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Gareth Southgate insists there is more to come from England at Euro 2020 | Football News

Gareth Southgate vowed there is more to come from England at Euro 2020 after a narrow victory over the Czech Republic.

Raheem Sterling’s early header was enough to seal a 1-0 win at Wembley to secure top spot in Group D.

England are yet to concede in the tournament – although have only scored twice through Sterling – and will face France, Germany, Portugal or Hungary in a last-16 tie at Wembley next Tuesday.

Despite what looks like a potentially tricky last-16 encounter, Southgate is pleased it will take place at Wembley.

“There is more to come from us, definitely,” Southgate said.

“We’re not fluent but we have moments where we are a good side. We are still improving. We look difficult to play against.

“We haven’t scored from a set play yet,” he added. “I know people laugh about us only scoring from set plays but they are crucial in big matches and we have to get those nailed.

“We wanted to win the group, we wanted to stay at Wembley and we will wait and see who we play tomorrow.

It is great to be having more supporters in that is for sure. Who knows if that will be good or not. We wanted to win the group and stay at Wembley and we will wait to see who we play.

Southgate on England’s last-16 game at Wembley

“They are different sorts of tests but there are a lot of good things we are doing.

“We have managed to get most of the squad into games, 90 minutes for Harry Maguire which was important, Hendo [Jordan Henderson] got 45 minutes which was a real step forward. There were a lot of positives for us.”

Southgate on “important” minutes for Maguire and Henderson…

“It was a difficult call. Tyrone Mings has been an absolute colossus for us and again came into the game at an important moment and dealt really well with that as well.

“Harry Maguire has that presence and composure. His pass through to Kane in the first half was a fabulous ball through the lines and there aren’t many defenders in world football who can do that. So, it was important for him to get those 90 minutes.

“It’s obviously more difficult for Jordan Henderson because he’s been out for so much longer. It was great to get him 45 minutes and he’ll be better for that. That adds to our options in that area of the pitch.”

Sterling hit a post inside two minutes before heading in Jack Grealish’s cross to win it after 12 minutes.

Grealish was one of four changes and Southgate praised his players for adapting quickly after Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell were forced to self-isolate on Monday.

They came into close contact with Scotland’s Billy Gilmour following Friday’s 0-0 draw at Wembley. The midfielder subsequently tested positive for coronavirus and it forced Southgate into a late reshuffle.

Image: Raheem Sterling heads England ahead against Czech Republic

“I thought we started really well, we were stable with the ball, we had worked on some of the stuff in training yesterday,” he said.

“Credit to the players, some of the stuff we had to adjust without the ball as we had to change what we were doing overnight because of the different personnel.

“It was a huge credit to the players they were as stable without the ball as they were.

“We’ve played two opponents in the Croats and the Czechs who I think are playing at a very good level.

“And Scotland, which as an occasion and an experience for our players, especially the younger ones, was a quite unique and really important one, so these will be different games.

“We know world champions, European champions and Germany, who to me look like they’re back on song. They’ve brought some very experienced players back in.

“So whoever we play, really, really tough opposition but we’ve sort of known that for 18 months. We’ve known the route through.”

Jack produced a fabulous cross for the goal. We saw some of the interchanging positions of those forward players was really exciting,at the start of the game especially. I thought we tired a little bit, but we know that because one or two are a little it short of fitness.

Southgate on Grealish’s impact

Southgate: ‘Saka grabbed his opportunity’

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England manager Gareth Southgate says Bukayo Saka made the most of his opportunity in the 1-0 win against the Czech Republic. (Pictures: ©UEFA 2021)

With England already assured of a knockout spot, Gareth Southgate had said before kick-off “it’s a great night for our attacking players to go and express themselves”, and they did, especially Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka, who put in a man-of-the-match performance.

Image: Bukayo Saka’s actions for England against Czech Republic at Euro 2020

“We have been super impressed with Bukayo Saka throughout the month,” Southgate said.

“He was excellent up at Middlesbrough and we have liked him with and without the ball. His receiving tonight under pressure was fantastic.

I thought Bukayo Saka was brilliant. I told him after the game that he got in the pockets of space, drove at people, he was direct and that’s what you need. It’s a credit to him.

Sterling on Saka

“I can’t speak highly enough of him. He’s earned that opportunity. His performances in training since he joined this camp have been outstanding.

“We’ve talked about playing him in some of the previous matches and he earned that chance tonight and he’s grabbed it. He was fabulous.”

Bukayo Saka on his tournament bow…

“We played some really good football at times. Of course, with us already qualifying before the game we had a lot more freedom and a chance to express ourselves. I think that showed tonight and I am really happy with the performance by myself and by the team.

“The manager just told me to go and express myself how I have for my club this season. Sometimes that meant dropping in and driving at the opponents and I did that, got us up the pitch, and it was a good cross from Jack with Raheem in the right place at the right time again.”

Sterling: You have to play the best teams at some point

Image: Raheem Sterling celebrates after giving England the lead against the Czech Republic

England goalscorer Raheem Sterling insists England must meet the knockout phase head-on after beating the Czech Republic to qualify for the last 16 as Group D winners.

“I think there are positives from the game,” the Man City forward said. “We kept the ball better today. It gave us more attacking options. We got in the gaps really well, played some good football and got the goal we needed.

He added: “If you don’t concede goals you win football matches. You just need to score at the other end. People were disappointed in the Scotland game a few days ago but we didn’t concede. The most important thing was to win the group. It is tournament football and it will be difficult but we need to do what we are doing.

“At some point you have to face the best teams. It is about challenging yourselves.”

Neville: I feel really confident about this England group

Image: England players celebrate with Raheem Sterling after he opened the scoring against Czech Republic

Sky Sports’ Gary Neville talking to ITV:

“Job done, really professional. I will say it again, I don’t think England are going to win this tournament by outplaying France, Germany, Portugal, Spain.

“I don’t think we have the players to do that, I think we have good players, but I genuinely think we are going to win it by playing how are we are now, which is professional, keeping clean sheets, making sure that back is protected with those two lads in midfield. And then creating those individual moments of brilliance and we have got some players who can achieve that for us.

“Don’t be surprised if we play Germany or France we go to five at the back because I think we may need more than four defenders against [Kylian] Mbappe, [Antoine] Griezmann and [Karim] Benzema.

“If you are playing against Germany we can comfortably go to wing backs, I don’t rule anything out at this stage but I can’t see that Gareth [Southgate] will play the same way against the Czech Republic as he would against France or Germany.

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Bukayo Saka says England had to dig deep to beat the Czech Republic, and topping the group sealed a perfect night for the team.

“I’ve been part of England teams where in the group stage, it has been an emotional roller coaster, a circus almost.

“If this was Germany, or another country, we would look at them and think, ‘they look calm and in control.’ We do not think that with England because we always want more, we want the brilliance and the 3-0 win.

“But I feel really confident about this group and I actually trust the manager and that he knows what he is doing with this group.

“Massive game next week, a giant of a game, but a week to prepare for it and I’m looking forward to it….”

Keane: ‘Lots of pluses for efficient England’

Image: Harry Kane and Jack Grealish applaud the fans after England’s win over Czech Republic

Sky Sports’ Roy Keane talking to ITV:

“They have been very efficient. Second half England did not have to be great, I was really disappointed with the Czech Republic’s mentality to try and score a goal.

“But the bottom line is at this level, it is all about winning football matches, it is job done.

“Of course it is going to get tougher, the players know that, but the big pluses for Gareth tonight are another clean sheet, Maguire has had 90 minutes, Henderson has had 45.

“Gareth will be delighted.”

Explained: Why Southgate is cautious | Is Grealish now a starter? | Foundations for future Scotland success?

Alice Piper is joined by Rob Dorsett and Pete Smith to discuss England’s 1-0 win over Czech Republic at Wembley to finish top of Group D at Euro 2020. Jack Grealish finally gets a start for England – is he now here to stay? Why IS Gareth Southgate so cautious with the Three Lions? Plus: praise for Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling.

The panel also cover all England positions and talking points going into the last 16, and discuss how Southgate will approach the knockout stages.

And after Scotland’s 3-1 defeat by Croatia at Hampden Park, Sky Sports News’ Charles Paterson joins us to look back their campaign, and whether the foundations are in place for more success in the future.

Opta stats – Shot shy England get the job done

Image: Raheem Sterling celebrates with Jack Grealish after opening the scoring against Czech Republic

England have topped their group at a European Championships for only the third time, also doing so at Euro 1996 and Euro 2012. With just two goals scored, they are the lowest-scoring side to ever finish top of a group at a Euros tournament.

England have kept 15 clean sheets in their last 19 matches in all competitions, conceding only five goals. They have gone through a group stage at a major tournament without conceding for only the third time, also doing so at the 1966 World Cup and in the second group stage at the 1982 World Cup.

England failed to attempt a single shot at goal in the second half of a match for the first time since October 2018 against Spain in a UEFA Nations League match. Their last effort at goal was a Harry Kane attempt in the 26th minute.

Raheem Sterling has been directly involved in 20 goals in his last 19 matches for England (14 goals, 6 assists) and has ended on the winning side in all 12 matches when finding the net for the national team.

Since his England debut last September, Jack Grealish has more assists than any other England player (3), despite only playing in nine of the Three Lions’ 15 matches since then.

What’s next?

Finishing top of Group D means England will next play on Tuesday June 29 at 5pm at Wembley against the runners-up of Group F (either Portugal, France, Germany or Hungary).

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rhys-ravenfeather · 4 years ago

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Some clarification about my last post last night.

First of all--yeah, I made it on Tumblr mobile :P Google Chrome started acting weird on my computer in the last fifteen minutes or so before I powered down for the night, though it seems to be be working better today, so that’s a relief.

Second, though I’m likely not going to end any of my AUs any time soon, that’s always been the plan. I made a post about this on @ravensroleplays (and in retrospect, I probably SHOULD have made this, and the previous post, there instead of on my main blog, but whatever), but some of the secondary/minor, and even primary, characters in Myth City are actually retooled versions of characters in my FNAF AU. For example, Maverick was originally Mike Schmidt, and Parker is basically an aged-up, more flirty version of Travis (my Bonnie kid).

Pretty much every character I roleplay as is either going to get retooled into a character in my original stories, or is similar to OCs I already have, as is the case with Hat Kid and Snatcher. I don’t plan on giving up roleplaying for my AUs any time soon, since I’m still having fun with them, I guess my deal recently was that over the weekend I was just kind of feeling...detached from them for a while? Between being impatient when it felt like my current threads were going too slow for my liking, giving some more thought to the official introduction of my Moonjumper, and the contrasting ideas I had involving him and other characters, and one of my mutuals ending up turning her own version into an OC, I guess I was just kind of going a little stir-crazy with everything, heh.

Like, I’m not even halfway through Myth City, but now I kind of feel like I have to rush through it, so I can utilize my other characters from my AUs into my other, future stories. Which is actually kind of sad--there was once a time when MC was my passion project. And don’t get me wrong, it still is--I really do love working on the comic, and I have a lot of ideas for it too, I know where the comic is going to go, and I enjoy writing the characters out.

I guess I just kind of...want to have an outlet for my other ideas, and the characters my current muses will eventually become, somehow?

I’m not even going to TRY pushing myself juggling like three comics at once though--for starters, I already tried that, back in highschool, and ended up burning myself out (and the best part is that most of the stories I wrote weren’t even mine--like 90% of them were actually my brother’s ideas). Secondly, without giving too much away, I actually can’t put out all my stories at the same time, not the way everything is set up. Or, at the very least, it would be...pretty tricky.

Maybe I’ll write up some drabbles/first drafts for at least the short story I plan to do in-between Myth City in the future? I mean, I already plan to draw profiles for at least the first three main characters on Instagram before the year is out, so why not?

Yeah...this probably doesn’t make a lot of sense--sorry for rambling, heh ^^. Like I said, I’m just overthinking things, as per usual; just wanted to clear some things up.

#rhys-ravenfeather signing in #rhys rabbles #long post is long :P

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valcain · 8 years ago

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faces // rogue one

(read on ao3)

Jyn Erso meets Cassian Andor for the first time in the hull of a stolen imperial ship. Jyn is so full of jagged pieces and sharp edges, she thrusts them out hoping to pierce Cassian with herself. Hopes to bury some part of her in him, tear him open like he’d done her.

His sharp edges, his jagged pieces are different to hers. She wields them on the offensive. His are quieter, hidden away under layers of a perfectly schooled face and skin thickened by wear. But they meet in the middle now, all him and all her, and rip at each other and bleed.

He comes back anyway.

It was a moon so riddled with crime they’d by-passed holo’s and gone instead with paper wanted posters plastered to the walls and buildings. Over a hundred different faces peering out at him with varying degrees of defiance and resignation. None of the wanted criminals looked, to Diruno, particularly vicious. More like they shared a steely determination born of necessity.

He turned his attention from the wall and raised an eyebrow at the drone by his side.

‘Best watch our step.’

'That hardly warrants saying,’ the drone replied. Diruno glanced over his shoulder one last time, eyes falling on the sketched likeness of a young girl with dark hair and eyes to match. Kestrel Dawn. Wanted for numerous accounts of petty theft, aggravated assault, resisting arrest. But the paper was worn, curling at the edges and dusty. Kestrel, if she was smart, had skipped town long ago. Alen Diruno glanced up at his companion.

'Come on,’ he said. 'It’s almost time.’

Kestrel Dawn should have skipped town long ago. She pulled the loose shawl tighter across her throat and looked through the dim light of the cantina to the door. There were several Stormtroopers stationed outside, just visible through the slatted windows. What she really needed was some kind of well-timed diversion that would pull the Stormtroopers inside and give her enough cover to sneak out, hitch a ride off this moon and find somewhere else to settle for a while. She tightened her fingers around her drink and scowled against the scarf material. She’d gotten lazy. Let the freedom get to her head, allowed herself to be caught stealing enough times to draw attention to herself - by no means a meagre feat in a place like this.

She’d even seen a few wanted posters. She stripped one off the side of a cantina over to the west and now it was stuffed in her satchel as a keepsake. But they’d been put up a few standard months ago. Now she could walk around again, as long as her face was covered. She couldn’t, however, slip past three Stormtroopers without being asked to provide some form of identification. And seeing as she had none, that plus her arrest warrant would prove a swift end to her first real taste of freedom in sixteen years.

She took another sip, and the door swung open. A young man walked through the brief square of sunlight and let the door swing shut behind him. Kestrel gave him a cursory once over. Tall, nerf-herder looking. Not the kind to stir up any sort of trouble. If only she was somewhere noisier, like Corellia, where bounty hunters and 'high risk traders’ were common as dirt, and just as frequently underfoot. The people here drank as much as the Corellian’s, but then they went further, passing the brawl stage and ending most nights slumped against one another - unconscious. Kestrel blew her breath out of puffed up cheeks and downed the rest of her drink. Maybe if she drank enough they’d throw her out past the Stormtroopers (who would hardly pay attention to one scrawny drunk) and she could make her escape. but the bartender paid attention to nothing beyond the end of his physical bar - mostly due to the distinct reserved-ness of his customers - and would probably not even notice if one girl secreted away in the corner managed to get drunk out of her mind. The door opened again. Kestrel looked up to see the back of the young man disappearing outside, followed by his bulbous companion. She grunted. He’d been just as useful as she’d expected. She settled back in her chair, eyes fixed on the window. She’d just have to wait and see.

'I need a hand.’ Tanith Pontha looked up. An arm was lying in her direct line of vision, the cords at the wrist frayed and showing copper.

'Clever.’ The man in front of her slid a piece of paper across the table.

'These are the measurements. Do you know how long this will take?’ She picked up the paper, reading over the numbers jotted down for her.

'Two days,’ she said after a moment, looking back up at him. For a moment it looked like he was going to call the whole thing off - she couldn’t see his face for the thick scarf wrapped up over his nose but his eyes were familiar. Telltale. The eyes of someone who didn’t want to be caught. Then he leaned forward and nodded.

'Two days,’ he said, glaring at Tanith. 'I’ll be back.’ He stalked away through the town centre, not paying attention to the various other shops on either side of him. Tanith raised an eyebrow behind her welding goggles, watching his retreat. Just because she knew what it was like to be in a hurry didn’t make her any less curious about her impatient customer. She picked up the paper scrap and moved into the shop to find Glek Zamm, the owner of the store and her employer. She’d been working with Zamm for almost a year now and the old aleena was the worst of all the people she could tolerate to be around. But working metal, spending her days surrounded by almost opaque steam and unceasing heat was enough for her to put up with Glek. It was sweaty, intricate work that required all of Tanith’s concentration and left her stumbling to bed without a single thought in the evenings. In short - a perfect set up.

'Hey,’ she yelled, waving the paper in Zamm’s face. 'New project.’

'Lemme see that.’ Zamm snatched the notes out of Tanith’s grip and scanned them, nodding to herself. 'This is closely modelled on them imperial droids,’ she said after a moment. 'Tricky stuff.’

'Tricky for who?’ scoffed Tanith, moving over to where the various metals and materials were stored. 'I’m gonna be doing all the work.’

'Not this time you’re not. Keep your weak little hands out of my way.’

Tanith put the metal down on the table and scowled at Zamm.

'So what am i gonna do?’

'You can start on the bellows and help melt it down but I’ll be doing the shaping.’ Tanith groaned quietly.

'You’re the worst.’

'Go man the booth, ingrate.’

Astin Dol was irate. He was supposed to leave this meaningless planet that morning but instead he was stuck for two days all because he’d been stupid enough to overlook just how much the people of the empire hated the empire.

The actual mission had been fine, a scouting mission, he’d collected some intel on the strip mining in the west which the alliance had been curious about for over a month. But now he had to wait two more days to deliver his information, unable to risk a transmission of any kind apart from 'Delay. 48 hrs.’ And all because he’d gotten cocky.

'Frankly I’m amazed it didn’t happen sooner,’ the droid said calmly, gazing at its armless socket. 'The probability of us lasting this long as a duo without some kind of mishap was slim indeed.’

Astin gritted his teeth and said nothing.

'Although,’ the droid continued, 'the chances of us being delayed further increase every time I travel outside so-’

'You’re not leaving the ship until we’re far away from here,’ Astin snapped, folding himself into the captain’s chair.

'Yes. That is smart. Even two days is inconvenient. Although if I’m not with you, what will stop you from being similarly damaged?’

'For starters I’m not an imperial drone,’ Astin muttered darkly. In more firmly controlled parts of the galaxy the imperial colours on the droid proved if not helpful, at the very least unmemorable. In areas populated by rebel families he was an eyesore bordering on a liability. Astin pressed a hand to his temple. The sooner they left the better.

Impatient man was back, and as irritable as ever. His scarf firmly in place, all Tanith could see of his face were his eyes and his furrowed brow.

'90 credits,’ she said as soon he stopped in front of the table. It was steep, even she could admit it. Zamm always started high because the higher she went the higher they settled. But the man just sighed heavily before paying in full. Tanith looked at him, eyebrow raised.

'Well?’ he snapped. 'Do you have it?’

'Here.’ She pulled the arm out from under the table and placed it before him. For all the flack she gave Zamm, the old aleena was no slouch and the arm was gleaming - near imperial in quality.

'What’s it for?’ she asked as he picked it up and held it in both hands. He looked up at her and didn’t answer.

'Thank you,’ he said instead. Then he slung the limb into his bag and stalked back through the crowds, vanishing from Tanith’s sight. When she told Zamm later that he paid all ninety credits, she laughed for almost three minutes before promptly closing up shop and going out for drink. Tanith, left to clean up the shop, wondered how much longer she could stretch out her time on planet. Maybe a month more. The twinge of regret that pulled at her was surprising, unwanted. She pushed it down and focused instead on scrubbing the bellows.

She was surprisingly inconspicuous, thought Elek Thorn, watching the girl across the street. For a wanted criminal in imperial territory she wound her way through the shops lazily. She had the air of someone who hadn’t drawn unwanted attention to herself in a very long time – except for the arrest warrant and 500 credits on her head. He went through the list again in his head – aggravated assault, forgery of imperial documents, petty theft, resisting arrest… not to mention Liana Hallik’s reputation on the streets as someone who’d do whatever dirty work you needed doing. Not even for a hefty price. She’d taken out an archduke and his guards for a bowl of soup, someone said. She’d stood beside Desric Zayelt while he negotiated with the eastern smugglers and had a gun pressed to his side the entire time. All of these stories essentially boiled down to two things in Elek’s mind.

She was desperate, and she was dangerous.

And she was about to be arrested. That’s what the message had said anyway. About to be arrested and carted off to Wobani, the prison planet. Elek would have winced at the very thought if he hadn’t been informed that they were planning an extraction team to bust her out in a weeks’ time, if everything went to schedule. He was just there to make sure she actually was captured, and that she was where the alliance thought she was. According to Draven, Liana Hallik was a very hard person to find. Why the alliance wanted to find her was, for the moment, outside Elek’s understanding, but that was mere precaution. If he was aware of her importance that information could be extracted from him if he was caught. The rebel alliance worked on a strictly need to know basis and at that moment in time, he didn’t need to know. Stormtroopers were closing in. Thirty cornering the girl down the alleyway Elek was perched above. She’d noticed them, of course she had, and she was tensing as they moved towards her.

Elek began to move towards the array of ledges over the side of the buildings he’d used to climb up in the first place. He descended slowly, casually, all the while his eyes flickering back to Hallik and her many enemies. She was fighting now, as desperate and dangerous as he’d predicted. But reinforcements were arriving; another batch of Stormtroopers and Hallik was slowly being overtaken. Eventually she gave up, her chest rising and dipping rapidly as her hands were cuffed behind her back and one of the Stormtroopers stepped forward.

“Liana Hallik,” they said, 'you are under arrest and are being taken to Wobani to serve out a sentence of ten years-’

That was all Elek needed to hear. He arranged his face into the normal show of discomfort displayed around an arrest and pushed past the now dispersing crowd of Stormtroopers. As he past, he saw Liana lean over and spit onto the ground.

'She’s trouble,’ muttered the droid at his side.

She’d been arrested seven times now. Eight if you counted the wrongful arrest back on Tatooine, which she didn’t but an argument could be made in its favour. The only difference was this time getting arrested wasn’t part of the plan, or at least an acceptable detour. This time getting arrested was for her what, in theory, it was for everyone. A dead end.

A young man accompanied by an imperial droid walked past, moving at the speed she’d come to associate with wanting to get away from something without looking like that was your goal. She spat onto the ground, and one of the Stormtroopers struck her across the face. Twenty-one. That was alright. Not too bad considering everything she’d lived through. It didn’t feel like enough (it didn’t feel like anything) but maybe that was because how fractured it had been.

Liana was hoisted onto a small vehicle. She sat between several of her captors. The door closed, the door of the truck, the door to her life, and Liana was cast into intrusive red light. She closed her eyes. She wasn’t finished, soon she would open her eyes and fight again, fight to survive like she’d been taught, but for that moment – Liana Hallik slept.

Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor say goodbye kneeling on a beach in Scarif. The sand is warm and soft against bruised skin and there is a breeze. Three days isn’t enough to know someone, not really. Being the people they are they only truly met twice; the rest of the time it was two carefully guarded secrets dancing around one another, teasing, slipping sometimes to reveal an elbow or a curl of hair. But now on the sand and in the breeze there’s no sharp edges, no jagged pieces.

They sit together, Jyn holds Cassian as gently as she knows how and she feels his breath on her neck. He’d done bad things, he said. This is a man who’s killed. A man with blood on his hands.

She stays anyway.

#rebelcaptain #rogue one #mine

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nicolehughes1991 · 4 years ago

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Eight wood-carving skills to help you survive

Carving skills are useful in the wild, especially if you're trying to start a fire. (Nathan Lemon/Unsplash/)

This story was originally featured on Outdoor Life.

Your trusty pocket knife can do a lot more than open Amazon packages. Knives are an indispensable part of any outdoor survival kit. When used to their full potential, knives can perform some amazing tasks. In terms of surviving the wild, simple wood carving may seem like busy work, frivolous, or even worthless. However, that shaggy “fuzz stick” isn’t going to seem so silly when every piece of wood is soaked on the outside and you need the warmth of a fire to keep you from hypothermia. Wood carving isn’t just for old men in porch rockers. It’s one of the skills you’ll need to stay alive in the wilderness.

Safety first

You can’t afford to add a deep laceration to your list of troubles in a survival situation. (Tim MacWelch/)

You should have a firm foundation in proper knife use and safety. Following these rules will ensure there are no accidents when you are far away from medical help.

Make sure every cut is away from you and others.

Keep folding knives closed or sheath knives when not in use.

When carving from a seated position, keep your elbows on your knees. If you slip while your elbows are on your thighs or at your hips, you’re more likely to slice into your leg.

Don’t rush the work. Being in a hurry or “hacking” at the wood is a recipe for injury. Each cut should be slow and controlled.

Keep others out of your “blood circle.” This is the imaginary bubble around you which can be reached with the knife edge. Stop carving if someone enters your “circle”.

Keep your knife edge sharp. Dull knives require more pressure to make cuts and can cause you to slip.

When handing a knife to others, the best practice is to close folding knives and put fixed-blade knives back in their sheath before making the transfer.

Carve a fuzz stick

Fuzz sticks are great assets for wet weather fire building. (Tim MacWelch/)

You’ll have the hardest time building a fire when all your fuel is soaked, but it’s usually just wet on the outside. Carve into a wet stick and you can often expose dry wood. Start by finding the driest sticks you can, usually on standing dead trees and shrubs. If the bark can be easily peeled or carved away, take it off. Most tree species have bark that burns poorly (especially when wet). Carefully start carving away from yourself and away from your body, making shavings that stay attached to the stick. Initially, your first shavings will be short, but as your skills increase, so will the length of your shavings. This is a good thing, as longer shavings burn better than short ones due to increased surface area. Start by carving a shaving near the end of a stick and work your way around the stick and backwards. Your shavings can be in orderly rows or in a spiraling pattern. Either way, the goal is to create a fuzz stick. For added flammability, you could add a secondary fuel. This could be a smear of wax or pine sap, or a dribble of oil or other flammable liquids (but nothing explosive, like gasoline). With the added fuel, and multiple fuzz sticks, you should be ready to light a fire in almost any weather.

Create a feather stick

Once familiar with fuzz sticks, refine your carving technique to create feather sticks. (Tim MacWelch/)

Once you have mastered the fuzz stick, it’s time to graduate to the feather stick. This fire starter requires better carving skills, but it also provides a better burn. Feather sticks have longer wood shavings than fuzz sticks. These longer shavings are also curled into rings and still attached to the stick. Since the feather stick exposes more surface area in the material of the stick, it allows the wood to burn more quickly and with higher heat than a fuzz stick (or the regular stick). Two of the main tricks for carving feather sticks are material selection and knife pressure. I prefer to use straight-grained sticks and split pieces from larger wood, selecting sticks that are free of knots or defects. When you begin carving, experiment with the pressure you apply to the knife. You’ll want to create some side pressure (pushing the side of the blade toward the side of the stick) as you push the knife edge downward to make the cut. Once you have the right combination of pressure in both directions (and the right angle on your blade), you should begin to carve long curling strips. Make each curl near the last one and allow them to stack up near each other. Repeat this as many times as you can, and if any curls are accidentally sliced off, tuck them inside the attached curls. They’ll still burn.

Make a figure-four deadfall trigger

Set the trap with a deadfall trigger. (Tim MacWelch/)

Deadfall triggers prop up a heavy rock or piece of wood (deadfall) to trap dinner—squirrels, rabbits, etc. The toughest trigger to carve is the figure four. You have to make 12 precise cuts, creating four different features on three separate sticks. The vertical post should have a chisel-shaped feature carved on one end and a 90-degree square facet carved in the middle of the stick. The diagonal stick will act as a lever. It will need a similar chisel point on one end and a side notch at the other end. Trickiest of all is the horizontal piece of the trigger, which will need a notch at the end and a notch on the side near the middle of the stick. This middle notch will need to be a quarter-turn away from the end notch. An optional “13th cut” can be to put a point on the end of the horizontal stick for bait. It’s complicated, but with a little practice and attention to detail, you’ll soon have a stable trigger mechanism that can hold a lot of weight.

Craft a bow drill kit

Carving skills and traditional fire making combine when you make friction fire kits. (Tim MacWelch/)

The bow and drill is one of the most reliable friction fire methods, but it’s not easy. In fact, this method takes proper material selection, good cardio, and some solid whittling skills. You’ll need to carve a straight wooden drill that will be rotated back-and-forth on a flat wooden board. You also have to notch a small branch to create a bow, which will be used to turn the drill. There are also holes you’ll need to drill into a handhold block and the fire board, as well as the angled notch in the fire board (the notch will hold your precious dust). If all goes right, dust will become an ember and your fire will be born. To carve the bow, choose a flexible limb about 2 feet long and as thick as your thumb. Carve a crescent-shaped notch at each end to hold a thin rope for your bow string. Carve the drill into a smooth cylinder, about thumb thickness and 10 inches long. Carve the fire board flat and drill a shallow hole to receive the drill. You’ll also need to drill a piece of hardwood to create a handhold block, which will sit on top of the drill. When these parts are complete, try a test run by spinning the drill with the bow pinned between the fire board and handhold. After you begin to burn down into the board, carve the most important facet of the kit—the notch. This should be a 45-degree notch through the edge of the board with the point nearly reaching the center of the hole in the board. This notch will allow the dust to pour out and create a place for the ember to form.

Start a try stick

Put your carving skills to the test on a try stick. (Tim MacWelch/)

The late Mors Kochanski is known for many things. He was an author, and ran a successful survival school in Canada for decades, mentoring many survivalists. He popularized the use of Mora knives here in North America and also gave us the “try stick” to hone our carving skills. The try stick can be made in many different ways, and you can create your own pattern (either for fun or to practice tricky carving techniques). However you do it, the point of a try stick is to practice many different cuts and carving techniques on a single stick. The typical stick has a variety of notches, reductions, and other shapes, all designed to showcase your carving skills.

Learn how to use a hook knife

Carve canes, bowls, and spoons with a crooked knife. (Tim MacWelch/)

The hook knife (or crooked knife) is an odd, old tool. Today, farriers use a dull version of this blade to clean the crud from the underside of horse hooves, but other than that, these tools aren’t frequently seen anymore. The knives can be used to carve the hollow cavity for wooden bowls, spoons, ladles and other necessities. I use a Morakniv 162 (a wide double-edge blade with a tight radius), the Morakniv 163 (a wide double-edge knife with a shallow bend) and the Morakniv 164 (a narrow little single-edge hook with a tight radius) for my carving. With a sweeping stroke, you can push or pull these blades through soft wood or medium hardwood to create any project the wood will allow.

Know how to put away a sharp blade

When the work is done, sharpen your knife. (Tim MacWelch/)

Whether you are using a commercial sharpening kit or a rounded river cobble, you can sharpen your knife on many different surfaces (with the right technique). Knife sharpening is important, both at home and in the wild. It’s easy too. So there’s no excuse for carrying a dull blade, even in remote settings with limited supplies.

Start by taking out your sharpening kit or selecting a smooth fine-grained stone. If you decide to use a natural rock, try to find one with a slightly rough surface similar to a normal sharpening stone texture. It’s also helpful to study the knife edge and look for damage before you start sharpening. Edge areas with chips and rolls will need more aggressive grinding; ordinary dullness may only require a little grinding on a finer grit stone. It’s helpful to get a baseline for sharpness before you start sharpening, so try slicing through a piece of paper or rope to test the edge. Once you’re ready to sharpen, pour some water to the stone (to keep the pores open) and begin your sharpening strokes. I prefer to make little circular strokes, using an equal number of strokes for each side of the knife, but some prefer to move the blade in other directions. Do what’s comfortable for you. Wash off the stone periodically as you work and try your best to hold the edge at the correct angle. You’re usually trying to restore the factory edge angle, not create a new one. You can test your knife during the sharpening process by slicing the paper or rope again, just to see where you are at, or wait until the end. Once you feel you’ve sharpened enough, strop the edges on a leather belt or bark-less log to remove the edge bur and polish the edge. Then test your knife on paper and see if it’s good enough. Apply a little oil when the sharping is done and your knife will be ready to use the next time you need it.

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scootoaster · 5 years ago

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Eight wood-carving skills to help you survive

Carving skills are useful in the wild, especially if you're trying to start a fire. (Nathan Lemon/Unsplash/)

This story was originally featured on Outdoor Life.

Safety first

You can’t afford to add a deep laceration to your list of troubles in a survival situation. (Tim MacWelch/)

You should have a firm foundation in proper knife use and safety. Following these rules will ensure there are no accidents when you are far away from medical help.

Make sure every cut is away from you and others.

Keep folding knives closed or sheath knives when not in use.

When carving from a seated position, keep your elbows on your knees. If you slip while your elbows are on your thighs or at your hips, you’re more likely to slice into your leg.

Don’t rush the work. Being in a hurry or “hacking” at the wood is a recipe for injury. Each cut should be slow and controlled.

Keep others out of your “blood circle.” This is the imaginary bubble around you which can be reached with the knife edge. Stop carving if someone enters your “circle”.

Keep your knife edge sharp. Dull knives require more pressure to make cuts and can cause you to slip.

When handing a knife to others, the best practice is to close folding knives and put fixed-blade knives back in their sheath before making the transfer.

Carve a fuzz stick

Fuzz sticks are great assets for wet weather fire building. (Tim MacWelch/)

Create a feather stick

Once familiar with fuzz sticks, refine your carving technique to create feather sticks. (Tim MacWelch/)

Make a figure-four deadfall trigger

Set the trap with a deadfall trigger. (Tim MacWelch/)

Craft a bow drill kit

Carving skills and traditional fire making combine when you make friction fire kits. (Tim MacWelch/)

Start a try stick

Put your carving skills to the test on a try stick. (Tim MacWelch/)

Learn how to use a hook knife

Carve canes, bowls, and spoons with a crooked knife. (Tim MacWelch/)

Know how to put away a sharp blade

When the work is done, sharpen your knife. (Tim MacWelch/)

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amtushinfosolutionspage · 7 years ago

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DGB Grab Bag: Look Out, Mitch Marner, Easter Bunny Larocque, and Everyone Re-Lax

Three Stars of Comedy

The third star: Artemi Panarin. I don’t fully understand what’s going on here, but I’m pretty sure he’s making fun of the Edmonton Oilers so I’m in.

The second star: Brody Marleau. That would be Patrick Marleau’s nine-year-old son. He got to spend his birthday with the Maple Leafs, which was adorable. He’s also apparently working on stealing Mitch Marner’s girlfriend, which is somehow more adorable.

The first star: Guy Boucher’s face. Fun fact: He’s not even reacting to anything in particular here, he’s just been making this face constantly since mid-November.

Outrage of the Week

The issue: Washington’s Evgeny Kuznetsov tried to score with the behind-the-net lacrosse move this week.

A few nights later, Filip Forsberg tried it, too.

The outrage: That move is disrespectful and anyone who tries it should eat an elbow for their troubles.

Is it justified: OK, I’m overselling the outrage here a bit—it’s not like anybody went nuclear on Kuznetsov or Forsberg. But that’s mainly because their moves didn’t work. If either guy had scored, you can bet that plenty of old-school hockey types would have pulled out their soapboxes and pontificated about hot-shot glory boys disrespecting the game and showing up the other side.

And here’s the thing: It’s going to happen. It’s kind of amazing that it hasn’t happened already.

The move has been around for a while; most of us saw it for the first time when Mike Legg scored with it in college back in 1996. But as best we can remember, nobody’s ever scored with it in a meaningful NHL game. Kuznetsov may even have been the first player to try it all. That’s kind of weird, because it’s not like today’s players can’t do it. Many of them weren’t even born yet when Legg pulled it off, and they’ve grown up trying it; Sidney Crosby did it all the way back in junior. Every NHL team has a few guys who can pull the move off reasonably well in practice. Heck, your beer-league team probably has a few guys who claim they can.

But nobody ever does, at least not in the NHL, because it’s one of those things you’re just not supposed to do. When Crosby did it in 2003, he was ripped by Don Cherry and others for showboating, and he hasn’t broken it out since. Plenty of fans still feel like there’s something wrong with the move.

If you’re one of those fans, I’ve got bad news for you: We’re probably a few years away from players doing this all the time. It’s going to be like the between-the-legs shot that nobody ever tried until the 90s. At first, you couldn’t believe what you’d just seen. Within a few years, Marek Malik was doing it in the shootout, and now it’s just a standard play that everyone tries.

The same thing is going to happen with the lacrosse move. (My personal prediction: One of the many guys who can already do it is going to wait for playoff overtime to break it out for real.) When it does, the old school will complain the first few times, but then we’ll get used to it, and the next generation of fans will wonder why there was ever a time when players weren’t supposed to score with moves they knew would work.

If that bothers you, get your complaining in now. In five years, we’ll look back and wonder what the problem was.

Obscure Former Player of the Week

Happy Easter weekend. Today’s obscure player is Bunny Larocque.

Larocque, who’s given name was Michel, was a junior star with the Ottawa 67s in the late 60s and early 70s. He was drafted with the sixth overall pick by the Canadiens in 1972—yes, yet another case of the team using a high pick on a goalie they didn’t really need. Unlike poor Ray Martynuik, Larocque at least got to play in Montreal, where he served as Ken Dryden’s backup during the late-70s Habs dynasty and took over as the part-time starter after Dryden retired. He even won the Vezina four times. Granted, that was back when it was awarded automatically to the goalies on the team with the fewest goals against, like the Jennings is today, but saying “four-time Vezina winner” sounds impressive so we’ll go with that.

His run in Montreal came to an end in 1981, when he was traded to Toronto. The Leafs were terrible, but it gave Larocque a chance to finally be the full-time starter, playing a career-high 50 games in 1981-82. He was traded to the Flyers in 1983 and later had a short stint with the Blues. In all, his NHL career lasted 11 seasons and 312 starts. He began a front-office career in junior hockey, but died in 1992 at the age of 40 after a battle with brain cancer.

Although all those Stanley Cups and Vezinas in Montreal were nice, it goes without saying that his true career highlight came as a Maple Leaf. On January 16, 1982, he got to face down Wayne Gretzky on a penalty shot.

Larocque stood on his head that whole night, and the Leafs won 7-1. Meanwhile, the great 1976-79 Habs “dynasty” never beat the Oilers, not even once. You tell me which team was better.

Be It Resolved

Be it resolved that it’s OK to just say the Golden Knights are the best expansion team ever, in any sport.

Really. It’s fine. Honestly, it’s probably not even up for debate. It’s also a great story, one the NHL should be singing it from the rooftops.

And to their credit, the league is trying. But it has run into a problem: The whole concept of an “expansion” team turns out to be a lot murkier than you might think, and that makes comparing the Knights to what’s come before tricky. Sure, teams like the 1998-99 Predators and the 1974-75 Capitals were expansion teams. But what about the 1979 WHA merger? Or the new teams that showed up in the 1920s and 30s? Do the 1991 Sharks even count, since they got to start with half the North Stars roster?

And so the league has had to go through contortions in order to recognize the Golden Knights without leaving anybody out. For a while they kept using the phrase “inaugural season.” More recently, it’s just “first NHL season.”

That clears up the semantics, but it doesn’t really do the Knights justice. It also leads to weird stuff like that tweet having to include teams from the league’s very first season, which hardly makes sense.

And if you try to expand the argument to other pro sports, it goes even more off the rails:

You can see what they’re trying to do, but I’m pretty sure I wrote essays in college that were shorter than that tweet. And let’s be honest, the NBA can say whatever it wants, but the 2002-03 Hornets aren’t an expansion team. Nor are teams that join from other leagues, or that show up in 1923 because some railroad tycoon got together six friends and $100 in cash and was granted an NHL team to play out of his backyard.

The Golden Knights are an expansion team. And they’re the best one ever, in any major sport. It’s fine to just say that.

Classic YouTube Clip Breakdown

Sunday is April Fool’s day. The hockey world isn’t much for pranks these days, beyond the beaten-into-the-ground “make the rookie call-up skate a lap by himself” joke and the occasional trying-a-bit-too-hard social-media bit. There was a time when hockey folks were allowed to have a sense of humor, though. We saw it last year when we unearthed an old Buffalo Sabres clip. This year, let’s hear from Dave Taylor and the Los Angeles Kings.

We start off with MSG throwing it to a clip from LA. Our host is longtime Kings play-by-play man Nick Nickson, and he’s sitting with veteran winger Taylor. They’re reminiscing about the very first interview they ever did together, way back in 1977, and Nickson has the clip. This should be fun!

Hey, wait a minute…

Yes, our trip back to 1977 has been accomplished via some special effects, a terrible fake mustache, and a fantastic mullet wig. It’s actually a pretty decent setup, and I’d be willing to bet that at least a few viewers took a minute to catch on to what was happening.

In his first answer, Taylor suggests that the Kings should someday switch over the black-and-silver uniforms like the Raiders. Get it? He’s predicting what happens in the future. I hope you enjoyed that joke, because it’s basically the only one they have for the next four minutes.

They also trip over which city the Raiders are supposed to be playing in, but they just keep rolling. The bit is good, but not “worth trying more than one take” good.

Taylor’s next answer “predicts” that he should play on a line with Marcel Dionne and Charlie Simmer. That would of course be the Triple Crown Line, which turned out to be one of the best of the 1980s. It was also one of the last great lines to get a decent nickname, instead of today’s lazy treatment of taking the first letter of each guy’s name and being done with it. We’re lucky this line didn’t come along today—I’m not sure I could have handled cheering on the STD Line.

Taylor’s next prediction is that the Islanders will be good, at which point Nickson jumps in to wonder if they’ll make an important trade someday. That’s a reference to the infamous Butch Goring deadline deal with the Kings, but to Nickson and Taylor’s credit they don’t come right out and hit you over the head with the punchline. Mainly because they’re saving that for the next question.

Yes, we arrive at the inevitable Wayne Gretzky bit. You knew it was coming. Taylor manages to predict all of Gretzky’s scoring records, at which point Nickson wonders what would happen if Gretzky ever wound up in a big market like Los Angeles. Taylor responds, “We probably still wouldn’t win anything and then end up trading him for Roman Vopat,” but I think that part accidentally got cut.

We mercifully make it to the last question. Nickson wants to know what players do in their spare time. Taylor answers that he likes reading comic books, and as luck would have it happens to be holding one in his hand right then. It’s a Batman comic, and Taylor predicts that someday it could make for a good movie, which is funny because… You know what, I think you get the idea.

I think we can agree that this whole bit isn’t exactly the most subtle premise, but there is a neat moment at the very beginning that’s easy to miss. Go back to Taylor’s first answer at the one-minute mark, and note how he stutters through the first few words. As a real rookie back in 1977, Taylor had a speech impediment, and often avoided doing interviews. He worked on it over the years to the point where it was rarely noticeable, but he sure seems to slip in an intentional reference to it here. I thought that was cool.

We close with Nickson pointing out the few things “rookie” Taylor failed to predict, and Taylor responding that he wasn’t asked about those. They then pull off the “fake laugh and look at the camera” moment that ended each episode of every 1980s sitcom, and we’re done.

In case you’re wondering, this YouTube clip doesn’t mention the date that it originally aired, but I think we can piece it together. We know it was during Taylor’s career but after the Gretzky trade, that it was a game against the Rangers in New York, and that the two teams were tied 1-1 after one period. That leaves two possibilities, one from 1993 and the other from 1990. I think we can safely go with the latter, since the Batman movie came out in 1989. So that means this aired on March 12, 1990, which isn’t quite April Fools territory but is close enough. Don’t say you never get any investigative journalism out of this column.

By the way, Taylor ended up scoring a goal in a Kings’ win that night. Who could have predicted that?

Have a question, suggestion, old YouTube clip, or anything else you’d like to see included in this column? Email Sean at [email protected].

DGB Grab Bag: Look Out, Mitch Marner, Easter Bunny Larocque, and Everyone Re-Lax syndicated from https://australiahoverboards.wordpress.com

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Experts agree: Social media is ineffective in local link building

As anyone who’s tried to develop links to a local business will know, the link building game for local SEO is a very different beast to standard link building.

For a start, Domain Authority isn’t as critical as local relevance. Then there’s the realization that nofollow links are actually fine and really do count towards brand awareness.

When working on local link building, you notice that the biggest successes can be achieved by establishing connections in the local community; something that has the added, knock-on effect of improving how the local business looks in the eyes of the community.

These are things that are tried and tested, but now also verified in BrightLocal’s latest survey of local SEO experts on link building. The company asked 20 leading lights in the local SEO industry which local link building tactics worked for them, along with a host of other questions designed to give the wider industry an insight into best practices.

Links in social profiles count for nothing, nada, zip, zilch

(Respondents were allowed to pick their top three link sources)

A lot of what was found reinforces reasonably common knowledge. For example, it was unanimously agreed that links from social profiles don’t count a jot towards search rankings (see above).

Here we can see that the most active and regularly updated community and news sites are seen as the most valuable by the panel of experts. High domain authority sites are obviously helpful but it’s clear that this element isn’t as important to rankings as local relevance.

Although links from citation sites weren’t seen as particularly important to rankings, it’s worth noting that accurate citations are very much a ‘table stakes’, foundational element of local SEO. The links might not count as much toward rankings as they used to, but for reach, awareness, visibility, and getting into the places people look for local businesses, they’re still critical.

Among the reinforcement of common knowledge, there were also several surprises in the survey results. For me, personally, the biggest shock came from seeing how little these experts valued social media in the outreach process.

Don’t share, care

Here’s where things get really interesting. As you can see above, 60% of the panel of 20 experts agreed that sharing on social media is ‘not very valuable’ when trying to build backlinks to local business sites.

This comes as a bit of a surprise, as social media is now one of the key ways that content creators and PR people can get their work into the hands of influencers in the local community, so I would imagine this would work as a tactic for local link building.

After seeing these results, though, I’ve reconsidered my position. This is again an area where local link building differs from standard link building, and it’s all down to the people you’re trying to get links from.

With non-local link building, you can generally assume that the people you’re trying to connect with will view social media as as relevant a communications channel as networking or email.

However, if you’re trying to build links to a local business, the sorts of places you’ll be trying to get links from (smaller, community websites, church groups, local charities) are more likely to be a bit ‘old-school’ and prefer a knock on the door, an in-person meeting, a phone call or an email over the more impersonal use of social media.

Instead, you can see above that that sponsoring charities and organizations is considered the number one strategy for local link building. So the takeaway is simple: don’t share, care.

Want to succeed with local link building outreach? Go old-school

(Respondents were allowed to pick their top three link sources)

The assumption that local community sites prefer non-social forms of contact is firmly backed up by what the local SEO experts said were the most effective forms of link building outreach. As you can see above, relatively few felt that Twitter and LinkedIn outreach was effective, and Facebook outreach was an absolute non-starter.

Instead, the survey found that short, personal emails (closely followed by more detailed, personal emails) were the most effective way to do outreach for local links. In the middle we have other, more traditional outreach tactics like slow-burn relationship building, relationships through events, and phone outreach.

It’s funny to think that what matters here is not so much the content of the outreach message, it’s the platform. You could feasibly write exactly the same short, personal message in an email as in a Twitter direct message or LinkedIn InMail, but these apparently won’t be as effective as writing it in an email.

Of course, the content plays a huge part, but when the experts agree that email is the way to go, it’s hard to conceive of a reason to use social media over email when embarking on an outreach campaign.

Quality trumps quantity

Finally, I’d just like to touch on link traits. A question many ask is whether quality or quantity of links is more important when it comes to link building. In the above chart, we can see that quality of links trumps quantity in a big way. In fact, 90% of respondents agreed that quality or authority of links are ‘highly valuable’ when local link building.

Of course, quality is a big factor when it comes to non-local SEO, too, but it’s interesting to see that diversity of link sources (root domains) isn’t seen as quite as important, while in non-local SEO the diversity of your linking root domains is a critical factor.

This is just another way that those experienced in non-local SEO need to adapt their strategy when tackling the more niche practice of local link building.

Conclusion

I’ve discussed some of the things I found most surprising in this research, but there are plenty of other areas covered that should give local SEOs pause. For example, all experts agreed that local link building will not get any easier in the coming year.

One thing to take away, for sure, is that local SEOs shouldn’t be putting too much focus on using social media to get backlinks to local business websites, and instead they should be focusing on developing real, personal relationships using the comparatively ‘old-school’ method of email.

It looks like it may well be a tricky year for local SEO, but hopefully, with the raft of updates Google is making to Google My Business, and the renewed focus the search engine has on local SEO, it could also be very interesting, too!

from IM Tips And Tricks https://searchenginewatch.com/2018/03/15/experts-agree-social-media-is-ineffective-in-local-link-building/ from Rising Phoenix SEO https://risingphxseo.tumblr.com/post/171897652840

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kellykperez · 7 years ago

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Experts agree: Social media is ineffective in local link building

As anyone who’s tried to develop links to a local business will know, the link building game for local SEO is a very different beast to standard link building.

For a start, Domain Authority isn’t as critical as local relevance. Then there’s the realization that nofollow links are actually fine and really do count towards brand awareness.

Links in social profiles count for nothing, nada, zip, zilch

(Respondents were allowed to pick their top three link sources)

A lot of what was found reinforces reasonably common knowledge. For example, it was unanimously agreed that links from social profiles don’t count a jot towards search rankings (see above).

Don’t share, care

With non-local link building, you can generally assume that the people you’re trying to connect with will view social media as as relevant a communications channel as networking or email.

Instead, you can see above that that sponsoring charities and organizations is considered the number one strategy for local link building. So the takeaway is simple: don’t share, care.

Want to succeed with local link building outreach? Go old-school

(Respondents were allowed to pick their top three link sources)

Quality trumps quantity

This is just another way that those experienced in non-local SEO need to adapt their strategy when tackling the more niche practice of local link building.

Conclusion

source https://searchenginewatch.com/2018/03/15/experts-agree-social-media-is-ineffective-in-local-link-building/ from Rising Phoenix SEO http://risingphoenixseo.blogspot.com/2018/03/experts-agree-social-media-is.html

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sheilalmartinia · 7 years ago

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Experts agree: Social media is ineffective in local link building

As anyone who’s tried to develop links to a local business will know, the link building game for local SEO is a very different beast to standard link building.

For a start, Domain Authority isn’t as critical as local relevance. Then there’s the realization that nofollow links are actually fine and really do count towards brand awareness.

Links in social profiles count for nothing, nada, zip, zilch

(Respondents were allowed to pick their top three link sources)

A lot of what was found reinforces reasonably common knowledge. For example, it was unanimously agreed that links from social profiles don’t count a jot towards search rankings (see above).

Don’t share, care

With non-local link building, you can generally assume that the people you’re trying to connect with will view social media as as relevant a communications channel as networking or email.

Instead, you can see above that that sponsoring charities and organizations is considered the number one strategy for local link building. So the takeaway is simple: don’t share, care.

Want to succeed with local link building outreach? Go old-school

(Respondents were allowed to pick their top three link sources)

Quality trumps quantity

This is just another way that those experienced in non-local SEO need to adapt their strategy when tackling the more niche practice of local link building.

Conclusion

from Search Engine Watch https://searchenginewatch.com/2018/03/15/experts-agree-social-media-is-ineffective-in-local-link-building/

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massthetics-blog · 8 years ago

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How to Brew the Perfect Cup of Coffee

In spirit of the sweet, mighty nectar that fuels Meathead Mullan, MASSthetics, and in the spirit of decidedly not being your average meathead, an article on how to brew the perfect cup of coffee is long past due.

From being tagged in countless memes about coffee, being asked questions such as why do pastries taste SO much better when paired with coffee, and even being sent the occasional bag in the mail, great coffee has more or less become synonymous with Meathead Mullan.

It would seem that spending a majority of my time in cafes, choosing quality over all else, and an orgasmic reaction to imbibing a perfectly pulled shot of espresso has painted the clear picture that I have a passionate, undying love for coffee.

Following on the heels of how can I get bigger legs, one of the questions that I’m most often asked is:

“How can I brew the perfect cup of coffee?”

It’s come time to settle this once and for all.

So let’s go.

There’s brewing methods galore.

When it comes to brewing methods, there are numerous options, and I’ve tried all except for the syphon (I’ve only been to one or two cafes that even have one).

Chemex: If you want something with a little more volume than a shot of espresso or the cafe you’re at doesn’t offer the Aeropress, this is what I suggest you go for to. V60: I still don’t know what the difference between the V60 and Chemex is. My best guess is that instead of the coffee pouring into the bottom of the Chemex chamber, it drips straight into your mug. Espresso: This is default for whenever I’m at a cafe that I believe can pull a great shot, and has high quality beans, or when I stop on the way to train for a quick hit. Drip: In my meatheaded opinion, this is a last resort. I’m willing to be proven wrong, but I’m yet to have a solid cup of coffee that’s come from a batch brew. French Press: Great for when you don’t give a fuck and want to drink about a litre of coffee at once, or serve multiple people.

Stovetop Espresso: While an effective and quick method for getting your caffeine fix, I’ve always found that it overheats the grinds, burns the coffee, and gives off a flavour I don’t enjoy.

Syphon: Alas, I haven’t yet experienced the supposed magic of a coffee made via syphon.

Aeropress: For the sake of simplicity, it’s incredible ease of use, and because I have the most practice with this method, the remainder of this guide is going to focus on brewing the perfect cup of coffee with the Aeropress.

Kicking the day off with a #science experiment. I'm getting ready to see what the whole #digitalnomad life is about, and figured I should invest into a more portable brewing method. Introducing, the #Aeropress. #caffeinejunkie #thewanderingmeathead

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Why Aeropress?

Let me tell you:

For starters, you’re only able to make a single cup at a time, and this allows you to easily control all the variables that go into brewing the perfect cup of coffee.

It’s cheap ($35-40), portable (every time I travel it fits neatly into my carry on), and it requires no power. You can quite literally make a cup of coffee anywhere, so long as you have access to hot water.

From grind to press to the perfect cup in your hands, the time elapsed is about 5 minutes once you get the rhythm down.

In my experience, the taste is simply superior to all other brewing methods.

The perfect cup of coffee begins with the fresh, quality beans.

The perfect cup of coffee begins by using fresh, high-quality beans.

If you fuck up this step, your cup of coffee will be doomed, even if you do everything else perfectly. For this reason, I suggest spending a little bit more on high-quality, freshly roasted beans. Trust me; the taste will be worth it.

When it comes to choosing your beans themselves, it’s a bit of a guessing game at first as there are so many different origins, roast profiles, and flavour notes to dig through.

To figure out what you like most, I suggest deploying the following strategy:

Start by testing each region in the coffee belt. All coffee beans are grown between the same lines of latitude around the globe. WHat’s known as the coffee belts spans from Costa Rica through Colombia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and into the Southeast Asian countries of Sumatra and Papa New Guinea. Beans grown in each region will have inherently different tasting notes and flavour profiles.

For example: beans grown in Southeast Asia are typically much more “earthy,” rich in their flavours, and sit heavy on the tongue. On the other hand, Costa Rican beans are almost the exact opposite. Light, “bright,” vibrant flavours, and often fall into the “exotic” category of tasting notes.

To figure out which region you like best, get a bag of beans grown in each region, and try them all.

Once you’ve settled on your favourite region (or regions), it’s time to branch out and see which notes you like most. You’ll typically be able to find beans that lean towards notes of chocolate, nuts, and caramel as well as the more exotic beans of champagne, raspberry, and almond roca (this was the profile of a coffee I had from Panama back in the spring, and it’s still on my mind.

After one bag of each you should have a clear idea of which side of the fence you fall on.

Flavour aside, here are some keys to the perfect beans:

Ensure that they’ve been freshly roasted. I try to only buy beans roasted within 7-10 days of purchase (the roasting date will be stamped somewhere on the bag).

Do not get them pre-ground (unless you absolutely must). More on this below, but as soon as you grind a bean, the flavours start to diminish immediately, and they lose their “pop.”

Store your beans in a dark cupboard, ideally in an airtight glass jar.

Try to go through the bag within a month of opening (I prefer two weeks, but that’s me).

Today's #nowbrewing post comes with a story. # A few weeks ago, @hunterfitness and I had a conversation about our favourite coffees, brewing methods and our go-to roasters. I'd mentioned that Ethiopian coffees are one of, if not my favourite variety of beans. # Yesterday, I checked the mail to find that Hunter had sent me a bag of @caravan_coffee, and man, this is right up there with @timbertrain. # It's gestures like this, that are part of what make social media such a unique place. Much love for the beans, and I appreciate the reminder to make gestures like this more often. # Great timing as well, seeing as I ran dry yesterday morning. #caffeine #coffeegains #caravancoffee

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Fine-tuning your grind.

The grind you use will quite literally dictate how your cup of coffee tastes.

Within each bean there are roughly 1000 different aromas and flavours, and the way you grind each bean has a direct impact upon the final product.

Where things get tricky is the fact that each brewing method has a different ideal grind.

The image below provides a great visual explanation of what grinds for different brewing methods should look like:

Since we’re talking about the AeroPress, I use a Porlex hand grinder to grind all my beans, and have it adjusted to 6 clicks from the fully-closed position. This gives me a perfect grind each time — which in turn will result in the glory that you see below.

That crema, though. #Aeropress mastery has been achieved. Or it could be the fantastic beans from @the_underdog_project.

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The myriad of other factors that play into the perfect cup of coffee.

Much of this segment comes down to preference and playing around with different variables to affect the flavour of your coffee.

Below is what I pay attention to and ensure I do each time I whip out my Aeropress:

Scale – weighing your beans to ensure the proper ratio of beans to water is crucial for brewing the perfect cup. I use a food scale because I’m a meathead and just happen to have one. Below you’ll find my recommendation for which scale to use.

Kettle – yes, while this definitely majoring in the minor, even the kettle you use can impact your coffee. While I would prefer to use this one, it hasn’t seemed like a reasonable purchase with the travelling I’ve been doing of late. Once I do decide to stay in one spot for a bit, you can be damn sure I’m picking up this baby.

Water temperature – if the water you use is too hot, it will scald the grinds and add a burnt tinge to the flavour. Some don’t mind burnt undertones, I fucking hate it. While I should use a thermometer to keep an eye on water temperature, the travel I’ve been doing of late hasn’t seen room for such in my suitcase. Instead, I simply turn the kettle off just before it reaches a full boil. It’s not perfect, but it’s been doing the trick.

“Cracking the crust” – as you pour water over the beans, you’ll notice a crust begin to form the top. Once about half the water has been poured, I’ll stop, let the crust solidify for 10 seconds or so, then crack it by giving it a few stirs. Then finish pouring in the rest of the water, repeating the same sit, crack, stir process.

Steep time – this is something every article on the internet and barista behind the counter seems to have a different opinion on, and something I’m still playing with. So far I’ve tested 30 seconds of steep time, 2 minutes, and 4 minutes. While not yet conclusive, I believe the perfect steep time is somewhere around the 90 second mark. Too long and you oversaturate the flavours, too short and you don’t allow the notes to fully “bloom.”

Drinking vessel – Yes, what you drink your coffee out of can impact the flavour. There’s a reason that a quality cup of coffee sipped from a paper to-go cup never tastes quite the same. When time permits, always ask for your coffee “for here” if you’re out and about. If you’re at home, your favourite mug should suffice (so long as it’s clean).

How to brew the perfect cup of coffee using an Aeropress – a visual guide.

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Resources for brewing your perfect cup.

No coffee brewing guide would be complete without a resources list. Below you’ll find everything mentioned in this article that goes into creating the perfect cup of coffee.

Brewing equipment

Aeropress

Porlex hand grinder

Aeropress filters

Hario scale (I dig this scale in particular because it has a built-in timer, and can double as a food scale).

Kettle

Beans & Roasters

Timbertrain Coffee Roasters

Pig Iron Coffee Roasters

Heart Roasters

Caravan Coffee

Sightglass Coffee

Phil & Sebastian

And that, my dear meathead, is that.

Every step you need to know, every piece of equipment required, and where to find everything is in the 1650 words above.

Now go forth and masterfully craft your first perfect cup of coffee. Should you have any questions along the way, feel free to reach out to me via email, social media, or what have you.

And so it is.

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