Note that a 20 megaton bomb would completely destroy buildings within 6.4 km, destroy most buildings within 17 km and damage all buildings within 47 km. The largest ever tested nuclear weapon had a yield of over 50 megaton, and that was in 1961. Do you think that nuclear technology has improved since then, or stayed the same?
The US will not carpet bomb Iran and certainly would never drop a nuclear weapon on that country. Iran is a country with a GDPof less than 2 years of the US military budget, and the US military budget accounts for 3.2% of the total US GDP. Such actions would be considered grievous war crimes, both internationally and within the US. Unless you're expecting the US to turn into a genuine totalitarian dictatorship within the near future, have no doubt that the action of killing 70 million innocent people would be held to account by the American public, American law, American politicians, and that of the world as well. Source, source.
In fact in the current political climate, it is very hard to see a genuine war breaking out with the US and Iran. Given the political and military disasters that are Afghanistan and Iraq, and the fact that, despite counter claims by irrational ignorant political hacks, the US is still a democracy, it is very hard to see any serious support in the US for more serious military action against another Middle Eastern nation. At best we will see more serious sanctions and possibly air bombing at the extreme. Beyond that, it is impossible to see the Democratic senate or the next president supporting ground troops in the US, at least until Afghanistan and Iraq have been better dealt with.
The politicial bias of beast's statement is so obvious and has been dealt with so much already, the focus here will exclusively be upon nuclear weapons propaganda.
First, wikipedia (which beast has elsewhere quoted in his defense of the reality of "nuclear" weapons) does not hardly have the final word on truth.
Second, the principle verifiable evidence for the existence of nuclear weapons is the bombing of two cities in Japan in 1945 - Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The chief inspector of the US Secretary of War for these cities in the aftermath of the bombings was US Army Major Alexander de Seversky. He investigated many bombed cities throughout Japan. On each occasion, he first conducted an aerial survey followed by a through investigation on the ground, and he detected a similar pattern in every city evidently due to the methods of the bombers as well as the nature of the targets bombed. He was prepared for and anticipated quite a shock in Hiroshima yet found it to be completely the same as the rest of the cities he had surveyed. There was no bald spot at the centre of the blast. The metal framework of buildings standing in the middle epicentre of the bomb blast were intact. Some bricks had been blown out of those in the very centre, but the Hiroshima hospital only a mile away from the center of the blast suffered nothing more than having its windows blown out and no people in the building were even hurt. The greatest damage was NOT done by the blast but by fire as an after effect which accounted for at least 60,000 of the 200,000 persons who perished according to his report. Ratty wooden houses of which there were many constituted the main structural damage. Seversky concluded that the bomb had the effect of a large incendiary as most of the damage was caused by fire alone and not by the blast. He also stated that a great deal of wood remained in the rubble of the main area of the blast indicating that those buildings had not been incinerated by the heat of a blast but were destroyed afterwards by the fire that resulted from the bomb. He stated that a fleet of 200 B-29's which each dropped a routine load of incendiaries would have accomplished the same thing.
The same applies to Nagasaki. As a matter of fact, the Nagasaki bomb was alleged to have been more powerful. However, the principle area affected in Hiroshima constituted roughly a four square mile area with the blast in the centre (i.e. roughly a one mile radius around the centre of huts toppled by fires) yet the principle area affected in Nagasaki's allegedly more powerful bomb was only one solitary square mile.
Major Seversky stated that the effect of one of these so-called atomic bombs dropped on New York City would affect an area much smaller than one of the five main buroughs.
As far as the retort to Seversky's article in the May 1946 issue of Reader's Digest, NONE OF THE AUTHORITIES INTERVIEWED CONTESTED SEVERSKY'S DESCRIPTION OF HIROSHIMA OR NAGASAKI OR THE FACTS HE STATED. They only argued his opinions such as his comparison with New York City and his allegation that the incendiaries of 200 B-29's would have accomplished the same effect.
I invite beast to visit for himself a library and read the results of of Seversky's investigation in the February 1946 issue of Reader's Digest in an article entitled 'Atomic Hysteria' which received a mountain of protest by so-called experts in america who never came any closer than 5000 miles away from Japan and who yet insisted that Seversky's opinions were unfounded. Do see their reply three months later in the May issue in which the author interviewed many military and scientific authorities in an effort to refute Seversky's article. Note: these articles were apparently censored from the British edition, but they do appear in the American editions of Reader's Digest for February and May 1946.
Beast may take course to cite diverse alleged nuclear tests (below ground, above ground, et cetera) throughout the Cold War in a number of large countries. However, these tests including their precise location and especiallt timing were always military secrets.
We are supposed to believe the propaganda that we were racing the Germans to build the bomb, and miraculously developed it at the end of the War as opposed to having it ready to use throughout the War. The more a weapon is used, the more it is open to investigation and expose of the ruse - the same reason the alleged Moon missions stopped.
Radiation fallout? What a load of rot.
As part of the synthetically manufactured atomic hysteria In 1947, twenty-six young men came who worked with these allegedly WMD nuclear weapons came into bodily contact with plutonium. In 1980, a medical survey was conducted of these twenty-six men who lived with plutonium inside them for 32 years and concluded that they had all lived normal lives and only two of them had died - one was run over by a truck and the other for a similarly irrelevant reason.
And do not tell me that I am not qualified to write about this as my sources speaks for themselves. You can begin with Major de Seversky. And incidentally, I am myself a US Navy submarine veteran who was assigend to an SSBN.
What would be the point of such propaganda?
Observe how the US garners what little support it has for invading and manipulating those countries it does not control already or choose not to follow its belligerant imperialism.
And while we are talking about Iran (this goes for cheesejof as well), why do you focus on Iran? Do you let Bush choose your enemies? What makes him your mind?
What about Turkey for example? Since beast hates islam so much, why don't we read something from beast talking about racism and terrorism by the Grey Wolves or a similar group? They easily have far more ambitious plans than the Iranians who comparatively keep to the themselves.
So you're saying that all this damage was caused by a fire?
Or are these photos fake?
And how do you explain images such as these? Some guy just came along and painted them?
It is ridiculous and false to claim that nuclear bombs do not exist.
Yeah out of curiosity, those buildings standing in the middle of the wasteland? Why didn't THEY get leveled too?
And yeah I believe America did cause serious fire damage. We did what is called a fire storm on a few Japanese cities. We dropped a few lines worth of fire bombs in a specific pattern which drew an X or a * on the city. After that mother nature took over by whipping the flames into a massive inferno of fire and high speed winds.
I would imagine the reason those buildings remained would be a combination of being much stronger buildings than those around, ie. many buildings in Japan at that time would have been made predominately from wood and paper, while the ones not completely demolished appear to all be large cement or stone buildings, and also I'm sure chaos theory and fluctuation in the force of the blast would have played a significant part.
I think it would be good if people could refrain from posting meaningless insults like Sokarul's. Posts like that add nothing to the forum or the discussion.
Um, it's ridiculous and false for anyone to claim that you're not retarded. Those photos could have been easily been fake. I mean, all pictures of the Round Earth are fake, why couldn't these be?
Of course the photos theoretically could have been faked. However if Dio wants to convince us that nuclear bombs do not exist, the burden of proof is on him to demonstrate those photos are fake. If he does not do so, it is logical for us to assume the photos are real. In regards to photos of the round Earth; it is the round Earthers who are trying to do the convincing that the Earth is round, there are no flat Earthers trying to convince people that the world is flat. Therefore if they want us to believe that the Earth is round, the burden of proof is on them to prove that the Earth is round.
To sum up; there is no burden of proof on somebody to prove something to themselves. The burden of proof is always on the person trying to convince people that their opinion is the correct one. In this case it is Dio who is trying to convince us that nukes don't exist. In the case of the FE, it is the REers that are trying to convince people that the Earth is not flat.
True, but how in the world could he prove they are fake?
Despite popular theory on these particular forums, identifying falsified images is a lot easier then you would think.
I can safely say that those photos are 100% real. They show very little (if any) distortion effects and it would actually be impossible to replicate those images involving shadow in a real world studio.
I think the thread starter turns 1 year old November 17th.
I take it that beast's photos represent the middle of the blast which depict buildings still standing and a bridge still in place. It is worth pointing out that of all the bridges in Horashima, Major Seversky noted that only one collapsed and not even that one from the blast but from people afterwards.
Neither does Beast have any refutation of Seversky's facts. He only relies to what I have already anticipated - military propaganda.
I have refuted the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings BECAUSE THEY ARE VERIFIABLE. The assertion that the bombs just keep on getting bigger and bigger rests on assertion only. Where is proof of the 1961 bomb's alleged destructiveness or the outlandish assertions of a bomb leaving no buildings unaffected within 46 kilometres? Bomb explosions that are military secrets and not open to verification are not an argument as they are not verifiable.
beast's tactic is since the only two bombs on which the propaganda relies cannot withstand close scrutiny, he proceeds to make even more ludicrous and unverifiable claims about the bombs of the Cold War era. Since the Cold War is over, let's recognize propaganda for what it is and move on. But beast is still stubbornly fighting the Cold War. He believes in a mirage.
I suppose beast will now proceed to post the same old 1950's photos of mushroom clouds that we have all seen a thousand times. A very destructive bomb is not needed to produce a mushroom cloud.
It is impossible to create a bomb that will destroy an entire city. Seversky stated that no bald spot was left in Hiroshima, but his detractors retorted that is becaue it was detonated in the air in order to destroy a larger area with a somewhat smaller intensity over a wider area. In other words, there exists a trade-off between an intense devastation in a small area and a wider devastation with a corresponding lighter intensity - A PHYSICAL LIMIT TO THE AMOUNT OF DESTRUCTION WHICH A BOMB CAN ACCOMPLISH.
Why is beast so ready to believe unsubstantiated military propaganda to the contrary?
I submit that the reason is because beast is religious in spite of himself. Judging by beast's fascination with statistics and numbers (the bigger the more impressive, eh?), beast adheres to what labor historian David Noble has called the religion of technology and what French writer Rene Guenon in 1945 called the Reign of Quantity.
Why would India and Pakistan both perpetuate this supposed myth? Why would Iran, when it could lead to them being attacked? Why would North Korea?
I am that if I did some research, I could easily present non military evidence of the existence of nuclear bombs, but I can see no benefit in further engaging with somebody has cut off from reality as you. You should seriously seek medical help, although I suspect you are afraid that the doctors are out to get you, and will not.
See I can respond with irrelevant comments as well.
The atomic hysteria of the late 1940's and 1950's and today is not only propaganda for obvious political purposes. It is an attempt to maintain the Rutherfordian concept of a nuclear atom. At the height of this propaganda in the 1950's, Dewey Larson wrote an expose of the basis of the myth - the idea that atoms are composed of lesser substances called protons, neutrons, and electrons.
Of course, the nuclear atom is a myth on top of a myth. Atoms themselves do not exist at all. It is a false theory of Pythagoras's students Leucippus which Pythagoras learned from secret sects in India when he visited there in the sixth century BC at the behest of the jews in Babylon to spread the worst heresies of the hindus in the West.
Beast cannot come up with verifiable proof of alleged nuclear explosions since 1945 so he has resorted to name calling and character assasination. In other words, I win.
In the meantime, I am still waiting for verifiable proof or convincing evidence of actual any actual nuclear explosions after 1945. Taking your word or the government's word for it is not good enough.
So what is Trident when it's at home? I believe that one of the reasons that 40,000 people were protesting in London a couple of weeks ago was to protest against the renewal of this WMD.
Also note that the bombs were detonated above the ground to maximize damage (More in the sense of range).
A bomb detonated above the ground will affect a much larger radius then one that collides with the ground to detonate.
The reason you're still seeing some buildings still standing near ground zero is because both bombs were set to detonate in the air before they hit the ground, increasing OVERALL damage yet reducing damage at ground zero.
Post your source for this Major de Seversky story.
Ko(o)be, aswell as many other cities in Japan were firebombed. These cities were DAMAGED MORE THAN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI, not to mention people died worse (imo). Read/watch Grave of the Fireflies for more on the devestation in Koobe.
About the bomb - keep in mind, it was a low yield blast, and it was detonated _midair_ very high above ground zero (Excuse me for not having a source for how high it detonated at). This essentially just splattered radioactivity across the whole area. As you see in some of the pictures, and from other sources, people were turned into nothing more than shadows... fire does not do this.
Are you shitting me? You really think atoms don't exist?
E=mc^2 thus nuclear bombs. Many people died. Its not funny to joke about how they didn't. Many more died from radiation.
It was dropped in front of a hill moron. They fuzzed up the mission. The hill took the main blast, but there was still some fallout.
This is the main reply I had been awaiting.
Seversky's article also mentioned that the Hiroshima bomb had been detonated in the air as to maximize the area affected (which was again incidentally a non-military area) even though that meant somewhat less of a destructive effect in the immediate area. He stated that there is a trade-off between the destructiveness attainable by the blast and the breadth of area affected. In other words, THERE IS A PHYSICAL LIMIT TO THE DESTRUCTIVENESS ATTAINABLE BY A SINGLE BOMB.
I have also been awaiting this retort. It is easy to accomplish one's objectives when one's opponents are confused and distracted into fighting sideshows. I myself generally sympathize far more with the political left. However, that does not blind me from seeing that well intentioned people and organizations have dedicated decades to fighting a mirage.
As stated in the lead article, Major Alexander de Seversky was the Special Assistant to the Secretary of War for the investigation of bombed area in Japan. His article appeared in the February 1946 issue of Reader's Digest, and this story was not allowed to be printed in the British editions but the American editions of that journal only. I am unaware of this information being available on-line, but I will search for it. His detracor's reply appeared in the May 1946 issue. The most certain way of attaining both articles is by visiting a library which has them or ordering them through interlibrary loan and photocopying or scanning or ordering this through a used book dealer which stocks old Reader's Digests.
A few years back Ralph Epperson wrote a book to the same effect which I have not attained yet, but I will search for his website and post it.
Nathan Martin Gwynne wrote a privately circulated essay on this subject back in the mid-1970's which was printed I believe in the Nemesis journal in the late 1990's. I will search for this as well and subsequently post a link if found.
EDIT: I located Ralph Epperson's book. It does not go as far as myself, Gwynne, or Seversky in that Epperson believes that the United States is the only to ever have nuclear weapons. However, his information could perhaps provide more insight into how the leaders of countries like India and Pakistan buy into such propaganda.
Dresden in Germany suffered more damage as well. It seemed a lot of places suffered more damage than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs.
(Excuse me for not having a source for how high it detonated at).
Considering that the Reader's Digest articles referred to stated that the height of the bomb during detonation was a military secret, your lack of a source is not surprising. And for exactly the same reason neither is beast's failure to come up with any evidence of bombs which allegedly destroy entire cities at any time since then. Nuclear weapons were Cold War propaganda. It's time to progress, people.
The explosions depicted in these photographs are simply explosions of large bombs, missiles, and in some instances large smoke bombs. One can judge the size of these bombs and the blast that they create by virtue of the fact that trees or other objects such as island shores and hilltops which give at least a relative idea of size are located nearby. Hardly the kind of blast in any of these photos which leaves no building within a 46-kilometre diametre unaffected (!)(as one poster claimed earlier in this thread). A photograph taken by a naval ship or aircraft of a bomb being detonated off the coast of Nihau, Hawaii or somewhere else in the Pacific is published, and you take it for granted that the bomb is nuclear because they say so. That's called gullibility. You've been had.
I had hoped more convincing photographs would have been posted. A couple of older and more convincing photographs (which you failed to post so I will help you out by mentioning them) in which naval ships are to be seen in the photograph in relation to the mushroom cloud, these mushrooms clouds are produced by bombs deliberately designed to produce a large amount of smoke precisely for a magnified propaganda effect.
Anticipating that someone would eventually go ballistic and post such photos, I earlier stated in this same thread that a so-called nuclear bomb is not necessary to produce a large mushroom smoke cloud.
In other words, there is no more boom behind your smokescreen than that of any large non-nuclear bomb - which kind of bomb explosions happen to be exactly what has been displayed in the preceeding photographs.
At any rate, a nuclear bomb is not all that hard to grasp. It is a very simple concept.


I'm writing this straight after watching Augusto Corrieri's In place of a show, in place of watching Dan Canham's 30 Cecil Street for the third time this week. I imagine I will watch it tomorrow or on Saturday however.
Part of the reason for not watching tonight, is my desire to get as much down about In place of a show while it's still fresh in my mind.
Which is an odd decision, since on many levels, it is the sort of piece that I might benefit from spending some time with before writing about it.
In place of a show is a performance lecture. A genre, the more of which I see, the more I think is one of the best ideas ever. And Corrieri's is one of the best of a Best Idea I've seen.
Its basic question is about empty theatres. Its contention – similar to Chris Goode's (aptly titled for this week) the Forest and the Field, (aptly, written up under that link by star-of-a-couple-of-nights-ago Tassos Stevens), and, in a different way, to Alex Kelly and Annie Lloyd's The Dust Archive – is that an empty theatre is never empty. There are lights, and chairs, and a stage. And memories. Etc. etc. (his full description, which includes a chandelier, took me right back to Berlin and the Volksbühne).
Corrieri goes on to suggest that even if you were to remove all these elements, you would still have an empty room. A room with walls which keep out the outside. A theatre, he suggests, is a building with a door. And he tells us that he is interested in that journey between inside and outside.
Corrieri is researching a PhD and to this end, he found himself at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Northern Italy – Europe's first purpose-built indoor theatre. He describes the space, noting its ceiling, painted to look like a sky, and its walls, painted to look like (then contemporary) street scenes. He notes the orchestra pit and the auditorium shaped like the standard Roman amphitheatre.
He goes into the theatre and sits, experiencing an "empty theatre". For the first ten minutes he is all alone. Then some people turn up. The theatre is, after all, a tourist attraction as well as a site of academic interest. He describes the other people. Wittily.
And then a swallow flies across the space's painted sky.
This swallow gradually takes over the piece. Symbolising an element of "outside" *inside*.
Corrieri thinks his way round the possible meanings, symbolisms and paradigm shifts that this bird effects. He quotes John Berger writing on a similar incident in an opera house in [Vienna?], and notes the superstition that if a bird is killed on the stage of an opera house, then the building will burn to the ground. He notes that this very theatre that Berger is describing already burnt to the ground in 1951, although he does not know, he wryly notes, whether the death of a bird was involved.
As well as being fiercely intelligent stuff, what's lovely about Corrieri's piece is also his performance of it. He's got a really lovely way of talking that sounds at once precise, but also slightly amused by this precision. Although he remains straight-faced throughout, and the thing really is an academic lecture, it also feels brilliantly, enjoyably wry about its academic-ness. Actually, along with the sudden appearance of the bird, it does seem to share a certain amount of common ground with Emma Bennett's Bird Talk from the previous night – at least in its ability to make what could be quite a difficult form (her: modernist poetry, him: the academic lecture) into something incredibly *watchable* and listenable.
The piece also now has a coda, which I really can't decide whether to reveal or not. I think, on balance, I shouldn't, at least not while the piece still has a performance life, as it really does lift the piece from mere brilliance to something pretty much sublime. It's a real-life final twist in the tale that is so perfect that you'd think it was made-up (I made a conscious choice to ask afterwards and it isn't). But it's real life pretty much imitating a short story by Italo Calvino or Paul Auster, or perhaps Jorge Luis Borges in a way that makes you giggle at how brilliant the world can sometimes be.
I really hope a lot more people get to see it at some point in the future.
Then, after the interval, was Sam Halmarack and Miserablites.
Which is playing again tonight.
And I'm very tempted to leave writing it up until tomorrow, just because I knew literally nothing about it going into the show, and that does feel like the ideal way to experience it.
I do urge anyone who's around tonight to come and see it, though. That much I will say.
Although I don't even really want to burden it by raising people's expectations.
It was, for me, a highlight of a fortnight of highlights.
It's also quite a different show to a lot of the other shows of the last fortnight.
So, yes. I'll start writing about it now, but will post that review as part of tomorrow's write-up of tonight.
But seriously, it's still quite early, if you can get along to the Gate tonight, just do it.


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Swimming in natural mineral pools, basking in the Mexican sunshine and doing a spontaneous yoga class against the panoramic views of Oaxaca's central valley. These were just a few of the things I got up to on my trip to Hierve el Agua, or 'water that boils' as the name translates to in English.
This area of stunning natural beauty is home to two natural mineral springs set against the mountainous Mexican countryside. The turquoise water glistens in the sunshine, inviting hot and weary visitors to soak in the healing waters whilst enjoying the picturesque views of the frozen waterfall rock formations that have built up on the side of the cliffs over thousands of years.
Hierve el Agua is also a must see eco tourism site with great hiking trails that take you right to the base of the rock formations. On a hot sunny day, it is possible to try climbing the rugged cliff face if a daring mood srikes.
This secluded patch of Mexican soil was certainly up on the list of highlights from the trip and I urge any visitors to Oaxaca to take time to see it.
What are your must see sites in Oaxaca?


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In 1989, the Brothers begin to raise the tower for the statue of the Sacred Heart.
This floor will hold the bell that rings hours and prayers at the Monastery of the Magnificat.
Installation of the bell in its new belfry.
Pouring concrete on the top floor.
Placing the base of the statue of the Sacred Heart.
Preparing to hoist the top part of the Sacred Heart statue.
Lifting the top of the Sacred Heart statue.
Assembling the two parts of the statue of the Sacred Heart.
The morning sun rises over the Sacred Heart.
In 1956 the Brothers of the Sacred Heart ordered a monumental statue of the Sacred Heart to be made by the Petrucci-Carli statuary firm of Montreal. Carlo Carli sculpted the model in clay, and the bronze replica was poured in the foundry at Ste. Croix de Lotbinière. The work was concluded within 18 months for a cost of $30,000.
The Sacred Heart, the largest statue ever constructed in Canada, is 22 feet high and weighs 5 1/2 tons. It measures 17 feet from arm to arm; the base is 8 feet in diameter.
The imposing statue was destined to crown the new establishment of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in Rosemere. On August 24, 1958, Bishop Emilien Frenette of St. Jerome came to bless the building. The statue has been set on the central tower of the edifice several days earlier.
This monumental Sacred Heart was set 110 feet above ground level and dominated the Rosemere scene for twelve years. But with time, rain infiltrated through the base of the statue and damaged the infrastructure of the central tower, which was in danger of collapsing. The community decided to demolish the two towers beneath the statue, and of course remove the Sacred Heart. The Ruffo Company of Ste. Therese was awarded the demolition contract in 1970 and inherited the statue. Rev. Brother Jean-Pierre Fournier, then director of the Provincial House of the Sacred Heart Brothers in Rosemere, explained that his community did not possess the financial wherewithal to defray the cost of consolidating the tower.
For over a year the statue remained in two sections on the platform used in its transport. Set on the edge of Route 11 near Blainville, it sported a big FOR SALE sign. For lack of buyers, however, it was destined to return to the foundry to be melted down at $0.65 per pound.
Nonetheless, in September 1971, thanks to gifts received from generous donors, this magnificent Sacred Heart became the property of the Apostles of Infinite Love. The statue was placed on the hilltop of the Monastery of the Magnificat at St. Jovite on September 18, 1971, where it presided over community activities for 18 years. During our processions, members of the Order loved to go and pray at the foot of the immense representation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
We had wanted to erect a throne for our divine Master for several years. The project was started on June 30, 1989, when our Brothers began construction of a belfry. The imposing Sacred Heart was to dominate the monastery from the heights of this structure. On August 11 the statue was taken from its hilltop; the following day it was raised up and set ato p the tower. The monastery bell — which has been ringing the Angelus, hours, community offices, baptisms and burials for the past 25 years — was also placed in the belfry, just beneath the statue.
On the feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1989, Father John Gregory presided over the blessing of the new site, which will eventually be completed. We want to thank all the benefactors whose donations allowed us to construct this tower.
From the heights of this pedestal, which stands as a witness to our love and homage of Jesus, may His Sacred Heart reign over the world and grant graces in abundance, especially to all who gaze upon Him.
The Sacred Heart as seen on entering the Monastery of the Magnificat of the Mother of God, St. Jovite.


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Enrolling in the deep end – Adele to study for a uni degree
The songstress, 34, has regrets about missing out on the university experience. She will take up her studies after completing the controversially delayed Vegas residency, which begins next month.
She said: "After Vegas I want to get a degree in English literature. If I hadn't made it singing, I think I would be an English lit teacher."
Adele, who pens most of her own tracks, drew inspiration from her "cool" English teacher Ms McDonald, who even accompanied her on stage at ITV's An Audience With Adele last year.
Adele, who writes many of her songs, was inspired by her "cool" English teacher Ms McDonald, who joined her on stage during ITV's An Audience With Adele last year.
The Rolling in the Deep and Hello hitmaker explained: "I definitely think I use my passion for English lit in what I do. I wish I'd gone to university and had that experience, but I will do it online with a tutor. That's my plan for 2025, just to get the qualification."
But the Londoner has other ambitions too – she thinks she would "nail" appearing in a movie, as long as she does not have to sing in it.
She said of acting: "I often get asked to do things that are music related but I think it's too obvious. I think I would nail it – not that I've ever acted. One movie and then f*** off. Story of my life."
Having already won an Emmy, a Grammy and an Oscar, Adele also joked that she could go for a Tony, known collectively as an Egot, by treading the boards on Broadway.
She added: "I was wondering if I could move the show from Vegas to Broadway and win a Tony. I actually like the sound of an Ego more than an Egot, it's quite fun. But never say never. If I move to New York and get bored, I'll be on that stage in a hot second."
Adele's US residency was meant to start in January this year, but she made the "horrible decision" to postpone it at the last minute as the production was "not ready".
The Weekends With Adele performances kick off at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Friday, November 18, with shows running until March.
Yesterday, the mother of one released the latest music video from her album 30. She wrote on Instagram: "The "I Drink Wine" video was the first one I shot for this album. I'm excited for you to see it."
In it, the gold gown-clad pop icon floats down a river in a rubber ring with a glass of rosé in her hand.
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Many stroke survivors have given up hope of ever using a limb that has been paralyzed by a stroke. Now at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas a new therapy called constrained induced therapy (CIT) is having great success with patients. Scripps Encinitas is the only hospital in North County to have this program.
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Here's a fascinating news in science that if you ask me which we see in prime-time TV way more often. Forensic entomology, the study of insect and arthropods used in legal investigations.
As it turns out, there are lots of cool ways insects can help us solve crimes. Fair warning, NO! You may not want to watch this on CSI over your lunch.
However, as forensic experts they specialize in investigating both civil and criminal cases. Helping in lawsuits involving say damages from a cockroach of bed bug infestations.
Stored product entomology, meanwhile, usually deals with the contamination of commercial products. Like, if you find a family of dead ants on a loaf of bread, a bunch of moth lings in your candy bar, or spiders in your toilet paper roll.
But the medico-legal area is the most flashy popularized part of the field. It's what you might see on episode of CSI and often involves reading the signs of blood sucking or blood feeding insects, violent crime scenes. Typically, involving murder, suicide, abuse and neglect.
At a fresh crime scene for example, forensic entomologist would know that tiny flex of what look like spattered blood, could actually be the common roaches were flying and walk through blood elsewhere.
The scene these experts can even match human DNA from the blood found in blood feeding insects leaving you dead.
One murder case in Italy was solved when investigators scrape a blood filled mosquito off the wall in a suspect's house and found it contained the blood of the victim.
Take that bad guys! Crime-solving bug loving scientists are also often called upon to help estimated victims time of death. A dead body goes through a whole series of phases from putrefaction and fermentation to dry decay and skeletonization.
Each phase attract different life stages in types of insects. Forensic entomologist use this rotating cast of creatures to help determine a body's death in a couple of ways. Usually involving larval development and species succession.
The larval development technique states the size and prevalence of maggots and other larva. It is usually useful if the body is less than a month old.
If the corpse is over a month, it's best to use the species succession method. For example, blow flies have great equipment that quickly discovering dead meat. It's because they like their food flesh and full of fluids.
So, determining what phase therein can often provide the most accurate estimates for time of death. However, as the flesh dries out the blowflies take off. Just as other species like the coffin fly arrive in force.
Once the corpse too dried for even maggots, all the flies clear out.
Then, beetles often role in, some species like hiding carrion beetles have robust mouth parts that can work on the remaining dried flesh in ligaments.
Mites and moth larva round out the final cleaning crew. These insects consume the remaining hair and leaving only the skeleton. So, thanks to all the insects out there and the scientists who study them for solving crimes and doing a job.
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Federer91 got a reaction from dcro in Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022 News 8 hours ago
No off days for me as well, even though i initially had planned some. But lot's of work and projects and a promotion from late last year, means i don't have the luxury of leaving the ship until things get in order. On the bright side though, i arranged to work from home, so i can still watch everything and do some work in the meantime
Winter Olympics aren't that stacked and the main Eurosport channels with our very good BG commentators will be the go to source, but i will still get the Eurosport Player for the extra stuff, that will be overlapping. (mainly the sled sports, which never get good TV coverage..)
Federer91 got a reaction from Ted in Ski Jumping FIS World Cup 2021 - 2022 9 hours ago
Slovenia looking in a very good position for the gold at the mixed event, though on a normal hill, things can get unpredictable.
Federer91 got a reaction from Monzanator in Alpine Skiing 2021 - 2022 Discussion Thread 9 hours ago
FIS have approved the highly expected cross-border downhills under the Matterhorn for next seasons WC 2 weekends of 2x DH, first the men, then the women, in the last week of October and first of November, after the opener in Soelden. This essentially means that the regular alpine season from now on will fully start at the end of October.
https://www.fis-ski.com/en/alpine-skiing/alpine-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/winter-2022/zermatt-cervinia-included-in-alpine-world-cup-calendar-2022-23
Federer91 got a reaction from hckošice in Alpine Skiing 2021 - 2022 Discussion Thread 10 hours ago
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Federer91 got a reaction from intoronto in Snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022 Thursday at 07:23 PM
Guess there was some room on the Canada jet too. At least this has once again showed us, that when it comes to the Winter Olympics, nations can reject, accept and rearrange quotas whenever they want, procedures and deadlines be damned.
Federer91 got a reaction from NearPup in Snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022 Thursday at 07:20 PM
Federer91 reacted to heywoodu in Cross-Country Skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022 Thursday at 06:57 PM
Long story short: she was on the way from Austria (where she had been in quarantine until today) to Munich, to get tested three times there in the coming five days, starting today. Somewhere along the Austrian/Italian border (Vintl), the transfer we had booked for her (a minivan, her as only passenger) had an accident, a bad one, one might say. Sadly the driver didn't make it, and considering they hit a truck head-on, Bruna sitting in the back (to keep some distance) quite simply saved her life. Transported to the hospital by helicopter.
Broken arm, two broken feet and an unknown number of broken ribs seems to be the damage. Which, considering the gravity of the accident, is barely short of a miracle.
As for me, I'm at home in the Netherlands, which is where we are trying to get her as soon as possible (when medically allowed, of course). It has been a long day of back and forth contact with insurance and Brazilian federation and everything to see what can be done. But, again, the main thing is she's still with us.
Federer91 got a reaction from dcro in Sport Events Cancelled due to Coronavirus Outbreak Tuesday at 08:51 PM
Japan, no, stop the presses, i am shocked. Not
The best part is of course having the next one in Doha, 5 months after this one Because moving each host a cycle is out of the question of course.
Federer91 got a reaction from thepharoah in Men's Football CAF African Cup of Nations 2021 Tuesday at 07:09 PM
And Malawi gets the lead with a fantastic goal. Even their coach wasn't expecting that
Federer91 got a reaction from Ted in Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup 2021 - 2022 Tuesday at 07:05 PM
Why am i having the sneaky suspicion that Razzoli is going to explode again, 12 years after Vancouver He was having the 15-20-ish places for 5 years, and now out of the blue this year he is constantly doing top 5 times, until his usual screw ups in the end. One day he will patch a clean race and it could very come in a months time
Federer91 got a reaction from intoronto in Sport Events Cancelled due to Coronavirus Outbreak Tuesday at 07:01 PM
Federer91 reacted to Ted in Alpine Skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022 Sunday at 06:19 PM
Last-minute addition to the Norwegian Alpine skiing team for Beijing...none other than...Kjetil Jansrud! Shocker.
Federer91 got a reaction from Ted in Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup 2021 - 2022 Sunday at 01:21 PM
Goggia just can't have a normal season can't she... She will have even more self doubt, if she is even in condition for the Olympics. WC is over pretty much too, as can't see her being in Garmisch.
Federer91 reacted to Makedonas in Tennis ITF Australian Open 2022 Sunday at 11:52 AM
Sakkari lost
I also wanted Azarenka and Badosa so I am sad that they lost although I don't mind Krejcikova and Keys either.
I'm very happy that Zverev lost. Sorry, I don't like him.
Dimitra Pavlou of Greece lost in juniors. She had two set points in the second set but could not convert them. Anyways, I mention her because she is actually the first cousin of Maria Sakkari. I know I said it once before, but I think it's cool how much their family is involved in Greek tennis. Angeliki Kanellopoulou (Maria's mother/Dimitra's aunt) was also a top 50 player in the 1980s. 50% of Greece's top 100 WTA players are from the same family, as we only had two others besides Maria and Angeliki.
However, our big talent in the girls' tournament is not Pavlou but Michaela Laki, who is the 6th seed here and won her match yesterday. She is also playing doubles with Dimitra Pavlou.
Federer91 got a reaction from Ted in Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup 2021 - 2022 January 22
Dave the rocket Ryding damn
Vinatzer and Razzo being Vinatzer and Razzo No matter how good their position is, or how good their run is going, you can bet they will DNF at any point.
Federer91 got a reaction from Monzanator in Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup 2021 - 2022 January 22
Fun, snowy slalom in Kitzbuhel
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On Sunday evening
Federer91 reacted to dcro in Alpine Skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022 January 21
Entry deadline is next week so I doubt they will decide anything before Streif.
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AO mumbojumbo, because it's cool.
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Team will be led by Radoslav Yankov (snowboard) and Milena Todorova (biathlon)
Federer91 reacted to JoshMartini007 in Alpine Skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022 January 18
Money is a big issue. Also for some nations funding is tied to performance at the Olympics and it's better to have five top 10 results than five top 10 results + one 30th result.
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While political navel lint gazers argued whether Democrats or Republicans were the big winners of Tuesday's midterm elections that won Dems control of the House and handed the GOP a bigger majority in the Senate, some media outlets also scored varying degrees of success with their midterms coverage.
Fox News Channel's biggest ratings getter, Sean Hannity, was MIA from the network's election night, though Fox News previously had listed the primetime star as a player in its Tuesday night coverage. Two other primetime stars also slated to participate, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, showed up to weigh in on the election results coverage led by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.
One day earlier, Fox News described as an "unfortunate distraction" Hannity's appearance onstage with President Donald Trump at his final political rally of the midterms push. Hannity earlier had insisted that he would not campaign with Trump, when POTUS' camp had listed Hannity and Rush Limbaugh as Trump's "special guests" at the rally.
Maybe further irking Fox News, when he took the rally stage, Hannity began by announcing, "By the way, all those people in the back are fake news" — pointing at the press in the hall, including Fox News journalists.
Some news outlets obtained a memo the morning after the midterms from NBC News chief Andy Lack to his staff. Lack is very much in the news for the sure-to-be costly end to his 9 AM Today show revamp starring former Fox News Channel star and Halloween blackface apologist Megyn Kelly. Thememo, in which seasoned campaigner Lack praised his staff, and by extension their leader, for Tuesday's impressive elections coverage, did not do much to dampen press's enthusiasm for Megyn Kelly ouster incremental updates.
That said, Lack's strong election numbers spoke volumes. When the dust settled, NBC beating other broadcasters in total viewers and the news demo. Cumed with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow/Brian Williams anchored primetime coverage, NBC News cumed an averagse of 17.1M primetime viewers, with 7.7M in the news demo.
You did something last night that sets us apart from every other news organization. You put forward not one, but two outstanding broadcasts – each helping viewers navigate a complicated national election with hundreds of competitive races and multiple storylines.
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There's no better example of the combined strength of NBC News and MSNBC. We're bigger than ever, but more importantly, we're better than ever.
All in all, we produced more than 50 hours of special coverage across seven unique NBC News platforms. We did it with the best anchors at the desk, 30 plus correspondents spread around the country, fantastic teamwork in our control rooms and newsrooms, cutting-edge vote-tracking technology, with smart and steady hands at the Decision Desk.
There's more work to do in the days ahead. But I hope you'll pause for a moment today and take tremendous pride in what we accomplished together.
CNN's Jim Acosta got cast as the hero of Trump's post-midterms White House victory lap when it broke into verbal brawling because Acosta had poked the presidential bear with his line of questioning about Trump's hysterical Caravan Invasion rally rhetoric.
"That's enough! Put down the mic!" Trump ordered Acosta. "CNN should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person. You should not be working for CNN.
Acosta jumped back up and, minus microphone, could be heard talking "pipe bombs" – three of which had been sent to CNN. A rabid Donald Trump supporter in Florida has been arrested for the crime.


It's kinda fun to try sticking to a single gen since in these games you always (outside of gen 1 and I guess Black and White) just kinda pick amongst the entire lineup to that point. A lot of cool or cute dudes fall to the wayside as a result.
Gen 2 in retrospective is really bad, but here's my list nonetheless.
@henry-ramirez Electabuzz is Gen 1, but Elekid is Gen 2.
@henry-ramirez Fair enough, just assumed it was a mistake since the rest of the list was Gen 2.
@henry-ramirez @Mbun Oh sorry should of been a little clearer.
you are welcome to make a gen 1 list AND a gen 2. But as 2 seperate ones, but each list can ONLY contain the pokemons of that gen. The reason why I allow gen 1 and 2 this week is becuse I didnt create this thread until thursday, so most of series 1 was already over.
So please do one team with just gen 1 and a second team with only gen 2. sorry for the confusion!
@lotias Shouldn't this discussion be in the gaming section?
@lotias Thanks for the clarification! I'll still do what I just did, but PLEASE take ONLY the top list, as the second list in the last and in the next post is strictly for personal choices overall and incorporates both/all 3 gens, NOT for your purposes.
Wobbuffet (favorite in the whole franchise), Ampharos, Tyranitar, Ursaring, Steelix, and Xatu.
I'm going to go ahead and break the seal on Gen 3 teams since we're pretty far into the Hoenn anime on Twitch marathon now.
I'm not watching the Marathon so I had no idea it was time to update!
I completely forgot about this!


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Kevin Cunningham Announced as Head Coach
Today at the Danbury Ice Arena, the Danbury Colonials, proud members of the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) announced Kevin Cunningham as the team's inaugural Head Coach. The Colonials will begin play in the NA3HL in the 2019-20 season.
Cunningham, a native of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, brings a wealth of experience to the organization as both a Collegiate, Prep School, and Junior Hockey Coach. Previous stints for Cunningham include the Connecticut Chiefs (Eastern Hockey League), Cheshire Academy (Prep), Wesleyan University, and Connecticut College. Kevin also served on the staffs on the Division I level for the women's programs at Ohio State University, Providence College, & Brown University. Last season with the Connecticut Chiefs, five players on the roster signed to Division III hockey and five additional players are continuing their careers at the American Collegiate Hockey Association level.
Cunningham commented, "I'm very excited about this opportunity and being a part of launching the program in Danbury. It's a fantastic building and the fan base is electric. I'm looking forward to putting together our team."
Danbury Colonials Managing Partner, Colton Orr commented, "Kevin's experience and background is a fantastic fit for what we are looking for. We want to build a path and a program that gives players a chance to get to the next level and play collegiate hockey. It's an exciting day for our organization."
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Black Friday is a curious thing. After Thanksgiving, many US citizens line up in stores that stock electronic goods and proceed to lose their humanity by going absolutely bananas over heavily discounted prices. It's generally a good time to sell of game consoles, and acts as a precursory gauge for holiday sales. If the Wii's performance this Black Friday is any indication, the Wii will be sitting under many, many Christmas tress this year.
"We know that Black Friday and that entire week is a key selling week and it is important for products like ours to have a jump in momentum and we were fortunate to see that," Nintendo of America's stuffed Turkey of a boss, Reggie Fils-Aime told USA today.
The ageing console – set to be replaced next year – has managed its biggest Black Friday ever, selling over 500 000 units. That's a heck of a lot of Yule-tide waggle. Accompanying the Wii hardware sales boost was The Legend of Zelda: Skyward sword which has become the fastest selling Zelda title in history. Since its November 20 launch, it's sold over 535 000 copies. Sales of the sow-to-go 3DS reportedly increased 325% during the week of Black Friday too.


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The Agricultural Lime Association (ALA) has released a statement claiming that that it has launched the AgLime Quality Standard (AQS) so that farmers have confidence in the quality of the lime that they are buying.
ALA says that this standard is independent and voluntary, and is the first assurance benchmark within the UK fertilizer industry for agricultural lime products. It is an industry-led initiative that requires all participating lime producers to carry out yearly tests to check that they are compliant with UK national or EU regulatory standards.
ALA says that the standard includes tests to measure reactivity, neutralising value, fineness, as well as calcium and magnesium content. Reactivity – a new efficacy factor in the UK – measures the balance of neutralising value and fineness, providing guidance on a product's speed of reaction.
Maximising either mineral or organic nutrient efficiency in a balanced soil environment is key to optimising yield potential. AQS accreditation demonstrates that the lime in question has been independently verified as meeting a recognised standard.
Registered producers with certified products will be granted permission to use the AQS certified product logo for the specific site, product and materials that have qualified. In addition to this, a certificate specific to the producer, site or product with a one-year-validity will be issued by the mineral products association (MPA).
Furthermore the 'producers' database on the new app will feature the AQS logo adjacent to certified producers when it is released.


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FILE - In this July 27, 2016, file photo, Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. A major liberal policy group is raising the ante on the health care debate with a new plan that builds on Medicare to guarantee coverage for all. Called "Medicare Extra for All," the proposal to be released Feb. 22, 2018, by the Center for American Progress gives politically energized Democrats more options to achieve a long-sought goal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Liberal group proposing plan for health coverage for all
WASHINGTON (AP) — A major liberal policy group is raising the ante on the health care debate with a new plan that builds on Medicare to guarantee coverage for all. Called "Medicare Extra for All," the proposal to be released Thursday by the Center for American Progress gives politically energized...
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2018, file photo Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks at the Capitol in Washington. Some Medicare beneficiaries would face higher prescription drug costs under President Donald Trump's budget even as the sickest patients save money. That may make it harder to sell the complex plan to Congress in an election year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Winners and losers under Medicare drug plan in Trump budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Medicare beneficiaries would face higher prescription drug costs under President Donald Trump's budget even as the sickest patients save thousands of dollars, a complex trade-off that may make it harder to sell Congress on the plan in an election year. In budget documents,...
FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2004, file photo, medical bottles bearing tracking codes in the McKesson medical distribution center in Delran, N.J. President Donald Trump has made big promises to reduce prescription drug costs, but his administration is gravitating to relatively modest steps such as letting Medicare patients share in manufacturer rebates. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price, File)
Trump's big promises on drug costs followed by modest steps
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump makes big promises to reduce prescription drug costs, but his administration is gravitating to relatively modest steps such as letting Medicare patients share in manufacturer rebates. Those ideas would represent tangible change and they have a realistic...
On drug costs, modest steps follow Trump's big promises
President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump proposes reduction of drug costs under Medicare
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will propose lowering prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries by allowing them to share in rebates that drug companies pay to insurers and middlemen. A senior administration official outlined the plan Thursday on condition of anonymity ahead of...
Trump aims to reduce drug costs under Medicare
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will propose lowering prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries by allowing them to share in rebates that drug companies pay to insurers and middlemen, an administration official said Thursday. A senior administration official outlined the plan on...
Audit: North Carolina health care system overbilled Medicare
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A federal audit has revealed that a North Carolina-based health care system overbilled Medicare by an estimated $1.7 million for patients treated at two hospitals. The Charlotte Observer reports the findings on Carolinas Medical Center and CMC-Mercy in Charlotte are part of a...
In this Dec. 5, 2017, photo, Matt Salo, Executive Director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD), is photographed in his office in Washington. People on Medicaid are prone to smoke, struggle with depression and obesity, or rate their own health as fair or poor. But a new survey says that's not the whole story. In theory the networks used by Medicaid insurers could also serve to promote prevention and care coordination, but Salo, cautioned against a cut-and-paste approach that grafts on strategies used by employers. "The Medicaid population is not just an employer population with less income," said Salo. "It is people who have health conditions." Salo said he was struck by the high rates of depression in the survey. "Depression is inextricably linked to physical health and the ability to engage effectively in the work force," he said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A Medicaid challenge: Poor health, but a drive to improve
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's one of Medicaid's challenges. While low-income people are more likely to struggle with health problems such as smoking and depression, new research shows many are motivated to improve. Thursday's study from the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index found that 40 percent of people...
Medicare 'Part B' premiums to rise next year for many
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Medicare beneficiaries will pay higher monthly premiums next year for outpatient coverage, an expense that will eat away at an increase in their Social Security checks, the government announced late Friday afternoon. The news about "Part B" premiums was buried in the fine...
Children's health funds near House OK, but obstacles remain
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation providing five more years of financing for an expired children's health program moved near House passage on Friday. But a partisan battle over paying for the extension seems certain to delay the bill in the Senate and has each party accusing the other of jeopardizing a...


LOD Asia Pacific turns 10 in 2018, with predecessor firms Balance Legal and Advent Lawyers both being founded in 2008. To celebrate this milestone, we sat down with our two founders in APAC, Ken Jagger and John Knox.
1. What led you to creating Balance Legal and Advent Lawyers?
Ken: 10 years ago the options for lawyers were pretty limited. They could take a full time role in a law firm or pursue a career in-house. Part time work was still rare (particularly in law firms) and the in-house community wasn't as mature as it is today. This meant that a large cohort of experienced, talented (mostly female) lawyers were being lost to the law altogether as they found the legal profession incompatible with their life. And for clients, the only way to access flexible resources was by asking law firms for secondees. This could be hit or miss in terms of the availability and experience of secondees, and the willingness of law firms to release their best lawyers to their clients. The idea behind Balance Legal and Advent Lawyers was to meet this client need using outstanding lawyers who might otherwise have been lost to the profession.
John: I had worked for large law firms for a number of years and constantly heard lawyers complaining about the lack of variety and clients complaining about high costs and the lack of budget certainty. Put simply, I just thought there was an opportunity to do things a bit differently and that led me to create Advent Lawyers back in 2008.
2. Why did you decide to merge Balance Legal and Advent Lawyers in 2012?
Ken: In order to ensure that we could provide our lawyers with the highest quality work, the business needed scale. We needed to be able to quickly meet the needs of large corporate clients across Australia. To do that, we needed Australia wide coverage and access to the largest possible pool of quality lawyers. The merger gave us both.
John: Advent Lawyers and Balance Legal had a very similar business model but were on different sides of the country with quite different client bases. Ken and I got to know each other over a number of years and decided there was an opportunity to create a market dominant player with scale. It was the right call for both of us and has been a real catalyst for growth and momentum.
3. How has the business evolved over the last 10 years?
Ken: The business started out as very much a temporary on-site cover business (annual leave and maternity leave cover). Now we provide temporary and permanent teams of lawyers to undertake entire transactions and projects. And technology now plays a significant role, allowing our lawyers and clients to work collaboratively together.
John: The business has grown significantly over the last 10 years (we now have 10 offices and a team of over 700) but it is evolving constantly in the type and sophistication of services we provide clients. We started by providing clients with straight secondments, essentially solving a resourcing or expertise challenge, but now we also offer OnCall remote services and bespoke designed and managed solutions that involve not just great lawyers but also process improvement, project management, automation and technology. The market is evolving quicker than ever before and clients are becoming more sophisticated by the day.
4. What effect has the merger with the UK's LOD in 2016 had on the businesses in Asia and Australia?
Ken: The merger with LOD in the UK was the next logical step. It gave us global coverage and we have been able to deepen our relationships with international corporate clients and provide our lawyers In Australia and Asia with even more interesting opportunities.
John: We merged AdventBalance with LOD for the same reasons we merged Advent Lawyers and Balance Legal back in the early days. It was all about scale and being able to offer our lawyers and consultants more opportunities and being able to offer our clients a global service in all the markets in which they operate.
5. What would you say has been the greatest challenge and the greatest opportunity for the business in the last 10 years?
Ken: In the early years, the greatest challenge was convincing some lawyers to take a chance and work flexibly. Now the law firms are having a hard time convincing people to work full time! The greatest opportunity came from working in an industry where clients were hungry for new options and didn't need much convincing to try alternative solutions.
John: I think the greatest challenge was in the early days when we were trying to convince lawyers and clients to be the first and try something different. That has changed however, and alternative delivery models are common place. I think the biggest opportunity is going to be over the next 12-18 months as we expand in to the US and also further develop and expand our designed and managed solution offering.
6. The NewLaw market is constantly seeing new entrants. How does this competition impact LOD and do you foresee this competition increasing?
Ken: The legal market still has plenty of room for innovation and development. It is great to see new entrants bringing fresh ideas and products to the market. It's not a case of NewLaw players competing over market share. Rather, we are all working to provide new solutions for clients and expand our share of the market. There is still a huge untapped opportunity for all NewLaw players.
John: There are new market entrants nearly every week. On one hand this makes it more competitive, but on the other hand it validates the market and helps it grow and diversify. I actually think competition is a good thing and the market is growing fast enough to support all the current players and new entrants.
7. What's next for LOD?
Ken: There are a number of opportunities for LOD. We will pursue geographic expansion, particularly into the US market. There is an opportunity to consolidate the NewLaw market and build the scale needed to undertake even more sophisticated work. And we believe that legal technology will allow us to deepen relationships with our clients.
John: As I said, I think the big opportunities for us over the next 12-18 months are our US expansion and the further development of our designed and managed solutions offering.


Do YOU listen to Non-parents giving parenting advice?
The Seattle Times Editorial offered a printed hand slap to Washington State Senator Mike Baumgartner that I didn't feel was appropriate, but got me thinking about parenting and non-parents. See what YOU think.
The Times goes on to ask what Cantwell's marital status has to do with her views on the Plan B contraceptive and its availability to teens without that teens parental consent. To which I respond, it has a whole lot to do with her views. If you don't have children you can't possibly imagine the responsibilities, the weight of each and every day decisions, and the day-to-day challenges a parent faces.
I have had several friends over the course of the years who have chosen to go through life without kids. A couple of them come to mind on this subject. My old friend Deborah, (really a co-worker more than a friend) would never hesitate counseling my wife and I on what SHE thought should be done with any of my three kids. My kids range in age by a full 12 years youngest to oldest. So the unsolicited advice ranged from what to do about a crying baby, to how to deal with a rebellious teen. Now Deborah is a smart person but completely full of herself. And the fact that she had a college degree in "Early childhood development" was something she never failed to mention. But when Deborah or anyone else offered parenting advice I would listen, because you never know when you might luckily stumble upon a gem of a good idea. But usually I would be a little offended that a non-parent felt knowledgable enough to offer such thoughts, and I would take the advice with a grain of salt, or with the knowledge that it came from a person without a clue.
I'm a sports fan. I played football in high school. I believe myself very knowledgable about the game. But despite the fact that I had my "bell" rung a few times and had the wind knocked out of me by 150-180 pound high school opponents I can't relate in any way to what Tom Brady goes through. Did you see the hit he took in the Denver game last week? He got blasted by Broncos D-lineman Elvis Dumervil.
Dumervil is 6-foot and 260 pounds. And he runs a 4.5 second 40 yard dash. I'm almost as big as he is but if he hit me I might not get up. I can't possibly imagine.
Most non-parents are smart enough not to offer parenting advice. It's quite arrogant to do so and to think you can relate. Trust me, you absolutely have no idea. So I think it's perfectly appropriate for Baumgartner to question Cantwell's marital status and childless status when Cantwell takes political positions that take away the rights of parents.
Categories: National Politics, Uncategorized, Washington State . Tags: Baumgartner, Cantwell, Elvis Dumervil, Emergency contraception, Maria Cantwell, Mike Baumgartner, Parent, Senate, Senate campaign, Tom Brady, Uncategorized . Author: Michael Schuett . Comments: Comments Off on Do YOU listen to Non-parents giving parenting advice?
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Syria (December 2022)
The Security Council must reauthorize the cross-border mechanism for at least 12 months as it remains a lifeline for millions of people in northwest Syria. Its renewal is essential so that aid can keep pace with humanitarian needs that are exacerbated by the combined effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, winterization, drought, skyrocketing food prices, cholera outbreak, and ongoing conflict that targets civilians and civilian infrastructure. The decision to shorten the length of the mandate of the Syria cross-border mechanism from 12 months to 6 months has resulted in an unacceptable level of instability for the more than 4.1 million people in need in northwest Syria, the majority of whom are women and children. In forthcoming discussions on the situation in Syria, Council members must call for rights-based, survivor-centered humanitarian action that is age and gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, and provides immediate and non-discriminatory aid and quality healthcare, including sexual and reproductive health services and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, mitigation, and response services. The emergency of another threat to public health in the form of cholera, is particularly alarming in the context of an already weakened healthcare system that has been significantly impacted by the combined impact of the conflict and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Women are particularly affected by the weakened healthcare system and the resulting reduction of access to sexual and reproductive health services, including maternity care, which continues to be exacerbated by considerable funding shortfalls.
The Council should also call for reduction in violence to allow the country to address its ongoing health and humanitarian crises, including growing food insecurity, which has affected around 80% of the population. Further, past briefings have been inconsistent in providing a clear picture of the gender dimensions of the situation; in line with expectations, briefings should include gender, age and disability-sensitive conflict analysis regarding the situation for diverse women, including women in public life, displaced women, women and girls with disabilities, and the way in which women and girls' rights are at the center of humanitarian, early recovery and peacebuilding efforts. This analysis should further focus on ways to eliminate structural barriers to women's participation and move beyond advisory roles and numerical inclusion, in order to advance women's meaningful and equal participation.
Finally, accountability, justice, including reparations, and equal rights must be the foundation of any political solution. However, this foundation is undermined by the ongoing impunity for past, and current violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, including the anti-torture law that fails to address the crimes carried out over the past decade. In this context, gender equality and international human rights law must be priorities in the outcome of any process, including a gender-sensitive constitution, and women's full, equal and meaningful participation and leadership should be a norm at every stage.
Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: December 2019
UN Security Council Briefing on Syria by Sabah Alhallak
Mapping Women, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council: 2018
UN Security Council Briefing on Syria by Nujeen Mustafa
Analysis of the Report of the Secretary-General on Syria (December 2018)


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Have You Heard This? 5 New Songs We Love #1
It's Saturday and I'm nursing a wine hangover. Luckily it was quite a lovely shiraz. So don't be expecting any punk bangers on this list today. It'll be relatively subdued.
Mons Vi -Want Me Too
Let's get things rolling with Brooklyn New York based collective Mons Vi. Spearheaded by Matthew Hershoff, they released their latest single 'Want Me Too' at the start of July. It's a laid-back, relaxed, and romantic track about wanting to be wanted. Isn't that what we all want? Universality reigns here. The track also features very odd artwork depicting an older woman hugging what I think is a chimp while a gentleman, who could be a zookeeper, looks on with a jealous twinkle in his eye. The rest of their music runs the gamut from funk to garage rock but tends to be pretty restrained and pretty in general.
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Want Me Too by Mons Vi
Ben Meyerson – 'Frost'
Now for some rather lovely indie folk from Toronto. There are two things I love about this Ben Meyerson track: the little vibrato on Meyerson's creaky voice that sneaks out every so often, and the open tuned guitar. You cannot beat and open tuning. Not even with a big stick. The song appears on his EP Euhemerism which was released at the tail end of last month. Apparently, Euhemerism is the belief that all mythology originates as interpretation of real people and events. It was developed by the Greek philosopher Euhemerus who loved sometimes in the 4th and 3rd century BCE. There you go. Learning.
The Flight – Sarah
This ones a bit more upbeat but only a little. The Flight are a duo consisting of Joe Henson and Alexis Smith who got going in 2013. This is the title track from their latest EP which was dropped late last month via Apologetic Records. It's their third. The track begins as a relatively up tempo indie folk number before giving a hint at the duo's potential with the song's expansion into a more cinematic scope with synth lines, beats, and a rather unforeseen climax.
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Maison Hall – The Pier
These Maison Hall people originate from Brisbane in Australia and are led by Joe Kneipp who is only 21. Fair dues to him. And them. 'The Pier' has a distinctly Death Cab For Cutie vibe in its emotional heft and slow burning indie rock. It's anthemic is what I'm saying. That's fine with us because, well, Death Cab For Cutie are wonderful. It's taken from the group's debut album It Was Never About Me released last February.
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Vansire – Postal Codes
This dreampop band from Minnesota has just two members: Josh Augustin and Sam Winemiller (best surname ever). Their track 'Postal Codes' has a distinctly laid back vibe and simply reeks of Captured Tracks. Apparently, they both love a bit of Kendama. That's a Japanese toy with three cups, a ball, and a spike that fits into the ball. It's kind of like that classic cup and ball toy. They also like swimming pools and hand sanitiser. Those rascals.
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