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Located in Downtown Washington D.C., Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel is within a 10-minute walk of popular sights such as Ford's Theater and Verizon Center. This 807-room, 4-star hotel has 2 restaurants along with conveniences like a full-service spa and a fitness center. It's in central Washington and also close to White House and Washington Monument.
Enjoy dining at one of 2 onsite restaurants including Fifteen Squares, which specializes in American cuisine. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service, or get a quick energy boost at the coffee shop/café. For your convenience, breakfast is available for a fee.
All 807 air-conditioned accommodations feature separate bedrooms. Flat-screen TVs come with cable channels and pay movies, and guests can stay connected with WiFi and wired Internet. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and designer toiletries, and beds are dressed in premium bedding. Coffee makers, free weekday newspapers, and safes are also standard.
Property features
Guests staying at Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel enjoy access to a full-service spa, a fitness center, and a sauna. Valet parking is available for USD 53.10 per night. The front desk is staffed 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Other amenities at this spa hotel include free WiFi in public areas, 30 meeting rooms, and a business center.
- Walking distance to Ford's Theater and White House
- Free WiFi and wired Internet in public areas
- Onsite dining
- Spa
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Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel features 64,000 square feet (5,945 square meters) of event space, an on-staff event services manager available 24 hours, 2 bars, and a team of certified wedding planners. Additional business-related amenities at this 4-star hotel include a business center and secretarial services. Free WiFi and wired Internet are available in public areas.
Aura, the full-service spa, features facials, body treatments, and beauty services. Vida Fitness Center provides cardio and strength equipment as well as free weights. The hotel also offers a sauna and steam room. In addition to 6 onsite restaurants, room service is available 24 hours. The hotel offers disabled-accessible facilities and parking. Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Concierge services
- Coffee shop or café
- Business center
- Express check-out
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Number of floors - 16
- Elevator/lift
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Shopping on site
- Luggage storage
- Express check-in
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms 30
- Total number of rooms - 807
- Terrace
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
- Wedding services
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 2
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( USD 12.95 per day ), Wired internet access ( USD 12.95 per day )
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel offers 807 air-conditioned accommodations with video-game consoles and safes. Beds feature premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels and pay movies. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
This Washington hotel provides wired and wireless Internet access for a surcharge. Business-friendly amenities include desks and complimentary weekday newspapers. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily. Amenities available on request include refrigerators.
- Premium TV channels
- Video-game console
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- Flat-panel TV
- In-room safe
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Separate bedroom
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- WiFi (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Fifteen Squares Restaurant -American bistro serving daily breakfast and weekend brunch.
MiXX -Light fare dinner, seasonal beers, wines, and cocktails in the lobby.
Presidents Sports Bar - Onsite sports bar serving lunch, dinner, and drinks.
Liberty Market - Market featuring sandwiches, salads, snacks, and other specialty items to go.
Starbucks - Coffee, tea, and light fare.
Nearby Things to Do
- Bicycle rentals nearby
Spa Services
Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel features the full-service Aura Spa, offering facials, body and beauty treatments, and massage.
- Steam room in spa
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 6 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Only service animals are allowed
Optional extras
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 12.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room wired Internet: USD 12.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: USD 35 per night
- Valet parking fee: USD 53.10 per night
Hotel Name
- Hotel Renaissance Washington DC Downtown
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- Washington DC Downtown Hotel
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Reservations are required for spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Before being allowed an interview with the Maori Television star, Julian Wilcox, there was a bit of a grilling from a scary boss lady.
She was quite stern about the peg, MTV's Anzac Day coverage, and would obviously have preferred that the interview was all about that and not about the star. What was I going to ask him about? Him. His career or his character? Both.
But the star was completely laid back about the idea, although he seemed more interested in introducing me to every single person who works at MTV than in being interviewed.
It was my own silly fault, for doing the interview in the lobby. But it was almost worth it to watch him make a silly bugger of himself by introducing me to some chap he hailed like a brother and who he said worked in production and who didn't work in production at all.
I'd have been mortified; he wasn't. He claims to be so used to making a silly bugger of himself that he, and everyone else, just takes it for granted.
This is possibly the reason for the grilling.
I did tell him that because I was frightened of the boss lady, I'd better make sure he gave MTV's Anzac Day coverage a big plug but he just banged on for a bit about how it wasn't just important for MTV, but for the whole country. So I'll do it for him. (I don't want her ringing me up.) Do watch MTV on Anzac Day; it does a terrific job of the coverage, and the star's pretty good too.
He looks like a star. At least he does on the enormous billboard outside MTV headquarters. He has a lovely smile. He might be rather handsome. He once said, as a joke, that the first time he appeared on the telly he looked pretty cute. This is a joke because, everyone says his wife, Maia, is the really good-looking one, and that they can't work out what she sees in him.
He wouldn't show me a picture of her on his phone because he doesn't like to talk about his family. Her legendary gorgeousness would, he said, have to remain a mystery. So the first thing I did when I got home was Google her. She is gorgeous and I can't work out what she sees in him either.
He's not even a star, according to him. I wanted to see his office. He doesn't have one. He has a tiny desk, exactly the same size as everybody else's desk, in the newsroom. What's the point in being the star if it doesn't get you an office? "Nah. I'm a pleb." He might be. He does the shopping at Pak'nSave in Mt Albert. Pak'nSave!
He wouldn't tell me what he gets paid but says he knows that it's a lot less than his counterparts at TVNZ and TV3. But he wasn't complaining and he said he is very comfortably off and he knows a lot of people are "doing it hard". He says he doesn't have a flash house (he and Maia - a doctor, and daughter of composer Hirini Melbourne - and their three kids live in Mt Albert) and that he isn't much interested in money.
But would he go to mainstream telly if he was offered a big high-profile job with lots of money? He said he'd never been asked, or not "formally", but that, no, he wouldn't because he wanted to work at MTV from the moment it was mooted. (He used to work for TVNZ's Te Karere, so perhaps he was such a pain when he was there they wouldn't have him back. That's pure speculation, of course. I have only his word that he is a pain, although after an hour of having a prod at this character of his, I'm inclined to believe him.) Anyway, what he really wants is to be chief executive of MTV.
I wondered whether it was diplomatic to be announcing in an interview that he was after his boss' job. But he says that's the great thing about MTV, that it nurtures people who do want the top job. He says there are "heaps" of people who want it. He'll probably get it; he'll talk his way into it. As he says, he's "not backward in coming forward".
I did wonder whether, if he had been the boss, he'd have sacked himself in 2005. I didn't put it quite like that. I put it like this: He was lucky he still had any job at MTV. He said: "There is that." He got the boot. "A lot has been said about that Michele. We won't go into that. It was a long time ago."
He got the boot for disloyalty, for having had something to do with stories appearing in other media about MTV staff being asked to declare whether they were affiliated to the Maori Party (something like that; he wasn't about to illuminate me.) Honestly, what was he thinking? "Oh, I think enough has been said about it already."
Did he charm his way back in? "No! I possess very little charm."
I had asked somebody who knows him what he was like, and she said: "Funny, charming and ... short."
If it wasn't his non-existent charm, then he must have had to eat an enormous amount of humble pie to get his job back. "I am always eating humble pie. Ha, ha." What a slippery answer. He's very good at them; most good interviewers are. I asked, for instance, in an attempt to flush out whether his natural inclinations were Right or Left, who he liked best: Willie Jackson (he does a morning show, in te reo, on Jackson's Radio Watea) or John Tamihere.
"Ha, ha, ha! That's a really good question." That's what people being interviewed say when they want to buy time before answering the really good question, as he knows better than most people. His eventual answer was: "Do they come separately?" That was a really good answer, slippery as an eel, but I did have to admire it. He looked horribly smug after he'd delivered it.
This might be one of his "litany" of foibles. That lack of charm might be one. I was going to disagree with him until I asked whether he was a journalist or a broadcaster and he said: "I always say broadcaster because I always say journalists are wankers." So he doesn't lack for cheek, which might be another word for charm. He is also not funny.
He says he takes things, especially his job, too seriously. He has always taken things too seriously and he demonstrated this by telling me that when he was head boy at Te Aute College he once gave his best friend "a black mark for insubordination". I thought he must have done it as a joke, but no. "I told him to do something and he didn't do it."
His best friend is still, amazingly, his best friend. I hope he's since apologised. "No, because I still believe it was the right thing to do".
He tried to tell me that there is no room for big egos at MTV but rather ruined this rosy picture by then telling me that "a lot of people would say I've got an ego. And they're probably right. I'd like to think that I have a sense of humility." Oh? He once said that he suspected that he had "a great propensity for a lack of humility". So one of these statements is rot.
"I think you do have to have a sense of self-confidence . Sometimes I might take that to the furthest degree. Perhaps further than I should try to." He says there are people who would say he was bordering on arrogant. Would he agree with them? "It would be arrogant of me to say I don't."
Do I believe any of this? Does it matter? He is a very good television interviewer, and Native Affairs, which he fronts, won best current affairs show in last year's film and television awards. So you'd think MTV would want to talk him up, but it turns out, again according to him, the biggest challenge is getting him to shut up. He says he talks too much and generally makes a nuisance of himself by interfering in other people's stories. "I'm a pain," he said, failing utterly to sound contrite about this.
He has the cockiness of the spoiled youngest child he says he was. He was the only one of the three siblings to be sent to boarding school (the family finances hadn't allowed for his brother and sister to go) and he is, he says, "a mummy's boy".
He arrived at Te Aute aged 13, and cried every time he had to go back, but God knows why because he loved it. He wasn't raised to be "very Maori" and couldn't speak Maori or do a haka when he arrived; he still retains the evangelical fervour of the convert about things Maori. In an ideal world he would always speak Maori; he thinks in Maori and has been known to sleep talk in Maori.
He wasn't supposed to become a broadcaster; "There was a thought" that he would become an Anglican minister. But he got a radio gig when he was still at school and girls would ring in with requests and the single-sex boarding school boy thought that was pretty neat, and that was that.
Just as well, really. He's a terrible teller of porkies - he calls it "fudging" - so the church had a lucky escape. For one thing, he claims to be 5ft 11in (1.8m). That's the least of it. I asked whether he'd ever done anything he was ashamed of and he told me a really dodgy story about taking his 11-year-old son to a Hurricanes game at Eden Park and walking out before the end in a sulk because the Blues were winning.
Then he refused to get on the train with Blues supporters because he was wearing his Hurricanes get-up (which he wears to work every Friday.) So he made his boy walk home to Mt Albert, which is a 45-minute walk and then lied ("fudged") and told him it was 20 minutes. Then he lied ("fudged") to his wife about this sorry episode. He claims to have forgotten the details of the fudging.
I had come to see why the scary boss lady might have been concerned about an interview about his character, which, he'd have you believe, is thoroughly rotten.
I would very much like to believe this. (He did call me a wanker, after all.) So it pains me to have to admit that he is funny and charming. But if he's 1.8m I'll eat my potae.


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By Declan Taylor
Arsène Wenger believes that loan spells teach players invaluable lessons about responsibility.
Arsenal currently have 13 players away on loan, in all four English divisions, Italy, Spain and Holland. And, according to Wenger, players grow accustomed to "the fight" for a first team place while they are away.
Jay Simpson is one of two Gunners currently with Premier League clubs and the manager thinks that the 20-year-old striker needs minutes at this stage of his career.
"Someone like Jay needs to play," said Wenger. "It is part of the education of the player to get them out on loan; to take the responsibility of playing in a first team and have to fight for a place in the dressing room.
"Not to think 'I am disappointed I am not in the Champions League' but to know what it is like to play in their championship and to assert their personality in the dressing.
"They come back and realise that life may not have been as bad as they thought here."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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In the top photo, Gage Paine, UTSA vice president for student
affairs, presents a ring. In the other photos, UTSA students
"show their Roadrunner" and their new rings.
(Photos by Mark McClendon)
UTSA ring is an important traditional symbol
By James Benavides
Public Affairs Specialist
(May 9, 2008)--Tradition, spirit and pride have come to UTSA along with growth and new ideas. As the university builds an identity and legacy, students are increasingly proud to display the unifying symbol of the UTSA ring.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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"For being such a young school, we have a great deal of pride and tradition," said George De Leon, a history major who will graduate in 2009. "The UTSA ring can tie us all together."
De Leon was one of nearly 300 UTSA students receiving their rings in a May 1 ceremony at the Convocation Center on the 1604 Campus. Juniors entering their senior years, graduating seniors and non-traditional students participated in the ceremony, each bringing their own meaning to the school symbol.
After missing her ring ceremony in 1999 because of illness, Sandy Jimenez-Huizar returned to campus to formally receive her ring. She chose to participate not only for her emotional connection to the school, but also as a first-generation college graduate to set an example to her three young daughters.
>> View a video (QuickTime format) with comments by Sandy Jimenez-Huizar on the UTSA ring ceremony. (Video by David Deering).
"In first-generation graduates, the ring tradition has tapped into pride and the ring as a symbol of that pride," said Curt Langford, national director of the official ring program at Balfour and a company representative for UTSA. "The non-traditional graduate has more to overcome to get the ring. It means more and becomes that symbol of achievement."
UTSA Vice President for Student Affairs Gage Paine participated in the ceremony she describes as one of her favorites.
"I hand rings to a wide variety of students and the smiles I get in return are amazing," she said. "The students who choose to buy and wear a ring want to share their accomplishments with the world, and they are proud of having a degree from UTSA. What could be more fun than to be part of that?"
In her remarks to the students at the ceremony, Paine cautioned them about the complexities of pride by sharing the proverb, "Pride goeth before a fall." But she referred to another definition, "reasonable self-respect."
"I do think pride in your accomplishments at UTSA, as symbolized by your ring, falls under the definition of reasonable and justifiable self-respect," she said. "So, be proud."
In addition to the symbolic value, the ring includes images of the university and city. Ms. UTSA 2008 Jessica Beemer pointed out the Sombrilla on the ring's left shank, describing it as a center point and gathering place critical to the university. The Alamo on its right shank, she said, shows pride in the landmark and the city. To Beemer, the book and shield on the ring's crown symbolizes dedication to studies.
"The institution has restored the academic integrity of the ring," said Balfour's Langford, citing the standards created only in the last 12 years of the university's 39-year history. The ring is reserved for alumni and juniors and seniors who have completed 60 credit hours.
"UTSA clearly stands out among its peers in ring traditions," said Langford. "There are more historic ring traditions, but in a new generation of schools creating a ring tradition, UTSA is clearly ahead of the pack."
The UTSA ring program is administered by the UTSA Office of Alumni Programs and facilitated through the UTSA bookstore.
For more information, call (210) 458-4133 or visit the UTSA Alumni Programs Web site and select "Official UTSA Ring."


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A 49-year-old Sulphur man has been charged with theft over $500, authorities said.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said Kyle M. Lyons, 1730 Deer Creek, was arrested after a three-week investigation.
"On Sept. 18, detectives received a call from the owner of a local business regarding an employee stealing from the company," Myers said Tuesday in a news release. "The owner said he discovered that Lyons, on several occasions over the last three months, had charged customers directly for materials. The materials were provided by the company for projects and were already covered in the contracted price. Lyons then kept the money."
Lyons admitted he collected over $1,000 in direct payments from customers, Myers said.
Judge David Ritchie set Lyons' bond at $25,000.
Detective Eddie Curol was the lead investigator.


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College of Letters and Science
Requirements for the Major
Honors in the Major
Distinction in the Major
Certificate in Archaeology
5240 William H. Sewell Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706; 608-262-2866; www.anthropology.wisc.edu
Professors Bowie, Bunn, George, Kenoyer, Lepowsky, Narayan, Ohnuki-Tierney, Schroeder, Strier, Zhou; Associate Professors Hawks, Nesper, Pickering, Wendland; Assistant Professors Clayton, Kim
Undergraduate advisor in the major: Contact department, 608-262-2866
Faculty diversity liaison: Contact department, 608-262-2866
Anthropology is the comparative study of human diversity through time and across the world. Its scope spans the humanities, the social sciences, and the biological, physical, and evolutionary sciences. As a history of the human species, anthropology studies all human biological and behavioral variation from the earliest fossil records to the present; it includes the study of nonhuman primates as well. As a social science, anthropology aims at uncovering the patterns of past and present societies. As one of the humanities, anthropology seeks to understand the ways cultural meaning and political power have shaped human experience.
At the University of Wisconsin–Madison, anthropology consists of three subfields: archaeology—the investigation and analysis of the remains from past cultures, uncovered through excavation; biological anthropology—the study of human evolution and the roots of the biological and genetic diversity found among contemporary peoples; and sociocultural anthropology—the comparative study of society, politics, economy, and culture, whether in historical times or in our contemporary moment. UW–Madison also offers some classes in anthropological linguistics—the analysis of language and its place in social life. Comparative and empirical work—and fieldwork in particular—are the hallmarks of anthropology on this campus.
Thus, anthropology at UW–Madison is characterized by a comparative point of view, a focus on humans and societies in all their variation and similarity, and an effort to reveal and understand the complex but organized diversity that has shaped the human condition, past and present.
Requirements for the Major
105 Introduction to Human Biology, 3 cr
300 Cultural Anthropology, 3 cr
490 Undergraduate Seminar, 3 cr
Majors must also take two of the following three archaeology courses:
212 Principles of Archaeology, 3 cr (112 prior to spring 2016)
321 The Emergence of Human Culture, 3 cr
322 The Origins of Civilization, 3 cr
A minimum of 30 credits within the department is required, including 105, 300, 490, and two courses from the following: 212 (112 prior to spring 2016), 321, or 322. No more than 40 credits may be taken as part of the major. Undergraduates may substitute a graduate seminar for Anthropology 490 only if they have permission of the instructor, permission of an L&S academic dean, and a GPA of 3.5 or better. If advanced degree study is planned, additional courses in related fields should be discussed with an advisor in the department.
All students must fulfill the L&S requirement of at least 15 credits of upper-level work in the major completed in residence. Courses 300 and above can be counted toward this requirement, with the exception of elementary Quechua and Yucatec Maya language courses (361, 362, 366, 376, 377).
By arrangement with a supervising professor, certain upper-group students may substitute a thesis for 4 of the above required credits, to be written in biological anthropology, archaeology, or sociocultural anthropology.
Students wishing to declare an anthropology major should go to the Department of Anthropology, 5240 William H. Sewell Social Science Building.
Students planning to go on to graduate-level study should talk to their advisor about foreign languages, field experience, or other training needed for advanced anthropological research.
Honors in the Major
Honors students must complete 105, 300, 490 and two of the following: 212 (112 prior to spring 2016), 321, 322. In addition, honors students must complete 3 credits in honors courses in each section of anthropology (biological, archaeological, and cultural), as well as take an additional 490 seminar or one seminar at the 600 or (with consent of instructor and advisor) 900 level, and a Senior Honors Thesis (681/682). Students must earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.3 in courses taken in the major and an overall GPA of at least 3.3 in all courses taken at UW–Madison at the time of graduation.
Distinction in the Major
Undergraduate students who are not enrolled in the honors program are eligible to be recommended by their advisor to the department to receive Distinction in the Major if they have maintained a 3.5 GPA in their major and have written an exceptional senior thesis or an exceptional paper in an undergraduate seminar, graduate seminar, or independent study.
Certificate in Archaeology
The mission of the certificate is to provide students with a global perspective of archaeology and of human culture. Through the certificate program, students gain an understanding of archaeology in its broadest sense. They explore the origins of subsistence strategies, trade, technology, ideology, and conflict still present in the modern global environment, as well as the ever-changing economic and political climate. Archaeology at UW Madison is truly an interdisciplinary endeavor. The certificate offers a linkage among courses in several departments and stimulates students to think about similar topics from different academic and theoretical perspectives.
The certificate requires 21 credits of coursework:
- Introductory courses, 3 cr (such as Anthro 102, 212 [112 prior to spring 2016])
- Area courses, 6 cr
- Topics courses, 6 cr
- Field courses, 3 cr
- Capstone seminar in archaeology, 3 cr
The 21 credits must be distributed among at least three of the following departments: anthropology, art history, classics, geography, geology and geophysics, Hebrew and Semitic studies, history, and zoology.
For additional information about the certificate, and for a list of courses, see the anthropology website.
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It wasn't Raheel Kerr's dream to win the MasterChef New Zealand crown.
After two weeks of eliminations, she made it clear by shrugging her shoulders when judge Simon Gault asked if she still wanted to be in the cooking competition.
"You're telling me out of all the people that we've turned away, you don't want to be here?" he asked.
"I think there are more deserving people," Raheel replied.
The remaining 14 contestants sat disgruntled as Raheel fought for her position in a three-skill elimination challenge - de-boning and cooking a piece of salmon, French trimming a lamb rack and making the perfect pesto.
"I'm not here to compete against them," Raheel said, getting fired up at the fact that she only had a couple of people backing her.
"I feel like s**t," she said.
The 27-year-old vegetarian from Hamilton said she was "horrified" when a mystery box revealed a row of whole Peking ducks hanging by their necks from meat hooks.
"I wanted to throw up," she said.
She prepared a twice-cooked duck breast with ginger, five spice, peas, rice and chilli.
Gault said: "I always want to find something good in a dish. And the good in this dish for me is that it's kind of like yesterday's fried rice that somebody's made and it wasn't that good and you've heated it up."
The judges criticised her for not rendering the fat down enough, Ray McVinnie described the flavour as "muddy ducky," and Raheel was sent to battle it out against Kris and David.
"I feel like I should have tried harder in the elimination challenge," she said.
"It put me in a bad light, I felt like I was up against really tough competitors."
But by the end, Raheel was over it. Living in the MasterChef house was "doing her head in" and some people in there were "grinding my gears" - though she wouldn't admit who.
"I was really happy to have even made it this far. It wasn't my dream to be a MasterChef really."
* MasterChef New Zealand screens on TV One on Sunday nights. www.nzherald.co.nz will interview every contestant as they are eliminated.
*Read our blog of episode four here.


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UNDEF funds a new project in Libya, Morocco and Tunisia to engage youth and civil society in public policy dialogue. It works through more than 200 local public policy programmes, training trainers and producing learning materials under the Project Citizen curriculum. more >>
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UNDEF finances a new project for a centre of excellence to mainstream Libyan women in politics and develop a nationwide civic education strategy. The centre will train women in democratic processes and institutions, gender, leadership and interpersonal skills. more >>
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In a keynote address to the Council of Europe's World Forum for Democracy, the UN Secretary-General spoke of the practical actions the UN is taking to support democracy. more >>
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UNDEF funds a project to increase involvement of women in Nigeria's governance and democratic processes. A national network of women advocates from three generations lead a dialogue on new strategies for affirmative action and a new work plan for women's empowerment. more >>
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlights the importance of democracy education in his message for this year's International Day of Democracy on 15 September. more >>


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Can't go on the 11th, because I have family obligations that day. My grandparents anniversary. There is no way in hell I leave them hanging out to dry on their special day so I can go to a game with you guys.
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SR Technics and Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT), both part of Mubadala Aerospace's global Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) network, have signed a contract with Airbus for the implementation of the Airbus Managed Inventory (AMI) service at the Dubai Airshow. The implementation of AMI – an automated inventory management system – will ensure the replenishment of the high-usage and non-repairable Airbus parts of the stocks of SR Technics and ADAT.
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- 1 CUPS' error_log FAQ
- 1.1 General Questions
- 1.2 Enabling Logging
- 1.3 CUPS Log Errors
- 1.3.1 Why are there no references to ghostscript in the log?
- 1.3.2 cupsd: Child exited with status 1!
- 1.3.3 unable to evaluate datablob
- 1.3.4 cupsdoprint: relocation error: cupsdoprint: undefined symbol: strlcpy
- 1.3.5 Warning - hp_psc_950: Bad printcap entry - missing 'sd' or 'client'
- 1.3.6 /usr/local/sbin/lpdomatic: unable to evaluate datablob
- 1.3.7 media tray empty
- 1.3.8 [Job 28] /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip: No such file or directory
- 1.3.9 "/usr/local/var/spool/cups/d00032-001" - Permission denied
- 1.3.10 Denying user "" access to printer?
- 1.3.11 /usr/bin/foo2zjs-wrapper: line 141: gs: command not found?
- 1.3.12 Unable to convert file 0 to printable format for job 4!
- 1.3.13 Couldn't exec foomatic-gswrapper -q?
- 1.3.14 Error: /invalidfont in findfont?
- 1.3.16 server-error-service-unavailable?
- 1.3.17 sh: line 1: hpijs: command not found
- 1.3.18 Can't find initialization file gs_init.ps?
- 1.3.19 Unknown device: ijs?
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CUPS' error_log FAQ
General Questions
Either you can use Forum: General Discussion or for better results try the forum related to your specific printer manufacturer.
Better is to discuss on the CUPS mailing list/newsgroups on the CUPS web site.
What is the error log?
This is a file where CUPS writes information about what it is doing. Almost all printing problems can be diagnosed from the error log, so it is the first place to look to start solving problems. To be useful, you much change the logging level.
If you are not using CUPS for printing, this information will not be useful to you.
What is the name of the CUPS error log?
Where is the error_log?
It is usually located in /var/log/cups/
Enabling Logging
How come the error_log doesn't show much information?
In the default configuration, there is not enough logging information to deal with printing failures. Change the LogLevel to debug.
How do I change the logging level?
You must edit a file cupsd.conf, usually located in /etc/cups. Search for the line LogLevel and change it to debug. Most printing problems can be solved with just debug.
Using debug2 is not helpful because it logs information not necessarily related to printing. It also make it more difficult to read the error log.
After enabling Logging, why are no more error reported to the error_log file?
You must restart cupsd. killall -HUP cupsd.
CUPS Log Errors
Why are there no references to ghostscript in the log?
If you have a non-postscript printer, you should see log messages relating to the use of ghostscript. If there are non, you have failed to install foomatic-rip or foomatic-gswrapper.
CUPS error_log message relating to ghostscript.
[06/Feb/2003:18:46:20 -0500] [Job 44] foomatic-gswrapper: \ gs '-dBATCH' '-dPARANOIDSAFER' '-dQUIET' '-dNOPAUSE' '-sDEVICE=ijs' \ '-sIjsServer=hpijs' '-sDeviceManufacturer=HEWLETT-PACKARD' \ '-sDeviceModel=DESKJET 540' '-dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612' \ '-dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=792' '-r300' \ '-sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=0,Quality:ColorMode=2,Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=1' \ '-dIjsUseOutputFD' '-sOutputFile=| cat >&3' '/dev/fd/0' 3>&1 1>&2
The solution is to do the installation again, and pay special attention to the script installation section.
cupsd: Child exited with status 1!
Try running cupsd as root.
unable to evaluate datablob
Check permissions on the spool directory.
cupsdoprint: relocation error: cupsdoprint: undefined symbol: strlcpy
Upgrading to KDE3.1 (the ASPlinux packages).
Warning - hp_psc_950: Bad printcap entry - missing 'sd' or 'client'
If this error is from trying to print with lpr, you have probably installed CUPS on top of another spooler (lpd,lpq, or lprng) and the lpr command is not the CUPS version.
/usr/local/sbin/lpdomatic: unable to evaluate datablob
This problem can also happen when one uses LPRng and sets up the /etc/printcap for an lpdomatic queue as described for stock LPD on LPDDocumentation
To solve the problem the /etc/printcap has to be set up as described for LPRng on the mentioned page and the accounting information has to be removed from the printer description file. Or one re-downloads the printer description file.
media tray empty
This error is most often associated with HP printers. If you see this warning in the /var/log/cups/error_log file or in any status messages of the printer, this does not necessarily prevent the printer from working. Many USB-connected Epson inkjets give this message with CUPS as well, and they print without problems.
If your printer does not print, there is perhaps something else wrong. Please follow the steps on the cups help page.
Here is the analysis of what is happening.
1. The error code 18 is returned by a system call to ioctl. This is the true return value of ioctl (it hasn't been mangled by cups).
2. Error code 18 means media tray empty AND printer offline, which clearly is not correct since the output printed. All that this code fragment does is compare the returned status with a couple of error symbols and prints an appropriate error message. It doesn't in any way affect what happens to the job processing. The error code is actually a bitvector, so the code should be using all "if" statements instead of the "else if" statements when comparing to the bitmask symbols.
3. In the CUPS interface, just above this bogus error message, is a message that states printer on line and ready. Something other than this code fragment generated that message.
4. This code fragment is surrounded by compiler directives such that it only compiles if being compiled for a GNU/Linux system because, as the comment suggests, some Linux kernels don't like to query the USB while sending data. Maybe my Linux kernel is not one of these? I wonder if I can just comment this whole section out, recompile, and forget about it, letting whatever gave me the correct message (item 3) do its thing. I will try printing while there really is no paper in the media tray and see if this gives me the correct error message. If so, I'll just remove this code fragment and let life go on.
The error appears to be returned because the printer generates false error messages when it is under heavy load (i.e. when it is printing). It is unknown why the printer controller does this, but it appears completely harmless.
[Job 28] /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip: No such file or directory
Looks like you need to install the filter at /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip Read the appropriate instructions on CUPSDocumentation
"/usr/local/var/spool/cups/d00032-001" - Permission denied
This is almost always a permissions problem with the printer spool directory, or with one of its subdirectories. Even though cupsd runs with root user privelages, it reads and writes the spool with a non-root UID and GID.
The UID and GID are configurable in cupsd.conf.
The permissions on the spool directory should look something like this. drwxr-sr-x with a UID/GID matching those in cupsd.conf.
Denying user "" access to printer?
There is an option in /etc/cups/printers.conf called AllowUser All, which may not work all the time. There are two workarounds. Try commenting out all lines that begin with AllowUser including the line AllowUser All. If that doesn't work, then the other workaround is too allow each user access to the printer. lpadmin -p printername -u allow:root To add many users at once,
lpadmin -p printername -u allow:root,username1,username2,...
/usr/bin/foo2zjs-wrapper: line 141: gs: command not found?
Your ghostscript be found. Please install ghostscript.
Unable to convert file 0 to printable format for job 4!
This is caused by not having the pstoraster filter included in ESP GhostScript, or not having applied the GhostScript patches in the pstoraster directory of the GNU GhostScript sources. You need to install ESP GhostScript or the patch starting with CUPS 1.1.15.
It may also be necessary to compile ESP GhostScript against your current version of CUPS.
Couldn't exec foomatic-gswrapper -q?
Make sure /usr/local/bin/foomatic-gswrapper has execution permissions. If necessary, chmos a+rx /usr/local/bin/foomatic-gswrapper.
Error: /invalidfont in findfont?
Install GhostScript fonts.
Install GhostScript fonts.
This may be a permissions problem in the spool directory.
sh: line 1: hpijs: command not found
Your hpijs program cannot be found. Make sure hpijs exists, and is executable.
Can't find initialization file gs_init.ps?
This is a ghostscript configuration problem. The gs executable file can't find the ghostscript directory. it's possible that the path it's wrong. Execute the command gs -? and in the last lines of the output is the ghostscript directory path. If the actual GhostScript path is different than the current path, you'll need to change the path.
Alternatively, you can try moving the gs_init.ps file, or symlinking it. It is usually located in /usr/share/ghostscript or /usr/local/share/ghostscript. To find out exactly where the gs executable expects gs_init.ps to be, try using strace or similar program.
Unknown device: ijs?
Your version of GhostScript does not have the "ijs" driver compiled in. This driver is necessary for HPIJS to work.
cat: write error: Broken pipe?
It looks like the pnm2ppa is not installed. See the "^^^^^" above) What does "which pnm2ppa" say?


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Arlee fire evacuees allowed into homes for short time to check property
ARLEE, Mont. - Crews are scrambling to get hold of the Firestone Flats Fire burning near Arlee. It increased by about 350 acres from Sunday to Monday. But crews Monday reported a pretty good day.
Cooler weather was a friend to firefighters on the blaze burning 6 miles east-northeast of Arlee.
It's burning timberland on Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal land.
The fire started Saturday.
It's a hard one to fight, and emergency crews are taking no chances.
On Monday morning, evacuated residents waited for an escort to take them home for a few minutes to check on their property.
"I'm going to check on a couple of cats that got left," said evacuee Jane Lindgren.
About 50 structures are threatened by the fire, but none have burned.
The fire's not contained. But cautious crews expect that to change.
"We want to get a better handle on the lines they've established thus far," said public information officer Kristen Baker, "The fire is continuing to push to the north a little bit. But the weather should in fact help that scenario."
The fire burning in Jocko Canyon is not easily accessible.
It's steep country, with lots of beetle killed trees and heavy brush.
At the Arlee Pow Wow grounds, supplies stream in. The camp will be set up for as long as necessary.
Public information officers estimate the fire has already cost upwards of $600,000.
Evacuee Max Eden can't put a price tag on some things.
The Heart View Center near Arlee opened its doors to fire refugees. Eden was eating breakfast there, which he called "luxurious."
He said he had a dream the night before about his father and his fiddle.
"I've never had a dream about my dad fiddling before," said the Arlee resident. "and I woke up and realized that I had left his fiddle up at the house and hid it there."
Max went back up to the house with an escort for just a few minutes, to retrieve the treasure of his dreams.
Officials at the fire camp said Arlee firefighters, tribal firefighters and mutual aid stations did a good job getting on the fire early Saturday, made it easier to fight today.
A public information meeting is taking place Monday night at 8 p.m. at Arlee High School.
Fire officials will be there to answer questions about the Firestone Flats Fire.
Here is Monday's evening update on the Firestone Flats Fire from Information Officer Cindy Super:
Cause: Under Investigation
Detected: July 27, 2013
Location: Approximately 6 miles east northeast of Arlee, MT.
Size: 1,750 acres
Jurisdiction: Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes, Lake County
Current Status: A public information meeting was held at the Arlee High School again tonight at 8pm. The fire is at 40% containment. Residents will be allowed to return to their homes around 5pm on Tuesday July 30, conditions permitting.
The fire is listed at 40 percent contained. Containment in the west and south divisions has reduced the threat to structures near the valley floor.
Planned Activities: Continued work on containment lines and burning out on north and east sides of the fire. Continue to hold the fire and reinforce containment lines on south and west division.
Resources: Five helicopters, three Type 1 Hotshot crews, four Type 2 Initial Attack crews, three Type 2 crews, two camp crews, thirteen engine crews, three water tenders, 12 pieces of heavy equipment as well as 65 overhead staff for a total of 365 people.
Closures: Jocko Road, Pistol Creek Road, and North Placid Lake Road are currently closed to the public. The closures will remain in effect for the public, though residents will be allowed to return after 5pm.


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Votto fans -- wish he'd watched Carpenter....
Votto fans -- wish he'd watched Carpenter....
The older I get - the better I was
and yes - I hate the Cardinals (Reds fan since 1958)
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terrible swing
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Love Votto, but he's in Tom Petty mode. (Free Fallin')
Rounding third and heading for home...
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walk to Bruce- no way they let him beat them there
The older I get - the better I was
and yes - I hate the Cardinals (Reds fan since 1958)
Heisey in hero mode (yet again) rather than just taking a good cut to get a couple of runs in. Ridiculous swings. Embarassing approach.
Rounding third and heading for home...
Damnit Votto, damnit Heisey.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
What an absolutely atrocious at-bat from Heisey. Swung at three pitches outside the zone and pops up with the bases loaded. Awful.
hi-c - epic fail of an at bat...
oh the humanity -- Reds waste it
The older I get - the better I was
and yes - I hate the Cardinals (Reds fan since 1958)
Gotta love all the swings at pitches out of the zone. Stay aggressive!
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(May 19, 2006)--UTSA sophomore Trevor Hykes walked away with $25,000 in winnings on the May 12 episode of College Week on TV's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire."
The syndicated show hosted by Meredith Vieira does not air in San Antonio, but is seen nearby in Austin, Corpus Christi and San Angelo. The College Week episodes were taped in January at the Walt Disney World Disney-MGM Studios in Florida.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Hykes started in the hot seat on Thursday's show, where he made it up to the $4,000 question. He continued as a holdover contestant on Friday's episode. He started Friday's show, looking at the $8,000 question and had all three lifelines left to help him make his way to the million-dollar question.
Hykes, age 20, is originally from Del Rio, Texas, and is the son of Gregory and Yolanda Hykes of Rome, Ga. He is a 2003 graduate of Del Rio High School.
Hykes used his "Ask The Audience" lifeline on the $25,000 question, which was: According to the U.S. Constitution, a member of the House of Representatives must be at least how old? A) 18 years old, B) 21 years old, C) 25 years old, D) 30 years old. The studio audience voted for "C" and the AOL Instant Messenger audience voted for "D."
Hykes went with the advice of the studio audience and correctly guessed the answer to be "C." After correctly guessing the answer to the $25,000 question, he was given an additional lifeline called "Switch The Question."
Hykes used both his "50-50"and "Phone-A-Friend" lifelines on the $50,000 question, which was: What breed of dog was bred by Hubert, a 7th-century monk who later became the patron saint of hunters? A) Beagle, B) Boxer, C) Golden Retriever, D) Bloodhound.
After using the "50-50" lifeline, he was left with "A" and "D" as options. After using the "Phone-A-Friend" lifeline, Hykes guessed the answer to be "A," but unfortunately, the correct answer was "D." Hykes walked away with $25,000 and left his "Switch The Question" lifeline unused.
A UTSA political science major and marketing minor, Hykes is a member of ROTC and aspires to be an entrepreneur after serving in the armed forces after graduation.
Living off campus with three roommates, he said the first requirement of the house is to cook for yourself. He often relies on his mother's help over the phone while creating his concoctions. The last disaster happened when Hykes didn't realize the hot oil he used to make homemade potato chips had melted the plastic spoon he was using to stir them.
While working as a bellhop, Hykes was requested to be the one and only attendant to Muhammad Ali, and was the only person permitted to interact with the champ. At the end of his stay, Ali took a photo with Hykes, pretending to box.


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With a new case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) discovered in a California dairy cow, we stand at the markets mercy.
by Hoard's Dairyman staff
Confirmation reached the Hoard's Dairyman offices that a BSE case had been found in a California dairy cow shortly after 2 p.m. Central time yesterday. Thoughts of "the Christmas surprise" of 2003 (the 2003 BSE case was reported by USDA Secretary Ann Veneman on December 23) quickly raced through our minds. While agricultural media outlets were reporting the news by 2:30 p.m., the popular press quickly followed.
Then, the markets reacted. In 2003, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, and Canada, purchasers of 90 percent of U.S. exports at the time, all blocked shipments.
Markets retreat, then rebound
But this case of BSE, only the fourth in U.S. history, is much different than the 2003 event. Yesterday's feeder cattle prices traded down the limit of $3 as the closing bell rang Tuesday. But in overnight trading, prices bounced back some. If markets can stay steady in coming days (and borders can stay open) 2012 will contrast greatly with 2003. February 2004 cattle futures went from $90.67 to $71.17 just five days after the discovery of the 2003 case. The 2003 BSE case involved cows in Washington state. Exports shrank from 160 million pounds to less than 6 million, reported Rueters.
The December 2003 beef industry also looked much different than 2012's. The U.S. was experiencing record-high beef prices in fall 2003, as result of a BSE case discovered in Canada that closed the U.S. border to Canadian exports. This time, the beef industry is still healing from bruises caused by a successful "Pink Slime" smear campaign.
Tuesday's BSE discovery also played with the stocks of various food-related companies. Stock of chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride was up 7.22 percent. McDonald's dropped 0.63 percent on the news, but was back up 0.12 percent in after-hours trading. Tyson Foods was up 1.53 percent at the close, but dropped back halfway, 0.84 percent, in after-hours trading.
What we know
At the moment, we know that the animal was identified during routine testing at a rendering plant owned by Baker Commodities of Kerman, Calif. Officials admit that the cow came from a five-county area in California's Central Valley, but haven't identified the county, town, or farm from which the infected animal came. The cow was discovered at Baker's Hanford plant, reported The Fresno Bee. Because it was discovered at a rendering plant (a nonfood supply location), the implications are much less severe.
The variant of the disease is also much different than the 2003 case. The infected cow evidently was not infected as result of contaminated feed. The Fresno Bee article suggests that the infection may have arrived spontaneously in an older animal. All signs point to there being extremely low risk for someone to contract the virus as result of this case.
News quickly faded
By late last night, the BSE case had fallen from the top news on most internet news websites. Early this morning, the nearby Fresno Bee held the BSE case as its top story. But dairy-area newspapers had almost forgotten already. Earlier this morning, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel moved the story down its home page, requiring two full mouse scrolls. The story was altogether absent from the Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times website's front page.
Meanwhile, the big press sites were still covering the subject. CNN, Chicago Tribune, and Fox News put the BSE case as a top story, but added a "no concern" statement in the title. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal and New York Times moved the story farther down the page.
The industry was ready
By far, the biggest difference in 2003 and 2012 BSE cases is industry preparedness. Through regular media and social media (Twitter, Facebook, and other platforms) the industry, including dairy and beef organizations, stood their ground with consistent messaging and landing sites for more information. If you'd like to learn even more, see the sites below, or go to http://bseinfo.org/.
Statement of USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2012/04/0133.xml&contentidonly=true
Statement by USDA Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2012/04/0132.xml&contentidonly=true
Statement by NMPF:
Statement by NCBA:
Centers for Disease Control information page:
Questions and answers on BSE: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=BSE_FAQs.xml&contentidonly=true
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I like the magazine loading on the top of the upper and the ejection through the magazine well.
If you're debating which to get I'd assume the "AR57" upper and an AR15 lower would be much more economical over the PS90. But what does this have to do with FN other than the magazines?


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Pepe Lee Chang
Top photo: today as UTSA professor
Bottom photo: previous career in hip-hop duo
Faculty Close-Up: Pepe Lee Chang changes career path from indie hip-hopper to UTSA business ethics professor
By Cindy Brockwell
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(Jan. 29, 2009)--Her high school classmates back in Rexburg, Idaho, would remember her as an outcast. But the punk rocker matured into UTSA's Pepe Lee Chang, assistant professor of business ethics in the College of Business Department of Management.
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Chang is a first-generation Asian-American whose parents emigrated from Taiwan. They were entrepreneurs who opened restaurants, worked hard to provide for their children and now are enjoying their retirement.
She earned her bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Utah. She put her marketing degree to work in numerous jobs including Grammercy Films, a radio station and recording artist management.
But Chang knew she didn't want to give away 8-10 hours of her day to someone else doing work that was meaningless. "You are only young once, and so you have to find what you love to do and find a way to do it," she said. She wanted to matter and she wanted her efforts to matter to her.
Chang had enjoyed a course in philosophy, and after a few more courses, she was hooked and on her life's path.
"I knew I might end up being a waitress with a doctorate in philosophy, but I'd also be a better thinker... and that matters to me," she said. She also noted that a Ph.D. in philosophy can take six to eight years to complete. "But excelling in this kind of subject is addictive. Through lots of encouragement from my professors at Utah, I realized that I had to go all the way or I would always regret it."
Along the way, however, Chang was sidetracked by music. She "accidentally" became half of a Utah hip-hop duo called Furthermore. First under contract to Tooth and Nail Records, then signed by Universal Records, she left grad school for a year and went on tour with numerous indie punk rock bands.
"It was the experience of a lifetime. There were rough spots, and the actual act of touring is miserable. But seeing how your music affects young kids is incredibly fulfilling," Chang said.
Tooth and Nail Records released two CDs, "Fluorescent Jellyfish" in 1999 and "She and I" in 2003. The single "Letter to Myself" was signed by Universal Records. She calls her music "electronic indie hip-hop."
"Our music was never mainstream enough, and no one knew how to market it," she said. "We thought it was mainstream, but it wasn't. What are you going to do?"
After her short-lived music career, Chang returned to grad school. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Utah in 2007.
She went on the management and philosophy job markets, and eventually received job offers from both markets. She was immediately drawn to UTSA, however, because of its energy and enthusiasm for the future. She joined the faculty in fall 2007, and is excited about the direction of the department and its potential for growth.
Chang enjoys stimulating and challenging students' minds in the College of Business. This fall she taught a course in ethics and leadership. "It's important for M.B.A.s to be able to show future employers that they can justify their decisions... that they can make good ethical decisions based upon sound reasoning," she said. "You would be surprised how many people think they know what that means, but they really don't."
Among her areas of specialization are business ethics, health care and medical ethics, moral philosophy and ethics, and the German philosopher Nietzsche.
Chang talked about the current economic crisis and what she called the myth of the free market. She explained that the free market assumes that businesses will act in their own self-interest. The problem is that this implies that we know what is in our best self-interest."
"But usually we don't," she said, "And we resort to numbers because they are easy to calculate. When you factor in things like quality of life, respect for persons, opportunity and justice... it becomes quite difficult to determine what it is that is in our own best interest."
Chang noted that the current economic crisis illustrates how people can make mistakes regarding what they believe is best for them.
Her research is theoretical. Philosophers are in the business of finding truths about the world. According to Chang, many beliefs that people take for granted need further investigation to determine if those beliefs are actually justified. As an example, she cited the movie "The Matrix," where the point was to show that the reality we all take for granted can easily be doubted.
One thing that is real is that Chang's students will have an excellent foundation in ethics that will set the stage for the rest of their lives.
Fun Facts: Pepe Lee Chang
- Favorite movie: "Star Wars" (all of them)
- Favorite pastimes outside the classroom: watching TV and movies, her two Shih Tzus, caring for her parents, shopping, poker and meaningful friends
- Favorite TV program: "House"


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Where did you end up buying the borage from?
Any one found a lbs per acre planting guide?
Where did you end up buying the borage from?
Any one found a lbs per acre planting guide?
Ordered it through my local Co-Op store (don't know where they get, but everything they sell is suitable for this area). I have not seen a per-acre guide; I had to by by the ounce - I got 32 ounces.
Where I live borage re seeds itself readily.
If you plant it too thin it will probably fill in the next season.
I love how they use english on this site for what plants are good for just honey. <---sarcasm if you couldn't tell.
Wikipedia does provide quite a nice list, and this one provides some of the "per acre" values:
Some of the ones I have tried and which the bees seem to really love are these:
- Anise Hyssop (nectar), both purple and white work well. Often has more multiple bees per flower stem.
- Borage (nectar). Note it reseeds itself very heavily.
- White Clover (nectar).
- Sunflowers (pollen). Note some varieties don't have pollen.
- Poppies (pollen).
Am also trying out some plants for winter/early spring sources and keep the information here:
Two other sources in this area include lavender (there is a lavender farm near here) and blackberries. Careful if you plant blackberries, they can be difficult to control.
What percentage of plants should you have on each of nectar/pollen?
I don't think I've seen anyone look at percentage of pollen vs nectar. I would suggest planting mostly for nectar, but make sure you have some pollen sources at the right time of year, particularly late winter/early spring when the bees are trying to build up. Mine have been harvesting pollen since Jan 28th:
I seeded a small plot two years ago in borage by broadcasting seed on an old garden spot of disked soil. It did great in summer and fall. The next year I had 10 times the number of plants volunteer in that spot. I never saw birds go after the seeds and never saw any outside that area. NC does not list it as invasive. It does need consistant rain or watering. It does not transplant well.
Borage is a great plant for honey bees, bumble bees compete for it also. The flowers have an interesting shape and in a thick stand of borage the pale blue flowers are a gorgeous sight. The honey bees start working the blossoms at the earliest light in the morning and go till near dark. Like others have said, it will get top heavy and fall over, really not much you can do about that except plant it thickly so the plants kind of support each other, high winds will lay it down too, doesn't matter though the bees still work it just fine. I think I read somewhere that each blossom produces alot of nectar daily, and I believe it because the same bee will keep going back to the same exact flower over and over in one foraging trip, and seems to be getting more nectar each time. I know this because I have sat and watched a single bee come from my hives and fill up on nectar and return back to the hive. John
Coltsfoot is a very early forage for the honey bees.
This was Ohio Zone 6 on March 12th.
Dave - PM me if you are interested in natural beekeeping in Hancock County Maine.
Cool video!! Did you do that?
Yes and thanks,
I only got a short bit of video but wanted to put it up so I made that quick clip. I am Going to try to get some good video thursday through sunday as the weather is going to be nice. There is going to be lots of pollen and nectar coming in on those days.
Dave - PM me if you are interested in natural beekeeping in Hancock County Maine.
Interesting. I will have to allow some of my broccoli plants to go to seed this year instead of pulling up after the spring.
I've been planting for bees for the last two years. My wife makes fun of me because I'll get rid of a plant just because there aren'y any bees on it...ever. Of the plants I've planted, their most favorite is a Caryopteris (spelling?). It is a fall blooming shrub I planted last spring. They were maybe 30" dia. in the fall and each had a good fifty honeybees on it for most of the day. The runner up would be the white Salvia. For some reason they perfered the white over the violet color.
Later, John
Interesting. My friend who is a former beekeeper and a landscape designer mentioned Mountain mint. She said her bees loved it. Guess I will have to try to plan seasonally for the bees now. It is still really cold/rainy here in MD but it isn't always that way. I will need to figure out what will work for March - May that will flower and survive during what can sometimes be a protracted winter. I know the sun is coming soon - I can feel it.
Sparks, MD
I planted native tobacco last year, and the bees were all over that. As soon as one would leave another would take its place it was pretty impressive.
I remember the massive tobacco fields on the farm when I was a kid. When it was in bloom it was impressive. Can't say I remember the bees but that was a long time ago.
Sparks, MD
This was just a pack of the iroquois native tobacco seed. I wanted to try to see if it would grow, and if I could use it as a natural pesticide. It took great in my garden. Nice looking plant too.
How did it work as a pesticide?
Sparks, MD


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Beulaville murder suspect bonds out of jail
Max Turner accused of shooting and killing Jamie Fountain
BEULAVILLE, DUPLIN COUNTY - A man, accused of shooting and killing another man in Beulaville in early February, was released on bond.
Max Turner, 52, is charged with murder, for allegedly killing 51-year-old Jamie Fountain. On Friday, Turner was released on bond, set at $750,000. But he must be on 24/7 house arrest, have no contact with the victim's family or social media, and must not be around firearms, investigators said.
According to police, Turner shot Fountain in the heart on Feb. 5. The murder happened in front a florist shop, located off West Bostic Street, just before 8 p.m., said Beulaville Police Chief Joey Carter. The scene is behind the BB&T bank.
Officers said they found Fountain's body inside a blue Chevy Tahoe SUV that belonged to the shooter's wife.
According to Chief Carter, Turner's wife was in the driver's seat of her SUV, and Fountain was in the front passenger's seat when he was shot. But Fountain's body was found in the back seat, and investigators are unsure when or why the body was moved.
During a previous bond hearing, District Attorney Ernie Lee said there was evidence of premeditation.
But Turner's attorney said his client killed Fountain out of love for his wife and not hatred for the victim, acknowledging an affair between Fountain and Turner's wife, Lisa.
Fountain's uncle, Sherwood Fountain, said he knew nothing of an affair between his nephew and the alleged shooter's wife. Instead, he said he remembers his nephew for his kindness and generosity.
"He was there when I needed him," said Sherwood. "He would do anything in the world for me, and I just can't believe this has happened."
Fountain's funeral was on Feb. 10, at the Serenity Funeral Home in Beulaville. He was buried at Hosea Fountain Cemetery.
Fountain is survived by his son, in his twenties from a previous marriage, mother, and three sisters.


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Mood: WOOF!
Netflix barely has anything, although I want to sign up for a month to watch their exclusive content shows.
I don't have cooties, I swear. Someone can post after me without catching anything, lol.
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I made a payment on a credit card this weekend... It was supposed to be $170... Somehow it got put in for $1700. And from the wrong account. The credit card company can't do anything about it because they've already sent the payment request to the bank. The bank the account that's being drawn from is a local bank and doesn't have 24 hour customer service. So, now I have to try and call them (and hope they pick up the phones) before start of the business day when pending payments usually process/update.


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The move of the PTC email service to Office365 is almost complete. The next process will change user's email login passwords to be the same as their "Portal" password, or school "Network Login" password.
This will be updated on the evening of Thursday, June 27.
If you use Outlook, or you have setup to receive Exchange email on your smart phone or tablet, you will need to reset your email password to your Network Login/Portal password.
It should be emphasized that users need not change anything in this process, this transition simply allows all users to access both email and Portal services utilizing a single password.
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Anyone use this type of hive lifter? I just built one very similar with a few modifications.
Anyone use this type of hive lifter? I just built one very similar with a few modifications.
I've used a pair of ice tongs before, but not the store bought kind of lifter.
Works perfect if you have 2 people. Had one for about 25 years.
haven't tried one but looks handy if you have two people
The replies are appreciated. Time will tell I guess.
I will have help for sure lifting hives. I am hiring for next season and am setting interviews next week.
Thanks again.
For moving bees around the yard, a lifter is great. For lifting them up onto the truck, it's probably easier to lift them by hand. Both ways take two people.
I have one that I used a couple times. I'll never buy another one because it's over kill. Just my two cents.
Very helpful with heavy hives that have to be carried a ways especially if stairs are involved. Like MP said, once you get to the truck sometimes it is easier to remove it and load without.
We used a trailer towed behind a pickup for moving bees. We simply put down the rear tailgate on the trailer, and walked up it with the hives for loading. Works great.
Any problem with moving tall hives?
mike syracuse ny
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I do remember almost tipping some that should have been grabbed higher and having some slide out of the holder. They really grab well on hives with handle cleats. On those we turn the holder upside down. Upright it grabs into the hand holds better.
we use one very similar to that in the photo. It's great, particularily for moving a hive in an area where there is no possibility of getting a vehicle. At our house before we moved, ground was to steep, but with two of us, using that gadget, easily carry a double deep up the hill to the vehicle.
We've never tried to move a hive with more than two deeps. When we intended to do that, we always pulled the supers first, them moved the resulting double deep with that carrying gadget.
If I have to move a multiple box hive, especially if moving some distance, I don't like to disassemble the hive, and in this case, this carrier works well.
A simple ratchet strap around the entire hive will ensure it all stays where it's supposed to during the move. Is spring here yet?
The final product. A drone flew into the frame and landed just before I took the pic.
To use this carrier, do you slide it down from the top?
The hive carrier that I have, has a cleat that goes into the hive handle to keep it from slipping, and for positive grip. Do you plan to add it.
If not, wouldn't it slip if either man gave slack while holding the hive.
Yes it slides down from the top. The way it is designed, it "pinches" the hive with the cross bars. The heavier the hive the stronger the pinch.
IF the hive slipped out it was because the other helper did it on purpose. In which case they would be sent packing. lol
I understand that. If it slipped out I would expect some angry bees.
I take it that drone is not from a small cell.
Looks good. Good job.
>The hive carrier that I have, has a cleat that goes into the hive handle to keep it from slipping, and for positive grip
I agree, you are missing an essential part if you have hand holds only. Yours will work on a hive with cleat handles, but will slip on a hive with cut out handholds only. The commercial ones have a swollen area covered with a black stiff hose to fit into the hand holds.


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Of course I am. Remember, I am the succulent hoarder. So I jumped in the car and within 5 minutes I was at her house. The lady was very neglectful of her plants. They were all root bound in their pots and hadn't been watered in months. I think at one time she must have loved them very much but she is down on her luck and having to move. Her backyard had weeds up to your knees and beyond with trash everywhere. It was sad.
But one treasure I did find was a little BBQ that she had made into a succulent planter. The only thing left alive was an echeveria 'black prince' and a type of sedum I don't have the name of. So I took it home and added new soil, plants and rocks and Yay!
I finally got a new camera. I decided on a Olympus E-Pl2. I am having a lot of fun with it and it takes awesome shots. It has a lot of fun features also like different filters. The shot above was taken with the Pop art filter.
We had a really freaky lightening and thunder storm yesterday. And then it hailed like crazy. I went outside and checked out my succulents today and a lot of them have damage. Not too bad but weird spots and dents all over them. They will come back.
Hope everyone has a great week! Happy Cactus Monday!
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Dear Sir, I am suffering from chronic dry eyes problems from last 3 years & not getting any relief after using the medicines. My tears generations is 8 mm instead of 15~20 mm. Pl. Suggest some ayurvedic treatment for this.
High blood pressure can lead to hypertension, which is known to cause a variety of debilitating side effects or symptoms in the life of the patient. It can also lead to a number of related ailments which can affect the various organs of the body. The eyes are one of the organs that are most susceptible to this kind of spike in the body's blood pressure. Let us learn more about the connection between the two.
Retina: When high blood pressure goes untreated for a prolonged period, it can easily start to affect the blood vessels that can be found in the retina. The retina is the third or the inner most layer of the eye which is sensitive towards light and usually helps in refraction. This is where the light reaches so that one can focus clearly on an image. When the blood pressure of the patient stays high for a prolonged basis, there is significant pressure on the blood vessels in this part of the eye which can lead to an eye disease known as hypertensive retinopathy.
Symptoms: Symptoms of this eye disease include lack of clarity and focus when the eye comes to rest on an object, as well as headaches and other vision problems that typically spring from eye strain that one will go through while trying to focus even harder. It may be seen that the symptoms do not appear in the very early stages of this disease.
Diagnosis: The diagnosis of the condition is usually done by an ophthalmologist who will use an ophthalmoscope in order to project light towards the specific part of the eye so that the back of the eyeballs can be examined. The signs that the doctor will look for during the examination include narrowing of the blood vessels in this part of the eye, inflammation of the macula which is the central portion of the retina, and bleeding in the back of the eye. Also, the doctor will check for spots in the retina with the help of cotton swabs and exudates.
Treatment: The best and only way of treating this condition is by keeping one's blood pressure in control with the help of medication prescribed by the doctor.
Prevention: There are many ways of preventing the onset of this disease, including losing weight so that there is less pressure on the body. Also, one must stick to a healthy diet and exercise regularly after taking recommendations on the appropriate exercises from the doctor. Additionally, it is also important to see a doctor on a regular basis so that there is constant monitoring and regulation of the medicines and the blood pressure.
I tested for vitamin D last week and know I have deficiency of vitamin D.I am feeling my eyes are heavy and something pinching in my eyes from 5 to 6 months and I am also suffering from less sleep from 5 to 6 months is due to deficiency of vit D kindly give reply on this.
I don't want to wear eye glasses or spectacles. I want to remove it permanently by using natural remedies. Kindly suggest.
I do not want to wear spectacles or eye glasses. I want to remove it by using natural remedies. Kindly suggest.
Hey, My Eye power is 0.5 and using specs regularly. Any natural way to get eyesight perfect. Thanks.
While working today, I have little quantity of acetone in my eye. What should I do? Currently I have clear vision.
I have problems with my eyes. It gets red I wash it with cold water and after sometimes it's again the same I wear specs of power -2.5.
My father is 76 years old and not very mobile. His left eye (white part) is completely red. He had skin Rosacea on his face skin prior to this. He was earlier given an antibiotic prescription for this but his skin is clear now. Only the eyelid is swollen and eye is red. How can I treat him?
My head being boost by temperature. M y nose is running. My eyes become small. What is the solution.
I am 14 years old and My right eye is red not the whole eye but it's touching my black eyeball it's not irritating nor itchy not pink but lightish red circle.
Hi im 27 year old female. -6 power of my eyes, I need to consult regarding lasik. I had used lenses for 5 years since 2 month im continued wear specs. I have booked appointment is it booked in aiims hospital.
How can I get rid off puffiness of my eyes, when I Wake up, my eyes are swells up and puffiness appear around eyes? What should I do, please tell me some exercises for make my eyes healthy and fit.
My eyes are red and there was pain in eye please help me and I am very week and I am not gainigweight lease give e some suggestions?
I want to know that. My eye side is weak what types of lenses are there. And what lenses will be better for me. As I am student and need tower specs for long time.
I have headache due to eye strain. What should I do to relief eyes from straining? Please suggest me its urgent. Thank you.
My right eye is weak just for little strain also and my left eye is strong, so kindly tell me the remedy to make my right eye strong.
Koi function ya ghar se bahar Jane se hi eyes pain, headache aur gaale ka piche me bahut pain hota hain. Will suggest me what should I do? Please answer me.
Age-related macular degeneration, also known in brief as AMD or ARMD is one of the most common age-related causes for vision loss. It causes "blind spots" in vision, causing difficulty in activities requiring central vision like reading, sewing, driving, watching TV, computer usage, etc.
How it happens?
The centre portion of the eye is known as retina which has a screen in the posterior portion. For proper vision, light falls on this screen and is then processed to enable 'vision.' When this screen is not clear, blurred vision results. It may not cause total blindness but impairs vision including double vision and loss of central vision.
Types: There are two types of AMD, wet and dry.
- Dry: There are yellow deposits known as drusen which form in the macula, and as they grow in size, they impair vision, specifically the central vision. This is the common variant and can lead to the wet form.
- Wet: There are abnormal blood vessels which are formed in the retina. There is leaking of blood and fluid which makes it 'wet.' There could be scarring of these leaked substances, which again leads to loss of central vision. Further studies have shown that retina produces a protein knows as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) which promotes the generation of new blood vessels, normally required for the production of new blood vessels. However, increased VEGF causes excessive proliferation of blood vessels, leading to macular degeneration.
Risk factors: Though age related, there are definitely some factors which put one at a higher risk for AMD
- Genetics: AMD is hereditary and runs in families
- Gender: Females are more prone to develop AMD than males
- Ageing: People above 60 are at greater risk
- Smoking: Direct and passive smoking contribute to AMD.
- Obesity: Accelerates the pace of AMD and severity of complications.
- Hypertension: Increases the chances of developing AMD
- Ethnicity: Caucasians are more prone to develop AMD as their lighter skin and eye color is more prone to sun damage
- Sun exposure: Increased sun exposure accelerates the onset of AMD
- No symptoms in the initial stages
- Gradually, there is impaired central vision, affecting activities like reading, driving, and computer usage
- Color perception is impaired
- A routine eye exam will reveal the yellow deposits which actually cause the condition.
- An angiography may be done after injecting a dye to detect blood vessel growth.
There is no cure, but progress can be delayed
- Anti-angiotensin agents reduce pressure in the eyes and stop development of newer blood vessels
- Vitamins help slow down loss of vision
- Vision aids to correct vision