dad I love you and please stay healtly, we have a lot of catching up to do- I love you so much.
much love
senor Seth
Taylor is one of my oldest and dearest friends. We really grew up together and raised our kids together for so many years. Recently we have drifted apart while I have been in school and he being so busy with the church. If I do not hear from Barb today I will call again this evening to find out how Taylor is. We have been through a lot together he and I.
Nursing students have all the answersPosted by: | Comments
Here is a question for you: "Is it better to drink water or wine"? Well I have to turn to my nursing student colleges for the answer to this one. Follow the link for the science:
Water vs. Wine the ultimate matchup.
Ok…did not have time to follow the link, here is the bottom line. "It is better to drink wine and talk shit than to drink water and be full of shit." If you want to understand this then follow the link.


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Avonhome launches new table linen program
March 7, 2002,
Braintree, MA — Avonhome Fashions is currently launching a new merchandising program for table linens it calls, "Where Do You Eat?" The program asks the question in an attempt to make the consumer's typical eating experience — wherever it may be — more comfortable and tailor-made to those preferences.
The new approach includes new product specifically designed for the five main eating scenarios Avonhome recently identified as those most commonly used by the consumer, as well as a new presentation format that makes shopping for the product ìmore interestingî and easy, said Chris Mooney, vp, design and marketing.
Kitchen Counter is a 4-foot display for place mats, napkins and stool covers in primary colorways.
Kitchen Table, the largest of the five sections because it is the "backbone of the run," Mooney said, occupies 12 feet of space and features place mats, napkins, solid-color fabric tablecloths, vinyl printed tablecloths and a strong chair pad presentation. The colorways for the kitchen table section are part of the more traditional mid-tone palette.
Dining Room is a 4-foot section that includes place mats, napkins, tablecloths and runners that are more formal both in construction — damask — and colorways — burgundy, hunter, navy, white and ivory. The tablecloths are available only in white and ivory, which account for typically 65 percent of Avonhome's sales. The runners are displayed on hangers.
In Front of the TV is a 2-foot section that includes three tray-cut place mats in burgundy, hunter, navy and other "den" colors, as Mooney described them, with matching napkins. The section also includes standing TV trays.
In Bed, also two-feet-wide in dimension, comprises place mats and napkins in white and ivory.
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Lewis C. Solmon, founding president of the Milken Institute economic think tank and an outspoken advocate of education reforms, including performance pay for teachers, has died. He was 65.
Mr. Solmon died Dec. 17 at his West Los Angeles home as a result of a stroke, according to the Milken Family Foundation, a research organization that is independent from the think tank.
Mr. Solmon, a UCLA professor emeritus, was dean of the university's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies from 1985 to 1991, when he became president of the Milken Institute. In 1997, he joined the Milken Family Foundation to focus on education issues and in 2005 became president of the foundation's nonprofit National Institute for Excellence in Teaching.
"Lew never wavered in his steadfast dedication and commitment to the pursuit of a high-quality education for all students," foundation Chairman Lowell Milken said in a statement on the organization's Web site.
The Milken Family Foundation is best known for its annual Milken National Educator Award, which provides $25,000 to teachers, principals and other professionals who "are furthering excellence in education."
With the family foundation, Mr. Solmon helped develop the Teacher Advancement Program, a system aimed at closing student achievement gaps through methods such as performance pay for elementary school teachers.
The program is in use in 180 schools nationwide, including some in Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Minneapolis. About 5,000 teachers and 60,000 students are involved.
Mr. Solmon also wrote more than two dozen books and monographs on education topics and wrote numerous newspaper opinion pieces. He testified before state and federal education panels and had been an adviser on education to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Mr. Solmon was born in Toronto. He held a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago and taught economics at Purdue University and the City University of New York before moving to UCLA in 1974 to become executive officer of the school's Higher Education Research Institute.
Mr. Solmon is survived by his wife, Vicki; children, Kira and Matt; six grandchildren; his mother, Eve; and a brother, Fred.


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Three more Draft picks sign
BOSTON -- The Dodgers on Saturday announced the signing of three more of their Draft picks -- eighth-round pick Michael Dean, a first baseman from LSU; 25th-round pick Jeremy Gilmore, a center fielder from Coastal Carolina University; and 34th-round pick Joe Lincoln, a catcher from Missouri Southern University.
Thirty-second-round selection, outfielder Devon Ethier, is in town this weekend to watch his older brother, Andre, face the Red Sox.
First-round pick Zach Lee remains unsigned and committed to play baseball and football at LSU, although Dodgers officials remain optimistic they can make an offer substantial enough to lure him away. If they are unable to sign Lee, they would receive the 29th overall pick in next year's Draft as compensation.


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Butterball Turkey Abuse Case Leads to Jail Time for Workers (VIDEO)
A worker at a North Carolina Butterball turkey processing plant was hit with fines and a prison sentence after an animal rights activists group exposed the company's mistreatment of turkeys.
Brian Douglas pleaded guilty Tuesday to animal abuse after he was seen on tape stomping on turkeys. Douglas and six others were charged in the case, which was brought about after the animal rights activist group Mercy for Animals captured video footage in December of workers beating, smashing, and throwing live turkeys.
"Butterball allowed a culture of cruelty and abuse to fester at its company-owned factory farms," MFA Executive Director Nathan Runkle said in a statement. "Before ending up in restaurants and grocery stores, turkeys killed for Butterball are routinely crowded into filthy warehouses, neglected to die from infected, bloody wounds, and thrown, kicked, and beaten by factory farm workers."
An MFA activist who worked undercover at Butterball for three weeks captured the footage. The group stated that the worker had witnessed "an ongoing pattern of cruelty to the turkeys" which included Butterball employees intentionally committing "acts of violence and severe neglect."
Butterball has stated that the abuse was an isolated incident and promotes itself as company that prides itself on the well-being of its animals.
"As we have since we first learned of the incident at our Hoke County facility, Butterball condemns the actions of the former associates involved and will continue to cooperate fully with all external investigations and authorities," a company statement read. "Animal care and well-being is central to the operations of our company and we are committed to the care and well-being of our turkey flocks."
Douglas received a 30-day jail sentence in addition to a six-month parole. He was also charged with $550 in fines. Six other workers, whose cases are ongoing, will also face charges for animal cruelty.


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Families had stockpiled food and water, drivers had slept nights in petrol lines that snaked for city block after city block, and half a dozen people had died in a days-long spasm of violence that exploded into a full-blown seizure on Sunday, when mass protests against President Mohamed Morsi broke out and brought out the largest crowds in Egypt's modern history. The headquarters of the Mr. Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood were set on fire on Sunday night, after offices of the Brotherhood's ruling Freedom and Justice Party were attacked and burned throughout the Nile Delta. Brotherhood toughs have banded together outside their offices wearing hard hats and makeshift shields and carrying homemade guns, ready to bludgeon or blow away what they fear is the very embodiment of the counter-revolution.
One online commentator described the mass movement to oust Mr. Morsi on the anniversary of his election – a movement known as Tamarod ("rebel") – as the birth of a new political order that may kill its mother. A journalist said it was as if Egypt's body politic were rejecting a transplant and killing the nation in the process, a fledgling democracy's auto-immune system gone haywire.
How did the country get here? How did the January 2011 uprising and its young, made-for-TV activists spin out into another zero-sum game for control? The story is complicated, and the strategic and tactical failures by both the secularist opposition and the Muslim Brotherhood are so profoundly, majestically short-sighted and self-defeating that some have retreated into that most time-tested of rationales, the conspiracy, to explain how things could have gone so wrong, so fast. In their narrative, the crisis has been stage-managed by the military, Egypt's eminence grise and ultimate power-broker, beginning on the day in February 2011 when the generals opportunistically seized on the mass protests to quietly but forcefully escort President Hosni Mubarak, his family and his cronies from the stage.
Like most conspiracy theories, the story has a seed of truth. In the heady days before and after the fall of Mr. Mubarak, the generals were taking everyone's temperature. At one time or another, they chatted with many of the revolution's most prominent instigators. They met with Ahmed Maher of the April 6th Movement. They met with representatives of the Brotherhood. Mohamed Aboul Ghar, who would soon found one of the only serious non-Islamist political parties in the country, once told me how he, the editor of Al Ahram newspaper, and two other men were called before five generals that March. One kept notes as they spoke; he was Abdelfattah el-Sisi, later promoted to defence minister and military commander-in-chief under Mr. Morsi. As the meeting adjourned, one of the generals casually remarked that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces -- the military's governing body -- had in 2010 held a meeting without Mr. Mubarak, their commander, and decided not to allow the president's son, Gamal, to complete a widely telegraphed succession during rigged presidential elections then scheduled for 2011.
"The plan [was], when Gamal is going to take over, they are going make a coup," Aboul Ghar recalled. The military's disdain for Gamal and his generation of casually corrupt businessmen was well known, as was their desire not to see him crowned, and the January uprising provided a perfect opportunity to abort the Mubarak family dynasty. But after it became obvious that the masses would not accept a handover to Omar Suleiman, Mr. Mubarak's last-minute vice president and intelligence chief, the military needed a placeholder. Picking out a suitable figure from Mr. Mubarak's old National Democratic Party network would be impossible -- not in the aftermath of a rebellion that left their headquarters smoldering, their party dissolved, and their leaders facing prosecution. Egypt's political opposition, meanwhile, had been carefully neutered and co-opted for five decades; it had no base and its leaders no respect on the streets.
The only suitable dancing partner was the Muslim Brotherhood, an institution whose organizational, bureaucratic and service-providing experience was deeper than even that of the post-1956 militarized government itself.
And so the transition proceeded under military rule, directed by old, conservative men who learned their craft in a much different Egypt, half of them hoping to protect the old order, the other half pushing their project to usher in a new one. A temporary constitution orchestrated by the military and backed by the Brotherhood and their ultraconservative allies passed easily. Calls from figures such as Mohamed ElBaradei to create a liberal, progressive and inclusive new constitution from scratch, written by an independent body chosen by consensus, were ignored. As the year dragged on, poor Egyptians remained poor, and Mr. Mubarak sat uncharged with any crime in a military hospital. Protests against the military's reluctance to hand over power grew. They were supported by the Brotherhood, which likely saw in the unrest a useful tactic to keep their prime opponent on the back foot. In November 2011, the protests threatened to get out of control.Report Typo/Error
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Spring rains may hamper pheasant success
Much of the Minnesota pheasant belt was pelted with spring rains and cold weather. For pheasants, it was less than an ideal spring in terms of the weather. The winter was considered to be relatively mild, with a good number of hens ready to nest, but the rains continued. Traditionally, according to game biologists, if wet weather dooms a clutch of pheasant eggs, hens will renest often. But once they're hatched and the poults perish, there's no more re-nesting. Warm, dry weather did finally arrive about June 15 as the peak of the hatch arrived. There was a lot of standing water in the fields for a longer time than we usually have.
The final result of things will not be known until August when the roadside studies are completed.
Things were no better in South Dakota, with rainfall exceeding the averages. There were plenty of birds available for nesting, but weather didn't cooperate there either. The state came through the hunting season like there hadn't been any hunting, the pre-season estimate being about 12 million birds, highest in half a century.
Iowa had the worst spring weather of all of the northern prairie states. It was cold and wet, and the hatch is usually a bit earlier than it is in Minnesota. There too, it will be necessary to wait until counts are made at selected roadside locations. In Iowa, there has been a significant loss of CRP lands, to add to the worries about pheasants. The outlook isn't at all dreary, but the anticipated gains probably won't materialize. We can only wait and see.
Spring duck numbers are up
The reverse is true when you're looking at waterfowl numbers. There has been a retention of sheet water due to the cold wet spring, and mallards have stayed in Minnesota. The number of mallards nesting here rose this year to 298,000, up 23 percent from last spring's survey count of 242,000 birds, according to Steve Cordts, the Minnesota DNR waterfowl specialist. The mallard count was up was up 34 percent above the long-term average. The DNR makes an annual survey via aerial observation, the planes being in the air before the "leaf out" of the trees, so observation was good, this year.
Blue wing teal numbers were up, due to favorable conditions. Other ducks like gadwall, ringneck, wood ducks and redheads all appeared to be above the long term average too. Breeding populations for ducks in Minnesota looks good this year.
Our Canada goose population too, is in very good shape. Production should be better than last year, and that was a good one. Waterfowl are not looking as good over in North Dakota. Spring has been the reverse of ours, with dry fields and shallow ponds drying up. The number of breeding ducks is about the same as last year, but there are dried out wetlands in the state. Poor water conditions are hurting breeding. With the sheet water unavailable when the migrants arrive from the south, they move on to the north into Manitoba and Saskatchewan. This makes a difference in the fall. Ducks don't nest in water, they need grass and they're not finding secure nesting cover. And the loss of CRP lands means less nesting cover.
The July brood survey will give a better idea of duck production and what hunters can expect this year.
"The Best There Is!"
You'll recognize the above phrase as the claim of Browning firearms. That may well be, as Browning is one of the world's leading makers of the rifles and shotguns we sportsmen have come to love. But it is also the heading of the published opinions of a group of famous gun writers. The opinion poll was instituted by the National Rifle Association and it was published in one of their monthly magazines, The American Hunter.
Seems the "best" is not a Browning after all, but the famous Winchester Model 70 rifle, which was introduced in 1935 and manufactured ever since the famous rifle got top billing from J. Scott Olmstead. In the rifle category, Ron Spomer, a somewhat new authority, but a seemingly good one, agrees. Bryce Towsley lists the Remington 700 as tops. Shotguns lists the Remington 870, and perhaps that's right, as nearly ten million have been made. The ubiquitous Winchester Model 12 is in third place. I was surprised to see the .308 Winchester get to the top of the list as "best" cartridge, with the 22 long rifle second and the .30-06 coming in third.
My personal choice would place the Winchester Model 70 #1, as there hasn't ever been anything better. I've had several in my gun racks, a .220 Swift, 257 Roberts, .270 Winchester and a .30-06. All gave excellent service, bagged a lot of game, gophers, crows and targets over the years.
The Browning Automatic 5 was near the top of the shotgun list for several of the writers, and everyone placed the 22 long rifle very high.
It was an interesting study, and I found very little fault with the conclusions of the many gun writers. The Winchester Model 52 target and sporting 22 rimfire was a top choice, along with Ruger's #1 single action rifle, which was popular but not outstanding. The Winchester Model 94 30-30 carbine was a popular choice. Get all of the details from the NRA magazine, and see if you agree with the choice of America's gun experts.
Shotgun enthusiasts in America will instantly recognize this as the premier over under shotgun made in Japan and used in the U.S.A. for hunting, trap, skeet and sporting clays. Introduced in 1973, it was the budget gun for the working man as the Belgian made Superposed was edging upwards in price, and was beyond the financial reach of many of us.
I owned a number of Model 12 shotguns and was happy with them. Al Ungerecht had fashioned butt stocks and fore ends to my specifications, did a masterful job of checkering the very nice walnut, but I yearned for an over-under shotgun, and the Citori seemed within my budget. I bought a field grade Citori for less than $300 from gun dealer Dave Vore in Fergus Falls.
Becoming accustomed to the over-under after a lifetime of slides was taking some learning experience, but I shot it quite well, did some pheasant, grouse and trap shooting with it. But it was a heavy gun, about eight pounds and I yearned for a slim 20 gauge. It was some years later, but I managed to get one that was used, and I hade a semi-matched pair.
The Browning Company, based in Utah, opted to have their Superposed raised to custom level at very high prices, and it was continued to be imported from Belgium.
However, the lower priced Citori was taking America by storm, and other manufacturers were in a frenzy, and began importing stack barrels from Italy, Japan, Turkey and Brazil. There was a mish-mash of over-under guns available, competing with the Citori, now, but its overwhelming popular continued. This spring, the one millionth Citori was made. It is an elegant gun, with gold engraving, superb walnut, and a fitted case. It has been donated by Browning to the National Rifle Association, and will be offered on a raffle basis at the NRA annual meetings in the fall, this year.
If you're in the market for a beautiful, serviceable over under, and who of us isn't, well, you'll see it at your gun dealer, in larger numbers and greater selections than other very good offerings. You may opt to buy an over-under shotgun for one reason or another, but Citori offers value and a quality piece, for a price that many of us have found we can meet.


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Abstract: We propose a critical test of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE) selection function for galaxy clusters. Our study uses maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation acquired by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) during 5 months of observing in 2008 over some 400 deg^2 of the southern sky. Several well-known, massive clusters including the famous ``Bullet Cluster'' were detected as 145-GHz SZE decrements in this survey. The goal of this proposal is to obtain optical imaging data on ~100 unidentified 145-GHz decrements using the SOAR Optical Imager (SOI) in order to determine the recovery fraction of true massive clusters based on confirming the presence of a brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) and red sequence of accompanying cluster members. The depth of the individual observations in gri has been set so that we can detect faint red-sequence galaxies (0.4L^*) at a redshift of 0.8. Over 90% of ACT SZE clusters are expected to lie at redshifts between 0 and 0.8. Two colors will ensure detectability of the red sequence across this full redshift range. The fraction of true clusters associated with SZE decrements is a fundamental number that must be determined before cosmology with SZE clusters can begin.
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When Carlos Ruiz was traded to FC Dallas before the start of the 2005 season, he took with him 50 career MLS goals. Those goals came over three seasons and 72 games, and Ruiz was by far the leading goalscorer in Major League Soccer over that time.
But that also seemed to be the problem. When Ruiz left, the predictability of the Los Angeles Galaxy offense left with him. Last year opposing defenses could focus on Ruiz, and then defend well on set pieces to effectively slow down the Galaxy attack.
The ploy worked too, as Ruiz was held to an MLS career-low 11 goals, and the Galaxy stumbled a bit down the stretch, losing the Western Conference lead to Kansas City last season down the home stretch.
This year things have changed. The addition of Landon Donovan and the strong play of Jovan Kirovski as a target striker have opened up space for other players to get involved.
One player whose offensive exploits this season have surprised everyone is Pete Vagenas. If not for a pesky crossbar against Real Salt Lake, the Pasadena native would have three goals already this year, tying a career-high.
"It's obvious it's something we've concentrated on," said Vagenas. "The more people we can get involved in the offense the harder it is to stop us."
Another player who has seen a scoring renaissance this year is Cobi Jones. After spending more than a year off the scoring charts in MLS, the speedy veteran has also notched two goals this year.
Jovan Kirovski knows that the work he does up top is helping to create the opportunities for Jones and Vagenas.
"With Landon's speed, Cobi and Pete coming out of midfield, we're a dangerous team going forward," Kirovski said.
Dangerous indeed. In four games, four different players have scored -- three of which have hit for multiple goals.
With the exception of Week 1 in Columbus, where the team was battling wind, rain, and snow, no defense has been able to stop Los Angeles.
Steve Sampson has been watching his team grow since the preseason and is now starting to see the players he chose to bring to L.A. make his system work.
"These guys don't care about who they play. It's all about coming out and playing better every game," said the Galaxy boss.
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IBA Announces More Layoffs, Programming Cuts
The Israel Broadcasting Authority yesterday announced a string of cuts, including the removal of several programs and pushing up the end of broadcasting to 11:00 P.M., beginning this Sunday. The move joins previously announced cuts and layoffs made over the last few days.
Programs to be axed include a nightly news show, a financial news show and several cultural and musical series. A short program on culture and economics will be broadcast during the vacated airtime, to be hosted by Uri Levy.
Shows that will remain on air will also be effected by the cuts. It was recently determined that both studio time and operations outside the studio would be cut back. The flagship news show "Mabat" was trimmed down to 27 minutes, which means six to nine reports will be given up each night. Its sister show "Mabat Sheni" has also suffered cutbacks in terms of the investment made in its content, as have the programs "Welcoming the Shabbat" and "Telecinema." Projects in development, including a motoring show and a series on the history of food have all been put on hold.
These cuts come on top of a decision by IBA director-general Moti Shklar to remove the editors of both "Mabat" and "Mabat Sheni."
IBA has been negotiating its restructuring for the past two and half years, but the agreement has been stalled by incessant clashes between the administration and the workers' committees. The radio technicians began imposing sanctions recently, which are affecting broadcasting.
The combined woes of the IBA prompted Information and Diaspora Minister Yuli Edelstein, in charge of implementing the reforms, to issue strong reprimands against IBA employees.
"What we have here is a Western-style stand off," Edelstein told Israel Radio, itself a part of IBA, yesterday. "People paying the license fee will soon stop getting not just quality content, but any content for their money." Edelstein said he believed the reforms were stalled because the workers didn't appreciate the full gravity of the situation.
"The feeling inside the IBA is that we're being shut down while negotiations are still ongoing," one employee told Haaretz yesterday. "They're cutting shows and worsening the situation, but they're acting strangely. It's probably another way to pressure us."
The IBA issued the following statement: "The decision to cut shows and reduce transmission hours is not some kind of a management whim. The committee's insistence on running the radio and television is going to doom the broadcasting authority."
"The management and the director-general are doing everything they can to reduce damage to our content, which is why when cuts are made certain priorities are set," the statement said.
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Welcome to Back Stage's third annual Readers' Choice Awards, in which you, our readers, offer your recommendations on local people, products, and services — from headshot photographers and demo reel producers to acting coaches and representation. Approximately 2,000 of you participated this year, and we thank you so much for your enthusiasm and your great tips.
I'd also like to thank our previous Readers' Choice winner for best place to network, the Actors' Network, and its members for helping to spread the word again on our survey. And many thanks to photographer and Readers' Choice runner-up Alan Weissman (www.alanweissman.com) for his generosity in giving away a headshot package to a lucky survey participant, along with makeup artist Rita Montanez (Readers' Choice favorite makeup artist 2007) for providing her services on the day of the shoot. As has become a tradition, Back Stage selects one actor in L.A. and one in NYC to receive this free headshot package as thanks for casting a vote. This year's West Coast winner is Heidi Schooler, whom I had the pleasure to meet recently. Schooler has strong opinions on everything pertaining to acting and enthusiastically shares advice. Not only did Schooler win, but so did Back Stage, which has found a new contributor to our publication. "I've never been someone who sits around at home waiting for the phone ring," she notes. "What do you have control of as an actor? Be proactive and have an impact on other people."
Schooler, who is originally from New York and has called L.A. home for 14 years, works as an actor in all mediums — including voiceover, commercials, film, TV, and theatre. She is proud to say that for the past two years she has been making a living as an actor. Most recently she shot two commercials, including an OnStar spot; was cast in a voiceover-motion-capture role for the video game sequel of The Chronicles of Riddick; and landed a guest-starring role on CSI: NY. Below are some of her recommendations that she hopes you find helpful. Likewise, I hope you find the rest of this special issue valuable.
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Favorite Acting Coach
Kimberly Jentzen first started coaching actors in a stairwell of the fourth floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. And, yes, two years in a row Jentzen has won the accolades of Back Stage readers.
Favorite Acting Teacher
"I love actors. I get it. I understand it." This is not a glib attempt at empathy on the part of Scott Sedita, who has been teaching actors at his Larchmont studio for the past 10 years.
Favorite Open Mike
How do comics get their own HBO specials, network sitcoms, and lucrative bookings in ritzy Vegas casinos? The same way people make it to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice.
Favorite Headshot Photographer
"Blake is a great people-person type of guy — nice, funny, relaxed. He is intelligent and quick-working, without giving you a sense of being rushed. He really gives you a sense you are both working together toward a common goal."
Favorite Photo Lab
When asked why he thought Reproductions won this year for best photo lab, Robert Browne, general manager of the Los Angeles office, attributed it to the company's unique product : MasterPhoto/Heavy.
Favorite Agent
"My commercial agent is Samantha Daniels of Bicoastal Talent. I can't say enough good things about her. She's professional, loyal, extremely hard-working, and just a fabulous agent. I feel lucky to have her."
Favorite Improv Company
Reader Matt Lutz aptly describes the Groundlings as the "granddaddies of the L.A. improv and sketch comedy scene." Perhaps that's why, for the third year in a row, the comedy company was voted favorite place to see improv.
Favorite Manager
"Paulo and Kurt are both genuinely nice guys who really care about their clients and work hard to guide their careers, including helping one client who was having a tough time at auditions and getting another into a big movie audition the producers didn't think she was right for — and that she ultimately booked."
Favorite Theatre Company To See/Act With
Receiving a double vote of confidence from the Back Stage readers seems a fitting testament during a watershed year for Hollywood's 13-year-old Elephant Theatre Company.
Favorite Film CD
Finding the right person for each and every part is something Deborah Aquila is passionate about, and her instincts are spot-on: She cast a teenage Adrien Brody in a few films before he became an Oscar winner for The Pianist, and she gave Edward Norton his break in Primal Fear.
Favorite Place to People-Watch
Is that Mischa Barton behind those gigantic sunglasses? Richard Belzer cutting you off in the parking lot? If you're at the Grove or the adjacent Farmers Market, it just might be.
Favorite Television CD
The winner of an Emmy and two Artios Awards, April Webster's first credit was the original Knight Rider series; her most recent is the latest Star Trek film, now in postproduction.
Heidi Schooler's Picks:
Favorite Demo Reel Producer: Robert Campbell at Quick Nickel. "He is very talented at the flow of editing, what is good footage to use or not. And he's an actor, so he knows the instinctual 'beats' of when something should end or when material is funny or dramatic."
Favorite Acting Teacher/Private Coach: Stephen Book. "I've been studying with him for six months. He also has written some amazing books that are terrific, one being on the improvisational techniques for theatrical acting that we are doing in class. He doesn't teach through any kind of put-downs. His way of teaching makes you start to become very aware of things to focus on to get more believable in your work." Schooler has studied with a variety of teachers and schools over the years, including the Actors Studio in Los Angeles, and recommends that actors "have a whole bag of tools from different places and use whichever one you can for whatever is appropriate." Lastly, she suggests, "Be in a class of some sort that helps you to understand what to do with a script, what to do with a character, and how to develop a character."
Favorite Commercial CDs: Craig Colvin, Terry Berland, Shane Liem-Jacobson, Sheila Manning, Cathi Carlton, Ross Lacy, Stuart Stone
Favorite Film CDs: Mary Vernieu and Victoria Burrows. "Both are extremely nice and have great people that work with them," Schooler says.
Favorite Television CDs: Jennifer Cooper from FMW Casting — "such a great gal, and the FMW women are very kind, helpful, and very professional."
Favorite Place to People Watch: Hollywood Boulevard. "You definitely see some interesting character studies there."
Favorite Agents: At Independent Artists, Laura Fogelman and Beverly Kline for voiceover; at Coast to Coast, Hugh Leon for commercials
Favorite Manager: Michael Abrams of the Michael Abrams Group. "What is so special about my manager is that he helps build people's careers by giving them the information and the confidence they need and a realistic way at looking at themselves so that they can see what kinds of parts they can portray and what to go after," she says. "He's a career builder."
Favorite Demo Reel Producer
Robert Campbell is an actor, and he has interned with casting directors and talent agencies. So his demo reel production company, Quick Nickel, combines his knowledge of acting skills with his business savvy to create actors' reels that appeal to the industry.


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The new Volvo S90 is Volvo's entry ticket to the premium sedan
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POLLING has started in Malawi's fifth elections since the introduction of multiparty democracy in 1994.
Voting started at 6am on Tuesday at most polling centres but some delayed opening by as much as three hours due to rains and late deliveries of polling materials.
Joyce Banda, Africa's second female president, is facing stiff challenges from 12 candidates.
Banda was vice-president and came to power in 2013 following the sudden death of President Bingu wa Mutharika.
Mutharika's brother, Peter Mutharika, is now challenging Banda.
Others running for president include Atupele Muluzi, son of another former president, and retired pastor Lazarus Chakwera.
Malawi has been hit by corruption scandals, with police in November arresting a former justice minister on suspicion of involvement in the shooting of the country's budget director.
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Although you could easily miss the church's entrance, concealed in a courtyard, the Týn is one of the landmarks of Staré Město thanks to its twin towers....Staroměstské náměstí 604
You'll spot this humble church from the queues of pilgrims from Catholic countries all over the world, all waiting to catch a glimpse of its most famous...Karmelitská 9
Built in the 1730s, this Baroque church was taken over and restored by the Czech Orthodox Church in the 1930s. A plaque and memorial outside, together with...Resslova 9
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Really nice theme but very slow transition between pages. Can that be improved as I will purchase if so.
Hello thank you for your interest, the reason why it's slowly because the theme hosted in shared hosting not VPS for Multisite, so it made the preview much slower than for single site or VPS.
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Very nice looking theme but you need to fix some of the title tags, especially the header of each page. Headers = H1, not span or h2 tags!
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Hey, Where did you get the icons from used in services? Want to use the same style.
Just found links on information. Silly me for not looking.
I'm glad you found it.
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What is new in the update? Still cant find the same icons used in the demo of services? Great theme though love it!
Hi, the update is small fix for single slider post not show correctly, for icons service it placed in " managov/images/icons/ " you will see those there.
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Nice theme. I like the portfolio layout but the sort action is a little clunky. It also goes to top of page when you click the category buttons – it's not a nice smooth action.
Also, FYI, gallery post sidebar appears below content, not next to it. http://themes.multipixels.net/managov/2012/12/19/event-inside-the-mall/
Hi,thank you very much for all feed back, for portfolio filter in the next update I will use Isotope instead of quicksand so it will smooth than this.
just fix the single slider post it works fine now.
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This is quick fix for slider single post show not correctly.
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Hello,1.I tested the site on responsive. The phone# and the social media on the top right disappear. Please check responsive sites here http://www.studiopress.com/responsive/ Some element are not showing properly on responsive
2. Can we add a custom contact form on the home page as a Appointment form?
Please let me know Thank you EWs
3. can we create a custom contact form or should we be contact form 7?
1. some content remove for reduce the speed load for small devices and some element not work well with it. for the responsive I will fix it then will give a comment update.
2.yes, you can via the main homepage code or via page builder.
3.you can choose your own contact form just delete the form in contact.php
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Hi Decneo, I was wonder when you going to be able to fix the elements and phone number to be responsive? I will get the theme when the issues are solve. Please let me know. Thank you EWS
Hi, for some elements is not nice looking for mobile devices so I've decided to invisible it but for mobile number I will fix it in the up-comming update.
Fixed to display socials icon and mobile number area for mobile devices, please check the site preview.
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Good afternoon, for nothing, not even the work of the sub menu items. Could you help please.
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Thanks, now I have a problem with the color of the items, select items, etc. If you notice all the menu items I get to hightlight Color
Hi, the highlight color will be placed at " Appearance -> theme options " if you have any question then please contact me via E-mail for quicker reply.
Im interested to get your theme, but i'm kinda annoyed by the [BLOG OVERVIEW SIDEBAR], which appeared on the top, can i remove it after i purchased the theme?
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Hi this theme its great! have a question. I can remove the home slider and replace it with another from code or Childtheme?Example: http://i43.tinypic.com/msk6zd.jpg
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Hi, Ive bought the theme and installed everything.
The counters do not work – as in they only show the total numbers and do not count upwards from zero.
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This is my website URL http://www.p5assoc.com/ but CSS is not working properly.Iam using godaddy server.Is anybody help me in this regard
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Hi, in /functions/theme_functions.php you need to use 'after_setup_theme' action to load lang, but you use 'after_theme_setup' – it's wrong name of action and not working
also, where is no option to change date/time format, you hardcoded it in theme files
Hi, for the first comment thank you very much for noticed my fault, You're right.
and for the date/time format option in theme options I can add it to the theme options for you. please contact me via my contact page please.
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Enjoy margarita samples at the Fifth Annual Margarita Taste-Off
Published 3:59 pm, Wednesday, April 3, 2013
If even the mention of a salted-rim glass excites you, then you're obviously a margarita fan. You're also the kind of fundraising patron who will appreciate the Candlelighters Young Professionals Group's Fifth Annual Margarita Taste-Off.
The April 13 fundraiser (it's on a Saturday, tequila fans, so no worries about work the next day) will feature margarita samples from some of the city's best restaurants and Tex-Mex gems. The restaurants – which include El Tiempo, Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen, Maria Selma, Taco Milagro, Hotel Icon, La Tapatia,Houston Texans Grille, Guadalajara and El Patio – also will offer up their best tequila concoctions in a competition for best margarita.
The fundraiser will be held at Hughes Hangar, 2811 Washington, from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance through candle.org or $40 at the door. Admission includes beer, margaritas and food. All proceeds benefit Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance, an organization providing emotional, educational and practical support for families with children undergoing cancer treatment at MD Anderson and Texas Children's Hospital.
Tequila Don Julio is sponsoring tequila for the event; Southern Star Brewing Company is donating the beer.


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Does Intensity Of Change Matter? Factors Affecting Adoption In Two Agri-Environmental Schemes
Agri-environmental schemes are the main policy instrument currently available in the EU to promote environmentally friendly farming practices. Nevertheless, the adoption rate of these measures is still limited. This paper develops a theoretical framework to explain farmer sign-up decision and tests whether factors affecting this decision differ depending on the level of requirement of each measure. The model is tested with two different AES in Spain implying a low and a high farm management change. Technical factors are found to be most relevant when significant farm practice changes are at stake while the role of farmer characteristics is significant when minor changes are required. In both cases, social capital and farmer attitudes still explain part of the sign-up decision. In order to increase adoption rates, different promotion activities should be undertaken according to different measures, increasing technical suitability when major changes are at stake and enhancing social capital and better targeting to relevant farmers for measures with lower requirements.
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- Fraser, Rob W., 2003. "On the use of targeting to reduce moral hazard in agri-environmental schemes," 2003 Conference (47th), February 12-14, 2003, Fremantle, Australia 57867, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
- Mathijs, Erik, 2002. "Social Capital and Farmers' Willingness to Adopt Countryside Stewardship Schemes," 13th Congress, Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 7-12, 2002 6981, International Farm Management Association.
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Obituaries can be rich in genealogical details. However, finding them for our female ancestors can be tricky, especially if you're searching in digitized newspapers. Here are 5 tips to help you find women's obituaries.
1. Search for Her Husband's Name
Married women were often referred to as Mrs. Husband Name rather than with her own first name. (This is especially true while the husband was still living.) Searching for an obituary for Mary Miller won't work if the obituary names her as Mrs. Thomas Miller. Try searching for her husband's name, including trying variations (like Jack for John or J. W. for John W.)
2. Combine Her Married Name and Her Maiden Name
If you know her maiden name, try leaving off the first name entirely. Do a search with just her married name and her maiden name. This will help you find obituaries that list her parents or her surviving brothers. (Obviously, this works better for Miller Seiglinger than it would for Miller Johnson.)
3. Search for a Surviving Child or Sibling
Do a search either for the full name of one of her surviving children or sibling or search for her last name and the married surname of one of her daughters or sisters. Look at all of the names in part of the obituary for Mrs. Jennie Brooks Kenney.
4. Consider Nicknames
Females, especially girls and young women, are sometimes listed with a nickname or diminutive form of their first name. If you're not finding Catherine, try searching for Kate or Katie.
5. Try the Name of the Cemetery
There are so many combinations of how her first name could be listed. Try searching for her last name plus the name of the cemetery. If you know Nancy Hopkins was buried in Bethel Cemetery, try searching for Hopkins Bethel.
- Don't overlook the newspapers in places where she used to live. It isn't unusual for newspapers to print obituaries for people who used to live in the community, especially if they still have a group of family and friends in the area.
- Skip the search and read the paper. If you have access to the newspaper where she lived, read it. Yes, searching can be faster. However, OCR (optical character recognition) technology is not 100% accurate. If the print is fuzzy, there's a wrinkle in the paper, or they used an oddball font, it might not be "read" correctly by the computer. The obituary could be in the paper, but it was lost in translation.
What tips do you have for finding obituaries for the females in your family tree?


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The Greek god of war and battle and the instigator of violence, a son of Zeus and Hera. Because of his cruel and war-like nature he was despised by all the gods, even his own father disliked him. Ares could be bloody, merciless, fearful and cowardly and possessed no moral attributes. He was, however, unable to withstand the loveliness of Aphrodite, who subsequently became his consort.
Ares was of giant stature and had a loud voice, and surpassed the other gods in speed. He usually fought on foot, but could sometimes be found riding a chariot. On the battlefield Ares was accompanied by Phobos ("Fear") and Deimos ("Terror"), two lesser divinities who are sometimes given as his sons. He was furthermore attended by the goddesses Eris ("Strife") and Enyo ("Horror"). Ares is also the father of Harmonia, the goddess of harmony, and of the Amazonian queens Penthesileia and Hippolyte.
During the Trojan War, Ares favored the Trojans although he had little regard for the justice of the cause of the conflict he was backing. Ares often helped non-Greek peoples, such as the Trojans and the Amazons.
Ares' cult was never fully popular in Hellas and there were only a few temples dedicated to him. His cult was probably introduced from Thrace, the region where he was held in high regard and which was traditionally the land of the Amazons. Ares was the object of a special cult in Thebes where he had a spring and which was guarded by his son, the Aeionian Dracon. It was killed by Cadmus who then had to serve the war-god for eight years, after which the gods allowed him to marry Ares' daughter Harmonia.
Etymologically his name may mean "destroyer" or "avenger."
The Romans equated them with Mars and their war-god was of much more significance than Ares.
On early Greek vases he is depicted as a bearded and elder warrior wearing a helmet and carrying a spear, usually in the company of other deities, such as on an amphora from Attica (ca. 540 BCE; Vatican Museum) and on the François Vase (ca. 570 BCE at Florance). Later artists portrayed Ares as a much younger and less war-like god. An example is the Ares Ludovisi (fourth century BCE) by Lysippus or Leochares where Ares is shown sitting on a rock, hands folded around a raised knee. Another famous statue is the Ares Borghese in the Louvre.