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Santonio Holmes, Braylon Edwards and Jerricho Cotchery recently came up with the idea of calling themselves the "Flight Boys." It's not exactly "The T.Ocho Show" that Cincinnati's Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco have going on, but it's certainly, well, catchy enough.
The three got customized white T-shirts made up with three green B-52 bomber-type planes on each and their jersey numbers — Holmes' No. 10, Edwards' 17 and Cotchery's 89 — marking each aircraft.
"It's just something we came up amongst ourselves," Holmes said. "We just try to keep it low key."
Each plane has a specific flight number in honor of their hometowns. Holmes is Flight 561, the area code for Palm Beach County in Florida. Cotchery is Flight 205, which is western Alabama, while Edwards is 313 for Detroit.
Whenever any of the three wide receivers score, they spread their arms out — like airplanes — in the end zone.
"It's the 'Flight Boys' in the building," Holmes said. "That's what it is. It also represents the team and we want to show off a little bit."
Even quarterback Mark Sanchez has gotten in on the act.
"That's great, man, when you can get your quarterback involved in everything that we have going on," Holmes said. "It kind of builds the chemistry among us as receivers and players."
Holmes certainly has that with Sanchez lately with four touchdown catches in his last three games, including one last Thursday night in the Jets' 26-10 win over Cincinnati. He has 32 receptions for 491 yards despite missing the first four games due to a suspension.
Edwards has 35 catches for a team-leading 618 yards and six TDs, while Cotchery — who has missed the last two games with a groin injury — has 29 receptions for 315 yards and two scores.
VOLATILE KICKING MARKET: Clint Stitser was selling real estate in Reno, Nev., when the Bengals called.
No, they weren't looking for a place to move. They needed a kicker.
Stitser kicked at Fresno State and played for Seattle in the preseason. He made his only kick, a 35-yarder, then was waived. For the last three months, he's been working in real estate.
"It's tough, man," said Stitser, who signed Tuesday. "There's a lot of volume, but prices are holding steady. First-time home buyers have been keeping us heavy. Low-interest rates are helping us out."
The kicking market is a lot more volatile. Mike Nugent was Cincinnati's kicker until he tore up his right knee. Aaron Pettrey was working in a Buckeyes store in Columbus, Ohio, when he was signed to take his place. Two weeks later, he was released.
Stitser worked out several days a week and coached kickers at a high school besides selling real estate. He had almost given up on his kicking career when Cincinnati called.
"I've been pretty close," he said. "There's a point of frustration where you're like, 'Is investing five days a week, a few hours a day, really going to create a return for me, or should I move on and focus on other careers?' But I've been passionate about it and I'm young enough to stick with it. And I'm happy I did."
MAGIC MAN: Magic Johnson has designs on the NFL.
The Hall of Fame basketball player and now an entrepreneur is helping a group seeking to bring pro football back to Los Angeles.
Johnson said earlier this week on Jimmy Kimmel's TV show that he is joining the Anschutz Entertainment Group in an attempt to return the NFL to LA. AEG wants to build a stadium in downtown Los Angeles.
In October, Johnson sold his minority share of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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One problem: Expansion is not in the NFL's plans. That means relocating an existing franchise to Los Angeles would be the only option, and the league is keen on keeping such teams as the Vikings, Jaguars and Bills where they are.
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a method for searching information which is available on the World Wide Web, called internet.
2. Description of the Related Art
The internet is a worldwide network comprising more and more information each day. According to the philosophy of the internet, this growing flow of information actually is controlled and regulated by nobody, and there are no intermediaries.
The consequence thereof is that nobody can obtain a survey of the growing flow of information which is presented on the internet.
If one wants to search certain information and does not know the right place where the information is located, then one may recur to a so-called search robot, this is a search program which can scour the internet in search of the requested information, but a disadvantage connected to this search robot consists in that it searches only in a part of all the present information, such in the part of which the search robot has made an index. In consideration of the fact that the information on the internet is growing day by day, the index of the search robot always is outdated.
Moreover, the result of a search action performed by a search robot comprises a lot of redundant information which scarcely has anything to do with the submitted request, which is caused by the fact that a search engine actually is very stupid and does not understand relations and terms which seem very simple to us. For the search robot, the question must be posed very accurately in order to obtain useful results.
Moreover, it is mostly so that the person looking for information only looks at the first search results of the search robot, and therefore only the best-positioned search results are used.
In case that there are not many links to a well-defined internet site, it will also be difficult for the search robot to find the information concerned. Therefore, a high number of links coupled to an internet site increases the possibility of success during searching, as the information can be obtained in several ways.
An additional problem is that there are many data bases which are concealed behind a certain internet address and in which the search engine can not start searching directly. First, one has to log in on the data base concerned before it can be consulted. Thus, one first has to know all present data bases which one possibly may consult.
There are already search robots which are directed towards very specific thematic fields, however, the disadvantage thereof is that, due to the limited field of knowledge thereof, one can not rely thereon for search tasks not situated within that field of knowledge.
Further, one may consult so-called web catalogues or directories, but these have the disadvantage that they do not remain up-to-date and that the quality thereof depends on the editor. If one has no keywords for very special terms or fields, the search only makes sense for a limited field.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,958,014 discloses a method for establishing a data connection between a computer and a live agent selected from an agent pool. An agent queuing manager receives the request of a user and selects an appropriate live agent from the pool. These agents are specialists in their technical domain and give advice to the user in their domain. These agents are no specialists in searching on the internet and are not using search engines.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,563,805 discloses a method for providing assistance to a user in a distributed area processing system. This assistance also is not related to searching information on internet.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,223,165 discloses a method using a server unit which can store and display the names and characteristics of experts and assist in connecting an expert and a customer for real-time communication. The server can tell the customer how to contact an expert and shows for instance a list of available experts on the PC of the customer.
Thus, the present invention aims at remedying the above-mentioned disadvantages by providing a method which renders the search for information by a user on the internet easier and more reliable.
This aim is achieved by a method in which at least one human search assistant is used who will assist a user in searching for information on the internet, whereby this human search assistant is a specialist in searching on the internet.
The human or live search assistant is in the first place an expert in searching on the internet and assists the user by searching on internet and indicating to the user where the information he is looking for can be found in the World Wide Web or where the user should be looking in the World Wide Web or giving the requested information gathered in the internet.
The human search assistant may have such expertise in searching on the internet that he can be considered as a web librarian, able to give more information than the place to look on the World Wide Web and able to supervise the user consulting the internet.
When assisting, the human search assistant preferably makes use of search engines for searching on internet.
The human search assistant is working interactive and in real time.
The user communicates with this human search assistant by voice via the internet, preferably by means of voice recognition technology. The human search assistant may also use the search engines by the intermediary of such voice recognition technology, eventually with SOFIA (sophisticated intelligent agents).
This human search assistant can be consulted in different manners, for example, by means of a personal computer, a mobile phone, a NAK, this is a mobile phone with an extra large display, a palmtop or an interactive television apparatus or the set-top box associated therewith.
The human search assistant can be shown by means of a digital camera, such that the user is in visual contact therewith.
Several human search assistants may operate on one internet site. By means of voice recognition, iris recognition or fingerprint recognition, the user always can get automatically into contact with the same human search assistant of his choice, such that the relation between the human search assistant and the user is personalized.
In the case of several human search assistants, one or more head search assistants can be present having a number of specialized adjunct search assistants below them who each can be specialized in one or more fields, whereby a head search assistant directs the call which he receives towards one of these specialized adjunct search assistants.
In that the human search assistant is a person who can reason and can understand emotions, which a computer program can not, it is easier for the user to explain his wishes. The human search assistant can put the wishes of the user into a certain perspective and, on the basis of his experience, can translate these wishes into an information request which is very good adapted for searching by means of search robots.
The human search assistant also may offer other services to the user, such as, for example, attending for searching for on-line shops, comparing products and their prices, composing a week program for film, music, television or radio on the internet, taking into account, on one hand, the taste of the user and, on the other hand, the connection speed of the user.
Finally, the user can be served in his/her own language, with or without simultaneous translation.
With the intention of better showing the characteristics of the invention, hereafter, as an example without any limitative character, a preferred embodiment of a method according to the invention is described, with reference to the drawings, wherein:
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This group of human search assistants 2 consists of one or more head search assistants 2A having below them a number of specialized adjunct search assistants 2B who each are specialized in a certain field, for example, sports, the stock exchange, the weather and so on.
The communication with the head search assistant 2A and the specialized human search assistants 2B is in real time and interactive and can take place in the user's 1 own language.
The head assistant 2A may be reached at a portal site, but in fact he may be working at home or in an office. Also the adjunct assistants 2B may work at home or in offices at different locations.
The user 1 submits his information request 3 to the head search assistant 2A, which can take place, for example, by means of voice recognition technology (with or without SOFIA).
There may be a waiting time, for instance 1 minute, during which publicity can be shown.
If necessary, the head search assistant 2A discusses the information request 3 with the user 1 in order to get a picture of the posed problems, and subsequently he directs the information request 3 towards the most suited specialized adjunct search assistant 2B.
There may be a real-time translation of the language of the user 1, and the head search assistant 2A may select the communication language from, for instance, the following languages: English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabian, Spanish, French, German and Russian and chose an adjunct search assistant in function of the language of the user, so that further translation is no longer required.
If necessary, the chosen adjunct search assistant 2B further discusses the information request 3 with the user 1 in order to get a picture of the request and reformulates the information request 3 into an adapted request 4 which is more precise.
If there is a choice, the user 1 possibly may choose with which head search assistant 2A and/or specialized adjunct search assistant 2B he wants to communicate.
This is also valid when there is no classification into head search assistant 2A and specialized adjunct search assistants 2B.
After some requests from a user, this choice can be performed automatically, for example, in that the user 1 is recognized by means of voice recognition, iris recognition or fingerprint recognition, and, by means of this recognition, always is connected to the same web librarian 2, 2A or 2B.
This recognition and, thus, identification of the user having a request may also be used to check whether the user has a subscription, or to permit payment of the assistance by credit card or bank card or by a pre-paid subscription.
By means of a digital web camera 10, the human search assistant 2, 2A or 2B is visualized on line at the user's 1. The user 1 may possibly also receive on his display the image of the screen of the search assistant 2, 2A or 2B instead of or together with the image of the assistant.
In the example represented in
Due to his expertise, the specialized human search assistant 2B has a good knowledge of the internet and already knows from the start where he must go looking for the information, which considerably shortens the search time, as opposed to a search engine 5 which does not have the possibility of a directed search. As a consequence, the human search assistant 2B considerably increases the chances of obtaining good results.
After having received the search results 6 of the search engines 5, the specialized human search assistant 2B performs a selection 7 of said search results 6 on the basis of the relevance, related to the request 4. Subsequently, this selection 7 is offered to the user 1.
The request of the user 1 and the response of the search assistant 2B are preferably recorded in a data base. This data base can be used as a marketing tool. Others may have access to this data base against payment of a fee.
The result of the search possibly may be confirmed by email.
The head search assistant or one or more of the adjunct search assistants may have such an experience in searching on the internet that he may be called a web librarian whose assistance is not limited to designating the place where the requested information may be found. This web librarian is able to give additional information and to supervise the user in his search on internet. Due to his expertise, he may find the relevant search robot more easily or quickly. Even the use of search engines is not always necessary.
Due to his expertise in his search domain, a specialized adjunct search assistant 2B is familiar with the terminology to be used and perfectly understands the request.
Thereby, not only his expertise in searching is useful, but also his expertise in a particular domain, for example, on tax laws in a certain country, on certain diseases, on certain sports, certain musical genres, such as Jamaican samba, etc.
He can not only perform all the searching on his own, but also can assist the user 1. Hereby, he indicates the place where the user 1 has the greatest possibility of finding the information and formulates useful tips for calling up this information fast and efficiently.
This search assistant may have access to data bases which are only accessible for authorized persons, by using a password, and may, if information for the user can be found in such data base, explain to the user how to gain access to such data bases.
The web librarian, who, in the represented example, may be the head web librarian as well as a specialized adjunct web librarian, does not only assist the user 1 when searching for information, but also when searching for services, such as on-line shopping, price and product comparison.
Further, this web librarian can compose programs for the user 1 consisting of films, music, television or radio programs which are provided via the internet.
As represented in
On the basis of the first search result 6A of the search robot 5A, the information request 3 can be re-formulated into an adapted request 4 which is offered to the same search engine 5 or series of search engines (with improved inquiry) or to a second search robot 5B or series of search robots 5B, which leads to a series of results 6B. After an validation of the results 6B, the selection 7 is submitted by the web librarian 2, 2A, 2B, whereby this latter, by means of a web camera 10, is visualized on a television apparatus 11 at the user's 1.
In an embodiment variant represented in
It is also possible that the adjunct web librarian or adjunct specialized human search assistant is activated by voice recognition.
Subsequently, the search results 6 are summarized in a selection 7 and offered to the user 1.
As before, the information request 3 is re-formulated in an adapted request 4 which is put through to an Internet Service Provider or ISP 16 having a number of search robots 5 at his disposal. By means of the web server 13, said ISP 16 communicates his search results 6 to the web librarian 2, whereby this latter then offers the user 1 a selection 7 from the search results 6.
By means of a common platform 17 shared by the web server 13 and the web librarian 2, various services, such as comparisons of prices and products, can be offered to the user 1.
By means of this common platform 17, also programs 18, with films, music, television or radio, are composed for the user 1 by the web librarian 2. Said programs 18 may be viewed and/or listened to by means of the help modules 15.
As represented in
The web librarians 2 may give suggestions to the service providers for better presentation and access of some of their clients and websites, so that the access to the search engines is improved.
It is important to notice that a head or adjunct web librarian 2 may transmit the request of the user 1 to another web librarian or search assistant who is more competent or has more experience in the subject-matter of the request. Adjunct web librarians may form a complete network located over the whole world, said network may be managed by one or more head librarians or head search assistants.
The web librarian or search assistant may also request help of other persons than search assistants of the network, for instance, a professor of a university.
The user 1 may recieve his response from the web librarian 2 via a satellite network, such as represented in
The user 1 submits his information request 3 to the web librarian 2 via the internet, after which an adapted request 4 is transmitted to an Internet Service Provider 16 which activates the search robots 5.
Via a web server 13, the search results 6 are made known to the Internet Service Provider 16 which can transmit these in the form of a selection 7, either in the usual manner via the internet, whether or not via the web librarian 2, or via satellite communication, Hertz connections or other terrestrial communication.
With satellite communication, the selection 7 either is transmitted via a master station 22 by means of a satellite port 23 through a disk antenna 24 towards a satellite 25, which in its turn transmits the selection 7 via an UDP/IP network 26 towards the user 1, or is transmitted via an IP Packet Routing Bus 27 towards the satellite 25, which, in the same manner as heretofore, transmits the selection 7 further towards the user 1.
The user 1 may also file his request for search assistance by the intermediary of active television. As shown schematically in
The web librarians 2 may transmit films, television programs and music from data bases to the television apparatus 30. In a future, instead of a television apparatus, a mobile phone of the third generation may be used (UMTS standard or similar with MPEG2 or MPEG4 or MPEG7 or MHP level 3 or MHEG5).
The set-up box comprises a core LSI 32, an AV link 33 and a PHY (physical layer) 34. The high-end AV link 33 uPD72891 (with DTCP) and uPD72893 come with the worldwide integration of a digital video codec which enables the AV link 33 to process digital video streams recorded with a digital video camera, while the digital video codec is sent via IEEE 1394 in a common REC 656 signal that is streamed into a set-up box core LSI 32. This AV link 33 (interface 61883) supports full-duplex transmission and formats like DVB, DSS and DVCR as well as AV commands to control devices via IEEE1394 which can be executed via UART or by a parallel host interface. The set-up box 28 is linked with a computer 35 with external storage by the physical layer 34. The digital video camera 10 is linked with the human search assistant 2. The channel transmitter 29 can be linked by satellite 36 or bi-directional hybrid fibre coax 37 with the AD9873 mixed-signal front-end for set-top boxes 28 and cable modems.
The human search assistant 2 may be contacted through an output RS 232, USB, modem, TV-Video, IEEE 1394, IEEE 1394-1995 and IEEE 1394-2000a specifications and interoperable with iLink and Firewire devices, or a digital device such as a computer, a set-top box and a mobile phone.
If several search assistants 2A, 2B are used, there may be a division in information fields. Said fields appear on the display of the user when he makes a connection with the head search assistant 2A and may click the corresponding field, so that the head search assistant 2A may more easily route the request to an adjunct search assistant 2B, or possibly to connect the user 1 directly to this adjunct search assistant 2B.
It is evident that the present invention is in no way limited to the form of embodiment described heretofore, on the contrary may such method be realized in various variants without leaving the scope of the invention.
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Scottish designer Holly Fulton stepped back in time to the 1970s as she showcased her spring /summer 2014 collection on Saturday (September 14), the second day of London Fashion Week. (Courtesy: RTV/CBS)
The third annual Fashion Week Dothan will return to the Circle City this weekend.
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I thought artsy was a polite way of saying absurdly pretentious.
Yes please Fnarf and Will in Seattle please respond! The rest of us are apparently worth shit on this one.
Nah Cato, I still care about you. They're just from Fremont.
"Artsy" is definitely different from "kooky," but they are in the same category, along with "whimsical" and "quirky," of words that make me wince.
I can't think of anything better right now, though . . . "Playful"? "Non-traditional"? "X-treme"?
the word you're all searching for is "unique".
I'm not sure what the hubbub is all about. You're clearly not quoting him, and the "kooky" feels much more like editorializing than paraphrasing.
And yes, artsy, when not followed by fartsy, shouldn't be used at all.
If kooky is that semi-craftman condo that looks like it's being overrun by brushed metal Tim Burton crabgrass then... yes, I call that kooky.
No, not unique either. Unique is thoroughly overused, and usually used incorrectly.
Unique New York. Unique New York. Unique New York. Unique New York. Unique New York.
The "kooky" buildings are the new ones, like that condo with aluminum arabesques all over it that freaked Savage out awhile back. The older stock in Fremont is about as boring, cheap, and ugly as Seattle gets. Take a walk up Francis Ave sometime.
How about we get some land developer to commission three hundred Gaudi style townhouses and make Fremont truly kooky?
When I was in college an apartment described as 'funky" usually meant walls at odd angles, carpet that sort of matched, and maybe a few wall holes spackled over. A cool place to live, usually cheap as fuck.
Now, long after college, when I see an apartment described as "funky" I read "a strange smelling dump of a place". But still cheap as fuck.
I wasn't called out, but as a Fremont resident, I'll add my $0.02:
Kooky scares away the donations that the FNC is looking for, while artsy sounds good to the average middle-aged granolas who wants to relive the splendor of their youth, and accordingly makes it easier to open their pocketbooks.
Jonah - I believe this isn't the first time you have been called out on the mat because you misquoted someone's intentions or thoughts.
You are a piece of shit - and your reporting sucks.
Get out of the city!
The reason he wanted us to respond is we live here (Fremont).
Kooky is a polite way for better-than-everyone Hillers to pronounce that their CD one-size-fits-all esthetic is better than all the peasants in the rest of the city.
Artsy is what it actually is.
And that brushed-metal condo you are referring to is actually one giant building, not five buildings as you've been led to believe.
A good example of artsy are the ones next to Rain City Video.
Should we be MORE artistic? Probably. But compared to the rest of the city, we're still doing pretty darned well.
Since you didn't attribute the word "kooky" in Toby's quote, I think he is overreacting. He should know that it wouldn't be a Stranger article without the reporter's opinion being expressed often.
When i think of Kooky, i imagine Tamy Fay Baker, or Charo - so i really don't think it's a synonym for "artsy" at all.
When i think of fremont, i think of "character". It has character. Of course it has faux character goin in lately such as the oft mentioned condo with with bizarro sculpturing. blech.
Fremont Mayor and Rick Santorum supporter Suzie Burke doesn't care what you think, just keep paying your rent and she'll continue funneling it onto Dubya, Reichert and Rossi.
I do NOT live in Fremont. Geez.
"Art" in Fremont does not mean the same thing it means in most of the rest of the world. It DOES mean "kooky", insufferably so in the most banal, infantile, look-at-me childish ways imaginable. There are a lot of things to like about Fremont, but the art isn't one of them. Neither is the kookiness.
Case in point: Fremont Troll. This is close to the single worst piece of art in America, worse than the entire collected works of Thomas Kinkade, and nearly as bad as Dale Chihuly's masterpieces.
I'm glad you responded to this, Fnarf.
yeah get it right! fnarf is from west seattle, endorses gold-bond medicated powder and holds court at the old-time country buffet!!! sheesh
Sorry Fnarf, my mistake. I thought you said you lived in Fremont too.
Eric F @9 has a solid point. My girlfriend and I have been looking at places around Wallingford/Fremont to move in, and so far non-dumps are the exception.
At least if we keep to only partly insane rents. If we could afford $3-$4/ft^2, it'd be a lot easier to find the kind of funky that used to be cheap.
Mr. Fnarf wrote "Case in point: Fremont Troll. This is close to the worst piece of art in America, worse than the entire collected works of Thomas Kinkade, and nearly as bad as Dale Chihuly's masterpieces."
Thank you, I always appreciate good words from my fans. The Fremont Troll is too gritty to appear in one of my prin....er, paintings. Hence, my paintings are better than the Fremont Troll.
Holy whatever, if I had realized what a simple email calling Jonah on his almost-mis-quote would generate! I shouldn't even have said arty or artsy or anything like it; I agree in retrospect that along with whimsical et al. it is a boosterism and has little meaning.
What we want (and what the article clearly pointed out) is that regardless of the adjectives applicable to any particular neighborhood, we want more control over what happens in them.
Also, as an "average middle-aged granola who wants to relive the splendor of his youth" I never thought of money for the FNC. In fact, the dues are very low, and membership has more to do with increased political legitimacy for the organization than with paying our bills.
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Delcam's aerospace software and services on show at Farnborough
Delcam will promote its wide range of software and services for aerospace manufacturers on the Midlands Aerospace Alliance stand at the Farnborough Air Show to be held from 9th to 13th July. The company offers a range of solutions to help companies to increase productivity, reduce lead times and improve quality and consistency.
Delcam has been ranked as the world's leading specialist supplier of machining software and services by US analysts CIMdata for each of the past eleven years. To maintain its leading position, Delcam employs the largest development team in the CAM industry to develop a comprehensive range of systems for every type of machine tool, from simple lathes and 2D mills, up to the most sophisticated five-axis machining centres and multi-spindle, turn-mill equipment. The company also develops PowerINSPECT, the world's leading hardware-independent software for the measurement of components, prototypes and tooling against CAD data.
Delcam systems have been used, at some stage, on virtually every major aircraft programme in recent years. The company's customers have undertaken projects in all the various areas that go towards producing a successful aircraft, from developing more fuel-efficient engines, to manufacturing airframe components more effectively, and even in designing more comfortable and more attractive interiors. They have worked on all scales of project, from the manufacture of components for UAVs and helicopters up to the production of engines and airframes for the largest passenger and transport aircraft.
Delcam also supports a large number of MRO operations. These companies use Delcam systems to enable the fast, efficient repair or replacement of damaged components. By minimising design and manufacturing times, while maintaining the highest levels of quality, repairs can be completed as quickly as possible, so minimising the time-on-ground of the aircraft.
In addition, Delcam Professional Services offers a range of services to help companies whose own engineering resource is needed to maintain its existing operations. The support given can vary from providing extra design and programming resources when existing staff are overloaded, through to developing completely new turn-key processes for the manufacture of novel designs.
The Professional Services team cooperates closely with its clients to enhance their existing design and manufacturing operations, usually by using a combination of Delcam's software to develop specific solutions to the company's productivity and quality problems. The team often work with a network of suppliers of related technology, including machine tools, cutting tools and inspection equipment, to ensure that a comprehensive turnkey solution can be provided if required.
Many of the projects involve manufacturing process development work within Delcam's Advanced Manufacturing Fcility, which is equipped with production-scale machining and inspection equipment. As well as allowing thorough validation of all software before its release, this facility provides an ideal opportunity for companies to test new processes or to produce short runs of prototype parts without any disruption to their day-to-day operations.
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SPARTANBURG, SC-- The Lord came for Jackson L. Robinson, 84, of Spartanburg, on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. A native of Clifton, SC, he was born on September 11, 1928, the son of the late Richmond Pearson and Hattie Croxdale Robinson.
Mr. Robinson retired from Spartanburg Water System. He was a member of Clifton Presbyterian Church where he held numerous offices until the church was dissolved. He then joined the Horton Memorial Wesleyan Church where he was a member and held many offices including caretaker, teacher, superintendent of Sunday School, and many others.
Surviving are his wife, Madeline Revels Robinson; daughter, Kaye Lawson and husband Joe of Spartanburg, SC; son-in-law, Mike Scoggin of Pauline, SC; two granddaughters; and one great-granddaughter. He was predeceased by a daughter, Deborah Scoggin.
Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 PM Thursday, November 1, 2012, at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel. A graveside service will be conducted at 3:00 PM Friday, November 2, 2012, in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
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Any student found committing such offences could face having
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Senior Sergeant Steve Aitken, of Dunedin, said the incidents
were believed to have involved different people.
While the people responsible might think of it as a ''dare''
or a ''joke'', it was not something police took lightly, Snr
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insensitive to other people.''
If anyone witnessed a person exposing themselves, they should
contact library management, Campus Watch or police
immediately, Snr Sgt Aitken said.
At least one case was believed to have involved a young man
tapping a library staff member on the shoulder and then
exposing himself.
Another case involved a young man with ''a large hole in the
crotch of his trousers'' sitting on a step - which ''might
have been more of an accident''.
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Beate Uhse CFO Forecasts 'Big Shakeout' in Euro Sex Shop Biz
Beate Uhse CFO Forecasts 'Big Shakeout' in Euro Sex Shop Biz
European chain looks to couples and women for as new demo
Posted Jul 23rd, 2007 00:00 AM by
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Otto Christian Lindemann, the chief financial officer of German sex shop chain Beate Uhse, has predicted a "big shakeout" in Europe's adult retail market.
"Europe has thousands of sex shops, most of them strongly dependent on DVDs," Lindemann said in a recent interview with
. "Many of them will not survive."
Ranked as the world's largest sex retailer by revenue, Beate Uhse saw its sales decline in 2006 for the first time following a long period of growth. The company operates approximately 330 sex shops in 11 countries, with mail-order operations in nine.
Lindemenn said that Beate Uhse hopes to compensate for the recent drop in DVD sales by revamping its stores with a stronger focus on "lifestyle" products for women and couples. The chain is investing $7 million this year in store renovations.
Porn accounts for an estimated 35 percent of sales in Beate Uhse stores, and Lindemann expects that percentage to decline as online porn replaces DVDs. Newer stores in the chain have divided floor space into four sections: massage oils and lubricants and a lingerie boutique are closer to the front, with hardcore DVDs and heavy-duty bondage gear pushed to the back.
As part of its push to women and couples, Beate Uhse is selling "love bags" with "lubricants, vibrators, body paint, chocolate, champagne and CDs of erotic stories." The chain plans to expand its brand with licensed Beate Uhse energy drinks, beer and wine.
Lindemann characterized 2007 as "a year of transition."
"At the end of the day, whatever new direction we take, we want to earn money," he said. "Selling erotica is different than selling porn. And we are going to do it right."
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Carroll Columbus Pettet, 89, went to be with the Lord after a brief illness Sunday morning, Nov. 30, 2003, at Elizabeth House.
He was the son of the late William Benjamin Pettet and Mary Elizabeth Redden Pettet and was also preceded in death by his wife, Katie Lee Love Pettet in 1991.
He worked for Overton Wholesale Grocery for over 18 years and also worked for Ingles. He was a custodian of Refuge Baptist Church of which he was a member. He was a Deacon and held many offices of the church. He was a choir leader for 45 years. He loved music and traveling. He was an honorary member of the cemetery committee of which he was in charge for many years.
He is survived by a daughter, Carolyn Brown and husband, Bill, of Hendersonville; two granddaughters, Teresa Webb of Tuxedo and Karen Phillips and husband, Chris, of Mills River; a grandson, Roger Brown of Tuxedo; four great-grandchildren, Holly Phillips, Katelyn Brown, Courtney Webb and Alex Brown; and a brother-in-law, John Love and wife, Robbie, of Hendersonville.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Refuge Baptist Church. The Rev. Alvin Melton will officiate. Interment will follow in Refuge Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Refuge Baptist Church. The body will lie in repose from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday prior to the service. At other times, the family will be at the residence of Bill and Carolyn Brown on Dana Road.
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But first, to recap: Roy (Colton Haynes) been injected with a mysterious serum called Mirakuru (roughly translated as "The Miracle") that kills 99.9% of dosed subjects. But, if a subject actually survives the transition, they're imbued with superhuman abilities: strength, endurance, durability, reflexes, healing, and speed. In short, they're superhero ready.
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"He failed miserably to be a guide for The Huntress, so now he's setting out to do this right," Guggenheim added. "We always want to be consistent with what we've already established for any character that has a superhero destiny. If it was as easy as putting on a costume and fighting crime, then anyone could do it. It took five years of hell to turn Oliver into The Arrow. It took five years of hell, and The League of Assassins, to turn Sara [Caity Lotz] into The Black Canary. It's not that Roy couldn't be a member of Team Arrow without the Mirakuru; it's that he couldn't do these things without going through the crucible the Mirakuru establishes."
But don't expect Roy to enter Oliver's Arrow lair — or take a crack at his salmon ladder — just yet. "To preserve his secret identity, Oliver is talking around a lot of things because the more information he gives Roy, the closer Roy gets to figuring out that identity," Guggeinheim revealed. "That's why the training doesn't take place in the lair. We can't bring Roy in without revealing Oliver's identity since it's right beneath his club. So, it'll be a while before we get Roy in there. Or on the salmon ladder."
Thankfully, that doesn't mean a partnership between Roy and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) — or, Rolicity, as enthusiastic fans have anticipatorily dubbed them — is entirely off the table for Season 2.
"The main drive for us as storytellers is to keep things new and fresh and exciting, so watching Oliver, Diggle [David Ramsey], and Felicity interact with these new people coming into their world is fun," Greenberg said. "I think one of the great joys of this season has been Felicity and Sara getting to know each other. It's opened up new aspects of each character, and I love that we've been able to do that."
And the writers are mindful of how much truly hinges on Oliver maintaining his secret identity. "We address that head on in the episode when someone asks Oliver how many people know his real identity and he replies, 'Too many,'" Guggeinheim noted before Greenberg added, "We always have to be cognizant of keeping Oliver's secret identity. We've limited it to the people who need to know for the time being."
Haynes, however, is holding out hope that becoming Oliver's mentee will mean that Roy is finally integrated into Arrow's overall mythology. "I'm not excited about the possibility of giving up McDonald's, but I'm excited to potentially work with more of the cast and to hopefully become a superhero," the actor told BuzzFeed.
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