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The book, as you might expect, based on the title alone, runs against the current thought process in the mainstream media. However, this is an important read, especially when you consider the path the world is beginning to walk down. Considering the huge ramifications on the worldwide economy and how we live, it’s extremely important for Americans, and people around the world, to get another view point on global warming and climate change before we begin making consequential decisions.

The author, Chris Horner, is an acknowledged expert on global warming legislation and regulation, and has testified before Senate committees and has given numerous addresses in the European Parliament.

In Red Hot Lies, Horner details the errors and even frauds committed in the name of global warming, reproducing charts and even photographs that are certainly revealing even to those not passionate about scientific minutiae. The book is a meticulously researched (65 pages of notes and references) volume in which Horner exposes what he calls the hypocrisy, deceit, and outright lies of the global warming alarmists and the compliant media that support them.

Horner demonstrates what he sees as the fundamental threat that global warming offers the world by quoting Czech President Vaclav Klaus at a conference in Italy in September 2007 on “Global Warming Hysteria or Freedom and Prosperity?”:

“We have to face many prejudices and misunderstandings in this respect. The climate-change debate is basically not about science; it is about ideology. It is not about global temperature’ it is about the concept of human society. It is not about nature or scientific ecology; it is about environmentalism, about one — recently born — dirigistic and collectivistic ideology, which goes against freedom and free markets. I spent most of my life in a Communistic society which makes me particularly sensitive to the dangers, traps and pitfalls connected with it.”

Exposing the dark underbelly of the global warming lobby, Horner reveals exactly what the alarmists are saying and doing to advance their agenda:

* Al Gore’s deep financial interests in advancing global warming hysteria around the world. Gore has admitted to having “a stake” in a number of green “investments” and has encouraged people to put money into companies he has a financial stake in. Gore has strongly advocated the use of bio-fuels and has admitted to having investments in companies involved in such agri-business. His investment company also owns major shares of the world’s carbon credits. As countries pass carbon taxes and carbon caps, his investments could eventually make him billions of dollars.

* Politicians and the media demand that government “do something about” climate skeptics, while activists go further, calling for imprisonment and censorship of dissenters.

* Respected scientists have been victims of threats and vandalism in addition to having their reputations smeared for voicing skepticism about any aspect of the global warming dogma. Some have even been blacklisted.

* One scientist at the University of Oslo had the wheels fall off his car, not once, but twice, including while his daughter was in the car after he began speaking out against global warming alarmism.

* About 18 months ago, at a Kyoto negotiation in Thailand, China suggested that, because of their family planning policy, they should be given carbon offsets to sell back to Europe and the United States. They made their argument on the basis that their population would be much larger if they hadn’t aborted all of those babies, which would have made their carbon footprint much larger.

* Journalists regularly mislead the public by falsely declaring a consensus on manmade global warming that does not exist. In fact, just the other day, a study was published showing that support for global warming initiatives was falling among the 11 countries surveyed. Less than half of the people surveyed, or 47%, said they were prepared to make personal lifestyle changes to reduce carbon emissions, down from 58% last year. Only 37% said they were willing to spend “extra time” on the effort, an eight-point drop. And only one in five respondents - or 20% - said they’d spend extra money to reduce climate change. That’s down from 28% a year ago.

* The United Kingdom forced schoolchildren to watch Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth in schools. Now, half of those children report sleep loss due to fear over “global warming”. There are similar efforts underway in California, and it includes what they call pester power and also reporting on their parents.

With perfect timing and incredible coincidence, less than a week after Red Hot Lies was released, the London Daily Telegraph reported on November 16 a “surreal scientific blunder” made by Dr. James Hansen, Al Gore’s chief scientific ally. The climatologist had gone on record that last month was the hottest October ever recorded. However, the reason for the freak figures from around the globe based on Dr. Hansen’s readings were not based on October readings, but were figures from the previous month that had simply been carried over and repeated two months running. Dr. Hansen and his institute had to scramble desperately to revise their figures.

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Although he wasn’t a native of Appalachia, Horace Kephart was recognized as an authority on the cultural and natural history of the region. Using his abilities and reputation, Kephart was instrumental in convincing individuals on both the local and national levels of the need for the creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Kephart’s arguments on behalf of the park were thoughtful and pragmatic, as well as appealing to the love and appreciation of nature. Describing the economic potential of a national park, he campaigned vigorously to preserve the last major stands of forests in the East.

Our Southern Highlanders is a collection of first-hand observations of the mountains and people during Kephart’s first 10 years of travels throughout the Southern Appalachians. The book provides an in-depth look at the mountain customs, beliefs, and the vernacular of the region. Kephart argued that little had been written of the Southern mountaineer and that the rest of America knew almost nothing of a people set apart “from all other folks by dialect, by customs, by character, by self-conscious isolation”

He describes in detail what gave the mountaineers their character and their fierce individualism, and relates many stories, both tragic and humorous.

A contemporary review from the New York Times reported that the book was the first serious and comprehensive study of the region.

Two months before his life was cut short by an automobile accident in 1931, the U.S. Geological Board recognized Kephart’s contribution by naming a peak within the park Mount Kephart. This was an honor that had been previously bestowed only after an individual’s death.

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The book was written by Danielle “Danny” Bernstein, a life-long hiker who has hiked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, summited every mountain higher than 6000 feet in elevation in the Southern Appalachians, and is currently working on becoming a member of the 900 Miler Club, reserved only for people who have hiked every trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Bernstein is also a hike leader for the Carolina Mountain Club, and is a hiking instructor at UNC-Asheville’s College for Seniors. She also maintains a 5-mile section of the Appalachian Trail on the Tennessee/North Carolina border for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.

Anyone familiar with the region knows that the mountains of western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina are a hiker’s paradise. Rich with human history, they are also home to some of the greatest biological diversity in the world. Hikers here are treated to thousands of miles of trails offering fantastic views, stunning wildflower and fall foliage displays, and gigantic trees in old growth forests.

Hiking the Carolina Mountains lists 57 day hikes ranging in length from 2 to 13 miles, with destinations like the waterfalls of Dupont State Forest, the Blue Ridge Parkway’s beautiful Craggy Gardens; the ruins of George Vanderbilt’s palatial Buck Spring hunting lodge on Mt. Pisgah; and the summit of Cold Mountain. Each entry includes everything you need to know to get out and hike: maps and detailed directions, mileage, elevation gain, trail highlights, fees and hiking regulations, a list of films and novels set in each location, and more.

The book also covers sections of the Appalachian Trail, as well as trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pisgah National Forest, Nantahala National Forest, and in upstate South Carolina.

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Apparently this is a relatively new product from Adventure Medical Kits. GlacierGel’s most distinctive feature is an absorbent bubble that protects damaged skin and helps to relieve pain caused by blisters. The bubble contains 50% water which acts as a cushion against subsequent friction to the sensitive area and will stay in place for 3-4 days.

Using what Adventure Medical Kits calls “hydrogel technology”, the bubble also acts to cool the blister as well. Apparently this product can also be used on burns.

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The author states that he didn’t write AWOL on the Appalachian Trail because he is an expert on backpacking. Nor is AWOL a “how-to” book. Rather, he explains, it’s attitude that moves hikers from Georgia to Maine. The book is more concerned with the vivid scenery and the authors social interactions with the people he meets along the way. Miller takes the time to explore topics such as facing challenges, staying motivated and finding fulfillment.

Here’s a summary of the book from the back cover:

In 2003 David Miller, a 41 year-old engineer, quit his job to backpack 2172 miles from Georgia to Maine. His story is told here in Awol on the Appalachian Trail, an outstanding contemporary account of hiking on the A.T. It provides a vivid description of the Appalachian Mountains, the small towns threaded together by the trail, and people met along the way. Abundant photographs complement the book’s exacting prose. This book puts the reader into the shoes of the long distance hiker, and draws parallels between lessons learned on the trail and challenges of everyday experience. It is entertaining and funny, insightful and informative. It is about liberation, motivation and perseverance. This book is for anyone who has ever wanted to break free from routine, anyone with a desire for adventure.

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The Marmot Wool Half-Zip uses a unique combination of natural and synthetic fabrics that provide impressive warmth and comfort.

The cold weather top employs the latest version of Polartec Power Dry, which uses soft-spun wool on the outside layer that is designed to keep you warm even when wet. The wool outer provides insulation from the elements and pulls moisture away from the body.

The inside layer is made from polyester, which Marmot describes as being highly breathable and comfortable next to the skin. What makes the Marmot Wool Half-Zip unique, however, is that the polyester fabric is fused with fibers derived from coconut husks. These fibers, known as Cocona, increase wicking ability and offers more odor control and sun protection than any other brand of performance fabric.

Cocona is derived from would-be discarded or “upcycled” coconut shell husks. The husks are then processed into activated charcoal carbon and blended into a polyester matrix, which is spun into a fiber and then knit into a base layer fabric. Cocona is integral to the fiber, is naturally occurring and cannot wash or wear out.

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