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So much for having a Canadian going far. Milos couldn't even make it past the second round.
Tournament starts today, with only one defending champion in it, since last year's women's champion retired almost immediately after winning it.
Think the Djoker will win it again? Can Serena reclaim what she lost last year?
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Thanks, surrender.
So much for having a Canadian going far. Milos couldn't even make it past the second round.
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Thanks, surrender.
I think it might be Murrays time now, Novak seems to have injuries and possibly other things going on and I think Murray is playing his best tennis ever. I think he's got this.
I can also see him taking number one spot, possibly by the time the world tour finals come along.
Another blow to Rafa's psyche. Last year he lost to Fognini after being 2 sets and a break up. Here, he loses from being a break up in the 5th and had that woeful miss at 6-6 in the final set breaker (having saved 3 MPs). He used to be the clutchest of them all. After going 17-5 in 5-set matches, this is now his third straight loss when it has gone the distance and hardly against giants of the game (last USO to Fognini, AO to Verdasco, now Pouille). The fear factor is gone. His confidence in those biggest moments isn't there. Great for tennis for a young guy (22 seems to be young for tennis these days) to get a big win. We still need some 18/19 year olds to break out.
Novak must be delighted to see himself surrounded by three Frenchmen in his half of the draw. A place in the final almost assured, irrespective of the possible elbow trouble.
Wow, Nishikori beat Murray. Wouldn't have seen that coming with the momentum that Andy had. We might be set for the first ever Uniqlo battle in a major final.
Think he let himself get too distracted by that mini row over the noises in the stadium, his temperament is questionable on and off I guess.
Fun fact - The commentator on Eurosport said the close-able roof on the stadium cost $100 million!
With Juan Martin gone, I am fully supporting Kei Nishikori for this year's US Open championship. I hope he finds the game that led him to the final 2 years ago and surpasses it.
For the women's side, I hope Kerber picks up the win and #1 ranking. She's been extremely consistent this year with the AO, and the Wimbledon and Olympic runner up finishes.
I think Serena got bounced tonight.
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Thanks, surrender.
Kerber will be the #1 now - ending Serena's three and a half year run.
Awful loss for Murray really against someone that is far from mentally strong. In some of the best form of his career and he let himself fall apart. Has happened too many times in big matches and it is why he isn't up there with the true greats. Still been a tremendous year for him, but this tournament felt like a big moment. If he'd won, he would've held two Majors to Novak's 2, all 4 finals in one season and been challenging for year-end #1 with huge momentum.
About time someone took Serena's #1. At the 8 Majors from US Open 2014 (when she was a few weeks from turning 33) to Wimbledon 2016 (close to turning 35), she made 7 finals and won 5. Nobody should have the best run of their career at the age of 33-34. I've mentioned it before, but there is a similar issue in the men's game as well, with missing generations really. Where are all the great 18-20 year olds making breakthroughs? We've had none since Delpo. The only two guys in the top 16 that are under 25 are Thiem and Kyrgios and does anyone really see those guys getting to the very very top?
Let's limit this to the Open era and look at the guys who won 6+ Majors and the age at which they reached their first Major final:
Jimmy Connors, 21 years 10 months WIN (born Sept 1952)
Bjorn Borg, 18 years 10 days WIN (born June 1956)
John McEnroe, 20 years 6 months WIN (born Feb 1959)
Ivan Lendl, 21 years 3 months LOSS (born Mar 1960)
Mats Wilander, 17 years 9 months WIN (born Aug 1964)
Stefan Edberg, 19 years 11 months WIN (born Jan 1966)
Boris Becker, 17 years 7 months WIN (born Nov 1967)
Andre Agassi, 20 years 2 months LOSS (born Apr 1970)
Pete Sampras, 19 years 1 month WIN (born Aug 1971)
Roger Federer 21 years 11 months WIN (born Aug 1981)
Rafael Nadal 19 years 2 days WIN (born Jun 1986)
Novak Djokovic 20 years 3 months LOSS (born May 1987)
You'll notice that Federer was actually the latest bloomer of this club at almost 22 years to reach his first final. We should be expected guys that are going to be legends of the game to be making their first final young.
There is that big gap in terms of birth age between Sampras and Fed where there was a space for another all-time great that clearly didn't exist and as a result there were more guys picking up a Major or two in the late 90s/early 00s than any other time in history (Rafter born in 1972 won 2, Kafelnikov born in 1974 won 2, Kuerten born in 1976 won 3). Agassi won 5 of his 8 Majors as an old man (in tennis terms, which means 28+) in this stretch and it feels like Novak is doing something similar in exploiting a dry spell of young talent and being more dominant at 28+ than before it (even winning all 4 in a row).
Novak must also be thinking "what the fuck is going on?" at this tournament.
1st round: beat Janowicz, who has barely played a match in the past year
2nd round: walkover
3rd round: Youhzny retired after 6 games
4th round: destroyed work-in-progress Edmund in straights
Quarter final: Tsonga retired after being 2 sets down and apparently had the injury coming in
Semi final: Monfils in full-on clown mode, until the crowd booed him and then he decided to try, and then went back to clown mode
I can't think of a run to a Major final like it.
Glad Stan won, as I think he gives us the best chance of a great final, with him and Novak having had some classics in the last few years.
Stan has won 2 of their last 3 matches in Majors and has won his last 10 finals. If the Stanimal shows up, he can beat anyone.
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I am very happy that Angelique Kerber finally snagged the #1 ranking. She's been very consistent all year round and has finished in the Top 10 for 3 consecutive years. I still remember her surprise semifinal appearance in the US Open back in 2011. I think that was where it all began and I'm glad it's the same tournament that led to the culmination of that effort.
Rooting for Novak for the men's finals today.
LOL...why is it that every girl that upsets Serena fails to seal the deal in the Finals?
The men's final was on a Monday five years in a row from 2008-2012 due to weather delays, having originally been scheduled on the Sunday. In 2013, the scheduling changed, but not in the way you might expect. They kept the "play the men's first round over three days" nonsense and had the men's semis on Sat, women's final on Sun and men's final on Mon (unlike Fri, Sat and Sun for the other Majors). So for the first time the men's final had actually been originally scheduled for a Monday, but even when they announced this new scheduling in 2013, they said it would only be for that and the next year, with it changing to being in line with the other Majors in 2015. Which it did and the men's final took place on a Sunday for the first time since 2007. We now have a roof in 2016 so no fear of the match being delayed to Monday due to weather.
In summary:
2007: final scheduled for Sunday, took place on Sunday
2008: final scheduled for Sunday, took place on Monday due to weather
2009: final scheduled for Sunday, took place on Monday due to weather
2010: final scheduled for Sunday, took place on Monday due to weather
2011: final scheduled for Sunday, took place on Monday due to weather
2012: final scheduled for Sunday, took place on Monday due to weather
2013: final scheduled for Monday, took place on Monday
2014: final scheduled for Monday, took place on Monday
2015: final scheduled for Sunday, took place on Sunday
2016: final scheduled for Sunday, will take place on Sunday
It is not a Monday final. None of the Monday finals were to do with the NFL, because if that was the case, surely they'd have kept the 2013-14 schedule.
Pliskova was on an incredible run of form with 11 straights wins (including 5 over top tenners, including Muguruza, Venus, Serena and Kerber herself in the final of Cincy) but Kerber is still the overall superior player and is the new world #1 over Serena. Kerber was in her third Major final of the season (out of 4), whereas this was Pliskova's first time beyond the 3rd round. We should be happy she gave as good an account of herself as she did.
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Sorry, my bad. I had a brain cramp.
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Thanks, surrender.
That was probably a worse way for Stan to lose the first set than if he'd just lost one of those SPs serving at 2-5. Instead he got right back into it and into the breaker. Then at 1-2 down he made one of those decisions that just baffles you from a pro (I'm looking at you, Fed) and with the entire court open AND his opponent already guessing to go further out the court, he went towards him instead of into the whole open court and lost the point. Pretty much fell apart in the breaker from there.
Oh, yeah. Looked up the schedule wrong. Saw September 12, but didn't notice that it was 4 AM, which means it was already set to my timezone.
I just woke up and going to catch up. Thanks, Strobe!
It felt like Stan was almost trying his best to lose the second from a break up and even more so in the third set, with poor serving and some dodgy shot selections. He is almost incapable of an easy service game today it seems. Even if he is 40-0 or 40-15, he is finding a way to let it get to deuce or BP down. But he got both of them in the end. If he can just get his serve going, this is completely his to lose. And just as I type this, he gets a relatively comfortable hold for a change.
Novak with antics and momentum-killing MTOs. Not unexpected from him. Thankfully it didn't affect the outcome. Djokovic has been incredibly consistent at the USO with 10 consecutive semis and 7 finals from them, but overall you'd have to say he has underachieved with only 2 titles. 2-5 in US Open finals is in stark contrast to his 6-0 Australian Open final record.
Well done, Stan. A man for the biggest of occasions. Since the start of 2014, 11/11 in finals overall and 3/3 in Major finals (over Nadal - beating Novak earlier in the tournament - and Novak x2 no less). Amazing that he has as many Majors as Murray again (all won at 28+, two at 30+) and now has 3 of the 4 with only Wimbledon missing (Murray still lacks RG and an AO despite 5 finals) when the discrepancy between them overall is huge.
Andy Murray Stan Wawrinka Major titles 3 3 Major finals 11 3 Major semis 20 7 Major quarters 28 13 Masters titles 12 1 Masters finals 19 3 Masters semis 31 8 Career titles 39 15 Career finals 60 24
Stan has now split his last 6 Major matches with Novak and, in fact, won 3 of the last 4, with all three of his losses coming in 5. Compare that to Murray, who has lost his last 5 Major matches with Novak (only taking him to 5 once) since Wimbledon 2013 and the back surgery.
2013 AO: Djokovic in 5 (bad line call stopped an almost certain break that would've let Stan try to serve for the match deep in the 5th)
2013 USO: Djokovic in 5
2014 AO: Wawrinka in 5
2015 AO: Djokovic in 5
2015 RG: Wawrinka in 4
2016 USO: Wawrinka in 4
Stan is the guy that troubles Novak the most when it matters the most, yet is 0-5 in non-Majors during this 2013-16 period.
Murray is quite clearly a greater player overall due to his consistency, but on his day Stan is indeed The Man.
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What happens in the studio shouldn't always stay in the studio. Studio Visit is a monthly series that profiles artists in their studios. We ask them questions, they provide answers, and then we have a nice discussion about their work. This month: Carolyn Lavender, whose work is currently featured in the 2015 Arizona Biennial at the Tucson Museum of Art.
Phoenix artist Carolyn Lavender readily admits she was a bit "odd" growing up, explaining that one of her many collecting phases included hunting and gathering four-leaf clovers. It's still an apt descriptor, and delightfully so, as New Times learned during a recent studio visit.
Approaching Lavender's Phoenix home, shared with husband Brian Hughes and several formerly feral cats the artist has captured and tamed, visitors spot all sorts of items they've collected or been gifted through the years by family, neighbors, or friends. Their place is located in a quiet neighborhood near East Thomas Road and 24th Street.
They married in 1986 and bought the home in 1987. So they've had decades to create what might pass for a woodland fairy's natural history museum. "That's a pile, and that's art," Lavender says, pointing to side-by-side mounds of natural materials in her yard.
Winds chimes hang just a few yards from animal vertebrae. Near the carport, there's a tree covered in small items they've been gifted but don't like. Lavender isn't keen on throwing things away, confessing she has "a hoarding personality."
Inside Lavender's living room, a large-scale graphite-and-gouache piece with portraits of 200 animals sits perched atop a chair. Lavender delights in finding a tiny cat claw on the floor, pausing to explain its pearl-like translucent properties. She's been gathering shed claws for eight years, collecting them in a spice jar so she can use them one day in her art practice.
Before heading to the studio adjoining her home, Lavender lingers to share several of the living spaces that exude her enthusiasm for collections and art. Vintage cameras sit wedged between books that share space with bits of nature gathered here and there, and other miniature treasures. Artworks, mostly gifts from friends or trades with fellow artists, fill many of her walls.
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Lavender's studio is part work space, part curiosity shop. Small animal skeletons and tiny toys share a wall with CDs organized by color — a habit developed while working retail, Lavender explains, and further evidence of her obsessive side. Art supplies abound, and a giant work surface sits in the center of the space.
Several of Lavender's works line one wall, and blank panels she's preparing to draw and paint on are tacked onto another. Lavender creates both large- and small-scale pieces using drawing, painting, and collage. She's been doing collages since she was a child, and continues to fill up books with pictures and her own written text.
Most recently, Lavender's art practice has focused on animal scenes. In her Fictionscape digital prints, shown earlier this year at MADE Art Boutique in Roosevelt Row, she used Photoshop with images she'd appropriated from various sources to mix and match the bodies and heads of various animals.
Carolyn Lavender shares one of the collage books she keeps in her Phoenix studio.
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For her Animal Pairings series, Lavender draws an animal object and an animal side by side. According to Lavender's blog, these works reference real versus fake, disappearing wild spaces, and Lavender's own attachment to animal objects. Two of these pairings are part of the 2015 Arizona Biennial, an exhibition that continues through October 11 at the Tucson Museum of Art.
So too is Preservation Woods, an 80-inch by 160-inch acrylic and graphite on archival foam core piece which sets taxidermy animals within a beautiful forest setting. It's a way of showing that they're "part formerly living creature, and part object." Lavender drew the animals based on photos taken in various locations recounted on her blog — including a bar, sporting goods store, hair salon, frame shop, and more. As part of her art practice, Lavender takes a camera everywhere she goes.
Lavender describes Preservation Woods, which was first exhibited as part of a 2013 group show with Mary Shindell and Monica Aissa Martinez at Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, as an "ongoing painting." It's also been exhibited in Tempe and San Diego, with Lavender undertaking various additions and refinements in between shows. "It's been various states of raw," explains Lavender. "I don't want things finished edge to edge because it's a barrier that keeps viewers out."
The Woods - Preservation, one of Carolyn Lavender's works that sets taxidermy animals in forest settings.
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It's common for Lavender to repeat particular themes in her work. Before Preservation Woods, she did a drawing called The Woods - Preservation, which also features animals in a forest setting. Lavender recalls starting that piece after hearing about a woman who'd gone into the woods to take her own life. "When I drew the woods I had a feeling of homecoming," Lavender explains. She added the animals later, describing the effect as a combination of "strangeness and silliness."
Currently Lavender is working on a rhinoceros drawing for the upcoming "Chaos Theory" exhibition at Legend City Studios, and a piece for a "mini-retrospective" of her work Ted Decker plans to present in March of 2016. But she's also hoping to line up some out-of-state exhibitions with Shindell and Martinez to increase exposure for her work. We can't wait to see what sort of souvenirs she brings back to the studio.
A few of the shelves filled with treasures in Carolyn Lavender's studio.
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Tell us about your work in haiku format.
Okay, so I did haiku like every school child and promptly forgot the formula. I just now looked it up, and thought nope not doing this. Sorry I just don't have the patience for it. I will substitute with a short description: Animal-based drawing and painting that is idea based, intricate, decorative, developed and raw.
What artist(s) are you really into right now?
I enjoy contemporary artist Mark Dion, and any of the Northern Renaissance painters. I tend to love a period of art, digest it so to speak, and then move on. But I have been into artists such as Holbein, Van Eyck, Van der Weyden, and Durer, for quite some time and show no signs of tiring. I also love outsider artists such as Adolph Wolfli, and native folk art in places like Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, New Zealand, etc.
One very tiny slice of life, and death, inside Carolyn Lavender's front yard in Phoenix.
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What are you reading?
I went through some old art magazines and tore out the articles that most interested me. Last night was an article about Dana Schutz.
What's the last TV show, film, or video you watched?
I do watch TV on the computer and it is a guilty pleasure for sure. Not sure I want to confess specifics.
If you could collaborate with any artists, alive or dead, who would it be? And why?
Leonardo da Vinci, because he was everything I am, and everything I am not. Mostly things I will never be, but how great it would be to spent time with him? He was a vegetarian, not very religious, and loved animals so we would have things in common besides the love of art.
What was the last exhibition you saw and what did you think of it?
At Eye Lounge I saw Takashi Hara's sculpture-based installation and loved it. Also saw "Artists Repurpose the Book" at the downtown library and really enjoyed it. Especially loved John Armstrong's book, though it is displayed so that you cannot see any of the images within the book. I got to see the interior pages on a cell phone.
Carolyn Lavender creates animal mash-ups with appropriated images.
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Jeff Koons or Marina Abramovic? And why?
Marina is the better artist. They both have huge egos that can be out of proportion, but she has the conceptual body of work to more completely defend it.
What's the best advice you've ever received? I have been really lucky to have advice, mentoring and support from a multitude of people. I could pick out lots of things, but I got a little needed push from Phoenix artist, Mary Shindell, when I was graduating from high school. She was the artist-in-residence at my high school and dropped by the house when I wasn't home. She left a note that said, "I think you should give art a chance".
One of Carolyn Lavender's works in progress coming together on her Apple computer.
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What are you currently working on?
I am working on another animal-pairings drawing for Chaos Theory, and just started prepping panels for a 80-by-87-inch painting that will show at LA Artcore and at the Roosevelt Row container gallery, Hot Box, in March. It will involve woods and taxidermy like the 13-foot-wide painting that is currently on display in the Arizona Biennial at Tucson Museum of Art.
What's your most valuable tool as an artist?
It is tempting to answer this question subjectively, but I will go with literal. My graphite drawing materials are primal for me. I use a lead holder and a lead pointer, which sharpen my point perfectly every time. I love using a combination of hard and very soft leads in my drawings.
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Central Cancer Registry Domain Diagram
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- A group of classes and interfaces that reflect important entities of the business domain of the system being modeled.
- The relationships between the classes and interfaces.
The NPCR–AERRO Central Cancer Registry Domain Diagram shows the interactions between the entities involved in central cancer registry functions. It shows the formation of a cancer abstract from the time individual event reports are generated at different data sources to the time the cancer abstract is stored in the central cancer registry and made available to institutions and national programs for research.
A text description of the diagram and legend may be found below. For information about reading diagrams, see Diagram Conventions.
- Central Cancer Registry
A central cancer registry (CCR) collects, processes, and analyzes data on all cancer cases diagnosed. Each state in the United States has a CCR. This organization refers to other CCRs and is a business actor external to the CCR business process. It interacts with the CCR when the CCR performs interstate data exchange and provides data for use by others.
- Cancer Information
Facts or data that describe the occurrence, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).
- Research
A detailed study of data relating to the occurrence, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
- Central Registry Registrar
A data management professional who validates event reports; links patients and tumors; performs consolidation, audits, quality assurance, and rapid case ascertainment; links to external data sources to improve data and for research; conducts death clearance, follow-up, and interstate data exchange; responds to calls for data; and provides data for use by others.
- Cancer Case (Consolidated Record)
A summary of all event reports submitted by reporting facilities. It contains the final best information regarding a patient and his or her cancer and includes patient demographic, medical, staging, treatment, and service information.
- Event Report
An electronic submission of data, usually the electronic health record or a cancer registry.
- Non-Registry Event Report
An electronic submission of data from a data source other than a cancer registry.
- Registry Event Report (Abstract)
An abstract is an abbreviated record that identifies the patient, disease, treatment, and disease process from the time of diagnosis until the patient's death. It usually is divided into sections: patient identification, cancer identification, stage of disease at diagnosis, first course of treatment, recurrence, and follow-up. The abstract is the basis for the rest of the registry's functions; without this summary of a patient's cancer experience, no other registry function can take place.
- Routine Event Report
A report submitted by a data source relating to a patient with cancer, such as a pathology report, discharge summary, insurance claim, or death certificate.
- Corrected Event Report
An event report that corrects an error in a previously submitted event report.
- Updated Event Report
An event report that provides additional information on a previously submitted event report.
- Rapid Event Report
An event report transmitted in real time to notify a central cancer registry of a cancer diagnosis quickly, usually to include a patient in a research study.
- Reporting Facility
Provides data to the cancer registry. It is responsible for the accuracy of the data and for providing corrections and updates. The two types of reporting facilities in the central cancer registry domain are healthcare facilities and non-healthcare facilities.
- Heathcare (Hospital) Facility Data Source
An organization that provides medical services to patients, and contributes clinical as well as other information to a cancer registry.
- Non-Healthcare (Non-Hospital) Facility Data Source
An organization that provides non-medical information to a cancer registry.
- Hospital
A healthcare facility that provides inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, treatment, and palliative care services. It may serve a community or regional population or serve as a teaching and referral center. A hospital may seek approval for its cancer program from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, whose program standards require operation of a hospital cancer registry.
- Independent Healthcare Practitioners
Solo or group physician practices, usually focused on a specialty area of medical practice such as internal medicine, general surgery, or urology. Their medical records identify cancer patients and provide cancer-specific treatment data and patient follow-up information. Physician practices may be required to report cancer cases to the central registry, to respond to inquiries from the central registry, or to allow central registry access to their medical records.
- Radiation Oncology Center
The department that provides curative, adjuvant, or palliative cancer treatment using radiation to control malignant cells. Radiation may be given as external beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy or implantation of radioactive sources, or injection or ingestion of radioactive materials. Radiation oncology documentation, which may be maintained separate from the hospital medical record, includes pre-treatment consultation summarizing the cancer diagnosis and treatment to date, treatment planning and daily dose delivery, treatment summary, and patient follow-up visits.
- Freestanding Surgery Center
A surgical facility that is independent from an acute care facility.
- Freestanding Path Labs
Pathology laboratories that operate independently from other healthcare facilities, whose clients may include physician and clinic practices as well as hospitals. They examine organs, tissues, cells, and bodily fluids removed from patients for the investigation and diagnosis of disease, and conduct autopsies to study disease processes and to determine cause of death. Pathology reports include the type of material examined, body location from which the specimen was taken, gross and microscopic description and evaluation of tissues, components of bodily fluids, and diagnosis. Pathology laboratories may be required to report cancer cases to the central registry, to respond to inquiries from the central registry, or to allow central registry access to pathology records.
- Nursing Home
A long-term care and end-of-life care facility. Cancer patients may be diagnosed while permanently or temporarily resident in a nursing home. It may be required to respond to inquiries from the central registry, or to allow central registry access to its medical records, particularly for case ascertainment on patients who died with a cancer diagnosis identified only through death certification information.
- IHS/Local Tribe Clinic
The Indian Health Service (IHS) provides comprehensive health services through IHS and tribally contracted hospitals, health centers, school health centers, and health stations. The health services provided include medical, dental, and environmental health programs. Central registries are required to link data with the IHS database to improve the identification and surveillance of American Indians and Alaska Natives diagnosed with cancer.
- Prison
Incarcerated patients' medical records may document routine care delivered to a prison population or individual care received at a prison medical center. Cancer diagnostic and treatment information for prisoners generally is available through the hospital that provides non-routine medical services to the prison. Follow-up information may be obtained from the healthcare provider.
- Office of Medical Examiner
A public official who investigates any death not due to natural causes.
- Hospital Registry
A hospital cancer registry collects information on all cancer patients who use the services of a hospital. It may be required to report cancer cases to the central registry, to respond to inquiries from the central registry, or to allow central registry access to its records.
- Oncology Clinic
An ambulatory care unit responsible for staging, medical treatment, and follow-up of cancer patients in a hospital. A clinic may focus on a particular cancer site such as breast cancer, provide a centralized setting for chemotherapy administration, or coordinate all services provided to oncology patients throughout the facility. Medical oncology documentation varies according to the services provided and may be separate from the hospital medical record.
- Hospital Pathology
The hospital department that examines organs, tissues, cells, and bodily fluids removed from patients for the investigation and diagnosis of disease, and conducts autopsies to study disease processes and to determine cause of death. Pathology reports include the type of material examined, body location from which the specimen was taken, gross and microscopic description and evaluation of tissues, components of bodily fluids, and diagnosis. A pathology laboratory may be required to report cancer cases to the central registry, to respond to inquiries from the central registry, or to allow central registry access to pathology records.
- Claims (Medicare, Medicaid, Private, Billing)
The department responsible for billing and collecting payment for health care services rendered by the facility. The business office provides the information on the financial statement submitted for payment.
- Hospital Disease Index
A numerically sequenced list of diseases and conditions diagnosed in hospital patients. Diseases and conditions identified in patient medical records are coded using a standard classification system such as ICD-9-CM or CPT (Current Procedural Terminology). The disease index, compiled from these codes, is a casefinding source for the cancer registry.
- e-Prescriptions
e-Prescribing is the process of prescribing medication using a computerized physician order entry system linked with clinical decision support that can send prescriptions or prescription-related information to pharmacies electronically.
- Diagnostic Imaging
Independent healthcare facilities whose clients may include physician and clinic practices as well as hospitals. They create images of body organs and structures for the purposes of diagnosing disease, evaluating disease progression, and monitoring the effects of treatment. Imaging information generally is provided to central cancer registries through reporting procedures established with physician offices and treatment facilities.
- Health Insurance Plan
Medical practice managed by an insurance plan, in which subscribers generally receive primary care at clinics owned by the plan, with referral to outside specialists as needed. A plan maintains consolidated medical records for its patients who receive medical care from multiple facilities and may provide cancer information on shared patients to hospital registries or establish its own registry database for monitoring patient care and outcomes. A plan may be required to report cancer cases to the central registry, to respond to inquiries from the central registry, or to allow central registry access to its medical records.
- State Registry
A population-based registry that identifies cancer cases not reported by outside entities, abstracts missing cancer information, and consolidates cancer information from multiple sources into a single record. Registry staff monitor the completeness of reporting, maintain relationships with reporting entities, know coding systems and rules, and help reporting entities refine casefinding and abstracting practices.
- State Health Department
A state government agency that promotes the health of state residents. It usually applies for and manages federal grants to support federally mandated health-related programs such as the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). Central registries are required to link their data with the NBCCEDP database to identify missing cases and improve data quality in both databases.
- Bureau of Vital Statistics
An agency within a state government that collects, maintains, and distributes information on births and deaths for state residents. It provides demographic and follow-up data for patients in the central registry database, including race, ethnicity, occupation, and date and cause of death.
- National Death Index
A central computerized index of death record information aggregated from state vital statistics offices, beginning with 1979 deaths. Established as a resource to aid epidemiologists and other health and medical investigators with mortality ascertainment activities, the index provides information on the date, location, and cause of death.
- Census Tract Database
A database maintained by the United States Census Bureau containing demographic and economic data by census tract, county, and state divisions. It provides information for generating a measure of socioeconomic status for cancer patients by address at diagnosis.
- Voter Registration
Rolls of registered voters within a state, maintained by local jurisdictions, containing the voter's name, date of registration, and address at registration. Voter registration provides information for determination and confirmation of address at diagnosis.
- Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
A state agency that issues driver licenses and maintains traffic offense data. It provides information for the determination or confirmation of date of birth and address at diagnosis.
- Health maintenance organization (HMO)
A type of health insurance plan.
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
A type of health insurance plan.
- State/Medical Assistance
A type of health insurance plan.
- Provincial Medical Assistance
A type of health insurance plan.
Domain Diagram Legend
- A reporting facility creates an event report, which consists of patient, tumor, and treatment or service data. Types of event reports include rapid, updated, corrected, and routine event reports (abstracts).
- The event report contributes to a cancer case (consolidated record) that consists of summarized patient, tumor, treatment, follow-up, and stage data.
- The event report is sent to a central cancer registry (CCR).
- A central registry registrar works with a reporting facility and works for a CCR.
- A central registry registrar uses the cancer case (consolidated record), which is contained in the CCR.
- The CCR provides cancer information; reports to CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries, NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR); and provides data for research.
Healthcare (hospital) facility data sources include hospitals, independent healthcare practitioners, radiation oncology centers, freestanding surgery centers, freestanding pathology laboratories, nursing homes, Indian Health Services (IHS) and local tribe clinics, prisons, and Offices of the Medical Examiner
Hospital data sources include the hospital registry, oncology clinics, hospital pathology departments, claims (Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and billing), the hospital disease index, e-Prescriptions, and diagnostic imaging departments.
Non-healthcare (non-hospital) facility data sources include health insurance plans, state cancer registries, state health departments, the Bureau of Vital Statistics, the National Death Index, the census tract database, voter registration, and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Health maintenance organizations (HMOs), the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and state and provincial medical assistance plans are types of health insurance plans. Healthcare facility and non-healthcare facility data sources are types of reporting facilities.
Note: Definitions for individual terms can be found in the Glossary.
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Good Food for Ancient Times
By Matteo Brunel
"When there is happiness among all the people; when feasters in the house... this seems to me in my heart to be the best of all"
Odysseus to his host Alcinous in HOMER, Odyssey 9
Overview of Presentation
In any society, food and drink are at the center of social life, and even more so in Ancient Rome where the main idea we remember about Ancient Rome is its food. Many different foods were served at different occasions. In this tackk you will learn about a three course meal with food prepared in the 1st Century A.D. and even learn how to prepare your very own Ancient Roman meal (and sample it later!) with my new TV show, "Good Food for Ancient Times."
Book of Apicius, a famous 1st Century A.D. chef
Focaccia Bread
In Rome, and in places where its reign extended, you could not have a meal without some sort of bread. Plain bread was an inexpensive way to fill yourself while you ate, but soon many other kinds of bread became popular, such as the Focaccia. Focaccia was traditionally prepared as a thin 'cake' made of flour, garlic and herbs, and salt and water. Then it was put in a stove to cook.
Recipe for Focaccia Bread
Flour, water, active dry yeast, salt, rosemary (or other herbs), and olive oil.
Latin: farīna, cerevisiae, sal, rosmarinus, et oleum.
- Mix water and flour. Add yeast and make a dough. Roll dough out on cookie sheet. Add olive oil, salt, and rosemary (or other herbs). Bake at 400F for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Panzanella was essentially a salad with soggy pieces of day old bread, boiled eggs, tomatoes and other vegetables, and basil (or other herbs). This dish is often referred to as "a poor man's lunch" as it did not take much to make and you could use bread that had gone stale. Since bread dried quickly in deserts or hot areas, this would make an ideal meal for the Jews on Masada, as they would not want to let food go to waste.
Recipe for Panzanella
English: Day old farmers bread, boiled eggs, cucumbers, capers, green onions, basil, salt, pepper to taste, and olive oil.
Latin: Pane, cocta, cucumis, cappari, cepa, ocimum, sal, piper, et oleum.
- Get the stale bread wet and squeeze all the water out. Add, cucumbers, green onions, basil, capers, and eggs. Mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Patina of Asparagus
The Patina of Asparagus was a common food that was served in the 1st Century. Prepared with asparagus, eggs, and onion, this dish made for an easy meal to anyone, especially the Jews at Masada. This dish was recorded by a Roman foodie, Apicius, whose book was also documented in the 1st Century.
Recipe for Patina of Asparagus
English: Eggs, asparagus, onion, olive oil, parsley, pepper and salt.
Latin: ova, asparagus, cepa, oleum, apium, piper, et sal
- Steam asparagus. Cut them in small pieces. Sauté onion in pan and add asparagus. Add parsley, salt, and pepper and cook for a few more minutes. Pound them down to a smooth mixture. Put mixture into shallow oven dish and break eggs on top. Bake at 375F for 10 minutes.
Frittelle, or fritters, originated in Salemi, Sicily, just southwest of Palermo. This dish was made in Ancient Rome for a festival dedicated to the gods of wine. Frittelle would be a dessert most likely brought to Masada by the Romans. Made with citrus rind, raisins, and apples, and served with honey, this made a delicious dessert to finish a meal!
Recipe for Frittelle
Flour, yeast, sugar, eggs, apples, orange rind, lemon rind, raisins, and milk.
Latin: farina, cerevisiae, saccharum, ova, poma, aurantiaco cortices, lemon cortices, uva passa, et lac
- Mix sugar and eggs. Add cut apples, orange rind, lemon rind, raisins, and milk. Add flour and yeast. Fry them in hot oil.
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No Rifle Is More Versatile for Survivalists Than This One
Different guns have different strengths and weaknesses. That's a given. Consequently, there will always be certain tasks that some guns are better suited to than others, and ability to perform on these tasks is often an easy way to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to picking a gun.
In terms of survival value, for example, one rifle stands above the rest. It's arguable the best and most versatile survival rifle ever made, and every prepper should consider owning one if they don't already.
Can you guess which rifle we're talking about?
Off the Grid News has the answer:
It's got a great power-to-weight ratio both in firearm and in ammunition, great flexibility in custom loading and commercially available cartridges, tons of platforms, and an excellent supply of military surplus rounds. It can take animals ranging from a sheep to a small grizzly without too much alteration or planning and can be used accurately out to 175+ yards for hunting and protection. In a world where choice pretty much trumps everything else, maybe the time has come to ask the question everyone who has held a rifle has asked in their head before:
Is .308 the perfect rifle round for all-around utility and hunting?
Ask any expert which rifle caliber will give you the most versatility, and they will invariably have to settle on the .308 as the clear choice. Taking into consideration the availability and price of ammunition, the load customization capabilities, the power and speed of the projectile, the various manufacturers who make weapons in the caliber, the terminal ballistics as a defense round, and the reliability of the guns and cartridges in this caliber, it seems the answer is clear.
No other round can compete with it on such a wide range of attributes and potential uses. The .308 can be an excellent choice for a rifle system or rifle portfolio to be built upon.
For all the benefits of the round, you must know its limitations as well to properly use the round:
- For aggressive and massive game where you aren't completely comfortable making a shot, this round may not offer the proper ballistics for the job. At close range on a grizzly bear, for example, this round can't be considered a true one-shot kill with any specific certainty. It will serve you better than a .223 in this situation, but it's not going to drop a bear in a stressful situation with any guarantee. Similarly, in longer ranges for bear hunting, it is not responsible to use the .308, as it cannot guarantee humane and clean kills on such tough animals.
- It is overkill on smaller game like varmints (coyote, etc.) unless you are using specific light loads with higher velocity, like plastic-jacketed penetrator rounds (think .223 projectile housed in a breakaway plastic case which is the size of a .308 projectile).
- You cannot reasonably expect a military surplus round to take out a long-range elk in the .308 caliber, as it simply doesn't have the long range terminal ballistics to guarantee a clean kill at super long ranges. You will need to custom build or buy rounds made for the specific scenario you expect to encounter.
You can reasonably expect to cleanly take down the following animals with a .308 (with specific load characteristics listed after the animal):
- Varmints: Using specialty ammunition with high velocity and low grain weights and a barrel capable of sending out a flat trajectory (rifling).
- Pronghorn or similar-sized animal: Though the size is a bit small perhaps for the normal grain weight, look for a good mix of penetration and projectile heft to avoid causing overkill. Typically a .260 or .270 would be about ideal for this sized animal, so plan accordingly with your grain weights and powder charges.
- White tail and mule deer: These can be easily taken with a .308, but look for a flatter shooting projectile weight and faster bullet velocity to bring the conditions as close to perfect as possible.
- Caribou and large sheep: These should be just about right for a .308, but look for a faster, flatter round within the .308 builds.
- Large mountain goats: These will be in the range of even good quality military surplus rounds ballistics. Any normal .308 load should be efficient for an animal for this size.
- Elk: Because they are a bit on the larger size, you will want to take shots from under 100 yards with heavy bullets and be precise with your placement on the animal to ensure clean kills. The flatter and heavier, the better. High quality loads will make the difference here.
- Moose: Think the same as elk. Look for heavier bullets, shorter distances, and try to find a flat-shooting premium round to ensure success.
- Black bears: These can be taken using proper tactical or heavy-penetration rounds and with good placement. Look for closer ranges, and try to shoot the heaviest high-penetration rounds you can. Don't fool around with light, fast loads here; go for maximum impact and penetration of a heavy projectile.
- Grizzly bears: Make a good responsible shot with premium ammunition that has penetration and heavy bullet weights. The dense body and bone composition of the grizzly bear will challenge the ballistics of the .308 without proper planning. It's almost too much animal for this round. It's not responsible to try with substandard loads at long distances. If you feel you can't follow these guidelines, look for more gun/caliber when dealing with these animals. You could shoot a grizzly with a .375 or a .338 and still have concerns about proper kill certainty. These animals are tough and aggressive, so be prepared to follow up your initial shot, even with excellent ballistics.
Humans are another animal which can reasonably be taken down with a .308, but it is slightly outside the scope of this article. Know this: The .308 is a battle-proven long-range capable and terminal caliber when used against human beings. It has been thoroughly tested and proven on battlefields around the world in conditions far exceeding those you can reasonably be expected to take a shot in on a normal day. It is a widely used caliber for police and military sniper activities, and should not be discounted as an anti-personnel round.
Bullet weights come in 55, 110, 130, 150,155, 160, 165, 168, 170, 175, 178, 180, 185, 190, 200, 208, 210, 220, and 225 grain for the .308, which will allow for almost unlimited tailoring to your specific situation.
Safe powder capacity stands at around 48 grains, which allows for further load customization.
Every major rifle manufacturer makes a weapon in the caliber, from bolt actions to autoloaders, and even single shot "benchrest" guns. A huge variety of military builds are available, including the FN-FAL, the HK G3, and the M1A1/M14—all decades-old proven battle rifles.
The author's hunting and protection weapons include the following .308's:
- A Custom short-action bolt-action built for 300 yard+ target shooting
- A Remington 700
- A Browning A-Bolt
- A HK G3 with short barrel
- A FN-FAL Paratrooper
- An M1A1 from Springfield (New version)
- An M14
All of these weapons serve different purposes and allow further customization of the round. This caliber forms the basis of the author's biggest weapon/caliber pairing.
If one had to pick the most versatile round for off-the-grid living, the .308 would definitely be among the top three, and it would likely take the top spot because of its amazing versatility, long-standing reputation, and the relative ease of finding ammunition and add-ons, not to mention the terminal capabilities of the round. It is certainly worth the exploration if you are considering a new rifle this hunting season, as it can serve you outside of the hunting season as well.
What do you think? Is there any other rifle that could possibly match the survival utility of the .308?
Give us your thoughts in the comments.
I agree almost 100%. But I have two Mosin Nagants one converted to a Monte Carlo stock and another that I will be converting to an Archangle stock. Same knock down power but so much cheaper to shoot.
I have the Archangle in stock.
Ken CSA
Great article. The same is said about the venerable 30-06 of which the .308 is the child of. Humans are not animals, however, this may be a theological point, but humans possess spirits, the animals do not. Humans, like the animals, are creatures in that they have a common creator or God.
I beg to differ regarding whether animals have spirits. Spirits are what makes an animal, like humans, a live. Without a spirit, an animal is just as dead as is a human. I have seen many animals die as well as humans die, and at times there isn't much difference from humans. Animals aren't much different from humans, except humans have the ability to reason. And some animals, such as dogs are more human than some humans.
I read an article several years ago that promoted the 30-06 as the best "do everything" rifle. That article said the 30-06 with proper loads would be suitable for every animal in the Americas.
I think you sell the range capabilities of the .308 short. I use a 165 gr Barnes X ( or Nosler partition) for just about everything. This bullet shot through a large Shiras moose including the off shoulder blade and came to rest against the hide. ( This was only at 80 yds ) My cousin has cleanly killed at least three elk I know of at an honest 300 yds. I have taken antelope and deer at that distance , the bullets expanded perfectly resulting in clean,one shot kills. With these two loads I have killed wild pig, a large black bear, all three main deer species, antelope, elk and the moose. I zero for 230 yards which means 3″ high at 100 ,3.2″ maximum ordinate,1.5″ low at 250yds and 6.5″ low at 300yds . My load only has a MV of 2608FPS; yet still has almost 1600lbs energy at 300yds.
What advantages has the .308 over the .30/06? I've always rather been sold on the latter for versatility and as an all-around hunting round. I fail to see any great difference and there are a lot of great resale market hunting rifles chambered for it.
Advantage of .308 vs 30-06 is primarily 30-06 is a long action round, .308 is short action round, the 30=06 round can push 200 plus grain bullets slightly faster with hand loads. You do burn more powder per velocity and bullet weight with 30-06. Have shot both a lot and have had more accuracy luck with .308, but that is just me.
Although a great round. I do not see any advantages it has over a 306 and for all the same reasons. In fact there may very well be a lot more 06 ammo around for buy or trade.
I read these types of articles with the mindset that is What If I Could Only Have One? I like the versatility of the .308 as you have stated it, but if I could only have one, it would still be a 12 gauge shotgun, it adds in the smaller game while only needing to close the distance for the larger game
I have used a .308 for my whole hunting career. It will cleanly kill anything I care to shoot, and actually is capable (Now) of accurately shooting further than I care to shoot. I have taken Texas whitetail at every range from near point blank to 300+ yards. If I do my part, there's venison to process every time. And they seldom wander far after the hit. I know how to track, but I much prefer not to. With the .308, I seldom have to.
Shooting at humans is something I actually haven't done with the .308. Hope I never have to. But if that day should come, I'm fully confident that the round will perform as well on a human animal as it has on everything else I've shot. The accuracy of the round, the range, the power, all say it is exactly what you described, and excellent compromise for just about any situation. There are others better for specific situations, but for the cluster that would be experienced in the SHTF situation, that compromise capability would be invaluable.
I like 168 grain Nosler Ballistic tips for whitetails, Usually handloaded to about 2700 fps. Something in a Barnes TSX or similar would be better for tougher game. If your rifling can stabilize bigger, longer bullet, then elk or moose are certainly within the rounds resume.
Some people say why the .308 over the 30-06. The 06 is faster, more powerful, and almost as common. Actually, it isn't as common anymore, while it is very heavily stocked in most gun and ammo stores. The problem I have with the 06 is that in many cases, it's really too much. Wastes powder, wastes meat, heavier(usually) to carry around. If I owned an 06, which I used to, instead of the .308, I likely wouldn't go to the trouble to trade to a .308. THey are that close. But starting from scratch, I think the .308 is a better fit, for me.
I am ok with the 308. It is a nato approved round. I grew up on the 30.06 love it. Have a .17 for small critters. I dont hunt but im ready for the blue helmets and a black tipped 30-06 is sufficient. I have 20 rounds as sure I will die before I can shoot more than that.
I guess I'm pretty old fashion but I have used the 30 30 for every thing from black tailed deer to grizzly bear. I've reloaded for this round with a lot of success. You kids can tout your modern rifles but I'll take my old 30 30.
I guess I'm an old timer too. Loved my 30-30. But duck hunting was more my speed with my 12 gauge out in the swamps.
Glad that somebody else thinks like I do, I have always thought that the 7.62×51/308 Win. was the best round for anything a normal person would need.
I have three rifles for the round, Springfield M1A Scout, Ruger GunSite Scout, and DPMS LR308, these three different models should work for any condition
that would come up.
I have a .30-06 so I am reminded to buy some more ammo.
I have been using a M1-A1 match with 168 HPBT with 47 gr IMR. I am able to hold a 10 inch or less group at 1000 yards match sights. I have made clean kills at 500 yards on white tail. 7.62/54 will snip out past 1200 yards if you have the rifle and glass,plus the skills.
.308 is a good round. I personally prefer .257 for any game here in the Continental United States. I do not flinch at all using a .257, where as when I target practice with a .308 I tend to flinch after five or six rounds. Bullet placement is very important.
Having hunted for nearly 65 years using many different calibers and rifles, my personal go-to hunting round is the .30-06. I think the .308 is a great round and it has much to recommend it. As you state there is an impressive list of bullet sizes it handles reasonably well and it can be made to be very accurate. The venerable .30-06 also handles the same variety of bullets, but because of its higher case capacity, in the right action can be loaded to significantly higher velocities and maintain extreme accuracy to much greater distances. I no longer load my own, but did for many years, both for competition shooting and for hunting big game in Alaska, where I used to live. With my .30-06 using .200gr bullets and custom loads I have taken a number of Alaskan moose out to 400 yards with one shot kills. I also took Dall sheep at up to 500 yards, again with one-shot kills. The shots on the sheep were up-hill, down-hill and peak-to-peak and I never lost one because I couldn't get to it before it ran away. I don't recommend those very long shots, but the terrain and skittishness of the species sometimes dictated the distances. The .30-06 was used in military competition for many, many years and was prized for its accuracy at all competition distances. The ability to load to high velocities is limited by the strength and design of the action and in particular, the strength of the ring and design and precision of the bolt face and locking lugs. My favorite rifle has a custom Mauser action and Douglas barrel and will shoot 3/4″ three-shot groups at 100 yards all day long.
Note, I have said nothing negative about the .308, because it is also a great round and it is easier to find more great rifles in that caliber today. It can also be made into a real tack-driver if you put the effort into setting it up right.
Very well thought out. Yep, .308 is a great choice if you are to have one gun, but who can just have one gun? heh heh heh. A guy needs a shotgun,; I like 12 guage side by side with external hammers, but I'd get a new Mossberg with three barrels, 3 inch mag, of course. Then, a guy has to have the .22 long rifle. My most accurate was a Model 75 Winchester with a custom trigger and a 3X Weaver post reticle scope. For center fire, because of ammo availability, I go with a .308 AR10. My brother's will drive tacks at 100 yards, and I dare any bear to come after me when I have a 20 round clip. Any bear of any size. If you get to place your shot, I'd take a neck shot at 300 yards with a .308. Up closer, behind the ear shot. Head on with a Kodiak? Well if he's coming at me, a shot through the mouth or right under the chin will cool hist jets. If he raises up on his hind legs a .223 will put him down hard, one shot to the throat to hit his spinal cord. I do like the Model 70 in .243. Again, with the proper shot placement under 150 yards or so, it will kill anything. The key is shot placement. I blew the heart out of Colorado cow elk with 180 gr soft nose .30-06. It reared up like the lone Ranger's horse, came back down, shivered and ran off. Half a mile away I found her dead. Bullet didn't go through the skin on the other side, and the shot was perfectly placed. It was kind of tough to track. The other elk I shot down there were two head shots with the Ott-six at 75 yards or so, and a neck shot with the .243 at about 125 yards. The .243 blew a notch 6 inches deep a foot in front of the shoulders, and the ow went down like it was pole axed. Needless to say the head shot elk, died in their tracks, too. That's the way I like it. I finally bout a .308. A Mauser that the Chileans bought new in 1895 and rebored to .308 (NATO) before selling as surplus. In my reading I think I discovered it was the first contract for Mausers and the serial # is only 2242. It has the old straight out bolt. I've fired those plastic practice rounds with it. Pretty accurate at 50 yards. My Old Betsy is a Model 760 Remington pump with a flip off scope, and I used a reloaded 125 gr, full jacketed hollowpoint doing 2970 fps. It pointed fast for me, and I have great kudos from my friends and brothers for hitting running white tails in the brush right through the heart with it when jumped by surprise up close (less than 50 yards). Ahh, I am reliving my youth. Pretty much done hunting unless I want to kill turkeys with an airgun at ten feet from the truck on my recreational tree farm. heh heh heh. But I like 'em around.
I've a lot of rifles from 308 to 7 mms and 7 mag and I've managed to provide meat for the table. But since escaping to the back country I depend on my 30 30 for everything from bear to varmint. And I reload several different rounds. You kids can
It still depends on what you are looking for in survival weapons. If you lots of .308 stashed, by all means, it will serve you well. But you could probably find Military .223 easier in an Apocalyptic scenario. And of course .22 Long Rifle has poached many a Game animal. No, .22 caliber weapons are not Bear Weapons. But given the situation, I would work hard to stay out of Bear Country. I would worry more about Two Legged Predators in a "Survival" situation. Elk/Moose hunting? Try the Native American tactic of hidden Tiger Pits, dead falls, stampedes off cliffs. Saves ammunition also. I live in the Pacific Northwest, and if we had a catastrophe that took out the power grid and some part o the Human Population. Deer, Rabbits etc would make a big comeback. Know what you are doing, you would have access to meat on the hoof. So, I say stock up on .22 ammo, some pistol ammo and some larger rifle ammo. A little pre-planning, no reason to limit yourself to one caliber, one rifle. Of course, jut one man's opinion.
Check your ballistics book on rifle cartridges.. Nothing shoots flatter than a ,257 cartridge in a 115 grain weight.. Yes they do not have the knock down power of a .308 but how much knock down do you need to incapacitate a person? The .257 has very little recoil and thus the person firing does not flinch. bullet placement is very important.
While I agree that as a knock-off of the original 'all purpose' 30-06 round the .308 is definitely one of, if not THE most versatile round out there for a wide variety of circumstances and applications. But it still wouldn't be what i chambered if I could "have only one gun". Which is a highly misunderstood concept. It should always be qualified by asking…'If I could only have one gun FOR WHAT PARTICULAR KIND OF SITUATION? If you could only have 'one gun' in an environment where you'd rarely encounter humans but often had some pretty big critters seriously looking at you around dinner time, like in Africa, Alaska, or Canada, then, yeah, a good repeating .308 rifle would be a good start.
But if you could 'only have one gun' in a high speed low drag urban combat zone with .zombies. coming out of the woodwork like cockroaches in a ghetto appartment building, then it would NOT be a .308, but more likely a high capacity 5.56 AR PDW platform. I would like to minimize the 'weight' of carrying as much extra ammo as i could. If somehow i found myself then 'teleported' to the secluded wilderness of the Ozarks, where i had to shoot a deer for food, or fend off a bear or mountain lion, i could 'stretch' the firepower potential and make it 'work', if I had to.
But that's just my opinion. And I don't know Jack. All I had was about 50 years shooting experience covering training and combat experience and police work and competitions and high speed tactical instructing. Not much hunting experience when my 'big game' encounters were mostly bi-pedal. Besides, I like animals. But to quote Quigly down under, 'It's not that i don't know how…it's just that i don't have any use for it.'
"If you can only have one gun" make sure you consider the likely situational expectations for your personal lifestyle.


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2014 Adagio Release Party
October 14, 2016, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Wessex Hundred at the Williamsburg Winery
5800 Wessex Hundred
Williamsburg, VA 23185United States
Join us on Friday, October 14, 2016 from 6:30 to 9:30 PM in Wessex Hall at the Williamsburg Winery as we commemorate the release of our 2014 Adagio. Enter onto a red carpet as you make your entrance and immerse yourself in the theme of "Adagio."
Celebrate the flavors of Virginia. Virginia's signature wine will be paired with food from its top producers. Guests are encouraged to wear black and red cocktail attire.
Admission includes five small-plates prepared by Wessex Hundred Executive Chef Ian Robbins as well as an open wine bar of Wessex Hundred estate wines with select vintages of Adagio being available for purchase.
Tickets are $65 in advance ($55 for Club Members). Tickets will be $70 at the door ($60 for Club Members).


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Who claims themselves speak perfect English?
The English language abilities of the Beijing loyalists are under the spotlight once again. With grammar pedants still wincing at the mistakes in last week's "Letter to Hong Kong" by lawmaker Starry Lee Wai-king, of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, her colleague Christopher Chung Shu-kun may have usurped the throne as King of Chinglish. "Shame! Shame on you!" shouted Mr Chung as he questioned MTR chief executive Jay Walder over the delay to the high-speed railway. "You are being a CEO. You are very 'wearly' [sic] passive to get the information from your staff … You are dreaming on your office or you are not attended at your office. Answer me!" The clip, posted on the internet on Monday, prompted a flood of criticism. But Chung, who earned a master's degree in the UK, was unrepentant. "Who can claim themselves speaking perfect English? Everyone has their own accents."
Railway blame: strange train of thought
The transport minister Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung has promised to resign if he is found at fault for delays to the high-speed cross-border railway. But pro-government group Voice of Loving Hong Kong has suggested someone else may be to blame - pan-democratic lawmaker Gary Fan Kwok-wai. On Tuesday, the group's chairman Patrick Ko Tat-bun pointed out that filibustering by pan-democrats had once derailed a proposal by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to split the Transport and Housing Bureau into two. This had caused Cheung, tipped to become the housing minister, to become secretary for transport and housing instead. "CY [Leung] knew that it was difficult for a minister to take care of these two policy areas, so if someone has to step down, it should be Fan, not Cheung," Ko said. While Fan might have been an outspoken critic of the transport minister, it seems unfair to blame him for derailing the plan - he was elected lawmaker in September 2012 … two months after the plan was dropped.
Big brother is watching Legco members
As the filibustering over the budget continues at the Legislative Council, the government has been doing its best to meet the quorum. Not only has it deployed dozens of civil servants at various entrances of the Legco building, to keep a close eye on lawmakers' whereabouts, it has tried to extend the surveillance to their vehicles. According to a member of the secretariat, the government had asked for the car licence plate numbers of all legislators. "Of course we refused to provide the information," said the secretariat member. "After all, it is personal data." The government must know the privacy ordinances well, so how far can it go, legally, to ensure there are enough lawmakers in the chamber to vet its budget?


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In Memory of
Elinor M. Brown
August 29, 1923 - May 10, 2011
Elinor M. Brown, age 87, long time resident of Dayton, Ohio and for the past 5 years a resident with her daughters family in Napoleon, Ohio, died May 10, 2011 at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Rev. John Brown. Born August 29, 1923 to the late Lloyd and Ruth (Phillips) Mignerey in Freetown Sierra Leone, West Africa where her parents were missionaries. She graduated from Jackson High School in Jackson, Ohio and Otterbein Collage in Westerville, Ohio, receiving a degree in Music Education. She was a music and elementary teacher, in addition to directing several church and bell choirs while a pastor's wife for 34 years. Elinor also founded and directed the Singing Wives of the West Ohio United Methodist Church. She continued to be active in the church and bell choirs, both as a director and a participant.
She is survived by a brother, Robert Mignerey of West Portsmouth, Ohio and sister, Eileen (Mike) Kiriazis of St. Clair Shores, MI. She also leaves to cherish her memory two sons, John "Mike" of Dayton, Ohio and Tim (Bonney) of Waynesville, NC; two daughters, Peg Brown of Rudolph, Ohio and Carol (Rev. Jim) Castello of Napoleon. She also leaves 8 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, all of whom will miss their "Meems" dearly.
A Memorial and Celebration of Life Service will be held at 12:00 noon on Friday, May 13, 2011 at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Napoleon. Friends will be received on Friday from 9:00 A.M. until the time of service at the church, with a potluck dinner to follow the service. Elinor requested to be cremated with her ashes interred in Logan, Ohio. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Together We Can Make A Difference Initiatives in Napoleon, Emanuel Lutheran Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
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