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The Battle of Bretton Woods
A remarkably deft work of storytelling that reveals how the blueprint for the postwar economic order was actually drawn.
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Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
International finance; financial markets; economic policy.
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Dr. Benn Steil is senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He is also the founding editor of International Finance, a top scholarly economics journal, and lead writer of the Council's Geo-Graphics economics blog. Prior to his joining the Council in 1999, he was director of the International Economics Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. He came to the Institute in 1992 from a Lloyd's of London Tercentenary Research Fellowship at Nuffield College, Oxford, where he received his MPhil and DPhil (PhD) in economics. He also holds a BSc in economics summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Steil has written and spoken widely on international finance, monetary policy, financial markets, and economic history. He has testified before the U.S. House, Senate, and CFTC on financial market and monetary issues. He is a regular op-ed contributor at the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. His latest book, The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order, won the 2013 Spear's Book Award in Financial History, took third prize in CFR's 2014 Arthur Ross Book Award competition, was shortlisted for the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize ("the world's most important prize for non-fiction," according to the Economist), and was the top book-of-the-year choice in Bloomberg's 2013 poll of global policymakers and CEOs. The book has been called "a triumph of economic and diplomatic history" by the Financial Times, "a superb history" by the Wall Street Journal, "the gold standard on its subject" by the New York Times, and "the publishing event of the season" by Bloomberg's Tom Keene. His previous book, Money, Markets and Sovereignty, was awarded the 2010 Hayek Book Prize. Financial Statecraft: The Role of Financial Markets in American Foreign Policy was named one of the "Best Business Books of 2006" by Library Journal and an "Outstanding Academic Title of 2006" by Choice. His next book, The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War, will be published by Simon and Schuster in early 2018.
When economic and political turmoil hit a critical part of the world, calls pour forth for "a new Marshall Plan" to alleviate hardship, calm passions, and stir hope. Hillary Clinton invoked the Marshall Plan in the context of the Arab Spring; Peer Steinbrueck contrasted it glowingly to Angela Merkel's policies toward the eurozone; George Soros pleaded for one to counter Russia in Ukraine. Indeed, the Marshall Plan, the most ambitious and visionary element of the United States' immediate post–World War II foreign policy, has become virtually synonymous with enlightened foreign intervention. Seen widely in hindsight as the best of times for American diplomacy, the years of the Marshall Plan were also among the most fraught and challenging for those who crafted it under enormous strain in a matter of months. Much as my most recent book, The Battle of Bretton Woods, was a response to calls from world leaders for "a new Bretton Woods" in the wake of the financial crisis, my forthcoming book, A World Upended: The Making and Meaning of the Marshall Plan, will be a response to the current conjurings of that legend.
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Can hidden Chinese buying of U.S. Treasuries through Belgium explain curious movements in U.S. asset prices? Is the BRICS contingent reserve arrangement a substitute for the International Monetary Fund? What can the price of iPad Minis tell us about currency wars? Emma Smith and I examine these and other geoeconomic questions, with great visuals, in our regular Geo-Graphics blog posts.
Published three times a year, International Finance (IF), which I edit for Wiley publishers, is a top scholarly journal that takes on the challenging, topical questions that central bankers and treasury officials care about. In addition to our double-refereed articles, IF publishes extended book reviews and original commentary pieces by top current and former policymakers, like Alan Greenspan. Free online access to one article in the most recent issue is always available on the Center for Geoeconomic Studies web page.
A remarkably deft work of storytelling that reveals how the blueprint for the postwar economic order was actually drawn.
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A fascinating intellectual history of monetary nationalism from the ancient world to the present exploring why, in its modern incarnation, it represents the single greatest threat to globalization.
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Over the past two decades, another form of economic exchange besides imports and exports has risen to a level of vastly greater significance and political concern: the purchase and sale of financial assets across borders.
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Benn Steil's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal debunks the popular notion that the famous 1944 Bretton Woods agreements—establishing the IMF, the World Bank, and a dollar-based fixed exchange-rate system—were important in reviving global trade and growth after World War II. In fact, dependence on bilateral trade and inconvertible currencies was greater in the early postwar years than it was in the 1930s. The Marshall Plan and the creation of the GATT were, he argues, far more powerful instances of effective, enlightened, and enduring internationalism emerging from the war.
Benn Steil and Dinah Walker argue that the negative interest rate policy is unlikely to spur eurozone growth without more ambitious banking interventions first.
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The 1944 Bretton Woods conference ensured a leading role for Washington in the global financial system but also contributed to present-day problems that will be difficult to fix, says CFR's Benn Steil.
Benn Steil's essay in the July/August issue of Foreign Affairs looks at the international consequences of U.S. monetary policy action. He argues that developing-nation governments are coming to see the need for engineering current-account surpluses and large dollar-reserve stockpiles as a means of insulating themselves against Fed-induced capital-flow whiplash. As this amounts to "currency manipulation" in the eyes of U.S. policymakers, trade tensions are apt to grow.
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Benn Steil's latest op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, co-authored with Dinah Walker, explains why the ECB's anticipated foray into more aggressive monetary stimulus next week won't have any significant effect on the availability and cost of private-sector credit. The ECB believes that its ongoing bank stress tests will help revive the eurozone's moribund banking industry, but they argue that the tests are counterproductive without a mechanism in place to assure sufficient recapitalization of banks that fall short—as there was in the United States in 2009.
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Benn Steil and Dinah Walker argue that the ECB's bank stress tests will roil rather than calm markets if recapitalization funds are not set aside in advance, as they were in the case of the highly successful U.S. tests in 2009.
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Benn Steil's latest op-ed in Forbes, co-authored with Dinah Walker, shows that the Fed's incorporation of the unemployment rate into its forward guidance has been a failure. Such poor communications could roil the markets as the Fed shifts policy from accommodation to tightening.
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In his testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services' Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, Benn Steil argues that changes in U.S. monetary policy can have significant impact on emerging-market capital inflows and outflows and that the resulting exchange rate movements against the dollar can have large and rapid effects on the level of inflation and exports.
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Benn Steil's latest op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, co-authored with Dinah Walker, shows that developing countries running large current account deficits have seen their economies whipsawed by volatile capital flows triggered by unconventional monetary policy at the Fed and elsewhere in the developed world. The clear lesson for such countries is that they should pursue policies which constitute "currency manipulation" in Washington, thereby setting the stage for rising global trade tensions.
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Benn Steil's latest Forbes op-ed, co-authored with Dinah Walker, shows why Greece may turn out to be a deciding factor in the German elections. While it is widely believed that a fresh mandate for Chancellor Merkel means more robust German involvement to end the eurozone crisis, they show why the loss of her FDP coalition partner could mean the opposite.
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In this book, CFR Senior Fellow Benn Steil challenges the notion that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration, and explains that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda aimed at eliminating Great Britain as an economic and political rival. Teaching notes by the author.
Benn Steil takes a critical look at the longstanding efforts of former IMF historian James Boughton to disparage the evidence that the Fund's founding architect, FDR Treasury official Harry Dexter White, engaged in espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is, with the European Commission and the European Central Bank, part of the so-called troika responsible for setting the conditions that the Greek government must meet to secure continued official financial support. Greece is the eurozone's largest IMF program beneficiary, with about €28 billion in outstanding loans from the IMF.
Benn Steil's op-ed for Paul Solman's PBS Newshour site examines Keynes's lifelong obsession with the mysteries and menaces of money.
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Benn Steil's op-ed asks whether Germany is making the same errors in managing the eurozone crisis today as the United States made with its wartime allies at Bretton Woods in 1944.
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Benn Steil and Dinah Walker explain the market massacre following Ben Bernanke's press conference on June 19. Bernanke's repeated statements that a key tool of current Fed policy, asset purchases, would be "calibrated" to employment data, each month's publication of which can imply a major shift in the unemployment trend line, suggests that Fed tightening could begin as early as the middle of next year—nearly a year and half earlier than the Fed had suggested in its pledge statement last fall.
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Benn Steil's article in the June 2013 edition of History Today takes a critical look at John Maynard Keynes's performance as a diplomat during World War II, concluding that Britain had made a mistake sending him to Washington. His temperament and overinvestment in his personal legacy resulted in Britain paying a high political and economic price for American financial assistance.
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Benn Steil's op-ed for Paul Solman's PBS The Business Desk site looks critically at calls for "a new Bretton Woods." He argues that many of the critical precepts behind the 1944 American Bretton Woods blueprint were overturned by the Truman Administration a mere three years later, and that the operation of the Bretton Woods monetary system was far briefer and more troubled than is typically reckoned.
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Benn Steil and Dinah Walker explain why the Fed's massive holdings of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) are distorting its thinking about the conduct of monetary policy going forward. They propose a novel plan to rectify this, in which the Fed swaps its MBS with the Treasury in return for Treasury securities, which the Fed can sell as part of a normal "exit" from monetary stimulus.
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Benn Steil explains in his column for Dow Jones' Financial News why the latest craze in monetary policymaking—targeting nominal output—has no staying power.
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Benn Steil explains how the mechanics of implementing Federal Reserve monetary policy have changed radically since the financial crisis.
Benn Steil discusses the Bretton Woods agreement of 1944 and its parallels to the present day.
In advance of the Federal Reserve's announcement from its July FOMC meeting, Benn Steil discusses his outlook for the Fed and the economy.
Benn Steil discusses the turmoil in emerging markets on CNBC's The Kudlow Report.
Benn Steil delivers testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services' Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade.
As the G20 Summit continues in St. Petersburg, Benn Steil weighs in on Russian-American relations and emerging economies' concerns about shifts in U.S. monetary policy.
Benn Steil discusses recent rumors about who will be the next Fed Chairman on CNBC's The Kudlow Report.
Benn Steil discusses the market's reaction to Ben Bernanke's announcement that the Fed may wind down its bond purchasing program.
Benn Steil discusses the G8 Summit and the eurozone economy with Doug Holtz-Eakin and Jeffrey Frankel on The Kudlow Report.
Who might succeed Bernanke as the Fed's Chairman? Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the future of the Fed.
With all the discussion of currency wars, BNN looks at whether establishing a new global monetary order in the fashion of Bretton Woods is ever again possible with Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White and the Making of a New World Order.
The markets enjoyed another strong day thanks to strong economic data, reports CNBC's Seema Mody. Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, and Kyle Harrington, Harrington Capital Management, discuss.
British dominance of global finance came to a screeching halt in the modest rooms of a hotel at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. Meghna Chakrabarti, Anthony Brooks, and Benn Steil take a look at the epic showdown that took place there and what we can learn from the architects of the world's financial system.
Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, explains what the U.S. can learn from the ordeal in Cyprus. Art Hogan, Lazard Capital Markets, and David Malpass, Encima Global, weigh in.
The EU says Cyprus must put forward an alternative rescue plan, with CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera & Steve Sedgwick. Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, weighs in.
CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports on the latest details of the impact from the Greek elections; and Andrew Busch, BMO Capital Markets and Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, weigh in. "If we don't recapitalize the Spanish banking sector, we won't have time for the types of reforms we want," says Steil.
Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, discusses France's new Socialist president and Greece's political system, as voters rebel against the bitter pill of austerity and recession.
Will the euro zone get its act together in 2012? Discussing what Europe needs to do to get out of trouble, Dan Greenhaus, BTIG, and Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations.
Benn Steil, Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the EU agreement and whether the ECB will break out a bazooka and start buying up sovereign debt.
CNBC's Simon Hobbs has the story on France and Germany's efforts to get fiscal integration among eurozone countries. Discussing whether Europe will get it done, Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations; Andrew Busch, BMO Capital Markets; and Nicholas Burns, Harvard University professor.
Do Greece and Italy's new leaders have what it takes to fix the eurozone crisis? Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, and Philippa Malmgren, Principalis Asset Management, weigh in.
The government of Prime Minister George Papandreou is teetering on the verge of collapse after he abandoned the referendum on the EU package. With NBC's Michelle Kosinski; Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations; and Nick Economides, Advisor to Central Bank of Greece.
CNBC's Simon Hobbs, reports the latest details on fears that the euro summit deals are falling apart. Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, and Jeffrey Frankel, Harvard University professor, provide perspective on what needs to happen to solve Europe's growing crisis.
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The goal of this project is to identify mechanisms to increase recycling on the northern Nevada tribal lands and improve financial profitability. The diversity of locations and populations poses operational challenges to any kind of business, let alone one focused on recycling. At the same time, expanding and launching recycling-based businesses in Nevada (even given the allowances for tribal sovereignty) is made more onerous since there is no statewide mandate that creates a recycling market.
Tribal Environmental Directors from northern Nevada met with US EPA and Environmental Finance Center 9 (EFC) staff in July of 2008 to explore strategies for increasing recycling on the reservations. To see minutes from that meeting visit our Tribal Interagency Solid Waste Workgroup Web site. Some of the tribes are located near urban areas while others are miles from the nearest community. They have diverse populations and varying infrastructures in place to deal with discarded materials. Recycling programs range from curbside pick-up of paper, plastic, glass and metal to individual tribal members collecting material from family and neighbors and driving it to a recycling facility. Some tribes are interested in expanding existing programs and others in starting recycling programs. This study looks at the conditions for recycling to identify opportunities that would be relevant for tribes in northern Nevada.

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I feel a great disturbance in the Force.
This is good news on a technical side of things. While I do believe that digital is the future of photography, it's not because digital is superior to film. It's simply more convenient. If you want the highest quality images, then traditional film is the only way to go.
People are reading an awful lot into this, saying it's a slap against Lucas or that they're excited to watch a 35mm film print. Really, it's just because Abrams likes and is more comfortable working with film. It will still have to be digitized for the effects to be added, and essentially all projection is digital these days.
It is interesting that they're not shooting it in 3D, as they initially said they would be. I wonder if 3D's fading time in the sun is a factor here.
However, for the purposes of a low-resolution movie, digital images will suffice. Even when the movie is transferred to Blu-Ray, that format is still relatively low-res compared to print media. And print media is just a low quality version of a film image.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split. - Robert E. Howard
4k isn't that great for cinema, my local theater has 4k projectors and I can see the space between the pixels from the 1/3rd seating. It's unacceptable for the prices requested, no better than the Episode I digital projection experiment in '99 really.
That said, AOTC and ROTS didn't suffer because they were shot digitally, they suffered due to the flawed vision and creative choices made in their creation. The idea that digital cinematography must be inferior to film is a bit of a dubious choice, and when someone like JJ Abrams claims to use it exclusively, I think of them as hipsters using it ONLY to separate themselves from other moviemakers. Film handles light and detail better than digital, but has come such a long way in the last 15 years that a quality storyteller can use a myriad of tools to address those issues easily while gaining significant advantages in important areas such as turnaround and storage.


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Here are 10 reasons to stay in this room:
1. You can walk to the tube station in about two minutes.
2. From the station you can be in London Bridge in 5 minutes (about 12 minutes to get to Trafalgar Square).
3. It's in Zone 2 - the zone 1-2 Tavel card is the cheapest.
4. Close to the property you have 24-hour food shops, cafes, restaurants, theatre and a big supermarket (Sainsbury's).
5. Buses 53 and 453 go from the flat straight into town giving you the tourists views as you pass the London Eye; go over the Westminster Bridge; roll past Big Ben; Parade through Whitehall, passing the Prime minister's residence on Downing Street; semi-circulate Trafalgar Square; all before heading up to Piccadilly Circus, trough Regent's Street; cross Oxford Street before your ride on this London bus comes to an end :o)
6. Despite the fantastic location, your room faces a peaceful garden.
7. The building is a unique mansion block from the late 1800s.
8. Your room is large and has high ceilings.
9. Of course, there is also WI-FI :o)
10. A few minutes walk from Goldsmiths College.
House rulesIn general this is a great place to live. To keep it as such all guests need to follow the following rules for their own comfort:
Guest may use the kitchen on the following conditions:
They wash up all dishes, cutlery, pots and pans
They clean the cooker, hob, all work surfaces and table
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They return all utensils to their original place.
They put all rubbish in the bins at the entrance to the building.
Guests are asked to leave the shower in a clean and fresh state.
Guests are asked to leave the toilet in a hygienic and fresh state.
Guests are asked to wear house shoes in the bedroom and the rest of the house.
Guests are asked to reframe from playing music before 10am and after 10pm.
Guests are reminded that smoking is not permitted in any part of the property. This includes the bedroom and smoking at the bedroom window. Anyone found to have smoked in the property will be asked to leave.
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We had a really nice time in Sidney's London flat. The room was big and had a comfortable bed with a big wardrobe with mirrors and a table and chairs. It was quiet at night and we got a good night's sleep. We were very close to the station and lots of shops, including a big supermarket. We would come back for sure.
We had a good stay at Sidney's house. The House was clean and silent at night. It is close to the metro station and the busstop is right at the door. We did not get to meet Sidney during our stay but everything was taken care of and we could call him if we had a problem. Excellent place to stay when visiting London!
Staying at Sidney´s house was very good. we appriciated our vacation there. The house was just one Station away to London Bridge, very close to the City. Thanks a lot for giving all of us space ;-)
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Our host Sydney was very helpful n accommodating during our stay for letting us in earlier than agreed. Thanks for your hospitality.
We had a good time in London and enjoyed staying in Sidney room. The best things about the place are:
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The room was spacious and peaceful. Sidney has the flat cleaned every day and all appliances are functioning well. The trip to the station is short and you can get to the centre in no time. Sidney seemed really busy during our stay, but he did always stop for a chat and always asked if we needed anything.
Sid really helped me out by excepting my booking at short notice. He also helped me get another place as he was full for the other days of my trip. The flat is fine and very convenient for getting to the centre of London.
The room is really big and spacious. You can even see the Shard from the window. The flat is clean and had lots of charm. It is easy to get into the centre with the bus and tube. We enjoyed talking to Sidney. We recommend this room.
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This past week I fished the St.-Jean in Gaspe, Quebec for 2 days. The river condition was a bit high and cold for this time of year. I landed 2 grilse via a "hitched" Green Butt and raised a couple of salmon on a bomber. There were good fishing reports for all 3 of the Gaspe rivers, especially on the open zones of the York and Dartmouth.
After the St.-Jean, we went to the Miramichi and found there had been a 4 foot raise of water. We fished for 2 days and much to our surprise landed 3 grilse, all on size 8 Ally's Shrimp. In spite of the high water, salmon and grilse were running the Renous and the Main Southwest Miramichi. It should be really good there about now. To sum up my trip, at least I didn' get skunked.
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Obviously just looking at the screenshots for Dead Rising will remind you of George A. Romero's Dawn Of The Dead (A mixture of both original and the remake) but looks are decieving and there's more to this game then a movie to game rip-off. Hell, George himself said there's no relation between this game and his movie.
Story: September 19 - September 22, 2006 you play Frank West, an over confident photojournalist who was transported to "Willamette" Coloardo to investigate a series of suspicious events occurring in the town. When he arrives he finds out that the Naional Guard has quarantined the town. Ed deluca (the pilot of the helicopter transporting Frank) is intercepted by the national guard and forced to leave. Frank sees a helipad on "The Heart Of Willamette" Willamette mall and gets Ed to drop him there Frank wants him back in 72 hours to pick him up. When Frank enters the mall he meets a series of characters both suspicious and innocent. Upon entering the mall, Frank sees a barricade, in which separates the survivors in the mall and the zombies on the opposite side. An old woman who sees her dog on the other side breaks through the barricade to rescue her dog and at the same time releases the zombies to enter the mall. Brad Garrison a DHS agent orders everyone to enter the security room. Frank is the only who makes it there, when he enters the room he is greeted by Jessica "Jessie" McCarney (Brad's rookie partner) She explains to Frank that they were sent there to investigate the events in name of National Security. With their help Frank has to discover the cause of the zombie outbreak, and survive to tell the tale within 72 hours.
Design: Think GTA meets survival horror. This game allows you to play in any way you desire as long as you complete the missions. There are over 50 survivors in the game and the maximum you can save is 53, When you save a certain someone you actually let somone else die. Certain survivors may help you or become a burden to you, solely depending on you for their survival. But its up to you to whether let them live or die. Graphics are top notch, every single zombie you see is heavily detailed, as well the survivors and the main characters. But one of the biggest thing of the game is this game is that EVERY ITEM A MAN CAN WIELD CAN BE USED AS A WEAPON, some small, some big, All Kill . you can carry up to 11 items both weapons to fight and food to replentish your health. But the greatest thing is amount of zombies on screen it's Brain Bursting to see literally hundreads of sombies just aching to eat your manjunk off. (Almost 800 on screen EGM reports)
Gameplay: In the beginning you can only play 72 hour mode (basically story mode) where you must uncover the cause of the outbreak of the zombies and survive. During this mode you may forget that you have to take pictures to uncover the story, depending on how many you save and how much story you cover will dtermine your ending. (there is over 5 endings) When you get the "A" ending you unlock OT mode where you spend an extra day in the mall to find the final ending. Then you unlock Infinity mode where you have no friends. Everyone you know is out trying to kill you including the survivors. Every 100 seconds your health drops a square. This mode never ends till you die. (obviously)
Problems: This is capcom, they have tendency to have in their survival horror a stop and shoot mechanic which is a big problem in the game, SOLELY USE THE GUNS FOR THE BOSSES. The ally A.I. is incredibly stupid at times, the people you are trying to save will at times stray from you and run into the zombie crowds. The saving system requires you to fight your way through the zombie hoard to get into a bathroom where... SURPRISE more zombies you have to kill. At times it's no problem but in extreme situations you may have to restart the entire level because of this.
Overall: It's most likely on of the best 360 games out there, it's almost to perfection but some problems may frustrate you at times where you need to be completely focus on the game. Regardless everyone with a 360 has to play this game.


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Humanitarians launch updated disaster relief standards
The Sphere Project, a leading initiative promoting quality and accountability in humanitarian work, released the revised English version of its handbook Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response today. The launch is taking place in a dozen countries around the world.
According to ERC Valerie Amos, Sphere standards are "the benchmark for ensuring humane and fair humanitarian assistance to people in need around the world." The Sphere Handbook offers a common language and guidance for effective and accountable humanitarian response and advocacy worldwide. It reinforces the capacity of local humanitarian actors by prioritizing understanding and support of local responses. Over 650 experts from about 20 countries worked to revise the handbook for the 2011 edition, and all relevant UN agencies also participated.
The 2011 edition incorporates a new chapter entitled "Protection Principles", which will address protecting populations affected by disaster or armed conflict as an integral part of humanitarian response. This edition also addresses climate change, disaster risk reduction, early recovery of services and livelihoods, cash transfer and civil-military relations. The cornerstone of the Handbook, the Humanitarian Charter, has been rewritten in clearer language with stronger connection to the established standards of humanitarian planning and implementation.
"I hope that all organizations that provide humanitarian aid will become familiar with the standards and use them," said ERC Amos. "This will improve the quality of humanitarian assistance to survivors of disasters and conflicts."
The Sphere Project was created by a group of humanitarian NGOs and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement with its first handbook published in 2000. Training on Sphere principles and standards reached over 7,000 humanitarian workers in 2010 alone. The Sphere Handbook has been translated into more than 40 languages and is now the most widely known internationally recognized set of standards for humanitarian response.


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Designing for refined tastes, these products harmoniously balance form and function while being actively green. The faucets and shower systems are designed to maximize water conservation. Despite the company's use of metal finishing and modernized plating, GRAFF has a zero discharge system that recycles 100% of its brass and paper products. With each product being engineered, manufactured and inspected in-house, these fixtures deliver the highest level of quality.
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Just six days after Sarah Palin and John McCain's campaign for the White House ended in defeat, Palin was back on the job as governor of Alaska — and back in her Wasilla kitchen. In an extensive interview that aired Tuesday on TODAY, Palin insisted that she had no plans to return to the national political stage — but left the door open for a possible 2012 presidential campaign.
After avoiding media interviews during the final weeks of the campaign, Palin opened up in a frank, freewheeling conversation. She denied ever requesting the expensive wardrobe that exploded into a campaign issue, denied any tension between her and McCain, and laid the blame for Barack Obama's overwhelming victory on the Bush White House.
Door still open?
Immediately after the Nov. 4 election, polls showed Palin to be the clear front-runner among Republican voters for the 2012 presidential nomination. And she could conceivably be in Washington, D.C., within a year if the Senate expels Alaska's senior U.S. senator, Republican Ted Stevens, who was convicted of corruption charges, and if she chooses to run in a special election to replace him.
But, Palin told TODAY's Matt Lauer, "I'm not planning on it, because I think the people of Alaska will best be served with me as their governor."
"I read an article about you that said you're pretty ambitious," Lauer responded. "Doesn't some part of you want more of that?"
"You know, when you talk about that white-hot spotlight — that's not really attractive to me," Palin said. "Look what that white-hot spotlight does to one's family, and does to one's credibility and record and word. So that's not the attraction to me."
Nonetheless, observers point to the fact that Palin will be a featured speaker at the Republican Governors Association's annual conference in Miami later this week as evidence that she is not ready to relinquish that spotlight. And in her interview with Lauer, Palin herself indicated that she could change her mind under the right circumstances.
"If I can be part of a solution to help this nation ... certainly I want to be a part of a solution in those terms," she said. "But in the meantime, [I'm] going to be making sure that Alaska develops our resources so we can contribute more to the U.S. and allow our nation to be energy independent and secure and prosperous. I can do that as the governor of Alaska."
In a separate interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren that aired Monday night (the governor's first post-election interviews were with The Anchorage Daily News and an Alaskan television station), Palin had been more specific on what would get her to change her mind about staying in Alaska, saying she would rely on the will of God.
"Putting my life in my creator's hands — this is what I always do," she said in that interview. "I'm like, 'OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere ... don't let me miss the open door.' And if there is an open door in '12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I'll plow through that door."
Kitchen talk
Palin spoke with Lauer at her state office in Anchorage, then later while she was preparing a dinner of halibut-and-salmon casserole for her family and Lauer in the kitchen of her home in Wasilla.
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As Palin's husband, Todd, held their youngest child, Trig, during the dinner conversation, the governor indicated that she would rather have done more interviews with the media during the campaign. "I'm comfortable doing interviews," she said. "I love being able to express what my opinions are."
But she would not directly address whether she was unhappy with not being allowed to talk more to the media by her campaign advisers. Instead, she said, "You can't just assume that the voters will be able to just guess what is going on and guess and assume what a candidate's positions are. And you do that through the media. You can't be afraid to seize every opportunity you can to speak to Americans."
Todd Palin told Lauer that the attacks on his wife during the campaign didn't really filter through to them. "We were so busy with the campaign, there wasn't much TV time," he said, adding that the family wasn't really fazed by it all anyway.
"We've been in this long enough to understand it's just part of the business," he said.
"It's all a part of this beast called politics in America," the governor added as she prepared food on her countertop.
During the kitchen conversation, Lauer asked 7-year-old Piper, the youngest of the Palins' three daughters, what the worst part of the campaign was for her.
"All the rallies," she said, indicating that all the speeches weren't her cup of juice. She said she missed her friends at school and said catching up on her studies after all the time she missed "is really hard."
Lauer asked how she'd feel if in four years her mom ran for president. Before Piper could answer, her mother said, "Would you want to do it again, sister?"
"Yeah," Piper replied.
Video: Palin complains of 'media games'
Election night
In the formal interview in Anchorage, Palin talked about her disappointment at not being able to address the crowd at the McCain-Palin headquarters in Arizona the night of the election. She had worked on two speeches to give, depending on the outcome, but was told before Sen. McCain gave his concession speech that she would not be allowed to give her speech. She was told it was unprecedented for vice presidential nominees to speak at such times.
Palin said she had worked for a week with campaign speechwriters on the remarks she never had a chance to give.
"One was a concession speech that would introduce him," she told Lauer. "And it would do what John McCain just can't seem to do for himself, bless his heart, because he's just not that kind of mind. I was going to brag him up, and say, 'He is an American hero, has faced great adversity, knows how challenges are overcome. And let us be thankful for this man, who, with a servant's heart, had offered himself up to America.' "
She didn't identify the aide who nixed the speech. "Somebody said no," she said. "All I could think of was ... even if it was unprecedented, so what?"
'A brutal ride'
One thing that might give her pause about running for national office again, Palin told Lauer, was the virulence of the ad hominem attacks she experienced as McCain's vice presidential candidate. Palin said that her years as a councilwoman and mayor of Wasilla and governor of Alaska had given her a thick skin when it came to personal attacks. But, she told Lauer, she was surprised at the level of such assaults on the world's biggest political stage.
"I did not know that it would be as brutal a ride as it turned out to be in terms of some of the shots taken against my kids, and the false allegations," she told Lauer in an interview at the Alaska Statehouse.
She blamed the media for many of the reports that she characterized as false. "And things that, Matt, so easily could have been corrected if those who were doing the reporting would have just taken one step further and actually checked my record or checked the circumstances that they were reporting on. I didn't know that there would be some laziness on some reporter's parts to not go correct the record and allow some fairness and opportunities."
Slideshow: On the (fashion) trail
About those clothes
Among the reports that Palin said were false were those involving her wardrobe, which was reported to cost the Republican campaign $150,000. She said no lawyers have been sent to retrieve the clothes, which she said she never asked for. A third of the garments were returned as not suitable to wear, she said; another third remained in the belly of her campaign plane, while the rest have been returned. Palin said she was happy to be wearing her own clothes again.
Palin's father, Chuck Heath, told The Associated Press that Palin spent part of the weekend going through her clothing to determine what belongs to the Republican Party.
"She was just frantically ... trying to sort stuff out," Heath told the AP. "That's the problem, you know, the kids lose underwear, and everything has to be accounted for. Nothing goes right back to normal." Palin's father said his daughter told him the only clothing or accessories she had purchased personally in the past four months were a pair of shoes.
"We don't have any of the campaign's clothes in our possession," she told Lauer. "It was never anybody's intention to keep those borrowed clothes from the RNC."
She said the idea to buy new clothes from such high-end retailers as Saks and Neiman Marcus did not originate with her. "I did not order up these clothes," the governor told Lauer, saying the people who decided what she should wear were "the New York stylists who were already there, and already orchestrating what the wardrobe should look like, just like they have people to figure out the staging and the lighting and everything else."
About the election
Palin said she expected she and McCain would win the election right up to the very end. But she contradicted herself on the topic of the large margin of Obama's win, saying at one point it was a surprise, and then later saying it wasn't.
"I had great faith that perhaps when that voter entered that voting booth and closed that curtain, that what would kick in for them was, perhaps, a bold step that would have to be taken in casting the vote for us," she said at one point. "So the margin was pretty surprising to me."
Video: Palin: 'Never any tension' with McCain But at another point in her lengthy interview with Lauer, Palin referred to "just that anti-incumbency sentiment, really, that was spread across the land. And our ticket representing the incumbency, it's not so much a surprise, after all, that the margin was as great as it was. Perhaps our ticket represented too much of the status quo because we've got the 'R' by our name."
She did give Obama credit for getting his message to the voters.
"He did a great job in articulating his ability to usher in change, the change that American voters certainly have been seeking," she told Lauer. But, she maintained, it was she and McCain who "represented the true change."
'Love' for McCain
As she has in other interviews, Palin denied reports based on anonymous sources that there was tension between her and McCain as the campaign wore on.
"Senator McCain and I, we have a great relationship," she said. "I have nothing but honor and admiration and love for him and for his family. And I think that that is mutual. In fact, I talked to him just today, again — and [we're] touching base nearly every day."
Asked specifically about charges that she was a "rogue candidate," Palin suggested that "Perhaps within the campaign there were campaign staffers ..." She didn't finish the thought.
A centerpiece of Palin's campaign had been her allegation that the president-elect "pals around with terrorists" and would not be the best person to militarily protect the nation. In light of that, Lauer asked Palin whether she is comfortable with her eldest son, Track, serving in the military in Iraq with Obama as commander in chief.
"I am if Barack Obama surrounds himself with those who understand how important it is to recognize the greatest threat against our young men and women over there in Iraq and Afghanistan, and even here in the homeland — and that is radical Islamic terrorists who have not changed their minds," she replied. "I am proud of my son being one of America's finest over there — serving Barack Obama. Serving all of us."
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BOATING IN A BOX: Carting a small boat about can be a problem. The Transporter packs down into a self-contained box, small enough to carry on a quad bike, that takes only moments to reassemble at your destination. A single compartment holds all the other sections, including nose, pontoons, lifejackets and oars. While on the water seats are around the edges of the boat where the pontoons are so it's very stable. Clever.
KEEP THE RUBBISH FLOWING: The landfills near Oberlin, Ohio, aren't just storing rubbish. Instead they've replaced coal for around half of the town's energy supply. Anaerobic methane fermentation can turn 1 million tons of municipal solid waste into 1 megawatt of power, so two nearby landfills compress, filter, and dry emitted methane gas before sending it into the local utility grid.
By 2015 Oberlin expects to source around 90% of its energy from landfill and other renewables such as hydro, solar and wind. Keep creating rubbish, folks.
RETHINK THE JEANS: Wearing denim jeans? They were brought to you courtesy of cotton, 42 litres of water, up to 15 vats of dye, an array of harmful chemicals and heaps of energy. In other words, the environmental cost is probably much higher than the price tag suggests. A researcher at Heriot-Watt University thinks the environment could be better off if jeans were made of sustainable wood instead. The Tencel fibre is made of cellulose, while digital printing gives it the appearance of stone-washed denim. Tencel requires only 20% of the water, energy and chemicals needed to manufacture conventional jeans. It's worth thinking about.
TRIPLE CHARGE: Lithium ion batteries are very popular for all kinds of devices. But they can discharge quickly and be relatively slow to recharge. One problem is that the silicon anodes break down because they are constantly swelling and shrinking as the battery charges and discharges. A team of researchers developed a replacement: silicon nanoparticles etched with pores that increase the surface area and allow expansion and contraction without breaking down. The new technique allows batteries to recharge within 10 minutes and hold 3 times as much energy as existing batteries. A 10 minute recharge would be a dream.
MOVE OVER TV: As television moves from analogue to digital it frees up parts of the wireless spectrum known as white space. Those frequencies penetrate walls, bend around hills and travel long distances. That's good news for delivering broadband Internet over WiFi which can take up those frequencies. In Africa there are plenty of places with no Internet. In fact they may also have no phone, no electricity and little else going for them, except for the sunshine. A new scheme is bringing Internet to the schools though, by using solar panels to power wireless signals that can be delivered by a traditional TV antenna to smartphones and tablets. The same solar panels can also power the chargers needed to keep the devices running. Maybe all the TV channels could be replaced by WiFi and deliver the programmes online?
Miraz Jordan, knowit.co.nz


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Love is in the air - but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night. His best friend, Rowley, doesn't have any prospects either, but that's a small consolation. An unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves Rowley the odd man out. But a lot can happen in one night, and in the end, you never know who's going to be lucky in love.
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"Great listen for all ages!"
This is a great series for all ages. If you are looking for a well read, funny adventure, you can't do better than to listen to the adventures of Greg and his friends!
"Kids loved it!"
Greg Heffley vividly describes life before birth! Hilarious!
Loved hearing the words on the printed page come to life.
It is wonderful to follow along using the printed copy of the book. My young readers learn the fun of reading with great expression!
"Very cute book"
The smile on my sons face
When Gregs mom was reading to him at night..and he was given a pop quiz
When Greg was a baby doing flips with his ambilical cord still attached
Nancy G. M.A.
This is a really good book!!!! I love the diary of a wimpy kid series!!😃👍
yes because it is funny and weird
when greg saw ruby bird at the dance
it made me laugh
"Great Book !"
Good book but it can be annoying still it is a great story love it👍🏻
Truly do not see what my 10 year old grandson sees in these books. Surely there have GOT to be better books than this to inspire a boy who LOVES reading.
"Its okay."
yes. The kids enjoyed it.
The reader sounded to old which made it hard for the kids to listen to it at first. Ramon is not a bad reader, just not right for this book. He made them prefer the written version.
Yes the kids like characters they can identify with.
"Download didn't work"
Download didn't open. When I tried to download on a different computer it wouldn't allow me to download again. Wasted 10 bucks.
"NOT what I thought..."
This "book" was purchased for my 11 years old son who absolutely loves to read. I TRIED to purchase the Kindle BOOK, but due to technical difficulties (quality control issues) I was left with only the option of purchasing the Audible version. This was my first time purchasing an Audible, so I did not know what to expect. What I THOUGHT we would get was the Audible version in addition to the normal "printed" version. This was NOT the case. Not realizing that it was not included with the Audible version, we fumbled around trying to find the "printed" version. After our fruitless efforts paid no reward, my son was left with but one option, that of LISTENING to his new "book." Yes, he was VERY disappointed!
As for the book, my son loved it! He has READ and enjoyed all of the other books in this series. As an extra note, while we were in Walmart yesterday, my son found a copy of this same book and inquired of me if he might purchase it. When I reminded him that he had the Audible version, he stated, "Yes, I know. But I like to actually READ the book and look a the pictures." To me, this spoke volumes!
Audible is an excellent format and, I'm sure, fills a very necessary void for those who may be significantly visually impaired, making reading more of a frustration than an enjoyment. Had I realized that it did not include the printed version, I would not have made this purchase.
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My first after 6 years of hunting. I harvested a 15-1/2 lb Jake Saturday at Roush Lake. This is my first turkey. What a thrill when the smoke cleared and he was flopping right where I shot him. I used my JAS COOPER 10 bore original SxS. I had just set-up after an unproductive morning. I called 3 short yelps twice and set my box call down and had half a ham sandwich. I was chewing the last bite when I heard a very close gobble. I picked up my gun when I saw the birds coming towards me. I did not take the time to put my mouth call in. I positioned myself to face the birds and cocked old JAS COOPER. They came straight in going out of sight for a few minutes when they crossed the head of a ravine. When they got to about 50 yards the lead bird went into strut when he spotted my decoys. When they did not react to him he started to move off to my right getting behind some small trees. The other bird came closer but did not offer a shot. He decided the follow the gobbler. I felt he was about 38 or 40 yards out. My confidence ends at about 35 yards. I decided to take him if he gave me a chance. When I stepped it off it was 42 paces. There were 6 visible pellets in the head neck area. When I cleaned him there were a few in the breast and thigh.
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We have landed in Indonesia. The island of Bali, to be exact. Going to Bali was a source of contention for awhile between Andrew and I because I was a little nervous about the recent terrorist attacks on tourist locations. However, it seemed silly not to see Indonesia, being this close. That, combined with the fact that our prior mountain destinations of China and Tibet are beyond dangerous at the moment, convinced me to go. We are also implementing a personal boycott of China based on their conduct towards tibet. So we agreed to go to Bali and just avoid the areas that were targeted by the terrorists in the past, namely Kuta Beach.
So, yes, we saw a lot of Kuta Beach. But we didn't stay there, just went out for drinks a dinner a few nights, including one night of Mexican food
But I must first digress to Singapore, our brief stopping ground between Saigon and Denpasar, Indonesia. How is it possible that a place like Singapore could exist out here? Singapore is a bastian of sophistication and technological advancement, far beyond anything we have seen in SE Asia so far. But on to Bali...
Bali is a province of Indonesia, one of many islands that make up the country. Bali was not hit by the tsunami in 2004 - that was mainly Sumatra. It was, however, targeted by Muslim extremists in 2002 and again in 2005, apparently in protest of the excesses caused by western tourists in this primarily (90%) Muslim country. In 2002, two bombings at a disco in the beach town of Kuta left over 200 dead. Most of those killed were Austailian. 38 Indonesians, 8 Americans and 2 Canadians were also victims. There is now a moving memorial at the site of the attacks and many people have placed photos and other mememtos of lost loved ones. What a tradegy that occurred in such a historically peaceful place. In 2005, suicide bombers struck a market in Kuta, apparently again targeting tourists. Security has been increased significantly in response to these attacks. Locals from neighboring islands, primarily Java, are not allowed into Bali without extensive screening
So, you ask - you're in Indonisia and what do you do? Well, go rafting, of course. Twice. In the first two days. we had a great time, and the pictures attached should demonstrate just how beautiful this land is. The rainy season ended in March, so the rivers were not so hairy as we found in Austrailia, but they were fun and the water was warm. One guide insisted on engaging in the Deschuttes-style water fight, which I just hate, but other than that we had a fantastic time. And, truth be told, the meals served after each trip were the best we had in Bali. They do amazing things with soy beans over there.
Our time in Indonesia was split between three areas - Sunar, Ubud, and Benoa. In Sunar we did our rafting and played some mean beach volleyball
From Sanur we went to Ubud, a town in the middle of amazing rice field terraces, much like we saw in Sapa, Vietnam. Ubud is an "artists" town, so needless to say, I was completely lost. We stayed at a place that was under construction, so we got a great deal. We had our own villa, a private massage hut for two within our villa walls, and private pool (you have to see the pictures of this one). It was the perfect honeymoon location if anyone is looking. We did nothing worthy (or advisable for printing) in Ubud.
We then went to the south of Bali for a few days of sand and sea and sightseeing in Benoa. There are thousands of Hindu temples in Bali. The government structure in Bali is reverse from what we are used to, with the primary power being held in at the local, rather than national level. Each small community has its own leaders, which make the majority of decisions that will have any significant impact on the everyday lives of those living in the village
The people we met in Indonisia were as friendly and welcoming as all those we have come across so far in this trip. There is an emphasis on tourism as a means of income in Bali. Being the low season, the competition for business for tours or taxis and restaurants was stiff, making for some pushy touts on occasion. There is nothing a smile and "maybe later" won't quicky get you out of though. On our last day in Bali we splurged on a jet ski rental. Guess wo is now set on getting himself a jet ski when we get home? (and who, by the way, also probably irreversibly compacted his spine while jumping the waves). The water sport providers (of which there were MANY) also had this ridiculously huge air mattress thing called the "Flying Fish." You lay on it, hold on for dear life, and get pulled behind a jet boat until you fly into the air at heights of at least 10 meters for extended periods of time
People were very surprised to hear we were American and not Australian. I seems very few Americans head to Bali. I strongly suggest you do so if you are going on another of those Hawaiian island trips we have all gotten used to. You will have every benefit of luxuary that you would expect in Hawaii but you also get to help a country who needs your tourism dollars and will give you a different take on the world. And its much cheaper. We really liked Bali. It's relatively easy to travel, the security put in place by the hotels and discos seems sincere, the island is gorgeous, and there is a lot of history to explore. On a bit of a down note, though, tourism was a certain and growing income stream for so many prior to 2002. After the bombings, tourism was cut in half and those involved became more agressive and territorial. We are told that tourism was back to alsmost pre-2002 levels at the time of the 2005 bombings. People are trying to get back to where they were, but now they have a mind set that this may only be temporary. So the push for your business is becoming almost agressive at times, which is unconfortable but can lead to some great deals with some dilligent bargaining.
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Walkley cut his smartphone estimate for this year to 959 million units form a prior 979 million, and cut his 2014 shipment estimate to 1.25 billion units from 1.29 billion units.
Walkley's "checks" suggest that the mix of sales is shifting to cheaper models of the older flagship phones, and also to lower-cost devices by Chinese manufacturers:
Our June monthly surveys indicated softer global flagship smartphone sales in developed markets versus prior expectations, particularly in Europe, and an increasing mix of discounted $300-400 legacy models from Western OEMs. For example, our surveys indicated more affordable sub $400 Samsung Galaxy S IIIs and iPhone 4s continued to sell better than our expectations, while the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S4 sold below our expectations. Further, our global market analysis indicates very strong low- and mid-tier Android smartphone sales from Chinese OEMs, as consumers continue to upgrade from 2G feature phones.
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Just tie some marabou on a hook with some tinsel on the shank.
White and black is all I needed, as a kid 40 years ago, now you have more colors to choose from.
Keep it simple, black or white will work.
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Wow missed a good thread here.
Sean, my favorites, in no specific order are:
Wooly Bugger
Black nosed dace
Muddler minnow
Maribou streamers
The wooly bugger is great for spots where a flys half half life is measured in minutes.
The black nosed dace matches the forage fish in many streams I fish.
Muddler minnows I just like to fish. Having confidence in a fly means a lot.
The maribou streamer is another simple fly . White, black or the black nosed dace colors are good. Don't be afraid to try your own combinations to match the local forage fish.
A fly I have high expections for this year is one submitted by PMFlyFisher in the simple but deadly fly swap. The fly is at http://www.flyfishingforum.com/flyta...ple+but+deadly
"Knowledge is power"
Yeah, it sure is. Some of us even know how to keep 'em hooked so we can LAND 'em, too! That's the essence of fishing, in case you haven't heard!:hehe: :hehe:
|Hal are you going to the Bass pro spring classic?
where do you get these qoutes hal?
back on the topic of streamers which would yo say that you use the most for me it would be either a muddler or bugger
I just found an awesome technical fly fishing research article on the net, might keep it to myself for a while, you know to keep ahead of these internet young fly fishing guns, so us older guys like me have a knowledge advantage. Can't believe they are giving away this great information for nothing on the net.
I just surfed into by pure luck.
Don't get the wrong idea I still cherish my historical fly fishing books, actually got some nice old fly patterns from them this
"Knowledge itself is power" - Francis Bacon - 1600 something.
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|DFix - I can relate completely with what you're saying, though you have a few years on me. Without some reference on which to base progress, how can it be appreciated? I suspect that you and I are alike in many ways; longing for simpler times and less media distraction. The internet is unquestionably the gateway to a wealth of knowledge, both that printed on paper and existing purely in the minds of the authors, and I use it daily in my job and at home to communicate with friends, family, and others such as the great bunch on the FFF. However (and maybe I'm some sort of generational throw-back), I much prefer to sit back in my antique leather chair with a good book in hand (some of my favorites are by John Merwin), dog(s) sleeping by my feet, Guinness or home brew on the end table, with nothing to focus on but the words on the page and the mental images that I relate them with. No moving images, no pop-up ads, just the pages and the information presented there. Is it any wonder that I nearly never watch TV or listen to the radio anymore? I hear enough about world news every morning at the office... The internet is a great resource, but my collection of books will never cease to grow. Is it wasted money? No, not to me. It's all in the perspective.
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Hal, I love taking time to look-and-see what so many others' interests are, or were; to find 'new' information and ideas, or be 'reminded' of long forgotten memories. Rambling through the Internet not only helps educate and amuse me, but also energizes me to at least think about how I can improve my skills, if not make me want to tie everything I've never tied or fished, fish every body of water I've never seen or only heard about, just like you. I don't think many of us are very different.
You openly wonder why you spend money on paper research items. My own reasons struck me as an older, generational thing that the Internet may never supersede. I have always enjoyed books, manuals, magazines and such for their hands-on value, their ability to fill my hands and mind both. As we progress day to day we are hustled along by "progress", by development of new electronic ways to research, to study, to 'better' our lives; sometimes, we don't want to be pushed. Arguably, I agree with the General Electric slogan, "Progress is our most important product"; it's great in too many ways to mention here, but I very often wish for what we somewhat weathered, slightly older types would call a 'simpler' time. In that regard, I will always enjoy a book more for it's art and pictures, inflections and cadence, as well as it's ability to put me down in one place and make me pay attention to it, to relax and enjoy it.
In a recent communique' with a newer member of this assembly, I proffered a sense as to my scope of educational reference, whether historical, anecdotal or first-person. That scope of educational reference spans an almost one and one-half century block of people's lives. I wish I'd paid more attention to what they offered; I wish I'd practiced more of what I'd been taught. Further, that I often looked forward to the distractions the Internet and places like FFF afford, as they give me (perhaps all of us) an opportunity to 'divert' from the daily grind. Regardless, I still like to and tend to sink back into a less electronic means of communication, education and relaxation. Stranger still, I don't even remotely rely on my 'ancient' computer programming training to try and understand where computer technology's gone in twenty years; I wonder if I would even understand it.
Quentin's points are very well taken; I've done so myself. But, what I've accomplished by copying something from the 'net is to be able to use/enjoy it when I want to instead of when there's "time" - same thing, you ask; not to me.
Like you, I've been at this for well over forty years. I am not, by any means, an authority on anything. Your scope of reference, generationally, is probably as broad as my own and so many others of us. I would love to know all that you or Fred or any of the others know about salmon or steelhead fishing. I'd love to be able to step back in time to Zane Grey, Hemingway, Carrie Stevens, Herb Welch, for instance, to have watched and listened to; to my own family's five generations I remember as alive and in the same room at one time, so I could ask to be taught all of it again. I'm happy and grateful I hands-on learned to rig baits from some old leathery 'salts'. As much time as I'd spent on the water as a kid, had I not put to sea as an adult, I wouldn't have appreciated or respected the true strength or mercilessness of Mother Nature.
Those are some of the ways I'm reminded of how we arrived where we are. I guess it can be summed up this way: when I was younger, I couldn't stand the Beatles; as I've aged, I've learned to appreciate and enjoy them as well as realize their music is part of my life.
IMO, technology would be an empty evolution without any tip of the hat to the history which precedes it. I hope to learn much more; I hope to be able to teach some of what I have learned before I check out.
Though I'm glad I had the time to put this together; I've enjoyed thinking about it more. When I go home and sit down with feathers and thread, a crackling fire at my back, I'll remember to thank you all, too.
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|Q, those are some good observations and great advice.
I get loads of great info from the net. However, the main probem with relying on the net is that things change constantly and you may not be able to find the same thing in the same place from one day to the next. Even when you put a page in your "favorites" it may not be there the next time you look for it. One option is to save the pages that you really like onto your hard drive -- click "File", "save as" and save the page as an htm or html document in a folder that you will remember. An added bonus is that you can then access those pages offline so you don't tie up your phone line or use up time on your account (if those things matter to you).
I hardly use paper anymore just the net.
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