There are dozens of electric toothbrushes out there with wildly differing price points, all claiming to do the same thing: clean your teeth. To get at the pearly truth, I spent two months personally testing 13 brushes, as well as interviewing all the toothbrush brands and a periodontist at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
So which electric toothbrush should you buy? The Oral-B Pro 3000 (available at Amazon for $89.94) is our top pick thanks to a few small but meaningful features that make your brushing more effective.
The Oral-B Pro 3000 offers the best blend of features that will have a real impact on your oral health. Like every toothbrush we tested, it has a two-minute timer—the recommended duration for a brushing session. And like all but the seriously cheap-o brushes, the Pro 3000 breaks that two minutes up into four 30-second segments, so you can focus on quadrants of your mouth.
There are three cleaning modes that vary in intensity and duration, including a Sensitive mode. That should be a deal-breaker if you're buying your first electric brush, because the vibrations can be an overwhelming experience for some newbies.
The round brush head—standard on Oral-Bs—is small enough to get into every corner of your mouth, and the rubberized handle ensures a solid grip even when your hands get wet with toothpaste slobber. (Don't act like this doesn't happen to you, too.) The lithium ion battery lasts longer and charges faster than cheaper models that use Ni–MH batteries. Expect about a week between recharges.
The bright red pressure sensor on the Oral-B Pro 3000 makes it very clear when you're brushing too hard.
The killer feature is the visible pressure sensor: a big, impossible-to-miss red light that flashes when you're bearing down too hard and potentially damaging your gums. Other brushes have pressure sensors as well, but they alert you with a specific kind of vibration that can be hard to detect. I found the Pro 3000's red light indicator far more effective.
The Pro 3000 is also outfitted with Bluetooth and connects to the Oral-B smartphone app. My advice: Just forget this feature even exists. The apps are, to put it kindly, counterproductive. In fact, I think they make brushing harder. You can ignore them entirely and still enjoy all the meaningful benefits of a great, affordable brush.
*How did we come up with this number?
The Pro 1000 is Oral-B's top-selling brush for a reason. It's a reliable, no-nonsense machine that gets the job done with minimal fuss and frills. You get much of the same look and feel as the Pro 3000, while forgoing the "smart" features that you'll never miss anyway.
What do you lose by not picking the Pro 3000? The Pro 1000 does have a pressure sensor, but the way in which it alerts you—creating a "different sound while brushing" according to the manual—is easy to miss. The battery runs about 28 minutes between charges, while the Pro 3000 runs longer and charges faster. There's also only one intensity setting—no sensitive mode.
If you have good oral health and you're just looking to improve it with a new brush, the Pro 1000 is a perfect choice. Those looking for a more sensitive brush should consider the Pro 3000.
Undoubtedly one of the biggest headaches in owning an electric brush is buying replacement brush heads. Oral-B and Philips both have far too many options and the prices are steep enough that they all but encourage you to hold off longer than you should.
Goby aims to change all that by mailing you a new brush head every three months. They only make one variety. It's round, it oscillates, and it gets into crevices well. All in all, it's a pretty good replica of the Oral-B experience—but louder and a little less refined.
The handle has a two-minute timer with 30-second segments, and the battery lasts for about two weeks before it needs a good, long charge.
Despite seeming to fit the mold of Dollar Shave Club and other disrupters that undercut the competition on price, you don't actually save that much money with Goby. The handle is $50 ($65 for non-subscribers), and the brush heads themselves are $6. That's about half as much as a Sonicare heads, but pretty much on par with Oral-B heads.
I'm Dave Kender. What do I know about toothbrushes? I'm the Senior VP of Editorial here at Reviewed. I've been reviewing products for over 10 years, which has made me a little obsessive when it comes to the details. Plus my dentist tells me I've got great teeth.
After reading expert reviews, user reviews, and conducting interviews with all the electric toothbrush brands, we narrowed down the list to 13 nominees for testing. We chose products across the price spectrum and made sure to include brushes beyond just Oral-B and Philips.
Setup: How easy was it to start using the electric toothbrush? How easy was it to set up the charging port for electric toothbrush?
Usability: How easy is it to actually use the toothbrush? How easy is it to swap out the different brush heads? How do the controls feel? How easily does this toothbrush get at all the nooks and crannies in your mouth? How comfortable is it to hold the electric toothbrush?
Storage: Does the toothbrush come with a way to store the different brush heads? Does the toothbrush come with a way to neatly store/mount the entire product?
Subjective: Does the toothbrush come with a way to neatly store/mount the entire product? How clean does your mouth feel after using this toothbrush? If it has any special features, how useful are they? How nice are the toothbrush's aesthetics, and how would that affect your willingness to buy it?
Waterproofing: Can the toothbrush run in shower conditions? Can it be submerged in a bucket of water for 30 seconds?
We also decided to get creative about measuring the true cost of an electric toothbrush. While toothbrush handles will last for a while, the brush heads need to be replaced every 3-4 months. Those brushes aren't cheap! So we devised a neat little method for estimating the total cost of a 3-year ownership. You can take a peek at the spreadsheet if you want to see the data in all its nerdy glory. These should be considered rough estimates only and didn't have a significant impact on the scores.
Oscillating versus Sonic: What's the difference?
The moment you start shopping for an electric toothbrush you'll faced with a choice: oscillating versus sonic brush heads. Oral-B (which makes mostly oscillating brushes) and Philips Sonicare (which makes mostly sonic brushes) each make grand, and sometimes misleading, statements about how they work and their relative merits. Here's the simplest way to explain it.
Oscillating versus sonic brush heads, filmed in slo-mo.
An oscillating brush head moves with a little rotation to the right, then a little rotation to the left—back and forth, really fast. It looks cool, if not a little intimidating to the first-time user. Experientially, I can say that my mouth always "felt cleaner" after using an oscillating brush.
A sonic brush head doesn't spin. Rather, it moves in a "wiggle" action at a very high frequency. The result is typically much quieter and subtler than an oscillating brush head. Newcomers to an electric brush might find it more welcoming.
As it turns out, however, the difference it makes to your teeth is negligible. In a 2011 review of 17 separate trials, no definitive conclusions could be made regarding a superiority of one over the other when it came to reducing plaque and gingivitis.
Dr. Soo-Woo Kim of Harvard School of Dental Medicine concurred that, in his experience, he did not see a significant difference in effectiveness between oscillating and sonic.
"I routinely recommend electric toothbrushes," stated Dr. Kim, but singled out the 2-minute timer as the most effective feature.
Dr. Kim also dispelled one of the stranger rumors that was floating around Reviewed's offices, namely that Sonicare is better for your gums while Oral-B is better for your teeth.
Myths about toothbrushing, it seems, accumulate just as rapidly as plaque does.
The one feature everyone can agree on is a two-minute timer, because the duration of your brushing has the biggest impact on oral health. Every brush in this roundup has a timer. Nearly all the brushes also had a feature that would break that two-minutes into four 30-second segments to help guide your brushing. Among brushes I tested, only the Oral-B Vitality was missing this mode.
Oral-B and Philips both sell "smart" brush handles that connect to an app your phone. The apps are, on the whole, utterly useless. In fact, they make brushing even more difficult.
Granted, the apps aren't intended to become a part of your daily life. At least, that's the sense I got talking to brand representatives. Rather, they're designed to get you on the right track to oral health when the purchase is fresh and you're at your most excited.
The Oral-B app tries to make brushing fun with an augmented reality feature. My kid was not into it at all.
The Oral-B app is the more robust, but asks you to do more work. The 8000 series brush comes with a smartphone mount that sticks to your mirror. The app uses the your phone's camera (plus the Bluetooth in the handle) for a feature called Position Detection. Think turn-by-turn directions for your mouth. Unfortunately, I found the Position Detection feature buggy and unreliable. That would have bothered me if I'd wanted to use it in the first place. I didn't.
The Philips app was more accurate and did a better job teaching me how to use the brush. It also walked me through the myriad of brush head options to guide replacement purchases.
Apps will probably get better in the future. For now, you can safely ignore them.
Regardless of brand, it's recommended that you replace the brush head every 3-4 months. That will be your next pain point as a consumer, and let me tell you, they don't make it easy.
Then there's compatibility to consider, both within brands and from third-party knock-offs. And don't forget the prices, which are all over the map depending on how many you buy in a pack and which retailer you choose.
The issue of brush head replacement is so complex that we're spinning it out into a whole other guide (look for it soon).
Our advice, in summary, is to find something you like and buy it in bulk to save a few bucks.
The Philips Sonicare HealthyWhite+ was a close second place behind the Oral-B Pro 3000. For those that find Oral-B's oscillating movement too loud or abrasive, the HealthyWhite+ is an elegant, affordable choice that skips "smart" features and focuses on good cleaning for sensitive teeth and gums. It sits squarely in the middle of the pack amongst the Sonicare family. We particularly how easy it was to adjust the sensitivity, thanks to dedicated buttons.
The Pro 6000 is a slightly better version of the Pro 3000, our top pick. It has virtually all the same features, but everything about it just feels a little... better. The design is more streamlined and it feels sturdier in the hand. The battery lasts a few days longer between charges. Oh, and of course it comes with the requisite "premium travel case" that accompanies all the high-end brushes. But at nearly twice the price it's hard to recommend it for most people.
The Sonicare DiamondClean Smart 9500 is Philip's top-of-the-line toothbrush. It drives like a BMW 7 Series and is priced accordingly. There are five brush modes. It comes with two brush heads in the box, and is available in fancy colors like amethyst. This is the toothbrush you "accidentally" leave out on the counter for guests to see. From its elegantly designed charging cup to its deluxe travel case to the illuminated writing that appears from underneath the surface of the handle, the DiamondClean screams "dude, are you seriously going to spend that much on a tooth brush?"
With a name like "Genius Pro 8000" this toothbrush certainly isn't playing the modestly card. It's not half as stylish as the Sonicare DiamondClean, but it is just as feature-packed. There are lots of brush modes and the travel case is more luxurious than the box my wedding ring came in.
Several Oral-B brushes connect to the app via Bluetooth, but only the Pro 8000 comes with a smartphone holder that attaches to your mirror. I'll admit I felt a lot of trepidation suspending my phone three feet over a hard porcelain sink, but it held up admirably. Unfortunately, it didn't make me like the app any better. The Pro 8000 has the pressure sensor light that makes the Pro 3000 so good, but the extra features don't add anything.
The Oral-B 7000 predates the rest of the smart brushes in this list, which means the price has come down over time. Essentially, it's the Pro 6000 but with a weird little Bluetooth-powered device called a SmartGuide that's not worth the hassle. And the travel case, of course.
The 2 Series is the most affordable Sonicare that we can still recommend. Features are slim: It has one speed setting and no travel case. But it cleans teeth and works with all the brushes in the Philips lineup. Surprisingly, it does have a two-minute timer with 30-second segments to help guide your brushing.
The Vitality was the only truly disappointing Oral-B of the bunch. It looks cheaper and runs louder than the rest. The vibrations felt unpleasantly intense in my mouth. There are no special features—save a basic two-minute timer—and no extras in the box. That said, it works with all the Oral-B brushes.
The quip, a well-marketed toothbrush you've probably seen pop up in your social media feeds, just barely scraped by without one of our "Avoid" labels. The vibration is seriously underpowered. You really need to do most of the scrubbing yourself, and yet it costs 5x to 10x more than a manual brush. How does it avoid complete ignominy? First off, it has a two-minute time. Secondly, it's pretty. Thirdly, it's built on a subscription model, meaning new brush heads will arrive in the mail like clockwork.
I wanted to like the Foreo. I really did. It's unique, you have to give it that. It's silicone from head to toe, including most of the bristles. And that's precisely the problem. Stiff little nylon bristles, like you kind you find on any other brush, are scratchy. They feel like they're actually cleaning. The Foreo's thick silicone bristles just feel wrong and gross. My mouth actually felt dirtier than it did before I brushed. Then there's the sheer size of the brush head, which is so large I could hardly get it into the back corners of my teeth.
Even if all that could be forgiven and I was able to embrace the novelty of the Foreo, there's the insanely high price. Replacement heads are whopping $25. Unless you've got money to burn, avoid it.


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I have long being fascinated by the tactile art form of Origami, the art of paper folding to create intricate designs. The end result is always so effortlessly beautiful! However, even if a design looks deceptively 'simple', believe you me... it takes a lengthy series of complex folds and a ton of patience and dexterity to create that intricate form.
A few weeks ago, I came across a series of innovative zen art pieces created by artist & Origamist Michael Lai. His craft is a variation of the traditional Japanese art form of Origami. Instead of using traditional origami paper, Michael creates his intricate handmade designs from pressed flower petals!
Michael is the first artist to use pressed flowers for this age old art form and after discussions with the origami association in Japan, he coined the term "Hanakami" meaning "Flower paper" in Japanese to separate his craft work from others using the term Florigami or Floral origami.
Like Origami, Hanakami also has great relevance towards improving mental health and mindfulness through meditation, focus and contemplation.
After research, it has been established that Michael created the world's smallest "handmade" origami crane! Yes, smaller models do exist however they have been made using tools and microscopes while Michael only uses his dexterous finger tips and senses he has trained through mindfulness and mediation.
After the success of his first exhibit, "Hanakami (花紙) cranes and micro-terrariums", which was an exploration of intricate patterns, delicate textures and vibrant colours, Michael and Alick Lau (Manager for a Indiegogo crowdfunding project) created their first crowdfunding campaign and also established Studio Hanakami, an art studio to create more of these amazing zen art works.
I had the opportunity to interview Michael to find out more about his fascinating craft- the art of Hanakami and his journey from scientist to artist and the way forward.
I was trained as a scientist and have been working in IT consulting for the last few years. Origami is something of a hobby for me but in the last couple of years I have developed an interest in applying the skills and technique to help people improve their mental fitness, in a similar way to how you might train your physical fitness. I do think that mental and physical fitness are so closely linked that you have to work on both things at the same time to get the maximum benefit.
To cut a long story short, I went from making origami cranes to miniature origami cranes to using novel materials to make miniature origami cranes and now I want to see how the process of making miniature origami cranes using novel materials might help solve other problems people might have.
What has been the inspiration behind Hanakami and your work?
While searching for the perfect material for making miniature origami cranes I stumbled on the idea of using flower petals. This has never been done before to my knowledge, so it was just a matter of talking to people who work with flowers and a lot of trial and error to figure out how to do this. I am inspired by people who use nature as the inspiration and raw material for their work, because there is a beauty within nature that doesn't need any embellishment. What are the mental health benefits of your work?
It is a little bit different for everyone, but like physical exercise the process of producing the origami models is not unlike a series of mental exercise that can help you to improve mental fitness by increasing concentration, focus and mindfulness. And like physical fitness you don't obtain the results overnight, since it requires you to continually spend time and effort in order to improve.
Every finished model is unique in its form and pattern because of the material used, and while I mostly only make the traditional origami crane model it is also my favourite to fold. What is a typical workday like for you?
I hope there isn't such a thing as a typical workday for me.
It's a week or two to dry and press the flower petals and at least an hour to fold the origami model. In between there is also some preparation involved to select the flower petals and work out where to make the cuts for the 'paper'. That's assuming every petal ends up being suitable for the preparation stage and that every piece of 'paper' ends up being a perfectly folded crane (which it doesn't, and the success rate varies considerably depending on lots of different factors). What are you working on at the moment?
Adapting some of the techniques and ideas used in the workshops for other demographics, in particular for younger children and the elderly because I think there are different areas that need to be targeted when it comes to mental fitness for these two age groups.
This is not something that I know very much about, but with apartment living becoming the norm in the cities a lot of people will be looking for new ways to add a personal touch to spaces that are not designed to allow a lot of personalization so it will be interesting to see some creative ideas especially with 3D printing becoming more accessible and popular.
What 3 words describe your work?
When I have lived in places with one, the sun room because it is just a lovely place to do anything when you have good lighting and a clear view of everything around you. There was a place I lived, quite close to the beach and it had a small sun room but it looked out to the ocean and on a clear night you could watch the stars, listen to the waves and smell the sea breeze.
If you've ever folded a paper crane or would like to learn how to, Michael runs classes and workshops on origami to introduce the mental health benefits of this traditional form of art. You can contact him through here for more information on workshop details. In current times, when life is so uncertain, fast and disruptive, it is truly an art to seek serenity and be mindful.
A series of framed photographic prints and artworks from his 2017 'Hanakami Cranes and Micro-Terrariums' exhibition is currently available from Studio Hanakami.
Till next time... be sure to peek into this beautiful, intricate and unique world of Hanakami by Michael Lai!


Remember the Burger King Salad Bar?
When we went to Burger King as a family, we always went to the same one. It was a great location, clean, unchanging and of course brown. The one day they started tearing up a section of the restaurant to install a salad bar. I had zero interest in it, but when it was completed and upon return trips my family would hit this new salad bar with gusto.
Maybe people hit it with too much gusto because BK franchisees complained a lot that the salad bar was pricey to maintain and had low profit margins. Eventually the salad bars would be shut down replaced with pre-made salads which my family almost never ordered. It took them at least a year to get rid of the now abandoned salad bar at our Burger King and when they finally got rid of it they replaced it with nothing. So it just left this giant empty space in the restaurant.
Here is an ad from the mid 1980s featuring model Elle MacPherson, who really loves here BK Salad experience.
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Regular readers will know I'm not exactly a water carrier for Hillary Clinton, but, in this plane of reality, there is no conceivable way one could possible think Clinton has been treated well. Of course, if you're a Fox News watcher–and Trump is the first Fox News president*–who also is a narcissist experiencing narcissistic break, then I guess Clinton had it easier than Trump.
Speaking of narcissist break and the ensuing rage, note to wunderkindt Jared Kushner: narcissists will turn on anyone to regain that narcissist buzz. Anyone. Not that I feel sorry for any of these bastids.
*Il Trumpe also seems to be first president who watches a lot of television. Not a half-hour of nightly news or the occasional show or special, but hours and hours of it. This is a bad thing.


Anti-bullying poster, ideal to display in your school or early years setting to promote personal, social and emotional wellbeing. Features two designs, one with an orange background and one with a white background. Designed by freelance graphic designer Emma Pelling. You can see further examples of her brilliant work by visiting smiling-art.co.uk.
I think this poster is awesome. I think one of the cruelest forms of bullying is to shun, ostracize or exclude someone just because they are different. The sad thing is that kids can use the excuse that they are following the WITS program and just ignoring the person, somehow that makes it alright, but in truth it doesn't. Some children are different, and being different is okay. Life would be very boring if we were all the same, we should embrace each person because they enrich us. When you exclude someone because they are different everyone is hurt, and everyone looses.
A beautifully illustrated poster reminding children to wash their hands.


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A friend and I were just out to drinks and confessed we always try to snag happy hour at our favorite restaurants.
This made me think about my favorite app. Happy Hour by GoTime.
The app will look around you and tell you where all the cheap drinks and food around you are.
And I don't mean just well drinks. I've found some pretty nice cocktail and other high end specials.
Happy Hours are displayed for 24/7 times, not just your typical standard happy hours.
And it includes food too.
It's especially great in a happy hour heavy area like DC. I can pretty much find anything at any reasonable time of day.


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Dork-Shaming Hunter Biden After Dismissal From Navy Reserve For Blow
Posted on | October 17, 2014 | 26 Comments
Son of Uncle Choo-Choo does a fine job of covering the Administration with glory:
Vice President Joe Biden 's son Hunter was discharged from the Navy Reserve this year after testing positive for cocaine, according to people familiar with the matter.
Hunter Biden, a lawyer by training who is now a managing partner at an investment company, had been commissioned as an ensign in the Navy Reserve, a part-time position. But after failing a drug test last year, his brief military career ended.
As a retired Reservist myself, allow me to guffaw. I mean, the only more phoned-in position going today is Amateur Golfer With Occasional Presidential Cameos. This is especially true with the Biden family tradition of plagiarism. He could be a Fareed Zakaria understudy par excellence.
Mr. Biden, 44 years old, decided to pursue military service relatively late, beginning the direct-commission process to become a public-affairs officer in the Navy Reserve in 2012. Because of his age—43 when he was to be commissioned—he needed a waiver to join the Navy. He received a second Navy waiver because of a drug-related incident when he was a young man, according to people familiar with the matter. Military officials say such drug waivers aren't uncommon.
So this dork gets this commission handed to him–I was retired from the Reserves by the time I was 44 (just sayin') and he can't even bother to put down the nose candy and take the job seriously? Why was he even wasting everyone's time, anyway? Did he want to get some cool duds to wear when trying to impress the girls?
Mr. Biden was commissioned as an ensign on May 7, 2013, and assigned to Navy Public Affairs Support Element East in Norfolk, Va., a reserve unit, according to the Navy. In June 2013, after reporting to his unit in Norfolk, he was given a drug test, which turned up positive for cocaine, according to people familiar with the situation. Mr. Biden was discharged in February, the Navy said.
I mean: dude. You couldn't lay off the nose candy for 48 hours prior to your First. Drill. Weekend? That is precisely the sort of fine moral example needed. . .by a country that really wants to get its clock cleaned in its next military engagement. I have no experiential clue about cocaine, never having done anything heavier than get drunk (almost two decades ago) or burn a cuban while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. But, seriously: what were you thinking?
Mr. Biden said in a statement that it was "the honor of my life to serve in the U.S. Navy, and I deeply regret and am embarrassed that my actions led to my administrative discharge. I respect the Navy's decision. With the love and support of my family, I'm moving forward."
Forward to what, you schmuck? The Ukraine?
I believe that my assistance in consulting the company on matters of transparency, corporate governance and responsibility, international expansion and other priorities will contribute to the economy and benefit the people of Ukraine.
Also: blow.
And there's this other gig, mentioned at the bottom of the WSJ piece:
Now, Mr. Biden is a managing partner at Rosemont Seneca Partners, an investment company. He also serves as chairman of World Food Program USA, which calls itself "a humanitarian agency fighting hunger in the world today," and he is an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University.
'Adjunct Assistant Professor', eh? In just what worldly wisdom would Wankerness wallow?
MSFS-586 The Art of Advocacy Inside & Outside of Government
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Biden, Hunter & Norton, Robert
This course examines how advocacy influences political leaders and other stakeholders responsible for shaping international policy for managing global crisis and conflict. The course uses a case format to study examples of advocacy in five real world situations. The objective is to build a pragmatic understanding of the impact of advocacy on policy and the management of complex global problems, including famine, health pandemics war, and environmental disaster. The class will include interactive class discussions with policymakers and advocates who played principal roles in each case. The course will build practical skills, including: the ability to identify, evaluate, and formulate effective advocacy strategies and tactics; and the ability to develop common practitioner tools, such as concise briefing and messaging materials used in advocacy initiatives. Key requirements include a reading for each case, preparation of a discussion guide for one case study (to be completed in teams), a concise one page advocacy briefing memo for each case, and a short final paper.
According to Wikipedia, Hunter is married. So one can presume that, should he be showing up for more than collecting a paycheck, it's not just to cruise for chicks. I'm sure he'll swap a few anecdotes, maybe talk about the great blow you can get in various foreign lands. It's all so 1%.
There really is only one way to "move forward" for this piece of work:
Hunter Biden 2016
All the academic chops of #OccupyResoluteDesk, but now with Military Experience. And blow!
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26 Responses to "Dork-Shaming Hunter Biden After Dismissal From Navy Reserve For Blow"
October 17th, 2014 @ 11:50 am
It runs in the Biden clan. A post with bonus Rule 5 is coming.
October 17th, 2014 @ 12:03 pm
His father charges the Secret Service rent of $2,200.00 a month (figure from 2011) for the protection detail that's stationed on his property. Putting aside the Secret Service and Columbian hookers scandal for a moment … these guys are sworn to protect Uncle Choo-Choo to the point of potential loss of life and he shows his gratitude for this service by charging rent?? (read the article)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/31/biden-charging-secret-service-cottage-rental/?page=all
What other moral relativism is going on out of public view?
Howard Towt
Smitty:
I normally side with the USAF on most things military, but this time the USN got it right.
M. Thompson
Whatta maroon.
CrustyB
October 17th, 2014 @ 2:43 pm
Give the boy a break. I mean, if your dad were Joe Biden you'd probably be doing enough blow to fuel the Central American economy, too.
Adobe_Walls
You'd be amazed how many people fail their first work related drug test even when they know it's coming or even when it's coming.
As a retired reservist myself, Smitty, I can only say:
Well done, sir. Well done.
Steve Skubinna
At this point, what's one more national embarrassment added to the pile? As for myself, I'm glad I never got any tats during my service, otherwise they'd be too hard to explain away.
When anyone asks me if I ever served I tell them I spent those years selling crack to school kids. It provokes a lot less condemnation and humiliation.
"Mr. Biden, 44 years old, decided to pursue military service relatively late… to become a public-affairs officer"
No offense to the fine men and women of the public affairs office, but hardly an ambition to ever hearing a shot fired in anger!
"He had a promising career in the Navy Reserve, but it went UP HIS NOSE!"
Elementary_Penguin
Oh,noes! The USNR is now down a public affairs officer! Our social media war with ISIS is doomed for sure, now.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=afwLCHy.52fc
Very 1%.
Hunter Biden trained as a lawyer, but never practiced. He landed a job at a finance company ca. 1997 and was fwer promoted to a titular vice presidency within a couple of years, then was hired by the Clinton Administration to draft 'e-commerce' policy, then set up a lobbying business. Betwixt and between, he and his uncle acquire a firm which parcels out client money to selected hedge funds. It's doubtful he has the background to do that himself. He was paid $1.2 million to supervise people with the skill to select the funds. I've known some people employed as financial analysts. They are not paid $1.2 million.
In other words, he is a generically smart chap abnormally talented at leveraging connections. Very 1%.
"Doctor, I tell you, he had a promising career in the Navy Reserve, but it went UP HIS NOSE!"
/Another old Cheech & Chong fan ….
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Mr. Biden said in a statement that it was "the honor of my life to serve in the U.S. Navy, and I deeply regret and am embarrassed that my actions led to my administrative discharge.
I've a few thoughts :
1. He didn't serve in the USN but I bet he's got portraits of himself in his dress whites to show to anyone who hasn't heard the truth.
2. The thing he deeply regrets is that his case proves just how little being the Vice President of the United States of America really means…." What do you mean I'm being kicked out? Daaaaddy?!!
3. Anyone reading this want to bet that his discharge status didn't get special treatment not afforded to any other poor jabrone who would've been caught for the same thing? I didn't think so, we're all realist's here.
4.He was contemplating a future run for office during which he would have claimed to have served his country during the war on terror.
Why does the term ass-clown immediately come to mind?
From WSJ article on this matter…
"The vice president and his wife, Jill Biden, speak regularly about the pride they take in being a military family, often referring to son Beau Biden's time in the Delaware Army National Guard….
Joe received five draft deferments during the Viet Nam War, his son Beau was in the Delaware National Guard as a lawyer and got to take a break from Hus deployment to Iraq to attend the Presidential Inauguration and son Hunter is kicked out of the Navy after seven months for cocaine use…… THIS is " being a military family "?
"Just say nose?"
There's a different meaning of "Joint Chiefs" in the Biden military family.
it's the Biden family version of "I don't want to belong to any club that would have people like me as a member."
Because he IS an assclown.
October 18th, 2014 @ 2:00 am
Biden thought the Naval Reserve was the coke he kept in his belly button.
K-Bob
"Uncle Choo Choo"
I LOL'ed. I hate to LOL.
I wasn't aware the tradition of purchasing commissions still lived on. I was never exactly a hide-bound traditionalist, but, hey, good show!
I'm thinking Uncle Choo Choo was hoping the Navy could maybe straighten the kid out. Should'a sent him to the Marines twenty-five years earlier.
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Doyle Prince
April 13, 1941 — August 12, 2021
Doyle Eugene Prince, 80, of Carmi, passed away on Thursday, August 12, 2021. He was born on April 13, 1941, the son of Harold and Bertha (Williams) Prince. Doyle married Janice Faulkner on October 5, 1963, and she preceded him in death on December 25, 2016. He worked as a Boilermaker and then later went on to work for City of Carmi at the Water and Sewer plant. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corp from 1959 to 1963. Doyle was a member of Stonefort General Baptist Church He coached Babe Ruth baseball for 12 years. He also ran the chain gang at Carmi football games for many years. Doyle enjoyed watching westerns and spending time with friends and having coffee at the Coffee Shop.
Doyle is survived by his son Greg (Ellen) Prince of Carrier Mills, IL.; Grandchildren, Katelyn Prince of Carrier Mills, IL, Alexa Prince of Shawneetown, IL. and Bryce Prince of Carmi, IL.; a great-grandchild, Charlotte Mason of Shawneetown, IL.; siblings Bill Prince of Rock Island, IL., Ed Prince of Fairfield, IL. and Marge Britton of Carmi, IL. as well as a daughter-in-law, Leslie Prince of Carmi, IL. He was preceded in death by his wife, Janice Prince; his parents; a son, Scott Prince; and siblings, James and Mike Prince, Verna Griese, Patsy Sisco, and Carol Kay Prince.
Funeral services for Doyle Eugene Prince will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, August 16, 2021, at Campbell Funeral Home in Carmi. Burial will be at North Maple Ridge Cemetery in Carmi, with full Military Honors by the Carmi VFW and American Legion. Family and friends may visit from 2:00 p.m. until time of service at Campbell Funeral Home. Contributions can be made in Doyle's memory to Camp Oxford Building Fund c/o Stonefort General Baptist Church, and will be accepted at Campbell Funeral Home in Carmi, who is in charge of arrangements.
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Which one comes first; the story of animation, or the characters? By Dream Farm Animation
admin July 3, 2019 animation jobs
Ever asked yourself which one comes first, characters or story? Take, for example, Woody, in the Toy Story. Was he born before the whole story or Toy story was written all in once and then some changes had been made in the characteristics?
It starts like this; a bright light appears on the screen, light music plays in the background and we get to know the characters and their stories. But really which one comes first? Characters or the story? Is there a story first or we develop characters and then create a story based on their personality traits?
It's a sophisticated question just like chicken and egg enigma. Many answers have been given to this enigma since the Greeks. However, in our case, the question remains unanswered. Animated projects in the pre-production phase demand a story and a storyboard. The story is like a guidebook to the whole animated project.
In the course of producing animation, many things are involved; from the physical environment that is the animation studio, computer systems, to the number of staff that are working in the animation studio. But the main attributes that are feasible and visible for the viewer are the story and thecharacters.
Characters & Story
Story tells what has happened once in the world. We listen because it becomes like our personal experience. The story decides the start point, what happens to the characters and the endpoint. Most of the time the story initiates t0he whole project, it makes the characters suffer or it makes unusual things to happen. Stories make us believe whatever that happens. Some of the examples of successful and engaging animated story-driven are Wall. E, Up, and Cinderella.
Character is us! It is that one person who has a role in the story, the one one who suffers, cries, laughs, and dies. Character while being played by an actor in the theater or animation requires the illusion of being human. Characters are just like us, struggle with life crisis and look for a solution for the problems. The traits and personalities and their lives story differentiate one from another. Some well-known characters in animation are The Simpsons, Mickey Mouse, Maleficent, and Nemo.
If the story comes first, it is easier to ascend the animation production procedure. You can easily decide on the type of character you want in your animation. The story determines how the characters look, behave, and come out of the dilemma that it puts them in the first place.
Keep that in mind just like movies and novels, when the story comes first, the characters have nothing to do but doing what they are told. The result might be flat. The writer and animator should stick to the story and there might be no room for creativity in nurturing the characters' personalities and design.
Monster Inc. is a story-driven feature animation. It is based on a story that many kids tell their parents about. Having or seeing a monster in the closet at night! Then based on this simple story, creative characters were born.
Up feature animation is another example for story-driven animation. Up is the story of an old man who is tired of changes in his neighborhood. He travels to Paradise Fall. Ok! Who is not tired of their surroundings? Who doesn't want to travel to a heaven-like place? Of course, it's our common will. But who gets to show it on TV? Mr. Fredrickson! He is us that eventually has lost his will to live in the city and goes to chase his dream.
If the characters come first, all the story generates from character's needs, responses and wants. Therefore, the story will be character oriented. The events in the story occur because you know your primary and secondary characters and their reactions to them.
When the project starts with character design, sometimes it gets overwhelming. Because you need to put the puzzles together and generate the story. Sometimes, you run out of ideas and you can't think of anything that helps the flow of the story.
In the golden age of animation, Walt Disney used the character Mickey Mouse to produce several animated movies like Steamboat Willie and Fantasia. Years later Mickey Mouse became Walt Disney mascot and defined the identity of this company.
The Incredibles feature animation is an example of character-driven animation. First, the characters with unique powers were born. Then based on their abilities, weaknesses, and threats, the story was written. You can see its success being repeated in The Incredibles 2.
There is no certain answer to this question. Sometimes the character development and the story are so intertwined that you cannot recognize whichone comes first. Either you start your project with character design or developing the story, you need to be creative enough to weave your characters into the story.
Now with all this information, in the Toy Story feature animation, Woody was born first or the actual toy story was written and then characters were developed?
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Horizon Technology Finance to Announce Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results
FARMINGTON, Conn., July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) ("Horizon") (the "Company"), a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital backed companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and sustainability industries, announced today that it plans to release financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021 on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, after the close of market trading.
The Company has scheduled a conference call to discuss the results on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. ET. The conference call will feature remarks by Robert D. Pomeroy, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gerald A. Michaud, President, and Daniel R. Trolio, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. To participate in the call, please dial (877) 407-9716 (domestic) or (201) 493-6779 (international). The conference ID is 13720733. Please dial into the call at least five minutes before the scheduled start time.
The conference call will also be available via a live listen-only webcast on the Company's website, www.horizontechfinance.com. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download any necessary software that may be needed to listen to the Internet broadcast.
An online archive of the webcast will be available on the Company's website for 30 days following the call.
About Horizon Technology Finance
Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) is a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital backed companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and sustainability industries. The investment objective of Horizon is to maximize its investment portfolio's return by generating current income from the debt investments it makes and capital appreciation from the warrants it receives when making such debt investments. Horizon is headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut, with a regional office in Pleasanton, California, and investment professionals located in Portland, Maine, Austin, Texas, and Reston, Virginia. To learn more, please visit www.horizontechfinance.com.
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Jubilee aspirant contests Mariga's nomination for Kibra poll
Tuesday September 17 2019
Jubilee Party's candidate for the Kibra parliamentary by-election McDonald Mariga (centre). PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NATION MEDIA GROUP
By MAUREEN KAKAH
A Jubilee aspirant has moved to disputes tribunal challenging the nomination of former Harambee Stars midfielder McDonald Mariga as the party's flag-bearer in the upcoming Kibra parliamentary by-election.
In a suit filed at the Political Disputes Tribunal Tuesday, Mr Morris Peter Kinyanjui has contested Mariga's nomination arguing that primaries were not held.
Mr Kinyanjui, who initially took his complaints before a different tribunal and lost, claims due process was not followed in selecting the footballer as the party's ticket holder.
"Mr Kinyanjui still believes that the process of nomination was not conducted in adherence to the party's constitution and to the laid down regulations," said his lawyer Benson Njagi.
Mr Kinyanjui was among the 16 aspirants interviewed by the Jubilee's National Elections Board (NEB) as possible candidate for the November 7 by-election.
In his filed case documents, Mr Kinyanjui alleges that when he sought for clarification that the interview was not a nomination, he was assured that the final candidate will be selected as per the rules stipulated in the party's Constitution.
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He claims that he came to know of Mr Mariga's nomination through media reports.
"I strongly believe that the Jubilee party did not conduct the process of nomination as prescribed by the law and regulations and the NEB's decision to select him as the candidate was ultra vires," said Mr Kinyanjui.
His first protests before Jubilee's National Elections Appeals Tribunal was dismissed.
In his earlier petition to the Jubilee Secretary-General Raphael Tuju that was received on September 3, he had indicated that Article 11 of the party's constitution provides for open, free, fair and transparent nomination in national as well as county elections through consensus, secret ballot or through the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
He had also alleged that the law further states that other democratic methods acceptable to members under the supervision of NEB and the County Elections Board can also be acceptable.
However, in the case of Mr Mariga's selection, he claimed that not only was there no nominations conducted, but also NEB arrogated itself powers it does not have to conduct the aforesaid selection and without informing the aspirants.
In the fresh suit, he wants the Political parties' disputes tribunal to hear his second complaint on Mr Mariga's clearance to vie for the oncoming polls on a priority basis.
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Muhammad Yunus: "We need to rediscover ourselves"
Founder of Grameen Bank and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus speaking during the Stand Speak Rise Up Conference on 27 March 2019
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Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, was in Luxembourg to give a keynote at the Stand Speak Rise Conference on 27 March.
"It is the asymmetry of power in the relationship of men and women that is in all society, our entire world," he said at the start. "Sexual violence is only one aspect of it."
Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank--considered to be the first microcredit institution--has seen this asymmetry personally after he accidentally got involved in lending which then became lifelong learning for him. He described to the audience the history of Bangladesh's independence in 1971 and how during the process "many rapes took place…children were born out of this victimisation, that's the beginning of our history."
He quit his teaching job in the US to head back to Bangladesh, that "new nation waiting", saying he had lost all faith in economics, the subject he had been teaching. Getting to know villagers, he was stunned to see so many victimised by loan sharks, so he asked himself how he could protect even one person or more from that. So he began lending.
Early on, he decided he wanted to have a 50% ratio of women in the programme. "It raised a lot of controversy right from the beginning," he said. Not only were banks not lending to people without money, they weren't even lending to women who were well-to-do.
Although he couldn't approach women at that time due to religious reasons, he sent his female students to do so. What surprised him was that the women first responded that they were afraid to handle money. "Always remember this is not her voice. This is the voice of the history which made her…she is surrounded by layers and layers of fear," Yunus told his students. "Our job is to go back to her again and again, quietly and sympathetically, and try to peel away the fear, layer after layer, hoping that one day, one of them [would] say, maybe I should try." Yunus knew if one woman was successful, others would take notice. Six years later, he had reached the 50% female ratio he had aimed for (today it's 97%).
"The relationship between men and women changed completely in the family," Yunus said. "With each loan, her position moved up, and the gap between the two grew closer and closer."
In 2008, Grameen America set up its first bank in Queens. Now it has seven branches in New York City, part of 25 across the United States. 10 years and over $1bn later, the bank boasts a recovery record of over 99%. Yunus added: "And 60% of these borrowers are undocumented women. Imagine, in Trump's world…"
Yunus, who received a standing ovation at the end of his speech, urged participants to question why institutions are the way the are, and to create new roads in order to reach new destinations. "We're not money-making robots," he said on Wednesday. "We need to rediscover ourselves, not be based on greed."
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English knights at Agincourt (1415)
At the battle of Agincourt, 25 October 1415, English forces under king Henry V inflicted a signal defeat on the French forces led by the Constable D'Albret. The English are said to have numbered about 15,000 men. This list of 'The Names of the Dukes, Erles, Barons, Knights, Esquires, Serviteurs and others that wer withe the Excellent Prince King Henry the Fifte at the Battell of Agincourt' is of the leaders of the English forces and of the knights (lances) in their retinues: of the archers, for which the battle is famous, hardly a handful are named. Nicholas Harris Nicolas, the antiquarian, found this list accidentally among the manuscripts in the British Museum, and published it, with an extensive account of the battle, in 1827.
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The English in France (1417-1418)
King Henry V of England claimed the throne of France (and quartered the fleurs-de-lis of France with the lions of England on the royal standard) as had his predecessors since Edward III, as descendants of Philip IV of France. He married Katherine, youngest daughter of king Charles VI of France in 1420, and thereafter styled himself 'heir and regent of France'. The English had real power or influence in Brittany, Normandy, Flanders and Gascony, and actual possession of several coastal garrisons, in particular Calais, where the French inhabitants had been replaced by English. The English administration kept a series of records called the French Rolls. On these are recorded royal appointments and commissions in France; letters of protection and safe-conduct to soldiers, merchants, diplomats and pilgrims travelling to France from England and returning, and to foreign legations. There are also licences to merchants to export to the Continent, and to captains to transport pilgrims. This calendar of the French Roll for the 5th year of the reign of Henry V (21 March 1417 to 20 March 1418) was prepared by Alexander Charles Ewald and published in 1883.
Inhabitants of Leicester (1327-1509)
The Corporation of Leicester commissioned the publication (in 1901) of extracts from the borough archives of 1327 to 1509, edited by Mary Bateson. This volume brings together several important sources: a coroner's roll of 1327; the merchant gild rolls; tax returns; court rolls; rentals; mayoral accounts, &c. All the Latin and French texts are accompanied by English translations. Not all the tax rolls surviving for this period are printed: but full lists of names are given for tallages of 1336 (pp. 34-40); 1347-8 (69-71); and 1354 (93-99); subsidy rolls of 1492 (331-334) and 1497 (351-353); and a benevolence roll of 1505 (370-374). There is a calendar of conveyances (388-446), and a list of mayors, bailiffs, and other officials (447-462); and, finally, entrants into the merchant gild from 1465 to 1510. Membership of the merchant gild was by right of inheritance (s. p. = sede patris, in his father's seat), or by payment of a fee called a 'bull' (taurus). Those marked * paid their bull, and were thus, by implication, not natives, or at least not belonging to gild merchant families. By 1400 membership of the gild merchant had become the equivalent of gaining freedom of the borough (being a free burgess): but thitherto the two were not necessarily the same, and some of the merchant gild members were not resident in the borough, merely traded there.


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// formatted.
type FormatSpecifier int

// Valid FormatSpecifiers.
//
// Unless otherwise specified, values are formatted before syscall execution
// and not updated after syscall execution (the same value is output).
const (
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	// value is used for the length.
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	// Formatted after syscall execution.
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	// used for the length.
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	// The following arg is used for the length.
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	// Complete contents only formatted before syscall execution, omitted
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	// IOVec is a generic pointer to a struct iovec. Contents are not dumped.
	IOVec

	// SendMsgHdr is a pointer to a struct msghdr for a sendmsg-style call.
	// Contents formatted only before syscall execution, omitted after.
	SendMsgHdr

	// RecvMsgHdr is a pointer to a struct msghdr for a recvmsg-style call.
	// Contents formatted only after syscall execution.
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	// Path is a pointer to a char* path.
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	// PostPath is a pointer to a char* path, formatted after syscall
	// execution.
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	// ExecveStringVector is a NULL-terminated array of strings. Enforces
	// the maximum execve array length.
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	// PipeFDs is an array of two FDs, formatted after syscall execution.
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	// Uname is a pointer to a struct uname, formatted after syscall execution.
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	// Stat is a pointer to a struct stat, formatted after syscall execution.
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	// SockAddr is a pointer to a struct sockaddr. The following arg is
	// used for length.
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	// PostSockAddr is a pointer to a struct sockaddr, formatted after
	// syscall execution. The following arg is a pointer to the socklen_t
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Festival places region's education and skills in the business spotlight
Education and skills are being brought to the forefront of the local business community during the Leicester Business Festival (LBF) from 29 October to 9 November.
Research has indicated that in order to better serve business in the area, improvements could be made to make the local education and skills offer. This includes addressing the mismatch of skills, improving the amount of people with higher level and technical qualifications and increasing the amount of apprenticeships.
The Leicester Business Festival presents a great opportunity to bring some of these issues to the forefront of the business community and challenge these aspects on a national scale.
Initiatives such as the Enterprise Adviser Network (EAN), delivered by the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) was set up to inspire and prepare young people for the world of work, by linking business and employer volunteers with local schools and colleges. The LLEP's event, 'Mind the Skills Gap' on Wednesday 31 October, will be advising businesses on how to benefit from working directly with local schools and colleges though the EAN to become an 'employer of choice' and innovatively solve skills and recruitment problems.
The region benefits from a good choice of schools and private training providers, a strong Further Education sector and three excellent universities: De Montfort University, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University.
Combined, the universities bring 15,000 new skilled graduates into the work place every year and play a key role in the economy by attracting thousands of domestic and foreign students into the area, ultimately creating a skilled, educated 'workforce of tomorrow'.
The universities also provide comprehensive research and development facilities for businesses and high-level industry engagement programmes in a wide array of subjects. It is crucial that the engagement between businesses and universities continue to develop to help students and businesses prosper, and the economy to grow.
Professor Dana Brown (pictured left) principal, Leicester Castle Business School and pro vice-chancellor/dean of the Faculty of Business and Law is the Business Festival sector lead for Education and Skills. She said, "Whether it is providing employers with high-calibre graduates and apprentices, helping to retain graduate talent or training existing managers and leaders, education lays the foundation for economic success.
"Leicester Business Festival celebrates the strong partnerships forged between businesses and our schools, colleges and universities. Now more than ever, we need to work together to ensure that Leicestershire businesses can respond positively to the challenges of a post-Brexit world.
"I'm looking forward to the opportunity for us all to share ideas, learn from each other and ensure Leicestershire remains an innovative, exciting place to do business."
Other LBF events in the sector include a specialist skills event for the automotive industry at the brand new £9.5m MIRA Technology Institute near Hinckley on Thursday 8 November. The event is aimed at automotive employers who may be looking to upskill their employees, or require training and conference facilities to hire.
Once again, De Montfort University is running a two-day graduate recruitment and placement fair at The Venue on 30 and 31 October; Leicester University has a talent match event on 6 November, allowing employers to showcase job opportunities available to students and graduates; and the LLEP's Careers Speed Networking event is also taking place again on 9 November.
All tickets are free but must be booked in advance through the website: www.leicestersbusinessfestival.com or via the new LBF App – free to download through Google Play or the Apple Store.
Along with headline partners, Leicester Castle Business School, the 2018 Leicester Business Festival has the support of well-known business organisations including East Midlands Chamber; LLEP Business Gateway; East Midlands Airport; Brewin Dolphin; University of Leicester School of Business; Highcross Leicester; Shakespeare Martineau; and the FSB.
Other supporters include Everards Brewery; De Montfort University; Pattersons Commercial Law; Growth Partners PLC and the Institute of Directors, as well as official app partner Infonote; AV media partner, The Presentation Group; Coffee partner, 200 degrees; and media partners, Cross Productions and Capital Radio.


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Fiji wins Singapore rugby sevens tournament, Canadian men finish 10th
Posted Apr 29, 2018 11:50 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 29, 2018 at 12:20 pm EDT
Australia's John Porch, dives in to score a try while Fiji's Kalione Nasoko, tries to stop him during the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2018 finals on Sunday, April 29, 2018, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
SINGAPORE – Canada led early but was beaten 26-12 by the U.S. in the consolation Challenge Trophy final Sunday to finish 10th at the Singapore Sevens, a World Series rugby sevens tournament it won last year.
Fiji, thanks to a length-of-the-field try by Alasio Sovita Naduva with no time remaining, defeated Australia 28-22 in the championship game to leapfrog South Africa into top spot on the World Series standings with just two rounds remaining.
The Canadian men went 1-2-0 on Saturday — downing Argentina before losing to South Africa and Samoa — to miss out on the Cup quarterfinals. On Sunday, they dispatched France 26-7 and Wales 17-10 before falling to the Americans.
Canada, which won in Singapore last season in its 140th event on the World Series, remained in 11th place overall in the season standings.
Canada was fourth at the Cape Town stop of the World Series, with an impressive victory over Fiji before losing to South Africa in the bronze-medal game. But the Canadians were 11th in Dubai, 13th in Sydney, 11th in Hamilton, 10th in Las Vegas, 14th in Vancouver and 10th in Hong Kong.
Fiji won this season's tournaments in New Zealand, Vancouver and Hong Kong and, with its fourth victory, climbed four points clear of South Africa atop the standings.
Australia overturned an early 14-point deficit to lead Fiji 22-21 when regular time ended but could not stop the Pacific Islanders from launching one last attack from near their own tryline to steal victory at the death.
The Australians thought they had secured victory when they scored off the final kick-off but the referee ruled they had knocked the ball on, giving the flamboyant Fijians a scrum on their own line and one last chance to snatch victory, which they took full advantage of.
"I'm speechless. Australia are a very good side and took us to the wire. We gave everything for this final," Fiji captain Jerry Tuwai said. "Winning this tournament will boost our morale going to London and Paris."
Fiji avenged its Commonwealth Games gold-medal loss to New Zealand by beating the All Blacks 24-19 in the quarterfinals then overturned a 10-0 deficit to defeat South Africa 12-10 in the semifinals.
England, bronze medallists at the Gold Coast Games, defeated the Blitzboks 26-24 in the third-place game after Tom Mitchell converted Mike Ellery's last-minute try.
Canada started well against the fifth-ranked U.S. and led 5-0 and then 12-7 thanks to tries from Mike Fuailefau and captain Nate Hirayama. But the Americans scored on the stroke of halftime to lead 14-12 and then pulled further ahead with a pair of tries.
The 12th-ranked French led 7-0 early but Justin Douglas, Harry Jones, Fuailefau and Tevaughn Campbell all scored as Canada avenged a 33-7 loss to the French in the Challenge Trophy final in Hong Kong.
Douglas, Fuailefau and Matt Mullins scored tries in the win over No. 14 Wales.
Douglas scored five tries in Singapore to up his season total to 27 and career tally to 111.
The World Series continues in London on June 2. Canada will play in a pool with No. 2 South Africa, No. 9 Samoa and No. 15 Russia.
With files from The Associated Press


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Still Murdered by Mumia
When I co-authored the New York Times best-selling book Murdered by Mumia in 2008, the memoir of a Philadelphia police officer's widow, I never thought I'd still be discussing the case a full 11 years later – 38 years after the murder!
But it's back in the news, and I should not be surprised.
Everything about the case is controversial – except the underlying facts – which are these:
On December 9, 1981, at about 4am, 25-year-old Daniel Faulkner was executed while making what seemed like a routine traffic stop.
Faulkner pulled over William Cook, who was driving his Volkswagen the wrong way on a one-way street in the city's red light district.
Cook's brother, Mumia Abu-Jamal was himself then an out-of-work journalist driving a cab. His revolutionary ideas were well-documented.
He saw the police stop from across the street.
Four eyewitnesses testified at trial as to what happened next.
Their testimony portrayed a horrific sequence – one where Abu-Jamal ran across the street, shot Officer Faulkner in the back and finally between the eyes.
Before that final fatal shot, Officer Faulkner had himself discharged his gun, hitting Abu-Jamal in the stomach.
With that bullet, you could say he confirmed the identity of his executioner.
When police arrived quickly on the scene, Abu-Jamal was still wearing his shoulder holster.
The murder weapon was registered to Abu-Jamal. He'd purchased it at a local sporting goods store. The 5-shot charter arms revolver contained five spent shells.
Ballistics tests verified that the bullets found in Abu-Jamal's gun were the same caliber brand and type as the fatal bullet removed from Officer Faulkner's brain.
Both men were taken to a local ER. Faulkner was pronounced dead. Abu-Jamal was heard by witnesses to say, "I shot the MFer, and I hope the MFer dies."
So the case had eyewitnesses, a ballistics match, and a confession.
Danny Faulkner left behind a young widow, Maureen, who for four decades has stood up to a torrent of lies and misinformation about the case.
For reasons that have never made sense, Abu-Jamal was championed by death penalty opponents the world over.
Now the case is back in the news. A Philadelphia judge has ruled a state supreme court justice, who himself was a former City DA, should have recused himself when Abu-Jamal's case came before the high court.
So here we go again.
As to that new issue, I note that for the Justice at issue – Ron Castille – he didn't even get to the Supreme Court until 1994, and there is no evidence that he was biased against the defendant and he never cast a deciding vote on the case.
In other words, if he had recused or had not shown up to vote, the result would have been exactly the same. Without him, there would have been an overwhelming majority to affirm even without Castille's supposedly-biased vote.
Justice Castille told me exclusively this week:
"I taught trial practice in the DA's office, and I told the new Assistant District Attorneys that the last thing they would want to do is convict an innocent person. The evidence against Mumia was overwhelming. He received a fair trial, and there were no appellate issues that my Court saw in the appeal. I treated this appeal fairly and impartially as did six other Justices. That is what the judicial system is all about. It really is dumb to think that a single Justice overwhelmed the minds of six other colleagues. That did not happen in our deliberations."
The evidence has been parsed for almost 40 years. Whenever I'm educating someone about the case, in addition to what I've told you, I always like to point out one fact –
Abu-Jamal's brother, William Cook, saw it all. It was his car stop that set in motion the chain of events.
His words to police upon their arrival were "I ain't got nothing to do with it," and he has never testified on his brother's behalf.
Let me say that again: the brother of the man convicted of killing the cop himself never took the stand to tell a different story and he was there.
Think about that as the case is again debated in public.
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Attorney General is the principal law officer of the government and is appointed by the President. The Attorney General may be a Minister responsible for Justice and Constitutional Affairs. The current Attorney General is a public officer. If the Attorney General is a public officer, he or she may serve a term of five years, unless he or she resigns, retires or until the expiry of the President's term of office, whichever comes sooner.
The President may remove the incumbent for incompetence or misconduct. The Attorney General, on top of advising government, takes up litigation on behalf of government and government departments. The office of the Attorney General also coordinates legal issues within government departments, statutory corporations, and all three arms of government. In essence, this office interacts with almost all other players in the democratic governance sector. The Attorney General's offices are located at the Ministry of Justice in Lilongwe. The Attorney General has a national reach through State Advocate offices and directly supervises the civil litigation Section which is headed by the Chief State Advocate
The Drafting Section in the Ministry of Justice has its offices at the Ministry's Headquarters at Capital Hill in Lilongwe. It is headed by the Chief Legislative Counsel (CLC) who is appointed by the President. The CLC is assisted by the Assistant Chief Legislative Counsel, Legislative Counsel, Assistant Legislative Counsel of various grades.
The specific objectives and core functions of the Drafting Section are to:
Provide drafting services to Government ministries and departments.
Ensure that laws are amended to respond to the upcoming socio-economic needs of the people of Malawi.
Advise Government ministries and departments on the need to amend the statutes governing their respective duties (or functions) in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi.
Ensure that all laws in Malawi are drafted in a manner that reflects the values and aspirations of the people of Malawi.
Give sound, quality and effective legal advice to Government ministries and departments.
Respond timely to legal problems arising out of the obligations of Government.
Give the necessary support to Government in preparation and negotiation of agreements and other legal arrangements
Responsibilities of Officers in the Section are responsible:
Drafting and processing of principal legislation, including Financial and Loan Authorization or Ratification Bills for consideration by Parliament.
Drafting and vetting of subsidiary legislation, including regulations, rules, by-laws on behalf of Government ministries and departments.
Assisting Government ministries in preparing cabinet papers.
Facilitating training workshop on the drafting of legal documents.
Assisting Government in negotiating international agreements, including negotiations on loan and grant agreements.
Drafting and vetting of agreements, contracts and other legal instruments on behalf of Government ministries and departments.
Provision of legal advice to Government ministries and departments
The Human Rights Section in the Ministry of Justice was set up to coordinate human rights issues. The Section is responsible for state party reporting to United Nations treaty bodies and African Union human rights system. The Section also coordinates human rights issues on behalf of the Ministry by working hand in hand with other Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, and civil society organizations.
The Section has four state advocates and two assistant legal officers. Presently, the Section is working on the National Human Rights Action Plan in corroboration with the Malawi Human Rights Commission. In terms of state party reports, the following are currently being drafted:
African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and the Protocol on the Rights of Women
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Convention Against Torture
Convention Against Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The second cycle review of Malawi under the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations took place in May 2015. The National Task Force on UPR has been tasked to coordinate the implementation of the recommendations Malawi received during the review.


Kasturi, Tirumalai R and Reddy, Sathavaram Madhava and Murthy, Parvathi S (1982) Acid-catalysed cyclisations: structures of novel products isolated in the reaction of 2-[3-(2,6-dimethoxyphenyl)but-2-enyl]-2-methylcyclopentane-1,3-dione with MeOH-HCl. In: Perkin Transactions 1 (12). pp. 2791-2794.
Reaction of the title compound (1a) with anhydrous MeOH-HCl gave 2-endo-(2,6-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-exo-methyl-5-methylbicyclo[3.2.1]octane-6,8-dione (3a), 1,5,14-timethoxy-5,8-seco-6,7-dinorestra-1,3,5(10),9(11)-tetraen-17-one (4), 1,5-dimethoxy-5,8-seco-6,7-dinorestra-1,3,5(10),8,14-pentaen-17-one (5), and 3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2,7-dimethoxy-3,6-dimethyl-3,2,6-(13-oxopropanyIylidene)-2H-1-benzoxocin (6). Structures assigned to compounds (3a), (4), and (6) are based on spectral data. The exo-tricyclic acetal structure (6) was further confirmed by the analysis of the 1H n.m.r. spectra of the isomeric alcohols (11) and (12), obtained by sodium borohydride reduction of (6).