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How to build a Minecraft Mob Grinder
Sunday 30 Jan 2011 15:06
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A Minecraft mob grinder will gather, trap and kill mobs collecting their drops such as arrows, sulphur and string. This guide will show you step by step, complete with screenshots and interactive floor plan, how to build one.
Update: check out my Minecraft Piston Mob Grinder
How the mob grinder works
The mob grinder is a tower with floors where there is no light so Minecraft mobs such as spiders, zombies, and skeletons will spawn, even in day time. The mobs walk around and drop through holes in the floors. On reaching the first floor, water traps channel them through holes to their fate, a water ride into lava where they die and their drops are collected.
How to build the mob grinder
1. Start by building a base, 23 x 23 blocks. The base dimensions come from the first floor which will be made of:
2. Build a water channel. Mobs fall from the first floor through a 2 x 2 hole in each corner. They fall to the ground floor where a 2 wide by 8 long water channel pushes them to their doom. Water flows over 8 blocks and then stops, but items will carry on and fall if there's a drop at the 9th block. Collect and place water using buckets made from iron. Here's 1 of my water channels:
3. Build a lava trap. The mobs are killed using lava. To prevent the stuff they drop being incinerated you use a 'feature' of the game where lava will flow over an empty block if a ladder is placed on an adjoining block. In the screen shot below, see how the lava juts out over the 'empty' block allowing items from the mobs that die to fall. Collect and place lava using buckets made from iron.
4. Make a water collector. Add another water channel to collect fallen items from the mobs that die like below.
5. Now you'll need to repeat steps 2-4 to build the water channel and lava trap for each corner. Join the wall up around the side and you have built the ground floor of your mob grinder tower. The hardest bit is over.
6. Build the collecting floor. This floor extends beyond the grinder to allow 4 water channels around each of the 4 corners of the floor below. Mobs on this floor will wander around and eventually end up in the water which will channel them to the corners and down to the ground floor. Note this floor is 2 blocks deep to allow a solid block for the water flow to sit on.
7. Build as many other floors as you like. The floors above the 1st floor do not need water channels. They just need to have holes in the floor through which mobs can drop. Mobs will happily drop down holes with a drop of 2 or 3 blocks. DO NOT have any overlapping holes from one floor to another otherwise the mobs will not drop. I've found a checkerboard pattern of 4x4 solid then 4x4 holes very successful giving plenty of space for mobs to spawn as well as a good chance for them to drop to the floor below. If doing this, alternate the solid and holes on each floor so that mobs only have to drop 2 blocks to the floor below. These floors should have 2 blocks high space for mobs to spawn and walk around in. The roof of your top floor must be completely sealed so all floors are dark and mobs can spawn there, even in day time.
The completed mob grinder in action! A spider burns to death on the lava. Items dropped by other mobs that have died have been carried by the water channels to the middle.
Some final notes:
Have fun!
Tags: Minecraft, mob, grinder, drops, lava, kill, Tower, trap
Comments (112)
18 Nov 2013 11:40 by mr. pineapple
this is one of the greatest traps i've ever built. the only downside is that it takes a huge amount of time and cobblestone. i suggest that u go into survival then turn it to creative using /gamemode c. it was totally worth the time! :)
4 May 2013 07:25 by Grez
Very good and easy trap..takes a while but well worth the wait.defernatly go down in the caves below the trap and light up as much as u can.also light up the top of the trap and surrounding areas.thanks for the instructions
20 Apr 2013 10:12 by Luigy
This is a great contraption, takes a ton of time and stone, is there a way it could be scaled down?
17 Mar 2013 11:20 by tony
18 Jul 2012 04:53 by Timsenbimsen
i have a big problem and no solution yet: parts of my tower are not dark, preventing monsters to spawn. theres no torch or lightsource nearby. i looks like the tower has a hole in the ceiling or something although everything is closed, any suggestions? sry for my bad english :D
I am having the same problem as this person, I built it in survival on pc, no torches or holes inside as well but it is still so bright inside. Tried adding a second layer of stone on top but it still comes through like this. anybody else have this problem or any solutions to it?
as you can see, its all as it should be except for the light. I'm not getting many mobs from this which is really annoying, spent 5 hours on this to grind some gunpowder but hardly any so far =/
27 Jan 2013 01:42 by Dave1120r
Great design but the lava trap approach seemed to bcurn up most of the drops as I rarely got any loot
The solution? I got rid of the lava and opened up holes for the mobs to plummet to their death. For grins I built a second mob grinder from a 30 square high pedestal and the loot is rolling in. Fun to see them all fall too
5 Jan 2013 11:31 by MAF4EVER
I started in creative and made it out of gold blocks. looks amazing. it works great too. you get a lot of gunpowder
27 Dec 2012 08:08 by Alex
First off, thanks for putting this mob grinder out here for us all to use and abuse!
Secondly, on the xbox version, would this still work if the floors had a 3 block gap between each other so as to spawn Endermen? Would the other mobs drop drop the same or is 2 the limit?
And last of all, anyone wanting to turn their grinder into an EXP grinder (aswell as its default item grinder), just add some sticky pistons above the last lava block (not the blade that sticks out), add some wiring and a lever and you've got an EXP and item grinder with minimum work! Stick one of these on each and you can have three of the grinders getting you items whilst you sit there and mash some creepers for EXP or if you have friends you can each pick a grinder and wail away on the bad guys!
10 Dec 2012 05:59 by Bethany
I use this on every world I play, thanks! :) It works great and I don't have a big issue with the cobblestone like most people here (major miner! :p) Thanks again! :)
17 Nov 2012 11:33 by Flannigann
Great design, easy and quick to knock up. Brilliant guide.
More things like this please. Good work.
12 Nov 2012 02:35 by bill45
on slide 3 of the thing, the lava blade on the right is off by one block
8 Nov 2012 03:43 by Shade
So cool
And for Edge yes making one wall glass would count as sunlight
6 Nov 2012 05:09 by Shadow-Man
That was so cool just takes a lot of stone and time but get you a lot of stuff
24 Oct 2012 11:37 by Leonidas098
Absolutely awesome, I took ages on this and then made it look like a really massive hill by covering with dirt, and sloping it, so I can go into the hill to collect stuff, Absolutely fab, love the interactive tutorial!!!
30 Sep 2012 06:43 by qEWFGH
28 Sep 2012 06:21 by Edge
Are you able to make one side completely glass to see whats going on? Will that effect spawning? Does light through glass count as sun?
27 Sep 2012 05:28 by tat
Its too complicated
13 Sep 2012 01:24 by Alien Vs Duck
Completed my grinder this evening, 6 floors high, took FOREVER, but works a treat! I'm saving up my gunpowder to go diamond hunting with TNT on peaceful mode! The grinder is brilliant. I found the spiders clog it up a little, there seems to be millions of the buggers spawning, but plenty of creepers too! Pop inside every 5 mins or so and reap the rewards of your hard earned cobblestone laying :) Cheers KevBlog, you're an effing star!! Xbox 360 version too :)
7 Aug 2012 12:37 by josh.uh.are
Dude it takes so much cob
It works tho
4 Aug 2012 02:29 by Zech
I have added soul sand to the water flow edges and am in the process of adding it to the whole edge of each water way (spiders can't climb soul sand). Its effectiveness with spiders in increased immensely. After testing it, I am thinking that to maximize trap against spiders the glass needs to be replaced with soul sand as well, giving the spiders no way to get away from the lava blades.
30 Jul 2012 06:17 by marktpalmer
I dug mine out from the bottom (bedrock level). Works great other than running into the stairwell I made. 1.5 spawn levels at them moment with plans to make at least 5 levels.
Now for those slime traps.
24 Jul 2012 05:03 by ru4real
works really well on xbox 360 but needs tons of cobblestone and takes forever to make overall i think it was worth it got plenty of tnt to make trap >=^)
23 Jul 2012 04:48 by crackerjax98
what if its 3 blocks between levels?
23 Jul 2012 05:32 by Casey
Great writeup, helped so much on Xbox after the update. THanks for your effort
21 Jul 2012 06:43 by GnomeTrousers
In case they fix the lava blade "feature", would a cactus block work?
20 Jul 2012 03:59 by Daniel
Good Lord, 5 hours later... haha, by far the most impressive thing ive built so far, just got minecraft 2 days ago, tons of fun, even with just my small house and like 30 wheat farm haha, this thing is just towering on a hillside near my house, hope was worth it, havent tried it yet too excited that i finished it haha. Longest project ive done
19 Jul 2012 07:21 by Yeaf
This looks awesome!just wondering, whether this works on the computer? and also how much cobblestone i need to build this. thanks and keep up the good work!!!
18 Jul 2012 04:53 by Timsenbimsen
i have a big problem and no solution yet: parts of my tower are not dark, preventing monsters to spawn. theres no torch or lightsource nearby. i looks like the tower has a hole in the ceiling or something although everything is closed, any suggestions? sry for my bad english :D
17 Jul 2012 02:19 by MrTaylor26
This works very efficiently but I originally tried to build only one checker board floor and it did not work so the minimum is two floors. Thanks for the awesome design. :D
15 Jul 2012 07:59 by aaa
use torches on secend floor to trick mobs to fall in holes
15 Jul 2012 02:05 by lufflum
can someone please add me on xbox live GT: BigheadedPeak and help me build this please
13 Jul 2012 11:41 by techkid6
Sweet :D Thanks
10 Jul 2012 08:31 by GamerChase
Hey, I built this in my Xbox 360 world. Works beautifully. In step 6, I added water outer centres of the eight outer edges, and the middle of the large inner section (if that makes sense). Also removed the last block under the water collector and all the centre area so that the four collectors push to one centre point where I can stand surrounded by half slabs (allowing me to just jump out again when I want to). You can see it in a video XBLA Fans did showcasing my world here: http://youtu.be/qH0ApZrak3U. Thanks for the design!
10 Jul 2012 07:50 by elvis
very good works on xbox
7 Jul 2012 10:52 by CaptMondo
I've tried ucantseemii's idea, by placing additional water in the corners of the 6th floor, at the middle of each side, and in the center of that floor, using a single block to ensure that the flow of water leads to the chutes. Any mob that falls to the 6th level is led to the drop where the lava knife is.
It seems to speed things up over the original design a little bit.
6 Jul 2012 05:47 by The Doctor
Im ready to lose all my IQ by doing this but I dont care
4 Jul 2012 03:27 by crack me up
do you need a spawner in the building or does it just spawn them?
30 Jun 2012 12:45 by by Swap
after the grinder floor how many blocks o build up for the collecting floor?
26 Jun 2012 08:36 by Exotic Trollz
10/10 Guide and 10/10 rating for the grinder.
It took me two attempts to build this on Xbox 360 edition. The first attempt went horribly wrong because the channel system was off because i didn't remember to make the next floor 40x40. The second time was perfect. Amazing drops per hour and lots of fun to watch. Thanks for the tutorial!
18 Jun 2012 04:13 by Gridwerk
As of the new patch for xbox360 June 15, 2012 the lava "feature" no longer works, the lava flows over the blocks into the water. This is now have a very complicated machine to manufacture cobblestone.
13 Jun 2012 02:43 by Ronin
I completed a 3-floor version of it on Survival (trap floor, water floor, one checkerboard floor) and it works GREAT. It's right outside my castle walls near my farmland/livestock, so all I have to do is go do a round of harvesting/mating/culling, then walk out and over to it, and collect stuff; takes about 2 minutes of standing on the bottom floor for everything that spawned to clear out and drop items. I have all the gunpowder, bones, arrows, string, etc that I can possibly use. Awesome design, thank you VERY much!
8 Jun 2012 12:04 by Jakey300
Hello KevBlog! This monster spawner is amazing, I have made it and it works fine. The only problem I have with it is I don't know how to get all the water streams to go into one stream and can all be collected in one place. I have tried looking around the video to see what you have done, but I can't get a clear picture. I also can't see how deep each part of the streams are. Could someone please help me with this?
7 Jun 2012 01:54 by MBUK1975
this is so cool, once i get my children away from my xbox, i will try and make this, thank you so much, keep up the good work :) gamertag MBUK1975
3 Jun 2012 11:10 by SilverShot
Why spending soo many supplies?
Just made a tower with water to kick out the mobs and they will die for fall damage. Example:
l=dirt\cobblestone O=Mob
l O
l O
l O
l O
2 Jun 2012 09:59 by Scarylarry
Works great for the xbox
22 Apr 2012 06:58 by ucantseemii
Wouldn't it be better if we placed water blocks on floor 6 in the middle of the walking areas as far away from the original water channels, that will lead any spiders that swim up, back into the chute? I apologize for the poor explanation, but that's the best i could do.
19 Apr 2012 03:52 by UberSmartypants
this is so cool thanks
took all my study time tho :(
10 Apr 2012 03:50 by Helpsey
Looks good. Might be worth repeating the channel system as opposed to the chequerboard technique since mobs further than 32m from player have a 1/800 chance per tick of de-spawning (meaning they last about a minute) so you want to get them into that lava blade asap.
22 Mar 2012 08:06 by Jenal
I built the first floor and in the process of building the second how do I make this in survival without flying I'm afraid if I mess up I can fall to my death or worse be a victim of my own grinder
22 Mar 2012 05:01 by nraven
okay I built the first floor now to start building the waterways on the second.....this is really hard to gather supplies and build in on the regular version without flying I am gonna figure out how to do this without that feature
21 Mar 2012 10:44 by Carmk01
thanks i made mine in creative it works good! i am in minecraft 1.2.3. but it still works perfectly. now i am going to make one in my survival level> thank =)
3 Mar 2012 09:52 by bb2rox
i like the inginuitive design of the grinding part, but in 1.1.0, do endermen destroy it?
1 Mar 2012 04:11 by an acolyte
I worship thee
28 Feb 2012 09:45 by Wickedshadow
Could someone assist me? I'm a bit confused, I made the ground floor. Started on second but i'm not sure how it works, in the picture the holes on the first floor seem to drop near the center of the ground level.. Could someone tell me how they fall on the outskirts in the water? Thanks!
28 Feb 2012 01:42 by Acornstu
OMG this is amazing. i stared at your page forever before i realized that the floor plan is and interactive one. and the ghost view floor option is just perfect! i thank you very much for your efforts! keep up the fantastic work friend. ACORNSTU
29 Dec 2011 11:52 by EZSPECIAL
BananaLife - Any spot within 24 blocks of the player is not eligible for spawning and farther than 144 is too far for mobs to spawn
21 Nov 2011 02:54 by BananaLife
Not sure if any1 still reads this,
but any idea of where or howfar i should put the item pickup, so spiders wont follow you and other mobs still move.
14 Nov 2011 09:48 by Tommy
i made the system better by capping the grinders itself so i capped it at just above the lava the whole way other then where the mob will fall in it works much better now because it now when the mobs die they won't really jump and that saves more items
20 Oct 2011 06:26 by mrweems
Oh god, i was following a different guide before finding this one.
the guide i was using before didn't say anything about the mobs on the Level before the grind.
So they kind of just wander around, and eventually kill themselves.
Might need to think and try and reconfigure if possible for the water channels on the bottom level. Though i've got ten levels up this is going to be a puzzle.
19 Oct 2011 09:07 by ElMarko
I've not noticed them swimming up. Only spiders are a problem. Like always.
17 Oct 2011 03:57 by ElMarko
bobbert I'm fairly sure it's fine in 1.8, mine works beautifully. The only thing climbing the lava is spiders. I'm sure there's a way to separate out just the spiders before the go to the lava, and then send them into a drowing or piston trap instead, but it might required a larger ground floor to accomodate it all. What do you think, Kev?
15 Oct 2011 08:36 by bobbert
This still kills the mobs in 1.8 but they try to swim up the lava now so most drops are destroyed as well in multiplayer
5 Oct 2011 03:05 by Trophic
Notch is taking away endermans ability to pick up blocks, so this will work perfectly ib 1.9
3 Oct 2011 05:17 by derzok
Works in 1.9 - Notch killed endermen's ability to move blocks (certain blocks, at least).
3 Oct 2011 05:08 by Krys
Thanks for the great guide, I'm a new player to minecraft so it's hard getting my head around how everything works heh. I've made mine only a single floor while endermen are on the loose and it seems to be working fairly effectively. I've added cactus in the water to help get rid of spiders, it seems to be working :)
27 Sep 2011 06:18 by Boog
I am totally wowed and preaperd to take the next step now.
26 Sep 2011 04:39 by MadWilliamFlint
I've had some solid successes in 1.8 with all higher floors being clones of the first floor, leaving only 2 vertical spaces between floor and ceiling denies endermen the height they need to spawn in the first place.
I only have one harvester and collector. But it seems to work fine.
22 Sep 2011 06:25 by ElMarko
You can get a mod to stop them moving blocks. It's ace.
19 Sep 2011 09:15 by Bix
I followed this template in 1.7 and it worked like a charm. On a legit SMP server, this is ont of the best towers you can make, and your little app here above which gives the slices one by one, is wonderful for a team to coordinate on building.
Unfortunately, in 1.8 this is a nightmare : Endermen have enough space to spawn (since above the spwaning platforms there are actually 5 blocks of air) and cannot fall (since max. 2 height to "drop" to platform below). Moreover, they pickup blocks from everywhere including below their feet, and place them elsewhere randomly, breaking the whole structure.
Too bad :(
17 Sep 2011 06:22 by ElMarko
Just wanted to say this is great, I've built a one level trap so far, with a double height floor suggested by teknics to stop the mobs climbing out. I will add more later when I can be arsed, this took ages!
It does still work in 1.8.1, but Endermen will remove your blocks from the inside. You will need to repair every so often to stop the light getting in. I don't know if they can take up the floors or canal sides, but water will kill them so there is that.
May have to refine it for later versions, Kev. But many thanks!
16 Sep 2011 05:15 by derzok
Doesn't work in 1.8 - endermen will grab blocks and move them around inside. They ruin the spawn platforms so that no mobs can spawn on them. A fix for this is to make all of the platforms directly on top of each other. Endermen can only spawn if there are 3 vertical blocks for them. If all your platforms are directly on top of each other and 2 units apart, they can't spawn anywhere except for the ground floor (which is a LOT easier to repair).
If you don't want to repair the ground floor all the time, re-work your water canals so that they are located in spots where there are 2+ vertical blocks :)
13 Sep 2011 08:54 by Jay
Epic tutorial. Added a layer to the 2nd floor water channels as suggested and I'm getting GOBS OF LEWT!
Word of advise: make sure the water channels on the second floor are all 8 blocks long so the water goes right to the edge but doesn't spill through the hole or you'll have a bunch of mobs hangin in the jacuzi and not falling through.
Tried the signs instead of ladders but still getting very little string. Going to try to incorporate cacti in there somehow...
28 Aug 2011 05:58 by brybry
good stuff, floors take 4ever to build tho, 2 floors works great. kev, dude you need to make a pigfarm vid man
28 Aug 2011 07:53 by nick
awsome ill b build me one now
27 Aug 2011 01:58 by minecrafterIsaac
NVM i put 4 blocks instead of two so it was too long X(
27 Aug 2011 01:48 by minecrafterIsaac
when i got to step 3 i make the lava trap but it deosn't stick out a block and i have ladders there but dont work???? why
21 Aug 2011 02:10 by Cookie1994
Lol, my grinder became effective when i was only on the third level, squid had spawned in the water and been grinded leaving the inlsacs
6 Jul 2011 10:24 by Idkbutprobablyagudone
I wonder, if you built this dee under the ground... in a chunk that can spawn slimes... :D
6 Jul 2011 03:06 by JBJblaze
Hey, KevBlog, you should do up a YouTube video for this! ;)
5 Jul 2011 02:40 by UberPea8675
I added a second layer to the collecting floor like somebody had mentioned already, but I still have to walk the spiders into the holes. Has anybody fixed this yet?
29 Jun 2011 03:45 by SuperZOS
You know, i gotta nice idea on replacing lava with cacti. Can it solve the spider problem?
28 Jun 2011 02:03 by Marc194
May have found a fix for the spiders getting into the lava, for me they werent jumping in but Climbing the ladders. Using signs as appose to ladders seems to have fixed it, let me know if this works for you. I have noticed an improvement but who knows.
24 Jun 2011 04:40 by TwoAM
Patience my friends. With the release of pistons in the 1.7 update (if pistons are included) all the death by fire will go away and the drops will no longer be destroyed. Fun will be had by all.
23 Jun 2011 06:43 by Vietilicious
This is the best step by step tutorial I've come across.... and to truly get rid of spiders i use a cactus in the middle of 6 collection floor 1 while AFK
just stand in middle of spawner to kill spiders since the can see through blocks (use their x-ray vision against them :D
22 Jun 2011 09:08 by KevBlog
Yes, still working in 1.6. Ican press F3 I can see the name plates of mobs and my tower is full of them so the checkerboard floor works very well as a spawn and drop system. Getting plenty of items at the bottom.
20 Jun 2011 08:18 by JBJblaze
So, this method: it STILL works does it?
10 Jun 2011 09:42 by JWesC
Hi there. For those of you asking about the spiders, I believe putting blocks two spaces above the ladders will prevent the spiders jumping in the majority of the time.
8 Jun 2011 04:23 by Rob
Here is an image that I redid the center area for only 1 pickup area, later I might add a drop down from the center to a lower collection area.
3 Jun 2011 10:11 by da_ninja
No. The one with canals down the side is rather bad.
1 Jun 2011 09:09 by FierceDeityLink0
I don't like the checkerboard at all and i really think it would work better if each floor had water cannals pushing the mobs toward the hole...im going to build one and experiment with the mob spawning area. Right now im digging a huge pit into the ground all the way to the baseplate....its going to be as tall as possible!
27 May 2011 09:10 by CHuk1994
what i found to be really useful when ii built this was wooden pressure plate at the end of the bases water troughs, so when the items get washed to the centre they activate a redstone trail all the way to my house, indicating when i have drops or when the drops stop (indicating a problem with the grinder)
16 May 2011 10:08 by FluffySquirrel
Didn't have much luck with a central trap, so what I instead did was just add more channels on the main channel floor.. I put 2 3 deep perpendicular cross pieces on each of the main water channels, and in the centre, I made another cross of water pushing them out from the centre towards the sides.. no holes to go in, but seems to help guide them towards the proper channels.
After that, I dug a central hole to channel all the flows into, and led it through a small tunnel underneath the floor of one of the main holes, seemed to help a lot, the spiders don't clog up anymore
15 May 2011 10:06 by FluffySquirrel
Hmmm, I currently have one built with around 6 levels, left it running a couple of hours while I watched a movie, to see how it would go.
Got back to find minecraft seriously lagging, and when sound was switched back on, sounded like there was around hundreds of spiders loitering and blocking the entire system up.
Soon as you go near any of the corners, they just start jumping down in swathes.. but if you stay in the middle, they must just all stick above your head, which I suspect also starts to affect other mobs spawning.
Going to try experiment with a central trap of some kind to hopefully stop the spider infestation so they don't keep blocking off the other mobs
12 May 2011 09:59 by Sbrain
Could i suggest you make a drop grinder? That way the items/hour is much higher as they can't hit the lava when the mobs die? Instead of alternating the cross pattern, keep them in line with water channels taking away the items from fallen mobs. (needs to be very tall) See Behemoth 3 for what i'm on about
9 May 2011 07:02 by Andreww
love the spawner.. however, i used teknics idea but tweaked it a lil. in the empty space in the middle, i added flowing water, 1 block deep which helps push mobs towards the main canals which take them to the lava. before this i was having mobs just standing around on this floor.
7 May 2011 05:50 by lowfuel
How do you get the 2-wide water channel to not end with one block empty? Do you just pour two water blocks really fast at the starting point? Dumb question I guess, sorry. Thanks for any help.
7 May 2011 05:29 by Minecrafter
How long should I wait before I go in and collect my booty?
6 May 2011 12:39 by teknics
hey glad my suggestion has been useful, it definitely upped the amount of mobs i was hearing fall into the water and not being able to get out (before i added to second level to the collecting floor i could hear them fall in, splash around, then get out....now once they start splashing they never get out and wind up getting killed)
I definitely get way less string, the only way to really kill spiders and guarantee string is a drowning trap which is slow. I'd say if you really need string, find a spider mob spawner in a dungeon and setup a trap there. I got lucky and found one spider spawner only 5 blocks above a 2nd spider spawner, i get tons of string now :)
5 May 2011 08:59 by Kevblog
Mdub - hehe. I guess you mean a game day but I still get loads more than that, but I do have over 10 floors. If I press F3 to see 'name plates' above mobs, my tower is full of them.
5 May 2011 08:56 by Kevblog
Niel and Dragon Tamer - I do get some string, but nowhere near as much as the other stuff. Spider don't always die when jumping but often do. Not sure of the best way to stop this at the moment.
5 May 2011 08:55 by Kevblog
Mindless, I think dirt is ok, as long as its dark. Otherwise farm animals spawn on dirt/grass.
4 May 2011 10:12 by Mdub
This mob grinder works so well. I got 10 gunpowder in 1 day! :D
3 May 2011 08:01 by DMJ
Thanks very much for this, the interactive floor plan was very helpful during construction. Also, I implemented teknics suggestion and found it works very nicely.
30 Apr 2011 03:39 by Niel
Also, can I quote Dragon tamer?
"I've built it like you said, but I had one question. When the spiders die, they end up jumping up into the lava so that the strings they drop burn as well, is there a way to avoid that?"
I'd like to resolve that problem too if possible, string is kind of important to me :P
30 Apr 2011 03:35 by Mindless
Thank you for the update. I'm still in the process of building it, btw would you think using dirt is okay for the floors? I ran out of cobble and had to use dirt for a while.
28 Apr 2011 10:24 by Kevblog
teknics - I'll have to try your suggestion when I have time. Maybe this weekend.
28 Apr 2011 10:21 by Kevblog
fredo - I leave 2 air blocks on floors. That's just enough for mobs to spawn and walk around.
27 Apr 2011 01:55 by fredo
great tutorial.
right now i'm working on a peaceful mob grinder, the goal is pork. spawn rates for peacefuls are low though, so it's frustrating. right now it's just set as a falling trap, a 23x23 spawn floor with water sucking to a fall. i wait in a pit dug below, out of the 24 block exclusion zone. the whole thing is surrounded by water and land with grass stripped away. if i add floors, how many blocks of air in between?
26 Apr 2011 11:45 by gowerski
agreed, this is sweet. really like the layer by layer plan :)
26 Apr 2011 12:22 by Dragon Tamer
I've built it like you said, but I had one question. When the spiders die, they end up jumping up into the lava so that the strings they drop burn as well, is there a way to avoid that?
24 Apr 2011 02:24 by dangleesak
thanks so much. This is maybe the best step by step tutorial I've come across.
23 Apr 2011 04:30 by teknics
I made a minor adjustment (using 1.5_01 btw)
For "6 collecting floor 1" I made that layer as you suggested, however I was having MOBs jumping out of the collecting streams and basically just hanging out in the tower.
So i made a 2nd layer of "6 collecting floor 1" except without the water, this way when mobs fall in the collecting stream they have no way out.
I'm still having some problems with spiders, the majority of them can still avoid the collecting holes, once i get near the hole 3 or 4 of them will suddenly jump down, then i simply walk them to the lava.
Other than that this has finally made me capable of stocking up on gunpowder to finally make some TNT, woot. Got a basic 5 level version running, done all with stone i mined myself woot.
thanks for the posting, your interactive schematic thing helped tons!
2 Mar 2011 02:28 by ER1C0
Nice! I'd also mention lighting up some of the caves/areas around you in order to increase the mob spawns in your trap
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- Include a statement on the class syllabus inviting the student to discuss academic needs with you. For example, "If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations, please contact the Services for Students with Disabilities Office (773-508-3700 and email@example.com) as soon as possible."
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Federal prosecutors say they've dealt a major blow to the infamous Outlaws Motorcycle Gang. This after the arrest of its regional president, right here in Knoxville.
55-year-old Mark Lester, known as "Ivan" in the underground biker world, stands accused of running the Knoxville chapter of the Outlaws.
Lester, and 26 other high ranking Outlaws members, including the national president, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Virgina.
"Everybody around here knows that they're the Outlaws, but we didn't know that they were that involved," said neighbor Elaine Howerton. Howerton was the only neighbor we found not afraid to talk about Lester.
"You'll see cars and motorcycles lined up, up through there and stuff, and they just have their own parties," said Howerton. Ever had any run-ins with them? "No."
Charges against Lester and others include attempted murder, assault, narcotics distribution and regular use of firearms.
Lester's arrest is an effort to "...dismantle a gang whose entire environment revolves around violence," said the U. S. Attorney's Office.
Outside the Outlaws' compound in North Knoxville we found one biker who refused comment.
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case involving Lycoming engines division, upholding key components
of the jury's verdict while setting aside the damages award because
the damages were not recoverable by Texas law.
In 2005, a jury in Grimes County, TX found the Lycoming engines
division of Providence, RI-based Textron liable for fraud, and
ordered the company to pay approximately $96 million to Navasota,
TX-based Interstate Southwest Ltd., according to the company.
Later Lycoming launched a countersuit in its home state of
Pennsylvania, asking indemnity of $173 million.
In its decision, the court upheld the jury's finding the
crankshaft failures were caused solely by a defect in Lycoming's
design, and also held that the contract provision under which
Lycoming sought indemnity was unenforceable.
"The important thing to remember is that we defeated Lycoming's
$173 million claim, and that's still true," says Marty Rose of Rose
Walker, L.L.P., lead counsel for Interstate Southwest. "And it's
still true that the jury found Lycoming committed fraud."
Between 2000 and 2002, there were 24 failures and 12 deaths in
Cessnas, Pipers and other airplanes equipped with Lycoming engines.
Interstate Southwest supplied Lycoming with the crankshaft forgings
for those engines.
Lycoming blamed Interstate for the failures, but testing by
Interstate's legal team showed the trouble was a defect in
Lycoming's own design for the crankshafts.
The 2005 jury also found Lycoming committed fraud on Interstate,
and awarded Interstate nearly $10 million in actual damages and
another $86 million in exemplary damages. The trial court later
entered judgment for the full $96 million which the recent decision
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The courtroom victory by the appellate court effectively
nullified Lycoming's $173 million counterclaim.
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Ranked by the UN as the most vulnerable country in the world in terms of natural disasters, El Salvador's communities have battled everything from mudslides, to earthquakes to flooding.
In 2011, torrential rain flooded the country forcing more than 50,000 to flee their homes.
Now, a Plan International project led by the country's youth is helping prepare these communities for the worst.
'Civil Protection Committees' have been established to identify safe areas and run evacuation drills so that residents know what to do in the event of a disaster. The young people involved - some of whom have lost family members in previous floods and mudslides - are trained in first aid and evacuation procedures.
Dr Louise Pealing joins an evacuation drill in Melara, a community which was hit by devastating by flooding in 2008, to see first-hand how these committees are preparing El Salvadorians.
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So how do you tell the difference between the common as dirt Chevy pattern and the far more desirable ( to us ) BOPC housing?
1. Well, the first and most commonly stated visual reference is the Chevy peak versus the BOPC saddle at the top of the bell housing.
2. Also, only the two bolts below the alignment dowels share the same position between the two patterns. This is why a dual-pattern housing has 10 bolts, all the holes above the dowels must be duplicated. A Chevy bell has two bolts on each side aligned vertically with the respective alignment dowel. A BOPC bell only has the bottom bolts aligned vertically with the dowel and the higher bolts are moved inboard.
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Some of the top songs on the radio aren't just catchy they also have pretty darn good advice! Read on to see how the lyrics you know by heart can help solve your dating probs.
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Love Advice to Keep You Grounded
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NEVADA CITY (CBS13) – A police chief says he's found a one-of-a-kind way to manage a growing problem in his city, and it's putting the homeless on the hot seat.
A new law would give Nevada City the power to hand out permits to a small group of homeless, which would give them permission to sleep in public. While the new ordinance would give some homeless a place to stay, it would tell others, mostly the troublemakers and the criminals, to stay away.
"I come down here every fall," said Bob Barton, who chooses to be homeless in Nevada City.
For Barton, the new ordinance that would essentially identify law-abiding homeless and reward them is music to his ears.
"The goal is to start managing the homeless population within our city," said Chief James Wickham.
Wickham asked council members to pass a no-camping ordinance.
"It just basically means you can't set up a tent. You can't live in your vehicle. You can't live in the woods in Nevada City," he said.
That is unless you have a permit.
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With Obumsteer and another 4 years of this economy, I predict they'll be handing out a lot more homeless permits in the near future. Obamavilles coming to a location near you.+4
What next Gay Marriage?+1
And a voter card+1
Why can't they just put em up at the local library, like New York City?+4
A certified, permitted, card carrying member, of the homeless community, and damn proud of it.+2
Actually, I think it's pretty innovative. I am an elected official in a western U.S. county and actually pulled the proposed ordinance from Nevada City's website. Anyone applying for the permit must provide identification, and it just might be the tool we need to start addressing this problem in one of our larger communities. I'm quite sure that in our area, some of these folks do not want anyone knowing who they are. Under Nevada City's program, only about 15 permits per year would be granted, and the "camper" agrees to let city officials drop in unannounced at any time to see what they're up to. As opposed to enabling them to remain homeless, I think it's a great tool to put pressure on them to leave.+3
Won't they get in trouble for "profiling" when they try to enforce it?+2
Why not give them a railroad car to sleep in? In the middle of the night, hook up and send them all to California.+3
I like that he "chooses" to be homeless in Nevada City. A great place to be homeless according to Bob Barton. Wonder if Oblome would mind me being homeless in the Lincoln Bedroom in the southeast corner of the second floor of the White House?+1
So requiring these people to acquire a free (or at most $10) ID and/or produce said ID once every 2 years to vote is racist and disenfranchisement, and suppresses the poor and minority votes… But requiring homeless people to obtain a permit "TO BE HOMELESS", as well as REQUIRING A PHOTO ID TO APPLY FOR THE PERMIT!, is "Progressive" and "A FREAKING REWARD"…"Music to the Progtard who CHOOSES to be homeless' ears"??? AYKM? AYFKM? You know damn well that this is Libterds' bright compassionate (and well thought out) Idea!!! I gaurantee these same people are all Obama activists who vehemently oppose Voter ID Laws!!! They absolutely can not see any sign of…or possibility of there actually being any significant voter fraud at all. But they can sure see the potential to become the beneficiaries of a new state (or State/Federal) entitlement program coming in the near future!!! Maybe even a "bailout" from 0bama if they play their cards right!!! Once these "poor poor victims of that mean old Bush destroying the eceonomy", become "legally" licensed and permitted "official Homeless, they state can't very well let them stay homeless and hungry now could they? Of course not! The county or state will just have to provide them food to keep them from starving, and of course health care because…, and if they're going to do all that they might as well "help" them get a home and furnish it… And come to think of it, they had better go ahead and cover utilities and insurance too. Wouldn't want these people to end up homeless would you? Why do you hate the homeless?0
That's a great idea, but if it's the Nevada City I'm thinking about it is already in Kaliphornia.
The place was crawling with hippies back in the 1960s, but most of them had jobs to supplement their welfare back then.0


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As a managing director of Radio Killid, a radio station dedicated to socially relevant programming, Najiba Ayubi keeps a keen eye on international political developments and is well aware of public opinion in Afghanistan.
Like many Afghans, the position of the US presidential candidates on and their rhetoric towards Afghanistan do not impress her.
"They are tools to come to power with," she says.
Unlike the focus on talk of a so-called "surge" in the number of troops in Afghanistan which dominates US talk shows and occupies American political pundits, Afghans are concerned on what the troops will do, the nature of the military operations and the rules of engagement. The increase in both the violence and the number of Afghan civilians being killed, continuing poverty and a loss of hope are making Afghans' relationship with the foreign presence in their land more complicated.
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"We have got some good things from the US - the laws, the new constitution, the parliament - but we would like the international military presence here to be under a framework which includes a date for its withdrawal," says Ayubi.
Ayubi is no traditionalist. Her radio programming raises social awareness and tackles difficult subjects such as violence against women.
However, she feels Afghans have become very critical of the US because of the increasing civilian casualties in military operations.
She says: "In 2001, we would have welcomed anyone who came to deliver us from the Taliban. But now that feeling is changing.
"The US does not consult anyone. It decides, unilaterally, to do whatever it wants."
Civilian casualties, for example, could be prevented if there was greater consultation with locals "since the foreign troops do not know the customs or culture".
What the soldiers take for a militant gathering may just be the Afghan tradition of setting up open kitchens for weddings which go on for several days," she says.
Occupation anger
"The foreign policy of the US doesn't depend on one individual. It will not change." he says but, unlike Ayubi, he feels civilian casualties are part of any conflict.
He is more strident in his criticism of the western presence.
"Afghanistan has been occupied or captured by Americans or other European countries," he says, explaining that the very presence of foreign soldiers denotes occupation.
"It is fine for now. But they are doing it for their own benefit. Bush is in the oil and gas business isn't he?"
A 'tortured' relationship
Khalid's remarks reflect the tortured relationship of many Afghans to the presence of the West which is something they cannot live with, nor without.
He believes his country's president, Hamid Karzai, has been selected by the US and not the Afghans.
"Who is he? We never heard of him earlier. He was not a leader. He has been selected by Mr Bush," he said.
He sees a substantive portion of the country's aid going back to the donor countries but sees no way out.
"Afghanistan is not in a situation where it can help itself. We are hopeless from every side. If they withdraw, the Taliban may come and capture Kabul."
Dawari is clear that the western intervention in Afghanistan is dominated and led by the US.
As for other countries, he says "the rest are just members of the party".
Taliban memories
It has contributed approximately half of the troops there and, between 2002 to 2008, provided one-third of the entire aid to Afghanistan.
The large presence of US consultants, contractors and aid workers has spawned its own economy, services and goods for the expatriate market. The Kabul Coffee House, for example, is an American style cafe that is frequented largely by internationals.
Haseebullah Fayez, 20, is grateful for his work there as a cashier.
He was living in Kabul during the rule of the Taliban and has strong memories of what life was like.
"I went to school, but got no education. There was no work," he says.
"After they [the Taliban] left I could study. I learnt English. Now at least we can find some work. I support my family. My father's salary as a school teacher is only $60 a month and not enough for our family of five," he said.
Haseeb has been in the cafe for three years and along the way has acquired a taste for cheeseburgers, Bob Dylan's music and Arnold Schwarzenegger movies.
He regularly hears the criticism of the foreign reconstruction effort in his country.
He agrees that civilians get killed in military operations and that a substantial portion of the money Afghanistan receives goes back to the donor countries.
But his anger is not directed towards them.
"I wonder why it [war and destruction] had to happen to Afghanistan," he says.
He says that lives do get lost in a war but "they [US forces] don't want to kill them. It happens by mistake".
No 'nation building'
The mistakes made in the initial days of the US intervention – such as putting in power 'warlords' and "the very people who are a threat to security" has cost dearly, he feels.
"The Afghans welcomed the intervention as they welcomed change each time. However, just as in the past, they were disappointed again," he said.
The change in Afghan society must be rooted in the community, he feels.
Decisions must be made by local communities "rather than being dictated by budgets in Brussels or Washington" he says.
Hakimi does not buy into the popular notion that the foreign aid has not been enough.
"It's dangerous to assume that throwing dollars at the problem will solve it. It will compound the problem. You cannot use development dollars and military might to deal with a political problem."
While he agrees that the Western presence is dominated by the US, he blames, at least partially, the Europeans who have contributed to Nato's Afghan troop force, for it, and echoes the feelings of many Afghans who believe the West has abandoned them repeatedly.
"The West abandoned us after they got what they wanted in the Cold War. They are here now to fight the 'war on terror'," he says.
He insists: "They will abandon us again if the al-Qaeda is routed. Afghans should think about this."
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Mobile Technology Transforms Business
By Samuel Greengard
Over the last few years, mobility has morphed from a broad concept into a mainstream enterprise tool that drives bottom-line results. Today, it's difficult to spot a business that hasn't been affected by the growing wave of devices and apps that customers, partners and employees demand. "
The adoption rate for mobility is occurring at warp speed," observes Jim Guinn, a managing director at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
The evidence is everywhere. Businesses increasingly connect to customers and partners through mobile devices. The technology is transforming the way organizations handle marketing, sales and support; social media and geolocation data are emerging as critical elements in big data and analytics initiatives; and employees rely on smartphones and tablets to take a dizzying array of functions into the field.
A September 2012 PwC report, "Seizing the Mobility Moment," notes that consumerization and the rapid proliferation of mobile technologies have blurred the edge of the enterprise. Corporate mobility is no longer an option. It's an absolute necessity, and an organization must have a well-defined strategy in place, PwC warns.
According to Tata Consultancy Services, U.S. companies spend, on average, $1.43 million annually responding to the digital mobile consumer. This number is expected to increase to $1.98 million by 2015.
Coping with the mainstream adoption and widespread use of mobile technology is unavoidable. How can an organization build an effective strategy? How can the business and IT sides of a company work together to create systems and applications that function in the real world? And what does it take to keep up with a rapidly changing mobile landscape?
"Mobility is now at the core of the enterprise," says PwC's Guinn. "It is impacting virtually every aspect of the business."
A Mobile Playbook Emerges
Although enterprise mobility has existed for more than a quarter of a century, the emergence of smartphones and tablets over the last few years has altered the equation in profound ways. Consumer devices such as Apple's iPhone and iPad have changed the public perception about how companies interact with customers. Moreover, users now expect--perhaps demand is a more accurate word--a consumer-like experience when tapping into enterprise sites and applications.
Make no mistake, consumerization and bring your own device (BYOD) thinking are at the center of today's business environment. The power of the technology, Guinn says, is that it "enables people to make decisions quicker and do things more rapidly. It creates the potential for a more efficient business model."
Adds Andrew Borg, senior analyst for wireless and mobility at Aberdeen Group: "User experience has emerged as the core of any successful mobility strategy. It's no longer possible to adopt the mentality of 'Let's throw it at them and see what sticks.'"
One organization that recognizes this new normal is the NFL's Cleveland Browns. Rapidly changing business expectations, as well as a need to operate faster and better, meant that the organization couldn't punt on mobility.
As a result, the team's sales staff has turned to a secure mobile file management (MFM) system from GroupLogic, mobilEcho, to take advertising and ticket sales into the field. It's possible to view availability for radio and TV advertising spots, as well as tickets, in real time using an iPad or other device connected via a secure VPN.
Brandon Covert, director of information technology for the Browns, says that the use of iPads and real-time mobility has been a game changer. "Sales staff no longer carry around papers and scramble to keep up with changes," he says. "There's no latency to the business. They have all the information in front of them at all times, and they can interact with clients without any delay."
What's more, the system provides instant reporting capabilities for management. "We can run a statistics report every morning and see what tickets and ads were sold the previous day," he adds. The next step is a live dashboard displaying sales data in near-real time.
Covert says that the organization originally eyed file exchange services such as Dropbox or SugarSync, but it veered away from them because the Brown's needed something more automated, collaborative and secure. The mobilEcho system allows staff to sync their iPads to a SharePoint server within seconds using SSL over WiFi or a cellular connection.The system also provides offline capabilities with automated syncing once a network is available.
The organization is now looking at putting its playbooks on iPads and creating apps and services for other groups. "Mobile technology allows us to be more productive and cultivate a more innovative image for fans and clients," Covert explains.
Staying Connected
Another organization that has turned to mobility in a major way is The Boy Scouts of America Northern Star Council. It spans 25 counties across Minnesota and Wisconsin and has 72,000 youth members and 22,000 volunteers. Keeping everyone connected and sharing data has emerged as a huge challenge--particularly as the use of mobile devices has proliferated.
"People need to access contacts, appointments, calendar information and an array of other documents and files, including membership data," says Clint Andera, information systems director .
Northern Star Council uses technology from iSimplyConnect to provide instant VPN access to data for about 120 employees using iPads and other devices. Staff members, using an iOS app, grab files from a server and have the documents they need at any given moment.
"The ability to synchronize data across a large and diverse group of users has revolutionized the way people interact and work," Andera notes. What's more, the system allows quick provisioning and deactivation, with minimal IT involvement and support. "If someone loses a device we can disable the account immediately. The system has brought work and mobile collaboration into the 21st century."
The organization selected the mobile system after evaluating a number of products and approaches. Over a period of about four months, business and IT leaders examined the organization's needs, how people work, and what features and capabilities they required. The council is now looking to adopt cloud storage to further unlock the potential of mobility.
"With people spread across offices and a wide swath of rural geography, we are able to operate with sophisticated capabilities," Andera explains.
Moving Beyond the Device
Building mobile systems that work in the real world requires more than technology and a technically savvy IT department. PwC's Guinn says that adoption at the macro level is all about behaviors and understanding the line of business.
"In business, you cannot support everything, so you need to support the most important things," he points out. As a result, it's important for executives to sit down and discuss which internal processes are most important, which technologies are essential, and what tools and systems can ultimately drive the greatest performance gains.
The key to success, Guinn points out, is identifying long-term and short-term organizational goals, and establishing a business vision that encompasses new ways to work and interact. This process must remain above the constant crush of new devices, applications and mobile systems that constantly appear.
"It is impossible to build a mobile strategy around the technology," Guinn says. "It must focus on business objectives." This, in turn, drives the need for a robust governance model. It essentially becomes the glue that holds the business and technical IT tracks together. "It helps organizations move away from a Wild West shoot-from-the-hip approach to mobility," he adds.
Transforming Workflow
At Liquid Analytics, a firm that specializes in mobile interface design related to analytics tools, the use of mobility for internal processes and workflows has transformed a number of functions, says company president Vish Canaran. For example, it uses the SAP Store and an SAP Travel Receipt Capture mobile app to enable collaboration between IT and business groups. This allows business travelers to use their iPhone, iPad or Android device to record, organize, submit and track expenses during a trip directly from the mobile device.
The firm is looking at adding mobile apps for sales enablement, business intelligence and a number of other functions. By building an internal app store, Liquid Analytics is able to build the necessary level of governance and security into the mobile environment, Canaran says.
He and a handful of business and IT staff meet quarterly to discuss overall strategy, new opportunities with mobile apps, and figure out which devices to support. Governance is at the core of the firm's mobile strategy and affects all business and IT decisions, he adds.
PwC notes that software is increasingly a key differentiator by turning mobile devices into almost anything: telephone, wallet, camera, book or magazine, machine, game or productivity app. It's up to an organization to assemble the pieces in the right combination.
What's more, it's critical to take a pervasive approach to mobile computing and adopt growing numbers of apps that together can unleash the level of productivity required for today's business environment. The end goal is to build a collaborative ecosystem that works on an anywhere, anytime basis and provides real-time functionality across the enterprise and beyond.
Business and IT functions must operate in lock step in this brave new world of mobility. Communication between these two groups must take place on a level that many executives haven't been accustomed to in the past.
Concludes PwC's Guinn: "When there's an understanding of what the business is and what it does, it's possible to identify the mobile technology, tools and apps that drive superior results."


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The bucolic landscape here first attracted ranchers and later vacationers, who built summer homes to enjoy warm temperatures and the surrounding, undulating hills. Today, this affluent community maintains a small-town feel with a central village designated by the illuminated marquee of the Orinda Theatre. It also features the California Shakespeare Theater's amphitheater and maintains a natural setting with its plentiful, outdoor spaces.
1. Orinda Village Antiques
107 Orinda Way: A native of Nottingham, England, Susan Leech parlayed her background in interior design into this shop. In addition to specializing in fine china teacups, accessories and silver service ware for 35 years, she teaches a class covering the history and customs of tea. (925) 254-2206. www.orindavillageantiques.com.
2. ReChic Boutique 101
101 Orinda Way: Jennifer Vigo's Bohemian-style boutique sells new and consigned clothing, artisan creations and fun gifts for teens and young adults. It's also a social lounge and offers classes that have varied from creative writing to auto 101. (925) 519-8050. http://on.fb.me/O5TZQe.
3. Orinda Village Horse Shop
85 Orinda Way: The people who work here share a love of horses and equestrian expertise, providing information for novice and experienced riders. You'll also find riding apparel, English tack and educational books. (925) 254-1421. www.orindahorseshop.com.
4. Szechwan Restaurant
79 Orinda Way: For more than three decades, this neighborhood restaurant has cooked up fresh and flavorful traditional Szechwan and Mandarin dishes. House specials include a seafood clay pot entree made with prawns, scallops, fish and assorted vegetables. (925) 254-2020. www.szechwanorinda.com.
5. Art Space Orinda
26 Orinda Way: A leaping frog and a daring circus performer delight a passerby at the Orinda Library Plaza. The large-scale works by Gale Wagner, Susannah Israel and Patricia Vader are some of the outdoor sculptures displayed throughout the city. www.artspaceorinda.org.
6. Orinda Community Center
28 Orinda Way: Stop to admire the exterior architectural details of this 1928 building, the first school in the Orinda Union School District. Today, it hosts public and private events, from meetings to banquets to wedding receptions. (925) 253-4200. www.cityoforinda.org.
Free two-hour street parking on Orinda Way.
Public transit: Take BART to the Orinda Station and walk on the Pablo pedestrian ramp to Orinda Way or take the County Connection route No. 6, exit at Camino Pablo and walk to Orinda Way. www.bart.gov. www.countyconnection.com.
By car from S.F.: From the Bay Bridge, merge onto Interstate 580 toward Highway 24 east. Exit on to Highway 24 east and continue to the Orinda/Moraga exit. Turn left on Camino Pablo, turn right on Santa Maria Way and turn left on Orinda Way.
The Orinda branch of the Contra Costa County Library presents a Family Story Concert featuring storytellers Ann Riley, Dana Sherry and Terry Stokes. 3:30 p.m. April 19. Orinda Library, 26 Orinda Way. (925) 254-2184. www.ccclib.org.
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The person who lobbied the federal government to have the words "under God" officially inserted into the pledge of allegiance has died.
Can we take it out now? The pledge, written by Francis Bellamy, a South-hating Northern socialist who wished to inculcate blind loyalty to the state among young people, has always been an affront to the ideas behind the founding of the Republic. The thought of Thomas Jefferson reciting an oath of loyalty to a national flag is laughable.
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The New York Mets (19-21) bring their traveling circus up to the Nations Capital for a two game set with the Nationals (20-20). The first game has an intriguing pitching match up as Livan Hernandez with his 4-2 record and 1.46 ERA goes up against knuckle baller R.A. Dickey, who will be making his season debut with the Mets. Game 2 will feature the struggling John Maine against Luis Atilano.
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Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park was the private estate of Robert Henry Allerton, who donated it to the University of Illinois in 1946. It features 1,500 acres of woodlands, formal gardens and more than 100 sculptures. The park is open to the public for hiking, picnicking, cross-country skiing and leisurely garden strolls.
CITY: Monticello
Scovill Zoo
This zoo overlooking Lake Decatur is home to animals from around the world, the Z.O.&O. Express train, the Endangered Species Carousel and the Zootique Gift Shop. Family events and activities are offered regularly.
CITY: Decatur
Lake Decatur
The state's largest artificial body of water, Lake Decatur spans 2,800 acres, with 30 miles of shoreline offering recreational opportunities and wildlife vistas at lakeside parks and the city marina. Water sports include boating, fishing, sailing and jet skiing. While shoreline locations surrounding Nelson Park Marina offer miniature golf, dining, public gardens and picnic facilities.
CITY: Decatur
Scovill House & Oriental Gardens
Serenity envelopes this intimate area, where visitors are welcomed by a Chinese Fu dog and flowering dogwoods, star magnolia, Japanese lilac, and rhododendron -- foliage native to the Orient. Originally commissioned by Guy and Rose Scovill in the 1920's and reconstructed in the 1980's, the gardens' soothing nature encompasses a small reflective point, sod bridge, and oriental sculptures, and surrounds a small cottage, which is available for gatherings and retreats.
CITY: Decatur
Ultimate Play Space - Spray & Play Park
This 13-acre park allows kids to exercise their mind and body! Water park runs Memorial Day to Labor Day, weather permitting.
CITY: Clinton
Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve
Lake of the Woods County Park is a 900-acre preserve that features an 18-hole regulation golf course, a 9-hole par 3 course and practice range, fishing, boating, hiking, picnicking, cross-country skiing, sledding the Hi-Tower bell carillon and observation area, a 3.3 mile bicycle/pedestrian path, the Museum of the Grand Prairie, Mabery Gelvin Botanical Gardens, building rentals and various programs.
CITY: Mahomet
River Bend Forest Preserve
The 275-acre River Bend Forest Preserve south of Mahomet contains approximately 130 acres of clear water in two lakes, one of which is the largest public lake in Champaign County, and includes 2.5 miles of forest along the Sangamon River.
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Weldon Springs State Park
Weldon Springs State Recreation Area is a 550-acre state park located near Clinton, Illinois. It centers on Salt Creek and the impoundment of a tributary, Weldon Springs, to form Weldon Spring Lake, a reservoir.
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Anna Bethel Fisher Rock Garden
Created in 1927 from an old sand pit across the road from Lake Decatur, the city's oldest garden was extensively renovated in 1992. Its resurrected look features secluded paths leading through rocky terraces planted with unusual trees, and landscapes brimming with colorful perennials. Towering bald Cypress trees, planted in the 1920s, still reign over these delightful grounds.
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Schaub Floral Display Center
Bursting with seasonal exhibits, our brightest newcomer nurtures flowering trees and scrubs such as weeping Japanese cherry, mock orange, forsythia, fragrant bulbs, and delightfully colored pansies. A perennial garden joins the array this summer, and the spring exhibit opens mid-March.
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No trip to Scovill Zoo would be complete without a visit to Project Playground II, a community-built, ADA-accessible playground in Scovill Park. This exciting play place includes a rock wall with fossils, hands-on music station, lots of slides, and a smooth rubber surface so kids of all ability levels can swing, slide, climb and play.
CITY: Decatur
Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery
Rock Springs Center is the largest park in the Macon County Conservation District properties with a total of 1,343 acres in the southwest area of Decatur, IL. The Sangamon River runs through Rock Springs and several small ponds dot the landscape. A wide range of terrain including forest, wetland, grassland, and restored Illinois prairie make Rock Springs a destination for nature lovers. Rock Springs is also home to a large nature center, a museum, a restored farmhouse, nearly nine miles of hiking trails, and a paved bike trail. Rock Springs is a favorite for families all year round. Rooms and pavilions are available for rent for meetings and events.
CITY: Decatur
Mari-Mann Herb Farm
Spanning six rolling acres on bluffs overlooking the Sangamon River Walk, Mari-Mann Herb Farm is a potpourri of herb beds, wildflower fields and formal gardens.
CITY: Decatur
Decatur Park District
In addition to 39 neighborhood and community parks, our green spaces boast bike trails, picnic and camping facilities, gardens, golf courses, playgrounds, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, and swimming pools.
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Our green spaces boast bike and walking trails, picnic and camping facilities, and gardens.
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Spare Time Lanes
32 bowling lanes, automatic scoring, free parking, lounge and food.
CITY: Decatur
Twin Groves Wind Farm
Located on the wind-swept Bloomington Moraine in eastern McLean County, Twin Groves Wind Farm offers 396 megawatts of affordable, pollution-free wind energy, enough to meet the annual energy needs of about 118,000 homes. Learn more about this exciting new facility with a farm tour.
CITY: Ellsworth
Pla-Mor Lanes
40 lanes, automatic scoring, ABC approved fluorescent lighting, seating for 200, free parking, restaurant and lounge.
CITY: Decatur
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area
Enjoy 9,300 acres of great outdoor picnicking, hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, swimming, boating, water skiing. Fall foliage, winter offers ice fishing, snowmobiling on frozen lake. 308 campsites, Private marina.
CITY: Dewitt
Starship Billiards
14 tables, ample parking, arcades, dart games, restaurant, lounge, pro shop.
CITY: Decatur
Outlaw Outfitters - Le Roy
One-hour guided horseback rides, hayrack and carriage rides for private rental, and barn dances are available. Open through March and October.
CITY: Le Roy
Decatur Civic Center Arena
Ice skating available during fall/winter months. Call ahead for exact dates. Admission to the ice arena is $6 and skate rentals are $2. During the spring/summer months, the arena is used as venue for shows and fairs.
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