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An apparatus and method are provided for finishing the fabrication of venetian blinds at or near a point of purchase. The blinds are shipped to the point of purchase in a partially completed condition wherein the slats of the blinds have registered apertures formed in spaced relationship to one end of each slat, but with the opposed end being free of such apertures. An interlacing support and a pull cord are mounted to the ends of the slats having the apertures formed therein. The overall length of the slats exceeds the width of the window for which the blinds are intended. Apertures are then cut into the blinds at a selected distance from the trimmed ends. The blinds are completed by appropriately mounting a second interlacing support and pull cord in proximity to the trimmed ends of the blind.
1. An apparatus for forming elongated apertures in metal slats of venetian blinds, such that the apertures are substantially equally spaced from one end of each slat and generally in register with one another, said apparatus comprising:
a base for supporting the metal slats of the blinds;
a stop adjustably mounted to said base, said stop being dimensioned to permit the registration of the ends of the slats against the stop;
a pair of spaced apart substantially parallel guides extending from said base, the distance between said guides substantially corresponding to the width of the slats;
a clamp means for urging the slats of the blinds into a tightly nested stacked array intermediate the guides;
a routing apparatus mounted to said base for cutting the apertures in said metal slats, said routing apparatus comprising a rotatable cutting bit and control means for moving said cutting bit relative to said slats, said control means being operative to move said cutting bit through alternating traversing movements relative to said slats and for incrementally advancing said cutting bit into said array for slats after each traversing movement; and
wherein the slats of the blind define an arcuate cross section along their respective lengths, said clamp means having an arcuate clamping surface substantially conforming to the arcuate cross-sectional configuration of the slats.
2. An apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the clamp apparatus is pneumatically operable.
Venetian blinds comprise a plurality of substantially identical generally flat elongated slats disposed in a parallel array. Each slat comprises a pair of elongated apertures at equal preselected distances from the opposed respective ends of the slat. The longitudinal axes of the elongated apertures are substantially parallel to one another and orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the associated slat. The apertures in each slat are disposed to be substantially in register with the corresponding apertures in the other slats of the array.
Venetian blinds further comprise a pair of interlaced flexible support structures extending transverse to the slats in the array and generally in line with the respective apertures formed in the slats. Each interlaced support structure comprises a pair of runners disposed on opposite respective sides of the slats and transverse supports extending between the runners at equally spaced locations therealong. The runners are operative to support each respective slat and to adjust the angular alignment of the slats relative to the runners. The transverse supports may be alternately staggered on opposite respective sides of the apertures in the slats.
The blinds further comprise pull cords extending through the registered apertures. One end of each pull cord and one end of each runner in the interlaced support is fixedly secured to the bottom most slat which may be more rigid than other slats in the array. The opposed ends of the pull cords and the runners extend into a channel in which an elongated control rod is rotatably mountable.
Control cords extend from the channel to permit adjustment of the blinds. In particular selected movement of the control cords enables rotation of the rod to generate corresponding longitudinal movement of the runners relative to one another, thereby altering the angular alignment of the transverse supports and the slats relative to the runners. The pull cords which pass through the aligned apertures in the slats also extend from the channel. Appropriate adjustment of the pull cords enables the controlled collapsing or extension of the array of slats defining the blinds.
The slats of venetian blinds have been formed from many materials, including wood, plastic and metal. Blinds having thin metal slats are considered very desirable in view of their light weight, their ability to reflect light and heat and their aesthetic appearance. The prior art metal blinds typically are manufactured from a coil of thin metal strip material. The coil is unwound into an apparatus which cuts slats to specified lengths and punches the apertures therein at specified distances inwardly from the opposed ends of each slat. The punch forming of the holes in the metal slats must be very precise to avoid creating burrs or edge irregularities in the metal material that could wear the cords passing therethrough or that could injure a person dusting, adjusting, or otherwise manipulating the blinds. This prior art apparatus may also be operative to form the metal material into an arcuate cross section along the length of the slat. The slats are interlaced with the interlacing support and the cord is directed through the apertures. The cords and the interlacing are then appropriately connected to the control means in the upper channel of the venetian blinds.
Although the prior art venetian blinds and apparatus for making blinds are extremely desirable, it has been necessary to custom manufacture every venetian blind to match the window dimensions of the consumer. This custom manufacturing has been perceived as a marketing limitation in that many consumers prefer to receive products substantially at the time the request for the product is made. This virtual instantaneous availability of venetian blinds generally has not been available in the prior art.
The prior art includes modular wooden blinds to facilitate fabricating blinds to match specified window dimensions. Examples of these modular blinds are shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,333,509 and U.S. Pat. No. 2,170,938. Although these modular approaches could be attempted for wooden or plastic blinds, they can not be adapted to blinds formed from thin metal slats.
In view of the above, it is an object of the subject invention to provide a partly assembled kit of venetian blind components that can be finished to specified window dimensions.
It is another object of the subject invention to provide a method for making venetian blinds wherein several final assembly steps can be completed substantially at the point of purchase.
It is an additional object of the subject invention to provide a discontinuous manufacturing process for venetian blinds wherein a plurality of manufacturing and assembly steps can be carried out at a first location and wherein the remaining steps can be carried out at the point of purchase.
It is a further object of the subject invention to provide apparatus for final manufacturing steps for venetian blinds.
Still another object of the subject invention is to provide a precision aperture forming apparatus for forming registered apertures in the metal slats of venetian blinds.
Yet another object of the subject invention is to provide an assembly of apparatus for cutting partially assembled metal venetian blinds to specified dimensions and for forming registered apertures in the metal slats of the blinds.
The subject invention is directed to a method and apparatus that permits metal venetian blinds to be partly manufactured and assembled at a first location and to be finally manufactured and assembled at a second location in proximity to a point of purchase.
The venetian blinds of the subject invention comprise a parallel array of elongated metal slats having opposed first and second ends and registered elongated apertures formed in proximity to the first end of each slat. The partially manufactured and partially assembled venetian blinds may comprise a first interlacing support aligned with the apertures in proximity to the first end, and may further comprise the pull cords extending through the registered apertures. The metal slats of the partially manufactured and partially assembled venetian blinds have lengths equal to or greater than the required width for a specified window. The metal slats of the partly assembled blinds do not have the required second apertures in proximity to the second ends thereof.
The blinds of the subject invention may be completed at or in proximity to the point of purchase by cutting the metal slats to a specified length in accordance with the window dimensions specified by the consumer. For this purpose, the invention comprises cutting means for cutting the slats in proximity to the second end of the slats to define blinds of the specified width. The cutting means may comprise a table having an adjustably positionable stop against which the first end of the slats may be positioned, and a blade for transversely shearing the slats in proximity to the second ends thereof. The cutting means may comprise clamp means for positively aligning and securely positioning the slats in proximity to the cut. The clamp means may comprise a pair of side clamping walls for aligning the slats in a parallel stacked array and a top clamp adjustably movable for holding the stacked array of slats in a tightly nested condition. The top clamp may have an arcuate clamping face substantially conforming to the arcuate cross section of the slats. The blade may be non-linear to define rounded corners at the second end of the respective slats and may be movable under an appropriate selected source of power, such as pneumatic power, hydraulic power, or appropriate electro/mechanical power.
The blind subassembly that has been trimmed to the specified width is then presented to apparatus for forming the second array of registered apertures therein. The apparatus for forming the second apertures preferably comprises a stop means against which the trimmed second ends of the slats are urged. Clamp means may be disposed in proximity to the stop means for securely holding the slats of the blinds in a tightly nested stacked array. The clamp means may be similar to that described above with respect to the cutter. The aperture forming apparatus may further comprise routing means for routing the elongated second apertures in the blinds. The routing means may be spaced from the stop means a distance substantially corresponding to the distance between the first ends of the slats and the first apertures. The routing means may be operative to move in alternate transverse directions relative to the slats for cutting the elongated apertures therein and to incrementally advance into the tightly nested stacked array after completing each transverse movement. Thus, the router may complete one transverse movement, advance into the stacked array and then complete the opposite and returning transverse movement. This stepped cutting movement is effective to create highly finished edges about the elongated apertures, with no burrs that could damage a cord inserted therethrough or that could injure a person cleaning or otherwise manipulating the blinds. The routing means may be operative to retract after completing the cut through the stacked array of blinds to enable the blinds to be removed from the apparatus.
The assembly is completed by positioning the second interlaced support over the second end of the slats, and urging the second lifting cord therethrough. A top channel with control rods is then mounted to the blinds to complete the assembly.
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a partially assembled blind in accordance with the subject invention.
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the blinds shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of a cutter apparatus in accordance with the subject invention.
FIG. 4 is an end elevational view of the cutter shown in FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is an end elevational view of the routing apparatus of the subject invention.
FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of the routing apparatus shown in FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the routing apparatus in a first operational position.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 7 but showing the routing apparatus in a subsequent operational position.
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIGS. 7 and 8 but showing the apparatus in a later operational position.
The partially completed and partially assembled venetian blinds of the subject invention are illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, and are identified generally by the numeral 10. The blinds 10 comprise a plurality of substantially identical slats 12 each of which has a first end 14 and an initial second end 16. The distance "a" defines the length of each slat 12 and the width of the blinds 10. The dimension "a" is at least equal to, and most typically greater than the required width of a window for which the blinds 10 will be purchased. In this regard, the length "b" shown in FIG. 2 identifies the required final width for the blinds 10 as determined by the dimensions of the window. It will be appreciated that in accordance with the subject invention a plurality of different stock sizes of partially completed blinds 10 may be available at a point of purchase. The retailer would select a blind 10 having the width "a" which is nearest to but greater than the specified width "b" to fit the window of a consumer.
Each slat 12 of the blinds 10 is provided with a first aperture 18 extending therethrough at selected distances "c" from the first end 14 thereof, such that the first apertures 18 of the slats 12 are in register with one another. As shown most clearly in FIG. 2, each aperture 18 is elongated, with the direction of elongation of each aperture 18 extending substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of each slat 12.
The blinds 10 are further provided with an interlacing support 20 having a pair of opposed runners 22 and 24 extending along opposite sides of the slats 12 and having transverse supports 26 extending between and connecting the runners 22 and 24 and passing between the respective slats 12. The first interlaced support 20 is disposed substantially in line with the registered first apertures 18 in the slats 12 such that alternate transverse supports 26 are disposed generally on opposite sides of the respective first apertures 18. The blinds 10 further comprise a first pull cord 28 extending through the registered apertures 18 and affixed to the bottommost slat 12 in the blinds 10.
It will be noted that the metal slats 12 comprising the venetian blinds 10 have no second aperture adjacent the second initial end 16. The blinds 10 may be delivered to a retailer as part of a kit which further comprises a second interlacing support 30 and a second pull cord 32 initially separated from the blinds 10, plus a channel 34 for mounting in proximity to the uppermost slat 12 of the blinds 10. The channel 34 may comprise the controls to which the first and second interlaced supports 20 and 30, and the first and second pull cords 28 and 32 may be connected. The channel 34 may also define an initial length "a" and may be trimmed to a specified length "b" by conventional tools. Rough edges or burrs that may be created by the finishing of the channel 34 generally would not be an operational or aesthetic problem in view of the prior art mounting brackets that would cover the opposed trimmed ends of the channel 34. However, conventional tools could not be employed to provide the precisely finished trimmed second ends and second apertures in the thin metal slats 12.
The blinds 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are trimmed to a specified width "b" by cutting a selected portion of the blinds 10 adjacent the ends 16 of the slats 12 which comprise the blinds 10. With reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, the blinds 10 are mounted in a tightly nested stacked array in a cutting apparatus indicated generally by the numeral 40. The cutting apparatus 40 comprises a base 42 and a stop 44 adjustably movable relative to the base 42. The base 42 may comprise numerical indicia to identify the position for the stop 44 to be disposed relative to the base 42 to achieve blinds 10 of a selected width "b". The cutter 44 further comprises a pair of parallel guides 46 and 48 spaced from one another by a distance corresponding to the width of the slats 12. A clamp apparatus 50 is disposed in proximity to the guides 46 and 48 to ensure tight nesting of the slats 12 adjacent the second ends 16. The clamp apparatus comprises a pneumatically powered cylinder 52 from which a piston 54 extends. The free end of the piston includes a clamp 56 having a contoured face substantially conforming to the arcuate crosssectional form of the slats 16. The clamp apparatus 50 is operative to retain the slats 12 in a tightly nested stacked array during cutting.
The cutter apparatus 40 further comprises a cutter 60 having a blade 62. The cutter may comprise a pneumatically powered cylinder from which the blade 62 is movable. The blade 62 preferably defines a cutting surface 64 which is arcuately configured, as shown in FIG. 4 to substantially conform to the arcuate cross-sectional configuration of the slats 12 comprising the blinds 10. The blade 62 is further arcuately configured to cut rounded corners at the opposed side edges of each slat 12.
The cutting apparatus 40 is operated by first positioning the stop 44 at the desired location depending upon the specified width "b" for the blinds 10. The blinds 10 are then urged between the guides 46 and 48, and the clamp apparatus 50 is actuated to urge the blinds into the tightly nested array shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The cutter 60 is then actuated to urge the blade 62 into and through the slats 12 to define clean registered cuts having rounded corners adjacent the side edges of each slat 12. The cut thus defines trimmed second ends 16a, with the distance between the first end 14 and the trimmed second end 16a equalling the width "b" as specified by the dimensions of the window for which the blinds are intended.
The preparation of the blinds 10 proceeds by presenting the blinds 10 to a router apparatus indicated generally by the numeral 70 in FIGS. 5-9. The router apparatus 70 is operative to precisely and cleanly cut second apertures in the slats 12 of the blinds 10 at a distance "c" from the trimmed second ends 16a of the respective slats. As shown most clearly in FIG. 5, the router apparatus 70 comprises a pair of substantially identical router subassemblies 72 which are simultaneously operable to cut apertures in two sets of blinds 10. It is to be understood, however, that the router apparatus 70 may be operated to precisely cut the apertures in only one venetian blind assembly 10.
Each router subassembly 72 comprises a base 74 on which the blinds 10 may be supported. The base 74 includes an adjustably positionable stop 76 against which the trimmed second ends 16a are positioned. The distance from the stop 76 to the cutting portion of the router subassembly 72, as explained herein is selected to equal the distance "c" between the first ends 14 of the slats 12 and the first apertures 20.
The router subassembly 72 further comprises a pair of parallel guides 78 and 80 which are spaced from one another by a distance substantially corresponding to the width of the slats 12 comprising the blinds 10. A clamp apparatus having a cylinder 82 with a piston rod 84 extending therefrom is disposed in proximity to the guides 78 and 80. A clamp 86 is disposed at the end of the piston rod 84 and defines a contoured clamping surface substantially corresponding to the arcuate cross-sectional configuration of the slats 12 comprising the blinds 10. As with the clamp 56 of the above described cutting apparatus 40, each clamp 86 of the routing apparatus 70 is operative to urge the slats 12 of the blinds 10 into a tightly nested stacked array, with the respective ends 14 and 16a of the slats 12 being registered with one another by the stop 76.
Each routing subassembly 72 of the apparatus 70 further comprises a router 90 having a rotatable cutting bit 92 and having a preprogrammed cutting advance apparatus 94. In particular, the advance apparatus 94 is operative to move the router 90 and the rotatable cutting bit 92 thereof through a preselected pattern for precisely cutting apertures in the slats 12. More particularly, and with reference to FIGS. 7-9, the control apparatus 94 is operative to move the cutting bit 92 in an alternating side-to-side movement corresponding to the required width of the second apertures 96 to be cut in the slats 12. At the end of each transverse move of the cutting bit 92, the control apparatus 94 is operative to incrementally advance the router 90 and cutting bit 92 further into the tightly nested stacked array of slats 12. After the incremental advance into the slats 12 is completed, the cutting bit 92 will complete another transverse movement across the slats 12. As shown in FIGS. 7-9 the alternating transverse movement of the bit 92 does not follow the arched cross-sectional shape of the slats 12, but rather follows substantially linear movements. As a result, the bit 92 will not cut all of any one slat 12 during a single transverse movement. Rather, the router bit 92 will advance obliquely into the thin metal material from which the slats 12 are formed in cutting the respective second apertures. This oblique movement of the cutter bit 92 into the slats 12 combined with the tightly nested condition of the slats 12 caused by the clamp 86 substantially prevents burrs or other edge deformations adjacent the aperture 96, which would be more likely if the router bit 92 substantially followed the shape of the thin metal into which it was cutting.
After the apertures 96 have been formed in all of the slats 12, the control apparatus 94 is operative to withdraw the router 90 and the router bit 92 to a position below the base 74 of the apparatus 70. The piston rod 84 is then retracted into the cylinder 82 causing the clamp 86 to release its pressure on the slats 12 and enabling the slats 12 to be removed from the apparatus 70. At this point the slats 12 define lengths substantially corresponding to the specified width "b" for the blinds 10 to be mounted on the window. Additionally, the registered second apertures 96 are formed entirely through the metal slats 12 at a distance "c" from the trimmed second ends 16a of the slats 12. The blinds 10 can be completed by merely urging the interlace material 32 over the trimmed second ends 16a of the metal slats 12 and substantially in line with the second apertures 96 cut therein. The cord 32 can then be threaded through the apertures 96. The burr-free precisely formed second apertures 96 cut by the routing apparatus 70 prevent the cord 32 from snagging, fraying, or otherwise being caught on or damaged by portions of the slats 12 adjacent the apertures 96. The blinds 10 can be completed by merely connecting the ends of the first and second interlacing material supports 20 and 30 to the known controls in the channel 34 and by connecting the first and second pull cords 28 and 32 to one another in the known manner.
In summary, a method and apparatus are provided for completing sets of venetian blinds to specified dimensions at or in proximity to the point of purchase. The precisely dimensioned blinds may be formed from a kit comprising an array of slats having registered first apertures formed therethrough at a selected distance from the first end thereof, and having first interlaced supports and a first pull cord mounted thereto in the vicinity of the first apertures. The opposed second ends of the slats are free of apertures, and the slats define lengths equal to or greater than the required width of the blinds for a specified window. The blinds are made to the required dimension by first clamping the slats in a tightly nested stacked array in a cutting apparatus. The slats are trimmed to the required dimension at the second ends thereof, which, as noted above, are free of the apertures. The trimmed blinds are next presented to a routing apparatus for precisely cutting registered apertures at selected distances inwardly from the trimmed second ends. The routing apparatus includes a clamp to urge the slats into a tightly nested stacked array. The router is then controlled to alternately traverse across the slats and to incrementally advance between the sequential traversing movements of the router. The router is retracted and the clamp is released upon completion of the second apertures, and the properly trimmed slats with the registered apertures therein are removed from the routing apparatus. The blinds are completed by disposing the second interlaced supports over the trimmed second end and generally in line with the registered second apertures cut therein, and the second pull cords are inserted through the apertures. The interlace and the pull cords are then connected to control means in the channel of the blinds.
While the invention has been described with respect to certain preferred embodiments, it is apparent that various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-0216
School Overview
|Religious Affiliation
|Roman Catholic
|Grades Offered
|Grades Prekindergarten - 6
|Year Founded
Student Body
|Total Students
|297 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 25%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|23 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
Finances and Admission
|Admission Deadline
|None / Rolling
|Yearly Tuition Cost
|Admissions Director
|Mrs. Mary Walsh
|Total Sports Offered
|1 sports
|Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
|7 extracurriculars
|Band, Chess Club, Knitting Club, Glee Club, Art Club, After School Sports Program, Extended Day Program (until 5:45 PM) Band, Chess Club, Knitting Club, Glee Club, Art Club, After School Sports Program,
Extended Day Program (until 5:45 PM),
School Notes:
Mount Alvernia Academy is a private Catholic elementary school for boys and girls from nursery through grade six, under the auspices of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and their Provincial, Sister Suzanne Fondini and the members of the Provincial Council. The school community is composed of Franciscan Sisters, lay teachers, and families from varying parishes and ethnic backgrounds. The name Alvernia is derived from Mount Alverno in Italy, where St. Francis received the Stigmata (imprint of the five wounds of Christ). Following the example of St. Francis, the faculty encourages the students to follow Christ in simplicity as St. Francis did and to combine their spiritual growth with their academic achievements. The present school began in 1927 with a boarding school for girls and a day school for boys and girls. Thirteen students were enrolled the first year, and in a short time the enrollment increased to seventy-three. The first graduation was held in 1933. In 1938, a new school was built because of the increase in the number of students. Hayes Auditorium, dedicated to Mother Mary Ignatius Hayes, the foundress of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters, was added to the complex in 1948. Since its founding, the school has progressed steadily under the unswerving loyalty of a dedicated faculty, staff, Home and School Association and Board of Directors . True to the tradition of the first graduating class, the students of today are still winning scholarships to schools in competitive examinations, athletics, and art and science fairs.
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Looking Forward, by George Bush with Victor Gold
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Looking Forward.
by George Bush
with Victor Gold. Double-day. 270 pp. $18.95.
The jacket copy of Looking Forward promises "the first autobiography written by a Vice President while still in office." That is not a reason to read it, of course; a better reason is the fact that, despite a gift for the maladroit remark and the presence of a host of rivals, George Bush is still—as he has been for seven years—the oddson choice to win the first post-Reagan Republican presidential nomination. "In a remarkably revealing self-portrait," the jacket continues, Bush "answers all the questions. . . ." The second half of that sentence is nonsense; no politician ever answers all the questions if he can help it, and certainly not in a campaign book. But if read carefully, the self-portrait in Looking Forward is revealing.
Victor Gold, a veteran of two Bush campaigns, is listed as collaborator, or co-author. Gold, who practices journalism between elections, has one of the liveliest and most distinctive voices in American political writing today; his book on the 1976 campaign, PR as in President, was a farcical masterpiece. The stolidity of the prose in Looking Forward persuades me that the Vice President's contribution to the project was substantial.
The book touches on all the most important events and phases of Bush's life. He was born in 1924 into a successful family; his father, Prescott Bush, would become a partner in Brown Brothers Harriman, and a Senator from Connecticut. Six months after Pearl Harbor, on his eighteenth birthday, George joined the Navy, and served in the Pacific as a pilot. He went to Yale, where he played baseball and earned a Phi Beta Kappa key. He began his first career, in the oil business, as an equipment clerk in the firm of a family friend, and ended it at the head of a drilling company which pioneered off-shore rigs.
Bush's second career began when he agreed in 1962 to become chairman of the Republican party in Harris County, Texas (which includes Houston). He made two successful runs for the House of Representatives (in 1966 and 1968), bracketed by two unsuccessful shots at the Senate (in 1964 and 1970). Then began the flurry of appointments which have so thickened his résumé: ambassador to the United Nations (1971), chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973), chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in Peking (1974), Director of Central Intelligence (1976). Looking about him as the Carter administration rattled down the homestretch, he saw Republican challengers "whose qualifications were no better than mine and whose experience in government and business wasn't as extensive." In 1979, he traveled a quarter of a million miles and attended 850 Republican political events. His industry won him the Iowa caucuses and, ultimately, the position he holds today.
None of this gets probed in great depth here; some sections of the book barely skim the surface. In his account of his time at the CIA, for instance, Bush does not even mention one of the most important episodes, the convening of the "Bteam": a group of outside experts asked to make an independent estimate of Soviet strength, which turned out to be considerably gloomier than what the Agency had been giving. Many memoirs make up for skimpy history with rich storytelling; not this one. There are a few exceptions, one of them strangely powerful: at Leonid Brezhnev's funeral, Bush found himself with a clear view of the "grieving widow approach[ing] Brezhnev's coffin to say her last farewells. She looked down and then, in an unmistakable gesture, leaned forward to make the sign of the cross over her husband's body. I was stunned." Not stunned enough, however, to put the story some place better than in a footnote.
Looking Forward covers two aspects of Bush's life in a useful way. The account of his service in the Navy should dispel the "wimp factor." Bush flew 58 combat missions in the northern Pacific and the Philippines. On one bombing run over Chichi Jima in the Bonin Islands, though enemy gunners found his plane, he hit his target and bailed out over water, for which he won a Distinguished Flying Cross. It is not fashionable to notice such things, but George Bush was a brave young man.
Those who believe that athletics is destiny will study the pages on Yale baseball. Yale had a good team—it went twice to the College World Series—and Bush, who played first base, was a strong fielder. His hitting, however, prompted a friendly letter from the head groundskeeper. "'After watching you play since the season started, I am convinced the reason you are not getting more hits is because you do not take a real cut at the ball. . . . I notice at the plate you are not going after any bad balls, and with the good eye which you have, I would suggest that the above be tried out.'" Bush took the advice. "It didn't get me a pro contract, but it did bring my batting average up to a respectable .280."
Tidbits aside, the most important service Bush's book performs is one of placement. Looking Forward locates him in his class, and suggests his, and its, strengths and limitations.
During the 1980 Republican nomination battle, there was a good deal of talk from Reagan boosters, eager to encourage a "populist" trend in the party, about Bush's "preppiness" and related vices. They missed an important distinction. Bush belongs to the upper class but not to the uppermost class, what Paul Fussell calls "top-out-of-sight." Though he was born in Milton, Massachusetts and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, his parents' roots were in the Midwest—Columbus, Ohio, and St. Louis; both were children of businessmen. Prescott Bush settled in New England as the last stop in a peripatetic career as a manager. Though he ended up in Brown Brothers Harriman, he was not a Harriman. Similarly, when George went to Texas to make his nut, it was not an affectation of the idle; he was doing what his father had done. Bush's background thus lacks any organic relation to the trust-fund liberalism—called generous by its friends, feckless by its enemies—of the great American rentiers: Roosevelt, Rockefeller, the Kennedy brothers. There is instead still a discernible connection to the subsoil of Midwestern strivers which produced such Republicans as Wendell Willkie and Thomas Dewey.
One is accordingly more disposed than otherwise to credit such biographical boilerplate as: "Dad believed in the old Ben Franklin copybook maxims . . . he and my mother embodied the Puritan ethic, in the best sense of the term." Mrs. Prescott Bush certainly appears to have been a no-nonsense woman. "'You're talking about yourself too much, George,' she told me after reading a news report covering one of my campaign speeches. I pointed out that as a candidate, I was expected to tell voters something about my qualifications. She thought about that a moment, then reluctantly conceded. 'Well, I understand that,' she said, 'but try to restrain yourself.'"
He brought this earnest style to the many jobs he undertook. The main impression one forms of all those glittering appointive posts is that they involved a lot of dutiful slogging. He presided over the Republican National Committee as Watergate turned from a "caper" into a catastrophe; he came to the CIA at the mid-70's nadir of its reputation. His time at the UN and in Peking was clouded by Henry Kissinger's tight control of Chinese-American relations. Bush found himself struggling in New York to keep Taiwan in the UN, even as the White House was announcing Nixon's China trip. Four years later, Kissinger, then Secretary of State, told him quite frankly that he was walking into a supporting role at the liaison office in Peking. "There'll be some substantive work from time to time, but for the most part you'll be bored beyond belief."
These, one feels, were proper niches for a man of Bush's temperament and station—the tough job, the long haul, the thankless task. Is he good for anything more? The question arises because he so often seems, on the evidence of his career and this book, to define problems as he defines his duties: in organizational and operational terms. At times, Bush's pragmatism was a pragmatic maneuver, adopted to defuse conflict. When he took on the chairmanship of the Harris County GOP, he found a party split between members of the John Birch Society, who loathed him, and normal people. "There was no point trying to resolve the deep ideological differences in the membership," Bush writes, "so I shifted the emphasis to the nuts-and-bolts of building the party organization."
But the organizational approach crops up so often that it must be a character trait. In a concluding self-interview, Bush asks himself for thoughts about the CIA and the UN. His mind turns to flow charts—he suggests a joint congressional oversight committee on intelligence, and recommends that the Director of Central Intelligence and the UN ambassador both be deprived of their cabinet rank—and to nothing else.
A more significant instance comes as he recalls the moment in August 1974 when he and other Republican leaders decided that Richard Nixon had to go. "My letter asking him to resign was written," Bush explains, "because a political party and the country [are] bigger and more important than any one person, even a President." The country, to be sure; any good republican would say that. But Bush, the Republican, adds the party—adds it, and lives by it.
Bush's virtues are underappreciated by verbalists and theorizers. There are more things in heaven and earth than in our political philosophy; they include loyalty, steadfastness, and a determination to get the job done. But Bush is reluctant to go beyond them. Phrases like "new ideas" and "vision" strike him as irritating buzz-words. "Vision of the future? Why would anyone run for President of the United States without a comprehensive view of the world . . . or . . . deep convictions about the course the country needs to take?" In most politicians' mouths, they are indeed buzz-words. But most politicians should not be President, and many of them contribute nothing to the political debate. That may be why, on many issues, the Republican party has taken inspiration, not from career businessmen or politicos, but from veterans of such non-mainstream places as Hollywood, the Buffalo Bills, and the Georgetown University faculty.
It is remarkable that, in a book entitled Looking Forward, the author never once does so. "Would you like to talk about your program for the decade of the 1990's?" Bush asks himself in the last chapter. "I'll have a lot to say about that," he replies, "after I become a formal candidate." He has had his chance, since his announcement last October; and his chance will probably continue at least until next November. But however much he says, it is likely to leave many of those inclined to support him unsatisfied.


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Congress members ask FCC to investigate Google Voice call blocking
Members of the House of Representatives have sent a letter to FCC Chairman Genachowski requesting a formal investigation into Google's refusal to allow Google Voice to connect with phone numbers served by some rural phone companies. All the congress members involved hailed from rural districts where their constituents might fall victim to the call blocking.
This latest complaint comes on the heels of AT&T's letter to the FCC in September urging a probe of the Google Voice services. AT&T's letter claimed Google's unified calling platform has an unfair advantage by refusing to terminate certain calls to rural areas, a practice the FCC has banned for telecom service providers. Additionally, Speakeasy.com took a note from Google and notified their VoIP users that they would be blocking certain numbers.
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10 dinner date ideas for Valentine's Day in Exeter
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If you want to ensure that romance is on the menu this Valentine's Day then don't miss out on booking a table at one of Exeter's many fantastic restaurants.
From the Michelin-starred influence of Michael Caines at the ABode Hotel, to the quirky cool and cocktails of the Oddfellows gastro bar, there are any number of top places to choose from.
Whether your partner is hooked on seafood or has a taste for fine dining you are sure to find somewhere to send pulses racing on February 14.
One restaurant that pushes all the right buttons on Valentine's Day is the award-winning Jack In The Green at Rockbeare. Specialising in innovative seasonal dishes made with locally sourced produce it was named fifth in Budweiser's top gastro pubs of 2012.
For the February 14 celebrations chef Matt Mason has created a stunning eight course menu showcasing his acclaimed brand of modern British cooking.
From shellfish bisque with Somerset cider brandy to Venison saddle with fondant potato, pickled salsify and sweet pepper, those lucky enough to get a table are in for a real treat.
Proprietor Paul Parnell said: "We do it every year and we are always full. We have a lot of people that come back year on year and it isn't just young people we have couples in their 80s as well which is nice to see.
"I just think it is a day that should be celebrated and made a bit more special. Lots of people do the chocolates and roses and hearts thing but we just concentrate on offering great food and great service."
As well as the fine food, guests can also choose to have their meal matched with specially selected wines to add to their experience. These can be matched for the whole meal for individual courses. Another draw for diners is the restaurant's atmosphere which manages to be refined yet relaxed.
Paul said: "It is a lovely intimate atmosphere so we don't do anything different to usual but it is a really lovely place to eat. We also have seven chefs working flat out to make sure that our guests have a really special night. The tasting menu is fantastic and we only have one sitting on Valentine's Day to ensure it is a nice leisurely meal and people can enjoy themselves."
For more information on the Jack In The Green and our pick of the other top Valentine's restaurants in Exeter check out our list below.
Style: Gastro pub/restaurant.
Valentine's Day: Eight course set menu, or an extra £27.50 per person with matching wines.
Price: £57.50 per person.
Try: Venison saddle with fondant potato, pickled salsify and sweet peppercorn sauce.
The acclaimed Jack In The Green pushing the boat out with a special eight course extravaganza this Valentine's Day.
The exciting menu showcases the sublime skills of head chef Matt Mason that have seen the gastro pub/restaurant featured in the Michelin and Good Food guides.
Fresh local produce, flare and attention to detail are the trademarks of dishes that include Cornish crab salad with avocado and lime and medallion of West Country beef fillet with cep butter, toasted brioche, liver parfait and morel mushrooms.
Style: Modern British.
Valentine's Day: Three course menu (available February 14, 15 and 15).
Price: £35 per person.
Try: Grilled monkfish with saffron roast potatoes and Romesco sauce.
Described as a 'contemporary wonderland' in the Alastair Sawday's Guide this stunning restaurant is guaranteed to impress your Valentine's date.
Set in an iconic building the restaurant serves up stunning seasonal dishes combining classic and modern techniques.
On February 14, 15 and 15 there is a special three course menu designed to ensure love is in the air.
With its theatre-styled kitchen and glass fronted windows, opening up onto the terrace and walled garden there are few more atmospheric places to visit this Valentine's Day.
Head chef Ben Bulger is also the reigning Devon Life 'chef of the year'.
Style: Modern British.
Valentine's Day: Five course set menu.
Price: £37.50 per person.
Try: Trio of corn fed chicken terrine, parfait and sautéed liver with raisin puree and mustard mayonnaise.
For a refined yet relaxed Valentine's dinner book at a table at the Abode's MC Cafe Bar and Grill.
The venue is offering a stunning five course menu for £37.50, combining local ingredients with a dash of Michael Caines' style.
Dishes on offer include salmon and ginger fishcake and braised feather blade of beef with creamed potatoes, watercress puree shallots and braised carrots.
Style: Gastro bar.
Valentine's Day: Valentine's menu tbc.
Price: Usual mains from £13.95 to £16.25.
Try: Local pork belly with cheddar and leek potato and leek croquette, root vegetable puree, baked apple and Thatcher's cider jus.
If you are looking for a laid-back yet stylish and Valentine's destination then head for Oddfellows.
The cool gastro bar combines old and new decor to great effect to offer one of the coolest and most eclectic venues in the city.
The modern British menu is served in a dining area complete with theatre-style open kitchen.
And the highlight of any visit is sure to be the SpeakEasy cocktail lounge upstairs - a little oasis of indulgence offering a range of contemporary and classic cocktails to suit your personal tastes.
Style: Modern British.
Valentine's Day: Three course menu.
Price: £18.95 per person.
Try: Pan-seared fillet of West Country beef With chorizo crushed potatoes and a rich red wine reduction.
For a delicious Valentine's meal that won't break the bank check into the Court Hotel in Kennford.
From February 10-14 the restaurant is serving up a special three course menu blending local produce and more exotic ingredients.
Dishes like scallops with horseradish infused celeriac purée, salmon in a truffle scented spinach cream and the duo of white and dark chocolate mousse are sure to set pulses racing.
Style: Italian restaurant.
Valentine's Day: Opera dinner (February 19).
Price: £35 per person.
When it comes to creating a romantic atmosphere it is hard to beat the intoxicating combination of fine food and good music.
If your partner is happy to delay your Valentine's celebrations for five days you can enjoy a magnificent night of opera and Italian food at Carluccio's.
For one evening only the restaurant is offering a three course meal accompanied by live performances of songs from the grand operas of Verdi and Puccini to the romantic musicals of South Pacific and West Side Story.
Style: Modern British.
Valentine's Day: Seven course set menu.
Price: £72 per person.
Try: Glazed Creedy Carver duck breat with orange confit, honeyed swede puree, pak choi and spice jus.
For the full Michael Caines-inspired fine dining experience this Valentine's Day head to the restaurant bearing his name at the Abode.
One of the city's most popular places to eat out the seven course menu being served up on February 14 bears all the classic hallmarks of the local boy made good behind it.
Kicking-off with Champagne and canapés you will be taken on a voyage of taste, texture and temperature from the starter of French onion soup with Gruyere tortellini to the desert of spiced poached pineapple with a mango and lime sorbet and toffee popcorn.
Style: Modern French.
Valentine's Day: Usual a la carte menu.
Price: Mains £17-£27.
Try: Herbed monkfish in a puff pastry crust with a lemon buerre blanc.
Extended in June last year @Angelas has lost none of the intimate charm that makes it a truly special place to visit on Valentine's Day.
But you better be quick as the Michelin Guide-recommended restaurant has already started taking bookings for February 14.
The food on offer is a heady mix of local ingredients and sumptuous French-style cooking.
Dishes to look out for include the starter of smoked salmon and Lyme Bay crab roulade, the main of honey roasted pork tenderloin and the dark and white chocolate cheesecake desert.
Style: Modern British.
Valentine's Day: Six course menu (available February 14, 15, and 16).
Price: £49.95 per person.
Try: Fillet of Aberdeen Angus beef with root vegetable terrine and steamed beef and ale pie.
The HH in Broadclyst is ensuring love is in the air this Valentine's Day with a very special six course taster menu guaranteed to set hearts aflutter.
The restaurant is renowned for its warm welcome, stylish decor and innovative use of local produce.
Style: Seafood.
Valentine's Day: Daily menu.
Price: mains £15.95 to £18.95.
Try: Sea Bream with Exmouth crab risotto, roast red pepper, truffle and wild mushrooms.
If your partner is a lover of seafood then the Galley in Topsham offers the ideal Valentine's dining experience.
Situated overlooking Topsham Quay with stunning views over the River Exe its location is second to none.
And with an ever-changing daily menu depending on what has been caught that morning you are guaranteed the freshest fish anywhere in the UK.


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Troy Tulowitzki and the Brittle Bones Hypotheses
In a twist of stunning unpredictability, Troy Tulowitzki is injured. Like the year before, and the year before that, Tulo is spending some time on the 15-day disabled list, after missing a handful of games for sprains and strains earlier in the season. Troy's annual trip breaks up what was easily (on a rate basis) the best season of his career.
A glance at Tulowitzki's injury history reveals a voluminous catalog of the many ways baseball players can be hurt. This year, Tulowitzki suffered a hip flexor strain. Last year, Tulowitzki had broken ribs. The year before, a torn muscle which necessitated surgery. Other injuries on his record include maladies in his foot, ankle, and hand.
Tulo's pattern of recurrent injury stands as an example of the idea that some players are just injury prone, that is to say more vulnerable or likely to be injured on account of some inherent characteristic. Tulowitzki is not alone in being accused of this weakness: others who have borne the label include Jose Reyes, Carlos Quentin, and all pitchers ever (except Mark Buehrle). We don't just have anecdotal evidence for the existence of a "health" skill, however. Using some regressions, I showed before that a strong predictor of a player's number of days lost due to injury was how much time he had missed due to injury in the previous three years. This result gives credence to the idea that there is variance in a player's intrinsic probability of being injured.
Tulowitzki's case attracted my attention because of the way his injuries are all distinct from each other. In successive years he's managed to strain a muscle in his abdomen, break a bone in his torso, and tear a muscle in his groin. While there are perhaps commonalities to these injuries, it's clear that it isn't a single, lingering problem that's dogged Tulowitzki. He's earned his injury prone tag by being hurt in different ways.
An even better example may be Tulowitzki's Rockies teammate, and fellow injury prone hitter, Carlos Gonzalez. If Tulowitzki's injury history is a catalog, CarGo's could be an encyclopedia. Still a spry 28-year-old, Gonzalez's rich and extensive report includes strains, contusions, lacerations, and flus. Like Tulowitzki, Gonzalez has suffered at many different body parts: his legs, his fingers, his back, his knee, his thigh, his trunk. Just as various are the causes of his injuries: running into walls, being hit by pitches, foul balls, viruses, bacteria, and cutting himself with a steak knife. Most recently, Gonzalez had to be operated on to remove a be-tentacled "fatty mass" from his fingers (which may or may not have been a Cheeto).
Even though we suspect, based on good statistical evidence, that there is something to the idea of injury proneness, it's not clear what the cause of the injury prone property might be. In some cases, it's obvious that old wounds have failed to heal properly. Carlos Quentin exemplifies this pattern. He's suffered from some kind of knee ailment every year dating back to 2010. It's clear that the issue has lingered and become exaggerated over time, causing longer and longer stretches of lost games. We could call this the "recurring injury" hypothesis.
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You can add Ryan Howard's torn Achilles while running...I mean jogging to first base back in 2011. Love being a Phillies fan!
Aug 06, 2014 09:14 AM
Without discounting the idea that a "full-bore" player like Bryce Harper may cause the injury with his style of play, it also seems likely that the abilities that make a player exceptional - like Tulo and CarGo - are fast-twitch muscles, stronger wrists, better eye-hand coordination, all of which lead to them pushing the limits of the human body. Just like a car going 60 MPH is more likely to suffer severe damage, so would a player who runs faster, hits harder, and dives to the edge of his range regularly reach those limits more often.
Aug 06, 2014 12:27 PM
No article about injury-proneness is complete without a Kevin Mitchell reference
Aug 06, 2014 14:45 PM
Eric Davis you meant, right?
Aug 06, 2014 16:51 PM
I meant Kevin Mitchell: http://www.si.com/vault/1997/06/16/228401/livin-large-oft-injured-kevin-mitchell-loves-toys-and-clubhouse-high-jinks-but-the-former-mvp-is-also-a-guardian-angel--and-more
Aug 07, 2014 12:27 PM
ack, that's not really the article I'm looking for. Somewhere out there there's an article devoted to all his (often ludicrous) injuries, like the time he shattered a tooth after putting a cupcake in the microwave too long, which warmed the cupcake but superheated the icing
Aug 07, 2014 12:34 PM
I was, in my youth, an avid skateboarder until my best friend split his head open and ended up in a coma with his skull stapled together (he lived). One of the crucial skills for survival in skateboarding is learning how to fall. There's a lot of body awareness to it and knowing how to pick the moment you're going to bail and take your lumps. Correspondingly, there is a moment when you might choose to hang in and pull off the trick. There's a fearlessness to hanging in coupled with increased risk, but there are skaters that simply have superior spontaneous risk assessment along with the ability to bail effectively (through repetition.)
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FDA Approves Imbruvica for Rare Blood Cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Imbruvica (ibrutinib) to treat patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer. Imbruvica is intended for patients with MCL who have received at least one prior therapy. It works by inhibiting the enzyme needed by the cancer to multiply and spread. Imbruvica is the third drug approved to treat MCL. Velcade (2006) and Revlimid (2013) are also approved to treat the disease.
Follow-Up Care for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Improvements in therapy have increased survival rates for many people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. However, NHL survivors are still at risk for developing late complications after treatment ends. Routine follow-ups are needed to assess any long-term side effects of therapy and to check for signs of cancer recurrence.
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Hodgkin lymphoma survivors who received certain radiation and chemotherapy regimens were at increased risk of subsequently developing stomach cancer, according to a study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation
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The Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation, a nonprofit patient advocacy organization, strives to support each person with cutaneous lymphoma by promoting awareness and education, advancing patient care, and facilitating research. Cutaneous lymphoma is a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that develops in the skin.
Survivor Winner Ethan Zohn on Surviving Hodgkin Lymphoma
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In 2002, Ethan Zohn overcame the elements and pushed his mind and body to the limit, outwitting, outplaying, and outlasting 15 fierce competitors to win the million-dollar prize on Survivor: Africa. Less than a decade later, Ethan would once again have to push his mind and body to the limit in order to survive.
Measuring Your CML Treatment Response
Your doctor needs to monitor your response to drug therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia with blood and bone marrow tests. This is a critically important step to undertake to bring your CML under control. Your test results help your doctor decide whether to increase your drug dose to try for a better response, decrease or stop the drug briefly because of side effects, change to a different drug or drug combination to better control the CML, or change to a different drug or drug combination to manage side effects.
Lower-Dose Treatments for Early-Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma Do Not Compromise Results
In a phase III trial, people with early-stage, low-risk Hodgkin lymphoma who received lower doses of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy had clinical outcomes that were no worse than those of people who received higher doses.
Emerging Therapies in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
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We are committed to providing an environment that promotes healing. That kind of environment is shaped by a rich dose of art exhibits and performances.
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Filming LocationsDirector: Chris Columbus
Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker, Rob Schneider
Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is back. But this time he's in New York City - with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his own playground! But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern), still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New York too, plotting a huge holiday heist
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Kevin checks in at the Plaza Hotel [ Map ]Address: Plaza Hotel, 768 5th Ave at Central Park South, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
After recording an advert for the Plaza hotel on his tape recorder, Kevin Mcallister checks into the only hotel in New York he knows the name of.
Duncan's Toy Chest [ Map ]Address: Rookery Building, 209 South La Salle St, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Home Alone 2 and Kevin gets "Lost in New York". Well he must of gotten really lost. He hides from the Sticky Bandits (formally Wet Bandits) in Duncan's Toy Chest - The same place where he got the 2 turtle doves. Hoever, Duncan's Toy Chest was filmed at The Rookery Building which is no where near New York. The Rookery Building is located in Chicago, Illinois John Hughe's favourite when it comes to filming.
The Christmas Tree [ Map ]Address: Rockefeller Center (Arcade), 5th Avenue between 49th & 50th Streets, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
One of Kevin's main concerns about going to Florida is the lack of Christmas Trees. Being stuck alone in New York, he manages to find the infamous Rockerfella Center Christmas Tree. For those wishing to visit, the tree is usually erected around 30th November.
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The McAllister House [ Map ]Address: 671 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka, Illinois, USA
Used in both Home Alone 1 and 2, this house in Illinois plays home to the Mcallister Family.
Sticky Bandits go Skating [ Map ]Address: Wollman Rink, East Central Park between 62nd and 63rd Streets, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
While Marv is skating in Central Park (and stealing a scarf while he's at it), the other half of the Sticky Bandits Harry is planning their next robbery... Duncan's Toy Chest
Where Kevin first meets the pigeon lady [ Map ]Address: North East of The Pond, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
This location has the pleasure of being not only the hardest I've had to find, but also the most requested! This bridge (name The Gapstow Bridge) is where Kevin first meets the pigeon lady. It's in the South East part of Central Park and runs across the north most part of "The Pond". you can even see The Plaza hotel from here just like Kevin does in the movie.


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Volleyball Announces the 2015 Schedule
The Southern Virginia Volleyball Schedule for 2015 released.
March 17, 2015
Volleyball Begins Spring Team Camp
With a historic 2014 season the Southern Virginia volleyball team begins their spring team camp with high hopes for the future.
December 19, 2014
Eaton Named to VaSID All-State Second Team
After helping the Knights to one of the most successful seasons in program history, Southern Virginia University volleyball senior Kaitlyn Eaton was named to the Virginia Sports Information Directors All-State second team as announced by the organization Thursday evening.
December 11, 2014
2014 Volleyball Season Recap
First year head coach Brittney Lee and assistant coach Allison Brown led the 2014 Southern Virginia University volleyball team to a third-place finish in its first ever Capital Athletic Conference championship tournament.
November 13, 2014
Three Volleyball Scholar-Athletes Named All-Conference
After helping the women's volleyball program to one of the best seasons in school history, senior Kaitlyn Eaton, sophomore April Bennett and freshman Vanessa Pawlak were named All-Capital Athletic Conference by the league Wednesday afternoon for their performance throughout the 2014 season.
November 6, 2014
Volleyball Drops CAC Semifinal Match to Salisbury
The Southern Virginia University women's volleyball team fell in the Capital Athletic Conference tournament semifinal match to visiting Salisbury University, 3-0 (25-18, 30-28, 25-17), Thursday evening in Buena Vista, Virginia, to bring the 2014 season to a close.
November 5, 2014
Volleyball Hosts Salisbury University in CAC Tournament Semifinals
Playing in the Capital Athletic Conference championship tournament for the first time in program history, women's volleyball faces Salisbury University in the semifinals round Thursday night at 6 p.m. at Knight Sports Arena.
November 1, 2014
Volleyball Tops Penn St. Harrisburg, Secures Two Seed in CAC Tourney
The Southern Virginia University women's volleyball team defeated Penn State Harrisburg 3-0 (25-9, 25-16, 25-15) Saturday afternoon in its first contest of the Penn State Harrisburg Tri-Match in Middletown, Pennsylvania.
November 1, 2014
Women's Volleyball Picks Up Final Regular Season Victory
The Southern Virginia University women's volleyball team clinched the No. 2 seed of the CAC tournament next week with a 3-0 sweep in game one of the Penn State Harrisburg Tri-Match held Saturday afternoon in Middletown, Pennsylvania.
November 1, 2014
Women's Volleyball to Compete in Tri-Match at Penn State Harrisburg
The Knights travel to Middletown, Pa., to play in a tri-match against Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State Abington Saturday afternoon.
October 29, 2014
Volleyball Finishes Home Regular Season Defeating Frostburg State
Seeking a win to end the 2014 home regular season on the right note, the Southern Virginia University women's volleyball team earned a 3-0 (25-20, 25-17 25-23) victory over visiting Frostburg State Wednesday evening at Knight Sports Arena.
October 29, 2014
Volleyball vs. Frostburg State
The Knights face the Bobcats of Frostburg State for a midweek matchup Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at Knight Sports Arena.
October 25, 2014
Volleyball Takes Down Wesley College in Three Sets
With the fall regular season winding down, the Southern Virginia University women's volleyball team earned a Capital Athletic Conference victory over Wesley College in a 3-0 sweep Saturday afternoon at Knight Sports Arena.
October 24, 2014
Volleyball Wins Non-Conference Battle Against Lynchburg College
Behind 14 kills from freshman Vanessa Pawlak, the Southern Virginia University women's volleyball team earned a 3-1 (25-15, 13-25, 25-20, 25-17) victory over ODAC opponent Lynchburg College Friday evening at Knight Sports Arena in Buena Vista, Virginia.
October 24, 2014
Volleyball vs. Lynchburg College
The Knights face ODAC opponent Lynchburg College for a non-conference battle Friday night at 7 p.m. at Knight Sports Arena.


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Reports are surfacing in China that claim Apple plans to integrate Baidu into iOS next month as the country's possible default search function.
According to Chinese news website Sina Tech (machine-translation):
Sina Technology News on March 26 morning news, according to informed sources, Apple iOS operating system next month will be formally introduced Baidu search, Baidu and Apple between cooperation component in the China region.
Google's Susan Creighton revealed last fall that two-thirds of the Mountain View, Calif.-based Company's mobile search comes from Apple iOS devices.
Meanwhile, recent speculation claims Apple is moving to an in-house Mapping solution that would replace Google Maps. The firm also recently removed its publish to YouTube option in QuickTime for Mountain lion. If these latest rumors deem true, Apple's move to Baidu would further indicate a significant effort to reduce Google's presence in iOS.
With that said, the move to Baidu might be more than a snub to Google. As SearchEngineLand noted, Baidu holds 80 percent of the search market in China, and it would make sense for the Chinese to carry the same search on their mobile devices as they have on their desktop.


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Podcast for 04.18.11 | This Could Have Been A Triumph
We're hotly anticipating Portal 2 in this week's podcast, so if you hate to hear people gushing about a game they haven't played yet... well you're in the wrong place. This week Jinny, Ross, Qais, Ryan and I discuss the Portal 2 ARG and its slightly anti-climactic outcome. We also chat about Nintendo's rumored next foray into consoles, the 3DS remake of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Clash of Heroes. We also discuss Game of Thrones and other book things. Also lots of interesting mailbag. Ever wonder what Ross dreams about? Yeah, WONDER NO MORE.
Stream now:
- Multiple Sources Confirm New Nintendo HD Console - GameInformer
- Reggie: 400,000 3DS Units Sold Week One - GameInformer
- Deep Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly Lies Appeal of 3DS Zelda - Wired Game|Life
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Avril Lavigne may spit at paparazzi and act snarky all day, but she's not always a wise-ass. After working on the video for "Girlfriend" and trying to bust choreography moves while chirping in tune, she's discovered how exacting the process is, and has given a shout-out to Britney Spears, who once did that kind of thing all the time. Well there was a bit of snark in Lady Lavigne's statement, actually.
"The whole thing where you sing and dance is so hard, so that's probably why she [Britney] doesn't sing, right, ha ha!"
"Girlfriend," which is slated to be part of AV's forthcoming The Best Damn Thing, features that Ramones meet Kelly Clarkson vibe the Sk8ter Grrl has mastered over the years. She's told reporters that she wrote it while she was drunk. Maybe that's something Brit should try – she could use a catchy tune right about now.


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Shaun Antell wins Battle of Sedgemoor 10k
Posted: September 05, 2013|
SHAUN ANTELL, of Bideford AAC, enjoyed a runaway victory in the Battle of Sedgemoor 10k.
Seven members of Andy Glover's Bideford training group finished inside the top 19 at the race in Langport, Somerset.
Antell won in 31mins 42secs, while Ian Gooding, from Torrington, improved his personal best by more than a minute to take second in 32-48.
Steph Olliffe, of Torrington AAC, was third woman in the Quarryman's Trail 10k at Bampton. She completed the off-road race in 53-42.
Torrington AAC host the Back In Five at the town's rugby club on Sunday (10.30am). Entry is available from 9am.


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TV-radio Notebook: 49ers would be good fit for Manning
The release of quarterback Peyton Manning by the Indianapolis Colts was something many pro football fans thought would never happen. Even when it did happen Wednesday, it wasn't easy to grasp.
Even though former Colts coach Tony Dungy made his exit in 2008, he told NFL Network it was difficult to see Manning get released by owner Jim Irsay.
"It's tough," he said. "Even though I'm not there, it's a very, very difficult day. I went through it with a lot of players over the seven years that I was there. Edgerrin James, we had the same situation right before we won the Super Bowl and that was really difficult.
"This one you just don't think is going to happen, but I do know this in speaking to Peyton and speaking to Jim Irsay, they both came to this conclusion that this was going to be the best thing for Peyton, the best thing for the Colts moving forward. You just have to accept it."
Rumors of landing spots are flying around all over, but Dungy offered one that few if any prognosticators have mentioned before: the 49ers.
"San Francisco, I look at what they did and whether they have made that commitment to (current quarterback) Alex Smith yet, I don't know," Dungy said. "I don't know where they stand, but that is a team that has a great defense, some young receivers, a very good tight end and a good back. You put Peyton Manning in that offense and people are going to be scared to play them."
Many people in Southern California remember where they were Nov. 7, 1991, when Magic Johnson announced he was HIV-positive. It was a shock that on many levels is still difficult to believe.
At 6 p.m. Sunday ESPN will show "The Announcement," a documentary that looks back at that stunning moment.
Among those interviewed in the film, directed by Nelson George, are Johnson's wife Cookie, son Andre, Boston Celtics great Larry Bird, Lakers teammates James Worthy and Kurt Rambis, former Lakers star and general manager Jerry West and longtime friend and agent Lon Rosen.
Johnson said recently the documentary will take people behind the scenes of what was happening that day, and what happened in the aftermath.
"They're going to touch every emotion of everybody," he said. "It's going to make you cry. It's going to make you laugh. You're going to see great things happen."
The Selection Show for the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament will be at 4 p.m. Monday on ESPN. Big-market ratings for Sunday's North Carolina-Duke basketball game averaged 3.1, the highest for ESPN since another UNC-Duke game on March 8, 2008. ESPN reported it had its highest rated college basketball season ever, averaging a 1.1 rating, up 10 percent from last season's 1.0 for 130 games. ESPN2's ratings were up 33 percent, to 0.4 from 0.3 for 184 games.
Ratings for last Sunday's Heat-Lakers NBA game on ABC earned a 4.3 rating, tying the network's highest mark for a non-Christmas Day regular-season NBA game. The game had a 9.6 rating in Los Angeles, 13.9 in Miami. The other 4.3 game was Celtics-Lakers on Jan. 30, 2011. The Lakers host the Celtics on ABC Sunday. Viewership was down slightly for the NFL Combine on NFL Network. An average of 6.51 million watched it this year, compared to 6.55 million last year. Both figures show a dramatic climb, however, from 2010's 5.2 million. Sunday's final round of the Honda Classic had a 3.2 big-market rating, the highest since 2002's 3.4.
Time Warner Cable has signed a five-year deal to become the official content distributor for high school events in the CIF's Los Angeles and San Diego sections. This deal complements the 15-year deal TWC signed last year with the CIF for all regional and state championship games. The Major League Soccer season starts Saturday. The Galaxy visits Real Salt Lake at 7:30 p.m. with radio coverage only, on KTLK (1150 AM). Chivas USA is at Houston at 4 p.m. Sunday on Prime Ticket. NBC Sports Network shows its first game at noon Sunday, New York at Dallas, and ESPN2 kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Monday with Philadelphia at Portland. FX will have a 2½-hour Ultimate Fighter MMA telecast at 9 tonight with 16 fights.
Jack Whitaker, known for his essays and coverage for ABC and CBS, will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports at the Sports Emmy ceremonies on April 30. "Jack Whitaker brought thoughtful perspective, a sports fan's passion and dignified gravitas to his every assignment, and his graceful prose elevated the presentation of sports' biggest events," said ESPN president John Skipper. Eight hours of this summer's live Tour de France coverage will move from NBC Sports Network to NBC, marking the first time the event has ever been live on network TV. ESPN's first spring training baseball game is Miami-Boston at 10:30 a.m. Monday.
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Tomorrow, I'll be running to the store to get the second book of the Hunger Games, "Catching Fire". I'm so excited to dive into it! It will be perfect timing for a road trip we are going on this weekend with the family. Good thing my kids will have a TV in the car to watch a movie, because otherwise, they may be a little neglected! :) Critics only gave it a C, compared to a higher score the Hunger Games recieved, but I've heard from other reliable sources that had a chance to read it early that it was awesome. And I never agree with the critics anyway. They're always WAY too...critical! :) So I'll be leaving the opinions up to myself. I'll let you know what I think!
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The Vampire Diaries...
What is with the appeal of dark, dangerous, and attractive men that are of the Vampire world?? I don't know, but I've been sucked in. The new series, "The Vampire Diaries" is premiering on the CW on September 10. It looks a little like it's trying to be like Twilight (which, yes, my name is Nikki, and I am a Twilight-a-holic), but as long as it's good, who cares?? Call me cheezy, but with a main hunky vampire like that, I'll be watching!! :)
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Mayrhofen in Zillertal
A paradise for cyclists
Mayrhofen is a paradise for mountain-bikers! Countless routes start and end in Mayrhofen in Zillertal. You can tackle the numerous routes by yourself, but we recommend guided tours, such as the wonderful panorama tour. Bike technique training is also offered to guests, where all the basics for safe riding out on the terrain are provided in a fun way, which means rubble tracks could also be a terrain for you. Bikes can of course be hired and serviced.
Tour suggestions:
Mountain bike sample ride: from Mayrhofen to Brandberg
Ride from Europahaus in Mayrhofen via Brandbergstraße, past the mini golf course and at the forest cemetery follow the road along Zillerschlucht until you reach a small tunnel. Now take the road which branches off to the left; this winds its way up to Brandberg. There are a lot of routes in the Zillertal mountains on which you can challenge yourself and really stock up on some mountain air. Afterwards you might be in need some refreshments in one of the restaurants which are in the Sporthotel.
Touring bike sample ride: from Mayrhofen to Strass
Ride from Mayrhofen to Hollenzen and continue along the road to Bühel. From Bühel you have to head via Ramsau on the main road. In Zell am Ziller (centre) to Zillerbrücke, take a left turn before the bridge, go past the tennis court and continue on Rohrerstraße until you reach Zell cable car, head out of the valley to Aschau and on the same road to Stumm. Stay on this road and to the forest in Ziller, cycle along until you reach Hart. From Hart keep heading for Ziller until you reach the bridge, then proceed on the road to Strass. Head along the stream to the Inn; the Inn promenade to the motorway interchange, take the right path to Viehexport Wetscher and back to Strass.
After a strenuous cycling tour through the natural landscape in Zillertal you might like to pay a visit to the wellness area in Hotel Strass, where you can re-invigorate body and soul for the next day.
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An Interview with Susan Hendricks `91
Caroline Knights `11, The Mall
Posted December 6, 2010
Susan Hendricks '91 has made it a long way from her high school cheerleading and lacrosse career at The Hun School of Princeton.
Although Hendricks did not do journalism at Hun, she "loved English and loved Hun." Her success at Hun has brought her to working as a news anchor with CNN in Atlanta. Hendricks said that she has taken "lifelong lessons and lifelong friends" from her experience at Hun. When asked what her favorite memory at Hun was, Hendricks had trouble picking a favorite because there were "so many" to choose from.
One memory that stood out was when she went on a trip during her freshman year of high school with her best friend from Hun. The trip made Hendricks "aware of [her] surroundings" because she was able to experience the real world without the protective walls holding her back.
Although Hendricks had some trouble choosing a favorite moment, she was quick to add that her defining moment was when her freshman year advisor told her "Don't worry kid, I know you'll do great!" Hendricks was able to remember her defining moment quickly, which leads her to believe her advisor was one of the most significant people from her Hun experience. She believes Hun has "shaped" her because it taught her to "always go with your gut" on all important decisions in life.
Hendricks decided to pursue journalism during her freshman year at college when she heard Walter Cronkite speak. During Hendricks career, she has met some incredible people, some of which include Walter Cronkite, Ted Turner, and Matt Damon.
Hendricks believes she is "still maturing" in her career field, and her advice to future journalists is to "not worry about how many years you have to clock in" to get where you want. Hendricks is proud to say she attended The Hun School of Princeton.


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