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Malkorok is the 9th boss in Siege of Orgrimmar. He's got some nasty abilities and is a step up in difficulty from many of the early bosses.
It's two-phase single target fight (there are a few adds in heroic, but they're not a big focus).
The fight
During phase one there is constant raid-wide damage, and a shield mechanic similar to Tortos. Any healing taken will go into your shield, not your health bar. Thankfully, you don't have to shoot a crystal to trigger the shield, it applies automatically. Malkorok uses a few damaging abilities. Seismic Slam does damage in a 5 yard area and shoots players up into the air. Be sure to be spread out so only one person gets hit at a time. Imploding Energy will spawn void pools around the room. After 5 seconds they will explode, doing damage to anyone in them. Each zone must be soaked by at least one player standing in them, or massive shadow damage will be done to all players. My raid splits the room into quadrants and assigns people to each one so everyone knows where they need to soak. Arcing Smash is a cone attack that he will use 3 times during the phase, this can be avoided. 10 seconds after the 3rd Arcing Smash, he'll use Breath of Y'Shaarj which deals massive damage in the places where the smashes were. Remembering the position of each smash so you know where the safe zones are is very important.
Heroic only – When Malk uses Seismic slam, it causes Living corruption adds to spawn and attack players. These have an aura which reduces the casting and movement speed of those around them. They need to get to the tank so they don't sabotage the casters. Malkorok will also spawn orbs of corruption continuously throughout phase 1. These persist and if anyone comes into contact with them, their barrier gets removed and they take damage. These can be soaked using cooldowns, but should generally be avoided in this phase.
In phase 2 the Ancient Miasma fades, meaning people no longer have shields and can have their health restored. Malkorok will start using Blood Rage, doing huge amounts of damage split among any players in front of him. In normal, everyone just stacks in front of the boss to split the damage. Displaced Energy is a debuff that will be applied to random players. It deals damage to the player and if it is dispelled (or after 9 seconds) explodes, doing damage to anyone in 8 yards. Because of this, players who get this need to move out of the group. Whether or not you want to dispel is up to your group (I vote no!).
Heroic only – The Displaced Energy debuff also roots the affected player in place. Only tanks (or one Monk tank) should stand in front of the boss to soak the Blood Rage. The rest of the players should stay spread out in their quadrants. At this time, the Essences of Y'Shaarj can be soaked by players with good cooldowns (hunters, shadow priests, paladins) to free up some space.
When the Blood Rage ends, we go back to phase 1.
Talent Recommendations
Level 15 – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Chimera
In order to soak as many Orbs as possible, the shorter cooldown on Deterrence is good.
Level 90 – Glaive Toss
Normal is a single-target fight and in heroic the adds aren't numerous and die quickly.
Tips for the Fight
- Deterrence has a ton of uses on this fight. In heroic you can use it to soak the Essences of Y'Shaarj. If you get caught in an Arcing Smash or Breath of Y'Shaarj, Deterrence will keep you alive.
- Disengage can help you get out of the bad floor effects, reduce fall damage after a slam, or get to Imploding Energy to soak in time.
- Keep an eye on your Barrier level. It will change colour based on how full it is. Use a Healthstone if you're in the red.
- Heroic – Master's Call is helpful on heroic, it can be used if you're slowed by an ooze or if you are rooted by Displaced Energy.
- Heroic – Help out the raid by Misdirecting the oozes when they spawn. Once they're on the tank, Multishot every once in a while to help get them down.
- Heroic – Get a Druid to Symbiosis you so they can get Deterrence and you can use Dash so you can soak more orbs.
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Editor's note: Philip Kasinitz is a presidential professor at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the co-author of "Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age" (with Mary Waters, John Mollenkopf and Jennifer Holdaway) published in 2008.
(CNN) -- The situation along the U.S. southern border is complicated. There are no easy answers to the problem of thousands of desperate children, many unaccompanied minors, fleeing chaos, violence and governmental collapse in Central America.
Yet seeing some of my fellow Americans jeering busloads of frightened children and hearing commentators dismiss these children as someone else's problem has left me wondering exactly what kind of country we have turned into, and how quickly we forget our own history.
My grandfather arrived on Ellis Island in 1907 as an unaccompanied 9-year-old from an impoverished small town in what is now Belarus. The situation he fled was probably less dire than that of many of the Central Americans arriving today. But it was bad enough.
His father had died. His widowed mother's only alternative to destitution was a quick remarriage, but the presence of the strong-willed boy was a serious impediment to her prospects. So little Chaim was farmed out to his elderly grandmother, for whom he was clearly too much to handle. He continually ran away from home and school, sometimes for days at time.
Chaim became a kind of unlikely Jewish mascot of a local gang of non-Jewish teens. With a child's unerring instinct of how to get under the skin of his new, strictly observant stepfather, he began to eat pork with his rough companions.
Decades later he would recall his days as a freedom-loving village hooligan with a mischievous grin, but it does not take much historical imagination to understand why the adults around him were terrified. Political violence, anti-Semitic pogroms, criminal gangs and violent state repression were all on the rise in the waning days of the Russian empire. In this dangerous, chaotic time, Chaim must have seemed headed for certain disaster.
The local rabbi was consulted and a course of action was recommended: Send the incorrigible little delinquent off to live with his late father's cousins in America — a land so full of incorrigible delinquents that one more would scarcely be noticed.
Chaim arrived at Ellis Island penniless and alone. Social workers kept him there until they found a cousin willing to claim him. It didn't take, however. Sixty years later he told me this cousin had a big beard and reminded him of the teachers and rabbis back in the shtetl that he had run away from in the first place. Whatever the real reason, by age 11 he had run away from the cousin, too, and was more or less on his own for good.
Early days in America were not auspicious. He wandered the streets of New York's Lower East Side and Brownsville, sleeping in a stable and working for pennies by helping out teamsters on their wagons. In his late teens he became a boxer — never very good — and a bouncer at a saloon.
Only 5-foot-2, he acquired the nickname of "Little Frenchy" a tribute to a street brawler named Frenchy whose fighting style he emulated. The name stuck for the rest of his life. He did stints in orphanages and reformatories and a short one in adult jail, when he lied about his age to avoid the juvenile authorities.
And yet, from this unpromising beginning, an American family sprang. After this rocky start -- Frenchy, like many thousands of other one time "unaccompanied minors" — eventually became a very solid American.
He volunteered for the U.S. Army during World War I and became an American citizen. After the war he started a small moving business that grew to be modestly successful, employing about a dozen men. He married a U.S.-born girl whose family came from his hometown. Together they ran the business, raised two sons who later served in the U.S. military and went on to successful careers.
Frenchy and his wife lived to see their grandchildren, who eventually became reasonably decent and productive Americans. And, much to the annoyance of those grandchildren, my grandparents also became knee-jerk patriots, loudly supporting all things American even at the height of the Vietnam War.
Not knowing his real birthday, Frenchy always listed July 4 as his date of birth.
He voted, joined civic groups and paid taxes. Indeed, one of my father's favorite stories about my grandfather concerned a year in the late 1940s when his accountant told him that after depreciation on his trucks and various other deductions, he owed no federal tax. Frenchy would have none of it. To the accountant's horror, he insisted on writing a check for the same amount he had paid the previous year.
America had taken him in when he was a hungry, frightened child. Whatever his shortcomings, America had allowed him to prosper by the sweat of his brow. Now a successful man, he was not going to hide behind some accountant's tricks and shirk his duty to pay his fair share. Paying his share was what a man did. It was what an American did. While he never lost his youthful distaste for organized religion, he had an almost religious belief in the essential goodness of his adopted homeland.
And yes, Frenchy broke the rules and occasionally some laws to get here and survive here. If that is a contradiction, it is the kind of contradiction that animates many American lives. That is the kind of country we are, and for the most part, it's worked out pretty well.
I wonder how many people screaming at frightened children in Murrieta, California, have an ancestor with a similar story. I wonder why so many Americans have forgotten their history. And I wonder, if they are allowed to stay, what sort of Americans will the brave, resilient children on those buses someday become?
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Hello everybody! It's Thursday again, and for this week's Throwback (#TBT), we're celebrating the Selected Letters of C. G. Jung, 1909-1961. The letters collected in this volume chronicle the founder of analytical psychology's correspondence with friends, colleagues, and the people who came to him with problems. They also provide crucial insights into the beginnings of his theories and trace their development over the years.
Originally published in 1984, Selected Letters is one of many texts brought back by the Princeton Legacy Library series. It is also part of Princeton University Press's esteemed Bollingen Series, named after the very Swiss village where Jung maintained a personal retreat.
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Blogging Letterman style (or, 10 reasons I'm excited for the '09 season) - Pt II
5. Because Cito Gaston is kicking all kinds of ass and taking names
If we've learned anything about the New Gastonian Era (terminology hat tip), it's that you don't mess with The Cito. Mike Mussina can kiss his ass, and apparently, Roger Clemens is an asshole. Cito - such language! Think about the children!
There's a good chance there's a little bit of senility creeping in, but you know what? I'm really enjoying this new 'shoot from the lip' Cito. You have something else to say, Joe Maddon? Then you'd best be ready to throw down. The Cito isn't messing around in '09, man.
4. Because of The Arnsberg Effect
If you tell me that it's possible to have a man-crush on a pitching coach, then I will tell you that I think I have one on Brad Arnsberg. Seriously, if any one man can cobble together a workable staff out of the fresh faces filling out the Jays rotation this year, it's Arnie. His handling of one Ricardo Romero Jr (I may have made the Junior part up - no idea) this spring has been nothing short of nails.
He may have saved your career, Ricky - now go reward him with 14 wins.
3. Because of the kids
When's the last time we, as fans of the Toronto Blue Jays, had a crop of talent like this coming up through the system? Sniderman and Young Adam Lind are here to rake, and we have 3 young arms in the rotation (Litsch, Purcey, Romero) looking to establish themselves as big leaguers.
The next wave includes impact bats like JP Arencibia and some usable sticks like Scotty Campbell and Brad Emaus. The best may be yet to come on the mound, with future rotation horse Brett Cecil due to arrive mid-season, and spring darling Brad Mills is on standby should someone falter. I'm an ardent follower of boxscores on MiLB, and I plan on continuing that trend this season.
(What? You think that's sad? Fuck you! How else am I supposed to follow the daily trials and tribulations of kids like Balbino Fuenmayor and Timmy Collins? That's right - I didn't think you had another answer.)
2. Because the Blue Jays have nothing to lose
I mean, it's going to be a dogshit season, right? That's what all the experts are saying, yes? The Jays will be in a 4th place battle with Baltimore, correct? Good, glad we have that settled. Now I can carry on and enjoy the season with absolutely no anxiety over each and every one of the 162 games on the schedule.
Every win is a bonus. Contenders should be embarrassed to lose to this team. Close defeats will be moral victories. Et-cet-era.
(Now where's my Prozac?)
1. Because PENNANT!
11 comments:
- jw said...
Ricky's dad is named Ricardo, so you're right with the junior.
- April 4, 2009 at 11:33 PM
- The Ack said...
Actual conversation that took place at the beer vendor (er, store for you non-Tobans) today (I was wearing a Jays cap):
Beer guy: "Blue Jays, eh guy?"
Me: "Yeah man - pennant"
Beer Guy: "Yes."
I totally threw "pennant" out there, and it's like the dude spoke the same language. I'm going to savour this case.
Also, crisis averted.....my cable providor can add SN Ontario to my account in time for Monday....I'm sure you were all on pins.
- April 5, 2009 at 1:14 AM
- Ian H. said...
I wish I was there to see that conversation!
Thank God you get Sporstnet in time for Monday. That would have been a crying shame if you had to watch hockey instead of the home opener.
- April 5, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- dave said...
The Beer vendor is the greatest thing in Manitoba, followed second by Social's of people I don't know.
- April 5, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- Darren Priest said...
Nice work, Ack. Another reason I am excited about this season: the Rays effect. Who would have put them in the series at the beginning of last year? That's why we play the games.
Then again, I have ample experience using self-delusion to get through my life.
- April 5, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- eyebleaf said...
PENNANT!!!!1 Totally deserving of the number one spot.
And, Ack, that conversation = fucking epic. I love what we have started here.
You're right about Arnsberg, too. I need to buy an Arnie jersey.
- April 5, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Bastian picked the Jays to finish behind the O's. Fuck off, Jordan.
- April 5, 2009 at 5:29 PM
- The Ack said...
dick move, Bastian.
I hope the Spartans lose.
- April 5, 2009 at 6:31 PM
I guess it would be the Delgado, Shawn Green and Shannon Stewart group that could be comparable.
-brent in Korea
- April 5, 2009 at 6:48 PM
I'm almost more excited to review MiLB boxscores this week than I am too see the Jays. I'm glad I'm not the only loser.
- April 5, 2009 at 7:29 PM
- BFG900 said...
Pennant + AJ on the 60 day.
- April 5, 2009 at 11:33 PM


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Oh, for the simple days when beer-loving frogs sparked Super Bowl commercial controversy.
This year, politics is the prime between-downs blood sport – and Sarah Palin has inserted herself in the game.
CBS is getting flack from the National Organization for Women and other groups for agreeing to air what's expected to be an anti-abortion ad featuring college quarterback Tim Tebow's mother talking about how she didn't heed doctors' advice to terminate her physically problematic pregnancy with him.
Enter Palin, who is slamming NOW and defending CBS for running the ad by the conservative religious group Focus on the Family (apparently all is forgiven from her interview debacle with CBS' Katie Couric, which revisited her "I-can-see-Russia" flub).
The presidential candidate-in-waiting may not be an expert in geography but she knows her way to the stage – and there few bigger than the Super Bowl.
"Messages like this empower women!" Palin wrote on her Facebook page last week. "This speaks to the strength and commitment and nurturing spirit within women. The message says everything positive and nothing negative about the power of women – and life."
NOW President Terry O'Neill said Palin missed the point. "The goal of the Focus on the Family ad is not to empower women. It's to create a climate in which Roe v. Wade can be overturned," O'Neill told Politico.
But Palin gets the point, at least when it comes to taking advantage of opportunity. She's using the much-talked-about flap to play to her conservative, anti-abortion base – and possibly expand her support.
There's hardly unanimity on whether the commercial should run. The New York Times, rarely on the same page as Palin, published an editorial backing CBS and chiding NOW and other opponents, writing that "would-be censors are on the wrong track."
The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee knows it's hard to argue against motherhood and free debate – even if the price of one side of the argument will run upward of $3 million for 30 seconds.
It's significant that Palin has co-opted this issue by using Facebook, which Barack Obama showed can be a formidable political organizing tool, and from her new perch at Fox News. Both powerful platforms allow the former Alaska governor to market her message virtually unfettered, without having to face direct questions from the press.
The Tebow commercial also could be a harbinger of the future of political advertising – a future that likely will benefit Palin.
Expect a flood of advocacy commercials to be unleashed following the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that basically gives corporations carte blanche in running political ads – overturning part of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law. Palin, who has no more use for John McCain, stands to ride that money-green ad wave, should she run for president.
CBS, meanwhile, is on the defensive. In 2004, the network turned down MoveOn.org's Super Bowl ad criticizing then-President Bush. CBS told The Times it will now "consider responsibly produced ads" that meet network standards
One ad that didn't make the Super Bowl cut: Mancrunch.com's funny commercial in which two guys kiss while watching a football game on TV. The spot for the gay dating service isn't an advocacy ad per se – it's silly to the point of being innocuous – but one could make an argument that there's an element of political speech to it. The reaction to the refusal to air the ad certainly has been politicized, and again, the response has been divided.
If CBS had run that commercial, Palin might have found another opening to jump into the big game. Sitting on the sidelines, when there's an opportunity to get exposure, isn't her style.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Northwest Territory First Up Tent with Hex Dome
I had never been tent camping before and my son had…
I had never been tent camping before and my son had a Boy Scouts campout, so I researched a lot and this looked to be the easiest. I bought mine at K-mart. I absolutely love it!! Soooo easy to put up and take down, even if you have no camping experience at all....can do it all by yourself easily. It poured down the rain the first night we were there and it didn't leak at all!!!! Love love love this tent.
I love the concept of this tent and had thought that…
Design: easy up tent
Sleeps: 4
Ease of Setup: Easy
Price Paid: $80
I love the concept of this tent and had thought that I bought the coolest tent in the world.
We put it up to see how it worked and to seal it before we headed off.
Set up seemed simple enough. It is nice and roomy inside with a light and cup holders. The zippers seem great and well made. The rain fly had sealant on it already, but as a precaution we decided to seal the seams that were not covered by the fly.
We left it up over night to allow it to dry and 2 of the poles broke at the joints, just one night in the back yard.
My coolest tent, isn't the coolest tent anymore. Then I struggled with it to take it down and get it back in the bag. Maybe they will improve on the design and we will get one later. I also am not too happy with the size that it folds down to. It takes up 3 times the amount of room as a similar sized tent.
My son bought this tent like 3 yrs ago and loves it.
Sleeps: 4
Price Paid: $79
My son bought this tent like 3 yrs ago and loves it. The lady with the Boy Scouts probably didn't lock the mechanism in place, that's why they probably caved in. I just bought another one for myself at KMart. The size is 9x9 and it comes with a light, remote control and cup holder.
We bought the 10X10 First Up version, with 8 arms,…
Design: dome first up 10X10
Sleeps: 4
Ease of Setup: easy
Weight: 8lbs?
Price Paid: $69
We bought the 10X10 First Up version, with 8 arms, a number of years back and LOVE it. Simple, easy up and down, no hassle gear. Nice when in bug country or when you pull in late and just wanna hit the hay. Everyone we know that camps, wants one. Happy to see KMart has the 9X9, wish they had bigger ones too.
Camped at the edge of a badlands canyon. Gale winds picked up in the middle of the night. Thought we'd get blown away. Instead the tent flapped until it finally skinned off the rainfly, but the tent stayed solid. No breakage, no problems! Once the rainfly slid off, the upper wall mesh all around allowed the wind through and all was much quieter for the rest of the night.
Best tent we've had and we are tent poor! Hope they do an update on the 10X10 with the new bells and whistles. Cup holders... GOT to have cupholders!!
The tent was a joy to set up. Everyone i knew wanted…
Design: first up hex dome
Sleeps: 4
Ease of Setup: very easy
Weight: 10
The tent was a joy to set up. Everyone i knew wanted it. A suggestion to the manufacturer, install a keyway in the hub to prevent it from turning which causes the strut to break.
FIRST-UP TENT IS BACK ON SHELVES!!! May 2009 Good…
Design: dome
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: super simple
Price Paid: $99
FIRST-UP TENT IS BACK ON SHELVES!!! May 2009
Good news for all of us who love the unique hex dome tent and mourned its apparent extinction from the shelves of K-mart.
It has been reincarnated as a "Mac Kenzie Peak" first-up tent -- same design, same everything as far as I could tell.
Thank goodness NW Territory had the good sense to revive this design-- a real sleeper of a tent. (Yes, pun intended!).
Great tent-- I found three of them buried in a pile…
Design: 3 season dome
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: the easiest tent ever
Weight: 20 lbs or less I don't really know
Price Paid: $39
Great tent-- I found three of them buried in a pile of camping equipment at Kmart, maybe the last First Up tents in the universe, for 39.
Too bad they've been discontinued. Probably because the locking mechanism of the frame was "too expensive" compared to the cheapie poles found in 19.99 tents found at Walmart.
I use this for about every outdoor adventure, from my 5 year old son's weekend hide away to my own getaways. You really can set this baby up in minutes and take down isn't that much longer. Comfortable for two inside, airy and plenty of headroom too.
Every once in awhile something comes along that really works and enhances the experience and this is one of those-- too bad they don't make them anymore.
Chris put the tent up on sand and IN THE DARK and…
Design: three-season freestanding hex-dome
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: a breeze
Weight: 20 pounds
Price Paid: $80
Chris put the tent up on sand and IN THE DARK and it was up in minutes. Never had a second of trouble with it, and we had wind and drizzle. We anchored it in sand, and it stayed put. It kept us dry.
Our problem is that we would love to have another, but WE CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE! Just a bunch of so-so tents. Why is it that someone makes something great, and it becomes unavailable so that you can never buy it again?
It's just mental that they stopped making it!
This has ended up being the best base camp tent that…
Design: "First Up" Three Season Freestanding Dome
Sleeps: 4
Ease of Setup: 60 Second "First Up" Set Up
Weight: 20
Price Paid: $80
This has ended up being the best base camp tent that I have ever owned and I have tried quite a few tent brands including Kelty, REI, Cabelas, Big Five, Sports Authority and Coleman.
For its combination of Price, Set UP, Size (3 to 4 campers) Functionality, Durability and Structural Integrity, this tent is unrivaled.
I have used this tent at two scout outings and got several quizzical and then amazed looks when I set it up in under 60 seconds. I made sure to read the directions for set-up so I properly opened up the self-locking tent poles and made sure to snap down the hub located at the top of the tent. (I suspect that those complaining of the tent breaking down in the middle of the night did not properly lock down the hub.)
Now to the trial by elements. Our last scout weekend had about 30 families with 30 tents. After setting up my tent in 60 seconds, some folks including the scout leader came by to comment on the cool "gimmick" tent. However, many of them doubted its storm worthiness and walked away with smug looks. Within a few hours all 30 tents at the outing were to be tested. These tents ranged from higher end REI tents to cheap Wal-mart specials.
That night we had heavy rains lasting 8 hours and wind gusts up to 50 mph. Prior to the storm, I made sure the tent was staked down and the guyropes were secure. I also did some half-baked seam sealing of the rainfly and tent body. By 9 pm the winds gusts increased and I was wondering if the "first up" structure would hold. To my surprise, it held strong and after a few minutes of constant turbulence, I had confidence that the tent would hold up to the storm. By dawn's light, the storm subsided and my son and I awoke to a relatively dry tent; only a few drops of water, which I thought was okay for a cheap KMART "gimmick" tent that was not properly seam-sealed.
Upon getting out of the tent I was struck to two telling signs of the storm. First, the group campground had a myriad of pools and deep puddles of water, which evidenced the volume of the downpour. Moreover, I was even more struck by the transformation of our 30 plus tent city to a vestige of 10 tents. I found out that twenty families went to a hotel that night because their tents had either flooded or tent poles snapped under the storm gusts. I also found out that none of the remaining 10 tents ended up bone dry. All of them had some water seepage due to the volume of water associated with the storm.
This tent performed when other more costly tents failed. I suspect that if I had properly seam-sealed the rainfly that I would have had no leakage.
As the same as the Scouts my tent also fell apart.
Design: hex dome
Sleeps: 5
Ease of Setup: Very easy
Weight: less than 15 Lbs
Price Paid: $80
As the same as the Scouts my tent also fell apart. The fiberglass support cracked under heat (mild 80 degree Hawaii heat?).
Lucky we had a roll of heavy duty tape and had to repair all 5 poles since we had no backup tent. We love the size and style, but poor quality will make me change brands.
I bought this tent last year, It is the best tent…
I bought this tent last year, It is the best tent I have ever owned. I would like to buy a couple more, plus all of my friends would like one. Only problem I am having is that I can't find anymore anywhere. Please help if you know where I can find some.
I love this tent, "best tent I have ever owned" but…
Design: northwest territory first up
Sleeps: 5
Ease of Setup: easiest
Weight: 15lbs
I love this tent, "best tent I have ever owned" but I now have a problem. I let a friend borrow it and let's just say he is not good with fire and tent fabric... But now I can't find one anywhere... Can anybody help me find this tent?
Northwest Territory first up tent with hex dome!
Please help
My husband and I have been camping for over 25 years.
Design: Tent model 83573911.
Sleeps: 3
Ease of Setup: Easiest on earth
Price Paid: $49.99
My husband and I have been camping for over 25 years. We absolutely love this tent! Goes up in a flash. Stores just as quickly. It was tricky at first to lock the center hub near the ceiling. (I suspect being unfamiliar with this was the reason the cub scout's tents collapsed.) Once you get it, which doesn't take long, it's a piece of cake. So happy with the tent we're looking to purchase a second.
The tent is great. However, it suffers one major design…
Price Paid: don't remember
The tent is great. However, it suffers one major design flaw. The flap keeps getting caught in the zipper. My wife and I have only had it happen to us a couple of times but our 11-year-old constantly gets the zipper stuck. The last time it was stuck so severely the zipper was probably ruined during the unsticking process. If they have fixed the problem I would highly recommend this tent.
I purchased this tent for my son, and tossed out all…
Design: dome
Sleeps: 4
Weight: my eight year old can set this tent up by hiself
Price Paid: $79.99
I purchased this tent for my son, and tossed out all the other tents that I had. Now my niece have experienced camping with this tent, I would like to buy her one, but can't find it at that Kmart store. HELP
I am a 60-year-old woman who has been camping alone…
Design: freestanding dome with plenty of headroom
Ease of Setup: Extremely easy!
Weight: Not very heavy at all.
Price Paid: $50 +/-
I am a 60-year-old woman who has been camping alone for many years and this is the best tent I've ever owned. I love the ease with which the tent sets up and breaks down. I've never had a leaking problem with it and love the large screen windows for ventilation. Best purchase I ever made and it was on sale!
Marcia Nelson, if you still have those tents I would…
Design: dome
Marcia Nelson, if you still have those tents I would be interested in taking them off your hands. E-mail me and let me know what you want for them. email@example.com
Happened to catch this tent on sale--used it the same…
Design: 1st up hex dome 11 X 9.5
Sleeps: 4
Ease of Setup: terrific--no difficulty at all
Weight: apx 10 lbs
Price Paid: $50
Happened to catch this tent on sale--used it the same night--LOVE IT!!! Literally pops up in seconds--maybe 2 minutes tops. Cool and comfortable--I can stand up in it. Pops back down and I put it away in about 2 mins. Great on-the-move tent.
As experienced campers, this tent is the best tent…
Design: "First-up" w/Hex Dome
Sleeps: 4
Ease of Setup: Excellent
Weight: ?
Price Paid: $99
As experienced campers, this tent is the best tent we ever purchased for the price! It is easy to set up, sturdy and the ventilation is superb. We've had 25-50 mile an hour winds and heavy rain and the tent did great.
We did make one modification...we sewed tabs on the bottom of the rain fly, between the seams for extra guylines, improving the ventilation in hot weather and adding even more stability.
Our local Kmart no longer stocks this tent and we have friends looking for one.
We borrowed this tent from friends to go car camping…
Design: 3-season hex dome
Sleeps: 4
Ease of Setup: Easy- no poles to thread
We borrowed this tent from friends to go car camping with our kids. It was the easiest tent to put up and take down compared to the traditional pole tent we also used. Poles are already in place, you lay it out and push/pull on a mechanism on the top to lock all in place. It seemed sturdy with normal use.
The tent had enough space for 2 small kids and 2 large adults.Because of its high ceiling it remained colder inside the tent than our smaller tent.
Our Boy Scout troop purchased three of these tents…
Design: first up tent with hex dome - mfr # 83573911
Sleeps: 4
Ease of Setup: easy up
Price Paid: $70
Our Boy Scout troop purchased three of these tents from Kmart. During the first camping trip we used them, during the night while people were sleeping in them they all three caved in. We had to pry the metal bars so that the occupants could get out of the tents (then it started to rain and all gear inside tents got wet).
We took them back to Kmart, and since the receipts were in the tents, the receipts got destroyed by the rain. The manager refused to replace the tents with different dome tents. We were told to contact customer service; they said it up to the manager of the store. We contacted corporate headquarters; they said it was up to the manager of the local store.
So our Boy Scout Troop is stuck with three tents that cannot be used. These tents are unsafe...
Where to Buy
The First Up Tent with Hex Dome has been discontinued.reviewers paid:
$39.00 - $99.00
The Northwest Territory First Up Tent with Hex Dome is not available from the stores we monitor.


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Research Summary
Apart from its poetic aspects, the eye gives us a literal window into the systemic effects of diabetes, a portal for noninvasively monitoring the changes that occur over time in patients with diabetes. Dr. Sun uses ophthalmologic techniques to peer through this window in the search for early markers of the neuropathic and vascular complications of diabetes, with the ultimate goal of improving visual outcomes in patients with diabetes.
In collaboration with George King, M.D., Head of the Section on Vascular Biology and Director of Research, Dr. Sun is analyzing data from the 50-Year Medalist cohort, a population of patients who have lived with diabetes for 50 years or more. Her studies of the ocular health of these patients show that a high percentage retain very good vision even this long after diagnosis; 63 percent are still 20/20, and the majority have none, or only mild retinopathy. Dr. Sun is closely examining a range of data from the patients in this cohort in the hope of identifying genetic or biochemical markers that correlate with good long-term ophthalmologic outcomes and could be therapeutically targeted in patients with diabetes who have early-stage vision complications.
Changes in the electrical signaling of the retina can be the first hint of developing retinopathy. Dr. Sun is using a technique called multifocal electroretinography (ERG) to measure the signals produced by different regions of the retina in response to light stimulation. By correlating ERG measurements with those of retinal blood flow, Dr. Sun aims to develop an algorithm that can help identify patients at high risk of developing diabetic retinopathy. This work extends beyond the ophthalmologic, as ERG changes, which are suggestive of peripheral nervous function as a whole, can also be the first sign of progressive peripheral neuropathy. Patients whose ERG readings show cause for concern can then be closely monitored and protected from complications like diabetic ulcers and other manifestations of the peripheral neuropathy associated with a long history of diabetes.
Dr. Sun is also engaged in clinical research on ways to promote better visual outcomes for people diagnosed with macular edema—swelling of the retina due to blood vessel leakage and the primary cause of vision loss in diabetes. Her research portfolio in this area includes work on direct intravitreal injection of anti-inflammatory steroids (to reduce the swelling), the use of vitrectomy (a surgical procedure in which the fluid between the lens and the retina is completely replaced) and the use of protein kinase C-beta (PKC-beta) inhibitors. Together with her mentor, Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., Head of the Section on Eye Research and Chair of several trials on PKC-beta inhibition, and other collaborators across the country, Dr. Sun is evaluating an oral PKC-beta blocking agent that may help slow or prevent macular edema or proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The development of this agent has been hailed as one of the only examples of a rationally designed treatment for diabetic complications based on meticulous clinical and biological studies of the disease processes fueled by diabetes.
Dr. Sun is an Investigator in the Section on Vascular Biology, an ophthalmologist in Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sun received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed postdoctoral training in ophthalmology and vitreoretinal surgery at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. She is a Co-Investigator on seven national clinical trials, including two trials of protein kinase C-beta inhibition in the context of macular edema.
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2012: Competed in six of the seven races … ran a 23:41 at the Piper Cross Country Challenge … notched a 14:47 in the short course at Dickinson College.
2011: Ran in six out of seven competitions ... posted a 19:14 at Lebanon Valley ... ran a 23:31 at the Piper Cross Country Challenge.
2010: Participated in four out of six races in addition to Regionals … ran a 32:31 at the Achztehn Classic … clocked in at 22:33 at the Battle of the Buggy … had a of 30:28 at the CAC champsionships …ran a 31:52 at Regionals.
Personal: Is a criminal justice major and a sociology and criminalistics minor ... is the son of Cindy Bear ... born on March 29, 1992 ... ran for Ryan Sell at West York High School ... has been a member of the CAC All-Academic squad twice and earned York College Dean's List accolades four times.


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A dear follower of this blog recently shared a couple of devotionals she received from The Word For Today. They were so powerful that I want to share them with you in prayer that you too will be blessed. Here is one of them:
Today, encourage somebody
- "'Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad.'" Proverbs 12:25
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Kotaku EastEast is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is a music game much like Oendan/Elite Beat Agents where you tap the 3DS' pen on the touch screen in time with the beat.
There are three different types of stages (four if you count the unfailable opening and ending bonus songs): 1) Event, where the song path can move anywhere on the screen as a full motion video plays in the background; 2) Battle, where all four of your characters line up and attack if you hit their inputs at the correct time; and 3) Field, where your character travels from left to right with your inputs.
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Lawyer: 'Slender man' suspect sees unicorns
Slenderman is a mythical character often appearing in horror stories online. Shannon Rae Green explains how posts describe him and how he is connected to the attempted murder in Wisconsin. (ZoomIN, USA TODAY)
WAUKESHA, Wis. — One of two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls charged as an adult with stabbing a classmate to please a fictional online horror character is mentally incompetent and can't stand trial, a judge said Friday.
The judge also ordered that she be committed for treatment, and said attorneys have a year to restore her to competency. He acted after receiving reports from two doctors and hearing from attorneys.
The girl's attorney previously said he believed she was mentally ill and a primary goal would be to have her case moved from adult to juvenile court, where more mental health and other services might be available. Wisconsin law requires anyone age 10 or older to be charged as adults in severe crimes. The Associated Press is not naming the girls because both of their attorneys had said they will try to get the cases moved.
Dr. Brooke Lundbohm of the Wisconsin Forensic Unit testified Friday that she interviewed the girl in June. The girl claims to see and hear things that others cannot — including unicorns, Slender Man and Voldemort, an antagonist in the Harry Potter series. Lundbohm also testified the girl laughed "almost hysterically" during their session.
According to court documents, the girls plotted for months to kill their friend to curry favor with Slender Man, a character in horror stories they read online. They told investigators they believed Slender Man had a mansion in a Wisconsin forest and they planned to go live with him after the slaying.
The girl who was found mentally incompetent hosted the other two at a May 30 slumber party to celebrate her birthday. The next morning, the two girls attacked the victim in a wooded Waukesha park. The other girl told investigators that she told the victim to lie down and be quiet after the stabbing so that she would lose blood more slowly. The girl said she hoped to convince the victim to be quiet so the victim would not draw attention to them and would die.
Once the attackers left, the 12-year-old victim crawled from the woods to a road where a passing bicyclist found her. Doctors later told police the girl had narrowly escaped death because the knife just missed a major artery near her heart.
The child has since been released from the hospital and is recovering at home. Police have not identified her, and her parents asked friends to keep her name secret.


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Memo says the film industry's tax incentives led to fewer than six dozen jobs despite the industry claiming more than $30 million in credits in 2011.
Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo is fighting mad about a memo that landed this week in the General Assembly saying the film industry's tax incentives led to fewer than six dozen jobs despite the industry claiming more than $30 million in credits in 2011.
"I'll tell you what, they can come down here and I'll show them hundreds of jobs that have been created," Saffo said Thursday. "I'll line up the people who have been hired on a day in and day out basis."
The memo in question came from Patrick McHugh, with the General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division, and was delivered Tuesday to Sen. Bob Rucho, R-Mecklenburg, who as co-chair of the powerful Senate Finance Committee is among those leading the charge for tax reform.
The analysis, summed up in the 10-page memo, could be a harbinger of tough days ahead for the tax credits that are the darling of the Wilmington film industry.
Rucho and others have argued that an overhaul of the state's tax code that lessens the burden on corporations, while streamlining and simplifying the tax structure, would be more effective than the current targeted incentives for specific industries. Rucho did not immediately return requests for comment.
Sen. Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick, the other co-chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said he believes film credits will survive at least until their scheduled sunset date of Jan. 1, 2015. But he can't guarantee their success moving forward from there. Rabon said he has carried legislation on the Senate floor extending the credit but now finds himself in a difficult position at the helm of statewide tax reform.
"I know what they do locally. I've seen what they do to our local economy, and they're good for the local economy," Rabon said. "But is it fair for every person in the state to pay for them to be here? I just don't know."
Numbers game
The memo says the film credit created 290 to 350 fewer jobs than would have been created through an across-the-board tax reduction of the same magnitude. It credits the film industry with attracting 55 to 70 new jobs to North Carolina in 2011.
Some local officials have taken issue with the methodology and conclusion of the analysis. It was conducted using something called the Regional Economic Models Inc., or REMI model, which is designed to measure industrial output, and is also referred to as an econometric model or an input-output model.
"As a planner who has used the REMI model, analyzing the film industry with a model designed to measure industrial output cannot be taken seriously, unless of course the outcome had been determined before the model was run," said Rep. Susi Hamilton, D-New Hanover. "The undeniable truth is that over the past five years the film industry has contributed over $1 billion to our economy. We know that thousands of people work in the industry statewide, and in that context the film credit has not cost the state a cent."
Hamilton and Rep. Ted Davis, R-New Hanover, are co-chairing a newly created film caucus to curry favor for the tax credits among their legislative colleagues.
Johnny Griffin, director of the Wilmington Regional Film Commission, said the numbers in the memo "just don't seem to add up with what we know about the industry."
For example, it says the industry incentive in 2011 created up to 70 jobs and generated $2 million in income. But Griffin said when a project shoots in the region about 60 percent of the budget is labor. As an example, he said that in one season of One Tree Hill, the industry will spend between $25 million and $30 million, equating to between $15 million and $18 million in local payroll.
Hamilton, Griffin and others point to figures published by the Department of Commerce's Film Office, which paint a rosier picture of the film incentive's effect. In 2011, the state benefited from $242 million in direct spending from motion picture companies in North Carolina, of which $121 million was qualified spending. That year the tax credit cost the state $30 million. Also in 2011, the film industry put more than 3,500 North Carolinians to work as crew members and actors, in addition to 22,000 as film extras, said Aaron Syrett, director of the N.C. Film Office, located within the Department of Commerce.
Syrett's top boss, Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker, has reportedly said the state should retain a small number of economic incentives programs, including the film credits.
Currently, film or television productions that spend at least $250,000 can be reimbursed for up to 25 percent of qualifying expenses. The film credit is capped at $20 million for any single feature film production.
Sen. Thom Goolsby, R-New Hanover, said he's still reviewing the analysis. But he met this week with some powerful members of the film industry, including Mary Ann Hughes, a vice president with Walt Disney Co., and two members of the Motion Picture Association of America.
"My personal experience with the film credits it that they have been key to our success in landing multiple television and film productions," Goolsby said. "I watched states like Michigan lose millions of dollars worth of television and film business when they cut their tax credits. I will continue to fight hard with my local delegation for our film industry."
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The world's best surfers were treated to perfect conditions at the Boost Mobile Pro presented by Hurley today. All of Round 1 and the first two heats of Round 2 were run in consistent three to five foot waves at Lower Trestles.
Having the opportunity to score another surf in today's excellent conditions was not lost on ASP World No. 3 Bede Durbidge (AUS) and World No.4 Taj Burrow (AUS). Both surfers came up short in Round 1, but bounced back in Round 2 beating former ASP World Tour competitors Shane Beschen (USA) and Rob Machado (USA) respectively to avoid an untimely exit from the event.
"When I get to Trestles the wave is so much fun that I always get too excited, I don't know what to do with that perfect wall and I usually blow it," Burrow said. "I get a bit too over amped. I want to surf it the way I would free surf it. I just want to stay consistent and make some heats."
Burrow was beaten by injury replacement surfer Sunny Garcia (HAW) in Round 1, but redeemed himself by posting the second highest heat total of the day – 18.50 – when he eliminated Beschen in Round 2.
Former Boost Mobile Pro Champion Bede Durbidge (AUS) had to claw his way back into contention after losing to wildcard Brett Simpson in Round 1. Durbidge beat eight-time ASP World Champion and current ratings leader Kelly Slater (USA) in the 2006 final to post his first ASP World Tour victory. He beat Machado in Round 2 to keep his chances of finding himself in another Lower Trestles final alive today.
"Winning in 2006 was definitely a career highlight and it gave me so much confidence for the rest of the tour," Durbdige said. "Coming back, I have so many good memories and I just love the wave. It's so rippable."
Slater is shooting for his third ASP World Tour win at Trestles having entered the event the defending champion and first winning it in 2005. He posted two excellent scoring rides in Round 1 – a 9.60 and 9.00 – to amass an 18.60 out of 20.00 point heat total – the highest of the day.
"There's really not too much uphill from there," Slater said. "I had a good heat. I was in sync. My board felt really good and I couldn't have asked for more. It's always good to start off with a good heat because it gets your confidence up and you feel better on your feet. I didn't feel totally good on my feet when the heat started, but then I just got patient and made sure I waited for the second and third wave of the set. They tended to have a little bit better shape down the line."
Reigning ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS) beat Tom Whitaker (AUS) and Machado to book his spot straight into Round 3 today. Currently rated World No. 5, Fanning was pleased to put a solid 17.90 heat total on the board after bowing out of the event uncharacteristically early with an equal 17th last year.
"When you come off of a break it feels good to get a win because you don't really know where you're sitting," Fanning said. "It's good to go out there and go through the motions and get the ball rolling."
Sunny Garcia (HAW) earned his berth into the event after Danny Wills (AUS) withdrew for medical reasons and the first, second and third ASP injury replacement surfers declined the spot. Garcia is currently competing on the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) hoping to regain a berth on the ASP World Tour, but was happy to take a break from that series to surf the Boost Mobile Pro.
Garcia beat Burrow and local surfer Chris Ward (USA) in Round 1 and now finds himself in Round 3.
"It all kind of worked out for me," Garcia said. "I was surfing in France and not really getting results and my knees were bothering me, so I wanted to come home and train. I talked to Damien at Boost and he said that he thought they had a spot for me in the event. It worked out good. I came home early and did some training in and I get to surf perfect Trestles with only a couple of guys out, so I couldn't ask for more."
Another call on competition status will be made tomorrow morning at 7, but all indications point to an 8am start with Heat 3 of Round 2 featuring three-time ASP World Champion Andy Irons (HAW) up against event wildcard Yadin Nicol (AUS).
Round 2 Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley Results:
Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 18.50 def. Shane Beschen (USA) 9.00
Heat 2: Bede Durbdige (AUS) 15.33 def. Rob Machado (USA) 12.50
Round 1 Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley Results:
Heat 1: Kai Otton (AUS) 13.67, Jordy Smith (ZAF) 13.04, Travis Logie (ZAF) 11.70
Heat 2: Bobby Martinez (USA) 13.50, Damien Hobgood (USA) 11.24, Aritz Aranburu (EUK) 3.03
Heat 3: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 15.90, Taylor Knox (USA) 14.66, Jihad Khodr (BRA) 8.00
Heat 4: Daniel Ross (AUS) 12.67, C.J. Hobgood (USA) 10.74, Kieren Perrow (AUS) 10.70
Heat 5: Roy Powers (HAW) 14.33, Andy Irons (HAW) 8.57, Ricky Basnett (ZAF) 7.73
Heat 6: Brett Simpson (USA) 16.23, Bede Durbidge (AUS) 14.84, Ben Dunn (AUS) 11.43,
Heat 7: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 17.47, Yadin Nicol (AUS) 15.17, Tim Reyes (USA) 11.17
Heat 8: Kelly Slater (USA) 18.60, Dayyan Neve (AUS) 13.47, Shane Beschen (USA) 12.00
Heat 9: Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.90, Rob Machado (USA) 11.17, Tom Whitaker (AUS) 7.90
Heat 10: Sunny Garcia (HAW) 14.50, Taj Burrow (AUS) 12.67, Chris Ward (USA) 10.56
Heat 11: Dane Reynolds (USA) 14.47, Jeremy Flores (FRA) 13.50, Heitor Alves (BRA) 9.50
Heat 12: Mikael Picon (FRA) 11.60, Bruce Irons (HAW) 6.50, Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) 10.90
Heat 13: Ben Bourgeois (USA) 14.10, Adrian Buchan (AUS) 13.27, Tiago Pires (PRT) 12.67,
Heat 14: Luke Stedman (AUS) 13.73, Pancho Sullivan (HAW) 12.30, Luke Munro (AUS) 10.93
Heat 15: Royden Bryson (ZAF) 15.43, Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 11.00, Jay Thompson (AUS) 12.20
Heat 16: Dean Morrison (AUS) 14.00, Mick Campbell (AUS) 9.67, Neco Padaratz (BRA) 8.00
Upcoming Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley Round 2 Heats:
Heat 3: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Yadin Nicol (AUS)
Heat 4: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Ricky Basnett (ZAF)
Heat 5: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Jihad Khodr (BRA)
Heat 6: Bruce Irons (HAW) vs. Aritz Aranburu (EUK)
Heat 7: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Travis Logie (AUS)
Heat 8: Fredrick Patacchia (AUS) vs. Heitor Alves (BRA)
Heat 9: Dayyan Neve (AUS) vs. Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA)
Heat 10: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Luke Munro (AUS)
Heat 11: Chris Ward (USA) vs. Neco Padaratz (BRA)
Heat 12: Tim Reyes (USA) vs. Mick Campbell (AUS)
Heat 13: Ben Dunn (AUS) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 14: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. Pancho Sullivan (HAW)
Heat 15: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Tiago Pires (PRT)
Heat 16: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)


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The Chapter Innovation Award was established in 2006. It is administered by the Chapter Assembly.
1.1 The award shall consist of a certificate to be presented to the Chapter Chair and all Chapter members who were key contributors to the innovation. The award shall be presented by the Chapter Assembly Director during the Chapter Assembly Meeting at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.
2. Purpose of the Award
2.1 The purpose of the award is to recognize innovation by a Chapter during the previous year (July-June) that will have a positive impact on future operations, collaborations, or communications within the chapter, of other chapters, or of other units within ASIS&T.
3. Eligibility
3.1 Any type of innovation by one or more chapters is eligible. A chapter is eligible to receive the award in consecutive years.
4. Administration
4.1 The Chapter Innovation Award is sponsored by the Society-at-Large and is administered by the Chapter Assembly.
5.1 Nominations shall be solicited by mail from the Chapter Chairs by the Chapter Assembly Director.
5.2 Nominations can be made by any ASIS&T member. The members of the Chapter Assembly Advisory Committee (in their role as individual Chapter liaisons) shall also be responsible for soliciting nominations from Chapter officers. Advisors themselves may also submit nominations. Request for nominations shall be publicized in the Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology.
5.3 Nominations shall be submitted as part of the Annual Activities Report.
5.4 Each nomination for the Chapter Innovation Award shall consist of:
(a) A nominating letter which contains a 250-word description of the innovation which is being nominated;
(b) The name, address, phone number, and Chapter of the person who is submitting the nomination;
(c) No more than one letter of support.
(d) No more than two other supporting documents;
(e) A 50-word citation which may be used for publicity, if the innovation is chosen to receive the award.
6. Jury Committee
6.1 Either the Chapter Assembly Director or Chapter Assembly Deputy Director, and Chapter Advisors shall serve as the Jury for this award, with the Chapter Assembly Director or Chapter Assembly Deputy Director serving as Jury Chair.
6.2 Members of the Jury may serve a second term if, at that time, they serve the Chapter Assembly as Director, Deputy, or Advisor.
6.3 If a Jury member has been nominated for this award, the Jury Chair shall appoint another ASIS&T member to serve on the Jury in place of the nominee.
7. Selection of the Awardee
7.1 The criteria by which Chapter innovation shall be evaluated include:
(a) Creativity and originality
(b) Benefits to Chapter's members;
(c) Benefits to chapter operations, collaborations, and communications
(d) Benefit to other chapters and ASIS&T units operations, collaborations, and communications
(e) Overall ability for the innovation to serve as a model for Chapter leadership, other chapters, and/or other ASIS&T units.
7.2 The Jury shall make their decision based upon the documentation submitted. Each member of the Jury shall have one vote for each nominated chapter as in 7.3.
7.3 Each Juror ranks all eligible nominations based on the evaluation criteria. Each criterion has a maximum value of 20 points, with the maximum number of points each nomination could receive being 100.
7.4 The Jury Chair totals the points from all jurors, and the winner is the Chapter innovation with the highest average score. To receive the award, a Chapter innovation must have an average score of 80 points or higher.
7.5 If two or more Chapters receive identical scores, the Jury shall decide if more than one award should be given. If necessary, run-off votes may be taken or the Jury Chair may convene a conference call to resolve the decision.
7.6 If there are no appropriate candidates, the award need not be given in a particular year.
7.7 The Jury Chair shall communicate the Jury's decision to the ASIS&T President, the Chair of the Awards and Honors Committee, the ASIS&T Executive Director, and the recipients of the award prior to the annual meeting. Prior notification will allow the recipients to be present to accept their awards.
7.8 The Jury Chair shall provide a 50-250 word abstract, stating why the award was given. This abstract will be used to publicize the award.
Material for this abstract can be taken from the voting rationales provided by the members of the Jury.
7.9 The Jury Chair shall submit the nomination packets and the results of Jury deliberations to ASIS&T Headquarters, after selection of the awardees has been completed.
8. Presentation of the Award
8.1 The award shall be presented to the winners by the Chapter Assembly Director during the Chapter Assembly Meeting at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.
9. Publicity
9.1 The award shall be publicized through the Bulletin of the Association for Information Science, the Chapter Notes, and in the winning Chapter's publications. In addition, press releases will be sent to the winners' employers and local newspapers and other people/agencies suggested by the winners. Publicity is the responsibility of ASIS&T Headquarters.
10. Deadlines
10.1 ASIS&T Headquarters and the Jury Chair shall solicit nominations by May 15.
10.2 Nominations are due by July 14.
10.3 Jurors shall send their evaluations to the Jury Chair by August 10.
10.4 Selection shall be made and the ASIS&T President, the Chair of the Awards and Honors Committee, the ASIS&T Executive Director, and the award recipients shall be notified by 30 days prior to the ASIS&T annual meeting.
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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.
What: Shares of solar manufacturer ReneSola (NYSE:SOL) jumped as much as 26% today after the company increased guidance.
So what: Management said that second-quarter shipments would be 760 MW-770 MW, well above the previous expectation of 700 MW-720 MW. Gross margin is also expected to be 5%-6%, above the 3%-5% previously expected.
Now what: The solar industry is on fire and Chinese manufacturers are benefiting from increased sales around the world. The challenge is that even higher sales aren't leading to profits, as the low gross margin shows in the quarter. The caution is that profits may not materialize despite strong shipments, especially if European tariffs go through as planned in August. During the earnings release we'll find out if ReneSola can make enough money to make a profit, which would be the real indicator of a turn around.
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Access to comprehensive health care, including the full range of reproductive health care options, is crucial to North Carolina women's health and well-being, safety, economic security and ability to fully participate in society. Yet with no public notice, the North Carolina State Senate pulled a fast one with the passage of HB 695–a restrictive measure that will only limit this access for women across the Tar Heel state. During this busy legislative session, women from around the state have testified at legislative hearings and contacted their elected representatives regarding their support for the full spectrum of reproductive health care options. On issues that are so personal and so crucial to women's health, legislators must pursue honest, open discussions about what any of this type of legislation may mean for women in North Carolina. This means full public notice, not a surprise attack on a summer evening right before a holiday. Women in this state deserve better.
Surprise Passage of Restrictive Measures Will Limit NC Women's Full Access to Reproductive Health Care – Public Statement
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Slider Pro is a lightweight but useful jailbreak mod in Cydia that lets you customize the slide to unlock text on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. It comes with a handful of great presets including adding the date and time to your lock slider. Time and date are available in a number of different formats. If you'd just like to add custom text to the slider, you can do that as well. Once installed you can just pop into your general Settings app and customize it from there.
If you're looking to add functionality to your lockscreen but don't want to overload your jailbroken iPhone with too many tweaks and mods which may conflict with each other or just bog down your device, then this may be the way to go. It's especially convenient if you have an app like IntelliscreenX or LockInfo and want to hide the lock clock to create more room for additional widgets. It'll allow you to use space that's already there in a more efficient way.
Slider Pro is already available in Cydia and will run on any iOS device running iOS 4 or higher. If you're looking for even more tweaks and utilities to install, check out our guide to the best jailbreak applications for iOS 5.
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China Corruption Blotter (February 28, 2014)
Ye Pingdong, former chairman of Tianji Real Estate Development (Shenzhen) Co Ltd, was charged with bribery amounting to $8.1 million. Ye had bribed Zhou Weisi, the former chief of Nanlian village in city of Shenzhen, and Fan Shengming, a director of Shenzhen Taidejian Industrial Co Ltd, to win contracts for housing demolition projects. http://news.youth.cn


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U.S. Sen. David Vitter held a Vernon Parish town hall meeting Wednesday afternoon.
A packed crowd consisting mostly of seniors and retired veterans filled the auditorium at the Vernon Parish fairgrounds where the proposed health care reform package dominated the discussion.
"I am completely against O'Bama's plan," Vitter stressed at the very beginning of his talk.
The congressman went on to explain that he did feel that there were some problems with the healthcare delivery system, but that the government needed to use a "scalpel, not a sledgehammer" not fix the problem.
"The president's approach will cause just as much damage as it will good," he said.
Vitter also expressed his concern that implementing a government run healthcare program would not be easily undone.
"So many patients and employees would become dependent so quickly that I think it would be one of the toughest things to undo," he explained.
Vitter said that a few approaches he felt would improve the current healthcare system would be to change the laws and allow groups and businesses to cross state lines and join larger associations in purchasing insurance at a group rate and save costs.
Another approach Vitter mentioned was that of medical liability reform, which would cut healthcare costs as well.
"Physicians are now having to practice 'defensive medicine' by ordering every test allowed just to avoid any liability," he explained. "If we can reduce frivolous law suits then that will cut costs without hurting the care patients receive."
One question posed by the a member of the crowd was in regards to the cap and trade bill, which Vitter said he strongly opposed.
"It would be a huge creator of job loss by pushing American jobs out, and it would be very bad for Louisiana," he said.
Before the meeting ended, Vitter heard one final question from retired veteran Frank Johnson, Jr., who asked the senator when the government would ever replace the money once removed from the Social Security fund.
"President Reagan took money out and we want to know when it's going to be put back in," Johnson asked.
"Every time we have deficit spending there is stealing from social security. It is happening now more than ever before," Vitter said.
Because of this, Vitter said that he himself has introduced a proposed bill that will separate social security into a completely separate trust fund.
"We need to separate social security," Vitter said.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Vitter and many others felt positive about the meeting. "There was a great turn out and great participation, so I feel very good about it," Vitter said before exiting the auditorium.
Johnson also felt pleased with the way the meeting was handled. "I think it was productive, and it was very well organized and orderly," Johnson said. "I am glad that I came."
This was not the only town hall meeting for Vitter. By the end of the month, the senator will have hosted 19 meetings, with his goal to reach every parish in the state.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Professional football player Keyshawn Johnson became the first celebrity eliminated from Season 17 of "Dancing with the Stars" in Los Angeles Monday night.
Johnson said he was grateful for the experience to learn how to dance since he was previously "a guy who has never even bobbed his head in the car" to music.
He also praised his professional dance partner Sharna Burgess as "amazing."
Still in the running for the coveted mirror-ball trophy are actresses Valerie Harper, Elizabeth Berkley and Amber Riley, singer Christina Milian, "Jersey Shore" alum Snooki Polizzi, singer-actor Corbin Bleu, actress Leah Remini, comedian Bill Engvall, actor Brant Daugherty, Bill Nye "The Science Guy" and reality TV personality Jack Osbourne.
Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet are the co-hosts of the show.


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Cookbook takes culinary history for a stirring ride
Chicago Tribune
"Eat Feed Autumn Winter" By Anne Bramley (Stewart Tabori & Chang, $35)
What it is: Anne Bramley -- a native Midwesterner, University of Chicago grad, host of the popular food-culture podcast Eat Feed (eatfeed.com), and an English lit professor with a specialty in food culture -- now offers "Eat Feed Autumn Winter," a handsome cookbook with 30 menus crafted toward entertaining during the winter months. It includes advice on stocking your larder and eating seasonally at a time when fresh food is not so readily available.
Praise (and quibbles): Bramley now lives in present-day Boston, but her cookbook reflects different times and cultures altogether. Which is understandable given her early Renaissance scholarship, and interests in British and Scottish traditions, 21st century Scandinavian flavors, culinary migrations (Mexican food in Chicago, for instance), and European and American food history in general.
So, along with s'mores, fondue and pizza, you'll find recipes for "a jolly great joint of beef," chili-lime shrimp and coconut black beans, President Washington's favorite corn cakes, Mississippi mud parfaits, Renaissance winter-greens tart, smoked fish cakes with spicy Hmong stew, along with Ambrose Bierce's quips about Welsh rabbit, a Christmas Carol about wassailing, and quotations from Henry Fielding's "The Grub Street Opera."
Which is really only a complaint if you have no interest in tidbits of food and cultural history to go with your recipes. In which case, why pick up anything other than "Joy of Cooking" at all?
Why we think you'll like it: We of course love it, and plan to select one of Bramley's menus -- maybe the one for Twelfth Night or for Highlands Hogmanay (Scottish New Year) -- to make the holiday meals a lot more interesting this year. We've already tried her duck with grape sauce on Indian spiced cauliflower, and liked it so much that we would eat it any time of the year: It was cozy, rich and refreshing all at once, just like Bramley's book.


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Dexter Fowler remains on crutches; Why was Rafael Betancourt steaming in the ninth?
NEW YORK — Dexter Fowler is day-to-day, but he's not playing today. The Rockies' center fielder walked through the clubhouse on crutches with a protective brace on his sprained right ankle. For now, the Rockies are not approaching this as a disabled list situation, but it can't be ruled out given the severity of the sprain and Josh Rutledge's lingering left quadriceps injury.
Rutledge is not expected to start for a few more days, remaining only available to pinch-hit.
With Fowler out, Tyler Colvin is in center with Jordan Pacheco hitting third.
"As far as the length of time Dexter will be out, I don't really know," Tracy said. "And with the way Josh ran from home to second last night, it's going to be a couple of days for him."
Also, there was more to Rafael Betancourt's simmering in the ninth inning last night. His issue with Wilin Rosario was over not being able to see the signs. Betancourt wasn't mad at the rookie, but furious with what he thought was a third strike to the Mets' Justin Turner. That call cost him several more pitches, meaning it's a stretch for him to work today.
The Rockies have won four straight, one shy of tying their season-high winning streak. The starting pitching has improved dramatically over the last two weeks. The Rockies have allowed three runs or less in eight of their past 16 games, while winning 11 times. Colorado will keep a five-man rotation through another turn in the rotation, with Tyler Chatwood, Drew Pomeranz, Alex White, Jhoulys Chacin and Jeff Francis pitching in succession until Thursday's off day.
The lineups
Rockies (49-73)
RF Charlie Blackmon
SS Jonathan Herrera
1B Jordan Pacheco
LF Carlos Gonzalez
C Wilin Rosario
CF Tyler Colvin
3B Chris Nelson
2B DJ LeMahieu
RHP Tyler Chatwood
Mets (57-67)
CF Valdespin
2B Murphy
3B Wright
1B Davis
LF Hairston
RF Baxter
SS Tejada
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Orvis Andros Flats Hiker is designed to be worn barefoot with all day wading comfort. Andros Flats Hiker features an integrated, fully adjustable neoprene gravel cuff that allows the user to create a tight, but comfortable seal at the top of the boot to keep debris from irritating the foot. Cuff also serves to keep the excess laces under control. Andros Flats Hiker has screened drain holes allow water to easily flow from the boot while keeping sand and gravel out. The flats fishing boot is fully-lined for all day comfort while hiking the flats. Non-marking sole is safe for boat decks. Order your shoe size. Weighs 2 lbs. in a size 9. In tan multi. Polyurethane/nylon. Rinse with fresh water after use.
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All the other halves of the triangles I cut up yesterday were just sitting there, looking at me with that sad, "You're just going to toss us out, aren't you" look. I couldn't in good conscious let them suffer the ignominy of such a prodigal end, so they became another pillow. I had just enough medium-dark gray to finish it, too, which gave me a double-dose of satisfied frugality.
This wasn't one of my original designs but I figure hey, better than what I had. Next week I'll get to some of the other designs I planned on.


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I'm biting into a Caramel Pecan Puddle from the Baraboo Candy Company right now. It's got that just off the cooling rack, gooey fresh taste. The amount and texture of the chocolate is perfect, the pecans are fresh and crisp and nutty; the caramel is expertly layered, falling in thin strands with every greedy bite.
It's not a bad way to sweeten the sting of a visit to Ho Chunk.
I can only imagine how its cousin, the Caramel Cashew Puddle, melts in your mouth, but the other nut puddles ended up in someone else's refrigerator before they got a chance to melt in the clutches of the Candy Dish. Boo Caramel Puddles also come in the stunning Caramel Macadamia. The puddles that caught my eye are called "Royals," possibly because of their exposed crown of nuts and caramel. Or maybe because they're a kind of turtle candy royalty.
"Instead of fully enrobed, it's got the chocolate on the top and the bottom, but yet you see the caramels and the nuts, more so the Macadamia and the cashew are that way," says Ralph Pierce (see The Badger Claw Revisited).
Don't be ashamed to brush up the puddle scraps with your fingers—I know you want to.
For bite-size turtle candy, there are peanut covered Green Bay Puddles which come in a 3 oz. green and yellow box with the slogan "Tackle One Today!" They're good for prepackaged novelty candy, and found in the same places you'll find Badger Claws or Udderfingers. (Around here that's Brennan's and the Kelly's Mobil.)
But if you get a chance, stop by the source and get a load of what's in those barrels. You'll find the entire Cow Pie collection along the wall, and jars and barrels of bars, meltaways, peanut brittle, hard candy, and the mandatory salt water taffy and homemade fudge, all a mere cow chip toss away from the casino.
The Baraboo Candy Sign photo may or may not have been taken by my cousin, Nanci, who grabbed my camera then waltzed off toward the highway
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Boo Candy Puddles
Dished by Jeanna on Wednesday, August 08, 2007
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Hi Alyssa,ReplyDelete
We're usually in too much of a hurry to lose our money or have lost too much to stop by (it's across from the casino). Boo Candy has a small factory in the back and the whole place smells like chocolate.
I love how you're encouraging people to eat dark chocolate! I'm trying to eat more of it myself. And that mint chocolate lotion sounds tempting.
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William Shakespeare and his company were not the first artistic entity to suck up to their funders and protectors, and they surely weren't the last. Still, it's hard to watch the last scenes of "Henry VIII" without fantasizing that Wily Old Willy had decided instead to really bite down hard on the hands that fed him and his fellow actors, and really taken on the darn Tudors, including He of the Six Wives, who certainly was no icon of Protestant British exceptionalism, despite the way his play generally has been played these last 400 years or so.
Alas, that was not Shakespeare, despite his famous way with words. At least we now have insouciant directors like Barbara Gaines, able to dilute the Shakespearean gushing and genuflecting over the arrival of a 1553 baby known as Elizabeth, thank heavens to Betsy, with a little requisite satiric remove. At Chicago Shakespeare Theater, it is the saving of "Henry VIII."
The curiously passive, cipherlike Henry (played, as if Hooray was a handsome actor but far from the sharpest knife in the drawer, by Gregory Wooddell) at the heart of this very late history play (written after the romances, perhaps in collaboration with John Fletcher) is far removed from the Hollywood image of the bearded bacchant with the chicken legs and the multiple exes, some with heads, some not. Shakespeare only really gets into two of his wives: Katherine (an unstinting Ora Jones), a desperately sad figure here, and Anne Boleyn (the very beguiling Christina Pumariega), who gets what she wants for a while until alas, her star starts to fall, as all our stars do. Actually, it's kinda hard for Henry to get into his own play. There are some similarities with "Henry IV, Part One and Two," in that one is watching a young leader growing in his judgment of others, but he's not an entirely satisfying protagonist. Things seem to happen to him, as distinct from being done by him, as Cardinal Wolsey (played, in a delicious manifestation of lazy power by Scott Jaeck) and other red devils pull the wool over various dull dukes and lords (the earnest likes of David Lively and Nathan M. Hosner), who finally wake up the king, albeit too late for poor Buckingham (Andrew Long).
Within that construct, Gaines basically tells her own accessible, highly entertaining story, clad in some truly gorgeous costumes from Mariann S. Verheyen and focused more on the wives and less on the maturation of a leader we already know went quickly to seed. She even prefigures sly little Anne's eventual comeuppance by making Henry a man with a wandering eye from the get-go and ending her drama with Anne's howl of anguish at this skirt-chasing jerk, an other woman staring another woman in the face. This approach was not surprising to me, given Gaines' disdain for Prince Hal in past productions of "H4" (heck, she made Hotspur her hero), but I was surprised how well it works theatrically with "H8." You might well have trepidation with this title, but this is actually a fast-moving, hugely entertaining, very fluid production (the cutting of the text is excellent) that has a rather appealing, pulpy quality. Perchance Gaines had a kind of Andrew-Harry composite in mind for Henry, although she keeps the work rooted in its period, and James Noone's fabric-dominated design seems intended to evoke the late romances rather than the history plays. That's the right take on this hybrid play, as written by a talented guy watching out, figuratively speaking, for his Illinois pension.
With the redoubtable Mike Nussbaum installed as Gaines' wry storyteller, everything clips along not only quickly but in directorial directions one does not anticipate. There are nods to the long production history of this play as a spectacle — Anne's coronation, thanks to some jaw-dropping scenic shifts, places her literally and uneasily on a pedestal. There is much sexiness, thanks in no small part to Verheyen's hot costumes, lush original music from Lindsay Jones, and even a weird, hellish, dumpsterlike thingy into which Wolsey (and Buckingham) are dispatched, along with Catholicism. But at the end, baby Princess Liz is represented by a doll-like puppet with a moving arm and, I swear, a little patch of red hair peeping out. This was either the dumbest prop ever, or, I prefer to think, a savvy little joke designed to rescue Shakespeare from expediency and point out that the women whose lives his Henry really controlled did not enjoy such florid verbosity and fake admiration. Well, not for long.
When: Through June 16
Where: Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier
Run time: 2 hours, 25 minutes
Tickets: $48-$78 at 312-595-5600 and chicagoshakes.com


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All Those Subscribers Ain't Enough For Ya?Posted: January 6, 2012 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Biz Leave a comment
Apparently not; a Morgan Keegan analyst downgraded shares of Ancestry.com this morning, "saying it needs to do more than demonstrate higher-than-expected subscriber figures to justify a higher price," according to CBS MoneyWatch. No immediate response from Ancestry on this opinion, says CBS.
The change is from "outperform" to "market perform," which is sort of like going from "Good work!" to "Yeah, well, OK," so I don't think this is the equivalent of analytical baying for blood.


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EaST v0.9.10 – Exploits and Security Tools Framework.
Changelog v0.9.10:
+ exploit: ef_cuppacms_lfi.py
+ core: WebSocketServer.py
+ listener.py
This software is necessary for learning and improving skills and knowledge of attacks on information systems and to conduct audits and proactive protection. The need to develop domestic Pentest framework – accessible, affordable, high-confidence – is long overdue. Therefore, for domestic (as well as to friendly domestic) markets IB was created EAST framework. EAST is a framework that has in its arsenal all the necessary tools to operate a broad range of vulnerabilities from the Web to a buffer overflow. From other similar instruments EAST is simple and easy to use. To master it, and begin to develop in the field of information security can be even a novice researcher!
Main characteristics:
+Security framework! Software used for information security must be a high level of user confidence. The EAST is implemented open, easily verifiable source code for Python. it is used for all components of the framework and modules. In this relatively small amount of code simplifies the verification of any user. During installation no changes in the OS is not performed
+ Maximum simplicity of the framework. Download the archive, run the main python script start.py, implementing the start-stop exploits, messaging … All management – locally or remotely through a browser.
+ Easily create and edit. The ability to edit and add modules and exploits "on the fly" without restarting. Code module body is simple and minimal volume.
+ Cross-platform + minimum requirements and dependencies. Tested on Windows and Linux. I should work wherever there is Python. The framework contains all the dependencies and "pulls" ext. libraries.
+ Full functionality of the classic framework Pentest! Despite the simplicity and "no congestion" – has in its arsenal of all necessary means to operate a broad range of vulnerabilities from the Web to a buffer overflow.
+ Great opportunities for capacity. Server-client architecture, API for messaging, support libraries – allow third party developers to create their own open-source solutions, or participate in the development of EAST.
Exploit list:
+ ef_bitdefender_gravityzone_dt.py Directory traversal
+ ef_cogento_datahub_afd.py Arbitrary File Download
+ ef_e_detective_afd.py Arbitrary File Download
+ ef_easyfile_webserver_sbo.py Stack Buffer Overwlow
+ ef_fhfs_rce.py Remote Command Execution
+ ef_joomla_gallery_wd_bsqli.py Blind SQL Injection
+ ef_solarwinds_log_and_event_manager_rce.py Remote Command Execution
+ ef_symantec_pcanywhere_host_rce.py Remote Command Execution
+ ef_wincc_miniweb_dos.py Denial of Service
+ ef_winrar_rce.py Remote Command Execution
+ port_scanner.py Tools
Installation and Usage:
git clone https://github.com/C0reL0ader/EaST && cd EaST
python start.py
then open your favorite Browser for GUI.
cd EaST
git pull origin master
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Shelly needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 61 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
The Conscious Parenting Alliance at AwakeParent.com helps all kinds of families laugh relax and enjoy life more. We're committed to supporting families through providing information, classes, coaching, and mediation.
We'd like a logo that reflects our values of connection based parenting. Some symbols that resonate with us are: heart, hands, eyes, leaves.
Conscious Parenting Alliance at AwakeParent.com
Our company is dedicated to connection based parenting approaches.
Conscious Parenting starts with the premise that caring for a child represents some of the most important work of the world.
We believe a better world starts with more connection. We offer tools, perspective and support to begin now.
We want our logo to represent our values with images like: heart, hands, eyes, leaves, child, spiral. We want a sophisticated look- we're not a preschool- that will appeal to women ages 20-50. We want a look that's serene, artistic, spiritual, not corporate or too
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The coolest kid at the beach would come sporting this water toy—a float with a periscope attached. But what everyone wants to know is if they could make it for adults too.
Unfortunately the answer is no, because it's just a prototype at the moment. But exploring the ocean is awesome. If you don't think so, you need to look at these recent dispatches from undersea base Mission Aquarius. Many kids, as well as tons of grownups, dream about the bottom of the sea (or the swimming pool). This adorable float would make the vision real, and seeing under water could help some tykes feel safer in the water. Little Jacques Cousteaus in the making. [Tuvie]


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The slip-on Tonga 04 women's sandal looks simple, but actually has two adjustable straps, a supportive footbed, and a cork midsole that moulds to your feet with wear. We especially like the metal flower accents, just in time for Spring!
- Leather upper & lining.
- Leather footbed is padded and features arch support.
- Two adjustable hook-and-loop straps.
- Cork midsole and TR outsole.
- Heel: 3 cm / Platform: 1.3 cm
- Width: F 1/2 (Narrow-Medium)