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North American built icons of WWII and space race
By AUBREY COHEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF : June 6, 2012
Photo By The Boeing Co.
North American first flew the NA-16 basic trainer in 1935, pitching it to the U.S. Army Air Corps. The low-wing monoplane had open cockpits in tandem and a fixed, unfaired undercarriage.
Photo By U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency
The Army chose the NA-16 design but asked North American to enclose the cockpits, install fairings on the undercarriage and change the engine. The first production version was the BT-9 "Yale" trainer (designated NJ-1 for the Navy), shown here.
Photo By U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency
North American built 766 BT-9s and NJ-1s. BT-9 production is shown here in 1936 at North American's plant in Inglewood, Calif.
Photo By Eduardo Sosa/flickr
North American also produced more than 17,000 variants and follow-up models, many of them for export to other countries. Here's one at the Air Museum Foundation of Honduras.
Photo By U.S. Air Force
The experimental NA-21 Dragon, North American's first multi-engine aircraft, first flew on Dec. 22, 1936. It was a high-altitude bomber armed with single .30-inch machine guns in each of five positions, including in a ball-type turret in the nose. The Air Force bought the sole NA-21 in 1939 and redesignated it the XB-21.
Photo By U.S. Air Force
North American built 238 0-47 observation planes for the U.S. Army Air Force between 1936 and 1939. The bulge at the bottom held a special compartment for the observer. During World War II, they mainly served as trainers and target tugs, according to Boeing.
Photo By Air Force Historical Research Agency
Most Allied pilots who flew in World War II trained on the North American T-6 Texan. North American built 15,495 of the planes, which trained several hundred thousand pilots in 34 different countries over 25 years, according to Boeing.
Photo By U.S. Air Force Hisorical Research Agency
The North American P-82 "Twin Mustang" consisted of two fuselages joined by the wing and the horizontal stabilizer. Having two pilots allowed for ultra-long-range missions. Some variants carried a radar operator in the right cockpit. It arrived too late for World War II, first flying on June 15, 1945, but served as a fighter, a long-range escort, long-range reconnaissance aircraft, night fighter, attack bomber, rocket fighter and interceptor for the U.S. Air Force.
Photo By U.S. Navy
The North American FJ-1 Fury jet fighter first flew on Sept. 11, 1946 and was the U.S. Navy's first operational jet fighter.
Photo By U.S. Air Force
North American's B-45 four-engine bomber was the first jet bomber in service with the U.S. Air Force, according to Boeing. It made its first test flight on March 17, 1947. In 1958, the Air Force used it as a testbed for rocket assisted take-off.
Photo By Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
The North American F-86 Sabre was the first swept-wing U.S. fighter and "scored consistent victories over Russian-built MiG fighters during the Korean War, accounting for a final ratio of 10-to-1," according to Boeing. The first XF-86 prototype flew in 1947. Various Sabre models held world speed records for six consecutive years.
Photo By U.S.Air Force
North American's T-28 Trojan was the first trainer designed to transition pilots to jet aircraft. It first flew on Sept. 24, 1949. Some were adapted for combat by foreign nations, including South Vietnam.
Photo By U.S. Navy
North American's AJ Savage was the first U.S. bomber designed especially to carry the atomic bomb and North American's first attack bomber for the U.S. Navy. The AJ-1 was a sort of hybrid, using two piston engines to power four-bladed propellers for long-range cruise, then firing a turbojet engine for extra speed over the target. It entered service in 1949.
Photo By U.S. Air Force
The Air Force ordered North American's supersonic NA-188 Super Sabre in 1951. It became known as the F-100. An F-100D drops a napalm bomb near Bien Hoa, South Vietnam in this undated photo.
Photo By NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
North American was awarded the contract for the Navaho missile program in 1946. Navaho, shown here in flight in 1957, was a surface-to-surface missile with an engine that improved on the German V-2 design. The program was canceled in 1957, but research that went into it contributed to the development of the Redstone, Jupiter, Thor, and ATLAS engines.
Photo By NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Redstone, the first rocket developed by Wernher von Braun's group, used an A-6 engine from North American's Rocketdyne group. This is a photo from the first test launch, on Aug. 20, 1953. Redstones went on to launch the first U.S. satellite and first two astronauts.
Photo By U.S. Navy
The T-2 Buckeye was a jet trainer that North American built for the U.S. Navy. It first flew on Jan. 31, 1958.
Photo By U.S. Air Force
The North American Hound Dog missile (originally designated B-77, then GAM-77 and finally AGM-28) was a supersonic missile designed to destroy heavily defended ground targets and be launched from specially modified B-52s, which could carry one under each wing. It was first launched in 1959 but was never used in combat.
Photo By NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
NASA awarded North American's Rocketdyne Division a contract to build the F-1 rocket engine in 1959. The single-chamber F-1 was the largest and most powerful single liquid-fuel rocket engine ever built. It was 19 feet long and 12 feet, 4 inches wide, provided 1.5 million pounds of thrust (measured at sea level) and ran for 150 seconds. Five F-1 engines powered the first stage of the three-stage Saturn V rocket used for the Apollo program and Skylab. This photo shows engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center installing F-1 engines on the Saturn first stage.
Photo By NASA Dryden Image Gallery
North American's X-15 rocket airplane was built to conduct research during actual flight conditions beyond the Earth's atmosphere. It was designed to reach 4,000 miles per hour and altitudes up to 50 miles, but achieved 4,104 mph (Mach 6) and an altitude of more than 67 miles. A later version, the X-15A-2, reached Mach 6.7. The X-15 conducted its first and only glide test flight on June 8, 1959 and its first powered flight nine days later.
Photo By NASA
The North American Little Joe booster was a low-cost launcher designed to test the escape system and heat shield for the Mercury spacecraft. The name came from the craps roll of two deuces, because initial drawings showed four holes up, according to Boeing. It first launched on Oct. 4, 1959. This photo shows a test of the Apollo Command Module atop a Little Joe II
Photo By NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
North American's Rocketdyne Division got the contract in 1960 to build the J-2 engine for the upper stages of the Saturn V rocket. The second stage had five J-2s, while the third stage had one, which could be moved in flight for steering. The engines were 11 feet, 1 inch long and 6 feet, 8.5 inches wide, produced 200,000 pounds of thrust and fired for 500 seconds.
Photo By NASA Johnson Space Center Collection
On Nov. 28, 1961, NASA chose North American to be principal contractor for the Apollo Space Development Program. We already noted that North American's Rocketdyne division built the engines for the Saturn V rocket. North American also built the Apollo command and service module. This photo shows the Apollo 15 command and service module, as seen from the lunar module.
Photo By U.S. Air Force
The XB-70 Valkyrie was initially envisioned as a high-altitude bomber that could cruse at Mach 3. But the move to missiles led the Kennedy Administration to cancel the program while two XB-70 prototypes were under construction. The focus shifted to using the XB-70 as a testbed for supersonic transport research. The first XB-70A made its first flight on Sept. 21, 1964, but was found to have poor directional stability above Mach 2.5.
Photo By U.S. Air Force
The second, improved XB-70 took flight on July 17, 1965, achieved Mach 3 on Jan. 3, 1966 and made nine Mach 3 flights by June 1966. Then, on June 8, 1966, it collided in midair with NASA's F-104N chase plane and crashed. The F-104N pilot and XB-70 co-pilot died in the mishap. This photo shows the XB-70A on the left, with most of both vertical stabilizers missing, and the F-104 at the forward edge of the fireball. The first XB-70 was modified and cotninued to fly, but newer technology displaced the aircraft, which made its final flight on Feb. 4, 1969.
Photo By National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
The North American OV-10 Bronco was a twin-turboprop aircraft that served a variety of missions, including anti-guerrilla operations, helicopter escort, close air support, armed reconnaissance, forward air control, cargo paradrop, delivery of up to six paratroopers, medical evacuation, smoke screening and psychological warfare with leaflets and loudspeakers. It first flew on July 16, 1965. This photo shows an OV-10A firing a smoke rocket north of Saigon, Vietnam in February 1969 to show where an accompanying F-100 should drop its bombs.
Photo By DOUGLAS C. BRUNELLE/AFP/Getty Images
The B-1 was a swing-wing, supersonic bomber developed in the 1970s to replace the B-52. But the program was canceled in 1977, after four prototypes were built. In 1981, the Reagan administration revived the program, resulting in the B-1B Lancer (shown here). It can operate at 60,000 feet and had a range of more than 7,000 miles. The U.S. Air Force ordered 100 B-1Bs in 1982, but decided to retire 33 of them in 2001.
Photo By NASA Johnson Space Center
Rockwell International's Space Division built the docking module and the U.S. half of the international docking system for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Here, U.S. Astronaut Thomas Stafford (in foreground) and Soviet Cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov shake hands in space on July 17, 1975, after the hatch to docking module was opened. Stafford is inside the docking module and Leonov is inside the Soyuz.
Photo By NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Rockwell International rolled out the prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise on Sept. 17, 1976. It was used for approach and landing testing from Jan. 31 to Oct. 26, 1977.
Photo By NASA Kennedy Space Center
Rockwell also built the five actual shuttle orbiters: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour. This is the first shuttle launch, of Columbia, on April 12, 1981. Columbia and Challenger suffered catastrophic failures, killing each of their seven-member crews and destroying the orbiters. The other three have just been retired.
Photo By U.S. Navy/Getty Images
Rockwell and Lockheed Martin were named joint contractors on the HELLFIRE ("Helicopter Launched, Fire and Forget Missile"), which is a short-range, air-to-ground missile designed to take on tanks, bunkers and structures. Here, an SH-60 "Sea Hawk" helicopter is shown armed with AGM-1148 Hellfire missiles on the flight deck of the USS John F. Kennedy on March 4, 2002.
Photo By NASA Langley Research Center
Rockwell started development on the X-30 National Aero-Space Plane in 1991. The X-30 was intended to be a prototype that would demonstrate the technology for air-breathing space launch and hypersonic cruise vehicles. Budget and technical concerns led to cancelation of the program before an aircraft was built.
Photo By GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images
The X-31A VECTOR ("Vectoring ESTOL Control Tailless Operation Research") is an U.S.-European program developed starting in the 1990s primarily to demonstrate extremely short-takeoff-and-landing capabilities.
North American Aviation started in 1928 as a holding company, with interest in several airlines and manufacturers. After New Deal legislation forced it to give up such interests in 1934, the company started making its own planes.
It ended up building some of the most iconic machines of World War II and the space race. Mukilteo's Historic Flight Foundation is scheduled to feature North American on Saturday, during its first "Historic Flight Day."
North American moved its machinery and 75 employees from Dundalk, Md., to 20 acres near Los Angeles Municipal Airport in 1935. It initially made its name with trainers. Later, it built cutting-edge jets, missiles and rocket engines.
In 1967, North American merged with Rockwell Standard Corp. to form North American Rockwell Corp. The company changed its name to Rockwell International in 1973. On Dec. 6, 1996, it merged with Boeing, becoming a subsidiary named Boeing North American.
The Historic Flight Foundation owns two of North American's headline aircraft: The P-51 Mustang fighter and B-25 Mitchell bomber. Read more about those in the gallery above, which traces North American's long product history.
Saturday's festivities include a barbecue lunch at noon, followed by a presentation by aviation historian Barry Latter titled "North American Aviation, its People and Airplanes" and, at 1:30 p.m., aircraft flights.
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John Lenti has performed on lute and theorbo throughout the United States, at early music festivals in Indianapolis,
Bloomington (IN) and Boston, the Festival Guldener-Herbst in Sondershausen, Germany, and at the Magnolia Baroque Festival in North Carolina.
John is assistant director and regularly plays continuo for the Seattle Baroque Orchestra and has performed with the Seattle Opera and the Pittsburgh Opera
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And I remain..., The Amorous Lyre, and The Courtesan's Arts with Ellen Hargis on Oxford University Press. A native of South Carolina, John studied guitar at the
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COLUMBUS (18-36-7, 43 Pts) @ PITTSBURGH (35-21-5, 75 Pts)
Where: Consol Energy Center | When: 1:08 pm
Buzz: Coming off a thrilling 8-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, Pittsburgh looks to keep on rolling this afternoon at home against the NHL worst Columbus Blue Jackets.
-- The Penguins will get their first look at goaltender Brad Thiessen against NHL competition today. Thiessen will make his NHL debut, head coach Dan Bylsma confirmed, and the Blue Jackets will start Curtis Sanford. The Penguins are exploring options for an upgrade at the backup goaltender position.
-- Evgeni Malkin collected his 9th career hat trick on Saturday and leads the NHL with 77 points and is second In the NHL with 36 goals, the most goals Malkin has scored since he tallied 47 in 2007-2008. Malkin has 21 multi-point games on the season. He is averaging 1.43 points per game
-- Jordan Staal comes into today's game with 21 goals in 41 games, averaging 0.51 goals per game.
-- Steve Sullivan enters today's game with a four game points streak and is playing the best hockey of his career
-- Matt Cooke has 5 goals and 10 points in his last 13 games
-- Today could mark the final game for Rick Nash in a Blue Jackets uniform
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In Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac Essential Training, Ted LoCascio teaches casual photographers how to organize, edit, and share their digital image libraries using this powerful software package from Adobe. He tours the included Adobe Bridge application, used for importing and organizing photographs, and explores every feature of Elements itself. He demonstrates how to navigate the Elements workspace, which is used to correct and improve images, combine them into projects, and produce slideshows, photo books, web galleries, and more. Ted also explains how to get the most out of each editing mode, and shares tips for correcting, retouching, and sharpening photographs. Example files accompany the course.
Half the fun of taking digital photographs is sharing them with your friends and family. One of the most common ways to share photos is to send them as attachments in an email. With this movie I would like to show you how to use the email controls available in Bridge. I'm currently in the Bridge application and I'm viewing the images in our catalog images folder inside of the exercise files that is what we're seeing here in the Content panel. What I would like to do is filter down what is being displayed in the Content panel and only show those images that I have applied a five star rating to. Those are my favorite images; those are the ones that I want to share with my family and friends using email. So I'm going to go ahead and click on the 5-Star rating here in the Filter panel. Now I'm only viewing those images.
Next thing I want to do is email all of these as attachments in a single email. To do that, I can go on to the File menu here in the Bridge and choose Attach To Email. Notice that I don't even have to select the images in the Content panel. As long as I want to send everything that is visible in here then all of these will be attached. So we will click on Attach To Email. It's going to go through and locate my default email application, which on this computer is Apple Mail. Now keep in mind that this feature in Bridge and Elements does not always work with every email application that is out there. Some of them it may not be compatible with, but I do know that Apple Mail works here and I know that Microsoft Entourage works as well. So definitely try it if you're using those as your default email client. So now we can go ahead and send this. I'm going go ahead and send this to myself. There we go and we will type in a Subject something like 'New Enzo photos attached,' something like that and then we can scroll through here and preview those inside of the email.
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Recap | ResultsMount Women's Cross Country in Action at 32nd Annual All-Ohio Intercollegiate Championship
Saturday, September 29, 2012
The Mount St. Joseph Cross Country team traveled to Cedarville, Ohio to compete in the All-Ohio Championships. The Lions had four runners participate in the 5K race.
Freshman Amanda Shelby (West Chester, OH/Lakota West) led the Lions by finishing 23rd in the Division III standings with a time of 19:11, and 56th overall out of 298 runners over all divisions. The Lions second fastest finisher was Cyreesa Raber (West Chester, OH/Lakota East) who finished in a time of 23:49.
Shelby's time of 19:11 set a new school record for Mount women's cross country. Shelby beat her own record by a time of 24 seconds which she achieved at the Hanover College Invitational.
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Be the first to sign up to carpool and get preferential parking! The reserved student carpool permits are available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Applications for the Student Rideshare Registration are available on the first day of each semester, at the Police Department. Student Rideshare Permits are issued on a first-come first-serve basis. There are limited numbers of applications and permits.
Parking Lot P30
The GREEN section of Lot P30, just south of the Henry Madden Library, is reserved from 6:30 am to 10:30 am, Monday thru Friday, for students who are carpooling AND have received a student carpool permit.
After 10:30 am, the GREEN section is open to all students displaying a valid student parking permit.
Lot P30 will be monitored to ensure that each vehicle has:
- 2 or more students in the vehicle when parking
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Now we are back home I would like to say thank you and how much we enjoyed the whole experience and how pleased we were with the arrangements made by Welcome Nepal Treks .
Manang is a beautiful district lying in the western part of Nepal, northern part of Gandaki zone, which covers an area of 2246sq km. Manang is different than any other district in Nepal as Manang district has only 13 villages and is divided into three distinct regions : Nyeshang Valley, Gyalsumdo Valley and Nar Phu Valley. Manang is home to just about 9,000 people. Thus, Manang is also known as "Himal Pariko Jilla". Manang is also famous for the Milarepa Cave.
Manang Trek offers us a chance to experiencean adventure of awe-inspiring physical and spiritual superlatives. Through the Manang trek we can have the best scenario of barren mountains, valleys, mystic emerald lakes etc. Thus, journey into Manang is full of Adventure - both physical and spiritual. The Manang Valley is surrounded by mountains over 6,000 meters (20,000 feet) high on all sides.
country: Nepal
location: Annapurna
trip type: High altitude, moderate trekking holidays
departures: Tailormade departures available between May and October
|Day 01.
|Arrival in Kathmandu. Transfer to Hotel in Kathmandu. Overnight.
|Day 02.
|Kathmandu. After breakfast, drive to heritage sightseeing of Kathmandu valley to be acquainted with the culture of Nepal (including world heritage sights- Swoyambhunath, Baudhanath and Pashupatinath) Overnight at Hotel.
|Day 03.
|Flight from Pokhara to Humde in Manang Valley. Humde is a small airport in the Manang Valley situated at about 3400m. Once we reach this airport, we will be met by porters and will trek down to Pisang at about 3200m. Overnight at Pisang. It is important to go down to avoid acclimatization problems.
|Day 04.
|Trek to Gyaru (3690m). About 3 hours of stiff climbing will bring us to this wonderful village on the ridge overlooking the Annapurna Massif. This place offers unparrelled views of the Annapurnas and the Manang Valley, which in Summer will be beautiful.
|Day 05.
|Trek to Manang Village (3650m). We trek over the ridge and down the valley into Manang via Bragga.
|Day 06.
|Acclimatization day at Manang. This day we can make small hikes in and around Manang. This might be a good day to work out the wedding plans in the gompa which takes about 45 minutes of hiking to reach.
|Day 07.
|Trek to Tilicho Base Camp. We trek right to the edge of the Manang valley and into the Tilicho Base Camp for a night halt.
|Day 08.
|Day trek to Tilicho Lake (5000m) and back to either the base camp or to Khangsar. This is a long day with stiff walking but the sights are very rewarding. Though we will be tired, this will be a satisfying day.
|Day 09.
|Trek back to Manang or right into Humde awaiting our next day flight.
|Day 10.
|Fly back to Pokhara. Overnight in Hotel in Pokhara.
|Day 11.
|Afternoon flight back to Kathmandu. Overnight Hotel in Kathmandu
|Day 12.
|Kathmandu. Free till departure to airport.
Min. 2 person in the Group USD 1200 per person
Single Supplement Fee USD 200
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Maria (given name)
|Hebrew, Greek, Latin
|"wished-for child", "beloved", "love", "star of the sea"
|Other names
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|Look up Maria in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Maria is a female given name in many diverse cultures, including African, Arab, Armenian, Croatian, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hispanic American and Spanish, Italian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Pakistani, Afghan, Serbian, Swedish, and Indonesian.
In the Roman Empire, the name was used as a feminine form of the Roman name Marius (see Maria (gens)).[1] It became popular with the spread of Christianity as a Latinized form of the Hebrew name of Jesus' mother Mary (Miriam in Hebrew or Maryam in Aramaic). As a result of their similarity and syncretism, the Latin original name Maria and the Hebrew-derived Maria combined to form a single name. The meaning of the Semitic-rooted name is uncertain, but it may originally be an Egyptian name, probably derived from mry "beloved" or mr "love"[2] ("eminent lady" or "beloved lady").[3] The meaning of the Latin-rooted name is similarly ambiguous, possibly deriving from mare ("sea" in Latin), maris ("male"), or the name of the god Mars.
Historically, the name was also sometimes used as a male (middle) name. This was the case in many Central European countries, where it signified patronage of the Virgin Mary.
As a first name, Maria ranked seventh out of 4,275 for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.[4] Because of its enduring popularity, the name is used extensively in society and media throughout the world.
- 1 Notable people named Maria
- 2 Usage
- 3 See also
- 4 References
Notable people named Maria[edit]
- Maria, Mother of Jesus (see Blessed Virgin Mary or Virgin Mary (disambiguation))
- Maria Magdalena, disciple of Jesus
- Maria Salomé, disciple of Jesus
- Maria Betânia, sister of Lazarus
- Maria al-Qibtiyya, a wife of Muhammad
- Maria of Yugoslavia (1900–1961), Queen of Yugoslavia as the wife of King Alexander
- Infanta Maria Francisca Isabel of Portugal (born 1997), daughter of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
- Maria I of Portugal (1734–1816), Queen regnant of Portugal
- Maria II of Portugal (1819–1853), Queen regnant of Portugal
- Maria of Vaspurakan, Armenian princess and Georgian Queen Consort
- Maria of Alania, Georgian princess and Byzantine Queen Consort
- Maria Amalia of Austria, Duchess of Parma
- Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) (1847–1928), Empress consort of Russia and mother of emperor Nicholas II of Russia
- Maria Tsitsishvili, Queen Consort of Georgia
- Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899–1918), the third daughter of emperor Nicholas II and his wife empress Alexandra (Alix of Hesse). Her father abdicated the throne during the Russian revolution. She was executed with her parents, siblings and a few loyal servants.
- Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797–1826), Empress consort of Brazil
- Maria of Romania (disambiguation), multiple people
- Maria (d. 407), first wife of the western Roman emperor Honorius, see Maria (empress)
- Maria Antonia, Queen Consort of France (see Marie Antoinette)
- Maria Theresa of Austria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, Queen regnant of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess regnant of Austria.
- Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen consort of Naples and Sicily
- Maria Martinez, potter from San Ildefonso Pueblo, United States
- Maria Laina, Greek poet
- Maria Polydouri, Greek poet
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician
- Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educationist
- Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist and chemist, first person honored with two Nobel Prizes
- María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-born Venezuelan actress
- Maria Bello, American actress
- Halle Berry (born Maria Halle Berry), American actress
- Maria Nafpliotou, Greek actress
- Maria Kawamura, Japanese voice actress
- Maria Ozawa, Japanese AV actress
- Maria Solomou, Greek actress
- Maria Theodorakis, Greek-Australian actress
- Maria Yamamoto, Japanese voice actress and singer
- María Canals Barrera, American actress,known for playing as Theresa Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place
- Maria Schell, Austrian actress, known for playing part in Superman I and II
- Maria Pitillo, American actress
- Maria (Bulgarian singer), Bulgarian singer
- Maria (Maria Haukaas Storeng), Norwegian artist
- Maria (Danish singer), Danish R&B singer
- Maria Callas (1923–1977), American-born Greek soprano opera soprano
- Maria de Barros, Cape Verdean singer
- Maria Ajzensztadt, Polish singer
- Maria Dimitriadi, Greek singer
- Maria Farantouri, Greek singer
- Maria Katinari, Greek singer and musician
- Maria Mena, Norwegian pop singer
- Maria Muldaur, American roots-folk singer
- Maria Lawson, contestant on The X Factor UK in 2005
- Maria (Japanese Band), Japanese band
- Maria Brink, singer of In This Moment
- Maria Radner, German opera singer and passenger on Germanwings Flight 9525
- Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers, and inspiration of the film The Sound of Music
- Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk, a Dutch professional cyclist
- María Bengochea, Argentine field hockey player
- Maria Borodakova, Russian volleyball player
- Maria Bruntseva, Russian volleyball player
- Maria Elena Camerin, Italian tennis player
- María Emilia Salerni, Argentine former tennis player
- María Cangá, Ecuadorian judoka
- María Colín, Mexican race walker
- María Colombo, Argentine field hockey player
- María Cruz González, Spaniard field hockey player
- Maria de Lurdes Mutola, Mozambique middle-distance runner
- María del Carmen García, Cuban high jumper
- María del Pilar Pereyra, Argentine butterfly swimmer
- Maria Fernanda Alves, Brazilian tennis player
- Maria Fernanda Alvarez Teran, Bolivian tennis player
- María Gabriela Pazos, Argentine field hockey player
- Maria Gorokhovskaya, Soviet Olympic 2x champion gymnast
- María Guadalupe Sánchez, Mexican race walker
- Maria Leontyavna Itkina, Soviet world-record-holding sprinter[5]
- Mária Janák, Hungarian javelin thrower
- María José Martínez Sánchez, Spaniard tennis player
- María Gabriela Pazos, Argentine field hockey player
- Maria Kanellis, Greek-American professional wrestler, actress, singer, model, and former WWE Diva
- Maria Karagiannopoulou, Greek judoka
- Maria Karastamati, Greek sprinter
- Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player
- Maria Marques, Brazilian water polo player
- Maria Mazina, Russian Olympic champion épée fencer
- Maria Petrova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
- Maria Radu, Romanian distance runner
- Maria Reed, CMSA competitive swimmer
- Maria Riesch, German alpine skier
- Maria Sánchez Lorenzo, José Martínez Sanchez's Spaniard compatriot and former tennis player
- Maria Santos, Portuguese swimmer
- Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player, 4 time grand-slam winner and 6th person in open-era to achieve a career grand slam
- María Trujillo, Mexican-American long-distance runner
- María Alejandra Tucat, Argentine field hockey player
- María Villapol, Venezuelan judoka
- Maria Teresa Agnesi, Italian composer
- Maria Cosway, Anglo- Italian artist, composer, and musician
- Maria Rolf, Swedish singer
- Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
- Maria Dolors Pradera, singer
- Maria Callas, an American-born Greek soprano, one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century
- Maria, French supermodel
- Maria Lekkakos, Greek-American beauty pageant contestant
- Maria Spiridaki, Greek fashion model
Politicians and political activists[edit]
- Maria Damanaki, Greek politician, former president of the Synaspismos party
- Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1930–2004), Portuguese politician, chemical-industrial engineer, was the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Portugal
- Maria Gaidar (born 1982), Russian politician
- Maria Kaczynska (1942–2010), First Lady of Poland (2005–2010)
- Bronisław Maria Komorowski (born 1952), President of Poland
- Maria Matsouka, Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament
- Maria Pantazi, Greek anarchist
- Maria Rosetti, Romanian journalist, essayist, philanthropist and socialite
- Maria Vamvakinou, Greek-born Australian politician
Television hosts[edit]
- Maria Bakodimou, Greek TV presenter
- Maria Bartiromo, Closing Bell presenter on CNBC
- Maria Houkli, Greek journalist and TV presenter
- María Jimena Piccolo, (born 1985) Argentine TV actress
- Maria Menounos, Greek-American actress, host of Extra, former Access Hollywood presenter, journalist, dancer, and professional wrestler
- Maria Shriver, American journalist and author, First Lady of California (2003–2011) and member of the Kennedy family
- María Celeste Arrarás, Al Rojo Vivo presenter on Telemundo
As male middle name[edit]
- Carlo Maria Abate, Italian racecar driver
- Alberto María de Agostini, Italian explorer
- Carlos María de Alvear, Argentine general
- José María Aznar, Spanish politician, former Spanish prime minister
- Angelo Maria Bandini, Italian author and librarian
- Antonio María Barbieri, Uruguayan cardinal
- Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
- Giovanni Maria Benzoni, Italian sculptor
- Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet
- Giovanni Maria Bottala, Italian painter
- Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor
- Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte, Corsican politician
- Carlo Maria Cipolla, Italian economic historian
- Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian composer
- Carlo Maria Curci, Italian theologian
- Corrado Maria Daclon, Italian journalist
- Timm Maria Franz Elstner, German TV host
- Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, better known as Pope Pius IX
- Johann Maria Farina, Italian-German perfumer
- Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet
- Alessandro Maria Gaetano Galilei, Italian architect and mathematician
- Giuseppe Maria Giulietti, Italian soldier
- Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor
- Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician
- Christoph Maria Herbst, German actor
- Franco Maria Malfatti, Italian politician
- Thomas Maria Mamachi, Italo-Greek Dominican theologian and historian
- Antonio Maria Maraggiano, Italian sculptor
- Carlo Maria Martini, Italian cardinal
- Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer
- Tommaso Maria Napoli, Italian architect
- José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer
- Francesco Maria Piave, Italian librettist
- Carlo Maria Pintacuda, Italian racecar driver
- Francesco Maria Pritilli, Italian scholar and antiquarian
- Erich Maria Remarque, German author
- Franco Maria Ricci, Italian art publisher
- Rainer Maria Rilke, German poet
- Jan Maria Rokita, Polish politician
- Anton Maria Schyrleus of Rheita, Czech astronomer
- Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, king of Spain
- Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Maria Stuart, leader of the Jacobite rebellion
- Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Italian cardinal and saint
- Giovanni Maria Trabaci, Italian composer
- Antonio Maria Vassallo, Italian painter
- Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer and violinist
- Gianni Versace born Giovanni Maria Versace, Italian fashion designer
- Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan
- Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan
- Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor
- Carl Maria von Weber, German composer
- Edward Maria Wingfield, English explorer
- Tommaso Maria Zigliara, Italian cardinal
- Maximilian Maria Kolbe, Polish Conventual Franciscan
- Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg
- Juan María Bordaberry, Uruguayan dictator
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- Christina María Aguilera, American musician
- Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer
- Roxann Maria Caballero, American actress and director
- Gianna Maria Canale, Italian actress
- Anna Maria Crouch, English stage actress
- Lucretia Maria Davidson, American poet
- Angela Maria Difranco, American musician
- Anna Maria Gallo, Italian saint
- Stefanie Maria Graf, ex-tennis player
- Anna-Maria Papaharalambous, Greek actress
- Catharine Maria Sedgwick, American novelist
- Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan
- Anna Maria Perez de Tagle American actress and singer
In Mexico, it is a tradition to name the firstborn daughter Maria.
In pre-20th century Britain, the name Maria was usually pronounced /məˈraɪə/. However, during the 20th century the popularity of this pronunciation was eclipsed by the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese pronunciation, /məˈrɪə/.
In Spanish-speaking countries the name María is often abbreviated as "Mª", especially in two-part names (i.e. María Antonieta becomes Mª Antonieta.)
See also[edit]
- Maria (disambiguation)
- Mieke (given name), Dutch variation of the name
- ^ http://hera.ugr.es/tesisugr/15434928.pdf
- ^ Behind the Name article on Mary
- ^ Microsoft Word – TESIS M Morales Cara .doc
- ^ Think Baby Names
- ^ Joseph Siegman (2005). Jewish sports legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame. Brassey's. ISBN 1-57488-284-8. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
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Best Pizza (Thick Crust) St. Louis 2007 - Pizzeria Della Piazza
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Husband-and-wife owners John and Ann Piazza offer three crust options at their Daggett Avenue institution, Pizzeria Della Piazza: a thin semi-St. Louis style (made with mozzarella instead of Provel), a thick "Pan Style," and a monstrous "Stuffed Pizza." They're all dandy, but we're all over the Chicago-inspired "Stuffed" version. The dough, made fresh throughout the day, is adorned with mozzarella and cheddar, your choice of toppings, a tangy, tasty tomato sauce and a top crust. A small Stuffed is probably sufficient to feed a family of four. At eighteen inches, the extra-large could satisfy hot dog-eating champ Joey Chestnut, the reincarnated corpse of Marlon Brando and those fat twins who ride around on little motorcycles. A caveat: A pizza this big can take up to an hour to bake, so be sure to block out sufficient time and choose your dining companions wisely. And it might be a good idea to bring a defibrillator, just in case.


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Dish Drop 'Mad Men' for 'Bikini Barbershop' in AMC Feud
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Dish Network Corp., following through on a threat to remove AMC Networks Inc.'s channels, replaced "Mad Men," "The Walking Dead" and other AMC programs with movies and shows from HDNet.
AMC, IFC and We TV were dropped from Dish, the second-largest U.S. satellite-TV provider, New York-based AMC Networks said today in a statement.
Dish said last week it would replace AMC with commercial-free movies from HDNet. HDNet's main channel, with shows such as "Bikini Barbershop" and "Drinking Made Easy," will stand in for IFC, the independent film channel. The Style channel will replace We TV, a network aimed at women.
Dish threatened to drop the channels in May, saying AMC was charging too much for shows with limited viewership. AMC contends that Dish is cutting off its networks as a response to litigation stemming from a 2008 lawsuit that may cost the satellite company $2.5 billion.
"Dish has not discussed rates with us at all," AMC said in today's statement. "Dish customers have lost some of their favorite shows because of an unrelated lawsuit which has nothing at all to do with our programming.''
Losing AMC would mean Dish's 14 million viewers will miss the fifth season of "Breaking Bad," which has its season premiere on July 15.
AMC is "not a good value for our customers," Dave Shull, senior vice president of programming for Englewood, Colorado-based Dish, said last week. "AMC Networks requires us to carry low-rated channels like IFC and We to access a few popular AMC shows."
AT&T Talks
Separately, AMC said it continues to negotiate a renewal of its agreement with AT&T Inc.'s U-verse service that expired at midnight last night. U-verse has about 4 million video customers.
"We are in ongoing discussions with AT&T about a new agreement and will update our viewers as soon as possible," AMC said.
AT&T said last week that AMC is asking for "nearly double" what other competitors pay for its networks.
AMC fell 1.3 percent to $35.55 on June 29 in New York. The shares have lost 5.4 percent this year. Dish added 3.6 percent to $28.55 and AT&T, based in Dallas, rose 0.8 percent to $35.66.
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If you are a Buckeye CableSystem subscriber, no doubt you have noticed that Buckeye is no longer carrying WNWO (NBC).
Perhaps you have also seen some of Buckeye's advertisements and statements attempting to portray this event in emotional terms, denigrating the top-notch news professionals that strive every day to keep you informed and placing blame on WNWO and its owner for Buckeye's failure to provide this popular station to their subscribers.
Frankly, as the general manager of WNWO, I believe all of this overdramatic rhetoric and name-calling by Buckeye is neither relevant nor productive and thought you would prefer to understand what is really going on here and what you can do to have input into the situation.
Quite simply, this is nothing more than the failure of parties to a business negotiation to reach agreement on the price to be paid by Buckeye for the right to carry WNWO and resell it to its subscribers. No different than, for example, a grocery store negotiating with a food manufacturer over the price to be paid for a product they would like to include in their store for sale to their customers.
Although Buckeye would like you to believe that the price we are asking is too high, based on the price they pay for much of their programming – not just the local stations, but also the cable channels they carry with far fewer viewers than WNWO – we think the pricing is very fair.
Broadcast stations in Toledo account for around 50 percent of all television viewing, but it is estimated receive less than 10 percent of the amount that cable companies like Buckeye pay to acquire programming. We don't think this is right and are simply asking to be paid closer to the amount that we deserve based on the popularity of our programming. Buckeye apparently disagrees and while we certainly respect their right to do so, the facts simply don't support their position.
As a WNWO viewer and a Buckeye subscriber, you probably don't want or need to know the details of these private negotiations. What I believe you do need to know, however, is that just like a grocery store has competitors, so does Buckeye. In this case, those competitors are AT&T U-Verse, Dish Network and DirecTV. Each of those companies provides a similar video product to Buckeye, often for less money. And, significantly, each of Buckeye's competitors is carrying WNWO. Apparently only Buckeye thinks the price being charged by WNWO is too high.
Buckeye wants you to blame WNWO for its failure to carry the station. I, however, am not asking you to blame anyone. Rather, I am simply asking you to decide if you are willing to remain a customer of Buckeye even though they now provide a clearly inferior service.
WNWO brings you some of the most popular programming on television: Sunday Night Football, NFL playoff games, "The Voice" (which returns in February), "The Biggest Loser," the 2014 Olympics (which begin in fewer than 50 days), not to mention our live, local news. You can watch this programming on U-Verse, Dish and DirecTV, but you cannot watch it on Buckeye.
I hope you value our programming, even if Buckeye Cable does not. Ironically Buckeye has been telling you about ways to get some of WNWO's programming even if they aren't carrying it. But do you really want to watch the programming on your computer rather than your television and do you really want to watch programming tomorrow that your friends are watching today? Buckeye correctly notes that other ways to get WNWO exist, but the best way is to simply get it from one their competitors. Not surprisingly, this is something Buckeye fails to mention.
I would like nothing more than to reach agreement with Buckeye, but it doesn't appear that is going to happen, and I apologize for the inconvenience that you are suffering due to Buckeye's failure to carry WNWO.
I have been asked by many people what they can do to impact the situation and the answer I give to each of them is to contact Buckeye and let them know that you value WNWO and its programming. It is that simple. Let Buckeye know that you will NOT continue to subscribe to a service that doesn't carry one of the most popular channels out there.
I am not suggesting that you should blame Buckeye for any of this, just that you should let them know that you will not remain as their customer when they no longer have a product — WNWO and its top-notch programming — that is valuable to you and available from all of their many competitors.
Buckeye can be reached at (419) 724-9800 or by email at email@example.com.
Chris Topf is president and CEO of WNWO-TV.
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A sock-like shoe insert is provided which incorporates an upper of waterproof, water-vapor permeable functional layer for waterproof, breathable footwear and a sole of a waterproof, non-porous plastic film that can be stretched in two directions.
1. A bicomponent bootie insert in combination with a waterproof breathable footwear, said bootie insert comprising an upper provided with a laminate having at least an outer textile layer and a functional layer that is waterproof and water vapor permeable and a sole that is a waterproof, nonporous plastic elastomeric film stretchable in two dimensions, wherein the upper and sole of the bootie insert are attached to each other in a waterproof manner and wherein the bootie insert is attached to the waterproof footwear.
2. A bootie insert of claim 1, wherein the upper and the sole are sewn together to form seams and the seams are covered by a waterproof seam-sealing tape.
3. A bootie insert of claim 1, wherein the upper and the sole are connected by a seam selected from the group consisting of welded seams and adhesive seams.
4. A bootie insert of claim 1, wherein the plastic film consists of polyurethane.
5. A bootie insert of claim 1, wherein the plastic film consists of a polyurethane film which is provided with a two-dimensionally stretchable, textile material at an inner side of the shoe insert.
6. A bootie insert of claim 1, wherein the upper consists of a laminate which comprises the functional layer and a textile layer, at least on one side of the functional layer.
7. A bootie insert of claim 1, wherein the functional layer is formed by a film consisting of expanded, microporous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
8. A bootie insert of claim 1, wherein an insole is adhesively bonded to an inner side of the sole.
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 07/964,340 filed Oct. 21, 1992, now abandoned.
The invention relates to a sock-like shoe insert which incorporates an upper having a waterproof, water vapor permeable functional layer for waterproof, breathable footwear, and a sole of waterproof, non-porous plastic film that can be stretched in two directions.
The waterproof, breathable footwear consists of an upper which is air-permeable but at the same time water permeable. The outer layer of the upper may be a leather or a textile fabric. The waterproofness is achieved through the use of a waterproof water-vapor permeable functional layer that is arranged within the shoe. The functional layer may be made of expanded microporous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). It is difficult to sew the functional layer directly to the upper and/or sole material of the footwear. The functional layer becomes permeable to water when it is pierced during the sewing process. A common method is therefore to provide the footwear with a sock-like shoe insert containing the functional layer. The latter is usually part of a laminate which comprises the functional layer and a textile material, at least on one side of the functional layer, preferably at both sides of the functional layer. The sock-like shoe insert incorporates several pieces which may be joined to produce a waterproof upper and sole part. This waterproof joining process may be accomplished by sewing the individual pieces together and sealing the seams with a superimposed adhesive or sealing tape which is applied onto the seam by a bonding or welding process.
Such a sock-like shoe insert, which is termed "bootie" by the experts in the field, is preferably attached within the footwear in that the upper end of the shoe insert is connected with the upper end of the footwear, by sewing, and that the sole area of the shoe insert is held stationary between the outsole and the insole of the footwear, preferably by adhesive bonding over the entire surface.
Leakage has sometimes been observed immediately after the manufacture of the footwear or after extended use particularly in the sole area.
There is a need for a sock-like shoe insert in which only the upper is provided with the functional layer whereas the sole area consists of a waterproof, non-porous plastic film which is bidirectionally stretchable.
A sock-like shoe insert is provided having a waterproof water-vapor permeable functional layer for waterproof, breathable footwear, wherein the shoe insert comprises an upper having a functional layer and a sole consisting of a waterproof, non-porous plastic film which can be stretched in two dimensions. The shoe insert parts may be sewn together and then covered by a waterproof seam-sealing tape. The shoe insert parts may also be connected by a sealed seam or an adhesive seam.
The shoe insert sole consisting of the non-porous plastic film may consist of a polyurethane. The polyurethane may also be provided with a two-dimensionally stretchable textile-like material at the inner side of the shoe insert.
The functional layer of the upper may be a laminate comprising the functional layer and a textile layer on at least one side of the functional layer. The functional layer may be formed of a film of expanded microporous polytetrafluoroethylene.
The shoe insert may also have an insole that is adhesively bonded to the inner side of the sole area.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a bicomponent bootie in combination with a waterproof breathable footwear shown in cross-section as provided by the present invention.
FIGS. 2 through 4 are cut parts comprised in the bicomponent bootie according to FIG. 1, namely two cut parts for the leg in FIGS. 2 and 3 and one cut part for the sole in FIG. 4.
The first step in designing the features of the present invention includes an analysis of existing state of the art footwear. This analysis includes the following:
1. While walking, the human foot expands both in the walking direction and in the cross direction, (i.e. in two directions). The functional layer of which the standard insert usually consist is, however, stretchable in one direction only. This applies in particular to functional layer laminates, the functional layer of which is provided with a textile carrier material, at least on one side. Such textile carrier materials usually consist of knit or woven materials, which stretch differently in the warp and weft direction. As a result, the elasticity of the laminate differs, depending on the stretching direction; in most cases the stretchability is monoaxial only.
Due to this monoaxial stretchability, the bootie may be subjected to considerable mechanical stress which cannot be compensated for by the elasticity of the bootie material, in particular in the sole area where a cut sole piece is connected with upper pieces of the bootie.
2. Lasting is a common procedural step during the manufacture of shoes. In this process, the upper is applied around a last, turned back so that it overlaps the sole edges of the last and is attached to an insole which is mounted to the sole of the last. During this process, the bootie is located between the insole and the turned back upper material. The three-dimensional shape of the last causes wrinkles to be formed during the lasting process. These wrinkles occur in the upper but also in the laminate containing the functional layer, in particular in the sole area, at the heel. This leads to pressure peaks at these wrinkles, which may damage the functional layer.
Since the upper is pulled around the transitional area between the sole and the leg of the last under a high tension, the sole area of the bootie laminate is subjected to high pressures, which may also damage the functional layer. In order to maintain the breathability of the laminate with the functional layer, the individual layers of the laminate are bonded by means of adhesive dots applied in a matrix-like distribution. Furthermore, the textile laminate layers are often ribbed to a certain extent. At the small areas where the adhesive dots and the ribbed surfaces are located, the full pressure exerted by the lasting process is transmitted to the functional layer. Even worse, the laminate is stretched by up to 20% while being subjected to the pressure force.
3. The different layers of the laminate shrink nonuniformly when subjected to elevated temperatures, which results in a forced expansion and stress of the functional layer in the laminate composite. As a consequence, shrinkage wrinkles may be produced on the functional layer outside of the adhesive matrix dots. When the shrinkage wrinkles are subjected to pressure, they are more likely to be damaged than the wrinkle-free parts.
4. The individual cut pieces of the bootie are connected with each other by seams. Subsequently, the seams are sealed using a sealing tape applied by means of hot air. When the seams are sealed, the bootie is deformed, because it is exposed to the elevated sealing temperature and because the laminate is manually fed into the seam sealing machine.
5. Whereas the above-mentioned reasons may damage the functional layer of a bootie during the production stage, other kinds of damage may occur while the shoe is being worn. One example is that fine sand may enter the space between the inlay sole and the laminate and destroy the functional layer due to the pressure exerted by the wearer's weight.
The present invention addresses many of these problems. Since the sole area does not contain a functional layer but a waterproof, non-porous plastic film which is stretchable in two dimensions, the bootie can be constructed in such a way that waterproofness and mechanical strength are assured. The present invention is referred to as a bicomponent bootie.
A flat film consisting of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers is the preferred material for the sole area of a bicomponent bootie. Preferably an extruded flat film is used.. The preferred wall thickness ranges from 0.25 to 1 mm. Thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers in the form of highly molecular organic materials of segmented (i.e. alternating hard and soft segments) and predominantly linear construction are preferred. The preferred shore hardness values are in the range of 86 A.
Such plastic films excel by their high mechanical strength, high wear resistance, flexibility over a wide temperature range, good seam-sealability and high two-directional stretchability.
A bicomponent bootie according to the present invention has an improved fit and a homogenous distribution of the extension in all directions of the sole area. The sole area is protected against damage. The higher elasticity of the bicomponent bootie in the sole area leads to decreased expansion in the remaining part of the bootie laminate. The bicomponent bootie provided is waterproof because the weak parts of previous footwear have been eliminated.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the upper and the sole area are sewn together and the seams are covered by a waterproof seam-sealing tape. Alternatively the individual cut pieces of the bicomponent bootie may be connected with each other through sealed seams or adhesive seams.
The inner side of the plastic film used in the sole of the bicomponent bootie described in the present invention may be provided with a bidirectionally stretchable, textile-like material, and may consist of a polyamide which has additional moisture absorption capacities.
Usually, booties are not made by the shoe manufacturers but by the suppliers of functional layer materials. It is therefore advantageous to adhesively bond an insole into the bootie at the bootie manufacturer's plant. This will simplify the subsequent production of the shoes for the shoe manufacturer. The following materials are suitable for the functional layer: microporous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), as described in the U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,953,566 and 4,187,390, expanded PTFE provided with hydrophilic impregnation agents and/or layers as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,194,041, breathable polyurethane layers, or elastomers such as copolyetherester and laminates thereof, as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,725,481 and 4,493,870. All of these cited patents are hereby incorporated by reference.
The invention is best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing of a bicomponent bootie 11 which consists of a lateral upper section 13 shown as the front part in FIG. 1, a lateral upper section 15 shown as the rear part in FIG. 1 and a sole part 17. The two lateral upper sections 13 and 15 are linked by an instep seam 19 and a heel seam 21 to produce a bootie leg. This bootie leg is linked with the sole part 17 through a sole seam 23. The seams 19, 21 and 23 are covered by a waterproof instep seam tape 25, a heel seam tape 27 and a sole seam tape 29. These seam-sealing tapes are usually applied by means of hot air to form a bond with the material to be sealed.
The lateral upper sections 13 and 15 consist of a laminate with a functional layer which is provided with a textile layer, at least on one side, in order to increase the mechanical strength. The laminate may be provided with a textile layer on both sides. In this case, the inner textile layer may be formed by a material which absorbs moisture.
The sole part 17 preferably consists of a polyurethane film of about the same dimensions as the insole of the footwear to be provided with the bicomponent bootie. Polyurethane films with the above-mentioned properties and parameters are preferred.
The bicomponent bootie is attached within a waterproof breathable footwear 30 in that the upper end of the bootie is connected with the upper end of the footwear, by sewing 32, and that the sole area of the bootie is held stationary between the outsole and the insole of the footwear, preferably by adhesive bonding over the entire surface.
FIGS. 2 and 3 show the two lateral upper sections 15 and 13. FIG. 4 shows the sole part 17.
The fit may be improved if the upper of the bicomponent bootie comprises more than the two upper sections 13 and 15. The upper section of the bicomponent bootie is preferably made from three upper sections-two lateral upper sections and one wedge-shaped instep part which extends from the toe part of the two-component bootie, where it is narrow, to the upper open end of the bicomponent bootie, where it broadens, and which approximately corresponds to the tongue area of the footwear to be furnished with the bicomponent bootie.
The bicomponent bootie described in the present invention may also be provided with an insole 8 which is applied by the bootie manufacturer to the inner side of the sole area 17 of the bootie as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in particular by adhesive bonding. This considerably simplifies the shoe manufacturing process because the shoe manufacturer is supplied with the finished bootie by the bootie manufacturer.
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The report provides market analysis, information and insights into the non-life insurance market in the UK, including:
Non-life is the second-largest segment after life insurance in the UK insurance industry. The UK non-life insurance segment remains volatile in the presence of increased losses and capital depreciation during the review period. However, during 2010-2011, the UK non-life insurance segment regained stability due to recoveries in both the property and automobile markets, which were made possible through growing construction industry supporting the London Olympics, improving economic conditions and an increase in the level of disposable income on a national level. New construction projects with regards to the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic Game and a slow recovery in terms of car penetration rates per thousand people, is expected to drive the non-life insurance segment over the forecast period. Mandatory motor third-party liability insurance is also expected to drive the UK non-life insurance segment. In addition, the segment is also expected to be driven by an increase in risk awareness and a return of consumer confidence.
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the non-life insurance market in the UK: