Abstract: An article of footwear with an outer member including slots that increase flexibility is disclosed. The outer member also includes an inner plate including a set of protective strips. The inner plate is disposed along an inner surface of the outer member so that the protective strips are aligned with and cover the slots in the outer member.

Abstract: An article of footwear with an outer member including slots that increase flexibility is disclosed. The outer member also includes an inner plate including a set of protective strips. The inner plate is disposed along an inner surface of the outer member so that the protective strips are aligned with and cover the slots in the outer member.

Abstract: An article of footwear with an outer member including slots that increase flexibility is disclosed. The outer member also includes an inner plate including a set of protective strips. The inner plate is disposed along an inner surface of the outer member so that the protective strips are aligned with and cover the slots in the outer member.

Abstract: An article of footwear with an outer member including slots that increase flexibility is disclosed. The outer member also includes an inner plate including a set of protective strips. The inner plate is disposed along an inner surface of the outer member so that the protective strips are aligned with and cover the slots in the outer member.

Abstract: An automatic data sanitizer module sanitizes formatted data from an external source system according to stored sanitization rules for release to an external destination system so that the destination system receives only that data for which it is authorized. The module generally includes an Input Comms module, a Message Processor, an Output Guard a Downgrader and an Output Comms module. The Input Comms module supports the communications protocol dictated by the external source system. The Processor sanitizes the message according to the rules written for the specific external system under consideration. The Guard verifies the modifications performed by the Processor. The Downgrader moves the resulting file to the Output Comms working directory and the Output Comms makes the resulting message available to the destination system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a utility for automatically sanitizing transmitted messages based on stored sanitization rules. In one embodiment, an automatic data sanitizer module (900) sanitized formatted data from an external source system (902) according to stored sanitization rules for release to an external destination system (904) so that the destination system receives only that portion of the original data for which it is authorized access. The module (900) generally includes an Input Comms module (906), a Message Processor (908), an Output Guard ((10), a Downgrader (914) and an Output Comms module (912). The Input Comms module (906) supports the communications protocol dictated by the external source system (902). The Processor (908) sanitizes the message according to the rules written for the specific external system (904) under consideration. The Guard (910) verifies the modifications performed by the Processor (908).