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Portable Showers for Camping Choosing Tips

Portable showers for camping are a basic requirement for an individual who wants to have a good camping experience. How to choose a good portable camping shower and shower tent can go a long way in achieving this. This is because of the many beneficial attributes that these equipments can offer during the camping, these normally include Privacy: Since a camping ground is often in the open and there may be many other people who are also camping in the vicinity, the shower tent is instrumental in doing this and can help to maintain privacy. Shelter from weather elements: Camping sites are normally associated with nature and therefore one can be exposed to harsh weather elements such as wind and rain. The shower tent goes a long way in shielding campers from these elements. There are some features that are normally incorporated in the portable showers for camping and shower tents.

Some of the shower heads come with a water heating feature that can be very important if the weather is chilly at the camping site.

How to choose a good portable shower for camping and shower tent encompasses the consideration of certain factors. These factors play a big role in the comfort of a person when camping. They normally include:

Portability: portability refers to the ease of transportation of the portable camping shower. When an individual is embarking on a camping, trip, space is a chief concern. This is because an individual has to pack other supplies for the trip and a bulky shower tent can be a liability when it comes to this. It is therefore advisable to look for those framework can be broken down easily and hence reduce the space that it occupies.

This feature is also beneficial if there is walking involved in the camping trip.

Functionality: when considering how to choose a good portable camping shower and tent, functionality of the shower plays a big role. There are different shower heads with a variety of functionalities that are usually available in the market. This can include a heating system that is solar based or even water control methods. If you are camping out in areas that are associated with cold climatic conditions, it is advisable to go for a portable camping shower tent has got such features or even one equipped with roofing.

Cost & quality: pricing and quality should also be taken into consideration when deliberating on how to choose a good portable camping shower and tent. It is advisable for an individual to identify the type of tent that he or she is planning to purchase. Extensive comparison of prices and quality should then be carried out so as to get the best price for that specific kind of tent. This can help an individual save a lot of money.

To sum it all, there are a lot of things that one needs to consider when selecting portable showers for camping and a shower tent. Following of the above tips when considering how to choose a good portable camping shower and tent would go a long way in ensuring that you have a good camping trip.

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B&N, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses

FILE - This file product image provided by Barnes & Noble Inc., shows the new $249 Nook Tablet, which was unveiled Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, in New York. Barnes & Noble Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up to create a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that will house the digital and college businesses of the bookseller and include a Nook application for Windows 8. The companies said Monday, April 30, 2012 that they are exploring separating those businesses entirely. That could mean a stock offering, sale, or other deal could happen. (AP Photo/Barnes & Noble Inc., File)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Books and bits united Monday as Microsoft provided an infusion of money to help Barnes & Noble compete with top electronic bookseller Amazon. In exchange, Microsoft gets a long-desired foothold in the business of e-books and college textbooks.

Microsoft Corp.'s $300 million investment sent Barnes & Noble Inc.'s stock zooming up $9.15, or 67 percent, to $22.83 in early afternoon trading. The opening price of $26 was a three-year high. Microsoft's stock rose 2 cents to $32.

The two companies are teaming up to create a subsidiary for Barnes & Noble's e-book and college textbook businesses, with Microsoft taking a 17.6 percent stake.

The deal gives Barnes & Noble ammunition to fend off shareholders who have agitated for a sale of the Nook e-book business or the whole company, but the companies said Monday that they are exploring separating the subsidiary, provisionally dubbed "Newco," entirely from Barnes & Noble. That could mean a stock offering, sale or other deal.

The deal also puts to rest concerns that Barnes & Noble doesn't have the capital to compete in the e-book business with market leader Amazon.com Inc. and its Kindle, said analyst David Strasser at Janney Capital.

For Microsoft, the investment means that it will own part of a company that sells tablet computers based on Google Inc.'s Android, one of the main competitors of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's smartphone software.

Microsoft also said the deal means that there will be a Nook application for Windows 8 tablets, set to be released this fall. The app is likely to get a favored position on Windows 8 screens.

There's already a Nook application for Windows PCs, but none for Windows phones.

William Lynch, the CEO of Barnes & Noble, said Nook software will continue to be available on devices like the iPhone that compete with Windows Phone.

He declined to say whether it was Barnes & Noble or Microsoft that initiated the discussions, but he said the talks had been going on since before the beginning of the year.

"We have been circling the relationship for quite a long time," added Microsoft president Andy Lees. "When you think of different types of reading and what's going to happen when that goes digital, it's really quite dramatic to be bringing that to Windows customers."

The Nook has pleasantly surprised publishers, who worry about Amazon.com's domination of the e-market. Unveiled to skeptical reviews in 2009, the Nook is estimated to account for about 25 percent of the U.S. e-book market. The Nook helped to cut Amazon's share from what was believed to be 90 percent to around 60-65 percent. David Pogue in The New York Times called the initial device "an anesthetized slug," but praised the new Nook Simple Touch as a "very big deal" that offers "spectacular, crisp pages to read in any light."

Barnes & Noble investors have also been concerned about the recent government lawsuit against Apple and some leading publishers over alleged price fixing. When Apple launched its iPad in 2010, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Group (USA) and other publishers switched to an "agency" model that allowed publishers to set prices for e-books, a system many believe helped Barnes & Noble.

Amazon.com had been offering top-selling e-books for $9.99, a cost publishers, agents and writers believed was so low it could drive competitors out of business. Three of the five publishers sued? Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and the Hachette Book Group ? have already agreed to settle, meaning prices for their e-books likely will again drop on Amazon.

Microsoft has a long-standing interest in the e-book field. It launched e-book software in 2000, but was never able to build a substantial library of books. It's discontinuing the software on Aug. 30.

Barnes & Noble, based in New York, currently runs 691 bookstores in 50 states. The companies said that the subsidiary will have an ongoing relationship with Barnes & Noble's retail stores, but what that relationship will be is unclear.

"The whole reason the Nook business is expanding so rapidly is because bookstores are committed to it and know how to market the product in that environment," said Michael Norris, an analyst at Simba information.

The possibility of a separation of Barnes & Noble's digital and college businesses has been brewing.

In January, Barnes & Noble said it was considering options for its Nook business, including possibly spinning it off or expanding overseas, and said it expected the review to be complete by the end of the year.

And in March, private investment firm G Asset Management, a Barnes & Noble shareholder, offered $460 million for a 51 percent stake in the company's college bookstore unit, Barnes & Noble College Booksellers LLC.

Under that plan, the college bookstore unit was proposed to begin as a private business but become public within a "reasonable" amount of time. G Asset's offer was contingent upon Barnes & Noble keeping current management in place and separating its Nook e-business from the rest of the company. At the time the offer was made, Barnes & Noble declined to comment.

In 2009, Barnes & Noble Inc. bought the college bookstore unit from Chairman Leonard Riggio in a deal worth $596 million. The deal ended up costing Barnes & Noble $460 million after accounting for the unit's cash on hand at the closing date.

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AP Retail Writer Mae Anderson, Business Writer Michelle Chapman and AP National Writer Hillel Italie contributed to this report.

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Eric Halsey (right) and Peter Wingrove are recipients of 2012-2013 Fulbright grants

University of Mary Washington graduates Eric Halsey and Peter Wingrove have been selected to receive U.S. Fulbright grants for 2012-2013. They become the ninth and 10th students, respectively, to receive the prestigious awards in the university?s history.

?The Fulbright committee is extremely proud of Eric and Peter?s accomplishments and wish them well in all their future pursuits,? said Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history. ?Mary Washington has now had eight winners in the past five years, and looks forward to several more in the future.?

Eric Halsey

Through the Fulbright, Eric Halsey will study nationalism theory and Balkan history at Sofia University in Bulgaria. He will work with the history department at the university to research the policies of Alexander Stambolinski?s government from 1919 to 1923 and will take intensive Bulgarian language courses.

Halsey, a native of Herndon, Va., currently is a student at Central European University in Budapest and plans to earn a master?s in nationalism in June.

Halsey graduated from Mary Washington in August 2011 with a double major in history and political science. While at Mary Washington, he participated in the policy debate team, worked at the Speaking Center and interned at Genocide Watch. He was a visiting student at the American University of Bulgaria from 2009 to 2010.

?While studying at the American University in Bulgaria I traveled extensively throughout the Balkans to places like Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and Croatia,? he said. ?In these places I saw history as I never had before and I was confronted with it in ways I had never imagined.?

After his Fulbright year, Halsey hopes to begin a Ph.D. program in history.

Peter Wingrove

The Fulbright scholarship will enable Herndon, Va., native Peter Wingrove to study and conduct research for nine months at the Pozna? University of Economics in Pozna?, Poland. His research will explore the relationship between the euro and the zloty, Poland?s national currency, with a focus on the impact of the global recession.

?The last few years have been a period of tremendous upheaval across the world, and economically, none more so than in Europe,? he explained. ?Poland has weathered this crisis uniquely well and presents a number of interesting research opportunities as a case study.?

Wingrove, who graduated in 2011 with an economics degree, is a volunteer at Moss Free Clinic and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a national scholastic honor society. During his time at Mary Washington, he served as treasurer of Students Helping Honduras, co-president of the Economics Club and was a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the economics honor society.

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Collision suspected in yacht mishap that killed 3

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A yacht racing off the coasts of California and Mexico apparently collided with a much larger vessel, killing three crew members and leaving one missing, a sailing organization said early Sunday.

The Newport Ocean Sailing Association was hosting the 125-mile Newport, Calif. to Ensenada, Mexico yacht race when the collision occurred late Friday or early Saturday several miles off the coast near the border.

"An investigation was continuing, but it appeared the damage was not inflicted by an explosion but by a collision with a ship much larger than the 37-foot vessel," association spokesman Rich Roberts said in a news release early Sunday.

Three crew members of a sailboat were found dead and a search was under way early Sunday for a fourth, in the state's second ocean racing tragedy this month.

Coast Guard boats and two aircraft as well as Mexican navy and civilian vessels were searching for the missing crew member.

Other yachts near the Coronado Islands in Mexico reported seeing debris Saturday morning. Searchers in the afternoon found the bodies and debris from the Aegean, whose home port is Redondo Beach, Coast Guard Petty Officer Henry Dunphy said

Two of the dead were recovered by a civilian boat, while the third was found by a Coast Guard helicopter.

The Coast Guard said earlier that it hadn't determined what happened to the sailboat.

Dunphy said conditions were fine for sailing, with good visibility and moderate ocean swells of 6-to-8 feet.

A total of 210 boats were registered in the 65th annual yacht race, according to the Newport Ocean Sailing Association's website. It wasn't immediately clear how many finished.

The association's commodore, reached by phone in Ensenada, told The Associated Press that he didn't know the members of the Aegean or how many people were aboard.

"This has never happened in the entire 65 years of the race that I'm aware of," Chuck Iverson said. "We're all shocked by this whole event."

The names of the dead were not released pending notification of next of kin.

The Coronado Islands are four small, largely uninhabited islands about 15 miles south of San Diego.

The deaths come two weeks after five sailors died in the waters off Northern California when their 38-foot yacht was hit by powerful waves, smashed into rocks and capsized during a race.

Three sailors survived the wreck and the body of another was quickly recovered. Four remained missing until one body was recovered last Thursday.

The deadly accident near the Farallon Islands, about 27 miles west of San Francisco, prompted the Coast Guard to temporarily stop races in ocean waters outside San Francisco Bay.

The Coast Guard said the suspension will allow it and the offshore racing community to study the accident and race procedures to determine whether changes are needed to improve safety. U.S. Sailing, the governing body of yacht racing, is leading the safety review, which is expected to be completed within the next month.

The Aegean is owned by Marina Sailing, a Southern California sailing club that rents the sailboat for $325 per day. An call to the club was not immediately returned Saturday night.

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