At Their Feet, Crafted by Hand
By Eric Wilson
This article discusses the occupation few take - shoemaking. Not many people show interest in it, therefore the buys are scarce. Being that the interest in handmade shoes is limited, the designers have adapted their products for a more fashion-foward customer by using bright laces and in their new spring collection, even matching the forbidden blue and brown. For a shoemaker to make a modern shoe with machinery made decades ago frightens them to think of what will happen to the shoe industry in the future. However, the recession has lead consumers too seek shoes that offer more value for their dollar, even if they are more expensive, it could be worth the expense. The shoe making process is time consuming, which explains their high price of $325. This year alone, Allen Edmonds strives to produce 500,000 pairs odshoes by adding 118 employees. As fashion changes, even the old interests must change too so they are not stomped on by the Stiletto's of society, leaving them in the dust.
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Global News
The New York Times
Taliban Helps Hundreds Tunnel Out
According to Gen. Ghulam Dastagir Mayar, in Kandahar,Afghanistan there was a prision break on early Monday that freed at least 476 political prisionars. This was done by the Talibans who used a long tunnel to escape, which was later discovered by authorities on Tuesday morning. The tunnel supposedly went under a highway and into the prision. The governor of Kandahar said, "this is absolutely the fault of the ignorance of the security forces," and therefore will act upon it by enforcing stricter rules and security within the prisons. It fears the government not only that this will be an advocate for other prisoners to attempt escape, but they do not know those who have escaped plans and what they intend to do now that they have been freed.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/world/asia/26afghanistan.html?_r=1&ref=world>
National News
The New York Times
The Perfect Fit
Many women face the dilemma that they have no definite size, because in one store they are a four, in the next they are a six, and in the last they are an eight. What companies are now doing is establishing new ways to make clothing sizes easier to access for oneself without having to carry four different sizes into the dressing room or buying six sizes of the same dress online. One company is offering full-body scans at department stores, which tells the customer what size they are among the various brands. A customer would step into a circular booth wearing all their clothes as a wand (emitting low-power radio waves) rotates around her body, counting over 200,000 body measurements. Then, the system matches the sizes of the body to the clothes stored in the database. Lastly, the customer would receive a print out of the sizes that suit the customer at each store best. This ultimately will make the shopping experience much easier and less of a hassle.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/business/25sizing.html?ref=us>
Local News
The Bergen Record
Atlantic City Casinos Failing to Enforce Smoking Laws
In Atlantic City, since 2007, the casinos have been trying to enforce a law against smoking on casino grounds. However, they have been failing tremendously in fear of loosing customers. As a compromise, they have decided to instill this law among 75% of casino floors instead of all. Officials declare that the city's Health and Human Services Department have not tried to force their efforts to enforce the ban down the casinos throats because they rely on the casino industry to take matters into their own hands. Although some argue that this is a manner of pure economics, it involves both the smokers and non-smokers health and should be handled with care in order to ensure a healthy society.
<http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/042411_Report_AC_Casinos_failing_to_enforce_smoking_ban.html>
The New York Times
Taliban Helps Hundreds Tunnel Out
According to Gen. Ghulam Dastagir Mayar, in Kandahar,Afghanistan there was a prision break on early Monday that freed at least 476 political prisionars. This was done by the Talibans who used a long tunnel to escape, which was later discovered by authorities on Tuesday morning. The tunnel supposedly went under a highway and into the prision. The governor of Kandahar said, "this is absolutely the fault of the ignorance of the security forces," and therefore will act upon it by enforcing stricter rules and security within the prisons. It fears the government not only that this will be an advocate for other prisoners to attempt escape, but they do not know those who have escaped plans and what they intend to do now that they have been freed.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/world/asia/26afghanistan.html?_r=1&ref=world>
National News
The New York Times
The Perfect Fit
Many women face the dilemma that they have no definite size, because in one store they are a four, in the next they are a six, and in the last they are an eight. What companies are now doing is establishing new ways to make clothing sizes easier to access for oneself without having to carry four different sizes into the dressing room or buying six sizes of the same dress online. One company is offering full-body scans at department stores, which tells the customer what size they are among the various brands. A customer would step into a circular booth wearing all their clothes as a wand (emitting low-power radio waves) rotates around her body, counting over 200,000 body measurements. Then, the system matches the sizes of the body to the clothes stored in the database. Lastly, the customer would receive a print out of the sizes that suit the customer at each store best. This ultimately will make the shopping experience much easier and less of a hassle.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/business/25sizing.html?ref=us>
Local News
The Bergen Record
Atlantic City Casinos Failing to Enforce Smoking Laws
In Atlantic City, since 2007, the casinos have been trying to enforce a law against smoking on casino grounds. However, they have been failing tremendously in fear of loosing customers. As a compromise, they have decided to instill this law among 75% of casino floors instead of all. Officials declare that the city's Health and Human Services Department have not tried to force their efforts to enforce the ban down the casinos throats because they rely on the casino industry to take matters into their own hands. Although some argue that this is a manner of pure economics, it involves both the smokers and non-smokers health and should be handled with care in order to ensure a healthy society.
<http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/042411_Report_AC_Casinos_failing_to_enforce_smoking_ban.html>
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