When you think about pets, you probably think of cats and dogs safely housed in your backyard with a security or electric pet fence. However, chickens are becoming almost as common backyard pets!
More and more urban and suburban families are buying chickens for their backyard in order to have fresh eggs. When hens get older and stop laying eggs, there are only a few options for urban egg farmers.
Since the idea of turning your own chicken into dinner is a little too much for most owners, many go one of two routes: trade to a farmer or make their chicken a family pet. While giving the chicken to a farmer is a great option, especially if you aren't able to care for another pet, the latter is becoming extremely common.
Even veterinarians are seeing more and more visits from owners with their hurt or sick chickens, and many owners and animal professionals alike agree that chickens make good pets.
Chickens, like other pets, have personalities of their own. Some are quite intelligent, even answering to their own names. Some aren't as intelligent, but each has a observable personality.
Of course, if you decide to get a chicken, whether for eggs or as a pet, it's important to consider how you're going to take care of them. This includes housing, food, and veterinary care.
Many chicken owners are thrilled with their chickens—you might be surprised when you look around your neighborhood and discover there are chickens all over your neighborhood!


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Q: Why do we require that a perfect set is closed? Definition of Perfect Set says

$E$ is perfect if $E$ is closed and if every point of $E$ is limit point of $E$.

Is it possible that every point of $E$ is limit point of $E$ but $E$ is not closed ?
I'am unable to find an example. Because Closed set is defined as if every limit point of $E$ is a point of $E$.
If not possible. Then what is need of including in Definition of Perfect set ? ( that If $E$ is closed )
Help would be appreciated !

A: take $(a,b)\subset\mathbb{R}$. If $x\in(a,b)$ then $\exists a_n\in(a,b):a_n\to x$

A: Others have already given nice examples.
About the notion: $E$ is closed if $E$ contains its limit points, or equivalently $E' \subseteq E$.
A set is perfect when moreover $E \subseteq E'$ (all points are limit points, or there are no isolated points) so iff $E' = E$. So it's a fixed point of the derived set operator $E \to E'$, so to speak. This indeed implies closedness by the above criterion for closedness.
This notion is natural to consider when we start with some closed subset $E$ and form the succesive derived sets $E, E', E'', \ldots$ or more formally define $E^{(0)} =E$, $E^{(\alpha+1)} = (E^{(\alpha)})'$ for all succesor ordinals $\alpha+1$, and $E^{(\alpha)} = \bigcap_{\beta < \alpha} E^{(\beta)}$ when $\alpha$ is a limit ordinal. One can show that for some ordinal $\gamma$, $E^{(\gamma)} = E^{(\gamma+1)}=: K$, and this $K$ is called the perfect kernel of $E$. Such considerations led Cantor to define ordinals and to consider perfect subsets of the reals.

A: Yes, of course. Note that $\Bbb Q$ is not closed in $\Bbb R$, but every rational number is the limit of a sequence of rational numbers, all different than your proposed limit.
In other words, $\Bbb Q$ has no isolated points, but it's not closed as a subset of $\Bbb R$.

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How I.C.E. Propaganda Makes Its Way Into the News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest a man in Los Angeles, California.
( Charles Reed / Associated Press / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement )
BOB GARFIELD: This is On the Media. I'm Bob Garfield. This week's show is dedicated to the myriad ways truth, incomplete truth and its evil cousin, the out-of-context fact, can either serve or bedevil political interests. A case in point this week was the fate of immigration reform, in which a bipartisan Senate bill failed to overcome the countervailing narratives of dangerously porous borders and cruel racist xenophobia. The big losers here? Both Donald Trump's wall and the so-called "Dreamers," beneficiaries of an Obama-era program offering temporary residency to undocumented immigrants brought to the US as kids.
[CLIP]:
MALE CORRESPONDENT: The bipartisan agreement would grab a 10- to 12-year route to citizenship for the so-called "Dreamers." The plan would also provide $25 billion over a decade to build a wall and other border security measures.
[END CLIP]
BOB GARFIELD: Even after the bill died in the Senate though, the battle for defining the impact of illegal immigration rages on. The president speaks of "bad hombres" but, as immigration beat journalist Gaby Del Valle reminds us, the evidence does not support his case.
GABY DEL VALLE: So the New York Times reported last January that specifically male immigrants are between one-half and one-fifth as likely to be incarcerated as people who were born in the United States, which generally means that the data shows that immigrants are committing fewer crimes than non-immigrants. That applies to both undocumented immigrants and people with visas and green cards because even if you're here with a visa or a green card, you can still be deported if you commit a crime, so people are essentially trying not to get on I.C.E.'s radar.
BOB GARFIELD: Because the daily truth for every undocumented resident remains the same, eluding arrest and deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or I.C.E. Just switch on the news.
[CLIPS]:
FEMALE CORRESPONDENT: A 39-year-old man, Jorge Garcia, who came here from Mexico when he was 10 years old, undocumented, and because of the crackdown of the Trump Administration he was being deported. He was saying goodbye to his wife and his two kids.
MALE CORRESPONDENT: Immigration agents today raided nearly a hundred 7-Eleven stores in 17 states and Washington DC. At least 21 suspected undocumented immigrants were arrested.
MALE CORRESPONDENT: For years, the federal government left Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos alone. Not anymore.
PROTESTORS CHANTING: Hell no, we won't go.
[SOUND OF CHANTS UP & UNDER]
MALE CORRESPONDENT: Protestors gathered in Phoenix overnight, even holding the wheels of a government immigration van, in a desperate move to stop it from taking her back to Mexico.
BOB GARFIELD: But if the news is supposed to help us distinguish fact from propaganda, Del Valle says the press is often a poor arbiter. Many news outlets, she says, are reporting on deportation simply by lifting text verbatim from the administration.
GABY DEL VALLE: Yeah, exactly. I mean, if you look at these I.C.E. press releases, it'll be, like, "murderer deported, child molester deported, person who served in a foreign army and killed all these kids deported," but it's never, like, we deported somebody's mom.
BOB GARFIELD: Okay, so that's the I.C.E. press release but the press's job is to put things into perspective, not to reprint the government's assertions. And you say we are, many of us, failing at that.
GABY DEL VALLE: Because when I.C.E. does these big roundups, these big arrests, they'll publicize it and they'll say, we arrested 100 people, 70 of them have criminal records. And that may be true but then they'll give you a list of four people, for example, or five people, the most egregious offenders on the list, and because a lot of newsrooms are so under-resourced, they'll just print that without thinking about the context, without thinking about enhanced enforcement, and ultimately it's damaging.
BOB GARFIELD: Now, of course, I knew you were going to say that [LAUGHS] and we've spoken to you before this --
[DEL VALLE LAUGHS]
-- recorded interview. And so, I've come prepared with a fairly standard I.C.E. press release from March, 2017 about a series of arrests in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. And, in fact, I'd originally planned to read from the press release itself but why bother because we have local Washington, DC area TV stations to simply -- read it for us.
FEMALE CORRESPONDENT: According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, 82 people were arrested between March 26th and 30th; 68 of them were convicted criminal aliens.
FEMALE CORRESPONDENT: Of the remaining 14, two had ties to the MS-13 street gang, two had orders of final removal, three overstayed visas. One was wanted by foreign law enforcement. One was a verified human rights violator from Somalia.
FEMALE CORRESPONDENT: A 40-year-old man from Trinidad had drug and gun convictions and a 35-year-old are from Guatemala had a DUI conviction. They are all subject to immediate deportation.
GABY DEL VALLE: Sometimes it's rearranged but it's generally the same information, same wording. It's an easy tip off when they say "criminal aliens," for example, because it's like I.C.E.'s favorite term.
BOB GARFIELD: Okay, so you can understand why local TV stations, which don't have a whole mess of reporting resources, would be likely to use the prepared text over some B roll footage of roundups taking place. And it's equally unsurprising that The Daily Caller ran the same story and that Breitbart and the like routinely publish articles cribbed entirely from I.C.E. press releases. But it's not just the right-wing media and low- resource TV stations.
GABY DEL VALLE: Yeah, the Washington Post had a really similar piece that was basically the I.C.E. press release plus a paragraph about how similar arrests happened under the Obama administration but now Trump is arresting more people. And that was really the only thing that was added, in terms of context or additional reporting outside of the press release.
BOB GARFIELD: Now, in fairness, this was a kind of an outlier for the Washington Post, which has usually been pretty good at the due diligence. In a separate piece, they actually do contextualize I.C.E.'s numbers, correct?
GABY DEL VALLE: Yes, so in the press release it says that 68 of the 82 people arrested had previous convictions for, quote, "crimes like armed robbery, larceny and drug distribution." But other people had been arrested for DUIs or traffic offenses. And it was also the Washington Post which reported that about half of the immigrants arrested by the Trump Administration, by that point, either had no criminal record or had only committed traffic offenses ranging from DUIs to driving without a license. If you're looking at the news, especially local publications, local TV stations reporting that this many criminals were deported and this many criminals were arrested, then you'll have this link in your mind between immigration and crime, even if that link isn't actually there in reality.
BOB GARFIELD: Another thing about the way these press releases are constructed, since they are the harvest of raids, taking a lot of people into custody at once, is that we are under attack by swarms of dangerous undocumented immigrants. But the underlying crimes haven't necessarily just all happened yesterday, right?
GABY DEL VALLE: Right, so the way that a lot of I.C.E. arrests work is that if you've committed a crime, let's say, within the past 20 years or even been arrested, your fingerprints are in your state's Department of Corrections system, so I.C.E. can go through those databases and get people's fingerprints, information, home address, whatever. And I have talked to lawyers from Brooklyn Defenders and other organizations who have told me that their clients have been arrested by I.C.E. recently for crimes committed 5, 10, 15, 20 years ago. And a lot of things that people get picked up for aren't even crimes anymore. Like, in New York City, for example, turnstile hopping, fare beating, fare evasion, whatever you want to call it. You can get a ticket for that now, instead of just being arrested but, if you did it 20 years ago, then you're in the database forever.
BOB GARFIELD: What, in your view, are the basic elements that should be included in any story about I.C.E. enforcement?
GABY DEL VALLE: I think just contextualizing the press release is the most important thing, reach out to a local immigrant search organization to get the other side, the other perspective for a more full picture. And these things don't necessarily take a lot of time. I.C.E. has public information officers all over the country. If you find the one for that particular region and you call them or email them and you say, hey, you put out this press release saying that you arrested this many people, can you send me a list of the crimes committed, they'll send it to you. Even that is helpful because they don't necessarily always break it down saying, 20 people had DUIs and one person was a murderer. The press releases are crafted to create a specific narrative, and it's not just that you should question I.C.E.'s press releases, you should question any press release, as a journalist. That's part of your job.
BOB GARFIELD: Now, I'm curious. The Trump administration, obviously, has built its image on immigration issues, but the previous administration, Obama's, deported 3 million people or some enormous number. Did they also try to skew public opinion by stacking the deck in press releases to suggest that the deportees were more dangerous than they actually were?
GABY DEL VALLE: Yeah, absolutely. This is definitely not a problem that started with the Trump administration. This predates Trump. This goes back to Obama and even Bush, I would say. I mean, so this isn't necessarily a new problem but I do think that, especially given an administration that has proven to be so hostile to immigrants, that it's even more damaging than it was under Obama.
BOB GARFIELD: Gaby, thank you very much.
GABY DEL VALLE: Thank you, Bob.
BOB GARFIELD: Gaby Del Valle is a staff reporter for The Outline. The Washington Post declined our request for comment.
Hosted by Bob Garfield

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Responsibility Quotes
People Quotes, Politics Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.
— Nancy Pelosi
Crime Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
Clemenza's overriding responsibility is to his family. He takes a moment out of his routine madness to remember that he had promised his wife that he would bring dessert home. His instruction to his partner in crime is an entire moral manifesto in six little words: 'Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
— Sarah Vowell
The writer's only responsibility is to his art.
— William Faulkner
An actors most important responsibility is to know lines well.
— Harry Morgan
May I say to mothers collectively, in the name of the Lord, you are magnificent. You are doing terrifically well. The very fact that you have been given such a responsibility is everlasting evidence of the trust your Father in Heaven has in you.
— Jeffrey R. Holland
Not rarely, and this is especially true of wives and mothers, the motive behind assuming a disproportionate share of work and responsibility is completely unselfish. We want to protect, to spare those of whom we are fond. We forget that, regardless of the motive, the results of such action are almost always destructive and unproductive.
— Hortense Odlum
People Quotes, Realize Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.
— Jodie Foster
Opportunity Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
Responsibility is the possibility of opportunity culminating in inevitable fulfillment.
— Sri Chinmoy
Business Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
This 'oh let's hug it out' without taking any responsibility is exactly the problem. ... We are not silly irrational little girls. We are running a serious business with investments from the biggest VCs in the Valley.
— Sarah Lacy
Responsibility is always a sign of trust.
— James Cash Penney
Business Quotes, Health Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
Is it a good hot dog? That's all I want to know … I don't think the personal health and purity of my colon is that important compared to pleasure. As a chef, I'm not your dietitian or your ethicist. I'm in the pleasure business …. My responsibility is to give you the most delicious tomato that I can afford, given the circumstances, and maybe increase the likelihood that you get laid after dinner.
— Anthony Bourdain
Culture Quotes, Reality Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we, too often are squandering our power and ignoring our obligations. The consequence of our abdication of responsibility is the ugly spectacle of idiot culture!
— Carl Bernstein
People Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
I think people who struggle to define themselves might never be satisfied because there is no definition. Living with responsibility is important, but I don't really think you have to grow up.
— Kristen Bell
The best way to develop responsibility in people is to give them responsibility.
— Ken Blanchard
Responsibility Quotes, Strength Quotes, Work Quotes
If we would have good ministers, we must remember our Lord's example, and pray for them. Their work is heavy. Their responsibility is enormous. Their strength is small. Let us see that we support them, and hold up their hands by our prayers.
— J. C. Ryle
Humility Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
It is important that we learn humility, which says there was someone else before me who paid for me. My responsibility is to prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who is yet to come.
— Maya Angelou
Responsibility is fostered by allowing children a voice and wherever indicated a choice in matters that affect them.
— Haim Ginott
The only responsibility I feel is to deliver something that's new or at least to attempt that. The real responsibility is to entertain and to try and make people laugh.
— Johnny Depp
Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that's our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.
— Elizabeth Warren
Guilt Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
I was very lighthearted. This often the way when the abandonment of personal responsibility is enforced: neither wronged innocence or just guilt can seriously impair the sensation of freedom one has.
— Anthony Burgess
To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint.
— Eric Hoffer
Responsibility Quotes, Work Quotes
If woman's sole responsibility is of the domestic type, one class will be crushed by it, and the other throw it off as a badge of poverty. The poor man's motto, 'Woman's work is never done,' leads inevitably to its antithesis - ladies' work is never begun.
— Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Ability Quotes, Plan Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race. We have to plan for our collective future -- and the first step begins with the social, emotional, and intellectual tools we provide to our children. As humans, our greatest tool for survival is our ability to think and to adapt - as educators, storytellers, and communicators our responsibility is to continue to do so.
— George Lucas
Hate Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
It is a love/hate relationship I have with the human race. I am an elitist, and I feel that my responsibility is to drag the human race along with me, that I will never pander to, or speak down to, or play the safe game.
— Harlan Ellison
Attitude Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Respect Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
Reverence is an emotion that we can nurture in our very young children, respect is an attitude that we instill in our children as they become school-agers, and responsibility is an act that we inspire in our children as they grow through the middle years and become adolescents.
— Zoe Weil
Responsibility is something higher than my family, my country, my firm, my success. Responsibility to the order of Being, where, and only where, they will be properly judged.
— Vaclav Havel
Accepting responsibility is the fulcrum point for succeeding at anything.
— Jeffrey Gitomer
I`m 100 percent impartial. I`m - my responsibility is to manage this primary nominating contest neutrally and fairly.
— Hillary Clinton
I think that today, more so than ever, corporate responsibility is the best strategic as well as financial path that most businesses can follow. For most businesses there are both compelling reasons to be responsible and compelling statistics that validate that responsible businesses do better according to traditional financial metrics. Of course, how you define "responsible" is somewhat of a conundrum.
— Jeffrey Hollender
Leadership Quotes, Responsibility Quotes, Stay Positive Quotes
The price of LEADERSHIP is RESPONSIBILITY....and part of that responsibility is to STAY POSITIVE whether you feel like it or not.
— Lou Holtz
Alone Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
If the whole responsibility is thrown upon our own shoulders, we shall be at our highest and best; when we have nobody to grope towards, no devil to lay our blame upon, no Personal God to carry our burdens, when we are alone responsible, then we shall rise to our highest and best. I am responsible for my fate, I am the bringer of good unto myself, I am the bringer of evil.
— Swami Vivekananda
Gift Quotes, Help Quotes, People Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
I see life as both a gift and a responsibility. My responsibility is to use what God has given me to help His people in need.
— Millard Fuller
Priority Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
I have the students for six hours a day. The community has them for 18 hours, plus prenatal and early childhood. I don't believe the schools create (the achievement gap), but our responsibility is not to add to it. We won't eliminate the gap until the community makes education a priority, but the schools can't wait for the community to do its part.
— Bill Vaughan
Many photographers feel their client is the subject. My client is a woman in Kansas who reads Vogue. I'm trying to intrigue, stimulate, feed her. My responsibility is to the reader. The severe portrait that is not the greatest joy in the world to the subject may be enormously interesting to the reader.
— Irving Penn
Economy Quotes, Responsibility Quotes, Social Responsibility Quotes
In the early 1970s, Milton Friedman argued that corporations should not be socially responsible because they had no mandate to be; they existed to make money, not to be charitable institutions. But in the economy of the 21st century, corporations cannot be socially responsible, if social responsibility is understood to mean sacrificing profits for the sake of some perceived social good. That's because competition has become so much more intense.
— Robert Reich
A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.
— Henry Winkler
Ability Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
— Yehuda Berg
My responsibility is to get the story right. I can't predict or be concerned with the consequences.
— Tom Verducci
It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succour them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds.
— Miguel de Cervantes
I've had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man.
— Jamie Foxx
Man is certainly free, but he is responsible for this freedom before God as before men. This responsibility is inevitably moral. In order of this morality, to be free is to protect the freedom of others and their dignities.
— Tariq Ramadan
In Washington, of course, evading responsibility is an art form, so it is not always easy to tell who's responsible for which mess.
— David Horowitz
Responsibility Quotes, World Quotes
We're all flawed heroes. Responsibility is power. Take responsibility for the consequences of your actions, and the world is yours. Everything is a choice.
— Tom Hiddleston
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.
— Geoffrey Fisher
A musicians or artists responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.
— Tom Morello
I think doctors care very deeply about their patients, but when they organize into the AMA, their responsibility is to the welfare of doctors, and quite often, these lobbying groups are the only ones that are heard in the state capitols and in the capitol of our country.
— Jimmy Carter
A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.
— Ben Stein
Communication Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
Many jazz musicians affect a misunderstood-genius air when they play, which alienates the audience and breaks down the communications of the music. A musician's responsibility is to get as much of his art across as possible. Musicians used to be kept when only the rich could afford art, but now practically everyone can afford radios, stereo equipment, concert tickets, etc. A musician must learn to communicate to survive.
— Gabor Szabo
Help Quotes, People Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
Most people assume that physician language is akin to technical, non-understandable jargon. It does not have to be that way. Doctors do not perform witchcraft. They simply interpret what they are told and what tests reveal. They diagnose and prescribe treatment. Our responsibility is to help doctors know what is going on in our bodies and to insist on clear, precise, understandable language in response.
— Ann Richards
Any political agenda and organization which doesn't begin with personal responsibility is just half the argument. It's just not going to succeed.
— Peter Coyote
The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.
— John F. Kennedy
Responsibility Quotes, Worth Quotes
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies.
We have the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast. But in the name of freedom, people have done a lot of damage. I think we have to build a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast in order to counterbalance. Because liberty without responsibility is not true liberty. We are not free to destroy.
— Nhat Hanh
When two human beings get together, they're co-present, there is built into it a certain responsibility we have for each other, and when people are co-present in family relationships and other relationships, that responsibility is there. You can't just turn off a person. On the Internet, you can.
— Neil Postman
Challenge Quotes, Environment Quotes, Future Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
I believe that to meet the challenge of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. We must all learn to work not just for our own self, family, or nation but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace, the equitable use of natural resources, and through concern for future generations, the proper care of the environment.
— Dalai Lama
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
— Nadine Gordimer
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true. Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
— Bertrand Russell
Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I'm playing.
— Al Pacino
Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call.
— Oprah Winfrey
Architecture Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good.
— Antoine Predock
Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.
Government Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians.
— Stephen Harper
There's increasing consciousness that a "command and control" style of management which one associates with a male model isn't necessarily what works anymore, especially with small to medium sized companies. There's increasing evidence that a more flexible management style, where responsibility is distributed up and down the line, is what works best. And that kind of management style is one that will allow individual workers more flexibility - men and women.
— Betty Friedan
My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges, and to try to make it a better place.
— Junot Diaz
The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. Most of the writing today which is called fiction contains such a poverty of language, such triteness, that it is a shrunken, diminished world we enter, poorer and more formless than the poorest cripple deprived of ears and eyes and tongue. The writer's responsibility is to increase, develop our senses, expand our vision, heighten our awareness and enrich our articulateness.
— Anais Nin
Responsibility Quotes, With You Quotes
Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you... If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible.
— Hyman Rickover
Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
— Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
People whose lives are barren and insecure seem to show a greater willingness to obey than people who are self-sufficient and self-confident. To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint.
Failure Quotes, Plan Quotes, Responsibility Quotes
To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens of willing, deciding and being responsible for inevitable failure. They willingly abdicate the directing of their lives to those who want to plan, command and shoulder all responsibility.
Rather than exist each day in some dull, boring habitual manner, move into action on a big idea. Everyone is on the brink of possibility. Your responsibility is to discover what that possibility is for you. Ideas can turn you on, they can wind you up. The right idea can and will add a new dimension to your life.
— Bob Proctor
It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter.
— Eminem
Responsibility Quotes, Serve Quotes
The foremost corporate responsibility is to serve others so well you produce a profit.
— James Cook
I ask you to uphold the values of America and remember why so many have come here. We're in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live by them. No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background or religious faith.
— George W. Bush
Your responsibility is to be an explorer, not a tourist in this adventure that is your life.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
The so-called "secondary market" has also always been something that I'm comfortable with. I'm not a dealer who turns his nose up at that part of the business. I'm an art dealer - my primary responsibility is to represent the artist.
— Larry Gagosian
Responsibility is something you take as a matter of fact, like breathing air; living without it is impossible, but do not think about it too much.
— Jacob Gelt Dekker
Building awareness and responsibility is the essence of good coaching.
— John Whitmore
My responsibility is to truth and beauty.
— Amiri Baraka
All this role model bullshit; you don't have any extra responsibilities because you made some good songs! Your only responsibility is to make good songs.
— Kanye West
Our moral responsibility is not to stop future, but to shape it...to channel our destiny in humane directions and to ease the trauma of transition.
— Alvin Toffler
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From Earth Common Journal VOL. 6 NO. 1
Species Conservation in a Globalized World
By Sharlene Engel
Earth Common Journal
2016, Vol. 6 No. 1 | pg. 1/1
Habitat Directive
Global Conservation
Uncertainty and Lack of Information
National and Global Communication and Consistency
Keywords:Conservation Endangered Species Biodiversity Endangered Species Act Biological Diversity International Environmental Policy Climate Change
In today's globalized world, international cooperation and information sharing becomes increasingly important. This paper examines the criteria provided in the United State's Endangered Species Act, the European Union's Habitat Directive, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List. The interplay between these lists creates barriers to conserving and protecting global biological diversity, resulting in a need for more international cooperation and collaboration.
We live in a globalized world where international cooperation and information sharing is often required. This need for connection is prevalent when it comes to species conservation. Different national and international organizations and policies exist with the aim of conserving biological diversity around the world. However, the manner in which these groups define criteria for endangered and threatened species varies. As these categories are often the basis for conservation action and extinction prevention measures, it becomes important to ensure these categories are consistent.
The different criteria provided by the United States of America's Endangered Species Act (ESA), the European Union's Habitat Directive (HD), and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List, combined with pre-existing limitations, could cause a discrepancy in information and conservation on a global scale. The differences in categorization, the lack of information, consistency, and poor communication across national and international lists pose a threat to the legislation's success in conserving global biological diversity.
"The fundamental purpose of the US Endangered Species Act (ESA)," Wolf, Hartl, Carroll, Neel, and Greenwald (2015) say, "is not only to prevent extinction, but also to recover species to the point that they are no longer threatened or endangered" (p. 200). The ESA (1973) defines endangered species as "any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range", while a species is understood to be "any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range" (3.6; 3.19). As Wolf et al. (2015) explain, a recovered species is "one that is no longer endangered or threatened" (p. 201). The ESA provides strict criteria on how an endangered or threatened species can be reclassified as recovered.
Wolf et al. (2015) summarize the ESA recovery criteria: ecosystem conservation, threat reduction, and low extinction risk over an appropriate range (p. 201). To be considered a recovered species, the species' ecosystem must be conserved and of sufficient quality, threats to the species must have been reduced, and the species must have strong numbers over a range of habitat (p. 201). Soulé, Estes, Miller, and Honnold (2005) and Estes, Tinker, and Bodkin (2010) establish that ecosystem conservation is important not only to ascertain the ecosystem's size, quality, and connectivity, but also to ensure the species can return to its niche (as cited in Wolf et al., 2015). Without a stable ecosystem, a species cannot be considered recovered. Wolf et al. (2015) stress this importance: "If ecological function is not considered, a species could be declared recovered even while remaining functionally extinct" (p. 202). The danger of an unstable ecosystem could prevent a species from fully recovering by not allowing sustainable growth.
Similarly, the ESA (1973) establishes five threat factors that must be controlled or extinguished for recovery: loss of habitat or range, exploitation, disease, poor protective regulations, and any other threat factors (3.9). These risks must be contained such that the species can continue to survive without ESA conservation. As Neel, Leidner, Haines, Goble, and Scott (2012) explain, this strategy can be so effective that, "for a few species, removing threats alone might reduce their extinction risk to levels sufficient for delisting" (p. 656). Mace et al. (2008) warns that monitoring threats to species is crucial, as these threats can change irregularly and erratically with human population growth and development (p. 1429).
Finally, the species must have a large enough population across a sufficient range to continue to prosper. No definition of significant portion or range is provided in the legislation. If an endangered and threatened species is "at risk throughout all or a significant portion of their range", Vucetich Nelson, and Phillips (2006) and Carroll, Vucetich, Nelson, Rohlf, and Phillips (2010) argue a recovered species must therefore be secure throughout all or a significant portion of its range (ESA, 1973, 3.6; p. 201; p. 201). As Neel et al. (2012) point out, "demographic measures are the most basic quantities necessary for understanding population trajectories and the probabilities of persistence " (p. 656). Their research revealed a lower extinction risk with a higher population (p. 655). To ensure continued survival, a species must be sufficiently present throughout its habitat, such that a weak population does not die out.
The Habitat Directive, specifically Article 17, "obliges the EU member states to report the conservation status of the habitats and species listed in annexes of that directive every six years following an agreed, standardized methodology" (Moser et al, 2016, p. 1). Evans and Romaõ (2014) outline the criteria required for any species to be considered at a favourable, unfavourable-inadequate, or unfavourable conservation status in the HD. A favourable conservation status meets the following criteria:
numbers are stable (in both growth and decline) throughout its range
growing and not smaller than the "preferred reference range"
population must be higher than or equal to "favourable reference population"
normal reproduction, mortality, and age structure
habitat of adequate size and either stable or increasing in size
habitat quality is satisfactory for the species' continued survival
species' threats and pressures are not meaningful
species has long-term viability (p. 21)
By contrast, an unfavourable-bad conservation status is defined as follows:
range loss of more than 1% annually within a specified time frame or below the "favourable reference range" by greater than 10%
population loss of more than 1% annually within a specified time frame or below the "favourable reference population" by greater than 25% or reproduction, mortality, and age structures vastly different from normal
size of the habitat is too small or the quality is too poor to allow for long-term survival
threats and pressures to the species are strong, resulting in a poor prospect for its future (p. 21)
An unfavourable-inadequate species has any other combination of the factors of range, population, habitat, and longevity (p. 21). These classifications are similar to the concerns shown in the recovery criteria in the ESA, with consideration extended to range, population size, and threat reduction. Furthermore, these parameters include quantitative measures for issuing an unfavourable-bad conservation status. As described by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (2014), the HD mandates that EU member states "maintain or restore European protected habitats and species listed in the annexes at a favourable conservation status" (para. 5).
Cardoso (2012) explains that annexes detailed in the HD are the "basis for the protected species lists" (p. 169). The European Commission (2016) provides an explanation of protections granted to the three annexes included in the HD: annex II species have "core areas of their habitat…designated as sites of community importance (para 6). These sites must be managed in accordance with the ecological needs of the species" (para. 6). For annex IV species, which also include numerous annex II species, the HD mandates, "a strict protection regime must be applied across their entire natural range within the EU" (para. 7). Finally, for annex V species, "member states must ensure their exploitation and taking [hunting] in the wild is compatible with maintaining them in a favourable conservation status" (para. 8). Through the annexes, species can gain the support they need to maintain or work towards a positive conservation status.
The question remains on how species are assigned an annex. The European Commission (2007) explains:
Annex II was chosen for species for which the conservation of their (often quite specific) habitat is the principal factor determining their survival and well-being. The protection and management of sites were selected here as the appropriate instrument, which includes not only the maintenance of species habitats, but also, where appropriate, their restoration. The group of species listed in Annex IV may be less suited to conservation by establishing protected areas, but instead needs "physical" protection of the actual species, as well as protection of the most important parts of their habitat (i.e. their breeding sites and resting places) throughout the territory of a member state. This is because of the specific threats they face, the measures needed to counteract them, the species' pattern of occurrence (i.e. scattered), or the type or specific character of their habitat. For the third group of species listed in Annex V, which may be exploited by human beings, this exploitation must be managed — if necessary — in order to ensure a favourable conservation status. (p. 14)
The annexes identify threats towards a species and assign a correlating protective measure. Compared to the ESA, where a species is considered only to be threatened, endangered, or recovered, a species can belong to multiple HD annexes simultaneously. As the European Commission (2007) explains, this duality can arise when species "are subject to a combination of threats and should consequently be the target of a range of measures" (p. 14). Following this system, the HD can offer different levels of protection to species in accordance with that species' needs.
According to the ICUN (2015), 29% of the 77,340 species on the Red List are threatened, and the number of species facing immediate extinction is rising (as cited in Moser et al., 2016). As Mace et al. (2008) state, "The IUCN Red List categories are intended to reflect the likelihood of a species going extinct under prevailing circumstances" (p. 1428). There are three categories for species: critically endangered, endangered, and vulnerable. These categories are stairs, in that a species that is critically endangered (the highest stair), is also both endangered and vulnerable (the second and first stairs). These categories are differentiated by risk of extinction over time and by a further five criteria: high decline rate (criteria A), small range and decline (criteria B), small population size and decline (criteria C), very small population size (criteria D), and unfavourable quantitative analysis (criteria E). Criteria A accounts for the rate of change between past and present (or predicted future) populations over time with consideration to threats, while criteria B considers the species with respect to its geographical range or risks to its habitat. In criteria C, a population is small and declining, whereas in criteria D, a population is small and at risk due to internal processes. Finally, criteria E opens the possibility for assessors to use a quantitative analysis to measure risk of extinction (p. 1430-1436). These five criteria encompass the same factors considered in the ESA and HD.
As Cooke (2008) says, this system "requires assessors to indicate the threats that triggered a listing of the taxon concerned at the finest level possible" (p. 172). Additionally, "species assessments are compiled from published and unpublished information and typically include expert input by one or more 'assessors'" (Rodrigues, Pilgrim, Lamereux, Hoffmann, & Brooks, 2006, p. 71). The assessments are peer reviewed by at least two 'evaluators' assigned by the relevant 'Red List Authority' (Rodrigues, Pilgrim, Lamereux, Hoffmann, & Brooks, 2006, p. 71). Through this process, the ICUN includes many checks and authorities before assigning a category to a species.
The ESA, HD, and IUCN Red Lists discuss the topic of biological diversity differently, but with the common goal of conservation. As shown above, the three pieces of legislation have their own unique terminology, criteria, and categories. As Schnittler and Günther (1999) and Grigera and Ubeda (2002) note, a lack of consistent wording between lists often results in terms having different meanings nationally and globally (as cited in Brito et al., 2010, p. 1155). Miller et al. (2007) add that differences in listing procedures between countries constrict the ability to compile information from the lists (as cited in Brito et al., 2010, p. 1155). The lack of consistent terminology and classification standards is a large barrier for communication and knowledge sharing between national and international lists. While many of the underlying principles and goals are shared, these differences, compounded with common barriers, can cause discrepancies and biological conservation as a whole to suffer as a result.
Neel et al. (2012) examined the transition and possibly of transition of threatened and endangered species listed on the ESA to a recovered status: since December 2009, 25 species have been delisted (p. 652). As the researchers explain:
Around 90% of the species with potential for delisting have quantitative recovery objectives, the quantification of species decline is limited, because 46%-71% of these species lack population data, and 67%-98% lack individual abundance data either historically, at listing, or when the recovery plan was written. (p. 654)
One of the biggest barriers to accurately categorizing species is a lack of information about them. Some of this information is hard to find as it remains unpublished or difficult to access (as cited in Washington et al., 2014, p. 482). This information gap is nothing new, nor is it isolated to the ESA. Cardoso (2012) confirms that species on the ICUN Red List were "chosen according to the existing knowledge at the time, when data on many taxa and countries were largely unavailable" (p. 170). As more information is added to data, it then becomes imperative to reconcile the data with the lists and examine any potential changes to species classification or status that might consequently occur. Rodrigues et al. (2006) make special note that the Red List differentiates changes that are "a result of genuine improvement or deterioration in status from those as a result of improved knowledge (i.e. of population sizes) or taxonomy (i.e. newly split species)" (p. 75). Increasing the base of information about species allows more accurate decisions and assessments to be made, and it is important to be aware of how such changes occur.
Brito et al. (2010) examined national red lists of Brazil, China, Colombia, and the Philippines against the IUCN Red List. They found 64% of species had the same classification. Despite the consistency, China's Red List had a 25% correspondence rate with the classifications of the ICUN's Red List. There was an average of 14% of species that were listed as threatened globally, but not nationally. An average of only 2% of species were documented as threatened nationally, but assessed as not threatened by the IUCN. This latter discrepancy can represent the risk of extinction experienced by a smaller subpopulation rather than the whole species population. Other explanations include when the species is thought to populate a nation by global agencies, but not national ones (or the other way around), when species within the nation have a higher risk of extinction than the global population, or when a population within a nation is stable despite prevalent unstable populations globally (p. 1156). Their research shows a need for stronger communication between national and international organizations to identify gaps in information and strengthen the knowledge base. Rodríguez et al. (2000) also examined the connection between local lists and the ICUN Red List. Their results too revealed a need for stronger collaboration: "National assessments tend to incorporate data from global assessments, but the reverse is much less frequent. This decreases the efficiency of conservation at the national level, where actions are most likely to have an impact" (p. 241). This finding shows a need for global lists to work with national lists to gather and compile information.
There are ways in which the discrepancies between national and international lists can in themselves provide new information. Washington et al. (2014) explains such differences can "provide insights into country-level or taxonomic patterns in deviations from the hierarchy, which may be useful for conservation planning" (p. 488). These differences can also help to fill information gaps in lists.
Brito et al. (2010) remind us of the potential consequences of a continued lack of information sharing: "Erroneous exclusion of species as threatened on either global or national level could lead to extinction" (p. 1155). Without proper species classifications and conservation status, a species is not guaranteed the protection it requires for continued survival. Missing information or a failure to communicate findings can thus have an irreversible effect on species. The need for more consistency and improved communication between national and international bodies is also echoed in the findings and observations of Brito et al. (2010), Rodrigues et al. (2006), and Washington et al. (2014).
The ESA, HD, and Red List all classify and categorize species according to different, yet related, criteria. These differences can prohibit the accuracy and ease of sharing information between national and international lists, creating barriers that prohibit accurate species status assessment and limiting the information base. This is not to say the future is bleak for biological conservation. As Collar (1996) reminds us, the ICUN Red Lists collect, synthesize, and disseminate information that would elsewise be left inaccessible (as cited in Rodrigues et al., 2006, p. 72). Article 17 of the HD requires member states to communicate their evaluations of conservation status using a standardized methodology, which shows awareness for a consistent format between national and international bodies (Moser et al., 2016, p. 1). Sharing information and imposing a consistent system throughout different national and international lists becomes integral to maintaining up-to-date and relevant lists and for global biological conservation as a whole.
Sharlene Engel is entering her fourth year of MacEwan Bachelor of Communication Studies this fall. "Species Conservation in a Globalized World" represents her interest in international cooperation and improving global diversity, which stems from a love of words and the natural world.
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It's been a while since I made my original Ultimate Preppy Sticker Post. Since then there are so many new brands with stickers and some old brands that stopped giving their stickers away.
As you all probably know, there are three ways companies usually give out free stickers. One: Snail Mail. Two: Email. Three: Sticker Request Form. I've listed all the different companies under these three categories to make it easier for y'all to get some free stuff!
Lauren James – LJ will send you a confirmation e-mail, so don't forget to click the link!
I hope y'all enjoy this post as much as I enjoyed making it! Please leave a comment below if you know of any other brands giving away free stickers. If this wasn't enough preppy sticker madness for you, check out my stickers and decals Pinterest board here.
I finally got away from work for a few days and headed to one of my favorite places – Topsail Island! Because my parents have a house there, I've been lucky enough to visit the beach every single year. I've also been able to take friends here for a little after-school-celebration in May.
Topsail is one of those places where it feels like you've stepped through a portal back in time. The rollerskating rink here has wood floors and plays music off an record player! And the island has a swing bridge (one of the oldest in the country that's still in operation).
I've spent a lot of time on the beach this week, reading and relaxing.
My mom and I went into Wilmington for a day, and I got to go to Poe's Tavern! I've talked about Poe's Tavern before in this post. It's one of the coolest restaurants I've ever been to! Everything on the menu is named after one of Poe's literary works.
Even the bathroom was cool! The wallpaper was actually pages of Poe's stories, poems, and some illustrations. Below is a movie poster from the inside of the bathroom (haha sorry but I just couldn't resist!).
If anyone's looking for any food recommendations, I love anything with the buffalo shrimp!
Also, how cute is this sign?! It's for the Beach Shop and Grille, because the owner breeds bulldogs and sometimes brings them to work. However, I might have to get one for my house back at UGA!
It seems like each family and friend group across the States are gearing up for a huge celebration. Kids where I work have already started parading around with little flags and red, white, and blue plastic bead necklaces. To help make your Fourth of July the best one yet, I've rounded up a few links for you!
My family usually goes for a good 'ole grill out night of burgers and hotdogs (or in my case a veggie burger and hopefully some pasta salad). As we all know, burgers and hotdogs go best with chips. What could be better than red, white, and blue seven layer dip?
And for desert? Try these patriotic chocolate covered bananas or a summer berry cheesecake salad!
If you're looking to show your support for our troops this Fourth, look no further than the Wounded Warrior Project. If you happen to be in Rhode Island, they're throwing a Fourth of July Bash (tickets can be purchased here for $10) that benefits the Wounded Warrior Project and is being held in memory of Francis Lincoln Madden, Sr.
Take a quiz to see if you really know all fifty U.S. states and capitols!
And lastly, don't forget your sparklers and fireworks!


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RICK FRADIN JOINS CHI-CAP
Chicago Capital is pleased to announce that Rick Fradin has joined the Firm. Rick has been in the investment business since 1994. Rick has a strong background in research and portfolio management, and co-founded Rail-Splitter Capital Management. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA society of Chicago. Rick has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Chicago Tribune, among other publications.
"We're excited to partner with Rick again" said David Mabie. "Having shared eight years with Rick at William Blair, this feels like we're putting the band back together. We couldn't be happier."
"I'm excited to join the Chi-Cap team" commented Fradin. "Our shared experience and common history make Chi-Cap a great fit."
More information https://www.chi-cap.com/about-us
DAVID MABIE NAMED TOP ADVISOR
JAKE HAMLIN JOINS CHI-CAP
CHI-CAP RANKED BY FA MAGAZINE
ChI-CAP NAMED INDUSTRY AWARDS FINALIST
CHI-CAP AMONG LARGEST MONEY MANAGERS
STACEY SARGENT IN CRAIN'S
JIM MABIE 1935-2021
DAVID MABIE NAMED BEST-IN-STATE BY FORBES


Susan Bourdet's beautiful water color creations convey strong sentiment and a true understanding of nature.
Growing up in western Montana and now residing in rural Oregon, Susan has been surrounded by nature and wildlife all of her life, lending to the inspiration that shapes the images she creates.
Bourdet has mastered a technique where she couples soft, impressionistic backgrounds created using soft colors and loose brushwork with realistically and meticulously detailed birds and animals. Susan states that "No piece of my art has ever seemed complete to me without an element that could fly or dart from the page."
Susan has painted over sixty limited editions, has images featured in an annual songbirds calendar, has had an instructional video produced, is a published author and has had her artwork featured in shows and exhibitions all over the country.


It's been about a month since the Samsung Galaxy S4 was announced and we've yet to see the product available globally, but in a week or two it should start hitting the shops. A recent leak of a Staples document hints at a possible debut on AT&T on April 26th.
T-Mobile is supposed to get it on May 1st and Verizon on the 30th. These are all tentative launch dates, but they match the rumored UK debut dates, so they should be legit. While everyone is lumping on the HTC One, you may find some time to check out this handset's specs. It will come with a quad core Snapdragon 600 CPU with a higher clock rate than the HTC One, a 13 megapixel camera and a Full HD 5 inch display.
In spite of the 5 inch display, this model is more compact than the Galaxy S III and other specs worth mentioning include 16, 32 or 64 GB of storage and 2 GB of RAM. As you probably know, there will also be an Exynos 5 Octa 5410 8 core version of the handset, available in limited numbers and on limited markets, since there are slight production problems with the processor.


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Neighbors: CSULB Film student from Fountain…
Neighbors: CSULB Film student from Fountain Valley lights her own path to success by winning Lamps Plus competition
Cathy Bui, a junior film student at Cal State Long Beach, casts her friends, family and herself in a one-minute commercial she produced for Lamps Plus, winning their national competition. (Photos courtesy of Cathy Bui)
By Contributing Writer | |
PUBLISHED: January 24, 2020 at 5:45 p.m. | UPDATED: January 24, 2020 at 5:46 p.m.
By Kat Schuster
The Lamps Plus online video competition asked Cathy Bui a simple question: "What lights up your life?"
To her, it was a no-brainer.
"Family," said Bui, a junior film student at Cal State Long Beach. "The heart of your home."
The lighting retailer, Lamps Plus, opened in 1976 and is headquartered in Southern California, launched its first national video contest in November. The competition called for contestants to submit a video on social media demonstrating how they "light the things they love."
Bui, 20, won that competition in December with a short video that she produced, directed, edited, narrated — and starred in.
"It's a simple video, and it centers around family," Bui said. "I just wanted to make something that was meaningful to me, and I really connected with Lamps Plus' statement as a whole."
Numerous video submissions showcased art, food and pets. For Bui, the prompt brought her back to the warm glow of the lighting in her living room, a place where friends and family often gathered to play one of her favorite board games: Life.
In Bui's one-minute video, her parents, grandparents and friends are featured, playing a board game that both symbolically and literally presents the theme of lighting up one's "Life."
As an aspiring short-form director, she understands the importance of being a go-getter. She said she regularly scours the internet for opportunities to produce content and get noticed, which is how she came across this particular competition.
"I am always looking for ways to make work for myself," Bui said. "I owe a lot to the different experiences I've had. Growing creatively is a part of who you meet and what you do."
Bui was awarded a $3,500 shopping spree to Lamps Plus, which she will use to light her parents and grandparents homes.
Bui said the project took her two days to shoot and another few hours to edit. And to her surprise, the national retailer asked her to collaborate with their team to produce another commercial, which she will be working on for the next two months.
"This wasn't part of winning the competition, and I was surprised that they reached out," Bui said. "I really expressed to them that I love creating short form content so that's great that that resonated with them."
The Fountain Valley native is currently in post-production for a music video that will debut at the end of the month and looks forward to beginning her next venture with Lamps Plus.
"My ambition to pursue commercial production comes from advertising that sparks emotion," Bui said.
Do you know someone who has turned 100, received a Gold Award or Eagle Scout or some other award and would like to see it in the Press-Telegram? Email the information (with a photo and detailed caption) to ptnews@presstelegram.com.
Rich Archbold: Legendary John Rambo, an Olympian and hero to many Long Beach kids, dies at 78
Winter surge continues pummeling Long Beach


India will tour Australia in January 2016 to play 5 One Day Internationals and 3 Twenty20 Internationals. The MS Dhoni-led team starts off the tour with a warm-up game against Western Australia XI on January 8. This is the first-ever bilateral limited overs series between the sides in Australia. The 1st ODI is in Perth on January 12. Australia is captained by Steve Smith.


Our Whitney Brothers Adult Rocking Chair, the WB5536, is very popular and now on sale for a limited time at Church Furniture Partner. This chair comes with a Lifetime Warranty, is easy to assemble with just four bolts, and is able to ship via UPS for additional cost savings. If your church nursery needs a quality rocking chair at a low price, the WB5536 is a great choice.
At Church Furniture Partner, our ministry is to provide churches with all their needed church furnishings for less dollars than they will find anywhere else. We now have 200 plus manufacturers who assist us in that ministry. One of our slogans is "Everything for your church but the people." Our pricing on the Whitney Brothers WB5536 Adult Rocking Chair is the best we know of by far. We would love to assist your church in saving dollars!


Eliquid Depot has the best tasting e-liquids available on the market today. There are also several other products that are related to vaping available on the company's website. You may visit Eliquid Depot in order to check all their products out.
You will find the products at Eliquid Depot to be presented really well. The items are grouped by category so you will know where to go once you are on the company's website. The good thing is, the company has a lot of great tasting e-juices that you will find.
You also will get the best service from Eliquid Depot. They are well-known for giving customers the satisfaction they need. You will have the chance to avail of great deals for products once you deal with Eliquid Depot.
Eliquid Depot has a lot of e-liquids available. One of their e-juices is Rocket e-juice. This has the real flavor of a blueberry crumble with frozen yogurt. This flavor will tantalize your taste buds and you will keep coming back for more of this juice.
Eliquid Depot's Rocket E-juice gives out a sweet scent once you open its bottle. Your mouth will water immediately once you smell this scent. The real taste of a blueberry crumble with frozen yogurt flavor comes out once you inhale the vapor from this e-juice. This is so rich and you will want to vape all day with it. This e-juice has no chemical aftertaste which is really great because we all do not want our e-liquids to taste awful. The sweetness is just right and you will not get tired of its flavor. This is one of the best-tasting e-liquids out on the market today.
There are three nicotine levels for Eliquid Depot's Rocket e-juice. You are able to choose from 0mg, 3mg, and 6mg. You know how you want your juice to be so the choice is yours.
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You get a mild throat hit from Eliquid Depot's Rocket e-juice. You will notice a small sensation travels at the back of your throat when you inhale the juice. This sensation does not irritate. In fact, it gives a soothing feeling as the juice seeps further into your throat.
Eliquid Depot's Rocket e-juice produces thick clouds. Its vapor production is so impressive and these clouds do not disappear right away. The scent coming from the juice lingers and is pleasant to the nose.
Eliquid Depot's Rocket E-juice has attractive packaging. The product comes in a clear plastic bottle that has the company logo printed on the front. There is also information about the product on the front of the bottle. You will clearly see what you are getting because of the information. The bottle cap is tightly locked in place so you will not have any issues spilling the contents of the bottle.
You immediately will smell the sweet scent of a blueberry crumble once you open a bottle of Eliquid Depot's Rocket e-juice. The scent will make your mouth water right away. As you inhale the vapor, you will taste the real blueberry crumble with frozen yogurt flavor from the juice. This product is simply the best.
Eliquid Depot has several e-liquids available on their website and Rocket e-juice is one of its best products. There are special deals from the company that you can take advantage of. These deals are so great and you can check these out by visiting the company's website.
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The Alternative Board® (TAB) of Central New Jersey is pleased to invite you to attend an exclusive, up-close look at our Business Advisory Boards.
TAB members are business owners who have the passion to take their business to the next level, the vision to see what the next level could be, and the wisdom to seek out support and guidance along the way.
You must be an owner, president, or CEO to attend this meeting. There is no cost or obligation to attend, but reservations are required. Complimentary breakfast will be served.
We urge you to attend this important seminar to see for yourself how TAB can help your business.
You can learn more about TAB in your area by visiting www.TAB-CNJ.com.


people were able to easily turn the PC in safe mode by pressing F8 key. But, when windows 8 came in the market, the scenario changed. Now, F8 key will boot your computer into automatic recovery mode. I will discuss the trick by which you will be able to boot your computer into safe mode in windows 8 and windows 10.
At first press "win+R" key shortcut.
"Run" command box will open.
Just write "msconfig" in the "run" command box and press "OK" button.
Now "system configuration" window will open. Click on the "Boot" tab.
You can select the type of the safe mode from the options : minimal, alternate shell, network etc. For normal safe mode, select "minimal" option.
Cick on "OK" and "restart" your computer.
Now, your computer will boot into safe mode.
After troubleshooting is done, you should stop safe mode. To do so, open "system configuration" by pressing "win+R" key and type "msconfig" in "run" box. Uncheck the "safe boot" option below the "boot" options and click on "OK".
Now when you will restart your PC, it will open in normal mode.
Go to the "power" button of your windows login screen.
Now, you have to press and hold the "SHIFT" key and click on "restart"
You will be asked to "choose an option". Select "troubleshoot".
Below "troubleshoot", select "advanced options".
In the "advanced option", select "startup settings".
Now, click on "restart" button in "startup settings".
Your PC will restart and it will show nine startup options: enable debugging, enable boot logging, enable low resolution video, enable safe mode, enable safe mode with networking etc. With serial no 1 to 9. For first option F1 key, for second F2 key. Similarly to enable safe mode, you have to press F4 button. If you want to enable safe mode with networking then press F5 and to enable safe mode with command prompt press F6 button of your keyboard.
Click on "start". After that click on "settings".
Now, "settings" menu will open.
You have to click on "update and security".
Click on "Restart now" below the "advanced set up".
In this way, you can boot into safe mode on windows 8 and windows 10 operating system.


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Chartcandle Investments Corporation /
Notice of Hearing: In the Matter of Chartcandle Investments Corporation et al.
IN THE MATTER OF CHARTCANDLE INVESTMENTS CORPORATION, CCI
FINANCIAL, LLC, CHARTCANDLE INC., PSST GLOBAL CORPORATION,
STEPHEN MICHAEL CHESNOWITZ and CHARLES PAULY
Sections 127 and 127.1
TAKE NOTICE THAT the Ontario Securities Commission will hold a hearing pursuant to sections 127 and 127.1 of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, as amended (the "Act"), at the offices of the Commission located at 20 Queen Street West, Toronto, 17th Floor, commencing on March 22, 2010, at 11:30 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the hearing can be held.
AND TAKE NOTICE THAT the purpose of the hearing is to consider whether it is in the public interest for the Commission, at the conclusion of a hearing, to make an order:
pursuant to clause 2 of section 127(1) that trading in any securities by the respondents cease permanently or for such period as is specified by the Commission;
pursuant to clause 2.1 of section 127(1) that acquisition of any securities by the respondents is prohibited permanently or for such period as is specified by the Commission;
pursuant to clause 3 of section 127(1) that any exemptions contained in Ontario securities law do not apply to the respondents permanently or for such period as is specified by the Commission;
pursuant to clause 6 of section 127(1) that the respondents be reprimanded;
pursuant to clause 7 of section 127(1) that each of the individual respondents resign all positions that he holds as a director or officer of an issuer;
pursuant to clause 8 of section 127(1) that each of the individual respondents be prohibited from becoming or acting as a director or officer of any issuer;
pursuant to clause 8.2 of section 127(1) that the respondents be prohibited from becoming or acting as a director or officer of a registrant;
pursuant to clause 9 of section 127(1) that the respondents each pay an administrative penalty for each failure to comply with Ontario securities law;
pursuant to clause 10 of section 127(1) that the respondents each disgorge to the Commission any amounts obtained as a result of their non-compliance with Ontario securities law; and
pursuant to section 127.1 that the respondents pay the costs of the investigation and hearing.
BY REASON OF the allegations set out in the Statement of Allegations of Staff of the Commission dated February 17, 2010 and such additional allegations as counsel may advise and the Commission may permit;
AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any party to the proceeding may be represented by counsel, if that party attends or submits evidence at the hearing;
AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon the failure of any party to attend at the time and place aforesaid, the hearing may proceed in the absence of that party, and such party is not entitled to any further notice of the proceeding.
DATED at Toronto this 17th day of February, 2010.
" Daisy Aranha "
Per: John Stevenson
Secretary to the Commission


Child & Family Agency has partnered with the Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services (DMHAS) and the Department of Children & Families (DCF) to pilot a 5-year initiative – CT STRONG (Seamless Transition and Recovery Opportunities through Network Growth). CT STRONG works to engage and connect transition-age youths and young adults (16-25) who have, or are at risk for, behavioral health disorders to high-quality care. One of the goals of the program is: To enhance CT's strong transitional services by creating a strengths-based, family-focused, gender-responsive and recovery-oriented system of care that is attentive to the culture of the family and of youth.
Building Healthy Communities through Empowered Relationships is part of our effort to achieve this goal. We recognize the immense challenges of violence, addiction, and poverty faced by many youth and young adults in New London. And, we believe that when social expectations and cultural norms are shifted in ways that both transform masculinity and advance gender equality, relationships are healthier, leaving individuals, families and communities stronger.
To support this work, we are partnering with MERGE for Equality, Inc. (MERGE), which brings to our project a 34-year legacy of transforming masculinity, preventing violence and advancing gender equality, in communities of North America, Africa, Asia and Europe.
To strengthen connections amongst organizations and the community through collaboration and outreach, reducing redundant efforts on this issue.
To create a safer community by increasing both emotional and physical safety.
To empower youth and young adults to discover, understand the impact of and share the personal narrative by which they live, and would like to live, their lives.
To sustain the momentum of the project by developing continued opportunities for youth and young adult voices to be empowered and engaged.
The morning session 8:30-12 is for both community youth and partner organizations, and will offer an experiential introduction to the ways in which boys and men are socialized in our society. LUNCH served from 12-1 The afternoon session 1-4 is reserved for our partner organizations, with a focus on creating shared understanding and vision that encompasses our different roles in the community, to promote our collective efforts as well as developing the evaluation of our project.
2) Film screening of "The Mask We Live In." TBD.
This community-building event will include viewing of a powerful 90-minute film, followed by public conversation, facilitated by MERGE.
This experiential training will engage youth and adults from CFA and partner organizations about male gender socialization and the strategies and skills for promoting the development of compassionate, non-violent and equitable boys and men. This highly participatory program, uses personal reflection and cross-gender dialogue, and will be facilitated by MERGE.
4) Youth Story Workshop. TBD.
This program will allow youth and young adults from our community to participate in a 16-hour workshop spread over 6 weeks that encourage youth to find their voice and share their stories through various artistic mediums. This final piece will culminate in a Performance where the youth will have the opportunity to share their work. The program will be coordinated by CFA, with technical assistance from MERGE.
We hope that you can attend on Thursday, April 14, 2016. Please contact either of us with questions. Many thanks.


My introduction to the music of Yusef Lateef, who died Monday at 93, came in 1967, when I was a first year law student. My dorm neighbor, Bob Bell, was a jazz aficionado. I knew next to nothing about jazz. I'm not sure how it came about: I may have been talking with Bob about music, or I may have heard something wafting from his dorm room--Jazz on flute? That's odd--but I ended up borrowing his copy of Lateef's album Psychicemotus, which sounded like nothing I had ever heard before.
Lateef's music was eclectic and syncretic. His roots were in big band swing and be-bop, but he later incorporated musical styles from other parts of the world, including Africa and Asia, as well as European art music, into his works. He also used instruments not often or ever before found in jazz; not only flute but oboe, as in the video clip above, and styles not common to jazz, such as the bowed, instead of plucked. bass viol in the same clip. He didn't like to call his music "jazz"; instead he called it "autophysiopsychic music." In the video, he's accompanied by Kenneth Barron on piano, Bob Cunningham on bass, and probably-- he's not identified on the video, but was on all of Lateef's recordings around the time (1972) the video was made--Albert "Tootie" Heath on drums.
Lateef was a teacher as well as performer. He held a doctorate in music education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and taught there, and at Amherst College, until near the end of his life.
I must add a footnote about Bob Bell: at the time I knew him, he had the distinction of having his name in the Constitutional Law casebook. He was the named appellant in the U.S. Supreme Court decision Bell v. Maryland, which vacated and remanded his and several others' convictions for criminal trespass arising from their participation in a sit-in demonstration at a Baltimore restaurant. In a delicious bit of irony, Bob later became Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, the same court that had affirmed his conviction before it was appealed to the Supreme Court.
Veni Veni Emmanuel ("O Come, O Come Emmanuel") sounds ancient, but had its origin as an Advent hymn in the eighteenth century. It "is a synthesis of the great 'O Antiphons'" which are of ancient provenance. The linked clip is of a performance by L'Accorche-Choeur, Ensemble vocal Fribourg, under the direction of Zoltan Kodály. The English translation is from the mid nineteenth century, by John Mason Neale and Henry Sloane Coffin.


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Good Quality in an Inexpensive Knife Set !
The set is thinner, smaller and has a flimsy feel to it. Also, not very sharp. Had I seen it in person, I would not have purchase it.
This knife block set is pretty decent for the price, I noticed running them through the dishwasher put small rusty spots on them. But the 8 Steak Knives are the $$$ aspect of the block, great for common use, and stays crazy sharp! Overall owned for 1 yr now, and it's not bad at all!
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The knives and accessories are easy to use, knives very sharp. The stainless finishes are without flaws or defects. The handle on all the items are made to fit into your hand easily.. . Care must be used as all of the knives are extremely sharp. Holder is attractive and matches our countertops. My wife is extremely happy with this purchase. I also would recommend this as an ideal gift item that would be welcome in any kitchen.


Politician(s) in Romania have scrapped plans to introduce a tax on fortune tellers, witches and psychics… because they feared they could be cursed.
Officials in the economically struggling country had planed to start taxing witches in a bid to raise more money.
But despite drafting new laws – which would have also held psychics liable for wrong predictions – the politicians in Romania's senate bottled it at the last minute.
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Cocker spaniel Flint could easily have had this cheeky little chick for dinner – but decided to befriend him instead.The orphaned baby sparrow looked in big trouble after he tumbled from his nest into Greg Larcombe's back garden.Yet rather than attack, patient Flint simply played with his tiny feathered friend, dubbed Chicky by Greg's excited children.
September 14, 2010 Posted by oldstersview | animals	| Comments Off on Awww. Isn't that tweet?