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Imagine you're in the woods… It's getting dark soon.
Time to make a fire… but you're stuck with a dull knife.
Not good. You're in for a rough night…
Sweden, Norway and Finland offer some of the most stunning nature experiences. However, conditions are harsh - it's cold all year round - which requires that your survival gear should never let you down.
And having the right knife is particularly important.
As Chris White from Nortrek Finnish wilderness guides says:
"Without a good knife you don't manage in the wilderness."
We wanted to find an all purpose knife that the experts are using during the whole year.
Ten Nordic wilderness guides will reveal, which survival knife they prefer
In total they have accumulated +100 years of experience, so you're in for some solid advice before buying your next knife.
But first, let us walk you into the wonders of the Nordic wilderness.
In the nordic wilderness you find unique experiences. You can have close encounters with moose, bear, wolves and sea eagles.
You can control your own pack of Huskies for some serious dog sledding.
Or why not go to the Norwegian island of Svalbard way up north for the best seats in the house to be stunned by the beauty of the Northern lights - Aurora borealis. You can even meet a polar bear, if you're lucky.
Much more about these activities in the presentation of the guides below.
It surely is a breathtaking place, but it can also be very tough. The Arctic nature is not to be trifled with.
For instance on some treks in Finland you can be 40 km away from any main road with temperatures at -20 C for weeks. Actually, the coldest temperature was recorded in 1999 - it was -51 C!
So let's hear which are the top survival knives that local experts use.
Ten Nordic wilderness guides' best survival knives
We asked the Nordic wilderness guides the following question:
"Which survival knife do you use, and why is it so good?"
Here are their answers:
Joose Järvenkylä, Wild Hikes Finland
Joose Järvenkylä is an international wilderness guide, wilderness educator and the founder of Wild Hikes Finland. They specialise in demanding human powered wilderness tours in the remote parts of Northern Finland and Scandinavia, where you can go for days without meeting anyone. Their trek tours are for 2-8 participants. They also offer wilderness training.
"In any season hike that take place below the treeline, a pack of matches and a quality knife are the first things to pack. Matches, because they are easier and faster to use than firesteel and more reliable than a lighter, a knife, because it makes the firemaking process a joy and can also be used in loads of other things.
The things to look for when picking up a backpacking knife are (in this order):
1. reliability/durability
2. the ease of use
3. the low weight
You do not need any fancy bells and whistles with it.
Personally, I typically use Roselli's Nikkari, which is a low-weight carbon blade knife that fits my hand very snugly, has a good balance and is easy to maintain even in the field. The only downside of Nikkari is that the sheath is quite poor and the knife tends to fall off. It's a problem which can be easily solved by replacing the sheath or by installing an additional piece of leather.
When I am using the knife in particularly wet conditions I prefer a stainless steel blade with rubber handle. On fishing trips when I am (or at least try to be) regularly filleting, a longer blade is also handy. For those purposes I like to use Marttiini's Condor Vuolupuukko (Iynx with rubber handle).
If I am hiking with customers, ski touring below the treeline in winter-time, or just want some luxury, I will also carry with me an axe (which makes the firemaking process even faster and gives you more room to choose between different fire designs). Then Roselli's Retkipiilu is my number one choice. Above the treeline the axe is obviously useless".
Anna McCormack, Hetta Huskies
300 km inside the Arctic circle in the Finnish Lapland you will encounter Hetta Huskies, Finland's premier dog sledding company. It's run by Anna McCormack and her husband Pasi Ikonen. Both are former professional athletes and explorers.
"Most of our guides use Mora knives for day by day jobs with the dogs (for rough carpentry, making fires, dog sled repairs, dog food preparation etc.). Primarily because we can buy them locally. In other words, just the simple ProC type knives.
Some have more elaborate Puukko knives either made by local companies (e.g. Wood Jewell) or local craftsmen who handmade them. Most also have their own self made knives (primarily using Laurin Metalli or Condor knife blades).
My husband and Tim, our building manager have a much wider variety of knives...Pasi generally carries a Bushcraft Survival Knife from Mora as well as his own Puukko and Tim has a YP Taonta Skinner Puukko 100 and something like a Condor Bushlore, for more camp craft type things".
Gerd de Koning, Davaj Trekking
Davaj Trekking was founded in 1989 by Gerd de Koning. They introduced bushcraft to Europe, and Gerd even hosted a bushcraft programme on Dutch TV. Davaj Bushcraft & Trekking organize wilderness trips in Sweden and Canada. In the summer they organize bushcraft and canoe trips in Sweden, rent out lake side lodges and a mountain cabin. In winter they organize bushcraft and scooter tours in their mountain camp.
"At this time of year we are quite busy with our snow mobiles tours. In our gear we have standard Ka-Bar knives and Tops bushcraft knives for the guests to use. Tops is specialized in bushcraft knives, good blades, and extra stuff like a firestarter on the shaft. And the guides have Fällkniven odin or thor. and off course a leatherman military. These Fällkniven knives are reliable, sharp, and good for wood chopping, building shelters etc...and they look nice... A knife that lasts a lifetime!".
Marcus Eldh, WildSweden
WildSweden has offered wildlife tours in Sweden since 2002. Nature loving travellers from all over the World come to Sweden to experience wildlife such as moose, beavers, brown bear and wolves.
Check this video to see what you can discover: https://youtu.be/s6rnZ3TbHfk
"Hiking through the woods and canoeing across lakes and streams is a vital part of my work. In Winter when the landscape is covered in snow and the lakes are frozen I use skis and snow shoes to get around.
No matter what today's mission is... tracking Wolves, watching for Moose or Bears, I always pack my Fjällräven Stubben backpack and make sure my knife is in the side pocket.
The knife is not for my protection. These animals are not my enemies, and even if they were, a knife wouldn't help much.
I mainly use my knife for preparing and making fires. This 'Mora Bushcraft Survival (http://www.moraofsweden.se/adventure/bushcraftsurvivalblack) has a sturdy Swedish made carbon steel blade. I use the back of the blade with the integrated fire starter. The fire steel secures that I will always be able to start a fire even in wet conditions. The camp fire is essential to any wildlife experience and the guides' best friend".
Chris White, Northtrek
Chris White is the owner of NorthTrek. They're based in Ruka-Kuusamo in Finland close to the Russian border. They offer a long list of exciting Winter activities such as snowshoe tours, igloo building, cross- country skiing, Husky tours, ice-fishing, reindeer farm visits and Northern light tours. The Kuusamo and Ruka region is one of the few remaining untouched wilderness areas in Europe. It is also home to the beautiful Oulanka National Park with its rivers, canyons lakes and forests.
"My favourite knife is a Finnish knife hand made by Marttiini in Rovaniemi. This type of knife has a stainless steel blade, doesn't rust, stays sharp when taken care of. Birch handle, good grip, nice reindeer antler finish. It is ideal for most jobs around the camp and a nice little extra is the notch on the other side of the blade for lifting hot coffee pans off from the fire. Reasonably priced and I give these as gifts to my training guides. Without a good knife you don't manage in the wilderness!".
Christof "Huck" Middeke, NordicByNature
NordicByNature offers education, adventures and experience in the fields of nature awareness, bushcraft/ survival, wilderness travel and climbing in one of the most fascinating wilderness areas of Europe - North Karelia. NordicBynature aim to promote nature awareness and a life-philosophy that seeks to be in harmony with the rest of nature.
"In response to the fact that our way of life of always buying new stuff put us in a very real survival situation, I only recommend second hand knives.
From fleamarkets and the internet I find carbonsteel Mora-style knives and make a new handle and sheath for them.
Also old lawnmower blades and other old steel can be made into new cutting tools."
Urpo Heikkinen, Uptrek
Urpo Heikkinen is the founder of Upitrek. Outdoors and trekking have always been Urpo's passion. They mainly specialise in weekly hut-to-hut trekkings, from their base in the Kainuu area of Eastern Finland. So if you ever plan a cross country ski tour on the Eastern, Eastern border of Europe, then these are the guys to contact.
"This is the best knife (the picture below), works in every situations. It saves you in the wilderness, you can make a fire or even kill a bear. Or just spread butter on your bread or sharpen a pencil. And it is made by local blacksmith and it is the symbol of our region, Kainuu".
Petter Thorsen, Wild-Norway
Want to get the best photos of sea eagles? Learn Nordic skiing by the pros or fish in the most stunning scenes? At Wild-Norway, Petter Thorsen and their other wilderness guides offer it all in the beautiful national parks of Trøndelag next to Trondheim. Direct routes from London, Frankfurt,
Amsterdam and other main European cities.
"We usually use a set of knives: One large sami knife for cutting branches, making pegs etc. and one smaller knife for crafting. Then a «Leatherman type» multitool for multi purpose use (repair kit etc.)".
Veli Moilanen, Lapland Welcome
Lapland Welcome is based in Rovaniemi, which is the capital of Lapland and Santa Claus' home town. They offer various nature, hunting, fishing and Northern Lights tours all over Finland, Lapland and northern Scandinavia.
Veli Moilanen from Lapland Welcome says:
"We mainly use Marttiini knives because they are local, planned for our use and they come with really good quality. They also fit well to our brand and are authentic".
Thoralf Rumswinkel, Wilderness Life
Thoralf Rumswinkel is the founder of Wilderness Life. Wilderness Life offers guided hiking, canoeing and backcountry skiing tours plus wilderness camps in Norway and Sweden. They're focused on teaching wilderness living skills and spreading a natural mindset by connecting to nature, self and the community.
"I'm not committed to one single knife. Whether a tool is good or not, depends strongly on personal preferences and the current situation. The Sami people come to my mind, who traditionally use to carry three different knives with them, each for a specific purpose. Ask yourself for what purposes you need a tool and try out different ones to figure out which fit best for you your own experience will tell. By the way, the wilds are always full of the unexpected, so the most effective tools to cope with whatever situation are your awareness, creativity and skillfulness. Make sure to keep them handy!".
Some great recommendations when it comes to picking a quality knife for your next wilderness tour.
Certainly, one of the main takeaways here is that local guides trust their local knife manufacturers and knife makers ;).
So now it's your turn. Which knife are you going to face the Nordic wilderness with?
Check out Lamnia's selection of Bushcraft Knives >>
Leave a comment below.
Fällkniven NL1 "Tor" will definitely be my ultimate survival knife and I own two of them in case I need the backup.
It would be easier to do small tasks with big knives than doing big tasks with small knives.
A 25.4cm-long blade with 0.7cm thickness is substantial enough to do virtually all outdoor tasks and the laminated VG10 steel is razor-sharp.
This knife is literally a seax (or short sword) of the Vikings!16. nov. 2020 kl. 13.58 +0200
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the best ???? knife EVER is the knife you have on you when you need it. Adapt & improvise & overcome08. aug. 2019 kl. 00.40 +0300
FÄLLKNIVEN A222. okt. 2018 kl. 03.07 +0300
I switch knives depending on the need to support campfire. Warm weather backpacking does not so knife needs are lighter and my Marttiini New Handy is light, compact and excels at food prep. But when supporting a campfire I like my Casstrom SFK 10 with fire stick, but often also bring along "handy".10. sep. 2018 kl. 14.38 +0300
Survival Knife very essential for every outdoor goers. You can cut a deer, cut meat, carve a spatula, firewood, fillet fish, skin, cut saplings etc. You will find here more useful knife with low price! https://reviewnight.com/best-survival-knife/ 14. jan. 2018 kl. 11.32 +0200
Survival Knife very essential for every outdoor goers. You can cut a deer, cut meat, carve a spatula, firewood, fillet fish, skin, cut saplings etc. You will find here more useful knife with low price! survival knife14. jan. 2018 kl. 11.31 +0200
Thank you very much for support and comments!
Indeed, as many readers pointed out: these recommendations are based on personal experience of the wilderness guides in Nordic countries. You can actually see how different they are from person to person. So, we are really happy to hear about your personal experiences as well! In the end everyone is different and we are all chasing after our own perfect knife ;)16. mai 2016 kl. 13.28 +0300
You're knives are stunning, need to Treat myself :-) without my wife knowing that is ;-)15. mai 2016 kl. 12.22 +0300
Try the Eka Axeblade! Excellent survival tool. Stainless steel,chops, cuts, splits, peels and is razor Sharp. I wouldnt enter the deep forests without mine.
07. mai 2016 kl. 12.51 +0300
Although I have always been partial to bowie type clip point knives because of their multi-purpose qualities, the Fällkniven knives are always hard to beat, so the A1 or S1 would probably be my choice. They are however a little more challenging to resharpen, I also think there's a lot of sense in the Sami concept of having more than one knife, so a quality carbon steel blade goes in tandem with the Fällkniven. Or possibly the other way around, in that case a 7-inch(ish) carbon steel bowie paired with a smaller stainless knife (like a Fällkniven F1, SOG Seal Pup or Mora Bushcraft).06. mai 2016 kl. 21.17 +0300
I use a big Randall knife eh en hunting with a hunter fron Jim Behring in my belt and a small Ace of Spades of GARCIMONTE in my pocket06. mai 2016 kl. 21.07 +0300
I usually carry two knives: a karesuando bushcraft knife with firestarter ( a very handy knife) and a A1 Fâllkniven for the heavier
( chopping and batoning ) work.06. mai 2016 kl. 19.43 +0300
Excellent blog06. mai 2016 kl. 13.20 +0300
I find it unusual Helle was mentioned?
06. mai 2016 kl. 13.20 +0300
I understand that these recommendations are based on the guides personal experiences in their part of the world.
No doubt in my mind, that this is why Scandinavian / Nordic knife makers produce the product they do, to cater to users in their local area.
But does it mean that their choices are suitable for other areas in the world with different climates and different vegetation types (eg. soft wood v's hard wood)?
How about coastal environments where the maintenance requirements of Carbon steel usually sees most users choosing Stainless steel blades?
The condom approach (where one size is supposed to fit all) simply doesn't apply to most things in life, including "survival knives".
06. mai 2016 kl. 11.08 +0300
Now for a hot climate: Condor Solobolo. Basically you need a good chopper that is large enough to open a coconut, but still light and small enough to carry in the belt.06. mai 2016 kl. 09.59 +0300
For nordic extreme cold weather the knives best suited are Mora and other Scandi knives. The place where I live is tropical forest and quite hot weather. I carry KM2000, sometimes Ontario RAT-7 alongside Mora Robust and Benchmade 710.06. mai 2016 kl. 09.07 +0300
Cold Steel - Finn Bear, had it for years now and its my go to knife on pretty much all of my trips. Cheap (no worries If you lose it), easy to use and durable.06. mai 2016 kl. 06.47 +0300

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Compared to the vast crowds of druids and pagans expected to gather at Stonehenge on Saturday 21 December to celebrate the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice event at Newgrange tomb in County Meath, Ireland is a rather exclusive affair. Just 120 people get the privilege of standing inside the monument to witness the remarkable illumination that occurs when a beam of sunlight shoots down into the narrow corridor that leads into the chamber, flooding the entire 19-metre stone passage in a warm orange light.
The people who built this neolithic structure over 5,000 years ago were evidently keen timekeepers. Above the entrance to the Newgrange tomb, which takes the form of a large grass-covered mound, is a small "roof box" that is aligned to the rising sun, a piece of design believed to have functioned in the past as an indicator of the new year. And for six days each year, around the winter solstice, the effect is at its peak.
To manage the incredible demand from those hoping to experience this enchanting spectacle, the Brú na Bóinne visitor centre runs a lottery to decide on the lucky few who will be allowed inside. And you do have to be lucky; this year 29,503 people applied for 50 places. Each winner is allowed to bring a guest, with 20 people taken inside each morning for the six days of winter solstice sun. People have travelled from all over the world to experience the event, which lasts just 17 minutes.
Archaeology teacher Michelle Thick "had to beg for the day off work" after she won a golden ticket for last year's solstice. "Being in the chamber was really magical and being stood in the tomb in silence waiting for the moment the light breaks down the chamber floor was extremely tense," she says. "The light comes very gradually at first and then seeps across the floor until it lights up the back of the tomb. Obviously we don't know exactly what people were thinking 5,000 years ago, but the whole experience for me was thrilling because it would have been something very special even back then."
Tour guide Michael Fox was able to experience being inside the chamber in 2010 after snowy weather meant some of the lottery winners had to pull out. "It was one of those rare experiences of heightened spiritual awareness," he says. "I was on a high for days after the experience."
Of course, as with any events that are dependent on the weather, not everyone strikes lucky with the sunshine. According to Clare Tuffy, manager of Brú na Bóinne visitor centre, already this year there have been lottery winners from Russia and America who have had to settle for "waiting around in an old Irish chamber while it rains".
As for those who don't win the Newgrange lottery, visitors are more than welcome to join in the winter solstice festivities by gathering outside the monument. On some days this could be as few as six people, but on the day of the solstice itself there can be quite a crowd, with some people jumping around excitedly and drumming. "Last year nearly 1000 people came on the 21st," says Tuffy. "But that day last year was when the world was supposed to end, if you remember "
Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre, Donore, Co Meath, Ireland, +353 41 9880 303,
. Open daily, year round, except for 24-27 December. Entrance to visitors' centre and Newgrange tomb: 6 adults, 5 seniors, 3 children and students.
Other unusual Winter Solstice events around the world
The Great Serpent Mound
If you've ever seen the film Tremors, then this 400-metre long, three-foot high mound in the shape of a snake, should bring back some memories. The prehistoric effigy in Ohio takes the form of a winding stretch of raised ground, with an open mouth at one end and a coiled tail at the other. Believed to have been built 800BC and AD400 by Native Americans, the mound is lit by hundreds of candles during the winter solstice in a ceremony named the "Lighting of the Serpent".
Peebles, Ohio,
Church of St Sulpice
As mentioned in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, this 17th-century Parisian church features a meridian line that runs through the building in the form of a thin brass strip. A small gap in a window allows a ray of light to shine through into the church, and during the winter solstice, at midday, the beam of light illuminates a brass line on the obelisk at the far end of the church. And then the code is revealed!
Place Saint-Sulpice, 6e, Paris. Entrance: free
Mnajdra Temples
Located on the southern coast of Malta, this megalithic temple complex is another spot that aligns perfectly with the winter solstice. As the first rays of sun appear, the edge of one of the megaliths is illuminated. Although archeologists are uncertain whether this was intentional or not, it highlights the relationship the temples were meant to have with celestial bodies.
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Discussion in 'Electric Instruments' started by MojoPin, Oct 3, 2012.
Good to know. I've found a luthier in my area who I may take it to, just so I don't ruin anything.
No news, PRS has not returned emails/ calls to my dealer.
The broken guitar has not been picked up yet either.
Those British chaps at Anderton's are at it again.
I just love their vids, you can tell they have fun shooting them.
PRS SE Mark Tremonti UK Exclusive & SE245 Demo
They mention again that the Tremonti is a UK exclusive, but we know it is not.
Maybe the purple color is, but they discontinued that color anyways.
Sweetwater finally updated their site.
They say it is a maple body though, I do not think so.
Should be mahogany with a flame maple veneer cap?
Still no guitar, bet it is lost in transit, or it never shipped at all.
From the 12th to today, that is 16 days, twice the amount of time it should take since the broken one arrived in 8 days.
What is worse is that his rep will not return his emails or phone calls trying to track it down.
I give up on this guitar, time for a refund.
Went through a review in this month's Total Guitar and they seemed to love it, so I just had to go and try it out in my local shop. Amazing guitar for the money, really, and love the red finish! Have to admit going back home and playing on my Tremonti SE it's definitely better in a lot of ways, but it also made me realize just how much I love my original one, too. I think if I bought the new one I'd still have to keep the old one - it's a very special guitar.
Nah man, forget about that. Cancel that order, get your money back. Buy it online from a dealer who has it in stock. You will have it in a couple of days.
Your local dealer should be the ones to worry about the shipping issues and "deal" with PRS about the guitar they didn't get to sell.
I know, but he is saying his rep will not answer him.
Sweetwater is out of stock.
This has been a very poor PRS experience for me overall.
That sucks. Big time.
Must be a dealer who has one in stock that is willing to provide a tracking number when they ship it.
There are a few other PRS dealers in my state, but I will not deal with Guitar Center.
The other ones are a lot further away from me.
This dealer that I have already bought and received three SEs from is on the same road I live on, just 13 miles North, and about 2 miles South of my work which makes it very convenient to shop with him.
I called up Sweetwater, and they are out at the moment, but it seems his business has a much better relationship with PRS, and he is able to track shipments when they ship from PRS to him.
He is going to notify me when they get them in stock.
From past experience with them having ordered 4 of the PRS Multifit cases, if I order on a Monday morning, I have it that Friday or Saturday at the latest, and also can track it via FedEx ground.
He is aware of the issue I had with UPS breaking my second Tremonti Custom sent to my dealer, and he says they never have any bad issues, could be that they repack them once PRS sends them to Sweetwater.
I asked if they could ship it in a Multifit case, and they cannot, as the cardboard is not padded.
I can attest to that having 4 of them.
When PRS sends out a US guitar in the hardshell case, it is in a much beefier cardboard box protecting it better he said.
Anyways, just sad that my dealer is left in the dark from his rep since he has not heard back from here on where my third guitar is.
Pretty sure he is going to loose a sale to Sweetwater on this issue, and I already paid for mine with him.
He got the bill from PRS though last Wednesday.
Two other dealers that have them:
1. Very reputable PRS dealer. You can call them, confirm they have them and maybe get pictures to see if yo like it.
Site: NorthEast Music Center
Ebay Listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/PRS-PAUL-RE...R-/221157528586?pt=Guitar&hash=item337e04140a
2. Newer dealer but I got my Tremonti from them in a couple of days, great communication. Don't love the top on the one they have listed on ebay, but you can always confirm if those are actual pics.
Site: Coral Sky Music
Ebay Listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/PRS-SE-Mark...k-/130809933209?pt=Guitar&hash=item1e74e12d99
Sweetwater site says they don't have them until 12/16
Jack Gretz (NE Music Center) is a great guy and will do it right.
Thanks guy's.
I like to support the little guy, and that is what my local dealer is.
Guitar Center has driven a lot of smaller shops out of business, and this local shop gives you two freen complete setups when you buy a guitar there.
I like Sweetwater, even though they are a big store, but they are not a chain store like GC.
Whoever gets the guitar in first between my dealer or Sweetwater will get my $$$.
And...I may have a surprise if I get one from Sweetwater.
I do not want to spill the beans just yet, until I know it is locked in if he can get me one quicker.
I feel like calling up my dealer to see if he has heard from his PRS rep Amy, but he probably has not, or he would have called me by now.
I hate bugging him too, he is just as helpless and in the dark as I am.
Still no guitar.
Called dealer yesterday, and he says the rep was embarrassed I have not received it yet.
I think it got lost since it was shipped on either the 12th or the 19th.
I thought the third time was suppose to be a charm
I just checked out the nut situation on my guitar, and I'm definitely going to need these slots resized. The low E and A strings don't even fit in the slots at all -- they just sit on top of the nut. The D string kinds of sits halfway inside. The G, B, and E strings do slide into the slots, but they are very tight.
I thought these guitars have to pass inspection in Korea and Maryland before they get shipped to dealers?
Strings sitting out of the slots is a failed setup.
Apparently the guitar is set up for 9-42s, but I restrung it with 10-52s.
I asked my dealer awhile back to check mine when it arrives.
OK, that makes sense.
I have used 9-42 most of my life.
They feel better to me
So I am sitting in a weekly Friday meeting at work that starts at noon and goes to 1 PM when I look down at my personal cell phone (on mute for the meeting) and see the screen lit up with a local number.
Could not answer it in time, so I excused myself to go outside the conference room.
That was about 12:15.
I call the number, "A Sharp Music, can I help you?"
"This is Corey, someone just called me from this number."
It was not their regular number, so it did not say who it was on the caller ID.
Put me on hold, then the owner came on and said "I do not need a tracking number, it has arrived"
Guitar arrived in great shape, and his tech is performing the following surgery on it:
1. Planet Wave Autotrim tuners
2. Ernie Ball Cobalts 9-42
3. Set intonation, pickup height, check nut, ect, complete tuneup.
It may or may not be ready by the time I get off at 2 PM which is less than an hour away.
I told them not to rush, as I can pick it up at 10 am when they open up tomorrow.
Whewwwwwww, the wait is over.
Sometime tomorrow I will put up a NGD thread, and post a link to it in this thread.
I hope this guitar was worth the wait!
Will it make me play like Chappers in the video I posted earlier
I wish.


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George Howard is releasing his newest book Everything In Its Right Place: How Blockchain Technology Will Lead To A More Transparent Music Industry, via 9 Giant Steps Books. The book features interviews with music veterans about the intersection of blockchain technology and music.
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The evolution of RAID data protection
RAID has evolved in the last 20 years, but the core concept of combining drives to protect data lives on regardless of the methods used.
Industry experts say the shape of RAID has evolved in the last 20 years, but the core concept of combining drives for data protection lives on regardless of the methods used.
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RAID changes its stripes, but not its value
Experts say storage systems conceived during the last five years or so from Compellent Technologies Inc., EqualLogic Inc. (now part of Dell Inc.), LeftHand Networks Inc. (now part of Hewlett-Packard Co.) and 3PAR use alternatives to traditional RAID, such as distributed parity schemes and wide striping.
EMC Corp.'s Atmos and IBM Corp.'s XIV Storage System are new versions of storage systems that use distributed parity. Other systems that hit the market in 2008, such as Atrato Inc.'s Velocity 1000 (V1000) and Xiotech Corp.'s Emprise platform, use new technologies to avoid RAID rebuilds. However, there's disagreement in the industry over whether those systems are RAID or not.
→ Editor's Tip: Read this article to learn more about the new approaches to RAID.
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→ Editor's Tip: Read this article to get a chronological list of the post-RAID products introduced this year.
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Resources for personal development should be tapped during the first 100 days in a new role. Being able to articulate your challenges and opportunities during this time is vital, and an outside consultant provides the necessary support to open up self awareness. If outside assistance on the first 100 days is not possible, ensure your plan is much more than a glorified "to-do" list.
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I've played Minecraft on PC and on PS3 and I've always made a castle for myself. At first I start with a small house and then I build a stone wall around my house and then I build a tower etc.
In that way, my personal fortress keeps on growing. Now I would like to hear what you people create in Minecraft.
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What kind of creations you've made?
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Sadly I haven't had the chance to play Minecraft, but I hear it is really good! Thinking about getting it for my PS4 one day
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I played it first time many years ago on PC. And when my little brother got Minecraft for PS3, I also tried it out on my account. Then I got hooked for some time. Now I sometimes go back to my survival save and create new buildings into my fortress which is located at the beach of a sea.
My little brother usually creates creatures, block colossi thing which resembles the ones from the Shadow of the Colossus. Also, he burns down villages and kills the villagers.
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I never played Minecraft, I watched some videos on youtube, but...it didn't infect me!
...hahaha, I remember a video record, where two brothers have been playing Minecraft together and the younger child has been getting really really angry hinking that the older child hasn't been playing fair.
Many greetings, Jürgen^^
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Haha, sounds funny.
I hate it, when I have too many worlds. When I start, I want to build a medium sized house (13x9 blocks/1 room/ a basement with many chests). After that I build a big house (23x13x15 blocks). It has 2 floors, 6 rooms and the attic (Inside the roof, hopefully I wrote it right). And than I make some small things. Teraforming. Making small houses and structures like a water source, a place for animals ...
I think I will add a picture of my tall house later.
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I used to play a ton on Whaaaaale's server back when he was a active member here and the old Minecraft thread was active. His servers are probably where I built some of my best creations - but sadly I'm not sure I have pictures of anything I made.
In one world on his server I made a massive tower of cobblestone that reached the world height-limit, and had a drop that lead to bedrock. I also built a massive wall of cobble next to it for the fun of it, and also made a massive bridge across the sky that led to another tower. That same server also had my hidden base under a lake, and my vault hidden inside a wall. The mine I had under the main tower was also so massive that it was about 24 blocks wide, 5-7 blocks tall, and it went so deep that you couldn't see the other end even on far distance. And that's how I spent my whole summer...
Then, on the same server but with a new world, I built another massive tower that reached the height limit and went to the deepest depths. I built it with friends and we called it the Dark Brotherhood. There was a whole wing/section that had rooms for members, and areas for other things. Funnily, after building there for a while and getting the tower done, I decided to explore a cave nearby that had been untouched but was right next to the tower. The cave had a generated stronghold in it! So we linked up our Dark Brotherhood to the stronghold and made it a part of our base.
Now I do a little single player here and there and build small stuff to relax.
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I used to be the biggest naysayer against Minecraft. Kept preaching that it was a "LBP-knockoff" and what have you. Yet ironically enough, that's actually where I've been most active for the past 4 years.
When LBPC dropped off for a bit, and I found myself unmotivated, I decided to bite the bullet and get MC. That's where I found StompzCraft, a community I found akin to here and where I've stuck around. I won't advertise too much (still hate gloating), but let's just say that the folks over there aren't much different from the folks over here. What's even more ironic, compared to my time spent on LBP, is that I build a lot on MC. A lot. Particularly boats.
Spoiler - Warning: lots of pictures!
USS Constitution. Though I've gotten much better with the rigging.
A galleon. Lemme tell you it's hard to nail the shape of these things.
Though I build lots of other things. Hobbit holes...
Farm houses...
Plane thingies...
My hand. Went a little overboard with all of this, huh? :\
I'm currently the Creation/Creative Manager @ Stompz, so I've been spending even more time as usual over there as we're revamping our PVP server/concept and making much-needed updates to everything (also writing the lore going in for that too, so woo!). Should be easy enough to Google it if you're curious, but I'll throw out a link if you really want."It's better to be a has-been that a never was."
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signature 2016: "2016 yet I'm still using a PlayStation 3...." --sir monacle
signature 2017: "The more you struggle with something, the more rewarding it feels to finish it." --sir monacle
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Ah yes! A Minecraft thread! Let me tell you, when it comes to Minecraft, I'm also a veteran, mainly on other systems besides PC but hey, gotta start somewhere! I started 4 years ago on the Pocket Edition around the time creepers were first added to the game, and I have foreseen MCPE evolve to what it is now.
I got the PS3 Edition on the day it came out in the US region, and that's where the whole console version playing began. Then a few months ago right after I got my PS4 I got the PS4 Edition, and that's where I have a city world built. I'll send pics later if you want!
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For the past 10 years, the most dreaded literary critic in America has been a tall, thin, agreeable Englishman from Durham with a crop-top pate and an apologetic air about him: James Wood.
"I agree with Randall Jarrell that a critic who can't praise is not a critic," Wood says as he sits at an empty café near Harvard University, where he teaches.
But this doesn't sound much like the Wood Americans have become used to on the page.
That Wood has been the man lying belly-down in the jungle, while big-game novelists lumber by, their award-fattened flanks exposed to his shots. Toni Morrison, Wood wrote, "loves her own language more than she loves her own characters." Don De-Lillo has spawned a culture in which everyone with a laptop and a bit of paranoia is a genius, and John Updike forgot when to stop.
"It seems to be easier for John Updike to stifle a yawn than to refrain from writing a book," he wrote about Updike's short-story collection Licks of Love.
On a cold, windy day in Cambridge, Mass., Wood doesn't disavow these statements. But he admits that he has exhausted the polemic. And if publishers want to send flowers to anyone for bringing about this change, they should start with his students.
"I became aware of a curious dual track," Wood says, slightly wincing. "I would be polemicizing in pieces about things I didn't like, but almost never doing that in class. You can't do that with students; it's not fair to prejudice them."
Wood's concise and readable new book, How Fiction Works, grew out of this engagement with students. It is an attempt to show what he does like and explain the novel as he sees it.
Constructed in 123 short sections, How Fiction Works covers narration, style, detail and other basic elements in Wood's typically crisp prose, but there is one big difference. The primary mode is praise.
Here are Wood's maestros, demonstrating how it's done: Henry James using what Wood calls free-indirect style in What Maisie Knew, George Orwell's mastery of telling detail in The Hanging and Ian McEwan's deft manipulation of the reader's sympathy in Atonement.
For Wood, the modern novel began with Flaubert, when we started to see "that highly selective editing and shaping, by cutting out the chatty narrator that you get in Balzac or Walter Scott."
Through free-indirect style, by which he basically means third-person narration that cleaves to one character or another, Wood says the novel has shown us more about consciousness than any other art form.
In recent years, however, he believes it has become bloated with unnecessary facts and language. Buried inside The Corrections, for example, was a very good novel if only Jonathan Franzen could have stopped telling us how much he knew.
"The result—in America at least—is novels of immense self-consciousness with no selves in them at all," Wood wrote in a piece about the American social novel that Franzen and others were writing, "curiously arrested and very 'brilliant' books that know a thousand things but do not know a single human being."
Once Wood may have reiterated this point in journalism, but now he feels he can have a greater impact by sharing his opinion with students. "I really felt a connection," he says of his Columbia University MFA students in particular, "because these were people very interested in technique, and were willing to take what they learnt and go away and apply it.
"This was my chance to say, Look, you all do this thing called free-indirect style, it's instinctive, you have your own words for it. Here's a history of it, you can go all the way back to Jane Austen, or even the Bible, and see it's endemic to narrative. Let me give you some terminology, and let me give you a brief history of it."
In many ways, Wood is perfectly suited to this terrain. While other boys his age were playing rugby, he spent his time reading criticism by F. R. Leavis, Irving Howe and Ford Madox Ford.
"It sounds very trainspotter-ish," he says, laughing, "but I used to sit in bed and read this stuff."
He was also obsessed with America. "I went through a phase where I loved everything having to do with America," he remembers. "Then someone gave me Richard Ford's The Sportswriter when I was 21. That book just blew me away. No one begins a book like that in England, 'My name is Frank Bascombe. I am a sportswriter.' "
At Cambridge (the English one), Wood met the Canadian-American writer Claire Messud, with whom he has two children—Livia, 6, and Lucian, 4. As Messud began her literary career, Wood spent the next decade making a name for himself as a critic in London, for The Guardian and other newspapers.
But he eventually found himself stifled by the environment. "I got to the point where I knew who was in and who was out, and followed all the newspaper sections and watched who was doing what—and I hated myself for that involvement."
In 1995, Wood met the editor Leon Wieseltier in London and immediately sensed a kindred soul. Wieseltier invited him to write for The New Republic, the literary section of which he edited, and Wood leapt at the chance to go to America.
"I always felt in America there was more room to move around," Wood says. "There's just so much space that people will, by and large, leave you alone to do your work."
He was an immediate sensation. Coming from the outside, Wood cut a swath through some of America's most hallowed names—a role that Dale Peck tried to take on, unsuccessfully. But Wood quickly found out how small the country can be.
In 1996, he attended the dinner for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Messud's novel When the World Was Steady was a finalist, alongside Ford's Independence Day, to which Wood had given a mixed review.
"About halfway through the dinner I feel this shadow standing over me, and it's Richard Ford, who puts a hand on my shoulder and says in that voice of his: 'We need to talk.' I immediately said to Claire, 'We've got to get out of here!' "
Wood successfully ducked his date with Ford and published some of his own pieces as a book in 1999, The Broken Estate. That book—with its follow-up, The Irresponsible Self: Laughter and the Novel—became secret handshakes for aspiring critics.
A novel, The Book Against God, followed in 2003 and met surprisingly little payback. "People on the whole were very kind," Wood says. "But I know if I were to publish that novel again there are some things I would change and like to do better."
In the meantime, he now has a chance to reach a larger audience with his criticism. Last autumn he moved from The New Republic to The New Yorker, where he joined Updike as one of the magazine's primary literary critics. If there is any awkwardness in sharing that post, he doesn't mention it.
In fact, it seems Wood is getting just as much out of listening to younger critics. "I think that we're in a golden age for criticism," he suggests. That generation begins with his own children, to whom he has been reading Beatrix Potter and J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, among other writers, remembering how good some literature is, and how little time a writer has to win over readers.
"You get such a ruthless interrogator of tale," Wood says with a small glint of pride at his children's discernment. "And they're right, sometimes I'm bored myself!"


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Blacks Show New Trust In U.S. Government
Blacks Show New Trust In U.S. Government
The number of African-Americans who say they trust the U.S. government is nearly twice the number of whites who say that. The finding, from a recent poll on trust in America, is a sharp turnaround from previous years.
Blacks have never trusted government in the same way whites have, though the ups and downs have normally tracked those of white Americans. But that's no longer the case, according to a Pew Research Center study designed to gauge Americans' trust in government.
African-Americans don't have a monolithic view of government -- but most blacks are Democrats, and trust in government usually increases when your party is in power. So in January 2009, confidence in government really spiked for African-Americans when Barack Obama was sworn in as president.
Seeing Hope In New Policies
One year in, the Obama administration gets credit for the new health care law. Judson Mitchell, a retired college administrator, says that's a clear indication that the president wants to help people.
"That's 30 million people that don't have insurance. That's what government can do for people," Mitchell says, "is to ensure that those people have some coverage, because the current health system did not work."
African-Americans' trust in government has tripled from a low point of 12 percent in 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, to 37 percent in the Pew Research study.
"It's sort of the countertrend to what we're seeing with a lot of the anti-government demonstrations," says Pew Center Associate Director Carroll Doherty.
"It's not that African-Americans are entirely content with government," Doherty says, "but the way the trends are among whites, African-Americans stand out as having a less negative view of government currently than whites do certainly."
MacArthur's Restaurant on Chicago's West Side is a popular spot -- especially for the Sunday after-church dinner crowd.
Llou Johnson is just beginning to eat his meal. Big Llou , as he's called, has an even bigger voice. He's an actor and voice-over artist who says he trusts government.
"It has been government that has taken us from slavery to our situation that we're currently in," Johnson says, "where we can live and do what we want how we want -- in most cases."
But Mary Rabb, a registered nurse, has a decidedly different view.
"Black people don't trust government," she says.
Rabb says she likes President Obama but has more of a wait-and-see attitude about government in general.
"Local government will be all out in their neighborhoods and talking about what programs they have available," Rabb says, "and when it's all said and done, they don't see any changes in their neighborhoods."
Easing A Sense Of Distrust
While the Obama factor has caused an uptick in trust levels for blacks, it's been an altogether different story historically, says Shayla Nunnally, a professor of political science and African-American studies at the University of Connecticut.
"Throughout time, we've generally seen that African-Americans have been less trusting than whites and other racial groups as far as political trust," Nunnally says.
For that, you can blame slavery, Jim Crow laws, and events such as the Tuskegee experiments -- the 40-year study conducted by the U.S. Public Health Department in which hundreds of black men were left untreated for syphilis.
When President Bill Clinton apologized in 1997, 94-year-old Herman Shaw, one of the last survivors, was present. At the time, he said, "The wounds that were inflicted on us cannot be undone."
A turning point came in 1965, when after a long civil rights struggle, the Voting Rights Bill was signed. And then came an almost euphoric surge of confidence, with President Obama's election. Even so, the Pew study reports that nearly half the African-Americans surveyed, 48 percent, said they are frustrated with government.
"The type of hope that was generated through the Obama campaign has been pretty much squandered," says Michael Dawson, a University of Chicago political science professor who studies race and politics.
"From the majority of African-Americans' perspective, its directly related to believing that the government hasn't done all that it could, or all that was promised, in terms of improving the situation of all Americans -- particularly those who are disadvantaged," Dawson says.
That includes not doing enough to combat high levels of unemployment, and racial profiling.
A Black Agenda?
That analysis rings true for Carl West, 40, who recently attended a panel discussion on whether the Obama administration should have a "black agenda."
Such an agenda, West says, would focus on "how a disgusted minority community are going to be taken care of -- not taken care of in the sense of handouts -- but how we're going to see a situation that will make us have trust in our government. Because at the end of the day, he is our government."
It's really too early to say whether government has improved under President Obama, West says. But he and other African-Americans say the country's problems didn't happen overnight -- they're willing to give him more time to fix them.


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The certification process, conducted through Great Place to Work's senior care affiliate Activated Insights, considered more than 3,500 employee surveys from across 45-plus Laurels locations. The team at Activated Insights, an independent research and consulting firm, evaluated more than 60 elements of employee experience on the job, including employee pride in community impact, belief that their work makes a difference, and feeling their work has special meaning.
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Who Is Andrea Casiraghi?
Meet Andrea Casiraghi, the Latest Monaco Heir to Give Us a Royal Wedding
Meet Andrea Casiraghi, the Latest Monaco Heir to Give Us a Royal Wedding
Pretty, young, Monaco royals are on a roll these days. Grace Kelly's elegant granddaughter, Charlotte Casiraghi, is pregnant and reportedly engaged to French comedian Gad Elmaleh. But before her baby or marriage comes along, her brother Andrea is tying the knot with longtime girlfriend Tatiana Santo Domingo on Aug. 31. The wedding festivities have kicked off with a very dreamy bachelorette party.
Born in 1984 to Monaco's Princess Caroline and her second husband, the late Italian businessman Stefano Casiraghi, Andrea is second in line to Monaco's throne. Andrea's parents married when his mother was already three months pregnant with him. They went on to have daughter Charlotte and another son, Pierre. His father died in a boat-race accident when Andrea was still a boy, and following his death, his mother moved the family to France before later remarrying and having another daughter, 14-year-old Princess Alexandra.
Andrea met Tatiana thanks to his sister when they were schoolmates in Paris. They've been dating for eight years. This past March, they welcomed a son, Sacha. After they marry, Sacha will become third in line to Monaco's throne, behind his father. Should Andrea's uncle Prince Albert have a child with Princess Charlene, however, the Casiraghis will be pushed down the line. As for Tatiana, she has a prominent background as well, as the daughter of the late Julio Santo Domingo, who was once the second richest man in Colombia. Her half uncle is also married to Lauren Santo Domingo, the cofounder of Moda Operandi and a Vogue contributor. Ahead of his royal wedding this weekend, get a look at Andrea and his prominent family.


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Name: Mr. C's Family Restaurant
Address: 4309 W. State St., Rockford
Opened: 1999
Owner: John Conforti
Hours: 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily
Wheelchair accessible: Yes
Phone: 815-964-5347
Website: mrcsfamilyrestaurant.com
Most popular items: Conforti claims to have the best biscuits and gravy north of the Mason-Dixon Line, the best fried chicken, and best liver and onions in town, as well as a burger as big as his head.
We ate: I had lunch at Mr. C's with my friend, Ed Geeser. We decided that there were too many things on the menu we just had to try, so we ordered a lot. One of the great things about Mr. C's is that nothing is terribly expensive — the giant cod dinner comes in at $7.99 as the highest-priced item.
Mr. C's used to be a Dog 'n Suds, so Conforti kept several of the old items on the menu. Ed ordered the original Dog 'n Suds Texas Burger, as well as a half order of biscuits and gravy. Ed fancies himself something of a biscuits and gravy connoisseur.
I ordered the fried chicken with homemade mashed potatoes and gravy and cole slaw, and a side of hot wings. Then we put all the plates in the middle of the table and dug in.
I went back a second time with some co-workers to get one of the burgers, though not the one as big as Conforti's head.
Ed said he couldn't verify whether the biscuits and gravy were the best this side of the Mason-Dixon Line, but he said "they're definitely in the running." I liked them, too. The gravy was thick and peppery, and the biscuits were fresh. We joked that we got a half order of biscuits and a whole order of the gravy. In other words, they don't skimp.
The chicken was great. It was cooked just right — super crispy on the outside and juicy inside, even the white meat. I usually pick around the skin to be healthier, but I found myself tearing off more pieces throughout the meal.
The wings were also crispy, just like I'd hoped. There's nothing worse in a wing, as far as I'm concerned, than rubbery skin. These didn't disappoint. However, I though it was a little strange that I ordered hot wings and they came as plain wings with a bottle of Frank's RedHot sauce. But on the positive side, I put on what I wanted and wasn't super messy from eating them.
If you like lumpy, dense mashed potatoes, these are for you. I wasn't sure I'd like them, but the brown gravy was really good with them. I'm used to fluffier potatoes, but these were ones I'd order again.
My burger, the Hemingway, was made from fresh ground beef, which staff said was never frozen. It came with cheddar cheese, mushrooms and bacon. It was two-thirds of a pound and cost just $5.99. It was a solid burger — thick, juicy and bigger than the bun it was served on. I'd order it again.
We'll get to that Texas burger in a moment.
Ahh factor: Mr. C's menu is big and a little confusing. But the great thing about it is that you can basically just order what you want. Build your burger (single, double, triple or "fourple" patties), throw together your favorite breakfast items or ask for a particular type of sandwich and Mr. C's will make it. They'll put gravy on anything for 99 cents. Substitutions aren't just allowed, they're a way of life. I like that. It takes some of the pressure off ordering.
Hmm moment: Ed ordered his original Texas Burger but had to ask for the Coney sauce that should have been automatic on the Dog 'n Suds burger. When we asked Conforti about it, he explained that the other Dog 'n Suds in the area served their burgers with the sauce. But the former owner of the Dog 'n Suds where Mr. C's is located didn't serve them that way because his customers weren't big fans of the sauce. So, Conforti has the Coney sauce on hand, but you have to ask for it in keeping with the location's tradition. That's actually kind of cool.
Next time I'll: I'd order any of the same food again. But I wanted to use this space to just suggest that you give Mr. C's a try. Conforti has heard from a number of people who won't come down to his place because of its location on the far west side of town. "They tell me they'll get shot in my parking lot," he said. That's silly. Mr. C's has been open for 14 years and the place was well-attended both times I was there. There's ample parking, and everyone I met was friendly. If you live on the east side, it's a bit of a drive, but I'm a big fan of trying new places, especially local ones where the owner walks around filling coffees and patting his regulars on the backs. It was my kind of place.
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