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If you are an avid jogger or would simply just want to build up a sweat and exercise then the first thing that you must do is air force 1 shoes. These will become your best buddy in running. So if this will be your first time in purchasing one, it will surely become a troublesome task. For starters there are many designs, types, kinds, and brands to choose from. It is really enough to make your head roll when trying to decide which a good pair of shoes to buy.
Like most beginners you will probably make the most common mistake that novices often do: that is buying the cheapest shoes they can find. In this line of thinking, many consider the fact that since they are novices, they wouldn’t know how to effectively use an expensive kind of shoes. Also, they feel that they wouldn’t really notice the difference in buying a cheap one and an expensive one. They feel that it will just be a waste of extra cash just to add a pricey logo or some bright colors to their shoes.
That point is true-until they feel the blisters on their feet after they have ran a good couple of miles. And that is when they finally decide to air force 1 shoes and get something more expensive and yet more comfortable. So if you have problems in choosing the right kind of shoes that you should buy, do not fret.
There are websites online that will help you address air force 1 shoes. Some of them aims to help you to determine the type of shoe you should buy based on different criteria that your feet have. This allows you to have a better picture of what kind of shoe to buy. You can never pay a good amount of money for comfort.
Unless you ever considered how dark suit and tie, sports, raincoat, twill tie, gabardine evolved. Add the commercialization of print, then you may be surprised to discover that they have originated in the United Kingdom, air force 1 shoes. They have been included designer collections increased year by year. I heard the call all-star in fashion, it did not originate in Britain, but this is a good example of what is what is the difference between the fashionable and style.
Here are just a few historic examples of the evolution of style and the progress of fashion.
Thomas Burberry opened his own business in 1856 in Basingstoake, Hampshire. His commitment to both form and function in apparel design has been significant throughout the development of the company and its products. Noticing how local shepherds and farmers wore linen smocks, which were cool in summer and warm in the winter, he attempted to apply the same principles to other clothing. In 1879 he developed a fabric which was weatherproofed in the yarn before weaving, using a secret process and then proofed again in the piece, using the same undisclosed formula. The new material was untearable and weatherproof, whilst cool and breathable. He called the cloth ‘gabardine’ and registered the word as a trademark.
English is one of the silk tie Madder global as Britain style. This is a native of classical and proud tradition and a disparate sources. “Madder, a part of the natural dyes from this lovely Eurasian herb Rubia tinctoria.
Its continuing success through decades of rise and fall owe much too scientific intervention. The colouring agent in madder root called alizarin was in fact first chemically extracted and then synthesized in 1869 by two English chemists. Although the dyeing process, even today, requires a variety of painstaking steps, synthesized alizarin brought the price within the reach of commercial producers. Testimony to the significant part science plays ensuring the longevity of styles and textiles. Silk dyed in this manner is characterized by a dusty-looking finish and a feel very much like fine suede, and a matte finish.
The well-dressed man about town should wear clothes that are simple, functional and discreet, George Bryan “Beau” Brummell commanded in the early 19th century. By advocating well-cut, tailored clothes, Brummell essentially invented what has come to be known as the “British look.”
Brummell rejected 18th century frills. His mandate, a dark blue coat, buff-coloured pantaloons and waistcoat, black boots and a clean white neck cloth, survives today asthedark business suit, white shirt and silk tie.
He was particularly adamant about the whiteness of his cravats. As he made his daily rounds from the park, various gentleman’s clubs and fashionable homes, Brummell would stop and change his cravat as often as three times a day. He preferred neck cloths that were lightly starched and carefully folded.
The simple Brummell uniform is adopted from many other work for his friend, prince, director George iv king. First, the poor people who want to make them in the world can be easily imitate the upper-class fashion.
The Air Force 1 (or AF1) athletic shoe is a product of Nike, Inc. created by designer Bruce Kilgore. This was the first basketball shoe to use the Nike Air technology.
The name is a reference to Air Force One, the plane that carries the President of the United States. The shoes are sold in three different styles. The two most common are low-cut and mid-top. Nike also produces a high-top model, which is usually harder to find. The mid-top and high-top Air Force 1’s come with a velcro-securable strap; the mid-top strap is secured to the shoe while the high-top’s strap is movable and removable. Although the shoe comes in many different colors and color schemes, the most common Air Force 1’s sold are solid white (often referred to as “white-on-white”) and solid black colors.
Another identifying characteristic of an Air Force 1 shoe is a small, removable medallion that is secured to the bottom of the laces but has holes on either side so it can be removed by sliding it off of the shoe lace. The medallion is engraved with the inscription “AF-1″, with the year “‘82″ inscribed below it, and has historically been made out of a silver-colored metal (perhaps pewter). Its original design was more circular, but after a redesign for the Air Force 1’s 25th anniversary in 2008 the medallion is now rectangular. (The redesign also involved encasing the inscription in white plastic; that was discarded in favor of the original medallion material.)
The Air Force 1 was produced in 1982 and discontinued the following year. It was re-released in 1986 with the modern italic Nike logo with a Swoosh on the bottom on the back of the shoe. Little has changed to the Air Force One since its creation in 1982, although the original stitching on the side panels is no longer present in modern versions of the shoe. Since then, over 1,700 color variations have been produced, bringing in an estimated 800 million USD/year in revenue. The selling of the Air Force Ones online by certain retailers is prohibited by Nike who has restricted supply of the sneaker.
Nike Air Force 1s were originally considered the favored shoe of inner-city youth, then hip hop artists and streetball players. Rapper Nelly and his group, St. Lunatics, collaborated on a 2002 single entitled “Air Force Ones” about the shoes. As a performance shoe, the AF1 is still used for street play as well as for professional play. NBA players Jerry Stackhouse (who now wears Adidas) and Rasheed Wallace have worn AF1s on court.
The Air Force 2 shoe introduced in 1987 is a newer variation of the original. The shoe is a typical flat-soled, casual-wear sneaker that can be made in many different variations of colors. Also, Air Force 2s were re-released internationally in the early 2000s. They can be made in either the low-cut or high-top style. The shoe can be custom made in any color, but typically it has either a white or black based background color with almost any color used to fill in the Nike Swoosh and back heel.
The Air Force 3 shoe introduced in 1988 was the most popular version of Air Force series. It was worn by many basketball players at the time. The Air Force III was more rugged looking and more durable than the previous two versions. The original colorway was white/medium grey/black, however several other colors were introduced shortly after. An actual “Air FORCE” logo was introduced on this model as well, with an image of half of a basketball on the tongue. This logo would be used on the rest of the Air Force series. The Air Force III was re-issued in 2006 in very limited edition of colorways of the high top, and several colorways for the low top version.
The “Air Force STS“ (also known as Air Force 4 or Air Force IV) was introduced in 1989. It was regularly worn by David Robinson in his rookie year. The Air Force STS features leopard print and is also slightly higher than the first 3 versions of the Air Force series.
The “Air Force 5“ was introduced in 1990. The Air Force V was the first model to make the airbag visible on the side heels of the shoe. The most popular colorway was white/medium grey/black/orange. Just like the previous version it was slightly higher than the first 3 versions. This was also the last original Air Force model to be made.
In 2007, for the 25th anniversary of the original Air Force 1, Nike created the Air Force XXV, which got its inspiration from original Air Force 1 invented in 1982. A commercial for the Air Force XXV included LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Shawn Marion, Rasheed Wallace, Tony Parker, Jermaine O’Neal, Amar’e Stoudemire, Chris Paul, and Paul Pierce, featuring the music of Juelz Santana (the Second Coming).Since its introduction, many different Air Force 1s have been designed or inspired by celebrities and athletes.
In 2009, Nike created Air Force 09, an update of the original shoe. The shoe comes in a solid black or white.
Adidas AR T-Shirt
I know AR is a difficult topic to try to explain without video and very cumbersome only in words. I will start today with this written description. But please read this verbal description of this magical experience in mobile marketing, and if it’s not clear to you, please leave comments and I will of course respond to the comments and also try to explain more where there may be confusion.
So here is how it worked. Adidas in Singapore [and four other Asian cities] ran a campaign with three primary interests. First, to drive ‘foot-fall’ into their stores i.e. get visitors. Secondly to promote their new line of very cool colorful T-shirts. And thirdly to also drive individual store-visitor sales spending up per visit. They set a very lofty target wanting to get some store-visitors to breach a 500 Singapore dollar spending level [360 US dollars] which is obviously spending much more than just buying one or two Adidas T-shirts.
So they created a new user-experience asking prospective Adidas customers to come and try their new augmented reality T-shirt experience. The campaign ran in the local newspaper which included a picture of the Adidas logo. The customer was asked to take a picture of the logo with their cameraphone, and bring that image to the store. For those Singapore customers who might not have a cameraphone [something that is becoming very rare in the city where air force ones shoes already has a 3G mobile subscription], they could also cut the image out from the newspaper and bring the paper cutting version of the Adidas logo to the store. At the big Adidas store in the big shopping mall, there were more posters inviting visitors to take part.
When the customer came in to the store, they found a digital mirror. A digital mirror uses a camera and flat screen display, showing you your image just like a mirror would. The picture obviously is ‘mirrored’ so if you move your left hand, the camera switches the view, so in the digital mirror you see yourself but as if your right hand had moved – exactly like a mirror. But the benefit in a digital mirror is that we can add digital elements from taking pictures to various virtual reality elements, including augmented reality.
So there is some software in the digital mirror at the Adidas store, which detects the Adidas logo in the cameraphone screen [or the paper printed version of the Adidas logo]. Then the digital mirror would project an overlay image, super-imposed over the ‘mirror image’ of the person in front of the camera. Where we held our cameraphone and the Adidas logo, there appears instantly one of the new Adidas T-shirts.
But this is of course already ‘contoured’ so it looks like ’somebody’ is ’wearing’ that T-shirt [but has his or her head and arms cut off]… When this image is moved over your body, your head and arms show underneath the T-shirt, and it looks just like you are wearing that T-shirt. Beautiful, magical. If the T-shirt is ‘crooked’, so for example your right shoulder is visible underneath the T-shirt, then you just move your cameraphone a little bit in front of the digital mirror, and it will adjust the T-shirt. Very easy, simple and intuitive.
Now, for one T-shirt this might seem excessive technology to ‘try one T-shirt’ but now we get the fun of AR and digital. Of course Adidas had created a whole series of cool T-shirts in funky colors and designs. Where if they were hanging on the rack in the store, not every visitor to the store bothers to look through all T-shirts. And not all will want to ‘bother’ to try on T-shirts. But now whenever you lowered your cameraphone down out of view of the digital mirror, and then brought it up again, the system swapped the next T-shirt for you. So just by flicking your camera out of view and back, you had the next T-shirt to try on.
It was magical. You could instantly try on new T-shirts. By tilting your cameraphone the image tilted in the mirror so you could see the T-shirt ’move’ in the digital mirror just like in the real world if you actually bothered to try on the T-shirt. And to replace it with the next, just flick your cameraphone out and back. The same Adidas logo still on your phone screen, now the digital image had replaced the T-shirt with the next. Instant ‘test-drive’ of every new T-shirt in the spring fashion catalog, without the hassles of the changing booth. Magical!
I heard a little bit of the success rate when my friend Colin Miles of air force ones shoes presented in Singapore. The users of the AR-enhanced digital mirror were so delighted many actually exclaimed their surprise and amazement out loud [Colin showed video of some actual customer experiences in the store]. We don’t usually hear that when clothing store visitors see themselves in the normal mirrors. Better than that, 75% of all who used the digital mirror liked the experience so much; they took a digital picture of themselves in the mirror wearing one of the new Adidas T-shirts.
As to the 500 Singapore dollar purchasing experience? Adidas set up a related offer of exclusive tickets to a major rock concert in Singapore where anyone who made more than 500 dollar purchase at one visit would get the custom invitation by Adidas to the rock concert. 74 people who visited the Adidas store to try on the augmented reality T-shirts also ended up spending over 500 dollars on their shopping visit. Adidas were extremely happy with the campaign.
Start of Something Big
This is evidence of how much the innovation in advertising is starting to appear in mobile. It is a wonderful application of Augmented Reality for marketing, and to me, I think we’ve crossed over into a new area of AR based marketing, from ‘third person AR’ to ‘first person AR’. Obviously we, the consumers, think the world’s most important person or brand is ‘me’. That is why direct mail two decades ago wanted to send junk mail to us but by personalizing it by using our names. Now we get to see ourselves inside an AR experience. This is why I call it ‘First Person AR’. Now it is ‘me’ who is experiencing AR. Very very cool. Congrats to Adidas and air force ones shoes.
Lot’s of individuals have wide feet air force ones shoes. But believe it or not far more people don’t possess wide feet that are using wide shoes. Before you head out and buy a pair of wide zumba shoes try this examination to determine if you need to be using wide shoes. Stand up while sporting a pair of wide athletic shoes. You ought to be standing up because once you do your feet actually get wider by means of holding up your weight. Reach all the way down or maybe have somebody else reach down trying to crunch the material lengthwise across the toe box of your sneakers. If you can pinch enough fabric to hang onto your sneaker than your shoes are too broad therefore you probably don’t really need to be sporting a wide set of air force ones shoes.
If you’re in the shoe store than just have the merchant measure your foot. A lot of us have not had our feet measured since we were children but over time your feet can become broader for numerous unique reasons air force ones shoes.
When you are shopping for a pair of shoes for zumba class you don’t need to buy specific zumba inspired sneakers to obtain a great exercise session. A well built pair of cross trainers will get the job done. Your running or walking shoes shouldn’t be donned to zumba class however. Those shoes are created to support your feet while shifting forwards. They have almost no support for your feet while doing sideways dancing moves you will be carrying out in zumba class air force ones shoes.
For those who have a set of shoes in your own home that you’re thinking about using for zumba class you can do this small check to see if they can give your feet the lateral assistance they need. Support the shoes by the heel and place the toes straightaway at the floor with the backs of the shoe facing straight up into the ceiling. Push the toe box of the shoe solidly into the floor. If your shoe flexes or bends where your feet will typically bend than these shoes are not a good solution for you to put on in zumba class.
As long as they do not bend they might be a great choice. How do the bottoms of the shoes appear? Could they be completely maxed, particularly unevenly? If that’s the case, consider buying a fresh pair of zumba shoes. Not only your feet but your thighs, knees, as well as your shins will probably thank you for it.
Remember correct fitting air force ones shoes as well. These are just as critical as ones footwear air force ones shoes.
Today has been dominated by Air Maxes as we have seen two great colorways of the Air Max 1 and Air Max 90. Well here we get another fresh colorway of the Air Max 1 as this one comes in the famous turbo green colorway. This Air Max 1 features quite a bit of color. Turbo green is put into use on the mudguard, Nike swoosh, top eyelet surround, and heel and tongue Nike branding. Yellow is seen on the inner lining and top eyelet while grey is placed on the heel and side panel. Nike decides to finish off the Air Max 1 with a clean white midsole and a black outsole. With some great Air Maxes seen today, stay tuned for many more. As for release date, we have nothing yet so keep it here for updates. Via Nicekicks.
Finally a dope lifestyle apparel and footwear collection dedicated to the ladies, air force ones shoes unveils its first ever Women’s Collection, inspired by the new generation of women who live and breathe the action sports lifestyle. I’m not into sports that much but I do love sneakers and good looking sporty apparel. The new collection was inspired directly from Nike athletes, snowboarder Ellery Hollingsworth, surfers Carissa Moore and Monyca Bryne-Wicker, helped launched the range and the campaign was shot by supermodel/photographer/philanthropist Helena Christensen.
The collection includes key apparel styles such as the PYT Crew Sweatshirt, featuring a wide neckline and stash pocket, the T-shirt For Your Legs Pant (TS4YL) designed in tandem with surfer Monyca Byrne-Wickey, the Nike Luxe Layer Pocket Tee as a basic for everyone, and the MSIX0 jacket to reflect the 6.0 lifestyle. The season’s apparel is complemented by the debut of two women’s exclusive footwear styles: Air Isis and Nike Balsa Mid. The Nike 6.0 Women’s Collection will be available this fall.
I’m lovin’ a lot of the pieces, my favorites are the parka hoodie (pictured), luxe tank and cable leggings.
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The Nike Air Attack Pack has been quite a hit with our readers, so it is our pleasure to bring you some good news. We have just learned that the Nike Air Max 90 in a Metallic Silver/Sport Red colorway has hit Footaction store and are available now.
From the images, we can see the show sports an upper dominated my metallic silver with the sports red playing the back seat. However, the sports red should not be discounted. it comes through on the shoe lining and does a very good job of peaking from beneath the outsole. In addition, Nike has dedicated the branding to the sports red which give the shoe a nice touch. Finally, 3M is found around the toe box up through to the rear to keep you runners safe in the dark. As previously stated the shoes are available now at Footaction.
Nike Football introduce an all new “Elite Series” range to their top-of-the-line collection of performance football boots. With weight reduction becoming an obsessive goal of Nike, the collection of four boots feature updates on the Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, CTR360 Maestri, Total90 Laser III and Tiempo Legend III. Beyond the reduction in weight thanks to carbon fiber reinforced outsoles is the use of a highly visible Metallic Mach Purple and Total Orange upper which allows for passers to quickly pick out players in their peripheral vision. The Nike Football “Elite Series” will release on May 22nd at select Nike Football retailers and online at NikeStore.com.
BEAVERTON, Ore. (May 3, 2010) – NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) today unveiled its supercharged Nike Elite Series football boots providing new levels of performance. Nike’s Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, CTR360 Maestri, Total90 Laser III and Tiempo Legend III all feature new performance upper to improve on-field visibility and a reengineered outsole to deliver lightweight performance for every style of player.
Nike designers have reduced the weight of each boot so players can perform at their best. Lightweight construction, intricate engineering, carbon-enforced strength and high contrast colors distinguish the boots.
The high contrast colors (Metallic Mach Purple and Total Orange) are engineered together for enhanced visibility. For a footballer this unique combination is designed to increase visual performance enabling them to quickly spot their teammates and execute a game-changing pass.
“At Nike, we have a relentless focus on product innovation to give athletes a real competitive edge and deliver the best products in the world,” said Andrew Caine, Nike Design Director for Football Footwear. “The Nike Elite Series delivers lightweight and highly engineered boots for the leading players in the world to perform on the biggest stage this summer”.
Lightweight performance and enhanced on-field visibility
Research shows that the average energy expenditure of an elite player is over 1,000 Kilo Calories per game for a 75kg player. Reducing the weight carried by players helps reduce the energy needed over the course of 90 minutes. By delivering lightweight supercharged performance to all four of Nike’s statement level boots the goal is to give players an edge in the final stages of a game.Super-strong, lightweight carbon fiber plates mean the Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II is 5% lighter. The CTR360 Maestri is 19% lighter. Both the Total90 Laser III and Tiempo Legend III are 16% lighter.
With nearly four years of game analysis, biomechanical studies and player testing the design team and Nike Sports Research Lab (NSRL) collaborated to understand how to deliver new product innovations including incorporating visual performance benefits into boot design.
An average person’s vision is 99% peripheral. Under 1% is considered foveal, or focused vision. To spark increased focus of peripheral vision Nike designers analyzed the color spectrum to identify two, high-contrast colors, so that when a player is running with these boots the colors trigger a stimulus to rapidly tune peripheral vision. Mach Purple and Total Orange provided the perfect blend to create this effect and performance advantage.
The Elite Series is available to players at all levels and also incorporates Nike Football+ which features exclusive insider access to the world’s best coaches, players and teams for total game improvement. Nike Football+ Master Series builds expertise in Control, Accuracy and Speed through elite insights and pro training. This includes a special Elite Series signature move from Atletico Madrid and Argentina star Sergio Aguero that will launch at the end of May.
All four Elite Series boots, the Nike Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, Nike CTR360 Maestri, Nike Total90 Laser III and Nike Tiempo Legend III, are available at retail and at www.nikestore.com as of May 22, 2010.
Nike Football introduce an all new “Elite Series” range to their top-of-the-line collection of performance football boots. With weight reduction becoming an obsessive goal of Nike, the collection of four boots feature updates on the Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, CTR360 Maestri, Total90 Laser III and Tiempo Legend III. Beyond the reduction in weight thanks to carbon fiber reinforced outsoles is the use of a highly visible Metallic Mach Purple and Total Orange upper which allows for passers to quickly pick out players in their peripheral vision. The Nike Football “Elite Series” will release on May 22nd at select Nike Football retailers and online at NikeStore.com.
BEAVERTON, Ore. (May 3, 2010) – NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) today unveiled its supercharged Nike Elite Series football boots providing new levels of performance. Nike’s Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, CTR360 Maestri, Total90 Laser III and Tiempo Legend III all feature new performance upper to improve on-field visibility and a reengineered outsole to deliver lightweight performance for every style of player.
Nike designers have reduced the weight of each boot so players can perform at their best. Lightweight construction, intricate engineering, carbon-enforced strength and high contrast colors distinguish the boots.
The high contrast colors (Metallic Mach Purple and Total Orange) are engineered together for enhanced visibility. For a footballer this unique combination is designed to increase visual performance enabling them to quickly spot their teammates and execute a game-changing pass.
“At Nike, we have a relentless focus on product innovation to give athletes a real competitive edge and deliver the best products in the world,” said Andrew Caine, Nike Design Director for Football Footwear. “The Nike Elite Series delivers lightweight and highly engineered boots for the leading players in the world to perform on the biggest stage this summer”.
Lightweight performance and enhanced on-field visibility
Research shows that the average energy expenditure of an elite player is over 1,000 Kilo Calories per game for a 75kg player. Reducing the weight carried by players helps reduce the energy needed over the course of 90 minutes. By delivering lightweight supercharged performance to all four of Nike’s statement level boots the goal is to give players an edge in the final stages of a game.Super-strong, lightweight carbon fiber plates mean the Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II is 5% lighter. The CTR360 Maestri is 19% lighter. Both the Total90 Laser III and Tiempo Legend III are 16% lighter.
With nearly four years of game analysis, biomechanical studies and player testing the design team and Nike Sports Research Lab (NSRL) collaborated to understand how to deliver new product innovations including incorporating visual performance benefits into boot design.
An average person’s vision is 99% peripheral. Under 1% is considered foveal, or focused vision. To spark increased focus of peripheral vision Nike designers analyzed the color spectrum to identify two, high-contrast colors, so that when a player is running with these boots the colors trigger a stimulus to rapidly tune peripheral vision. Mach Purple and Total Orange provided the perfect blend to create this effect and performance advantage.
The Elite Series is available to players at all levels and also incorporates Nike Football+ which features exclusive insider access to the world’s best coaches, players and teams for total game improvement. Nike Football+ Master Series builds expertise in Control, Accuracy and Speed through elite insights and pro training. This includes a special Elite Series signature move from Atletico Madrid and Argentina star Sergio Aguero that will launch at the end of May.
All four Elite Series boots, the Nike Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, Nike CTR360 Maestri, Nike Total90 Laser III and Nike Tiempo Legend III, are available at retail and at www.nikestore.com as of May 22, 2010.
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In early April, we previewed some upcoming adidas shoes that we suspect will be part of their Fall 2010 lineup. We also recently got a look at a Dwight Howard colorway of the TS Beast. We have now discovered some pictures of new colorways from adidas 2009 line, as well as a few from this year’s line. In these pictures, we see what appears to be team colorways of the Supernatural Commander, Candace Parker’s Ace Commander, the upcoming TS Heat Check, and the Pro Model 2010. These shoes may hit retailers as early as July, so be on the lookout for more information regarding these releases here at Sole Collector.
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NEW ORLEANS — As oil edged toward the Louisiana coast and fears continued to grow that the leak from a seabed oil well could spiral out of control, officials in the Obama administration publicly chastised BP America for its handling of the spreading oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.
Yet a review of the response suggests it may be too simplistic to place all the blame for the unfolding environmental catastrophe on the oil company. The federal government also had opportunities to move more quickly, but did not do so while it waited for a resolution to the spreading spill from BP.
The Department of Homeland Security waited until Thursday to declare that the incident was “a spill of national significance,” and then set up a second command center in Mobile, Ala. The actions came only after the estimate of the size of the spill was increased fivefold to 5,000 barrels a day.
The delay meant that the Homeland Security Department waited until late this week to formally request a more robust response from the Department of Defense, with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano acknowledging even as late as Thursday afternoon that she did not know if the Defense Department even had equipment that might be helpful.
By Friday afternoon, she said, the Defense Department had agreed to send two large military transport planes to spray chemicals that can disperse the oil while it is still in the Gulf.
Officials initially seemed to underestimate the threat of a leak, just as BP did last year when it told the government such an event was highly unlikely. Rear Adm. Mary E. Landry, the chief Coast Guard official in charge of the response, said on April 22, after the rig sank, that the oil that was on the surface appeared to be merely residual oil from the fire, though she said it was unclear what was going on underwater. The day after, officials said that it appeared the well’s blowout preventer had kicked in and that there did not seem to be any oil leaking from the well, though they cautioned it was not a guarantee.
BP officials, even after the oil leak was confirmed by using remote-controlled robots, expressed confidence that the leak was slow enough, and steps taken out in the Gulf of Mexico aggressive enough, that the oil would never reach the coast.
On Friday, the company drew sharp new criticism from federal officials for not stopping the leak and cleaning up the spill before it reached land. They called the oil company’s current resources inadequate.
“It is clear that after several unsuccessful attempts to secure the source of the leak, it is time for BP to supplement their current mobilization as the slick of oil moves toward shore,” Ms. Napolitano said pointedly.
Geoffrey S. Morrell, deputy assistant secretary of defense, said in a statement that the government would hold BP accountable for the cost of the department’s deployment, which as of Friday night included the Louisiana National Guard to help clean up coastal areas once the oil comes ashore.
Meanwhile, one official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in a widely distributed warning on Friday, said the oil flow could grow from the current estimate of 5,000 barrels a day to “an order of magnitude higher than that.” The NOAA document, first obtained by The Press-Register in Mobile, was described by an agency spokesman as simply a possibility raised by a staff member, not an official prediction.
Some oil industry critics questioned whether the federal government is too reliant on oil companies to manage the response to major spills, leaving the government unable to evaluate if the response is robust enough.
“Here you have the company that is responsible for the accident leading the response to the crisis,” said Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program. “There is a problem here, and the consequence is clear.”
But it is still the government, in this case the Coast Guard, that has the final say. A law passed a year after the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster makes the owner of a rig or vessel responsible for cleaning up a spill. But oversight of the cleanup is designated to the Coast Guard, with advice from other federal agencies.
Rear Adm. Robert C. North, retired, who was commander of the Coast Guard’s Eighth District from 1994 to 1996, said that decisions in these situations are made collectively, but that the buck essentially stops with the federal coordinator — in this case, Admiral Landry. “The federal on-scene coordinator is kind of the one individual to say, ‘I think we need to do more’ or ‘That’s adequate,’ ” he said.
It is no accident one of the world’s biggest movie stars, Robert Downey Jr., maintains that notation after his name. The “Iron Man” star is, of course his father’s namesake. But fans may not know that the “Sr.” Downey is a noted indie filmmaker. Once filming began on “Iron Man 2,” the iconic director, Downey Jr. said, was never far from his mind.
“Well, sure, any time your dad is revered,” the 45-year-old actor told MTV News. “I mean, I grew up with people saying, ‘Hey, that’s Bob Downey’s kid’ — and understandably so.”
The actor’s father has a backstory worthy of the big screen: He served in the Army, played minor-league baseball (striking out Yogi Berra in a game), held the title of Golden Gloves boxing champion and was working as an off-Broadway playwright by age 22. In the 1960s, he made a name for himself writing and directing experimental films like “Balls Bluff” and “No More Excuses,” but it was the brilliant 1969 advertising spoof “Putney Swope” (Robert Jr. was 4) that really put him on the map. Thirty years later, he would direct his son in “Hugo Pool,” his last wide-release film.
“He was a great innovator and a heck of a filmmaker,” Downey said of his dad, now 73.
In the “Iron Man” follow-up, Downey’s Tony Stark is similarly grappling with the memory of his father, a respected weapons manufacturer who left his son with vast wealth, power and lots of unanswered questions. “In Tony’s case, it’s really this massive looming shadow of his dad’s posthumous perfection,” Downey said of the plot. “That’s a tough thing for him to live up to.
“The big idea, the theme, was legacy — a double legacy,” he continued. “There’s the legacy that he is fondly attempting to continue, and there’s the legacy that is attempting to be subverted by some old foes. And then there’s the legacy that he has no idea about, which, of course, the Marvel universe provides.”
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Dwayne Wade can hear “Welcome Home” a couple of different ways during his offseason. Maybe he will here it in Chicago, which is his home town. Or he can hear it in Miami, which is where he has played his whole pro career. But one certain thing is the W3LCOME HOME edition of the Air Jordan 2010. This colorway of the Air Jordan 2010 was loved by many people the moment is surfaced. Sneakerheads and ballers were curiously waiting for a release date, but we never got one. But we do now as the release date of the W3LCOME HOME Air Jordan 2010s have finally surfaced. These are set to release Saturday, May 8th, 2010, at select Jordan Brand retailers. Are these a cop for you? If so, please let us know.
About a week ago, we got a look at the brand new Jordan Rare Air. The Rare Air got both positive and negative comments with most of them being positive. So with that new Jordan model, here comes another. Take a look at the Air Jordan Flight SC-1, which is set to debut this summer. This Air Jordan Flight SC-1 comes in the popular White/Varsity Red/Black colorway.
The Air Jordan Flight SC-1 borrows features from other Air Jordan models. The sole comes from the Air Jordan 3 while laceholders look similar to the ones on the Air Jordan IV. But lets focus on the details of this colorway. This colorway of the Flight SC-1 features a upper made mostly of smooth white leather. Varsity Red is seen on the midsole and eyelets while the outsole comes in black. How do you like this new Jordan model?
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We first featured this pair of Nike Air Force 1 Lows last week. The upper is makes use of leather and a woven material for the construction of the upper. The leather primarily sits on the shoes outline, and the woven material takes the interior such as the toe box and quarter panels. As a secondary color, white is applied to the Nike Swoosh, the lining, the laces, and the midsole. However, it is the soft brown/tan colors on the upper and on the midosle that give this AF1 its flavor. You can now find them at your local Nike retailer.
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