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Archive for April 2010
Webley Junior – Part 1
by B.B. Pelletier
Announcement: Just a reminder that Airgun Arena is holding a shooting contest. There are rifle and pistol categories. Rifle categories are: spring, sporter (PCP/CO2) and target. Pistols categories are: sporter, custom and target. The contest started on April 15 and ends on May 15, 2010. Pyramyd Air is supplying prizes, and there's still time to enter.
Update on Tom/B.B.: I visited with Tom for 3 hours Thursday afternoon. He said he felt fantastic and was quite animated! He's improving day by day. I'll be spending quite a bit of time with him this weekend.
Today's blog comes from Airgun Revue #6, which was published in 2000.
I like Webley pistols, make no mistake about it! Although I haven't owned all models and variations, there have been a number of Seniors, Mark IIs and Premiers in my possession over the years. Except for the Junior. I'm not a real collector, but the solid feel of the gun keeps me coming back for more.
For some reason, the Junior has eluded my grasp. Like the Diana 35, the Junior is an air pistol I've admired from afar, never quite being able to reconcile the cost of a smoothbore when so many accurate rifled models are around. The Junior has its grips held on by a single screw. Its end cap (at the muzzle end of the gun) has but a single cross-screw instead of separate cross-screw and spreader screw. The cocking link has a single pivot instead of two, and the trigger has only 2 pins where the big guns have 3 to 5. In other words, it's the cheap member of the Webley family, and cheap is not why I got into airgunning. I'm here for the blued steel, the fine wood and the perceptible substance of quality-crafted airguns. With all its cost-cutting features, the Junior just doesn't sound like any of those things. But it is.
In 1999, I received an email request out of the blue from collector Eric Hall. He asked for information about a Webley Junior. To answer the query, I consulted my library copy of Hiller's third edition of Air Pistols book that has been read so much that the pages were starting to fall out. An answer was created in the form of 20 questions about the gun. After a day, the response came back, and I learned that the Eric had a fairly valuable Webley Junior, or at least a Junior as valuable as it can get.
Eric and I emailed back and forth for another week when I asked him to send me his gun so I could write about it. He didn't hesitate. Before you know it, I had this great-looking Junior in my hands.
The gun is the second iteration of the pre-WWII Junior to come from Webley. The first one had wooden grips with tighter ribbing than the ones on our sample gun, plus the rear sight was adjustable on many examples. Ours has the ribbed (for strength) steel grips that pretty much define the pre-war Junior. They're blued but are also the first metal part to rust and turn plum-colored, which these are doing. A single screw on the right grip passes through the frame and grabs a threaded escutcheon on the left grip.
The grip frame is straighter than those on post-war Juniors. It looks quite similar to the frame of the so-called straight grip Senior, a Webley that was also in its initial design iteration the same time as this one.
Actually, the grips of later Juniors never did become as slanted as those of later Seniors, but the bottom of the lower grip frame did become wider and more rounded after the war, which gave the visual impression of a greater rake. The early gun has a more rectangular grip frame by comparison.
The frame is blued steel also, but on this gun the color is actually reddish brown. I understand that happens when the bluing salts are too hot. You see it on custom Mauser rifles from time to time. The frame is fashioned into two steel loops that encircle the steel spring tube/compression reservoir. The loop in the back is enclosed at the end, leaving no access hole at the front of the compression chamber, as is found on the Seniors. Hence, there isn't a Not to be removed warning around a screw slot that's always buggered by some anonymous airgunner's clumsy attempts to learn why. The back of the Junior is as clean as the deck of an aircraft carrier–from the bottom of the grip frame to the top of the sights.
A spring-loaded thumb latch holds the barrel closed and tight against the breech gasket. It's not as convenient for right-handers as the lever found on the left side of the larger pistols, and I'm sure the lefties feel a sense of revenge.
Cocking isn't easier than a Senior, even though the Junior has a weaker mainspring. That's probably because the cocking linkage is less articulated, which reduces the overall mechanical advantage.
As with all vintage Webley pistols, the Junior is a barrel-cocker. After releasing the rear (breech) of the barrel, you lift it up and forward while the cocking link pulls the piston straight back, compressing the mainspring as it goes. But back and front are reversed on a Webley. Back, when referring to the piston, means toward the muzzle of the gun, while forward means toward the shooter. Webley uses a compact folded cocking mechanism that employes the barrel as a handle to cock the gun. It's one of the defining features of the brand and was even used on two models of rifles–the Mark I and the Mark II Service.
Although the Junior is known as the runt of the Webley litter, it's not a weakling! Even though everything on the gun is smaller, the Junior holds its own in the power department. I've seen published velocities in the 250-300 fps range, but our test gun, which had been left cocked for more than a week when I got it, was much stronger.
The piston seal is a no-tech plug of leather on the end of the steel piston. It should be kept oiled with a good grade of gun oil, which will not diesel because the compression is too low. If you ever have to replace the seal and can't find one from the factory, it should be easy enough to make one from sections of an old leather belt. They would have to be stacked because the seal is quite thick.
The mainspring nests inside the hollow piston, which fits tightly enough to guide it well. Gun oil on the coils is good here, too. One surprising aspect was the round wire section of the spring. All the bigger Webleys use flat-section wire to get more coils into a short space. The round section will last longer, but it won't have quite the power potential of the flat-section wire.
The mainspring is under a fair amount of pretension, too. About 2 full inches are compressed when the end cap is tightened.
The end cap, which is on the front of the gun, has a hollow spring guide attached to it. You can oil it when the gun is disassembled or just let the slung-off oil from the mainspring do the job over time, which is what I did.
Next time, we'll look at velocity and accuracy.
When Savage made a folded-metal gun
by B.B. Pelletier
Update on Tom/B.B.: Tom's feeling better and his spirits are quite high. He had several liters of fluid eliminated from his abdomen. Turns out there was no fluid in his lungs, however the fluid in his abdomen was pressing on his lungs and made it difficult for him to breathe. His belly still looks a bit distended to me, but that might be due to having a very long needle poked into him at various angles. Tom said it was pretty painful, but he'd do it all over again if he had to.
Today's blog originally appeared in the September 1998 issue of The Airgun Letter.
It was before World War II, when the economy was recovering from the Great Depression, that Savage Arms Company of Utica, New York, offered a toy ball-shooting long gun with a pump action.
Airgunner Alan Johnson told us he'd been a Savage employee but had never heard of this toy gun. He told us that Savage had moved their plant from Utica to Massachusetts after the war, which was the first indication that the gun was made before the war.
I first encountered one of these in 1994 at the big antique/flea market in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. I remember thinking at the time how much the gun resembled the Remington model 26 BB gun in everything except size. The Savage is just 30-1/2″ long and weighs 36 oz.; the Remington is one of the largest and heaviest of all folded-metal BB guns ever made.
The dealer who had that gun was asking what seemed like an exorbitant amount for a gun in roughly the same condition as the one pictured here–$350, as I recall. The high price put me on the lookout for another example; but until I found this one, I never saw another.
After I purchased this one, though, I saw another at the 1998 Little Rock Airgun Expo on the table of collector Richard Schmidt. His was in almost-new condition, obviously having never been played with. Mine is rougher, showing lots of use but no real abuse. The one thing both these examples have in common is the original Savage paper sticker on the right side of the butt. The one I saw at Carlisle had no sticker.
Jim Buskirk, who publishes the Toy Gun Collectors of America newsletter, sent me a package of info that included an Abercrombie & Fitch ad for this exact gun. That ad said the gun was sold both as Savage and as Fox. The ad refers to the gun as the Fox model 31, although the drawing in the ad itself clearly shows the Savage name on the side of the receiver. It also says the gun is designed to shoot red wooden balls that are 3/8″ in diameter, and the power is supplied by the mainspring alone. They go out of their way to make the distinction that this is not an airgun–perhaps to soothe parents who might think that it is based on the general size and construction. The price was $3.00–not altogether different from what a low-end BB gun would cost in that era.
I bought a package of 3/8″ balls based on this information, hoping to chronograph the gun. But the balls I got are slightly too big for the barrel. So, I'll estimate the velocity at around 50 f.p.s., based on the norm for straight catapult guns that use a coiled mainspring. I could be off a bit on the low side, but the range of the gun is given as 10-12 feet, so it isn't much faster than that.
The gun is loaded through a round cutout in the bottom of the magazine tube, about midway up the barrel. In fact, what appears to be the barrel of the gun actually houses both the mainspring and the true barrel, which is only half as long as it looks.
The slide handle must be held firmly forward in order for the trigger to release, just like on the Remington model 26. Even as old as this gun is, the safety device works perfectly–probably having been better designed than the rest of the gun.
Buskirk also sent the summer 1992 issue of his newsletter, which has a reprint of an ad for a cork shooter that looks very similar, though not identical, to our subject gun. It's grouped with another toy gun from Fox–the famous double barrel that takes spring-loaded shells that shoot wooden "bullets." The implication is that the pump gun is also a Fox. It differs in shape somewhat from the one I have, plus it holds only 5 balls; and they're cork instead of wood, but it might very well be a version of my pump gun. They were sold for $2.93 by Montgomery Ward & Co.
Both ads include a target with the gun. The Abercrombie & Fitch ad has what looks like a foam target face, and they refer to it as a "shot retaining target," so I assume the foam would part to hold the ball by friction. It seems to be divided into small "fingers" to do just that.
Buskirk added in his letter that he felt Savage might not have been the actual manufacturer of the gun. He based that on the fact that Savage, as a firearms manufacturer, would not necessarily have the experience or tooling to work with folded metal.
What he says makes sense, but the top of the gun is stamped with the following: SAVAGE PLAY RIFLE MANUFACTURED BY SAVAGE ARMS CORPORATION, UTICA, NY. PATENT APPLIED FOR. If they didn't make it themselves, why word it that way?
As far as I know, Savage, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, Johnson, Remington and possibly Sharps are all American firearms manufacturers who have made toy guns or airguns at one time. When I include Winchester, I don't mean the German Diana models they imported in the '60s and '70s. I refer to the two beautiful prototype BB guns that are in Mike Burleson's collection.
Did other U.S. firearms makers ever make airguns? Perhaps the blog readers might like to contribute to a search of the literature to help answer this question. We know that Daisy, Sheridan and Quackenbush made firearms. Were there others? Time will tell.
Thanks to Alan Johnson and Jim Buskirk for their contributions to this story.
Give 'em something to do
by B.B. Pelletier
Update on Tom: The hospital didn't get around to doing the procedures mentioned in yesterday's update…because people who were in critical condition were ahead of him. They hope to do everything today. Tom looks and feels MUCH better, and we think the hospital is on the right track. Without going into too much detail, they're working with his body's natural immune system and have seriously altered the medications and protocols of the previous hospital.
Todays blog comes from the August 2001 issue of The Airgun Letter. I remember when Umarex first brought out so many CO2 pistols that looked like firearms. People wanted them but didn't really know what to do with them. Popping paper targets got kind of boring after a while. These days, there are lots more CO2 guns, but we haven't seen a big growth in targets. So, this article is still pertinent.
The action pistols made by Umarex and other manufacturers are fun because they're repeaters. Most are very realistic to look at and hold, so the shooter gets a tactile treat when he has one in hand. But people get confused when it comes to shooting these new guns, as in, "What do I shoot AT?" They often try to make target pistols out of them, and that's a role for which these airguns are poorly suited.
The accuracy of the average action pistol is about 1-1/8″ at 10 meters–and that's at their best. At their worst, accuracy is more on the order of 2-1/2″ to 3″. That's pretty far from target accuracy when there are guns like the Beeman P1 and Gamo Compact floating around. Either one of them and many others like them can hit a dime with every shot at 10 meters.
But, the action pistols can do something that very few of the target guns can do. They can shoot rapidly, and many can mount optical sights. Set up in this way, they become the airgun equivalents of the firearms they copy–true action pistols.
Velocity is the same for all these guns–360-390 f.p.s., give or take. You can expect 50-75 shots, depending on how fast you pull the trigger, because CO2 chills the gun as it flows through and a cold gun uses more gas.
Juice cans with a string fastened through their bottoms can be stood on a flat board 15 feet away–each can standing over a hole in the board through which the string passes. Paint them black for contrast and have at 'em! The pellet should topple the cans and a pull on the combined strings at the shooting line should bring them each back to standing over their holes once more (you'll need some ground clearance under the board for the strings).
Gamo has made some spinner targets that are ideal for action pellet pistols. So, if you don't want to make your own, these are perfect. The nice thing is that they're not just spinners. You can tie balloons on them and one even has a paper target frame.
How does it shoot under pressure?
One thing I noticed as I shot magazine after magazine in preparation for this report is that the more you shoot, the better you get. Better means faster. I shot almost one full tin of RWS Hobby pellets–that's a full 500 rounds in just one session. And there was more than one session! I went through dozens of CO2 cartridges gathering data and experience.
I'm guessing there are plenty of people who buy a CO2 pistol, shoot it enough to exhaust a CO2 cartridge and then put it away because popping paper targets loses its luster after 75 rounds. Unique targets–homemade or otherwise–will heighten the enjoyment and make you more accurate, which is what I discovered.
What types of targets do you shoot at?
BRV – Part 2
by B.B. Pelletier
Update on Tom/B.B.: Some time today, doctors will drain Tom's abdomen and the small amount of fluid that's seeped into his right lung. He'll get general anesthesia, so we may be in for some more funny stories if he goes through Sundowner's Syndrome again.
Now, on to today's blog which is a continuation of my experience with air rifle benchrest. This is an edited version of the article that appeared in the January 2000 Airgun Letter.
by Edith Gaylord
By the time our two-day benchrest tournament came around in September, I'd already shot a number of matches and was ready to compete against all comers. I didn't expect to win, but I didn't expect to be at the bottom of the heap, either.
Thinking about all the things I'd learned along the way, one of the greatest learning experiences was watching the top shooters perform. My scores increased, and I got the highest score I'd every made in BRV.
The equipment race…sort of
BRV is for .177 caliber only, and most people shoot Olympic 10-meter rifles. The distance for that class of rifle is 22 yards. Since my Barnes Ranger was not a stock Olympic 10-meter gun, I had to shoot at 30 yards. Only 8 yards difference, but it sure seemed a lot bigger at the time. When the wind's blowing and won't stop in time for you to get off all your shots during the allotted time, you have to shoot through the wind. And it's infinitely easier to shoot better at 22 yards than at 30.
Watch the winners and do what they do
A technique that I believe helped me increase my scores in the final matches in September is the same one that I used to acquire a higher level of skills in both tennis and racquetball: watch the winners.
When I was a sophomore in college, I took a tennis course. If you showed unusual talent, the teacher would spend more time with you to hone your skills. She spent no time at all with me!
One day, I was in a doubles match. I was with a student on one side of the net, and my teacher and another student were on the other side. In the middle of a volley between me and the teacher, she was surprised by my sudden skill and asked what had happened. I told her I'd been watching professional tennis players on TV and in live events in town. This was probably the first time in my life that I performed well under stress. It was a good day to pick because that match was the final exam for my course. My doubles team defeated the teacher and her teammate, and I got an A. Six months later, I transferred to the University of Florida in Gainesville, and more than one person thought I was part of the school's tennis team based on my skill on the court.
Back to benchrest. I knew who the best shooters were because I made it a point to find out who won previous tournaments and matches. The habits and manners of good shooters are the best textbook. So, I mimicked the moves, body position and actions of Dave Horner, who was the reigning BRV World Champion. Watching him was instrumental in increasing my scores. The way he held his gun, the direction of his body, feet, arms, head…everything. While I may have creeped him out, I was determined to extract every nuance that I thought would help me improve.
A final note…to field target shooters
While I've never seriously shot in field target matches, I've seen a lot of people who have. I observed that the best shooters have something in common. They're always interested in getting better. They observe other shooters and pick up habits that will improve their scores. Shooters who are always near the bottom of the pack and rarely improve aren't necessarily people who have the worst equipment. I knew a shooter who had some of the top guns, but he just didn't seem to do all that well. He was intent on blaming his equipment. If he'd just watch the winners and mimic them, he might have done well with the first gun instead of buying dozens of others to try to gain a winning score.
BRV – Part 1
by B.B. Pelletier
Update on Tom/B.B.: On Sunday morning, Tom's white cell count skyrocketed and two more pancreatic cysts were discovered. He's been transferred to a regional trauma center to receive care from doctors and nurses who specialize in his type of medical situation. We were very relieved once he was situated in the new hospital. They immediately made changes to his protocols, medication, etc. An interesting discovery…the gallons and gallons of fluid in his abdomen is pure bile! I have no idea how long it would have taken the other hospital to discover this. This is progress, and both Tom and I are grateful for the change of venue.
Now, on to today's blog!
by Edith Gaylord
I originally wrote my air rifle BRV (benchrest) experiences for The Airgun Letter. Tom was already shooting field target matches, and our gun club wanted to hold air rifle benchrest. So, I decided to do the shooting this time to give Tom a break since he was also going to be the BRV match director.
Although I'm not a good shot, I discovered that I actually enjoyed the matches because I wasn't depending on my skills to hold the gun. Instead, I could concentrate on doping the wind, remembering to squeeze the trigger instead of pulling it, concentrating on shooting my targets instead of my neighbor's and balancing my gun the same way every time.
First, let's have a test match
Our club had to qualify to hold benchrest matches, so we had to hold a test match with at least three competitors. Two of the club's field target shooters volunteered to participate in the test match. I was the third. Match day was icy, rainy, even sleeting at times. Nevertheless, all three competitors stuck with it and finished the match…with blue lips and fingertips!
One of the things that I find most frustrating is being righthanded and left-eye dominant. I can shoot with my left hand, but not with any semblance of accuracy. We originally discovered that I was left-eye dominant when Tom handed me a camera (pre-digital), and I automatically put the view finder up to my left eye.
To make it easier for me to shoot benchrest without having to train to use my right eye for scoping, we needed to locate a suitable scope mount that would accommodate my cross-eyed dominance.
I tried everything to find a suitable offset mount, but nothing off the shelf worked for me. Dan Bechtel, who owned B-Square at the time, said he'd send us some mounts that might work. Those mounts moved the scope about an inch to the left, and I needed a shift of 2-5/8 inches. Gary Barnes, who made the Barnes Ranger I was using as my match rifle, agreed to make some custom mounts for the gun. Finally, I was set to go.
Early lessons learned
Here are some of the things I learned from my practice and the first match.
You can cant your rifle if you do it right
I had a level for my gun, which was more of a distraction than an aid. The Airgun Letter had run an article about canting guns, and it said that those who always shoot at the same distance can cant their gun the same way every time and not suffer accuracy problems. Since benchrest is always at the same distance (30 yards for the class I was shooting), I opted for a slight cant. I had to repeat that hold with each shot. But it was natural enough for me to be able to repeat it, and it was easier than trying to always find the exact same spot on the level, which was not a comfortable position for me. Tom always said I was half a bubble off plumb–and I guess this proves it.
Don't rest your reservoir on anything
Never lay a PCP gun's reservoir on a rest. You can put the gun's stock on a rest, but the changes in the reservoir's pressure will cause variations in point of impact if the reservoir is supporting the gun on a rest. At our first real match, airgunner Earl Brooks was shooting a Daystate CR 97, and he mentioned that where he rested the forearm of his gun also mattered noticeably. That's probably why Ray Apelles found that his free-floated Career 707 achieved even greater accuracy. The reservoir's pressure changes really have an effect when you're shooting at a point that is no larger than an aspirin. That's the size of the center "mothball" in airgun benchrest.
White bullseyes are much harder to shoot than black ones
It is MUCH easier to hit a traditional black bullseye than the white mothball centers on a BRV target. This was mentally confusing to me. When I mentioned this to BRV founder Larry Brown, he said it was deliberately designed that way. Devious!
Don't shoot when it's windy near the shooter
When the wind ruffled my hair, my shots would be off. However, when the wind was blowing only downrange, nearer the target and not around my bench, I shot closer to where I had aimed. Larry confirmed that my assessment was correct–when the pellet comes out of the barrel and is pushed off course immediately, it keeps going further and further off course. But when it leaves the barrel without a breeze, then it's going downrange on course and will be closer to the point of aim. Seasoned shooters already know this, but I was just learning when I took up benchrest.
Sometimes, harder is easier
Lastly, I found that Shakespeare can be applied to benchrest–"Sweet are the uses of adversity." I realized that I could estimate the wind downrange and hold a bit to the left or right of the mothball. In fact, I got a higher score than when I shot during a dead-calm moment and aimed directly at the mothball. How could this be? What I had learned was that it was easier for me to hold against something. Some people seem to find it easier to NOT shoot at precisely the perfect time, but at a time when things seem to be working somewhat against them. Maybe I'm just a person who enjoys overcoming obstacles rather than just doing things the easy way.
I shot three matches on my first day (the matches were held on two consecutive days). I tend be observant and was interested to see how minute changes affected my score. By the time I'd shot the third match, my score had tripled. Yes!
New products and more
by B.B. Pelletier
Update on Tom/B.B.: Tom is still making progress, and things are moving in the right direction. (Woohoo!) Once again, today's blog is from B.B.
Pyramyd Air has some new products, so I wanted to bring some of them to your attention. They have a web page that lists new items, but all of you may not look at it. Plus, I can add my 2 cents here.
The Falcons are coming! The Falcons are coming!
About 10-12 years, Edith saw a female target shooter out-shoot her husband in EVERY field target match with a Falcon Light Hunter rifle with a skeleton stock. When she found out that Pyramyd Air was going to sell Falcons, she grinned from ear to ear.
Pyramyd Air is now stocking Falcon rifles, and the web pages will be available very soon. The guns are made in England, and their quality is superb–the equivalent of Air Arms. In fact, the company that owns Air Arms also owns Falcon Airguns (a relatively recent acquisition). They'll stock the Prairie Falcon, but there are other models coming, too.
Of course, last year, Beeman imported a Falcon rifle and carbine. These are branded as Beeman guns on the breech, but the new batch is coming direct from Falcon and will bear only that name.
.45 caliber pellets
Big bore airguns have really moved to the forefront, and Pyramyd Air is keeping up with the growth. They've just added 4 new .45 cal. pellets to their lineup. Three of them are steel-tipped round noses and the fourth is a hollowpoint. They run from 175 to 230 grains. These new pellets bring the total ammo for .45 up to 14. Lots of choice!
Beeman guns, pellets and mounts
As you already know, Pyramyd Air is now the importer for the high-end European Beeman guns, ammo and accessories. There's a transition period now, and that means you might find two product pages for one model of gun. One model might have iron sights while the other has fiber optic sights. One might be the model shipped from the Beeman warehouse in California, while the other model may be the stock we just received from the German manufacturer. As we found out the other day, there are two for the HW50S.
At this time, the Beeman guns that are being ordered by Pyramyd Air are starting to arrive, as are the pellets and mounts. The mounts are also a nice surprise, as Pyramyd Air has been able to significantly lower the prices on them. If you've avoided them before because of price, you might want to start checking them out again.
In-stock dates and why they keep changing
Contrary to popular opinion, Pyramyd Air is not playing games with the dates they use to indicate when an out-of-stock item will be in stock. In fact, we have several people who are tracking these dates. They contact the manufacturer or vendor to determine if a product has been shipped. If it hasn't, then they get an estimate when they think the shipment will happen. If the shipper doesn't know, then they remove the ADD TO CART button and just leave it at that. You can see the product but you can't order it.
When we're told that a shipment has been made, we estimate when it'll be received in Ohio. Often, the date listed is two weeks from the ship date. As is often the case, the products arrive earlier than expected and everybody loves us.
A manufacturer might tell us they're going to ship something in a day or so, and we should get it within a week. We put a 2-week in-stock date online but then find out that the shipment never happened. We move the date out even further. Occasionally, the shipper has pulled our leg a number of times, and the date keeps getting pushed out further and further, over and over. Think you're frustrated? Pyramyd Air doesn't like it either! It's maddening when manufacturers aren't straight with you. In some cases, though, the manufacturer was expecting a delivery (such as a shipment of guns from China or Turkey), and that shipment didn't arrive because the factory didn't ship it as promised. So, everyone's delivery date gets bumped.
Another issue is U.S. Customs. Sometimes things fly through customs without an issue…and sometimes they don't. Airsoft is especially vulnerable to customs delays. I've heard of delays as long as 6 months. I'll bet there have even been longer delays.
So, the next time you get an email that says the product you ordered didn't get delivered on time or you see an in-stock date constantly changing, don't blame Pyramyd Air. It's the manufacturer or their suppliers who have delayed delivery.
Now that we're talking about shipping and stocking issues, what are your other gripes?
My survival gun
by B.B. Pelletier
Update on Tom/B.B.: Things are still progressing smoothly. He's being fed intravenously and is now allowed to drink some water. Today's blog came from B.B.
Here's a little teaser: Pyramyd Air will be revealing something new and exciting on Monday, May 3. A lot of people have been working on this surprise for months. No more clues. And don't even think of trying to get any info out of Edith!
Ever wonder which airgun you'd want if you were on a deserted island (think "Gilligan's Island")?
The Sheridan Blue Streak, which I got in 1978, is my choice as a survival gun on a deserted island. Does that surprise you? You probably thought I'd pick the Discovery or the Beeman R1 (my personal R1 is an older model and has open sights, the current one does not). They're great rifles, but each rifle and all other powerplants just can't bring to the table the reliability and flexibility of a Sheridan Blue Streak.
Why I picked a multi-pump
Imagine the variety of critters you could dispatch with a multi-pump. Put 2-3 pumps in the gun, and you could easily take a rabbit at relatively close distances. A few more pumps, and birds (head shots, please) would be on the menu. Put in 7 or 8 pumps, and you'll be taking larger lizards and even some snakes. Again, head shots.
I suppose I could take a wild pig with 8 pumps. While I don't consider this humane, I'm talking strictly about a survival situation. And, you're well aware of a large airgun manufacturer that already advocates taking a wild pig with a head shot with a .177 cal. rifle. A Sheridan air rifle is .20 caliber, which offers a bit more punch.
The only thing that might need regular maintenance on a multi-pump is a seal. As I've stated for years, keep one pump in the rifle when you're not shooting, and you'll protect the seal. My 32-year-old Blue Streak still has the original seal because I've followed this procedure religiously.
What about oiling the pump lever? Pellgunoil is the best thing, but what if you didn't bring any with you? How about coconut oil? (I expect to find coconuts on my island!) That ought to do it for maintenance. Sounds simple. And that's the point. I don't want a gun that needs to be handled with kid gloves or has lots of areas that could fail or that might need special attention to keep it functional. The gun has to take care of me, not the other way around.
Why I didn't pick another powerplant
Here are the reasons I eliminated all the other powerplants from my list.
Spring-piston: I own quite a few spring guns and have extolled the virtues of this dirt-simple powerplant. However, there's one hitch. The mainspring could break. While it IS a remote possibility, I'm totally out of luck if that happens. Gas springs don't usually fail, but this is a life-and-death situation, and I don't want to risk even the slightest chance something could go wrong if I'm depending on an airgun to survive. Plus, the piston seal could get nicked, and the piston would lose compression. There's very little you can do once that happens.
Single-stroke pneumatic: This powerplant just doesn't have enough power to take small and medium game. While I could use the stock to club an animal, that's not really what I had in mind.
CO2 gun: My deserted island is warm enough for CO2, but where will I replenish my stock? Plus, I'll need Pellgunoil or the gun will start to leak after a short period of time. I don't think coconut oil will be a good substitute.
Precharged pneumatic: For those of you who thought my choice would be the Condor or Marauder, I'm sorry to disappoint you. I won't have air to replenish a scuba tank or electricity or gasoline to power a compressor. I could take a hand pump, but that's just one more piece of equipment that could break or need maintenance. Remember, I'm trying to make this as simple as possible with the least number of things that could go wrong.
The variable power of a multi-pump was one of the deciding factors. I don't want a gun so powerful that my pellets rip through a critter and exit the other side. I want the ammo to stay inside and create a larger wound channel. This ensures that the animal will die faster.
One final thing that no on talks about is the shooter's ability to operate the gun at lower levels that involve less stress. The Blue Streak (and the Benjamin 397 and 392) is already a very under-stressed airgun. But you have an ace up your sleeve if you own one of these in a survival situation.
Remember that nick I mentioned on the compression seal of the springer? There's probably no less chance of nicking the seal on the pump head of a multi-pump pneumatic. What you do with a multi-pump pneumatic, you can't do with a springer…pump it more times. So, if your multi-pump pneumatic seal leaks a little–but you can add more strokes to compensate for that leak–you're back where you want to be.
What else would I want/need?
Pellets! I can easily pop out 1,000 pellets on a weekend, but I could make that many last a year or more. My first choice would be Crosman Premiers, as they deliver very consistent velocities.
I'd also like to take a sharp knife, a multi-tool and a flashlight. I could get along without these, but they'd be nice to have.
Which gun and what equipment would you take to your deserted island?


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The Sheridan City Council decided Monday night to move forward with a plan to renovate the Fifth Street corridor, which sits between downtown and the Interstate–90 exit.
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In 33 years of filmmaking, director Michael Mann has only made 10 theatrically-released feature-length films. Averaging one every three years (with two long gaps of about six years—we're reaching the end of the second now), his un-prolific nature is perhaps due to meticulous and exhausting research processes and character explorations which often lead to completed screenplays ... only for him to abandon them when he finds something amiss. "I only do films I truly believe in," Michael Mann said in a 1990s interview expressing frustration with his somewhat unproductive pace and yet simultaneously articulating the vital quality that makes him the filmmaker we know today. It's the sort of thing many directors might say, but Mann, more than many others, has the courage of his convictions and the resulting short but blazing filmography to back up his sincerity.
"I don't work 40 hours a week and come home, take [weekends] off and leave my work at the office. I don't know how to live like that," one of the lead detectives says in "L.A. Takedown," Mann's 1989 TV movie that he remade faithfully years later as "Heat." These fixations are as much Mann's words to live by as they are axioms that could conceivably apply to practically every lead character the filmmaker has ever created. In fact, the central male in the films of Michael Mann (and it's always a man) is almost always defined by his code of life. His central preoccupation is often professional obsession, even fanaticism, often at the price of ordinary existence, which is perhaps why so many of his men are ascetic, Zen-like students of their own trade; detached to the point where they are able drop everything if things go south and walk away with only the skills they have worked on. Somehow we never doubt those skills will be enough.
Perhaps this ongoing interest in professional zeal is what attracts Mann so often to stories pitting criminals against those who seek to put them behind bars ("Heat," "Public Enemies," Thief," "Collateral," "Miami Vice" both the TV show—which Mann produced—and the movie). His films frequently suggest that in fact, at the top of their respective games, crooks and cops are not so dissimilar as men: they each live and die by their own codes and they each recognize themselves in the other. There is even a loose honor among between these seeming adversaries, almost a mutual understanding.
But if Mann returns repeatedly to drink from the same thematic well, rarely are the results repetitive or uninspired. His favorite reoccurring motifs—sacrifice, commitment to craft above all things, pre-planned exit strategies, the failure of domestic bliss and what author Nick James calls the "uneasy truce between women and men"—are almost always present, but often he combines these elements with trademark focus and precision in different permutations to yield subtly but undeniably different results. The titular pugilist of "Ali" sacrifices wife after wife for the higher calling of boxing; the detectives of "Miami Vice" live to work; the career criminal of "Collateral" could be a modern day "Le Samouraï"; "The Insider" chronicles the compulsive behavior of two men in search of the truth; while "Manhunter" follows a meticulous cat-and-mouse game in which cat and mouse are evenly matched. These are all focused, professional, tunnel-visioned men but their spheres, and the films they inhabit as as similar but as unique as fingerprints.
With his later-era phase of digital filmmaking, early adopter Mann has somewhat polarized his following in recent years, but even as he's divided audiences, he's still often enraptured us with his laser-focused portraits of men following a professional code of honor with such dedication that it renders them exceptional. Not at all unlike the filmmaker himself.
"The Jericho Mile" (1979, TV movie)
It can be unfair to lump a director's television work in with his theatrical features, especially when it dates from the very start of his career. And at first glance, Michael Mann's full-length fiction debut (his previous credits comprise a documentary, a short, a documentary short and a single episode of the Angie Dickinson-starring "Police Woman" show), "The Jericho Mile," which was produced by ABC, fits this mold. With its boxy aspect ratio, low production values and lack of established stars, it's the kind of film that could now be an embarrassment to a prestige filmmaker of such consummate sophistication as Mann. Except it's really good. Sure, the trappings are creaky, especially as even the DVD transfer (PAL only, we believe) isn't the highest quality (and on YouTube the image is occasionally pixelated to the point of incomprehensibility), and a rather insistent instrumental version of "Sympathy for the Devil" is overused as a leitmotif, but the story is brilliantly resonant and compelling even now, and the casting of actual inmates and the use of the actual Folsom Prison as a location gives it a very Mann-esque feeling of authenticity throughout. It's the surprisingly moving tale of Rain Murphy (Peter Strauss, doing a fine job with a role that in a bigger budget version would have probably gone to Clint Eastwood), a lifer serving out his sentence for murder the only way he knows how—by keeping to himself bar a single interracial friendship, remaining resolutely removed from the ethnic gangs and factions that jostle for power on the inside, and indulging his one hobby and talent: running. In fact, it comes to the attention of the prison authorities that he may be one of the fastest runners in America and could qualify for the Olympic team. What then unfolds builds quietly into something unassumingly epic, a grand yet pessimistic drama (the anti-'Shawshank') about the danger of hope in this hopeless place, and the cruelty of dreams that circumstances will always thwart. Oh and the cautionary tale of ever trusting Brian Dennehy. What could easily turn into an inspirational movie-of-the-week-style drama about overcoming insurmountable odds or some such guff instead becomes a bruisingly melancholic parable about the inherent contradictions of a prison system supposedly dedicated to the ideal of rehabilitation in a wider society that doesn't know or care what that word means. Mann and co-writer Patrick J. Nolan play it as a kind of unfunny cosmic joke: even as Murphy, despite himself, unites the racially divided prison population in support of something noble and decent, the uncaring world outside will always cheat him of his newfound aspirations. To the point that perhaps Murphy was right before, and he never should have hoped in the first place. It's a sad, intelligent, occasionally angry film that highlights issues that, if you minus the jive talk and the hairstyles, remain to this day, and it's an early example of Mann's unsentimental humanism, a trait that is often overlooked in his glossier big-screen outings. [B+]
"Thief" (1981)
It's rare that with a filmmaker's first theatrical feature we get to stare straight at a near-perfect iteration of what he will become, but that's the case with Michael Mann and the terrific "Thief." It's a film that, while wearing its influences on its sleeve (touchstones "Rififi" and "Le Cercle Rouge" are called to mind by the wordless opening heist scene), is its own animal, and went on itself to become so influential that its induction into the Criterion Collection, while certainly welcome, feels long overdue (for a while this elegant, spare, character-driven crime drama was relatively undervalued). This is doubly incomprehensible when you consider that it contains the self-judged best performance from James Caan (what, do you really need us to remind you he was in "The Godfather"?), as well as one of the greatest undersung debut performances ever from 51-year-old Robert Prosky, and a very strong candidate for the single greatest scene that Mann has ever directed: a diner scene that is mirrored by its more famous counterpart in "Heat." In "Thief," however, rather than Pacino and De Niro, the scene features Caan and Tuesday Weld, and delivers, through dialogue that is at the same time transparently performed and heightened beyond strictest realism, everything you need to know about these two complex characters, especially Frank (Caan). And even this early in his career, Mann shows his uncanny knack for creating something epic and tragic and sweepingly dramatic out of details that in other hands could be hammy cliches: witness Frank's pathetic collage, culled from magazines cuttings, that depicts the dream life for which he strives. In anyone else's hands that's the picture of the sailboat the doomed guy's gonna buy when he retires, but Mann and Caan make it something else, something compelling and desperate and lonely and sad. Slickly lit night driving scenes as neon reflections bounce across windscreens (prefiguring "Blade Runner" 's aesthetic by a year; the comparison is especially noticeable in the new Criterion version), an authenticity borne of deep research and a spartan, uncondescending attitude to the audience's intelligence are also precursor Mann trademarks in evidence here, but this is much more than simply a film for completists. With its gory, slo-mo shotgun blasts, late-stage pyrotechnics and a Tangerine Dream score that's either iconic or irritatingly dated, depending on your viewpoint, at the very beginning of the decade "Thief" embodied many of the earmarks of what we now recognize as '80s cinema, even debuting such subsequently familiar faces as Prosky, Dennis Farina and James Belushi. But with its unwavering focus on character, lived-in performances and almost Bressonian interest in the minutiae of procedure—the tools, the craft, the effort—it also entirely transcends its time period to become something very close to a classic. [A]
"The Keep" (1983)
Not so much a skeleton in Mann's closet as a gigantic hulking glowy-eyed smoke monster in his remote Romanian fortress, "The Keep" is inarguably a total shambles, but it is a kind of fascinating shambles. That Mann essayed it at all is seems in retrospect tremendously unlikely, but it's proof that whatever the rest of his filmography suggests, Mann wasn't always laser-focused on being the master of the low-key, pulsating, urban crime drama, and indeed, after the modest success of his theatrical debut "Thief" appears to have looked at this story of Nazis, priests, immortal demon thingies, Romanian peasants and wheelchair-bound Jewish professors of arcana and thought "Hey! Maybe that's my wheelhouse!" The novel of the same name by F. Paul Wilson is reportedly a sweeping epic of real-world historical evil coming into contact with otherworldly evil and perhaps, in its original, reportedly 3 1/2-hour cut, the film would have been that too, but the truncated 96-minute version that got released seems to have been assembled quite arbitrarily with no thought for story coherence or character consistency. And so things happen in a bewildering, unprompted fashion: from one scene to the next people show up in places where decades of film language development suggest they can't already be; characters change from crazy to sane and back again without apparent cause; Eva (the blankly doe-eyed Alberta Watson), the daughter of Dr. Cuza (Ian McKellen), falls into bed with the mysterious glowy-eyed avenging angel Glaeken (Scott Glenn) having known him for about 30 seconds and engages in one of those long writhy sex scenes on which the '80s expended most of its celluloid. (But if the love story did it for you, there's even an alternate ending where they reunite.) It's batshit bonkers and about as far as imaginable from the cool, slick-but-gritty restraint that became Mann's signature, though the set design and some bravura camera moves certainly hint that there's more going on in terms of visual style, than a mere journeyman would bring. And there are flashes of something better—some of the speeches given to the 'good German' (Jurgen Prochnow) or to the evil SS officer played by Gabriel Byrne, actually bring up unusual philosophical questions before we abruptly cut away to something daft. With a Tangerine Dream score on hand to remind us that though the film may be set in 1941, it was made in 1983, and that occasionally feels like an extended Kim Carnes intro, "The Keep" amounts to the one thing that Mann movies can never otherwise be accused of: camp. The director's filmography is short enough that almost every entry has some superlative with which we can sum it up, and this one is no different: it is, by a very, very wide margin Mann's silliest film, though not without its passing, largely wtf?, pleasures. [C]
Shell | April 21, 2014 1:42 PM
As an aspiring screenwriter who has just completed her first serial crime courtroom series cable and/or full feature length screen treatment, the overall influence on my cinematic and novelesque orientations arise in large part to the works of Michael Mann. Mann has a gritty, take no prisoners plausible view of law enforcement and the judiciary and the ease with which corruption, special influence peddling, politics and alliances rule the end games in courtrooms nationwide. He also has a limitless eye on the importance of whistleblowers and muckrakers in shining lights on malfeasant governance and dangerous corporate intentions and actions that initiates non-stop drama, anxiety, audience paranoia and makes the viewer want more and more. It would be an honor for Director Mann to direct anything I have ever penned.
alex | March 18, 2014 2:30 PM
one of the greatest directors ever so distinctive from everyone else that rare thing style substance moods and colors that put you in the frame of mind of his central characters and a visual style unmatched when a Michael Mann movie comes out it is an event.
jervaise brooke hamster | February 27, 2014 7:31 PM
"The Keep" is his best film simply because its weird and imaginitive and has special effects in it, all his other movies are boring drama's, its a shame that disgusting and loathsome British faggot Ian McKellen was in it though, that spoils it.
George | February 17, 2014 9:07 PM
I wonder why the Robbery Homicide Division pilot isn't even metioned.
fulci | February 15, 2014 2:04 PM
lol this is satire right
sylvain | February 11, 2014 11:42 AM
So let's resume: Collateral = B+ ???
Miami Vice = B+ ???
Manhunter = B+ ???
The Insider (Mann's masterpiece) = A- ???
Heat = A and not A+ ??
Public Enemies = B- ????
Ok, that's a true fact == >> Indiewire understand NOTHING in the work of the best contemporary filmmaker of our time.
Ridiculous ratings.
Tomas | February 6, 2014 7:31 PM
One of the best directors ever! A cinematic genius. I just hope we will see more films more Michael Mann.
Elcoolguy | January 19, 2014 1:08 PM
Couldn't have disagreed more on your problems with Collateral, but that's just, like, your opinion, man!!!
David | January 16, 2014 9:06 AM
William Petersen's performance "wooden", wtf!?
droop | January 15, 2014 8:46 PM
what does a man need to do to get a a+ around here. like Heat isn't an a+?!
Luminous Carcass | January 14, 2014 6:34 PM
Thief is an amazing movie with an equally amazing soundtrack, by far my favorite Mann flick. William Friedkin (with Sorcerer) and Mann really knew how to utilize Tangerine Dream to create memorable and yet haunting moments in their films. The scene in Thief where Caan is cracking the safe with fire sparks flying to the madness of Tangerine Dream's "Diamond Diary" is one of my favorite scenes in cinema.
Civilcinema | January 14, 2014 4:32 PM
A correction: Ali's opening is timed to Sam Cooke's live version of Bring it on home to me, not A change is gonna come.
Thanks for your continuing filmmaker retrospective series!
recently reaped | January 14, 2014 3:13 PM
My issue with Miami Vice was that it had very few similarities to the TV show. It just didn't have the same feel or look as the 80's version. I think I would have enjoyed it more had it not been named Miami Vice because other than being in Miami and having the same characters names I don't know how they were alike.
tristan eldritch | January 14, 2014 2:36 PM
Great feature. I've been a Mann fanatic for ages. I know the content of his films may not interest everybody, but when it comes to the language of cinema, the mood and tonal elements of it, the composition of the shots, choice of lenses, editing, and so forth, few filmmakers in the world as as distinct and gifted as Mann. Personally, I think Public Enemies rather than Miami Vice is the really great late period Mann picture. It shows a director who had outgrown his earlier need (in Heat, for example) to verbalize all his ideas and themes in the script, conveying his ideas instead largely through images, and the characters through body language and nuances of facial expression rather than words - he has become over time something of a minimalist like John Pierre Melville did. I think history will judge Mann's digital experimentation more kindly than contemporary audiences - already its influence is starting to crop up quite a lot, in things like Spring Breakers, The Bling Ring, and Claire Denis' Bastards. I
goingorange | January 14, 2014 2:21 PM
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ASFan | January 14, 2014 1:57 PM
Interesting note: Jason Statham had one scene at the beginning of Collateral conspicuously trading briefcases with Cruise.


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The extension for the NetBeans IDE serves to develop and manage jobs for Apache Hadoop.
The Hadoop Studio in its community edition is the first (and only) currently available product from Karmasphere Inc. out of Los Gatos CA. Karmasphere Studio for Hadoop release 1.2.0 provides the Apache Hadoop open source framework for all platforms and supports Hadoop Streaming. Next to fixing bugs, Karmasphere provides comprehensive documentation and use cases.
Studio for Hadoop 1.2.0 requires Sun's JDK in version 1.6 as of update 16 as well as the NetBeans IDE as of version 6.7. The installation guide provides further details.
The IDE extension allows "developing, deploying and debugging." It allows users to MapReduce jobs locally without having to install a Hadoop cluster. It also provides through-the-firewall support for Hadoop and Amazon Elastic MapReduce cluster monitoring. Studio for Hadoop supports local filesystems and Hadoop's own HDFS.
Developing a Multi-tenant application using Netbeans IDEHi,
I had downloaded Netbeans IDE 6.9 and i had installed the karmasphere plugin for hadoop and is working fine..
Is the hive plugin for hadoop is available??? please clarify..
Right now i deadly in need of a tutorial or any kind of guidance to develop a multitenant web application using Netbeans..
Please give me any suggestions and help me out in this issue..
Thanx in advance...
Services offered by Netbeans IDEHi,right now i've started designing the project which is designing a Multi-tenant data analytical application as a Web service to support data analysis over large databases which eventually follows a map reduce model.
I've decided to chose Netbeans IDE 6.8 or 6.9.1 for developing my application..
I need to download plugins for karmasphere studio for hadoop and hive for my project..
But Not able to download the plugin even from www.netbeans.org..
Will Netbeans supports in developing a multitenant web application?
Is any solution for ths issue..
Please give me any suggestion regarding this issue..
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Duelling Williams: Shatner vs. Shakespeare! In Lego!
In this epsiode of Action Bill, William Shatner's time traveling robot attempts to destroy William Shakespeare but underestimates the fighting prowess of Action Bill.
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In this epsiode of Action Bill, William Shatner's time traveling robot attempts to destroy William Shakespeare but underestimates the fighting prowess of Action Bill.
Shat does progressive rock as only he can. Well…him and just about anyone with a voice or a speech synthesiser..
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William Shatner's reading of Goldilocks and The Three Bears is not quite the version you remember, but is just perfect for a series called "Twisted Fairy Tales". As one of Shat's former co-stars might say: "Oh my!"
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I think is a commerical for some new Star Trek videogame. Whatevs…
It's got William Shatner fighting a Gorn!
For those who don't remember Max Headroom, well…I'm sure this is as good an introduction as any. But mix in a little William Shatner and you get quite the lively interview (starting around the 4-minute mark).
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In this video, William Shatner talks about science fiction and his TekWar series of books, which are newly released in electronic format.
William Shatner's latest project is a documentary that takes a close look at Star Trek fans. It's called William Shatner's 'Get a Life', a reference to his now-classic Saturday Night Live skit.
William Shatner Get a Life premieres at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 7:00 pm at Reading Cinemas Gaslamp in San Diego, California…then on EPIX, EpixHD.Com EPIX Apps including Xbox, Roku Players And More On July 28th At 8 PM ET.
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Hmm. Suddenly I'm in the mood for cheese…
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As if to solidify the connection between SciFi and wrestling, the WWE tapped William Shatner (as it were) to speak-sing WWE wrestler themes. The results are…well, see for yourself…
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And by "reads" I mean "over-acts".
Bonus for the daring viewer who clicks play: Fred Travalena!
So..apparently that 6 and not 5 Disturbing Things I Didn't Know About William Shatner.
From a recent episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien:
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy laugh it up at this year's Dragon*Con. Now, through the magic of YouTube, you can watch all 7 parts below.
Beat Poet Shatner makes another Tonight Show appearance, this time reading Sarah Palin's tweets.
Palin's final speech was a thing of poetic beauty…And who does poetry better than Shatner?
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By Jim Wallace - bio | email ALBANY, GA (WALB) –It's an example that crime can happen almost anywhere. A woman was robbed Wednesday night making a deposit at a well-lit A-T-M right across the street from the Albany Police Department.
She's okay, and police are searching for the masked armed robber.
Despite surveillance cameras and security lighting, many South Georgians say they will not use bank ATM's after dark, because they are afraid of crime.
I talked with several South Georgians at bank ATM's today, and to a person they said they do not go to ATM's after dark. Bank officials understand, they make their ATM's as safe as possible, but have other ways to take care of your business
Melody Milton says she only goes to ATM's during the day, never after dark. "Because bushes and dark buildings. Anybody can hide behind that stuff. I just don't go them at night. I try to handle that kind of business in the day time, said Milton."
Just before 9 Wednesday night 28 year old Shemika Mackeroy stepped out of her car at this Bank of America ATM on West Oglethorpe to make a deposit. A masked man with a gun demanded money, took a small amount of cash, and ran toward the Hilton Garden Inn.
Chuck DeMott of Moultrie said he stays away from ATM's in sketchy parts of town. Do you go to ATM's at night? DeMott said"No sir, not usually."
Federal law sets standards for banks surveillance security and lighting at ATM's, but bank officials say being aware of your surroundings and using common sense is still best.
Heritage Bank of the South Marketing Director Mary Beth Hobby said "At night , I would totally recommend you go up to a drive up ATM at night. If you feel the need to do a walk up ATM at night, take a friend. "
Experts say anytime you use an ATM, look around to see if anyone is watching or close by. Milton says she does that everytime.
When you drive up to one of these, do you look at their bushes? Milton said "I do, I do. Even in the daytime. It still makes me nervous to come to the ATM. If I can at all, I like to go inside of the bank."
Albany Police will escort business owners to make cash deposits after bank hours, if they just call and ask, to keep them safe.
Bank officials say you can do most of your personal business by computer or phone. If you need cash, you can use bank cards to get cash back at most stores. If you don't feel safe at the ATM, they recommend you go to a crowded store, make a small purchase, and get your cash there.
Here are some tips to stay safe when you use an ATM.
Use ATM's in well lighted areas, away from shrubbery, partitions, dividers, or building corners.
Keep your engine running, doors locked, windows closed as much as possible.
Prepare all paperwork prior to arrival, and memorize your PIN.
When you leave, make sure you are not followed.
If you are confronted by a criminal, comply.
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Spotsy School NewsApril 25th, 2011, 11:05 am
Lindley Estes writes about Spotsylvania County schools, King George County Schools and other issues of interest to the community.
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Spotsy schools and board get back to work
Spotsylvania drivers be warned. Spotsylvania County students return to class tomorrow. Today is the last day of their spring break.
The School Board also gets back into gear this week. The board meets on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. for a budget work session and public hearing.
The board meets in the division's administration building, 8020 River Stone Drive in Massaponax.
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Andrew Copeland, a sophomore from Highland studying environmental biology, reads a copy of "The Atheist's Bible" at the Fiction 4 Fiction book exchange Tuesday outside Lawson Hall, where students were encouraged to trade any of their religious books for fiction novels. The Secular Student Alliance held the exchange as a way to inform non-religious students about the group as well as alternatives to religious lifestyles. "A lot of the time when you let people know, 'Oh, I'm an atheist,' or, 'Oh, I'm an agnostic,' it instantly puts this stigma on the person, 'Oh, they're different, they're weird, they're whatever,'" Copeland said. "It's sort of good to have a community of support to help each other out and to be there for one another." Laura Roberts-Daily Egyptian
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Have you ever considered what it might take to land an unmanned vehicle on Mars?
As challenging as this task may seem, the actual activities associated with this effort can be experienced at the high school level. While building a robot may sound very much like it may only be for certain types of individuals with specific technical abilities, the truth is that the real success stories come from a wide variety of talents and a broad base of interested people working toward achieving a particular goal.
The South Brunswick School District is proud to announce that they are developing an extracurricular robotics program at South Brunswick High School this school year. Students are invited to the start-up meeting on Thursday, Aug. 23 at 10 a.m. in the faculty dining room.
At this meeting they will discuss the steps needed to form a team for the 2013 season (January – April 2013), what you can expect by being a member of the SBHS FIRST Robotics team, what a typical game looks like, the "season," the skills you will learn to build a robot, and how you would compete as a rookie team.
To get a head start on seeing what FIRST is about, the following links are suggested:
Homepage for FIRST --- http://www.usfirst.org/
FIRST Robotics Competition page http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/start- an-frc-team


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Yes, baby.
This is why I love kids. The two hands and face against the glass of the sweets case is exactly what I feel like doing when I'm in the ice cream shop but don't :)
Choc chip please!
What an awesome shot! And now suddenly I'm craving a gelato… :)
What a nice mommy. Now I want one.
Yum…I <3 gelato!!
Gelato…delish!!! Hope he was allowed some in the end:)
I've always wanted to try gelato!
Great shot. I want some too! :)
What a great photo! I love gelato :-)
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First off, I'd like to say I am very happy about the outcome of the Season Opener, along with all the other loses from other teams(Oklahoma particularly). I hade the previlage to be at the game with one of my best friends, and our "Happy Birthday Colt" Sign, which is in my profile picture. Here are my thoughts about the game.
Colt and Garrett
There was definitely no surprise as to how Colt played the game. Although, I wish Colt wouldn't tense up as much as he does. Everyone tensed up after the interception thrown by Colt, but know he did the same thing last season. Garrett on the other hand, I cannot tell you how excited I am for next year with Garrett as our Quarterback. He looked real nice. He was 4 for 5 just last night.
D.J. Monroe was a break-out player! After that game, I want to see him as the starter. Vondrell McGee was looking pretty good at the begging, until all those fumbles. Cody Johnson was put to good use last year in those 1st and Goal situations. I think the coaches learned that last year and are now going to use him just for that this season.
John Chiles is someone that I wanted to see do amazing. Brandon Collins not being legible made Chiles have a bigger chance of proving himself to win the starting job. Jordan Shipley is defiantly a threat, and when we start playing bigger teams, they're going to double team him and he may not have as many catches as he has had in the past. Dan Buckner is also a break-out player.
Defensive Line and Linebackers
Sam Acho was surprising. I knew he had it in him and I'm glad he brought his A-Game last night. Sergio Kindle was looking good too. Dustin Earnest had to be put in a couple of times for Jared Norton and Dustin impressed me a lot. Although he only made a couple of tackles, I just finally got to see how he looks when he plays.
Defensive Backs
Earl Thomas is the obvious leader of the defensive backs. There comes to a point that he needs to start making those interceptions though. Blake Gideon left his man wide open during some plays. I was so happy when Nolan Brewster made that interception, it brought up the spirit of the whole team. Chykie Brown wasn't as much of an impact player as I wanted him to be.
Special Teams
Justin Tucker is doing well as usual with his kick-offs and John Gold doing well with his punts. Ryan Bailey and Hunter Lawrence sharing time is great too. I thought Jordan Shipley would be a punt returner but to no avail.
Overall, we had a great game; we just need to work on not giving up so many points to our opponents. Hook Em! And Happy Birthday Colt! :)


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I'm only just learning about this, so some of you (especially if you watch the Cartoon Network, or are plugged into that universe) will likely already be familiar.
So what I could determine is that the Cartoon Network commissioned a series of animated shorts for its Saturday morning DC Nation block. One of them is titled Thunder and Lightning, which follows the exploits of the DC superhero Black Lightning (voiced by Blair Underwood) and his super-powered daughters Thunder (voiced by Cree Summer) and Lightning (voiced by Masasa Moyo). Thunder and Lightning receive their costumes from Peter Gambi (voiced by Jeff Bennett) in order to help their father fight crime.
Of course I mention this because Black Lightning and his 2 superhero daughters are black.
It appears the first short aired last month; I read several comments on various blogs from fans wishing that the Cartoon Network would make the superhero trio a regular series; so apparently, it's not an ongoing series. However, a second short was released earlier this month I believe. So it could be that the network wanted to test the waters with the shorts, and if audience reaction was strong, they'd consider turning the shorts into a regular series.
But maybe those of you who have been following this more closely can add to what I've said here...
I did find a 2 clipsfrom Thunger & Lightning, which are embedded below. But first, to set things up a bit and for some back-story, I found this interview with Lynell Forestall, the writer and director of the shorts, talking about how they came about - from what his initial pitch was, to how he ended up with what you see in the finished shorts:
AccidentalVisitor | February 12, 2013 9:39 PM
No, Melissaenafrique , I don't visit comic book forumsand doubt anyone dives into these subjects. Maybe you should go revisit those favorite spots and come back with some examples. Or maybe not.
AccidentalVisitor | February 12, 2013 2:04 PM
Seriously what is up with this trend in comic books and super hero cartoons in which the black male protagonists are bald or have a shaved head, especially if the guy is muscular? And I'm not talking about new characters, I'm talking mostly about characters that been around 20 to 50 years and have always had hair during their run. Now we get Black Lightning who used to have a fro and then was given a mini-fro during modern times. But now he is Mr. Clean. It is as if the artists are so lazy that they come up with an idea to save time by giving the black dudes a clen shave rather than draw other hairstyles for them. I suppose someone could make an argument that this is an older Black Lightning considering he has tween daughters, but you'll never see an established white superhero get the bald treatment if that had never been a factor in the character's appearance previously. When they want to show a white male as being middle-age they simply provide a grey tint to his full head of hair. For the black male characters they give us Samuel L. Jackson in uniform.
Okay it is a minor pet peeve but enough already. Damn.
D.A. | February 12, 2013 1:01 PM
I really enjoyed those shorts, they were entertaining and literally had me laughing. Lol. I do hope that they turn it into a regular 30 min. series.
As far as the creator's original pitch is concerned, I think that would have been over doing it a bit with the Blaxploitation concept especially since 'Black Dynamite' is a cult classic on Adult Swim.
ALM | February 12, 2013 11:14 AM
I was just watching the latest episode of âYoung Justiceâ On Demand earlier this morning. The Blue Beetle finally went rogueâ¦the next episode should be interesting.
The Black Lightning shorts that could possibly become a series brings some exciting news. I have to read up to see where the girlsâ mother is. I love the idea of the DC characters as the names for the cereal. ï
Cartoon Network should have a slot open, as they have a new Batman series coming soon. As soon as I got used to âThe Brave and the Boldâ they cancelled it by bringing in bat mite. The new Batman series makes me shudder. Pigs as villains and Alfred shooting guns (even though Batman hates guns due to his parentâs deaths)?
It seems like the main problem that Cartoon Network has is with their time slots. They canât seem to figure out when to put a new show on to capture the largest amount of viewers, and then they wait 6 months or more to show a new block of episodes. They have an AMAZING show in âScooby Doo: Mystery Incorporatedâ, but the status of the show seems to be up in the air. They havenât aired the last several episodes, and they keep looping the reruns. Cartoon Network needs to do some major demo testing. They may want to consider going back to primetime weekend slots as they did with past tv shows.
Heck, Iâm still waiting on âJustice League: Unlimitedâ to return.
Is Lynell Forestall the new Dwayne McDuffie? Lord, I can only hope so.
HarveyDent322 | February 12, 2013 11:07 AM
Great shorts. Funny but not obnoxious and faithful to the comics with the villains and Easter eggs he put in there.
urbanauteur | February 12, 2013 10:57 AM
THE COSBY GIRLS meet's The Boondocks;-)


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Over 250k per hour-If beta tester/ 125k per hour if not - Adventure Quest Worlds
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then go through portopal! and attack the staff, he drops a non-mem staff u can sell for 6.25k and a mem one u can sell for 12.5k, if ur a beta tester. go onto ur book of lore/ click on badges, then at bottom of page click on Beta. THEN click on the beserker armor then on the side click on shop and a shop shud appear right there, where u can buy Beta Beserker and sell ur items- including the staffs/ if ur not a beta tester /join yulgar and sell it. BUT if u keep doing this, the staff only has 9-- hp and uu get the mem staff every 3-5mins so doing this u can get about 200k in 1 hour!
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> Does Samba work on Linux/Alpha.
Data point: yes. At least the version included with RedHat 4.0 works on
my UDB to act as a fileserver to my Win95 machine.
> I am unable to get my XXn95 machine to recognize my alpha mach.
> from what I can see in the log file, at debug level=10, is that
> packets are sent from my alpha, packets are sent from the XXn95 - seen
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Which log file are you talking about and exactly what does it say? In my
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Debugging methods:
smbclient -L localhost
everything in HINTS.txt in the Samba source.
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Mamma Mia! Becomes Broadway's 13th Longest-Running Show Aug. 19
By Andrew Gans
The international hit musical Mamma Mia! becomes the 13th longest-running show in Broadway history Aug. 19.
The Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus musical will surpass Fiddler on the Roof when it plays its 3,243rd performance at the Winter Garden Theatre at 8 PM.
Mamma Mia! employs the hit songs of famed pop group ABBA to tell the story of Sophie Sheridan, a young girl who hopes to discover the identity of her father. On the eve of her wedding, she brings three men from her mother Donna's past back to the Greek island they visited over two decades ago.
The New York cast of Mamma Mia! currently features Carolee Carmello (Donna Sheridan), Judy McLane (Tanya), Gina Ferrall (Rosie), Brandi Burkhardt (Sophie Sheridan), Chris Peluso (Sky), Sean Allan Krill (Sam Carmichael), Pearce Bunting (Bill Austin) and Ben Livingston (Harry Bright).
Mamma Mia! features music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, a book by Catherine Johnson, direction by Phyllida Lloyd and choreography by Anthony Van Laast.
The Winter Garden Theatre is located in Manhattan at 1634 Broadway. For more information visit www.mamma-mia.com.
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