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Overkill is so incredibly metal! They are one of the few metal bands from the hay day of heavy metal that has kept it real and not pulled a Metallica/Megadeth/Anthrax/etc. Every album they have put out is real speed/heavy metal that you can count on. Kill Box 13 is no different. Every song is awesome! If you're an Overkill fan, you will love this album. If you're just getting into Overkill, then this album is a must buy, and if you've never heard Overkill, then you don't know what you're missin'. What else can I say? KILLBOX 13 kicks [rear-end].
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Man, this frickin' band just gets better with age. In a world where all these pussies call groups Marilyn Manson, Good Charlotte, and Limp Bisquick metal, so many hairless men should be ashamed of being called a man! Overkill, after 20 years of head pounding thrash deliver the goods on this their 13th release. And guess what, it's another serving of head-pounding thrash! But man, just when I almost gave up on 'em after WFO, these guys are full throttle again ever since Necroshine, and that was long ago. Since then, they've given Coverkill, Bloodletting, Live, and then this, truly a masterpiece. So if you guys want one of the best metal releases of the year, look for 13, and kill that box!
Overkill cannot be killed..yet another great ablum from the Thrashing jersey boys.They wont sell out and will be playing till there 90.Easiest way to sum the album is song by song.In no particular order.1.Devil By The Tail–Very catchy MELODIC(yes melody) beginning riff…good chorus..and even better break down in the middle section…sounds a lot like the break in New Machine.Great song.2.Damned–Good groovin song ..compares much to Save Me..sounds very much like it was recorded From the Underground and below sessions.3.The One–Very steady paced song with interesting mobster sounding story.Also good chorus as well.4.As I Die–Good melodic beginning with many guitar harmonies…a bit strange and new for over kill…but none the less heavy…and terrific dynamics and break in the middle section.5.Struck Down–PURE overkill oldschool..thrashy..double bass driven…EXCELLENT middle section..with backing vocals from the rest of the band.And some kick[ing] solo's!6.I rise–Starts out slow..then kicks in with a COMA'ISH thrash attack thats relentless through the whole song..fast AND furious..great break also.And the backing HOLLARS r also back in this oldschool classic.7.Crystal Clear–Or SKULLCRUSHER part2 i say..VERY heavy guitars tuned nearly as low as the bass..GREAT groove.and also very heavy middle section break.8.No Lights–No lights indeed…very dark..creepy and VERY odd for overkill.He SINGS..and very IN KEY..as opposed to the older days of trying to carry a good tune and being slighty off.A+ song.9.Sound of Dying–If u liked Cold Hard Fact from the killing kind you'll love this one.Straight ahead..and very killer.10.Unholy–Yes very…Good opening section..again blasting into a thrash attack for ear piercing..with a VERY creepy chorus.Sounds like it was recorded with the Killing Kind.So all in all this album is VERY unique and diverse.It actually sounds like they went back and listened to songs from there FULL career..and honed them for an Excellent variety on this album.OVERKILL THE DEVILS WRATH….INDEED!!!
Overkill can best be summed up in one word: Consistancy. You can always count on them to produce an album which stays (for the most part) true to their roots while experimenting with new styles here and there. There have been a couple stumbles along the way (such as "I Hear Black," which upon further reflection really IS a good album…but it could have been so much better had it not sounded like it was produced in somebody's bathroom) but for the most part, the metal machine that is Overkill has rumbled along at full throttle for the past 18+ years and shows no signs of stopping.Killbox 13, semi-aptly named (it's their 13th all-studio release, provided you count their all-cover-tune release "Coverkill"), can be considered a snapshot of their entire career, with the ten songs each sounding like a blend of styles from all of their albums. "Struck Down," for example, sounds much like it could have easily been present on their first full-length release "Feel The Fire," while "I Rise" could have been part of the "Taking Over" era…and "Until I Die" reminds me somewhat of "Burn You Down/To Ashes" from "The Killing Kind." "Crystal Clear" is my current favorite track, a cut that sounds somewhat like a blend of "Skullkrusher" (from "The Years Of Decay") and "Spiritual Void" (from the aforementioned "I Hear Black"), while "The Sound Of Dying" smokes along somewhat like "F.U.C.T." ("From The Underground And Below")…except a little slower, a good deal heavier, and even catchier.Production is as monstrously heavy as it's been on the past few albums, with all instruments clearly voiced. Tim's drumming is as tight and punchy as ever. D.D. Verni's unmistakable driving bass sound is prevalent on all the tracks, laying down a furious foundation for the well-oiled machine. Lead guitarist Dave Linsk gets to stretch out a little more than he did on the previous album, delivering plenty of superb solo breaks in and amidst the controlled chaos. And vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth sounds as P.O.'d as ever… (I can't say much about Derek "The Skull" Taylor 'cept to say he finds his niche just fine in the live shows…)Suffice it to say this is pure Overkill…and while it will probably not win them many new fans, those of us who already know how to finish the statement "We don't care what you say" will be more than satisfied with the results.
Granted Blitz and the boys aren't going to keep writing and releasing Horrorscope every single album just for me, but I come to every Overkill album with that expectation.This is a good album, but it's not a great album. It's perfectly solid, well thought out, well put together recognizable Overkill, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Unfortunately what that give us is more of the same. When the songs all sound similar enough that I can't keep the titles straight easily, I know that it hasn't grabbed me in the way that the earlier efforts have.Still my praise and devotion at the temple of Overkill is not misplaced, if only that they keep doing it. They haven't let me down yet. Now that I've reached an age where many of my metal heroes are dying off or fading out, it is refreshing that Overkill keeps grinding away.The album is worth the money. Just go get it and give it a shot.Tom


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Hilton Oyamaguchi was born in Brazil, and spent the majority of his childhood adventuring through the rainforests so many North Americans dream of seeing. It may be difficult to imagine, but this poised academic is more accustomed to wading through the Amazon than speaking on Los Angeles panels.
Oyamaguchi earned a bachelor's degree in the biological sciences, and has now applied to UCLA's PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Oyamaguchi's fight to preserve biodiversity in his home country brought him to America before he could even speak English. He dove into the intensive culture shock of a full-time PhD program, in a language he could not speak, in order to protect the ecosystem he grew up with.
Oyamaguchi has tracked crocodiles, snakes, and birds through the rainforest, and he recalls driving through the Brazilian wilderness with fondness. "I felt like I was inside a National Geographic documentary" he says, "I knew then, that I had found it."
Oyamaguchi began a new stage of his commitment to the environment when he presented at G2 Gallery's Young Environmentalists Symposium last Thursday: public outreach. Although he says that he is most comfortable in academia, Oyamaguchi is still dedicated to bringing science to everyone who cares about the environment. Oyamaguchi will wade through the rainforest, work in a lab, or speak to a panel if it will help protect the natural beauty he grew up with.
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Russian scientists are on the brink of piercing through to the secrets of an icebound lake which has been sealed deep beneath Antarctica's frozen crust for 15 million years.
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Thursday, 13 January 2011
For decades flipper banding has been the standard way to tag and monitor penguin populations, but a new study could be the death-knell of the practice.
Tiny creatures reveal ancient sea levels
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Tiny marine creatures found on the seabed on opposite sides of West Antarctic give a strong hint of the effects of sea level rise, say scientists.
Antarctic sea ice growth could reverse
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Antarctic sea ice's apparent immunity to global warming is just an illusion, say researchers who may have uncovered the secret of why ice has been growing.
Researchers discover new octopus species
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Scientists have for the first time collected venom from octopuses captured from the waters of Antarctica.
'Fingerprinting' points to dusty Australia
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Australia is a more important source of dust circulating in the Southern Hemisphere than previously thought, says an Australian scientist.
Scientists measure massive ocean current
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Scientists have measured the most powerful current that helps drive the circulation of the Southern Ocean, paving the way for more accurate climate models.
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Scientists have discovered a link between winds that circle Antarctica, and changes in the depth of an important ocean layer which impacts the rate of climate change.
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Scientists have discovered a link between the ongoing drought in the south western corner of Australia and increased snowfall in parts of Antarctica.
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A UK study has found that newly-exposed areas of Antarctic sea are now soaking up some of the carbon that causes global warming.
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Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Elephant seals travelled surprisingly far when ice retreated from part of the Antarctic mainland about 7500 years ago, according to a new study.
Radar reveals ancient Antarctic Alps
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Millions of years ago, rivers ran in Antarctica through craggy mountain valleys that were strangely similar to the European Alps of today, say scientists.
Antarctic ice growth linked to ozone hole
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An expansion of sea ice around Antarctica is linked to a hole in the ozone layer high in the atmosphere, according to a study that helps clear up a mystery about global warming.
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The surprise resignation of ultra-conservative U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint was seen by some as an indicator of the weakening power of the tea party movement that helped put an end to the career of the nation's most senior U.S. senator, Richard Lugar.
But Lugar doesn't see it that way.
Last week, at his annual public-policy symposium for high school students, the Indiana Republican said DeMint's decision to abandon his post to head the conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation is an indicator of the growing influence of outside pressure groups on the inside workings of the legislative branch.
DeMint, said Lugar, can wield a big stick as the head of an organization that can muster up millions of campaign dollars for candidates who support the ultra-conservative causes that DeMint has championed.
A self-proclaimed warrior in the "battle of ideas," DeMint, the founder of the founder of the Senate Tea Party Caucus, has been an uncompromising foe of compromise.
He opposes immigration reforms that would create a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S., and he's wanted no ground yielded to President Barack Obama as we speed toward the so-called "fiscal cliff."
The 80-year-old Lugar was vilified during his losing primary race for embracing both immigration reform and the virtues of compromise on budget and other issues.
Lugar said DeMint envisions himself as the next Grover Norquist. As head of the influential Americans for Tax Reform, Norquist has pressured scores of legislators into taking a pledge to never, ever raise taxes under any circumstances.
Norquist, said Lugar, uses his organization to mobilize forces against anyone who even thinks about defying the pledge.
"Grover is able to call into play tens of millions of dollars to crucify anybody that crosses the line," Lugar said. "So, in essence, Jim DeMint is saying: 'Now I'm going to play that game.'"
It's a game Lugar thinks will end badly.
He blames Washington's inability to act to avert the double-whammy of tax hikes and spending cuts that will come next month unless there's some compromise in Congress, on Norquist and like-minded no-compromisers. It's a crisis Lugar is convinced that could have been averted long before now by practicing some simple virtues: Listening and talking to the other side long enough to find common ground.
In the same week that DeMint announced his departure from the Senate, Lugar announced how he'll be spending some of his time after he leaves office: teaching the next generation of leaders the art of compromise.
He's joining the University of Indianapolis as a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Foreign Affairs. And he'll be expanding the university's current Lugar Center for Tomorrow's Leaders into the Richard G. Lugar Academy, which will continue to focus on training young people interested in the big ideas for which Lugar is best known, including the disarmament of nuclear and chemical weapons.
At last week's symposium, where the tea party and the "fiscal cliff" were just two of the many matters that Lugar covered with his high school audience, there was a young man from Goshen High School in the audience who listened to Lugar's talk with rapt attention.
He told me he was "sad, so sad," that he'll never get a chance to vote for Lugar. "He's one of my heroes," said 16-year-old Noah Shremer. "I have a ton of respect for this man."
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NEW YORK -- No one argued with the results when Joe Girardi called Alex Rodriguez back to the dugout in Game 3 of the American League Division Series, setting up Raul Ibanez to deliver two momentous, memorable home runs in a victory over the Orioles.
Not all of the Yankees manager's moves panned out with such aplomb during the club's postseason run, but Girardi said on Wednesday that he would not change anything about the way Rodriguez was handled this month.
"I made decisions based on the season, a month, what I'd seen," Girardi said during a Yankee Stadium news conference. "For me to go back and say I would have changed anything; these weren't just, 'Let me go off the top of my head and make a decision.' These were things we evaluated a lot before we made our decisions."
Girardi benched Rodriguez for three of New York's nine postseason games, including the last two against the Tigers in the AL Championship Series, and pinch-hit for him in three other contests as the struggling slugger appeared unable to make adjustments to right-handed pitching.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was also on board with the decisions to bench the 37-year-old Rodriguez in the postseason, essentially reducing him to a platoon player at third base with Eric Chavez taking at-bats against right-handers.
Rodriguez finished the postseason 3-for-25, including going 0-for-18 with 12 strikeouts facing righties. Chavez didn't exactly distinguish himself either, going hitless in 16 at-bats with eight strikeouts.
It has been suggested that Rodriguez may have never fully recovered from a left hand fracture he suffered in late July, but Girardi dismissed that thought.
"I believe he was healthy," Girardi said. "If you look, I believe he had some struggles in the course of the season as well, if you look at his numbers over the whole season against right-handers [.256 batting average, .717 OPS].
"As players, sometimes you do have to make minor adjustments and you have to say, 'OK, let's evaluate why maybe I wasn't as successful against right-handers.' And next year it could be completely opposite. And then you look at that as well. As far as health, I think he was healthy."
Rodriguez batted .272 with 18 home runs and 57 RBIs in 122 regular-season games, and while Girardi acknowledged that Rodriguez is unlikely to approach MVP-caliber production in the future, he said that the Yankees believe Rodriguez can still be an above-average third baseman.
"Can Alex be a very good player again? Absolutely. I don't have any question in my mind," Girardi said. "I think the desire is there. As far as being a heads up player, I think that's there. As far as being a 45-, 50-home run guy? We don't see much of that in baseball at all. How many guys hit forty-plus homers this year? [Six.] So I don't anticipate that's going to happen, but I think he can be a very good player."
Following the Yankees' loss in Game 4 of the ALCS, Rodriguez insisted that he has no intention of waiving his no-trade clause and said that he expects to be wearing a Yankees uniform in Spring Training.
Girardi said that he has not spoken to Rodriguez since the season ended, but he is aware that there may need to be some mending of the relationship between player and manager before the 2013 season begins.
"One of the things that I was taught as a boy and a young man is that there's a consequence for every action that takes place," Girardi said. "Some of them are going to be good. Some of them you're going to have to deal with.
"I'm always worried about whatever move I make, how it affects the club, how it affects a player, anything. I think it's something that sure, I possibly might have to deal with more than I expected, but I possibly might may not have to deal with it at all. As we move forward, I'll get a temperature on it, keep track of it and see how it's going."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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COLLIER COUNTY: A Collier mother claims a teacher acted inappropriately towards her daughter when the 13-year-old opted out of dissecting a frog. Even though the teacher has been removed from the classroom, she's angry about how the school district is handling the case.
"Her being removed from the classroom isn't enough," said mother Carrie Wingo. "She held a bag of frogs behind her head and in a sly manor called her name – Sarah."
The North Naples Middle School teacher has been removed from the class pending the outcome of an investigation.
But Thursday night, Carrie Wingo, the teen's mom, says school district officials closed her daughter in a room and interrogated her about what happened last week - even after the girl asked that her mom be there with her.
"She said, 'Mom, what was I supposed to do? I was overpowered I was afraid. What was I supposed to do?'" Wingo said, describing what her daughter Sarah told her.
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That has her mother outraged.
"You have a 13-year-old, three adults and legal statements that say 'sworn legal statements,'" Wingo said. "To me as a parent, it's a fear tactic. Don't get me wrong, Sarah said the HR reps were very nice to her. But nevertheless, it's an intimidation factor."
She questions the school district's ethics and wants the teacher to be disciplined appropriately.
"They do these anti-bulling, zero tolerance but yet you have a teacher doing this to students," said Wingo. "You can not stop the cycle if you have teachers doing this to kids. At some point someone has to come forward."
Thursday night, we tried to get the school or Collier School Board members to comment on the latest allegations, but no one returned our calls.
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(about 1753-1754 - December 5, 1784)
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Phillis Wheatley was born in Africa (probably Senegal) about 1753 or 1754. When she was about eight years old, she was kidnapped and brought to Boston. There, in 1761, John Wheatley bought her for his wife, Susanna, as a personal servant. As was the custom of the time, she was given the Wheatley family's surname.
The Wheatley family taught Phillis English and Christianity, and, impressed by her quick learning, they also taught her some Latin, ancient history, mythology and classical literature.
Once Phillis Wheatley demonstrated her abilities, the Wheatleys, clearly a family of culture and education, allowed Phillis time to do study and write. Her situation allowed her time to learn and, as early as 1765, to write poetry. Phillis Wheatley had fewer restrictions than most slaves experienced -- but she was still a slave. Her situation was unusual. She was not quite part of the white Wheatley family, nor did she quite share the place and experiences of other slaves.
In 1767, the Newport Mercury published Phillis Wheatley's first poem, a tale of two men who nearly drowned at sea, and of their steady faith in God. Her elegy for the evangelist George Whitefield, brought more attention to Phillis Wheatley. This attention included visits by a number of Boston's notables, including political figures and poets. She published more poems each year 1771-1773, and a collection of her poems was published in London in 1773.
The introduction to this volume of poetry by Phillis Wheatley is unusual: as a preface is an "attestation" by seventeen men of Boston that she had, indeed, written the poems herself:
WE whose Names are underwritten, do assure the World, that the POEMS specified in the following Page, were (as we verily believe) written by Phillis, a young Negro Girl, who was but a few Years since, brought an uncultivated Barbarian from Africa, and has ever since been, and now is, under the Disadvantage of serving as a Slave in a Family in this Town. She has been examined by some of the best Judges, and is thought qualified to write them.
The collection of poems by Phillis Wheatley followed a trip that she took to England. She was sent to England for her health when the Wheatley's son, Nathaniel Wheatley, was traveling to England on business. She caused quite a sensation in Europe. She had to return unexpectedly to America when they received word that Mrs. Wheatley was ill. Sources disagree on whether Phillis Wheatley was freed before, during or just after this trip, or whether she was freed later. Mrs. Wheatley died the next spring.
The American Revolution intervened in Phillis Wheatley's career, and the effect was not completely positive. The people of Boston -- and of America and England -- bought books on other topics rather than the volume of Phillis Wheatley poems. It also caused other disruptions in her life. First her master moved the household to Providence, Rhode Island, then back to Boston. When her master died in March of 1778, she was effectively if not legally freed. Mary Wheatley, the daughter of the family, died that same year. A month after the death of John Wheatley, Phillis Wheatley married John Peters, a free black man of Boston.
History is not clear about John Peters' story. He was either a ne'er-do-well who tried many professions for which he was not qualified, or a bright man who had few options to succeed given his color and lack of formal education. The Revolutionary War continued its disruption, and John and Phillis moved briefly to Wilmington, Massachusetts. Having children, trying to support the family, losing two children to death, and dealing with the war's effects and a shaky marriage, Phillis Wheatley was able to publish few poems during this period. She and a publisher solicited subscriptions for an additional volume of her poetry which would include 39 of her poems, but with her changed circumstances and the war's effect on Boston, the project failed. A few poems were published as pamphlets.
In 1776, Phillis Wheatley had written a poem to George Washington, lauding his appointment as commander of the Continental Army. That was while her master and mistress were still alive, and while she was still quite the sensation. But after her marriage, she addressed several other poems to George Washington. She sent them to him, but he never responded again.
Eventually John deserted Phillis, and to support herself and surviving child she had to work as a scullery maid in a boardinghouse. In poverty and among strangers, on December 5, 1784, she died, and her third child died hours after she did. Her last known poem was written for George Washington. Her second volume of poetry was lost.
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Phillis Wheatley - Bibliography
- Vincent Carretta, editor. Complete Writings - Penguin Classics. Reprint 2001.
- John C. Shields, editor. The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley. Reprint 1989.
- Merle A. Richmond. Bid the Vassal Soar: Interpretive Essays on the Poetry of Phillis Wheatley. 1974.
- Mary McAleer Balkun. "Phillis Wheatley's construction of otherness and the rhetoric of performed ideology." African American Review, Spring 2002 v. 36 i. 1 p. 121.
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- Kathryn Lasky. A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet. January 2003.
- Susan R. Gregson. Phillis Wheatley. January 2002.
- Maryann N. Weidt. Revolutionary Poet: A Story about Phillis Wheatley. October 1997.
- Young Adult:
- Ann Rinaldi. Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley. 1996.
Phillis Wheatley on the Web
- Biography - University of Delaware Library
- List of achievements - from Paul Reuben's Perspectives in American Literature guides.
- Phillis Wheatley: Precursor to American Abolitionism - article about Wheatley, including copies of one of her poems. Emphasizes her Christianity.
- Short biography and a poem - from The Early America Review, Winter 1996-97. Includes RealAudio of the poem.
- A Voice of Her Own - plus images of Wheatley and the title page of her 1773 book of poems.
Phillis Wheatley Works - On the Web
- An elegy, sacred to the memory of the great divine, the Reverend and learned Dr Samuel Cooper - at the University of Virginia Electronic Text Center.
- Wheatley's "To S. M." and "Upon Being Brought" - study guide from Ann Woodlief.
- Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral - From the University of Virginia Electronic Text Center.
- Some poems - from Paul Reuben's Perspectives in American Literature guides.
- Bibliography - from Paul Reuben's Perspectives in American Literature guides.
- A Very American Journey: The Lives and Accomplishments of Six American Women (Phillis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Sacagawea, Cahterine Haun, Ethel Waxham) - information and a lesson plan on each


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A 5-year-old boy and his mother were among those killed or injured since Thursday afternoon in acts of citywide violence that left at least another six people wounded.
Police said the boy and his mom were found shot to death inside a house in the 5300 block of South Winchester Avenue about 2:40 a.m. Their deaths are being investigated as homicides.
Relatives, gathered at dawn on the edge of the crime scene, identified the 31-year-old woman as Chevonne Brown. The 5-year-old was identified as Sterling Sims, the youngest of Brown's two boys.
Police released few details Friday morning. But relatives said Brown lived with her mother until about three months ago when she moved in with a boyfriend who lives on the block.
About an hour earlier, a man was critically wounded in a shooting in the 5000 block of West Chicago Avenue, police said. The 25-year-old man was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County for treatment.
About 11:20 p.m. Thursday, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg in the 1100 block of North Parkside Avenue. Police did not say what condition the boy was in or which hospital he was taken to.At 10:15 p.m., a 25-year-old man walked into Advocate Trinity Hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm. The man said he'd been shot in the 9300 block of South Paxton Avenue. He was listed in good condition.
About 9:30 p.m., a 30-year-old man was seriously wounded in a stabbing in the 1000 block of West Garfield Boulevard. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.
About 6:20 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg in the 0-100 block of East 102nd Place. No further information on the shooting was immediately available.
An hour earlier, a 33-year-old man was shot in the arm and leg in the 800 block of East 82nd Street. His condition and hospital information wasn't immediately available.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The first 4-H robotics team from Ohio to compete at 4-H Engineering Nationals is from Paulding County.
A team made up of brothers Gary and Matthew Klopfenstein, Arlen Stoller and Alec Kuhn traveled to West Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 23-25, to represent the local county at competition.
In addition, 14 individual competitors also competed from the Buckeye state.
"The team members spent a lot of time preparing for this competition," said Staci Hiler, 4-H Program Assistant for the county. "They used VEX robot kits in the competition; the team had approximately 24 hours to design and construct their robot to do specific tasks."


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CROWN POINT — With Crown Point Central School's 200 students seated in gym bleachers, teacher Crystal Farrell asked how many of them wanted to go to college.
There was an enthusiastic roar from students, and almost every hand went up.
At that recent ceremony, College for Every Student Program Director Tara Lambert presented the school with a School of Distinction banner.
Five North Country schools, out of 200 nationwide in College for Every Student's program, received the honor this year.
The nonprofit organization, based in Essex, says its mission is to help underserved students prepare for and gain admission to college. It offers a variety of programs that prepare students for college and help them succeed once they're there.
Lambert said College for Every Student was recognizing Crown Point for its efforts to raise college awareness and aspirations among students.
"This status is testimony that Crown Point Central School not only developed and executed an exemplary plan for its CFES Scholars but also helped the entire school become more college-ready."
CFES Scholars are targeted students in the group's three core programs: Leadership through Service, Mentoring, and Pathways to College.
College Leadership Team members Drew Malone, Sam LaPointe, Amanda Wolf, Taylor Booth and Jake Mildon accepted the banner for Crown Point.
"I congratulate you and your school for attaining this honor and for all you do to create opportunities for students," Lambert said. "This banner is an outward symbol of your dedication and hard work."
LaPointe, a junior, said after the ceremony that this is his third year on the Leadership Team.
"This is a small-town school, so this is a great honor, a national honor. Not many schools get it."
Crown Point Guidance Counselor Andrea McDonald said the award was cause for celebration.


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Incoming general manager Dave Gettleman conducted his first press conference with the Carolina Panthers, and stressed the need to build through the draft, while doing what it takes to bring Jerry Richardson a Lombardi trophy.
Speaking through a thick Northeast accent, Dave Gettleman was comfortable and relaxed -- not afraid of lightening the mood with some self deprecating humor, while saying that his approach will be very similar to Marty Hurney's. If you were looking for wholesale changes, and huge money in free agency then you'll be disappointed. Gettleman talked of the need to build through the draft, "raise their own", while using free agency to patch holes, rather than build a team.
When asked about the Panthers' salary cap situation, he was non-committal, but clearly knew a little more than he let on. Saying he'd need to look into it more, he didn't indicate there would be huge changes -- not yet. This desire to get a lay of the land continued, as Dave Gettleman spoke about how he will use these initial weeks to "get to know the Panthers family", rather than have lists of potential coaches, scouts, and executives to install.
There's no guessing who he is. This is a man with 25 years of experience, he wears his emotion on his sleeve, and openly talked about his frustration at getting passed over for many jobs. He talked about how society is moving towards the new "whizzbang" executives, causing him to get passed over as an older man. This is someone who wanted to show his success, and he has the rings to prove it.
The move now will be to get a new offensive coordinator following Rob Chudzinski's exit to Cleveland. Gettleman wants someone in the job quickly, who will run a balanced offense. This is a search we can hope will be concluded by the end of the week.
Dave Gettleman derided communism, talked about his halitosis, and expressed the need to find the bathroom. This is the antithesis of a neatly dressed, slick executive -- he's a football guy. When things are crazy, Gettleman talked about leaning on what he knows, and what he knows is player evaluation; he mentioned how he will spend time with "the clicker in my hand", indicating that he will still be studying film -- even with the new job.
This is a man who has been desiring a chance, and he discussed his need to "leave a legacy". Hopefully this will take the form of great success, and trophies in Carolina's future.


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President Barack Obama is slated to travel to Las Vegas as part of a discussion to fix immigration, the White House revealed Friday.
Plans call for Obama to arrive Tuesday in Nevada, the White House confirmed. He is slated to deliver his remarks at De Sol High School, 3100 E. Patrick Lane in Las Vegas, beginning at approximately 11:55 a.m.
On Friday, the White House said the president met with members of the bipartisan Congressional Hispanic Caucus to "discuss the need to make things fairer for and grow the middle class by fixing our broken immigration system".
Obama is making his first visit to Las Vegas for the first time since his re-election.
Las Vegas was a key battleground for votes during last year's presidential campaign. Obama's campaign stumps in the city included guest musical performances that included Mexican band Mana and pop artist Katy Perry during different occasions.
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Each Wednesday throughout the season, PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush identifies one Packers player, coach or area of the team that is most under the microscope. This week, Dan focuses on the Green Bay special teams ...
Bears-Packers matchup of the day: Wednesday
PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush presents the second of four key matchups this week in advance of the Packers' Week 17 game against the Bears at Lambeau Field:
Cutler says he expects to play 'whole game' against Packers
QB Jay Cutler said Wednesday that he doesn't expect to get any rest against the Packers on Sunday.
Five Packers earn Pro Bowl berths
The Packers will be represented in this year's Pro Bowl by five players — their highest total since 2007, when five Green Bay players were also picked to the team.
Bears-Packers matchup of the day: Tuesday
The Bears' defense could be in for another rough day if Julius Peppers and Israel Idonije aren't more disruptive than they were against the Jets in Week 16.
Packers 60-second rant: Luck has been a Bear necessity
In his rant this week, PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush vents over the huge Week 17 matchup between the Bears and Packers — polar opposites this season as far as luck is concerned.
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PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush presents a running meter that indicates the Packers' top five MVP candidates up through their most recent game.
They said it: Packers Tuesday edition
PFW delivers a handful of noteworthy early-week quotes from Packers players a few days after Green Bay's 45-17 rout of the Giants in Week 16.
Rodgers brings home hardware with epic Week 16 outing
While most of the fantasy players who entered the season ranked No. 1 at their respective position fell short of expectations, Aaron Rodgers was different, and his performance Sunday showed why.
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Birmingham, Ala. – Students participating in the Alabama Governor's School's entrepreneurship class taught by Samford University Brock School of Business dean, Howard Finch and professor Franz Lohrke recently toured Brookwood Medical Center as part of their class activities.
Bradley Dennis, Chief Medical Officer for Brookwood and a Samford graduate, escorted the students through the hospital touring the Operating Room, Radiology, Women's Center, Labor & Delivery, Women's Operating Room and the Cancer Center's Cyberknife units. Students ended their tour with a small group roundtable discussion with Brookwood's Chief Executive Officer, Garry Gause. "We truly enjoyed this opportunity to engage with an incredible group of students. It gave us a chance to show them a very real, behind-the-scenes look at how a hospital operates, " said Garry Gause, chief executive officer, Brookwood Medical Center. "This experience allowed us to really dialogue with students about the day-to-day business of running a hospital – including costs, the role insurance plays in healthcare, and the intricacies of patient care." The Alabama Governor's School is hosted annually by Samford University for rising high school seniors. Students participating in the Governor's School learn critical business and finance skills, get hands on experience with social science and humanities projects as well as hands-on experience working in visual and performing arts. The program is a 12-day program where students live on campus in order to get a real feel for college life.


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Tennis wraps up 2013 season in GSAC semifinals
April 30, 2013
Winston-Salem, NC-The Salem College tennis team wrapped up their 2013 season in the semifinals of the Great South Tournament. The team upset the higher-seeded Pioneers of Wesleyan in the quarterfinals, before they fell to Huntingdon in the semifinals. Salem finishes the season with a 2-9 overall record.
The team was represented by six players on the GSAC All-Academic Team. Zoe Fawcett (Manteo, NC), Hannah Greenwald (Englewood, Fl), Ayla Pruitt (Wilkesboro, NC) Angela Reavis (Boonville, NC), Samantha Story (Burlington, NC), and Sarah Wilson (Wilmington, NC) earned all-academic honors. Kenna Amos (New Britain, CT) was the team's lone selection on the GSAC All-Sportsmanship Team.


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Donald Cerrone was back in action tonight (Sat., Jan. 25, 2014) just a couple months after his "Submission of the Night" winning performance against Evan Dunham, as he battled the unheralded Adriano Martins on the main card of the UFC on Fox 10 event at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
The action was fast and furious right from the get-go. Cerrone came out firing off with his usual mix of punches and kicks, and Martins answered the call blasting back with big shots of his own.
They traded hard leg kicks for the next couple minutes, both finding success there.
Then, it happened.
Suddenly, Cerrone fired off with a head kick that connected clean on Martins' neck and put him out cold. His lights went out while he was still standing and after he collapses, "Cowboy" saw he was done and pulled off.
That's your "Knockout of the Night" folks.
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The Salem News
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has stated he would never apologize for America. It is remarkable to me that the Christian right has taken this man in as their candidate. In truth, most of the Christian conservatives feel pretty sure that Romney is going to hell, but that is all right because he hates the right people.
Anyway, this no apologies and the arrogant statement of "we built this" should be a bit of a red flag for people who actually read the Bible. Last I checked, asking for forgiveness is a pretty big deal for Christians. When a person acknowledges that they got help from others, that's what we in the church call humility.
Many of the criticisms against Obama's international policies stem from this idea that apologizing is wrong and that taking an honest look at our history is also wrong. I am fairly confident that pride and lying are not the foundations of Christianity. However, humility and truth are very much a part of following Christ. Now, perhaps these kinds of traits have no place in our conversations with other countries, perhaps asking for forgiveness from a country that has suffered tremendous oppression is bad policy. Perhaps the idea that we can learn from others should never be implied by the U.S.
The thing is that most Christian leaders claim to want our political leaders to be Christian in all aspects of their life and policy. In truth, they only want their political leaders to be Christian when they hate on gay marriage and the abortionist and those dirty liberals. They lose interest in the Christian ideas when it comes to health care, and foreign policy, and how we treat the illegal immigrants, and how we treat the poor, and how we deal with other nations, and how we deal with just about everything else.
Being a Christian is hard work, and most of us fail in our attempts. I personally have failed in almost every aspect of my life, and all those failures are my fault. I don't think failure means we stop moving forward in what we believe. We as people and as a nation should hold onto the ideal that helped this nation become a nation. We must acknowledge our sin, learn from that sin and then experience growth. Then when we succeed, we look back to those left behind and we lift them up. We don't despise and judge those that are lost and falling because that is not the Christian way.
If we can't, as a nation, and as people, find a way to extend a hand of mercy and grace and humility to those around us, perhaps God might forget to extend that same hand to us when it is us who don't deserve His grace and forgiveness and mercy.
Rev. Nathaniel Manderson


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The team initiated a special program last season titled "Face-Off Against Kids Cancer" that pairs Rampage players with children from the Centers for Oncology and Blood Disorders at Christus Santa Rosa, who are currently in either early stages of treatment for pediatric cancer or in remission. Through a series of social events that included a pizza and board game party at the hospital, an ice cream social after a Rampage game, a visit to SeaWorld and the San Antonio Rodeo, the program helped Rampage players forge lasting relationships with their respective buddies over the course of last season and hope to perpetuate those bonds this season.
"Face-Off Against Kids Cancer" also acts as a fundraiser. To culminate the program each year, the Rampage create fundraising opportunities, such as jersey auctions, and use the proceeds to benefit Christus Santa Rosa and pediatric cancer support groups in the San Antonio community. During the inaugural "Face-Off Against Kids Cancer" in 2010, the Rampage raised more than $10,000 in an effort to fight childhood cancer.
Originally initiated by the Mississippi Sea Wolves Hockey Club in 2003 and duplicated by the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies, the Phoenix RoadRunners, and the Fresno Falcons, "Face-Off Against Kids Cancer" has touched hundreds of lives and raised thousands of dollars.
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Want to copy First Lady Michelle Obama's fashion? There's an app for that.
"Michelle's Style List" was created by Helen Barclay in the U.K. who Fox 32's Tisha Lewis interviewed via Skype.
For 99-cents, Michelle's Style List, promises instant updates on the first lady's outfits, boasting lists of her clothes and accessories she wears throughout the year.
"I think all women love fashion and love to look elegant and that's what she does so yes, it's an obsession of sorts but it's definitely a healthy one, it's not a bad thing to like nice clothes," said Barclay.
From her high fashion, to her dressed down cardigans and her signature sleeveless look, the first lady's fashion has struck a cord with women across the globe and in President Barack Obama's hometown.
But what about the app?
"Yes, I'd be interested," said Chicagoan Cindy Starry.
"I don't know that I would necessarily go out and rush to buy it but it's interesting to know that those looks can be achieved on a normal budget... sometimes," said Ebonne Just.
Fashion icon Barbara Bates told Fox 32 News how women can get Mrs. Obama's look in Chicago.
"I can fit them for it. That look for me is like a look that I've lived before, it's a very 50's look when you talk about the fitted bodice and the full dresses," said Bates, a fashion designer and owner of Barbara Bates Designs.
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"I haven't heard anything yet, I would absolutely love to hear something! I hope she likes it and that's all I can hope for really," said Barclay.
Helen Barclays says she had the idea last year but was waiting for the outcome of the presidential election. Michelle's Style List went live on Apple's app store on April 6.
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Crosman 2100B multi-pump air rifle: Part 3
by B.B. Pelletier
Crosman's 2100B is a full-sized multi-pump that hopefully delivers power and accuracy with a few economic concessions.
Blog reader J was alert and noticed that I had not yet done the accuracy test of the Crosman 2100B multi-pump. I was astonished to find that he was right, so today we're going to look at it. But before we do, I want to show you something I did at the range last week. Some of you who have been reading for a long time will remember that over a year ago I was suffering from eye problems. It turns out that my diabetes had dehydrated me so much that my eyesight was affected. And it took a long time for the situation to correct itself. I wondered if I would ever be able to shoot with open sights again.
This past Thursday, I was out at the range testing several firearms and airguns and a friend of mine happened to bring his Remington RangeMaster model 37 .22 rimfire target rifle for me to try. The model 37 was Remington's equivalent to Winchester's model 52 target rifle until the model 40X was created, and it (the model 37) has the reputation of being incredibly accurate. My friend can no longer use open sights and is scoping all the rifles he intends to keep. But this one is a rifle he has owned for decades but never shot. It still has the factory non-optical target sights.
The Lyman 17A front globe has a post-and-bead like target shooters used back in the 1930s and earlier. You put the post at the 6 o'clock spot on the bull. With good eyes, this kind of sight is considered second only to a properly sized aperture front sight out to 200 yards, and world records have been set with it. But notice I said, "With good eyes."
I shot it at 50 yards with Winchester Super-X high-speed ammo, which is hardly target ammo! When I saw the group made with five shots I was ecstatic, because it proves that I can still see good enough to use open sights. I stopped at only five shots because who wants to ruin a group like that? However, after an involved trade with my friend, I ensured many more years of shooting this 37, and eventually I will shoot 10-shot groups. That's important for today's report, because the Crosman 2100B has a square post-and-notch sight, and the front has a bright green fiberoptic bead.
Five shots in 0.30 inches at 50 yards with open sights! The old man can still see! Sorry about the over-exposure.
Next, I tried my custom .17 HM2 that this same friend made for me on a Mossberg 44 US action. This rifle has a Leapers scope, so there's an even better chance of hitting the target. This time, five shots went into 0.266 inches at the same 50 yards. I was on fire! Unfortunately, I haven't yet mounted the scope on the FWB 300S, so I didn't have that to test, but everything I shot that day went where I wanted. Since I couldn't see the group through my scope, I knew it was a small one. And, once again, I chickened out after 5 shots. If I were reporting on the guns and shooting for the record, I would have shot 10 shots with each gun.
Five shots in 0.266 inches at 50 yards with a scope. Not that much better than open sights. It looks better because the .17-caliber bullet is smaller, but the actual size of the group isn't that much less than the first group.
On to today's test
I decided to begin shooting pellets with the 2100 at 10 meters. That way, if the rifle proved somewhat inaccurate, I could still keep them inside the trap. The 2100 has a .177 rifled barrel, so pellets should be more accurate than the steel BBs it also shoots. Since this is a Crosman rifle, what better to begin than with 7.9-grain Crosman Premier 7.9-grain domes?
The first thing I did was oil the pump head with several drops of Crosman Pellgunoil. I did that for the velocity test, as well; but since it's impossible to overdo this step and it does ensure the best compression, I did it again.
I decided on 5 pumps for this test because the velocity test showed that was enough to get all pellets into the 500 f.p.s. range. At 10 meters, that's all you need for good results. So, this test was very easy on me.
A new way of loading
Many owners may already have discovered what I am about to share; but while I was shooting the Premiers, I discovered a foolproof way of loading them. The loading port on the side of the rifle is too small for most adult fingers, and until now I've found it difficult to load the pellet so the head points forward. But during this test, I accidentally discovered that I could drop in a pellet in any attitude and simply elevate the muzzle of the rifle with the receiver rotated to the left so the loading port is angled up. The pellet would then try to right itself at the bottom of the loading channel; and, if it wasn't aligned, all I had to do was push it forward slightly with the cocking handle and then pull the handle back and the pellet would align itself every time. I tried this with the JSB Exact RS pellets, as well, but they got stuck and didn't align as easily as the Premier lites. I can't wait to try this method on my old Crosman 2200.
Sights are okay, but not great
I found the sights easy to acquire and very sharp and crisp, but the method of adjustment leaves a lot to chance. I never did get the group shooting where I wanted it. Also, though I elevated the rear sight nearly all the way, it was still just hitting at the point of aim at 10 meters. Forget about shooting longer distances unless you learn how to hold the front post above the top of the rear notch. But the sights are not important, because this will not be the last test of this rifle. Just like the M4-177 rifle I tested last year, I found the 2100B was far more accurate than the price indicated! In a word, it was phenomenal — which is why I told you about the state of my eyes in the beginning of the report.
Ten Crosman Premier lites went into this 10-meter group that measures 0.539 inches. This is fantastic accuracy for an inexpensive multi-pump with fiberoptic sights.
Next, I tried the JSB Exact RS pellet. I was expecting to see a similar group, which is why what I got surprised me so much.
Ten JSB Exact RS pellets made this huge 10-meter group that measures 1.05 inches. This is obviously not the pellet for this 2100!
What a difference! Crosman could use this as an ad testimonial for Premiers, if they wanted. We all know that the JSB Exact RS is a premium pellet; but in this rifle, the Premier lite is the clear and obvious choice. I already demonstrated that my eyes are up to the task, so there's nothing to blame in this case but the pellet.
BBs next
After testing two pellet brands, I switched to Crosman Copperhead BBs and fired 10 from a standing supported position at 22 feet. If the group was small, I would then try other brands of BBs, but as you will see that wasn't necessary.
Ten Crosman Copperhead BBs went into this 2.219-inch group at 22 feet. This demonstrated that it wasn't worth pursuing BBs any further. My photo inadvertently cropped off a BB hole on the right of the group. It's on the 5-ring, as it ends on the right margin.
The results
This rifle is deadly accurate with Crosman Premiers and not very good with BBs. I wouldn't even bother with BBs in the 2100 anymore because I have a host of BB pistols that will out-shoot it. But with Premier lives, it's a different story.
The 2100B has earned the right to a special 25-yard test with a scope sight. That will come in Part 4, and I charge blog reader J with making sure I don't forget to do it!
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I'm not at all surprised by the accuracy that you got from the 2100b. This kind of accuracy is what I got from my father-in-laws new 2100b that I got him for Christmas. This is a VERY accurate rifle!
Also, I didn't use Crosman Premiers. I used one of the Crosman hunting pellets. The trigger requires a bit of work, so you have to be patient, but because there's virtually no recoil, you can easily follow-through, seeing how well your execution is throughout the shot.
He's a large man, so the 2100b made sense, since it's a full-size rifle. It's a bit on the light side, but is full-size none the less. For the money, and the fact that he's not particularly picky, this rifle has proved to provide real bang-for-your-buck because the accuracy is there.
His only application is to clear pigeons from his back and side yard. I demonstrated that it had enough power to penetrate a fairly thick tin can, putting a good dent on the opposite end. Therefore, in my opinion, it was more than adequate for pigeons, even with fewer than the maximum number of pumps. I also added a good CenterPoint 4x scope, making it even easier to extract accuracy from this rifle.
Nice groups, BB! I've always had a soft spot for Crosman's guns, but never owned a 2100. Now I see what I've missed…..
Thanks for this report from me, too!
Wow! That's impressive, but for a $60 rifle, that's remarkable.
I've also gotten excellent accuracy from my 2100 using crosman pointed pellets. For the longest time, I just used the small scope that came included in the box.
I think it was the pointed pellets that I test with as well. They gave me a nice small one hole group at around 18 feet. I was amazed that I had to look for where the pellets were going. They were going into the same hole! Sure, it was a ragged hole, but that's about it.
My 2100 does the best with the old Beeman Ramjet pellets, I hoarded a bunch of them from PA before they disappeared. I've never shot BBs in mine. I also have had very little luck with the JSB pellets in mine. You have to watch out for the forward receiver screw on the 2100 if you scope it. If it gets loose the barrel and whole front of the gun wobbles which plays hell with accuracy with the scope being mounted on the receiver. Lock tite that one.
That's the kind of advice that makes this the premier airgun discussion site!
As mentioned if I have $50 knocking around loose I'll probably get one of these.
I'm sure whatever you have on hand will be better than the scope that came in the box:-) If I recall right, it was a very small scope, very dim and fuzzy. Somehow it worked fine for me though.
Were those groups you posted with the open sights? Nice! I had to use a file and open up the rear blade on mine a bit since the front post completely filled the rear notch.
I'll also have to try your loading technique. I wish that Crosman would bring back the loading gate of their old Backpacker model. All you had to do was roll it out to the side, easily slide a pellet into the hole and then roll it back in.
Well… Your accuracy test definitely tells me something about my Crosman 2100. I've tried a couple different pellets (Crosman hollow-points, Crosman pointed pellets, Daisy wadcutters, and Crosman wadcutters) at between 25 and 50 feet (with both a scope and the iron sights) and have yet to see anything as good as what you got with Crosman Premier Lights. In fact I don't think I've seen anything as good as what you got with JSB Exact RS pellets from my gun BB. Maybe I'll have to try it again next time I go shooting. Regardless I appreciate you doing the accuracy report BB.
I'll keep an eye out for the scoped accuracy report.
if you get tired of that Remington Rangemaster and want to trade or sell, keep me in mind. Roanoke is just around the corner!
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The old man has eyes and skills and a perfect trigger-finger! That's _amazing_! Something Shakespearean – like "Grey makes the green blush red".
I wonder if this is the line from MacBeth where he talks about his hand covered with blood from his assassination of the previous king and says basically that there is so much blood that it would "Turn the multitudinous seas incarnadine/Making the green one red."
Interesting. About 2X the cost of my daisy 880, which as I'm always saying, I'm very happy with, but it may be half again a better rifle.
The "fuzzy, dim" scope that comes with this is probably the Crosman Targetfinder Superscope (no kidding!) and is just a bit better than the really lousy scope that came with my daisy, and until I find a nice old metal-tube, classic .22 scope, will have to do. And do it does, well enough.
OK I have to post a correction. I guess my Daisy 880 cost about the same as this Crosman. The scope that came with *it* is dog-chew-toy grade, and I spent an additional $6 or so on the Crosman "Targetfinder Superscope" which is no Leupold but is a measure better, and I'm getting excellent accuracy.
The $6 Crosman scope is a "quantum leap" better compared to the stock sights, or even a decent target peep and globe setup. I believe scopes for hunting/pesting only became popular after WWII when the economy allowed widespread sale of them and GI's returning home had had exposure to really nice military equipment that used optics wherever advantageous. Even a skinny little sub-one-inch diameter tube "rimfire" scope is a joy and this is why I want to find a few of those old metal-tube ones at gun shows. I don't want a modern type scope which is fatter and higher off the gun then I prefer.
Some time when I have the odd $50 to throw around, I think I'll get one of these Crosmans just to be able to compare. I think this gun is a bit more powerful, 700-odd fps vs. 600-odd.
I think the Crosman 2100 is intended to compete with the Daisy 880.
You might want to try Tasco scopes. They make some in the $30-$40 range that work well on springers that have shaken their original scopes to death. You will need to get rings for them, as they are not included.
You can use medium height rings for the 40mm objective scopes, but you will need high-mount rings for the ones with 50mm objective lenses.
I wish Daisy still made the Model 856. While lower-priced and plainer than the 880, I think it was an improvement on the design. The later ones only shot pellets, so there was no bb port for a pellet to get caught in. Also, the use of the forearm as a pump lever is a lot easier on the hands than the lever on a 880.
The 880 lever isn't hard on adult hands though, I guess if I were a kid I'd do my famous string-winding thing on it, I was all into macrame and nautical-type ropework and I'd have put a winding on there that would have made all the other kids jealous.
I like those skinny old .22 scopes. Once upon a time they were well made. I remember a cool old mount that was made of spring steel, that was sort of both rings in one piece. The only way I can think of to get one or a few of 'em is to get to a local gun show and get there early. Which is in my plans.
Nice shooting with that 2100. I had thought that gun would more-or-less be a 760 built on a bigger frame. It looks like it must have a rifled barrel.
I checked out the grandkids' 760′s this weekend, and found the barrels were grooved all right, but the grooves ran parallel to each other (no twist). Must be on account of the way they were manufactured.
I think that still makes them smoothbores.
We had the big tournament shoot here yesterday. It was the kids' first tournament, shooting against other teams from the Panhandle. Nicky shot a 261 and Melanie shot a 188 (out of a possible 400). Both scored a number of 10′s on each position (4 positions).
I think it was a great experience for them. We will work on their shooting until next shooting season.
There is a learning curve to this. They were shooting against kid's who follow the tournament circuit every week.
Today we have high winds forecast for this afternoon, so I took them to the gun range this morning. I had the scopes sighted in on Shoot-N-C targets and ping-pong balls. They shot their scoped 760′s and I shot my XT.
Tonight the 4H Club winds up its shooting program for the season. We will shoot with them again next year. Melanie will have to decide if she will stay with bb-gun or go into the air rifle program.
The adults get to shoot tonight, so I am bringing my Crosman XT.
The guns the kids shoot at the 4H all use diopter sights. All my guns either use open sights or are scoped. They need to shoot with the same sort of sights they use in competition.
I think I took care of that problem today. I ordered from Pyramyd Air a Bronco Target Model. These haven't arrived yet, but are expected in the first week of April.
I also looked in my current "American Rifleman" magazine and found the Mossberg 464 SPX. It's real.
I don't know who would design something like that, but it does look like it would work.
In for a penny in for a pound! That is great the girls are having fun with the sport and enjoying competition. I'm a 4-H shooting sports leader and pend 15 to 20 hours a week at the range this time of the year. My daughter started at age 8 and now is 15 shooting on a very good junior team. I see a Crosman Challenger in your future.
All around fine shooting. B.B., maybe you can weigh in on the ballistics of the .17 HMR. CowBoyStar Dad mentioned that that this caliber could be accurate out to 150 yards while the .22WMR tailed off at around 100 yards. How can this be? I thought that heavier bullets stabilized flight and were accurate to a longer range.
DaveUK, your grandfather was a combat vet from WWII? No doubt he used the Lee-Enfield. Would have loved to hear some stories from him.
Duskwight, your knowledge of movies is truly astounding and surpassed only by…my ability to pull out another movie example. 'Fraid I can't even tell you the name of this one. It is part of a series where an Asian-American martial artist goes around fighting evildoers. At one point, he blunders across a white supremacist group. The leader executes people of color with a baseball bat, and then for the hero, he graduates to a…minigun! This one, I admit was much smaller than the one used by Arnold, more like a submachine gun. It was fed by a long belt, but it ultimately ran out of ammo too. But not before the shooter had pretty much demolished a house with it while shouting, "Can't we all just get along?!" He had a certain amount of style in his crummy way. Anyway, I'm persuaded that the time of the hand-held minigun has not yet arrived.
Edith, you're right that there is plenty wrong with the world today. Hardly a day goes by without headlines that make the world look like a circus. But do you really think things are worse now than they have been before? We don't have the Holocaust, slavery, the Black Death and other diseases, mass starvation, public executions with people being broken on the wheel, burned alive and disemboweled all in front of cheering crowds, the mass exterminations practiced by the Mongols, gladiatorial games, roads lined with crucified people, the routine sacking of cities and mass rape. As a fictional gladiator says who was frozen and brought back to life in modern times: "You have already told me that this society has no crucifixion and no slavery, so what is there to worry about?"
In fact Black Death is not dead. It's just lurking somewhere, under control – for now. Yersinia pestis is a very patient being it can live in populations of rodents for centuries, just waiting. Let the outbreak start in densely populated areas – and voila, it'll be faster and "better" than in Middle Ages.
I've studied cased of "spanish flu" of 1918 for my book. The Great War killed 10 million people in 4 years. "Spanish flu" killed at least 70 in less than a year, only in "civilized" world, where medical statitics were available.
Public executions? Well, take China for example.
Holocaust? Pol Pot operated not too far from our times, and the numbers of victims of tribal wars in Africa are quite on par with mass extermination of Jews, Gipsies and Slavic people.
World just had a little more gloss, but it still is a very unpleasant place to live
All around fine shooting. B.B., maybe you can weigh in on the ballistics of the .17 HMR. CowBoyStar Dad mentioned that that this caliber could be accurate out to 150 yards while the .22WMR tailed off at around 100 yards. How can this be? I thought that heavier bullets stabilized flight and were accurate to a longer range.
Not so much accuracy, as usable sight zeroes. (or, if you will "point blank range" — that range in which the diversion from the sight line is +/- some defined value).
Without actual values, the .22WMR with first zero at 75 yards may put the second zero around 110 yards with the portion between no more than, say, 1″ above line of sight. The 1″ below points may be 65 and 120 yards, for a total of 55 yards "PBR".
The .17HMR, with a first zero at 90 yards, is fast/flat enough for the second zero to be around 145 yards, same +1″, with the -1″ points being maybe 75 and 160 yards — total PBR range is 85 yards.
Accuracy is another matter… I've only put one box through my Ruger 77/17 and finally managed to find a target at 50 yards… My .308Win A-Bolt II was actually more accurate at 50 yards (evening wind was building up, and I /was/ hurrying some to get all on paper before the range closed for the day).
Perverting ChairGun Pro… Adding the weight/BC of the .17HMR and using it with my former .177 Marauder setup (scope height).
.17HMR with second zero at 155 yards, a 2″ kill zone (+/- 1″), the "PBR" is 24.6 to 177.5 yards. With a 1″ kill zone (+/- half an inch), the second zero is 135 yards, and the PBR is 40 to 151 yards.
.22WMR, second zero at 125 yards, 2″ kill zone, PBR is 19 to 144 yards. With the 1″ kill zone, the second zero is at 105 yards, and PBR is 33 to 119 yards.
Off topic questions:
The wrist on the Bronco stock looks like it is more horizontal than other stocks. Is there any advantage to this ?
Is the Mendoza peep sight on the Bronco target version work any worse than the Williams peep site? (ie: more backlash, less smooth, mushier clicks, etc) ?
Unrelated Question:
Which airgun replicates the fit/feel of Savage Mark II rimfire most closely ? The RWS Panther ?
I think a horizontal wrist makes your trigger finger have to reach further for the trigger blade…not a good thing if you like your trigger finger pad to pull straight back, a practice which I believe was touted recently on this blog as being a plus…i've been trying it since i read about it and it has helped but has also made me wish for more swept trigger blades.
I just want to say that you've provided a commendable service by giving a "lowly" rifle the like the Crosman 2100B as much care and attention as you have in this report. It's important that potential buyers know that they can get such a good product in this price range. Being a multi-pump makes it flexible. Being a pneumatic makes it easy to shoot. Being accurate, makes it worth every penny.
A rifle doesn't have to be cost hundreds of dollars to be an excellent buy. Th 2100B is just one example this. I'll bet that lots of people who buy magnum springers, really would have done better for themselves by buying a rifle like this.
I have always wanted one of these, but have been too busy buying rifles I can't afford. Either I am financially irresponsible, or BB is a bad influence on my buying behavior.
As much as I hate to navigate the fine clientele of this blog elsewhere for more information, Ted from Madison has done a fine set of videos on this very rifle, even though he usually test rifles that cost several hundred, or several thousand dollars. He seems to like it quite a bit, despite his champagne tastes. Ted is a very likable guy, and shoots a fine video. Be sure to check out all 3 installments. Then come back to PA to buy the darned thing!
I don't remember exactly when I bought my 2100 but it is well over 20 years old and still shoots as well now as it did then. Never even bothered to oil it. At the time I was not interested in hand-loading each round and so have shot bb's exclusively, although with much better results than BB achieved. Guess I should give a pellet a try and see if things improve. : ) Anyway I wanted to comment about cocking force-I realize it's entirely subjective but I find it hard to believe anyone could find this gun 'difficult' to pump….20 years ago I'd routinely pump up to 20-25 times in a misguided effort to get more power and never found it difficult at all. Perhaps an explanation as to how you've defined 'difficult' would prove handy to those considering purchasing this gun?
I can understand those 3yr old issues. Point well taken on the 2100 cocking effort. Someday we should quantify what the average 10 yr old can cock. My skinny 12 yr old grand children even had a difficult time cocking the 18 lb Bronco until they learned what leverage was.
Heh… I was in the 6th grade before getting a BB gun… And that was only after my father took me into the laundry room to show me a secret… That being the BB gun my younger brother was getting for Christmas — a Daisy "spittin' image" of, I believe, a Remington .22 slide action. I'm the "wimp" so my father hadn't even thought I'd be able to cock one.
I cocked it… so my father than spent the next week or two looking for a store that still had something in stock — which turned out to be a Daisy mod 25 (a better gun even if uglier to look at).
I have this gun that I purchased in July 2012. I have modified it to shoot RWS 8.3 grain domes at over 800 FPS with 10 pumps. It's now my 40 yard squirrel sniper.
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That's a great shooting 2100, and a fine shooter B.B.!! I don't have a 2100. I went for the Remington Airmaster77. I have been happy with the accuracy of that gun. I did put a decent scope on it and threw the very poor scope it came with. These seem to be among the last multi-pumpers that actually are made with a metal receiver.
I also have a Crosman 1077 CO2 rifle (with a terrible trigger) that has it moments of very good accuracy. But it looks like my best shooting air rifle may be my Crosman Custom Shop 2400 carbine with the metal receiver and (as I recall) a 15″ barrel. I am still trying this air gun out. Last time I shot from a (pretty shabby) bench at 10 yards scoped. When I got to trying some Crosman Premier HP I Shot a 3 shot group that literally measured "0″. The hole was the size of one pellet. I knew it was going to be a good day as the scope sight in shots were amazingly tight as I adjusted the scope. I know I'm cheating here, but I couldn't bring myself to risk ruining that group by shooting more shots into it. Just like in one IHMSA match years ago I had a perfect score of 39 going into the last shot at the 200 meter ram, and got so excited I missed the target entirley.
Your 2100 is a definite keeper. I can't seem to get the hang of spring piston shooting. I am considering buying a new Crosman M4-177 after reading reviews like yours and others.
Oh, and I should mention that, in the air gun forums I check out, if anyone asks about the 2100 and how accurate they are, I send them to this page where Tom did his accuracy tests on his. I figure that shouls settle the issue. Seems like a few air gun shooters kind of look down on multi-pumpers. I do not. My Remington Airmaster 77, and Crosman 1377 keep me convinced every time I shoot them.
Maybe I should mention that my Remington Airmaster 77 (made by Crosman and based on the 2100B0 likes RWS Hobbys, and does well with Crosman Premier hollow points and wadcutters.
Also, I see Webley has a brand new multi-pump air rifle out. Might be a good gun for a test review?


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I refered to the test criteria that has to be passed before express signing the application. I cam across this point where in the test says that the application does not run in the background on its own.
My application is such that I need to run it in the background. So, I added another option in the settings of my application where in the user could send the application to background. This does not sound user friendly.
How do I pass the test and also run my application in the background? Can anybody explain that test in simple words?