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Comedian With A 'Tude
After paying his dues in blue-collar jobs, brash-talking Steve Harvey has become one of America's top funnymen.
Joel Drucker
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Michael Jordan, July/August 2005
It was one in the morning on July 19, 1997, and Steve Harvey was feeling good. Earlier that evening, his son Wynton had entered the world. From Harvey's vantage point, Wynton's birth nicely capped off ten years of hard work. A decade earlier, shortly after he'd left his first wife and children, Harvey lived out of his 1976 Ford Tempo for a year, traveling across the United States in his quest to become a professional comedian.
Success finally came his way a few years later. First, a second chance at marriage, in 1989, to Mary Lee, a woman whom he'd met in a department store. Then, in 1994, Harvey was tapped as host of the legendary TV show "It's Showtime at the Apollo," and two years later, the WB network cast him in his own sitcom, "The Steve Harvey Show." Things were looking up.
So by 1997, his career thriving, his family life entering a new phase, Harvey walked the streets of his adopted hometown of Dallas and paused to take it all in. "It was time to celebrate," the 49-year-old comedian says of that night. "And what better way to celebrate the birth of my boy than with a cigar?"
He headed to Sir Elliot's Tobacco and bought a batch of La Divas. A couple of weeks later, checking out the humidor his manager had received as a birthday present, Harvey felt envious. "There were only four of these humidors in the world," he says. "Two feet tall, high-polished wood. So I got one and filled it up with the cigars that had the prettiest bands. What did I know? Man, you can't believe how much bad stuff I smoked. Mine is definitely not a good way to pick a cigar."
Soon he took a new approach. Over a six-month period, Harvey talked with store owners, studied rating guides and refined his tastes. "One of my favorites early on was the Ashton Maduro," he says. In time, he learned he liked the smooth taste of a Santiago Cabana and the Padrón Anniversary, a cigar Harvey admits he'll savor "anytime, day or night, with any food, no matter what the occasion."
Don't expect to see Harvey enjoy his Padrón mid-routine, however. Nor will he walk the path of many and smoke one while walking the links. "First of all," he says, "I suck at golf. I really do. The cigar for me isn't about work. It's about pleasure. I like cigar smoking when I can chill." For Harvey, that often means sitting down with his buddies such as fellow comic Cedric The Entertainer, Academy Award—winning actor Jamie Foxx or basketball star Gary Payton, breaking out a set of "Steve Harvey Table Classic Dominoes" and trash-talking one another to the point where nothing is sacred—with one exception. "I never tell a joke with a punch line that ends in profanity," says Harvey. "You've got to be able to adapt a joke to work on TV. If you can't be funny clean, you won't make it."
Harvey will gladly dish it out to anyone arrogant or ignorant enough to warrant one of his patented reactions or puzzled facial expressions. This is a man who says, "I get paid to meet some of the most ignorant people in the land." On his current WB TV program, "Steve Harvey's Big Time," he witnessed a prospective guest blow off a testicle. Another week during the show's audition period, Harvey watched a man devour pig feces. "I mean," he asks, "all for the chance to win $10,000? I turned to that guy eating that stuff and asked, 'My man, what are you doing?'" Then there was the guest who intended to shatter a watermelon with his forehead. Harvey pointed out to him that perhaps it wasn't such a good idea to deploy a watermelon in front of an African-American host.
As Cedric says, "Steve's got a point of view that is not necessarily the status quo. He'll put it right up-front. It can be controversial when he says it, but it makes sense, too."
Yet for all his amusement of others, the person Harvey most enjoys mocking is himself. Sitting outdoors at his favorite Los Angeles hotel, he sees a little girl walking alone, obviously unsupervised. As Harvey tries to get the attention of the hotel staff, he segues into a discussion of twenty-first-century family life. "I'm fed up with guys killing their wife and kids," he says. "What about divorce? What happened to that? Just do like a lot of us: go split and don't pay child support."
Harvey's not the first comedian to admit he draws on his personal pain. He also believes people with a keen sense of humor are born, not made. "Those of us who are funny have three eyeballs," says Harvey. "With that third one you see what you're thinking and it tells your mind to say it. It's what everyone is thinking—about your job, about your family, your life—but we've got the nerve to actually say it."
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'IT has changed my life' were the truthful words of one of the most famous faces in the UK said as he prepares to embark on a new 'intimate' tour.
Reporter HELEN KREFT spoke to Lee Latchford-Evans, in one of his first interviews since his marriage just last week, who makes up one-fifth of bubblegum pop group Steps recently back together after a 10-year hiatus.
A TELEVISION show featuring the band getting back together for their first tour since 2001 showed the gritty reality behind their sudden split — surprising Lee and fellow members Lisa Scott-Lee and Faye Tozer at the time, who found themselves immediately out of a job and on the scrap heap.
The apparent unhappiness from the two other members, Ian 'H' Watkins and Claire Richards, was the reason that the band — which had played full blast in millions of children's (and adults') rooms since 1997 — split amid speculation of infighting.
Claire and H gave it their best shot at solo careers but disappeared — failing to recreate the magic that made Steps famous.
Now, 10 years and several babies and marriages later (all the girls now have children and are married), the members have worked out their differences and recently finished a sell-out UK tour as well as releasing a number one album.
Never ones to fade into obscurity, the band are to start a six-date festive tour — Christmas with Steps — starting in Plymouth at the end of November before finishing up in Wolverhampton's Wolves Civic on December 5.
Their new Christmas-themed album 'Light up the World' was announced on September 24, and coincided with the 15th anniversary of the release of their debut single 5,6,7,8.
With all this going on it has been a busy time for the five-some —more so for Lee who recently got married to singer/songwriter and dancer, Kerry- Lucy Taylor on Saturday.
He said: "I got married in the last few days so it has been busy for me, but in Steps it has been manic. There is always so much going on. We have had a number one album, television show and a sell-out tour, and at the moment we are all in a room doing interviews.
"It is really great being back together and moving forward. We all get on great." A lot has changed in the band in 10 years — a few more wrinkles and as well as mini Steps — but apparently the fans still remain and grow.
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Lee, who joined Steps aged 22, says the band's success, and ultimately why their fan base continues to grow, is 'because you can leave all your troubles behind with us. We are non-offensive, with catchy melodies'.
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Nevertheless, Lee says the whole Steps experience has changed his life.
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Chicago >Food & Dining > Mercat
638 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL | Directions 6060541.873275 -87.624448
Fri-Sat: 7am-11pm, Sun-Thu: 7am-10pm
Neighborhoods: Central, Loop
I believe this to be true: Mercat is the best tapas restaurant in the city.
What a breathtaking dining room. Plus, the best food of any hotel restaurant on Michigan. Great tapas. Be sure to get the special sangria.
Mercat has an $18 lunch special with two courses and a drink - try the Spanish omelet or chicken and bacon sandwich!
Great Spanish food – Order the Catalan Express if you're here for lunch, it includes a first course and second course, plus soft drink or iced tea for $18. This is a great deal considering that the priciest second course, Tuna, is already $17.
Our waitress was great and she gave us a very thorough rundown of the menu to begin our meal. The busboy though, was completely clueless, mixing up dishes between tables and amongst diners at our table.
I had the Ensalada Verde to start, mixed greens with asparagus, avocado, green beans and shaved mahon cheese. Very good, although there was maybe just a touch too much vinaigrette. It overpowered even the cheese.
Everyone else started with the Arroz a la Cazuela, a saffron scented broth with shrimp, chicken chorizo, artichoke confit and piquillo aioli. The crostini with aioli was a hit, and the soup was well-received, although quite salty. Everyone was surprised by the generous size of the shrimp.
Two of us had the Atun con apio-nabo, yellowfin tuna, smoke pine nuts, celery root and basil-emulsion. Very light flavors, wonderfully presented. Our tuna was lightly grilled, though it could have been even rarer. The celery root was the highlight of this dish.
The Black Angus Hanger Steak and Mercat Burger were both prepared well. The burger had a very unique La Peral cheese sauce that was very light, padron peppers and red wine onion jam. The hanger steak was accompanied by potato croquette, and beech mushroom escabeche. Iron Chef Jose Garces really personalizes each offering on the menu.
For dessert we had the signature Croquetas de Xocolata - milk chocolate croquettes, banana marshmallow, rosemary caramel, and arbequina olive oil. Again, a very unique dessert, unlike anything I have ever tasted. I am not crazy about it because I don't generally like fried food and I much prefer dark to milk chocolate, but I can appreciate the combination of flavors in this sweet dish.
Marcat and the Table-Side Pig – The best part about group dinners is group orders. Usually, a party of 8 at a Tapas place would mean that one could sample 1/2 the menu. But today we sampled 1/2 a pig and were ripped off with no denominator.
As most gimmicks in the restaurant world, table-side swine is heavy on price, light on meat and lax on preparation. If one wants to nibble more than pork, it's important to dine with a large, sample-friendly party and without the vegetarians, Jews or Muslims. One needs to plan ahead: our party reserved the piglet 3 days in advance. And one needs to pay down the plastic because staring at this snout is going to cost you a car payment.
The newborn table-pig is not a newborn concept. Greektown has been doing it for as long as Halsted crossed Van Buren. But unlike the flesh of nature's oceans which allows for great variety in the sampling of Snapper, the only ready portion of a porker lies in the loin. And maybe belly. And maybe, if we were in China, the trotters and tail and every other damn thing. But, for the American table, little piggy means little else than 5 pounds of pulled pork. Not bad but how much sloppy pig can one eat? I did more than my fair share but not enough to make it worth $220. However, how cool would it be if the restaurant would send the porker back after its table-side theatrics and proceed to cure some ham, cut some shoulders, braise some ribs and bring back the dinner party a week later for pig-round-2? THAT would make it worth the price!
Sadly, with the way things stand, buying the pig defeats the entire purpose of Tapas dining. Your party would have to seat 15 to make the purchase viable and taste some other dishes. But at that size, you'd be fighting over the single piglet. And if you get two, well, from forth the fatal loins of those two porks, a pair of star-cross'd piglets gave their life; whose misadventured piteous oven-spits doth with their death bury their diner's appetite.
Mercat is a good restaurant. Go there for tapas. Or suffer the 3-hours' traffic of pig's stage.
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Amazing! – My Boyfriend and I were visiting Chicago and got a recommendation to go to Mercat. We both absolutely LOVED it. I understand why some people think that you get little for what you pay for, but you have to go into it knowing that tapas are going to be small plates and this is an expensive restaurant (I think it was a little misleading that Google gave it a "$$" rating when it should be "$$$$") . Our waiter clearly told us that we would need multiple plates and was very helpful. I will be recommending Mercat to friends and family if they are in the area.
Terrible Service – Went there on June 20th for a birthday celebration. When the waitress asked us whether we had been there before, we responded no, and she offered no explaination. We chose the tasting menu. Most dishes were good. The tapas that was a dumpling of some type was terrible. When she asked us, what we thought we told her and her repsonse was "how odd, most people think this is the best. I had pre-ordered a dessert to be brought to the table, which of course was not. For the money, the service should have been rated a ten, but was not even close.
great food, small plates, leave w/light wallet and stomach – we had some great tasting short ribs, cheeses, rice dishes, mushrooms and shrimp but the portions were somewhat ridiculous compared to the typical tapas places around the city. a $16 rice dish is 2-3 spoonfuls. $20 gets you a couple slivers of meat. not as if we expected to stuff ourselves at a tapas restaurant, but after a $50+ meal, we had to go somewhere else to get more food.
?Horrid service, staff with an attitude and not a good one? – We stayed at the Blackstone this past weekend and were looking forward to a pleasant stay. This is a wonderful hotel but this restaurant, which is the one option for food, leaves much to be desired.
We arrived around lunch, went immediately to the restaurant as we had read the good reviews. We were seated and ordered. The food did not come for at least 45 minutes.The manager apologized as the food arrived. We were fine but hungry. We decided to go back for dinner since we love tapas. The menu had many things
At 6, we returned. We were told that it would be 8:15 before we could get a table. We made the reservation and had good drinks at the bar. The drinks were excellent; the bar staff was great. We were told that we could have a bar table with tiny plastic chairs. We were in the bar area and knew we would not enjoy a long dinner there. We would wait for a regular table in the dining area. 2 and 1/2 hrs. later we still hadn't been seated.At 8:45, we were told that we could have the same table which was available at 6.The server showed us to another tiny table but with a banquette. This was more comfortable.I explained to her why we didn't want the table and she understood. Obviously, we could have eaten two hours earlier but wanted a table in the actual dining room.Suddenly, a hostess came to us and in a confrontational way told us that we had only waited 15 minutes and we were lying about the whole situation. She was extremely loud and obnoxious. She also said that we had been in our room lounging. She continued to rant so we started to leave. Then a manager told us that we were lucky to be there and the bar table was fine for us. He also told us that those table also required reservations. We are still in shock at how horrible there people are who work there. We will never recommend this place to any of our friends who live and work in the Chicago area (and we have many!)
Stay away!!! – By far one of the worst meals I have had in this city. Service was SLOW! The food was cold! The prices are out of this world. One shining spot is the atmosphere, energizing. I can not believe how many positive reviews this place gets. There was 6 in our group and no one wants to eat there ever again.
!Delicioso! – Check this place out. I was simply delighted - where to start. Chef Garces culinary talent shows: food was delicious! Loved the higos con almendra, cocas de costillas de ternera, and the scallops a la planxa, . Our waiter was very friendly, cognizant of wines, grapes, and regions - they have a great selection of Spanish wines. We arrived over 30 mins early, so we had time to relax and enjoy some sangria on the downstairs bar/lounge. We were treated very well by the staff and left with a desire to return as often as possible. Great way to start the Saturday evening!
Riotous decor mirrors huge Spanish flavor at this lively South Loop hotel restaurant. – Photo by Jasmin Shah
In Short
Mercat follows the lead of the Blackstone's draw-dropping overhaul, so in the spirit of upgrade, the space received soaring etched-glass panels, miles of mosaics and a shocking expanse of hanging fixtures responsible for the two-story room's flattering glow. Chef Jose Garces keeps up the fireworks from the giant exposed kitchen. Catalan dishes range from safe bets like Cocas--yeasty dough topped with things like manchego, mushrooms and artichokes--to more adventurous items, like Morcilla-dense blood sausage that arrives fragrant and still sizzling. The "Planxa" part of the equation refers to grilled-to-order items like Uruguayan Filet and head-on prawns.
Great addition to the Chicago dining scene – GOOD: Virtually everything on the menu. We had two of the grilled items (a la planxa; squid and chorizo -- both very good), a flatbread with shortribs (very good), stuffed dates (amazing) and patatas bravas (the weakest of the bunch). The room is great -- big, colorful, and with a buzz. And the staff is genuinely welcoming and friendly.
SO-SO: our waiter needed a bit more seasoning, and could rush diners less. He told us he'd space out our food (not true -- things tend to arrive in bunches), and advised us to order from the top of the menu down (which is just plain silly in a tapas-style restaurant).
BAD: dessert (four chocolate selection) was silly. One of the chocolates was a smear of a sort of chocolate pudding -- I thought of someone in Spain smirking at this one.
RESULTS: we'll definitely return. We'll skip desert, ask for food delivery to be spaced better, and sit back and enjoy the mostly wonderful food. We really like this place!
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Even if workers take precautions, some damage to protected areas might occur. If this happens, repair or replace damaged vegetation immediately to maintain the integrity of the natural system. When planning for new vegetation, choose kinds that enhance the existing vegetation. Ensure that new structures do not harm protected areas. If fertilization is needed, use the following practices to minimize adverse water quality affects:
Natural vegetation (existing trees, vines, brushes, and grasses) can provide water quality benefits by intercepting rainfall, filtering stormwater runoff, and preventing sediments and other pollutants from leaving the site.
Cost Considerations
Preserving natural vegetation could require additional labor to maneuver around trees or protected areas.
Smolen, M.D., D.W. Miller, L.C. Wyall, J. Lichthardt, and A.L. Lanier. 1988. Erosion and Sediment Control Planning and Design Manual. North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission; North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources; and Division of Land Resources, Land Quality Section, Raleigh, NC.
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CAA Football Announces the Most Watched FCS Television Package in the Country
CAA Football Commissioner Tom Yeager announced a 28-game television schedule as part of the league's Media Day Celebration, Wednesday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. The schedule is highlighted by a conference package of 19 games airing on Comcast Sports Group regional networks.
"We are thrilled to have the largest-reaching FCS television package in the country," Yeager said. "Thanks to our partnerships with Comcast Sports Group, ESPN and a number of other carriers we are able to create a television package which broadcasts the best FCS league in the country to more homes than any other conference at our level."
The 19-game conference package covered by Comcast Sports Group features the most competitive games airing on regional networks spanning the East Coast. Comcast Sports Group networks, including Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic and Comcast SportsNet New England, will cover eight games throughout the 12-week season, with additional distribution on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia and CSS, schedule permitting. The Comcast Network will air the remaining games in the conference package.
"Our long-standing media partnership with Comcast Sports Group has afforded us tremendous exposure since we welcomed football to the CAA in 2007," Yeager said. "Comcast Sports Group networks reach more than 12 million homes in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions, which means our league's fans can count on watching CAA Football broadcasts every Saturday throughout the season."
The remaining nine games on the 2011 CAA Football Television package will feature six combined non-conference broadcasts on ESPN3.com, CBS Sports Network and the Atlantic Coast Conference's Regional television package. Three of Maine's home conference games will be televised on the Black Bears' institutional television package on WABI-TV in the Orono, Maine area.
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|2011 CAA Football Television Schedule (as of July 25, 2011)
|Thursday, September 1
|Villanova at Temple [ESPN3]
|7:00 p.m.
|Massachusetts at Holy Cross [CBSSPN]
|8:00 p.m.
|Saturday, September 3
|Delaware at Navy [CBSSPN]
|3:30 p.m.
|James Madison at North Carolina [RSN, ACC, CSN-MA]
|3:30 p.m.
|William and Mary at Virginia [ESPN3]
|6:00 p.m.
|Richmond at Duke [ESPN3]
|7:00 p.m.
|Saturday, September 10
|Old Dominion at Georgia State [CSS, TCN, CSN-NE]
|12:00 p.m.
|Saturday, September 17
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|6:30 p.m.
|Saturday, September 24
|*Old Dominion at Delaware [TCN, CSN-NE]
|12:00 p.m.
|*New Hampshire at Richmond [TCN, CSN-NE]
|3:30 p.m.
|*James Madison at William and Mary [CSN-MA, CSN-NE]
|7:00 p.m.
|Saturday, October 1
|*William and Mary at Villanova [TCN, CSN-NE]
|12:00 p.m.
|*Delaware at Maine [WABI]
|3:00 p.m.
|*Richmond at James Madison [TCN, CSN-NE]
|3:30 p.m.
|Saturday, October 8
|*Maine at James Madison [TCN, CSN-NE]
|3:30 p.m.
|Saturday, October 15
|*New Hampshire at William and Mary [CSN-MA, CSN-NE]
|12:00 p.m.
|*Rhode Island at Maine [WABI]
|1:00 p.m.
|*Massachusetts at Delaware [TCN, CSN-NE]
|3:30 p.m.
|Saturday, October 22
|*New Hampshire vs Massachusetts (Foxborough, Mass.) [CSN-NE, CSN-MA]
|3:30 p.m.
|Saturday, October 29
|*Rhode Island at New Hampshire [CSN-NE]
|12:00 p.m.
|*Delaware at Towson [TCN, CSN-NE]
|7:00 p.m.
|*James Madison at Old Dominion [CSN-MA]
|Saturday, November 5
|*Towson at Maine [WABI]
|12:30 p.m.
|*Villanova at Massachusetts [TCN, CSN-NE]
|3:30 p.m.
|Saturday, November 12
|*Richmond at Delaware [TCN, CSN-NE]
|3:30 p.m.
|Saturday, November 19
|*Maine at New Hampshire [CSN-NE]
|12:00 p.m.
|*William and Mary at Richmond [CSN-MA]
|12:00 p.m.
|*Delaware vs Villanova (Chester, Pa.) [TCN]
|As of July 25, 2011
|* - CAA Football Game
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|All Times Eastern
|Schedule Dates, Times and Broadcasts subject to change
CBSSPN - CBS Sports Network
CSN-MA - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
CSN-NE - Comcast SportsNet New England
CSS - Comcast Sports Southeast
ESPN3 - ESPN3.com
RSN, ACC - Regional Sports Networks, ACC
TCN - The Comcast Network Mid-Atlantic & Philly
WABI - WABI-TV (Bangor, Maine)


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The hotel is conveniently located near to J3 of M66, next door to The Paper Mill public house and restaurant. Other attractions in the immediate area are Megabowl, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Asda Superstore and Fankie & Benny's restaurant.
The Travelodge is 2.5m from the picturesque market town centre of Bury, which is famous for its open-air market, which is open on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and features local produce and traditional cuisine. The centre of Manchester is only 9 miles way and can easily be accessed via the Manchester Metrolink tram system, situated 2.4m from the hotel (approximate 28 Minutes journey time).
The hotel has our fresh new look and features Travelodge's new room design, complete with Dreamer Bed, so you can be sure of a great night's sleep
Transport links near Bury
- Victoria Train Station - 8.5 milesView map
- Manchester Bus Station - 9 milesView map
- Piccadilly Train Station - 10 milesView map
Places to visit in and around Bury
Directions supplied by Travelodge
From the South, exit M66 junction 3 and turn left onto Pilsworth Road. At roundabout turn right and then take first right onto Little 66. The Travelodge is situated next to the pub.
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Parking details
APCOA Parking Services operates the hotel car park on behalf of Travelodge.
There is a limited number of pre-pay car parking available at this hotel - to book click here or follow the link on your confirmation email. Guests not wishing to pre-pay can pay for parking on arrival.
Blue Badge holders will not be charged to park in our car park, please ensure you make the reception team in the hotel aware of this when you check in so they can inform the APCOA Parking Services Team.
Parking charges are £3 per 24 hrs. You can pre-pay for a maximum stay of 4 nights.
The car park has 53 spaces. No trailers or HGVs are permitted in this car park.
Calls cost 10 pence per minute from a standard BT landline. Calls from other networks and mobiles may vary. Bookings made through the Central Reservations call centre are subject to a non-refundable booking fee of £2.50 per call.
Our Most Flexible Rate
These rates are still great value, but offer the most freedom to change bookings. Bookings are fully flexible and can be cancelled up until 12 noon on the day of arrival
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Want to know why the Elephant is so happy? Because it's going to BGBH and learning to "Be Green, Be Healthy"! The Tufts Office of Sustainability partnered with the Wellness Center to present "Be Green, Be Healthy", our multi-day Earth Month event to inspire students to think about biking, eating, and traveling sustai ...
Sustainable Selfies Contest
The Office of Sustainability invites all Tufts University staff, faculty, and students to participate in a special contest involving selfies, sustainability, and prizes! Each week on Monday, we'll post a prompt on Facebook. Post your selfie to our Facebook page, then encourage your friends, family, colleagues, pets, etc. to like your photo.
Tufts to add solar array
A new roof-mounted photovoltaic system slated for Tufts's Medford/Somerville campus will generate 125,000 kWh of renewable power for the school. Plans call for operation early next year, pending installation and permitting.
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Looking for eco-friendly resources on campus? Not sure of where to find fair trade coffee or compost bins closest to your dorm? Check out the Tufts Eco-Map to locate and discover sustainable resources on campus! Download a PDF version now.
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The Tufts Eco-Reps are a group of residential students who help to raise awareness about ecological issues, encourage environmentally responsible behavior among their hall mates and peers, and plan related events and activities. Any returning student that lives in university housing is eligible to apply. Deadline April 14th.
Earth Month Event: Be Green, Be Healthy!
Come visit us! Your planet and your body will thank you.
The Tufts Office of Sustainability presents Be Green, Be Healthy, our multi-day Earth Month event to inspire students to think about biking, eating, and traveling sustainably!
We will be in Mayer Campus Center during April with Trivia, Free Food, Prizes, and Information for Students. Don't forget to check out our ongoing Sustainable Selfies Contest too!
TRAVEL Green: Monday April 14th
- MassRides will present MBTA Maps, Charlie Cards, and the NuRide Commuting Program.
- Get free Walking Maps and Eco-Maps of Tufts
- Ask a Health Coach about getting exercise during your commute!
EAT Green: Wednesday April 16th
- Sample some meat-free dishes from Tufts Dining!
- Get recipes for farm share vegetables from WorldPEAS CSA
- Play the Trivia game "Rethink Your Drink" and guess nutrition facts for prizes!
BIKING at Tufts: Wednesday April 23rd
- Get bike maps
- Bring your bike in for a FREE tune-up from Tufts Bikes' mechanics
- Learn about local companies Hubway and Bike Boom!
- Register your bike with the TUPD
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2014 Campus Sustainability Progress Report Now Available
The Tufts Campus Sustainability Council has released a Progress Report for 2014! The report features notable areas of achievement toward related goals and objectives from the 2013 report, graphical data from the 2013 fiscal year, and examples of upcoming projects.
Download the progress report here or read it online.
The original Campus Sustainability Council Report was released in May 2013, detailing goals and recommendations for the university defined by the Council in the areas of energy use and carbon emissions, building standards, waste management, and water. The Campus Sustainability Council was convened by President Tony Monaco in January 2012, after he identified sustainability as one of his administration's strategic initiatives. (Read more updates here.)
Come visit the Office of Sustainability on campus!
We are located in the back of Miller Hall, across the parking lot from Hillel. We share a space with the Tufts Institute of the Environment and Environmental Studies Program.
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Download the new Tuts Eco-Map (in PDF) if you are looking for eco-friendly resources on the Medford campus like compost stations and recycling bins.
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Sustainable Selfies Contest
ROUND 10 of the Sustainable Selfies Contest! Here's your next prompt. You have until next TUESDAY, April 22nd (Tufts is off for Marathon Monday), at noon to gather likes! So share widely.
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Make sure to post your selfie on the Office of Sustainability Facebook page! If you post it on your own page, we'll never see it!
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CENTERBURG The Centerburg Area Business Association held its monthly meeting Monday, March 19, with Dale Pennington presiding. There were seven members present to discuss various topics and events that will be coming to Centerburg over the next several months.
The annual Central Ohio Cruise-In is set for Sunday, May 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with an entry fee. Trophies will be awarded at 3 p.m. Food vendors and raffle prizes will be part of the event. For more information, please contact Pennington at 740-627-0236 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Kelly Miller Circus will be in town Friday, May 25, for two performances. Last years circus shows were a huge success and brought a nice event to Centerburg that showcased death-defying talent. For more information on tickets and showtimes contact Pennington or Dave Humphrey at 740-625-6136.
The Centerburg Area Business Association and other organizations in the village are working on setting in place a new village sign for information of upcoming events and festivals. The sign and its landscaping will be located in the municipal parking lot at the intersection of Main Street and North Clayton Street. The sign with all the details should be in place by mid-summer.
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Trigger Control for Dummies
The two most important skills needed for accurate shooting are trigger control and sight alignment. Of the two, sight alignment seems to get the most attention sometimes, and it certainly is a needed skill, but when it comes right down to it, trigger control is simply the most important.
You can have a perfect sight picture for every shot you take, but if your trigger control is poor enough to pull the sights off target when the trigger is pulled, you miss the shot, and more often than not, by quite a bit.
On the other hand, if your trigger control is perfect every time, but your sight alignment/sight picture is a little off, your shot will very likely still hit the target, but it might be in the 9 ring instead of the 10 ring.
Fact is, if you are human, you cannot hold the sights perfectly aligned in the same spot of the target anyway .not off hand your body cant do it. If you really think you can, just mount a laser sight on a pistol and go for it.
All too often a shooter gets his sights aligned on target and when the sight picture is just about perfect, he thinks to himself something like, Its there, its there, shoot it!. And at that moment he pulls the trigger and moves the sights off target as he pulls the trigger.
If the shooter is right handed, the shot tends to go low and/or left 4 to 6 inches or so, depending on how far they are from the target. This is often done with some consistency even, which makes the shooter think its the gun thats shooting off.
The problem is that the shooter, due to the muzzle blast and recoil generated by the shot, cannot see that hes pulling the sights off target as he pulls the trigger ..so whats the cure?
One thing to do is dry fire. Practice shooting the gun with no ammo in it. Align the sights (with, or without a target), and pull the trigger by putting slow, steadily increasing rearward pressure against it until the gun fires .without disturbing your sight alignment.
The other thing our shooter needs to do is called a Ball and Dummy drill. This, very simply put, allows the shooter to see for himself just exactly how hes pulling the trigger.
First, ya have to have some dummy rounds, or snap caps work too (yes, theres a difference*). Then, mix at least two or three dummy rounds into a mag with live ammo so ya wont know when youll hit them while shooting. You can also load more than one mag with the dummy rounds mixed in at random and then mix the mags so you really dont know where they are in the mags. Be honest with yourself, if you know where the dummy rounds are, it doesnt work as well.
Now you go shoot your best group.
When you click on a dummy, one of two things will happen, and you have to pay attention to your sights. Either your sights will stay aligned on target like they do when you dry fire .which means you pulled the trigger well, or your front sight will dip down low and left into the area of your target where your shots are going ..this means you decided to fire the shot and pulled the trigger instead of squeezing the trigger until the gun fired .and thats why your shots are going low and left.
Now its up to you to learn to squeeze/press/pull the trigger correctly, like you do when you dry fire, and continued use of the dummy rounds will help you do so.
*Dummy rounds vs. Snap Caps
Dummy rounds are made up of only a case and a bullet ..no powder or primer....and are intended for cycling through a guns action to check for feeding function or for training a shooter.
These are the best dummy rounds Ive found. I get them from http://www.letargets.com/estylez_ps....~110000~081100
They are not 'snap caps' though....the primary intended use for snap caps is for dry firing, and they have a spring loaded brass, or synthetic rubber, primer that cushions the impact of the firing pin in a way similar to how a real primer does.
Snap caps can perform the same function as a dummy round, but they often dont stand up to the wear and tear that such use tends in cause, and snap caps tend to cost quite a little more than dummy rounds. And if you reload ammo, you can easily make your own dummy rounds.
These are snap caps:
Posted 02-27-2011 at 17:40 by SCC
thanks for taking the time to write this.
It has helped.
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Posted 04-03-2012 at 22:02 by glockpeter
Many thanks, this will help my technique alot.
Posted 06-02-2012 at 21:02 by harleypower69
Posted 10-29-2012 at 13:22 by mike g35
Thanks for the post. I recently read to pull the trigger as much as you think is possible *without* firing the gun. I do this and am surprised every time the gun fires (the trigger will eventually engage). After doing this with snap caps, I have seen an improvement. I'll try mixing the snap caps into a mag at the range. Thanks again.
Posted 02-02-2013 at 14:18 by LibertyToad
Thanks So much, Appreciate the information.
Can't wait to get to te range......
Will let you know the results
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Lost Decade (Japan)
The Lost Decade or the Lost 10 Years (失われた10年 Ushinawareta Jūnen?) is the time after the Japanese asset price bubble's collapse within the Japanese economy, which occurred gradually rather than catastrophically. The term originally referred to the years 1991 to 2000,[1] but recently the decade from 2001 to 2010 is also sometimes included,[2] so that the whole period of the 1990s to the present is referred to as the Lost Two Decades or the Lost 20 Years (失われた20年, Ushinawareta Nijūnen). However, there is serious dispute on whether or not such "lost decade" or decades actually took place. The key determinant seems to be how the various theorists chose to measure the merits of the Japanese economic system, i.e. by rise in standard of living, stock market valuations, real-estate prices, debt to GNP ratio, corporate investments, infrastructure development, etc. Depending on the criteria utilized, the interpretations of Japan's "lost decade" can vary greatly. In fact, some interpretations claim Japan actually performed significantly better than the United States and other nations during the so-called "lost decades".[3][4]
The strong economic growth of the 1970s ended abruptly at the start of the 1990s. In the late 1980s, abnormalities within the Japanese economic system had fueled a speculative asset price bubble of massive scale by Japanese companies, banks and securities companies. The combination of exceptionally high land values and low interest rates briefly resulted in heightened liquidity in the market. It led to massive borrowing and heavy investment mostly in domestic and foreign stocks and securities.
Recognizing that this bubble was unsustainable, the Bank of Japan sharply raised interest rates in late 1989. This sharp policy caused the bursting of the bubble, and the stock market crashed. A debt crisis followed and the Japanese banks and insurances were now loaded with bad debts. The financial institutions were bailed out through capital infusions from the government, loans from the central bank and the ability to postpone the recognition of losses, ultimately turning them into zombie banks. Yalman Onaran of Bloomberg News writing in Salon stated that the zombie banks were one of the reasons for the following stagnation.[5] Additionally Michael Schuman of Time magazine noted that these banks kept injecting new funds into unprofitable "zombie firms" to keep them afloat, arguing that they were too big to fail. However, most of these companies were too debt-ridden to do much more than survive on bail-out funds. Schuman believed that Japan's economy did not begin to recover until this practice had ended.[6]
Eventually, many of these failing firms became unsustainable, and a wave of consolidation took place, resulting in four national banks in Japan. Many Japanese firms were burdened with heavy debts, and it became very difficult to obtain credit. Many borrowers turned to sarakin (loan sharks) for loans. (As of 2012, the official interest rate was 0.1%;[7] it has been similarly low for several years.)
The 1990s therefore was the "lost decade" when the economy contracted or grew at a paltry rate. The impact on everyday life was muted, however. Unemployment rates were high, but not at a crisis level. With the traditional Japanese emphasis on frugality and saving, an impact on an average Japanese family was quite limited, whose standard of living did not deteriorate significantly from what it was in the 1980s.[citation needed]
Despite the economic recovery in the 2000s, conspicuous consumption of the 1980s such as lavish spending on whiskey and cars did not return for the most part.[8] Difficult times in the 1990s made people frown on ostentatious displays of wealth, while Japanese firms such as Toyota and Sony which had dominated the industry in the 1980s had to fend off strong competition from rival firms based in other East Asian countries, especially South Korea. Many Japanese companies replaced a large part of their workforce with temporary workers, who had little job security and fewer benefits. As of 2009, these non-traditional employees made up more than a third of the labor force.[9] As of August 2012, the nation's economy has not fully recovered from the 1991 crash.[2]
Economist Paul Krugman has argued that Japan's lost decade is an example of a liquidity trap (a situation in which monetary policy is unable to lower nominal interest rates because these are close to zero). He explained how truly massive the asset bubble was in Japan by 1990, with a tripling of land and stock market prices during the prosperous 1980s. Japan's high personal savings rates, driven in part by the demographics of an aging population, enabled Japanese firms to rely heavily on traditional bank loans from supporting banking networks, as opposed to issuing stock or bonds via the capital markets to acquire funds. The cozy relationship of corporations to banks and the implicit guarantee of a taxpayer bailout of bank deposits created a significant moral hazard problem, leading to an atmosphere of crony capitalism and reduced lending standards. He wrote: "Japan's banks lent more, with less regard for quality of the borrower, than anyone else's. In so doing they helped inflate the bubble economy to grotesque proportions." The Bank of Japan began increasing interest rates in 1990 due in part to concerns over the bubble and in 1991 land and stock prices began a steep decline, within a few years reaching 60% below their peak.[10]
In response to the recession, Japanese policymakers tried a series of government economic stimulus programs and bank bailouts. A 2.4% budget surplus in 1991 turned to a deficit of 4.3% by 1996 and 10% by 1998, with the national debt to GDP ratio reaching 100%. In 1998, a $500 billion bank rescue plan was implemented to encourage bank lending and borrowing. The central bank also attempted to increase inflation (which devalues savings over time but can also make debts easier to pay off), to encourage consumer spending. Krugman wrote that by 2003, the Japanese economy began to recover, helped by imports from the U.S. and China that helped Japan achieve a real growth rate of 2%. He wrote the recovery was "provisional" and there was significant risk of a return to a liquidity trap.[10]
Economist Richard Koo wrote that Japan's "Great Recession" that began in 1990 was a "balance sheet recession". It was triggered by a collapse in land and stock prices, which caused Japanese firms to become insolvent, meaning their assets were worth less than their liabilities. Despite zero interest rates and expansion of the money supply to encourage borrowing, Japanese corporations in aggregate opted to pay down their debts from their own business earnings rather than borrow to invest as firms typically do. Corporate investment, a key demand component of GDP, fell enormously (22% of GDP) between 1990 and its peak decline in 2003. Japanese firms overall became net savers after 1998, as opposed to borrowers. Koo argues that it was massive fiscal stimulus (borrowing and spending by the government) that offset this decline and enabled Japan to maintain its level of GDP. In his view, this avoided a U.S. type Great Depression, in which U.S. GDP fell by 46%. He argued that monetary policy was ineffective because there was limited demand for funds while firms paid down their liabilities. In a balance sheet recession, GDP declines by the amount of debt repayment and un-borrowed individual savings, leaving government stimulus spending as the primary remedy.[11][12]
Economist Scott Sumner has argued that Japan's monetary policy was too tight during the Lost Decade.[13][14][15][16]
Economists Fumio Hayashi and Edward Prescott argue that the anemic performance of the Japanese economy since the early 1990s is mainly due to the low growth rate of aggregate productivity. Their hypothesis stands in direct contrast to popular explanations that are based in terms of an extended credit crunch that emerged in the aftermath of a bursting asset "bubble." They are led to explore the implications of their hypothesis on the basis of evidence that suggests that despite the ongoing difficulties in the Japanese banking sector, desired capital expenditure was for the most part fully financed. They suggest that Japan's sluggish investment activity is likely to be better understood in terms of low levels of desired capital expenditure and not in terms of credit constraints that prohibit firms from financing projects with positive net present value (NPV). Monetary or fiscal policies might increase consumption in the short run, but unless productivity growth increases, there is a legitimate fear that such a policy may simply transform Japan from a low-growth/low-inflation economy to a low-growth/high-inflation economy.
Financial Journalist Eamonn Fingleton argues there was no lost decade or decades in Japan and the appellation is complete media-created myth perpetuated for the benefit of certain vested interests. In his articles "The Myth of Japan's Failure"[3] and "The Myth of Japan's Lost Decades'"[17] he demonstrates that when one measures the success of the Japanese economy by standard of living and other types of economic indicators such as the strength of the yen and Japan's trade surplus, a very different picture of Japan emerges. He states concerning Japan's so-called "lost decades", "… that presentation of Japan is a myth. By many measures, the Japanese economy has done very well during the so-called lost decades, which started with a stock market crash in January 1990. By some of the most important measures, it has done a lot better than the United States."[3]
He argues that there is no such thing as "recovering" from a "crash" if stock prices and asset valuations were artificially high in the first place. The "crash" itself is the recovery, that is, recovering to sensible and rational levels of asset valuation. Specifically stating "In any case the implosion since 1991 [of the stock market and real estate prices] has merely restored some sanity to valuations that had previously become -- very temporarily -- outlandish".[17] In terms of Japan's allegedly slow "growth rate" averaging 1% per year over the past 20 years, he sees this as immaterial as the standard of living in Japan has been unaffected and has in fact improved over the ensuing years. Stating, "Japanese people have enjoyed one of the biggest improvements in living standards of any major First World nation in the interim [of the so-called "lost decades"]."[17] In fact, he alleges that when proper accounting methods are used (i.e., adjusting gross domestic product results on a per-capita basis, and rejecting the "hedonic method" of adjusting for inflation as used by the United States) Japan actually comes out ahead of the United States in terms of economic performance.[3]
According to Fingleton, the motives behind promoting the myth of the "lost decades" are manifold. On the Japanese side, Japanese officials benefit from the myth as it effectively mutes the opposition levied against the country during the 1980s. During that time, manufacturers in the West (most notably the American automobile industry) lamented Japan's economic rise and claimed they were unable to compete fairly with Japanese exports, subsequently directing hostility towards Japan and the Japanese. The myth of the "lost decades" effectively deflects and mutes this economic animosity once levied towards Japan.[3] That criticism is now levied instead against China. On the Western side, the myth of the "lost decades" makes it appear that the American and European economic situation is not as bad as it really is when comparing it to Japan's economic malaise.
Further, from a geo-political perspective promoting the notion of Japan's "decline" may be an attempt to foster fear and insecurity in the Japanese people in order to make them more susceptible to nationalist sentiments (thus keeping Asia divided and thwarting the formation of any regional economic bloc involving China); more accepting of the American military presence in Japan (as a "weak" Japan needs outside help to defend against China and North Korea); and finally more willing to enter into international trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (advocated by the United States) as the "cure" for Japan's so-called economic decline. Specifically, Noah Smith stating, "Increased trade is probably Japan's best bet in getting out of its current economic doldrums," said Noah Smith, an assistant professor of finance and economics at Stony Brook University. "If Abe can actually push this [Trans-Pacific Partnership] through, this will be his economic legacy, and it will be a positive legacy." [18] However, some believe the Trans-Pacific Partnership will actually destroy Japan economically and seriously undermine Japan's standard of living especially in terms of health insurance. "A nationwide association of doctors opposes the [Trans-Pacific Partnership] pact, arguing that it will force Japan to open its state-controlled health industry to American-style health insurance, eroding its universal insurance system.".[18]
Mr. Fingleton claims to have made an offer to the top ten advocates of the "lost decade(s)" theory if any of them would debate him in Washington D.C., he would donate $5,000 to their favorite charity. He also claims to have made an offer to U.S. ambassador to Japan, John Roos, offering him $10,000 to his favorite charity for a similar debate.[19] There were no takers for any of his offers.
On February 9, 2009, in warning of the dire consequences facing the United States economy after its housing bubble, U.S. President Barack Obama cited the "lost decade" as a prospect the American economy faced.[20] In 2010, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard warned that the United States was in danger of becoming "enmeshed in a Japanese-style deflationary outcome within the next several years."[21]
See also[edit]
- ^ http://fhayashi.fc2web.com/Prescott1/Postscript_2003/hayashi-prescott.pdf
- ^ a b Leika Kihara (August 17, 2012). "Japan eyes end to decades long deflation". Reuters. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Fingleton, Eamonn (January 6, 2012). "The Myth of Japan's Failure". The New York Times.
- ^ Fingleton, Eamonn (January 12, 2012). "Video interview on BBC News with Eamonn Fingleton". BBC News, 5 min. 26 sec.
- ^ Onaran, Yalman (2011-11-25). "Kill the zombie banks!". Salon Media Groupn. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- ^ Schuman, Michael (2008-12-19). "Why Detroit Is Not Too Big to Fail". Time Inc. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ^ Ohno, Kenichi. "Economic Development of Japan". National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ New York Times
- ^ Tabuchi, Hiroko (2009-02-22). "When Consumers Cut Back: An Object Lesson From Japan". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ a b Krugman, Paul (2009). The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008. W.W. Norton Company Limited. ISBN 978-0-393-07101-6.
- ^ Koo, Richard (2009). The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics-Lessons from Japan's Great Recession. John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd. ISBN 978-0-470-82494-8.
- ^ Presentation by Richard Koo-The Age of Balance Sheet Recessions-April 2010
- ^ Sumner, Scott. "Why Japan's QE didn't "work"". The Money Illusion. Retrieved 6/3/2011.
- ^ Sumner, Scott. "More evidence that the BOJ is not trying to create inflation". The Money Illusion. Retrieved 6/3/2011.
- ^ Sumner, Scott. "Rooseveltian Resolve". The Money Illusion.
- ^ Sumner, Scott. "The other money illusion". The Money Illusion. Retrieved 6/3/2011.
- ^ a b c Fingleton, Eamonn (February 26, 2011). "The Myth of Japan's Lost Decades'". The Atlantic.
- ^ a b Tabuchi, Hiroko (March 15, 2013). "Japan Moves to Enter Talks on Pacific Trade". The New York Times.
- ^ Fingleton, Eamonn (March 26, 2012). "The myth of Japan's "lost decades": An invitation to Ambassador John Roos". Sandcastle Empire.
- ^ Meckler, Laura; Weisman, Jonathan (2009-02-10). "Obama Warns of 'Lost Decade'". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ The Seven Faces of 'The Peril'"


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