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Living in a desert state like Utah is rough on our skin. I love visiting California or Hawaii where the air is humid and my skin is aways at it’s best. 

Finding skin care products that are sensitive and work can often be a challenge.

In Jackson Hole, Wyoming there is a skin care research institute called Trilipid.

PURE SCIENCE
PURE INGREDIENTS
PURE SYNERGY

Nature has given those of us with dry skin a gift – a gift of various plants, each of which can help alleviate or prevent an aspect of dry skin. But it takes sophisticated science and decades of research to realize the full potential of these natural ingredients. The kind of expertise and experience TriLipid Research Institute, LLC brings to trilipiderm® crème. trilipiderm® is a breakthrough formulation of ingredients which are actually enhanced by their synergistic interaction. It’s the best of science and nature working in harmony.

You can test out Trilipiderm for only $4.95 for a trial size.

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This week I’ve felt like a bit of a 007 secret agent.

If you know me, I love James Bond.

Our son loves to play spies, too.

But this week was different because we had 21 007 missions to complete.

Two bloggers, one in Austin and one in Salt Lake (me) competed for the week to complete 21 missions or tasks using the ISIS wallet

Today is Day 5 of the challenge and all week we’ve tried to go contactless, meaning we use our phone to pay and not other forms of payment.

Here’s my list of challenges:

·         Buy contactlessly at a drive-thru

·         Buy groceries

·         Watch a movie at the movie theatre (all the movies are rated PG at the ISIS theater)

·         Add money to your phone credit

·         Pay for a hair cut

·         Social suggestion from one of your followers (tried to find a heated toilet seat)

·         Buy flowers using NFC

·         Go entirely contactless for a day

·         Send Gemalto a postcard

·         Pick up lunch

·         Buy a book at the bookstore

·         Buy music at a music store

·         Grab a burrito

·         Eat something sweet from a bakery

·         Pick up some medicine at a pharmacy

·         Buy sporting equipment

·         Buy gas (tried to do this but the gas station wasn’t ISIS enabled)

·         Get something for the home from a do-it-yourself store (tried to do this but the Lace Place closed at 4:00 PM)

·         Redeem a coupon from your mobile wallet #1

·         Redeem a coupon from your mobile wallet #2

·         Invite followers to the kickoff meetup at Whole Foods to learn more about contactless payments and the mobile wallet and NFC technology. For every attendee, a bonus point is earned. For anyone who uses NFC to pay, another point is earned. 

We’ve done pretty well for the week.

Right now the points are:

There are three days left in the challenge; however, not sure that we’ll be able to get more points. The challenge goes through Sunday.

My problem today is that I’ve only got $15 left on my phone and have to get creative to solve the unfinished tasks.

Also, it’s my brother’s wedding reception is Saturday and we are focused on family Friday and Saturday.

Sunday we don’t shop because we try to keep it a holy day.

So, we’ll see Sunday how it all ends up.

The winning team will get $500 donated to their charity of choice, mine is SHOT AT LIFE. Five hundred dollars will immunize 25 children for life! We really want to win.

OVERVIEW OF THE CHALLENGE

Over all the challenge has proved to be a challenge, with hiccups along the way: my phone being shut down for security purposes, money not loading and finding ISIS enabled locations. It’s to be expected to have things go wrong, but I did start to get frustrated by day 3.

But with any challenge comes learning, I’ve learned a lot over this week about mobile payment technology and have been extremely impressed with the ISIS team in Salt Lake. They have gone ABOVE & BEYOND to support and help me resolve issues. One night while trying to purchase flowers with my daughter, I called Nate Stevens because it wasn’t working. So what did he do? He hopped in is car and drove 10 minutes at 9:30 at night to help me. That’s dedication.

I’ve also been able to go to local merchants that I didn’t know existed, like Olympus burger (where we ordered dinner at the drive thru and paid using a coupon, too!). Their food was really good (so good my son was putting rice pilaf on his corn dog).

The kids have been really good sports a long the way and gave them a quarter for every mission we completed. It’s also been a really hot week in Salt Lake but they have been good sports despite the heat. I bought them little bubble gum dispensers and some art supplies at Rite Aid.

Yesterday, we started the day with summer camp and Kindermusic and then I was on KSL for a little feature promoting the challenge. KSL ISIS WALLET.

After the news, I headed down to City Creek to make some purchases using ISIS. Facebook & Instagram friends helped me pick a pair of new running shoes.

Tried desperately to find a heated toilet seat, hot dog toaster or wolf shirt at Macy’s. Ended up with a batter bottle and a pocket hose.

Finding a book and music proved to be more of a challenge, but found these at the Chalk Garden at City Creek.

Last night we had an impressive turn out to the Sugar House Whole Foods

Thanks @redcherries22 for the awesome images.

Dessert was paid for by Isis at Whole Foods and lots of happy customers. We treated 119 people to dessert:

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Here’s a summary video I made:

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Here’s an overview of the week via Instagram (follow me @kathydaltonslc)

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There are people in this world that see a need and act.

Instead of sitting by and talking about it, they take action.

Have you ever met one of these people? I had a surprise meeting in January.

At the Outdoor Retailer show in January, I met Erika.

Seattle Backpacker Magazine & Adventure Mom & Tales of A Mountain Mama

Erkia is on the left, I’m in the middle and Amelia Mayer (Tales of a Mountain Mama) is on the right.

She and her business partner run the online site Seattle Backpacker Magazine. The magazine is dedicated to providing Backpackers with the best information.

I was particiularly interested in learning more about what they were doing because we were heading to Seattle for my brother Mike’s wedding in May (lots to come on the wedding shortly).

Our appointment time was scheduled and we met outside of the media room.

The OR show was almost over and we were both pretty exhausted. We sat out in the hall, sitting side by side, with our backs agains the wall. Our feet were tired and our ears were ringing a little.

But what happened in the interview was a conversation that changed course.

You see, it was suppose to be about how they started their magazine, which I’ll share below, but what happened instead was two mothers talking about their loves for the outdoor and how an interview of her own, changed her life course.

“We are a small group and don’t pretend that we will be erecting a building or re-arranging a village with our few hands. But our hopes are in some ways larger. Our focus is on education and medical assistance. Our basic premise is to empower the people and the children that we work with so that they can walk their own path with fewer roadblocks. We’ll spend some time getting into the communities, rallying the locals and engaging them in the work so that they will be invested in it once we’re gone. There are so many roadblocks in a country with so little infrastructure, such varied landscape and an unsettled government. But that offers us an opportunity to make change much more readily than elsewhere. Or one hopes, because there is so much to do. Broad strokes. With few hands. To develop empowerment and responsibility.”

Photo credit http://himalsong.blogspot.com/

The tour company she uses is a local and Nepal company - International Sherpa Guides (ISG).

The non-profit that I volunteer with (and am a member of the board) is 7 Summits Foundation (7SF) which is a local 501(c)3 in Redmond, WA.

The owner, lead guide of ISG is the president of 7SF, so they are they are the same guy – AC Sherpa.

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This week I’m blogging about the ISIS mobile wallet and competing in a little friendly blogger competition agains Austin blogger Josh Kerr. Follow along using #gemaltonfc and #paywithisis.

Be sure to check back here and read daily posts and videos.

You’re invited to show your support this Thursday at Whole Foods.

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The Gemalto Challenge Kicks off today!

I’m representing Salt Lake City in a week-long challenge to use ISIS enabled smart phone to complete 21 different missions (check out the vidoes below).

Tasks include buying gas, getting a hair cut and going contactless for an entire day.

At 10:00 today we’ll head over to Dan’s Grocery store to meet with the Salt Lake ISIS guy and get money loaded to my phone for the challenge!

Gemalto will donate $500 to the winning contestant and my charity of choice is Shot at Life.

You’re invited to a meet up on Thursday at Whole Foods in Sugar House at 7:00. Dessert is on me and our team will get one point for every person there!

Follow along the competition #gemaltochallenge and #paywithisis.

Here are the first few videos on getting started with the challenge:

UNWRAPPING THE PHONE: 

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HOW TO ADD A CARD TO YOUR ISIS WALLET

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THE EVE OF THE CHALLENGE

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Salt Lake City — Enphase Energy, Inc., and Sunlight Solar have completed a 68-kilowatt solar project on four UTA Airport TRAX stations from downtown North Temple to the Salt Lake City International Airport. Each station rooftop has 72 Enphase microinverters and generates enough power to fully operate all functions of the stop, including lighting, ticket machines and electrical outlets. The project is estimated to generate 90,000 kW hours of electricity annually.

“We are proud to partner with Sunlight Solar, and pleased to offer the Enphase Microinverter System to energize a light rail transit system supporting a major international airport,” said Paul Nahi, CEO of Enphase Energy. “Having provided our microinverter system to Sunlight Solar since 2008, we are excited to see Sunlight expand into commercial projects and look forward to participating in their future success.”

During the first week of operation, approximately 27,000 passengers boarded the Green Line extension that now ends at Salt Lake City International Airport, according to the Utah Transit Authority. Passengers at North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe, Jackson/Euclid, Fairpark and 1940 W. North Temple stations can observe total solar energy generation on 32-inch outdoor screens set to display the Enphase Enlighten monitoring website.

“We continue to choose the Enphase microinverter system for its performance, safety and monitoring software,” said Marc Staker, project manager at Sunlight Solar. “Safety was a primary concern for this project given the amount of passengers who will have access to the stations and having the AC come off the roof instead of high voltage DC lines was key in decreasing risk.”

To view the solar energy generation and savings at the downtown Salt Lake City UTA

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Canyons, Utah Just Got Epic. Now you can get unlimited skiing or riding at Canyons Resort in Utah, plus 8 world-class resorts in Colorado and Tahoe. Buy your 2013/14 season pass now to lock in the lowest guaranteed price.

How does this compare to last year’s Canyons Full Pass?  See the helpful comparison chart to help you navigate the Epic pass line up.

Love skiing or riding Canyons Resort? Here are the best season pass options:

SKI AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, WHENEVER YOU WANT.
Unlimited skiing or riding at Canyons, Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly, Northstar, Kirkwood, Arapahoe Basin and Eldora. - NO BLACKOUTS.  Now includes 5 free days at Verbier, Switzerland and 5 free consecutive days at Arlberg, Austria. $689 Adult / $359 Child

PERFECT FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T PLAN TO SKI OR RIDE MORE THAN 7 DAYS

A total of 7 unrestricted tickets valid at Canyons, Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly, Northstar, Kirkwood, and Arapahoe Basin. $529 Adult / $269 Child

Epic Local Pass does not currently have access to Canyons.  Canyons access on the Epic Local Pass will be decided at a later time.

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(Adventure Mom is sponsored by Gemalto. 100% of the opinions are my own.)

{read using your best WWF announcer man voice}

ANNOUNCING …THE …GEMALTO… CONTACTLESS …CHALLENGE!!!

{cyber crowd politely claps}

After much success in the UK, Gemalto  is bringing the challenge state side!

{cyber crowd googles “UK Gemalto Contactless Challenge” }

Today we have our contenders here for a press conference.

In the left corner of the ring…Kathy Dalton with Adventure Mom blogger representing Salt Lake City.

{cyber crowd cheers}

In the right corner of the ring…Josh Kerr, tech blogger representing Austin.

{cyber crowd, now on their feet, whip out their smart phones and start punching tweets #GemaltoNFC and left hook #PayWithIsis}

…

THE DETAILS

Adventure Mom will compete against Austin Tech Blogger, Josh Kerr.

The Challenge will run from June 10 at 6am to June 14 until midnight.

READ THE OFFICIAL GEMALTO USA ANNOUNCEMENT HERE:

Daily Challenges will take place for a week on an NFC quest in which they competed against each other to see who could be the most successful in going contactless.

{I’ll be honest, I had to wiki what NFC  means: ”Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphonesand similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into close proximity, usually no more than a few centimeters. Present and anticipated applications include contactless transactions, data exchange, and simplified setup of more complex communications such as Wi-Fi.^[1] Communication is also possible between an NFC device and an unpowered NFC chip, called a “tag”.^[2])}

We’ll be blogging, tweeting and videoing our challenges daily.

I’m even getting fancy 1 on 1 training tomorrow on how to use the new technology and make purchases with the Isis phone.

So, let’s be honest. Why does this matter to you? Because we want  show the nation what Salt Lake City is made of. That we are an amazing social media community and a tech savvy city/state.

I’m reading up on this as much as I can.

To say I’m a little intimidated is an understatement.

I’m a “mom blogger”.

I write about family adventures.

Not tech guru wizard skills.

But I am uber competitive.

And have REALLY smart, funny, supportive friends.

So, here’s the thing… I”m going to need A LOT of help from YOU!

We can crowd source and am asking begging you for support…oh and there will be incentives for helping me too along the way :)

Here’s some ways you can help me right now:

www.twitter.com/Gemalto  www.twitter.com/GemaltoTelecoms

www.twitter.com/JustAskGemalto

www.twitter.com/Gemalto_NA

www.facebook.com/gemalto

www.facebook.com/JustAskGemalto

www.linkedin.com/company/gemalto

Here’s a list of spots in Salt Lake where you can pay with ISIS: https://www.paywithisis.com/where-to-use.xhtml

Thanks Joel Smith for this article on Gemalto:

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