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ARCADIA, LA ŌĆö A celebration of the life of Ben Simmers will be from 2 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at his residence for family and friends.
Ben was born April 28, 1938 in Whitley County.
He entered into rest Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in Shreveport, La.
Ben was retired from Ball-Foster Glass Manufacturing Company after many years of faithful service.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps where he proudly served his country.
Ben was a graduate of Columbia City High School.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Dewey and Bernice Simmers, and granddaughter, Emily Simmers.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆō Col-umbia City Rotarians hosted 120 bidders at its annual scholarship auction Saturday night at the EagleŌĆÖs Nest Event Center, raising more than $21,000 at the Hawaiian-themed banquet.
The top single purchase of the evening was a week of leisure at a condominium in Naples, Fla., provided by Don Armstrong. Candice and Barry Yeakle were top bidders for the get-away.
PIERCETON ŌĆö The 2012-2013 school calendar year for Whitko Community School Corporation (WCSC) will change a bit from previous years, according to Superintendent Steve Clason. The first full-day for WCSC students will be Aug. 15 with the last day set for May 23, providing there are no make-up days for weather.
ŌĆ£I think this (2012-2013 school calendar) is one of the better calendars we have had,ŌĆØ school board secretary Roger Boggs said at its Board of School Trustees regular monthly meeting Monday evening.
By JAMES THOMLISON
Staff Writer
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö The Whitley County Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) Board of Directors and the Whitley County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) announced Tuesday they are coordinating together in efforts to more closely align their work with local business and industry.
Following a recent discussion involving members of both boards of directors, a committee was formed to explore options to form a partnership between the Chamber and EDC.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆöA party of family, friends and fellow classmates hugged and congratulated 18-year-old Columbia City High School student Michaela Thomas as she prepared to leave for Kokomo Friday.
Michaela is Whitley CountyŌĆÖs 47th representative to compete at the Indiana state level for the 52nd Annual Distinguished Young Women (DYW) program, formally known as Junior Miss.
Michaela believes the program has already taught her some valuable life lessons.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆō It was supposed to be rain, but precipitation in Whitley County shortly before 7 a.m. today came in the form of moderately heavy wet snow.
The surprise snow was coating roadways and causing traffic to go no more than 35 mph in places on U.S. 30, extending commute times considerably.
The good news is that warming temperatures should change the snow to rain . . . soon.
FORT WAYNE ŌĆō The Whitley County Dazzlers performed at their first cheerleading competition Feb. 11 at the Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne.
The Whitley County troupe received the Outstanding Performance Award for cheerleaders in the Special Needs category at the Speedway Slam for Great Lakes Cheerleading Competition.
The cheerleading squad includes Mary Hyndman, Payton Jagger, Alisha Kimmel, Sydney Pequignot, Samara Pfeiffer, Brooke Silk.
Coaches include Vanessa Bills, Kaycee Bills, sophomore at University of St. Francis, and Sarah Horn, junior at Churubusco High School.
SOUTH WHITLEY ŌĆö What remains of South WhitleyŌĆÖs longtime movie theater continued to smolder Sunday while shocked residents stared in disbelief and some harkened back to a day when the historic building hosted celluloid images of Gable, Grant and The Duke.
ŌĆ£In 1947, I sold tickets to the Kent Theatre movies and admission was 35 cents then, along with a big bag of popcorn for 10 cents,ŌĆØ said Donna (Wendel) Thomson.
ŌĆ£On Friday and Saturday evenings there were two movies, one at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. and the theater was completely full with both show times.ŌĆØ
Virginia A. Browning, 84, of Fort Wayne, died at 9:25 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.
She was born Aug. 4, 1927, in Smith Township, a daughter of Adam and Ollie (Truelove) Ragan.
On Jan. 24, 1946, she married Leo E. Browning, who preceded her in death on June 6, 1992.
Survivors include two sons, Charles Browning of Churubusco and Dean Browning of Vancouver, Wash.; two daughters, Pamela Murphy of Dewy Rose, Ga. and Renee Lemish of Avilla; 10 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
SOUTH WHITLEY ŌĆö Peggy Jean Heindselman, 86, of South Whitley died at 8:48 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, at Parkview Oaks where she had been a resident for the last four weeks.
She was born July 6, 1925, in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Clifford and Bessie (Shorb) Sickafoose.
Her formative years were spent in the Fort Wayne area.
She started high school at Northside, Fort Wayne and finished her senior year at South Whitley, graduating with the Class of 1943.
Following her graduation, she worked for Lincoln Life, Fort Wayne. On Feb. 1, 1947, she was united in marriage to John K. Heindselman.


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God has created human being, the universe and different things; these are divided into living and non living things. Each and every thing is created only for the benefit of humans. God also says that "travel the universe" to know about everything. Because traveling is only the way to know about anything placed in any side of the world.
The term "travel" may originate from the old French and word travail. We still use the words travail and travails in English which means struggle. Throughout the middle Ages, when Europe's roads are little, vehicles supported by wheels are used to transfer goods from one place to another; there came some changes in 17th century when they start constructing the vast roads, science start improving in the technology of transport. To travel any palace or to transfer some things from one place to other supporting things are very important. Transport is one of the main supporting machines to travel or transferring from one place to more info
Why do people travel?
This is very important question. There are many reasons of traveling. In whole life we should have to travel in both agree and disagree cases. Some time we needs to attend the marriage ceremony of a friend living in another country, at this time we becomes very happy because it is very good event to meet new peoples and our best friends, but rarely we also have to travel in bad condition also for example if some ones friend got accident in another city and he died then in this situation he needs to go there but he is not happy at the moment.
There are many other reasons of traveling, which include re creation, tourism relaxation, discovery and exploration. Authorities emphasize the importance of taking precautions to ensure a pleasant and good travel safety. Traveling abroad is not an easy job. It might takes minutes, hours, days or months. One can be subject to difficulties, crime and violence. Some safety pre cautions are very important to travel such a long journey. He or she must a source of contact to inform the others about his journey. First aid is also necessary in case of any emergency or any violence. Another important thing is insurance of automobile. It is also very necessary to check the insurance policy also. There are many cases of insurance. Many insurance company of foreign country don not allow other countries insurance policy. If you want to move to Europe from Asia first you need to check the insurance policy otherwise you may face a lot of problems in new country. Traveling has many benefits also.
It creates new relationship with new peoples belonging to different cast and culture. It gives you opportunity to learn new different things like gaming, snow boarding, etc. When I recently traveled to New York I learned how to to play pc games and also purchased a best gaming mouse from there.
You could lean different languages. If someone wants to learn any language he must visit to the respective country, travel gives you adventure, perspective and good chances of education. Your dreams come to true, you can prove yourself, you can know about the culture and environment of a country.

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The Treasury can't sell gilts during the Olympics because no traders are going to work
The Olympics' reverse Midas touch strikes again.
The Olympics' reverse Midas touch strikes again.
by Alex Hern Published
The Financial Times reports that the Government is suspending its weekly auctions of Treasury gilts for a four-week period between mid-July and mid-August over fears that "too many bond traders will be working from home – or not at all – during the Olympics."
A spokesman for the DMO confirmed that the prospect of so few gilts traders being at their desks with trading screens switched on had caused it to take the unusual step of rescheduling auctions.
Such thin staffing raises the prospect of a "sloppy" auction that could force the Exchequer to pay more to borrow. "Why take operational risk when you don't have to?" the DMO spokesman said.
The two lines which are expected to be unusable during the Games are the Central and Jubilee lines, which serve Stratford station, the main access for the Olympic stadium. They are also the main routes, respectively, to Bank and Canary Wharf stations, the two with the highest concentration of bankers. Worse, many stations used in commutes to those destinations are also expected to be affected. London Bridge station, an interchange between many commuter rail lines and the Jubilee, is expected to be "exceptionally busy" between 7 and 9:30 in the morning and 4 and 10:30 at night. Bond Street, as an interchange between the two key lines, carries warnings that it may take up to an hour to get from street level to the platforms.
Cohen adds:
The absence of new gilts auctions may have a serious knock-on effect, economists said. If, as expected, the Bank of England gives the go-ahead this week for another round of gilts purchases to help boost the economy, it may have to slow these down because of the Olympic effect.
Buying gilts in a market where no new securities are being issued could distort interest rates in unpredictable ways, economists warned.
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Renal Cell Carcinoma
Malignant epithelial tumors arising in the kidneys of children account for more than 5% of new pediatric renal tumors; therefore, they are more common than clear cell sarcoma of the kidney or rhabdoid tumors of the kidney. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the most common primary malignancy of the kidney in adults, occurs rarely in children younger than 15 years. In the older age group of adolescents (aged 15–19 years), approximately two-thirds of renal malignancies are RCC.[34] The annual incidence rate is approximately 4 per 1 million children compared with an incidence of Wilms tumor of the kidney that is at least 29-fold higher. RCC in young patients has a different genetic and morphologic spectrum than that seen in older adults.[35,36,37,38]
RCC may be associated with other conditions, including the following:
- von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease: VHL disease is an autosomal dominant condition in which blood vessels within the retina and cerebellum grow excessively.[35] The gene for VHL disease is located on chromosome 3p25.3 and is a tumor-suppressor gene, which is either mutated or deleted in patients with the syndrome.
Screening for the VHL gene is available.[39] To detect clear cell renal carcinoma in these individuals when the lesions are less than 3 cm and nephron-sparing surgery can be performed, annual screening with abdominal ultrasound or MRI is recommended beginning at age 8 to 11 years.[29]
- Tuberous sclerosis: In tuberous sclerosis, the renal lesions may actually be epithelioid angiomyolipoma (also called perivascular epithelioid cell tumor or PEComa), which is associated with aggressive or malignant behavior and expresses melanocyte and smooth muscle markers.[40,41]
- Familial RCC: Familial RCC has been associated with an inherited chromosome translocation involving chromosome 3.[42] A high incidence of chromosome 3 abnormalities has also been demonstrated in nonfamilial renal tumors.
Succinate dehydrogenase (SDHB, SDHC, and SDHD) is a Krebs cycle enzyme gene that has been associated with the development of familial renal cell carcinoma occurring with pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma. Germline mutations in a subunit of the gene have been reported in individuals with renal cancer with no history of pheochromocytoma.[43,44]
- Renal medullary carcinoma: A rare subtype of RCC, renal medullary carcinoma, may be associated with sickle cell hemoglobinopathy.[45] Renal medullary carcinomas are highly aggressive malignancies characterized clinically by a high stage at the time of detection, with widespread metastases and lack of response to chemotherapy and radiation therapy.[46][ Level of evidence: 3iiA] Survival is poor and ranges from 2 weeks to 15 months, with a mean survival of 4 months.[45,46,47,48]
- Hereditary leiomyomatosis: Hereditary leiomyomatosis (of skin and uterus) and RCC is a distinct phenotype caused by dominant inheritance of a mutation in the fumarate hydratase gene. Screening for RCC starting as early as age 5 years has been recommended.[49,50]
- Second malignant neoplasm: RCCs have been described in patients several years after diagnosis and therapy for pediatric malignancies such as neuroblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and leiomyosarcoma.[51,52,53,54,55]
Indications for germline genetic testing of children and adolescents with RCC to screen for a related syndrome are described in Table 1.
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A durable sandal includes a composition rubber sole, a first composition rubber insole, and a unitary leather element including four straps and a second insole section of substantially the same shape as the first insole. Two of the straps having buckles attached thereto are substantially shorter than the other two and extend from one edge of the second insole section. The other two straps extend from an opposite edge of the second insole section. The unitary leather element is aligned with and peripherally sewn to the top surface of first composition rubber insole. The bottom surface of the composition rubber insole is adhesively bonded to an upper surface of the composition rubber sole.
1. A sandal comprising in combination:
a. a foot-shaped sole, said foot-shaped sole being composed of composition rubber material;
b. a foot-shaped lower insole, said foot-shaped lower insole being substantially thinner than said foot-shaped sole;
c. an upper insole section, said upper insole section having a foot-shaped section and a plurality of straps integral with said foot-shaped section, said straps extending from edges of said foot-shaped section, said upper insole section including four of said straps, first and second ones of said straps each extending from an instep edge of said upper insole section and having first and second buckles attached thereto, said first and second straps being spaced apart, substantially parallel, and inclined substantially forward toward a toe end of said upper insole section when said upper insole section is flat, third and fourth ones of said straps each extending from an edge of said upper insole section opposite to said instep edge and having a plurality of tongue-receiving holes therein for receiving the tongue of a respective one of said buckles, said first buckle being fastened to said fourth strap and said second buckle being fastened to said third strap, said third and fourth straps being spaced apart, substantially parallel, and inclined substantially forward toward the toe end of said upper insole section when said upper insole section is flat;
d. means for attaching the lower surface of said upper insole section to the upper surface of said lower foot-shaped insole, said attaching means including a plurality of stitches extending through said upper insole section and said foot-shaped lower insole, said plurality of stitches being disposed along the entire periphery of said lower foot-shaped insole;
e. means for adhesively bonding the lower surface of said lower foot-shaped insole to the upper surface of said foot-shaped sole; and
f. a leather heel strap having opposed ends attached by means of stitches to said second and third straps.
2. The sandal of claim 1 wherein said upper insole section is composed of leather and said lower insole section is composed of composition rubber.
3. The sandal of claim 1 further including adhesive bonding means for adhesively attaching the lower surface of said lower inner sole to the upper surface of said sole.
4. The sandal of claim 6 wherein said sole includes a continuous ridge disposed peripherally along the supper surface of said sole, said lower insole being aligned with said ridge and having an edge surrounded with and adjacent to said ridge.
5. The sandal of claim 1 wherein the upper surface of said foot-shaped sole includes a plurality of cavities therein.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to sandal structures and methods of making sandals.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Sandals are widely used by men, woman and children throughout the world. There are a wide variety of sandal structures which are suitable for various manufacturing techniques or for being handmade. Sandals are also widely used in the United States, especially by women and children. Children's sandals need to be especially durable in order to withstand the rough treatment which they receive from most children.
The shoe manufacturing industry throughout the United States, Europe and the Far East, is highly competitive. The sandal segment of the shoe industry is no different in this respect than the rest of the shoe industry. The shoe manufacturing industry in the United States has experienced a marked decline in recent years, due to high labor costs and high costs of manufacturing equipment and machinery. Because labor costs are much lower, less expensive shoe manufacturing machinery is required for overseas shoe manufacturing operations. Consequently, most shoes now sold in the United States are manufactured overseas.
Present sandals have structures which necessitate use of a relatively large amount of hand labor or use of very complex and extensive automatic manufacturing equipment for making such sandals. One common sandal structure includes a composition rubber sole to which a leather insole is adhesively bonded. The leather insole includes a plurality of elongated rectangular slots extending through the insole along the major edges of the insole. Toe straps and ankle straps having enlarged ends for the upper portion of the sandal. The enlarged ends of the toe straps and ankle straps are inserted through the elongated slots and are bent inwardly against the lower surface of the insole before the resulting assembly is adhesively bonded to the upper surface of the composition rubber sole. Ordinary buckles are utilized to fasten opposing toe straps and ankle straps. The above described sandal structure is widely used, but has a number of shortcomings. One of the most serious shortcomings of the foregoing sandal structure is that the enlarged ends of the respective straps are often loosened or pulled out of the slots when the sandal is subjected to rough treatment, as by active children. If even one enlarged end of a sandal is pulled loose in this manner the sandal and its mate are, for all practical purposes useless, since repair of the sandal structure is impractical. Although adhesive bonding between the insole and sole is economical and relatively durable, such bonding tends to gradually weaken because ordinary wear, especially in children's sandals produces great stresses at the edges of the bonding, thereby separating the bond at the edges of the sandals. The ordinary wear stresses then cause the separation to gradually spread inward, until the tabs become loosened. There is clearly an unmet need for an improved, low cost sandal having straps which do not become loosened by rough treatment.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an improved sandal having straps which do not become loosened as a result of rough treatment received from wearers, especially children.
Another shortcoming of the above described sandal structure is that the described tabs extend between the insole lower surface and the upper surface of the composition rubber sole, thereby producing bumps which are often uncomfortable to the wearer.
Accordingly, another object of the invention is to provide an improved sandal which does not have bumps along the edges of its insole.
The above described sandal structure requires use of expensive machinery in order to cut the leather strap sections. The sandal structure requires individual strap sections, which are punched from a piece of leather by utilizing powerful, expensive punches. The necessity of providing a number of individual straps increases the cost of such equipment. The necessity of punching the elongated slots in the insole necessitates use of more expensive machinery and labor than would be necessary if the slots were not required. Expensive, complicated machinery is also required to accomplish the task of inserting the enlarged ends of the straps into the slots of the insole prior to adhesively bonding the insole and strap assembly to the composition rubber sole. Thus, there is an unmet need for a sandal having a structure capable of being manufactured with less complex and expensive machinery, less labor, and fewer complex manufacturing steps than the above described sandal.
Accordingly, another object of the invention is to provide an improved sandal having a structure which is more easily and less expensively manufactured than sandal structures of the prior art.
Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved method of manufacturing sandals.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide a sandal structure and method of making which overcomes the above described shortcomings of the prior art.
Briefly described, and in accordance with one embodiment thereof, the invention provides a sandal having a sole piece and an upper insole piece having a plurality of straps integral with the upper insole piece. In the described embodiment of the invention, the upper insole piece is sewn to a lower insole piece by means of continuous sewn stitching disposed along the periphery of the lower insole piece. The sole piece is composed of composition rubber material. The lower insole piece is also composed of composition rubber, and is adhesively bonded to the upper surface of the sole piece. The upper sole piece is composed of leather. The sandal is manufactured by punching the upper insole piece from a piece of suitable leather. The lower insole piece is formed by punching it from a sheet of composition rubber material. The lower surface of the upper insole piece is aligned with the upper surface of the lower insole piece, and a sewing machine is utilized to sew the periphery of the lower insole piece to the upper insole piece. Buckles are attached to appropriate ones of the straps. Cement is applied to the lower surface of the lower insole and the upper surface of the sole piece and allowed to cure for a predetermined amount of time. The cemented surfaces are passed beneath an infrared heat source, heating them to a predetermined temperature. The lower surface of the lower insole and the upper surface of the sole piece are aligned and pressed together for a predetermined amount of time utilizing a predetermined amount of pressure.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing part of a prior art sandal structure.
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the punched leather parts of the sandal of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a top view of the insole of the sandal of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view illustrating attachment of the unitary upper insole of FIG. 2 to the lower composition rubber insole of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a partial plan view of the cement pattern applied to the insole assembly of FIG. 4 and a composition rubber sole.
FIG. 6 is a perspective showing the sandal structure after attachment of the insole assembly of FIG. 4 to the composition rubber sole.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the sandal structure of the invention after attachment of a heel strap to the ankle straps.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the structure of FIG. 7 after attachment of a T-strap.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating the completed sandal structure.
FIG. 10 is a flow chart useful in describing the method of making the sandal of the present invention.
Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows the strap and insole configuration of the previously mentioned prior art structure, including a leather insole 1, ankle strap 2, toe strap 3, a plurality of elongated slots 5 in insole 1, and a plurality of enlarged ends of the ankle and toe straps. Enlarged ends 4 extend through slots 5, as previously mentioned, and are folded inward before cementing the structure of FIG. 1 to a composition rubber sole (not shown). As previously mentioned, enlarged heads 4 are often pulled loose when the sandal is subjected to rough treatment.
Referring now to FIG. 8, a completed sandal 10 of the present invention is shown. Sandal 10 includes a composition rubber sole 12. Sole 12 can be purchased from American Built-Rite Company, of Massachusetts.
Referring now to FIGS. 2 and 8, sandal 10 includes an upper assembly 14 which includes a leather insole-strap section 18. Referring now to FIG. 2, insole/strap section 18 includes a foot-shaped upper insole section 18' and has a toe portion 18F and heel portion 18E. Upper insole section 18' has integral straps 18A, 18B, 18C, and 18D, which are substantially inclined forward toward toe portion 18F. Straps 18A and 18C are substantially parallel and straps 18B and 18D are substantially parallel. Straps 18A and 18B are referred to as ankle straps, and straps 18C and 18D are referred to as toe straps. A plurality of tongue receiving holes 18G are formed in straps 18A and 18C for effecting clasping with buckles 16, which are attached to straps 18D and 18B.
A heel strap 20 is attached to ankle straps 18A and 18B. A T-strap 22 includes loops through which toe strap 18C and ankle strap 18A extend, as illustrated in FIG. 8.
Although it is not readily apparent from FIG. 8, upper assembly 14 not only includes upper insole section 18' and its integral toe and ankle straps, but also includes a lower insole 24, which is shown in FIG. 3. Lower insole 24 is composed of composition rubber and is formed by being punched from a sheet composition rubber. The periphery of lower insole 24 is approximately coextensive with the periphery of the foot-shaped portion of leather upper insole section 18'. Upper insole section 18' is stitched along its periphery to the periphery of lower composition rubber insole 24. During the manufacturing process, subsequently described, upper assembly 14 is adhesively bonded to the upper surface of composition rubber sole 12.
The method of manufacturing sandal 10 is best described by referring to FIGS. 2-8 and to the flow diagram of FIG. 10. As indicated in block 40 of FIG. 10, the first step in the manufacturing process is to punch leather insole/strap section 18, heel strap 20, and T-strap 22 from a piece of leather. The punching operation can be performed by means of a punch machine referred to in the art as a "clicker" machine. Holes 18G and straps 18A and 18C (for receiving the tongue of buckles 16) hand cuts 22C and hole 22B in T-strap 22 can be punched at the same time that the respective parts are punched. Lower insole 24 (FIG. 3) is also punched from a sheet of the above mentioned composition rubber material.
Next, the lower surface of upper insole section 18' is aligned with the upper surface of lower insole 24 and is sewn thereto using nylon thread by means of a sewing machine as indicated in block 41 of FIG. 10. Reference numeral 28 in FIG. 4 illustrates the stitching, which is located approximately at one-eighth of an inch from the respective peripheral edges of upper insole section 18' and lower insole 24, as illustrated. The sewing machiene utilized is commonly used in the shoe manufacturing industry, and is manufactured by Singer Sewing Machine Co.
As indicated in block 42, buckles 16 next are attached to the extreme ends of straps 18B and 18D utilizing staples. This step is well known in the shoe manufacturing industry, and is not described in further detail.
As indicated in block 43 of FIG. 10, heel strap 20 is then attached, as indicated in FIG. 5.
As indicated in block 44 of FIG. 10 and also in FIG. 6, the bottom surface of lower insole 24 and the upper surface of composition rubber sole 12 are coated with urethane cement. The cement is allowed to dry for several hours. Next, sole 12 and the upper assembly 14 are placed on a moving conveyor belt which passes through an infrared heat source, which raises the temperature of the cement to approximately 500° F. in approximately thirty seconds.
As indicated in block 46 of FIG. 10, the next step is to align the lower surface of lower insole 24 with the upper surface of sole 12. (Preferably, the top surface of sole 12 has a plurality of cavities therein which produce a cushioning effect on the final product. A circumferential ridge is formed along the upper surface of sole 12. The edges of lower insole 24 set within the ridge, enabling insole 24 to be easily aligned with sole 12 prior to the stamping process). A pressure plate having a shape corresponding to that of lower insole 24 applies approximately 1,000 pounds of pressure for a period of approximately two seconds, thereby adhesively bonding upper assembly 14 to composition rubber sole 12.
As indicated in block 47 of FIG. 10, the next step is to install T-strap 22 by forming a loop through which ankle strap 18A passes. This is accomplished by means of rivet 36 (see FIG. 8) which passes through holes 22A and 22B in T-strap 22 (see FIG. 2). The final step of the manufacturing process is to fasten the straps utilizing buckles 16 and perform an inspection test by stressing the individual straps and buckles, as indicated in block 47 of FIG. 10. FIG. 9 illustrates the finished product ready for shipment.
The described sandal is far more durable than prior sandals, as the strap has no tendency to become loosened due to rough use because of the integral straps of the upper insole/strap section 18'. The peripheral stitching of upper insole section 18' and lower insole 24 resists periheral separation of upper insole/strap section 18' and lower insole section 24 and reduces edge stress on the cement bond between composition rubber sole 12 and lower insole 24. The sandal of the present invention is substantially less expensive to manufacture than prior art sandals because of its inherent simplicity.
While the invention has been described with reference to a particular embodiment thereof and a particular method of manufacture, those skilled in the art will be able to provide obvious variations in the disclosed structure and method without departing from the true spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, the steps of attaching back strap 20 and buckles 16 can be performed at different points in the manufacturing process described above, as can the step of installing rivet 36 and T-strap 22. If desired, it would be possible to eliminate composition rubber insole 24 altogether and directly bond the lower surface of upper insole section 18 directly to the upper surface of sole 12, although the resulting structure would be less satisfactory than the one described.
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Praised as the first true Hitchcock masterpiece, this is a great spy thriller, though I wouldn't actually label it as one of Hitchcock's best. What I would say is that this is probably the film that sealed Hitchcock as the main director of the thriller genre, because it is a strong thriller and also because it was a box office hit. The story follows Robert Donat's character, who's on the run for a crime he had nothing to do with. Enter Madeleine Carroll who at first provides an excellent foil but then also becomes a willing love interest. It's a great movie with two wonderful performances by Donat and Carroll. In addition to being one of the first Hitchcock films to use the "wronged" man as a theme, it also is probably the first use of something later coined as the MacGuffin, a plot device that is used to move the story along but actually, it's of no true significance to the story. Here, the MacGuffin would be the formula inside the mind of Mr. Memory. The 39 Steps is a fast-paced thriller that really keeps the audience guessing right until the very end…and one of the best of British Hitchcock.
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Over the course of his career, Hitchcock followed his trademark "thriller" genre fairly closely. He made one totally non-suspenseful work early in his career (Mr. and Mrs. Smith from 1941 is a screwball, romantic comedy) and some of his works had more intense thrills than others did. On the whole, though, Hitchcock's films made his audience sit on the edge of their seats and Notorious (1946) is no exception. Yet, it is somewhat unique since it is the closest Hitchcock ever came to making an outright dramatic love story. Starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman (both of whom had worked with Hitchcock prior to this film), Notorious is a masterpiece on every front. It works perfectly as a thriller and passionately as a love story and it features both supreme directing and stellar acting performances. Bergman plays the daughter of a former Nazi who is convicted for his wartime crimes. Her father's connections place Bergman in a perfect position to play spy for the U.S. government, which she does under the watchful eye of governmental agent Grant. A love affair between Bergman and Grant cools off after her assignment involves her becoming more than just an acquaintance with one of her father's friends. Hitchcock's sense of style is unmatched in this film. The camera movements add to both the intensity of the romance (following Grant and Bergman from room to room as they continue their embrace) and the drama of the suspense (following a key in Bergman's hand).


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I'm sitting down with a few glasses of wine and a stack of the year's most popular music. The idea is to see what impression these songs will make on my folks, who are diehard classical-music fans. When I ask them who they think is the year's top-selling artist, they struggle for the answer.
"I would guess Britney Spears," my mother says.
My father scrunches his forehead. "I don't know. Yanni?"
"Yeah!," Usher: My parents bob their heads appreciatively as the music plays. Last year it became clear that one of their biggest struggles is not so much enduring the songs but having something incisive to say about them. To their ears, most of this sounds the same: too loud, hard to understand, even incomprehensible. My father will begin almost every critique with a statement about whether or not the song was pleasant.
"Well, it was pleasant to listen to," says my dad when I turn off the song. I think that to him this is code for "It didn't hurt." He continues, "I would say that it's not something you'd listen to at home. It seems directly related to bopping."
Wait a minute. "Did you just say bopping?" I ask.
"Or dancing." He shrugs. "Whatever."
Our analysis of Usher seems to have come to an end. My mother tells me, "You know, your father and I recently watched ballroom dancing on Channel 13, so we know a lot of new steps. We can 'shake' and 'hesitate.'" And no: I don't know what "shake" or "hesitate" means either.
"Duality," Slipknot: As a teen my older brother subscribed to Circus magazine and owned every Judas Priest cassette ever made. This was just before the Tipper Gore-led PMRC blowup of the early '80s, which suddenly turned every metalhead into a suspected felon. I placed Slipknot in the playlist purely for shock value; part of me has always wondered if they knew what their son was listening to. But rather than being offended, my parents are intrigued. They patiently nod through the crunching guitars. My mother compares the hushed, spoken lyrics and backward tracks to "Revolution 9" on the Beatles' White Album. My father says it reminds him of Jesus Christ Superstar.
"Did you bring any Pantera?" my father asks. He's very curious about Dimebag.
"Redneck Woman," Gretchen Wilson: I've written before about warming to the basic humor and glee of Gretchen Wilson's breakout hit. My parents, however, are not impressed.
"It just seemed like so many other country songs," my father says.
"It didn't do much for me," says Mom.
"Depending on what she looks like, I might like it more," my dad says.
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As per the recommendations given by AAP, kids after age of two should not watch television more than two hours every day. Whereas, infants till the age of two should not watch television at all.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Junior Matt Czarnecki (Greenwich, Conn.) shot a two-over par 212 over three rounds to claim the individual title at the 2007 Patriot League Golf Championship, held at the Bucknell University Golf Course on Saturday and Sunday. As a team, the Crusaders finished in a tie for sixth place with a total of 913 strokes. Bucknell won the team title with a 883 total strokes.
Czarnecki carded rounds of 73 (three-over par), 68 (two-under par) and 71 (one-over par) to take first place by one stroke over Chris Renninger of Navy. Throughout the 54-hole tournament, Czarnecki recorded nine birdies to lead the field. His score of 212 tied for the ninth-lowest score in Patriot League Championship history. He also becomes the first Holy Cross player to ever win the Patriot League men's golf title as an individual.
Junior Ryan Kenny (Medford, Mass.) had the second-best score of the weekend for Holy Cross, finishing in 22nd place with 229 strokes. Junior Joe Hajjar (Mahwah, N.J.) and senior Chris Gorczyca (Mashpee, Mass.) tied for 35th place with totals of 238 strokes, while senior Casey Turner (Franklin, Mass.) finished 39th (245 strokes) and freshman Anthony Ardito (Portland, Maine) was 41st (251 strokes).
The 2006-2007 season is now complete for the Holy Cross men's golf team.
2007 Patriot League Men's Golf Championship
Team Scores: 1. Bucknell 883 (291-297-295); 2. Navy 886 (298-294-294); 3. Army 888 (293-293-302); 4. Lehigh 890 (299-296-295); 5. Colgate 908 (308-303-297); Tie-6. Holy Cross 913 (304-304-305); Tie-6. Lafayette 913 (299-309-305).
Top Individual Scores: 1. Matt Czarnecki, Holy Cross 212 (73-68-71); 2. Chris Renninger, Navy 213 (72-69-72); 3. Charles Waddell, Bucknell 215 (74-73-68); Tie-4. Steve Suarez, Lehigh 220 (75-72-73); Tie-4 Andrew Cohen, Bucknell 220 (72-74-74); Tie-6. Keita Aoki, Bucknell 222 (73-76-73); Tie-6. Matt Hanlon, Army 222 (71-76-75); Tie-6. Chip Hardie, Navy 222 (73-75-74); 9. Pat Beverly, Army 223 (74-70-79); Tie-10. Sam Walenz, Army 225 (75-73-77); Tie-10. Matt Denison, Lehigh 225 (77-75-73).


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County council pledges £50,000 for Gloucestershire flood victims
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Gloucestershire County Council's Cabinet this morning pledged up to an extra £50k for immediate support to people affected by flooding in recent days.
The new fund will be administered by Gloucestershire Community Foundation, which already works with the county council. The money will be given to victims who have suffered hardship due to flooding or future winter problems.
The proposal was added to an agenda item on the council's medium term financial strategy this morning by council leader, Cllr Mark Hawthorne, and unanimously supported by the Cabinet.
This follows a recent pledge to allocate just over £1m (£1.086m) of the councils' current £1.99 million underspend to the six district councils for flood alleviation works in their areas.
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Gloucestershire County Council has spent around £20m on flood alleviation works since 2007.
Cllr Mark Hawthorne, leader of Gloucestershire County Council, said: "Much of what we've seen over the last few days could have been a lot worse had we not invested since 2007.
"Unfortunately around 50 properties in the county have flooded in the last few days, but the Environment Agency estimate this could have been 500 properties without the investment in flood alleviation.
"Gloucestershire County Council wants to continue taking a lead in protecting people's homes from flooding. That's why I am proposing an extra recommendation to commit up to £50,000 to help people in the community respond to issues relating to flooding in their properties.
"This is reinforcing our ongoing commitment to flood alleviation and supporting flood victims since 2007."
Gloucestershire Community Foundation's (GCF) first priority is to swiftly get financial help to people whose homes have been flooded over the last couple of weeks.
These are called emergency relief grants and will take the form of a flat-rate payment of £250 to help with the most immediate needs.
As the impact and need becomes clearer in the coming days and weeks, and as more funds become available to GCF, they will launch further rounds of grants.
In some cases these may be additional grants to the most vulnerable households that have been flooded – and those in receipt of an emergency relief grant
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Downtown Elkin became home to a scavenger hunt on Tuesday.
Approximately 30 teachers, assistants teachers, and administrative workers from CB Eller Elementary School participated in what educators described as a fun competition.
The hunt used Geotracking, a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled smart phones. Participants used the service to locate historically significant archaeological objects or locations while having fun.
"Today is designed for collaboration. The exercise is building teamwork," said school Principal Pamela Huffman. "Teams will now return to the school and are going to be looking at some of the instructional strategies demonstrated to determine which ones are most effective, or identify ones that are not."
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Last Saturday the U.S. House of Representatives passed a comprehensive health care insurance bill. Controversy over abortion was highlighted in the press with its narrow passage, especially the clout exercised by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. But the bishops had another agenda item in regard to the bill -- extension of benefits to all immigrants. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus successfully pressured Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with help of the USCC, to protect most rights of immigrants.


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Michaelangelo Antonioni
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(1912 - 2007)
Three Key Films: L'Avventura (1960), Blow-Up (1966), The Passenger (1975)
Underrated: Zabriskie Point (1970): Legend has it that when Italian maestro Michelangelo Antonioni came to America to make his second English language film (after the monster success of Blow-Up), he was shocked by the backlash his production received. There was never any doubting of his ideals—the filmmaker was as left leaning as the turbulent times allowed—and his planned film was to take on all aspects of the debauched Western (read: US) culture. But with local law enforcement accusing Antonioni of everything from inciting riots to corrupting the morals of youth, the counterculture's latest auteur was heading for a faceoff with the most conservative of stateside Establishments—and it really wasn't a fair fight. As a result, many consider Zabriskie Point to be a failure. They see it as a kind of compromise, a version of Antonioni's philosophies foiled by a time when the '60s was dying and no one was around to eulogize the corpse. Antonioni wanted his ethereal encapsulation of the entire Peace Generation to be a strong and unswerving statement. What he got instead was a tantalizing tone poem, a masterpiece that makes its point in symbols so obvious and complaints so calculated that one just can't imagine his message would be so simple.
Unforgettable: Thomas the photographer discovers a crime… or does he? Though director Brian DePalma would rip it off (and then refine it) for his narrative copycat Blow Out, the moment when David Hemmings discovers that he may have captured a murder in his otherwise giddy glamour shots of London remains Blow-Up's most powerful statement. Along with the openness toward sex and the final bit of mime madness, Antonioni's desire to push perspective (and perception) to the forefront of his narrative turns an otherwise story of casual pop cool into a study in angst and personal sanity. Thomas takes the discovery in his pictures to obsessive ends, leading the entire narrative to question what it real, what is fake, and where the fine line between both concepts end—or merge.
Blow-Up (1966)
The Legend: As with many Italian filmmakers of his era, Michelangelo Antonioni got his start in journalism. After a childhood of privilege and precocious talents (it is said he was a marvelous violinist by age nine), he fell in love with cinema. Indulged by his overprotective parents, he has free reign to explore all aspects of his impending muse. It was during his time at the University of Bologna when he first developed an affinity for the "lower" classes. He found them more alive and vibrant than the staid and stiff members of the pre-War bourgeoisie. After graduation he struggled as a film journalist, went back to school to study the artform, and eventually found a job with the official fascist publication of the subject (run by dictator Benito Mussolini's son, Vittorio). After a stint in the army (where he helped other future filmmakers with their efforts), he fell back in to his favorite form, using his time in the military to create documentary style neo-realistic takes on everyday Italian life.
For his first feature film, however, he avoided such "truth" to experiment with form and style. Cronaca di un amore (1950) and efforts like Le Amiche (The Girlfriends, 1955) and Il Grido (The Outcry, 1957) would balance a working class mentality with his newfound obsession—social alienation. It was this socio-psychological malady that made up most of Antonioni's seminal work. From L'avventura (1960), and through the rest of the so-called "trilogy" it begat—La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962)—he attempted to match his directing approach to the subject matter he was exploring. Long takes—soon to be an Antonioni trademark—and compositional complexities took over, as did a desire to allow character and situation determine pace and the needs of the production. After switching over to color with Red Desert (1964), he made the great leap to English with the classic '60s statement Blowup (1966). In the West, the rise in respect for foreign filmmaking turned Antonioni into an instant icon.
From there, the rest of his output was spotty, if still sensational. Zabriskie Point (1970) was dismissed as a ode to hippy hedonism (wrongfully, one might add) while his work with post-modern method superstar Jack Nicholson The Passenger (1975) was equally critiqued (again, unfairly). By the time the '80s rolled around, Antonioni was playing around with the technical aspects of the medium, making movies in collaboration with new formats (video, as in The Mystery of Oberwald, 1981) and other filmmakers (Wim Wenders, Steven Soderbergh). While his output was severely diminished, his importance to the artform continued to grow. Today, many look at Antonioni as the artist who lifted Italian cinema out of the poverty and decay of Di Sica and early Rossellini and toward a more open and aesthetically complex conceit. With his openness to try anything and his experiences on both sides of the social structure, Antonioni became a filmmaker for everyone—and the ages. Bill Gibron
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Missouri State receives 'Best in the Midwest' designation
Missouri State University was selected for inclusion in The Princeton Review's 2013 online list of "Best Colleges: Region by Region." Missouri State is one of 153 schools on the site receiving the "Best in the Midwest" designation and has been included on this list since its inception ten years ago.
"An important factor in their selection process is information they received through a survey of our students," said Don Simpson, associate vice president for enrollment management. "That's the best endorsement we can get."
In addition to the student surveys, selection is based on a qualitative evaluation of academic excellence, as well as visits to schools and opinions from Princeton Review's staff and college advisers. Information about each college included in the "Best in the Midwest" list is available online. The profile includes comments from students and general information about the school.
"We're pleased to recommend Missouri State University to users of our site as one of the best schools to earn their undergraduate degree. We chose it, and the other terrific institutions we name as regional best colleges, mainly for their excellent academic programs," said Robert Franek, Princeton Review's senior vice president of publishing. "We also take into account the responses from our 80-question student survey. Only schools that permit us to independently survey their students are eligible to be considered for our regional best lists."
The 153 colleges The Princeton Review chose for this year's "Best in the Midwest" designations are located in 12 states: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The Princeton Review also designated 222 colleges in the Northeast, 122 in the West, and 136 in the Southeast as best in their locales on the company's 2012 Best Colleges: Region by Region section on its website. According to The Princeton Review, the 633 colleges named "regional bests" represent about 25 percent of the nation's 2,500 four-year colleges.
Missouri State University is a public, comprehensive university system with a mission in public affairs, whose purpose is to develop educated persons while exploring three areas: ethical leadership, cultural competence and community engagement.
The Missouri State System consists of Missouri State University-Springfield, a selective admissions, graduate-level teaching and research institution; Missouri State University-West Plains, an open admissions campus serving seven counties in south central Missouri; and Missouri State University-Mountain Grove.
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vista 32 on mac 64
This topic was probably discussed but, I want to know if it is fine to run a Windows Vista 32 bit on my Mac 64 bit? Will all the drivers and hardware still work fine? Also, I would like to know if my version of Vista which came with my Gateway laptop will work? It is the disc with the Gateway logo and drivers for my laptop.
Assuming you have an Intel Mac, Vista 32 bit will run OK. However, an OEM version by Gateway may not be useable since it may be just a recovery version or for restoring purposes only. You really need a MS boxed copy or OEM system builder's version. You can buy an OEM system builder's version at NewEgg or Amazon.
A Gateway OEM disk will not likely work in Boot Camp. Highly recommend purchasing a System Builder OEM disk. The manufacturer OEM disks have bits in them that aren't expected by BC and in most circumstances will cause the install to fail.
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By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2003 Acknowledging that "organized extremists" continue to attack coalition forces, the administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq cited "tremendous" progress in creating a secure environment, restoring essential services and beginning economic and democratic transformation.
Six months after Saddam Hussein was deposed, Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III said he doesn't think it's entirely true that the violence in Iraq hasn't decreased. Bremer made the comment in an interview with Charlie Gibson on ABC's "Good Morning America" today.
"We certainly have attacks on coalition forces, coming from organized extremists, and there is certainly a problem of common street crime," Bremer said. "You've got to remember that Saddam let 100,000 convicted criminals out of prison before the war, and we've got to find a way to deal with that."
But the coalition administrator added that "life is basically quite normal" in Baghdad, with mosques and markets full, and children playing soccer. "There's a lot of good news here," he said. "We just have to keep it in perspective."
In another media event, an Oct. 9 press conference in Baghdad, Bremer cited the coalition's completion of more than 13,000 reconstruction projects "large and small," all part of the strategic plan for rebuilding Iraq.
On the security front, he noted that six months ago, Iraq had no police on duty. Today, the Iraqi police force is 40,000 strong, with almost 7,000 police in Baghdad alone.
Six months ago, the surviving remnants of the Iraq army "had buried their planes and melted away," Bremer said. Today, the first battalion of the new Iraqi army has graduated from training and is on duty. Nationwide, more than 60,000 Iraqis now provide security to their fellow citizens, Bremer said.
The coalition is making rapid progress in restoring Iraq's essential services, Bremer said, restoring electricity, reopening schools, and rebuilding the public health system.
Bremer reported that on Oct. 6, electrical power exceeded the pre-war average. If Congress approves President Bush's supplemental budget request for Iraq, Bremer said the coalition expects to be able to provide Iraqis around-the-clock service, which he said is "essential to their hopes and for the future."
Six months ago, all of Iraq's schools were closed. Today, Bremer said, all 22 universities and 43 technical institutes and colleges, as well as almost all primary and secondary schools, have reopened their doors. The coalition exceeded by 500 its goal of rehabilitating 1,000 schools by the time school opened, he said.
Although Iraq's economy was "flat on its back" six months ago, Bremer said, "today anyone walking the streets can see the wheels of commerce turning." Banks are open and making loans, and the central bank is fully independent, operating under what Bremer called "one of the world's most growth- oriented investment and banking laws." In addition, he said Iraq will introduce a single, unified currency next week, its first in 15 years.
Meanwhile, Bremer said, Iraq is moving steadily toward democracy. Gone is the Ministry of Information, which served as a check on free expression. Today, more than 170 newspapers are being published, and journalists and average citizens alike are free to travel, he said.
Representative government is appearing throughout the country, Bremer said. The country's 25 ministers, selected by the most representative governing body in Iraq's history, run the day-to-day business of government. Residents are establishing advisory councils. Chambers of commerce, business, school and professional organizations are electing leaders.
"In six short months we have accomplished a lot," Bremer said, noting that the progress made "is only a beginning."
In today's "Good Morning America" interview, Bremer noted that the $20 billion portion to rebuild Iraq in the supplemental request has made it through the House Appropriations Committee. He said the money would help put Iraq on the road to complete economic recovery after 35 years of "incompetence."
Expressing the hope that Congress will approve the president's funding request, Bremer said that "if we can spend it well over the next 12 to 18 months, that will really be the lion's share of what we have to do here in Iraq."
Bringing Iraq to self-sufficiency won't happen overnight, but is critical to the future of Iraq, and to the global war on terror, he said.
"We are fighting terrorism here, and we will continue to fight it until it no longer threatens the hopes of Iraqis, the hopes of the world," Bremer said. "As the president said, 'We will wage the war on terror until it is won.'"


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