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1. Use the Stairs
Whether you are in a hotel, maybe doing some touristy adventures. Make sure to avoid that elevator and use the stairs. What a great calorie-burner!
2. Walk! Avoid taxis or other transportation
If you are in the city maybe NYC or even London. Take the healthy approach and walk to every destination. There is no better way to get familiar with a city then by walking. Even if you are shopping this could be a 5 mile day! Just make sure to bring good walking shoes!
3. Play with the Kids
You may want to lay by the pool or beach and get a little R&R but make sure you incorporate some calorie-burning fun with the kids, too. Try paddle boarding. Go bikeriding. Through around a football on the beach. Entertain the little ones while getting in some fun filled exercise.
4. Move around everyday
If your mornings require a lot of standing around – you may be touring historic buildings or just laying on the beach. Try to think of different ways to move around in the afternoon. Walk to lunch, walk to a park… maybe hike a mountain and have a picnic. There are plenty of way to have fun while incorporating some fitness.
5. Airline Terminals can be Walkers DREAM
Instead of sitting plug into your favorite music and march up and down the terminal. Most airports have some shops to poke around in. Make this a fun walking adventure with some pit stops to get you friends and family some souvenirs.
6. Book for Fitness
When booking hotels, choose only those with fitness centers and/or guest passes to nearby gyms. If you can roll out of bed and roll into a gym minutes later, you can get the workout out of the way pretty quickly. This is convenient and will make you start your day with some energy!
7. Explore the Possibilities!
Whether this involves hiking, bike riding, scuba or snorkeling. Make sure to know and explore to possibilities that your vacation can offer. Usually the concierge can help with this!
8. Find Restaurants That Are Within Walking Distance From Your Hotel
Don't take the taxi – walk to the best restaurants in town. May take a little research and help from google but this will be well worth it. Take advantage of the gorgeous night time weather and walk to your dinner reservation.
9. Try for Fitness-Maintenance
While vacationing, you may not have as much time as you do at home for your regular workout, but that's okay. You are not trying to loose weight on vacation you are just trying to maintain!
10. Reward yourself the right way
Each day as you wake, anticipating the wonderful things you'll be doing, the sights you'll be seeing, remind yourself how great it feels to be able to walk, to move. If you do want to splurge, it may be a delicious desert, amazing pasta dinner or even a few pina coladas. Whatever it is doing it small doses and enjoy them!


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6 RV Parks near Bolton, Ontario
Palgrave, Ontario 7.04 miles NW
Vaughan, Ontario 11.95 miles SE
Brampton, Ontario 13.39 miles S
Concord, Ontario 13.44 miles SE
Richmond Hill, Ontario 14.71 miles E
We did however find 6 campgrounds within 25 miles of Bolton. You can also find a list of cities with campgrounds or RV Parks near Bolton in the left hand column.
16500 Regional Road 50 Callander, Ontario L7E5T4 (map) | (905) 880-4855
Sites: 173 | Latest Rate: $35.00 | 3 Reviews
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Jul 2015 - $35.00
We were disappointed with Albion Hills. The call center has no knowledge beyond what you can see on the website. Our site was supposed to be a 'short walk' to the pool. It was more like a 20 min hike (1 way) through the woods. The sites vary GREATLY in size. Some are huge and others are tiny. The pool was not included in the camping fee! Our three kids (10, 11, 14) were sent back saying that they weren't allowed in without paying extra (about $20 daily for the family). After I complained, the staff gave us free passes but having to argue for it was certainly was not enjoyable. Also, the pool and splash pad will fill up with busloads of daycamp kids. Campers should be aware. The fire pits were literally pits, just holes in the ground. Although sites were very close to one another, the campground itself was very spread out so it was too far to walk anywhere. There were only two showers at the closet comfort station. The dump station receiving hole was at the very limit of my dump hose. Lastly, we stayed here as a basecamp to visit Toronto and it was over an hour away. This was our mistake, but I don't want anyone else to do the same. - Hit The Road
Aug 2013 - $40.00
I had a great time here. The campground has lots to do, the kids and I took bicycles and enjoyed the great trails available. Would definitely recommend it. - rw94
Jul 2010 - $32.00
A very disappointing campground! We made reservations in May in order to be sure of getting a site that was easy to get into and included in our information was the size of our rig (32'). We were sent to a site that was very hard to back into and learned after we were set up that there were convenient pull-thrus available for the same price! Several campsites were overcrowded (10 to 12 adults and a few kids). Some inconsiderate campers chose to chat loudly until 4 am and others left their garbage on their sites when leaving The few staff who frequently drove around on carts to make sure that the occupancy card were on the posts ignored the litter and green garbage bags left behind. The fire pits were simply grates that campers had move to a convenient spot and most of them were damaged making them unsuitable for cooking over (we didn't try). The picnic tables in our area were in need of repair/replacement as well. The chemical toilets were very dirty and smelly and were hosed out about once a day. The main bathrooms were somewhat cleaner but still not in the least appealing, especially the showers. To make matters worse the water pressure for the push button showers was terrible…a frustrating and unsatisfactory experience. The worst Conservation area campground I have stayed at in 55 years of camping. - Groveite
7625 Finch Ave Brampton, Ontario L6T 0B2 (map) | (905) 678-1233
Sites: 247 | Latest Rate: $41.00 | 14 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $41.00
Indeed easy access to Toronto. Pool was ok, with salty water. We did use the washrooms and they were dirty, even after cleaning (?). We had a spot in front of the restrooms, and heard cleaning noises, but we could not see the results of that. The hairs were still in the sink. One of the shower heads was broken.
Staff was vriendly. We did not use the laundry facilities.
WiFi was fast, but very instable. iPhone did not login to the WiFi.
The fire ring was a hole in the ground, which was, in our eyes, dangerous with the drought. - Bisan
May 2015 - $34.00
I grew up in the area so my visit here in my own RV was a sort of return to my childhood. The park staff is friendly when they're here, so if you're one to require much of a personal touch you might be out of luck.
The park books quite fast with summer workers and regulars. Proximity to Toronto can't be beaten. This is the closest park to the city with access to major highways within minutes.
50 amp service is reliable. Drive-through spots are quite long but drives are shared between 2 campsites. My impression is that it's a touch overpriced but that premium is for the location.
Hiking trails and the conservation area are a treat for the DW and the dogs. I'll be back for sure as it's close to friends and family. - Outlaw Pilots
Oct 2014 - $34.00
This Toronto and Region Conservation district campground is located one of the residential areas on the outskirts of Toronto. Though it is a campground that closes for the winter, it feels like a poorly run trailer park. Some of the seasonal trailers are very well kept, and some of them are trashy. We arrived after a rain storm, and our first site was a swamp. Our second site had had new dirt put on it that hadn't been compacted so we sunk in to our axles in mud. Our third site was damp but better than the first two. We had water and electricity. The laundry facilities were great. The campground has free internet that is best accessed from the laundry building area, so I made friends with a fellow camper who has using a washer as a desk for his computer while I did my laundry. We had read in these reviews to avoid the side of the campground near the train tracks, so we did. We got traffic noise instead along with the train sounds in the distance. After a while you learn to block those out and it didn't really bother us. That said, the campground was VERY convenient to the people we were visiting and the work we were undertaking in Toronto. Price quoted here is in $Canadian. - ShoreXplorers
3666 Simcoe County Road 88 Bradford, Ontario L3Z 2A4 (map) | (905) 775-1377
Sites: 150 | Latest Rate: $55.00 | 3 Reviews
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We stayed here for just a one night stop on the road. Park is close to shutting down for the season, only a couple other campers in the park when we were there. We can see there are many activities for kids, nice playground, pool, putt putt, large fire pit. Our price was off season but still more than we like to pay, and the rates are quite steep on season. But you are paying for the activities for the kids. Room to walk the dogs. Clear sky for satellite view. Don't think we would stay here if it was crowded, it would be too busy for us. But if you have kids, it is a good place if you don't mind paying premium price. - Living the Dream
May 2011 - $40.00
The only reason we stayed here was to get a trip under our belts in the new camper and this place was the closest to home. The pool was nice but the rest was simply "ok". Too close to Hwy 400. Could always hear the traffic. Sites were quite small. Nothing to write home about. No reason for us to go back. - Rockford
Aug 2009 - $70.00
The park was tidy and well kept with all the amenities in good working order. The bathrooms were clean but very outdated with the walls being painted particle board and the sinks showing many years of use. The sites were a different story as all are gravel and many are not level. One row could be pull thru's but are used as two sites on gravel defined by a chain with no privacy and literally backing right up to your neighbor. We stayed in a pull thru and had to move three times as the sites slope down and away. The pool was very nice but the nature trail was a pasture with a trail mowed through weeds. They have many mature trees and the park is on a small ridge overlooking the 400 for easy access to the freeway. I doubt we would stay here again as the price is steep for what you receive and much of that is likely influenced by the Jellystone name. - skiddy
5140 5th Line Essa Twp Alliston, Ontario L9R 1V2 (map) | (705) 435-7946
Sites: 90 | Latest Rate: $50.00 | 4 Reviews
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Stayed here a couple of weeks after Labor Day so most of the campers were adults. Quiet, spacious sites, not crowded at this time of year and beautifully kept. Just be prepared for the trains running along nearby lines in the early morning. Wifi worked well enough for general browsing, email etc.
Will camp there again. - Chris_m
Jun 2015 - $49.00
Good sites. Level and roomy. We were on the end. Great trees and flowers. We were happy. - Tworetired
Sep 2010 - $25.00
The park has everything. Sites are well laid out and all on grass. The office is in an old mill. This park has been operated by the family for five generations. The staff is helpful and friendly. The only criticism is the laundry. We had no problem because we were probably the only full-timers in the park. There is one washer and one dryer. The good part is that they are domestic appliances and very efficient and cost only $1.00 to wash and $2.00 to dry. - palamine
4998 Concession #7 Alliston, Ontario L9R 1W1 (map) | (705) 435-2498
Sites: 396 | Latest Rate: $38.00 | 2 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $38.00
Big park, big sites.
The swimming area was okay, needs a bit of algae removal.
Bikes would be useful to bring. - Rohan
Jun 2009 - $40.00
The electrical sites for large trailers and motor homes are away from the main park at Riverside camp ground. You will have to drive out of your camp ground to go to the main site to access pool, sandy beach, trails etc. Separate dumping area also has potable water to fill the fresh water tank. The sites at Riverside campground are shady with mature trees. Pool was closed when we stayed there, which doesn't open until 27-June. - Lazy Camper
139 Reive Blvd Cookstown, Ontario L0L 1L0 (map) | (705) 458-2267
Sites: 108 | Latest Rate: $65.00 | 11 Reviews
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Nice KOA park. Great for big rigs. WiFi is very slow. We reserved a 50 amp full service sight and they put us on a 30 amp site. Even thou it was wired with a 50 amp plug and breaker, it didn't work. When we called the office they said "oh, that's a 30 amp site". For one night we put up with it. - coehotrodder
Jun 2015 - $65.00
Great level large sites. Nice maple trees for shade or sunny lots. Very clean and well maintained. The office staff were extremely helpful. Awesome campground. The WiFi was not great but apparently they were working on it. - Tworetired
Aug 2014 - $45.00
Well located just off the #400 motorway North of Toronto. Easy checking in and find it a typical KOA with lots of activities for kids. Roads are gravel and in our section are plenty wide for big rig access. The site is a level gravel pull through about 70' in length. Services are well located and good quality. They have trees between sites, but no problem getting access to the satellites. Site separation is good, with well maintained grass lawns between sites. They have a reasonably sized and fenced dog area, but they also have huge grass areas where you can actually run the dogs. We will return if back in this area. - Oriana

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Wendy Sherman emerges as top pick for State's No. 3 post
- By Josh Rogin
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Previously, Josh covered defense and foreign policy as a staff writer for Congressional Quarterly, writing extensively on Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo Bay, U.S.-Asia relations, defense budgeting and appropriations, and the defense lobbying and contracting industries. Prior to that, he covered military modernization, cyber warfare, space, and missile defense for Federal Computer Week Magazine. He has also served as Pentagon Staff Reporter for the Asahi Shimbun, Japan's leading daily newspaper, in its Washington, D.C., bureau, where he reported on U.S.-Japan relations, Chinese military modernization, the North Korean nuclear crisis, and more.
A graduate of George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, Josh lived in Yokohama, Japan, and studied at Tokyo's Sophia University. He speaks conversational Japanese and has reported from the region. He has also worked at the House International Relations Committee, the Embassy of Japan, and the Brookings Institution.
Josh's reporting has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, C-Span, CBS, ABC, NPR, WTOP, and several other outlets. He was a 2008-2009 National Press Foundation's Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow, 2009 military reporting fellow with the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the 2011 recipient of the InterAction Award for Excellence in International Reporting. He hails from Philadelphia and lives in Washington, D.C.
Former State Department counselor Wendy Sherman, a long time confidant of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has emerged as the "leading candidate" to replace Bill Burns as the third-highest ranking official in Foggy Bottom, according to two State Department officials.
Sherman, currently the vice chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group, was counselor to Secretary of State Madeline Albright, where she also held the role of North Korean policy coordinator. She served as assistant secretary of State for legislative affairs from 1993 to 1996 under Secretary of State Warren Christopher. She is also chair of the board of directors of Oxfam America and serves on the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Policy Board.
Sherman is a long time friend of Clinton's and was a major part of her nomination preparation and transition teams, one State Department official said. She served as an agency review lead for the State Department's transition after the 2008 election along with National Security Advisor Tom Donilon. And, as an official with some experience dealing with East Asia she will help to fill the void being left by the departing Deputy Secretary of State Jim Steinberg, the current No. 2.
Steinberg is leaving to take over as dean of the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He will be replaced by Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns. The short list for Burns' replacement included Sherman and former Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson, but President Barack Obama announced last week he intended to nominate Patterson as ambassador to Egypt.
We're told that the Sherman appointment is not a 100 percent done deal, but very close. If confirmed, she would be a political appointee taking over a job that is normally filled by a career foreign service officer. But Burns, a career foreign service officer, is taking over a job normally reserved for a political appointee, so the general balance of the leadership atop the State Department between politicos and diplomats would remain roughly the same.
Burns, who has been integral to the State Department's response to the Arab revolutions, had his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.
"We have our share of problems, but it is a mistake to underestimate our enduring strengths and our capacity to do big and difficult things," Burns said in his hearing. "That capacity will be tested in the months and years ahead."


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"I went up there right before the season and I really loved the campus," McCants said. "I really liked the atmosphere and it made my mind up. It was different, fun and enthusiastic. I can't really explain it. It was the best place I visited."
After finishing his senior campaign with a sensational 818 receiving yards, 560 rushing yards, 540 return yards, and 18 total touchdowns, the Bulls' coaching staff plans to use McCants' versatility to it's fullest once he arrives on campus.
"The coaching staff said they're going to use me out wide, in the slot, running back, just anyway to get the ball in my hands."
The coaching staff was just as excited to add another piece of the puzzle going forward.
"I spoke with coach Holt first and he was very excited," McCants said. "He had me call coach Taggart and he was excited about what I bring to the table. Coach Taggart said I made his day."
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Microsoft SCOM as a complete Management Solution for a VMware Environment
In "Using Microsoft SCOM to Manage the Performance of Virtualized Applications on vSphere", we discussed how using the BlueStripe FactFinder Management Pack for SCOM, it was possible to get detailed application topology views along with end-to-end and hop-by-hop applications response time in the same management system a proven enterprise solution for managing physical and virtual windows servers (specifically Microsoft SCOM).
Capacity Management Approaches and Products
Now the VMware has release Capacity IQ it is worth taking a look at the category of Capacity Planning and Monitoring Tools for VMWare (and other virtualization platforms), and see how they compare to VMware's offering. This article highlights a couple of the capabilities of each product and is not intended to be an exhaustive product review. More detail is contained in the White Paper available for download at the end of this article.
Application Performance Management for Virtualization Comes of Age
Since the major push on the part of VMware with vSphere is to virtualize Tier 1 applications, it is important to understand how the Application Performance Management solutions for virtualized Tier 1 applications is evolving in support of this trend. Before we go into the APM vendors in detail it it important to note that we define three layers of performance management for virtualized systems. These three layers are Infrastructure Performance Management, Applications Performance Management, and Transaction Performance Management. These layers are defined the Virtualized Performance and Capacity Management White paper which is available for download in the Performance Management section of the White Papers page on this site.
VMware AppSpeed Due to Shake up the Virtualization Performance Management Landscape
On May 28th 2008, VMware announced that they were buying Applications Performance Management Vendor B-hive. The fact that VMware made this acquisition over a year ago, and is only now getting ready to ship the resulting product (AppSpeed) in concert with the vSphere rollout is in and of itself significant. The key message for vSphere is that it has the performance and scalability to virtualize "every" application, including business critical high transaction rate applications. The issue for enterprises with these applications is that the teams responsible for these applications are highly reluctant to insert another variable into their performance without a mechanism to assure the performance of these applications within the virtual environment. Assuring the performance of these types of applications in a virtual environment is a unique, demanding and largely unsolved problem. This problem must be solved in order for the growth of virtualization to extend beyond "low hanging fruit" and to include these business critical applications.


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TFK at the Debate
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney met on October 16 for the election season's second presidential debate. It was held at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, New York.
The event was conducted in a town-hall setting. Questions came from audience members, not from debate moderator Candy Crowley of CNN. This group of voters had not yet decided which candidate to support. "The voters' questions will drive the night," Crowley said. "My goal is to make sure questions get answered."
TFK Kid Reporter Bridget Bernardo was at the debate. She conducted interviews and watch the debate from inside the debate hall. Watch her video report above. (Reporting by Bridget Bernardo Videography and editing by Kelli Plasket)


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Traffic problem in Erwin could soon be stopped in tracks
ERWIN, Tenn. - A traffic problem in a local town could soon be stopped in its tracks.
People in Erwin say they're fed up with the railroad tracks there and the trains that often hold up drivers, but a construction project in the works could soon change that.
Our news car actually got caught in traffic because of a train while looking into this story, and we saw more than one impatient driver turn around to find another route.
A sea of brake lights and flashing railroad lights on State Route 107 -- you might say traffic in Erwin comes to a standstill when a train rolls through.
We asked driver Julie Hartlett how long she expected to wait. "Twenty minutes. I don't know, a long wait," she said.
But there's light at the end of the tunnel: there's a soon-to-be bridge being constructed nearby that's expected to improve accessibility and ease congestion.
Unicoi County Mayor Greg Lynch says this project has taken nearly 25 years for the Town of Erwin to get started, and funding issues by the state posed some challenges. "Some of the projects that were on the table had to be pulled off," he said.
Besides the obvious inconvenience, Mayor Lynch believes the new bridge will be a big help to public safety. "When we had the fire at the Municipal Building, the Johnson City Fire Department actually got caught by a train," added Lynch.
We learned just over five percent of the project is complete and TDOT officials estimate it will be finished by October 2014.
While it's good news for some, other drivers say they don't agree with building a new bridge. "There's not that many trains running right now like there used to be due to the coal industry. If there were a lot of trains it might be a different issue. But for me, no, I don't think it's a good idea right now," said driver Karen Hensley.
Another thing we learned about this project: 80 percent is funded federally while the rest is funded by the state.
Mayor Lynch says he believes this new bridge could spur retail growth simply because of the added convenience.
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Toyota has announced something called the 2015 Prius Persona Series Special Edition. Included on the special variant will be 17-inch alloy wheels, a metallic exterior finish, heated power mirrors and chrome shift knob rings and door grips. Inside, you've got special badging and black SofTex fabric stitched with gray. The new Prius Persona will come in two colors: "Blizzard Pearl" and "Absolutely Red." The special edition has base price of $26,985, and the "Blizzard Pearl" option knocks it closer to the $27,400 mark and there's also the $895 (give or take) delivery fee.
Demand for the Prius in the US has plateaued recently as other automakers have broadened their selection of advanced-powertrain vehicles. Through the first half of the year, combined sales of the four Prius variants were down 11 percent from 2013 numbers to about 107,000 units, including about 63,000 of the standard sedans and almost 20,300 of the Prius C compact hybrids. Perhaps there are enough personas out there that sales will get a boost from this special edition. Take a look at Toyota's press release on the 2015 Prius Persona below.
TORRANCE, Calif. (July 30, 2014) – The best-selling hybrid in America is taking style to a new level. The 2015 Prius Persona Series Special Edition is tailored with elegant exterior and interior touches that make it unique. The special edition model will begin arriving in dealerships in September.
The Prius Persona Series Special Edition model adds exterior changes and equipment to a Prius Three to create a distinct visual package. Persona Series includes 17-inch alloy wheels with a premium dark metallic finish. The special edition also comes equipped with premium heated power mirrors with turn signal indicators.
The Persona model will be available in two exterior colors, Blizzard Pearl, and for the first time ever on this model, Absolutely Red. A "Persona Series" exterior badge on the rear of the vehicle also helps differentiate the model. The Persona's interior is trimmed in black SofTex® with gray stitching. The steering wheel is also trimmed in SofTex® material and includes a dark chrome bezel that complements the new model's dark chrome shift knob ring and door grips.
To add to the luxurious visuals, Persona Series features blue driver and front-passenger foot area illumination. The new Persona Special Edition has a MSRP of $26,985. Blizzard Pearl exterior paint is accompanied by an additional $395 fee.
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Global Warming
This was written in 1953, seems like not too much has changed....
The warning is still valid.....50 years, or even the years since industry has been around, is not even a blink of the eye in the time that the earth has existed............unless of course, if you go with the "Adam & Eve" theory................................
Just doesnt make sense to me that we've known about this problem for AT LEAST 50 years and havent done a whole heck of a lot to curb the problem. The US is by far and away the leader in greenhouse gas emissions but it isnt doing a very good job at setting examples for the up-and-coming nations that are going to continue the trend and perhaps surpass the US in total emissions.
Global Cooling
Climate change is cyclical in nature. In the 1970's, "global cooling" was all the rage. Now it's global warming. Not all scientists believe in global warming. The people that did this study do not seem to be nutcases to me. http://www.intellicast.com/DrDewpoint/Library/1395/ I just don't get too excited about all the different theories. It's a big,big world and the sun is hotter and colder in cycles.
It is indisputable that the Earth is warming.
There are several problems with taking this on its face, though.
Firstly, nobody was around taking accurate temperature readings before about 150 years ago, so all the data is estimated.
Secondly, whether the Earth is "too warm" or "too cold" depends on how far back you go with the data. There were mini ice ages in the 1800's - London went one year without a summer. The Earth has, in the past, been extremely hot, or extremely cold, compared to today. What's "normal"?
Thirdly, its hard to get a local weather forecast for tomorrow that's better than 50% accurate. How can anyone predict anything as complex as the global climate?
Lastly, most of the climate models I've seen concentrate on CO2 as the major basis for warming. However, there are two problems with this. One is that there were periods in the past with high levels of CO2 that were much colder than today. The other, is that this ignores the two major climate drivers - water vapor and the sun.
In summary, right now, we don't know what we don't know. Its not worth worrying about until we have some better science - and especially science without a political agenda.
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ckucia, you are right when you say "we don't know what we don't know". But you are not right when you say, "Its not worth worrying about until we have some better science - and especially science without a political agenda". We can not stand back and not research these things because by the time we get around to figuring it out it will be to late. If we want our grandchildren's grandchildren to have clean air and the environment to be self sustaining we have to work on these problems now.
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I'm not saying we shouldn't continue researching. However, the idea that we should act now "before its too late" is a bad one.
If you don't believe that global warming is caused by human activity, then its pointless to do anything because events are beyond our control.
If you do believe that global warming is caused by human activity, then you should believe that we ought to be absolutely certain before acting, or we could potentially make the problem worse. Less than 30 years ago, the scientific consensus was that we were on the verge of another ice age. Had we acted then, assuming we even had the ability, we could have made the problem worse and exascerbated the warming cycle we were actually in.
Right now, I'm of the first camp. Short of setting off a bunch of nukes all over the world and spewing particulates in the air, I don't believe that we are the cause of, nor have the solution to, the current warming cycle. Its hubris to believe we have that much power based on the available evidence, IMHO.
Where I live (Ohio) was covered with glacial ice thousands of years ago. It didn't all suddenly melt in 1980. Until I see a radical change that can't be explained by the chaotic nature of climate systems, or some hard science that actually takes all the factors into account and generates a climate model that can actually predict what happened to temperatures in the past reliably (something that does not exist now), I'm not going to worry about global warming.
I believe that ckucia is right, and that the political angle is actually hindering the science. I don't believe he is saying to forget about the problem, but that any data we have is inaccurate at best, and until the science is more accurate, the results should be questioned.
Here's some food for thought.
This is the typical panic-inducing graph showing climate data from 1880 (which is about when the industrial revolution really took off).
Looks like a pretty significant change, but its all in the data set you choose.
Here's what happens if you go back to 1659:
Still looks like there might be some warming towards recent history, but to address just one variable, here's solar activity since 1750:
There's no mean on this graph, but you can detect a steady rise in solar activity, especially since about 1900 and peaking around 1960.
Does this explain the warming? I don't know, and neither does anybody else, but its just one variable that could explain the activity. Solar activity is supposed to be coming to a 10 year down period, so it will be interesting to see if global warming abates. (Solar activity occurs on an 11 year cycle).
I couldn't find a better source, but here are some graphs showing longer term climate figures:
That last graph is especially interesting.
Just as an anecdote, Greenland was named Greenland because it was once green - and it must have been so when humans were around to observe it and give it a name.
Its completely ice-covered now, but there are pieces of plant material embedded deep within the ice indicating it was once a much warmer place.
That doesn't prove anything one way or another, but I think it puts global warming into perspective.
I don't pretend to have all the answers, but I've asked enough questions to come to the conclusion (and opinion) that the current global warming movement is less based on science and more based on some other agenda.
If I saw some good science proving me wrong, I'd be leading the cheer to reduce carbon emissions and other "greenhouse" gases. Right now, I'm all for not spewing needless things into the air, but I realize that some degree of emissions are required to maintain our current society with today's technology. Until there are other viable energy alternatives and/or we're more sure that there is a cause-and-effect relationship between fossil fuel consumption and planetary harm, I don't think we should do anything radical.
Just MHO...
Very well stated. I agree.
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"radical" is the term I agree with as well. But as you know nothing will ever change radically if the government is involved. You are right when you say there is no definitive answer and that is why I was stating that why we must continue to research the subject and come to a definitive answer. We also know that there are political and industrial agendas that will fight this as they are not sure how that definitive answer may affect them.
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WOW, Does this mean WE have to give up Mexican Food?
Well you can either choose to believe the offerings of these data or not, but I think the truth lies in the fact that "global warming" as a theme is really just a symptom of a greater problem, whether or not its caused by man directly, indirectly, in part or wholly.
The greater problem is social and ecological responsibility. I don't think that we (Americans) are really very much unlike any other country with respect to people basing most of their decisions upon what is most economically sound for them. Capitalism fosters and promotes the attitude that once you are economically able to afford luxury, other factors ought not to weigh upon your choices. In other words, if you can afford the payment, gas and insurance on a hummer, why should you also have to care that its not a very environmentally responsible vehicle? After all, you earned it, right?!
Of course the other side of the coin are the environmentally strict folks who don't subscribe to the view that wealth affords you the right to destroy the environment with your hummer any more than the guy driving next to you on the highway in a honda does. Of course this is terribly unpopular with most folks. After all, if you earned money why should other forces dictate how you ought to spend it? So the issue boils down to morality (which in stark contrast to popular opinion, is subjective).
So really, global warming isn't the issue. If you drive a huge car (which, by the way, I'm using as an example of an environmentally unfriendly act just because its a theme we all can relate to) and can afford it, you don't have to subscribe to the idea that the earth is warming each time you step on the gas, or even that its warming at all. You only have to know (which you must with 3 dollar per gallon gas prices) that you're going further to create environmental problems than the guy next to you is. In this country you're afforded the right to not only ask yourself "is that ok for me to do?" but also to answer the question.
Too much C02? Global Warming? WOW!!.. This must mean I can quit buying gas for my wire welder, quit paying heating bills, sell my house in the big city, buy a convertible and get me a nice reasonably priced secluded country crib someplace in Siberia.
Can I quit my day job now?
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This high lying area has gum and pine plantations on either side of the road. Descending towards Mbeya is very scenic, with harvested Millie fields in big golden blocks next to the road
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The road goes through a village and then comes to a boom gate. No indication whatsoever. A worker that speaks very little English, then hops into your car. He will show you the way. Once at the Quarry, you take a walk to where the cave is and then to the hot spring
The cave goes into the mountain from the top of the quarry (a few kilometers, according to the worker) to the bottom of the mountain. One of the entrances (about mid way down the mountain) is where we went in. It is remarkably cool inside the cave. With the sun blazing down outside it was a relief to spend a while there before going to the hot spring.
According to him a Chinaman followed the cave a couple of years ago, but other than that not very many come to explore the cave.
On the way to the Hot Spring, as far as one walks, blocks of marble lie around, seemingly redundant. The patterns and colors are all unique.
The Hot Spring is extremely hot! Apparently more than 50 degrees. Its runs all year round. He pointed out that the grass that grows at the spring can only be found at the hot spring. The grass has a tube like leaf rather than a flat leaf.
We made our way back to Mbeya only to get stuck in a huge traffic jam half way up the hill
Anxious not to arrive at Bongo Camp after sunset, we set off ever so careful not to go over the speed limit. We have had our share of fines and did not need another one.
We road climbed a lot and the surrounds became green and lush. Banana and tea plantations everywhere. The income from these products have made this region more prosperous than most of the other areas we have been to.
Just before sunset we arrived at Bongo - ordered a hot shower - and got a bucket of hot water in stead. Grateful none the less. After my wash I could sit with my feet in the hot water for as long as I wanted. Don't know when last my feet were this clean. LOL
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Writing an article's introductory paragraph is usually pretty easy. You introduce the photographer, you describe his or hers style, and you write something about their field of photography. However, in the case of Michael Muller, it is far from easy. It is obvious that he is mostly famous for his blockbuster movie posters and celebrity portraits, but for balance and context, there is a lot more that need be said. So let us just take it from the beginning.
Michael's love for photography started at a young age. When he was eleven years old, his family moved to Saudi Arabia, where his father would oversee the Bechtel Corporation's massive construction of Jubail. Michael's father, a passionate amateur photographer, bought him his very first camera – a yellow, waterproof Minolta Weathermatic.
"I first experienced the power of photography when I used my Minolta to take a picture of an image of a shark in National Geographic" Michael laughs. "I showed the picture to my friends, and I told them that I'd shot the image myself. They were amazed: oh, wow! No way!" Still amused, Michael goes on. "They just couldn't believe I'd taken such an amazing image – which I hadn't! Of course, I soon felt guilty for lying. Eventually I cracked up and told everybody the truth. But it definitely had an impact on me. I was beginning to appreciate the power of the medium, you know."
A couple of years later, the Muller family returned to the States. It was 1985, when the snowboarding phenomenon started to explode, and the 15 year old Michael Muller was determined to capture the action in the slopes. A friend helped him finance one of the worlds' first printed snowboard calendars, and not too long after that, Michael's very first pay check landed on his doormat.
"Several of my early snowboard images were published in magazines and calendars and, so I was pretty much just a sophomore when I started shooting at a commercial level," says Michael with a sense of irony in his voice. "Next I started shooting rock bands. This was before the internet, before everybody knew everything. I would just call the record label and 'suggest' that I was shooting for Rolling Stones or whatever magazine seemed important. I wasn't exactly shooting for any paper, but I did get front row seats, from where I could take great pictures of the band."
Michaels' early professional journey traces a restless young photographer. He moved to Colorado to once again shoot snowboarding – this time, fulltime. He left Colorado and applied for Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, where his impressive portfolio gained him advanced placement. After one semester, Michael realized that he did not need a diploma to get the jobs he wanted. He left the school and started to focus on portrait photography instead.
"I had a huge benefit," says Michael. "A lot of my friends were actors, like Leonardo DiCaprio, David Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Stephen Dorff and Drew Barrymore. They were somewhat known at the time, but not like they are today. Most importantly, they were friends. So, I was just shooting my friends, which was extremely comfortable and, as it turned out, it would give me an advantage down the road."
So to sum it up, you're pretty much self-taught?
"If I include a number of older professionals who gave me advice and a helping boost along the way, I'm completely self-taught. I didn't use strobes or anything like that during my first 10-15 years of shooting. Partly because I couldn't afford them, but also because I didn't go to school or assist anyone who was using that equipment. I just wasn't around light, you know. In retrospect, I think that was good. It taught me about framing, composition, directing and most importantly – finding really cool places to shoot images."
You evidently managed without studio lights. How come you started using strobes?
"Well, there were some personal distractions in my life," says Michael. "I stopped taking pictures for a couple of years…" He pauses for a while. "Let's just say I took a little detour. In retrospect, it was probably for the best. Life was coming at me too fast. I wasn't really appreciating it. In 2000, my father passed away. After that I started to get my life back on track. I moved back to northern California and started from scratch. One of my first assignments was a campaign for a clothing company that was really small at the time – Von Dutch. The owner of Von Dutch gave me the assignment immediately upon seeing my old portfolio with all the bands and now famous actors. That was my first major shoot with strobes – Profoto strobes. It was all new to me, so I stuck with only one light and a beauty dish. The campaign did really, really well. Suddenly, everybody wore those Von Dutch trucker hats. My phone started ringing, and I moved back to Los Angeles with a commitment to succeed."
And you continued to work with studio light, I guess?
"Yes, I learned to shoot with light, one strobe at a time. I shot with my original Profoto 7-b pack and a beauty dish for about a year. Then I added a second Profoto pack, a grid and started shooting with two lights. A bit later I added another one and then another, until today, where I've done shoots with up to 80 packs."
Has your background as a self-taught photographer in any way affected how you think and work today?
"Perhaps. I didn't have any references at the beginning. I hadn't assisted anyone or had the opportunity to learn from someone else. I was on my own. But I knew what I wanted. I didn't want my work to look too stylized, but I wanted it to pop out from the page. I wanted it to look hyper real. On the other hand, I don't think you really know what you like until you do it or you see it. If you completely know what you like, then you're just copying someone else. If you strive to create a certain look, probably that look already exists. I didn't want to do that. I didn't go to the magazine racks, and I didn't read the coffee table books. I just went and played with lighting until I found something that I really liked."
Today Michael Muller's portfolio is as multifaceted and as colorfully dynamic as they come. Wildlife photography, documentary photography, sports photography, celebrity portraits and blockbuster movie posters – it is all there. But it is not only the motifs that come in all colors and shapes. The style and lighting is just as varied.
"That's a conscious decision," says Michael. "It's based on two principles. First of all, I don't want to get pigeonholed. Some photographers build a career on a certain look, but the problem with that is that if you are hired by a magazine or an ad agency, they expect you to do that look and nothing else. You're stuck with it. I refuse to let that happen. Secondly, I really enjoy shooting different subjects. They each play off each other, and I think it keeps things interesting."
Is it very different to shoot different motifs?
"Yes and no, finally, you're creating images. It's just the approach that is different."
What about portraits? Is it different to shoot a celebrity, who's accustomed to standing in front of the camera, compared to a 'normal' person, who doesn't have that experience?
"Well, the main difference is that celebrities have a preconceived notion about themselves. They tend to raise barriers. They have a lot of protection, a lot of buffers. So you have to peel back those barriers to reveal the real person underneath. However, at the end of the day, everybody is pretty much the same, and everybody is more or less insecure about getting their picture taken."
Celebrities too?
"Certainly. Celebrities, just like the rest of us, can be very insecure. They don't like to have their picture taken. If you put a movie camera in front of them, their fine, there are always retakes. But the still camera? They distrust it. Understanding and respecting that is a part of why I've been pretty successful in that business. I work fast and I make them feel and look good. And they love it.
What's your secret?
"I treat everybody with the same respect. I don't change my attitude just because someone is famous. I respect their talent, but I treat them as a real person. We all breathe the same air and we all have the same sun, so let's work together and make a great iconic picture together!"
Speaking of great pictures – which aspect of your work are you the most proud of?
"Right now, it's the animals that are the most fufilling. I'm currently busy shooting sharks and polar bears for a TV show. You know, I'm doing something that's never been done. Nobody's ever brought studio quality lighting to the animals in their natural environment. At least not in this scale. It's hard to explain, but when you see it, you'll understand.
Exactly what is it that gives you fulfillment?
"The challenge. Bears and sharks and electricity in the water – it's tough but satisfying. It's amazing to be able to use all this new technology, to capture wildlife in a way that people have never experienced. I want a strong reaction from people. I want them to say: wow, no way! How did you do that?"
Just like your friends in Jubail did?
"Exactly. The last time I was out there shooting, I stood on the boat, and I thought and felt: this is what I was meant to do. For 25 years I've been using my gift for photography to sell products, rock bands and actors and whatever else. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I treasure my gift, and my movie posters bring people in through the door. But I want to use that same gift to make people think and care more about our planet. If they see an image of a shark, and if they think that it's beautiful, then maybe, maybe will they think twice before eating shark fin soup again…"
So you still believe in the power of the medium?
"Oh yes."
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[…] Profoto, a Swedish company that designs and builds lighting solutions for still and motion photography, did a big interview with Michael Muller for its blog that covers how Michael became a photographer, how a campaign he shot in 2000 became a turning point both for him and for the fashion brand Von Dutch, his approach to shooting celebrity portraits, and a new project that puts him up close with some of nature's mightiest creatures. Here are some excerpts from "Michael Muller: The Power and the Wow," which was written by Frederic Franzén. Full article here. […]
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I LOVE his movie posters- The Spider-man poster is great I remember reading about the shooting process for the poster on the apple website a few years ago. Still dreaming of owning profoto equipment one day- i'll just have to continue using Elinchrom and broncolor until I upgrade to profoto 🙁
Mohamed Ghuloom
I really get inspired reading about such photographers. I don't know why, but It's like I'm seeing myself in there. I would strive to one day reach your level Michael.
Your photos are simply amazing
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It's been an interesting and packed week this past week. I finally feel like everything is coming together, which is as it should be! Morgan, of course, is doing wonderfully with the kids, as is Sol Anyel, and so I feel like I can return to the States in good conscience.
The church decided to throw me a going-away party last Sunday and asked Morgan if she would help with the pi�ata, and she suggested we make it -- which turned out to be quite a project! Papier-mach� for 30 kids is crazy. But, we ended up making it work,
Morgan, more adventurous than I, also tried concrete-sledding down the alameda with the kids. She perhaps discovered a new talent?
Jennifer, Morgan and I pitched in to buy Stephannie a high chair after she fell from the box she'd been sitting on..
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He arrived on Thursday night, and so he had Friday with the kids. Saturday, we took Sol Anyel, Mar�a Fernanda, Marci, Victor and Stephannie to Pizza Hut. They have a play area, and it was a nice way to both say thank-you to Sol Anyel and Marci for all the work they've done for this program and for the kids to get to have a chance to play on a safe jungle-gym. And, of course: Who doesn't like pizza?
Then, on Sunday, the church had my going-away party. We had a seemingly endless stream of pi�atas because we'd decided to have many small ones, trying to string them together (which didn't end up working so well in the end, but lots of kids got to try to hit it). I got whacked in the right wrist by a 13-year-old, dizzy girl wielding a stick, but nothing seems to be broken. =) I even got a chance to break one! Apparently I sent it flying around the room. I cried a lot, and so did the kids, which I guess means I did ok this year
Monday, Dad and I took off for Arenal. I figured that it would be good for Dad to get to see something as long as he was coming down here! So, Monday we hiked through the forest to (try to) see the lava, but the clouds were too low, so we didn't get to see anything. But, we did get to see an old lava flow and tons of animals, so that was pretty cool. Then, we went to the hot springs. Tuesday, we went rafting. Dad fell out, but somehow managed not to lose his glasses! Wednesday, we went horseback riding to the waterfall, which was different this time -- not on the road -- so we saw lots of toucans and other animals. It was beautiful!! Then, we came back on the bus.
When I got back to the church last night, I found that Morgan had planned a surprise mini going-away party for me! She'd baked a cake, and Marci, Stephannie, Victor, Sol Anyel, Mar�a Fernanda, Veronica, Ruth and Esteban were over. Daysi came by later with Melissa, so we had a great group to eat that cake! It was so, so nice to get to spend that time with them.
I'm at the airport right now in San Jose, taking advantage of the free wireless internet. It's so strange to be leaving. I ended up having to leave way earlier than planned because of the events in Britain earlier today; I wanted to make sure I got here in enough time to wait in line, but it turned out that everything went the smoothest it's ever gone! I'm hoping Houston isn't too bad, but it might be just awful; we'll see. Hey, if I have to stay over, that's what I'll have to do.
I hope you're all well.


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May 08, 2010 at Storrs, Conn. (J.O. Christian Field)
Score by Innings R H E
Cincinnati.......... 000 000 000 - 0 2 3
Connecticut......... 154 020 02X - 14 16 0
Umpires - HP: Bob Parker 1B: Don LaValley 3B: Brian Troupe
Start: 4:21 pm Time: 2:20 Attendance: 189
Weather: Sunny and 68 degrees
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