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TSA PreCheck allows you to keep shoes, jacket, belt on, and laptop, liquids in your bag
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"We are trying to evolve into a non one-size fits all type of screening,” said Michael Young, federal security director for TSA Ohio.
You sign up through your carrier's frequent flier program. Your date of birth and other traveler information is used to check your security risk.
"We know a lot about them. We know their travel patterns. Their travel history," Musbach said.
It's a program that's already available at almost 40 other airports. Airport director Ricky Smith said that should eliminate the bugs at Hopkins.
"I think we got it pretty early. We are in the top 40 airports to receive it. There are still 200 airports that do not have it,” Smith explained.
The Akron-Canton Airport does not have the program. The TSA is working to bring the program to airports the size of Akron, but there is no time frame.
Rolling it out to Hopkins will allow passengers to take time as more people join and begin to understand the program.
Musbach left the PreCheck line after he learned he'd go through a metal detector. He has an artificial joint and worried his bags and everything else would then need to be checked since he set off the detector.
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While you join the program, security is random. Even if you are accepted into the program, you may not be able to use PreCheck every time you fly.
By mid-April, United passengers you will know if you they are a PreCheck passenger because it will be written on your boarding pass. The other airlines will roll out this feature after United.
Until then, the information is embedded in your boarding pass.
If you fly Southwest, you can’t use the program. TSA expects the airline may start using this by the end of the year.
With TSA PreCheck, you can keep your liquids and computer in your bag and your shoes and jacket on.
"I look for something that speeds it up, and a line that will do that is great," Musbach explained.Shop for supra skate shoes.
"We are trying to evolve into a non one-size fits all type of screening,” said Michael Young, federal security director for TSA Ohio.
You sign up through your carrier's frequent flier program. Your date of birth and other traveler information is used to check your security risk.
"We know a lot about them. We know their travel patterns. Their travel history," Musbach said.
It's a program that's already available at almost 40 other airports. Airport director Ricky Smith said that should eliminate the bugs at Hopkins.
"I think we got it pretty early. We are in the top 40 airports to receive it. There are still 200 airports that do not have it,” Smith explained.
The Akron-Canton Airport does not have the program. The TSA is working to bring the program to airports the size of Akron, but there is no time frame.
Rolling it out to Hopkins will allow passengers to take time as more people join and begin to understand the program.
Musbach left the PreCheck line after he learned he'd go through a metal detector. He has an artificial joint and worried his bags and everything else would then need to be checked since he set off the detector.
He turned around and went through the security line with imaging technology.Where can i buy supra shoes for sale? The TSA said Musbach would not have to take out his laptop or liquids.
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TSA said if you have artificial joints you'll still be subject to an additional pat down, but it won’t change the benefits for your belongings that go through security.
While you join the program, security is random. Even if you are accepted into the program, you may not be able to use PreCheck every time you fly.
By mid-April, United passengers you will know if you they are a PreCheck passenger because it will be written on your boarding pass. The other airlines will roll out this feature after United.
Until then, the information is embedded in your boarding pass.
If you fly Southwest, you can’t use the program. TSA expects the airline may start using this by the end of the year.
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Opinion: Joakim Noah Needs New Shoes
Joakim Noah has been battling plantar fasciitis in his feet going
back a few years now. He’s already missed several games this season with
the ailment and was forced to miss the Bulls' trip to Minnesota Sunday
as the condition flared up again.
Essentially, the All-Star center has been dealing with plantar fasciitis all season and despite how well he’s been playing, the issue is quite the hindrance. I’m of the opinion that Noah’s problems begin and end with his choice of sneakers.
Le Coq Sportif is the French company that makes the shoes that Noah currently wears. The relationship stems from his father, former tennis great Yannick Noah, who is of French descent and has been associated with the brand for 25 years now. Typically, the company makes shoes suitable for tennis and casual wear; however, this is their first foray into the world of professional basketball.
Because of his heritage and the brand’s relationship his father, it’s understandable why Noah would choose to wear Le Coq Sportif sneakers. But it’s worth noting that his plantar fasciitis issues didn’t start until he got to the NBA.
When he played college basketball at Florida, Noah wore Nike sneakers and had no such issues with his feet. When it comes to professional athletes, the shoes they wear are contractual. But as long as he continues to have these issues with plantar fasciitis, perhaps it's time for Joakim to look around at other brands and ditch the roosters. Just a thought.
If on the other hand, he decides to wear sandals and walk rather than ride – or some black-shoed something in between the two extremes — that, too, would be ok with me.
Because he’s the pope.
It appears that most Catholics are like me: Over the moon about our new papa. But, you can’t please everyone. Human beings are too contrary for that to ever happen in this world. In their displeasure with our Holy Father, some of these displeased ones have fixated on one thing: The color of his shoes.
The red of the red shoes refers to the blood of the martyrs they tell us.
I’ve been thinking about this for days, largely because I don’t understand why we need to see red shoes to think about the blood of the martyrs. The blood of people dying for Christ is not an ancient artifact from a long ago history that has passed. The blood of the martyrs is soaking into the ground in a hundred places around the world as I type this.
Essentially, the All-Star center has been dealing with plantar fasciitis all season and despite how well he’s been playing, the issue is quite the hindrance. I’m of the opinion that Noah’s problems begin and end with his choice of sneakers.
Le Coq Sportif is the French company that makes the shoes that Noah currently wears. The relationship stems from his father, former tennis great Yannick Noah, who is of French descent and has been associated with the brand for 25 years now. Typically, the company makes shoes suitable for tennis and casual wear; however, this is their first foray into the world of professional basketball.
Because of his heritage and the brand’s relationship his father, it’s understandable why Noah would choose to wear Le Coq Sportif sneakers. But it’s worth noting that his plantar fasciitis issues didn’t start until he got to the NBA.
When he played college basketball at Florida, Noah wore Nike sneakers and had no such issues with his feet. When it comes to professional athletes, the shoes they wear are contractual. But as long as he continues to have these issues with plantar fasciitis, perhaps it's time for Joakim to look around at other brands and ditch the roosters. Just a thought.
If on the other hand, he decides to wear sandals and walk rather than ride – or some black-shoed something in between the two extremes — that, too, would be ok with me.
Because he’s the pope.
It appears that most Catholics are like me: Over the moon about our new papa. But, you can’t please everyone. Human beings are too contrary for that to ever happen in this world. In their displeasure with our Holy Father, some of these displeased ones have fixated on one thing: The color of his shoes.
The red of the red shoes refers to the blood of the martyrs they tell us.
I’ve been thinking about this for days, largely because I don’t understand why we need to see red shoes to think about the blood of the martyrs. The blood of people dying for Christ is not an ancient artifact from a long ago history that has passed. The blood of the martyrs is soaking into the ground in a hundred places around the world as I type this.
Wide Bay Australia bank chief has big shoes to fill
FOR many, the thought of filling Wide Bay Australia founder Ron
Hancock's shoes is a daunting and seemingly impossible task after his 46
years in the top job.
But speaking to the company's new chief executive officer Martin Barrett, you would never guess it.
If anything, the 48-year-old married father of two seems excited at the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.
"They're big shoes to fill, but it's good to have a new direction to take the organisation in," Mr Barrett said.
"It's an exciting journey ahead for Wide Bay business and I'm really encouraged by the team's enthusiasm."
He's been in the role less than two months and already the banking whiz is making some big changes.
"There's a lot to do and we've done a lot," he said.
"We announced a structural change at the end of last week. It's been very, very busy but good fun as well."
Mr Barrett has big dreams for the company and hopes to expand from the get-go.
"I'd like us to have the biggest market share position in retail banking in the Wide Bay area," he said.
"That's quite a big goal considering we're up against your Commonwealths and ANZ, but I believe we've got the community support."
Mr Barrett is also keen to expand the business banking component.
"We're starting a bigger business banking platform and we've also established a human resources department, which we didn't have before," he said.
"Some quite big changes are happening, but ones that I think will put us in a good place for the future."
Mr Barrett said the company's huge community support record would not leave with Mr Hancock.
"We spend a large amount of money in the community and that will continue," he said.
"It's a really important part of our continued support and I'm not anticipating changing that."
During his 26-year finance career, Mr Barrett has carved out an impressive resume both in Australia and the United Kingdom.
"I did the Yorkshire brand for NAB in Manchester and I ran the Clydesdale bank in London," he said.
"Then St George came calling and asked if I would establish and expand the brand in WA."
From there he went to St George in Sydney before ending his time with the bank running the Queensland and WA banking operations.
He also ran the company's national automotive finance business.
"I'd been with them for 10 years but the Wide Bay opportunity was one that was too good for me to not pursue," he said.
So he packed up with wife Jenny, son Sam, 11, and daughter Emily, 15, and made the move from Brisbane to Bundaberg, a place with very fond memories.
"In 1985 when I finished uni, I went around Australia with a mate on motorbikes and I clearly remember Bundaberg," Mr Barrett said.
"I met my now-wife at a Canberra youth hostel. She was over from the UK and I talked her into getting on the back of my bike for the rest of the trip."
The pair had a close call with a truck just out of town but escaped unscathed.
"From there a wonderful romance blossomed," he said.
He never dreamed he'd return to the region in the role he has.
"We're looking forward to a good 2014 financial year."
But speaking to the company's new chief executive officer Martin Barrett, you would never guess it.
If anything, the 48-year-old married father of two seems excited at the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.
"They're big shoes to fill, but it's good to have a new direction to take the organisation in," Mr Barrett said.
"It's an exciting journey ahead for Wide Bay business and I'm really encouraged by the team's enthusiasm."
He's been in the role less than two months and already the banking whiz is making some big changes.
"There's a lot to do and we've done a lot," he said.
"We announced a structural change at the end of last week. It's been very, very busy but good fun as well."
Mr Barrett has big dreams for the company and hopes to expand from the get-go.
"I'd like us to have the biggest market share position in retail banking in the Wide Bay area," he said.
"That's quite a big goal considering we're up against your Commonwealths and ANZ, but I believe we've got the community support."
Mr Barrett is also keen to expand the business banking component.
"We're starting a bigger business banking platform and we've also established a human resources department, which we didn't have before," he said.
"Some quite big changes are happening, but ones that I think will put us in a good place for the future."
Mr Barrett said the company's huge community support record would not leave with Mr Hancock.
"We spend a large amount of money in the community and that will continue," he said.
"It's a really important part of our continued support and I'm not anticipating changing that."
During his 26-year finance career, Mr Barrett has carved out an impressive resume both in Australia and the United Kingdom.
"I did the Yorkshire brand for NAB in Manchester and I ran the Clydesdale bank in London," he said.
"Then St George came calling and asked if I would establish and expand the brand in WA."
From there he went to St George in Sydney before ending his time with the bank running the Queensland and WA banking operations.
He also ran the company's national automotive finance business.
"I'd been with them for 10 years but the Wide Bay opportunity was one that was too good for me to not pursue," he said.
So he packed up with wife Jenny, son Sam, 11, and daughter Emily, 15, and made the move from Brisbane to Bundaberg, a place with very fond memories.
"In 1985 when I finished uni, I went around Australia with a mate on motorbikes and I clearly remember Bundaberg," Mr Barrett said.
"I met my now-wife at a Canberra youth hostel. She was over from the UK and I talked her into getting on the back of my bike for the rest of the trip."
The pair had a close call with a truck just out of town but escaped unscathed.
"From there a wonderful romance blossomed," he said.
He never dreamed he'd return to the region in the role he has.
"We're looking forward to a good 2014 financial year."
Sunday, 24 March 2013
NW youths bringing hope to others
A 9-year-old in Vancouver, Wash., is putting smiles on the faces of children around the world -- by putting shoes on their feet.
"A lot of kids in Africa or in India, they have to walk to school in bare feet -- and that can cause infections on their feet," the 9-year-old, Abbey Kadlec, tells KOIN. "So shoes are very important."
Over the weekend Abbey organized a party and shoe drive in conjunction with Texas-based non-profit "Shoes for Orphan Souls."
Her goal was 30 pairs of shoes. However, with donations from her church and from around the country, there were 100 pairs before this party even started.
"Just collecting shoes, and having a whole party, is fun," she said. "...And I thought, if I was doing it for a good cause, it would be even more fun."
And while this little girl helps people across the world, another group of youth volunteers was doing their part to help people in Portland.
More than 20 volunteers at the Union Gospel Mission this weekend put together free hygiene kits for those who are homeless. The "Hope Totes" contain soap, deodorant, toothpaste, a toothbrush, and other street essentials including a pair of socks.
"This is the third year we've given away Hope Totes at Easter," said Stacey Kean with the Union Gospel Mission. "And our guests ... are very grateful to have these items."
In 2012 the Union Gospel Mission handed out more than 500 "Hope Totes" to people in the Portland area. The mission is expected to give out 500 more this year during its annual Easter brunch this Sunday.
Once Datuk Jimmy Choo gets into the topic of shoes, he can't stop. The footwear maverick discusses his passion and his latest project over lunch.
JIMMY Choo – or Datuk, if you're into formalities – was due to arrive at L'Heritage restaurant in The Royale Chulan Hotel Kuala Lumpur for lunch with the media any minute.
When he finally does, looking dapper as usual in a customary black suit, heads snap to attention and camera shutters go click-click-click.
After several perfunctory hellos and handshakes, Malaysia's most celebrated shoe couturier sidles into an empty seat across from me. The excited chatter that filled the room only moments before dies abruptly. What is it about Choo that commands respect so easily?
Whatever the reason, it's this very ability to stop people in their tracks that landed Choo a stint as Tourism Ambassador for the country.
Today, he's out to fulfill that role, by promoting the 1Malaysia International Shoe Festival (MISF) that's happening this week. The four-day affair, themed 1Malaysia – Walking in Unity, Sole of the Nation, will showcase Choo's own line of handcrafted couture shoes (under Jimmy Choo Capsule Couture Collection) alongside 150 other local and international brands.
“I think the festival marks a step forward for our local shoe industry because in the old days, our manufacturers have to travel abroad for exhibitions. MISF makes it easier to showcase the immense talent we have in Malaysia,” says the Penang-born, London-based Choo.
Sitting across from me, Choo looks less like a person whose name has been immortalised in countless fashion magazines and movies, and more like a benevolent uncle everyone wants to meet.
Despite the slicked-back hair and equally sleek facade, he is a traditionalist at heart, prattling off words like “family” and “hard work” – expressions that are increasingly meaningless in today's society – in between mouthfuls of the amuse bouche.
It's no wonder then that, for the festival, Choo himself will be coming up with eight different artisanal shoes strongly influenced by time-honoured heritage and design. Entitled Mahkota, the collection incorporates a precious array of ethnic fabrics, from the common (tekat and songket) to the unusual (pua kumbu, pua sungkit, dastar, tohlian, kelingkan and telepok). Hand-woven and hand-embroidered using traditional methods that are passed down from generations, these fabrics are part of a vanishing craft.
“We're planning to incorporate these into the soles, the heels, the straps. You can say it's a tribute to our rich artistic culture,” says Choo, showing us some preliminary sketches of the designs.
"A lot of kids in Africa or in India, they have to walk to school in bare feet -- and that can cause infections on their feet," the 9-year-old, Abbey Kadlec, tells KOIN. "So shoes are very important."
Over the weekend Abbey organized a party and shoe drive in conjunction with Texas-based non-profit "Shoes for Orphan Souls."
Her goal was 30 pairs of shoes. However, with donations from her church and from around the country, there were 100 pairs before this party even started.
"Just collecting shoes, and having a whole party, is fun," she said. "...And I thought, if I was doing it for a good cause, it would be even more fun."
And while this little girl helps people across the world, another group of youth volunteers was doing their part to help people in Portland.
More than 20 volunteers at the Union Gospel Mission this weekend put together free hygiene kits for those who are homeless. The "Hope Totes" contain soap, deodorant, toothpaste, a toothbrush, and other street essentials including a pair of socks.
"This is the third year we've given away Hope Totes at Easter," said Stacey Kean with the Union Gospel Mission. "And our guests ... are very grateful to have these items."
In 2012 the Union Gospel Mission handed out more than 500 "Hope Totes" to people in the Portland area. The mission is expected to give out 500 more this year during its annual Easter brunch this Sunday.
Once Datuk Jimmy Choo gets into the topic of shoes, he can't stop. The footwear maverick discusses his passion and his latest project over lunch.
JIMMY Choo – or Datuk, if you're into formalities – was due to arrive at L'Heritage restaurant in The Royale Chulan Hotel Kuala Lumpur for lunch with the media any minute.
When he finally does, looking dapper as usual in a customary black suit, heads snap to attention and camera shutters go click-click-click.
After several perfunctory hellos and handshakes, Malaysia's most celebrated shoe couturier sidles into an empty seat across from me. The excited chatter that filled the room only moments before dies abruptly. What is it about Choo that commands respect so easily?
Whatever the reason, it's this very ability to stop people in their tracks that landed Choo a stint as Tourism Ambassador for the country.
Today, he's out to fulfill that role, by promoting the 1Malaysia International Shoe Festival (MISF) that's happening this week. The four-day affair, themed 1Malaysia – Walking in Unity, Sole of the Nation, will showcase Choo's own line of handcrafted couture shoes (under Jimmy Choo Capsule Couture Collection) alongside 150 other local and international brands.
“I think the festival marks a step forward for our local shoe industry because in the old days, our manufacturers have to travel abroad for exhibitions. MISF makes it easier to showcase the immense talent we have in Malaysia,” says the Penang-born, London-based Choo.
Sitting across from me, Choo looks less like a person whose name has been immortalised in countless fashion magazines and movies, and more like a benevolent uncle everyone wants to meet.
Despite the slicked-back hair and equally sleek facade, he is a traditionalist at heart, prattling off words like “family” and “hard work” – expressions that are increasingly meaningless in today's society – in between mouthfuls of the amuse bouche.
It's no wonder then that, for the festival, Choo himself will be coming up with eight different artisanal shoes strongly influenced by time-honoured heritage and design. Entitled Mahkota, the collection incorporates a precious array of ethnic fabrics, from the common (tekat and songket) to the unusual (pua kumbu, pua sungkit, dastar, tohlian, kelingkan and telepok). Hand-woven and hand-embroidered using traditional methods that are passed down from generations, these fabrics are part of a vanishing craft.
“We're planning to incorporate these into the soles, the heels, the straps. You can say it's a tribute to our rich artistic culture,” says Choo, showing us some preliminary sketches of the designs.
New men's footwear trends
Men have discovered what the ladies have known all along. Now, more than ever, it's all about your shoes.
"And it's about high time. Women have had a blast with shoes for years," says Jim Moore, GQ's creative director.
"I think it's the most exciting category in menswear at the moment. It's a huge focus for us," says Terry Betts, buying manager for London-based online retailer Mr. Porter.
And the trade paper Footwear News reported recently, "Men's footwear is on fire at retail, thanks to style twists on old classics," citing updates like pops of color, vintage details and distressed finishes that are making traditional silhouettes look fresh.
The retail sales add up to some staggering numbers. Personal luxury goods have risen more than 10% for each of the last three years worldwide, and men's shoes are outperforming that figure, according to Bain & Co., a leading advisor to the luxury sector. With global designer footwear annual revenue pegged at more than $15 billion for 2012 and men's business growing to 40% of total luxury goods, it's no wonder retailers are so enthralled.
Fueling the fire
Fashion editors and retailers agree that several factors are driving the men's shoe trend. One is the "New Trad" revival of the suit and other classic menswear tropes, with the corresponding upswing of interest in heritage and artisanal shoe brands. Another is the impact of e-commerce, which gives today's aspiring man unprecedented access to styles from around the world.
Factor in fashion magazines and the blogosphere, which enthusiastically parse the virtues of handmade footwear and have turned formerly hidebound styles — like the vaunted "double monk" featuring a monk strap with two buckles — into must-haves for footwear aficionados.
Cool choices in sneakers and the entrance of women's shoe designers into the men's market are also getting men focused on their feet.
Artisans and heritage brands
Mr. Porter is bringing a new and appreciative audience to legendary British brands such as John Lobb as well as to newer purveyors of handmade styles in a more contemporary vein, such as Marsèll and O'Keeffe, both made in Italy.
"We're excited about going to artisanal brands like Marsèll and giving them a global platform. These are the kind of things that can get lost in a store," Betts says.
But at the luxury department stores on Wilshire Boulevard, they're just as bullish on similarly heretofore-obscure brands, often at nearly four-figure price tags.
"I'm obsessed with Bontoni," says Neiman Marcus Group's fashion director, Matthew Singer, by phone from New York. "They basically make their shoes out of a house in Italy, something like five pairs a day. They're a classic brand but with a modern sensibility."
GQ's Moore says his magazine's readers aren't afraid to spend $500 on a pair of shoes if they're aware of the craftsmanship involved in making shoes by hand, "whether they're bench-made in Britain, made in Italy or Maine-made."
Mention of Maine conjures up rubber-soled shoes for sailing and topstitched preppy loafers, but designer Alejandro Ingelmo has mined this heritage for one of the most talked-about collections for spring. He's given those classics a forward-fashion spin, seen in the brush-marked, blackened neon loafer set on an over-scale sole or the chukka with a white bumper finishing usually found on sneakers, all using domestic materials and manufactured in the state.
"There's just something about American shoes," Ingelmo says. "They just have guts. It's like nobody can make a pickup truck like Americans. They can try, but nobody else can do them. They don't have the same strength."
Sneaks
Luxury sneakers are also fueling men's shoe trend. About five years ago, designer Alber Elbaz of Lanvin kicked off his haltingly high-priced men's collection with equally extravagant kicks. Sneakers had entered the lexicon of high style.
Around the same time, Ingelmo says, he designed some sneakers for himself, and then buyers started asking for them. Now the category has exploded, with retailers citing big brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Prada as well as indies such as Pierre Hardy, Maison Martin Margiela and Raf Simons as linchpins.
"And it's about high time. Women have had a blast with shoes for years," says Jim Moore, GQ's creative director.
"I think it's the most exciting category in menswear at the moment. It's a huge focus for us," says Terry Betts, buying manager for London-based online retailer Mr. Porter.
And the trade paper Footwear News reported recently, "Men's footwear is on fire at retail, thanks to style twists on old classics," citing updates like pops of color, vintage details and distressed finishes that are making traditional silhouettes look fresh.
The retail sales add up to some staggering numbers. Personal luxury goods have risen more than 10% for each of the last three years worldwide, and men's shoes are outperforming that figure, according to Bain & Co., a leading advisor to the luxury sector. With global designer footwear annual revenue pegged at more than $15 billion for 2012 and men's business growing to 40% of total luxury goods, it's no wonder retailers are so enthralled.
Fueling the fire
Fashion editors and retailers agree that several factors are driving the men's shoe trend. One is the "New Trad" revival of the suit and other classic menswear tropes, with the corresponding upswing of interest in heritage and artisanal shoe brands. Another is the impact of e-commerce, which gives today's aspiring man unprecedented access to styles from around the world.
Factor in fashion magazines and the blogosphere, which enthusiastically parse the virtues of handmade footwear and have turned formerly hidebound styles — like the vaunted "double monk" featuring a monk strap with two buckles — into must-haves for footwear aficionados.
Cool choices in sneakers and the entrance of women's shoe designers into the men's market are also getting men focused on their feet.
Artisans and heritage brands
Mr. Porter is bringing a new and appreciative audience to legendary British brands such as John Lobb as well as to newer purveyors of handmade styles in a more contemporary vein, such as Marsèll and O'Keeffe, both made in Italy.
"We're excited about going to artisanal brands like Marsèll and giving them a global platform. These are the kind of things that can get lost in a store," Betts says.
But at the luxury department stores on Wilshire Boulevard, they're just as bullish on similarly heretofore-obscure brands, often at nearly four-figure price tags.
"I'm obsessed with Bontoni," says Neiman Marcus Group's fashion director, Matthew Singer, by phone from New York. "They basically make their shoes out of a house in Italy, something like five pairs a day. They're a classic brand but with a modern sensibility."
GQ's Moore says his magazine's readers aren't afraid to spend $500 on a pair of shoes if they're aware of the craftsmanship involved in making shoes by hand, "whether they're bench-made in Britain, made in Italy or Maine-made."
Mention of Maine conjures up rubber-soled shoes for sailing and topstitched preppy loafers, but designer Alejandro Ingelmo has mined this heritage for one of the most talked-about collections for spring. He's given those classics a forward-fashion spin, seen in the brush-marked, blackened neon loafer set on an over-scale sole or the chukka with a white bumper finishing usually found on sneakers, all using domestic materials and manufactured in the state.
"There's just something about American shoes," Ingelmo says. "They just have guts. It's like nobody can make a pickup truck like Americans. They can try, but nobody else can do them. They don't have the same strength."
Sneaks
Luxury sneakers are also fueling men's shoe trend. About five years ago, designer Alber Elbaz of Lanvin kicked off his haltingly high-priced men's collection with equally extravagant kicks. Sneakers had entered the lexicon of high style.
Around the same time, Ingelmo says, he designed some sneakers for himself, and then buyers started asking for them. Now the category has exploded, with retailers citing big brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Prada as well as indies such as Pierre Hardy, Maison Martin Margiela and Raf Simons as linchpins.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Billy Two Shoes Band with rural roots thrives on feeding others
What began five years ago as a personal challenge for two musicians to record an album has resulted in four full-length albums of original material and more than $25,000 donated to food pantries in rural Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.
The four-man band Billy Two Shoes performs about 30 concerts a year, donating all the proceeds from its booking fees, compact disc sales and marketing items to designated food pantries.
Band members are Sean Jenkins, 33, of Hilliard; James Gettles, 38, of Dublin; Josh Coy, 38, of the Discovery District in Columbus; and Josh Lawson, 33, of Hamilton in suburban Cincinnati.
All four migrated to central Ohio from economically depressed areas, giving each personal experience with fighting hunger.
Jenkins was raised in Zanesville, Gettles is from Gallipolis, Coy is from Youngstown and Lawson is from Fairfield.
The group uses the tagline, "Feedin' Folks Since 2008," on all its albums and marketing and promotional materials.
This year, proceeds from Columbus area shows will benefit St. John's Food Pantry in Olde Town East.
"All the proceeds are donated to food pantries. ... It's a great feeling for us to do what we enjoy and to help people who are in need," said Gettles, one of the co-founders of Billy Two Shoes.
The band originated in 2008 when Gettles and former member Jason Cowans sought to record an album.
"It was really for no other reason than to just say we did it," Gettles said.
The album, Appalachian Memoirs, was circulated among family and friends and sold at concerts the duo performed.
While supporting the first album, Gary Harden, originally from Hinton, W.Va., began playing with Billy Two Shoes.
Harden, who lives in North Carolina, occasionally plays with the band today, but remains an integral part of the group, mixing and mastering the band's subsequent three albums.
Jenkins, who was added to the band's lineup in 2010, describes the group's sound as alternative country steeped in bluegrass.
"It's been called 'hillbilly Pink Floyd,' too," Jenkins said.
Building on the tide of improving musicianship and growing numbers at gigs, Billy Two Shoes recorded New Shoes in 2009. It featured such improvised instruments as a flute made from a PVC pipe and a penny whistle.
One of the tracks was a poem written by Gettles' great-grandfather and set to music.
"I have the piece of paper the poem is written on," he said.
Gettles' great-grandfather gave the poem, titled A Poem for a Pig, to his daughter, Gettles' grandmother.
"It was stuffed into a piggy bank and was on my grandmother's shelf. I was never allowed to touch it," Gettles said.
The band's current lineup jelled during preparations to record a third album, Full Breakfast, completed in 2010.
Coy, a banjo player joined in 2009; lead vocalist Lawson joined in 2010. Lawson also plays a guitar, harmonica and mandolin.
Gettles asked Jenkins, who plays slide guitar, to join the band after talking with him during a set break.
Local interest in the live performances of Billy Two Shoes has grown in proportion to the group's popularity on the Internet as fellow musicians sought or accepted opportunities to perform on Full Breakfast.
"We had musicians from Colorado, North Carolina and the Netherlands play with us ... and they did it free in order to help us send more money to food pantries," Gettles said.
In 2012, Billy Two Shoes recorded and released a 10-track album Bourbon for Beans, an acoustic recording completed in the studio in a single day.
All four members share in composing the lyrics and music for their recordings. The group occasionally plays a cover song live, but all four albums are original material.
When not performing, members of Billy Two Shoes have day jobs.
Gettles is employed at Audio Power Labs, Jenkins works on graphic web designs at Roy Hobbs Baseball, Coy is a graduate student at the Ohio State University and Lawson is a teacher and coach at Little Miami schools in suburban Cincinnati.
Billy Two Shoes' next scheduled performance is at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at the Rendezvous Lounge, 5835 Sawmill Road in Dublin.
The four-man band Billy Two Shoes performs about 30 concerts a year, donating all the proceeds from its booking fees, compact disc sales and marketing items to designated food pantries.
Band members are Sean Jenkins, 33, of Hilliard; James Gettles, 38, of Dublin; Josh Coy, 38, of the Discovery District in Columbus; and Josh Lawson, 33, of Hamilton in suburban Cincinnati.
All four migrated to central Ohio from economically depressed areas, giving each personal experience with fighting hunger.
Jenkins was raised in Zanesville, Gettles is from Gallipolis, Coy is from Youngstown and Lawson is from Fairfield.
The group uses the tagline, "Feedin' Folks Since 2008," on all its albums and marketing and promotional materials.
This year, proceeds from Columbus area shows will benefit St. John's Food Pantry in Olde Town East.
"All the proceeds are donated to food pantries. ... It's a great feeling for us to do what we enjoy and to help people who are in need," said Gettles, one of the co-founders of Billy Two Shoes.
The band originated in 2008 when Gettles and former member Jason Cowans sought to record an album.
"It was really for no other reason than to just say we did it," Gettles said.
The album, Appalachian Memoirs, was circulated among family and friends and sold at concerts the duo performed.
While supporting the first album, Gary Harden, originally from Hinton, W.Va., began playing with Billy Two Shoes.
Harden, who lives in North Carolina, occasionally plays with the band today, but remains an integral part of the group, mixing and mastering the band's subsequent three albums.
Jenkins, who was added to the band's lineup in 2010, describes the group's sound as alternative country steeped in bluegrass.
"It's been called 'hillbilly Pink Floyd,' too," Jenkins said.
Building on the tide of improving musicianship and growing numbers at gigs, Billy Two Shoes recorded New Shoes in 2009. It featured such improvised instruments as a flute made from a PVC pipe and a penny whistle.
One of the tracks was a poem written by Gettles' great-grandfather and set to music.
"I have the piece of paper the poem is written on," he said.
Gettles' great-grandfather gave the poem, titled A Poem for a Pig, to his daughter, Gettles' grandmother.
"It was stuffed into a piggy bank and was on my grandmother's shelf. I was never allowed to touch it," Gettles said.
The band's current lineup jelled during preparations to record a third album, Full Breakfast, completed in 2010.
Coy, a banjo player joined in 2009; lead vocalist Lawson joined in 2010. Lawson also plays a guitar, harmonica and mandolin.
Gettles asked Jenkins, who plays slide guitar, to join the band after talking with him during a set break.
Local interest in the live performances of Billy Two Shoes has grown in proportion to the group's popularity on the Internet as fellow musicians sought or accepted opportunities to perform on Full Breakfast.
"We had musicians from Colorado, North Carolina and the Netherlands play with us ... and they did it free in order to help us send more money to food pantries," Gettles said.
In 2012, Billy Two Shoes recorded and released a 10-track album Bourbon for Beans, an acoustic recording completed in the studio in a single day.
All four members share in composing the lyrics and music for their recordings. The group occasionally plays a cover song live, but all four albums are original material.
When not performing, members of Billy Two Shoes have day jobs.
Gettles is employed at Audio Power Labs, Jenkins works on graphic web designs at Roy Hobbs Baseball, Coy is a graduate student at the Ohio State University and Lawson is a teacher and coach at Little Miami schools in suburban Cincinnati.
Billy Two Shoes' next scheduled performance is at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at the Rendezvous Lounge, 5835 Sawmill Road in Dublin.
Fritts sets the tone for the women's lacrosse program
Some people learn quicker than others. For the Grand Valley State
University women's lacrosse team, senior Allyson Fritts has not only
learned the game quickly, but has become one of the instrumental leaders
in the program.
Fritts has been lighting up the score sheet this season like a lifelong veteran. However, she only picked up the game when she was in high school.
In just four games this season, Fritts is leading GVSU in points, after accumulating 12 goals and one assist. For the senior captain, her legacy isn't just about statistics.
“I want people to remember me as the captain who was on the starting program,” Fritts said. “I want people to recognize how much work I put in.”
Fritts, a Howell, Mich native, was a standout player on last year's inaugural GVSU women's lacrosse team. The Lakers went 10-7 while being independent of a conference before joining the GLIAC this year.
This year is the first season for GLIAC women's lacrosse, and a GLIAC championship is at the top of the list of goals for the Lakers. GVSU is not alone in their lack of experience, as seven of the nine teams in the conference are either in their first or second season of play.
GVSU (2-2) is a young program with an even younger roster, featuring just three seniors and one junior. On such a young team, the significance of strong leadership looms even larger than normal.
“Fritts is very important,” said head coach Alicia Groveston. “While she didn't have NCAA game experience prior to last year, she did have maturity. That was invaluable. She was able to help lead the team by example of what to do on and off the field.”
The lack of NCAA experience didn't hinder Fritts in the 2012 season, as she was quick to make an impact, notching 25 goals and eight assists in her first year of collegiate play. In her second year, Fritts has brought her play to an entirely new level, as she already has nearly tallied half of her goal total from last season, with 12 more games to play this season.
Fritts' solid statistics and strong leadership have quickly made her a huge piece of what is still a small program. While the Lakers will miss her skill next year, their offensive core of sophomores Rachel Leibovitz, Victoria Devine and Jordan Luberto will certainly be able to pick up the offensive hole Fritts' departure will leave. What will be difficult to replicate is her lead-by-example style of being a captain.
“She will leave us big shoes to fill for sure,” Groveston said. “She is the first person to be in the gym working out, either with her stick or on her fitness. She also works incredibly hard in the classroom. She is a problem solver, an advocate and a great teammate.”
Leading a team is nothing new for Fritts, as she was elected as a captain in her junior year at GVSU as well as in high school. In just two years, Fritts has help lift Laker lacrosse from to the preseason favorite to win the GLIAC. The Lakers will certainly miss Fritts in the years to come, but Fritts may miss the Lakers, and her favorite sport, even more.
“I'm really sad this is my last year because this is only the start of a wonderful program,” she said. “I'm happy for what I've done for the program. I know that my teammates will continue to make this program reach its full potential, so I can walk away happy.”
Fritts has been lighting up the score sheet this season like a lifelong veteran. However, she only picked up the game when she was in high school.
In just four games this season, Fritts is leading GVSU in points, after accumulating 12 goals and one assist. For the senior captain, her legacy isn't just about statistics.
“I want people to remember me as the captain who was on the starting program,” Fritts said. “I want people to recognize how much work I put in.”
Fritts, a Howell, Mich native, was a standout player on last year's inaugural GVSU women's lacrosse team. The Lakers went 10-7 while being independent of a conference before joining the GLIAC this year.
This year is the first season for GLIAC women's lacrosse, and a GLIAC championship is at the top of the list of goals for the Lakers. GVSU is not alone in their lack of experience, as seven of the nine teams in the conference are either in their first or second season of play.
GVSU (2-2) is a young program with an even younger roster, featuring just three seniors and one junior. On such a young team, the significance of strong leadership looms even larger than normal.
“Fritts is very important,” said head coach Alicia Groveston. “While she didn't have NCAA game experience prior to last year, she did have maturity. That was invaluable. She was able to help lead the team by example of what to do on and off the field.”
The lack of NCAA experience didn't hinder Fritts in the 2012 season, as she was quick to make an impact, notching 25 goals and eight assists in her first year of collegiate play. In her second year, Fritts has brought her play to an entirely new level, as she already has nearly tallied half of her goal total from last season, with 12 more games to play this season.
Fritts' solid statistics and strong leadership have quickly made her a huge piece of what is still a small program. While the Lakers will miss her skill next year, their offensive core of sophomores Rachel Leibovitz, Victoria Devine and Jordan Luberto will certainly be able to pick up the offensive hole Fritts' departure will leave. What will be difficult to replicate is her lead-by-example style of being a captain.
“She will leave us big shoes to fill for sure,” Groveston said. “She is the first person to be in the gym working out, either with her stick or on her fitness. She also works incredibly hard in the classroom. She is a problem solver, an advocate and a great teammate.”
Leading a team is nothing new for Fritts, as she was elected as a captain in her junior year at GVSU as well as in high school. In just two years, Fritts has help lift Laker lacrosse from to the preseason favorite to win the GLIAC. The Lakers will certainly miss Fritts in the years to come, but Fritts may miss the Lakers, and her favorite sport, even more.
“I'm really sad this is my last year because this is only the start of a wonderful program,” she said. “I'm happy for what I've done for the program. I know that my teammates will continue to make this program reach its full potential, so I can walk away happy.”
Monday, 18 March 2013
Annual Butterflies and Bridges run set for April 20
Runners
around Selma and Dallas County are lacing up their shoes and trimming
down their times in preparation for the 6th annual Butterflies and
Bridges 8K Competitive Race, benefiting the Selma City Schools Athletic
Department.
The annual race will be held Saturday, April 20, and will begin outside Selma High School at 8 a.m. Runners will weave through historic downtown and over the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Bill Potter, race coordinator, said he is expecting large numbers for this year's run.
“Last year we raised a little over $3,000 for the athletic department and this year we're hoping to reach $5,000,” Potter said.
The run has always benefited the Selma City Schools Athletic Department,welcome to purplesuprashoes home page!purplesuprashoes Potter explained, because keeping kids involved in extracurricular activities — like sports — translates into better grades in the classroom.
“One of the things that we've learned over the past few years is that student athletes seem to perform better academically than the student body at large,” Potter said. “So our motto is, ‘Keeping Sports and Education Together.'”
Specifically, Potter said Selma City Schools is hoping to gain enough funds to purchase a pitching machine for their baseball and softball teams. Also, the department is currently in need of funds to support summer youth sports camps.
“The athletic department is supposed to be self-supporting, which means they don't get support through the school district so everything they do they have to pay for,” Potter said. “So this is just supporting the athletic department in general.”
Aside from benefiting a worthy cause, the run will also include cash prizes for the top three male and female with the fastest times in the 8K competition. First place will receive $100, second place will receive $50 and third place $25. A bonus prize of $100 will be given to those who set new record times for the race. The best time for the men is currently 27 minutes and 24 seconds while the record for females is 39 minutes and 49 seconds.You may see many other fake websites posting available supra shoes for cheap, be aware of fake retailers.
A 2K fun run/walk will also be held.
Registration forms are available at Vaughan Wellness and Fitness Center and the YMCA.
Pre-registration, before April 15, is $7 for children 13 and under and $15 for those 14 and older. Race-day registration is $10 for ages 13 and under and $20 for 14 and older.
“We're looking for a good competitive race,” Potter said. “I encourage the whole community to participate.”
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Dressed in a dark business suit, the somber-looking Shao drives a Mini that's more middle-class hip than super-rich fast, an image at odds with the image of the second-generation rich created by the media. He said that he spends most of his time working either in his office or at home. He remains single because he said he doesn't have time to socialize much.
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In fact, one of the reporters who did the Wenzhou story is from a rich family, although you wouldn't know by just looking at her. She takes the subway to work, buys her clothes on Taobao and works just as hard, if not harder, than her colleagues.It's the world's famous justin bieber supra shoes boy singer Justin Bieber.
The annual race will be held Saturday, April 20, and will begin outside Selma High School at 8 a.m. Runners will weave through historic downtown and over the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Bill Potter, race coordinator, said he is expecting large numbers for this year's run.
“Last year we raised a little over $3,000 for the athletic department and this year we're hoping to reach $5,000,” Potter said.
The run has always benefited the Selma City Schools Athletic Department,welcome to purplesuprashoes home page!purplesuprashoes Potter explained, because keeping kids involved in extracurricular activities — like sports — translates into better grades in the classroom.
“One of the things that we've learned over the past few years is that student athletes seem to perform better academically than the student body at large,” Potter said. “So our motto is, ‘Keeping Sports and Education Together.'”
Specifically, Potter said Selma City Schools is hoping to gain enough funds to purchase a pitching machine for their baseball and softball teams. Also, the department is currently in need of funds to support summer youth sports camps.
“The athletic department is supposed to be self-supporting, which means they don't get support through the school district so everything they do they have to pay for,” Potter said. “So this is just supporting the athletic department in general.”
Aside from benefiting a worthy cause, the run will also include cash prizes for the top three male and female with the fastest times in the 8K competition. First place will receive $100, second place will receive $50 and third place $25. A bonus prize of $100 will be given to those who set new record times for the race. The best time for the men is currently 27 minutes and 24 seconds while the record for females is 39 minutes and 49 seconds.You may see many other fake websites posting available supra shoes for cheap, be aware of fake retailers.
A 2K fun run/walk will also be held.
Registration forms are available at Vaughan Wellness and Fitness Center and the YMCA.
Pre-registration, before April 15, is $7 for children 13 and under and $15 for those 14 and older. Race-day registration is $10 for ages 13 and under and $20 for 14 and older.
“We're looking for a good competitive race,” Potter said. “I encourage the whole community to participate.”
Of course, there will always be people buying soy sauce, but the profit margins of such labor-intensive industries are expected to continue to narrow as competition from other low-cost production bases increases.
Dressed in a dark business suit, the somber-looking Shao drives a Mini that's more middle-class hip than super-rich fast, an image at odds with the image of the second-generation rich created by the media. He said that he spends most of his time working either in his office or at home. He remains single because he said he doesn't have time to socialize much.
I have met very few second-generation rich. But although I have heard many horror stories about the excesses of the second-generation rich from my friends, those I have met, at work or through friends, show none of the undesirable characteristics they have ascribed to them, and none of them were the badly behaving rich kids portrayed in the media.
In fact, one of the reporters who did the Wenzhou story is from a rich family, although you wouldn't know by just looking at her. She takes the subway to work, buys her clothes on Taobao and works just as hard, if not harder, than her colleagues.It's the world's famous justin bieber supra shoes boy singer Justin Bieber.
To control asthma, start with the home instead of the child
Nothing sends more kids to the hospital than asthma.
So when doctors at Children's Hospital in Boston noticed they kept seeing an unusually high number of asthmatic kids from certain low-income neighborhoods, they wondered if they could do something about the environment these kids were living in.
It's well-known that asthma attacks are triggered by dust, mold, pests such as mice and cockroaches, polluted air, and other environmental aggravations.
To help parents get rid of those triggers, Children's Hospital developed the Community Asthma Initiative. The program first identifies frequent fliers — children who show up often at the hospital's emergency room with asthma attacks. Many of them get admitted repeatedly to bring their asthma under control.
Then program staffers contact the parents. "It's a teachable moment," says program director Dr. Elizabeth Woods. "It's a time when families are very open to wanting to do something new and different to help their child stay out of the hospital.Are there purple supra shoes?"
The next step is a home visit from a community health worker like Margie Lorenzi, who recently paid a call on Maria Texeira-Gomes of Dorchester, a neighborhood in Boston.
Gomes' 5-year-old son, Matheo, has had asthma nearly all his life. After he was hospitalized last fall, she agreed to accept Lorenzi's help in identifying and eliminating the things in her household that kept triggering his asthma attacks.
This was Lorenzi's third visit to the Gomes household — a small, tidy house with a view of the Boston skyline.
"We'll just go over the triggers like we did the first time and the second time around and see what changes you've implemented within the home," Lorenzi said as the two women settled around the kitchen table, an air purifier humming on a nearby counter.
Gomes said she had made lots of changes.
"We have the HEPA-filter vacuum, which is what I use to dust and vacuum the home,welcome to purplesuprashoes home page!purplesuprashoes" Gomes said. "I try to vacuum when [Matheo] is at school."
Gomes, a social worker, said she has stopped using room deodorants and no longer lights candles. They can aggravate asthma. "Just being diligent and thinking about his needs," she said.
Gomes now uses a vinegar-and-water solution to clean in order to avoid harsh chemicals. "You know, within our culture we like to do this excessive cleaning with bleach and Lysol and all that stuff," she said. "So I try to minimize it."
Lorenzi ran through a checklist of other triggers. "No mold? No cockroaches? What about mice?" Gomes answered no to each. Then Lorenzi checked under the sink and in the bathroom, looking for trouble.
She was pleased to see that Gomes had gotten rid of the living room carpet that harbored allergens, that she vacuums curtains and window blinds to reduce dust, that Matheo's toys and shoes are stored in dust-proof plastic bins provided by the Asthma Initiative, and that Grandma's cat stays upstairs in her apartment at all times.
All of these changes seemed to be paying off. That was apparent when Lorenzi calculated something called an "Asthma Control Score" for Matheo.
"How much of the time did the asthma keep him from going to school and keep you from going to work?" Lorenzi asked.
"None of the time," Gomes said.
"Awesome! And during the past four weeks, how much of the time did he have shortness of breath that you noticed? Would you say once a day? Three to six times a week? Once or twice a week? Or not at all?"
"Not at all," Gomes replied.
"I'm liking this!" Lorenzi laughed.
Matheo's score turned out to be 23 — which means his asthma is well-controlled. On Lorenzi's last visit, it was 19,Welcome to Supra shoes for sale,we provide supra shoes for kids and women. not well-controlled.
Matheo used to end up in the hospital every time he had a cold, and in between there were many trips to the emergency room. But no longer.
He still has to take asthma medicine — but less often. His asthma isn't waking him up at night anymore. And once a week he goes swimming.
The Community Asthma Initiative has served more than a thousand families over the past seven years. It costs about $2,300 per family — not only for staff time, but also for things like plastic bins, a special mattress and pillow covers, and the vacuum cleaner that filters out fine dust.
It's not cheap — and it's not something hospitals typically do. But just a few visits over a year's time make a demonstrable difference.
So when doctors at Children's Hospital in Boston noticed they kept seeing an unusually high number of asthmatic kids from certain low-income neighborhoods, they wondered if they could do something about the environment these kids were living in.
It's well-known that asthma attacks are triggered by dust, mold, pests such as mice and cockroaches, polluted air, and other environmental aggravations.
To help parents get rid of those triggers, Children's Hospital developed the Community Asthma Initiative. The program first identifies frequent fliers — children who show up often at the hospital's emergency room with asthma attacks. Many of them get admitted repeatedly to bring their asthma under control.
Then program staffers contact the parents. "It's a teachable moment," says program director Dr. Elizabeth Woods. "It's a time when families are very open to wanting to do something new and different to help their child stay out of the hospital.Are there purple supra shoes?"
The next step is a home visit from a community health worker like Margie Lorenzi, who recently paid a call on Maria Texeira-Gomes of Dorchester, a neighborhood in Boston.
Gomes' 5-year-old son, Matheo, has had asthma nearly all his life. After he was hospitalized last fall, she agreed to accept Lorenzi's help in identifying and eliminating the things in her household that kept triggering his asthma attacks.
This was Lorenzi's third visit to the Gomes household — a small, tidy house with a view of the Boston skyline.
"We'll just go over the triggers like we did the first time and the second time around and see what changes you've implemented within the home," Lorenzi said as the two women settled around the kitchen table, an air purifier humming on a nearby counter.
Gomes said she had made lots of changes.
"We have the HEPA-filter vacuum, which is what I use to dust and vacuum the home,welcome to purplesuprashoes home page!purplesuprashoes" Gomes said. "I try to vacuum when [Matheo] is at school."
Gomes, a social worker, said she has stopped using room deodorants and no longer lights candles. They can aggravate asthma. "Just being diligent and thinking about his needs," she said.
Gomes now uses a vinegar-and-water solution to clean in order to avoid harsh chemicals. "You know, within our culture we like to do this excessive cleaning with bleach and Lysol and all that stuff," she said. "So I try to minimize it."
Lorenzi ran through a checklist of other triggers. "No mold? No cockroaches? What about mice?" Gomes answered no to each. Then Lorenzi checked under the sink and in the bathroom, looking for trouble.
She was pleased to see that Gomes had gotten rid of the living room carpet that harbored allergens, that she vacuums curtains and window blinds to reduce dust, that Matheo's toys and shoes are stored in dust-proof plastic bins provided by the Asthma Initiative, and that Grandma's cat stays upstairs in her apartment at all times.
All of these changes seemed to be paying off. That was apparent when Lorenzi calculated something called an "Asthma Control Score" for Matheo.
"How much of the time did the asthma keep him from going to school and keep you from going to work?" Lorenzi asked.
"None of the time," Gomes said.
"Awesome! And during the past four weeks, how much of the time did he have shortness of breath that you noticed? Would you say once a day? Three to six times a week? Once or twice a week? Or not at all?"
"Not at all," Gomes replied.
"I'm liking this!" Lorenzi laughed.
Matheo's score turned out to be 23 — which means his asthma is well-controlled. On Lorenzi's last visit, it was 19,Welcome to Supra shoes for sale,we provide supra shoes for kids and women. not well-controlled.
Matheo used to end up in the hospital every time he had a cold, and in between there were many trips to the emergency room. But no longer.
He still has to take asthma medicine — but less often. His asthma isn't waking him up at night anymore. And once a week he goes swimming.
The Community Asthma Initiative has served more than a thousand families over the past seven years. It costs about $2,300 per family — not only for staff time, but also for things like plastic bins, a special mattress and pillow covers, and the vacuum cleaner that filters out fine dust.
It's not cheap — and it's not something hospitals typically do. But just a few visits over a year's time make a demonstrable difference.
Why Fashion Girls are Flocking to Foot Locker
In this age of blink-and-you-miss-it fashion trends, it can be hard to really know what's cool.
But one surefire way of knowing what's “in” is by looking at what all the cool fashion kids are wearing. And what are they wearing right now? Sneakers. Not Chucks, not sneaker wedges, but bona fide running shoes–we're talking the kind your athletic dad might wear.
So what got all the fashion girls running to Foot Locker? This writer posits that Phoebe Philo has a lot to do with it. Philo has been wearing athletic sneakers–New Balance 993s, Nike Air Max's–at high-profile events and to take her bow at the end of Celine's shows for a couple of years now. As Into the Gloss recently pointed out,Are you looking for supra shoes for girls? the designer even got snapped in her Nike Vortexes for Vogue‘s March issue.
“Philo rocks a pair of Nikes like no one's business,” ITG's Emily Weiss said. “Probably because she pairs them with 16-ply cashmere.”
The Man Repeller's Leandra Medine, who is also a confirmed Philo-phile, gives credit to Isabel Marant too.
“I really do believe those Isabel Marant highly stylized excuse for a street fashion shoe were a gateway drug for women concerned with ‘looking fashion cool' to start wearing more comfortable shoes again,” Medine said.
Medine taps into one of this trend's better points: Comfort! After years of comically high and impractical heels (remember those McQueen Armadillo shoes?) it seems the pendulum has swung back to more classic, wearable, and mercifully orthopedic-friendly shoes.
Another simple reason sneakers are having a moment is because menswear is having a moment.
“The bright colors and crazy materials make [sneakers] fashion forward and comfort is something women rarely get with popular footwear,” Chris Black, creative consultant for a variety of brands including New Balance, said. “All of the cool styles are also very affordable so everyone can easily be part of the trend.”
Unlike cheap knockoffs, sneakers are cool because they're not too try-hard. Tommy Ton's probably not going to shoot those fake Marant sneaker wedges–but colorful Nikes or New Balances? He's all over it.
And then there's the less tangible appeal of the trend: That special swagger that a woman in men's sneakers exudes. Just look at the above picture of Kate Moss and tell me you don't know what I mean.
Currently from March 18th though Wednesday the 20th you can find deals on Lucky Brand Jeans, Clark shoes and sneakers like Converse.
My favorite section on this website is the clearance section under the clearance tab. I went to "clothes" under the $10 section. Plus, they have free shipping! I went to the Adidas website and they are selling the exact same pair of shorts for $20, plus you have to spend $49 in one order to get free shipping.
But one surefire way of knowing what's “in” is by looking at what all the cool fashion kids are wearing. And what are they wearing right now? Sneakers. Not Chucks, not sneaker wedges, but bona fide running shoes–we're talking the kind your athletic dad might wear.
So what got all the fashion girls running to Foot Locker? This writer posits that Phoebe Philo has a lot to do with it. Philo has been wearing athletic sneakers–New Balance 993s, Nike Air Max's–at high-profile events and to take her bow at the end of Celine's shows for a couple of years now. As Into the Gloss recently pointed out,Are you looking for supra shoes for girls? the designer even got snapped in her Nike Vortexes for Vogue‘s March issue.
“Philo rocks a pair of Nikes like no one's business,” ITG's Emily Weiss said. “Probably because she pairs them with 16-ply cashmere.”
The Man Repeller's Leandra Medine, who is also a confirmed Philo-phile, gives credit to Isabel Marant too.
“I really do believe those Isabel Marant highly stylized excuse for a street fashion shoe were a gateway drug for women concerned with ‘looking fashion cool' to start wearing more comfortable shoes again,” Medine said.
Medine taps into one of this trend's better points: Comfort! After years of comically high and impractical heels (remember those McQueen Armadillo shoes?) it seems the pendulum has swung back to more classic, wearable, and mercifully orthopedic-friendly shoes.
Another simple reason sneakers are having a moment is because menswear is having a moment.
“The bright colors and crazy materials make [sneakers] fashion forward and comfort is something women rarely get with popular footwear,” Chris Black, creative consultant for a variety of brands including New Balance, said. “All of the cool styles are also very affordable so everyone can easily be part of the trend.”
Unlike cheap knockoffs, sneakers are cool because they're not too try-hard. Tommy Ton's probably not going to shoot those fake Marant sneaker wedges–but colorful Nikes or New Balances? He's all over it.
And then there's the less tangible appeal of the trend: That special swagger that a woman in men's sneakers exudes. Just look at the above picture of Kate Moss and tell me you don't know what I mean.
Currently from March 18th though Wednesday the 20th you can find deals on Lucky Brand Jeans, Clark shoes and sneakers like Converse.
My favorite section on this website is the clearance section under the clearance tab. I went to "clothes" under the $10 section. Plus, they have free shipping! I went to the Adidas website and they are selling the exact same pair of shorts for $20, plus you have to spend $49 in one order to get free shipping.
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